Chapter 638 Encirclement and Suppression of Shuangyu Port (I)

Shuangyu Port is located in Mahengliu Island, Putuo District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang, but there is no administrative area of Zhoushan City during the Ming Dynasty, so the Zhoushan Islands are under the jurisdiction of Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang, and the Maliuheng Island in the Ming Dynasty is not a whole piece, divided into two islands, Shangzhuang and Xiazhuang, Shuangyu Port is between these two islands.

Since the imperial court imposed a strict ban on the sea, the inhabitants of the Zhoushan Islands were forced to move inward by the government, so that the islands off the coast of Ningbo have become uninhabited islands, which just happened to meet the will of those pirates and pirates, they occupied these islands as a base, and at the same time did a lot of smuggling trade, but also plundered passing ships, and from time to time they also ran to the towns and villages along the coast of the Ming Dynasty to burn and kill and loot, which was very harmful.

At present, the Fujian merchant Li Guangtou occupies Xiazhuang Island, while the Hui merchants Xu Dong and Wang Zhi occupy Shangzhuang Island, the two groups of people share the Shuangyu seaport, and the Japanese people, Nanyangs, and even Westerners do smuggling business, and the transactions are very large, and large and small ships can be seen in and out of Shuangyu Port every day, a prosperous and busy scene.

Since most of the local gentry in Ningbo Prefecture were involved, and some of the gentry even sent their sons and nephews to the island to participate in the operation, Li Guangtou and Xu Dong's smuggling business was done steadily, and the government turned a blind eye to this.

Of course, although they are both engaged in smuggling business, Xu Dong and Wang Zhi are different from Li Guangtou, Xu Dong and Wang Zhi are doing business "seriously", while Li Guangtou is much darker, secretly doing pirate business, sometimes the goods sold change hands and send people to snatch them back halfway, and occasionally they will also visit pirates and rob and kill passing merchant ships.

On April 30 of the second year of Jiajing, a heavy rainstorm slightly dispelled the summer heat, and in the camp of Jinshanwei in Songjiang Prefecture (now Shanghai), Xia Yan, the deputy envoy of the Qincha in military uniform, was sitting around the table with Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou and others, looking at the map, discussing specific measures for encircling and suppressing Shuangyu Port.

It is said that on April 25, Xia Yan led his troops to leave Yangzhou, first going to sea along the Yangtze River, and then detouring along the coastal waters of Songjiang Mansion to Jinshanwei.

Jinshanwei is the guard of Songjiang Mansion, across Hangzhou Bay and Ningbo Mansion in Zhejiang, the sea ships should puff up their sails, and they can kill Shangzhuang Island, where Shuangyu Port is located, within one day.

"My lord, my subordinates feel that if we want to exterminate Li Guangtou and Xu Dong in one fell swoop, we must at least divide our troops into two ways and outflank them from the north and south, otherwise the thieves will easily escape." Qi Jingtong proposed.

Yu Dayou shook his head and said: "We only have 3,000 troops, if we divide the troops into two roads, it is very inappropriate, it is too risky, unless we transfer another 3,000 troops, otherwise, my subordinates still think it is good to go all the way." ”

Qi Jingtong said disapprerovingly: "It's just a group of rabble, you can't be so cautious." ”

Yu Dayou said in a deep voice: "You can't say that, according to intelligence, there are more than 1,000 large and small ships in Shuangyu Port, and there are 2,000 thugs under Li Guangtou and Xu Dong. The subordinates thought that they would either double the number of troops or attack all the way. ”

Qi Jingtong smiled, did not argue with Yu Dayou anymore, but looked at Xia Yan, in his opinion, only two hundred flintlock guns of the five hundred battalions could take Shangzhuang Island and Xiazhuang Island.

Xia Yan also knew that the combat effectiveness of the 500 battalion was strong, but after pondering for a while, he finally felt that it was better to be appropriate, so he listened to Yu Dayou's proposal, transferred 3,000 people from Jinshanwei, and first went around the southern sea of Xiazhuang Island to outflank him.

On the afternoon of April 30 in the second year of Jiajing, Xia Yanqin led 3,000 men and horses of Jinshanwei and Yu Dayou to set off first and detoured to the southern sea of Shuangyu Port.

The next day, before dawn, Qi Jingtong led 200 elite battalions of 500 battalions and 3,000 guards from the Jinshanwei camp to Shuangyu Port from north to south.

Today's weather is sunny, the sun is shining, the visibility on the sea is extremely high, and there is a tailwind, so at about two o'clock in the afternoon, the team led by Qi Jingtong arrived at the northern sea of Shangzhuang Island.

When hundreds of ships suddenly appeared on the sea, they immediately attracted the attention of the people on the island, and Wang Zhi, the vice president of the Hui merchants, happened to be presiding on the island today.

This flotilla from the north was clearly an official army, and Wang Zhi also saw the soldiers with flintlock pistols on their backs. For now, the Ming army that uses flintlock pistols is only the elite of the five hundred battalions under the command of Qin Cha Xu Jin.

Therefore, Wang Zhi was almost not scared to pee, and hurriedly climbed down the arrow tower, and did not care about the others, so he boarded the ship with dozens of henchmen and fled south in a hurry. When the other people on the island saw Wang Zhi boarding the boat and escaping, they reacted and rushed to the boat, not even asking for goods.

It's a pity that it's still too late, at this time Qi Jingtong's fleet has already killed closer, some of them killed Shangzhuang Island, and some of them killed Xiazhuang Island. In an instant, the entire Shuangyu Port was in chaos, and all kinds of ships were on a rampage, trying to rush out of the port and escape.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Nearly 100 artillery pieces roared at the same time, spewing flames of anger and smoke, and the huts and warehouses on the island were torn apart by shells, and some unlucky pirates were hit by shells, and their flesh exploded on the spot, and their tendons were broken......

"Kill!" Qi Jingtong waved his knife and shouted, and the two hundred elites of the five hundred battalions were the vanguard, which was simply a god blocking and killing the gods, and slaughtering the Buddha when he met the Buddha.

Soon, Qi Jingtong's troops completely blocked Shuangyu Port and were preparing to gradually land on the island, but at this moment, two large ships with six masts suddenly appeared in Shuangyu Port.

These two six-masted ships are terrible, and more than a dozen guns poked out of each side of the ship, as if they were opened, and bombed wildly, and the rate of fire was several times faster than that of the Ming army's artillery, which instantly blew up several large ships of the Ming army, tore a hole in the blockade line, and then fled from the port at full speed.

Qi Jingtong clearly saw that the two six-masted ships were full of red-bearded and green-eyed foreign fans, and one of the bearded men was still standing on the bow of the ship and directing the finger fight.

Qi Jingtong was shocked and angry, and while ordering the gap to be plugged again, he also sent several clippers to pursue the two large Western ships that escaped.

It's just that the pursuing number of bow clippers were quickly sunk by the opponent's sharp artillery, and the shattered ship board flew half a day high, which made Qi Jingtong break out in a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to send a ship to pursue it anymore, Nima, the rate of fire of the Westerners' artillery is too perverted, and catching up with it is simply sending him to death.

After a moment's delay, more ships took the opportunity to rush out of the harbor and escape, including the ships of Miko Orinobu and Takeshu Hosokawa.

About two hours later, the battle of Shuangyu Port finally ended, if it was not for the two Western ships that were caught off guard, the Ming army could be regarded as a complete victory in this battle, killing more than 300 people in total, capturing more than 700 large and small ships.

Qi Jingtong carried the waist knife that was still dripping blood, and landed on the dock of Xiazhuang Island with murderous spirit, only to see two 500 battalion soldiers walking over with a bloody bald head, it was Li Guangtou, the head of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce.

Li Guangtou looked very miserable at the moment, he was shot in the shoulder, the blood soaked his clothes, and the big bald head was smashed with the butt of a gun, and it was the head that broke and squinted, miserable.

"Get on your knees!" The two thugs kicked Li Guangtou in the crook of his knee, and the latter fell to his knees on the spot.

Qi Jingtong asked sharply: "Li Guangtou, where are the three Qin criminals, Orishin Miko, Hosokawa Takeshu and Pujing, now?" ”

Li Guangtou now has repentance in his intestines, he knew that he would bring death to himself, and he would not leave the three of Orishin Miko on the island if he was killed, and said hatefully: "Run away, damn, these three ungrateful bastards actually left Lao Tzu and ran away!" ”

Qi Jingtong didn't say a word, kicked Li Guangtou over, and shouted: "Tie up!" ”

Qi Jingtong ordered someone to tie up Li Guangtou, immediately boarded the ship again, and led a group of officers and soldiers to pursue the south unhurriedly, with Xia Yan and Yu Dayou waiting for the rabbit in the south, so Qi Jingtong was not in a hurry, but he was a little worried about the two monster-like Western ships, it is estimated that Xia Yan and they will not be able to resist, and maybe they will suffer a loss. ()

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