Chapter 2058

With the gradual elimination of external threats such as Shibazhi, the Netherlands, and Spain in the past few years, and the two ports of Penghu and Kaohsiung, which are across the sea, and the troops of the ally Haihan are stationed, Zhangzhou under the control of Xu Xinsu basically no longer needs to worry about being attacked.

Foreign enemies have invaded, so the defense efforts inside and outside the city have been relaxed. The night curfew originally started with the sound of the evening drum at three o'clock in the first watch, but now it has been postponed to the beginning of the second watch, and the morning bell ends the night curfew at three o'clock in the fifth watch.

The fifth shift is earlier to provide convenience for people who need to leave early and return late. Objectively, it also plays a certain role in prospering the local economy.

Although the night ban time has not changed today, and in the morning the morning bell is rung to end the ban as usual, there are many places in the city that are closed to traffic. Some roads have been temporarily closed by the military, and people can only choose to take detours. Moreover,

People who wanted to leave the city in the morning were also surprised to find that the city defense army did not open the city gate today. The notice posted next to the city gate stated that the operation to capture the criminal thieves in the city had not yet ended. In order to prevent the thieves from escaping, the city gate was temporarily closed today.

Once the search is completed, access to and from the city will be reopened.

If someone needs to enter or leave the city for urgent matters, they can report the reason to the city defense army at the city gate, and they will be released after their identity is checked. However, it is probably difficult for ordinary people to come up with a strong enough reason to enter or leave the city at this time.

, so this flexible rule is actually only prepared for a very small number of privileged people. Most people can only wait for the official to reopen the access to the city.

Xu Yuxing's round of rest also didn't last long, and he was woken up in his sleep because new discoveries had been made in the review of Jinfa account.

As Jin Ming had previously speculated, there was indeed something fishy in the accounts of Jinfa's external expenditures. The investigators did not spend much effort and completed the investigation of the list of transfer objects given by Huifeng, and found in it

A rather suspicious target.

"This store called Zhengfuji will receive money transferred from Jinfa every one to two months, ranging from seven to eight thousand taels to as many as three to forty thousand taels. And each transfer

The timing is also very good, it is just after the Jinfa has exchanged a large amount of Spanish silver coins. And this Zhengfu Ji will usually withdraw the money within the next two or three days in the form of banknotes and cash.

.According to the Hui Feng account records, this Zhengfuji has never deposited even one tael of silver to the Hui Feng account. It can only withdraw money."

Xu Yuxing dusted off the investigation report on his hands and said to Jin Ming: "This is indeed suspicious, isn't it?"

Jin Ming responded: "If that's the case, does Zhengfuji have a shop in the city? The third young master quickly sent people to seal it. Don't let the relevant people go!"

Xu Yuxing nodded and said: "When this report was sent, someone had already checked the matter. I believe there will be news within a short period of time."

While Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming were having this conversation, a team of Xu Yuxing's men had already found the Zhengfuji store in the city based on the information provided by the Huifeng. Like most of the stores in the city today, Zhengfu Ji

Note that the door was also closed and not open for business. After calling the door, no one responded, but they naturally did not give up, and immediately prepared to climb over the wall and open the door according to the standard operating mode.

But what they didn't expect was that after that, almost the same situation as when they went to arrest the Jinfa yesterday happened. The people who tried to climb in from the wall were shot down by attacks from the yard, but this time the people inside were shot down.

The weapon used was not a crossbow, but a musket.

The man who fell from the wall struggled and told his companions what he saw: "The people inside... all have guns!"

In fact, even if he didn't say anything, the rest of the people wouldn't dare to rush in. Although they were all armed with weapons, they were just waist knives, and they couldn't fight head-on with opponents equipped with muskets. A place that needs to be attacked like this,

With their strength, it is very difficult to break in. They can only control the perimeter and call for support, and wait for the heavily armored city defense troops to arrive and deal with it.

The local army under the orders of the Xu family attacked everywhere in the city yesterday and arrested many people related to the Jinyiwei. Almost everyone thought that the situation had stabilized. There may still be sporadic fish that slipped through the net in the city, but it was unlikely that they would be overturned.

It's time for the storm.

Everyone hurriedly carried the injured away from the scene, and then began to treat his injuries. At the same time, they confirmed with him the number of enemies they had just climbed up the wall and observed.

At this time, the city was full of patrols and Lukas from the city defense army. As soon as something happened at Zhengfuji Shop, a team of city defense troops arrived quickly to assist Xu Yuxing's men in blocking off the surrounding area.

Zhengfuji's shop is also a courtyard, but its area is much smaller than the Jinfahao we cooked yesterday. It is just a simple structure in the front and back yards. It does not require too many manpower to seal the roads around it. Moreover,

According to what the wounded saw, there were at least a dozen people hiding inside. It was difficult for so many people to leave the yard without leaving any trace.

After less than a cup of tea, a large number of people and horses arrived one after another. Dozens of armed cavalry rushed to the nearby traffic arteries to reinforce defenses, while hundreds of infantry moved towards the front of the courtyard.

They gathered at the back door, and then arrived at Jumalu Village to seal off the nearby intersection. The encirclement was finally firmly established.

Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming also received the news at this time, and they were quite shocked. They did not expect that when all the Jin Yiwei in the city were arrested, there were still people who could organize armed resistance. However, this matter

As soon as it came out, their previous speculations were basically confirmed. Since Fu Ji secretly hid the firearms and acted first with a guilty conscience when the official personnel arrived, it must be related to the gun smuggling incident.

The Jin Yiwei captured yesterday were not of a high level, and the information they knew was very limited. However, Zhengfuji was directly involved in the transaction. Not only did they have muskets, but they also had people who knew how to use these muskets. This is not simple. Moreover,

The people who were hiding in Zhengfu Ji and commanding the resistance should already be very aware of the current situation in Zhangzhou City. They were unwilling to be captured alive and would do this to the death.

As the people in charge, Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming naturally rushed to the scene immediately to coordinate and direct the next actions. When they arrived, Xu Jiaqi had already arrived and was directing the infantry to set up a shield wall to prevent those inside from attacking.

Come out and fight.

Xu Jiaqi was not in a hurry to launch an attack, because the people inside had obviously wanted to fight to the death, and he was not sure whether Xu Yuxing needed to capture the people here alive, so he made a more conservative arrangement outside Zhengfu Ji to prevent his opponents from jumping over the wall in a hurry.

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"It is initially estimated that there are more than ten people inside, and they are all equipped with muskets. The actual combat effectiveness is unknown. We have injured one here, the injury is a bit serious, and we have sent him away first." Xu Jiaqi introduced the current situation to them: "

The door-breaking team, shield soldiers and musketeers are all in place and ready to take action at any time!"

Thanks to the experience of attacking Jinfa Hao yesterday, Xu Jiaqi seemed more calm when he mobilized his troops to surround Zhengfuji today. Moreover, the gate here is much smaller than that of Jinfa Hao, so the corresponding difficulty of breaking the door will also be

Lower.

"The people inside may have some key information, so we should try to capture as many as possible alive. Whether this case can be continued to be investigated may depend on what we gain here!" Xu Yuxing also immediately explained what he knew.

He also suggested that Xu Jiaqi should pay attention to the scale when acting and try to keep him alive as much as possible.

"In that case, let's give a symbolic message to persuade him to surrender!" After hearing Xu Yuxing's request, Xu Jiaqi didn't want to take the blame for killing enemies during the battle, so he immediately decided to go through the necessary procedures.

So a moment later, the voice of persuading surrender echoed inside and outside Zhengfu Ji: "People inside, listen, you have been surrounded by the army. Putting down your weapons immediately and surrendering is your only way to survive. If you persist in resisting, you will only die!"

This set of shouting is also a standard template copied from Haihan. It is shouted twice each time, and then repeated after a short interval, and repeated three times. However, this kind of shouting does not have a very good effect on real desperadoes. In the Book of Zhengfu

It was still quiet, without any response.

"It seems that we can only attack by force." Seeing that the measures to persuade him to surrender were not effective, Xu Jiaqi immediately said that he could only use the last resort.

"Okay, then you will be in charge." Xu Yuxing did not insist anymore.

In fact, he also knew that it was unlikely to persuade him to surrender directly. After all, he had already started fighting with the Jin Yiwei yesterday. It was impossible that the people hiding in Zhengfu Ji had not received any news. Even the Jin Yiwei with a special status was not spared, let alone

Others, once caught, not only will they be punished with life, but they will also be punished with death. These people know that they will have no luck after being discovered, and they simply ignore the calls to persuade them to surrender. They must also be determined to fight for one to make a profit, and to fight for two to make a profit.

A person's mentality is to fight for his life in this place.

The combat method of attacking Zhengfu Ji is basically the same as yesterday. First, the shield soldiers will cover the door-breaking team and go forward to break open the main entrance. Then the musketeers will use the advantage of fire suppression to break in from the main entrance and clear out the inside. However, considering today's opponents

Equipped with powerful weapons such as muskets, the shield soldiers also used the thickest and strongest metal shields. Each shield weighed nearly fifty kilograms, which was enough to block small-caliber muskets from firing at close range.

Because this kind of large shield is too heavy, it is actually difficult to put it into use on the real battlefield. The slow movement speed will make it a very conspicuous attack target, and it can easily attract concentrated fire attacks. If it encounters the Haihan Army like this

The opponent will even immediately attract artillery fire. However, in special operations in a small space, such as urban street fighting or the current environment that requires fortification, this large shield can still play a very intuitive role.

The breaking team used a breaking hammer to open the door of Zhengfu Ji in a very short time. Sure enough, gunfire rang out immediately inside. Fortunately, the shield's protective area was large enough to protect the attackers from evacuating from the left and right sides of the door.

The musketeers outside facing the gate also opened fire at the same time, firing bullets from the open doorway into the yard.

For a moment, smoke and dust rose up with the sound of gunshots inside and outside the door. In fact, it was impossible to see the target's location at all, and we could only rely on more intensive firepower output to attack and suppress the opponent.

The combat level of the city defense army was significantly higher than that of their opponents. Four rows of musketeers took turns loading and firing. On average, the interval between each round of shooting was less than twenty seconds. The shooting frequency was very stable. And at the front of them was

The parapet is composed of ten large shields lined up. When they shoot, only the shoulders and above are exposed. In addition, they also wear helmets with certain protective capabilities. The opponents in the yard basically want to hit them.

Just rely on luck.

"This kind of performance of the city defense army can be said to be well-trained, and it is definitely a first-class strong army!" Jin Ming looked at it for a moment and then praised it. He was not completely flattering the other party. He could use rotation shooting in actual combat.

The tactics were used so smoothly that even the Haihan Army could not do much better than them. It was definitely up to the standard of an elite force among the Ming Army.

Xu Jiaqi was quite proud after hearing this compliment, and quickly responded: "Thank you, Mr. Jin, for your compliment. This team went on an expedition to Korea last year, fought side by side with your country's special operations group in the Battle of Datong River, and fought the Qing army together."

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"I see, then it's no wonder it's so powerful!" Jin Ming heard that this city defense force had the experience of fighting with a special battle group, and he had a clearer understanding of its strength. You must know that the special battle group is guaranteed to be there.

During the battle, they were not held back and rarely fought side by side with the CCP Army. The experience of this unit showed that its combat effectiveness was recognized by Qian Tiandun.

If regular troops of this level are used to deal with civilian armed forces whose training levels and combat experience are far different, there will naturally be no setbacks. After just a few rounds of shooting, the fire in the yard was already muted, and someone could faintly be heard.

The sound of screams could be heard. The situation of the city defense troops outside was much better. Only one person was unlucky enough to be shot. Fortunately, it was not a fatal injury. Even if reserve personnel took up the position, the firepower output was not affected.

When Xu Jiaqi saw that there was no more resistance inside, he also ordered a pause in firing. The shield soldiers took the lead and advanced step by step into Zhengfuji. When the smoke dissipated slightly, he could see that several people were already lying in the courtyard inside.

.The smell of gunpowder in the air is mixed with the smell of blood, making people feel like they are on a battlefield.

Once the frontal defense line is breached, it will be very difficult for the people inside to keep out the city defense army with only a few muskets. With few people and few guns, they cannot maintain a stable firepower output. The muskets in their hands are not loaded with ammunition.

The trouble is not even as good as the crossbows used by the Jin Yiwei. And if the firepower output is interrupted in front of an opponent like the city defense army, it will be difficult to have a chance to turn around.
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