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Chapter 172 Island

After Han Sen's bored and helpless look, the three canal boats barely leaned against a narrow port in the waves, threw down their anchors, and a good-swimming soldier jumped off first, pulled the boat to the shore with a rope, and tied it to the stones on the shore.

The situation here is near the sea area, the island and shore are completely different from that in Yuntiguan.

There are large areas of rocks on the shore, as well as islands or peninsulas scattered. The island-linked area on the seaside is a good harbor where large ships can be moored. Unlike Yuntiguan and even the entire seaside of Yancheng, there is swamps and mudflats everywhere, and there is no possibility of large ships being moored.

Han Sen narrowed his eyes and looked at the port. Although it was not big, the sea water was very deep. The mountains on both sides could be used to shelter from the wind. Although it was just a small island, it was enough to park dozens or hundreds of ships at the port.

He felt something in his heart that there were many purposes for cracking down on island thieves this time, but from now on, it was probably because Lord Min would build a foundation here to lay a foundation for large-scale construction of sea ships and training navy soldiers in the future.

"Sea ship, there are actually sea ships?"

Before the docking, several flag soldiers shouted together.

Looking along their fingers, there were indeed two sea boats of four hundred materials parked on the leeward side of the small port.

Fishing boats are not that big, only serious boats that can run long distances will be so big.

In fact, it is very difficult to travel to the outer sea, but some people will use such sea boats in the south and north, such as transporting the cargo of Denglai to the Yangtze River.

Or transport Shuangyu’s goods to Yuegang.

This is the function of this small sea ship.

At the beginning of Yan Siqi's operation in Taiwan, the most useful thing was this type of small lucky ship, which was even smaller than this one.

A large number of Fujian immigrants brought their own living tools, production work, seeds and grains, and large livestock such as poultry, mules and donkeys. They sat on small fishing boats that could only sit on a dozen or twenty people, entered the deep sea, set off from Zhangzhou or Quanzhou on the shaking fishing boats, and arrived at the unknown place of the birth vassal.

This spirit of adventure comes from the barrenness of Fujian's mountains and fields, and also from the spirit of exploration that has dared to take risks in the offshore areas of Fujian since ancient times.

Fujian and Guangdong are different from traditional agricultural conservative areas. In the Tang Dynasty, people from Fujian and Guangdong went to Southeast Asia one after another, and immigrated more by the Song Dynasty. Now, at least a few million Chinese in the Nanyang area were at least a few million. Mainly, they began to emigrate to Southeast Asia by boat during the Tang and Song dynasties.

By the Ming Dynasty, the sea bans in the first two hundred years were extremely strict. Even if the good people knew that they were innocent, the government would be beheaded as long as they were found at sea.

During the Jiajing period, the governor found that the sea boat was beheaded and dozens of people on the boat were beheaded.

Under this strict sea ban policy, except for a few fishermen who can go out to sea to fish, the so-called pirates who dare to rampant on the sea before the opening of the sea in Longwan were the so-called pirates.

The people in the north are much more conservative, and the number and scale of pirates cannot be compared with the south. Even if Longwan opens the sea, the trade areas in the north are concentrated in Tianjin and Dengzhou. The rest of the places are not in scale, and the number of pirates is not large.

In addition, before the Huanglong was destroyed, the Ming Dynasty's Northern Navy still maintained a certain institutional scale, and the possibility of pirates becoming larger was even smaller.

It was a surprise to find two 400-foot sea ships in this small island port.

Han Sen was the most surprised one, and he immediately said to General Manager Leading the Army: "Send some people to watch these two ships on the shore. This is a treasure, don't damage them!"

The style of leading troops is a tradition of the violent lineage. It was probably brought by Xie Xiang or Chen Liang. At that moment, a team official called and scolded: "A coward, take your people to watch these two ships and ask people to destroy a board. You jump into the sea to atone for me to atone for my sins."

"Yes, General Manager." The team officer also knew that the sea boat was important and that Lord Min valued. These people's trust and respect for Min Yuanqi was almost superstitious. As long as Lord Min valued it, it would definitely be of great importance, that is, to be more energetic and be sure to do this job well.

Many soldiers began to rush to the beach, and the sword and shield hands stood in front of the bow.

The new long cards of more than one person tall were stacked in two stacks, blocking everyone behind the shield.

Although even a ghost cannot be seen in the sight in front of you, it does not prevent these sword and shield hands from making these tactical actions according to the requirements and standards during training.

Even if the ships are unstable, they try their best.

When the ship is stopped, the knife player is in front of you, and the spearman and the gunman are on the shore respectively.

The knife card pulled the array open, the spearmen of the two flag teams were in the center, and the musketeers of the flag team were on both sides.

In the past two months, the muskets have only been made into more than 30 pieces per month, but in two months, it has only been more than 60. In addition to the previous fifty pieces, it just happened to be barely equipped with a hundred-stop and a flag team.

Zhu Wanchun stayed at Yunti Pass and had not left. He originally said that he wanted to buy more muskets for Min Yuanqi, but except for Nanjing, there were not many muskets in the four towns, and the quality was poor. The muskets in Nanjing could not be described as poor, and the quality was very poor.

The officials in Nanjing are just like being proud or demoted, and they stay in the capital. There are few people doing things and many people are scattered. Even the officials in Beijing are much worse. After all, the officials in Beijing still have a career path, and they are not easy to do too much. Moreover, there are many censors in the capital, so it is also a troublesome to be accidentally entangled and impeached.

The bottom line of officials in Nanjing is much lower. For example, the copper-lead coin cast in the hands of Zhang Heming and others is so scary that the copper-lead ratio is so low. If you pinch your fingers, you will be able to smash the inferior small coin. There was a big storm back then, which means that you would avoid the trouble of several people.

There is no need to say more about the quality of the fire gun made.

Min Yuanqi first distrusts the quality of Nanjing firearms. If the firearms are frequently exploded, the flag army will be trembling when training, just like the Ming army's firearms and soldiers.

What he wanted was the elite gunmen who dared to put the guns on his shoulders and put them on their cheeks. Those gunmen who handed the guns far ahead and didn't know where the bullets they fired fell. What was the use of?

Those bad guys are not needed anymore. The mud guns are insufficient, so they can be used to load one person with one person. The cycle continues, which can increase the efficiency of the beating...

The musket produced by our own production is well-structured, made of fine iron, and has reliable quality. The only headache for Min Yuanqi and even everyone is the trouble with the musket barrels. Even Han Sen hopes to solve this problem as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, things went against my wishes. The past two months have passed, and the solution to this problem is still far away.

The gunner's wing is divided into two wings behind the spear formation. Due to the narrow terrain on the island, the gunner's tactical plan is divided into two wings.

More than a hundred gray-robed soldiers had already arranged the array in less than three minutes, including the sword cards, spear arrays, musket flag teams, and the entire queue.

Under the order of leading the troops to the Bai Zong, the flag bearer general under the Bai Zong lit the flag twice, and everyone began to climb up the high slope with neat steps.

The drummer began to beat the drum beats to balance the pace frequency of the flag soldiers. The swordsmen and spearmen in the head row were wearing armor, but the armor rate was not yet this level. It was mainly because the Central Military Department would allocate some soldiers who had been to the expedition when they went to the expedition, which was also a recent practice.

Under the coordination of the Central Military Office, almost every flag team has the opportunity to go to the battlefield to gain practical experience. Even the battle against more than a hundred remaining pirates in front of them is actually a practical battle after all.

The experience gained on the real battlefield is something that cannot be obtained during training. All the soldiers in front of them spontaneously increase their vigilance to the highest level. Each person's movements will be somewhat deformed. Unlike during training, even if an arrow flies over his head and a musket is sounded in his ears, and even if someone is injured in every actual combat drill, it is still not enough to make people more careful and vigilant in the real battlefield in front of them.

Even a little afraid.

Even military officers are a little afraid. Recently, the flag army has been injured in high-frequency actual combat, with minor and serious injuries. Of course, under strict protection and the weakness of the opponent, not many seriously injured, but each time one or two unlucky men are seriously injured. When the seriously injured soldiers are carried back, the remaining flag army is more vigilant and careful.

There are also flag soldiers, and one or two flag soldiers will be too seriously injured and die every two or three times.

Every time the flag army was killed, Min Yuanqi would preside over the funeral, and then every family member of the flag army who died in battle would receive generous pensions and compensation.

Even so, no flag army is willing to take the initiative to receive such pensions and compensation.

Everyone was very careful in their actions, even though the island was already in chaos.

Han Sen finally got ashore, and the flag soldiers had already advanced to the island.

This is a small island, you can see the whole picture at a glance from a high place.

It is only a thousand steps long from east to west, and only about two hundred steps from north to south.

There are small hills and reefs at the port. After advancing, there are paths. There are lush shrubs and no trees around the island. There are peaks dozens of meters high in the east, middle and west. Not far forward, it is the largest plain area on the island.

There are some buildings on the island, in addition to the wooden huts of pirates, there are some buildings such as Tianfei Temple, Thousand-year-old pavilion, Li Sijing, etc. The stone buildings have gone through storms and have been destroyed but stand firm.

There are several more forts, which should have been built during the Jiajing period. The original Folang machine cannon in the fort has long disappeared.

The pirates of about a hundred people were gradually surrounded by the island and howled in despair.

Some people screamed, some cried, and some waved their swords forward.

There were still a few pirates running to the beach behind them, where there was a shallow beach line leading to the deep sea. When these people ran to the beach, they simply jumped into the sea and swam into the distance.

Han Sen looked at it for a few times and didn't care. This place was very far from the coast. I'm afraid that no matter how good these people are, they wouldn't be able to swim to the shore. They eventually died in the sea and were eaten by fish.

At this time, the drum beats became more and more rapid, and the entire Baimao pushed forward, and then the sound of a musket sounded when the two sides were dozens of steps apart.

More than thirty guns fired at the same time, and the few brave pirates were knocked over to the ground like autumn wind swept away fallen leaves. In an instant, these people lost their will to resist.

When the knife player saw that the opponent had no bows and arrows, he pulled it to the wings and at the same time, he rushed deep in front to suppress the scattered soldiers running to both sides.

The spearmen began to accelerate, and the formation of the spear like a forest was extremely neat. Under the command of the officer, they kept lowering the piercings. Each round of piercings brought blood rain and minced meat.
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