I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 217

Chapter 216

Cheng Shijie was very angry at this time, and he was not angry because the pirates of the Zheng Group slaughtered civilians.

Do pirates have military discipline?If you expect them to observe military discipline, it is better to expect old cats not to steal, prostitutes to be chaste, or the national football team to enter the World Cup.

The military discipline of the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was actually not very good. The Guan Ning Army was not weaker than the bandits when they robbed the common people.

Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, Ning Haijun must have the best military discipline. Of course, the military discipline of the Tianxiong Army is not bad. Although it cannot be done without crime, it will definitely not be robbery and massacre of civilians.

But the problem is, Cheng Shijie heard the words of the day from the unscrupulous laughter, which made Cheng Shijie's blood pressure rise suddenly.

The soldiers of the Ning Navy immediately lined up to attack and moved towards Wusong's garrison of thousands of households. Accompanying the troops were the artillery units of the Ning Navy. It was different from the past. There were no heavy artillery here, and most of the artillery It is mainly based on flying thunder guns or tiger squatting guns.

These artillery have a characteristic, light.

Even though Ning Haijun had already touched the edge of Wusong's garrison of thousands of households, the leader of the Zheng family didn't notice it. At this time, the leader of the pirates was Zeng Cunxiong.Zeng Cunxiong is the younger brother of Zeng Shi, the concubine of Zheng Zhifeng's fourth younger brother Zheng Zhifeng.

The leaders and chiefs of Zheng's group are mostly from the beginning of Shibazhi's family, or they are related to Zheng's marriage. Zeng Cunxiong is a very cruel person. He is currently guarding the Thousand Household House in Wusong. , in the front hall of the Qianhu House, there were more than a dozen Ming army prisoners.

Zeng Cunxiong ordered the dozen or so Ming army prisoners to be tied up, while he took a samurai sword and chopped off the head of one of the Ming army prisoners.

As Zeng Cunxiong slashed down with a knife, a captive fell to the ground immediately.

Then, Zeng Cunxiong pointed the knife at prisoner No. 2 again, and the prisoner's head was thrown up like a hydrangea ball, and hot blood spattered Zeng Cunxiong's face.

Zeng Cunxiong stuck out his tongue and licked it, tasted the taste of blood, laughed wildly, and swung his knife again and again, those Ming soldiers who were kneeling on the ground were knocked over by him like chopping wood, no one tried to resist, no one ran away.

"The artillery is ready, call for shelling!"

Cheng Shijie thought for a moment, and said: "For the time being, we don't need shelling, just touch them and get rid of them!"

Cheng Shijie is not sure how many people are still in Wusong's garrison of thousands of households. Hearing the screams coming from the city, there should be a lot of people, but shells don't have eyes. Serious casualties.

The military uniform of Ning Haijun is black, which has the absolute best concealment in the dark night.It can be mixed with the night, especially suitable for night battles.

Ning Haijun's scouts took advantage of the cover of night and arrived under the city wall smoothly. At this time, the city gate was naturally closed. The sound of scratching, unless the defenders on the city wall are dead, it is impossible not to hear the sound.

Ning Navy soldiers quickly climbed up the city wall by building a ladder.

At this time, the few unlucky pirates guarding the city wall looked at the city enviously. An old pirate held a spear in his arms, looked at the captain beside him and asked, "Boss Biao, when will it be the brothers' turn to have fun?" one time?"

"Stand on your post!"

"Hey, the soldiers in the guard have already run away, you are still on guard!"

The old pirate grumbled: "If this continues, we brothers won't get anything!"

The captain pointed at the meat and wine in front of him and smiled, "Is there something you need to eat, or is there something you need to drink?"

The old pirate said nonchalantly: "There is no shortage of food, water, and meat, but Boss Biao has to consider that the brothers have not vented for two months. I am afraid that someone will get sick."

"Old Cao, you're fucking overwhelmed!"

The old pirate suddenly smelled the smell of blood, and immediately became alert: "Biaotou, there is a situation!"

"what's the situation!"

"Look, what is that?"

"Is anyone here?"

The old pirate only saw a cold star in front of him, which was a sharp crossbow arrow. Just as he was about to open his mouth, an arrow shot through his head. The crossbow arrow went in from his mouth and came out from the back of his head.

If the ballista shoots on a large scale, the sound of breaking through the air will be very loud, but the sound of sporadic shooting is very small. The ballista is also the best weapon for assassination.

The captain guarding the city was a little surprised, why was Lao Cao silent? Lao Cao was a talker and couldn't keep his mouth shut. However, when he turned his head, he saw a sharp dagger stabbing at him.

Ning Haijun successfully climbed up from the city wall, cleared out the guarding pirates on the city wall, and then quietly opened the city gate. As Ning Haijun soldiers entered, Wusong's garrison of thousands of households ushered in a bloody storm.

Cheng Shijie's order was to leave no one alive, and Naning's navy soldiers would carry out this order very thoroughly. Beheading is a meritorious service, and no one wants to make trouble with their bounty.

The Zheng pirates who were not vigilant immediately lost the four gates of Wusong's garrison of Qianhusuo.

Although Zeng Cunxiong is cruel and has some BT, the problem is that he really has two brushes. Although there are constant screams in the city, he can hear something wrong from the screams. After all, the screams of men are different from the screams of women. The difference is still huge.

Zeng Cunxiong came out of the thousand-household house. How could he expect that several iron arrows would shoot at him. Ning Haijun was originally equipped with Shansang crossbows, which were far more powerful than bows and arrows. Zeng Cunxiong reacted quickly and grabbed a guard in front of him. , but his bodyguard did not have such good luck.

The five personal guards were unavoidable and were shot one after another.Ning Haijun's crossbow actually shot at close range, and aimed at the vital parts, and the five guards were killed instantly.

At this time, Zeng Cunxiong had already seen the soldiers of the Ning Navy chasing and killing the Zheng pirates like chopping melons and vegetables. Zeng Cunxiong hurriedly retreated and began to organize the pirates to fight back.

It's just a pity that it's okay if they don't gather, but just after they finished gathering, they heard a burst of gunfire.

"Boom boom boom..."

Packs of explosives were fired from the already arranged fly thunder cannons, and the explosives ran in a strange trajectory and fell into the formation of Zheng's pirates. The gunpowder smoke and flames rushed up to a height of 30 meters, and the thunderous and violent bangs shook the pores of everyone present, and the blast swept everything.

Zeng Cunxiong was very lucky. With what he did, if he was not killed by the bomb, Cheng Shijie would definitely make Zeng Cunxiong regret coming to this world.

However, Zeng Cunxiong was also very unlucky. An explosive cannon fell at his feet, and the shock wave of the explosion hit him head-on, tearing Ge Cunxiong's body into various organs, turning it into a rain of flesh and blood.As for Zeng Cunxiong's personal soldiers, the shock wave of the explosion knocked their feet off the ground and flew straight backwards, causing even more tragedy in the army formation.

With the death of Zeng Cunxiong, Zheng's pirates surrendered one after another, but instead of surrendering, the little day warriors among them launched a desperate assault on Ning Haijun.

Since the breech-loading rifle was not invented, the Ning Navy's musket equipment has not been high, and the long-distance has always relied on crossbows.

In these crazy little days right now, the warriors have bumped into the Ning Haijun crossbow formation.

In many people's minds, ancient Chinese men were thinner than Europeans in physique and weaker in hand-to-hand combat, so they risked their lives to build strong bows and crossbows to play non-contact combat, while Europeans were physically strong and specialized in hand-to-hand combat.

In fact, this is not the case at all. The soldiers who used bows and crossbows in ancient times were all elites with strong backs and outstanding physical strength, because playing with bows and crossbows consumes much more energy than playing with knives.

A long knife weighs no more than one catty, a four-meter-long spear weighs about four or five catties, and a hammer that can knock a person's sky cap into the air weighs only six catties. Compound bows require dozens of kilograms of pulling force, and strengthened crossbows are even more terrifying. Song Dynasty god arm bows need [-] kilograms of pulling force to pull them apart. You can imagine how strenuous it is to shoot continuously with this thing.

Therefore, all the crossbowmen of the Ning Navy are tall and powerful men. The hard work, military training and sufficient food for the past year have made their muscles more and more plump. Although this thing has a pulley device, it can save a lot of physical strength.

However, a pulling force of [-] kilograms was still needed. The Ning Haijun crossbowmen, who had been waiting for the battle, leveled the crossbow, put it on their shoulder blades, and aimed at the howling little day warriors rushing over.

The samurai howled in desperation, making horrible and strange noises, trying to throw these damned crossbowmen into chaos. According to their experience, most Ming soldiers are very timid, as long as they put on a fierce look, they can scare them You have to run away, and then they can catch up and slash wildly with katana swords.

However, their experience was useless, and the soldiers of Ning Haijun just looked at their heads coldly.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Rows of crossbow arrows whizzed towards them, and the warriors in Xiaotian had no chance to dodge at all. The triangular arrowheads flew towards them at a very high speed. One thing was easily torn apart, followed by their muscles and bones.

The horrifying screams of the samurai in Xiaotian turned into screams in an instant, and the thin bodies of some unlucky ones who were shot by several crossbow arrows at the same time flew straight backwards like rag dolls. blood rain.The warriors without armor were even more pitiful, their entire bodies were pierced by an arrow, and the crossbow bolt pierced their backs with blood and flesh, and then deeply nailed into the chest of the person behind them, only then did they come to a complete stop.

In just one stick of incense, these two or three hundred little day warriors were shot into hedgehogs. With the death of these little day warriors, the battle in Wusong City can be said to have ended before it even started.

It took less than half an hour from the beginning of the battle to the end of the battle.

At this time, Shen Boyun finally saw the true strength of Ning Haijun.

Zheng's pirates fought countless battles with the Shachuan Gang, whether it was at sea or on land, but in fact, the Sandchuan Gang has always been at a disadvantage.

It's better when fighting at sea, as long as the Zheng's pirates don't deploy their main warships, the Sand Chuan Gang can compete with the Zheng's pirates, but it's completely different in land battles.There are quite a few small-time warriors in the Zheng family pirates. These small-day warriors are not afraid of death and are extremely flexible. In fights, these little guys are really good at fighting.

Wu Sheng asked: "Marshal, what should we do with these people?"

Cheng Shijie said lightly: "Kill it!"

"But……"

In Wu Sheng's eyes, these pirates, like Kong Youde's rebels at the time, should be dragged to Liaodong to farm for tenants, or thrown into the mines for labor reform.

What's more, massacres and looting are the most normal phenomena in this era. This is also the welfare of participating soldiers and a good opportunity for them to make a fortune.If the generals don't slaughter the city and don't benefit the soldiers, they will rebel.

"Congratulations, Marshal, for winning this big victory!"

Cheng Shijie smiled lightly: "Send someone to look for this general Wu Song and see if he is dead!"

Although Cheng Shijie gained control of Chongming Island through Zhu Weiti's relationship, it was not enough to rely on Chongming Island to control the Yangtze River going out to sea.

It is also necessary to control Changxing Island and Wusongkou.

At dawn, Meng En reported to Cheng Shijie: "We have found Zongbing Wu!"

It wasn't until this moment that Cheng Shijie knew that Wusongkou General Soldier actually had the same name and surname as Wu Sheng.

Cheng Shijie looked at Wu Sheng and Meng En and said, "To be able to escape from Mrs. Zheng's pursuit, this General Wu has a lot of skills!"

"It was found in...the pigsty!"

Cheng Shijie held his nose and saw Wu Sheng, the general soldier. This Wu Sheng was as tall as Cheng Shijie's personal guard Wu Sheng, and was even three inches taller than the Wu Sheng next to Cheng Shijie.

It's just that this Wu Sheng is older, about five or sixty years old, this general soldier Wu Sheng is really too ugly, I don't know where he lost his saber, his helmet is crooked, and his official uniform is messed up It was as if it had been planed by a chicken, and the gorgeous mountain armor was dirty and covered with pig feces.

The commander-in-chief dropped his troops as soon as he learned that Zheng's fleet was coming, left the fortress he wanted to defend and the people he wanted to protect and fled. In order to escape Zheng's pursuit, he actually hid Entered a pigsty outside Huating County, got all pig feces, and was extremely embarrassed.

Soldier Wu Sheng saw dead bodies all over the ground in Wusongkou Fortress, and was even more frightened out of his wits, but when he saw that the Japanese pirates and pirates were all dead, he unexpectedly regained a bit of courage. He straightened his helmet, coughed, and stared at Xue Siming Drink: "Who are you? Why did you break into Wu's defense zone? Do you have a fire ticket from the Ministry of War?"

Although Wu Sheng's general soldier needs courage and courage, and strength and strength, it is undeniable that he still has a bit of brains. At this time, he has regained the Wusongkou Fortress and wiped out thousands of pirates. This is a great achievement.

Thinking of this, Commander Wu Sheng rolled his eyes, looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "I don't know if my lord is..."

While talking, he saw Cheng Shijie's banner with the word "Cheng". The surname Cheng is actually not a small surname, and it can be ranked 39th in a hundred surnames. But the problem is that in the Chongzhen Dynasty, only Cheng Shijie could hold the banner.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to Duke Hai and Cheng Shuai!"

Although Cheng Shijie despises Wu Sheng as a general soldier, the problem is that he needs to cooperate with Wu Sheng, the general soldier. Even if he takes down Wusongkou, Wusongkou is different from Liaodong. He is different here in Shanghai.

It is absolutely impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to hand over Wusongkou to Cheng Shijie. Similarly, the ministers of the imperial court will not agree, after all, Wusongkou is their lifeblood.

Cheng Shijie really couldn't stand the smell of pig feces on Wu Sheng's body, so he asked people directly: "You wash and wash Wu Zongbing, his clothes are disheveled, what do you look like!"

General Wu Sheng looked at Cheng Shijie and hurriedly said, "Cheng Shuai, I have something to do..."

"Let's take a shower!"

The soldiers of the Ning Navy did not have a good attitude towards Wu Sheng's general soldier. Two or three thousand civilians were killed or injured in the Wusongkou Fortress, most of them were old, weak, women and children who had no time to escape. The official is not impressed.

Cheng Shijie said to let General Wu Sheng take a bath, but he didn't say to let him take a hot bath, so the soldiers of the Ning Navy directly brought water from the river and poured it directly on Wu Sheng.

You must know that it is the water of the Yangtze River at the end of December. During the Little Ice Age, although the Yangtze River did not freeze, it does not mean that the water in the Yangtze River is not cold. Wu Sheng can't stand it if a few barrels of water go down.

"Cheng Shuai... this officer... wants to!"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said, "Are you qualified to negotiate terms with me?"

If it can be tolerated, General Wu Sheng is willing to tolerate it. Anyway, he can't provoke Cheng Shijie, but the problem is, now that Cheng Shijie wants his life, he will resist.

It's just a pity that his resistance only made Ning Haijun's behavior more violent.

At this time, a few Ning Haijun soldiers were holding wire brushes and were about to give General Soldier Wu Sheng a bath, and now General Soldier Wu Sheng's face turned green: "What Cheng Shuai wants to do, just tell him!"

"That's right, that's right!"

(End of this chapter)