With lead clouds covering the roof and strong winds blowing, Huang Chen led his troops down the Dongxi River and entered the Xuanzhong Peninsula. The pirate alliance's headquarters is located in Tongshan City on Chuanling Island, and the west of Chuanling Island is only a few dozen miles away from Xuanzhong Peninsula.
Huang Chen ordered people to board an unknown hill on the east side of the peninsula, fire cannons and wave the flag. After receiving the signal, the people staying on the opposite side reported it to Chen Si as quickly as possible. Soon, more than a dozen sea ships braved the strong wind and rode the rough waves.
Due to the bad weather and the many muddy rocks in the bay, large ships cannot be berthed. All incoming ships are under 70 to 80 feet tall.
Chen Si was still very surprised at the beginning. Huang Chen left yesterday and returned today. Could it be that he encountered some accident? When he took the small boat ashore, he found that the number of people in Huang Chen's team had more than doubled, and there was a lot of luggage.
Seeing that he was returning home with a full load, he couldn't help but be surprised and said, "The big boss came back so quickly."
"I didn't expect to return so soon. This trip was very fruitful, and there was wind and rain, so I simply headed back home early." Huang Chen said with a smile, and then briefly talked about what happened.
After hearing this, Chen Si nodded, pressed his black finger on the prisoners gathered together, and asked: "Big leader, what do you decide to do with those prisoners?" Huang Chen captured six to seven hundred officers and soldiers in two battles, and also took them captive and took refuge.
The total number of civilians is nearly a thousand, which is more than the number of troops under Huang Chen's command.
"Bring them all back to Tongshan." Huang Chen replied without even thinking about it.
Chen Si looked troubled and said: "Although we are not short of rice, we suddenly have thousands more people..." Huang Chen originally had more than a thousand people. He captured hundreds of people in the two battles of Tongshan and Tuolin, and now there are nearly a thousand more people.
Two thousand six to seven hundred people may open their mouths, and you may not be able to tell anything in one or two days, but if you support them for a long time, it will not be a simple matter. According to Chen Si, too many people are harmful and useless, and recruiting a few hundred people is enough.
"It doesn't matter, I can afford it." Huang Chen said without hesitation. He currently has twenty-three ships, which requires a lot of manpower, and he believes that future wars will not be limited to interests at sea and on land.
It cannot be ignored either, so we plan to establish a marine force of hundreds to thousands of people, completely separated from maritime affairs.
Chen Si saw that Huang Chen was very determined and immediately said no more.
Xuanzhongsuo City is one of the few important coastal defense towns in Zhangzhou Prefecture. The city has high walls and thick walls, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, there are not many officers and soldiers in the city, and there are less than 500 in total. Even if they had the courage, eight of them would not dare to leave the city for a sneak attack.
Huang Chen and others retreated in a swagger right under the nose of Xuanzhong Suocheng. The process went smoothly without any twists and turns.
Returning to Tongshan, Huang Chen turned his back on what was going on in the next few days and concentrated on integrating the team. He selected a thousand people from more than a thousand prisoners and mixed them with the original subordinates, so that the number of his subordinates exceeded the two thousand mark in one fell swoop.
Among them, there are about 1,200 naval soldiers. On average, there are more than 50 people on each of the 23 ships. For others, this ratio is just right, but it is slightly insufficient for Huang Chen, who has many large ships, but he
Several of its sea-going ships are being repaired at the Yunxiao Shipyard, and they can't be counted on for a while, so there is no need to worry about the shortage of manpower.
As for the land soldiers, Huang Chen organized a battalion of 800 people, mainly former subordinates, with less than 300 new recruits. Most of them were firearms soldiers, and there were very few close combat soldiers. Because of the hand-to-hand combat ability of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, Huang Chen left a great impression.
He had a bad impression. In his eyes, the ability of the officers and soldiers to resist attacks was not as good as that of the fishermen and guards. Even though the rural soldiers were stronger than the former, their strength was limited and they were too weak to carry out large tasks. The land camp spears were the absolute main force, mixed with a small number of swords and heavy armor.
, cavalry, the number of the three decreases from front to back. There are only a dozen cavalry. Rather than cavalry, they are more appropriately called scouts. There are also two hundred muskets. There is no way, Huang Chen only has a total of four hundred guns in his hand.
It is impossible to allocate all the muskets to the marines. Even if he is willing to agree, the shipowners are not willing to agree. In addition to the gunners and handymen, there are a thousand people in total.
The calibers of firearms are different, the sizes of spears are different, the colors of clothing are different, and even the accents are different. You can imagine how difficult it is to combine these people into a team. Huang Chen spent ten days to put it together and immediately went to the Ming Realm.
, to train troops in battle. This time he did not take the Xuanzhong and Zhaoan route to the west, but landed from Yunxiao and went straight to Zhangpu...
Zhangpu is a major county in Zhangzhou Prefecture, with half of the Zhangnan coast under its jurisdiction. It is also located in the center, not as far away from Zhao'an as it is in a corner. The sea is on the left as a screen. Therefore, there are five regiments of rural soldiers in the territory, and its strength is far greater than that of other counties.
, and also has the full support of Longxi, Changtai, Haicheng and other counties behind it, making it the mainstay of the resistance against the pirate army.
As the main battlefield between soldiers and bandits, the flames of war spread all over Zhangpu. No matter in towns or in the countryside, there was almost no quiet place. One moment, the pirates gained power, hunting down the officers and soldiers, and looting people's property. However, the next moment, the situation may be reversed, and the officers and soldiers
Scenes like killing pirates and beheading them in exchange for rewards happened so frequently that Huang Chen led his team to Zhangpu for more than ten miles, and constantly encountered enemy and enemy defeats.
Passing through a green lychee forest, Huang Chen's view couldn't help but expand. It encompassed rolling mountains and meandering rivers. It was a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. Unfortunately, thick smoke billowed out of the village between them. It was obvious that it had just experienced a human catastrophe.
Damn the scenery.
The gate of the village had been completely destroyed by the fire, leaving the villagers unable to defend it. Moreover, there was not a shadow of a ghost nearby, so there seemed to be no threat. However, he still sent people to investigate first, and only entered the village after confirming that it was safe. Riding his horse on the road,
I saw that the doors of the houses on both sides were crooked and the walls were collapsed, and they were in a mess. The villagers were sitting in the ruins in despair, with dull expressions and dull eyes. It was not until they saw Huang Chen and his group that there was some life in their eyes. Although they were afraid in their hearts, they were not
If you haven’t gone into hiding and your home is gone, where else can you hide?
The entire village is not empty of ten rooms, but it is no exaggeration to say that five of the ten rooms are empty. It is impossible for such a large number of people to be killed. In all likelihood, they were kidnapped by officers, soldiers, and pirates. Only God knows whether they can come back.
Huang Chen had no intention of adding salt to the opponent's wounds, so he only asked people to collect hundreds of kilograms of rice, enough to feed a thousand people, as well as some vegetables and fish, and lit a fire in the road to make rice.
Huang Chen did not seek trouble from the villagers, so the villagers naturally did not dare to disturb him. The two parties reached a tacit agreement in a silent way. After dinner, the team set off again, a few miles north of the village, and Zhang Xing returned alone.
"Big boss, we found one of our own people ahead." When talking about his own people, Zhang Xing emphasized his tone with a strange look on his face.
Huang Chen knew there was something in his words, so he raised his brows and waited for the follow-up.
"It's not clear who the leader is, but it's definitely someone from Zhou Zhou."
Huang Chen subconsciously moved his fingers and said quietly: "How many people?"
Zhang Xing replied: "About three hundred, and the strength of the troops does not exceed two hundred. The rest are all prisoners. Judging from their hurried movement, there seems to be pursuers behind them."
Huang Chen smiled coldly, and his murderous intention was fully realized. He would not let go of any opportunity to weaken Zhou Lao. It is even possible that he would not mind killing the dog thief Zhou directly. He is not his opponent at sea for the time being, and there are six or seven on land.
Grasp it.
Taipan Lao led a group of men and galloped all the way. The sound from his chest spread to his throat like a bellows, and his round black face was covered with dense beads of sweat, like water. He had been following Lin Qilao and San Lao to fight for the first few days.
The progress was extremely smooth, and he originally thought that today would be no exception. When the fierce battle with the officers and soldiers was in full swing, the divine soldiers descended from the sky, and a group of less than a thousand officers and soldiers suddenly entered the battlefield. Mr. Taipan had been hanging out in Dachen Mountain in Zhejiang for some years. When he heard this
From his accent, he knew that the other person was not from Fujian, but from Zhejiang.
Zhejiang soldiers in the Zhejiang barracks on the left!
Not only Taipan Lao guessed the answer, but Zhou Zhou Lao, Lin Qilao and others also guessed it. The two sides were in a stalemate for less than an hour. The pirates suffered heavy casualties and people fled one after another, triggering an avalanche-like rout.
"The ship owner is one of our own, we are our own..." the leader pointed to the distance and shouted ecstatically.
Taipan Lao also saw it, and finally no longer had to run away desperately. However, as the two sides gradually got closer, Taipan Lao's face gradually darkened, and finally turned into a black blue, "Huang Liu..."
Huang Chen had a rare look of surprise on his face. He didn't expect that the enemy he was going to kill was actually his father-killing enemy, Taipan Lao. "It's a narrow road for enemies..."
At the same time, a burst of gunfire sounded like fried beans in the lychee forest on the right wing of the old team of Taipan.