Chapter 41: The veteran talks about the young man

Huang Xiaoyang spent his whole life seeking life at sea.

After fighting this battle, he probably would have to retreat, but he was preparing to settle down on Hong Kong Island, Xin'an, Guangdong.

His life was completely changed because Li Shimian opened the Hong Kong port here.

Because of this, if he fought a big battle before he left, Huang Xiaoyang felt unhappy. People at sea came from the wind and rain. It is considered a very old age to be able to live at this age.

Even if he went there at this time, Huang Xiaoyang's life would be enough.

"Okay." Chen Rui said: "I'll ask General Huang for this matter, but General Huang thinks it's appropriate to go to war?"

Huang Xiaoyang said: "It's not too late, it's tomorrow."

Chen Rui said: "Okay. Tomorrow."

Although it is not appropriate to go, there are many things to do in such a battle, from the beginning of preparation, to attacking, pacifying soldiers, etc. Today is already past noon.

There is not enough time at all.

Tomorrow is the most recent time to choose.

The next morning, the mist in the morning had not completely dissipated.

The mountains on the east side locked in the sun. Although the sky was already bright, the sun had not jumped out of the horizon.

At this moment, the fog on the sea has not yet dissipated.

Thirty warships of the Ming army had already arrived at the Hekou area under the convening of Huang Xiaoyang.

Huang Xiaoyang called the thirty generals on his boat.

Huang Xiaoyang's eyes swept over these people.

These people all have one characteristic, they are all Huang Xiaoyang's old subordinates.

Who is Huang Xiaoyang? He is completely grassroots, without any background, and counts three generations to the top. Huang Xiaoyang himself is the biggest official. He completely lacks the special opportunity of the navy officer in the Ming Dynasty and climbs up step by step.

His old subordinates were also the kind of people who were very active at the sea, both robbing and business.

Of course, the years of life in the military camp have also trained them to follow orders, which has been completely transformed than before when they lived at sea.

But in the bones, the banditry spirit has not changed.

But these prognostic periods have passed.

It can be seen that Chen Rui, a person from a noble family from generation to generation, has to get a share of the pie among the navy. It is unlikely that he will rise to the top of the grassroots family.

Even though Huang Xiaoyang, the grassroots Huang Xiaoyang, is still behind the Huang family.

Huang Xiaoyang brought a jar of wine and poured them one by one for these old brothers, saying, "Speaking of this, you may have met the days when you were drinking, eating meat, and dividing gold with big scales. Maybe you heard from your father that I, Huang, are you, but a fisherman at sea, have to be appreciated by the Duke of the Sea, and your Majesty will be able to be today."

"Ping Jiang Bo is from a noble family and has a very precious body. But he doesn't know that people like me were on the sea, just like grass, and they only lived and died. That's why everyone ate meat, drank wine, dined gold with big scales, and played with women, because you don't know if you can live tomorrow?"

"I have seen life and death a lot. Today, when the court ruled the world, and even the West, the Ming Dynasty had a sea but boundless, but there was one thing that I can't stand for, the old man?"

"When I was fighting the Tartars in Songhua River, I was really holding my head and trying my best. What a dangerous plan I haven't seen before? I didn't think that my life was my own."

"And now, our ship is strong and powerful, so we dare not fight to the death. We seem to be able to fire only, and we can't do anything except fire?"

"What kind of person is it? You have seen it, so you dare not enter this river?"

"Bah, this Daming Tian Army, is this His Majesty's army?"

"When will your Majesty's soldiers dare not fight to the death?"

"When I joined forces with the cavalry in Beijing, I saw how the Yan Zhao men fought? With an order, no matter how many enemies there were, no matter how many people they had?"

"If the enemy is one million, our army is 10,000 people rushing? If the enemy is one hundred, our army is 10,000, our army is 10,000? If the enemy is one, we will go through fire and water without hesitation."

"The people in the north never look down on us southerners? Now I look down on you a little bit. Will you be unable to fight without cannons?"

The people below heard blushing.

Huang Xiaoyang was from Chaozhou, and most of his old subordinates were from Fujian.

Firstly, Chaozhou is close to Fujian, and secondly, Huang Xiaoyang is Wang Ying's old friend. Although Wang Ying's family is in Nanjing, his ancestral home is Fujian.

There are more Fujian people who make a living at sea and have their own blood.

"Mr., you need to say nothing. We all understand that we are just fighting to the death. If any of us brothers has not fought to the death, please give an order."

"Yes, order."

For a moment, there was a state of excitement.

Huang Xiaoyang smiled faintly and said, "Okay, you all follow me. Don't worry about anything else. Wherever I am and where you are, something really happened. I will cut off the back for you, drink this bowl of wine, and go back."

Then Huang Xiaoyang picked up the wine bowl and drank it all, slammed it heavily on the deck, and with a "bang", it fell into pieces.

With this order, all the generals below drank the wine and threw the bowl and went back.

in this way.

When the first ray of sunlight shines on the estuary.

Leading by Huang Xiaoyang's ship, he rushed in.

This makes me complain about the speed of the Alagan people’s project.

They seemed to want to put down the fence at the mouth of the river.

However, the width near the estuary is at least about three or four miles. It takes several days to complete such a project. His project has just begun.

Thirty ships present a frontal arrow formation.

The ship raised by Huang Xiao is used as the arrow.

After a while, they met the enemy.

Although they defeated the Alagan fleet in the previous battle, they were frightened. Many people even fled directly and did not return here at all.

But it did not eliminate all the living power of Allagan.

So, at this time, these defeated soldiers and generals also rose up and rushed forward to resist.

This is the close contact.

The more you go, the narrower the river, and it goes up against the current. In terms of mobility, it is even faster for the Aragan fleet to go down along the current.

Huang Xiaoyang stood at the bow of the boat, calm and composed.

Although Huang Xiaoyang was young, he was also a good fighter, but he was still strong, Huang Xiaoyang could not go forward to fight.

But this white-haired veteran is here to stop.

But it is the backbone of everyone.

The narrow river channel, too close distance, and the experience of getting shots last time made the Aragans perform more heroic than before.

Moreover, although there are artillery on the bow of Ming army ships, the density of artillery is not as high as that of both sides.

The Alagan fleet rushed up with artillery bombardment.

The ships on both sides fought each other in a staggered melee.

However, even if we fight on the sidelines, Alagan's personnel were not as good as the Ming army.

If it is a melee, one-on-one, it is really impossible to say who is better or worse.

After all, humans are all species and have physical limits. In the melee of melee, they also flatten the advantages and disadvantages of individuals. The Ming army's counterattack did not fight hand-to-hand combat at all.

All cannons were replaced with shotguns. The shotguns fired by these cannons were veritable deck cleaning machines. If they shot down, they would not grow within a few feet of a distance.

Not to mention that the soldiers of the army were all lined up on the ship with muskets in hand and started shooting more than ten meters apart. In the rain of bullets, few people could really jump over.

However, the Ming army suffered losses in this way.

After all, the Aragans are not without artillery.

The Aragans had close ties with Hui merchants in Nanyang. The Ming artillery was popularized in Nanyang, so naturally it was also spread here. It was mostly imitated small cannons.

In terms of power, it cannot be compared with the cannons of the Ming Dynasty.

However, no matter what kind of guns are, they can still kill people.

At this close range, even bows and arrows can come in handy, let alone artillery.

After a while, many Ming army ships were killed and injured.

This was all Huang Xiaoyang expected. He didn't seem to see that the ship's flag remained unchanged and was still moving forward. At this moment, it had already advanced nine miles into the river.

Chittagong is still seven miles away.

The castle in Chittagong is not far from the port.

As long as you advance into seven miles and occupy the port, you can directly bombard the castle.
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