Chapter 2058
Chapter 2058
Chapter 2058
With the gradual elimination of external threats such as Shibazhi, the Netherlands, and Spain in the past few years, and the two ports of Penghu and Kaohsiung across the sea, there are also troops from the ally Haihan. Zhangzhou under Xu Xinsu’s control basically no longer needs to worry about being attacked Foreign enemies invaded, so the defenses inside and outside the city were relaxed.The night ban time, which originally started with the sound of the evening drum at [-]:[-] am, has now been delayed to the second watch, and the morning bell, which ends the night ban at [-]:[-] am, has been brought forward to the [-]th watch, in order to provide a better service for the people who need to go out early and return late. Providing convenience objectively also plays a certain role in the prosperity of the local economy.
Although today's night ban time has not changed, the morning bell will ring to end the ban as usual, but there are many places where traffic is prohibited in the city. Some roads have been temporarily closed by the military, and the people can only choose to take a detour.And the people who wanted to get out of the city in the morning also found out that the city defense army did not open the city gate today, and the Anmin notice posted next to the city gate stated that the arrest of Jiang Yang's bandit in the city has not yet ended. In order to prevent the thieves from escaping, the city gate is temporarily closed today. , the access to and from the city will be reopened after the hunt is completed.
If there is an urgent need to enter and leave the city, they can also report the reason to the city defense army at the city gate, and they can be released after their identity is checked.However, it may be difficult for ordinary people to come up with strong enough reasons to enter and leave the city at this time, so this flexible rule is actually only prepared for a very small number of privileged people, and ordinary people can only wait for the official re-opening. The access to and from the city is open.
Xu Yuxing's round of rest also didn't last long, and he was woken up in his sleep, because a new discovery had been made in the review of Jinfa's account.
As Jin Ming had previously speculated, the accounts of Jinfa's external expenditures were indeed tricky.The investigators did not spend too much effort to complete the investigation of the list of transfer objects given by Huifeng, and found a rather suspicious target in it.
"This company called Zhengfuji will receive money transferred from the Jinfa account every one to two months, ranging from seven to eight thousand taels to as many as three to 8000 taels. And the time for each transfer It's also very wonderful, it's just after Jinfa has exchanged a large amount of Spanish silver coins. And this Zhengfu Ji will usually withdraw the money in the form of bank notes plus cash within two or three days. According to the account records of the Huifeng account, this Zhengfuji has never deposited even a tael of silver into the Huifeng account, and only withdraws the money."
Xu Yuxing dusted the investigation report in his hand, and said to Jin Ming: "Is this really suspicious?"
Jin Ming replied: "Since that's the case, does Zhengfuji have a store in the city? The third young master quickly sent someone to seal it up, don't let the relevant people go!"
Xu Yuxing nodded and said, "When this report was sent, someone had already checked the matter. I think we won't have to wait too long for news."
While Xu Yuxing was having this conversation with Jin Ming, a team under Xu Yuxing had already found this Zhengfuji store in the city based on the information provided by Huifeng.Like most of the shops in the city today, Zhengfuji also closed its doors and did not open for business.After going up to call the door, there was no response from inside, but they naturally didn't back down, and immediately prepared to climb over the wall and open the door according to the standard operation mode.
But what they didn't expect was that after that, almost the same situation happened when they went to the Jinfa ship yesterday to search and arrest. The weapon used is no longer a crossbow, but a musket.
The person who fell from the wall struggled to tell his companion what he saw: "Everyone inside...all have guns!"
In fact, even if he didn't say anything, the rest of the people didn't dare to rush inside.Although they all carried weapons, they were just waist knives, and they couldn't fight recklessly with opponents equipped with muskets.It is very difficult for them to attack a place like this that needs to be attacked based on their strength. They can only control the periphery to call for support, and wait for the heavily armored city defense army to rush over to deal with it.
The local army under the orders of the Xu family attacked around the city yesterday and arrested many people related to Jinyiwei. Almost everyone believed that the situation had settled down. There may still be sporadic fish that slipped through the net in the city, but it should be unlikely to turn over. I can stand the storm.
Everyone rushed to lift the wounded away from the scene, and then began to treat his injuries, and at the same time confirmed to him the number of enemies he had just climbed up the wall to observe.
At this time, there were city defense army patrols and road cards everywhere in the city. When something happened to the Zhengfuji store, a team of city defense troops arrived soon to help Xu Yuxing's troops seal off the surrounding area.
Zhengfuji's store is also a courtyard, but the area is much smaller than the Jinfa store that was cooked yesterday. It is just a simple structure of the front and backyard of the store, and it does not require too many people to seal the roads on all sides.And according to what the wounded saw, there were at least a dozen people hiding in it, and it was already difficult for so many people to leave the yard without showing their traces.
After less than a cup of tea, a large number of people came one after another.Dozens of armed cavalry rushed to the nearby traffic arteries to supplement the defense, while hundreds of infantry gathered at the front and rear gates of the yard, and then transported to Jumaluzhai to seal the nearby intersections. It is firmly tied.
At this time, Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming also received the news, and they were quite shocked. They didn't expect that when all the Jin Yiwei in the city were arrested, there were still people who could organize armed resistance.However, as soon as this incident happened, it basically confirmed that all their previous speculations were hit. Since Zhengfuji hid the firearms privately and launched it with a guilty conscience when the official personnel arrived, it must also be related to the gun smuggling incident.
The Jinyiwei caught yesterday were not of high rank, and the information they knew was very limited, but Zhengfuji was directly involved in the transaction. Not only did they have muskets, but there were also people who knew how to use them. This is not easy.Moreover, those who hid in Zhengfu Ji and directed the resistance should already be very aware of the current situation in Zhangzhou City, and they did not want to be captured alive, so they made such a move.
As the people in charge, Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming naturally rushed to the scene immediately to coordinate and direct the next action.When they arrived, Xu Jiaqi had already arrived one step ahead, and was directing the infantry to set up a shield wall to prevent the people inside from attacking and fighting desperately.
Xu Jiaqi was not in a hurry to launch an attack, because the people inside obviously had the idea of dying, and he was not sure whether Xu Yuxing needed to capture the people here alive, so he made a relatively conservative deployment outside Zhengfuji to prevent the opponent from jumping over the wall in a hurry .
"It is initially estimated that there are more than ten people inside, and they are all equipped with muskets. As for the actual combat effectiveness, we don't know. One of us was injured here, and the injury is a bit serious. We have sent them away first." Xu Jiaqi introduced the current situation to them: " The door-breaking team, shield soldiers and musketeers are all in place, ready to attack at any time!"
Thanks to the experience of attacking Jinfahao yesterday, Xu Jiaqi seemed more calm when he deployed troops to surround Zhengfuji today.Moreover, the gate of this place is much smaller than that of Jinfa, and the corresponding difficulty of breaking through the gate will be lower.
"The people inside may have some key information, so try to capture as much as possible. Whether this case can continue to be investigated may depend on what we have gained in this place!" Xu Yuxing also immediately explained what he knew. He also suggested that Xu Jiaqi pay attention to the scale when he acts, and keep alive as much as possible.
"In this case, let's call out a symbolic word to persuade him to surrender!" Xu Jiaqi listened to Xu Yuxing's request, and didn't want to be blamed for killing the enemy during the battle, so he immediately decided to go through the process that should be done.
So after a while, the voice of persuading to surrender echoed inside and outside Zhengfuji: "Listen, people inside, you have been surrounded by officers and soldiers. Immediately laying down your weapons and surrendering is your only way of life. If you resist stubbornly, you can only die!"
This set of shouting is also a standard template copied from Haihan, shouting twice each time, repeating the operation after a short interval, and repeating this three times.However, this kind of propaganda did not have a very good effect on the real outlaws. Zhengfuji was still quiet and there was no response.
"It seems that we can only attack by force." Seeing that this measure of persuading surrender was not effective, Xu Jiaqi immediately said that he could only use the last resort.
"Okay, then you will be in charge." Xu Yuxing didn't insist anymore.
In fact, he also knew that the possibility of directly persuading him to surrender was unlikely. After all, he had already started fighting with Jin Yiwei yesterday. It is impossible for the people hiding in Zhengfu Ji to not hear any news. Even Jin Yiwei with a special status was not spared, let alone For the others, once caught, not only will life be inevitable, but capital punishment will also be inevitable.Those who knew that they would be unlucky after being discovered, and simply ignored the persuasion calls, must have also clinging to the mentality of fighting for one to make money, and fighting for two to earn one, and they were going to fight desperately in this place.
The method of attacking Zhengfuji was basically the same as yesterday. First, the shield soldiers covered the door and broke through the main entrance, and then the musketeers took advantage of the firepower to break in from the main entrance and clear the inside.However, considering that today's opponents are equipped with powerful weapons such as muskets, the shield soldiers also use the thickest and strongest metal shields. Each shield weighs nearly [-] catties, which is enough to block small-caliber muskets at close range. shooting.
Because this kind of large shield is too heavy, it is actually difficult to put it into use on the real battlefield. The slow moving speed will make it a very conspicuous attack target, and it will easily attract concentrated fire.If you encounter an opponent like the Haihan Army, you will even immediately attract artillery fire.However, in special operations in a small space, such as urban street fighting or the current environment that needs to be attacked, this large shield can still play a very intuitive role.
The door-breaking team opened the door of Zhengfuji with a door-breaking hammer in a very short time, and as expected, gunshots rang out immediately inside. Fortunately, the protective area of the large shield was large enough to protect the door-breaking warriors from withdrawing from the left and right sides of the door.The musketeers facing the gate outside also fired at the same time, pouring bullets into the yard from the open gate.
For a while, smoke and dust rose from inside and outside the door accompanied by gunshots. In fact, it was impossible to see the location of the target at all, and they could only rely on more intensive firepower output to attack and suppress the opponent.
The combat level of the city defense army was significantly higher than that of the opponent. The four rows of musketeers took turns to load and fire. On average, the interval between each round of shooting was even less than 20 seconds, and the shooting frequency was very stable.And in front of them is a breast wall composed of ten large shields lined up. When they shoot, only the shoulders will be exposed. In addition, they wear helmets with certain protective capabilities on their heads. The opponents in the yard think Hitting them is basically a matter of luck.
"The performance of the city defense army can be said to be well-trained, and it is definitely a first-class strong army!" Jin Ming watched it for a while and was full of praise.He wasn't just flattering the other party, he could use the rotation shooting tactics so smoothly in actual combat, even the Haihan army would not be much better than them, and it was definitely up to the standard of elite troops in the Ming army.
Xu Jiaqi was also quite proud after hearing this praise, and quickly responded: "Thank you for your praise, Lord Jin. This team went on an expedition to North Korea last year, and fought side by side with your country's special operations group in the Battle of the Datong River, and fought against the Qing army together. !"
"So that's the case, so it's no wonder they are so powerful!" Jin Ming heard that the city defense army had the experience of fighting with the special operations group, so he had a clearer understanding of its strength. They are not held back during the battle, and they rarely fight side by side with the Allied Army. The experience of this army shows that its combat effectiveness has been recognized by Qian Tiandun.
Using this level of regular troops to deal with civilian armed forces with far different levels of training and combat experience, naturally there will be no setbacks.After only a few rounds of shooting, the fire in the yard was already muted, and the sound of someone screaming could be heard faintly.The situation of the city defense army outside was much better. Only one person was unlucky and got shot. Fortunately, it was not a fatal injury. Even if there were reserve personnel to fill the position, the firepower output was not affected.
Xu Jiaqi saw that the resistance inside had ceased, so he also ordered to stop firing, and the shield soldiers took the lead and pushed forward step by step into Zhengfuji.When the gunpowder smoke dissipated for a while, several people could be seen lying down in the yard inside.The smell of gunpowder in the air is mixed with the smell of blood, making people feel like they are on a battlefield.
Once the front line of defense is breached, it will be very difficult for the people inside to rely on a limited number of muskets to keep the city defense army out.With fewer people and fewer guns, it is impossible to maintain a stable firepower output. The muskets in their hands are not even comparable to the crossbows used by Jin Yiwei because of the trouble of loading ammunition.And if the firepower output is interrupted in front of an opponent like the city defense army, it will be difficult to have a chance to stand up again.
(End of this chapter)
With the gradual elimination of external threats such as Shibazhi, the Netherlands, and Spain in the past few years, and the two ports of Penghu and Kaohsiung across the sea, there are also troops from the ally Haihan. Zhangzhou under Xu Xinsu’s control basically no longer needs to worry about being attacked Foreign enemies invaded, so the defenses inside and outside the city were relaxed.The night ban time, which originally started with the sound of the evening drum at [-]:[-] am, has now been delayed to the second watch, and the morning bell, which ends the night ban at [-]:[-] am, has been brought forward to the [-]th watch, in order to provide a better service for the people who need to go out early and return late. Providing convenience objectively also plays a certain role in the prosperity of the local economy.
Although today's night ban time has not changed, the morning bell will ring to end the ban as usual, but there are many places where traffic is prohibited in the city. Some roads have been temporarily closed by the military, and the people can only choose to take a detour.And the people who wanted to get out of the city in the morning also found out that the city defense army did not open the city gate today, and the Anmin notice posted next to the city gate stated that the arrest of Jiang Yang's bandit in the city has not yet ended. In order to prevent the thieves from escaping, the city gate is temporarily closed today. , the access to and from the city will be reopened after the hunt is completed.
If there is an urgent need to enter and leave the city, they can also report the reason to the city defense army at the city gate, and they can be released after their identity is checked.However, it may be difficult for ordinary people to come up with strong enough reasons to enter and leave the city at this time, so this flexible rule is actually only prepared for a very small number of privileged people, and ordinary people can only wait for the official re-opening. The access to and from the city is open.
Xu Yuxing's round of rest also didn't last long, and he was woken up in his sleep, because a new discovery had been made in the review of Jinfa's account.
As Jin Ming had previously speculated, the accounts of Jinfa's external expenditures were indeed tricky.The investigators did not spend too much effort to complete the investigation of the list of transfer objects given by Huifeng, and found a rather suspicious target in it.
"This company called Zhengfuji will receive money transferred from the Jinfa account every one to two months, ranging from seven to eight thousand taels to as many as three to 8000 taels. And the time for each transfer It's also very wonderful, it's just after Jinfa has exchanged a large amount of Spanish silver coins. And this Zhengfu Ji will usually withdraw the money in the form of bank notes plus cash within two or three days. According to the account records of the Huifeng account, this Zhengfuji has never deposited even a tael of silver into the Huifeng account, and only withdraws the money."
Xu Yuxing dusted the investigation report in his hand, and said to Jin Ming: "Is this really suspicious?"
Jin Ming replied: "Since that's the case, does Zhengfuji have a store in the city? The third young master quickly sent someone to seal it up, don't let the relevant people go!"
Xu Yuxing nodded and said, "When this report was sent, someone had already checked the matter. I think we won't have to wait too long for news."
While Xu Yuxing was having this conversation with Jin Ming, a team under Xu Yuxing had already found this Zhengfuji store in the city based on the information provided by Huifeng.Like most of the shops in the city today, Zhengfuji also closed its doors and did not open for business.After going up to call the door, there was no response from inside, but they naturally didn't back down, and immediately prepared to climb over the wall and open the door according to the standard operation mode.
But what they didn't expect was that after that, almost the same situation happened when they went to the Jinfa ship yesterday to search and arrest. The weapon used is no longer a crossbow, but a musket.
The person who fell from the wall struggled to tell his companion what he saw: "Everyone inside...all have guns!"
In fact, even if he didn't say anything, the rest of the people didn't dare to rush inside.Although they all carried weapons, they were just waist knives, and they couldn't fight recklessly with opponents equipped with muskets.It is very difficult for them to attack a place like this that needs to be attacked based on their strength. They can only control the periphery to call for support, and wait for the heavily armored city defense army to rush over to deal with it.
The local army under the orders of the Xu family attacked around the city yesterday and arrested many people related to Jinyiwei. Almost everyone believed that the situation had settled down. There may still be sporadic fish that slipped through the net in the city, but it should be unlikely to turn over. I can stand the storm.
Everyone rushed to lift the wounded away from the scene, and then began to treat his injuries, and at the same time confirmed to him the number of enemies he had just climbed up the wall to observe.
At this time, there were city defense army patrols and road cards everywhere in the city. When something happened to the Zhengfuji store, a team of city defense troops arrived soon to help Xu Yuxing's troops seal off the surrounding area.
Zhengfuji's store is also a courtyard, but the area is much smaller than the Jinfa store that was cooked yesterday. It is just a simple structure of the front and backyard of the store, and it does not require too many people to seal the roads on all sides.And according to what the wounded saw, there were at least a dozen people hiding in it, and it was already difficult for so many people to leave the yard without showing their traces.
After less than a cup of tea, a large number of people came one after another.Dozens of armed cavalry rushed to the nearby traffic arteries to supplement the defense, while hundreds of infantry gathered at the front and rear gates of the yard, and then transported to Jumaluzhai to seal the nearby intersections. It is firmly tied.
At this time, Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming also received the news, and they were quite shocked. They didn't expect that when all the Jin Yiwei in the city were arrested, there were still people who could organize armed resistance.However, as soon as this incident happened, it basically confirmed that all their previous speculations were hit. Since Zhengfuji hid the firearms privately and launched it with a guilty conscience when the official personnel arrived, it must also be related to the gun smuggling incident.
The Jinyiwei caught yesterday were not of high rank, and the information they knew was very limited, but Zhengfuji was directly involved in the transaction. Not only did they have muskets, but there were also people who knew how to use them. This is not easy.Moreover, those who hid in Zhengfu Ji and directed the resistance should already be very aware of the current situation in Zhangzhou City, and they did not want to be captured alive, so they made such a move.
As the people in charge, Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming naturally rushed to the scene immediately to coordinate and direct the next action.When they arrived, Xu Jiaqi had already arrived one step ahead, and was directing the infantry to set up a shield wall to prevent the people inside from attacking and fighting desperately.
Xu Jiaqi was not in a hurry to launch an attack, because the people inside obviously had the idea of dying, and he was not sure whether Xu Yuxing needed to capture the people here alive, so he made a relatively conservative deployment outside Zhengfuji to prevent the opponent from jumping over the wall in a hurry .
"It is initially estimated that there are more than ten people inside, and they are all equipped with muskets. As for the actual combat effectiveness, we don't know. One of us was injured here, and the injury is a bit serious. We have sent them away first." Xu Jiaqi introduced the current situation to them: " The door-breaking team, shield soldiers and musketeers are all in place, ready to attack at any time!"
Thanks to the experience of attacking Jinfahao yesterday, Xu Jiaqi seemed more calm when he deployed troops to surround Zhengfuji today.Moreover, the gate of this place is much smaller than that of Jinfa, and the corresponding difficulty of breaking through the gate will be lower.
"The people inside may have some key information, so try to capture as much as possible. Whether this case can continue to be investigated may depend on what we have gained in this place!" Xu Yuxing also immediately explained what he knew. He also suggested that Xu Jiaqi pay attention to the scale when he acts, and keep alive as much as possible.
"In this case, let's call out a symbolic word to persuade him to surrender!" Xu Jiaqi listened to Xu Yuxing's request, and didn't want to be blamed for killing the enemy during the battle, so he immediately decided to go through the process that should be done.
So after a while, the voice of persuading to surrender echoed inside and outside Zhengfuji: "Listen, people inside, you have been surrounded by officers and soldiers. Immediately laying down your weapons and surrendering is your only way of life. If you resist stubbornly, you can only die!"
This set of shouting is also a standard template copied from Haihan, shouting twice each time, repeating the operation after a short interval, and repeating this three times.However, this kind of propaganda did not have a very good effect on the real outlaws. Zhengfuji was still quiet and there was no response.
"It seems that we can only attack by force." Seeing that this measure of persuading surrender was not effective, Xu Jiaqi immediately said that he could only use the last resort.
"Okay, then you will be in charge." Xu Yuxing didn't insist anymore.
In fact, he also knew that the possibility of directly persuading him to surrender was unlikely. After all, he had already started fighting with Jin Yiwei yesterday. It is impossible for the people hiding in Zhengfu Ji to not hear any news. Even Jin Yiwei with a special status was not spared, let alone For the others, once caught, not only will life be inevitable, but capital punishment will also be inevitable.Those who knew that they would be unlucky after being discovered, and simply ignored the persuasion calls, must have also clinging to the mentality of fighting for one to make money, and fighting for two to earn one, and they were going to fight desperately in this place.
The method of attacking Zhengfuji was basically the same as yesterday. First, the shield soldiers covered the door and broke through the main entrance, and then the musketeers took advantage of the firepower to break in from the main entrance and clear the inside.However, considering that today's opponents are equipped with powerful weapons such as muskets, the shield soldiers also use the thickest and strongest metal shields. Each shield weighs nearly [-] catties, which is enough to block small-caliber muskets at close range. shooting.
Because this kind of large shield is too heavy, it is actually difficult to put it into use on the real battlefield. The slow moving speed will make it a very conspicuous attack target, and it will easily attract concentrated fire.If you encounter an opponent like the Haihan Army, you will even immediately attract artillery fire.However, in special operations in a small space, such as urban street fighting or the current environment that needs to be attacked, this large shield can still play a very intuitive role.
The door-breaking team opened the door of Zhengfuji with a door-breaking hammer in a very short time, and as expected, gunshots rang out immediately inside. Fortunately, the protective area of the large shield was large enough to protect the door-breaking warriors from withdrawing from the left and right sides of the door.The musketeers facing the gate outside also fired at the same time, pouring bullets into the yard from the open gate.
For a while, smoke and dust rose from inside and outside the door accompanied by gunshots. In fact, it was impossible to see the location of the target at all, and they could only rely on more intensive firepower output to attack and suppress the opponent.
The combat level of the city defense army was significantly higher than that of the opponent. The four rows of musketeers took turns to load and fire. On average, the interval between each round of shooting was even less than 20 seconds, and the shooting frequency was very stable.And in front of them is a breast wall composed of ten large shields lined up. When they shoot, only the shoulders will be exposed. In addition, they wear helmets with certain protective capabilities on their heads. The opponents in the yard think Hitting them is basically a matter of luck.
"The performance of the city defense army can be said to be well-trained, and it is definitely a first-class strong army!" Jin Ming watched it for a while and was full of praise.He wasn't just flattering the other party, he could use the rotation shooting tactics so smoothly in actual combat, even the Haihan army would not be much better than them, and it was definitely up to the standard of elite troops in the Ming army.
Xu Jiaqi was also quite proud after hearing this praise, and quickly responded: "Thank you for your praise, Lord Jin. This team went on an expedition to North Korea last year, and fought side by side with your country's special operations group in the Battle of the Datong River, and fought against the Qing army together. !"
"So that's the case, so it's no wonder they are so powerful!" Jin Ming heard that the city defense army had the experience of fighting with the special operations group, so he had a clearer understanding of its strength. They are not held back during the battle, and they rarely fight side by side with the Allied Army. The experience of this army shows that its combat effectiveness has been recognized by Qian Tiandun.
Using this level of regular troops to deal with civilian armed forces with far different levels of training and combat experience, naturally there will be no setbacks.After only a few rounds of shooting, the fire in the yard was already muted, and the sound of someone screaming could be heard faintly.The situation of the city defense army outside was much better. Only one person was unlucky and got shot. Fortunately, it was not a fatal injury. Even if there were reserve personnel to fill the position, the firepower output was not affected.
Xu Jiaqi saw that the resistance inside had ceased, so he also ordered to stop firing, and the shield soldiers took the lead and pushed forward step by step into Zhengfuji.When the gunpowder smoke dissipated for a while, several people could be seen lying down in the yard inside.The smell of gunpowder in the air is mixed with the smell of blood, making people feel like they are on a battlefield.
Once the front line of defense is breached, it will be very difficult for the people inside to rely on a limited number of muskets to keep the city defense army out.With fewer people and fewer guns, it is impossible to maintain a stable firepower output. The muskets in their hands are not even comparable to the crossbows used by Jin Yiwei because of the trouble of loading ammunition.And if the firepower output is interrupted in front of an opponent like the city defense army, it will be difficult to have a chance to stand up again.
(End of this chapter)