My life skills in Daming Liver

Yangzhong, like Jingjiang, is an island on the Yangtze River. This island faces Jiangdu and is also the largest island from Jingjiang.

However, at this time, Yangzhong was not called this name, because Yangzhong is a land formed by the sediment of the Yangtze River, so it is called "Sandbar".

However, Yangzhong at this time is not a whole big island, but divided into two islands.

Among them, the big island is named "Shazhou", and the other small island is named "Xishshazhou". The two islands echo each other and were once the important town of the Yangtze River Navy in the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that at the beginning of the country, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, stationed troops in Shazhou.

According to the collected information, Xu Shixing said to Su Ze:

"Shazhou is the fiefdom of Duke Wei's family. Since the Japanese pirates invaded, Duke Wei's family has abandoned Shazhou and withdrawn to Nanjing."

"The villagers in Xisha Prefecture formed a group to practice mutual protection. They are fighting against the Japanese pirates and defending Xisha Prefecture."

"Isn't Wei Guogong of this generation working in Nanjing City? Why does the Xu family still have land in Shazhou?"

Xu Shixing said: "This piece of land on Shazhou was awarded to Duke Wei's family in the year of Hongwu. There is also a 'Daxing Temple' on Shazhou, which is the family temple of the Xu family, and is used to worship Duke Wei."

Xu Da was a meritorious official in the early Ming Dynasty, and it was normal for him to be granted a fiefdom. The current Wei Guogong was named Xu Pengju, and he was the governor of the Nanjing Chinese Army Commander's Mansion. He was in Nanjing at this time.

Xu Shixing sighed and said: "This Shazhou was originally an industry bestowed by Emperor Hongwu to the Xu family. The imperial court has never set up a county in Shazhou. It's just that these descendants of the Xu family really don't have the spirit of Duke Wei. Every time something happens in Nanzhili I will run back to Nanjing."

Su Ze also understands the urgency of these meritorious relatives in the Ming Dynasty. Now the two highest-ranking officials in Nanjing, Wei Guogong Xu Pengju and Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu are called "Xu Pig Li Dog" by the people. Invading the people's fields, while Li Tingzhu wantonly oppressed soldiers, the officers and soldiers in Nanzhili hated him to the bone.

"How is the situation in Xisha State?"

Xu Shixing said: "The people in Xisha Prefecture are all surnamed Wang, and they all come from the Wang family who moved to Shazhou in the early days of the country. The Wang family has more than a thousand people in Xisha Prefecture. Now they have organized a regiment to fight against the Japanese. Shangxisha State."

"So the Wang family of Xisha Prefecture is still resisting, but Duke Wei's family has already fled?"

Xu Shixing nodded helplessly. The Wu Xun family in the Ming Dynasty had already fallen, and the Wu Xun who stayed in Nanjing had already lost their combat effectiveness, and the group training organized by the village was not as good.

Xu Shixing nodded and said, "Now the officers and soldiers are fighting fiercely with the Japanese pirates in Nanjing and Zhenjiang, and those who fled to Shazhou are small groups of Japanese pirates."

Su Ze asked, "How many Japanese pirates are there in Shazhou?"

According to the collected information, Xu Shixing said: "Occupying Shazhou is a group of Japanese pirates called 'Langdu' under Xu Hai's command. There are about 200 people. Now they have occupied Xu's house and are constantly invading Xisha. state."

Su Ze looked at the map and said, "Xishsha Prefecture is too close to Jingjiang. If Xisha Prefecture falls, Japanese pirates will inevitably invade Jingjiang. This time, I will take the initiative to drive out the Japanese pirates gathered in Shazhou."

On May 15th, Su Ze beat drums again and gathered troops. This time he carried ten sand ships, two of which were equipped with Franco cannons on the bow, one of which was operated by Su Ze himself, and the other by Lin Deyang manipulated.

The 100 regiment trainees originally stationed on the island and 50 newly recruited Jingjiang recruits all boarded the ship and headed upstream towards Shazhou.

Shazhou was originally formed by the silt of the Yangtze River, and the river bank is quite gentle. A group of boats like Su Ze appeared near Shazhou, which immediately attracted the attention of Japanese pirates on Shazhou Island.

The leader of Lang Du is named Xu Yuan, a fellow villager of Xu Hai, because Xu Yuan has the same surname and often claims to be Xu Hai's brother of the same clan.

The Japanese pirates under Xu Hai's command were divided into many small groups. These groups would rob at sea on weekdays by themselves. When Xu Hai attacked the coast of Daming, these small groups would gather again and obey Xu Hai's orders.

Xu Yuan and Xu Hai are both from Huizhou Prefecture. In this Japanese pirate group, his Huizhou Prefecture Township Party is also the backbone, plus some ronin recruited from Japan, as well as Nanyang and Koreans living at sea. The total number is about two. Hundreds of people.

After Xu Yuan followed Xu Hai to land, Xu Hai originally ordered him to attack Zhenjiang.

However, there were many officers and soldiers in Zhenjiang, and they resolutely carried out the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness. Xu Yuan didn't grab anything, so he gave up Zhenjiang and came to Shazhou.

Sure enough, the Xu family in Shazhou was vulnerable, and even withdrew from Shazhou without resistance. Xu Yuan occupied the house of the Xu family in Shazhou, and even held a funny "recognition of ancestors" in the "Daxing Temple" During the ceremony, he said in front of the Japanese pirates that he was a descendant of Xu Da, and put gold on his face.

"Grand Xu! There are boats on the river!"

One of his subordinates rushed to report that Xu Yuan had just woken up from the Xu family's mansion, and he was still holding the woman he snatched from nearby in his arms. Yesterday was a good day for him to "recognize his ancestors and return to his clan". After the ceremony, he stayed up all night Dadan was drinking and looking for pleasure, his head was still buzzing at this time.

Xu Yuan asked in a daze: "Who is so blind to come here to die when I am doing good things!"

The Yangtze River Navy of the Ming Dynasty had all been destroyed in the fire at Jingkou, so Xu Yuan was so confident. He had a boat in his hand, and with the help of these two hundred Japanese pirates, he could run wild.

"It's from downstream, it's a sand ship!"

Sandboat?

Xu Yuan immediately sobered up. The sand ship was a cargo ship, so could it be Daming's ship that transported supplies?

It must be, sand ships are generally used to transport goods, and when they appeared on the Yangtze River at this time, they must be the ships of the Ming army to transfer supplies.

Xu Yuan immediately put on a pair, and then put on the Jinxian crown in the Xu family's old house, and said majesticly: "Follow the country to kill the enemy!"

The warships under Xu Yuan's command are three "Eagle Ships" of 200 materials.

This was snatched by Xu Yuan from the navy of Daming. The so-called eagle ship was a kind of warship with two ends raised high, the whole ship was covered with black tarpaulin, and there were no sails and it only moved by oars.

The tarpaulin on the boat can defend against the attacks of bows and arrows, and the oars can be used to sail quickly on the Yangtze River. The tactics of the eagle boat are to use the maneuverability to quickly approach the target, and then use the claw-like hook to lock the enemy's warship, and then carry out Board the ship and fight.

During the water battle at Poyang Lake, the eagle boat played a huge role, defeating Chen Youliang's elite fleet with fewer victories and more victories.

Xu Yuan boarded the boat with the Japanese pirates, and Su Ze watched the three boats sail out from the shore of the pier and quickly approached his sandboat.

"Zhang Fan, Xingyue Formation!"

With an order, the sails of the sand boats were opened, and the oarsmen also sat in their positions. The ten sand boats gradually turned into a crescent shape. At both ends of the crescent were gunboats equipped with Franco cannons, and the soldiers on the sand boats formed the crescent. All weapons are ready for battle.

Seeing Su Ze's fleet change, Xu Yuan didn't panic at all. The hip-stretching combat effectiveness of the Daming Navy has already made Xu Yuan treat Su Ze as a lamb to be slaughtered.

"Speed ​​up! Don't let the fat sheep get away!"

Although Xu Yuan's eagle boat was fighting against the wind, there were four large oars on each side of the eagle boat. Under the Japanese pirates' struggling to slide, three black eagle boats quickly approached.

Su Ze gave an order to the messenger: "Notify Lin Deyang, use the Xingyue formation to surround the enemy ships before attacking! Wait until the enemy enters the encirclement before firing!"

The messengers immediately passed on Su Ze's order with semaphore, and with the waving of colorful flags, the entire Xingyue Formation opened its "pockets" and pulled out the three eagle boats.

Until this time, Xu Yuan still didn't find anything wrong.

The three eagle ships were completely surrounded by the fleet, and Su Ze immediately ordered:

"Adjust the bow and prepare to attack!"

Su Ze loaded the shells into the sub-barrel of the Franco cannon, put the sub-barrel into the mother barrel, checked the airtightness, and began to calculate the trajectory of the shells.

The shells used by Su Ze are also special chain shells, which are special shells for naval warfare. They use iron chains to connect two solid shells to make them fired as a whole.

This kind of shell can be used to hit local masts, oars and other targets, and quickly destroy the opponent's power plant.

Lin Deyang's ship sent out a signal, and seeing that Lin Deyang had also been loaded, Su Ze immediately ordered: "Launch!"

When Xu Yuan was still preparing to choose which fat sheep to attack, he heard two cannon shots.

Two chain bombs, one left and one right, flew directly to the flank of Xu Yuan's eagle boat, and hit the oars accurately.

There was a huge shattering sound, and the oars were broken by the fast-moving chain bombs. The chain bombs fired by Su Ze even shot directly into the cabin, smashing a rower into a pulp!

After the two shots hit, Su Ze immediately began to clean the barrel, and lifted the other barrel up.

This is the advantage of the Franc machine gun. The design of the mother and child barrel can be loaded quickly. You only need to wait for the barrel to cool down before you can start the next round of firing, instead of waiting until the barrel is completely cooled before reloading like the front-loading gun.

This time the blade bullet installed in the barrel, half of which is a solid bullet and half a folded blade, is used to destroy the wooden hull structure and attack the enemy on the cabin.

Xu Yuan's ship has been destroyed with oars, lost power and can only float on the Yangtze River.

On Su Ze's side, the sails had already been spread, and he used the sails and oars to quickly approach Xu Yuan's boat.

Xu Yuan was terrified by the artillery fire just now, his mind went blank when he saw the sand boat approaching rapidly.

Fortunately, his deputy reminded: "Duke! We are about to pick up the ship!"

"Yes, yes, come out of the cabin quickly! Prepare to take over the ship and fight!"

But as soon as Xu Yuan finished speaking, he heard the sound of the cannon again, and a cannonball shining with metallic light flew out of the cannon barrel, and then quickly spread into a piece of fast-moving blades!

"Get down!"

A cold light flashed, and Xu Yuan's reaction was fairly quick. He escaped by lying on the cabin with his head in his arms, but his deputy was not so lucky.

The flying blade cut the deputy's arm. The deputy screamed and fell into the Yangtze River with one foot.

Many Japanese pirates who came out of the cabin met the same fate. There was a sound of plopping into the water, and the river around the eagle boat was dyed red.

The half-moon sandship array surrounded them, and as the key officers took the lead in the charge, the three eagle ships quickly fell.

Su Ze led the fleet to hunt down the Japanese pirates who jumped into the river to escape. Xiangyong, holding a harpoon, with a deep hatred for the Japanese pirates, killed all the Japanese pirates who tried to escape by swimming.

The Japanese pirates who remained on board did not escape either.

Xu Yuan, wearing a Jinxian official on his head, was pulled out. According to the tradition of not forgiving Japanese pirates, Su Ze shot Xu Yuan and sank him into the Yangtze River, and all the remaining Japanese pirates were also sunk in the river.

After the war, Su Ze dragged three boats to Shazhou Island.

That's it for this chapter, it will be updated at night, and it will be released at about ten o'clock