Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 167 Great Victory, Frustrated

There are county guards in each county in the East, and they are in charge of the affairs of a county.

The shogunate is powerful, and almost all the county magistrates are related to the shogunate. This Torioka County, because of its important location and the key ferry, the county magistrate has long been taken by the Shanggong shogunate, and their family members are installed to take over.

Qi Jiguang interrogated this information from the Japanese captives, and he was bound to capture the members of the Shanggong family alive.

Hundreds of guards from the county mansion rushed out and bumped into Qi Jiguang's troops head-on.

When the two sides met, without further ado, Qi Jiguang swung his long saber and took the lead in beheading one person.

"Go in and capture the county guard alive!"

"kill!!!"

The masters of the rivers and lakes took the lead, relying on their strength to protect their bodies, ignoring the hacking of the government soldiers, and smashed a path.The soldiers of the building boats at the back followed with scimitars in their hands, hacking and killing all the underworld soldiers pretended to be lying around by the masters of the rivers and lakes.

Blood stained the gate and steps of the county mansion red, extending all the way into the mansion.

The screams were endless, and some servants, women and children were frightened by those vicious masters of the rivers and lakes, and they collapsed on the ground, crying endlessly.

The masters of the rivers and lakes are indeed "violent and vicious". All of them have red eyes and glance around, hoping to find the county guard first and capture him alive, so as to make a contribution.

They are now soldiers of the Bei'an Army. Since they are soldiers, they want to strive for military merit in their hearts.Most people who practice martial arts have a competitive heart. Whoever wants to be under others for a long time wants to make military achievements and be promoted as an officer.

"Say!" A man grabbed a woman's lapel and asked viciously, "Where is the county guard?!"

The woman couldn't understand the man's words, she just cried and couldn't answer.

At this time, Qi Jiguang rushed in and asked the man to let go when he saw this. He asked in Eastern Japanese language.Seeing that he could speak the Eastern Japanese language, all the servants hid beside him, for fear of being killed by those big men.

"My lord! I know!" A servant raised his arm facing Qi Jiguang's question, "The county guard must be hiding in the prison, I can help identify it!"

"Very good." Qi Jiguang ordered this servant to be taken to the prison.

There were many prisoners in the prison. Seeing a large group of people breaking in, they thought it was a prison robbery, and shouted: "Get me out too! I will serve my life!"

Qi Jiguang ignored it, and only asked the servants to identify their faces one by one, and soon went outside a cell, where the person inside was huddled in a corner with his back to the cell door.

Just looking at his back, the servant recognized him and shouted, "It's him! He's the county magistrate!"

The person huddled in the corner trembled, jumped up, pointed at the tip of the servant's nose and cursed: "Damn beast! You betrayed me, you beast!"

Qi Jiguang said: "Take it away."

Several Lou Chuan soldiers rushed in and roughly tied up the people.

"Let go! I'm from the Shanggong family! You bastards, do you know what will happen if you offend the Shanggong family!"

"Then you go to the palace house, do you know what will happen if you offend the Bei'an army?" Qi Jiguang said coldly, and escorted him away.

At this moment, all the government soldiers in the entire county government office have been killed, and only some servants and the family members of the county guard are left.

Qi Jiguang was not interested in these people, so he only asked his subordinates to bring all the documents and letters in the county government, which might contain some key information.

Before leaving, a master of rivers and lakes walked at the end. He glanced at the county mansion bitterly, and took out a fire pocket from his arms.

When the Shanggong family's army rushed over, they were shocked to find that the county government was no longer there, leaving only a burnt-out courtyard.

……

When Qi Jiguang's department went there, there were ten multi-oared boats and fifty fast boats.

When they came back, there were five extra double-decker sailboats and ten fast boats.

When leaving Niaogang Ferry, Qi Jiguang seized ten more fast boats to load the looted people and things.

When they returned to the ferry in the capital, Su Yuan and Zhou Shu were already waiting here.

When Qi Jiguang got off the boat, Su Yuan quickly walked up to him and said with a smile, "Good job!"

He already knew about Qi Jiguang's surprise attack on Dongwa.Previously, Qi Jiguang was worried that Su Yuan would be worried if he did not return to Beijing on time, so he led a large force to raid Torioka County, and sent two small boats back to Beijing to report to Su Yuan.

When Su Yuan learned of this, he was both surprised and happy. He agreed with Qi Jiguang's decision very much.

Making correct judgments based on the situation is a rare characteristic of a great general. Now that Qi Jiguang has returned in triumph, he is even more overjoyed.

"The last general is lucky to live up to his fate." Qi Jiguang was not proud, but just smiled lightly.

Zhou Shu looked at the people escorted from the boat, and said curiously, "General Qi, that's..."

"This person is the magistrate of Torioka County, and he was from the Shanggong shogunate. The general thought that this person might know some information and could be used as a bargaining chip, so he was arrested."

"Good catch." Su Yuan said, "A county magistrate can indeed be used as a big bargaining chip."

There are only [-] or [-] counties in the Eastern Japan, and the position of the county guard is extremely important. Unlike the county magistrate of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in the Eastern Japanese, the county guard is only one or two ranks behind the shogunate, and in terms of control over the county, The magistrate sometimes has more complete control than the shogunate.

It is definitely a great achievement to capture a county guard alive.

Su Yuan said to the officers and men: "Everyone rest for a day first, and tomorrow we will have a celebration banquet."

"Great!"

"Thank you, my lord!!"

"Finally I can let go of my stomach and drink!"

Summoning soldiers doesn't matter to celebrate the victory, but the masters of the rivers and lakes are very happy, and they like to drink and eat meat.But in normal times, this desire is not satisfied.

This is also what some people complain about... If there are any disadvantages of joining the Bei'an Army, the first one is that they are not allowed to drink alcohol outside of rest days.

Not allowed to drink, for some Jianghu people, it is more uncomfortable than killing them.However, the Bei'an Army has strict military discipline. If they drink secretly, they will deal with one if they find one.

After a few days, those who were addicted to alcohol were cleared out of the Bei'an army, and the rest belonged to a little addiction, but they could still be restrained.

In a cheerful atmosphere, Su Yuan, Zhou Shu, and Qi Jiguang came to a place to talk alone.

He asked about some details of the war, and Qi Jiguang told them one by one.

When Su Yuan heard about the fight at sea and the rush into the county government, he couldn't help feeling overwhelmed, wishing he could be there.

But he knows that as his territory grows wider, his status gets stronger, and he has more soldiers, the chances of going to the battlefield in person will become less and less in the future, which has to be called a pity.

After hearing Qi Jiguang finish speaking, Su Yuan said with a smile: "This is a pain in the ass."

With the addition of sea soldiers and land soldiers, the loss of Dongwa this time is as high as a thousand people, which is not a small number for Dongwa.Even the most powerful Shanggong shogunate has only a few tens of thousands of people under its command, and these tens of thousands still have a certain amount of water.

Not to mention that even the county guard was captured alive. This is the biggest blow, a major blow from the spiritual and psychological levels, and the status of the two parties is reversed in one fell swoop.

Zhou Shu nodded and said: "This will definitely make Dongba re-examine our relationship with us. However, they have suffered such a big loss this time, and they will definitely think about revenge. We can't take it lightly."

"The final general will always take strict precautions, and will not relax for a moment." Qi Jiguang said solemnly.

"We deploy our defenses step by step, so we don't have to fear their retaliation." Su Yuan said, "And since war has been declared, the war will continue until one side completely surrenders. Naturally, this raid will not be the last."

Just raiding one Torioka County is far from satisfying Su Yuan.Now that the Bei'an Army has declared war with Dongwa and is in a state of war, as long as Dongwa does not surrender, Su Yuan will definitely fight to its capital, Naijing.

When all the soldiers of his Bei'an army were sitting in the Daming Palace in Naijing, he didn't care whether he surrendered or not.

"For the interrogation work, I will call Jin Yiwei to help. In addition, I will send some people who understand the Eastern Japanese language."

At present, only Qi Jiguang at the ferry can speak Eastern Japanese, which is not enough.He has to be responsible for shipbuilding and soldier training. If there is another interrogation, he will be too busy and have no skills at all.

Su Yuan thought that there were still several envoys in his soldier talisman that he hadn't summoned yet. Up to now, there was only one envoy he had actually sent out, and that was Zhang Qian.

The other envoys are useless at all, and it is a waste to stay in the soldier talisman. It is better to use their skills in understanding various languages ​​and let them temporarily take on the role of translation.

The next day, the celebration will be held.

The masters of the rivers and lakes rarely had a chance to drink to their heart's content, and all of them got drunk.Su Yuan also participated in the celebration. After drinking two cups symbolically, he announced that everyone had achieved a lot this time and everyone would be rewarded.Those who perform outstandingly will be promoted in rank.

At the same time as the celebration banquet was held, there was no joyous atmosphere in Dongwa and Jiangnan.

In Torioka County, Kamiya Shingen rushed over from Naikyone overnight after hearing the news, and arrived in Toioka County at noon the next day with his eyes bloodshot all night.

He stood at the county mansion that had been destroyed by the fire, staring intently with an extremely cold expression on his face.

All the warriors accompanying the escort were silent, not daring to make a sound, for fear of bumping into the general's anger and being chopped off as a punching bag.

Shanggong Shingen stared at the ruins for a long time before squeezing out a few words between his teeth: "Bei'an Army...Su Yuan..."

He never thought that the Bei'an army would be so bold that they would not only intercept the fleet he sent to take over Ozu Island, but also dare to raid the Eastern Japanese mainland!
And it really made their surprise attack a success, the government soldiers were all wiped out, the county guard was arrested, and many confidential documents were looted... The most hateful thing is that they set fire to the county government before leaving, so that all the people in the county witnessed the disaster. The powerlessness of Japanese soldiers!

This is what Shanggong Shingen resented the most. He would rather the Bei'an Army kill more people, so that the common people would hate them.I also don't want the county government to be burned, showing the incompetence of the guards.

After a long time, Shanggong Shingen withdrew his gaze and asked the accompanying samurai, "I heard that the Bei'an Army didn't take away the county guard's family?"

"Yes, they are all at the inn now."

"Hmph! Why didn't they resist the Bei'an Army at that time? Maybe it can delay some time! A group of despicable and cowardly people, what's the use of living, go! Kill them all, let them die for the loss of the county government !"

"Yes!"

The warriors immediately went to execute the order, found the county guard's family and killed them all.

Shanggong Shingen was still not satisfied, he took the samurai to the fishing village again, brought up all the fishermen who witnessed the Bei'an army yesterday, and questioned them.

"Tell me, how many enemies went ashore yesterday!"

The fishermen were terrified of facing ordinary warriors, let alone seeing such a big man as the shogun. They were all so frightened that they knelt on the ground and trembled.Facing the question, he answered tremblingly.

"General, general... seems to be... hundreds of people..."

"Hundreds?" Shanggong Shingen raised his eyebrows and scolded, "Three hundred is also a few hundred, and nine hundred is also a few hundred! How much is it!"

The fisherman who answered was about to cry. He was so frightened yesterday that he didn't even have the time to count how many people there were in the Bei'an Army.

"General, I don't know..."

"I don't know? Then why are you answering indiscriminately, confusing your eyes, you should be killed!"

After saying that, Shingen Uemiya drew out his samurai sword and chopped off the fisherman's head with a puff.

This sudden killing frightened everyone else. Two fishermen passed out immediately, and the rest could not cry out under restraint.

"What about you?" Uemiya Shingen pointed the tip of the knife at the other fishermen, sweeping their faces one by one.

With the lessons learned from the past, other fishermen naturally kept silent, which made Shanggong Shingen even more angry.

"Speak!" He beheaded another fisherman with one blow.

The remaining fishermen finally couldn't help crying.

"General! We don't know anything!"

"Forgive me, General!"

"Woooooooo..."

Seeing this, some warriors behind Shanggong Shingen also showed a look of unbearable expression.

Some of them are also from poor backgrounds, knowing that these fishermen really don't know anything.Would the Bei'an army rush forward to tell these fishermen any important information?how is this possible.

But they knew in their hearts that their general, Shanggong Shingen actually understood this too.

If the shogun is an idiot, how did he rise from a bastard to the most powerful shogun today?The general naturally understood, but the general didn't really want to get some information right now, he was just venting his anger.

On whom is this anger to be vented, on the samurai?Every samurai is an elite, it would be a pity to kill them as a punching bag.Then we can only start with insignificant civilians.

Shingen Uemiya looked at the fishermen who were crying and begging for mercy, and his anger did not decrease but increased. The crying made him very upset, but his reason told him that he had already killed quite a few people today.Killing any more will not help.

The most urgent task now is to rush back to Naijing and discuss with other shogunate.Now that the Bei'an army has the ability and courage to raid the Eastern Japanese mainland, everything will be different.

Shingen Uemiya wanted to withdraw his sword here, but the movement of his sword made a fisherman think that he was going to kill another man. The fisherman thought he was desperate, and shouted angrily, "You trash! General, you trash! Even the enemy didn't kill us at will. But you, the general who was supposed to protect us, slaughtered wantonly! Compared to the enemy, you, the incompetent general, are the real devil!"

Shanggong Shingen, who was about to withdraw his sword and leave, was completely furious when he heard the words. At this moment, he seemed to have lost all self-cultivation and peace, and turned into a furious beast that would eat people at will.

"Kill! Kill all these fishermen! You bastards, why didn't you try your best to prevent the enemy from landing yesterday? You must be thinking of collaborating with the enemy! Kill!!!"

(End of this chapter)