The night before, in order to seize the beach and attack Daheng Island, the navy's warships hit the rocks and were damaged a lot. The repair cost alone was more than 6,000 taels. Not to mention that 197 people died in this battle and more than 800 people suffered varying degrees of trauma.
Since the She family used the Shengsi Islands as a forward stronghold, they were called sea pirates and were actually elite troops stationed in the camp. In addition to burning food and supplies, except for a group of excellent soldiers and armor, other seizures were pitiful.
, simply cannot make ends meet.
The compensation for those killed in the Jiangdong Left Army was five acres each for the upper field and five acres for the middle field. Chongzhou had a lot of people but little land, and the price of land had risen sharply in the past two years. Five acres of upper field, and five acres less for the middle field, were said to be worth sixty taels. Miao Shuo said.
Six thousand taels of silver were given to the Jiangdong Left Army to guard the Shengsi Islands, which was not enough to provide compensation for hundreds of casualties.
After the She family vacated their hands from eastern Zhejiang, they were bound to fight for Shengsi. At that time, they didn't know how many lives they would need to fill in to defend it. Miao Shuo had the nerve to quote a figure of six thousand taels - Lin Fu stared at Miao Shuo.
With a sinister look in his eyes, under the moonlight, Miao Shuo had a few strands of fake beard stuck to his chin and thought to himself: Why did Empress Dowager Liang send such a stingy eunuch to take care of Yu Dong?
If Miao Shuo didn't come, Lin Fu would defend Shengsi in order to protect Chongzhou from being disturbed. Yudong, who was located behind Shengsi, would naturally not be threatened. When Miao Shuo said this, Lin Fu wondered whether he could use Yudong Palace as a plot in the future.
bait?
Chen Huawen and Chen Mingzhe also looked quite ugly, secretly thinking that Miao Shuo was too stingy.
In order to show their goodwill, the Chen family gave Lin Fu a generous gift of nearly 30,000 taels of silver on his wedding. This time they did not mention the money. Six fast warships were said to be loaned, but Jiangdong Zuojun and Donghai bandits
The main force on the northern front was engaged in a fierce battle at sea, and the number of warships damaged was more than this. How could it be possible to get these six warships back? In addition, in the future, the Jiangdong Left Army would send garrison troops to guard the Shengsi Islands to provide grain, oil, meat and other supplies. Chen Huawen
It was also promised to be borne by Haiyu to reduce the burden on Chongzhou.
Jiangdong Zuojun's nominal strength was only 3,000, but the actual strength on Daheng Island at this time was more than 5,000. Adding the strength of Chongzhou and Changsheng Island, it must have exceeded 10,000 (mainly the local rural soldiers)
, the social soldiers and some private soldiers in the hands of the powerful clans were gathered together and used as county soldiers and township warriors, which increased the number of soldiers. The supply was naturally borne by the county. Chongzhou did not have such financial resources, so the supply pressure was naturally passed on to the Jiangdong Left Army.
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If it were normal times, we could cut down troops and reduce expenses. At this time, the situation is critical, and for fear of insufficient troops, how can we dare to cut down troops again? However, maintaining an armament of more than 10,000 people will definitely far exceed Chongzhou's supply capacity. Chen Huawen, Chen Mingzhe and Haiyu
Everyone hoped that the Jiangdong Left Army could hold on to the Shengsi Islands, but why didn't they show any expression at all?
In the future, the Jiangdong Left Army will station three to five thousand garrison troops on the Shengsi Islands, with adequate supplies of grain, oil, meat, etc., and will spend at most three to five thousand taels of silver per month. It is estimated that the situation will ease in three to five months. If we get one to twenty thousand taels,
Yinzi hired this world-famous elite to guard Haiyu's gate, which was actually very cost-effective.
In comparison, Hai Yu could not pluck out much more hair than Yu Dong, but Miao Shuo only gave six thousand taels after opening his mouth, which was not enough to add two main warships to Lin Fu, so it seemed too stingy.
Chen Huawen and Chen Mingzhe could not see each other. They stood with their hands folded and their eyes looking elsewhere.
Yuan Jinsheng was quite embarrassed. Miao Shuo could only be trusted by the Queen Mother to take care of Yudong because he held on to his money very tightly.
Lin Fu was angry in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he said: "Master Miao said this, so Lin is not polite. I really lack high-quality warships, so I will exchange three ships for Brother Yuan and Brother Yuan."
Mr. Miao can go back to Yudong..."
The three two-masted sailing ships that came with Miao Shuo and Yuan Jinsheng were covered with iron, and the ships were shaped like shuttles. From a distance, you can tell that they were very good fast warships. Although the shape was not as good as the Jiyun-class thousand-stone warship, it was still more powerful.
It is larger than an ordinary loach boat.
Of course Lin Fu would not turn them away, but he also did not want to keep Yuan Jinsheng and Miao Shuo on Daheng Island. Who knew that they had nothing to do with the She family? So he decided to use three broken ships to invite them back to Yudong.
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Miao Shuo, Yuan Jinsheng and the young soldiers behind them all changed slightly when they heard that Lin Fu was about to send them away. Although they did not want to stay in a dangerous place, Lin Fu asked Chen Huawen to guard Daheng Island and could not wait to send them away.
, how can their face be saved?
Lin Fu just pretended not to notice, but said with great consideration for them: "It's not that Brother Yuan and Lord Miao are not left on the island - the situation in eastern Zhejiang is collapsing, and Daheng Island is a dangerous place that must be fought for.
It’s not like a noble person lives here... If Brother Yuan and Lord Miao did anything wrong by staying on Daheng Island, I won’t be able to explain it in front of the Marquis."
Lin Fu said this, Miao Shuo and Yuan Jinsheng looked a little better, and cursing in their hearts was another matter. At least they took care of their faces. Lin Fu immediately asked Zhao Qingshan to mobilize three loach boats that were not too seriously damaged.
In the past, I changed my guard, but I still didn't let down my guard when I changed defenses.
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After changing the ships, Lin Fu felt that these three two-masted ships were indeed good. They were slightly smaller in shape, but the materials used were as good as those of the Jiyun and Jinhai warships. In addition to the watertight compartments, the sides were also thicker.
It was reinforced and covered with iron, making it a very high-quality warship.
Yudong Palace has no signs of developing a large-scale navy, but judging from these three warships, it can be inferred that the soldiers hidden in Yudong Palace, regardless of their combat power, should be extremely sophisticated in armor, bows and crossbows---
-Lin Fu looked at the three loach boats Yuan Jinsheng and Miao Shuo returned from across the sea, and secretly thought: The Empress Dowager Liang, the Marquis of Yongchang and the Liang family conspired to raise private soldiers in the Yudong Palace. The battle in the inner court is really dangerous.
, full of blood!
Although there are guards and soldiers in every imperial palace to guard against theft and suppress exploitative farmers, when it comes to combat effectiveness, they are probably inferior to ordinary county soldiers. If the guards of Yudong Palace were among the large number of pirates or even the elites of the luxury family,
It was impossible not to arouse the vigilance of Emperor Chongguan that they could still defend themselves against the attack of soldiers. Yuan Jinsheng and Miao Shuo were not afraid of a small group of pirates attacking Yudong, but they were worried about a large group of pirates attacking Yudong Palace.
The secret hidden inside is exposed.
Lin Fu saw off Chen Huawen and Chen Mingzhe's uncle and nephew disembarked, and ordered the sails to be set off, so that the fleet would sail eastward on the north side of Daheng Island to give Yuan Jinsheng and Miao Shuo such delay that it was already dawn.
Everything is covered with clear morning light.
"After a long night of tossing, please go back to the cabin and rest first..." Zhao Qingshan said.
"You should also pay attention to rest," Lin Fu said, "Cunxiong stayed on Daheng Island to recuperate, and the burden of the First Water Camp will be on your shoulders..."
Zhao Qingshan was just about to change boats and return to his command ship when he heard the watch whistle of the warship on the left wing blow a long and whimpering horn to indicate that a large number of ships were approaching from the north. The beacon smoke from the sentry station at the northern foot of Jinji Mountain in the distance was almost there.
Light them all up at the same time, the enemy attacks! A large number of bandits attack the enemy!
Lin Fu and Zhao Qingshan hurriedly boarded the stern deck and looked north. The sails and masts were heavy and the sky was blocked. They were afraid that there would be no more than seventy or eighty warships. It was the main force of the East China Sea and Koubei line led by She Feihu who was crossing the sea.
The momentum seems to be to seize the Dengdong Peninsula.
Lin Fu really wanted to thank Yuan Jinsheng and Miao Shuo for coming over and delaying their time for more than an hour. Otherwise, they would have set sail in an hour and would have been forty or fifty miles away from Daheng Island.
At that time, when I saw the beacon smoke ignited on Daheng Island, I turned the ship's bow to return support and sailed against the eccentric wind. I was afraid that it would be delayed for three or four hours. Even if I pursued it at the wrong time, I might not be able to catch up. How could we meet on a narrow road at this moment?
Enjoyable?
"The signal flag was raised, and Ge Cunxin was ordered to lead the second water battalion to attack the enemy's formation directly with flying geese. All the ships of the first water battalion followed me to command the ship to sail eastward along the island shore to intercept its return route; then Zhou Tong led the Chongzhou infantry battalion and the county soldiers.
The first battalion went to the north beach of Dongdao Island to form a formation in preparation for the invaders to seize the beach and land on the island!" Lin Fu was in high spirits and said,
At this time, the sky was not bright yet, and the field of vision was relatively limited. It was almost eight or nine miles away from the North Beach of the East China Sea that the main fleet of the East China Sea pirates approached the North Beach of the Eastern Peninsula, and the enemy situation was discovered by the Beiya lookout. The left-wing warships of the Jiangdong Zuo Army Navy Division were in contact with the East China Sea pirates.
The main fleet on the northern route is even closer, only four or five miles away.
Jiangdong Zuojun's boat division is heading east, and the main force of the East China Sea Kou's northern line is heading south. If they are not aware of it, they will just encounter each other on the northern beach of the East Peninsula. It is not wrong to say that they meet on a narrow road. When they meet on a narrow road, brave men fight, Lin Fu
At that time, there was no time to spare the use of warships, and he personally commanded in the Beitan waters to meet the main force of the Koubei line in the East China Sea.
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When She Feihu heard the warning from the sentry on the mast, he boarded the mast and looked to the south with horror: In the sea area to the north of Daheng Island, the Jiangdong Zuo Army's boat divisions spread out horizontally and had already started.
The formation was waiting for them to collide head-on.
After losing more than a thousand soldiers, She Feihu knew that Changshan Island could not be captured in the short term and did not have the conditions for a long-term siege. He retreated to Southwest Beach for a day and night, then boarded a boat at dusk to cross the sea and attack Daheng Island.
Taking advantage of the strong north wind, they stormed the eastern peninsula of Daheng Island and used the terrain of Daheng Island to use elite infantry to contain the main force of the Jiangdong Left Army on Daheng Island so that it could not interfere with eastern Zhejiang.
war.
Along the way, there was no contact with Jiangdong Zuojun's sentry ship, and under the cover of night, She Feihu couldn't figure out how Lin Fu knew their whereabouts, so he made arrangements in advance on the North Beach of Daheng Island.
My hands and feet felt cold for a while and I felt a little dizzy.
She Feihu suffered too many setbacks from Lin Fu, and his ambition was taken away from him. The bravery that became famous at a young age was suppressed in front of Lin Fu. Besides, he was famous for being good at fighting, and his resourcefulness was not as good as Qin Zitan and other advisers.
If Qin Zitan were awake and saw the situation in front of him, he would probably guess that the situation in eastern Zhejiang had been decided. At this moment, it was just Lin Fu who was rushing to stabilize the surrounding areas of Chongzhou before the main force of his She family could withdraw from eastern Zhejiang.
It’s just a situation.
However, She Feihu could not guess that Quan Ciqing led the main force of the Zhejiang army to give him the defeat of the She family in Longshan. He also did not know that Chen Huawen led the Haiyu Township camp to help defend Daheng Island, so that Lin Fu could move the main force from Daheng Island.
Draw them all out, and now they are about to attack Changshan Island.
Although Lin Fu spared the use of warships and did not dare to inflict heavy damage on the naval division, so that he could not suppress Xiao Taoyuan's naval combat power, he planned to draw out the Chongcheng infantry camp and the county soldiers and civilians, so that the infantry could be used in the battle.
They stormed the beach on Changshan Island and attacked the bandits on the island with Qin Chengzu and Ning Zechen's troops on Changshan Island, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the scale of the naval battle and reducing the losses of warships.
She Feihu didn't even know that Lin Fu had also obtained nine strong warships from Haiyu Township Camp and Yudong Miao Shuo, which restored the naval combat capabilities of the Jiangdong Left Army to a certain extent.
She Feihu fought for the She family in Eastern Fujian when he was a boy. His tactical skills were among the best among those at the time. Even though he couldn't figure out many things and was frightened by Lin Fu who happened to set up a battle formation in the Beitan waters, he still
Knowing that it is impossible to save money from danger, it is impossible to turn and escape.
The ship arrays of the two sides are only four or five miles apart, and such large ship arrays cover several miles in radius. The wind direction also causes the two sides to meet. Adjusting the direction of the ship array cannot be done in a short while. The only way to proceed is to install the planned plan.
Moving forward to seize the beach and land on the island may save more strength.
She Feihu also saw that Jiangdong Zuojun's fleet in the Beitan area was a little thin and easy to penetrate--of course, Jiangdong Zuojun's fleet was slowly starting its eastward journey. As a marching ship
The team, the north direction is considered as the flank, how can it be thick?
The sea battle that both sides tried to avoid suddenly started at the North Beach of Daheng Island by coincidence. Neither side was prepared, but the subtle change was: Lin Fu had to fight the sea battle head-on, but She Feihu was even more unprepared.
Careful about penetrating the weak ship formation blockade of the Jiangdong Left Army Navy Division, landing on the beach, preserving more strength, and waiting for the main force on the southern front to come to the rescue.