Thick black clouds cover the sky and the earth, and the sky and the earth are dark. Deafening thunder and streaks of lightning piercing the sky remind people that heavy rain is coming.
At this time, the west wind became stronger and stronger, blowing Huang Chen's head and face into disgrace and his hair flying around, so he had no choice but to jump off his horse to avoid the wind.
Such bad weather is no longer suitable for outdoor operations. Once the guns and cannons are ineffective in the rain, most of Huang Chen's martial arts will be lost immediately. It is unwise to conflict with the officers and soldiers again. He has enough confidence that even if he does not rely on firearms, he will be just as good as hand-to-hand combat.
He can easily defeat the officers and soldiers, but there is no need for him to risk his men's lives to fight with the opponent. The top priority now is to find a place to take shelter from the rain. Unfortunately, although the battle is over, there are many things to do after the war. As the winner, Huang Fang,
Taking in prisoners and counting the harvest, I was so busy that I could hardly get up for a while.
In this battle, Huang Fang paid a small price of dozens of casualties in exchange for huge rewards. The more than sixty pairs of purple cloth armors alone were good things that even money could not buy. In addition, Huang Fang also obtained general cannons, large and small flanges and machine guns.
There are 19 land battle guns including the Weiyuan Cannon and the Anti-Japanese Cannon.
The so-called general artillery does not refer to a certain type of artillery. The Ming Dynasty used to name some powerful artillery with general names such as "divine gun", "divine power", "invincible", etc. This is not included, and what is even more exaggerated is that every spring and autumn
"Send officials to worship it" to show respect. In other words, the classification of general cannons is not based on type but on power, including Ming-made earth cannons, thousand-pound flange machines and even Hongyi cannons. The general cannons captured by Huang Chen
Most of the earthen cannons were made in the Ming Dynasty. They were similar to copper-haired cannons. Their weight ranged from hundreds of kilograms to several thousand kilograms. They fired three, five, and seven kilograms. They were the main artillery of the Ming Dynasty army. There is no need for large or small flange machines.
The Ti, Weiyuan cannon, and the captive-killing cannon are small, lightweight cannons weighing one to two hundred kilograms, with bullets weighing one kilogram or less.
Some of the oxen and mules of the officers and artillery team were affected by the battle, and some were scattered. Fortunately, Huang Chen had captured a lot of heads before, so hauling the artillery carts was not a problem. The only problem was the prisoners. There were three to four hundred officers and soldiers who could not say more.
A lot less. Huang Chen has a bottom line in doing things. Killing him will definitely not work, but it is also inappropriate to let him go. He is not safe with him. It is really a hot potato.
Huang Chen's eyebrows twisted together fiercely, and after repeated deliberation in his mind, he chose the most conservative plan, keeping the prisoner with him for the time being, and making a decision based on the situation.
After clearing the battlefield and getting ready to go, Huang Chen immediately led the team to turn around and head north. On the way, Huang Fang members gathered from all directions, most of them escorting prisoners, and there were also some who returned empty-handed. Ruan Jin and Yang Dong had previously run against Huang Chen in the north and south to pursue him.
The troops were defeated, and the two men and their men were the last ones to return.
Huang Chen saw Ruan Jin, and Yang Dong was followed by a young monk with a delicate face. He couldn't help but show surprise on his face. He asked casually, roughly understanding the whole story. How could he not see the reluctance on the young monk's face?
He came out, but he didn't say anything. As the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Although no one dares to commit the two killings without mercy, he has a workaround.
Capturing women as wives. Huang Chen knew in his heart that pirates were pirates, and it was simply unrealistic for them to commit no crimes. As long as he didn't go too far, he would usually turn a blind eye.
The people were almost back. Huang Chen counted the number of people and found that there were more than twenty people missing. Maybe they ran away and lost their way, or maybe they were accidentally killed in the hands of the defeated soldiers and local heroes. Huang Chen couldn't have spent so much time searching.
They had no choice but to do everything possible and send people to search the surrounding area. He actually found four people, and the possibility of the rest returning was infinitely close to zero.
Huang Chen adopted the local people's advice and headed north, heading straight to the junction of Zhao'an and Pinghe counties.
With a "wow" sound, the rain that Fujian people had been waiting for for two years finally arrived. The heavy rain fell from the sky, and the water droplets were densely connected in a line. They were swept by the strong wind and turned into countless tiny whips, lashing people's bodies severely.
Face. Amid the bursts of thunder, the rain fell even harder, falling on the dry land. The rain and mist gradually enveloped the wilderness, like dust and smoke, like a dream...
Huang Chen and his party went deep into the enemy's territory and went into battle lightly. Less than 30% of them were carrying raincoats and raincoats. Thanks to the officers and soldiers who were as good as boys with good fortune, half of them were spared the pain of being exposed to the rain. Their merits are immeasurable.
As for the officers and soldiers, do prisoners need rain gear...
As the road gradually became muddy, everyone went barefoot and after all the hard work, a huge village loomed in the rain and fog. The village was surrounded by mountains on two sides, with one side facing the water and one side surrounded by a thick fence.
There is a high-rise observation tower, and the defense is ten times stronger than the village Huang Chen conquered before, and it is also richer. Attacking by force will only result in bruises and bloodshed. He asked the sentry with the highest official position among the prisoners to call the door. Naturally,
He was surrounded by Huang Chen's people, who would be stabbed in the head if they dared to play tricks.
For the sake of his own life, the sentry officer was very obedient. He lied without changing his face and said that there was a sudden change in the weather on the way to suppress the bandits and asked to go to the village to take shelter from the rain. In order to be realistic, he even put on airs and showed off his authority. Zhao'an slapped a large area, and the sentry officer
Guan Nai was a well-known figure, and the other party did not doubt that he was there, and it didn't take long before he slowly opened the gate of the village.
When several heads from the village came out to meet the sentry officer in the rain, Huang Chen's party suddenly launched an attack and killed all the people in one fell swoop, almost taking control of the village without a single blow. Everyone in the village was panicked and trembling, fearing that the pirates would bloodbath the village. Huang Chen comforted them
They talked about it, and then entrusted everything to Zhao Hongyi, who himself became the manager and moved into the ancestral house of the Lin family of Hao.
The heavy rain fell for more than an hour before abating, and continued until the next day. The rain kept falling throughout the morning, more like fog than rain. The rain gradually stopped in the afternoon, but the sky disappeared.
It will clear up, but it will continue to rain today and tomorrow as expected.
The rain came very suddenly. It was sunny before Huang Chen landed. After landing, the situation suddenly changed and caught him off guard. A considerable part of the gunpowder became damp and could not be used. The current gunpowder reserve was only enough to fight one or two battles, and during this trip, he had to conquer two battles.
He could annihilate a Ming army in one village, and the profit would be far greater than he imagined, so he decided to return to the sea temporarily and wait for an opportunity to come back again.
Huang Chen was preparing to retreat, but Zhao'an still didn't respond. At this time, a day and night had passed since Huang Chen's battle to annihilate the Ming army by the Dongxi River. Zhao'an couldn't possibly not know the details, but he was just pretending to be confused. In the past, Zhao'an
With its back to the hinterland, there were Tongshan Village as a barrier to the east and south, Fenshui Pass to the west, and Tuolin Village as a cover, so there were no worries on all sides. However, Zheng Zhilong broke through Tongshan first and then Tuolin, and Zhao'an was like an egg with the shell removed.
, Zhao'an County soldiers and the Fenshuiguan garrison only had more than a thousand troops, and half of them were killed by Huang Chen at one time. It was difficult to protect themselves under the siege of a group of bandits, let alone attack Huang Chen.
Zhao'an did not have the strength to attack Huang Chen, but Pinghe County soldiers thought they did. Huang Chen led his men and horses when they were intercepted by the latter shortly after leaving the village. Even if the ignition rate of Huang Fang's gunman dropped to 30%, he could still suppress him.
The opponent's three-eyed gunmen were unable to raise their heads and had strict discipline with their spears. They were supplemented by Taiwanese native barbarians. They defeated the Pinghe County soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables. It took less than two-quarters of an hour from the beginning to the end of the battle.
Looking at the messy battlefield, Huang Chen shook his head and led the team south along the west bank of Dongxi River. Occasionally, he could see officers and soldiers on the other side of the river. Pirates were chasing each other and fighting bloody battles. The two looked at the large and small cars in Huang Chen's team, eyes wide.