Chapter 119 Pirates (3)
But at this moment, something strange happened. The Spanish-style three-masted pirate ship was hit by the tail. It took the force of this collision to complete the final turn, and caused another pirate ship to pounce on the air, almost passing by the bow. It formed a situation where the Cangshan ship and the pirate ship clamped the Spanish-style three-masted pirate ship.
At this time, the four artillery on the Spanish-style three-masted pirate ship had already been fixed on both sides of the ship's side and immediately fired the guns. "Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Bo
Just as the Spanish-style three-masted pirate ship was entangled with Shen Shouchong's fleet, the other three pirate ships also ran away with their fleets. After the Spanish-style three-masted pirate ships emerged from the siege, they bulged their sails and sailed at full speed, crossed an arc of trajectory on the sea surface, catching up with the other three companions. After Shen Shouchong's fleet turned around, the four pirate ships ran away with their fleets and seemed to be unable to catch up. Although Shen Shouchong was so angry that he stamped his feet and beat his chest, he had no choice but to order the warships to return to the dock.
Shang Yi then put down his telescope. In fact, the result of this naval battle was not important. Although the pirate ship was released and the Ming army suffered a small loss, the casualties were not large. However, in terms of form, this was still a naval battle mode from the fifteenth to the early sixteenth century. Except for the superb navigation technology and clever tactics of the Spanish-style three-masted pirate ship, the rest were also unsatisfactory.
Although Shang Yi did not understand the naval warfare of this era, we can also learn from various historical materials that the use of artillery in Europe began roughly in the 14th and early fifteenth centuries. However, from the concept of artillery power and naval warfare at that time, until the mid-16th century, the jumping and impact tactics of medieval naval warfare were still very popular, and they were called "sea land warfare."
Until 1571, when the Battle of Lebanto occurred between Spain and Turkey, the sailing ships were still the protagonist of the battlefield. The Spanish tactics were to first cause the enemy ship to lose combat capabilities, then climb and jump to engage in hand-to-hand combat. In fact, they still did not break away from the old model of "sea land warfare" and ultimately rely on infantry to win the naval battle.
However, since the Battle of Gravlin, which wiped out the Spanish Invincible Armada in 1588, naval battles have begun to be dominated by sail warships, and mixed sailing warships have basically withdrawn from the mainstream ranks, and the mode of naval battles mainly relies on the mobility of artillery and warships. It ended the past kind of flesh-and-blooded battles, making the form of "maritime land warfare" gradually become the past, marking the arrival of the sail artillery era of naval warfare.
In this naval battle, the Ming army still used the old tactics of approaching enemy ships, climbing and jumping gangs, and conducting hand-to-hand combat. Although this is related to the small warships of the Ming army and the limited number of artillery, the most important thing is the tactical idea. In addition, the lucky ship used by the Ming army was too bad. Compared with the Spanish-style three-masted pirate ship, the speed and flexibility were not a little worse. If this ship could be equipped with ten to twenty artillery guns, this ship would probably be enough to single out all the Ming army's warships.
It seems that if you want to build a powerful navy of this era, you still have a long way to go. The first thing you need to do is of course build a ship. So Shang Yi also made up his mind to start building a ship as soon as possible.
Just as Shang Yi was thinking, the battlefield was basically cleaned up. The two captured pirate ships were carefully searched, and all the pirates were captured and tied up, and they were taken off the boat. They sat on the beach with the pirates who went ashore to rob.
After checking, a total of 243 pirates were killed in this battle and 187 were captured alive. The merchant army killed twenty-seven people, all of whom were killed in the battle against the pirate ships. In the battle in the two villages, no one was killed or killed. In addition, fourteen people were caught by pirates were found in the bottom floor of the decks of the two ships. According to Duan Peng's report, four of them were foreigners.
For the merchant army, the result of a huge gap in casualties is common, but in the eyes of the soldiers of Changguo Guard, this is simply a miracle. In this battle, more than 400 pirates were killed and captured alive, two warships were seized, and if they were to be killed or killed, they would have to suffer at least 200 casualties, but the merchant army only died 27 people. Such a war was really unimaginable.
At this time, Luo Yuanbin also led the soldiers to appease the people in the two villages. Shang Yi ordered Duan Peng to bring a small pirate leader over and ask questions himself. After a while, Duan Peng brought the soldiers to raise someone. Because this guy was commanding on a boat just now, he probably should be a small leader. After being brought to Shang Yi, the guy was a little dissatisfied and was pressed by three soldiers to kneel on the ground, and Ao Ao just called.
Shang Yi said: "You are pirates there, why do you come to Magang to rob? Who is the leader? Let's be honest."
This little leader has been guarding the boat just now, and has not participated in the battle in the village, and has not yet seen the strong combat power of the merchant army, so he still looks rebellious. While struggling, he said, "If you want to kill, kill, and if your head falls, you will have a big scar. What's there to ask? Twenty years later, I'm still a hero, so I'll report it when the time comes..."
Before he could finish his words, Shang Yi had already kicked his feet and kicked him on the chin, immediately kicking him up, falling heavily to the ground, with a few teeth falling, and blood flowing out of his mouth and nostrils, and he was lying on the ground and screaming. The other arrested pirates were in a stir, and many people started to curse, but immediately some soldiers from the merchant army smashed them down with a butt, smashing more than a dozen people, and immediately calmed the commotion.
Shang Yi knew that these pirates were all cruel and vicious, rebellious, and did not take life and death seriously. It was harder to subdue veterans than peasant soldiers. It was useless to discuss them easily. They could only use violence to suppress violence and use more cruel and fierce means than them to suppress them. Otherwise, it would be even harder to manage these people in the future.
Therefore, Shang Yi walked to the little leader, stepped on his back, and said, "If you become a prisoner, you must look like a prisoner, otherwise you will have to suffer and answer my question honestly."
The little boss was quite tough and said vaguely: "If you have the guts, kill me. Grandpa frowned and was not considered a hero."
Shang Yi nodded and smiled, "I'm so backbone." As he said that, he grabbed his hair and lifted him up from the ground. He raised his hand and pulled out a saber from the calf of his right leg, stabbed him on his left arm with a knife. The pirate screamed, and Shang Yi then stabbed him in the thigh with another knife. He also said, "You must hold on. Since you have been a hero, you must be a reward to the end. A hero is not even afraid of death. What is this pain?
Although he was talking, his hands didn't stop at all. In a short while, he stabbed seventeen or eighteen times with his meridians, and he was very cautious and stabbed them all to the point of being a vital part. Although he was bleeding profusely, he still couldn't die for a while. He only felt the pain that the pirate screamed like a pig. His whole body was covered in blood, and it was indescribable to say that it was terrifying and terrifying.
Although pirates are all wise men who kill people, they have rarely seen Shang Yi mercilessly while talking and laughing. Moreover, when they see the little leader, many people were so scared that they trembled all over. They were not afraid of death, but this kind of dismantling and grinding is much more uncomfortable than death.
At this time, the little leader finally couldn't help it and said in his throat: "I said, I said, I said everything, I'll be lucky."
Shang Yi let go, threw him on the beach, and sneered: "I just said that it's too late to pass through the wind. Duan Peng, throw him into the sea."
Duan Peng answered, brought two soldiers over, dragged the little leader with blood to the beach, and threw it into the sea. Because the sea water contains salt, his whole body was covered with wounds. As soon as he soaked in the sea water, the wounds all over his body immediately made itchy. He screamed a few times, but gradually there was no sound and sank into the sea water.
The other pirates were all frightened, and the most courageous one couldn't help but be so scared that their faces were pale and their heartbeats became even more intense. At this time, Shang Yi said: "Okay, are there any of you who think they are heroes, so you can stand up."
After asking twice, no one dared to answer the pirates. Shang Yi said again: "Since there is nothing, then just answer my question honestly."
Sure enough, when Shang Yi took out another pirate to ask, he became much more honest, and once he told everything he knew.
It turned out that this group of pirates was basically composed of the remnants of the former large pirates such as Li Qikui, Liu Xiang, Yang Liu, Yang Qi, Zhu Cai Lao, etc. Because they were unwilling to defect to Zheng Zhilong, they joined forces to make a living by robbing merchant ships. Because of the small team and many strongholds, Zheng Zhilong surrounded them several times but failed to catch them, so there was no way to deal with them for a while. However, according to themselves, they usually do not go to land to rob. This time it was because the Xuanhuang Cult rebelled in Zhejiang and accidentally occupied one of their possessions in Magang County. This time it was purely a revenge operation.
Shang Yi didn't feel a little funny when he heard this. It seemed that this was a misunderstanding. The pirates didn't know that the rebellion had been quelled. However, at this point, both sides had no room for recovery. After thinking about it, he said, "Who is your leader? Is he a young woman?"
A pirate said, "Yes, I heard that she is Li Qikui's niece, named Li Huamei."
"Li Huamei?" Shang Yi was also stunned. There was really a woman named Li Huamei in this era, and she was also the leader of the female sea robber.
Chapter completed!