Chapter 840 Catch them all in one fell swoop

Song Qing saw more than a dozen Haihan warships approaching, and he was extremely panicked. He was worried that if the Haihan people did not recognize the identity of the ship in a hurry and fired a few cannons at the ship, then his own

The situation was quite dangerous. But at this time, he saw that a sailor had replaced the crimson flag on the mast, and replaced it with a red and blue flag, which was obviously used to identify people on the battlefield. He was coming from the opposite direction.

When the Haihan warship saw this flag, it sailed from both sides and pounced directly on the pirate fleet behind it. Only then did Song Qing let out a sigh of relief, knowing that his life must have been saved.

Song Qing looked back at the Yueqing Ship Gang's sailboat, which had already begun to engage in fire with the Haihan Fleet. However, it was only the Haihan warship that was currently firing. Although the Yueqing Ship Gang's ship also had some firearms, it had not yet entered the shooting range. The people on the ship were

The artillery shells that broke through the air were screaming, but they were unable to mount an effective counterattack.

Only then did Song Qing realize that when their group was captured the day before yesterday, the Haihan people did not show their true skills at all. They only sent a few small warships and defeated them with two rounds of bombardment.

Recently, Haihan's main force was deployed, and the density of artillery fire was not comparable to that of that day. After several pirate ships in front were bombarded by a round of shelling, water began to enter their hulls, and they immediately staggered around and became chaotic.

"Nantie, what a good thing you have done!" Zheng Ping shouted angrily: "You actually colluded with outsiders and plotted against your brothers!"

Nantie was also confused at this time. He never expected that this big deal that came to his door was actually a death trap. He also noticed just now that the guide ship Song Qing was on changed its flag and left the enemy ship.

The team walked straight through, and it was obvious that they had planned it for a long time. Naturally, there would be no more transactions of one hundred thousand taels of silver in this place. This matter was set up by others from the beginning to the end.

Nan Tie said angrily: "The boss, I was also fooled! When I turn around to catch Song Qing, I will kill him with a thousand knives!"

Zheng Pingda refused to believe him, so he drew out his sword and said: "If you hadn't come forward to vouch for Song Qing and said there was some big deal, how would my boat gang brothers be in the current situation? It's a pity that you colluded with this enemy, although he is a powerful person.

, but I can’t save your life!”

When Zheng Pingda made a move, Zheng Ping'er and his men immediately became angry and drew their swords at each other. This ship was the ship of the Zheng brothers, not Nantie's ship, and he only brought a few personal guards with him.

Being around him, he was immediately at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

Nantie knew that if he wanted to start a fight now, he would definitely not be able to defeat the Zheng brothers' men, so he could only hope to persuade them: "This enemy has clearly laid an ambush to kill all my gang. The two leaders must not be fooled, and they must do it as soon as possible."

It’s up to you to command the fleet to break out!”

"How can I break out of the encirclement with peace of mind if I don't destroy you, a traitor!" But the more Zheng Pingda looked at it, the more he felt that Nantie was an insider, and his murderous intention became more intense.

Nantie shouted: "If I were a traitor, how could I be in the same boat with you two brothers!"

"Knowing people but not knowing their hearts, maybe you have the idea of ​​capturing my two brothers alive!" The Zheng brothers had become stubborn at this time. No matter how Nantie tried to defend themselves, they were unwilling to believe it.

"Capture Nantie, maybe his life will be exchanged for our lives!" Zheng Pinger gave the order with red eyes, and the people on the deck immediately surrounded Nantie and others with weapons.

Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Nantie could only lament in his heart and shouted: "Jump off the ship and swim to the shore with me!"

After saying that, he pushed his hands on the side of the boat and flipped out of the boat. Upon seeing this, several other people immediately jumped out of the sea. The distance between this place and the islands on both sides is only a few miles, so it is not too difficult to swim to the island. Of course.

, at this time, ships were coming and going in the strait, and the scene was extremely chaotic. Going into the sea was definitely more dangerous than staying on the ship.

"The traitor was allowed to escape!" The Zheng brothers rushed to the side of the ship and saw Nantie bobbing on the sea, already swimming four to five feet away. They were not good at bows and arrows, so they could only grab spears from others and throw them

But the foot was also undulating, and there was no accuracy at all. Wherever the spear hit the water, it missed a lot, and it failed to hurt Nantie at all.

"Get out of here quickly!" As a cannonball passed above the deck of the ship, the Zheng brothers came to their senses and yelled at the sailors to quickly adjust their direction and rush towards the western exit of the strait.

However, the west exit is not a good place. The Haihan Navy has deployed six expedition-class and two exploration-class warships here. Although it cannot completely block the channel, it must rush past the sides of these warships.

It has to withstand at least one round of close range bombardment. The largest ship among the Yueqing Ship Gang is only about 200 tons, which is still far behind the smallest expedition-class warship in the Haihan Navy, and its sturdiness cannot withstand it at all.

The impact of Haihan artillery shells at a distance of less than fifty meters. The first few ships were hit and rolled over, blocking the navigable water surface that was not very wide. The Zheng brothers' ship wanted to go around it.

Breaking through in the past was not easy.

When Song Qing's boat arrived at the outer edge, a small boat immediately came over and took him to Shi Diwen's command boat. Song Qing climbed up the rope ladder and immediately shouted hurriedly: "Hit the bow of that ship with Zheng Zi on it."

Flag ship! The three major bandit leaders of the Yueqing Ship Gang are all on that ship!"

Shi Diwen immediately ordered to adjust the direction of attack. Three Haihan warships pinched in from west to east, tightly blocking the direction of the Zheng brothers' ship. The officers and soldiers on the warships had already received the order before the war started.

, there is no need to persuade them to surrender on the battlefield, just follow the normal combat steps. After these three warships entered the range, they immediately hit the target with a barrage of artillery fire.

The ship of the Zheng brothers also had four native cannons. However, the pirates on the ship did not wait for a chance to counterattack. The shells flying from the Haihan warship swept away the deck. The four native cannons also

It was beaten to pieces, and one of the cannons flew out and hit several pirates, leaving a large blur of flesh and blood on the deck.

The second round of shelling that followed opened a row of washbasin-sized holes in the side of the ship, and seawater immediately poured into several of them near the waterline. Some people on the ship rushed to the cabin to try to

To plug the leak, some grabbed weapons and began to gather to prepare for gang fighting.

However, Haihan did not even intend to leave them a chance to engage in hand-to-hand combat. When they were still about ten meters away, the Haihan warship slightly adjusted its direction and passed near the pirate ship. This distance allowed the Haihan warship to pass by the pirate ship.

The sailors were able to hit the enemies on the opposite deck with their muskets without any special aim. A volley of guns hit them, causing the pirate ship to fall down again.

The entire battle only lasted for more than half an hour. There was not a single pirate ship on the sea that was still resisting. The first few ships that were attacked had already been slowly sinking due to too much water. The other ships were basically affected.

Severe damage to varying degrees. Only two ships saw the opportunity early and lowered their sails and surrendered as soon as the war started.

The Haihan warships began to withdraw their troops, and several logistics ships disguised as merchant ships shuttled back and forth in the strait, searching for pirate prisoners on board and in the water. Although this battle was short, the momentum was really not small. When the war first started, the sea was far away

There were several fishing boats on board, but no other boats could be seen within sight at this time. Haihan had already sent people to land on Xiaomen Island before the war started, taking control of the few dozen fishermen households on the island.

At this time, the army also came to the coast and began to search for the captured pirates who swam to the shore.

This is much easier than searching for prisoners on half-sunken sailing ships at sea. Even if the pirates are lucky enough to swim to the island, they are basically exhausted. When they see the Haihan soldiers coming in groups, they can do nothing but capture them.

There is no other way.

Song Qing was also performing his last mission at this time, identifying the three bandit leaders of the Yueqing Boat Gang among the many prisoners and corpses. Although Song Qing had previously pointed out that the Zheng brothers' boat allowed Haihanneng to focus his fire on the attack,

However, the three Haihan warships that rushed to attack fought so happily that they almost tore the ship into pieces. There were unidentifiable corpses lying on the ship in the sea. It was really troublesome to confirm their identities after the war.

thing.

Song Qing is not very close to the Zheng brothers and Nantie. It is up to him to identify him. If it is a living person, it is easy to say, but it is a dead body or even a broken corpse. Then I am afraid that he is not sure. However, Song Qing is not stupid.

Among the prisoners captured on the ship, they recognized several personal guards around the Zheng brothers, and they immediately asked the Haihan people to interrogate them. Only then did they learn that during the chaotic battle just now, the bandit leader Zheng Pingda was hit by artillery fire and was killed on the spot.

Zheng Ping'er disappeared in the chaos, while Nan Tie, another bandit leader, jumped into the sea to escape at the beginning of the war because of internal strife among the three.

Soon Zheng Pingda's body was identified by his men. The guy's upper body was bloody and bloody, and his face was unrecognizable. Fortunately, there was a shark tattoo on his shoulder blade, and he was identified based on this mark.

Not long after, another bandit leader, Nantie, was also identified from the prisoners captured on Damen Island. This guy was lucky. After jumping from the boat, he swam ashore safely, but he didn't expect that his enemy was there.

The island had already been laid out, but before it could catch its breath, it was discovered by a group of Haihan soldiers. Nantie tried to resist, but was stabbed in the leg by the rifle bayonet of the Haihan soldiers, and was eventually put on the wrist.

The shackles were locked back.

The search for the last bandit leader Zheng Ping'er took a long time. It took two hours after the battle before someone found Zheng Ping'er's body on a secluded beach on Xiaomen Island. The guy had several wounds on his back.

, it seems that he died of excessive blood loss from injuries and exhaustion while swimming to the pirates.

At this point, two of the three bandit leaders of the Yueqing Boat Gang were killed and one was injured, and they were all brought to justice. The most basic operational goal had been achieved. After receiving the notice, Xu Yuzhuo came to the "Enterprise" and confirmed the identities of the three bandit leaders.

Xu Yuzhuo first thanked Shi Diwen, and then ordered: "Cut off the heads of the Zheng brothers, keep them for safekeeping, and escort them back to Fujian together with the captured bandit leaders!"

Nantie was still dissatisfied and asked loudly: "What grudge do we, the Yueqing Boat Gang, have against you? We actually mobilized troops to come from Fujian to set up this ambush and scheme against you!"

"Slap your mouth!" Xu Yuzhuo ordered lightly after hearing this. Immediately, one of his men went over, pressed Nantie's head and slapped him a dozen times. His cheeks suddenly swelled up.

"I will tell you to die!" Xu Yuzhuo said calmly: "Last year you intercepted two Fujian merchant ships in Wenzhou Bay and injured two people on board. Later, Fujian sent an official document to Yueqing to investigate the matter.

, you’ve probably heard of it, right?”

These words undoubtedly revealed Xu Yuzhuo's official identity. Nantie sighed and said: "I didn't expect that it actually started from this! It was Zheng Pingda who wanted to kill people to establish his power, so he hurt the lives of two passengers on the ship. At that time, although I

I tried to dissuade him, but he still did something stupid in the end!"

Xu Yuzhuo snorted coldly and said: "You don't have to shirk the blame. The Zheng brothers have already been brought to justice, so the public trial will fall on you! I guess you are lucky, you can live for a few more months!"

Xu Xinsu was deeply resentful of the Yueqing Ship Gang's hijacking of ships and injuries last year. Although he had nothing to do with the Yueqing government, he would definitely get rid of the pirates who took action. Then it might not be a bad thing for the Zheng brothers to die in battle.

After Nantie was taken back to Fujian, he had to squat in jail for a long time, be interrogated in court, and then wait for the Queen to be executed. For several months, he was tortured every day, and his life was uncomfortable. None of the three ringleaders escaped, and Xu Yuzhuo

It can be regarded as a great achievement.

Of course, the matter does not end here. The coalition forces are almost out in force in order to encircle and suppress this group of pirates. The combat cost of three thousand people is not a small amount. In any case, they must find a way to make some seizures to offset it.

Xu Yuzhuo immediately interrogated Nantie and other core members again, asking where the treasures of the Yueqing Boat Gang were hidden. There were hundreds of people in the Yueqing Boat Gang, so it was impossible without some reserves. It took several hours to collect the treasures.

After finding out these things, Xu Yuzhuo immediately transferred the crew of two ships and escorted several insiders to Yandang Town at the northern end of Yueqing Bay, preparing to dig out the Yueqing Ship Gang's old cellar overnight. Although there are still a few remnants of the Yueqing Ship Gang in the local area

, but the people under Xu Yuzhuo are not vegetarians. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be able to successfully complete this task.

However, the captured gangsters are not a big trouble for the coalition forces. Xu Yuzhuo does not intend to hand over these people to the Wenzhou government, because doing so will expose the true identity of the coalition forces, and the Fujian Navy enters

Activities in Zhejiang waters are illegal in themselves. If it is exposed and the Zhejiang government gets the evidence and reports it to the court, then Xu Xinsu will inevitably be made very passive.

After the coalition forces have taken care of the affairs in Wenzhou, they will continue to go north. It will definitely be very inconvenient to take these prisoners. For now, the only way is to use ships to send these people back to Fujian together with Nantie. Xu Yuzhuo wrote a letter and said this

He wrote down the battle in detail and prepared to send it back to his father, Xu Xinsu, for detailed information.
Chapter completed!