I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 116 The sea is the tomb, the warship is the coffin, the noble spirit lives on! ( words)

The eight Baban ships surrounded the Fu ships in a V-shape.

The naval gunners in the gun room lit the fuse and held it in their hands, ready to use the fuse to ignite the cannon and fire the cannon at any time.

Lin Shisan issued a strict order: "Captain Chen, tell the brothers not to fire without orders."

The two sides were in a standoff, with the eight ships neither leaving nor attacking the Fu ships.

Soon, a small boat was lowered from an eight-boat, carrying two people dressed in Japanese clothes.

The small boat rowed towards the Fu ship and stopped beside it.

One of the Japanese was a fake Japanese, that is, a Han pirate along the coast.

The fake Japanese shouted, "We are subordinates of General Xu Hai of the Osumi clan. Come on board to check the authenticity of your five-sided flag."

Xu Hai and Wang Zhi are both pirate leaders, but they are very different.

Wang Zhi recruited Japanese to work for him. Moreover, Wang Zhi was a businessman who preferred smuggling rather than bringing Japanese pirates to land and rob.

Xu Hai was cruel by nature. He attached himself to the Shimazu family, the lord of the Osumi domain of Japan, and led the Osumi domain soldiers to land and rob. This person was a Han woman who actually led the Japanese invaders.

The eight Class 8 ships in front of us all belong to Xu Hai.

Lin Shisan ordered: "Put down the rope ladder and let them come up."

Soon, the two men came up to the boat via the rope ladder.

The fake Japanese proudly introduced himself: "I am a hatamoto Qiaowu under the general Xu Hai of the Shimazu family. Ah, it is equivalent to a thousand households in your Ming navy."

Lin Shisan was stunned: "You are the Ming country? You are not Han Chinese?"

Qiao Wu said: "Who is a Han Chinese like you? I have long been loyal to the Shimazu family, the lord of the Osumi domain. I am a real Osumi person."

"Take down your five-sided flag immediately. If you, the Ming navy, dare to fly a fake five-sided flag in front of the Osumi navy, be careful or we will throw you all into the sea to feed the fish."

Lin Shisan felt a deep sense of humiliation: the warships of the Ming Navy, sailing in the Ming seas, had to fly the flag of the Japanese pirate leader and accept inspection by this fake Japanese pirate in front of them.

What a shame!
However, as he had a mission to fulfill, Lin Shisan could only order his men to take down the five flags.

Qiao Wu carefully examined the flag and said, "Yes, it is real."

Lin Shisan said, "Now that you have checked the flags, it's time to get off the boat, right?"

There are some people in this world who are mean and mean-spirited. Qiao Wu is obviously one of them.

Qiao Wu sneered, "What? Are you going to chase me away? I am a dignified samurai of the Osumi clan, and I have condescended to come aboard your shabby ship to inspect it. Shouldn't you give me some money to save my life?"

Sun Yue couldn't hold it in any longer: "You came to our ship to show off your power, and you want money?"

Qiao Wu's eyes widened. "What? Your lives are in my hands. I only need to shout or signal with a flag, and the eight No. 8 ships will blow you into pieces immediately!"

"Shouldn't you pay for your life?"

"I recognize your ship. It is a fourth-class Fuzhou ship. It costs 10,000 taels of silver to build one. I order you to hand over 2,000 taels of silver immediately."

"Otherwise, don't blame the Osumi clan's ruthless artillery!"

Lin Shisan gritted his teeth and said, "Look, we have the flag of the Wufeng ship owner. You are still blackmailing us. Aren't you afraid of offending the Wufeng ship owner?"

Qiao Wu angrily said, "Don't use the Wufeng ship owner to pressure me! I only obey the orders of the great commander Xu Hai! The sea is ours. Anyone who sails on the sea must pay me money. The same goes for the Ming navy!"

"If you don't have money, women will do. Are there any Ming women on this ship? Hand over three beautiful Ming women."

Zhenwo, who was standing next to Qiao Wu, seemed to understand the word "woman". He smiled obscenely, "Woman? Hua girl, hello. Qiao Wu, you have a big conscience."

Lin Shisan said angrily: "There are no women and no money on this ship."

Zheng Ruo was a famous scholar in Jiangnan, how could he bear such humiliation? He cursed: "Qiao, you have forgotten your ancestors! You actually asked the Ming navy for women for your pirate master to abuse. I have never seen such a shameless person!"

Qiao Wu's eyes widened with anger: "What? You dare to insult the hatamoto of the Osumi domain? I heard it all. If you want to leave safely, you can not give me the silver, you can not give me the women, but you must chop off this old man's head and give it to me."

"I'm telling you, I like to lead my brothers from Osumi to play with Ming women."

"If I'm happy, I'll take the Osumi samurai from Tianjin and capture the capital. I'll kill the emperor, sleep with the queen, and call her a princess!"

It is said that the one who can endure what ordinary people cannot endure is a real man.

But if you endure some things, you become a coward!
Lin Shisan was the imperial guard of the Ming Dynasty. Qiao Wu said such anti-Tian Gang words as "Kill the emperor, sleep with the queen, and call her a princess" in front of his brothers in the navy and Jinyiwei.

If they endured it, where would the dignity of the Imperial Guards be? Where would the dignity of the Ming Dynasty be? Lin Shisan's face could be stuffed into his crotch from now on.

Lin Shisan angrily said, "That's enough! You bastard! Chen Lin!"

Chen Lin yelled, "Understood!"

Chen Lin did not hesitate, drew out his sword, and stabbed Qiao Wu to death.

Qiao Wu thought that he had eight ships of the Eighth Order as his backing, and Lin Shisan and others would not dare to touch him. But he never thought that he was too mean and lost his life.

A despicable traitor like him will never understand that in the eyes of an upright person, dignity is more important than life.

Chen Lin raised his knife and slashed it, and Qiao Wu fell to the ground like a dead dog.

All the navy brothers and the brocade robes shouted in unison: "Good!"

Zhenwo was panicking and was about to shout, but Sun Yue was quick and strangled his neck with his arms as strong as a small tree.

Sun Yue's 200-plus pounds of fat weren't in vain, and he strangled Zhenwo to death in a short while.

The fake Japanese and the real Japanese are dead. It is impossible to leave here safely.

Lin Shisan shouted loudly: "Brothers, if we want to keep our ship safe, we can't rely on the pirate leader's flag!"

"The dignity of the Ming Dynasty must not be trampled upon!"

"The Ming navy is sailing in our own seas, why should we care about the Japanese pirates' attitude?"

"All the cannons, muskets, and crossbows on the ship are ready! Fight your way out!"

"Even if we die at sea today, we will die to protect the Ming Dynasty's maritime borders. We are true martyrs!"

"We will never be cowards!"

"Brothers, at worst we can use the sea as our grave and the warship as our coffin, and our noble spirit will live forever!"

All the navy brothers and the brocade robes shouted: "Kill the Japanese! Kill the Japanese!"

When the Eighth Ship saw that Qiao Wu and his two men had not yet disembarked, they opened fire on them.

Lin Shisan said to Chen Lin, "Captain Chen, I don't understand naval warfare. I will hand over the command of the entire ship to you."

Chen Lin nodded and shouted an order: "Gunners, fire your cannons and muskets in unison! Mastiffs, helmsmen, set sail at full speed and break out to the south!"

"Boom boom boom", a black fog rose around the Fu ship, which was the gun fog caused by the artillery firing.

The Japanese pirates' eighth ship also reacted and began to fire back.

Iron cannonballs kept hitting the hull of the Fujian ship.

Chen Lin kept issuing orders, trying to adjust the two gun bays to the best angle to bombard the enemy ship: "Left rudder fifteen! Steady!"

"Boom!" The Eighth Ship kept approaching, replacing the solid shells used for long-range shooting with grapeshot, which had a shorter range but greater lethality.

Chen Lin also ordered: "Portuguese gunners, switch to grapeshot!"

Yu Dayou once said a famous quote about naval battles: "In naval warfare, force is used to defeat cleverness. A large ship is better than a small ship, a large gun is better than a small gun, many ships are better than few ships, and many guns are better than few guns."

It was difficult for a fourth-class Fu ship to fight against three eighth-class ships, let alone one against eight?

Grapeshot continued to hit the hull of the Fuzhou ship, and many navy brothers and Jinyiwei comrades had their limbs and even torsos broken off.

Chen Lin was already blood-thirsty, and shouted: "Everyone who is breathing, go to the deck to prevent the Japanese pirates from boarding!" "This Fu ship can sink, and we can all die. But we must not let the Japanese pirates get the Fu ship!"

Lin Shisan ordered Sun Yue: "You escort Mr. Li and Mr. Zheng to the cabin."

Sun Yue was furious: "Master, I am not a coward. I want to fight side by side with you on the deck."

Lin Shisan cursed, "Say it again, protect Mr. Li and Mr. Zheng to the cabin. This is a military order!"

Sun Yue had no choice but to do as he was told.

When Lin Shisan saw Sun Yue leading Li Shizhen and Zheng Ruozeng down from the cabin, he gritted his teeth, picked up a crossbow, and went to the deck to fight off the enemy.

The moment he ordered Chen Lin to kill Qiao Wu, Lin Shisan had already anticipated that he might not be able to escape unscathed.

This time he went south, he experienced two battles in Huai'an and at sea, and was no longer the slick and timid captain of the Jinyi Hall.

The Yanhuang bloodline in his body awakened. At this moment, he is a fearless general of the Ming Dynasty!
Die if you want! A real man fights on the battlefield and dies for his country, why should he return home wrapped in his horse's hide?

The sea is the tomb, the warship is the coffin, and the noble spirit will last forever!

The surrounding eight-count ships were like a pack of wolves, getting closer and closer. The Japanese pirates had already begun to deploy sampans, preparing to board and seize the ships.

Lin Shisan held the enemy-killing crossbow, constantly firing arrows and reloading. He fired arrows again and reloaded again.

He was so blood-thirsty that he felt no fear at all. His only wish was to kill as many pirates as possible before he died in battle.

He wanted to let the Japanese pirates know that the sea borders of the Ming Dynasty were not a paradise for bandits to run rampant. The men of the Ming Dynasty would protect every inch of the sea border with their lives.

The ancient sages once said: When the spring breeze comes, there will be autumn rain.

The ancient sages also said: There is no book without coincidence.

Just as Lin Shisan was preparing to die a heroic death for his country, a secret burst of artillery fire suddenly rang out at sea.

Chen Lin, who was personally at the helm, was somewhat puzzled: "Why, the Japanese pirates switched to solid bullets again?"

Lin Shisan, who was on the deck, looked carefully and saw a fleet suddenly rushing out from the west. The fleet was composed of four Fuzhou ships. It was the fleet of the Ming Navy!
The fleet was like a sharp blade, piercing diagonally into the ribs of the Japanese battle formation.

The situation in the naval battle immediately became one-sided.

Lin Shisan's morale was greatly boosted. He shouted, "Brothers, reinforcements are coming! Kill the Japanese! Kill the Japanese!"

There were a hundred people on the Fu ship when it went out to sea, but now there are only more than fifty people left.

The remaining fifty warriors shared a common hatred of the enemy and continued to shoot at the enemy ships with cannons, guns and crossbows.

The reinforcement fleet was getting closer and closer. Lin Shisan saw the general's flag on the ship.

"The Ming Dynasty's Deputy General in Charge of Zhejiang, Lu"!
It’s Lu Tong!
Thinking back to the time when Lin Shisan almost died in Tiaoji Mountain while trying to save Lu Tan.

After being rescued, Lu Tong went to Zhejiang. He won a battle but was framed and imprisoned because of party disputes and the consequences of being framed by Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong.

After Hu Zongxian gained power, he wrote a letter to his teacher Yan Song to plead for Lu Tong. Lu Tong was able to escape the crime and was promoted to the second-rank deputy general of the defense.

This time, Lu Tong brought four Fujian ships to Dayangshan Island to destroy a small fleet of Japanese pirates.

As luck would have it, they encountered the Eighth Fleet ships besieging the Fujian ship where Lin Shisan was.

Buddhism teaches that if you sow good seeds, make good connections, you will reap good results.

Last year, Lin Shisan saved Lu Tong, which was a good cause. Today, being saved by Lu Tong was a good result.

This naval battle was already one-sided. Two moments later, three of the eight ships had sunk. The remaining five, seeing that they could not gain any advantage, fled at full speed.

The speed of the Baban ships was much faster than the huge Fu ships, so Lu Tong did not pursue them.

The Fujian ship where Lin Shisan was located had been badly damaged.

He and Chen Lin boarded a small boat and headed for Lu Tong's flag ship. On the deck of the flag ship, he met Lu Tong, the old anti-Japanese hero who had rescued him before but had never had the chance to meet him.

The 52-year-old Lu Tan was tall and had a half-white beard.

Lin Shisan bowed and said, "I am the General Flag of the Northern Pacification Division, Lin Shisan, and I pay my respects to Commander Lu!"

Chen Lin also bowed and said, "I am Chen Lin, the captain of the navy, and I pay my respects to Commander Lu."

Lu Tong was surprised: "Lin Shisan? Why does this name sound so familiar? I once gave a Yewulong to Eunuch Gao Zhong, but it was lost. Did you find it?"

Lin Shisan nodded: "That's right."

Lu Tong laughed heartily: "You saved me once last year. I saved you once this year. We are even now."

Lin Shisan said, "It was Eunuch Gao who saved you last year, not me. Today I was saved by you. I will never forget your kindness."

Lu Tong said, "We are all comrades in the fight against the Japanese pirates. Why should we talk about gratitude or ingratitude? Where is your ship going? How did you encounter the Japanese pirates?"

Lin Shisan told Lu Tan everything that had happened.

Lu Tong nodded: "I see. Sooner or later I will cut Xu Hai into pieces!"

The Japanese pirates sank three of the Eighth-class ships. Many of them jumped off the ships to escape, but were captured by the Ming army and taken to the Fuzhou ships.

A deputy captain of the navy bowed and said, "General Lu, we have captured forty-eight people. How should we deal with them?"

Lu Tong said coldly: "The real Japanese will be beheaded. The fake Japanese will have their hands chopped off first, then their feet, and finally their genitals, and thrown into the sea to feed the fish."

In Lu Tong's view, the fake Japanese are more hateful than the real Japanese.

Lin Shisan bowed and said, "General Lu is decisive in killing people. He is truly a hero."

Lu Tong gave a bitter smile: "What a decisive guy, what a hero. No matter how many pirates he kills on the battlefield or how many merits he achieves, he can't beat a few words from the bigwigs in the court. Maybe one day he will end up in jail again."

"However, as long as I lead the troops for one day, I will ruthlessly kill the Japanese pirates and avenge the people of the southeast."

Lin Shisan heard a hint of helplessness in Lu Tong's voice.

Lu Tong added: "I know that going to Zhoushan to find Bailu is a big deal. But my four ships are going to Dayangshan Island to destroy the Japanese, so I can't share them with you. I can only escort you to the waters of Xiaoyangshan Island, and we will go our separate ways there."

"How is your ship?"

Lin Shisan didn't know much about ships. Chen Lin bowed and replied, "One of the masts was broken, and there were more than a dozen holes in the cabin that were leaking. They have been plugged, but they need to be repaired."

"We have used up about 70% of the gunpowder and ammunition we brought."

Lu Tong nodded and said, "I will give you ten shipwrights to help you repair the ship. I will also give you ten barrels of gunpowder, one hundred solid bullets, and six barrels of grapeshot."

Lin Shisan said: "Thank you very much, benefactor."

Lu Tong smiled and said, "You are also my benefactor!"

Lin Shisan and Chen Lin took the shipwright back to the Fu ship and spent two hours repairing the hole. They followed Lu Tong's fleet southward to the Xiaoyangshan Sea.

Lin Shisan apologized to Li Shizhen and Zheng Ruozeng, "Gentlemen, I was reckless for a moment and almost hurt you."

Li Shizhen said: "The dignity of the Ming Dynasty cannot be lost. You did the right thing. Unfortunately, I am not a god who can bring the dead back to life. No matter how hard I try, more than 20 brothers are still seriously injured and have passed away."

In this fierce battle at sea, thirty naval brothers and eighteen comrades from the Northern Pacification Division died.

For this trip south, Lin Shisan was given a total of one hundred Northern Division comrades, but now there are only more than thirty left.

However, Lin Shisan was not worried about being held accountable by his superiors. After all, they all died fighting against the Japanese invaders.

At midnight that night, Lin Shisan's Fu ship followed Lu Tong's fleet to the Xiaoyangshan waters.

Lu Tong was going to Dayangshan Island to destroy the Japanese. He could no longer escort them. The two sides parted ways.

Lin Shisan, Chen Lin and others went straight to Zhoushan Island.

(End of this chapter)