Although the Pearl River is not as long as the Yellow River, its annual runoff is more than seven times that of the Yellow River. It is the second largest river after the Yangtze River. The surging river water flows into the sea from the northwest to the southeast. The abundant water flows day and night.

On the 22nd day of the first lunar month of the third year of Jiajing, the three-bowed ship carried five hundred improved Folang machine cannons and drove away from the Pearl River Wharf outside Guangzhou Prefecture City and headed towards Nantou City, Dongguan County, downstream. Since it was going downstream, it would take only half a day to reach it.

Xu Jin entered the room in the cabin and immediately smelled a strong smell of Chinese medicine. Cen Lan, who was sitting bored by the bed, quickly stood up to salute. Xu Jin waved his hand and walked straight to the bed. He Zhier, who was bandaged with white cloth on his head, was lying on the bed, still unconscious, his lips were pale and blood-colored, and his already thin body looked as if it was shriveled at this time.

Xu Jin frowned. Manager Mo hit him very hard. It probably caused a deep concussion. I hope there will be no intracranial hemorrhage, otherwise there will be little hope for this girl to survive.

Xu Jin was not familiar with He Zhier's brother He Zhimin, and he was not even a common friend. Moreover, Xu Jin had a clear conscience about He Zhimin's death. After all, if he did not save himself at that time, he would be bombed to death. As for saving Zhang Zhong, the castrated man, it was purely an accident.

Of course, there is a little guilt, but more sympathy. Now only He Zhier is left alone, so Xu Jin naturally will not let go. It is best to be able to save him. From now on, he will treat this girl like his own sister, which can be regarded as a comfort to He Zhimin's spirit in heaven. If he cannot save him, this is life!

Xu Jin stood quietly beside the bed for a while and whispered: "General Cen Shen, I'll have to take care of Zhier along the way."

Cen Lan said generously: "Only the subordinates on the entire bow of the boat are women. Who will take care of their subordinates if they don't take care of them? Don't worry, handsome man!"

Xu Jin nodded and turned around and walked out of the room. Cen Lan sat down again and looked at He Zhier in a coma with pity. As a woman, she sympathized with He Zhier's experience more than others.

There was nothing to say all the way. At noon, the fleet finally returned to Nantoucheng, Dongguan County. After getting off the ship, Xu Jin placed He Zhier in his house and arranged two maids to serve him.

Since the problem of the Flor cannon has been solved, Xu Jin did not want to waste his time, so he immediately ordered the fleet to attack Hong Kong Island the next day.

This time, Xu Jin did not go into battle personally, but stayed in Tuen Mun and handed over the command of the fleet to Yu Dayou, Wang Lin'er and Wang Zhi as deputy commanders respectively.

Xu Jin's arrangement is undoubtedly quite bold. Although Yu Dayou is emerging, he is still young after all. In terms of qualifications, most generals in the army are older than him, and it is really hard to convince the public.

However, Xu Jin was not worried. First, he was very confident in Yu Dayou's ability. After several victories, his prestige was naturally established. Second, Xu Jin was very confident in his prestige and believed that even if a group of generals were dissatisfied, they would not dare to slander under his nose.

As the saying goes, the new official took office and made three moves. On the 23rd afternoon of the first lunar month of the third year of Jiajing, Yu Dayou ordered the fleet to launch a tentative attack on Hong Kong Island.

The Westerners on Hong Kong Island had been on high alert and immediately gave the Ming army a fierce counterattack. The land-based artillery was not limited by weight. Its range was strong and powerful, and the island's strong fortress had a great advantage. Moreover, dozens of Western warships assisted in counterattacking on the outside of the island. As a result, the Ming army's first tentative attack was quickly repelled.

Looking at the Ming ships retreating like a tide, the coalition commander Pires laughed proudly and said, "Look, the Ming navy is just like this. Brothers, work harder. As long as you persist until the southwest monsoon blows, victory will be ours!"

The Westerners cheered in unison, and their morale was not ordinary. However, in the next few days, the Westerners couldn't laugh because the Ming army attacked again the next morning. Although the offensive was not fierce, they attacked three times a day, the third day turned into four attacks, and five attacks on the fourth day...

Such a high-density attack not only made the Westerners run away, but also the ammunition on the island was also rapidly consumed. This was exactly the strategy set by Yu Dayou, which was to consume ammunition on the island first, and then land on the landing to annihilate the enemy.

Westerners came across the ocean, hanging alone overseas, and insufficient support was their fatal weakness. They could not afford to fight attrition. Therefore, Yu Dayou's trick to remove firewood from the bottom of the pot should not be toxic. As long as the ammunition is exhausted, the Westerners on the island will become toothless tigers and lambs to be slaughtered.

When the war reached the fifth day, the Westerners also came to their senses, obviously understood the intentions of the Ming army, and began to consciously save ammunition. Only when the Ming army's ships approached a mile, the Westerners would choose to fire artillery, and the shells also turned into stone bullets polished by stones.

boom……

A shell landed on Yu Dayou's ship, smashing the side of the ship. Several soldiers were scratched by broken stones. Feng Laoliu picked up a piece of gravel and threw it, laughing and said, "Boss Yu, Yangfan has even used stone bullets. I guess the ammunition has been used almost as much as possible!"

Yu Dayou shook his head and said, "Western people are not that stupid. They just realized the intentions of our army and began to save ammunition. I guess they have consumed 30% of their ammunition in the past few days."

General Feng Laoliu said skeptically: "Does Westerners have so much ammunition?"

Yu Dayou said calmly: "There is no better, but what if there is? Use troops to measure the enemy and avoid thinking about the others but the one who is deep."

Feng Laoliu scratched his head and said, "What does it mean?"

"It means that when measuring the strength of the enemy, we should count as much as possible. If we look down on the opponent's strength, we will often suffer losses. Therefore, we must continue to attack him for ten days as planned, consume as much ammunition as possible for Westerners, and then log in to reduce unnecessary casualties."

Feng Laoliu laughed and said, "Boss, you are knowledgeable. Well, you can use stone bullets, but gunpowder cannot use sand and soil, right? Westerners' gunpowder will always be used up. Let's do it for another five days."

Boom boom boom boom...

Westerners needed to save ammunition, but the Ming army did not, so thousands of artillery fired shells on the island without any money, blowing up all the soil along the coast and knocking down several fortresses.

However, when the attack reached the seventh day, some people could not calm down. Yu Linsheng, a general of the Jiangxi Army, angrily found Yu Dayou. Yu Linsheng was twenty-six years old this year, and he was very young. In addition, he had "conquered the world" with Xu Jin when he was in Jiangxi. He considered himself an old subordinate of the veteran level. He was extremely dissatisfied with Yu Dayou, but because of the majesty of the general, he obeyed Yu Dayou's command.

Now that he has not taken down Hong Kong Island for seven days, he has to attack so many times every day. Not only are the Westerners tired, but the soldiers of the Ming army are also very tired. Although Yu Dayou has explained that this is to consume the ammunition of Westerners, Yu Linsheng still feels that Yu Dayou's attacking wizards are not happy at all.

Moreover, Yu Linsheng thought that after so many days of fighting, the Westerners' ammunition was almost exhausted. There was no need to rush on, but should take down Hong Kong Island in one go, so he took a group of generals from Jiangxi Army to find Yu Dayou and questioned loudly.

Faced with the aggressive Jiangxi army, the Yiwu soldiers under Yu Dadi were naturally extremely dissatisfied. The two sides immediately confronted each other tensely, and there was a tendency to fight.

Wang Lin'er and Wang Zhi, the two deputy commanders, rushed to persuade him to fight, but Wang Zhi was the surrendered general who recruited him and had no prestige at all. Yu Linsheng and other Jiangxi generals were not defeated by him. Wang Lin'er had prestige, but his prestige was not enough, and he could not suppress the situation.

"If you have a surname Yu, don't think that the commander is so great that you are. When I was born and died with the commander, you were still wearing open-crotch pants." Yu Linsheng said proudly: "If you want to fight, be happy, don't be so stupid, and waste my time."

The generals of the Jiangxi Army immediately burst into laughter. Yu Dayou's face turned gloomy and said coldly: "Okay, since Yu Guerrilla asked for battle, then I will lead my subordinates as the vanguard tomorrow. If I can land, I will remember your first merit."

Yu Linsheng said proudly: "Whoever is afraid of whom, the vanguard will be the vanguard. General Yu Shen will open his eyes tomorrow to see how our Jiangxi army killed the enemy. However, I am ugly. If someone dares to take advantage of our Jiangxi army to stumbling in front of the center, don't blame me for being rude."

Yu Dayou said calmly: "Don't worry, Yu Guerrilla, I will still disdain to use such despicable means to harm my fellow comrades. There will be support you as long as you deserve."
Chapter completed!