Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 776 No-name Army

As the last Japanese samurai laid down his weapon, the first contest between Xue Siming's army and the Zheng Group came to an end.

This contest only lasted less than two hours, not long, but extremely intense.In just over an hour, Zheng's fleet poured thousands of shells at Wusongkou Fortress, and the artillerymen of the Heluo New Army also threw thousands of high-explosive incendiary bombs at them in return. In the end, the Wusongkou Fortress was full of shot puts embedded in sandbags or resting on the ground, and the whole fortress looked like Sakyamuni's head.The situation on the sea is even more miserable. The wreckage of more than a dozen warships is still burning there, and another dozen have been shattered by the sacrificial explosion. Struggling on the surface of the sea with all the floating things, crying for help from the boats that came to catch people, even took out all the valuable things on his body, and struggled to pass them to people.Now they have abandoned all their pride and forgotten the arrogance of swallowing the entire Heluo New Army like a whale eating small shrimps. They just want to live. In order to get rid of this bitter and salty sea water earlier, they are willing to pay at all costs.

The Zheng Group's losses were extremely heavy in this battle. A total of 33 warships were destroyed, and the losses were all large warships. It was true that the Zheng Group was rich and powerful, but such losses still made them feel heartbroken.Nearly 3000 sailors were killed or burned alive, and more than 1000 sailors became prisoners. In addition, they also took one of their elite troops—the 1000 or two hundred Japanese samurai led by Miyamoto.This elite force was wiped out cleanly by Heluo's new army, and His Excellency Miyamoto, who was excellent in martial arts, was stabbed into a sieve with a bayonet. More than 19 warriors were buried with him, and only a hundred people survived. The Heluo New Army surrendered.However, the price paid by the Heluo New Army was extremely light. There were only 1000 casualties in the fort defenders. After fighting with these 30 or [-] warriors for half a day, the Heluo New Army infantry casualties were only [-]. It was basically a one-sided massacre. .

"What to do with these Japanese warriors?" the general asked Xue Siming.

Xue Siming said: "Send them back to their hometown with a bayonet! I don't want to see a Japanese dwarf stepping on the land of Ming Dynasty with a knife and still panting!"

Yan Yingyuan was taken aback and called out, "General, it's ominous to kill prisoners!"

Xue Siming said with a cold face: "I don't believe this, kill them all!" Yan Yingyuan was startled by that cold tone and eyes full of hatred, and he dared not persuade him anymore.

Zhong Ning pulled Yan Yingyuan aside and explained in a low voice: "Commander Xue Jun's family used to be a prosperous family. There were two uncles, one uncle, and four brothers who were all skilled in martial arts, and they were well-known among the frontier army. Renchenwo During the chaos, his two uncles and uncles went to North Korea with General Magui and never came back. As a result, Xue’s family fell into ruin. His land and real estate were taken away, and he almost starved to death. The Japanese are full of hatred, and they will kill every one they catch...so don’t try to persuade them, it’s useless.”

Yan Yingyuan didn't expect Xue Siming to have such a feud with the Japanese, so he was silent for a while.

Over there, the soldiers of the Heluo New Army had forced the surrendered Japanese samurai to kneel on the ground at gunpoint, then raised their bayonets and stabbed them hard at the heart and lung vitals. The dull sound of the bayonets tearing flesh was the same as the Japanese samurai's dying breath. The beast-like screams made people feel terrified.

Yan Yingyuan sighed and said: "Killing prisoners is ominous after all... Thousands of years ago, the famous Tang Dynasty general Xue Rengui was so brave and invincible, but because he buried 10,000+ Turkic prisoners of war alive, he ended up with his entire army annihilated and his reputation ruined in Dafeichuan. The commander of the army claims to be a descendant of the Xue family, so he should be warned!"

Zhong Ning smiled and said nothing.

He didn't believe it.

A group of drowned Zheng sailors were sent ashore. Xue Siming looked at them, and was surprised to find that there were many beautiful women among the captives. After asking, they found out that they were all women from brothels. The Zheng fleet was on the expedition Offer a high price to take them under.Xue Siming shook his head speechlessly, and scolded: "It seems that Mrs. Zheng doesn't take us seriously at all, thinking that fighting with us is as easy as going out in the wild."

Zhong Ning said with a smile: "If he hadn't been so proud, I'm afraid he wouldn't have lost so badly."

Some female medical soldiers who were bandaging the wounded soldiers suddenly screamed, which startled the two warriors. They rushed over with wind on their feet, just in time to see those cute girls pointing at some wet soldiers climbing ashore. The Zheng sailors who came screamed repeatedly, as if they had seen a ghost.When Xue Siming and Zhong Ning saw it, these guys were shocked - Oh, these guys were completely black, with only two rows of white teeth left. Are they humans or ghosts?
These guys, who don't know whether they are human or ghosts, have really bad physical fitness, and they swam up from the sea in one breath, without even needing rescue.They raised their hands high, chattering about something, and handed over some gold and silver ornaments on their bodies. It seemed that they wanted to use these things to buy back a life... Xiao Mian, you know how to behave!
A local guide explained: "They are the Kaveli people under Zheng's command."

Xue Siming's tongue was tied up by the awkward name: "Ca...Ca...bark..."

The guide said: "Karvey, it is said that they come from a black continent. The people there are all short-haired and dark-skinned, as if they have been sprayed with ink. Don't look at them thin and thin, they are amazing. It is said that they can run faster The arrows are fast, and several people taking turns chasing after them can chase the antelope to death!"

Xue Siming, Zhong Ning, Yan Yingyuan and others looked around at these black people. The more they looked at them, the more curious they became. How could a person be so black?Where did these guys come from?Where is that black continent?In fact, this is because they are so ignorant that they don’t even know that the end of the Eurasian continent is Africa.There were many black soldiers in the colonial armies of the Dutch and Portuguese, but these black soldiers had little status and were treated poorly. They were naturally dissatisfied with this. Just as Zheng Zhilong rose up along the southeast coast, they all went to Zheng Zhilong came here to work as mercenaries. Because of their strong combat power and loyalty, they were relied on by the Zheng family as their confidants.

However, in the original history, there were actually not many black soldiers under Zheng's command, only three to five hundred of them died, and they could only be used as special forces.This time to attack Wusongkou Fortress, more than 500 Uncle Hei came, and they were basically wiped out.

Over there, another boatload of white captives was brought back. These guys were also watched inhumanely by the curious Heluo new army and the common people near Wusongkou. These white captives had snow-white skin, blue or brown eyes, golden, Black or red hair, all make everyone amazed.There were also several Caucasian women, who were said to be some kind of female knights, who were treated like orangutans and almost took off their clothes to watch.Everyone commented highly on these female knights:
"Holy crap, is this a woman or a bull? It's so strong!"

"The pores are too thick, the body hair is also thick, and the skin is rough, which is not good-looking!"

"And this nose, pointed and hooked, not good-looking!"

"Wow, there's still body odor, I can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore!"

These poor female knights looked at the crowd of onlookers in horror, trembling with fright, and almost huddled together.War makes women go away, and the fate of female prisoners of war is always the most tragic, even in Europe.Never should, never should, they really shouldn't have listened to the nonsense that the east is full of gold, ran to the east to pan for gold, and ended up as captives, this... what should I do?
In fact, their worries are completely superfluous. The soldiers of the Heluo New Army and the common people have amazing evaluations of them:
ugly!
too ugly!
It's not that their looks are so miserable, it's because they don't conform to Chinese aesthetics...

Fortunately, Xue Siming is in a good mood now, and at last he didn't stab all these black and white prisoners of war with bayonets like he ordered the execution of Japanese samurai.He walked around the trembling female knights several times, shook his head, and made the same evaluation as his subordinates: "Ugly, so ugly!"

Zhong Ning agreed deeply: "There is no comparison with Miss Catherine."

Although Catherine is also white, she has long black hair that is as soft and smooth as satin, a pair of sapphire-like eyes, and a unique elegance of aristocrats accumulated over more than ten generations. She is from a different race. These female knights who ride men and ride bulls are called nobles, but they are actually poor or upstarts, so they are naturally incomparable to her.

In fact, from the perspective of city-states such as Venice, Milan, Genoa, and Naples, the vast majority of European nobles are bumpkins and upstarts, completely tarnishing the word "nobility"...

Zhong Ning asked: "How to deal with these black and white people?"

Xue Siming said: "Keep them for now. Seeing as they are so strong, they can always do some work. If they are not good enough, we can earn a lot of ticket money by putting them in the zoo for exhibitions."

Fortunately, most of these black and white people can't understand Chinese, otherwise they really don't know whether to cry or laugh.

The search and rescue work is still going on. With the efforts of the Heluo New Army, most of the sailors who fell into the water were rescued. Some of the sailors who were better at swimming simply swam ashore by themselves, saving a lot of trouble.These sailors are male and female, black, yellow, white, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Dutch, Portuguese, African...all available, the variety is rich, the nationalities are confusing, and the ethnic composition is complex, it is really jaw-dropping. , in Xue Siming's words, "This is just a motley crew!" He expressed deep respect for Zheng Zhilong's ability to build such a large family business with such a motley crew.

Seeing that the search and rescue work was coming to an end, Xue Siming stretched his waist and waved to Zhong Ning and Yan Yingyuan: "I'm fine for the time being, let's go back and eat pufferfish!"

Xue Siming, who was in a good mood, happily enjoyed a puffer fish meal with his partners, but his opponent Zheng Zhibao, who had just been defeated by him, was not in such a good mood.

He was about to explode.

(End of this chapter)