The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 99

More than 40 men in black with their hands and feet tied were knelt on the deck by a large group of sailors pointing at them with knives. Next to them lay more than a dozen corpses, also all in black.

Luo Mingshou was wearing pajamas with his chest open, and was about to curse his mother because his dream was disturbed, when he heard his confidant whispering something quickly in his ear, the corners of his eyes immediately glanced at the piles of gunpowder, kerosene, etc., and fell asleep immediately Nothing at all, I just felt a chill behind his back—these people were loading gunpowder under his boat just now, and at the same time, someone set fire to the upper air outlet, this is to catch him all!

And if someone hadn't happened to discover these thieves tonight and warned the police in time, he might have been buried in the sea of ​​fire by now.

"I'm Throwing Lei's mother!" Luo Mingshou's face was gloomy, and he pointed at the kneeling man in black, "Ask, who sent them here."

Immediately, several strong shirtless men stepped forward to pick up the thief who burned the boat and began to torture him.

Luo Mingshou turned his head and asked again: "Do you know which group of people warned us just now?"

Before anyone could reply, some of his subordinates reported to him that Zhang Jiayu and Staff Officer Zhang Jiayu of the Dragon Guards had come to pay a visit.

Dragon Guard?Isn't that Wang Chen's team?Luo Mingshou suddenly remembered that Chen Wang had reminded him to prevent the thieves from setting fire to the boat, and he suddenly understood eight or nine points in his heart, and quickly waved: "Please!"

Zhang Jiayu boarded the large warship, saw that Luo Mingshou had led the crowd to welcome him at the hatch, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said to him: "It seems that the thief has been captured. The thief is very vicious, as long as Luo is safe!"

"May I ask Mr. Zhang, are these patrolling officers on the shore from the Dragon Guards?"

Zhang Jiayu smiled and nodded, "Exactly."

Luo Mingshou immediately knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists vigorously and saluted, "Luo Mingshou's more than 3000 brothers under his command thank Mr. Zhang for saving his life!"

Hundreds of sailors behind him also knelt down and shouted: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for saving your life!"

Zhang Jiayu hurriedly helped him up, shook his head and said, "It's not Jiayu's work. This is what our Highness Chen Wang ordered, asking me to send troops to guard the river bank, and don't let the thieves take advantage of the loopholes to attack and burn the fleet."

In fact, Li Lang was lucky, the Dragon Guards deployed nearly 200 secret sentries at the place where Luo Mingshou's fleet was stationed, but he happened to bypass them all and reached the side of the ship.Fortunately, Zhang Jiayu arranged another hussar to inspect all the warships one by one at night, so he was caught.

"It's His Royal Highness Chen..." Luo Mingshou looked ashamed, "Your Highness reminded me half a month ago that the thieves would come to burn the boat and asked me not to park on the shore. I was confused and didn't listen to Your Highness." Warning. If it were not for His Highness’s arrangement tonight, I, Luo Ming, would be dead.”

In fact, when he first received Zhu Linmi's reminder, he spent the night in Jiangxin cautiously for a while, but he didn't find anything unusual for several days, so he felt that Chen Wang was just alarmist.

In addition, it was much more convenient to stop at the shore, so he quickly put this matter behind him, until now he felt that Chen Wang was really good at predicting things.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came down to report that the thief had confessed, that he was a captive in Nanchang city, trying to scuttle my ship on the downwind port, and then set fire to the upwind port.

"Dog thief, I'm throwing mine away!" Luo Mingshou was furious, "I haven't touched your Nanchang city, yet you want to take the lives of all my brothers! From now on, I will be at odds with you slaves! "

Luo Mingshou was originally a pirate who was also a merchant. Because of the civil unrest in southern Guangdong, and because he was worried that Zheng Zhilong's huge fleet would encircle him, he accepted the consolation in order to be safe, but he didn't want to die with the prisoner. knock.

But after this burning of the ship, he and the Qing army have formed a bond, and they will never die in the future. This is an unexpected harvest for Zhu Linmi.

After sending Zhang Jiayu away, Luo Mingshou went to see the place where the thieves chiseled the boat.But when he saw a big hole half a foot long on the side of the boat, the men next to him told him that the gunpowder had been filled into the hull and almost ignited.

He was also a short-tempered person, and as the sky was getting brighter, he ordered the five largest warships, loaded them with gifts, and headed towards Longnan.

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Zhu Linmi looked at the big hole with a diameter of more than two meters on the ground, and sighed in her heart, the power of the 24-pound gun is really impressive.If the shells hadn't bounced twice on the river beach, the crater would have been even more astonishingly large.

At the same time, the shooting range of this cannon is also very terrifying. With only seven catties of gunpowder loaded, it can shoot two and a half miles away.Except for the inconvenient weight of [-] catties, he was very satisfied with other aspects.

With such heavy artillery, it is believed that the city walls of Nanchang will be blasted away and the entire territory of Jiangxi will be completely recovered.

Zhu Linming returned to the cannon, and was about to continue to increase the charge and try to shoot, when Shi Lin said: "Master Commander, Luo Ming is asked to see you, look..."

Before he finished speaking, Luo Mingshou's voice came from a distance, "Your Majesty, Luo Mingshou, pay homage to His Royal Highness Chen Wang!"

Zhu Linmei didn't expect that the ex-water bandit would go directly to the river beach, but he could come here, thinking that his fleet should be safe, so she waved her hand and ordered the soldiers to get out of the way and let Luo Ming come over.

Luo Mingshou walked up to him quickly, and without saying a word, he brought a few relatives along with him and bowed, "Thank you for saving your life, Your Highness! Mingshou and a group of brothers are alive today, it's all up to His Highness to save them.

"From now on, His Highness only needs to give instructions if there is anything to do, and Ming Shoujue will never say anything!"

He motioned behind him again, and immediately one of his subordinates handed over a gift list to Shi Lin.

Zhu Linming asked him to get up, asked about the process in detail, and felt that this was exactly the same as the process of Jin Shenghuan burning Luo Mingshou's fleet outside the city of Ganzhou in history. The inertia of history is indeed very strong.

Fortunately, this time, with my own "prophet" warning, the Ming army fleet was not burned down.These warships were not only of great help in conquering Nanchang City, but Luo Mingshou's fleet would also be of great help in fighting along the Yangtze River in the future.

For example, in Zhejiang right now, no matter how powerful the Qing army is, as long as Fang Guoan's fleet patrols the Qiantang River, the Qing army lacking battleships will not be able to cross the river even half a step.

Luo Mingshou said a lot of words of thanks.Zhu Linming chatted with him for a while, and found that he was a man of loyalty, courage, and right from wrong, and his words seemed to be eager to seek revenge.

Zhu Linmei nodded secretly, thinking that this Luo Mingshou might be able to be cultivated well, as long as he gets rid of the gangster spirit, he should be a good leader.

Anthony came over from the side, bowed to Zhu Linmi and said, "Your Highness, the ten-jin charge test is ready, do you think it's time to light the fire?"

After hearing the translation, Luo Mingshou noticed the heavy cannon not far away. He has been using the cannon for so many years, but he has never seen such a big cannon, and his eyes are full of surprise.

Seeing that he was interested in the cannon, Zhu Lin simply let him watch the test firing together, then turned around and ordered Anthony to fire the cannon.

After a while, there was only a roar, and ten catties of gunpowder sent an iron ball weighing more than 20 catties three miles away in an instant. The earth-shattering momentum shocked Luo Ming, who was used to guns, so that his head slammed.

　I wish everyone a happy New Year's Day!Eat and have fun!

　　Don’t forget to read books during the holidays^_^
　　
　
(End of this chapter)