Daming pirates

Because Kinmensuo City was built on the seaside, no moats were dug outside the city wall, so the Sea Wolf tribe did not even need to cross the river, but could directly carry long ladders to attack the bottom of the city wall.

Just when the Sea Wolf tribe was carrying ladders to launch an attack on the acropolis, a white flag was finally raised on the city wall. Several officers and soldiers found a dirty piece of hunk from nowhere, picked it up on their spears, and hid.

Behind the battlements, it began to shake crazily.

"Stop fighting! We surrender! Surrender! The official is dead, let's not fight! Please spare my life, good man!..."

It turned out that just now when the Sea Wolf volley fired, the patrol officer who was commanding the city was accidentally shot on the spot. The shot happened to go through his neck and he was killed immediately.

On top of the city wall, the rest of the defenders, seeing that the official was dead, no longer wanted to resist, so several soldiers rushed forward and knocked down the one who was still trying to resist.

He was tied up and the white flag was raised.

The entire attack on Kinmen Island was completed in just one day by Sea Wolf, which also included an attack on the island's Kinmen City and four patrol cities. After the Kinmen City was destroyed, the remaining

The four patrols who inspected the city did not put up any unnecessary resistance. As soon as the Sea Wolf troops arrived, they opened the city and surrendered.

Sea Wolf also kept their promise. After entering the city, they did not kill anyone. They only captured and beheaded some of the rebel soldiers who were looting and raping women in the city.

As for the patrol officer who led the resistance, although he was beaten to death, all his property was confiscated because he went against Sea Wolf's wishes. Two other generals who resisted were also captured and beheaded.

And confiscated their property.

In addition, Hailang only entered the city and took control of important places such as Qianhu's official offices and city warehouses, confiscating the property and returning it to the public. As for the ordinary soldiers and people in the city, Hailang did not infringe on their property, but ordered them to stay

At home, you are not allowed to go out without permission, waiting for the next arrangement.

Yu Xiaotian ordered three platoons of marines to be left on the island. After resting for one night on Kinmen Island, he led his team to attack Zhongzuo Station again.

Zhongzuo Station is Xiamen Island. After the Ming Dynasty, the government established Zhongzuo Qianhu Station on the island, which was under the jurisdiction of Yongning Guards. It was also the gateway to Zhangquan. It used to be highly valued by the government, and hundreds of troops were stationed here.

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However, like other places, the current strength of the Zhongzuo Station is no longer as good as it used to be. There are only less than 300 guards left in the entire Zhongzuo Station, and there are only two naval warships left.

This kind of strength was simply useless in the face of the Sea Wolf's attack. In the same day, Zhongzuosuo also declared its fall.

On the shore, Gaopu Qianhusuo and Tong'an County, after learning the news of the sea wolf's large-scale invasion, immediately closed their city gates and stayed behind closed doors. They were so frightened that they could only pray secretly that the sea wolf would stop here and not come out.

Attack them again.

After Yu Xiaotian led his troops to capture Kinmen Station and Zhongzuo Station, he controlled the entire Weitou Bay area including all the islands at the mouth of the Jiulong River in two days, and completely blocked the mouth of the Jiulong River.

After they controlled the area beyond the mouth of the Jiulong River, Yu Xiaotian finally gave the order to attack Haicheng, which was also the famous Yuegang at this time.

At this time, because the government used troops against Sea Wolf Nanri Island in the early stage, a large number of merchant ships were sealed and no merchant ships were allowed to go to sea. Hundreds of merchant ships of various types have gathered in the Moon Harbor.

By this time, all the merchants had already learned about the defeat of the imperial army at Nanri Island, and even more about the large-scale invasion of sea wolves. They were all scared to the point of urinating.

When the Sea Wolf attacked Kinmen and Zhongzuo Station, many merchant ships no longer obeyed the government's orders, started lifting anchors and sails without permission, and sailed out of the river mouth, trying to escape this area and seek temporary refuge elsewhere.

However, these merchant ships that fled first were not able to escape. Soon after they sailed out of the Jiulong River Estuary, they were blocked by Sea Wolf's warships on the sea. Sea Wolf ordered these merchant ships not to leave this place.

In this area, everyone temporarily sailed to the dock of Kinmen Island to stop, drop anchor and trim the sails to wait for the sea wolf.

Any ship that attempts to escape will be attacked by sea wolves and the ship and all belongings on board will be confiscated.

As a result, the blocked merchant ships had to be escorted to the Kinmen Island Pier and were temporarily detained there, waiting for Sea Wolf's next step.

Yu Xiaotian personally led the fleet in the past few days and launched non-stop operations in the Weitou Bay area, completely blocking Yuegang. However, this time the sea wolves attacked Yuegang, but no one among his colleagues dared to express dissatisfaction.

Including Mr. Chu Cai, who had always regarded Haicheng as a forbidden wife, no one made any statement, as if they were completely unaware of the matter.

And Yan Siqi actually sent ten ships to Weitou Bay after the Sea Wolf soldiers arrived at Weitou Bay to help Sea Wolf block the sea. He looked like a standard servant army, and everything was done with Sea Wolf's straight-faced attitude.

After Yu Xiaotian completely controlled the entire Weitou Bay, he began to take action against Yuegang. In fact, the geographical conditions of Yuegang were not superior, because it was located inside the mouth of the Kowloon River, the channel was narrow, and the water depth was not very deep.

These are not good conditions for sea ports.

However, the reason why the Ming Dynasty chose Yuegang as the only foreign maritime trade port was because of their careful consideration. It was precisely because the conditions of Yuegang's access to the sea were not good and it was easier to be controlled by the government than any open port along the coast. Therefore, the government

This was chosen as the place to open a port.

And another advantage is that this place is deep into the Jiulong River and located on land. In addition to being easy to control, it is also relatively easy to protect.

Although many pirates have wanted to invade Yuegang since it opened as a port, there are not many pirates who can actually break into Yuegang and rob it. Chu Cai is one, and Zheng Yiguan can only be regarded as half.

, now that the Sea Wolf is here, there won't be much of a problem.

When Yu Xiaotian decided to attack Haicheng this time, Sea Wolf had actually been to Yuegang once. The last time Zheng Yiguan planned to attack Yuegang unexpectedly, but Yu Xiaotian teamed up with Chu Cailao and Yan Siqi to block him in Weitou Bay.

During this period, after a severe beating, Hailang, Chu Cailao and Yan Siqi also took advantage of the situation and made a fortune in Yuegang.

Therefore, Hailang is very familiar with the situation here. After coming here this time, he first sealed off the mouth of the Jiulong River, and then began to take action against Haicheng.

Because the water depth and channel width of Yuexi River in the Jiulong River are limited, Dafu ships and Western-style large plywood boats cannot sail directly to Yuetang. Even if they can enter, they still have to take great risks, so Yu Xiaotian does not

Let these heavy firepower ships participate, but leave them outside, and only order other ships with slightly smaller hulls to sail into the Moon Creek.

In order to protect the ships sailing into the Jiulong River, Yu Xiaotian ordered Meng Fei and Liu Tong to each lead a group of land soldiers. Meng Fei led a group of land soldiers to land from the west of the Nanxi River mouth, and then followed the ships on the river along the river bank.

The team headed straight for Haicheng.

The other group was led by Liu Tong, escorted by a fleet, and landed on Humao Island in the Jiangkou, because there was a Humao City on Humao Island, which was built during the Jiajing period to prevent and prepare for Japanese invaders.

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This Humao City has some cannons that can directly threaten the safety of ships sailing on the river. The reason why ordinary pirates dare not enter Yuegang to plunder is because of the Humao City, for fear of being bombarded by the defenders of Humao City.

When Chu Cai Lao attacked Haicheng before, he also suffered losses from Humao City. However, the last time Sea Wolf entered Yuegang, the defenders of Humao City did not dare to act rashly because of the overwhelming force. But this time, considering the situation of Sea Wolf,

This is a large-scale invasion, and the defenders of Humao City should not dare to sit idly by, so they will definitely take some actions to prevent the Sea Wolf fleet from entering Moon Harbor.

Therefore, the Humao City was handed over to Liu Tong to deal with it.

After being fully prepared, Liu Tong first landed on Humao Island. This time he led two infantry companies, including an elite company fully equipped with Wolf fang rifles. In addition, he was equipped with an artillery platoon carrying two ten-gun rifles.

Two pounder mountain howitzer.

Meng Fei then led his troops to land on the west bank of the Nanxi River estuary, led a battalion of troops, and rushed towards Haicheng. The rest of the fleet was on the river, following the land troops on both sides, and under the cover of the land troops, headed towards

Sailing to Moon Harbor.

Because they were going upstream and the wind direction was not conducive to sailing, they sailed very slowly after entering the Jiulong River, which coincided with the actions of the land troops on both sides of the strait.

At this time, Haicheng County had already received news that a large number of sea wolves were invading. The officials and subordinates who had been showing off their power in Yuegang suddenly withered and fled into the sea one by one.

Within Cheng County, there are only about five hundred officers and soldiers responsible for guarding Yuegang.

The defenders and the firearms in their hands did not pose any threat to the Sea Wolves at all, so there was basically no resistance for the Sea Wolves to attack Moon Harbor.

The key depends on whether Liu Tong's actions in Humao City go smoothly. At this time, there are about 400 officers and soldiers stationed in Humao City. The person in charge is a Mr. Qian named Cao. This Mr. Cao Qian is very worried.

I knew they were in big trouble this time.

The sea wolves invaded Yuegang in a large scale. As the general of Humao City, he has the responsibility to defend the territory. If the sea wolves are allowed to invade Yuegang like last time, I am afraid that he, the Qian Boss, will no longer want to do it.

No one has settled the matter for him once. If he turns a blind eye again this time, then his head may have to change.

So after learning that the Sea Wolf fleet was about to sail into the mouth of the Jiulong River, Mr. Cao Qian hurriedly pulled all the garrison troops in Humao City to the city wall, and began to operate the cannons on the city wall, preparing ammunition for bombardment at any time.

Sea Wolf Fleet in Jiulong River.

Regardless of whether he can fight this battle or not, he must fight it. Even if it is just a show, he must fire a few shots. Of course, Mr. Cao Qian is not self-righteous and thinks that he can prevent the sea wolf from entering the moon.

Hong Kong, but doing so is something that must be done in a pretense manner.

Before he could prepare, he heard reports from his subordinates that a sea wolf tribe of several hundred people had actually landed on Humao Island and was heading towards Humao City.

Mr. Cao Qian panicked when he heard this. He quickly ran to the east gate and looked outside. His scalp went numb at the sight. He saw hundreds of Sea Wolf tribesmen with neat military appearance, all lined up neatly.

Landed in the east of Humao Island and drove towards Humao City.

Humao City is said to be a city, but it is actually not very big. The total perimeter of the city walls is only more than a thousand meters, the length of each city wall is only more than 400 meters, and the height of the city walls is only more than three meters and less than four meters. Although it is

It is built with bricks and stones, but due to years of disrepair, the city walls have cracked in many places. Even a few years ago, due to floods, a section of the city wall was collapsed by floods. Now it is simply repaired with sandbags.

Such a small ruined city is enough to scare young pirates, but if it wants to withstand the attack of sea wolves, it is a joke.