Another deafening cannon sound echoed in mid-air, and a volunteer general also came over and grinned, "When did the thief become so diligent?" As soon as it was light, they began to practice. ”

Xie Qian frowned and shook his head, "I've seen thieves drill, and most of them just fired a few shots at random to show that they were just a few shots, and they couldn't fire cannons so desperately." ”

Lao Feng also said: "And this noise doesn't seem to come from the sea in the distance, but it seems that in Laizhou Port, the thief army should go out of the port first if they want to practice." ”

Xie Qian suddenly became happy, "In my opinion, someone must be attacking the enemy port!" ”

As if to confirm his words, a large cloud of thick black smoke gradually rose from the northeast direction, and it could be seen from a long distance, which was obviously the smoke of gunpowder from a large number of heavy artillery shots.

Several officers beside him glanced at each other, all shocked, "Who is so bold that they dare to do it in Laizhou?" ”

"This is Shandong, where is it?"

"Listening to the movement, there are a lot of heavy artillery, how many troops are coming?!"

"To say that the whole world dares to storm Laizhou at this time, and there are so many cannons, I only think of one-" Xie Qian looked at the black smoke in the sky, and said in a deep voice, "Daming Water Master!" ”

The generals of the righteous army immediately remembered the previous Daming Navy Division's attack on Dagu, and then turned to Shenyang, Yongping, Dengzhou and other places, which made Jianyu tired and panicked.

"Could it be that the sailor is coming to Laizhou again?"

"I think that's 80 percent like that." Xie Qian's eyes lit up with excitement, and he beckoned to the generals under his command, "Gather all the brothers, don't rob this grain cart!" We also went to Laizhou Port to join in the fun! ”

Lao Feng hurriedly said: "General, Laizhou Port can be guarded by four or five thousand thieves, and more than 700 of us rushed to it, I'm afraid it will be ......."

"Afraid of what?!" Xie Qian patted him on the shoulder, and said with a proud smile, "Under the disturbance of the army of sailors, the thieves will be in chaos, and we will take advantage of the gap to kill them, and we will have a big harvest!" ”

Seeing that his subordinates were still hesitant, he said loudly: "Our Shandong masters never owe others favors!" Last time, if it hadn't been for the sailors' rescue, we would have been driven into the sea by the Tartars. If you can help the sailor this time, it can be regarded as a reward. ”

The generals of the righteous army were all moved when they heard this. Two months ago, they were defeated by the main force of Luck Dehun and fled all the way to Lijin County, with the turbulent sea in front of them and the Qing army chasing behind them. At this time, more than a dozen warships of the Daming Navy Division arrived and sent their remnants to a nearby island, leaving a lot of grain, grass and weapons, which allowed them to escape the catastrophe and keep the foundation for a comeback.

Everyone put away their cowardice and nodded one after another, "Yes, are we still afraid of the thief?!" ”

"Fuck it! The head is gone, but the bowl has a big scar, and the sailor can't be underestimated! ”

"Let's go! the big ......"

Xie Qian smiled: "This is Xie someone's brother!" Let's take advantage of the chaos to burn the grain in the thief's harbor, which is a hundred times better than robbing his grain truck everywhere! ”

Their ambush was only more than ten miles away from Laizhou Port, and they arrived on the west side of the port in less than an hour.

As Xie Qian said, the Qing army was already in chaos under the sudden attack. In order to act for convenience, the rebel army had previously flown the banner of Li Dechun of the Lai Prefecture Garrison Department, and along the way, they bumped into three groups of captives who mobilized to help the defense, but they all nodded to each other.

The rebels knew the location of the grain in Laizhou Port for a long time - they raided and robbed the grain truck many times, and they knew it at the first instance after arresting the grain supervisor. It was a high slope more than three miles away from the port, Zheng Zhilong had thought that there would be a Ming army attacking Laizhou Port, so he simply built a wooden wall on it, mainly to prevent bandits.

When Xie Qian arrived, he encountered a team of men and horses from the Qing army camp, and they should have rushed to the port for reinforcements. He waited for the group of captives to be halfway through, and suddenly led the army out to kill.

The weapons in the hands of the rebels are all good things transported by the sailors, and the most inferior firearms are also Lumi guns, and there are even a lot of eleven coins. With only a few rows of firearms, the green battalion soldiers were scattered in wailing and scattering.

Xie Qian personally led a knife and axe hand to cover the killing, and kept shouting along the way, "The Daming Dragon Guard is coming!" Wait and kneel and beg to surrender! ”

By the time they entered from the west gate of the garrison, nearly 1,000 Qing defenders had fled from the east gate in fright.

Xie Qian ordered the archers to shoot their feet, and when he stood on the wall and looked up, he saw that in the Laizhou port in the distance, with six huge white cloth sail warships like hills as the core, and three or four smaller warships on each side, forming several battle formations, were rushing to kill in all directions.

He had seen this kind of ship with a tall mast in Lijin, and knew that it was a warship of the Ming Navy.

The ships plunged into the harbor like tigers into a flock of sheep, and the cannons on either side of the ships roared in anger. The surrounding warships were flew, and from time to time one of them sank to the bottom of the sea, leaving a string of bubbles on the water. There were even small enemy ships that could not resist the tearing of heavy artillery and were cut into two pieces in an instant.

The Jianyu were clearly not prepared for battle—in fact, they had just had breakfast, and the sailors were all gathered on the docks—and a large number of ships were crowded in the inner harbor on the south side, unable to move, and even the outer warships were short of manpower, so they could barely raise their sails and try to escape from the harbor.

In Laizhou Harbor, you can see the top of the mast left by the sunken ship on the sea, and there are many captive ships that are burning in flames and spinning in place, but there are no ships that have fired back.

"The sailor is really bold...... Lao Feng was stunned as he watched from the sidelines, "just like this, thirty or so warships dare to rush into the thief harbor to kill the enemy." ”

Xie Qian said with a smile: "Last time, General Zhang of the Navy Division once said that the warships of our Navy Division are extremely strong, and they are equipped with many cannons, and they are all one enemy and ten against the ships of the thieves.

"Don't underestimate these thirty or so ships, even if they are in formation, the thieves may not be able to please them. Now that the sailor has suddenly attacked, the thief is caught off guard, and he will be able to win the battle! ”

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard two loud noises from the direction of Laizhou Harbor that overpowered all the previous artillery roars, and then several smaller cannon sounds rang out.

Immediately, several splashes of water were stirred up around the Ming warship, and it was obvious that heavy artillery shells fell there.

This should be a thief heavy artillery firing back! Xie Qian was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly looked around. Lao Feng next to him slapped his arm vigorously, pointed to a towering earthen fortress on the west side of Laizhou Port, and said urgently: "General, it's a thief fort!" ”

Xie Qian followed his finger and saw the fire flickering on the earthen rampart, and it was shrouded in black smoke in a moment. Not far away, there was a muffled sound from the Ming warship on the water, as if it had been hit by a cannonball, but I don't know how damaged it was.

He frowned, "Listening to the sound of that cannon, it must be a very powerful heavy artillery." The port of Laizhou is narrow, and there are many enemy ships around it, so it is difficult for the naval warships to dodge. ”

He glanced at the soldiers of the rebel army around him, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Guan Si, you took two hundred brothers to burn the grain and grass here." The rest of the people will follow me to take the fort and help the sailors break the captivity!" "I want to talk to more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~