Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 463 Zheng Zhilong Cowarded
To be honest, when seeing Shi Lang and Zhang Huangyan come back, Song Qingshu's first reaction was to scold their mothers. Naval battles are no better than land battles, and the independence of fleet commanders is very high. Shi Lang and Zhang Huangyan are both senior commanders. It is such a great opportunity not to follow Zheng Zhilong to beat them up. Reservoir dogs, what a waste!

But listening to Song Qingshu's swearing, the two of them spread their hands in depression, almost out of ammunition.

War is not a game. The large Yingtian ship has a load of about 220 tons, and the Hongyi cannon alone accounts for [-] tons. After excluding personnel and supplies, each ship carries only [-] to [-] tons of gunpowder and [-] tons of projectiles for the war. In a big battle, more than half of them were wiped out, which shows the fierceness of the battle.But it's no wonder that the power is supported by the amount of charge. It costs about ten catties of gunpowder to fire a few kilograms of lead bullets. After two hours of fierce fighting, hundreds of ships were sunk, and the consumption is indeed huge.

As a last resort, Ying Tianjian, who had not suffered much damage and still maintained a strong fighting capacity, had to follow back.

Returned to Li Laozi Island again, conveyed the good news to Ying Tian, ​​and at the same time sent several well-preserved Ying Tian ships back to carry ammunition and supplies. The entire sea near Li Laozi Island was almost filled with ships. Suddenly, there were more than 3000 Zheng Jun pirates who were fished out of the water. It happened that they all pushed over to work as coolies to repair the ship, took out the spare planks to sew and mend, which can be regarded as giving all the ships with holes on all sides. It was affixed, but the broken mast cannot be repaired for the time being. It can only be tied with wooden planks like a barrel, and then nailed to it.

After staying for more than a day, Song Qingshu, who was really unwilling, finally decided to take a gamble.

All the gunpowder and gunpowder slag from each ship were pulled out, pulled together, and with the original remaining, more than 500 tons were gathered, enough to equip all nine heavy artillery ships.

Nine Yingtian boats lined up in the open sea, and the huge 75-meter-long hull covered the entire Li Laozi Island. It is now more than May, and the trade wind is also coming. The sails were bulging, and the muzzles of a ship's 48 guns were faintly exposed, and the hearts of Mr. Li who accompanied him were beating like a kind of invisible murderous intent.

Although he supported the begging army, the old pirate leader didn't really expect the begging army to beat Zheng Zhilong. After all, Zheng Zhilong had dominated the China Sea for so many years, and he was as deeply rooted in the hearts of the emperor as the emperor. But now, in front of Song Qingshu , Zheng Zhilong really ran away in despair.

And now, these ships have to beat the dogs in the water.

"Zheng Zhilong's morale has been broken by us. Your mission is to catch up with me and beat him up. If you can sink Zheng Zhilong into the sea, I will give you ranks!"

The Devil's Sea War is just for qualifying, now is the time to collect the bonus, thinking about the huge loss, Song Qingshu's pair of tricks are red, roaring viciously, saliva is sprayed far away, just won the battle The soldiers of the nine ships gathered on the deck also had high morale, and they also held up their bayonets in high spirits to swear.

"Willing to fight for the commander! Swords and fires, do not hesitate!"

"Big guy!"

Shi Lang didn't say anything else, Song Qingshu told him to hit whoever he wanted to beat, and whoever he told him to cut down, but Zhang Huangyan was a literati after all, he thought a lot, his morale was like a rainbow, but Zhang Huangyan was a little girl who couldn't help worrying. Step by step, he moved to Song Qingshu's side and clasped his fists.

"Marshal, what if Zheng Zhilong hides in Japan!"

Today the Wa country is ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate, but the impression of Japan in Ming people’s memory still stays in the Wanli Korean War, which forced Ming to devote one-third of its national power to resist Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Today’s Ming is suffering I can't afford to fight on two fronts, if I turn against the Japanese country, it will be even more powerless to fight on the other side, Zhang Huangyan looked worried.

However, Song Qingshu's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this, bombarding Little Japan, that was the wish of several lifetimes!Without even thinking about it, Song Qingshu slapped his thigh directly: "Who cares about him, fuck his mother!"

"This……"

Zhang Huangyan was suddenly depressed.

…………

Needless to say, Zhang Huangyan's worry has come true.

After retreating from the Devil's Sea, Zheng Zhilong became a frightened bird for the first time, retreating to the main island of Ryukyu with the remaining fleet, and then heading north to Nagasaki in the Hizen Domain of Kyushu.

After the Tokugawa shogunate gained power, it launched a national lock-up order. Nagasaki was one of the only ports open to the Tokugawa shogunate. Portuguese, Dutch and other foreign vassal ships gathered here. However, it is worth mentioning that Ming’s Merchant ships are not within the ban and can visit all parts of Wa.

It’s not that they worship Daming so much. The Nanban in the Japanese population not only brought sharp weapons such as muskets and artillery, but also brought Catholicism. A while ago, in Waguo, under the banner of Catholicism, Amakusa Shiro was the leader. At one time, the slogan of eliminating the shogunate shocked the entire shogunate.

After all, the Confucianism practiced by the Ming people is beneficial to the promotion of the general’s dominance, but the Catholicism brought resistance, and this year is not the era when Billy was so handsome in the world. Compared with the Ming people, in the eyes of the Japanese, Westerners look like It looks like a red-haired monster.

On the eighth day of May in the 12th year of Chongzhen, the Jiutiao Yingtian Fleet headed by Juao rushed to the sea off Nagasaki in a murderous manner.

It really feels like a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Zheng Zhilong estimated that he had dreamed a hundred times and never thought that the begging army would be so bold and dare to attack Japan. When the begging army caught up, Zheng Jun had already arrived in Nagasaki It's the third day, even though we lost the battle, the enjoyment can't be stopped, especially after a bloody battle, Zheng Jun's pirates need a chance to let off steam, and they all bring money or take a bath in the money soup , or to find those little Japanese girls, not many stayed to watch the ships. In Shi Lang's binoculars, hundreds of warships of the Zheng army were moored quietly in the harbor.

In addition to the battleship Zheng Jun, there were also two Saifan boats parked. I don't know which country they belonged to, and the rest were fishing boats from the Wa country.

Seeing the warship of the Qihuo Army approaching from the open sea, the three shogunate ships intercepted it with centipede-like oars. A 1.5-meter-long Japanese general stood at the bow of the ship with a Nodachi taller than him. Wow, wow, yelling in ugly Japanese.

Now the begging army fleet is in an embarrassment. Although the business in Yingtian is prosperous, the Japanese trade is all occupied by Zheng Zhilong. There are English translators and Portuguese translators in the begging army, but there is no one who understands Japanese, holding a telescope. Looking at Guan Ship, which was less than one-third the size of his own, Zhang Huangyan turned his head hesitantly.

"Do you want to find a way to send someone to communicate with them?"

"Communication ass! The people of the Japanese country are all helping Zheng Zhilong! The commander has an order, the gods block and kill the gods, and the Buddha block and kill the Buddha! Pass the order, turn the sides of the ships, and give me a bombardment!"

After all, Shi Lang is the leader of the navy. During his fierce roar, the nine Yingtian ships lined up again, pointing their sides at the three Chinese ships that were still stupidly wowing there. More than 440 red cannons were firing Stretching out of the muzzle, pointing the saber at the flag of the Japanese Hachiman Bodhisattva, Shi Lang burst out with a roar full of anger.

"boom!"

boom boom boom~

Starting from the Juao on the far left, lead bullets weighing several kilograms were sprayed out overwhelmingly. More than 200 solid shells were all aimed at the three closed ships that were less than tens of meters away. At that moment, countless Japanese rushed out of the house, but they seemed to watch their three closed boats fall apart.

This is really like stabbing a hornet's nest. There are many Sento baths on the shore, and in the earthen kiln. I don't know how many Zheng Jun sailors are running out without wearing trousers. They are running out desperately with their clothes on. The sake in Zheng Zhilong's hand plopped into the spring water.

It's a pity that it was too late to come out. During the sea battle, the distance between the two ships was 40 meters, but now, Zheng Jun's more than 200 warships are all bundled together, and the range is five times smaller than that of the devil's sea battle. An area, even an apprentice gunner, can bombard it with his eyes closed, let alone these masters who bombard whales in Shanghai.

During the free shooting, the heavy shot balls in the sky and the flowering bullets fell into the port one after another like no money. I saw the Zheng Jun fleet blooming in an instant, the mast collapsed suddenly, and large holes were blasted out of the ship building. There was also a big blessing boat that happened to be blasted through the bottom of the boat, tilted upside down amidst the loud creaking sound of broken wood, and a Japanese fishing boat next to it was smashed to pieces.

Little Japan was also unlucky. During the Sino-Japanese naval battle in the Sino-Japanese War of the Sino-Japanese War, the remaining Beiyang navy was ordered by Li Hongzhang to guard the port and was not allowed to fight. As a result, in Lushun and other military ports, they were all bombarded and sunk in the port by the Japanese army because they could not maneuver and avoid. The entire army was annihilated, and now time and space have come to a replica. Zheng Jun's warships can resist more than a dozen more guns.

What does one ride count as a thousand? This is true. The Hongyi cannons fired three or four kilometers into one side with two hundred guns. The army wanted to resist or escape, but at the same time as firing the cannons, the remaining five or six hundred barrels of the trigger mines used in the previous battle were also placed in the water by Shi Lang's order, and washed ashore, just in time to collide with the rushing enemy ships. The explosive power of the gunpowder is even several times greater than that of the Hongyi cannon. No matter whether it is a big blessing ship or a closed ship, it will not escape a silent fate. Battleship road.

Today was really exciting. Shi Lang, who had never fought such a quick war, just kept ordering the cannons to fire for more than an hour. The boat was suddenly covered with white flags, and turned out from the edge tremblingly. The little yellow-haired foreigner with a big horn on the bow was still yelling in authentic Yingtian official language.

"Don't fire, don't fire, I'm William, a British businessman, and I'm a business partner with Song Dashuai! I'm here to negotiate with Song Dashuai on behalf of Zheng Zhilong Zheng Dashuai!"

"This guy???"

Shi Lang really knows this guy. He bought almost half of the goods when he visited Manila a few times. It seems that he is related to Portugal, Spain, and India. After a glance, it has been reduced to not appearing. With the raging fire of the Zheng family's fleet burning, Shi Lang finally raised his hand upwards.

"Stop the shelling."

(End of this chapter)