Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Yes, my lord." The two ran out of the canyon with their own guard cavalry.

Zhang Qiang said to a person beside him: "Is there any news from Admiral Zhang Ying?"

"My lord, according to the detailed report, Zheng Cai does have the intention to attack our territory deeply, but I don't know how many people he brought and where he landed from. The detailed situation is under investigation."

"Okay, continue to inquire and report back in time." Zhang Qiang said to him.

This person was sent by Zhang Ying to contact him, a senior pirate who had surrendered long ago.

"My lord, Zheng Hongkui also participated in this looting. Maybe he also wanted to come to our territory to cause trouble. The spy work we arranged for him found that he showed signs of gathering ships along the coast of Taizhou."

"Let's talk about it later, first fight Zheng Cai, and then eat Zheng Hongkui. After all, he was once a servant of Emperor Longwu, and he has made great achievements in supporting him. Even if we capture his ships and sailors, in order to stabilize Longwu as much as possible The imperial court, let them be our targets, and we will return it to him in the end, so let him live two more days."

The news was constantly reported. Zheng Cai is a cunning person. There are 100 people in this place and 200 people in that place, making people wonder where his main force landed from. Come from the sea, go deep into the inland and catch them all.

In the evening, an exciting news came that Zheng Cai's big pirates had landed in the waters near Sanmen County. This was really unexpected. Zhang Qiang thought that Zheng Cai would land in the sea outside Taizhou County.

But no matter what, Zhang Qiang had to seize this opportunity, and he immediately ordered the army to move out.

In the dark night, with torches on, the scout cavalry circled around, wrapping all the pedestrians they met on the road in the army to prevent them from leaking the news.

After arriving in Taizhou County, everyone boarded the boat directly, boarded Zhang Ying's naval vessel, and landed in the waters near Longzhu Island in Sanmen County by detour from the sea.

Zhang Ying's [-] naval officers and soldiers also followed. These naval officers and soldiers were cold-armed soldiers trained by Zhang Qiang before. After Zhang Ying's training, they were already able to sail a boat and became qualified sailors.

At dawn, the navy detoured from the open sea approached Longzhu Island, Zhang Ying ran in, "My lord, there are hundreds of ships on the sea, what should we do?"

Zhang Qiang looked down at the map, "Land on the nearby beach, retreat and hide in the bay, wait for me to send someone to notify you, and then attack from behind to cut off the enemy's retreat."

Zhang Qiang's [-] soldiers landed on a nearby beach and advanced towards Sanmen County from the mountains.

In Sanmen County, Lin Chengcheng frowned and looked at the densely packed pirates under the city. He never thought that the enemy would appear here. He was sent here by Xuanyuan Longfei to assist Du Ge in guarding this place, but he became an army of enemies. The target of the attack, which made him lament how unlucky he was, why he was the one who was always injured, and he never won a single battle.

Looking at the pirates below, there are at least 3 people, most of them are ragged fishermen and pirates, there are also some gorgeous servants, and some look very elite wearing cotton and leather armor, even There are some pirates in iron armor.

They also have cannons, which made his heart feel cool. When he was a bandit, he was most afraid of the artillery of the Ming army. It was always these cannons that did the most damage.

"Where did they come from?" he yelled, leaning on the city wall.

However, no matter how angry he was, the pirates always prepared calmly and surrounded Sanmen County. Some guys in Portuguese and Dutch sailor uniforms pushed the cannons close to the city he was guarding, carefully measuring the distance and adjusting the cannons.

Opposite him, behind the mountain, Zheng Cai, Zheng Fu, Zheng Liang, and representatives of the Portuguese and the Dutch were carefully observing Sanmen County.

Zheng Fu looked ashamed, and said to Zheng Cai: "My lord, the Ming army would never have thought that we would land from such a remote place. They might still be played around by the bait we released, and they are dispatching troops. To encircle and suppress them, we can break through Sanmen County, then continue to attack Tiantai County, and carry out an armed parade directly from the border between the Qing army and the Ming army."

Zheng Liang said: "My lord, don't be careless. Zhang Qiang never moves according to common sense. Maybe he is waiting for us in the dark."

Zheng Cai laughed, "Wait for us, what can he do?"

The Portuguese representative smiled and said, "Yes, what can he do to us? At worst, we will withdraw to the sea. Our three warships together have 75 large warships, 120 medium-sized warships, and 450 small warships. They only need If he dares to chase close to the sea, we will bombard him with naval artillery."

The representative of the Netherlands said: "Your Excellency Zheng Cai, help you conquer the county and complete your imperial court's mission. You must help us deal with Zheng Chenggong. Now Zheng Chenggong is harassing our Treasure Island territory. Where is our sphere of influence, we will never allow others to get involved." , You have to make this clear to your court.”

Zheng Cai waved impatiently, "Don't worry, our Marquis has already told the court that as long as you help us destroy the Ming army, we will definitely recognize your status and interests in Treasure Island. Only Zheng Chenggong will never forget that place, and I will not go to that place."

"My lord, the artillery is ready," a Dutch soldier came over and said to the Dutch representative.

"Okay, wait a minute, listen to Master Zheng Cai." The Dutch representative said.

Zheng Cai said: "Fire the cannons, fuck his mother, don't think that the Ming army has cannons, we also have them."

All of a sudden, the rumble of cannons could be heard more than ten miles away.

Chapter 138 The End of Zheng Cai [-]

The artillery on the city wall of Sanmen County also fired back.

The two sides fought inextricably, and thousands of fishermen and pirates rushed towards the city wall carrying ladders.

While rushing, he howled, like the roar of a wild animal.

The artillery on Sanmen County is still very powerful. These are the Hongyi cannons captured by Zhang Qiang from the Ming and Qing armies. They have an advantage in range, and they beat the pirates out of their wits. They even destroyed two six-pound cannons operated by the Portuguese and the Dutch. Cannons removed from warships.

More than a dozen miles away, Zhang Qiang, who was marching, stopped, reined in his horse, and frowned. The enemy was beyond his expectation. Hearing the sound of artillery, there were quite a lot of artillery on both sides. The situation outside Sanmen County must be very serious.

There are only two thousand militiamen, one thousand cold-armed rebel soldiers, two hundred gunners, and a battalion of about 500 garrison troops from two hundred households.

"Speed ​​up the march, we have to get there." Zhang Qiang shouted to the team.

Lin Chengcheng looked at the rebel soldiers on the city wall who were beaten up by the artillery fire and ran around. He couldn't help feeling anxious, "I don't know if the prefect's reinforcements will arrive in time, or I will be loyal to Daming today."

Zhu Dayou rolled his eyes, "My lord, if we let Zhang Ying's navy attack and contain the enemy from the sea, the enemy must be in a panic when we arrive, and we can defeat the enemy in one go."

Zhang Qiang shook his head, "No, we can't startle the enemy. Our strength on the sea is too small. There are more than 100 medium-sized warships and more than 200 small-sized warships. We can't fight the enemy at all. Once we do, the whole army must be wiped out. I want to destroy the enemy on land, and then let them attack. At that time, the enemy is really panic, and our navy can play a role. Going out now, the enemy can calmly defeat our navy, which is a blow to our morale very big."

"Come on, little ones, rush into the county town, eat meat, grab money and girls." A pirate leader shouted excitedly.

The Jinhua Rebels on the top of the city had been suppressed. They had too few artillery pieces, and their soldiers were not as elite as the Portuguese and Dutch gunners.

After paying less than 100 casualties, the pirates put ladders on the city wall, biting daggers and waist knives, and climbed up shirtless.

At this point the pirates' artillery ceased firing, and the officers watched the action through binoculars.

Lin Chengcheng commanded the soldiers of the rebel army to charge up the city wall and fight with the pirates who jumped on the wall. In terms of close combat, how could these mob be the opponents of the well-trained Jinhua rebel army.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the mob composed of pirates and fishermen was beaten down, leaving behind more than 600 corpses and scattered.

They then proceeded to attack the fleeing pirates with artillery.

The enemy's artillery continued to fire at the city wall, and another team of fishermen and pirates was sent up. In the battle of the cold weapon era, both sides always like to use cannon fodder to consume each other's troops.

More than a dozen Hongyi cannons were blown up, and some small cannons were also destroyed. The Sanmen County defenders, who were already at a disadvantage, endured the enemy's artillery fire and stood firm on the city wall.

"Why isn't Master Zhou coming, even Master Hu Kui?" Lin Chengcheng was in a hurry. It's not that he has never fought or seen a battle of tens of thousands of people, but he was suppressed and beaten like this. , this is the first time, and he doesn't know what to do.

A soldier rushed over, "My lord, run away."

This is the old bandit that Lin cultivated himself. After several twists and turns, there are not many old bandits who followed him in the southern and northern wars. They were arrested, dispersed, and finally dispersed into his army.

"Flee, yes, let's run away." Lin Chengcheng panicked and dragged the soldiers to go to his horse.

A Chief Qian ran over with his guards, "Master Commander, what are you trying to do?"

"Oh, here I am, let you take care of it and do your job well." Lin Chengcheng shouted loudly.

Mr. Qian was unmoved, and shouted loudly: "My lord, run away before the battle, and be executed according to the law. Do you want to persevere, my lord?"

"I'm the commander, and I'm your immediate boss. Do you want to kill me? It's against you." Lin Chengcheng roared angrily.