Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 176
Since the blockade of the Guangdong Sea for more than a month, the pirates have been unscrupulous in the South China Sea. After the first few failures, the Guangdong Navy has relied on shore artillery to block it, and has never come out of the Pearl River Estuary.

If things go on like this, both the leader Zheng Zhibao and the ordinary pirates below are full of arrogance. They directly chose outlying islands outside the Pearl River Estuary for their lairs, which proves this.

Under the circumstances that everyone underestimated the Cantonese Navy, and the slackness of the night patrol defense, one can imagine that after Wang Yan easily landed on the East Island, he walked around the coast to the north of the cottage and continued to hide. During this period, no patrols were found, which made him a little worried, whether it was Zheng Zhibao who set up a trap to lure him to attack on purpose.

Wang Yan's worry didn't last long, and was broken by the rocks rolling down from the top of the mountain. It was a big gift to Zheng Zhibao from Liu Shun and two hundred soldiers who climbed to the top of the mountain from the east.

A huge boulder was pushed down from the top of the mountain by them, rolled down the hillside at a very high speed, and hit the stockade built on the mountainside to the north. Some pirates who didn't react were directly buried alive.

At this time, the cottage was already in chaos. Groups of pirates, feeling the vibration brought by the impact of the rocks, fled out of the fortress in terror. Among them, the unfortunate ones were crushed to death by the rocks.

"Kill~"

"Destroy pirates, make achievements~"

Accompanied by the rolling rocks, Liu Shun led two hundred fierce soldiers, and rushed down from the top of the mountain first. They attacked from a high altitude, with momentum like a rainbow, like a divine soldier descending from the sky.

In the dark night, the pirates were already dizzy and frightened by the rolling rocks, and now they saw a group of soldiers rushing down from the top of the mountain, and their souls were blown away.

Yangzhou soldiers rushed down, yelling in Jianghuai dialect. The pirates couldn't hear what they were yelling. Some pirates who couldn't figure out the situation even thought that they didn't kill people, but they had practiced in the mountains for many years. The troll.

In ancient wars, what was fought was the word "Qi".

Now the pirates were so discouraged that they would not even think of resisting. They poured out of the strongholds and rushed towards the ships moored in the port.

Zheng Zhi hastily wrapped himself in a long gown, and ran out of the house when he was in a hurry for the future. Just now, a big rock hit the house directly, and two of the three Dutch women were also killed by the stone, which almost scared him to death.

At this time, he stood in the cottage in shock, and saw pirates running around everywhere in the village. Zheng Zhibao took a long time to calm down, and then hurriedly shouted to stop, but no one listened to him.

In desperation, Zheng Zhibao had to kill several people in a row, but he still couldn't stop the chaos, but a lot of Zheng's soldiers and horses gathered around him.

In fact, the soldiers of the Zheng family are not that bad, but in the cottage, the soldiers of the Zheng family live together with the pirates. When the pirates are in chaos, the soldiers of the Zheng family will inevitably panic. Even if they want to calm down, they will be scattered by the untrained pirates .

At this time, Liu Shun, who had been killed from the top of the mountain, had already rushed to the village, while the pirates and Zheng's soldiers in the village rushed down the mountain first.

In the dark, Zheng Zhibao didn't know how many soldiers Liu Shun's gang had, and he couldn't organize his troops to resist, so he couldn't help but panic. Seeing that Liu Shun was about to kill him, he hurriedly said to Zheng Jun beside him, "Hurry up, sir!" When they get on the ship, they can't do anything to me."

At this time, there were more than [-] Zheng soldiers gathered around Zheng Zhibao. They listened to Zheng Zhibao's words, quickly protected him in the middle, and ran down the mountain with the defeated soldiers.

It has to be said that although the Zheng family ruled the land and did not obey the orders of the court, Zheng Zhibao was not a general, but the Zheng family treated the soldiers very kindly, and the soldiers were willing to die for the Zheng family.

The soldiers gathered around Zheng Zhibao protected him from the stronghold, and all the pirates standing in front of him were brought down.

Along the way, they actually squeezed in front of the defeated army from behind, and part of the defeated Zheng army also took the opportunity to move closer to them.

"Kill~"

"Brothers, it's time to confine your wives and sons~"

"Bang~ bang~ bang~"

When Zheng Zhibao first came to the beach surrounded by guards, Wang Yan, who had been patient for a long time, suddenly rushed out with his troops, and Zheng Zhibao, who was guarded by a large group of Zheng Jun, immediately became the most conspicuous Target.

The pirates, who had just escaped from the cottage and were still in shock, collapsed again in the face of a group of soldiers and horses that suddenly rushed out from the foot of the mountain. Even Zheng Jun, who was still somewhat organized, was also in Zheng Zhibao's exclamation of "Get on board, get on board" , ran directly to the pier.

For a while, Wang Yan swung his army to cover up the killing, and beheading was useless. A large number of pirates were driven into the sea. If the water quality is good, they can still swim to the ships anchored in the distance, but if they are not good, they will only be swallowed by the sea at night.

In the harbor, there were not many pirates staying on board the ships, and most of the pirates and Zheng Jun would not choose to spend the night on a bumpy ship, so it was difficult for the pirates staying on board to overtake the huge ships independently.

As early as when the rocks rolled down, some clever pirates had already started to anchor, and when Wang Yan swung his army out, they began to raise their sails.

The pirates ran away with their boats, but most of Zheng's ships were cruising in the harbor, and some of them were on the side of the pier, waiting for the defeated soldiers to board.

Sea ships have a deep draft, so they can’t get close to the shallow waters on the shore. Pirates have to board the ship through the long pier. Zheng Zhibao is running on the pier under the protection of the guards. The boat has already set up boards for him to board.

Panting, Zheng Zhibao ran to the front of the boat, Huitong glanced at Wang Yan who was blocked by the guards a hundred paces away, and couldn't help but feel a little lucky in his heart, but when he was about to board the boat, a sea cang that had just arrived at the exit of the harbor The ship turned into a pile of burning flaming mountains amidst a deafening cannon fire.

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

Amidst the sound of cannons one after another, the ships that were about to rush out of the harbor were destroyed like a roll call. Zheng Zhibao's face turned pale when he saw this.

Outside the port, more than 400 warships surrounded the port tightly. If the pirates in the port and the Zheng army boarded the ship, Zheng Zhibao still had the confidence to fight, but most of the sailors and gunners are not driven into the sea. , Even if they are still on the shore, even if they are on a warship, the organizational system is already chaotic. Some ships may lack sailors, while others lack gunners.

In his early years, Zheng Zhibao stayed at sea all year round and experienced many naval battles. He naturally knew the current situation, and he had no possibility of escape.

For a while, Zheng Zhibao couldn't help sighing, but it was impossible for him to commit suicide in defeat, so he could only comfort himself in his heart, "Anyway, it's not the first time he was captured by Wang Yan, he dared to kill me!"

At this time, Wang Yan had already killed ten steps away from him. He couldn't help calming down, and tidied up his scattered clothes to make himself more decent, and then shouted loudly: "Everyone put down their weapons and stop fighting. I am Zheng Zhibao, Duke Ding of the Ming Dynasty, and I have come here to recruit pirates, and you and others have misunderstood."

Wang Yan, who was ten steps away, couldn't help sneering when he heard the words: "Where did the thief come from, dare to pretend to be the young master of the imperial court, why don't you let me take it down quickly!"

(End of this chapter)