Chapter 165: Victory Harbor Captures Yellow Thorn Li
Songjiang, Desheng Port.
Desheng Port was originally named Tangkou, located at the mouth of the Huangpu River from Yantie Pond. During the Jiajing period, Japanese pirates repeatedly invaded. Tang Kekuan, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, defeated the Japanese pirates here, and the name was changed to Desheng Port.
However, at this time, Victory Harbor was filled with the remnants of Huang Fei's navy that had been defeated from Taihu Lake. Countless ships were sailing eastward from the south of Taihu Lake, scrambling to be the first, and there was no order.
Arriving at Desheng Port, we were far away from Suzhou and finally felt a little more settled.
Deshenggang has developed into a prosperous town since the Ming Dynasty, with a market town half a mile long, with department stores, butcher shops, teahouses, pharmacies, inns, restaurants, banks, and pawn shops.
Huang Fei's fleet retreated and was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief away from Suzhou. Huang Fei, the commander-in-chief, was finally able to start trying to gather his troops and reorganize his team.
I was in such a hurry when I ran that I didn't have time to bring the food and baggage, so I had to go ashore to replenish it at this time.
As a result, Desheng Port immediately became a busy market. The soldiers on the ship took their families ashore to buy food, vegetables, firewood and water, or dig some wild vegetables and catch some fish. There were also those who had lost their families, calling for their families everywhere.
Name, hope to be reunited.
At this time, although Songjiang Prefecture not far away was flying a green flag, its defense was empty. The main force of the Green Battalion followed Yan Wo Gong Li Yuchun and others to go north to Suzhou. Ming Governor Shen Youlong, Governor Wang Yongzuo, and Water Transport Governor Wu Yi and others were also ordered by Zhu Yihai to supervise the country.
Went to the countryside with the team.
For a time, an important port such as Desheng Port became a place for Huang Fei and his escape fleet to settle down.
not far away.
Li led 1,300 Tatars to pursue him all the way along the river. Although Huang Fei did not go out to the sea via the Wusong River in the north but took the Huangpu River in the south, it was still within his expectations.
He followed him all the way, like a very patient wolf king, following closely and carefully hiding his whereabouts. With his experienced experience and enough patience, he is still following and lurking, and is not in a hurry to attack.
And this patience also paid off with good results. As they moved away from Suzhou and Taihu Lake, Huang Fei's broken army became more and more relaxed. They no longer fled in a hurry. Now, Desheng Port began to rest and gather, and their ships stopped.
The port of victory is full.
During this period of water shortage during the dry season, the water surface of Victory Harbor was not wide, and the countless ships lacked order, so ships of all sizes were crowded together in a disorderly manner, overwhelming the sky and the ground.
This defeated army also had no military discipline and little vigilance at all.
Li Shutai's men simply disguised themselves as merchants and arrived at Desheng Port. They were even pulled by an officer and asked to pick the goods directly to their ship to sell.
They came and went easily in Victory Port, and even boarded many boats. The Ming army was unsuspecting and could come and go as they pleased like a market.
Li Shutai was very cautious, made repeated tests and observations, and even made a disguised trip in person. After returning, he was finally convinced that these Ming troops were really unsuspecting.
"This Huang Fei is also known as a veteran. How did he fight in the past half of his life?"
After ridiculing Huang Fei, Li Shutai quickly formulated a battle plan. The entire army lurked and recuperated until midnight. After a good meal, the troops divided into two groups and set fire to the victory port at the same time from both ends.
Victory Harbor was crowded with ships. Large ships and small ships were close together, and they were crowded into a piece of land.
The cavalry set the fire very smoothly. They had prepared rockets, sulfur, kerosene and other fire starters in advance. The south wind was blowing, so in the middle of the night, the Ming army in Victory Port took their wives and children to sleep on the boat.
At the right time, countless rockets struck.
Like fire and meteors from the sky.
The fire took advantage of the wind and spread quickly.
Fire broke out at both ends of the port. When the Ming army found out that they were being attacked, they wanted to flee, but found that the ships were too close to escape quickly. The two ends were set on fire, setting countless ships on fire, and even surrounding the entire fleet in the middle.
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Countless Ming troops had no choice but to abandon their ships and dive into the water. However, the strong wind at this time made the fire even more fierce. There were blazing flames everywhere on the water, and even those who dived could only fall into a sea of fire.
There were screams everywhere.
Many soldiers tried to escape by boat, but all in vain.
During the fire, Huang Fei, who was resting in a large house in a town on the shore, was awakened. He quickly put on his armor and mounted his horse, and broke out under the protection of his servants. As a result, he didn't run far before he ran into the intercepting horsemen.
After a scuffle, Huang Fei was hit by three arrows in a row.
He fled to the river and jumped into the water, but was still caught by the Qing army with a rope hook, dragged up from the river and captured.
There were almost 20,000 people who fled from Taihu Lake, but countless boats were burned down by fire, killing thousands of people. The rest lost their boats and were injured, and even lost their weapons. In the end, most of them lost their boats and were injured.
He became a prisoner of Li Litai's tribe.
Li Shutai defeated the 20,000-strong army with only a handful of fire, and then spent three days capturing prisoners. He entered Songjiang Fucheng, and dispatched Lieutenant General Shen Pan and other green battalions to capture prisoners together. Songjiang City was full of prisoners.
They were all prisoners who were imprisoned in a smoldering and miserable condition.
After this battle, the last regular navy in the north of the Ming Dynasty was completely wiped out.
Li Shutai proudly began to write letters to Suzhou to report his victory.
"Report, general, Suzhou's native Futai sent his servants to see him, Suzhou is lost!"
"What?" Li Sutai was stunned.
"How could Suzhou be lost? Wu Zhikui was defeated by me in one battle, Huang Fei's tens of thousands of troops were routed thousands of miles away, and now I have killed them all. How could Suzhou be lost?"
"I don't know."
"Hurry up and call me. This Tu Guo Bao usually only knows how to loot, but he is now incompetent. I will definitely take part in him." Li Shitai was furious. He and Tu Guo Bao joined forces with civil and military forces to suppress Suzhou.
, he, the minister and Mele Zhangjing, also had the intention of monitoring Tu Guobao, the surrendered general.
Tu Guobao usually does all kinds of corruption and looting, but Tu Guobao is also very sensible and will never miss his filial piety, so he usually turns a blind eye, but now that the city has been lost, he will also have to suffer.
implicated.
Soon, Tu Guobao's servants were brought in.
"What happened? How could Suzhou City be lost?"
The visitor looked around and said, "For the record, Minister, this matter involves major secrets. Futai's explanation can only come from my mouth and the Minister's ears. It must not be known to a third party, otherwise the consequences will be serious."
Li Shutai was furious at this moment and waved his servant impatiently to leave.
"Okay, now it's just you and me, let's talk."
But the servant took a few steps forward and said, "Servant, please take a few steps closer and listen."
Li Sutai took a few steps forward, and the two stood face to face.
"This is what happened..." The servant came close to his ear and said, but his voice became quieter and softer, and Li Shutai couldn't help but get closer.
Then the next moment I suddenly felt a sharp pain under my ribs.
The servant didn't know when he had taken out a sharp thorn from his sleeve and stabbed it into his ribs. The position was extremely precise, and it stabbed directly into his heart from the side of his ribs, killing him with one blow.
He wanted to scream, but he felt that all the strength in his body was withdrawn. His mouth opened wide, but he could only spit out blood.
The man stabbed him several more times.
Finally, he helped Li Shutai down, pulled out a knife and cut off his head, wrapped a flag around his head and left.
Outside the account.
"Shilang Li gave me the braised pig's head in the tent as a reward. I was in a hurry to go back to Suzhou to answer my order, so I left first. Next time my brothers return to Suzhou, I will treat them to drinks. By the way, the Shilang told me to give it to the court.
I wrote an important memorial to tell you not to go in and disturb me unless I told you."
After saying that, the man hurried away with his baggage, and soon rode out of the city.
Li Shutai's servants didn't pay attention and were still waiting outside the house. However, they didn't see any orders or movement in the tent for a long time. Finally, they couldn't bear to knock on the door, but there was still no response.
Some people opened the door cautiously and entered.
Suddenly, he saw Li Sutai sitting in the room, but with a braised pig's head on his head.
The head that was supposed to belong to Li Sutai was nowhere to be found.
The servant was so frightened that he lost two of his three souls. He stumbled forward and saw a piece of paper stuck on the chest of a pig-headed man.
"The person who killed Li Litai, the Tatar minister, was Zhu Wu, the admiral of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty!"
Looking at this, the servant let out a desperate roar, attracting the other servants outside. But when they saw the scene in front of them, they were all stunned and screamed in despair!