The Yangwei opened fire, and the two ships on both sides of the Yangwei were hit by fifteen bombs each. The distance was so close that the ships seemed to have been shot at the head with a gun, and none of the shells missed. The bombs were still
With huge kinetic energy, it broke through the thin hull of the Fu ship and rushed into the hull of the Fu ship. After breaking through the hull, the bomb still could not stop, shattering the cabins and watertight compartment partitions under the hull, and crashed into the Fu ship.
Shatter any pirate's body that blocks the advance of the cannonball.
The general Fu Ship was built with great emphasis on practicality, and the hull was made very thin. The armored ship was so close, and the bombs had great kinetic energy. One bomb even directly penetrated the hulls on both sides of the Fu Ship, and fell into the sea behind the Fu Ship with a thud.
inside.
But most of the bombs stayed inside the Fuchuan. When the fuses burned out, the bombs exploded inside the Fuchuan. Twenty-nine bombs ejected shock waves one after another, blowing the insides of the two Fuchuan into pieces.
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Even if one shell explodes inside the ship, it will cause huge casualties and damage, let alone fourteen or fifteen bombs exploding simultaneously?
Yang Peng saw sparks spraying out from the gun emplacement of the Fu Ship on the left. The cannons were shaken forward by the shock wave, and even got stuck in the emplacement. A bomb hit the middle of the hull.
It seemed to be blocked by something hard, and it did not penetrate deep into the cabin, but exploded close to the hull. The wood chips shot out like fireworks, and a large hole with a diameter of two meters was blown out of the hull.
The Fu Chuan on the right was bombed even more severely. Sparks were flying all over the hull, and the entire internal structure had been blown apart. The gunpowder barrels on the second deck of the Fu Chuan were also ignited by the bomb, causing a more violent explosion.
The explosion blew away the entire front deck and the hull. The hull had been completely shattered by the explosion of the gunpowder barrel. A cannon was activated by the impact and rushed out from the huge breach in the hull.
It fell into the sea water a few meters away, causing huge splashes.
I don’t know how many pirates were killed on the two ships. There were often one or two hundred pirates on this ship. If bombs were bombed like this for one round, a third of them would be killed. The ship in front was blown away.
The lucky boat that broke through the poop was slowly sinking, and the pirates on board jumped into the sea desperately. In addition, the sailors from the two lucky boats on the left and right jumped into the sea, and the sea was full of pirates who had lost their ships and broken boards, and it was a mess.
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The Yangwei retreated for a while, shook off the sinking Fuzhou ship, turned slightly and chased the other Fuzhou ships. Flames suddenly spit out from the side of a Fuzhou ship not far away, and six shells were fired at the Yangwei ship.
The two shells hit the target and made a clanging sound on the armor of the ironclad. However, a single Fu ship did not pose a threat to the ironclad.
Originally, the Liu family's more than one hundred Fu ships were arranged in a horizontal formation in order to facilitate the exchange of fire with Yang Peng's fleet. Therefore, after Li Zhi's iron-clad ships rushed into the Fu ship formation, the more than one hundred Fu ships were completely destroyed.
The Liu family's own ships blocked the way. Except for one or two Fu ships near the ironclad ship, the other Fu ships could not see the ironclad ship and could not shoot at all.
Every time, the ironclad ship only had to face one or two Fu ships. Facing the ironclad ship with the combat power of one or two Fu ships, it would be completely crushed. The Yangwei fired at full power and fired at the ship without hesitation.
The lucky ship rushed forward and hit the belly of the lucky ship. The hull of the lucky ship was severely shaken by the impact of the ironclad ship, and it fell violently to the right. The hull lost its balance, and the cannons and supplies inside the hull
It rolled around everywhere, crushing and killing many pirates.
Are the wooden planks on the ship's hull a rival to steel? Under the high-speed collision of the Fuzhou ship, the angle of impact smashed the thin ship planks into a mass of tatters. A piece of sawdust flew with the huge impact, and the hull on the port side of the Fuzhou ship
It was smashed into pieces. Sea water rushed in, and the lucky boat sank little by little.
Like a wild bull, the Yangwei pushed the lucky boat forward for more than fifty meters, then reversed the propeller and retreated, letting go of the "dying" lucky boat. The lucky boat that turned to the right was on the Yangwei.
After leaving, the ship was righted, but it tilted toward the port side again under the gravity of the water. Finally, the ship flipped over to the left, overturned on the sea surface, and gradually sank to the bottom of the sea.
The surviving pirates on the ship jumped off the ship and swam as hard as they could, but many were still swept into the depths of the sea by the whirlpool of the sunken ship and lost their lives. The ten ironclad ships were like ten wild beasts.
The ships were rushing through the queue. In the face of war machines that were far ahead of this era, the Liu family's blessing ships were as fragile as paper. In only about ten minutes, the Liu family's fleet's blessing ships lost more than forty.
ship.
The Liu family's fleet was completely defeated. The Fu boats had lost the courage to show off. How could this iron-clad ship be matched by manpower? More than 100 Fu boats were loaded with more than 20,000 pirates. They were originally intended for hand-to-hand combat.
The preparations were of no use at this time. Once the ship was hit by the armored ship, it would be sunk. How to fight this boarding battle? If the battle continued, all the more than 20,000 water thieves would probably be buried in the belly of the fish.
The lucky ships gave up their formation and fled west, south, north, and scattered in all directions. The Liu family fleet had given up all resistance and could no longer be called a fleet. Even the Liu family fleet
The flagship Dafu ship did not dare to stay on the battlefield at all, and fled to the west without hesitation, hoping to escape back to its home base in Jinjiang.
The other nine ironclad ships were like nine ferocious beasts, chasing the fleeing Liu fleet on the undulating sea. Yang Peng waved his hand, and the Yangwei ignored the nearby Fu ships and headed directly towards the largest Fu ship.
The ship rushed away. The ship had more than thirty heavy guns and was obviously Liu's flagship.
When the sailors on the Dafu ship saw that the armored ship was chasing them, they used their sails and oars and tried their best to escape westward. The Yangwei pursued them for a quarter of an hour, and finally they were 300 meters away from the Dafu ship.
The Yangwei made a rudder turn and aimed its port side at the Dafu ship a few hundred meters away. The cannon was suddenly fired, and fifteen shells shot straight out of the muzzle and flew towards the Dafu ship not far away.
The stern of the Dafu ship was shot, and four shells were fired into the interior of the ship, causing a loud explosion. Just one bombardment caused the Dafu ship to lose its fighting spirit. The pirates of the Liu family lowered the hard sails and the Liu-character flag, and hoisted
Yang Peng raised the white flag. Seeing the Dafu Ship surrendering so readily, Yang Peng was stunned and secretly wondered if Liu Xianglong was not on this ship?
Soon, the soldiers who boarded the ship to search tied up all the pirates on the Dafu ship and returned to the Yangwei. "My lord, Liu Xianglong and his brothers are not on this ship. They know that this Dafu ship is too eye-catching, so they fled to other places."
Xiaofu escaped on the boat."
Yang Peng snorted coldly. "A monk who can escape cannot escape from the temple. Let's go to Fujian to raid the Liu family's home!" On April 28, in Anping Town, Jinjiang, Fujian, 10,000 soldiers from the Huben Division surrounded Liu Xianglong's private city.
This is a small city with brick walls. The city wall is four feet high, three hundred steps long and more than two hundred steps wide. It has two gates in the north and south. The pirates who were captured alive by Yang Peng said that this city is called Dinghai City.
There is Liu Xianglong's luxurious private residence, as well as the residences of some generals of the Liu family. In short, it is the headquarters of the Liu family.
After Liu Xianglong escaped from the sea, he hid in this city, hoping to defend it for a while with the strong city wall. The Liu family's navy had been defeated by Yang Peng, but the Liu family was strong in the southeast and still had 20,000 infantry.
The Liu family was relatively well-informed and knew how powerful the Huben division was, so they did not go out of the city to fight with the Huben division in the field. Twenty thousand people clung to the thick city wall, hoping to rely on the city wall to protect the Liu family's prosperity.
It should be said that Liu Xianglong's strategy makes sense. There are more than 60 cannons on the walls of the Liu family, including many heavy cannons of more than ten pounds. If the opponent is not the Huben Division, there is basically no army that can withstand six
Ten cannons captured this private city. But when they encountered Yang Peng's Huben division, such defensive strength was not enough.
Yang Peng unloaded three hundred heavy cannons from the ship and dragged the cannons under the city wall of Dinghai City. In order to drag these cannons, Yang Peng recruited people's mules and horses from everywhere after getting off the ship. Of course, although Yang Peng recruited people, he still gave money to the people.
After five busy days, it was not until the 28th that Yang Peng placed the cannon outside the south wall of Dinghai City. The gunners pushed the cannon forward little by little, marched within five miles of the city wall, and began to bombard the forts on the wall with bombs.
There is no accuracy when the cannon is ejected five miles away. But it doesn't matter. Even if the cannonball misses the fort and hits the city wall, the Liu family will be injured. Yang Peng is not in a hurry and lets the cannon bomb slowly, stopping when the barrel is hot.
Let it cool down slowly. Once the barrel has cooled down, fire a few more rounds.
Three hundred cannons bombarded the Liu family's "Dinghai City" for two days, firing more than 10,000 bombs on and inside the city walls. The Liu family's private soldiers were blown away by the bombings, and their morale gradually collapsed.
The soldiers on the city wall also used cannons to fight back. But the light cannons were out of reach, and the heavy cannons had no lethality if they threw solid bullets five miles away. The downward kinetic energy of the solid bullets after being thrown high was too great, and they would not go as far as when they were fired directly.
It rolls forward at high speed, hits the ground with its head, and stops moving. Unless it just hits someone, it's a wasted shot.
Yang Peng's bombs are different. They will explode even if they are thrown five miles away. The forts on the city wall are relatively strong. It is difficult for one bomb to break through the solid forts when it is thrown. It takes three or four bombs one after another to hit them.
Open forts. Yang Peng bombed for two days and only demolished more than twenty forts.
But other parts of the city wall did not have such a thick defense. Those battlements were smashed by bombs, and they were all broken into pieces when the bomb exploded. Even more vulnerable were the buildings and people in "Dinghai City". The bombs flew over the city wall and bombarded the city.
Indiscriminate bombing turned Dinghai City, which had been run by the Zheng family for more than ten years, into a mess.
Yang Peng was not in a hurry. The cost of one bomb was only seven taels of silver. Even if the 30,000 bombs on more than 50 ships were used up, it would only cost more than 10,000 taels of silver. When the bombs were used up, a ship would be sent to Hsinchu to transport new ones.
.Compared with the huge gains from taking down Liu Xianglong's lair, the consumption of these bombs is nothing.
Bombs exploded one after another on and within the city wall, and the projectiles shot out were like the god of death, harvesting the lives nearby. The entire Dinghai City was blown into a Shura hell by Yang Peng.
Although the people in Dinghai City quickly understood that hiding on the ground could reduce the casualties caused by bombs, even so, more than 10,000 bombs still killed thousands of people in the city.
And Yang Peng's casualties were basically negligible. This was a one-sided massacre. Obviously, if the fight continues like this, sooner or later all the people in Dinghai City will be killed by Yang Peng. Yang Peng does not need to attack the city.
Just scatter the artillery shells five miles away. This is completely an asymmetric war.
In the early morning of the third day, Yang Peng's cannons began to tilt their shells towards Dinghai City again, and the Liu family's private soldiers on the city wall collapsed. What Yang Peng wanted was Liu Xianglong's life, so why did they lie on the city wall and be blown up to death?
Seeing Paoze being killed one by one and seeing the corpses of the soldiers being carried down the city wall one by one, these soldiers could no longer bear this kind of massacre. Several private soldiers of the Liu family rushed down the city wall regardless of the threats of Liu family officers.
They fled into the city without hesitation. The first soldier to escape led other soldiers, and the thousands of soldiers on the south wall eventually became defeated.
These broken soldiers rushed into the city with a loud noise and hid in the buildings in the city. The collapse of the south city wall quickly brought along the soldiers on several other walls. When Yang Peng's cannon fired the third round, the entire Dinghai City soldiers had already
Everything collapsed. The soldiers of the Liu family abandoned their helmets and armor, crowded and pushed and hid in the city, without any courage to fight against Yang Peng.
Yang Peng used cannons to blast open the south city gate, built a pontoon bridge on the moat, and sent a thousand soldiers into the city to capture Liu Xianglong. After being identified by the surrendered pirates, Liu Xianglong was quickly captured in his mansion in the city. The soldiers will
The Fujian officer general Wu Hua was tied up and taken to Yang Peng's military tent.
At this time, Liu Xianglong's face was pale and his whole body was trembling. How could he still have the same magnanimity as when he threatened Yang Peng? His eyes were bloodshot. It was obvious that he had not slept well after escaping from the Beigang naval battle.
When Liu Xianglong saw Yang Peng, he closed his eyes helplessly. However, this pirate leader who was used to dominating the sea was still a bit arrogant, and he actually refused to kneel when he saw Yang Peng. Yang Peng saw Liu Xianglong's stubbornness and smiled and said: "
Is General Liu Shen really not afraid of death?" Liu Xianglong trembled, but he stiffened his neck and said loudly: "Liu Xianglong has been commanding the sea for twenty years, and he no longer cares about his life. Yang Peng, don't be arrogant, you
Without that armored ship and steamer, who would be my opponent, Liu Xianglong?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Okay, you are tough enough. You are really a tough pirate! I, Yang Peng, will give you a pleasure. I will kill you right here in Dinghai City!" Liu Xianglong suddenly shook his body when he heard this.
He shook his head and closed his eyes without saying a word. Yang Peng smiled and asked with bright eyes: "Liu Xianglong, how much money is there in this Dinghai city? If you tell the truth, I will give your wife, concubines and children a way to survive.
, and give each of them one hundred taels to start a small business to make a living!"
When Liu Xianglong heard Yang Peng say that he would not kill his children, his righteous face relaxed. Yang Peng said again: "General, if you don't tell me where the silver is hidden and my soldiers find the silver, I will send someone to go there."
After your children."
Hearing this, Liu Xianglong sighed and said slowly: "I have been hoarding silver in Dinghai City for more than ten years. I have saved seven million taels of silver, all in three cellars in my mansion. The prince blew up the rockery in my mansion.
, naturally you can see the passage leading to the cellar."
Yang Peng searched Dinghai City for five days, digging three feet into the ground, and finally counted all the Liu family's property. After robbing Liu Xianglong's property, Yang Peng did not do anything to Liu Xianglong. Yang Peng led the fleet back to Hsinchu,
Rested for two days in Hsinchu City.
It was the beginning of the fifth lunar month, it was already midsummer, and the daytime in Taiwan was very hot. During the day, Yang Peng hid in the "Yanwang Mansion" built by Zheng Hui to rest and read a few ancient books at will. At night, Yang Peng took his guards with him.
Went out for a walk.
The sea breeze was strong in Hsinchu at night, blowing away the heat on land. Zheng Hui knew that Yang Peng was going out, so he hurried over from the general's house to accompany Yang Peng on his inspection.
Yang Peng inspected the pig and sheep farms in Hsinchu, and then suggested going to the countryside to have a look. Zheng Hui is a capable manager, and Hsinchu's water conservancy facilities are very complete. In addition to dragon-tail truck irrigation, there are also water conservancy facilities in the countryside.
Dam. After the dam raised the water level, Zheng Hui built a canal from the reservoir formed behind the dam and used the canal to irrigate the land far away from the river bank.
Yang Peng was riding a horse in the countryside. As he looked around, he saw only patches of rice fields everywhere, green under the moonlight. The weather was hot at this time, and farmers avoided the scorching sun during the day and did not come out to work. At night, many farmers were hoeing in the fields.
There are busy scenes everywhere.
Yang Peng walked away from the reins and led his guards all the way east, and came to a large area of crops with low stems and leaves. The plants grew leaves one by one from the ridges, each leaf was as big as half a palm. The area in that area was
For several miles, this kind of crops are grown.
Yang Peng looked at it carefully and asked curiously: "Zheng Hui, are these sweet potatoes?" Zheng Hui replied: "Your Majesty is right, these are sweet potatoes. The people in Hsinchu are relatively wealthy and want to eat meat.
Pig factories consume a lot of pig food every day, so we encourage farmers to plant sweet potatoes in places that are not suitable for growing rice, and we have also planted hundreds of thousands of acres of sweet potatoes."
Yang Peng nodded. Sweet potatoes are a crop introduced from the New World. Unlike corn and potatoes, sweet potatoes immediately adapted to the Chinese soil after being introduced to China and achieved higher yields per mu. In Zhangzhou, Fujian, etc., which are narrow and densely populated,
Sweet potatoes even became the main food crop in the late Ming Dynasty, feeding many local people.
The soil in Taiwan is similar to that in Fujian, mostly red soil, which is also suitable for the production of sweet potatoes. However, in the prosperous Jiangnan area, sweet potatoes have received a cold reception. Excessive use of sweet potatoes will cause a series of discomforts such as abdominal bloating, making them unsuitable for staple food. The price of sweet potatoes
It's very humble. People in the south of the Yangtze River have good harvests from planting rice, but they don't want to plant sweet potatoes.
Further north, sweet potato production has declined, and it is not as popular as it is in Fujian. However, sweet potatoes are cheap compared to rice and flour. If there is a famine, sweet potatoes can save lives. Yang Peng introduced sweet potatoes in Fujian a few years ago
, as a rotation plant planted after winter wheat is harvested. Most of the harvested sweet potatoes are purchased by pig farms, which also increases farmers' income to a certain extent. So Yang Peng is very familiar with this crop.
Yang Peng looked at those sweet potatoes, thoughtfully, and asked: "Zheng Hui, how many kilograms of sweet potatoes can be produced in Taiwan in a year?" Zheng Hui cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, Taiwan has enough sunshine and rain. If it is managed properly,
This acre of spring potatoes can yield 2,500 jins, and the summer potatoes can yield 1,500 jins. In total, one acre can produce more than 4,000 jins a year."
"If sweet potatoes are used as the staple food, this acre of sweet potato field can feed four adults, which is very impressive. But eating too much sweet potatoes will make your stomach uncomfortable. As long as there is rice to eat these days, no one is willing to eat potatoes."
"Good stuff! Ask the kitchen to make sweet potato porridge for me tomorrow morning!" Yang Peng praised, said no more, turned around and rode elsewhere. May of the lunar calendar is already the typhoon season, and fifty-three ships
Anxious to return to Tianjing New City to sell goods in Japan and return to Tianjing New City. Yang Peng followed the fleet back to Tianjing New City with a full load of silver stolen from the Liu family.
Returning to the Tianjing New City port, the first thing Yang Peng did was to give bonuses to the sailors, gunners and soldiers who participated in the battle. The fleet had more than 2,000 sailors, nearly 6,000 gunners and 10,000 Tiger Soldiers.
People were rewarded with fifteen taels of silver. Yang Peng rewarded nearly three hundred thousand taels of silver at once, which greatly delighted the combatants who returned home in triumph.
There were very few casualties in this battle, with only a few dozen soldiers injured. For the nearly 20,000 combatants, this casualty ratio was very small, and it could be said that there was no risk. The artillerymen, soldiers and sailors took the money and rushed to Cangzhou City.
They went to Tianjing Xincheng for consumption, and the restaurants and brothels in Cangzhou were crowded.
After this battle, Yang Peng became the overlord on the East Asian sea. The soldiers had outstanding achievements and were worthy of the reward of fifteen taels of silver. After returning to the palace, Yang Peng rested for a day and went to visit those injured in the battle.
Soldier Huan Lide was the soldier with the heaviest casualties in this battle. His two right legs were broken by the shells of Liu Jiafu's ship and he lost the ability to move. Although he was rescued by the medical team and survived after amputation
Huan Lide's life was saved, but Huan Lide could no longer work.
According to Yang Peng's rules, wounded soldiers like Huan Lide could receive a disability allowance of two to five taels per month, as well as a second-class warrior medal. From then on, he received preferential treatment in the Cangzhou area. It can be said that although Huan Lide was injured from then on,
Although he is disabled, his good life will not be lost because of his disability. He can still live a decent life with subsidies and medals.
Yang Peng took Han Jinxin and the secret guards to Sanheng Street in Tianjing New City and walked to Huan Lide's house. Seeing that the prince came to visit the wounded, the people in Sanheng Street were very excited and crowded onto the road to watch.
Yang Peng. When Yang Peng lived in Tianjing New City a few years ago, citizens could often see Yang Peng, the "big boss". However, after Yang Peng entered Yanjing City these years, the people could no longer see Yang Peng. Now, okay
Taking the opportunity, the citizens gathered around to watch the excitement.
Seeing that the citizens missed him, Yang Peng nodded to the citizens on his horse. Unexpectedly, this nod ignited the atmosphere of the street, and the happy people cheered loudly! Yang Peng smiled, jumped off his horse and walked into Huanli
De's villa. Huan Lide rented an entire villa. The Huan family's wife took a little daughter and waited at the door. When she saw Yang Peng, she knelt down and kowtowed. Yang Peng quickly helped her up. Yang Peng walked into the room.
He walked to Huan Lide's bed and said with a smile: "Huan Lide, does the wound still hurt?"
Huan Lide nodded and said: "It still hurts, my lord, but I'm lucky to have saved my life." Yang Peng nodded, took a silver second-class warrior medal from the guard behind him, and wore it.
Huan Lide looked at his chest and said with a smile: "Okay, Huan Lide, even though you have no legs in the future, you will still be the hero of our Tianjing New City. Whether it is court proceedings or daily affairs, the entire Tianjing New City will take care of you.
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Huan Lide nodded excitedly and said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty." Yang Peng nodded and looked at the furnishings of the Huan family to see what else the Huan family was missing. He suddenly smelled a strong smell and couldn't help but
Asked: "Why is the room so smelly?" Huan Lide's daughter-in-law blushed and said: "The toilet door may have been blown open by the wind, I will close it!"
Yang Peng was stunned, and secretly thought that he originally designed this toilet in a small villa, which had pros and cons. It was convenient, but the smell was also difficult to control. The toilet originally designed by Yang Peng was connected directly to the underground septic tank.
A strong odor is inevitable.
The originally solemn ceremony was interrupted by the smell of the toilet, which made people a little embarrassed. Yang Peng nodded and said: "The living standards of the people in Tianjing New City cannot be defeated by the smell of this toilet!" Yang Peng smiled and patted Huan.
Looking over Lide's shoulder, he said with a smile: "Huan Lide, I will go back and make the toilet immediately. I will equip your home with the first one, and I will ensure that your home will never stink again in the future."
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.