() On April 19th, the pirate coalition attacked Tongshan unexpectedly and defeated the South Road deputy commander Chen Xifan and Shuibiao guerrilla Qin Wencan. They then chased the defeated army and broke into the center left. Fujian commander Yu Zigao weathered the waves for a long time and remained calm in the face of danger, allowing Qin Wencan to retreat.
Together with the remnants, Jin Fulian and the Quannan soldiers acted as each other's horns to defend against the enemy. Perhaps it was Yu Zigao who immediately captured and imprisoned Chen Xifan, the leader of the defeated army, which shocked the generals down to the soldiers, and they did not dare to slack off any more.
They had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight to the death with the pirates. Coupled with the favorable weather and sudden storms, the pirate fleet was unable to fight for a long time and was forced to withdraw from Wuyu Island.
However, two days later, that is, today, after the rain, the sky cleared, the south wind picked up, and the pirate coalition came again with great force. This time, the officers and soldiers did not create another miracle. They fought hard from the beginning of the day to the end of the day, and the huge casualties caused the whole army to suffer.
On the verge of collapse, 20 to 30% of the warships have fled the war privately. "". Not to mention Yu Zigao at this time, even if his father Yu Dayou comes back to life, it will be difficult to save the defeat?br
The dense artillery fire on the battlefield could not help but spread to all directions, and the huge and terrifying echoes echoed among the Zhongzuo Islands for a long time. Lieyu Island Township Soldier Captain Lin Xishan had no time to pay attention to the war in the north. He led more than 200 people wearing bamboo armor and hats
The rural soldiers, young and strong, were walking fast on the country roads, and the billowing smoke rose from the distant villages, adding a bit of gloom to his already heavy mood.
There are three villages in Lieyu Island, one on the coast and the other two in the middle of the island. Lin Xishan immediately led people to rescue after receiving the warning from the coast. Unexpectedly, it was still a step too late. He had doubts in his heart. The main force of pirates was fighting with
The officers and soldiers fought fiercely at sea. The number of people who invaded the island must be limited. No matter how poor the coastal villages were, there were still hundreds of strong men available. How could the pirates invade the island so quickly?
"My fellow villagers are being ravaged by pirates. The situation is urgent. Please hurry up, everyone, and we will drive the pirates into the sea." Lin Xishan led the way, walking as fast as flying, and at the same time urging at the top of his voice. There were many people behind him.
With worried expressions on their faces, the opponents they were about to face were a group of murderous pirates who had killed tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. How could they be their opponents? However, no one discounted Lin Xishan's orders at all.
They all quickened their pace. It was obvious that Lin Xishan, the captain of the rural soldiers, had a high prestige.
There are many islands along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. They are always in danger of pirates at sea, and the officers and soldiers are unable to take care of them. Therefore, in order to protect themselves, the people on the islands set up rural soldiers. Every ten people have an armor, and the armor leader has one person. Several armors serve as a security guard. The chief security officer is established.
There are only one person in a team, and a team leader is established. There are also establishments above the team, but with the land and population of Lieyu Island, setting up a team of rural soldiers is the limit.
To be able to become a captain of the rural soldiers, ability, prestige and even character are all indispensable. They are usually in their thirties or forties. But Lin Xishan was born in Bingwu, Wanli, Ming Shenzong. He is only 22 years old this year. He has already served as a captain.
He is more than a year old, but looks too young in comparison.
There is a reason why Lin Xishan became the captain of the rural army at such an age. The ancestor of his family, Maocai, moved to Lieyu at the end of the AD. After hundreds of years of multiplication, the Lin family developed into Lieyu's leading family, especially when it came to Lin Xishan's great-grandfather.
After becoming a Jinshi in the 13th year of Jiajing reign of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, his official career has been prosperous since then, and he has successively served as the prefect of Mianyang, Taiping, Henan Prefecture Yin Changshi, and was promoted to the prince Shaobao Zhongshun. A golden phoenix actually flew out of a deserted island.
Lieyu is second. Who dares to claim first place?
Family background is important, but more important is one's own ability. Although Lin Xishan is young, he has unparalleled strength, proficiency in the art of war, and great ambitions. His peers all follow his lead. There is no one who is not convinced by him as captain of the rural soldiers. For more than a year,
, Lin Xishan also lived up to expectations, governed the army with laws, trained the village guards to execute orders and prohibitions, and led the villagers to defeat the invading pirates like an arm and a finger.
In the past, Lin Xishan always seemed calm and calm when facing pirates, because he knew that the officers and soldiers would rush to rescue him after hearing the news. Now that the officers and soldiers could not protect themselves, they had to rely on themselves for everything. His heart was inevitably shaken. The deterioration of the overall situation was even more disturbing.
He felt extremely worried. Once the pirates took control of the center and left, even if they successfully defeated the enemy this time, Lieyu would not be able to escape from the opponent's clutches in the future. Lin Xishan sighed secretly, then dismissed the distracting thoughts, and his eyes became firm again. Now, finally
The important thing is to get through this difficult time.
The team drove all the way to the north of the village. Lin Xishan got a general idea from the mouths of many villagers who could not escape. As he had guessed before, the pirates were not many in number, only one or two hundred people, but they were extremely brave and had excellent firearms.
Moreover, thieves do not rely on their own courage and often work in groups of three or five to fight together and behave in a very orderly manner. Unlike ordinary bandits, the local soldiers are no match for them and they only lasted less than two quarters of an hour before they collapsed.
"Could it be Zheng Zhilong, Li Kuiqi's men?" Lin Xishan pondered for a moment, and immediately ran straight to the entrance of the village without further delay. Seeing the pirates causing trouble everywhere in the village, his eyes suddenly turned scarlet. Regardless of the fatigue of running around, he led his men straight into the village.
Lin Xishan and others arrived suddenly and attacked very quickly. They killed more than ten people in a row before they could react. At first, Lin Xishan was not impressed by his opponents, thinking that the villagers were exaggerating and the enemy was nothing more than that. However, he soon changed his mind.
The number of men and horses he brought and gathered along the way reached 300, but the opponent only gathered forty or fifty people in a hurry. The difference between the two sides was six to seven times. Lin Xishan originally thought that he could break through with a single charge, but he didn't expect the enemy's sharp firearms and tight formation.
It was they who were repelled.
Seeing more and more pirates aware of the situation and running towards this side, Lin Xishan bit his steel teeth and drove everyone to launch a new round of attack. At the same time, he held the group card on his left and the steel knife on his right, leading more than a dozen of his clan members.
Mixed in the crowd. When the enemy was approaching, Lin Xishan jumped out, and a spear suddenly came out and stabbed him in the face. Lin Xishan used the regiment card to swing the spear tip, and then raised the knife to kill him. He has had extraordinary arm strength since he was a child, and the knife blade
It cuts from the enemy's left shoulder and extends to his right hip, almost splitting the opponent in half.
Lin Xishan beheaded one person, ignoring his opponent's shrill wails, without stopping, he ran headlong into the enemy group, slashing left and right, as if he was in an uninhabited land, while the Lin family's children on the left and right also shouted and bravely killed the thieves. All the village guardians
Inspired, he followed Lin Xishan and others to fight with the pirates. After a hard battle, the enemy was finally defeated.
Lin Xishan held the bloody steel knife tightly in his right hand. Due to the excessive force, the veins bulged. Julie's broad and strong chest rose and fell like a bellows. His eyes looked around and his brows were furrowed. He had won the first battle, but there was no trace of it on his face.
Joy. There were only fifty or sixty pirates, but they were defeated with several times the number of people and at a painful cost of nearly a hundred casualties. It was a defeat rather than a total annihilation. What is there to be happy about in such a result? The enemy has the fierce style of the pirates.
With an obvious military style, their combat power far exceeded Lin Xishan's expectations. It doesn't take many enemies like this. As long as there are a hundred people, they will definitely be defeated.
Reason told him that the enemy was too strong and it was not suitable for a head-on confrontation. It was better to retreat to the depths of the island and use the geographical advantages to deal with it. However, emotion told him that he could not retreat and could not abandon the villagers. They lived frugally and spent money to raise troops.
Isn’t it right now!
Just when Lin Xishan was in a dilemma and unable to make a decision, his eyes suddenly fixed, and then his face changed drastically. Hundreds of pirates came slowly from a distance, and the number continued to increase. At the forefront were several gun carriages.
The rural soldiers are supported by the local area, so their equipment is very crude. Not to mention the artillery worth tens or tens of taels of silver, the three-eyed blunderbuss worth seven coins are all rare items. On average, every ten people can only get one.
The difference in firearms between the two sides was too great. A head-on confrontation would be tantamount to death. Lin Xishan no longer hesitated, turned around and left. The village guard had the same idea as him. Although he wanted to save the villagers, he was powerless and could only hide his face and leave.
This group of pirates with excellent firearms and methodical advance and retreat is Huang Chen's subordinates, led by the ship owner Huang Fang, who used to be a general under Yimu Lao. After Yimu Lao's death, he fell under Huang Chen's banner. Although his name is slightly obvious,
She is soft and feminine, but in fact she is tall and thick, quite brave, and a rare warrior.
Huang Fang's face was ashen and extremely ugly at the moment. He only suffered a dozen casualties when he captured this village. But just now, the casualties suddenly increased sharply. They may have exceeded the fifty mark, and most of them died in the battle. Since entering Fujian,
There had never been such serious casualties. How could he explain this to his immediate superior, Zhao Hongyi, and the big leader, Huang Chen? He hated Lin Xishan and others in his heart. When he found out that the other party turned around and ran away, he was so angry that he flew into a rage on the spot without thinking.
Thinking about it, he immediately abandoned the artillery truck and started chasing with light weapons.
Both sides were escaping and chasing each other, both sparing no effort, flying quickly through the woods and fields. Since there were many villagers in Lin Xishan's team, their distance was limited. In order not to be overtaken by the pirates, they had to take advantage of the geographical advantage to circle the opponent slowly and slowly.
He slowly opened the distance. His original plan was to lure the pirates deep into the island and fight a defensive battle based on the village. However, the opponent had guns in their hands. They were not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case. If the village was captured, the consequences would be disastrous.
So when he saw a lush earth mountain in front of him, he changed his mind temporarily. He called his clan brother Lin Wan and whispered something. After hearing this, Lin Wan couldn't help but be surprised on his face, but he didn't say anything and walked in with dozens of people.
In the mountains, Lin Xishan led the rest of the group to continue moving forward, but at a much slower pace, and was gradually caught up by Huang Fang.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides were less than one mile apart. Lin Xishan walked along the foot of the mountain to a corner in the northeast, ordered the villagers to go in, and the village guards outside to defend on the spot, waiting for the opponent to enter the urn. To his relief, the opponent did not
Lin Xishan noticed the change in the number of people in the team. Soon Lin Xishan frowned again. Although the opponent's artillery did not follow, there were more than a dozen bird blunderbuss. His men only had a dozen three-eyed blunderbuss and a dozen bows. The comparison between people was infuriating.
, his long-range soldiers were easily defeated by the pirates after just a few rounds of fighting against him. Fortunately, the enemy was stingy with the lead, and as soon as they saw the chaos in their team, they immediately came over with a knife and shot them.
"kill!"
"kill!"
Clusters of spears, shrill screams, and deafening shouts of kill, the two sides launched a life-and-death fight. This time Lin Xishan did not stand on the front line. It was not that he was afraid of death and did not dare to fight. Little thief
No matter how much he kills, it is useless. His target is Huang Fang. Only by killing him can he have any hope of winning. It is not the time for him to take action yet. He is waiting...
"kill!"
Lin Wan, a younger brother of the Lin Xishan clan, and dozens of village guards circled the mountain for most of the time, and finally appeared on the mountainside on the west side of the battlefield. Then they went down the slope and used the momentum to tear open the flank of the pirates in one fell swoop. The team was attacked from a flank, and not only the back was trapped
There was chaos, and the front offensive also slowed down. Huang Fang was completely stunned by Lin Xishan's move. He was a pirate, just a pirate. His ability to deal with complex situations was limited. He really didn't know whether to continue to attack or turn back.
Chase the enemy?
Lin Xishan had been staring at Huang Fang in the dark, knowing that the time had come to take action. He raised his bow, nocked the arrow, and pulled the bowstring. The glowing arrow tip locked onto Huang Fang tightly. There was a "boom" sound, and the arrow was instantly drawn.
Passing through layers of crowds, he flew towards the target. When Huang Fang came to his senses, it was too late to avoid it. His exposed chest covered with black hair was pierced by an arrow. The tail of the arrow trembled, and his body was staggered by it.
He fell back, feeling the heartbreaking pain in his chest, and couldn't help but scream, like a wounded beast.
Seeing that Huang Fang was hit by an arrow, his close relatives were shocked and trembled with fear. They immediately helped him up. Before they could evacuate from the front line, Lin Xishan rushed at him as fast as lightning and slashed at Huang Fang with his knife, trying to keep him behind.
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Huang Fangping has never been stingy with money. At the critical moment, none of the five close men around him evaded, and they all raised their swords to fight. One against five, Lin Xishan's martial arts skills were not sure to win, but he was not fighting alone.
Several brothers from the clan followed him and blocked most of the dangers for him. Lin Xishan first blocked an edge with his sword, then knocked one person away with a card, and then used his sword again.
Huang Fang's injuries were so severe that it was difficult to move her body. Facing this thundering sword, she could only stare wide-eyed, as if she wanted to remember the person who killed her in her heart.
"puff"
Huang Fang's big head flew away from her shoulders in an instant, and fell to the ground with a cloud of blood, soaking the grass red.
Lin Xishan quickly picked up Huang Fang's head, raised it high, and shouted that the pirates should be killed. Hearing this, the pirates were stunned at first, and then dispersed. Some people simply knelt down and surrendered. Most of these people were Huang Chen's slaves not long ago.
The officers and soldiers, rural guards, young men, etc. who were captured from Tongshan, Zhao'an, and Zhangpu in Zhangzhou did not have a strong sense of belonging to Huang Chen in their hearts. They were more eager to go home than to float on the sea.
After the war, Lin Xishan counted the number of his men and found that one third of them had gone, and only a hundred people were still standing. No one cheered for the victory. Looking at the battlefield where corpses were scattered and rivers of blood flowed, they all looked lost.
Lin Xishan braced himself and summoned several prisoners for interrogation in order to learn more about the enemy. After hearing this, he felt no luck at all. Although this was the first time he heard Huang Chen's name, this did not prevent Lin Xishan from being in awe of him.
If Jiang Ren's words are true, this young hero who is only 18 years old and comes from Dachen Mountain in Zhejiang is terrifying. With Huang Fang's bravery and military prowess, he is actually only one of the dozens of ship owners under his command. The ship owner
Above them, there are four generals, Zhao, Ruan, Chen and Zhuang, who can act alone. Lin Xishan felt bitter. Without the four generals coming in person, he couldn't resist the arrival of one or two shipowners. (To be continued.)