Great Song Pirate

Chapter 396
When the Annan soldiers stationed on the south bank discovered that Dazhanhaikou had been attacked, the commander of the battalion here immediately gathered two thousand troops and rushed towards the pontoon bridge. They didn't know who was attacked here. However, in their minds, this place is the closest to the Champa Kingdom, and based on the current relationship between the two countries, apart from the Champa Congress coming to attack, they really can't think of any other enemies.

Their reaction speed is not unreasonable. This time, they can be regarded as the most elite troops in the Annan Kingdom. This time they were ordered by the king to take down the Guangyi and other places in the Champa Kingdom. For this reason, they have prepared It's been a long time, but I didn't expect them to be attacked first before sending troops. Dazhanhaikou is the territory that Annan Li Chaoxin occupied not long ago, and it is also the most important port since Jiaozhi. If this place is lost, then these soldiers will go back to definitely His head was going to be cut off by the king, so when the commander of the army and horses heard the news of the attack on Dazhanhaikou in his sleep, he didn't dare to hesitate at all, and immediately rushed towards the pontoon bridge with [-] soldiers under his command. In order to pass the pontoon bridge and rescue Dazhanhaikou as soon as possible.

But when they rushed to the river with light balls and torches, they suddenly heard a roar on the other side of the river, and faintly heard the screams of many people in the air. There was a flash of light, and then he saw a big fire in the opposite barracks. The commander of Annan's soldiers and horses didn't know what it was attacking their colleagues, but at this time he didn't bother to ask. His soldiers and horses rushed to the river, but when they got here, he and all his followers were immediately dumbfounded. It turned out that the pontoon bridge across here had already been broken into several pieces, and there were several tall ships across the wide river. , In the far-off firelight from the other side of the river, they saw the black skull flags flying on these ships.

What kind of ship is this?Why is it here?What are they going to do?A series of questions appeared in the minds of these Annan people, but unfortunately no one would answer them at this time. In short, they knew that the ships that cut off the pontoon bridge must be these ships flying the hideous skull flag. If they want to continue to help If the other side occupies the sea, then these are their enemies.

"Archers get ready! The scouts immediately look for boats to cross the river!" Annan's army commander immediately ordered.

So his soldiers and horses followed his command and began to form a team at the pontoon ferry, and the archers came out in front of the formation, and began to take arrows to attack the ships in the river.

At this time, several huge ships sailed up from the downstream again. Under the cover of the night fire, the outlines of these ships looked so hideous and terrifying. Now they formed a column, and formed a confrontation with these Annan soldiers and horses on the shore across the water.

Xu Yi stood at the bow of the boat and watched from the river bank. When he saw the group of Annan soldiers and horses gathered here, he sneered: "Order the ships, load the artillery with shotguns, and bombard the shore! Let these bumpkins see how powerful we are!"

The commander of Annan's soldiers and horses felt that this battle could not be fought. He was on the shore, but the opponent came from the water. The only thing he could do was to attack the opponent with bows and arrows. What kind of damage can those bows and crossbows do to these huge ships?Before the battle between the two sides started, the morale of the Annan people had already plummeted, and the fire in the barracks on the opposite side made them feel uneasy, but even so, they still had to fight, because they couldn't give up occupying the mouth of the sea. This important place.

"Target the ship in the river! The archers are ready!" Following the roar of Annan's officers, those Annan archers raised their bows and arrows one after another, and began to aim at the unidentified ships in the river that were gradually approaching the river.

Seeing these Annan soldiers neatly arranged along the coast, everyone in the Fubo Army fleet laughed. This is simply a living target!So those gunners who had already loaded the cannons immediately put the torches in their hands on the fire door, and then the cannons of each ship roared almost at the same time, and the ships in the night sprayed several flames at the same time, and the ships and the water surface were violent at the same time. shook up.

Before the Annan people had waited for the opponent's ship to enter the range of their bows and arrows, they saw this vision that they had never seen before. They didn't know why the ship in the river suddenly burst into flames, but they immediately knew what was coming next. What is it, a torrential rain composed of countless iron sands immediately swept across the entire river bank, and cut down the Annan soldiers lined up here in large numbers on the river bank like cutting rice, and the flying iron particles penetrated their bodies, Their lives were harvested immediately, and the blood immediately splashed out, staining the river embankment red, wrapping the Annan soldier and horse commander, and many Annan soldiers and horses lost their lives in the first round of shelling, and fell forever. On this beautiful land, he never figured out who his opponents were and what killed them until his death.

This is also the first time Xu Yi has truly seen the power of the artillery that he built by himself. Looking at the Annan people who fell to the ground by the river and the Annan soldiers who fled in a panic, he felt a burst of joy in his chest. Ignorant Annan, you dared to offend my Fubo army, now you should have tasted the power of thunder's revenge!

He didn't need to adjust the next thing, the artillerymen immediately began to reload, and the ballistamen who had already prepared also started their first round of firing, scattering stone thunderbolts to the shore, falling Entering those Annan soldiers and horses who were scattered in a panic, the south bank became a hell on earth at this time. The rumbling explosion resounded through the sky, shaking the birds and beasts in the nearby mountains and forests to run around. After enduring such a horrific blow, the general lost his control and was completely in a mess. They didn't know what happened, they only knew that if they didn't escape, they would fight with those Like Paoze, he was blown into pieces by these roaring things, and was defeated for a while. After the three thousand Annan troops left more than a thousand mutilated corpses, they scattered like birds and beasts, and fled into the nearby forest in panic. Luohuang fled to the distance, and no one wanted to return to this bloody battlefield that they would never forget. As a result, it didn't take long for Annan's soldiers and horses who were alive on the south bank of the floating bridge to escape.

The whole attack process appeared to be extremely smooth. It can be said that the people who came ashore in large numbers did not encounter any decent resistance at all, and they completely controlled the entire Dazhanhaikou. Whether it was the wharf or the town, only after a short period of resistance, It was quickly controlled by the Fubo army, and the rest was the final search and suppression by the various tribes. After Yang Zaixing rectified the infantry, he swung his army out of the town and went straight to the Annan barracks in the west. It was already a mess, only some Annan soldiers who had already been scared out of their guts were still running around and hiding. When the Fubo infantry swept by, these Annan soldiers almost knelt down and surrendered without any resistance, and put down their guns. Arms, if they still had any, for most of them had long since lost their arms and were left unarmed after they had been bombarded.

When the dawn came to this once beautiful land again, this once pearl on the Nanyang Passage was no longer as beautiful as it used to be. In the morning breeze, there was billowing smoke everywhere, but the air that should have been fresh was permeated. There was a choking smell of smoke and blood.

After defeating the Annan infantry on the south bank, the Pioneer and other ships turned back to the Dazhanhaikou Wharf, and slowly leaned against the wharf. In the morning light, everyone descended from the springboard to the wharf. Knowing what happened here, but when they saw the tragic scene on the pier, they still couldn't help being moved.

There are corpses everywhere on the pier. Judging from the costumes, there are both Annan soldiers and a large number of ordinary people. There is a feeling of sticky feet.

Looking down, the originally clear and translucent river water was also turbid at this time, with traces of blood red floating, and some corpses were floating everywhere on the water surface. The wreckage of the Annan warship on the east side of the pier was still smoking and burning, and the billowing smoke filled the air. Over the entire pier, and the Annan navy barracks had already been burned to a piece of scorched earth, and there was an unpleasant smell of burnt corpses.

Looking at the miserable scene in front of him, Xu Yi couldn't believe that it was caused by him alone. He couldn't help but feel like he was about to vomit. It's not that he didn't kill people before, but killing like this is very important for him and all the Fubo Army brothers. He said that it was the first time in his life that no one knew how many people they killed last night, only that there were no living Annans at the pier.

Xu Yi inspected the entire pier, and suddenly saw Daniu walking towards him with a haggard, skinny appearance and limping towards him. After watching carefully, he finally recognized him from the face of this person, so Quickly walked a few steps, stopped him, hugged him, patted his back lightly and said: "Brother! You have suffered! Brother is late!"

Finally, Qian Gui couldn't help but leaned on his shoulder and cried: "It's not too late... Qian Gui knows that the Lord will not ignore Qian Gui... Woooo..."

The people who followed Xu Yi ashore looked at Qian Gui's miserable situation, and the sense of guilt that had just arisen in their hearts was swept away. They could hardly recognize that this skinny man was the one who was always alive and kicking, as if he couldn't help it. Qian Gui was full of energy, he had been tormented by the Annan people into such a state after not seeing him for half a year, so no one felt the slightest bit of guilt for what they did last night, and gathered around to comfort Qian expensive.

At this time, another person came out from behind Daniel, fell down on his knees in front of Xu Yi with a plop, and cried out in a crying voice: "The lowly Cao Xian sees the lord, Cao is incompetent, he has not fulfilled the lord's entrustment, and he will lose money if he is careless." The lives of so many brothers! Please be punished by the lord!"

Xu Yi let go of Qian Gui, let Daniel support him, looked down at Cao Xian who was kneeling on the ground, quickly stretched out his hand to help him up, and hurriedly comforted him: "Mr. Cao, what are you talking about! This matter has nothing to do with you I only blame Annan's children's greed, it just made you suffer!"

Everyone looked at these rescued brothers, all of them were pale, and there was a stench all over their bodies, and they knew how much they had suffered here these days, and they couldn't help being furious in their hearts, wishing to kill them again After Xu Yi comforted Qian Gui and them, he saw that although they were very weak, at least their lives were safe for now, so he finally felt relieved, and told Daniel : "Hurry up and send Qian Gui and the others to the Pioneer, and hand them over to Yang Ci for careful treatment. When I want them to go home, they must return to their previous appearance. Hurry up!"

After Daniu got the order, he immediately took Qian Gui and they boarded the Pioneer and handed it over to Yang Ci who came with the ship.

At the time of the third pole that day, the chief generals of all the ministries had already returned to the pier, and came to report to Xu Yi one after another. The next thing was to clean up the mess.

According to the report from the scouts sent by Yang Zaixing, after the one-night campaign against Dazhan Haikou, there were basically no enemies nearby. The Annan soldiers stationed in the west had long since disintegrated, and the Annan soldiers and horses stationed on the south bank had also disappeared after being shelled.

Xu Yi himself couldn't believe that things would go so smoothly. He had expected to encounter strong resistance from the Annan people here, but unexpectedly, he completely controlled the place overnight. It's hard to believe, but when you think about it again, you're immediately relieved.

They crossed the sea and rushed to this place for thousands of miles. It was impossible for the Annan people to predict this matter, and they only started to act in the middle of the night, which completely broke the routine. When they started to act, they controlled all the initiative, and silently took down the estuary area. The fleet sailed into the estuary without alerting the Annan people. Until they attacked the pier, the Annan people hadn't figured out their purpose. The reason for coming, coupled with their powerful weapons, if such a battle is not going well, wouldn't their preparations for so long be in vain?After figuring this out, Xu Yi felt that everything was at ease.

Being a pirate is still such a pleasure. I used to be reluctant to be cruel to my Chinese people, but after coming here, if I shrink back, I am really sorry for their great profession of pirates. Xu Yi put away the last trace of pity in his heart, He raised his head and asked Lin Xiong, who had just rushed over, "Have all the cargo ships on the dock been controlled? Have you checked out how many ships from various countries were moored here last night?"

Lin Xiong just washed his face, and the armor on his body has not been changed, and it is covered with dried blood. Hearing Xu Yi asked about this, he immediately clasped his fists and replied: "Reporting to my lord, I have already controlled all the people who are stationed at the dock. There were a total of more than 32 cargo ships berthed here last night. After a thorough investigation by the humble officials, there were [-] ships from the Song Dynasty, [-] cargo ships from the Annan people, and the rest were some vassal ships. It's under control! Please announce it to the Lord!"

Xu Yi nodded with a smile and said, "Since we've come here, we can't go back empty-handed. For the sake of the fellow Song people, we should follow our old rules. After the Song ship can be ordered to pay [-]% of the property, Then we can let him leave this place, all the cargo ships of the Annan people will be taken over by us, as for the ships of other vassals, we can only blame them for their bad luck, but they have to come here to berth at this time, and let them unload all their cargo and leave immediately Here, those who refuse to cooperate, just look at it! In addition, check the goods of our ships that were confiscated by the Annans, and see where our fierce oil is now taken by them. If it arrives, ship it away as soon as possible, we can't leave this thing for them!"

Lin Xiong immediately nodded in agreement, then turned around and started his actions according to Xu Yi's instructions.

At noon, all the leaders of this expedition arrived at the pier, and Yang Zaixing also rushed back to the pier to report to Xu Yi, and Xu Yi immediately began to arrange the next step.

I saw Xu Yi smiling happily: "Everyone did a great job last night. I didn't expect that we won this big Zhanhaikou so smoothly. I thought there might be a fierce battle, but I didn't expect you to be so powerful and so fast. Each of them has won their goal! This battle will definitely be engraved in the history of our Fubo Army, and everyone has contributed a lot! Now that we have achieved our goal, we should set off before dark tonight Already!"

Hearing that Xu Yi decided to leave here so quickly, everyone felt a little unsatisfied. Wang Zhi suddenly came out and said, "My lord! Our brothers have been quite sleepy since last night. As soon as we stood here, we immediately retreated. Should we go?" It's too urgent, why don't you let the brothers stay here for two days, take a rest before leaving?"

Xu Yi immediately shook his head and said: "Wang Zhi's words are different. Although we successfully won this big Zhanhaikou, everyone knows the reason. We succeeded in one fell swoop because we caught it by surprise. According to what Jiao Xian said, it was Annan and The place where Annan's soldiers and horses stationed in the Champa Kingdom is in the middle of the battle between the two countries. This place is easy to attack and difficult to defend on land. Annan's soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses last night. By this time, the news must have passed back to Annan's country. , given the importance the Annan people place on this place, they will never stand still. If it is as expected, after they get the news, they will definitely send troops to fight for it, so it is not easy for us to stay here for a long time. I also know that the brothers fought fiercely last night. We have been in trouble for a long time, but this place is definitely not a place to stay for a long time, and there is no need for us to linger here and fight head-on with the Annan people. What we should do now is to immediately take what we should take, retreat to the sea, and then take a rest Now everyone, please hurry up and prepare, bring all the valuable things here, and load all the male and female prisoners on board, and it must be completed before nightfall, Yang Zaixing obeys the order!"

When Yang Zaixing heard Xu Yi calling him, he immediately stepped out and replied, "The last general is here!"

"I order you to immediately transfer all the belongings in this town to the ship. All the men and women in the town will be driven to the pier to load the ship. After nightfall, all the houses in the town will be burned down with fire, so that no tiles will be left here!" Xu Yi gritted his teeth. Said.

(End of this chapter)