Chapter 139 Sudden! !Juhua Island fell and Xingcheng was besieged (please subscribe!!)
A huge fleet composed of forty or fifty ships sailed on the Bohai Sea. The sun and moon flags on the ships were fluttering in the wind, and the officers and soldiers stood with guns in their hands, making a majestic sound.
The sun and moon flag consists of an overlapping pattern of red sun and yellow moon on a blue background. The overlapping of the sun and moon represents the Ming Dynasty! Inside the flagship.
Ouyang Lun/Ma He/Fang Mingqian are discussing.
"Prince-in-law, why is our large battleship named 055 Dachu?" Fang Mingqian asked curiously.
"This is just the model name of this large warship. I had a dream last night. Several old men mentioned this name in the dream, so I decided on this name. These warships of ours also have official names, such as ours The full name of this flagship is the 055 Daqu-Yong'an, and the others are called Funing/Kaiping/Jieshi, etc." Ouyang Lun said slowly: "We have hundreds of state capitals in the Ming Dynasty. If every state in the future If the name of the state capital is used, it means that we will have more than 100 such fleets, and by then the whole world will be ours!"
Huhu——
Listening to Ouyang Lun's painting of a beautiful and magnificent future, Ma He/Fang Mingqian's breathing became rapid.
Now one such ocean-going fleet is enough to astound them. What a scene it would be if there were another hundred! The Prince Consort is really far-sighted! Lord Ouyang is so wise and powerful!
Ma He/Fang Mingqian admired Ouyang Lun even more.
"Prince-in-law, what are we going to do when we go to sea this time?"
Ma He asked hurriedly.
Fang Mingqian immediately said: "With such a powerful fleet, of course it will attack the Japanese pirates' main island and conquer them!"
Ma He frowned, "Commander Fang, now that the ocean fleet has just been built, the crews/crews and ships/ships still need to be adjusted. Moreover, the information about the Japanese pirate island is not clear yet. If we rashly attack the Japanese pirate island, wouldn’t the risk be too great?”
Fang Mingqian did not give in at all, "Are you afraid, Eunuch Ma? We are all ministers of the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese pirates have been harassing our coast of the Ming Dynasty for many years, and all the people along the coast have been plundered and killed. Now that we have such a strong force as the ocean-going fleet, naturally it is We must retaliate in kind, learn from the harm the Japanese pirates have done to our Ming Dynasty over the years, and let them know the pain of being robbed!"
Ma He retorted: "Even if you want to retaliate against the Japanese pirates, you don't have to go all the way to the Japanese pirates' main island. Do you know how far it is from Jieshi Pier to the Japanese pirates' main island and how long it will take us to drive? This is the sea, unpredictable and full of dangers. Once something goes wrong, the entire army will be wiped out!"
"Hmph, how will you know if you don't try? You're just afraid!"
"Who is afraid! You are just greedy for success!"
"Tell me clearly what it means to be greedy for merit and rush forward!"
Seeing that Ma and Fang Mingqian were about to fight, Ouyang Lun quickly said, "Stop arguing!"
The room fell silent in an instant.
"Listen to me!"
Ouyang Lun said solemnly: "I must go to the Japanese pirate island!"
Fang Mingqian looked happy.
"But Ma He's considerations are reasonable. What is the situation on the Japanese island? Where is the most suitable place to log in? Where is the richest and most suitable for robbery. We haven't figured out these issues yet. We rush there. Although we are not afraid, but if we don't rob the rich Where we are, will we suffer a loss?"
"So my plan is to start from Jieshi Shipyard, go all the way out of the Bohai Sea, pass through Penglai, enter the Yellow Sea, and keep moving towards the Japanese pirate island. During this process, we will deal with all the smugglers/pirates/Japanese pirates we encounter. It is considered as a training exercise. , when will the cargo ships in the fleet be filled, and when will we return!"
Hearing this, Ma He also looked happy.
"The Prince Consort (Lord Ouyang) is wise!"
Ma He/Fang Mingqian spoke at the same time. This was not a compliment, but they both felt that what Ouyang Lun said was the most correct.
"In this case, you two should stop quarreling. Now, you two are my right-hand men in this fleet. If you two continue to have conflicts, the strength of the entire fleet will be greatly reduced. When I was in the fleet, you two Everyone is like this, how dare I let you personally take command?"
Ouyang Lun said lightly.
Hearing this, both of them were shocked.
"Prince-in-law, are you willing to let us command the fleet alone?"
Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes, "Otherwise? Do you think I was bragging just now? In the future, the Ming Dynasty will have a hundred fleets to enable free navigation around the world. Is it possible that I have to personally command each fleet?!"
"Besides, sailing on the sea is not a good job. It's boring as hell. I prefer to stay at home with my wife and children on the hot bed. Sooner or later, this sea will be yours from now on."
Hearing this, Ma He/Fang Mingqian nodded repeatedly.
"The Prince Consort (Lord Ouyang) is right!"
"Eunuch Ma, it was my fault just now. I was too excited and didn't think comprehensively."
"No matter what, Commander Fang is patriotic and loves the people. The Za family feels the same way. We will learn more from Commander Fang in the future!"
"mutual encouragement!"
"Together!"
You guys are getting better so fast!
Come to think of it, these two are both representatives of the young generation in the officialdom. There is nothing to say in assessing the situation. One represents King Yan, and there is the shadow of Emperor Zhu behind him. The other represents Tang He, and maybe there is Zhu behind him. The shadow of the emperor.
Ouyang Lun rarely thinks about this. Anyway, he is far away from the sky, so he has done what he wants to do first. As for what will happen next, he rarely cares about it. At worst, he will take Anqing and ride the ocean fleet all the way south. Now there are many islands They are all ownerless things. It would be nice to be the owner of the island in the past.
Just as Ouyang Lun was thinking, a soldier ran in.
"Lord Qi, a person who fell into the water was found at sea!"
Hearing this, Ouyang Lun/Ma He/Fang Mingqian were all stunned.
It would be easy to understand if you saw a drowning person on a river, but this is the ocean! Ma He quickly said: "Can the person be rescued?"
"Go back to Mr. Ma, the man has been rescued and is on the deck now. I came in just to ask how to deal with this man." The soldier nodded.
Fang Mingqian frowned, "Wait a minute, a drowning person appears inexplicably on the sea. Could it be a conspiracy of pirates?!"
Ma He said in a deep voice: "Commander Fang, saving someone's life is a meritorious deed. Why do you still suspect that the other party is a pirate?"
"Mr. Ma, you rarely walk on the sea and don't know the doorways here. Many pirates use the method of falling into the water to send people into the target fleet. After getting the information, they can communicate with the pirates/pirates outside. If the inside and outside work together, then the entire fleet will suffer, I have experienced this many times!"
After speaking, Fang Mingqian quickly raised his hands to Ouyang Lun and said, "Sir, you must be cautious in this matter!"
Ma He muttered: "I just shouted that I was going to attack the Japanese pirate island, but when I encountered something, I gave up."
"Eunuch Ma, what did I just say?" Ouyang Lun glanced at Ma He, who quickly shut up. "It is not in line with our philosophy to ignore death while sailing at sea, but pirates must also beware of pirates. Let's go to the deck to see if the man who fell into the water really fell into the water or was fake!" After saying that, Ouyang Lun backed up. He walked out of the cabin immediately, and Ma and Fang Mingqian quickly followed.
Soon Ouyang Lun saw the rescued people on the deck.
This man was now covered with a blanket. Ouyang Lun looked at him and frowned, "Are you a Ming sergeant?"
Um! ?
As soon as this word comes out.
Ma He/Fang Mingqian and the man who was rescued were also shocked.
"Who are you?!"
The man said a little frightened.
"Don't you know how to see with your eyes? The flags hanging on our ship are all sun and moon flags, so they are of course the Ming Dynasty navy!" Ma He said in a sharp voice.
"No, no, you are not the Ming Navy. The Ming Navy does not have ships as big and powerful as yours!" The man who fell into the water panicked and said loudly: "You are Japanese pirates!!"
Forehead. Ouyang Lun was quite speechless. This was his first time going to sea, and he was actually regarded as a Japanese pirate! Go there and reason yourself!
"You stupid Japanese pirates, you have occupied our Chrysanthemum Island, and now you are pretending that the Ming Dynasty Navy does not know that it is going to cause trouble there, but don't expect to know the slightest secret from my mouth!"
After saying that, the man who fell into the water planned to bite his tongue and commit suicide.
boom! Fang Mingqian had quick eyes and quick feet, and he aimed a kick at the face of the drowning man, knocking out a few teeth, but fortunately he saved the drowning man's life.
"Open your eyes and see clearly. The person standing in front of you is the Prince Consort of the Ming Dynasty/North Zhili Zuo Shen Zheng/Master Ouyang, the Magistrate of Yong'an Prefecture!" Ma He took a step forward and said: "Japanese pirates? Are Japanese pirates as handsome as our Prince Consort?"
The man who fell into the water covered his mouth, looked at Ouyang Lun, and said with a look of disbelief: "Are you really the most greedy prince-in-law? Ahem, Prince-in-law Magistrate Ouyang?"
Forehead. Ouyang Lun sweated violently.
We have a bit of a bad reputation!
But it doesn't matter, notoriety is also a reputation.
"That's right, whether I change my name or my surname, I am Ouyang Lun!" Ouyang Lun nodded and continued: "I see that you are wearing the inner lining of the Ming Dynasty sergeant, and you are also wearing military boots. You must be the Ming Dynasty sergeant. , please tell us what happened!"
The man who fell into the water looked at Ouyang Lun and saw the sun and moon flag hanging on the boat. His eyes suddenly turned red. Regardless of the pain in his teeth, he knelt on the ground and hugged Ouyang Lun's thigh.
"Master Ouyang, please save Juhua Island and the people on the island!"
"Woooo-"
The man who fell into the water, who just a moment ago was determined to die for his country, now looks like a poor child being bullied, crying bitterly in front of adults! "Well, you'd better tell me what happened!"
So, the man who fell into the water told Ouyang Lun and others exactly what happened to him.
The incident took place on Juhua Island under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Capital Division.
Originally, there were hundreds of villagers living on it. The people made a living by fishing. Although they were not rich, they were happy. However, a group of Japanese pirates invaded Juhua Island some time ago.
Hundreds of villagers on Juhua Island were slaughtered, and they planned to turn Juhua Island into a base in the Bohai Sea.
Naturally, Liu Yi, the commander of the Liaodong Capital Division, would not sit idly by and ignore such a thing. He immediately mobilized soldiers from the garrison to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates on Juhua Island. However, the soldiers from the garrison were infantry and horse troops and needed to take a boat to Juhua Island. As a result, While taking a boat to Juhua Island, they were attacked by a Japanese pirate fleet.
Liaodong Dusi's ships were just ordinary sea ships. They could transport goods and people, but they were not suitable for naval battles. Because they had no weapons at all, the fleet faced the Japanese pirates and could only be passively beaten. One ship was sunk, and finally Before they even reached Juhua Island, most of the 1 people sent by Liaodong Dusi were killed or injured. The Japanese pirates took the opportunity to cover up the killing, and less than a hundred people escaped ashore alive.
The man who fell into the water was one of them. His name was Zhao Kuan, who was a member of the guard station under the Liaodong Dusi. The ship he was on was sunk by the Japanese pirate ship's artillery. Everyone else was buried in the sea, but he died. He hugged a piece of shipwreck and drifted all the way. When he woke up, he was already lying on the deck of the ocean-going fleet.
After listening to Zhao Kuan’s story.
Everyone at the scene was indignant!
"Damn Japanese pirates!"
"Too arrogant!"
Zhao Kuan hugged Ouyang Lun's thigh tightly and cried: "Master Ouyang, you have such a powerful fleet, please save Juhua Island and save Liaodong!"
Ouyang Lun used both hands to help Zhao Kuan up. His eyes were full of killing intent, but he said calmly: "Zhao Kuan, don't worry. I will make all the Japanese pirates on Chrysanthemum Island regret coming to the world/to invade my Ming Dynasty!"
"Take Brother Zhao Kuan down to wash up! Eat something and have a good rest!"
"Yes!"
"Everyone turn the ship around and head north, aiming for Chrysanthemum Island!"
Liaodong, Xingcheng.
It is backed by the hills of western Liaoning and faces the Bohai Sea in the south. It occupies the throat of the central part of the western Liaoning is an important transportation route from Liaodong region to the Central Plains.
Xingcheng is a square acropolis. The city wall has four gates in the southeast and northwest, and there is a semicircular urn outside the base of the city wall is built with blue strips of stone, with large green bricks on the outside, giant stones on the inside, and rammed loess in the are two-story pavilions and corridor-style archery towers on the city, and there are sloped climbing the past, it was divided into outer city and inner city, with Kuixing Tower built in the southeast east, west, south and north streets in the city intersect. In the center, there is a majestic bell and drum tower. It flies in the sky and corresponds to the four city gate arrow towers. It looks majestic and majestic.
However, at this moment, Xingcheng was besieged by Japanese pirates. If it were not for the hard support of Xingcheng's strong defenses, Xingcheng would have fallen.
In Xingcheng.
Liu Yi, the commander of the Liaodong Capital Division, and Ma Yun/Ye Wang and other commanders stood on the city wall to resist the Japanese pirate attack with the soldiers.
"This Japanese pirate is not only amazing in combat power, but his weapons and equipment are far superior to ours!"
"If this continues, Xingcheng will be lost!"
"Master Liu, we still have to think of a solution!"
When Liu Yi heard this, his face was full of guilt, "This is my fault. If I hadn't been eager to regain the territory and took a boat to attack Juhua Island, I wouldn't have fallen into the Japanese pirates' conspiracy, and I wouldn't have lost so many soldiers and defended Xingcheng. There’s more than enough to rub!”
"But now all the [-] elite troops have been lost, and there are only a few thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people in Xingcheng. It is undoubtedly a fool's errand to resist the Japanese pirates and support the arrival of reinforcements."
"Everyone, I, Liu Yi, swear to live and die with Xingcheng. When Xingcheng is destroyed, it will be the time for me to kill myself to apologize!!"
Just when Xingcheng was about to be defeated, the Japanese pirates suddenly began to retreat. (End of this chapter)