Daming pirates

The current Nanyue Water Village is located at the southern promontory of Puxisuo on the Zhongmen Peninsula. It faces Meizhou Island across the sea, only a few miles away.

This is also the gateway to Xinghua Prefecture. To the north is Pinghai Bay, which belongs to Pinghaiwei of Xinghua Prefecture. Puxi Qianhu Institute and Pinghaiwei just guard Pinghaiwan, close to Nanyue Waterway and across the sea from Nanyue Island.

Looking at each other, the distance is only more than thirty miles.

Recently, because the governor of Fujian wants to use troops to attack Nanyue Island, he has blocked ships on a large scale along the coast of Fujian and banned commercial ships from entering the sea. As a result, the Nanyue Waterway, which is usually busy with shipping, has become much deserted.

Moreover, because the government troops began to station in Pinghaiwei and Puxi, warships also began to gather towards Pinghai Bay and Xinghua Bay, making the situation in Xinghua Prefecture much tense. Even some fishermen were prohibited from going to sea. The government's

The saying is to prevent fishermen from collaborating with thieves.

In many places along the coast, officers and soldiers began to station sentries to monitor the situation of ships on the sea and to prevent the Sea Wolf fleet from attacking the coast of Xinghua Prefecture at this time.

However, such actions have brought great harm to the local people along the coast. At this time, the military discipline of the officers and soldiers has been quite corrupted. In addition, the officers and soldiers have insufficient food and pay, and they have the habit of eating food on the spot. After a large number of officers and soldiers arrived in this area,

They began to distribute the goods to local villages under various names, and ordered each village in the area to provide them with food and wine, which was regarded as labor.

Although this kind of thing is handled by the village chiefs or security chiefs and respectable gentry, in fact the burden is basically passed on to the farmers and poor people. This has become a practice in the Ming Dynasty. The richer the people,

The less money you pay.

In addition, the government and the army required each village to send people to help the government and the army with work while distributing grain. Naturally, the big families would not go, so they also sent people to the poorest farmers.

As a result, many farmers have completely gone bankrupt or even lost their families.

But the government won't care about these things. The local officials in Xinghua Prefecture are also very nervous now, because Nanyue Island is within their jurisdiction. The Fujian government wants to use troops against Nanyue Island, which will naturally bear their burden.

Most importantly, the officials in Xinghua Mansion were quite vocal about this.

After all, after the Sea Wolf occupied Nanyue Island, the harassment and damage to the coast of Xinghua Prefecture was much less than that of the Shark Gang before. In the past two years, the ground in Xinghua Prefecture has been quite peaceful, but because

When Prime Minister Zhu Qin arrived, he broke the peace here.

First, it provoked the sea wolves to attack the shore in large numbers in the past few months, but they had just stopped, and then the governor wanted to mobilize troops and generals to attack Nanyue Island.

As a result, the territory of Xinghua Prefecture was in chaos, and it also had to bear a considerable part of the food transportation and military pay for the officers and soldiers, which made the burden of Xinghua Prefecture suddenly increased a lot. Where did the money come from? I must be an official.

It is impossible to meet the needs of the army out of our own pockets, and it will definitely be passed on to the common people.

However, there are also some officials who cheer for this. Every time the rates are increased, it is a carnival for the government. Many officials can take the opportunity to make another fortune and line their own pockets. This kind of opportunity

There aren't many, and if you encounter one, you can't let it go.

Therefore, the people along the coast of Xinghua Prefecture were suddenly plunged into a disaster, and these officers and soldiers made it difficult for the people to make a living.

The person who is in charge of Nanyue Water Village is Liu Yinglong and Liu Guerrilla who were originally recruited by Zhu Qin to Fuzhou Prefecture. As a coastal defense guerrilla in Xinghua Prefecture, he naturally has to be in charge of Nanyue Water Village and is responsible for mobilizing and commanding the water forces gathered here.

Division warship.

Since Nanyue Water Village was moved here, although it was originally built well, after decades, there has not been any major expansion or repair here. Today, Nanyue Water Village is already dilapidated.

On the beach outside the water village, you can see the wreckage of many warships that were abandoned and rotting. Some ships have been dismantled, and the useful ship planks have been removed and used to repair other warships.

As for the dozens of warships that Nanyue Water Village used to have, at this year's time, there are only less than ten left to see if they can be used. Even the wharf trestles are now only two that are still in use.

The other two trestles had also collapsed in the water due to years of disrepair.

Fortunately, after recently understanding the situation of Nanyue Water Village, Prime Minister Zhu Qin found a way to transfer some money to rebuild the barracks and buildings of Nanyue Water Village. In addition, he also found a way to add several new lines to Nanyue Water Village.

warships, but they could not replenish their artillery for a while.

Therefore, although Nanyue Water Village obtained some warships, it could only install the old cannons removed from the previous warships onto these new ships. In fact, the combat effectiveness was not improved much.

However, this time, Prime Minister Zhu Qin did not force Liu Yinglong to lead such a small number of warships to go to sea to find trouble with the Sea Wolf. Instead, he mobilized some naval warships from Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Zhangzhou and other places and assembled them at Nanyue Water Village.

In the Peace Bay, the number and strength of the naval warships here have been increased, which has made the combat readiness here much better.

During this period, Nanyue Water Village became more lively than ever. Naval warships from other places continued to sail to Nanyue Water Village, making the docks of Nanyue Water Village full of people recently.

After these newly arrived warships arrive here, they need to replenish ammunition, food, fresh water, and repair the cables, sails, and rudders on the ship. The officers and soldiers on the ship also have to disembark to rest. Naturally, Liu Yinglong also has to take care of these eating, drinking, and littering matters.

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Looking at these warships crowded outside the water village, Liu Yinglong felt helpless and a little worried. Although it seemed that the strength of the navy in Nanyue Water Village had greatly increased, in fact, these warships would actually fight in the end.

Liu Yinglong knew very well what his strength was.

The last time Nan Juyi gathered navy and land forces from all over Fujian to attack the Penghu Red Haired People, Liu Yinglong joined the battle with the army. At that time, he also saw the power of the Red Haired People's sailing ships.

They are tall and have sufficient firepower. Each ship is equipped with at least a dozen red barbarian cannons. Once fired, the smoke will cover the clouds and the sun will be covered, and one can be as powerful as ten across the sea.

It is said that Nan Juyi mobilized a large number of naval warships at that time, but these warships of the Ming Dynasty were really shabby compared with the warships of the red-haired people.

The largest warship of the Ming Dynasty is the 400-material Fu Chuan. This kind of warship usually looks quite small and very majestic, but once it is placed next to the red-haired man's sailing ship, it looks small.

It's pitiful, and the cannons of the red-haired men are very powerful, and the hulls are extremely strong, while the artillery on the Ming warships are only small cannons and old cannons, and their firepower is simply useless in front of the red-haired men.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers still controlled the sea later can only be said to be that the Ming Dynasty adopted locust tactics and suppressed the red-haired fleet with an absolute numerical advantage, fighting for the lives of the officers and soldiers.

The red-haired man's warship was inhabited.

But now they have to deal with the Sea Wolf. Recently, Liu Yinglong sent people to inquire around and learned more or less about the strength of the Sea Wolf.

Nowadays, the sea wolves on Nanyue Island are much stronger than when Chu Cailao came to attack Nanyue Island. According to detailed reports, the sea wolves now have more than a hundred warships of various types.

, and these ships are equipped with a lot of cannons.

Although there is not much difference between the warships of the Sea Wolf and the warships of the Ming Dynasty, most of the warships of the Sea Wolf are new and relatively strong and sturdy. The ships are very young, and some ships are still in Nanyue.

The island shipbuildings were reinforced so that they could carry larger cannon.

Moreover, it is said that Sea Wolf possesses many red barbarian cannons like those of the Red-Haired Man. Mr. Chu Cai suffered a big loss in front of Sea Wolf's fleet, and now it is up to the navy of the Ming Dynasty to deal with these Sea Wolf's warships.

Liu Yinglong was worried about the ship. He didn't know whether he could take the Ming Dynasty's naval warships and trap them like he did against the red-haired men last time.

Now, although Zhu Qinxiang, the governor, has managed to mobilize a lot of naval warships, but if you look carefully, very few of these naval warships can be called new ships, and most of them can be called new ships.

They are all old goods, and they don’t necessarily have much advantage over Sea Wolf in terms of quantity.

Although they barely drove the red-haired people out of Penghu last year, the officers and soldiers who participated in the war knew that they defeated the small with more, and relied on the tactics of a pack of wolves to get close to them and stalk them to death.

On the sea, the red-haired people only had a few large sailing ships at first, and most of the remaining boats were small boats, which could not hold them against their overwhelming numbers.

But what they have to deal with now is the Sea Wolf. Who is the Sea Wolf? The Sea Wolf is a group of guys who have just defeated Mr. Chu Cai. Over the years, Mr. Chu Cai has been crisscrossing the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, and the government has always

There is nothing they can do against him. Now even Mr. Chu Cai has been beaten to pieces by these sea wolves. With so few warships, how can they be their opponent?

But he couldn't say this to Zhu Qinxiang. The current governor of Fujian couldn't listen to the words of these generals. Based on some hearsay, he thought that the strength of Sea Wolf was not that strong.

Naval warships are enough to deal with sea wolves.

When Liu Yinglong thought of this, he shook his head secretly. Now Zhu Qinxiang has mobilized a large number of officers and soldiers, and sealed many merchant ships, and is ready to attack Nanyue Island. Now it can be said that the arrow is ready and has to be launched.

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As for how this battle will turn out, Liu Yinglong has no idea at all. He can only be ordered to get ready here. As for whether he will win or lose, he can only secretly pray to God for blessing!

Looking at the naval warships crowded at the water village pier, Liu Yinglong turned around and wanted to walk back to the water village to meet with the generals who came here this time and arrange the plan for this battle.

Action, but when he turned around, he suddenly felt uneasy again.

So he stopped again and looked at the warships huddled near the dock. He suddenly remembered one thing. Now that the government and officers and soldiers on land were so busy, it stands to reason that it would be impossible for Sea Wolf to do so.

I don’t know, I must have heard the news a long time ago, and boats are coming and going from Nanyue Shuizhai, and it is across the water from Meizhou Island. As long as you are on Meizhou Island, you can see Nanyue Shuizhai.

Condition.

If Sea Wolf wants to strike preemptively this time, they will kill them without waiting for their officers and soldiers to take action first. However, they are not prepared for anything at this moment. Once Sea Wolf's fleet comes and kills them, why not kill them all?

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Thinking of this, Liu Yinglong shuddered, and quickly and unconsciously looked towards the sea in the distance, but the sea was empty, and there were no boats. So he turned around and strode back to the water village, which made people immediately feel shocked.

He prepared a fast boat and wanted to go to the Puxi Qianhu Station to meet with Zhang Jiace, the deputy commander who was currently stationed at the Puxi Station, to give him a heads up.