marquis of jingan

Chapter 544 Advance!

These Japanese pirates, even if they have artillery, are not uncommon. After all, they have been robbing things all these years, and it is not particularly uncommon for them to grab a few artillery pieces and get them into the lair!

But the bed crossbow...

That is something that can only be used to defend a big city!
Shen Yi was appointed as an imperial envoy to patrol the sea, in charge of the anti-Japanese affairs. He is naturally familiar with the information about the Japanese pirates, but so far, he has never heard of any big city that the Japanese pirates have captured!
Even if there is a broken city, if the bed crossbow is lost, the local officials will definitely report it to the court and the Ministry of War, then the court will definitely know, and Shen Yi, the head of the Ministry of War, will also know.

But Shen Yi didn't know what bed crossbow the Japanese pirates had stolen.

So where the bed crossbows of these Japanese pirates came from is self-evident.

Most of them came from Northern Qi!
It is not difficult to guess the reason behind Qi people doing this.

Supporting the Japanese pirates is naturally to mess up the coast of Nanchen. In this way, the sea route of Nanchen will be completely blocked, and a major source of income will be lost.

Of course…

Qi people can't create Japanese pirates out of thin air.

In fact, before Jiazi, Qi people did not enter the customs.There are sporadic Japanese pirates making trouble along the coast. As for the current situation, it is nothing more than the people of Qi seeing the situation of the coastal pirates and helping them to make them stronger.

to be honest…

Whether it's a Japanese or a Hu...

All be damned!
The range of the bed crossbow is more than two miles, and these bed crossbows will definitely stare at the flagship, so it is not safe on the deck. Shen Yi was dragged by Ling Su, hurriedly got off the deck, entered the cabin, and then Ling Su Su immediately ordered: "Retreat, retreat! Withdraw three miles away!"

A group of sailors immediately began to row hard.

Before the ship moved, another bed crossbow shot over, this time piercing directly through the ship's plank on the bottom of the sea, and the bottom of the ship immediately began to leak.

When the subordinates came to report, Ling Su immediately reported to Shen Yi, bowed his head and said: "Master Shen, our boat is leaking, although the leak is not big, but we are fighting against Japanese pirates now, and there is no time to repair it, so I will send another boat to come Pick you up!"

"Let's go to shore."

Shen Yi took a deep breath.

"what?"

Ling Su shook his head immediately: "No, you are an imperial envoy, how can you be in danger?!"

"Some wolf soldiers have already landed."

Master Shen said slowly: "I didn't come here to watch the battle on the boat."

He looked at Ling Su and said, "Ling Qianhu, you have also seen that these pirates have bed crossbows, do you know what this means?"

Ling Su was still a little dazed at the moment, so he shook his head.

Shen Yi gritted his teeth and said: "This bed crossbow must not belong to our Da Chen, if it is not Da Chen's, then it belongs to Bei Qi!"

"Behind these pirates, they must have the support of the people of Qi, at least the benefits of the people of Qi!"

"Today, even if our army can win, I'm afraid it won't be easy!"

"I am an imperial envoy of the imperial court, and my morale is here!"

Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "Pull up the Shen flag for me, and let the ships dock!"

Shen Yi's words were very resolute, and since he was an imperial envoy, Ling Su opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to disobey his orders. After taking a deep breath, he went down to convey the order.

The sailors changed the direction of the sails and took a few more oars.

Soon, the ship began to turn.

At this time, two long arrows from the bed crossbow pierced Shen Yi's flagship.

Because of the closer distance, the force of these two bed crossbows was greater, causing the entire ship to tremble violently a few times.

But now the wind was down, the speed of the boat was very fast, and the accuracy of the bed crossbow was really poor, and the long arrows shot by the four consecutive bed crossbows fell through the air.

At this time, the sky was bright, and Shen Yi's boat finally arrived at Beiji Island.

At the same time, more than half of the more than 2000 anti-Japanese soldiers who accompanied Shen Yi also approached the shore!
And the wolf soldiers who first landed on the shore, under the command of several hundred households, had already fought head-on with the Japanese pirates guarding the shore.

There were not many Japanese pirates guarding the shore, and together they were more than 400 people. Under Ling Su's command, the two sides fought fiercely for about an hour, and these Japanese pirates were wiped out.

So far, the first landing battle of the anti-Japanese army has come to an end.

However, this was only the beginning of the war against the Japanese.

With the end of the first phase of the landing battle, Ling Su immediately started the next phase of the arrangement: "Qian Zheng!"

He shouted loudly.

Baihu named Qian Zheng immediately cupped his fists and said, "The subordinate is here!"

"Lead your brothers under your command to sail immediately, seal all the outlets of Beiji Island, and strictly prohibit the Japanese pirates from escaping!"

Although Qian Zheng has a hundred households, he actually manages two or three hundred people, which is enough to seal off the sea.

Qian Baihu responded immediately and shouted loudly.

Immediately afterwards, Ling Su issued another order after another, and when the matter was almost arranged, he came to Shen Yi, bowed and clasped his fists and said: "Master, we have landed on Beiji Island, you see we are attacking now , or wait for Xue Qianhu to finish the call..."

Shen Yi was already wearing armor and a sword at his waist. Instead of answering immediately, he asked, "How about our casualties?"

Ling Su sighed and said: "My lord, these Japanese pirates seem to have been on guard for a long time. I was discovered by them when I was about ten miles away from the shore, so when I landed, there were a lot of casualties. You know, some Small boats don’t have cabins, and even if they do, they’re all made of straw, which won’t stop feathered arrows…”

"Don't be verbose."

Shen Yi frowned and said, "Just tell me the result."

"Brothers who died in action... estimated to be close to 200."

"There should be more than 100 injured..."

Shen Yi's face darkened.

The last time such serious casualties occurred was when Yueqing was guarding. At that time, the Anti-Japanese Army had just been established and had not yet taken shape.Facing Japanese pirates who were several times larger than him, he suffered a moderate loss.

After taking a few deep breaths, Shen Yi calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "Now set up some tents on the shore, settle the wounded soldiers, and then send people to advance tentatively, while fighting, wait for Xue Wei and the others to approach."

"Notice…"

Shen Yi said in a low voice: "These Japanese pirates probably have heavy ordnance in their hands, and they also probably have artillery..."

"This battle cannot be fought too hastily."

Shen Yi's face sank like water: "We must deal with the opponent as a regular army, advance little by little, and try to eat these Japanese pirates at the lowest cost."

"Let the brothers transport the artillery off the ship, and when they are testing the attack, use the artillery to bombard them!"

The cannons that Shen Yi brought over this time were a batch of new ones made by the firearms workshop.

To be honest, the power is very average.

But the advantage is that it is light enough. As long as it is a medium-sized ship, it can carry a few cannons. Although it is still bulky after installing wooden wheels, it will have a little mobility.

Ling Su immediately cupped his fists and bowed to his orders.

Ever since, the anti-Japanese army first set up dozens of tents along the coast, and then according to Shen Yi's request, moved from the south bank of Beiji Island to the north bank little by little.

At the same time, on a merchant ship about ten miles away from Beiji Island on the north side of Beiji Island, two people stood on the deck and looked at Beiji Island from a distance.

Because the weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, the wind is calm, and Beiji Island can be fully seen.

After two people on the deck looked at it for a while, the first one looked calm and asked, "Is that Shen surnamed at Beiji Island now?"

The latter person bowed his head respectfully: "This is not clear, but..."

"According to the virtues of civil servants from the South, he should not have come to the battlefield in person."

"Well…"

The person standing on the head exhaled and stretched lazily.

"Then let Li Jielang die."

"This group of Japanese people, I feel disgusted when I look at them, if it weren't for the top..."

After that, he snorted and turned back to the cabin.

"Let's go, let's go back."

The entourage behind him followed into the cabin, smiling all over his face: "Master, where are we going?"

"Back to Beijing."

The man lazily said: "Go back and tell Your Majesty that there is indeed a fairly good young man among the Southerners."

"This is facing the sea in the south..."

The man narrowed his eyes: "It seems that no one can stop him."

(End of this chapter)