In the early morning of the 14th, the beach of Haifeng County, Huizhou.

Fifteen miles from the beach, there was a trench one zhang wide and five feet deep, and above the ditch was a earthen city that stretched for hundreds of miles, one zhang wide and five feet high. Inside the cordon, every ten or so steps, there is a wooden stake with a human head hanging from it. These are fishermen who want to venture out to sea because they can't survive, as long as they cross the border, they will be ruthlessly cut down by the Qing soldiers, and their heads will be hung on the cordon, warning the nearby fishermen not to violate the sea ban.

On the earth city, a bonfire was lit, and five Qing soldiers who were on duty at night surrounded the bonfire to keep warm. Originally, there were not so many Qing soldiers on the cordon at night, because Wang Xinyu often sent people to land and take away a large number of people for a period of time, so the Qing army strengthened the vigilance on the coastline to prevent the Ming army from coming to "plunder" the people.

"This year's national funeral, the Lantern Festival can't be over! Alas! A Qing soldier complained.

"What's the point if you can't pass the Lantern Festival? I'm really unlucky! Another younger Qing soldier said, "The family found me a daughter-in-law, this delay, I don't know when I will get married!" ”

Before dawn, more than a dozen black shadows emerged from the woods, scattered into four teams, and quietly approached Tucheng. Led by a sturdy black-clothed strong man named Zhang Dakui, he led two masters of the Heaven and Earth Society to deal with the five Qing soldiers on Tucheng.

Zhang Dakui, born in the forty-first year of Wanli, was a folk master during the Chongzhen period, and was the sworn brother of the famous general Wanli under Zheng Chenggong. Wanli and Gan Hui are equally famous, and they are both unstoppable generals. It's a pity that Wan Li and Gan Hui were both killed in the Battle of Nanjing. In order to avenge his brother-in-law, Zhang Dakui also joined the Heaven and Earth Society. This Zhang Dakui's martial arts are also extremely high. No worse than Wan Li and Gan Hui.

The Qing soldiers on Tucheng did not notice the appearance of these masters, some of the Qing soldiers were already asleep, and some were still chatting.

Zhang Dakui with two brothers with bamboo chips in their mouths. Swiftly climbed up to the earthen city.

These masters are all folk masters, and they bite the bamboo chips in their mouths when they act, so as to prevent them from shouting loudly before rushing to kill, so as not to expose themselves in advance.

The master who shouted the title was as agile as a cat, and approached the Qing soldiers silently.

"Whoosh" Two crossbow arrows shot out like lightning, nailing the two Qing soldiers to the earthen city.

Zhang Dakui raised his hand, and the two flying knives flew away. Two Qing soldiers covered their throats and fell on the earthen city.

The last Qing soldier had just woken up from his sleep, and he hadn't had time to see the situation in front of him. I felt my neck chill and my head rolled to the ground.

Half a mile away, a beacon tower, two Qing soldier posts were also attacked at the same time, and the masters of the Heaven and Earth Society silently killed the Qing soldiers on the cordon.

"There are also a few patrolling Tartar scouts on the beach. Let's go kill them! ”

There weren't many scouts patrolling the beach. There were only six people. More than a dozen masters pounced like tigers out of the gate, and in an instant, they eliminated the six Qing soldiers.

Zhang Dakui lit a red lantern, lifted the lantern, and shook it three times towards the sea in the distance.

As soon as the sky was faintly bright, white sail shadows appeared on the sea, and a fleet of ships flying the flag of the Ming Sailor sailed towards the beach. The fleet consisted of a Cormorant-class sixth-class ship, two Daifuku ships, and a Spanish galleon. The flotilla arrived near the beach, anchored in the sea, and rowed down to the beach.

The boat docked on the beach. Thirty ironclad soldiers, one hundred pikemen. One hundred musketeers, fifty artillery and a hundred auxiliaries, carrying five new Tiger squat guns, landed on the beach.

The beach landed, unable to carry artillery, and the artillery could only carry light new Tiger squat guns. Due to the improvement of steel technology, this light cannon weighed only forty pounds, but it could fire three-pound shells, and the use of solid shells was twelve taels, and the range could reach one mile; Eight taels of ammunition are used with shotguns, and the range is within 200 paces.

The armor of the ironclad soldiers is heavy, for safety reasons, to prevent drowning accidents, the soldiers cannot be armored when they land, and all the heavy armor is carried by the auxiliaries. In addition to transporting armor, auxiliaries had to transport gunpowder and cartridges in sealed wooden barrels that could float at sea.

After the landing force came ashore, they quickly put on their armor, and the musketeers and gunners opened the powder kegs sealed with wax and removed the ammunition. After the preparations, the Ming army killed a nearby Qing army 100-man barracks.

The Ming army swaggered across the fifteen-mile sea boundary and surrounded the green battalion of the Qing army's 100-man battalion.

said that it was a 100-person barracks, but in fact there were only 60 Qing soldiers in it. By the time the Qing army found out that the Ming army was coming, it was already surrounded by regiments.

"We're giving you a chance! Take the initiative to surrender! Those who surrender will not die! "The Ming army outside has already begun to shout.

"Quick! Light the beacon fire! Tell the brothers in the neighborhood that there are more than 300 pirates here! The Qing generals always wanted to resist for a while, counting on the nearby Qing army to save them.

Seeing that the Qing army lit the beacon smoke and issued an alarm signal, the Ming army immediately gave an order: "Open the cannon!" ”

The five tiger squatting cannons fired a salvo, and the solid shells drilled into the Qing barracks, causing the wooden fence to break, debris flying sideways, and the tent shells rolled up and flew out, and a miserable scream sounded in the barracks.

The Qing soldiers in the barracks counterattacked with bird guns and bows and arrows, and the Ming army ironclad soldiers outside blocked with a row of iron shields. The arrows and projectiles hit the three-foot-high shield, and the sparks splattered and made a clanging sound.

The Ming army was lined up in three teams, and row after row stepped forward in turn, and muskets rang out in unison, causing flesh and blood to fly in the barracks.

"Those who surrender are not to die!" Outside, the Ming army shouted.

"Stop fighting! We surrender! "More than 60 Qing soldiers in the barracks were killed, and the rest surrendered.

When the Ming army attacked the Qing barracks, the people of the Tiandihui took the opportunity to move around at the same time, lobbying the fishermen who had been relocated because of the sea ban. Their activity was so successful that more than 400 people from the three surrounding villages were willing to follow along, so the people of the Heaven and Earth Society took them to the beach.

The surrounding Qing troops received the beacon smoke signal, and the Qing soldiers in the Qing army camps in various places within 30 miles urgently assembled, concentrated about 800 Qing troops, and killed the Ming army landing site.

However, the Ming army had already made arrangements: at the same time as the small force landed, more than 2,000 Ming troops to the east of Haifeng quietly landed as early as last night. This Ming army had 200 mercenaries, 100 ironclad soldiers, and 200 pikemen. Two hundred short-sworders, one hundred long-swordmen, one hundred musketeers, one hundred archers, one hundred artillerymen, and one thousand auxiliaries.

After more than 2,000 Ming troops landed, they camped overnight on the road that the Qing army must pass through and built an earthen city. Waiting for the Qing army to throw themselves into the net.

More than 800 green battalion Qing troops gathered from all directions were intercepted by the Ming army halfway. These Green Battalion Qing troops were not opponents at all and were defeated miserably. More than two hundred were killed and wounded, more than a hundred were captured, and the rest fled. If it weren't for Wang Xinyu's lack of cavalry, the 800 Qing army would not have been able to escape the fate of the annihilation of the entire army.

After the Ming army succeeded. Before a large number of Qing troops arrived. And he departed with his captives and his people.

On the night of the 14th, on the coast of Gaozhou, on the forbidden line of the 15-mile sea, there were beacon towers and watchtowers of the Qing army.

Dozens of dark shadows emerged from the trees, two of them quietly lurking beneath a watchtower. With the sound of two crossbow shots, the two Qing soldiers on the watchtower were shot through the throat and fell down from the watchtower.

Five masters of the Heaven and Earth Society appeared on the edge of a beacon tower and launched a surprise attack. Like chopping melons and vegetables, he eliminated the ten Qing soldiers guarding the beacon tower.

Several other watchtowers and patrolling soldiers there. At the same time, they were attacked, and all the Qing soldiers who were on guard duty were killed.

After eliminating the vigilant Qing soldiers, the agents of the Heaven and Earth Society released a Kong Ming lantern to send a signal to the sea.

Seeing the secret signal issued by heaven and earth, about 300 people took advantage of the moonlight to land on the border of Gaozhou and surrounded a Qing army barracks with lightning power.

"Kill!" In the darkness, the sound of sudden shouting and killing shook the sky, and the Ming army entered the Qing army barracks. Due to the suddenness of the incident, the Qing army, which was attacked at night, did not have time to organize a counterattack, and was completely annihilated. Of the more than 300 Qing soldiers, more than 100 were killed, and the rest were captured.

At the same time, the people of the Heaven and Earth Society organized the evacuation of the people overnight. It was not until after dawn on the 15th that Li Yangzhi, the commander-in-chief of Gaozhou in the Qing Dynasty, arrived with more than 5,000 Qing soldiers, but the beach was already empty, and the Ming army had already boarded the ship with prisoners and civilians to evacuate.

On the night of the sixteenth, a full moon rose from the sea and sky, and the sea under the moonlight rippled with a silver light. A fleet suddenly appeared on the opposite side of the moon, its bow tearing through the silvery waters and sailing eastward through the waves.

In the Hanjiang River, all the large and small ships of the Chaozhou Navy Battalion of the Qing Army were moored in the water village, and the Qing soldiers on the ships were all in the large camp on the shore or gathered to gamble, or drink and chat. Because of the national mourning, they were not allowed to leave the barracks to gamble in casinos outside, and they were not allowed to go outside to visit the kilns, so they could only nest in the barracks. But gambling and drinking in the camp, the grassroots officers of the Qing army will not take care of it, as long as they do not go out to make trouble during the state funeral.

The Qing army was not worried that Zheng Chenggong's fleet would come to attack them, because there were barrages at the mouth of the river, as well as hidden piles, and it was difficult for the sea ships outside to enter the Han River to attack the Qing army's naval division.

At this time, no one noticed that several small boats came from the mouth of the river, reaching the junction of the river and the sea. Someone jumped into the water and cut off several underwater piles. The boat then continued to sail forward to the barrage, and several members of the local Heaven and Earth Society on board swung axes to cut the barrage.

"The barrage has been cut off!" Some people shouted in the barracks of the Qing army on both sides of the strait.

When he landed, the camp of the Qing army's sailors exploded like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed by a bamboo pole, and those who were gambling, drinking, and the Qing soldiers who had fallen asleep jumped up one after another, put on their uniforms in a panic, and ran to their ships and batteries.

It was too late, and the eight huge warships, led by small boats, avoided the underwater hidden piles, and took advantage of the high tide to gallop into the Han River like arrows.

The cannonballs fell like hail on the Qing army fort, dust, flesh and blood flying, and screams were repeated.

Eight huge warships reached the gate of the water village, and a row of shells smashed through, and the gate of the wooden fence was torn apart, and fell into the river. At the same time, more than a dozen fire attack ships were laid down on the big ship and rushed into the gates that had been opened by shells.

The fire attack ship crashed into the Qing army fleet, and the Ming soldiers on the ship jumped into the wooden platoon behind the fire attack ship, withdrew from the water village, and left the Qing army sailor camp behind him. (To be continued......)

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