Chapter Seventy-One: Night Attack
Yazhou Zhou City, this is a not small Zhou City, the city wall is four and a half miles long, the city wall is three zhang high, one zhang thick, the east gate Yangchun Gate, the West Gate Zhenhai Gate, the South Gate Civilization Gate, the North Gate Ningxiu Gate. In the city of Yazhou, there are 1,000 green battalion Qing soldiers. However, in the past few days, because of the news of the Xiyi Haikou, the Yazhou Zhizhou urgently recruited 3,000 people to prevent the Haikou landing.
Ning Xiumen, Liu Laohan, who often comes to Yazhou to sell vegetables, took his son and prepared to enter the city.
"Liu Laohan! Why did you bring your son today? The green battalion soldiers at the city gate blocked Liu Laohan's way.
"Two military masters, I heard that Lord Zhizhou is going to recruit Minzhuang, and the dog wants to go into the city to eat a mouthful." Liu Laohan trembled and took out three copper plates and stuffed them into the hands of the guards.
Qing Bing took the copper plate and weighed it a few times in his hand: "Just this amount of money, Lao Tzu can't buy enough wine to drink!" ”
Liu Laohan's son hurriedly took out ten copper plates: "Two military masters, the grass people are dedicated to serving the country, this time I heard that Lord Zhizhou recruited the people and came to apply!" ”
Qing Bing took the copper plate and was about to release it, when he suddenly remembered something: "Liu Laohan, the city gate tax has not been paid yet!" ”
Liu Laohan took out five more copper plates and stuffed them into the Qing soldier.
"Alright, you guys go in! Liu Laohan, you and your son are strong, if you are lucky, you will have the opportunity to become a green battalion soldier like us! The soldier said with a smile on his face.
Outside the Yangchun Gate in the east, an old monk with two disciples was walking towards the city gate.
"Stop! Where did it come from! The Qing army stopped the old monk and the two young monks.
The enlightened monk hurriedly took out his portable document and handed it over: "Amitabha, the poor monk was invited by the abbot of Renxin Temple to come to visit. ”
The Qing soldiers checked the documents and found that this eminent monk had come from Guangzhou, and suddenly became suspicious: "Didn't the Haikou seal the sea route these days?" How did you get here? ”
"Amitabha! Lao Qu arrived at Jishan Temple in Haikou ten days ago! Master Huiyuan there retained, and for some reason he came to Yazhou today. The monk clasped his hands and said.
Qing Bing carefully checked the document he carried on his body, and then stretched out his hand: "If you enter the city, you have to pay the city gate tax!" ”
"What?" A little monk's eyes widened, "We monks also have to pay the city gate tax when we enter the city?" Are you not afraid of retribution and thunder? ”
"Amitabha! Void Clouds! Monks don't lie! Since we want to collect the gate tax, we will just give it! The old monk closed his eyes slightly and clasped his palms together and advised the little monk.
The little monk took out five copper plates from his baggage and stuffed them to the green battalion soldiers: "Amitabha! Good, good."
The green battalion soldiers took the copper plate, and secretly proudly felt in their hearts: Originally, monks did not charge gate taxes when they entered the city. As soon as you collect taxes like this, the money is extra money for nothing. So the green battalion soldier raised his hand: "Go in!" ”
The three monks entered the city, found Renxin Temple, and entered the temple. After seeing the abbot, the old monk tore off his fake beard and removed the disguise on his face, and it turned out that the old monk was pretended to be Hong Xiguan.
The monks of Renxin Temple are still oriented to the south, in fact, most of the monks in that era are oriented to the Ming Dynasty. Because there were many people who were forced to become monks and were unwilling to accept the Manchu Qing Dynasty's shaving and easy to wear, they adopted passive confrontational measures to fight against the shaving and easy to wear with ordination.
Cai Jiuyi and Hong Xiguan had come to Hainan a few years ago to secretly develop anti-Qing and Ming restoration organizations. However, they hadn't been here for several years, and the monks here were naturally very happy to see Hong Xiguan.
The members of the special forces team entered Yazhou City in batches, and a total of 18 people mixed into the city. However, there were still ten people who saw that the city gate was not easy to get into, so they did not enter.
Off the coast of Wanzhou, the Drake and her sister ship are bombarding shore batteries with siege mortars. There are also four Ming army's Dafu ships and more than a dozen small boats around to defend them, ready to meet the Qing army sailors who may break out. But after fighting for a long time, the Qing army sailors did not dare to take the lead, but they honestly cowered in the bay and hid under the protection of the fort.
The navy of the Nanyang Company did not dare to enter the bay rashly, first, because it was not clear about the hydrological situation, and second, because the entrance to the bay was extremely narrow, less than one kilometer wide, and the middle channel was completely within the fire coverage of the batteries on both sides of the strait.
Wang Xinyu sat in the living room of the Drake, gesturing on the map.
A total of 100 Navy Special Operators, 120 Army Special Operators and 28 Special Operators have gone ashore. The shelling of the two large ships in Wanzhou was actually aimed at luring the attention of the Qing army, so that the Qing army mistakenly believed that the "Haikou" might land in Wanzhou, where the terrain was flat.
The real landing force, consisting of 10 Spanish galleons, 4 Daifuku, 6 Centipede clippers, and 30 small boats, was waiting on the sea 30 nautical miles southwest of Yazhou. At this distance, the Qing army could not detect the fleet hiding in the sea. The four privateers carrying out the blockade mission were cruising five nautical miles off Yulin Bay, and as soon as they spotted the appearance of the Qing army's naval division ships, these four privateers would immediately pounce on them and sink the enemy ships in one fell swoop.
Albert walked to Wang Xinyu's side, glanced at the map, and sighed: "Boss, you are indeed too cautious!" In the south, there are no naval battles in the summer, and only in the winter, which completely avoids the typhoon season. And we Westerners are different, sailing on the sea like typhoon season! ”
In those days, the loss rate of ocean-going voyages was very large, especially during the season of Pacific typhoons and Atlantic hurricanes, and thirty percent of ships would be shipwrecked on the way. But the adventurers of the West are not afraid of these at all, and in the most dangerous season, they cross the ocean just like that! In fact, if you come from Europe to Asia, you can't avoid the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean at any time. At that time, there was no Suez Canal, so we had to make a detour to the Cape of Good Hope. Winter in the Northern Hemisphere is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and no matter what time of day you sail, sailing from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere is likely to encounter hurricanes. However, in order to make money and plunder the colonies, Westerners ventured on the sea again and again, and I don't know how many people died at the bottom of the sea, so as to accumulate the foundation for later capital.
But Wang Xinyu is different, he can't take risks, because he can't afford to lose once!
"Mr. Albert, it's not that I'm cowardly, it's that I'm not like you! My capital is too small, even if I win ten times, but once I encounter a typhoon, it is difficult for me to have a chance to turn over! If a single ship ventures and encounters a typhoon, only one ship will be lost. But if a fleet encounters a typhoon, it will be difficult for me to turn it around! My own loss is trivial, but I can't drive the Tatars away! ”
The sea in the north is windy and rough, but there are few typhoons; The sea in the south has little wind and waves, but there are many typhoons.
The sea was a natural barrier, blocking the Qing army and providing Wang Xinyu with convenient transportation. But the sea is unforgiving, and a careless mistake can lead to heavy losses.
After dark, the flagship Drake turned and headed for Yazhou, leaving her sister ship and two arriving privateers to continue to pin down the Qing naval division in the waters of Wanzhou.
In the early morning, the fleet full of the Nanyang Company Army and the Ming Army Army Army approached the Yazhou coastline.
Outside the camp of the Qing army's naval division, Cai Dezhong, who was hiding in the woods, began to move.
Cai Dezhong quietly touched the position of a Qing army secret sentry according to the position recorded during the day, and in the dark, Cai Dezhong, who had practiced light skills, walked silently. But when he was still more than ten steps away from the Qing army's secret outpost, he didn't know what was going on, and that guy turned his head in a ghostly way. Although it was dark, there were people more than ten steps away, and the Qing soldiers could still find someone approaching.
But before the Qing soldier shouted, he felt a cold in his throat, he subconsciously reached out to cover his throat, desperately trying to gasp, but felt as if his trachea was blocked by something, suffocating and unable to breathe, and unable to speak. With the consumption of oxygen in the brain, the strength of the whole body of the Qing soldier was rapidly lost, and then he fell to the grass, and the consciousness in his brain gradually disappeared, and he finally lost consciousness completely.
Cai Dezhong's reaction was quite fast, and as soon as he saw the Qing soldiers turn their heads, he spit out an iron projectile from his mouth, accurately hit the throat of the Qing army's secret sentry, and shot the secret sentry silently.
The special combat soldiers, who had been lurking for a day and a night, finally burst out with their energy. Cai Dezhong's other subordinates easily solved the secret outpost of the Qing army.
I have to say that Gao Jinku is the subordinate general of Gao Jie, who has been licking blood from the knife all the year round, and has fought with the Ming army for so many years, and finally surrendered to the Qing army, and continued to confront the Southern Ming army.
It's a pity that Gao Jinku met a special forces with professional night raids, a special warfare force with a concept that is more than 300 years ahead of this era, and how to deal with the means of this era.
After eliminating the outposts on the periphery, the two special operators immediately reached the gate of the camp.
According to daytime observations, there were also mobile secret posts in the camp of the Qing army.
Cai Dezhong, who had already changed into the clothes of the Qing army's green battalion soldiers, quietly crossed the trench with three team members, and quietly climbed over the wooden fence while the Qing army's secret post was not paying attention. When a Qing soldier in front of him heard a movement behind him, an iron projectile pierced his temple, and the Qing soldier didn't even snort, a bloody sword burst out from his temple and fell to the ground.
The other three team members, who also used crossbow arrows and daggers, solved the three secret sentinels.
At the gate of the camp, two special combat soldiers shot crossbow arrows, which accurately pierced the throats of the two Qing soldiers.
After dealing with the Qing soldiers at the gate, the special combat team members hiding in the woods rushed out one after another, lit torches, and rushed towards the Qing army camp. The teammates first lit the Guojia bottle with torches, and then threw the Guojia bottle into the Qing army camp.
Only a few explosions were heard, explosions broke out in the camp, and several tents were overturned. Then the special operators threw the lit torches into it, and a raging fire burst into flames.
Cai Dezhong and three team members, who had already entered the camp, took out the Guojia bottle, lit it on the bonfire, and then threw it into several tents where the Qing soldiers lived.
Dazzling fireballs erupted from inside the tent, and the violent explosion was mixed with the screams of several Qing soldiers.
Cai Dezhong and the others put a white towel on their arms, and then lit fires everywhere in the Qing army barracks, and while lighting the fires, they also shouted in their mouths: "Haikou has landed!" The pirates have landed! ”
Suddenly, the battalion of the Qing army's sailors bombed the battalion, and the Qing soldiers in their sleep were awakened one after another. In the confusion, they had no idea how many enemies were coming, and everyone picked up their weapons and ran outside the tent.
"Where's the pirates?" The disheveled Qing army sailor garrison walked out of the Chinese army's tent and pulled a green battalion soldier who ran past him and asked.
"Back to my lord! The pirates have come in! There are fires everywhere! The soldier replied in a panic.
The Qing garrison drew his sword and shouted: "Don't mess up!" Assemble everyone! ”
Before the words could be spoken, two crossbow arrows were fired from behind a burning tent, piercing the throats of the unsuspecting Qing garrison.
The entire camp was completely chaotic, and the shouting Qing soldiers did not know where the enemy was.
At the gate of the camp, there were Qing soldiers crying and fleeing from the burning camp, who knew that a row of crossbow arrows, sleeve arrows and darts were shot outside, mixed with a few smoking bottles, and the Qing soldiers who rushed out of the camp screamed and fell.
The Guojia bottle exploded in the crowd, and the gunpowder gas sealed inside the clay bottle expanded violently, shooting out the iron beads mixed inside. In the firelight, the fragments of the clay vase mixed with iron beads splattered in all directions, and many Qing soldiers were blown to pieces.
There was chaos in the camp, and the Qing soldiers of the green battalion trampled on each other, and even drew their knives and slashed each other.
Because Cai Dezhong was wearing Qing army clothes, the Qing soldiers didn't know what was going on, everyone thought that the people around them were enemies, and when they saw someone approaching them, they drew their swords and faced each other. As a result, the Qing soldiers in the large camp fought with themselves.
The special combat team took advantage of the chaos to set fires, and fires broke out everywhere in the camp of the naval division, and they were burned into a sea of fire.
At the same time as Cai Dezhong and the others did it, Emperor Hu Dedi and his naval special combat team also did it.
Emperor Hu Dedi led the special combat team members to solve the Qing army's secret post outside the fort, and then went to the bottom of the Qing army's fort. Emperor Hu Dedi threw the grappling hook and soon climbed over the camp wall and entered the large camp of the fort.
The Qing soldiers they met on the road were all shot by the special combat team with crossbow arrows.
By the time the Qing soldiers stationed at the fort heard the explosion in the naval battalion, Hu Dedi's naval special combat team had already controlled the Qing fort.
The team members nailed the steel nails into the cannon fire door, so that the Qing army's cannon was scrapped.
"Quick! Get on it! The pirates are coming! A Qing soldier general brandished a waist knife and yelled for the soldiers to go to the battery.
The Green Battalion soldiers crowded on the steps and climbed up to the fort in a hurry. At this moment, a powder keg rolled on it, and the fuse inserted into the powder keg was still "sizzling" and blazing.
"Ahh The Qing soldiers in front turned their heads and ran back, but the people behind pushed them and pushed them forward. Only a loud bang was heard, the powder keg exploded, and a large area of Qing soldiers was blown up into the sky and flew into the sky.
Emperor Hu De, with his special combat team, kept pushing the powder keg down the steps, and he didn't know how many Qing soldiers were killed. In the dark, the Qing soldiers had no idea how many enemies were coming.
On the sea, the attacking fleet was already on the beach. At this time, the sky was just dawning. With the help of the faint light, the officers and men of the army and the Ming army jumped from the small boats, stepped on the knee-high water, and rushed to the beach.