Great Song Pirate

Chapter 399
Huazhou is located in the south of Annan, not far from Dazhanhaikou. It is close to the sea and only more than ten miles away from the sea. It is an important town in the south of the Li Dynasty in Annan. In recent years, the Li Dynasty used troops against Champa. In the past two days, the city of Huazhou has been in chaos. Dazhanhaikou was captured overnight by an unknown fleet, and the disbanded soldiers and horses from the Southern Expedition fled here that night. The Huazhou soldiers and horses made Li Xiaowen aware of this After the incident, he was shocked and immediately dispatched troops to Dazhanhaikou for rescue.

But when the troops he dispatched rushed to Dazhanhaikou, they found that it had been razed to the ground. All the Annan naval forces that had assembled in Dazhanhaikou were wiped out, and the infantry was even more defeated. Even the nephew of the former important minister Li Changjie Li Yingliang was also killed in Dazhanhaikou. After such news came, Li Xiaowen who was in Huazhou was completely panicked.

The news from the lieutenant he sent said that the enemy army that attacked Dazhanhaikou had retreated, but Dazhanhaikou had been razed to the ground by this enemy army, and almost all the local people were swept away. For such a result, Li Xiaowen It would be impossible if you were not surprised. Such a big thing happened. As a member of the party with a heavy hand in the southern part of Annan Kingdom, Li Xiaowen knew that he had an inescapable responsibility for this matter, but the thing had already happened. It should be something to do!

As a man in charge of the army, Li Xiaowen also knows that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, and he is not afraid of being beaten, but what makes him depressed to death is that after being beaten, he doesn't know who beat him!And he didn't even have a chance to fight back. This was the most depressing thing for him. Li Xiaowen was furious, so he quickly reported the news to the capital Shenglong, and at the same time sent a large number of clippers to sea from Huazhou. At sea, they searched for this fleet that dared to attack their Annan country, and wanted to save some face for themselves, so from the coast outside Dazhanhaikou, a large number of Annan fast boats began to search the coast.

After Qian Gui led the cargo ship to leave for a day, Xu Yi led the remaining dozens of ships and appeared near the coast again. After the fleet was reorganized, it became much more powerful. The remaining ships were all armed ships. The Fubo soldiers above are all full of energy, looking eager to fight!
In less than a day, their fleet had encountered three fast boats from the Annan Navy, but because the outpost ships of the Fubo Army were equipped with binoculars, the outpost ships relied on their own advantages of flexibility and speed to force the three Annan's clippers captured all of them back.

After interrogating the Annan people on the three Annan naval clippers, Xu Yi already knew that Li Xiaowen, the envoy of Huazhou Brigade and Horse Festival, was looking for them.

Xu Yi looked up at the nautical chart drawn by Jiao Xian hanging on the bulkhead, and smiled at the people in the cabin: "It seems that this time we have completely hurt the Annan people, and now these Annan people have started The whole sea is searching for us, tell me what should we do?"

After hearing Xu Yi's words, Wang Zhi immediately said: "Are we afraid of these bird people? If I say they don't come, let's just say that if they come, we will kill one, and if we come, we will kill a pair. I want to see them Annan How capable are people!"

"I'm afraid they're a bird! If you want me to say, let's get closer to the sea, as long as there are Annan villages and towns by the sea, we'll clean them up one by one. Even if they find us, what will they do to us?" Zheng Guang also said.

"Yes! Let's just walk along the seashore. Aren't they looking for us? Let them watch how we deal with them!" Lin Xiong smiled, shaking his beard.

Everyone on the Pioneer didn't feel the slightest bit nervous because the Annans were searching their fleet everywhere, and everyone discussed the matter with a relaxed face.

Seeing the relaxed expressions of his subordinates, Xu Yi also laughed: "You guys don't take Annan people seriously now! After all, they are also a country, so why don't you have a little bit of awe? Is it?" Xu Yi teased them.

Everyone laughed again, and after they laughed for a while, Xu Yi took a small wooden stick and returned to the front of the hanging map, cleared his throat, and everyone knew that he was about to speak, so the cabin was immediately quiet After coming down, everyone put away the smiles on their faces.

"Since everyone is not afraid of these Annan people at all, I think we should be more generous. We don't have to harass those small fishing villages along the way. After all, we can't stay here for too long, so I decided to just give them Annan people. Have a good time! Didn’t their Huazhou soldiers and horses come to us? Then we simply send it to our door! It also saves them running around looking for us on the sea! Soldiers cannot become elite soldiers without training. Next time we might as well see how capable we are! We will directly attack Huazhou this time, and let their Li Xiaowen, Mr. Li, see how powerful we are!" After Xu Yi finished speaking, the wooden stick in his hand was heavy Click on the location of Huazhou on the map.

"The last general is willing to listen to the command of the lord!" All the generals in the cabin responded immediately.

"Diao Bin listen!" Xu Yi called out their names loudly.

Diao Bin responded immediately, and Xu Yi pointed to a seaside place south of Huazhou on the map and told them: "I order you to take six boats and [-] jumps to help you get close to the seaside immediately, and go to attack the people here." Sihe Town Wharf, completely mess up the place, startle the Annan people, and beat them to pain! Let them know that you are the fleet that attacked Dazhanhaikou!"

Diao Bin immediately bowed to accept the order, and Xu Yi explained to him again: "According to what Jiao Xian said, this place should be a fishing port near their Huazhou, where more local fishing boats are stationed, and it is also a safe haven in the nearby waters. When you arrive After here, you must burn all their fishing boats, and then capture Sihe Town. Before the Annan soldiers rush to you, you must withdraw from this place. But, do you understand what I mean?"

Diao Bin nodded and said: "I understand! My lord wants us to fight this Sihe Town, transfer Huazhou soldiers and horses out of Huazhou, and let me hold them back in Sihe Town!"

Xu Yi nodded and said, "That's right! That's exactly what I mean! You just need to understand!"

Diao Bin immediately turned around and got out of the cabin, took the six warships under Diao Bin's command and three hundred jumping helpers, left the fleet immediately, and turned to sail towards the sea.

"Zheng Guang listen to the order!" Xu Yi continued to shout.

Zheng Guang immediately stepped out and responded, "The end is here!"

"I'll give you five fast boats. Go out to the vicinity of the Xiangjiang Estuary. Before the day after tomorrow, all the Annan sentry ships cruising outside the Xiangjiang Estuary must be killed. Try not to disturb too many Annan people. Do you understand?" Xu Yi commanded him.

Zheng Guang immediately nodded and said: "I understand! My lord, don't worry! Tomorrow morning, I will absolutely guarantee that there will be no boats from the Annan people outside the Xiangjiang Estuary!"

"Li Bo listen!" Xu Yi clicked on Li Bo's name again.

"The last general is here!" Li Bo immediately replied cheerfully.

"Together with Jiao Xian, sneak into the mouth of the Xiangjiang River tonight, and try to find out the situation of the Annan garrisons on both sides of the river here. You must rush back here tomorrow night and report the situation to me! Pay more attention to safety!" Xu Yi gave him instructions.

Li Bo and Jiao Xianling immediately took Jiao Xian's boat and left the fleet, heading towards Huazhou.

After arranging these things, Xu Yi gave instructions to Yang Zaixing and Lin Xiong: "In the morning of the day after tomorrow, we are going to meet those Annan people. Because of the transfer to Dazhanhaikou, there are not many available now. If Diao Bin does a good job in Sihe Town, he may be able to transfer many of their soldiers and horses. In this way, Huazhou City is basically It has become an empty city, and the usable soldiers and horses will never exceed about 3000. With our current military strength, even if we face them on land, we may not be afraid of them, so I think this is to test us. The infantry has an excellent opportunity to fight. We might as well have a head-to-head confrontation with the Annan people here. I want to focus on Zaixing's infantry in this battle. Lin Xiong, you bring the navy jumping assistant as Zaixing's deputy. Land at the mouth of the river tomorrow and attack Huazhou from the land, and I will control the area around the river mouth from the water, if I can go upstream, I will take the boat to attack Huazhou from the water, you must prepare in advance!"

Yang Zaixing and Lin Xiong were overjoyed when they heard this, so they quickly nodded and agreed, and went down to start preparations.

After arranging these things, the entire fleet became excited again. All the members of the Fubo Army began to pack up their weapons and armor, and began to make preparations. The time before the battle always makes people feel a little bit Nervous, but this does not mean fear, but a natural reaction of human beings. The leaders of each ship also began to reorganize their subordinates, and carried out the final drill on the ship. With a strong desire to fight, Xu Yi looked at the situation of the ships at the bow and felt very satisfied, so he gave an order, and the fleet began to sail slowly towards Huazhou. Several sentinel ships in front of the fleet scattered Drive, go out to the front of the fleet about ten miles to guard against the sudden appearance of Annan's ships, in case their whereabouts are discovered in advance.

While the Fubo army fleet was preparing nervously, Li Xiaowen in Huazhou City knew nothing about it, and was still urging the generals of the navy to find the Song fleet that attacked Dazhanhaikou as soon as possible. This time finally did not disappoint him. In the afternoon, a fast horse rushed into the city of Huazhou, and hurried to the government of Huazhou.

"What? You said that a fleet of ships with a black skull flag appeared at the pier of Sihe Town and is attacking Sihe Town?" Li Xiaowen, who had already been battered, heard the words of the person who came to report the news, and stood up. , asked eagerly.

The soldier who came to report the news immediately replied in a terrified tone: "Exactly! When the humble officials came, those gangsters had already set fire to many fishing boats at the pier of Sihe Town. Our fishermen were killed and injured countless times! And they have already started Dock the shore and start attacking Sihe Town! There is no garrison in Sihe Town, only some village braves are resisting, and I hope that the Lord will send troops to rescue as soon as possible, otherwise, if it is too late, Sihe Town will be over! Please, Lord!"

After hearing the words of this little official who came from Sihe Town to ask for help, Li Xiaowen cursed furiously: "These thieves are simply deceiving people too much! They are not reconciled to attacking our Dazhanhaikou, even the fishing port Don't let it go! Come! Lieutenant General Chuan Ding comes to see me!"

Soon a lieutenant general quickly walked into the hall: "The humble junior Ding Shaozhong sees Master Li! I don't know what orders Master Li has?"

After Li Xiaowen saw the arrival of Deputy General Ding, he immediately ordered: "I will give you two thousand soldiers and horses, and you immediately lead the troops to the pier of Sihe Town, and you must catch all the thieves who are raging there! error!"

Deputy General Ding quickly received the order, and then took the little official who had escaped from Sihe Town to the center of the barracks outside Huazhou City to collect two thousand soldiers and horses, and immediately headed towards Sihe Town on the southern coast .

But when they arrived at Sihe Town, the place was already full of flames and cries everywhere, but the thieves who made a mess here had already sailed out of the pier, and greeted them, the belated Annan, outside the port. The soldiers and horses spat wantonly, looking like they were watching a good show.

Lieutenant Ding almost fainted on the spot, and he didn't know what the origin of these people was and why they wanted to harass Annan, but the current situation is that these people set fire to their dock town and looted Many women treated them so arrogantly, they didn't take them seriously at all, so they stood on the pier and yelled at the boats.

Diao Bin saw these Annans standing on the pier in despair and yelling at the ships, so a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he waved an order: "Order the gunners of each ship to prepare, load the stone thunderbolts, and the artillery to load the shotguns." , These bastards really don’t know how they will die! We didn’t catch up with the fun a few days ago, so let’s let them see how powerful we are today! Hehe!”

Following his order, the gunners of the cannons on his ship immediately got ready. They skillfully loaded the cannons on the side, and the gunners on other ships had already loaded the ballistas. Following Diao Bin's order, their fleet actually slowly approached the shore again.

Deputy General Ding, who was jumping and scolding happily on the shore, suddenly saw that the boats on the sea surface not only did not leave immediately, but began to slowly approach the pier, so he shouted overjoyed: "Those thieves are back! The archers are ready! Let them taste our power!"

So the archers among the Annan soldiers and horses he brought immediately stepped forward with their bows, ready to shoot at any time, and the rattan players also raised their rattan cards, ready to face the battle. They were all suffocated with anger, and tried their best to give these people in the sea a good look, and express the anger in their chests.

But things soon exceeded their cognition. The leading ship on the sea suddenly spewed out several clusters of flames, and then there was a huge roar, and then the Annan soldiers in the front row on the shore A cloud of blood rose from many people at the same time, and then the people in the front row fell down as if they were cut down by an invisible sickle...

The artillery fired three hundred paces away was like a broom. When the iron sand ejected from the muzzle flew to the shore, it had already dispersed into one piece. A single shot could sweep down a large area of ​​nothing. The defensive Annan soldiers beat them like a hornet's nest and turned them into sieves.

Diao Bin stood on the boat and watched the sound of the guns, and the Annan soldiers on the shore seemed to be cut down, and smiled with great satisfaction: "Good thing! It's really a good thing! Load! Continue to load shotguns, each ship's ballista Launch now!"

So the ships under his command made another thud, and then threw a bunch of smoking things into the Annan soldiers on the shore...

When Diao Bin sailed away from the wharf of Sihe Town again, the Annan soldiers here were already defeated and fled in all directions on the shore, but a large number of Annan soldiers and horses were left on the wharf. The creek slowly flowed into the sea water. Diao Bin was completely satisfied with the result, and it also made him understand the power of this kind of thunder cannon and thunderbolt.

Originally, Xu Yi's order to Diao Bin was to hold back the soldiers and horses coming from Huazhou, but Diao Bin turned the harassment war into a defeat war, using the cannons and ballistas on his ship to destroy them. This army was defeated and defeated, and the deputy general Ding who led the troops was also lying on a temporary stretcher at this time, and was carried by his subordinates to rush all the way in the direction of Huazhou He retreated in embarrassment, seeing that his armor was still bleeding out, but he didn't know if this deputy general Ding could survive to Huazhou City.

At nightfall, this remnant army retreated to Huazhou City, and saw Li Xiaowen who was here, Li Xiaowen couldn't help but was even more shocked when he saw the dying Vice-General Ding, and asked: "What's going on? How did you come back after being defeated? Could it be that the opponent has more people than you?"

A slung general with his arms hanging told Li Xiaowen the reason for their defeat, and Li Xiaowen broke out in a cold sweat. It turned out that the defeated soldiers who occupied Haikou were not fabricating their defeat, but the real people in this world. There is a weapon that they have never seen before, which is controlled by these Song people. If this is the case, how should this battle be fought in the future!Originally, he was desperate to find the Song fleet that attacked them in Annan, but now he suddenly felt a kind of fear, and he didn't know what to do!

(Hue in Vietnam used to be called Huazhou, and it was called Lurong in the Han Dynasty. It was also the capital of the Ruan Dynasty in Vietnam. It was once the territory of the Champa Kingdom in the early days. After the Annan Li Dynasty was established, it was occupied by the Li Dynasty, but at a specific time There are some discrepancies between the above historical facts and this book, hereby explain! By the way, remind brothers, check to see if the monthly pass in your hand has been left by Pimple, if not, please help throw it down!)
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