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Volume 1: The Life of a Bandit Chapter 219: Lure and Profit

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    A north wind was blowing on the sea, and the turbulent waves pushed the warships of both sides up and down. The naval warship from Lushun, this round of artillery attack did not cause much damage to the Fushan Navy warship. Fushan Navy  The injured were all the soldiers on the smaller warship, as well as the sails and masts on the warship.  The No. 1 Dafu Ship had a tall hull and was beyond the reach of the opponent's artillery. The soldiers on board were not affected.  This was the first time that Cheng Yousheng led a naval fleet to sea alone. After all, he had no experience in sea combat. When encountering enemy ships, he ordered the warships to form an attack formation, but ignored the howling north wind on the sea. This was extremely detrimental to the Fushan Fleet sailing against the wind.  In this case, the fleet should change its course, and the naval warships should go around the side of the opponent's navy and seize the opportunity to launch an attack. In this way, the defense of the own fleet is guaranteed, and it can also attack the opponent's warships in a wider range.  Facing the enemy warships, they failed to seize the right opportunity and did not assess the situation and order artillery fire, which resulted in being attacked by the enemy. An expert could tell at a glance that the commander of the Fushan Navy fleet lacked experience in naval warfare.  Facing the opponent¡¯s sudden attack, Cheng Yousheng broke into a cold sweat.  These surface combat experiences need to be accumulated slowly for Cheng Yousheng, but there is no time to reflect now.  As soon as the opponent's artillery fire passed, Cheng Yousheng immediately waved his telescope and shouted: "Send the signal, all warships' artillery fire immediately!" The artillerymen of the Fushan Navy Fleet stayed beside the artillery and suffered, and the firing order was delayed, but instead received the opponent's  Artillery fire.  "The opponent's warship just launched a round of artillery fire attack, which made people feel that the power of the opponent's artillery is not very strong. Many artillery soldiers think that.  Under the same conditions, the power of Fushan fleet's artillery fire is definitely much greater than that of the opponent.  Received the order to fire artillery.  The artillery crew responded quickly, and bursts of deafening gunfire resounded across the sea.  A total of six Hongyi cannons are installed on the six Dafu ships of the Fushan Navy Fleet.  In addition, the artillery of the No. 2 Fu Ship and the Sentinel Ship were Western artillery, and the artillery of the Fushan Navy was fired. The power of the rear artillery of both sides was very high.  The furthest range of the Hongyi cannon on the Dafu ship of the Fushan Navy can reach five miles, and each shot can be heard for several miles. Likewise, once it hits the target, the damage it causes is shocking.  Now that the warships of both sides are at most one mile apart, the Hongyi cannons on the six Dafu ships roared almost simultaneously, and a burst of fire was seen from the muzzle, accompanied by a burst of gunpowder smoke.  After the first ammunition was fired, all artillery crews immediately began to clean the barrel.  Prepare for the second launch.  The smoke cleared before my eyes, and I saw several warships of the opponent's side being hit by Hongyi cannons. The hit warships were in a mess, the masts of the warships were broken into two sections, and the warships that lost their masts and sails began to spin on the sea.  , the warship had broken limbs and arms, and there were wounded and wounded soldiers everywhere.  A large hole was punched out of the hull of one of the Haicang ships. Water surged into the hull and the ship began to tilt.  A few soldiers on the Haicang ship panicked and jumped into the sea, preparing to swim to a nearby warship for rescue. Most of the surviving soldiers cried and cursed, but did not have the courage to jump into the cold water.  Lushun Vice Admiral Chen sometimes stood at the bow of the command ship.  They were suspicious of this sudden appearance of the naval fleet. Among the more than 30 warships, the opponent actually had six No. 1 Great Fortune Ships.  The worst of the rest of the warships are the sentry ships. Although they are small in number, their combat power is unmatched by the other warships led by themselves.  In the entire Dongjiang Town, there is no such a powerful naval fleet under the command of Chief Military Officer Huang Long.  The only possibility is that this naval fleet is the Denglai Naval Fleet.  Dengzhou is controlled by Kong Youde, and the Denglai Navy should fall into his hands.  However, it seems that the situation is not right at present, and the opponent seems to be coming with a fierce momentum to fight with the navy he leads.  Did something unexpected happen?  Sometimes the more Chen thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and his idea of ??defecting to Dengzhou Kong Youde wavered.  Originally, I, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others belonged to Dongjiang Town. After the commander-in-chief Mao Wenlong was unjustly killed, they, the soldiers under Marshal Mao, went their separate ways.  Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng and other generals led their troops to defect to Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, while Chen Shiyou, Mao Chenglu and other generals continued to stay at the garrison.  Huang Long took over as the chief military officer of Dongjiang Town. The remaining military generals on various islands did not take him seriously at all and violated his military orders.  The commander-in-chief Huang Long used military pay as a threat, so that generals who obeyed orders would get enough food and pay. However, those unruly people tried every means to deduct military pay, which led to two military rebellions in just two years.  Chen Shi was the deputy general of Lushun, and of course he was deceived by Huang Long. He had no choice but to live under the low eaves and could only swallow his anger.  Lushun is divided into north and south cities. The north city was demolished by Hou Jinnu soldiers in the third year of Yaoqi. At present, Chen Shi is stationed in the south city. There are 300 steps in the city and the trench is two meters wide.?5 feet, with only two gates in the north and south, and 3,000 officers and soldiers stationed there, but in fact only over 1,000 officers and soldiers were stationed there.  One hundred miles to the north of Lushun City is Jinzhou occupied by Houjin. Jinzhou has been controlled by Houjin for three years after the death of Yaoqi. The troops stationed here are the troops of Houjin Xianglan Banner.  Because of the smooth sea routes of the Ming Dynasty, troops could be transported to Lushun by sea at any time to launch attacks on the hinterland of Houjin. Therefore, Houjin had to allocate a large part of its troops to defend Lushun in Jinzhou and Fuzhou.  On the contrary, if the Ming Dynasty abandoned Lushun and Hou Jin occupied this strategic location, Denglai and other places close to southern Liaoning would become the first choice for Hou Jin to burn, kill and loot, and there would never be peace from now on.  It can be said that Lushun is controlled by the Ming Dynasty, which poses a huge constraint to the Hou Jin regime. Its strategic position is self-evident. As the deputy general of Lushun, Chen sometimes knows this clearly.  But even for these soldiers who are in their early thousand years, it is still difficult to ensure food and salary supplies, and they are often deducted by the commander-in-chief Huang Long.  Because all the Han people around Lushun were ordered to be killed by the old slaves of Hou Jin Dynasty, and the surrounding area was deserted, the Lushun guards had nowhere to go out to rob.  They can only rely on others to survive. All food and salary supplies rely on external supplies. The officers and soldiers stationed here can barely feed themselves. Therefore, the officers and soldiers stationed in Lushun City have long complained.  After learning that Kong Youde had occupied a strategic location such as Dengzhou, Chen Youde could not hold back immediately. After a few days of preparations, he led most of the Lushun guardsmen to Dengzhou to defect to Kong Youde.  As for the consequences of Lushun being occupied by Hou Jin, they have long been ignored.  The two navy masters met.  Both sides fired a round of artillery, and the gap was immediately apparent.  The power of the opponent's warship is beyond the comparison of your own no-name warship!  Seeing that the other party¡¯s six large ships, which were like castles on the sea, were rushing towards their naval warships with great pressure, their own warships really had no way to hide, so they could only let this behemoth knock over the warships.  Chen Suowen was horrified in his heart. These more than a thousand people were the foundation of his foothold. If they were wiped out in a daze, he would become a lost dog with no place to stay.  At this time, the thought of competing with the opponent has long since disappeared. It is important to protect the men and horses in hand from being wiped out.  Urgently order the flag-bearing soldiers to signal to the opponent and request the opponent to suspend the attack.  The two sides held peace talks and ordered their own artillery to stop firing again.  The flag soldiers sent out a signal, and soon the other side's navy responded. The other side asked themselves, the commander of the navy, to come forward to communicate, so that the other side could temporarily stop the attack.  Watching the opponent's castle-like warship on the sea slow down slowly, Chen Suowen's nervously beating heart calmed down a little.  He ordered his ship to sail out of the naval queue and dock with the No. 1 Dafu Ship on the opposite side. After the two warships approached, Chen sometimes stepped out of the bow position.  He saw a young man standing on the opposite warship with a telescope in his hand, looking at him.  Although Chen sometimes is a third-grade military attache, he cannot figure out the identity of the other party. Now his navy is threatened by the other party.  If you can't help but keep your posture lower.  Standing at the bow of the ship, he bowed slightly to Cheng Yousheng and said, "My officer is Lushun Lieutenant General Chen Shiyou. I don't know why the general opposite has a distinguished name. Why does he want to intercept and attack us?" Cheng Yousheng grinned.  As expected, this was Chen Shiyou, the commander-in-chief of Lushun. Listening to his words, he avoided the important and took the easy.  Instead, blame yourself.  Cheng Yousheng has the best way to deal with such talkative people.  There was a hint of playfulness in the corner of his mouth: "Since you are the deputy general of Lushun, why did the Jinnu soldiers go to Dengzhou to do the defense after the command center was guarded?" Chen sometimes swallowed at Cheng Yousheng's words and said: "I am leading the soldiers under my command to patrol the sea.  " Cheng Yousheng immediately interrupted: "Does the maritime patrol require you to go out personally? Do you need to send out all your troops from Lushun? Do you need to be sneaky and not dare to show the navy's flag? I think you are going to defect to Kong Youde's rebels?  !" Cheng Yousheng's words were shocking. Chen Yousheng's face immediately changed, and he yelled with some guilt: "You are talking nonsense. You are talking nonsense and saying that I have taken refuge in Kong Youde." Cheng Yousheng said with a cat-and-mouse smile on his face!  I don't need evidence. If you don't accept it, I will have strong ships and cannons to deal with you. Now I will give you two ways. One is to follow our naval fleet back to the military port and wait for processing; the other is to have a duel between the two sides and let our warships fight.  I will sink all your miscellaneous naval forces into the sea." Chen Shizi couldn't be frightened by Cheng Yousheng's words. He took a deep breath and said, "I see that the warships led by the general are strong and powerful.  Only the Dengzhou Navy has such strength in the Liaohai Sea. Could it be that the general and his subordinates are members of the Dengzhou Navy?" Cheng Yousheng said without hesitation: "Yes, the warships I lead are the Dengzhou Navy warships.When Dengzhou was captured, all the warships of our Dengzhou Navy were safely transferred, cutting off Kong Youde's retreat.  " He pondered for a while and said: "Our garrison masters said that you have old ties with Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others, and it is very likely that you came from afar to join us. Now it has come true.  "Cheng Yousheng naturally wanted to address Feng Jian's official position in front of outsiders. "Chen sometimes was really disappointed. He originally expected Kong Youde to occupy Dengzhou City, but he and his old brothers from Dongjiang gathered together again to run Dengzhou into an independent kingdom. From then on, he refused to listen.  Xuan, drink and eat meat with a big bowl, and no longer be exploited by Huang Long's people. It can be said that the reason why Chen sometimes defected to Dengzhou was because he valued the Dengzhou Navy. He owned the Dengzhou Navy, even if the city of Dengzhou was taken over by the imperial court.  The army can also use the navy to retreat from the sea. Suddenly, they heard that all the Dengzhou naval warships were moved, and Kong Youde and others only got an empty water city, and they were naturally disappointed! (To be continued.)  )
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