marquis of jingan

Chapter 409
Li Mu was indeed furious.

Because he was afraid of Japanese pirates giving an early warning, he didn't call Linhaiwei's men and horses at first, but arranged Linhaiwei on the flanks to support them. After the Japanese pirates' artillery fired, these Linhaiwei's talents came out from the flanks.

What Li Mu never expected happened.

When the people of Linhaiwei fought hand-to-hand with Japanese pirates under the city, they had almost no ability to resist, or no will to fight!
Only a dozen of Linhaiwei died, and the others withdrew in a hurry, and many of them were chased and hacked by Japanese pirates!
In the end, nearly a thousand Linhai Guards all withdrew to Linhai County, stood on the tower and used crossbow artillery to repel the more than 100 but less than [-] Japanese pirates!

What Li Mu said is right, if there is no city to rely on, these bows and crossbows, and the Japanese pirates lack siege equipment, Linhai City would not have fallen!
This is really a shame and a shame for the officers and soldiers!
Nearly a thousand soldiers in a whole guard!

When Li Mu scolded Ling Qianhu, Shen Yi paced over. He stood aside first and did not bother the prince to curse.

After Li Mu glanced at Shen Yi, he glared at Ling Su angrily, and said, "Go and count the casualties on the battlefield, and report to the officer before dawn!"

Sweat covered Ling Su's forehead, he bowed his head deeply and said, "Yes..."

After this Ling Qianhu left, Shen Yi went up. He looked at Li Mu and sighed: "My son, the local officials and soldiers are all hereditary military households. Da Chen established the country for more than a hundred years, and now they have It is the fifth or even the sixth and seventh generation of military households, so it is not surprising that the combat power is low, so you don't have to be so angry."

After Ling Su walked away, Li Mu looked back at Shen Yi, and then heaved a long sigh, ignoring the dust on the ground, and sat down on the ground with a dejected expression.

"I also know about the hereditary military households, but I didn't expect that the combat power of my Chen Guo soldiers has been reduced to such a degree."

He is depressed.

"Even if the Japanese pirates are invincible, how can they be the opponents of the Qi people?"

Everyone has some sense of belonging to the country, but whoever has the strongest sense of belonging is without a doubt the Li clan.

But the ruthless reality caused Li Mu to suffer a lot.

He originally thought that although Chen Guo was not strong, he was not too weak, but Linhaiwei's performance today taught him a hard lesson.

Shen Yi imitated his appearance, sat on the ground next to him, and comforted softly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be depressed. Although the local government and army are weak, the frontier army and the imperial army are still capable of fighting. .”

He smiled and said: "Your Majesty sent us to the coast to form an anti-Japanese army. If the local army is strong enough, we won't be needed."

Li Mu took a few deep breaths, calmed down a bit, and said slowly: "That's what I said, but I could have wiped out a lot of Japanese pirates tonight, but I was tired by the Linhai Guard, and my success fell short."

Shen Yi asked: "Aren't the Japanese pirates damaged at all?"

"Of course there is."

Li Mu said silently: "But there won't be too many, at most there will be a dozen people left, and most of them died from crossbow artillery. I'm afraid there are only a handful of Japanese pirates who were killed at close quarters."

As he said that, he looked at Shen Yi, and said in a deep voice: "As for the casualties of Linhaiwei, I'm afraid there will be more than a hundred, and most of them were injured by Japanese pirates during their escape!"

Hearing this number, Shen Yi couldn't help being a little speechless.

He once speculated on the combat effectiveness of the local army. According to his estimation, even if a thousand Linhaiwei had to pay some price, they would be able to eat up the Japanese pirates. There is such a disparity!
What's even more outrageous is that the officers and soldiers of Linhaiwei are all in armor.

The Japanese pirates are basically all civilians.

He also took a deep breath, and said, "These Japanese pirates are so fierce, even if they dare to confront the officers and soldiers head-on, they can still win a big victory!"

"Not all Japanese."

Li Mu snorted, and said, "When these Japanese bandits shouted and drank in the city, they could hear a lot of Japanese language sporadically, but when they gave orders, they clearly spoke the coastal dialect. Although I don't quite understand it, But you can vaguely hear the Taizhou dialect!"

"The leader of the Japanese pirates must be a Han Chinese!"

Speaking of this, Li Mu was full of anger and said angrily: "Most likely they are members of the Wang family, not the Wang family, but also supported by the Wang family!"

"The rich people in these places are simply lawless!"

He turned his head to look at Shen Yi, and asked, "Is there nothing wrong with Wang's mansion?"

"problem occurs."

Shen Yi smiled and said: "But it's not a big deal. It is estimated that six or seven people wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make trouble. Three of them were killed on the spot, and the others escaped."

"All the members of the Wang family were locked in the mansion, and none of them escaped."

"I can't spare them!"

Li Mu stood up angrily, and transferred all his anger towards the Japanese pirates to the Wang family, angrily said: "This family will be completely destroyed, and no one will escape!"

Shen Yi still sat on the ground, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the Wang family are all fish on the chopping board, so we are not in a hurry to deal with them. What we are anxious about now is how to form anti-Japanese soldiers."

Li Mu snorted, and said: "When forming a new army, none of them can be selected from the local army. I'm afraid these local troops have not even been trained. They are all useless waste!"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said: "My son, these hereditary military households have been passed down from generation to generation, and they have no way to be promoted. Naturally, they have little combat power. This time when fighting against Japanese pirates, although there are not many people who kill the enemy at close quarters, there are not many. A Linhai guard who killed the Japanese pirates head-on?"

Li Mu asked thoughtfully, "What does Ziheng mean?"

"Promote, promote fiercely."

Master Shen said slowly: "Let him change from an officer to an officer, let him become an officer, and let him become famous!"

"Tell everyone that starting today, as long as you kill the Japanese pirates, you will be able to get promoted and make a fortune!"

"And these Linhaiwei soldiers who killed the Japanese pirates may be the cornerstone of our anti-Japanese army."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi paused, and said: "But this matter can't be rushed. I'll go and see these "warriors" in the daytime tomorrow, and then ask the Di Baosi to check their background and make sure After there are no problems, they can be absorbed into the anti-Japanese army."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi paused, and continued: "And as far as I know, the reason why the Japanese pirates are fierce is because the Japanese swords they use are sharp, and they are very powerful when they get close. Therefore, our anti-Japanese army needs to use some Use long-handled weapons to avoid close combat with Japanese pirates."

Shen Yi knew about this long-handled weapon.

It's called "Wolf Whip".

It is a weapon or utensil invented by the Qi family army when they were fighting against the Japanese, and it is very suitable for fighting the Japanese sword.

However, Shen Yi only knows that the wolf shaft is made of moso bamboo as a handle, and then assembled with some iron objects such as branches, but he has to contact the local blacksmith to make the finished product, and then experiment a little bit.

In this way, the two sat on the ground of the tower, discussing little by little how to deal with the Japanese pirates.

Soon, the sky slowly brightened.

Shen Yi stood up, patted the dirt on his buttocks, cupped his hands at Li Mu, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, you go to the city to interrogate the Wang family, and I will go to the Linhaiwei barracks to meet those who killed the Japanese pirates." warrior."

Li Mu also stood up with a murderous expression on his face.

"Okay, I'll go and have a good trial of these Wang family members!"

(End of this chapter)