() The battlefield was littered with corpses, and blood flowed into rivers. Cai Chun remained silent from beginning to end, dragging his injured leg and carefully rummaging through the corpses. This scene deeply shocked everyone, and Huang Chen, who was behind him, could not bear it.
He couldn't help but rode a horse to get close. He pulled out Cai Yifan's body from the pile of dead people. The latter's face was bloody and still filled with grief. He sat down on the ground with tears streaming down his face.
Zhao Hongyi shook his head and sighed softly: "As expected, we are looking for someone to lead the army. This person is really a loyal and righteous man." Is that so? The answer is neither yes nor no, but unknown.
"..." Zhang Xing was silent.
The injury was extremely serious, and he felt that his body was getting weaker and weaker. If he delayed for a while, he might not even have the strength to stand up again. He raised his head and glanced at the densely packed enemies around him, climbed up with difficulty, took out a rope from his horse, and
He tied Cai Yifan's body firmly to his back, then mounted his horse, drew his sword, and tried to break out. However, everyone knew that he could not break out.
Zhao Hongyi hesitated for a moment and said to Huang Chen: "Big Chief, this man is a righteous man. It would be a pity to kill him."
William also said sternly: "Baas, we have achieved a comprehensive, thorough, and glorious victory. He is a true warrior, and his actions should be respected by us. This is also a tribute to ourselves."
Respect." Seeing the enemies blocking him spread out to both sides to make way for a passage, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He subconsciously turned his head to look in Huang Chen's direction, and their eyes immediately collided.
Huang Chen raised his voice and said: "Originally, you could have left, but you chose to come back. You are a righteous man, and I will not kill you. It's just this time. If it doesn't happen next time, if you go against me again, the fate of the person you carry will be yours."
Ending." Without saying a word, he silently bowed his fist to Huang Chen, rode away, and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
Huang Chen looked away for a long time. It would be great if this person could be used by him.
Zhao Hongyi won three more war horses and two injured horses for him in this battle, especially Cai Yifan's mount, a maroon horse that became more and more vivid under the red sun. Its shoulder height was higher than the other six horses.
, about 1.4 meters tall. His demeanor was even more impressive. Huang Chen did not hesitate to abandon the previously selected black horse and chose this horse as his new mount. Unfortunately, all seven horses had been castrated and could not be used.
Give birth to offspring. In other words, if one dies, one will be lost, so it must be cherished.
Zhao Hongyi, Zhang Xing, and William contributed a lot in this battle. Zhuang Mo, who served as a suspect, and Huang Chen planned to reward each of them with a war horse. Zhao Hongyi smiled happily, and Zhang Xing, who always seemed very cold, rarely showed a smile.
If Zhuang Mo knew about it, he would definitely be happier. He was a horse bandit from Shandong and was good at riding horses. He looked down on the short Fujian packhorses and only war horses caught his eye.
William raised objections. He believed that allocating horses to his men was a huge waste of resources. Huang Chen should use the captured horses to form an excellent scout team. In Europe, it is unthinkable to fight without artillery.
What's even more unimaginable is that there is no cavalry. Cavalry scouts can police, patrol, investigate, report, communicate... etc., and their role is very, very huge. To put it simply, scouts are the eyes of the infantry. Without scouts, the infantry is blind.
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Of course, Western Europe basically has no say in the use of irregular cavalry, that is, light cavalry. The real experts are the Tatars who have lived on horseback since childhood. There are many Tatars in northern China, and William believes in Huang Chen's role in scouting.
I know him no better than him.
If Huang Chen's ambition was just to be a pirate, he could completely turn a deaf ear to William's words, but he wasn't, so after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what William said made sense. Then the problem came, if he said it out loud, he would eat it back.
What?
Huang Chen asked Zhao Hongyi and Zhang Xing for their opinions with a little embarrassment on his face. Zhao Hongyi thought for a while and said: "What William said is not unreasonable. We have also tried to use Fujian native horses as scout mounts before, but unfortunately the native horses
If you can't run fast, the effect won't be obvious. Nowadays, most of the scout teams still rely on their legs to travel. If war horses can be assigned to the scout team, it will definitely make the army camp even more powerful."
Zhao Hongyi agreed with William's proposal, and Zhang Xing had no objection and supported Huang Chen's decision unconditionally.
Huang Chen was very satisfied with the two people's "general knowledge". He himself needed to leave one horse to travel, and the other three horses were injured. At present, he could only give three horses to the scout team, and then many members of the scout team went to help these three horses.
Not to mention that the horses were making a lot of noise.
When Huang Chen sent people to clean the battlefield, Zhuang Mo came to join him with more than 200 troops. He was still somewhat resentful for not being able to participate in this battle.
Seeing the horse under Huang Chen's crotch, Zhuang Mo's eyes shone brightly, he circled around it a few times, and said in an envious tone: "What a horse, what a horse! Chief, if a certain family dares to guarantee this horse with a head on its neck, this horse will be perfect."
If it is not a Chinese horse, it must be a foreign breed. This horse is a rare thing in the north. Who is so capable to bring it to Fujian? The cost of traveling alone is probably higher than the price of the horse."
"I'm a complete layman. If you didn't tell me, I really wouldn't be able to tell the depth of this horse. The original owner of this horse was the commander of Haicheng Camp, named Cai Yifan. He was shot to death by Brother Zhao." Huang Chen laughed.
Very happy. This is the information obtained through interrogation of prisoners.
"Cai Yifan, what a good horse..." Zhuang Mo couldn't bear to leave the horse's eyes for even a moment. He wanted to touch it but was afraid of making Huang Chen unhappy, with a tangled look on his face.
Huang Chen pointed to three injured horses that were receiving treatment not far away, and said to Zhuang Mo: "If you see those three injured horses, you can take one away as a reward for you." Zhuang Mo is no better than others,
He is a cavalry general, and if he is given a horse, others will not say anything.
Zhuang Mo's three souls and seven souls had just been seduced by the horse under Huang Chen's crotch, and there was no room for anything else in his eyes. At this moment, he was reminded by the latter and realized in surprise. Of course, those three horses were not as good as Huang Chen's horse, the divine horse.
It was also above the standard. When he was a horse bandit in Shandong, the best mount he owned was of this level. With years of discernment, he easily picked out the best one.
When the prisoners were captured, the people buried the bodies of the dead one by one. Huang Chen's men had already completed the repairs. He immediately ordered the entire army to march north, approaching Yuegang. At the same time, the casualty statistics were also released. Huang Chen's side had more than two thousand people fighting.
Less than a hundred people were killed in the battle, and at a slight cost of more than 200 wounded, almost more than 3,000 officers and soldiers were wiped out. Xiangyong and more than a thousand prisoners were captured. Just as William described it: This was a comprehensive and thorough battle.
Yes, it can be called a glorious victory.
William became very interested in a person and recommended him to Huang Chen. His name was Chen Hui, a local soldier leader in Haicheng. According to William, the other party once caused a little trouble for his spear phalanx.
, although only a little bit. In view of Huang Chen's thirst for talents, William felt that Chen Hui was a talent. He had a calm mind and keen insight.
Huang Chen looked at Chen Hui curiously. He was fair and clean, with a delicate appearance. It was difficult to associate him with the leader of the local soldiers, let alone the talent William mentioned.
"I've seen the Sixth Master..." Chen Hui looked calm and bowed respectfully to Huang Chen.
Huang Chen couldn't help but blush when he heard this. Why did everyone call him Liu Ye when they saw him? It seemed that he would never get rid of the name "Huang Liu" in his life. Huang Chen said with some displeasure: "Don't mention "Six Master" in front of me.
"Zi, you can call me Mr. Huang or Mr. Huang."
Chen Hui realized that he seemed to have violated the other party's taboo, so he hurriedly changed his name to "Master Huang."
Huang Chen's face turned slightly and he asked: "Do you know how many officers and soldiers there are in Yuegang now?" He asked many people just now, some said one thousand, some said three thousand, and some said tens of thousands, but no one got the number right.
Get on.
Seeing Chen Hui hesitate for a while, Huang Chen knew that he had scruples, and said: "Since you know my name, you must understand my style. I, Huang Chen, eat food from the sea, but I never harm the people. Have you ever heard that
A bad thing I did?"
"Huang Ye is benevolent and righteous." Chen Hui dared not believe the rumors if they were true or false.
Huang Chen added: "I only care about the treasures in Yuegang. I won't cause more killings. Besides, even if you don't tell me, what can you do? Yuegang is not safe either."
"If I go back to Mr. Huang, there are still two thousand soldiers in Yuegang." Chen Hui replied in a deep voice. As for the number of merchants' servants in Yuegang and the troops in Longxi, the nearby Zhangzhou Prefecture, they did not mention it at all.
Huang Chen didn't pay attention. Whether it was merchants, private soldiers or Zhangzhou officers and soldiers, the number of them was three to five thousand. This number of troops was not enough for him to kill by himself. He asked Chen Hui in an old-fashioned way: "Little brother, I think you are a talent, do you have it?"
Are you interested in joining me?"
Chen Hui's face looked as ugly as if he had eaten shit. He cupped his fists and said, "Back to Mr. Huang, I am not a villain and don't know how to show appreciation. Despite your good intentions, I really have an old mother at home who needs to be taken care of. I can't leave her."
"It's just excuses but not praise." Huang Chen glanced sideways at Chen Hui and shouted: "Someone, drag him out and kill him."
Chen Hui's face suddenly turned pale and he said hurriedly: "Master Huang, wait a minute."
"Huh?" Huang Chen had a cold face and laughed secretly in his heart. He is such a cheap person. He doesn't listen to nice things and has to be forced to do something tough.
Chen Hui sighed: "I would like to join the group and meet the big leader."
"Okay. I have another general under my command.
Before they had gone far, Chen Peng led his men to catch up from behind. Although the battlefield had been cleaned up, the traces of the battle would not be easily erased. Seeing the slight losses of Huang Chen's men and horses, Chen Peng was secretly surprised, and he felt a trace of it.
I don't dare to express my resentment at all.
Huang Chen was happy to be at peace. Anyway, he had no use value anymore. When they arrived at Yuegang, the two of them would automatically disband. Soon the whole army arrived at the crescent-shaped inland sea, and they could see a small island in the sea in the distance. It was not as big as Wuyu Island, and it was different from Lie
The islands are even more different. As for Zhongzuo and Kinmen, they are simply land compared with them. Yuegang is built on this island, and this island is Yuegang. The river here is gentle, with tidal waves, connecting to the sea on the outside and mountain streams on the inside.
, its shape is like a crescent moon, hence the name "Moon Harbor".
The only export port of the Ming Dynasty was actually an enclave in the sea. Huang Chengang was filled with emotion when he learned about it. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that before Yuegang officially became the export port of the Ming Dynasty, it had always been one of the most important smuggling ports in Fujian. The characteristics of the smuggling port
I am not afraid of trouble, I am just afraid that the government will cause trouble.
At this time, the Zhongzuo Sea Area has completely become an inner lake of the Alliance. Yuegang was tightly blocked by many pirate warships. Huang Chen quickly found his men. After asking, he learned that Ruan Jin, Yang Dong and others had not long ago arrived in the inner sea of Yuegang.
They landed at Xiwei in the north and were preparing to go south to meet him. Now that Huang Chen had arrived, it was no longer necessary. They chose the northern end of the inner sea, while Huang Chen walked along the southern end, forcing him to turn around and return.
, circled most of the circle around the inland sea before arriving at the end of the stream.
We stayed at Xiwei overnight, and in the morning of the next day, Huang Chen organized his warships to land on the small island of Yuegang. Because Huang Chen had taken the land route before, he arrived relatively late among the alliance, but he arrived in time, and there were still officers and soldiers in Yuegang.
In his hands, Zheng Zhilong was negotiating with Ming officials in the harbor in the same month, trying to solve the problem peacefully. Huang Chen's victory on land greatly enhanced his confidence in speaking.
Huang Chen went straight to Yuegang City. Yuegang City has been expanded several times in the past few decades. The most recent time, even the city with a circumference of more than 500 feet could not accommodate everyone. It once again launched a large-scale expansion and built three Yuegang City nearby.
, the shops are buzzing, merchants gather, there are tens of thousands of merchants, and the wealth is the highest in Fujian.
Although Yuegang City is large, the height of the city is only more than two feet. You can easily climb up with some ladders. This is why the Ming officials in the city are willing to negotiate with Zheng Zhilong. Of course, they will never surrender the city. They are willing,
The merchants in the city refused. They were the real masters of Yuegang. The officials did this just as a delaying measure to buy time for Zhangzhou Prefecture to reinforce the troops.
Zheng Zhilong was obviously well aware of Yuegang officials' plans. After Huang Chen's troops arrived, he immediately issued an ultimatum to Yuegang: Yuegang must give an explanation before dawn tomorrow.
The next day, the four city gates of Yuegang were still tightly closed. It goes without saying that the other side refused to surrender.
After some consultations, the leaders decided to ignore the three moon cities and attack Yuegang with all their strength. When the moon comes, they will naturally surrender obediently. Specifically: Zheng Zhilong led his troops to attack the Dongqingbo Gate of Yuegang, and Huang Chen led his troops.
Attacking the Xihuan Bridge Gate, Li Kuiqi led his troops to attack the Nanyangwei Gate, and Zhou Lao led his troops to attack the North Gongji Gate.
Huang Chen's army defeated thousands of officers and soldiers head-on, and killed Cai Yifan, the commander of Haicheng Battalion. The news reached Yuegang, which almost scared all the leaders to wet their pants. Therefore, in the siege battle, Zhong Bin, Li Meiyu, Chen Shengyu, Chen Zhongji, Baimao Lao
When the big guys were all divided into the hands of Zheng Zhilong, Li Kuiqi and Zhou Zhou, Huang Chen only got some crooked melons, cracked dates, small fish and shrimps. But it was better this way, he didn't need strong support, he was just afraid that others would compete with him.
Benefit, the "little pirates" who acted with him didn't dare to take a breath in front of him, they all patted their chests and said, "Master Huang eats meat, I drink soup."
Huang Chen greatly appreciated the "righteous deeds" of several people and hypocritically said, "We share the blessings."
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At the age of four thousand, another historical figure joined Huang Chen's team. Chen Hui, courtesy name Canzhu, was born in Haicheng. During the Chongzhen period, he served as the sentry officer of Shimeiying. From Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and his son, there were senior generals.
Talented. He was a general who did not rely on bravery and won with his wits. He was gentle and courteous to the corporal. He did not care about the drunkards and scolded those who sat down, so he was called an elder. However, he surrendered to the Manchus in the end and his personal morality was slightly compromised. (To be completed.)