The battle on Shuangyu Island began on the fourth watch day and lasted until noon the next day.
The officers and soldiers of the sailor division who originally attacked from Nanyu were discovered by pirates, and then the police message spread, and the sailor ships were also found in Beiyu, but the pirates guarding Beiyu found it later, and when they found out, half of the centipede ships had sailed through the most dangerous sections, and the stones could not be used, and the pirates lived on the damp islands, and the bows and arrows were less in the armament, and the centipede boats were erected with wall-like shields, and the lethality was very limited.
After passing the dangerous area, the officers and soldiers of the sailor division quickly landed on the shore and launched an attack on the pirates guarding the high place before going to the pirates, and the pirates were difficult to take care of the whole thing, and the follow-up centipede ships finally all rushed to land on the beach after paying a certain price, and the pirate reinforcements on the island also arrived at this time, and immediately engaged them.
The officers and men of the Nanyu Naval Division suffered heavy casualties, because they were discovered early, the pirates were guarding the high places, and huge rocks could fall from the sky at any time, and after paying the price of three centipede boats and a full ship of officers and men, the officers and men could only dispel the idea of attacking.
But at this time, the turmoil created by Xia Xun and Su Ying and others in the heart of Shuangyu Island took effect.
Xiao Chu came out of the cave with two knives in his hand, and was about to kill the beachhead to command the battle, when he suddenly saw a fire in the place where the supplies were stored, and he couldn't help but be shocked, if the grain and grass on the island were burned, the officers and soldiers didn't have to fight, just surround the island, and the tens of thousands of pirates would starve to death, Xiao Chu immediately took people straight to the cave where the supplies were stored, hoping to grab some food.
Millet hurriedly dressed and came out, and saw that there was a fire in the cave where the supply was raised, and he had the same idea as Naifu, and immediately rushed here, without these two big thieves, the Chumi Gang had no leader, and there was no unified and effective command, and the officers and soldiers of the Hangzhou Guard's naval division had much less resistance.
At this time, the officers and men of the third naval division waded ashore from the impassable reef beach of the big boats, and since the shore guards had been eliminated by Su Ying's men, they reorganized their ranks and calmly launched an attack in depth.
First there was a fire in the place where the supply was stored, and then the Ming army appeared on the island, and the two leaders could not be contacted, although the fierce but undisciplined Chumi gang group suddenly made an uproar, only to say that Shuangyu had been broken, and the imperial navy division had occupied the whole island, and immediately gave up holding on, and boarded ships one after another with the intention of breaking through, and this time the officers and soldiers of the naval division of Nanyu also took advantage of the situation to land the shore, and finally became a land war between officers and pirates Li Jinglong's main naval division did not participate in the war, because he was waiting for a more terrible enemy, Chen Zuyi, the sea king who was famous and powerful in the South Seas.
Chen Zuyi came, ten pirate ships against Li Jinglong's fifteen warships.
Hangzhou Wei has a total of 50 ships, the centipede speedboat that has attacked the island, there are 10 large ships outside Beiyu, and the remaining 15 main warships are all in Nanyu, lined up outward, facing Chen Zuyi's warship.
The two sides are surrounded by forests, and from the sails, you can clearly distinguish the imperial navy and the pirate ship.
The sails of the pirate ship were colorful and dirty, and there were many patches patched on the tattered and tattered seams, while the guards were all white sails.
Chen Zuyi was naturally in charge in person, and on the main ship of the naval division, Li Jinglong and Tie Xuan were all dressed in military uniforms, but it was Luo Yu who commanded the naval division in specific command.
Li Jinglong is not an expert in water warfare after all, he is supervising the battle rather than the main battle, standing on the terrace of the big ship, seeing the ten pirate ships on the opposite side constantly changing and adjusting the formation, angle, and speed, Commander Luo made this water combat expert feel the strength of the other party, and he didn't feel a little nervous, but he felt a little relieved when he thought that his own ships were more than the other party, and his weapons and equipment were superior to the other party, and he was waiting for work.
The three battleships that were the first to be greeted by the banner pierced straight into Chen Zuyi's battleship column, in ancient times, it was not easy to move the battleships, and it was not convenient to convey military orders, and it was not necessary to take the core directly without fear of being surrounded by the enemy, but it was easy to disrupt the opponent's formation.
Before the two sides could get closer, the artillery roared, and the artillery fire on the sailor's ship began to roar.
At that time, the Daming Navy Division was already equipped with firearms, and each ship was often equipped with 16 handguns, 4 bowls, 20 muskets, 20 fire attack arrows, 20 fire forks, and 10 fire thistle cannons.
It is said that the rules of regular combat are to fire first, then bow and crossbow, and the near boat is to jump to the gang to fight, and the combination of cold and hot weapons.
The roar of the cannon killed and wounded some of the pirates, and then the fire arrows, fire forks, and magic arrows inflicted a second wave of damage on the pirates, and beat the sails of the pirate ship like a sieve, and the speed of the pirate ship immediately slowed down, and the naval battleship immediately cut to its flank, firing arrows to suppress the pirates, and the gunners began to prepare to fire the thistle terrestris cannons.
This thistle terrestris cannon is not actually a cannon, it is more appropriately called a grenade, with barbs, spikes and hooks on the outside, a spherical bomb with a gunpowder pack inside, and a rope on it, because it is too heavy, you need to pull the rope to fly and rotate in the air, and then throw it out of your hand in order to throw it farther.
Fortunately, the firearms at this time have a large killing surface, but the lethality is small, it is easy to hurt people, but it is difficult to take people's surnames, they braved the artillery rockets of the Ming army to force their way closer, the hulls of the two ships collided violently, and then rubbed violently, the two large ships were violently tilted, the officers and men of the naval division stood unsteadily, and they all staggered and fell to the side, and the pirates who had experienced more wind and waves and bumps than the officers and soldiers were barefoot, but they stood firmly, and the two ships had not yet regained their balance, they pounced like a wounded tiger, With a body of blood and gunsmoke, Xu Hu fought with the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division, and successfully copied Nanlu Island, and successfully copied Xiaojiao Island, killed all the people left by Chen Zuyi on the island, robbed him of all his supplies, and transported them all back to his Chenqian Island.
At this time, his subordinates asked about their next move, and it stands to reason that they had already torn their faces with Chen Zuyi and the Chumi Gang, and he should immediately rush to Shuangyu, take Chen Zuyi by surprise from behind him, and work with the officers and soldiers to eradicate this scourge, but the habitual thinking formed by playing the game of catching bandits with the officers and soldiers over the years made him very worried that the government would kill the rabbit and the dog, and once he fought with Chen Zuyi, he would be eaten by the treacherous officers and soldiers immediately after the tragic victory, as another credit for them.
This possibility is not only there, but also greatly exists, so after a little hesitation, Xu Hu issued an order to go slowly, do not approach, observe the situation, and adapt to the situation, so his battleship only raised a sail and slowly sailed towards Shuangyu Island.
Unexpectedly, far away from Shuangyu Island, he saw ten pirate ships sailing with full sails, Xu Hu was taken aback, and hurriedly raised his sails to prepare for battle.
Although Chen Zuyi may not know that he has rebelled now, he can no longer be false, and his ship appeared from this direction, which itself is an inexplicable loophole, not to mention that Chen Zuyi only needs to return to Xiaojiao Island, and the truth will be revealed immediately, it is better to kill him by surprise.
Chen Zuyi really saw that the Xu Hu battleship, which was supposed to be fighting with the officers and soldiers in Beiyu on Shuangyu Island at this moment, suddenly appeared here, and immediately raised his caution, and saw that when he saw his battleship coming, he actually raised all the sails and sped up to catch up, and immediately noticed that something was wrong, and immediately ordered to avoid its edge and go around to the flank.
But at this moment it was daytime, the wind was blowing in the direction of the mainland, Xu Hu's warship was a tailwind ship, the speed was much faster than him, the fleet hurriedly sailed an arc, eight warships sailed out of Xu Hu's attack circle, but the last two were hijacked, a hard battle, Chen Zuyi waved his army back to help, rescued two ships, had no intention of fighting at all, and hurriedly got out of the battle circle and sailed south.
The opportunity is rare, Chen Zuyi has strength, but he didn't bring too many warships to the north this time, and his supplies were snatched away by himself, there will never be a lot of food and water on the battleship, and it is possible to get rid of the troubles forever if he chases down, Xu Hu doesn't want to consume his strength, so he can only chase after him with all his strength, and the two fleets chase after each other in the boundless sea.
Speaking from the heart, although Chen Zuyi crisscrossed the seven seas, but if he wanted to fight head-on with the imperial navy, with the same ships and soldiers, he actually couldn't take much advantage, in the past, he had occasional confrontations with officers and soldiers, all of which used his familiarity with the sea and the ocean's Haohan, he could easily get rid of or even play tricks on the navy warships and break into the reputation.
Now the Hangzhou Navy Division has five more warships than him, complete weapons, sufficient soldiers, frontal combat, he only has ten ships, although relying on the skillful control of the ships and the ferocity of close combat, can only barely keep a tie, at this time the officers and soldiers of Beiyu heard that Nanyu started the war, immediately divided the troops into five warships, and pounced violently, Chen Zuyi saw that the enemy ships would be twice as large as himself, so he decisively broke away from the battle group, fled from the battlefield, and then had an encounter with Xu Hu.
What about Li Jinglong's fleet Lost in pursuit Although the sailors also often train, the water battle is not ambiguous, the problem is that their ships rarely go out to the sea, and they are not familiar with the vicinity of Shuangyu Island, which belongs to the Liuheng Islands, in addition to the main island of Shuangyu, there are also uninhabited islands and reefs nearby, dotted with them, at least hundreds, Chen Zuyi's pirate ship has been to the East China Sea, and is more familiar with the terrain than them.
Luo Yu asked Li Jinglong for instructions on advance and retreat, at this time there was news from Shuangyu Island, which had basically controlled the whole island, the bandit leader Xiaomi was killed, Xiao Chu was injured, and led a group of pirates to be blocked in a cave, and defeat was inevitable.
As soon as he heard that the victory or defeat on Shuangyu Island had been decided, Li Jinglong immediately made a decision: to continue fighting on the island, and as soon as Xiao Chu, Xiaomi, and Ling Potian were captured, the inevitable thieves were immediately escorted to land, and they wanted to see people in life and corpses in death, while the main sailors continued to chase Chen Zuyi.
He also knew that Chen Zuyi would not have too much food on the ship, and if Chen Zuyi fled back to Nanyang, the officers and men of the Zhang, Quan, and Fuzhou naval divisions had already been ordered to go to sea and intercept them along the way.
It's a pity, what to do with Shuangyu Island Tie Xuan said to Li Jinglong: "Guogong, do everything to eliminate evil, this Shuangyu Island is a place where pirates live, this island is there, the Shuangyu Gang is there, and when the officers and soldiers go, this place is bound to become the home of pirates again." ” Li Jinglong still had a suspicion of him because of the quarrel last time, and said angrily: "Don't you know when you are the prince of your country, but now the pursuit of the thief Chen Zuyi is the first priority, how can the prince of my country have the spare strength to stay in Shuangyu, just rely on those people and boats on the island, and deal with the Shuangyu Gang, who are very familiar with every grass and tree here, if you don't let them leave after the battle, as soon as the Shuangyu Gang comes back, I'm afraid even they will have to fold here." ” Tie Xuan is one, two is two, but he is not a person who abolishes the public for personal reasons, and still patiently explains his claim: "Guogong, the meaning of the lower officials, is not to stay on the island now, with dozens of centipede speedboats to fight with the elite of the Shuangyu Gang to wait for work, the lower officials look at this Shuangyu, it is indeed dangerous, the underwater reef thickets, the cliffs on both sides of the bank are like walls, if you are not familiar with the water conditions here, you can accurately choose the deep water area between the reefs, it is difficult for the big ship to pass."
But one thing, our warships are huge, and the pirate merchant ships that come and go from north to south have a deeper draft than our warships, and they would not be able to enter and exit without the deep waters between these reefs. ” Li Jinglong was anxious to catch up with Chen Zuyi, and said impatiently: "What do you want to say?"
Tie Xuan said: "Guogong, if we block the waterway, this natural harbor will inevitably be scrapped, and the pirates will not be able to rely on it to collect and distribute goods, and they will also steal this island closest to the land. ” Li Jinglong's eyes lit up at first, and then he remembered that he wanted to reclaim the sea, and he didn't know how huge the project was, how could he have enough manpower and material resources now, so he pretended to hesitate and said: "This, with the help of the Shuangyu Gang, promised them that as long as they don't do great evil, they will let them live, isn't this a broken promise and fattening?"
Tie Xuan said: "Guogong said that we are officers and soldiers, and what kind of faith and righteousness do we talk about with pirates who do all kinds of evil, and we are not tired of being faithful; Between the battle arrays, they are not tired of deceit.
In order to exterminate the pirates, we are just fighting with the Shuangyu Gang, and now we are destroying this island, which is for the country and the people, and the righteousness lies.
Li Jinglong said: "However, reclamation is not easy" Tie Xuan said confidently: "But it's not difficult, although the lower officials are not used to naval warfare, they suddenly thought of a way."
As long as we load these big ships on the big rocks and sink these big ships full of huge stones when our officers and soldiers evacuate Shuangyu Island, we can block the waterway, and the shipwrecks stuffed with big stones will become reefs of their own for a long time, and Shuangyu will be abandoned from then on, and there will be no possibility of them again."
Li Jinglong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Clever plan, really good plan" He immediately ordered the officers and soldiers on the island to return to Hangzhou Bay with their prisoners as soon as the battle was over, and at the same time gathered the pirate ships, loaded them with boulders and sank them in the key places in the north and south waters of Shuangyu Island To be continued: