1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 221 The Intentions of Zhancheng

Hu Pingjiang looked at the Champa envoy He Liba who had come to Xinsheng Island in surprise, and dozens of subordinates behind him in a panic. He didn't understand why the other party came here again, and looked like he was fleeing of.

"General, save me!" He Li took a long stride and was about to rush over, but was stopped by several village soldiers.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Hu Pingjiang thought, maybe we will let us fight the Ruan family and the hard family for them again.

"The people in Annan deceive people too much!" Heliba said angrily, "They are chasing after us, trying to murder us!"

"Huh?" Hu Pingjiang looked up at the opposite sea, as if there were no ships approaching Xinsheng Island.

"General, the Annan people are really behind us." He Liba also looked back at the sea, and then turned to Hu Pingjiang and said: "I set off from Bintong Long, intending to go to the Kingdom of Cambodia for assistance. But I don't want to, Encountered more than ten Annan warships at sea, intercept and kill us in advance."

"Are you chased here by that Annan navy?" Hu Pingjiang asked.

"Exactly." He Liba said, "Annan's warships are in a hurry to pursue us. We don't have time to turn into the big river (Mekong River), so we fled to the general in a hurry."

"Have you found anything on the watchtower?" Hu Pingjiang turned around and asked.

A village soldier quickly ran to the watchtower by the sea to ask if there were any new ships on the sea.

"Report, Commander!" The soldier ran back quickly, "There are thirteen ships on the sea, and they are coming towards us!"

"Blow the horn! Warning!" Hu Pingjiang glared fiercely at Heliba and the Champa warriors. Damn it, they actually got me into trouble!
He Liba looked at Hu Pingjiang innocently, he was really chased here by Annan!

Due to the location of Xinsheng Island, in Siam, Cambodia, Champa, and even Annan and other regions, many fishermen often travel to this island and land to stop for repairs. Therefore, it is located near Xinsheng Fort at the southernmost tip of Xinsheng Island, and the coast is almost everywhere. You can log in and dock.Therefore, there is no coastal defense fort near the pier.

However, there are fifteen artillery pieces of various types on the walls of Xinshengbao. There is also a township barracks with more than 200 people in the city, equipped with more than [-] flintlock guns and various swords and other cold weapons. In addition, there are thousands of immigrants stranded here all the year round, most of them are strong and strong who can be armed at any time, so they are not afraid of the enemy's attack at all.

More than a dozen Annan warships slowly approached Xinsheng Island. They also seemed to have discovered Xinsheng Fort on the island, and did not land at the first time.

After a while, a small boat slowly approached Xinshengbao Wharf.A village soldier walked over with a knife.

As a general of the Annan Nguyen Navy, Li Chunping is mainly responsible for patrolling the entire sea area between Champa and the Kingdom of Cambodia. In addition to fighting pirates, they will also block Champa's external contacts and arrest smuggling businessmen.

While inspecting the waters of Bin Thon Long (now Phan Rang, Vietnam) in the morning, I suddenly found two Champa merchant ships driving close to the coastline.Li Chunping immediately approached with a dozen warships.

But when the other party saw them, they immediately fled to the southwest in a panic.Since he dare not accept the navy inspection, there must be something wrong.

So a dozen Annan warships chased them all the way, and in the afternoon, they saw the two merchant ships sailing to the island near the Kingdom of Cambodia from a distance.

It is said that this island was occupied by a group of armed Ming people. In the past year or so, large ships have been constantly traveling between Daming and this island.Holding the awe of the heavenly kingdom in the north, the Annan navy usually would not come here.

But now, those two suspicious Champa merchant ships came out of Bintong Dragon, there must be some kind of ulterior secret, and they must be caught.

After a while, the warship approaching the pier for negotiation sailed back.

"General, those Ming people want us to leave quickly." A soldier of the Annan Ruan family reported.

"You didn't say that we just want to catch those Champas who fled here, and we don't have any hostility towards them?" Li Chunping asked.

"Say it, general." The Annan Ruan soldier said with a bitter face: "They said that no one or anything on the island will be allowed to be taken away by foreign armed forces."

"Huh?" Li Chunping frowned.These bright people have such big breaths!Anyway, I, Annan, is also a big country in the south, and I was treated so rudely.

"How is their city defense?" Li Chunping asked.

"They have... artillery, a lot of artillery!" said the soldier.

"A lot of cannons!" Li Chunping was taken aback. It's nothing more than a castle built on such a small island, but there are actually many cannons!
Li Chunping raised his eyes and looked around, and found that there were no big ships around, and there were only seven or eight small boats on the pier, but most of them were empty.

Since we can't go to the island to ask for the Champa, we can't just leave.Li Chunping ordered more than a dozen Annan warships to move a little away from the coast of Xinshengbao, and wandered around nearby.

"Hey, the Annan people of the dog days, do you want to besiege and blockade our Xinsheng Island?" Hu Pingjiang couldn't help being amused when he saw a dozen Annan warships scattered on the sea at the head of the city.

Annan's so-called warships are not even as good as Hanzhou's transport ships, that is, they are slightly larger than ten-ton fishing boats. They are equipped with relatively primitive water combat weapons such as rackets, catapults, and poles. In the fight, it is estimated that the soldiers on the ship will jump to help and fight.

As long as there are one or two "Expansion" ships here, these Annan people will not be so arrogant that they dare to block our Xinsheng Island!

However, several "Expansion" transport ships took 20 to [-] immigrants to Batavia a week ago, and it will take more than [-] days to return.

"Fucking shit, stay here for three to five days if you can. Wait for Zheng Zhilong's immigrant boat to come and sink you all into the sea!" Hu Pingjiang said bitterly.

He Liba looked at the dozens of Annan Ruan's patrol boats on the sea with worry, but he was extremely excited in his heart.Although he didn't know the strength of the Ming people occupying this island, as long as he found an enemy for Annan Ruan, that would be the best result.

That's right, when they were chased by Annan Nguyen's cruise ship, they had the opportunity to escape into the big river (Mekong River), and then went upstream to the vicinity of the King's City of Cambodia.Thinking of the Kingdom of Cambodia's repeated rejection of Champa's request for help, and its stance of wanting to take advantage of the fire, Heliba felt chilled.

After hesitating for a moment, he immediately brought two boats towards this place called Xinsheng Island by those Ming people.He was betting that, as the overlord of the Ming Dynasty, the armed forces to which it belonged would definitely have their own pride, and would not hand them over to the navy of the Annan Ruan family.In that case, they will inevitably conflict with Annan Ruan.

Sure enough, the Ming people on the island categorically rejected Annan Ruan's request and did not hand them over.In order to maintain their dignity, Annan Ruan's navy temporarily blocked the island.It would be even more perfect if the big ships of the Ming people were nearby, and sink these arrogant Annan Ruan's navy warships.

"Can our artillery reach them?" Hu Pingjiang asked several gunners.

"The 12-pound cannon can hit it, but it probably won't be very powerful in the past, and the accuracy is not guaranteed." A gunner from the Hanzhou Coastal Defense Team estimated the distance, and then replied.

"Fire a few shots to scare those nasty Annan people!"

It costs money to shoot a few shots.Seeing Hu Pingjiang's gloomy expression, the artillery commander held back his words of dissuasion.Annan Xiaobang, just hit him, Chun Dang warned them.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three shells were fired in succession from the city of Xinshengbao, and as expected, they landed around the Annan Ruan's warship, stirring up three huge water jets.

Li Chunping was startled when he saw the opponent suddenly fired artillery, and the shells still landed around the warship.The Ming artillery on the island can hit so far!

He hastily ordered all the warships to pull back quickly, and they were hundreds of meters away from Xinsheng Island.At this time, Li Chunping wanted to retreat.There are many cannons on the island, and they are so powerful that it is impossible for people and ships like myself to land and attack.

But in order to maintain the only sliver of dignity in his heart, he decided to stay for another half an hour, and then he could return, and told the commander of the navy that he pursued bravely, but encountered a strong enemy, and finally lost, but the command was determined, and he returned safely with his troops .

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After more than ten days of sailing, the remnant fleet of the Han-Dutch coalition has sailed past the southernmost coast of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and is very close to Xinsheng Island where Hanzhou is located.Everyone in the fleet felt relieved, and they could finally return home safely.

Many frail boatmen and their families on board were terrified in Cavite, and after more than ten days of sea voyage, they all had many health problems.When we arrived at Xinsheng Island, we had to take a good rest before continuing to Hanzhou.

Driving northward for more than a hundred miles, you will be able to see Xinsheng Island.Suddenly, there were several cannon shots in front.

"What's the situation?" Cao Xiong asked hastily as his expression changed.Could it be that someone came to attack us on Xinsheng Island?

"There are more than a dozen small boats near Xinshengbao Wharf, and they seem to be confronting the shore!" The watchman said loudly.

Cao Xiong raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of Xinshengbao. He saw more than a dozen small boats in front of him, scattered far away on the sea near the pier. The boats were full of people, who seemed to have noticed their arrival, and panicked. Adjust the sails and prepare to turn.

"It should be the navy of that small country nearby." Cao Xiong murmured, "Why did I mess with them?"

When Li Chunping saw five large ships approaching in the distance, he felt flustered and ordered the sailors to turn around quickly to avoid these large ships.They must be reinforcements on the island, and these small boats are definitely not opponents.

"Hey, the Hanzhou people seem to be in trouble." On the leading Dutch armed merchant ship, the captain said with a smile: "Let us help them drive away these native boats!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Several shells landed near the fleet of Annan Ruan's Navy, making the boats that were turning around even more flustered. Some oarsmen on board paddled carelessly, trying to speed up and escape .

"Our ship is back!" Hu Pingjiang excitedly saw several large ships gradually approaching from the sea in the distance, and the tall figure of "Pioneer" was particularly prominent.

"Get ready to meet the Grand Commander!"

As the gate of Xinsheng Castle opened, a group of officials and soldiers rushed out excitedly.

(End of this chapter)