"The red barbarians said that their king would send troops to conquer the Great Zhou soon. We asked us to release the captured sailors immediately and compensate for the losses of the conflict, and also demanded the opening of trade ports and ceding Nanri Island.

After the naval war, the Englishmen on Nanri Island took the initiative to send envoys to come here in small boats to demand negotiations.

However, the conditions they put forward made everyone feel incredible.

The Fujian general asked in confusion, "Did we win or lose? Why do we listen to their conditions as if we lost a lot?"

Wang Xiao smiled and said, "These red barbarians have always been like this. If you can't get anything on the battlefield, you want to get it through the negotiating table."

"Hehe" Lin Ruhai, who has always been rigorous, also laughed out loud, "I really don't know what it means. Not to mention this condition, even the emperor will not dare to nod."

After winning this place, everyone was in a high mood. Even the navy generals who suffered heavy losses were very happy, because Lord Lin said that theirs was theirs.

The arrival of the Red Barbarian Envoy made everyone very upset.

Lin Ruhai looked at Wang Xiao, "What should you do?"

Wang Xiao smiled and waved his hand, "Shave your hair and drive it away, tell them to wash their necks and wait for death."

Shaving hair is a great humiliation for China, which pays attention to the body and hair and skin, but it doesn't matter to the red and wild.

But their situation was indeed very bad. They lost their fleet and the remaining 1,000 people were trapped on the isolated island and could not move forward or retreat.

A few days later, hundreds of ships of all sizes sent many soldiers and civilians to Nanri Island.

Instead of fighting on the beach, the English retreated into the fortress they built.

The six thousand soldiers in Yangwei Camp were ready to make achievements. However, Wang Xiao did not agree to their attack, which made Yangwei Camp very dissatisfied.

In their opinion, the more than a thousand remaining soldiers on the island are just one dish, and you can eat whatever you want.

But Wang Xiao disagreed with them to make contributions and only planned to let the Shenji Camp use gunshots. This made the Yangwei Camp's people say strange things in private, and they said they didn't know whether Wang Xiao was from Shenji Camp or from Yangwei Camp.

The matter became more and more troubled, and in the end, even Lin Ruhai came forward to find Wang Xiao to persuade him.

Wang Xiao had investigated this fortress. Although it seemed simple, it was a standard fortress. Most of the soldiers stationed there were equipped with muskets.

Yangwei Camp mainly focuses on cold weapons, allowing an army in the era of cold weapons to attack the bastion with a large number of muskets. This is not a war, it is a suicide.

Wang Xiao did not resist, but proposed another choice. "Since that's the case, let the Pioneer Camp start first. Everyone should take a closer look at how these red barbarians fought."

The Pioneer Battalion is a cannon fodder suicide squad, all composed of people who committed crimes and were sent to the army.

Wang Xiao wanted those people to see with their own eyes what the outcome would be like to rush to the fortress directly.

As for the sinners in the pioneer camp, they are not worthy of pity.

The next morning, under the gaze of tens of thousands of pairs of eyes, more than a thousand cannon fodders from the Pioneer Battalion raised their shields and knives, carrying wooden ladders and shouted at the bastion.

"Brother Lian, why don't I let such a good opportunity to make meritorious service?"

Wang Xiao was surrounded by Xue Pan who was pulled out of the Pioneer Camp by him. At this time, Xue Da was complaining that Wang Xiao would not give him the opportunity to make achievements.

Wang Xiao didn't even have the idea of ​​perfunctory this idiot around him. He kicked him out with one kick.

The Pioneer Battalion, which was hitting the bastion, soon entered the range of the defenders. With a sound of Faye, the sound of cannons rumbling, and the dense musket shooting sounded throughout the four fields.

After shooting, the defenders on the front of the city quickly turned around and left and reloaded. The people behind followed him forward and made up for the seat and shot again.

The intensive shooting sound continued, and the cannon fodder of the Pioneer Battalion, who were trapped in cross-fire, fell to the ground in pieces.

Neither shield nor armor were able to resist the shooting of muskets.

Everyone watching the battle from afar was stunned. No one expected that such a result would be.

"Sir." Wang Xiao came to the stunned Lin Ruhai to salute, "You can stop the troops."

Lin Ruhai looked at Wang Xiao with complicated eyes and nodded slowly.

As the sound of gold sounded, the still alive pioneer battalion rolled and crawled backwards and fled.

The sound of gunfire on the top of the city gradually stopped, and the defenders made unscrupulous laughter. Wang Xiao also saw some Indian indigenous soldiers wrapped in cloth standing on the top of the city and scattering outward.

Wang Xiao, who curled his lips and decided the ending for them in his heart, turned around and looked at the many military generals.

"Who has anything else to say?"

Let me talk about yarn!

Such a bloody fact is placed in front of you, even if it is replaced by a soldier from Yangwei Camp to rush forward, it will be a fate.

Wang Xiao carried it with all his might and refused to let Yang Wei camp go to protect them. Otherwise, there would be hundreds of Yang Wei camp people who fell over there today.

"The Lord is really the one from our camp."

Lin Ruhai took a deep breath and looked at him with a serious look, "How to fight this?"

Wang Xiao pointed at the direction of the seaside and said, "Pull up all the cannons and bang him!"

In the following days, tens of thousands of civilians pulled more than 100 artillery pieces to Nanri Island by ship.

In order to allow these heavy artillery and a large number of food, grass, tents, lead, ammunition and other materials to land, countless civilians built a simple dock by the sea.

Xue Pan, who had escaped before, was sent by Wang Xiao to do coolies, but he felt no grievance in his heart, only grateful to Wang Xiao.

If Wang Xiao hadn't pulled him out before the Pioneer Camp attacked, he might have turned into ashes at this time.

During a charge from the Pioneer Battalion, more than half of the people died from the guards' muskets and artillery and were infected with post-war wounds.

Xue Pan, who was already tired and unhealthy, pulled a thick rope on his shoulder and dragged a twenty-four-pound cannon unloaded from a stranded English warship with dozens of civilians.

If it were a familiar person, he would definitely not be able to recognize Xue Pan at this moment.

My body, shirtless and wearing only big shorts, lost its fat as before, and it has become a prototype of muscles.

Wearing a pair of torn straw sandals, the scars on his shoulders were worn out, the back was full of new and old whip marks, and his hands were also covered with scars. He completely lost his appearance as a rich young master in the past.

When passing by the General Stage, Xue Pan subconsciously looked at Wang Xiao, who was standing majestic on the top of the platform, and his heart was full of envy.

"I want to be such a person, too."

‘Bang!’

When Xue Pan was feeling emotion, a whip whipped hard on his back. The roar of the supervisor sounded in his ears, "Go away!"

Xue Bawang lowered his head and dragged the cannon hard and carried the weight forward.

Is this the lawless Xue Bawang in the past?

Wang Xiao just glanced at this side and stopped paying attention. He turned around and continued to arrange the gun positions on the drawings.

Life in the military is boring, especially for people with strict self-discipline.

These days, many military generals secretly took advantage of the opportunity to transport supplies to return to the land to enjoy it. Even Lin Ruhai had local gentry who sent him two beautiful women to enjoy the loneliness.

Only Wang Xiao has never participated in these things, devoted himself to countless tedious affairs, and was able to arrange them one by one.

Li Weizhong, the leader of the camp of Yangwei Camp, once privately sighed that it would be unreasonable if a person like Wang Xiao could not stand out. Even Xianrongguo might not be able to do better than him.

Outstanding ability, strong personality, and extraordinary background.

When these points are concentrated on a person, he is undoubtedly the center of attention.

The design of ambushing the Red Barbarian fleet and preventing the tragic losses of Yangwei Camp has made Wang Xiao's reputation resound throughout the military camp.

As long as his bombardment tactics can successfully win the castle, his power in the army will undoubtedly gain a foothold and officially take over the prestige left over from the previous two generations of Duke Rong.

The things that were prepared in the early stage were tedious, but once everything was ready to fire, it was extremely pleasant in spirit.

After repelling the cannon fodder attack from the Pioneer Battalion, the defenders in the castle despised the local indigenous troops outside, believing that their combat effectiveness was almost the same as that of the Indian kings and princes.

Originally, they planned to send an envoy to negotiate after a period of stalemate. But on a sunny morning, the defenders in the castle were frightened to find a large number of artillery outside!

The rumbling of cannons was deafening. Xue Pan, who was squatting on the ground to be a transport soldier, couldn't help but cover his ears with his mouth wide open.

It was not until the whip hit him that he hurriedly ran towards the cannon position filled with smoke with heavy lead.

Bombing is not aimlessly attacking. Wang Xiao divided more than 100 artillery into many groups. The targets of each group are different, and they each shoot the support points on the castle. Especially the cannon positions on the top of the city are the primary targets.

The shelling of the depot without hesitation for the consumption of lead ammunition put a lot of pressure on the defenders.

As the artillery positions were completely destroyed, a huge gap was created on one wall. Finally, the defenders who could not hold back opened the city gate and launched a desperate counterattack.

About 800 musketeers and dozens of cavalrymen fought back against the artillery shells that were smashing over crazily, and launched a counterattack towards the closest artillery position.

Ignoring Li Weizhong's longing eyes, Wang Xiao directly ordered the 1,500 musketeers of Shenji Camp to come forward to fight.

The tactics of the defenders are the most traditional line formation, but Wang Xiao is built by a large number of cannon fodder and civilians carrying sandbags in a short time. The musketeers of Shenji Camp fired against the defenders behind the chest wall.

With the support of artillery fire, the number of people is twice as many as the opponent, and there is also a chest wall as a cover. The result of this shooting was destined at the beginning.

After the defenders who left the city were defeated, Yangwei Camp, who was full of anger, finally had a chance to appear.

However, when they roared and rushed into the castle, the remaining defenders had already cast a white flag.

Wang Xiao had already arranged a place for the prisoners.

There is a lack of labor in the mines everywhere, and working until death is their only choice.

This not-so-large battle has a profound impact on those participating in the war. For the first time, they truly witnessed the powerful power of firearms in front of cold weapons.

When the army cheered and returned to Fuzhou Prefecture, a shocking news came over 600 miles in a hurry.
Chapter completed!