Although the Pearl River is not as long as the Yellow River, its annual runoff is more than seven times that of the Yellow River, making it the second largest river after the Yangtze River

On the 22nd day of the first month of the third year of Jiajing, the three-bow ship, loaded with 500 improved Franc cannons, sailed away from the Pearl River Wharf outside the city of Guangzhou, and headed for Nantou City in Dongguan County downstream. Since it is downstream, it is estimated that it will only take half a day to arrive.

Xu Jin stepped into the cabin room, and immediately smelled a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine, and Cen Lan, who was sitting on the edge of the bed boredly, hurriedly stood up to salute. Xu Jin waved his hand and walked straight to the bed, only to see He Zhi'er, whose head was bandaged with a white cloth, lying on the bed, still unconscious, her lips were so pale that there was no blood, and her already thin body looked as if it was shriveled up at this time.

Xu Jin frowned, the smash was not light, it is estimated that it has caused a deep concussion, I hope there is no intracranial hemorrhage, otherwise there is not much hope that this girl will survive.

Xu Jin is not familiar with He Zhier's brother He Zhimin, and he is not even a general friend, and Xu Jin also has a clear conscience about He Zhimin's death, after all, if he didn't save himself in the situation at that time, he would have been blown up, and as for saving Zhang Zhong, it was purely an accident.

Of course, there will be a little bit of guilt, but more of sympathy, now that He Zhi'er is alone, Xu Jin will naturally not let go, it is best to save him, from now on he will treat this girl as his own sister, and it can be regarded as comforting He Zhimin's spirit in the sky; If you can't save it, it's fate!

Xu Jin stood quietly beside the bed for a while, and said in a low voice: "General Cen, I have bothered you to take care of Zhi'er along the way." ”

Cen Lan said boldly: "Only the subordinates on the whole bow ship are women, and the subordinates don't take care of who will take care of them, don't worry!" ”

Xu Jin nodded, turned around and walked out of the room. Cen Lan sat down again and glanced at He Zhi'er in a coma with pity, as a woman, she was more sympathetic to He Zhi'er's experience than others.

There was nothing to say all the way, and at noon, the fleet finally returned to Nantou City, Dongguan County, and after disembarking, Xu Jin placed He Zhi'er in his own residence, and arranged two maidservants to serve them.

Now that the problem of the Franc cannon had been solved, Xu Jin did not want to waste time, so he immediately ordered the fleet to attack the next day and attack Hong Kong Island.

This time, Xu Jin did not go into battle in person, but stayed in Tuen Mun and handed over the command of the fleet to Yu Dayou, with Wang Lin'er and Wang Zhi serving as deputy commanders respectively.

Xu Jin's arrangement is undoubtedly quite bold, although Yu Dayou is currently up-and-coming, but after all, he is still young, and in terms of seniority, most of the generals in the army are older than him, which is really difficult to convince the public.

However, Xu Jin is not worried, firstly, he is very confident in Yu Dayou's ability, and after a few victories, his prestige will naturally be established, and secondly, Xu Jin is very confident in his prestige, believing that even if the generals are unconvinced, they will not dare to disobey under their noses.

On the afternoon of the 23rd day of the first month of the third year of Jiajing, Yu Dayou ordered the fleet to launch a round of tentative attacks on Hong Kong Island.

The Westerners on Hong Kong Island had long been waiting for the battle, and immediately gave the Ming army a fierce counterattack, and the land-based guns were not limited by weight, but were powerful with long range, plus the strong fortresses on the island, so they had a great advantage, and dozens of Western warships assisted in the counterattack on the periphery of the island. As a result, the first tentative attack of the Ming army was quickly repulsed.

Looking at the ships of the Ming army receding like a tide, the commander of the coalition forces, Pires, laughed proudly: "Look, the Ming army sailors are nothing more than that, brothers work hard, as long as we hold out until the southwest monsoon blows, the victory will be ours!" ”

A group of Westerners cheered in unison, and the morale was not ordinarily high, but in the next few days, the Westerners couldn't laugh, because the Ming army attacked again the next morning, although the offensive was not violent, but it attacked three times a day, and on the third day it became four attacks, and on the fourth day it attacked five times......

Such a high-density attack not only exhausted the Westerners, but also the ammunition on the island was rapidly depleted. This is exactly the strategy set by Yu Dayou, first deplete the ammunition on the island, and then try to land and annihilate the enemy army.

Westerners came across the ocean, hanging alone, lack of support is their Achilles' heel, they can't afford to fight a war of attrition, so Yu Dayou's trick is not vicious, as long as the ammunition is exhausted, the Westerners on the island will become toothless tigers, and they will become lambs to be slaughtered.

When the battle reached the fifth day, the Westerners also came to their senses, obviously understood the intentions of the Ming army, and began to consciously conserve ammunition.

Rumble......

A shell landed on Yu Dayou's boat, smashing one side of the ship's side, and several soldiers were bruised by the broken stones. Feng Lao Liu picked up a piece of gravel and threw it, and said with a smile: "Boss Yu, Yangfan even used stone bullets, and it is estimated that the ammunition is almost used!" ”

Yu Dayou shook his head and said: "Westerners are not so stupid, they just saw through the intentions of our army and began to save ammunition, and it is estimated that they have only consumed thirty percent of their ammunition in the past few days." ”

General Feng Lao Liu said suspiciously: "Do Westerners have so much ammunition?" ”

Yu Dayou said calmly: "There is no best, but what if there is?" Measure the enemy's use of troops, and do not count the shallow side of the enemy and the depth of oneself. ”

Feng Lao Liu scratched his head and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"That is, when measuring the strength of the enemy's army, it is necessary to calculate as much as possible, and to underestimate the strength of the other side is often easy to lose. Therefore, we must continue to attack him for ten days as originally planned, consume as much ammunition as possible from the Westerners, and then land in order to reduce unnecessary casualties. ”

Feng Lao Liu said with a smile: "Or boss, you are knowledgeable, well, cannonballs can use stone shells, but gunpowder can't use sand, right?" When the gunpowder of Westerners runs out, we will him for another five days. ”

Boom Boom Boom ......

The Westerners needed to save ammunition, but the Ming army didn't, so thousands of artillery pieces rained shells on the island without money, blowing up the mud along the coast and destroying several fortresses.

However, when the attack reached the seventh day, someone could not hold their breath, and Yu Linsheng, the general of the Jiangxi army, found Yu Dayou angrily. Yu Linsheng is twenty-six years old this year, which is the age of blood and strength, plus when he was in Jiangxi, he "fought the world" with Xu Jin, and he considered himself a veteran-level old department, so he was extremely unconvinced by Yu Dayou, and only obeyed Yu Dayou's command because of the majesty of the handsome.

Now they have not taken Hong Kong Island for seven days, and they have to attack so many times a day, not only the Westerners are tired, but the soldiers of the Ming army are also very tired. Although Yu Dayou has already explained that this is to consume the ammunition of Westerners, Yu Linsheng still feels that Yu Dayou's style of play is not happy at all.

Moreover, Yu Linsheng thought that after fighting for so many days, the ammunition of the Westerners was almost exhausted, so there was no need to grind any longer, but he should take Hong Kong Island in one go, so he took a group of generals of the Jiangxi Army to find Yu Dayou and question loudly.

In the face of the aggressive Jiangxi army, the Yiwu soldiers under Yu Dadian were naturally extremely dissatisfied, and the two sides instantly confronted each other, and there was a tendency to fight.

Wang Lin'er and Wang Zhi, the two deputy commanders, hurriedly came to persuade him, but Wang Zhi was a general of Zhao'an, and he had no prestige at all, Yu Linsheng and other Jiangxi generals did not bird him, Wang Lin'er had prestige, but the prestige was not enough, and he couldn't control the scene.

"The surname is Yu, don't think that Da Shuai let you be a conductor and think how great you are, when Lao Tzu was born and died with Da Shuai, your kid was still wearing open crotch pants." Yu Linsheng said proudly: "If you want to fight, be happy, don't be a special girl, waste Lao Tzu's time." ”

The generals of the Jiangxi Army immediately burst into laughter. Yu Dayou's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Okay, since Yu Guerrilla is asking for battle, then tomorrow he will lead his subordinates as the vanguard, if you can land, this staff will remember your first merit." ”

Yu Linsheng said proudly: "Whoever is afraid of whom, the vanguard will be the vanguard, General Yu will open his eyes tomorrow to see how our Jiangxi army kills the enemy, but this will be ugly in the front, if someone dares to take advantage of our Jiangxi army in the front center to stumble, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite." ”

Yu Dayou said lightly: "Yu Guerrilla rest assured, the general still disdains to use this kind of indiscriminate means to trap his comrades, and there will be support as he should have." ”

"That's for the best!" Yu Linsheng arched his hand and strode away with a group of subordinates.