Huang Chen's three ships slowly sailed into Tongshan Port, towing the newly captured trophy - a nine-foot-long galley.
The dinghy boat is a modified version of the Cangshan boat, which was a local fishing boat in Taiping County, Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province in the past. Later, it became a coastal defense warship in response to the government campaign. The advantage of the Cangshan boat is that it can be used in shallow coastal waters, and it can travel normally even if there is no wind.
It is mainly used to assist large ships of more than ten feet in combat. The general length is between seven and eight feet, and the draft is six or seven feet. It is light and easy to sail, which is good for fishing the enemy's heads in the sea. If the enemy's boat is small, it can plow. In order to better utilize the impact of the Cangshan ship
Plows were used to engage in battle, and larger ships emerged. Their heads and tails were the same as the beam surface, and the hulls were added with vertical board holes. They were as tall as a building and did not have walls, which was more conducive to close combat. Of course, due to the huge difference in strength between the two sides,
The disparity was huge. Just now, the boat did not show its characteristics and was captured by Huang Chen three times.
When approaching the port, Huang Chen successfully met up with Zhao Hongyi, Ruan Jin and others. The latter gave him a moderate surprise. Not only did he successfully capture his opponent, an eight-foot bird boat, he also continued his efforts to capture another.
A six-foot-eight-oared boat.
Since then, Huang Chen has gained three ships in this battle. I don't know what the situation is with Chen Si. If he also gained something, Huang Chen would probably smile crookedly.
But he soon stopped laughing. The boat was hit by his fierce artillery fire. The buildings on the boat were beyond recognition and badly damaged. Without dozens or hundreds of taels of silver, there was no way it could be repaired in good condition. However, it could not be compared with the bird captured by Ruan Jin.
Compared with the injuries sustained by the boat, the boat's injuries can only be considered skin injuries at best.
Huang Chen stared at the shocking hole in the ribs of the bird ship for a long time without saying anything. He had a question in his heart: "Is this ship still worth repairing?" He didn't know. The ship repairman had to see it in person to make a conclusion. What was certain was that
, the repair cost is definitely not cheap.
The eight-oared boat was the only one among the three captive boats that was intact. Not only was the boat okay, but so were the people. The twenty-four officers and soldiers on board barely resisted after being surrounded and surrendered very happily. Huang Chen was very satisfied with their choice.
Appreciate it, it is not easy for everyone to come out to make a living, and there is absolutely no need to fight for life or death unless it is absolutely necessary.
The ships arrived at the port, and Huang Chen took Yang Dong, Hikojiro, Hikoshiro and others off the ship with great strides. The shipowners each led their troops to gather towards him one after another, no sooner than later. As soon as everyone arrived, the officers and soldiers in the water village collapsed, and the tide
Usually they flee towards Tongshan City in the rear.
Huang Chen glanced at the people behind him one by one, including direct descendants such as Zhao Hongyi, Ruan Jin, Zhuang Mo, Zhang Xing, Yang Dong, Guo Dayan, Yanjiro, and Yansilang, as well as the top generals under the command of Yimu Laobu Hongju, Huang Fang, and Wang Fengwu.
, Liu Bin, who was a ranger, and three former Wang Fengwu's subordinates, only Chen Si and two other captains were missing. Unconsciously, so many people had gathered around him. Huang Chen took a deep breath and slowly said:
"This is our first time entering Han. Before we leave, I have something to say."
A group of cadres were gearing up and eager to try, but immediately fell silent after hearing this.
"My father is a pirate, so I also became a pirate." Huang Chen ignored the dumbfounded people and continued: "Although I am currently doing bad things that bring shame to my ancestors, I have never had a moment of shame.
"I have forgotten that I am a member of the Huang family in Wuxian County, Suzhou. I have never forgotten for a moment that I am a descendant of Huang Cegong, a scholar of the Song Dynasty. I believe that my father in heaven is the same as me. One day, I will recognize my ancestor and return to my clan."
"The reason why I am telling you this is just to tell you that I am different from those bandits who only know how to burn, kill, plunder, and have no code of conduct." Huang Chen's eyes passed over everyone like lightning, and he said word by word: "
Do you understand? If you have the idea of burning, killing, raping and plundering in your mind at the moment, give up the idea as soon as possible. If you don’t want to give up, you can, I will not keep you and switch to other forces."
"..." Everyone was stunned. Are pirates still pirates if they don't burn, kill, rape and plunder?...
As if to give everyone some time to think, Huang Chen waited for a while before asking: "Does anyone want to quit?"
"..." No one answered. Who dares to withdraw? Without Huang Chen taking action, the companions around him would immediately draw their swords and kill him.
Huang Chen asked again, but still no one answered, so he showed his iconic smile and said: "Very good, you didn't disappoint me. Since you all agree, I will make three rules today, and 80% of what I get will be confiscated."
, this is past practice, so I won’t say more. The last two rules are, first, no killing of innocent people indiscriminately, and second, no rape of women. Violators will be killed!"
"..." Everyone looked at each other. Yang Dong, Huang Fang, and Liu Bin were all murderous people. Zhuang Mo and Hong Ju were also lustful people. The Yan brothers even took advantage of both. After a while, Yang Dong was pushed out and asked.
He said: "Big Chief, you are not allowed to rape women so that everyone can save it. What do you mean you are not allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately?"
Huang Chen said: "Surrenders and civilians, as long as they have not taken up arms to attack you, cannot be killed."
The mole on the corner of Yang Dong's mouth trembled again and again, and he smiled bitterly: "Isn't this self-inflicted? Who knows whether those who cannot be killed have weapons on them and whether they are hiding evil intentions."
Wang Bin nodded in agreement: "Big Chief, Yang Dong is right, there seems to be something wrong with this."
Huang Chen said calmly: "It's not a matter of guessing whether it's appropriate or not. You can only know if you try it. Let's make it this way for the time being. If it doesn't work, change it later."
Yang Dong, Wang Bin, and all those who had doubts were immediately speechless.
Huang Chen looked far and wide. The towering Tongshan City rose up against the mountains and meandered along the coast. In the smoke, it looked like a black dragon lying in the wild, with an extraordinary momentum.
"Let's start. Many people have already walked in front of us. We need to catch up quickly."
Excluding the casualties and Chen Si and others who had not returned, Huang Chen still had about 800 troops, leaving 300 to guard the ship, take care of the wounded, and detain prisoners. Huang Chen personally led 500 troops to Tongshan City. There were casualties everywhere along the way.
The pillows were covered with blood, and it was too horrible to see. Some people had their heads dislocated and died with their eyes open; some people had their limbs separated and cried out for help. For those who were more seriously injured, Huang Chen could do nothing, but he did not mind helping those who were less seriously injured.
Join the gang and save someone's life with a little effort, why not do it.
Tongshan City has four gates: east, west, south and north. The east gate is called "Chen Xi", the west gate is called "Si Mei", the south gate is called "A Yang", and the north gate is called "Gongji". The pirates landed from the east coast.
You should go to the east gate to see the dawn.
Today, it seems that God does not want Huang Chen to start killing again. The officers and soldiers collapsed as soon as he landed on the beach. Now when he came to Tongshan City, before he could see clearly, the officers and soldiers gave up resistance again and retreated into the city. They saw pirates rushing in after the officers and soldiers.
Huang Chen was dumbfounded in Tongshan City. Such a majestic castle that only one man could guard and that no one could open could be destroyed so easily?
Huang Chen was surprised. He didn't react slowly. He immediately led his men into the crowd and rushed towards the city gate like lightning. On the way, his eyes seemed to be attracted by something on the city wall. Once he entered the city, he did not kill like other pirates.
In the residential area in the center of the city, he was temporarily separated from the brigade and led dozens of people up the stairs to the city tower.
"Sure enough..." Huang Chen walked quickly to a cannon cart beside the city wall. He touched the ten-foot-long iron cannon in front of him with his hand, feeling its cold and smooth touch. Huang Chen looked up to the sky and laughed:
"Red barbarian cannons, hahaha! Earlier I was thinking about how to make friends with the Dutch and got some red barbarian cannons, but in the blink of an eye the red barbarian cannons were delivered to my door."
There were three Hongyi cannons as far as the eye could see. Huang Chen occupied one and was about to pack up the remaining two. Before he could take any action, a group of pirates suddenly appeared at the entrance of the passage. Both parties were stunned.
Huang Chen watched helplessly as someone snatched away a piece of the fat meat that he had eaten, with a gloomy expression on his face. Then some pirates came up one after another, forcing Huang Chen to give up the idea of robbing him. Then he faced two red seats.
The Yi Pao scratched his head, transporting them onto the ship was not an easy task. Looking at the length and width of the two, and even more than his own red Yi Pao, the weight was probably more than 4,000 kilograms, and each of them cost about eight or nine pounds.
A cow pulls.
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The weight of Western draft horses or oxen cannons is about 500-600 pounds, and the Chinese ones are similar. The Qing army's red barbarian cannons were generally pulled by 6-8 or 9 oxen, and the heaviest ones were pulled by 12 oxen.