The four of Zhao Heng persisted for seven or eight minutes. The Qian brothers were already exhausted. They retreated to Zhao Heng and asked, "Sir, if this doesn't work, let's retreat!"

Although Zhao Heng's physical strength is much stronger than theirs, because he is the main force and bears most of the pressure, Zhao Heng has no strength now, but he must not retreat. At this time, as long as he turns around and relaxes a little, he will immediately

With his head in a different place, Zhao Heng gritted his teeth and said, "Hold on, Zhang Guozhu and the others should be back soon!"

At this critical moment, Zhao Heng heard neat slogans coming from behind. He knew that reinforcements were coming without looking back. Zhao Heng shouted loudly: "Hold on, reinforcements are coming!"

Zhao Heng saw hope here, and the pirates also saw the reinforcements behind them. When Huang Xin saw why the fleeing guys were back, he shouted angrily: "Quickly, aim the tiger crouching cannon at the back.

Let them come!"

Zhao Heng saw that the pirates were about to load the cannon again, and knew that if he only gave the pirates a chance to fire the cannon, his side would never be able to win. His soldiers could not withstand two blows. Zhao Heng shouted: "Everyone

Work harder, rush over and grab the artillery, we must not let them fire it again!"

After Zhao Heng finished speaking, he chopped down a pirate in front of him with a knife and was about to rush over to stop the pirates from firing the Crouching Tiger Cannon. However, the pirates were not fools. How could they let Zhao Heng be so satisfied? Huang Xin quickly pulled over a leader next to him and said: "Huang Manzi,

You must resist those four people when you go up, and you must not let them get close to the Crouching Tiger Cannon!"

Huang Manzi is the younger brother of Huang Xin, and he is also a brave and fierce man. Hearing what his brother said, he rushed forward with a steel knife. Zhao Heng and others were blocked here, and the pirates on the other side began to crouch for the tiger.

Secondary loading.

There were many types of artillery in the Ming Dynasty, and the most advanced was the Hongyi cannon. This artillery was obtained by Guangdong officials from salvaging British shipwrecks at the Pearl River Estuary during the Wanli Period. According to later archeology, the British 18-pound front-loading smoothbore cannon should be imitated. This artillery is very advanced.

It was this imitation cannon that killed Nurhaci in Ningyuan.

As for the Tiger Crouching Cannon, it is a native Chinese artillery. This type of artillery was created during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese invasion was rampant in the southeastern mountainous areas of China. During the fight against the Japanese pirates, due to the crisscrossing ditches in the paddy fields and the complex terrain, the weapons masters of the Ming Dynasty relied on

The Crouching Tiger Cannon was created based on actual needs.

The Tiger Crouching Cannon is very similar to the mortars of later generations. It was created to make up for the shortcomings of some foreign firearms. It can be regarded as winning glory for domestic firearms. Initially, when Qi Jiguang was fighting Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, he discovered bird guns and Franco machine guns.

It was not satisfactory when used, so the plan was to create a firearm that was more powerful than the bird blunderbuss and could defend against large groups of enemies. This was the famous Tiger Crouching Cannon. This kind of gun was much more powerful than the bird blunderbuss; it was more powerful than the Franco machine.

It is light, easier to carry, has strong maneuverability in field operations, and can control dangerous passes in defense.

Huang Xin's squatting tiger cannon was produced in the late Jiajing period, and it has been over a hundred years now. If Huang Xin had not gone to Qiongzhou to become a river dragon this time, he would not have brought this old guy out.

The pirates loaded the Tiger Crouching Cannon with ammunition. Two of them pushed the cannon base and pointed it at the new army not far away. The leader took out a tinder, lit it and threw it into the fire door. Only a loud sound was heard.

There was a burst of white smoke. When Zhao Heng heard the loud noise, he thought his team was finished. However, when the white smoke in front of him dispersed slightly, he found that his team was unscathed, but the pirates who were loading artillery were lying on the ground.

Screaming on the ground.

Zhao Heng knew what was going on as soon as he saw it. These idiots didn't know what happened. The cannon exploded. Zhao Heng was happy.

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shouted: "The artillery has exploded, take the opportunity to rush over and kill them all!"

Advanced firearms such as the Crouching Tiger Cannon require routine maintenance. The Ming Army had full-time blacksmiths responsible for maintaining the firearms. The Pirate Crouching Tiger Cannon has been used for hundreds of years, and cracks have already appeared inside the barrel. They already appeared when the gun was fired for the first time.

If you are an experienced officer, you should stop firing immediately, but do these pirates know this? Under the urging of the leader Huang Xin, these pirates also loaded twice the gunpowder into the Tiger Crouching Cannon. If you don't blow up the chamber, who will?

Exploded chamber?

Huang Xin was very close to the Crouching Tiger Cannon, and the explosion just now knocked him to the ground. When he woke up, he found that the enemy had rushed in front of him, and his men were killed in pieces.

Huang Xin knew that he was completely defeated today. Huang Xin had no choice but to shout: "Quick, get back to the ship, let's go back!"

At this time, the pirates' morale and courage were gone, and they started to run away without being greeted by Huang Xin. Now that the leader had spoken, they naturally left their opponents and started to run for their lives.

Seeing the pirates fleeing one after another, Zhao Heng knew that this was the last battle of the day. Instead of restraining his men, he shouted: "As a platoon, start the pursuit!"

After the desperate fight just now, Zhao Heng had already exhausted all his energy. Now that he saw that his side had finally won, his spirit relaxed, his legs and hands became weak, and he sat on the ground panting heavily.

At this time, Zhang Guozhu and the reorganized new army had arrived in front of Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng waved his hands feebly and said: "Follow us and clear out all the pirates!"

Zhang Guozhu nodded and began to eliminate the pirates. By this time, the pirates were at the end of their tether. Some followed Huang Xin and fled to the seaside, boarded a small boat and returned to the ship far away from the coast. More pirates fled in all directions and hid in the surrounding woods, hoping to

Escaped pursuit.

Zhao Heng rested for five or six minutes and felt that his physical strength had relaxed a little. Then he stood up with strength. At this time, the steel knife he was holding had become jagged. The steel blade on it had curled up due to cutting people in many places. Later, Zhao Heng

Heng could no longer use it to cut people, so he could only use it as a stick to sweep across. However, after all, this iron stick weighed five or six kilograms, so it would definitely not be pleasant to be hit by it.

At this time, the ground was covered with the corpses of pirates and wounded soldiers. In addition to them, there were also the unlucky New Army soldiers who were injured in the first shelling. There were seven or eight people lying on the ground covering their wounds and howling.

Zhao Heng got up and looked at his people. Three of them were dead because they were hit in the face by gravel, and five others had minor or serious wounds. Among them was the unlucky Mao Shaohong.

As the most elite first platoon, Mao Shaohong stood in the front without hesitation. Although he was also anxious about going to the battlefield for the first time, after winning the first battle, Mao Shaohong began to feel that there was nothing terrible about fighting.

Isn't it just poking around with his eyes closed? At the same time, Mao Shaohong thought to himself that if fighting was so simple, it would be quite easy to become a famous general.

If the first battle was a lucky victory, the second battle was a real head-on confrontation. The New Army completely defeated the pirates despite being at a numerical disadvantage. Most importantly, the New Army had zero casualties. This further strengthened Mao Shaohong's belief that he was invincible.

Psychologically, he even believed that his own combat effectiveness was comparable to that of the elite frontier troops.

But the third battle was a merciless slap in the face. Mao Shaohong didn't expect that the pirates in front of him could produce firearms. When Mao Shaohong saw the firearms on the other side, he was frightened and his mind went blank. He didn't even know how he was shot.

He didn't even know he fell to the ground. It took him a long time to feel the pain. Mao Shaohong didn't care about what was going on around him and reached out to touch his body. Fortunately, all the parts of his hands and feet were there, but his legs were hit by a few gravels.

Can be seen from outside

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The blood has stained the clothes red.

Mao Shaohong quickly covered the wound with both hands, and at the same time moved with difficulty with his other good leg, trying to escape from this place. However, he could not crawl as fast as the pirate walking. Soon a pirate ran in front of him and saw that a guy was not dead.

Just when he was about to raise his knife to commit murder, Zhao Heng arrived.

Zhao Heng came to Mao Shaohong, raised his knife and chopped off the unlucky man's head. A stream of warm blood sprayed all over Mao Shaohong. Although it looked disgusting, Mao Shaohong was heartbroken when he thought that he would not have to die.

As soon as he relaxed, the danger was temporarily eliminated. Mao Shaohong relaxed and began to feel a little drowsy. He didn't know that it was caused by lack of blood. If he fell asleep at this time, he would basically never wake up again.

At this moment, reinforcements came up. After repelling the pirates, Zhao Heng began to check the wounded soldiers on the battlefield. When he saw Mao Shaohong closing his eyes and about to sleep, Zhao Heng knew that he must not let him fall asleep, so he quickly pulled

Qi Mao Shaohong's collar opened with two mouths on the left and right sides, shouting at the same time: "Mao Shaohong, don't sleep, you won't be able to wake up if you fall asleep!"

Zhao Heng glanced at Mao Shaohong's injured leg. Blood was still pouring out. He probably injured a major artery. Zhao Heng quickly took off his belt and tied the wound. He looked to the left and right and there couldn't be a vehicle here. There was nothing he could do.

He had no choice but to carry Mao Shaohong on his back and run home. Although my mother was a pediatrician, she should be able to treat this kind of trauma.

The Zhao Mansion in Baisha Village is six miles away from here. Zhao Heng's physical strength has long been exhausted. He was exhausted after carrying Mao Shaohong for less than two miles. Just when Zhao Heng was struggling to support himself, Zhao Fuxiang sent

Support has finally arrived.

After daybreak, Zhao Fuxiang had the courage to open the door and go out to take a look. After finding that the pirates had retreated, he quickly sent his servants to rescue the injured villagers. At the same time, because there was no danger in Zhao's house, in order to protect his son's safety, Zhao Fuxiang asked Ma Desheng to lead his men.

Go along the road to find Zhao Heng to make sure your son is safe.

Ma Desheng saw Zhao Heng on the road and quickly stepped forward to help Zhao Heng put down Mao Shaohong. Ma Desheng asked: "Master, where are the pirates?"

Zhao Heng took two breaths and said: "The pirates have been beaten back. There are still many brothers in front who are injured. Brother Ma, hurry up and lead people to rescue!"

Hearing what Zhao Heng said, Ma Desheng didn't react for a moment. In his impression, Zhao Heng's small team of servants was just playing games. Even if they faced pirates, they would be killed. Who would have thought that Zhao Heng said that he actually fought

After fighting off the pirates, Ma Desheng still didn't believe it, so he asked again: "Master, did you really fight off the pirates?"

Zhao Heng nodded and said: "Yes, but some pirates have fled into the woods. There are quite a few of them. Brother Ma, please be careful!"

Only then did Ma Desheng believe it, and he quickly led his people to help the New Army eliminate the pirates. Zhao Heng grabbed Ma Desheng and said, "Brother Ma, lend me two people to send this man back for treatment!"

Ma Desheng glanced at Mao Shaohong on the ground. At this time, Mao Shaohong's face was as white as a dead person due to lack of blood. Ma Desheng had been in battle for a long time and knew that this man would not survive, so he said: "Young Master, I'm afraid this man will not survive."

Now, let’s save the others!”

How could Zhao Heng give up on Mao Shaohong? He grabbed Ma Desheng and said: "Brother Ma, this man must not die. He is the only son of Hainan Guard Commander Mao Jiao. If he dies, we will all get into trouble. We must kill him."

Send it back!"

Ma Desheng was a military householder, how could he not know the name of his immediate superior? Hearing that this dying young man was Mao Jiao's only son, he was really frightened and turned pale.

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