Chapter 19 Failed Ambush

Luo Shengdong gasped for air, feeling as if his lungs were about to burn, but he didn't dare to stop and rest, because the strange group of pirates wearing colorful short coats were chasing after them not far behind.

Like the grim reaper.

After living for thirty-three years, Luo Shengdong felt that today was probably the most unlucky day in his life, and it might very well be the last day. It was obviously a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds and receive awards, so why did things become like this?

It’s different from the script as promised! Luo Shengdong angrily recalled what he had experienced throughout the day, while desperately moving his heavy legs to continue escaping.

As the only officer in Yazhou Shuizhai who was promoted from a military family background, Luo Shengdong has always been very active in pursuing military merit. Of course, this is thanks to his good father. If not for his father's failure during the Wanli period

The cumulative merits of arresting pirates have reached the rank of Chief Bai, so he is probably still digging dirt in the military camp for a living. You must know that this Chief Bai is not a Baihu officer in the guard system. Although he is only an eighth-rank officer, he is a real frontier army officer.

The people under his command are also regular border army soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is not comparable to those peasant soldiers in the military camp who face the loess and back to the sky all year round. Now that my father is getting old, he finally passed on the position of Chief Hundred to Luo

Shengdong, he has no intention of stopping here and passing this position on to his next generation when he gets old. Luo Shengdong feels that if he works hard while he is still strong, he will be very successful in becoming a general manager in the future.

hopefully.

This time Luo Shengdong led a team sailing from Yacheng Water Village along the coast to Yulin. Firstly, he inspected the training situation at various posts in the coastal areas. Secondly, soldiers at some posts had been stationed for three months and needed to be replaced.

, and the third is to replenish material reserves at various garrison posts. As for the fact that a small group of pirates from the South China Sea took advantage of the monsoon to land in the Yulin area, Luo Shengdong was not worried, and was even a little worried about encountering pirates.

Looking forward to it - Is there any faster way to get promoted than killing enemies and making meritorious deeds?

Most of the South China Sea pirates who appeared in Yazhou waters in the past were natives from Luzon, Java, Johor, and Temasek. These pirate ships had few people and poor equipment. In addition, those silly native pirates had no tactics at all.

, they may not be able to defeat hordes of armed merchant ships at sea. They can usually only attack some coastal fishing villages with the monsoon. If they are lucky, they can grab some food and snatch a few women. In Luo Shengdong’s view, these South China Sea pirates

Their combat effectiveness is even much worse than that of the guardsmen. At any rate, the guardsmen are equipped with standard weapons for each head, but these pirates cannot even carry a sword or gun, and some even come out to rob with wooden spears.

Its strength is simply not comparable to that of the pirate forces along the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian. Although Luo Shengdong's team only had one Haicang ship and only had more than fifty people on patrol, he was not prepared for the possible battle.

It is full of confidence.

They really came wherever they wanted. When the boat arrived at Fenghuang Town, which was still twenty or thirty miles away from Yulin, it happened to meet a small flag that had withdrawn from the Yulin post. Unlike Luo Shengdong's single-minded pursuit of war, this small flag was ten thousand miles away.

In fact, I had no intention of going back to Yacheng to report the news. I just wanted to stay in Fenghuang Town for a few days and wait for the gang of pirates in the harbor to evacuate before returning to the outpost. I didn't expect that I would be patrolled here.

Luo Shengdong caught him right away.

The idea of ​​a few soldiers is very simple. If they are outnumbered, they must run away. Is it possible to fight against hundreds of pirates for the sake of those fishermen? Abandoning the position and escaping, this was originally a loss of head, but Luo Shengdong listened.

After hearing what they reported, they decided to give these deserters a chance to atone for their crimes.

There was nothing they could do about it. According to what they said, the number of pirates who attacked this time was hundreds of people, and they had "a huge ship with a side several feet high and more than ten ships of various strange shapes."

In Luo Shengdong's opinion, this statement is simply very flawed. Where did those native pirates in the South China Sea come from such large ships that are several feet high? There is no such large ship in the two water villages in the south and north of Hainan.

, If the pirates really had such a ship, would they come to rob this poor fishing village in Yulin? They had already gathered a team to attack Yazhou City. Without thinking about these remarks, Luo Shengdong knew that they must have been made up by these few soldiers in order to survive.

Just an excuse.

But one thing is certain for Luo Shengdong. The opponent at least has a clear advantage in terms of numbers. Otherwise, these soldiers would not be so frightened that they would run away before the battle. Although Luo Shengdong firmly believes that his side has a stronger combat power,

However, there is always a certain degree of risk in fighting more with less. It would be a waste of time to go back to Yacheng to call for reinforcements now, and it might even delay the opportunity for fighting. Luo Shengdong weighed the importance and finally decided to bring all the effective forces to fight more.

That's good. Even if these men and horses can't defeat the large pirate army, it will definitely be no problem to set up an ambush and kill some pirate teams who go out to plunder supplies. If they go back and chop off ten or eight heads, they will be the Yazhou Water Village in the Seventh Year of the Apocalypse.

The first great achievement.

Although Luo Shengdong was eager to make contributions, he still acted cautiously. Considering that the pirates might own a large number of small boats and he was alone, and there was a risk of being besieged if he went directly from the sea, Luo Shengdong did not give up the ship rashly.

They bypassed the Luhuitou Peninsula and drove directly into the bay. Instead, they docked on the east bank of the Linchun River in downtown Sanya. From there, they landed ashore and marched through the jungle to the Yazhou post, which was only five or six miles away. And the post

There is a fishing village nearby. Pirates who want to go ashore to plunder supplies will definitely come to this village, and then they can wait for an opportunity to set up an ambush.

Considering that the group of people who fled back to Phoenix Town had no idea about the current situation in the harbor, Luo Shengdong had to send a few people to search for the fleeing fishermen in the nearby mountains. This was not the first time that pirates had landed on land and robbed.

Once it happened, the fishermen would definitely have to hide in the mountains for ten days and a half before they dared to go back. In addition, if we can find fishermen who took refuge in the disaster, we can also verify the situation of the deserters from the side.

true.

What makes Luo Shengdong a little uneasy is that the fishermen found in the mountains not only agreed with what the deserters said, but also reported that the ship the pirates were traveling on was extremely huge, with a side several feet high. What was even more exaggerated was that there were no boats on this huge ship.

The sails and masts were actually able to break through the waves from the sea. In addition, this group of pirates did not kill or imprison the fishermen they captured. Instead, they released the captives kindly and gave them some food and refined salt.

So early this morning, a few young men boldly ran to the bay to make deals with the pirates. There are various signs that this group of people is different from the South China Sea pirates who came here before. Their style of conduct has obviously gone beyond

Understand the scope of Luo Shengdong's understanding.

"To lure good people into the sea and become pirates with profit!" Luo Shengdong, who could not explain these doubts and could only choose a sense of justice as a cover, finally came to a conclusion and concluded that these new pirates "must be ruthless"

"Cunning people", if you can't cut off a few heads during this trip, it would be a shame to the emperor, to the Ministry of War, and to the position of Chief Hundred handed down from my father. Of course, the Yu family, father and son, and others have been ruthlessly classified as "collusion" by Luo Shengdong

"Pirates", these people must be beheaded afterwards as a warning to others.

Luo Shengdong left the boat and a few sailors on the east bank of the Linchun River. The others all took their guys and set off, first lurking near the fishing village. The only thing Luo Shengdong regretted a little was that he didn't bring more bows and arrows with him when he set off.

There are only two full-time archers. There are quite a few firearms, including 4 Folan guns, 3 bowl-mouth blunderbuss, and 6 Lumi blunderbuss. In addition, there are nozzles, fire bricks, smoke cans, rockets, etc., but

Most of these equipment are inconvenient to carry due to their size and weight, and only six Lumi guns can really be brought ashore for use.

Although the Lumi gun is a good thing, the several Lumi guns equipped on the ship are old things from the Wanli period. It has been almost thirty years since the Ministry of War issued the equipment to the frontier army, and several musket tubes have been used.

It was already rusty to the point of being damaged. Even if it could still fire, maybe a few extra bucks of gunpowder would explode the chamber. Rather than being used to kill enemies, such a weapon would be more suitable to be used to decorate the appearance and add courage. This is actually not true.

In terms of methods, the Yacheng defenders and the more than a thousand border troops in Shuizhai basically relied on the military households who settled near Yacheng, and their lives were extremely difficult. As for the pay and silver issued by the imperial court, they could not even maintain the

Daily drills and patrols are not enough, let alone updating ordnance.

Of course, Luo Shengdong, as a grassroots officer, knows why military expenditures are seriously insufficient. It is common in the army to eat empty pay and drink blood from soldiers. When officers divide the money, Luo Shengdong also takes what belongs to him.

Luo Shengdong hesitated for a long time, but still asked people to bring all the Rumi guns - even if they couldn't be used in actual combat, they could still be used to scare people when escorting prisoners.

After hiding in the woods and feeding mosquitoes for several hours, everyone including Luo Shengdong gradually lost their patience. Just when Luo Shengdong was considering whether to return home or go directly to the harbor,

Zhang Scarzi, his subordinate who was sent to the beach to investigate the situation, brought back the good news that a pirate sailboat was heading towards the fishing village.

"Well done!" Luo Shengdong shouted loudly: "Brothers will listen to my orders later and rush out together to chop off the heads of these thieves. After returning to the city, I will ask the general to ask for credit for my brothers!" Everyone

They all responded with a bang, and morale was high for a while, and it seemed that the group of pirates who were about to appear had been defeated.

But after a stick of incense, the situation changed unexpectedly. First, according to Luo Shengdong's order, two archers attacked the pirate who climbed up the tree. Seeing that one arrow missed the target and the other hit the target, Luo Shengdong

Shengdong's confidence increased greatly, he drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Brothers, rush out! This is the time to kill the enemy and make a meritorious service!"

The soldiers under his command obediently rushed out of the ambush woods and rushed towards the enemy with shouts. However, they soon heard a sharp whistle from the opposite side, and then there seemed to be a crackling explosion when some kind of firecracker was fired.

There was a sound, and then he saw that the few people on his front who were rushing were knocked to the ground in an instant. Luo Shengdong even saw with his own eyes that Zhang Scarzi, who had always been the fastest runner, was hit in the head while running, and suffered a tragic loss.

Before he even had time to scream, a big hole was blown out of the back of his head. Blood mixed with brain matter flew out, and his body fell straight into the mud of the rice field. It was impossible to survive. The most terrible thing was that these pirates

The firegun used seems to not need to be reloaded at all, and it can fire one round after another. How can this be done?

"These pirates have such sharp fire guns!" Before Luo Shengdong could regret it, the offensive he launched was repelled by the opponent's powerful firepower in an instant, and the fleeing soldiers were blown away like a whirlwind.

Passing by Luo Shengdong, when he came to his senses, there was no other option but to follow the defeated troops and flee for their lives.

This group of people managed to escape from Li Xu before slowly stopping due to lack of physical strength. Only then did Luo Shengdong have the opportunity to gather the team. He counted the number of people and found that eleven people were missing. It was unknown whether they were all dead.

In the previous wave of offensives, some people still lost their way while escaping. Moreover, the deserters lost most of their weapons along the way, including the only two bows and six Rumi guns used to decorate the facade.

Before the furious Luo Shengdong could make a summary of the battle, the short-haired pirates had already chased into the woods, chasing their buttocks with strange fire guns and firing again, causing the frightened frontier soldiers to quickly pull away.

Keep running away.

After repeating this two or three times, in addition to a few unlucky ones who were knocked down by the life-seeking fire bullets, other soldiers were also on the verge of physical collapse. Only then did Luo Shengdong begin to truly resent the corrupt military pay.

The impact of soldiers' training - if they can do it every five days... no, even if they do it every ten days, they won't be like now, running for just two or three miles and not even having the energy to escape.

Gone!

The pursuing pirates were shouting in a strange northern accent, occasionally mixed with a few Hainanese dialects. Luo Shengdong's ancestors were from Zhili Prefecture, and it was only in his grandfather's generation that he was driven to this remote place to work as a pirate.

The big-headed soldier, so he could roughly understand that what the pirates were shouting was "Abandon your weapons and kneel down without killing". As for the content in the dialect, it was similar. Now that there was a chance to survive, some of the exhausted soldiers seriously stopped running.

, stopped immediately and knelt down to surrender as the pirate said.

As a result, the number of people in the fleeing team became smaller and smaller, but Luo Shengdong did not dare to stop. He was an officer, not a soldier. If he were captured, even if he was lucky enough to survive, his career in this life would definitely be over.

"As long as I can escape on the ship!" Luo Shengdong no longer dares to think about meritorious deeds. Being able to escape unharmed is his biggest wish at the moment. As long as he can escape back to Yazhou, he will naturally have a chance to make a comeback. From the anchor

There should be less than two miles of land where the boat can be parked. If you just hold on a little longer, you can escape!

At this moment, Luo Shengdong didn't know whether he kicked a tree root or something else. He lost his balance and flew into the air, then fell heavily to the ground. This fall was really not light, Luo Shengdong

He almost lost his breath, but at this time everyone was busy running for their lives, and no one stopped to help him.

Before Luo Shengdong could prop up his body with his hands, he felt a heavy foot on his back, firmly pressing his body to the ground and unable to move. Then someone twisted his arms behind his back and used a thin

A tough branch of some kind quickly tied the two wrists together. Luo Shengdong was so angry and anxious that his vision went dark and he fainted.
Chapter completed!