The Qing army suddenly found that the opponent on the top of the steps no longer pushed down the powder keg, and someone shouted excitedly: "Haikou's powder keg is used up!" ”

"Get up there!" The commander of the Qing army battery shouted.

Emperor Hu Dedi and his special combat team had already retreated from the battery, leaving the Qing army with artillery that could no longer be used. The special operators slid off the top of the battery with ropes and disappeared into the woods.

Crowds of Qing soldiers squeezed through the steps that could only accommodate two people side by side, and climbed up to the fort breathlessly. When they got to the top, they found that the fort was empty, all the cannons had not been blown up, they were in their place, and they did not see anything burning with a fuse or arquebus.

Seeing the Ming army and the Nanyang Company army that were landing on the beach, the Qing army general shouted anxiously: "Quickly check the artillery!" Let's see if the pirates put gunpowder in it or do something! If not, fire immediately! ”

"My lord, the fire gate has been blocked!" A soldier shouted.

Another Qing soldier subconsciously glanced at the cannon and shouted: "My lord! The fire gate is blocked! ”

All the cannon doors were blocked, and these cannons became ornaments.

The Qing army general was so anxious that he shouted: "Take down the things that blocked the fire door to Lao Tzu!" ”

But it is not easy to remove the steel nails that were driven into the fire door! It wouldn't be possible without special tools! The Qing gunners used their knives to pry, but the blades were broken, and the steel nails still did not move; Pick with the tip of the gun, bend the tip of the gun, but the steel nail is motionless.

"It's too late! We'll have to throw away the cannon and go back to the city! The Qing army always watched more and more "pirates" come ashore, and reluctantly gave orders.

In the camp of the Qing Army's naval division, Cai Dezhong and two special combat soldiers disguised as Qing soldiers did not know how many Qing soldiers' heads were cut off in the chaos, and their arms were sore. There were also Qing soldiers who picked up weapons to fight back, but when they encountered these three masters, the Qing soldiers who counterattacked couldn't go through a rendezvous, and they were slashed and killed.

Cai Dezhong's face was full of blood, but it was all other people's blood.

The sky gradually brightened, and the Qing soldiers in the chaos stopped killing each other, and looked at the messy barracks with dull eyes.

Cai Dezhong and the three of them also stopped fighting, and the three of them wiped their faces with dirt and blood, cut their clothes, and slashed their arms and chests several times to create the illusion of injury.

The fire in the barracks spread to the water village, and most of the ships of the Qing army's sailors had been burned, and the remaining ships were far away in the sea. None of the Qing soldiers dared to climb on the boat to fight the warships outside, because outside the harbor, there were several large ships like small hills, and the Qing sailors did not dare to send them to their deaths.

The camp was littered with dead bodies and wounded soldiers, wooden fences were burned to black charcoal, tents were burned to ashes, and boats parked on the shore were also burned to planks and scattered on the sea. However, the granary where the grain was stored was intact.

And the attackers outside the camp have long since disappeared.

After a night of chaos, more than 1,000 sailors suffered heavy casualties, only more than 300 Qing soldiers were still alive, the rest were either burned to death, or killed in cannibalism, and of course, some people were killed by Cai Dezhong, who was fishing in troubled waters.

"The pirates have landed! Let's retreat into the city! A Qing army general appearance of the small officer proposed.

Seeing more and more opponents on the beach, the remaining Qing soldiers couldn't even take care of food and moved back to the city, and fled for their lives in the direction of Yazhou City Gate.

And the special combat personnel hidden in the woods also quietly changed into the clothes of the Qing army, mixed in the defeated crowd of Qing soldiers, and blended into Yazhou City, and several agents who failed to blend into the city yesterday also took advantage of the chaos to blend into the city.

When the Ming army and the Nanyang Company landed, none of the Qing troops dared to come to stop them, and they all retreated back into the city of Yazhou.

In fact, the governor of Yazhou also got the news of the attack of the "Haikou", but because he got the news that the fort and the naval battalion were attacked, he did not dare to send troops to block the landing, but only ordered all the troops to return to the city to hold on, and then sent a beacon signal to the direction of Wanzhou, hoping that the army of Qiongzhou Mansion could come to relieve the siege.

The strength of the Qing army in Qiongzhou is actually not very weak, because there are more than 100,000 Li and Miao people in Qiongzhou, and there is an average of one riot here every two or three years, and there was a large-scale uprising of the Li nationality in the previous two years. In order to suppress the uprising, even a general like Gao Jinku was forced to stay in Qiongzhou.

The Qing army stationed in Qiongzhou has a total of more than 7,000 people, plus the people who can be mobilized, the Qiongzhou government can form an army of more than 15,000 people.

After the landing army assembled on the beach, it immediately drove in the direction of Yazhou City.

By noon, more than 4,000 landing troops had already surrounded Yazhou City. Together with the recruited craftsmen of the Nanyang Company and the navy that landed, there were more than 6,000 people in total.

Besieged the city, Wang Xinyu asked people to shout under the city of Yazhou: "My Ming Wang's army of 50,000 is here, intending to recover the lost territory!" If the Lord Zhizhou opens the door and surrenders, my Master Wang is willing to reinstate the adult official, and he will still serve as the governor of Yazhou! If you resist stubbornly, the day the city is broken will be the day you will be beheaded! ”

The Yazhou Zhizhou of the Qing court stood at the head of the city, and looked around, only to see that the Ming army under the city had already set up a formation, and many Ming troops were digging trenches and building barracks. In the woods behind, it seems that there are craftsmen of the Ming army cutting wood, as if they are preparing to build siege tools.

The Qing army in the city found that in the formation of the Ming army, there were actually many Xiyi people wearing red clothes! Looking at the Ming army's formation, it seems that the number of auxiliaries is not much.

In fact, Wang Xinyu didn't have many auxiliaries in his hands, and all the soldiers who landed this time were soldiers. After the shore is stabilized, a fleet of ships will be used to transport a group of Minzhuang from Yanping City to serve as auxiliaries. In addition, Wang Xinyu also planned that after capturing Yazhou, he could recruit a group of auxiliaries from the captives for his own use.

Zhizhou sneered: "You wait for the pseudo-Ming Haikou, who disobeys Wang Hua, and even colludes with the red-haired ghost of Xiyi to blatantly challenge my Qing Empire!" If you are lost and return to the court, this official can still intercede with the court and give you a way to live! Otherwise, as soon as the king of Qiongzhou arrives, he will kill you and other pieces of armor and leave no behind! ”

Wang Xinyu shouted again: "Lord Zhizhou, the northern Tartar puppet dynasty is unpopular, if the adult can open the city and surrender to my Wang Shi, we can treat you leniently!" ”

"Surrender to you pirates? Don't! Zhizhou's tone was very tough.

Wang Xinyu sighed: "Since this Tartar dog official is obsessed, after the city is broken, don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”

The army surrounded Yazhou and did not attack, but asked the soldiers to dig trenches and build defensive positions, while the craftsmen of the army cut down wood and prepared to build ladders. On the other hand, Wang Xinyu also asked five Spanish galleons to return to Yanping City, preparing to transport 2,000 people to land in Qiongzhou.

Seeing that the Ming army outside the city did not attack the city, Na Zhizhou asked a Qing army general: "Why haven't these Haikou soldiers started to attack the city yet?" Are they trying to trap us? ”

The Qing army general replied: "It may be that the Haikou lacks siege tools. Look at their auxiliaries are not much. Just looked at the sea, and a few big ships of the sea were leaving, probably to transport auxiliaries. Our Yazhou City can be described as a strong city with deep pools, no worse than Fucheng, they want to come to the ant to attack the city, and they will inevitably suffer heavy losses! ”

"It seems that the pirates have a lot of cannons, they won't use cannons to attack the city, right?" Zhizhou asked worriedly.

"The small cannons brought ashore by the pirates were too small to break through the walls; Although they have red-coated cannons on board, but those cannons are too heavy, and they have to carry them ashore, I am afraid that before they can attack the city, our reinforcements will arrive! The Qing army general carefully analyzed.

The Ming army laid strong fortifications outside Yazhou City, and at the same time built a defensive line on the road from Wanzhou to Yazhou, and was not in a hurry to attack Yazhou City.

In fact, with the members of the special action team and the special combat team members who infiltrated the city, Wang Xinyu was completely sure that he would sneak attack Yazhou City tonight and succeed in one fell swoop. But he didn't do this, because what Wang Xinyu wanted was to lure out the Qing troops in Wanzhou and other places, intercept the Qing army halfway, and eliminate as many Qing soldiers in the field as possible, so that when he conquered other cities in Yazhou in the future, he could reduce a lot of pressure.

The area of Banling is the only way for the reinforcements of Qiongzhou to reach Yazhou.

Wang Xinyu sent 1,000 guards to the army, 100 Spanish halberds, 200 British musketeers, 200 Portuguese musketeers, 500 navy soldiers and 400 soldiers of the Ming Army's sailor battalion, plus 100 pro-soldiers, a total of 2,500 people arrived in the Banling area to build fortifications.

The Qing soldiers in Wanzhou must have received the wolf smoke signal, and if they hurried overnight, they would be able to arrive the next morning; If you camp and rest in the evening, you can arrive the next afternoon.

For the sake of insurance, Wang Xinyu ordered that work must be rushed overnight, repaired the fortifications in Banling, and blocked the reinforcements of the Qing army! And kill and wound the Qing army as much as possible.

Banling, is a T-junction, a road from Wanzhou and Haikou direction, here is separated by a hill, divided into two paths, any of which can reach Yazhou. But there is only one official road ahead. The official road is located in the deep mountains, with mountains and dense forests.

In fact, there are roads to the seaside, but Wang Xinyu calculated that the Qing army would not dare to go from the seaside. Because there are their own warships cruising on the seashore, if the Qing army dares to walk from the sea, they will be shelled. In addition, the Li and Miao people on the seashore are not easy to mess with, and if the Qing soldiers pass through their territory, there will inevitably be conflicts.

All the officers and men who were tasked with blocking the enemy were armed with shovels, hoes, and other tools, sweating like rain, digging trenches and building walls on mountain roads. The officers and men of the navy panted and carried the bronze cannons to the high ground on both sides and set up the cannons.

In the dense forest on the side of the official road, several scouts from the reconnaissance battalion hid in the jungle, staring vigilantly at the official road. The scouts had their crossbows wound and bolts loaded.

In Wang Xinyu's scout troops, everyone has a bow or crossbow, and other weapons are their own choice. Scouts are all leftovers from special combat teams, or special combat members who have been eliminated in training, and are selected into the scout battalion. Although they did not pass the harsh selection of the special combat team, each of these people was a martial arts master.

On the official road, a Qing army scout cavalry appeared.

Cao Lei, who served as the captain of the scout, used a telescope to observe the Qing scout cavalry that appeared on the official road, and found that these Qing cavalry were not Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banner cavalry, but Green Battalion scouts, with a total of five Qing soldiers.

Seeing that the terrain ahead was extremely dangerous, the Qing scout cavalry slowed down and looked at the surrounding woods vigilantly.

"Something is wrong here!" A man who looked like the leader of the Qing army said.

However, they did not find out the enemy situation in front of them, and these green battalion soldiers did not dare to go back rashly, so they had to bite the bullet and continue to slowly explore the way.

"Put!" A roar suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests.

More than a dozen feathered arrows were shot from the mountains and forests, and these arrows were shot fiercely and accurately, specifically calling the face of the Qing soldiers to shoot at them.

Four Green Battalion scouts let out screams and were shot off their horses.

The remaining small leader of the Qing army is also a veteran of a hundred battles, and after coming to Qiongzhou, he fought with the local Li and Miao people many times, and dodged the hidden arrows of the Li and Miao people again and again. The soldier dodged the arrow, immediately turned around, and whipped his horse's ass in an attempt to escape from the ambush.

Seeing that the Qing soldiers were about to escape, a big man suddenly jumped down from a boulder on the side of the road, a three-foot-long gun in his hand danced vigorously, and the barrel of the ash rod was struck on the horse's leg.

The war horse let out a sad scream, and the war horse with the wounded front leg rolled forward, lifting the Qing soldiers on horseback more than ten steps away.

The big man stepped forward and stabbed him with a shot, killing the Qing soldier.

After cleaning up the Green Battalion scout cavalry, the scouts took the Qing army's horses, hid them, and returned to the mountains and forests to ambush them.

Half an hour later, five more Green Battalion scout cavalry came.

As a result, needless to say, I also knew that the five Green Battalion scout cavalry were just sent to death, and in the blink of an eye, they were all killed.

About an hour later, another dozen Qing scout cavalry arrived.

"It's a real tartar!" From the binoculars, seeing the twelve Qing soldiers with high lightning rods on their helmets, wearing gorgeous cotton armor, heart guards on their chests, and riding good horses, Cao Lei said.

Fifteen scouts were in ambush in the mountains and forests, while the Qing army had twelve. Although they have an advantage in numbers, they are all real cavalrymen of the Eight Banners! Cao Lei felt that this battle would definitely be a vicious battle!

A tall man with a bald head and a ring scar on his head said: "Lao Tzu has been waiting to kill the real Tartar for a long time!" ”

This bald head is also Hong Xiguan's junior brother, because he was screened out by the harsh special combat team, he came to the reconnaissance camp and became a scout. For entering the special combat team every year, this big monk can be said to be obsessed, and he really wants to make more combat exploits and show the people of the special combat team that he is not worse than them.