Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang
Chapter 267 Isn't this Zhou Gangjing? Why was he demoted here?
Chapter 267 Isn't this Zhou Gangjing? Why was he demoted here? (Million words)
Following Zhu Yunxi's order, twelve warships stood ready.
Every soldier held a blunderbuss and stared at the sea intently, waiting for the order from the hundred household officials to pull the trigger in his hand.
Because the bird guns issued at this time were just simple matchlock guns.In order not to make the soldiers on the ship become targets, Zhu Yunxi also ordered people to throw torches covered with fierce essential oil onto the sea, artificially creating a backlight angle for the enemy.
The so-called fierce essential oil is nothing but crudely refined gasoline.
Due to the rough technique, the purity of each barrel of gasoline is different.
Therefore, it can only be used as a means of lighting at night, as well as an evolution of fierce fire oil, for scenes such as city defense and garrison.
Seeing that Zhu Yunxi was so cautious, Chen Hai had a higher opinion of the young grandson of the third emperor in his heart.
Because in his opinion, even if Zhu Yunxi was not arrogant, he would never be cautious to such a degree, even if he was not arrogant and aristocratic.
But Zhu Yunxi's performance completely exceeded his expectations, making him feel that he was following the right person.
This is a man who can accomplish great things!
No way, the future Emperor of Ming Dynasty is this person!
After Chen Hai had this understanding, he executed Zhu Yunxie's order more respectfully, making all the children of the Chen family ready to set sail at any time.
However, he still strolled up to Zhu Yunxi to show his presence.
"Third Emperor's grandson, you don't have to be so nervous."
"Caomin has also fought a few fights with Japanese pirates. Not only does he know the basics of Japanese pirates, but he has also learned some tricks."
"The Japanese pirates range from a dozen to as many as dozens of people. If there are hundreds of people, they are considered a large group of Japanese pirates."
"Generally speaking, they don't have the guts to think about a big ship like ours. With a big ship like ours, each ship can have at least 100 people. How can they dare to come here?"
Zhu Yunxi would never admit that he was cowardly. Seeing what Chen Hai said, he should be making nonsense.
"I don't know!"
"Just be careful not to make big mistakes, and don't let them relax too much. Let's treat it as a temporary exercise."
Seeing what Zhu Yunxi said, Chen Hai happily flattered him.
"Three Emperor Sun Yingming!"
"That's the reason. You can't let the boys on the ship be too idle. If you are idle, it is easy to cause disputes, and it is easy for the enemy to take advantage of the loopholes!"
Seeing that Chen Hai was so good at chatting, Zhu Yunxi praised him so much that he was a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly used a trick to switch to Dafa and change the topic.
"By the way, Mr. Chen just said how many fights he had with Japanese pirates?"
"Old Chen?"
When Chen Hai heard the name "Old Chen", he was so happy that he almost exploded.The third emperor's grandson is indeed a knowledgeable person, we just slipped a little bit, the third emperor's grandson values us as an old man!
"Don't dare to be called the grandson of the Three Emperors. The grass people have indeed fought several Japanese pirates over the years. They are quite famous in the sea around Fujian."
"Ordinary Japanese pirates will tactfully avoid my Chen family's flag when they see it, and will not easily go up to take their own humiliation."
Zhu Yunxi's understanding of Japanese pirates comes from the demonization of the people of Ming Dynasty on the one hand, and the remaining memory fragments in his mind on the other hand.
However, no matter which one, it seems that it is not very reliable.
Therefore, he is very eager to find someone who has actually fought the Japanese pirates, so that he can popularize the real combat effectiveness of the Japanese pirates.
"Dare to ask Mr. Chen, what is the real combat power of the Japanese pirates? Is it as exaggerated as the people in the capital say?"
Seeing Zhu Yunxi asking this question, Chen Hai immediately suppressed the smile on his face, and replaced it with a dignified expression.
"To be honest, it's not an exaggeration."
"However, Japanese pirates can be divided into real Japanese and fake Japanese. The real Japanese are really strong, and everyone is a master."
"It is said that the real Japanese are all warriors from the Japanese country. They have practiced killing swordsmanship since they were young. It is just because they followed the wrong master and the master was defeated. These warriors have no use for them and can only run to the sea. Come to live."
"If the grandson of the Three Emperors encounters a large number of real Japanese, Cao Min suggests that you should run away quickly."
"As long as our lucky boat unfurls its sails, the Japanese pirates can't catch up even if they vomit blood..."
"As for the fake Japanese, they are the people along the coast of Daming who can't survive, and they shaved their baldness and pretended to be."
Zhu Yunxi also knew the difference between real Japanese and fake Japanese, but he didn't know the difference between the two.
"Old Chen, what's the difference between a real Japanese and a fake Japanese?"
Hearing this, Chen Hai thought for a while.
"They're all a bunch of scourges, what's the difference?"
"However, the real Japanese are more ruthless. They kill people and set fires at every turn, and they do things without leaving a way out."
"Fake Japanese mainly rob money. As long as merchant ships cooperate, they will not easily kill people."
"And the fake Japanese are even more cunning. Because they are familiar with the terrain of Ming Dynasty, they often lead people deep into the inland, robbing Linhai county towns, markets, etc., and occasionally pick a few wealthy households to rob the rich and help the poor, and take the excess property they robbed. Distributed to the local people."
"Therefore, every time the imperial court mobilizes troops against the Japanese pirates, people along the coast will send letters in advance, causing the imperial court to fail repeatedly."
After Chen Hai received the affirmation of "Old Chen" from Zhu Yunxi, he was brought into the thinking of court officers and soldiers without knowing it, and drew a dividing line with his past reckless life.
In fact, it is hard for someone like him who has been floating at sea all year round not to deal with Japanese pirates.He even raised several gangs of Japanese pirates in the outer seas of Fujian, which were specially used to deal with ignorant colleagues.
Otherwise, how can the Chen family monopolize the one-stop industry of sea-going ship production, sales, and transportation?
"So there is such a thing?"
After listening to Chen Hai's words, Zhu Yunxi gained some insight.Dare to love as early as the Ming Dynasty, there were such things as traitors in China...
The two chatted for a few more words, and suddenly heard a familiar voice from the sea.
"Noble!"
"It's me!"
"I'm Liu Lizheng, and I'm here to deliver things to the nobles!"
When Zhu Yunxi heard that he was an old acquaintance, he immediately ordered all the staff not to attack, but did not lift their guard.Then he put down the two small boats and went forward to make contact, until the people on the small boats came back to send a message to confirm that there was no ambush, then he ordered Liu Lizheng to be brought up for questioning.
Liu Li was getting on the lucky boat, but felt that his eyes were not enough.Pat the handrail for a while, and the mast for a while.
"My lord, this boat is really magnificent. I'm afraid it will cost several thousand taels of silver?"
Hearing this, Chen Hai couldn't help laughing and joked.
"My fellow, the mast you touched just now is worth 1000 taels of silver, hehehe!"
"what?"
Liu Lizheng quickly withdrew his hand when he heard the words, and wiped the mast vigorously with his sleeve, as if he was afraid of being touched by others.
He is also a commoner along the coast. He fishes for a living all year round. He dreams of owning a big boat, preferably one that can hold the whole village.
At that time, he, Liu Li, will be going ashore to become the village head and the sea captain. Thinking about it, he will be very majestic!
Therefore, seeing such a big ship lying across the sea, if he didn't find a reason to come up and take a look, he would have to slap himself a few times in his sleep and dreams.
"Liu Lizheng, why are you here so late?"
Liu Lizheng heard the nobleman asking each other, so he withdrew his gaze from looking around and said flatteringly.
"After the nobles left today, the old man immediately led the young people from the village to the county seat. Seeing the fresh citrus in the market, he immediately bought a cart and returned, intending to give it to the noble and his subordinates to quench their thirst on the way!"
Zhu Yunxi expressed his gratitude on the spot when he heard the words, and then looked at the dozen or so lights on the sea, with a knowing smile on his face.
"Thank you Liu Lizheng for the gift, but it's not easy to receive rewards for nothing."
"How about this, as many boats as you come, I will send you as many boats of food."
"How do you like this?"
As soon as Liu Lizheng heard Zhu Yunxi's words, he knew that the nobleman had seen through his little trick, and he blushed on the spot with shame.
"Thank you for the reward, the nobleman. The villain has nothing to repay, so I can only lead the villagers to pray day and night, and bless the nobleman with a long life and many children..."
At this time, Zhu Gui, Zhu Yu and others came over, seeing that Zhu Yunxi had just rewarded others with a few boats of grain, they immediately took out a few gold leaves from their sleeves and threw them on the ground.
"Take these two back and spend them. Buy some chickens and ducks and raise them again. When I return, I will go to your village to enjoy them!"
Zhu Xi was not as bold as Zhu Gui, but he also took off a jade pendant and stuffed it into Liu Lizheng's hand.
"This jade pendant is also worth some money. You always take it back to improve the food for the villagers, and lead them to live a good life!"
Zhu Zhi saw that the two elder brothers had expressed it, so he reluctantly took off a huge golden lock from his neck and threw it on the ground.
"Gu's golden lock is worn out, so let's use it as Gu's meal money at night!"
When Liu Lizheng saw the golden leaves and golden locks on the ground, his eyes were dumbfounded.
Who are these guys, why are they so generous?
It's just that the accent is a bit weird, croaking like a toad.
Although gold is charming, but Liu Li is a sensible person, he just kowtowed to a few people and rejected their kindness.
"The old man thanked the three nobles, but this gold is really not something that a vulgar man like the old man can afford to spend. It is the food that this little nobleman gave."
Seeing the doubts on the faces of the three of them, Chen Hai hurriedly explained for Liu Lizheng.
"The imperial court has a law that prohibits the use of gold and silver for folk flowers, and those who violate it are felonies."
"In addition, things like gold are rare, and that jade pendant is even more impressive."
"If this old man really dares to spend it, he probably won't be able to spend a cup of tea, and the government will come to his door and charge him as a robber."
When the three of them heard what Chen Hai said, they realized that they had made a big joke unintentionally.
But the three of them soon became puzzled and looked at Zhu Yunxi in puzzlement.
"Nephew, did you know this a long time ago, so you only sent them food?"
Seeing the three people asking each other, Zhu Yunxi immediately made a joke.
"wrong!"
"The three Uncle Wangs look up to me. I'm just stingy and don't want to give money, hahaha!"
When the three of them heard what Zhu Yunxi said, they were so angry that they wanted to throw him into the sea.Zhu Yunxi looked at the three angry little uncles, and felt refreshed in his heart.
"My lord, I have something important to tell you. I wonder if you can find a place where no one is around..."
Zhu Yunxi looked at the people around him, shook his head and said.
"You can rest assured that the people around me are all my own people, so don't worry about them leaking secrets."
"The little old man said it!"
"Today, the nobleman's fleet is too impressive, and he doesn't care about the price when he goes ashore to buy, which may attract the attention of those who are interested..."
"Little old man, the young people in the village are all reliable. Even if there are a few ordinary-minded people, the old man can persuade him. But the people in other surrounding villages are hard to say. If they are not guaranteed, there will be those dogs who eat inside and outside. The whereabouts are revealed..."
"A hundred miles to the east of this place, there is a bamboo island, and there is a group of Japanese pirates entrenched on it. It is said that there are 200 of them!"
"Although there are many people on the nobleman's side, you must act carefully, and don't let the villains take advantage of your loopholes..."
After hearing the words, Zhu Yunxi thanked Liu Lizheng solemnly, and then ordered someone to send him off the ship.
After Liu Lizheng left, Chen Hai said with a worried face.
"This old man reminded us very timely that we are indeed showing off our wealth too much, and it is easy to be remembered by others."
"It doesn't matter if the general Japanese pirates are not fighting, I'm afraid they will gather together and become more."
Zhu Yunxi nodded solemnly when he heard the words, and then ordered the fleet to increase its alert level and stay ready for battle at any time.
……
Zhou Zhiqing, the county magistrate of Haizhou, sat in his study with a sad face, worrying about the inkstone full of inkstones.
He was originally a civil official, but he was sent to such a poor place as a county magistrate, and he has been unlucky for eight lifetimes.
However, to make matters worse, since he took office, the Japanese plague has never stopped.Coastal villages and towns are often looted, killing and injuring hundreds of villagers.
What made him even more angry was that last night a group of Japanese pirates went to the county town to run wild, robbed a few wealthy households, and then left calmly.
The county government's servants are useless at all, no matter how he dispatches them, these people are full of complaints waiting, but no one wants to move.
Now he is having a headache on how to write an indictment document to the court. He was beaten to the county seat, but he failed to keep a Japanese pirate. His county magistrate is considered to be over.
I just don't know if I will continue to be demoted or sent to Beijing in return for handing over this letter of confession.
Although it was quite torturous to write the petition, Zhou Zhiqing had to write it.If he is targeted by other imperial envoys, or stabbed by other colleagues, he will be accused of deceiving the emperor, and his whole family may be questioned and beheaded.
Therefore, Zhou Zhiqing wrote down the memorabilia with tears in his eyes.
Even though the memorial could only transmit words, not his voice and images, he also showed His Majesty the emperor his determination to defend the city to the death through a little tear, and only after his repeated resistance did he successfully repel the bandits and save the city. county seat……
It's just that there is no garrison in Haicheng, and the officers of the county government lack the ability to fight in the field, so they dare not go out of the city to pursue them, so the gangster retreats calmly...
Although Zhou Zhiqing has tried his best to write the memorial as good as possible.But when he thought of the shrewdness of the old emperor, he knew that his little trick was not enough.
Because he has said so much in a long way, but there is not a single gain in the writing of the petition!
If you don't get a lot and talk about a dick, do you really think that the old emperor eats dry food?
Therefore, after Zhou Zhiqing finished writing the memorial, his whole body seemed to collapse.
He has been an official in the court for many years, and he knows the old emperor's temper very well.Maybe if this memorial is handed over, the old emperor will send Jin Yiwei to fetch him.
Seeing that the ink on the memo had dried, Zhou Zhiqing sealed it with wax paint and stamped his own seal.
After finishing writing the petition, he wrote a few more private letters, and ordered his servants to forward them to Zuo Shi and Tongnian in the capital, asking them to try their best to say a few good words for him.
He also spent a little time thinking about the time of sending the memorial, and there was a time difference.Let the old servant go for a day, and then send the memorials up through the court's post delivery system.
After Zhou Zhiqing issued the memorial, he insisted on taking a bath every day and changing his clothes every day.
Because he knows that such clean days are numbered, once he is caught in Jinyiwei, because he has questioned the third emperor's grandson and prevented His Majesty from making the third emperor's grandson the emperor's grandson, Jinyiwei's bastards will not let him go .
However, just two days after he handed over the plea documents, he got a report from his subordinates that more than 200 Japanese pirates went straight to the county and killed them.
When Zhou Zhiqing heard this, he felt a hatred in his heart. He studied hard for ten years, and the fame he finally obtained was going to be ruined by these Japanese pirates?
Therefore, he didn't care that he was a frail scholar, so he snatched a knife from the guard, went to the county government's warehouse to find a pair of rusty armor and put it on, and immediately led a group of guards to the top of the city. .
"Everyone, I, Zhou Zhiqing, am a civil servant. I am a frail scholar who can't fight or kill."
"But the Japanese pirates deceived people too much. They just robbed the villagers along the coast, but they even broke into the county town!"
"This official has the responsibility of guarding the land. Even if I die, I will drag one or two of them as backs!"
"As for the local people in your hometown, if your conscience is still alive, you can go out of the city with me to fight!"
"If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, then take off your official clothes and go home to nurse your child!"
"In short, I won't run away, I swear to live and die with Haicheng!"
What Zhou Zhiqing said was impassioned and passionate, but more of a helplessness.
Because according to the regulations of Ming Dynasty, he can only do this.
If he dared to abandon the city and escape, Emperor Zhu would definitely kill his whole family!
Therefore, if you run, you will die, if you defend, you will die. Why not fight him to the death?
When the guards below heard this, no matter whether they were willing or unwilling, they could only bite the bullet and shout slogans.
Mr. Zhou is right in saying that they are natives of this place after all, if they really took off their official uniforms because they were afraid of Japanese pirates, then they would never want to put them on again in this lifetime.
"Xiaozhi is willing to defend the city with Master Zhou, and vows to live and die with Haicheng!"
Listening to the shouts of the crowd, Zhou Zhiqing only felt a great pride in his chest for a moment.
Not to mention that there are only two hundred pirates in the district, even if there are 2000 people, he has the courage to dare to give it a try!
It's just that he overestimated his courage and underestimated Zhenwa's combat effectiveness.
This is a headache for Mr. Xin Guogong Tanghe. How can he, a civil servant, have the ability to go out to fight in the city?
Therefore, when he led the crowd out of the city to fight in the field, in just one fight, more than a dozen people on his side were hacked to death.
The rest of the people ran back like crazy, Zhou Zhiqing was hit by a few yamen servants running desperately, and was stepped on several times by the people behind.
When he got up from the ground again, she was the only one left at the gate of the huge city, and everyone else ran back to the city.
Zhou Zhiqing looked at the gradually raised city gate, and cursed inwardly, about to run back.However, after just a few steps, I felt a chill behind my back.
When he looked back, he saw a Japanese warrior with a bald shaved face looking at him with a grim face, holding a bloody Japanese sword in his hand.
Zhou Zhiqing had never seen such a scene before, he was so frightened that he passed out on the spot.
It's just that before he fainted, he vaguely heard the roar of firecrackers...
Standing on the deck, Zhu Yunxi took out a telescopic telescope from his sleeve, glanced in the direction of Haicheng, and curled his lips in depression.
"The county magistrate of Haicheng must be stupid. There are only a few people in their county, and they dare to open the city gate to fight in the field. I don't know whether to praise him for his courage, or praise him for being cute and stupid."
"I'm afraid this move will cause the Japanese pirates to swarm up, harming the people in the city, and making it impossible for us to catch up!"
Hearing this, Chen Hai hurriedly cheered Zhu Yunxi up.
"Your Highness, don't worry, Your Highness has this magical weapon. Isn't it easy to defeat this group of Japanese pirates?"
Chen Hai's confidence comes from a firearms military exercise he witnessed two days ago.
In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, Zhu Yunxi asked them to practice shooting every few days.
The targets are ready-made, and the seabirds flying in the sky are living targets.
After teaching his subordinates the theory of ballistic parabola, Zhu Yunxi set a reward, one hundred cash for a seabird.
The poor and crazy boys on the boat, when they heard this reward, spent no night or day thinking about how to hit more accurately.
Therefore, in a short period of time, the shooting accuracy of the soldiers of the Fire Gun Battalion has improved rapidly.
No one thinks that shooting training is hard, only that there are not enough birds in the sky, and they all fly away after a few shots...
Zhu Yunxi occasionally let them go ashore to practice queuing up and shooting to prepare for future landing operations.
Fortunately, this formation is relatively easy. In addition, he has adopted the advanced technical means of fixed gunpowder, and the size of the lead pellets is a uniform standard size, so his queuing shooting tactic is extremely fast in reloading.
If they are divided into three teams, they can basically achieve uninterrupted firepower.
Of course, all of this is based on the long-range arms that do not have the same firepower on the opposite side.
If the opponent is also a bird gun with this kind of firepower, his more than 1000 people are not enough to see.
Maybe after three rounds of gunfire, half of the people will be killed.
While the two were talking, the ten hundred household officials had already formed a team and were ready to fight at any time.
Zhu Yunxi also put away the binoculars, planning to disembark and direct the command in person.But he was stopped by Chen Hai and three other little Wang uncles.
"Nephew, just leave the fighting to the subordinates, why do you go up there yourself!"
"His Royal Highness Dai Wang is right. You are a noble body, the third emperor's grandson. How can you take risks lightly? You should stay on the ship and command the battle!"
When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he was depressed for a while, and Chen Hai said that staying on the ship to command the battle would be pure nonsense.I have to use binoculars to see Haicheng County. Standing on a boat can command a fart. Could it be possible to send a telegram to the people on the front line?
"Retire to Gu, Gu must personally command the battle!"
"No more disturbers!"
"cut!"
Everyone didn't dare to persuade them any more after hearing this, but they all strongly demanded to disembark with him.
Zhu Yunxi thought that there were more than 200 people on his side, and only more than 200 people on the other side. At first glance, it seemed that there were no mistakes in six strikes, so he agreed to everyone's request to join the army.
However, when the fight really started, Zhu Yunxi knew how difficult the Japanese pirates were.
A group of Japanese pirates who were clamoring at the foot of Haicheng City saw the well-dressed people rushing up, not only did not panic, but quickly got into formation under the command of the leader Yoshitake Hanbei.
Yoshitake Hanbei Mie looked sideways at the Ming army who lined up without any panic, and his mind was full of mud.
When did the Ming people have such a majestic army?
It's just that what kind of firesticks are they holding in their hands? Daming's firecrackers are not so slender, right?
He looked again at the dry masts and sails floating in the sea, and a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.
If he had such a fleet, he would be able to cross between Daming and Japan, even if he returned to Kyushu Island, it would be a piece of cake to be a daimyo or guardian!
"Samurai!"
"Kill all the smart people in front of you, and the dozen or so big boats on the sea will be ours, wow quack!"
"There should be firecrackers on the opposite side. As long as we resist the first round and charge up while the opponent is changing his medicine, the battlefield will be our world!"
"Onboard!"
"Onboard!"
While the Japanese pirates were shouting onboard, a group of recruits under Zhu Yunxie also marched forward shouting the slogan "We must win".
Originally Zhu Yunxi wanted to teach them a few military songs, but time was too tight, and he was afraid that they would not be able to learn them, so he found a random slogan for them to shout.
The effect was not bad. With the slogans in their mouths, the recruits had no time to think about other things, and they were not as nervous as they were at the beginning.
When the two sides were fifty paces apart, both sides invariably stopped shouting slogans to embolden them.
Surrounded by two hundred guards, Zhu Yunxi gave orders to the soldiers under him.
"300st, [-]nd, [-]th team ready to shoot!"
"The fourth and fifth teams of 600 are ready!"
"Seventy-eight nine wait!"
When Zhu Yunxi began to issue orders, Yoshitake Hanbei was also waving the "military equipment" in his hand, sitting in front of the station to direct the work.
The so-called military distribution is the fan that Japanese generals wave in their hands when they fight.
In the beginning, this kind of fan was only used as a divination tool, but with the development of the times, this thing has changed from a divination tool to a fashion.
Anyone who doesn't hold a fan when commanding a battle will be looked down upon by others.
Of course, it is said that this fan has another use, that is, it can be used as a shield.
But what can be blocked is a matter of opinion. In short, there are more decorations than practicality.
As Yoshitake Hanbei waved the fan in his hand, the warriors under him immediately formed a loose butterfly formation.There is a huge gap between each butterfly formation and other military formations.Even the Butterfly Formation itself stood very loosely, with only a team of more than 200 people, abruptly stretching out an attack surface of hundreds of feet.
And every samurai leaned down, the one in the front row even squatted down, with one hand propped on the ground, and the other tightly holding the Japanese sword around his waist, and only after the opponent's firecracker fired, he rushed up to chop Melon cut vegetables.
Seeing the well-trained Japanese pirates on the opposite side, Zhu Yunxi felt his heart pounding, and even regretted his recklessness.
I really should follow Chen Hai's advice and stay on the deck to take command...
But he has already disembarked and is on the battlefield in person. If he retreats again, it will be embarrassing, and it will easily disturb the morale of the army.
Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and resist.
Seeing that his side was ready for battle, Zhu Yunxi gave the order to shoot without saying hello to the other side.
"Boom!"
With the sound of a gong, the three hundred soldiers in the first row collectively pulled the trigger.The matchlock bounced instantly, igniting the fuse of the bird gun, and then, under the huge push of the gunpowder, the lead bullets were shot out one by one.
Since the opponents were all squatting on the ground, the shooting effect in the first round was very poor, and only a dozen people were hit.
The reason why the hips are so stretched is that the current bird guns do not have rifling, and as long as the lead bullets fly out of the gun barrel, the kinetic energy is released completely irregularly, and no one knows where the projectile will eventually float.
In addition, the distance between the two sides was too far, fifty steps away, it was already close to the maximum shooting range of the bird gun, so the casualties on the opposite side were very small.
After Daming fired the first round of firecrackers, the Japanese pirates also blew the "conch" to attack.
When a group of Japanese warriors heard the sound of the conch, they jumped up from the ground one by one and charged towards the Ming army.While charging, he also shouted slogans.
However, just when the Japanese pirates thought that the Ming army’s firearms could only fire one round, they only heard the second sound of a gong coming from behind the Ming army’s phalanx. The guns in the hands of the soldiers in the second row rang again.
A group of Japanese warriors looked at a large group of people falling around them, their eyes were red, and they charged towards the Ming army like evil spirits.
Yoshitake Hanbei, who stood at the back of the group of samurai, was also taken aback by seeing such a scene.
The first round of firecrackers sounded, and only a dozen people died on his side.But the second round of volleys killed forty or fifty people on the spot.
If the Ming army came to these two rounds again, wouldn't it be true that all the more than 200 people of my own accounted for it here?
When Yoshitake Hanbei was thinking this way, as if the heavens had heard his prayer, the third round of firecrackers rang out from the Ming army as expected.
After the third round of firecrackers, half of the charging samurai fell down.
Even though they also rushed to the distance of less than [-] steps from the Ming army, these [-] steps were as difficult to cross as a natural moat.
Because, the fourth round of firecrackers rang again, followed by the fifth and sixth rounds...
Yoshitake Hanbei watched more and more people fall, and closed his eyes in pain.
At this moment, there is only one thought in his mind, that is, it's over, it's over!
The two hundred samurai that I managed to gather together thought that they could use this power to return to Japan and win the title of daimyo or guardian, but they didn't want to be destroyed by an unknown Ming army.
But what made him even more curious was, what exactly was the weapon in the hands of the Ming army that could be so sharp?
Zhu Yunxie was also curious. He had played six rounds on his side, and the Japanese warriors were still charging. Even if there were only a dozen people left, they still didn't want to stop. Are these people really not afraid of death?
No matter how confused Zhu Yunxi was, the Ming army inevitably came into contact with the Japanese pirates.
Even if the opponent only killed ten people, it still caused a lot of casualties to his army.
These ten life-threatening Japanese pirates rushed into the army formation just like chopping melons and vegetables.
Although Zhu Yunxi also equipped the soldiers with Pu Dao and other weapons, the Pu Dao was relatively short, and secondly, it was not as sharp as the samurai sword in the hands of the Japanese pirates, so it was a disadvantage in battle.
Fortunately, there were a lot of people on their side, and after paying the price of more than a dozen casualties, they finally wiped out all the Japanese pirates who rushed up.
All that's left is to clean up the battlefield.
Because more than a dozen people died on his side, Zhu Yunxi was in a very bad mood, and directly issued an order not to keep any prisoners.
For a while, the battlefield was filled with the sound of mending knives and the creaking sound of cutting Japanese pirates' heads.
Since Zhu Yunxie had a group of recruits under his command, and his marksmanship and knife skills were very fashionable, it was inevitable that there would be some unpleasant friction sounds when cutting the heads of the Japanese pirates.
Zhu Yunxi ordered the guards around him to catch the leader of the Japanese pirates. During the siege and interception of 300 people, Yoshitake Banbei was directly captured alive, and he was brought to Zhu Yunxi in a bundle.
Yoshitake Hanbei can speak fluent daimyo, and it is because of this ability that he became the leader of this group of Japanese pirates.
Therefore, when he was brought before Zhu Yunxi by the Ming army, he didn't have the slightest sense of arrogance, and he knelt very neatly without the people behind him kicking his legs.
"Humble Yoshitake Hanbei, I have seen the Great General of Tomorrow!"
"Dare to ask the general if he can tell his name, so that the humble can die more clearly..."
Zhu Yunxi casually made up a set of nonsense to fool the Japanese who was about to become a dead ghost in front of him.
"The First Fleet of the Ming Dynasty, Commander Zhu Tong, ordered by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to wipe out Japanese pirates like you!"
"Now that you know my name, you can die knowingly, right?"
"Come on, let's cut it off a little further away, I'll cut off this head myself!"
After Zhu Yunxi said this, after thinking about it, he decided to do it himself.
No matter what, he is also the leader of the army, so it's not easy to kill a prisoner and let his subordinates do it, right?
If the bad old man in the palace knew about this, he might laugh at himself.
"Come here, bring this general's eighty-foot-long sword!"
When Zhu Gui heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. Only his eldest nephew could think of such an outrageous name.
The ancients made swords from Qinghong, Ganjiang, Moxie, Zhanlu, Tai'a and the like.Not to mention nice, it sounds cool too.
Fortunately, my eldest nephew ordered someone to carefully craft a sharp blade, and directly engraved the ghostly name "Eighty Zhang" on the blade.
Following Zhu Yunxi's clamor, a guard immediately handed over his "Eighty Zhang" broadsword, Zhu Yunxi took it and flicked it twice, then walked towards Jizhu Banbingwei who was kneeling on the ground.
Yoshitake Hanbei is also a bachelor, even though he was so scared that he peed his pants, he didn't shout for mercy.
He just closed his eyes in pain, trembling uncontrollably, and tears streaming down his face.
However, just when Zhu Yunxi was about to slash with his knife, a man ran out suddenly, shouting to keep someone under the knife.
Zhu Yunxi glanced at Fuji Youshou displeasedly, thinking that the leading party is quite troublesome, does he have a place to speak here?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi chopped down without hesitation.It was only because of poor knife skills that the prisoner's head was chopped off after two slashes, which made his wrist hurt.
Fuji Yuju saw that Yoshitake Hanbei's body was in a different place, and his face was full of remorse.
At this moment, he only hated himself for not being able to disembark with everyone, for not being able to leave such a warrior for Japan in time!
"His Royal Highness, how could you kill such a warrior!"
"You are blaspheming the warrior!"
Zhu Yunxi sneered when he heard the words, and shrugged helplessly.
"Teng Yushou, all your dogs ran to the door of Gu's house and bit someone, why can't Gu kill him?"
"If you don't vent your anger on you, it's already considered a self-restraint!"
"You can just be your stupid big wood with peace of mind and let me lead the way."
"For things on the battlefield, follow the rules on the battlefield!"
Hearing what Zhu Yunxi said, Fuji Youshou only felt his face turn red and turn pale, and even a slight sense of shame rose in his heart.
However, this sense of shame was quickly replaced by shock.
He never thought that such a small firestick of the Ming army could explode with such great power.
If he brought this technology back to Japan, wouldn't it be possible to help his father defeat the Northern Dynasty, defeat Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and unify the whole of Japan!
Therefore, after a little bit of entanglement, he respectfully took his seat towards Zhu Yunxi.
"The lesson of the three emperors is that the humble know their mistakes!"
"Things on the battlefield should be resolved according to the rules of the battlefield!"
"Today I have seen the sharpness of Daming's firearms. I will protect Your Highness forever, and I will follow His Highness and Da Ming to the death!"
"I just ask Your Highness to help Japan return to orthodoxy in the spare time, and wipe out the traitors in the country!"
Fuji Yushou's sudden move stunned Zhu Gui and the others.In their view, shouldn't anyone with a bit of backbone argue with Zhu Yunxi's grandson? Why did he suddenly kneel down, and kneel down so thoroughly?
Zhu Yunxi knew why, but he was too lazy to answer.
At this time, the Ming army who was in charge of cleaning the battlefield brought a man over and asked Zhu Yunxi how to deal with it.
Zhu Yunxi saw that the man was wearing a seventh-rank official uniform of Ming Dynasty, and ordered the military doctor accompanying the army to treat him on the spot.
"Your Highness, this person's injuries are not serious, as long as the wound on his back is stitched up!"
Zhu Yunxi nodded when he heard the words.
"We must do our best to treat the wound, and try to be careful when suturing the wound, and stitch it evenly!"
"Although this person is a bit stupid, he is still loyal and brave. One day, he will play the emperor's grandfather alone, and let the emperor reward him well!"
"promise!"
At this time, Zhou Zhiqing, who was lying on the stretcher, woke up leisurely, and when he heard that someone was going to "sew" him, he was frightened all over.
In his mind, the word "sew" is only used when peeling off the real grass!
"General, spare your life!"
"Don't strip the lower officials for nothing!"
"Although the lower official is not talented, it can be regarded as a sacrifice for the country. I beg the general to forgive me and give the lower official a decent way to die, woo woo woo..."
Zhu Yunxi only felt a little familiar when he heard this voice.
"what!"
"Aren't you Zhou Gangjing? Why did you come here to be an official?"
Zhou Zhiqing also felt a little familiar when he heard this voice, he hurriedly turned his head, and saw that this person was the third grandson he cursed day and night?
If it wasn't for this grandson, I wouldn't have been assigned by the old emperor to be a county magistrate in this poor place!
It's all about being poor, who the hell would have thought that Japanese pirates would visit this place every now and then, so that he hasn't had a good night's sleep since he took office for two months!
If Lao Zhu knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him happily.In order to choose such a place for you, we have been thinking about it for several days, hehehe.
"Humble duty to pay homage to the grandson of the Three Emperors!"
"Did the grandson of the Three Emperors come to exterminate the Japanese pirates under his orders?"
When Zhu Yunxi heard this, his eyeballs rolled up immediately.
"Gu naturally obeyed the orders of God!"
"The emperor's grandfather personally ordered him to be the general of Jinghai alone, in charge of exterminating Japanese pirates!"
"However, you seem to be a bit miserable. If you keep the city like this, can you still be an official?"
When Zhu Yunxi said this, he immediately picked up the eighty-foot-tall sword and wiped it on Zhou Zhiqing's body while speaking in a dark voice.
"Should I help you alone and let you die for the country?"
This is the first time I write a war scene, and I am not very good at writing this aspect, so please bear with me.I will try my best to avoid weaknesses and write in the direction I am good at.
(End of this chapter)
Following Zhu Yunxi's order, twelve warships stood ready.
Every soldier held a blunderbuss and stared at the sea intently, waiting for the order from the hundred household officials to pull the trigger in his hand.
Because the bird guns issued at this time were just simple matchlock guns.In order not to make the soldiers on the ship become targets, Zhu Yunxi also ordered people to throw torches covered with fierce essential oil onto the sea, artificially creating a backlight angle for the enemy.
The so-called fierce essential oil is nothing but crudely refined gasoline.
Due to the rough technique, the purity of each barrel of gasoline is different.
Therefore, it can only be used as a means of lighting at night, as well as an evolution of fierce fire oil, for scenes such as city defense and garrison.
Seeing that Zhu Yunxi was so cautious, Chen Hai had a higher opinion of the young grandson of the third emperor in his heart.
Because in his opinion, even if Zhu Yunxi was not arrogant, he would never be cautious to such a degree, even if he was not arrogant and aristocratic.
But Zhu Yunxi's performance completely exceeded his expectations, making him feel that he was following the right person.
This is a man who can accomplish great things!
No way, the future Emperor of Ming Dynasty is this person!
After Chen Hai had this understanding, he executed Zhu Yunxie's order more respectfully, making all the children of the Chen family ready to set sail at any time.
However, he still strolled up to Zhu Yunxi to show his presence.
"Third Emperor's grandson, you don't have to be so nervous."
"Caomin has also fought a few fights with Japanese pirates. Not only does he know the basics of Japanese pirates, but he has also learned some tricks."
"The Japanese pirates range from a dozen to as many as dozens of people. If there are hundreds of people, they are considered a large group of Japanese pirates."
"Generally speaking, they don't have the guts to think about a big ship like ours. With a big ship like ours, each ship can have at least 100 people. How can they dare to come here?"
Zhu Yunxi would never admit that he was cowardly. Seeing what Chen Hai said, he should be making nonsense.
"I don't know!"
"Just be careful not to make big mistakes, and don't let them relax too much. Let's treat it as a temporary exercise."
Seeing what Zhu Yunxi said, Chen Hai happily flattered him.
"Three Emperor Sun Yingming!"
"That's the reason. You can't let the boys on the ship be too idle. If you are idle, it is easy to cause disputes, and it is easy for the enemy to take advantage of the loopholes!"
Seeing that Chen Hai was so good at chatting, Zhu Yunxi praised him so much that he was a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly used a trick to switch to Dafa and change the topic.
"By the way, Mr. Chen just said how many fights he had with Japanese pirates?"
"Old Chen?"
When Chen Hai heard the name "Old Chen", he was so happy that he almost exploded.The third emperor's grandson is indeed a knowledgeable person, we just slipped a little bit, the third emperor's grandson values us as an old man!
"Don't dare to be called the grandson of the Three Emperors. The grass people have indeed fought several Japanese pirates over the years. They are quite famous in the sea around Fujian."
"Ordinary Japanese pirates will tactfully avoid my Chen family's flag when they see it, and will not easily go up to take their own humiliation."
Zhu Yunxi's understanding of Japanese pirates comes from the demonization of the people of Ming Dynasty on the one hand, and the remaining memory fragments in his mind on the other hand.
However, no matter which one, it seems that it is not very reliable.
Therefore, he is very eager to find someone who has actually fought the Japanese pirates, so that he can popularize the real combat effectiveness of the Japanese pirates.
"Dare to ask Mr. Chen, what is the real combat power of the Japanese pirates? Is it as exaggerated as the people in the capital say?"
Seeing Zhu Yunxi asking this question, Chen Hai immediately suppressed the smile on his face, and replaced it with a dignified expression.
"To be honest, it's not an exaggeration."
"However, Japanese pirates can be divided into real Japanese and fake Japanese. The real Japanese are really strong, and everyone is a master."
"It is said that the real Japanese are all warriors from the Japanese country. They have practiced killing swordsmanship since they were young. It is just because they followed the wrong master and the master was defeated. These warriors have no use for them and can only run to the sea. Come to live."
"If the grandson of the Three Emperors encounters a large number of real Japanese, Cao Min suggests that you should run away quickly."
"As long as our lucky boat unfurls its sails, the Japanese pirates can't catch up even if they vomit blood..."
"As for the fake Japanese, they are the people along the coast of Daming who can't survive, and they shaved their baldness and pretended to be."
Zhu Yunxi also knew the difference between real Japanese and fake Japanese, but he didn't know the difference between the two.
"Old Chen, what's the difference between a real Japanese and a fake Japanese?"
Hearing this, Chen Hai thought for a while.
"They're all a bunch of scourges, what's the difference?"
"However, the real Japanese are more ruthless. They kill people and set fires at every turn, and they do things without leaving a way out."
"Fake Japanese mainly rob money. As long as merchant ships cooperate, they will not easily kill people."
"And the fake Japanese are even more cunning. Because they are familiar with the terrain of Ming Dynasty, they often lead people deep into the inland, robbing Linhai county towns, markets, etc., and occasionally pick a few wealthy households to rob the rich and help the poor, and take the excess property they robbed. Distributed to the local people."
"Therefore, every time the imperial court mobilizes troops against the Japanese pirates, people along the coast will send letters in advance, causing the imperial court to fail repeatedly."
After Chen Hai received the affirmation of "Old Chen" from Zhu Yunxi, he was brought into the thinking of court officers and soldiers without knowing it, and drew a dividing line with his past reckless life.
In fact, it is hard for someone like him who has been floating at sea all year round not to deal with Japanese pirates.He even raised several gangs of Japanese pirates in the outer seas of Fujian, which were specially used to deal with ignorant colleagues.
Otherwise, how can the Chen family monopolize the one-stop industry of sea-going ship production, sales, and transportation?
"So there is such a thing?"
After listening to Chen Hai's words, Zhu Yunxi gained some insight.Dare to love as early as the Ming Dynasty, there were such things as traitors in China...
The two chatted for a few more words, and suddenly heard a familiar voice from the sea.
"Noble!"
"It's me!"
"I'm Liu Lizheng, and I'm here to deliver things to the nobles!"
When Zhu Yunxi heard that he was an old acquaintance, he immediately ordered all the staff not to attack, but did not lift their guard.Then he put down the two small boats and went forward to make contact, until the people on the small boats came back to send a message to confirm that there was no ambush, then he ordered Liu Lizheng to be brought up for questioning.
Liu Li was getting on the lucky boat, but felt that his eyes were not enough.Pat the handrail for a while, and the mast for a while.
"My lord, this boat is really magnificent. I'm afraid it will cost several thousand taels of silver?"
Hearing this, Chen Hai couldn't help laughing and joked.
"My fellow, the mast you touched just now is worth 1000 taels of silver, hehehe!"
"what?"
Liu Lizheng quickly withdrew his hand when he heard the words, and wiped the mast vigorously with his sleeve, as if he was afraid of being touched by others.
He is also a commoner along the coast. He fishes for a living all year round. He dreams of owning a big boat, preferably one that can hold the whole village.
At that time, he, Liu Li, will be going ashore to become the village head and the sea captain. Thinking about it, he will be very majestic!
Therefore, seeing such a big ship lying across the sea, if he didn't find a reason to come up and take a look, he would have to slap himself a few times in his sleep and dreams.
"Liu Lizheng, why are you here so late?"
Liu Lizheng heard the nobleman asking each other, so he withdrew his gaze from looking around and said flatteringly.
"After the nobles left today, the old man immediately led the young people from the village to the county seat. Seeing the fresh citrus in the market, he immediately bought a cart and returned, intending to give it to the noble and his subordinates to quench their thirst on the way!"
Zhu Yunxi expressed his gratitude on the spot when he heard the words, and then looked at the dozen or so lights on the sea, with a knowing smile on his face.
"Thank you Liu Lizheng for the gift, but it's not easy to receive rewards for nothing."
"How about this, as many boats as you come, I will send you as many boats of food."
"How do you like this?"
As soon as Liu Lizheng heard Zhu Yunxi's words, he knew that the nobleman had seen through his little trick, and he blushed on the spot with shame.
"Thank you for the reward, the nobleman. The villain has nothing to repay, so I can only lead the villagers to pray day and night, and bless the nobleman with a long life and many children..."
At this time, Zhu Gui, Zhu Yu and others came over, seeing that Zhu Yunxi had just rewarded others with a few boats of grain, they immediately took out a few gold leaves from their sleeves and threw them on the ground.
"Take these two back and spend them. Buy some chickens and ducks and raise them again. When I return, I will go to your village to enjoy them!"
Zhu Xi was not as bold as Zhu Gui, but he also took off a jade pendant and stuffed it into Liu Lizheng's hand.
"This jade pendant is also worth some money. You always take it back to improve the food for the villagers, and lead them to live a good life!"
Zhu Zhi saw that the two elder brothers had expressed it, so he reluctantly took off a huge golden lock from his neck and threw it on the ground.
"Gu's golden lock is worn out, so let's use it as Gu's meal money at night!"
When Liu Lizheng saw the golden leaves and golden locks on the ground, his eyes were dumbfounded.
Who are these guys, why are they so generous?
It's just that the accent is a bit weird, croaking like a toad.
Although gold is charming, but Liu Li is a sensible person, he just kowtowed to a few people and rejected their kindness.
"The old man thanked the three nobles, but this gold is really not something that a vulgar man like the old man can afford to spend. It is the food that this little nobleman gave."
Seeing the doubts on the faces of the three of them, Chen Hai hurriedly explained for Liu Lizheng.
"The imperial court has a law that prohibits the use of gold and silver for folk flowers, and those who violate it are felonies."
"In addition, things like gold are rare, and that jade pendant is even more impressive."
"If this old man really dares to spend it, he probably won't be able to spend a cup of tea, and the government will come to his door and charge him as a robber."
When the three of them heard what Chen Hai said, they realized that they had made a big joke unintentionally.
But the three of them soon became puzzled and looked at Zhu Yunxi in puzzlement.
"Nephew, did you know this a long time ago, so you only sent them food?"
Seeing the three people asking each other, Zhu Yunxi immediately made a joke.
"wrong!"
"The three Uncle Wangs look up to me. I'm just stingy and don't want to give money, hahaha!"
When the three of them heard what Zhu Yunxi said, they were so angry that they wanted to throw him into the sea.Zhu Yunxi looked at the three angry little uncles, and felt refreshed in his heart.
"My lord, I have something important to tell you. I wonder if you can find a place where no one is around..."
Zhu Yunxi looked at the people around him, shook his head and said.
"You can rest assured that the people around me are all my own people, so don't worry about them leaking secrets."
"The little old man said it!"
"Today, the nobleman's fleet is too impressive, and he doesn't care about the price when he goes ashore to buy, which may attract the attention of those who are interested..."
"Little old man, the young people in the village are all reliable. Even if there are a few ordinary-minded people, the old man can persuade him. But the people in other surrounding villages are hard to say. If they are not guaranteed, there will be those dogs who eat inside and outside. The whereabouts are revealed..."
"A hundred miles to the east of this place, there is a bamboo island, and there is a group of Japanese pirates entrenched on it. It is said that there are 200 of them!"
"Although there are many people on the nobleman's side, you must act carefully, and don't let the villains take advantage of your loopholes..."
After hearing the words, Zhu Yunxi thanked Liu Lizheng solemnly, and then ordered someone to send him off the ship.
After Liu Lizheng left, Chen Hai said with a worried face.
"This old man reminded us very timely that we are indeed showing off our wealth too much, and it is easy to be remembered by others."
"It doesn't matter if the general Japanese pirates are not fighting, I'm afraid they will gather together and become more."
Zhu Yunxi nodded solemnly when he heard the words, and then ordered the fleet to increase its alert level and stay ready for battle at any time.
……
Zhou Zhiqing, the county magistrate of Haizhou, sat in his study with a sad face, worrying about the inkstone full of inkstones.
He was originally a civil official, but he was sent to such a poor place as a county magistrate, and he has been unlucky for eight lifetimes.
However, to make matters worse, since he took office, the Japanese plague has never stopped.Coastal villages and towns are often looted, killing and injuring hundreds of villagers.
What made him even more angry was that last night a group of Japanese pirates went to the county town to run wild, robbed a few wealthy households, and then left calmly.
The county government's servants are useless at all, no matter how he dispatches them, these people are full of complaints waiting, but no one wants to move.
Now he is having a headache on how to write an indictment document to the court. He was beaten to the county seat, but he failed to keep a Japanese pirate. His county magistrate is considered to be over.
I just don't know if I will continue to be demoted or sent to Beijing in return for handing over this letter of confession.
Although it was quite torturous to write the petition, Zhou Zhiqing had to write it.If he is targeted by other imperial envoys, or stabbed by other colleagues, he will be accused of deceiving the emperor, and his whole family may be questioned and beheaded.
Therefore, Zhou Zhiqing wrote down the memorabilia with tears in his eyes.
Even though the memorial could only transmit words, not his voice and images, he also showed His Majesty the emperor his determination to defend the city to the death through a little tear, and only after his repeated resistance did he successfully repel the bandits and save the city. county seat……
It's just that there is no garrison in Haicheng, and the officers of the county government lack the ability to fight in the field, so they dare not go out of the city to pursue them, so the gangster retreats calmly...
Although Zhou Zhiqing has tried his best to write the memorial as good as possible.But when he thought of the shrewdness of the old emperor, he knew that his little trick was not enough.
Because he has said so much in a long way, but there is not a single gain in the writing of the petition!
If you don't get a lot and talk about a dick, do you really think that the old emperor eats dry food?
Therefore, after Zhou Zhiqing finished writing the memorial, his whole body seemed to collapse.
He has been an official in the court for many years, and he knows the old emperor's temper very well.Maybe if this memorial is handed over, the old emperor will send Jin Yiwei to fetch him.
Seeing that the ink on the memo had dried, Zhou Zhiqing sealed it with wax paint and stamped his own seal.
After finishing writing the petition, he wrote a few more private letters, and ordered his servants to forward them to Zuo Shi and Tongnian in the capital, asking them to try their best to say a few good words for him.
He also spent a little time thinking about the time of sending the memorial, and there was a time difference.Let the old servant go for a day, and then send the memorials up through the court's post delivery system.
After Zhou Zhiqing issued the memorial, he insisted on taking a bath every day and changing his clothes every day.
Because he knows that such clean days are numbered, once he is caught in Jinyiwei, because he has questioned the third emperor's grandson and prevented His Majesty from making the third emperor's grandson the emperor's grandson, Jinyiwei's bastards will not let him go .
However, just two days after he handed over the plea documents, he got a report from his subordinates that more than 200 Japanese pirates went straight to the county and killed them.
When Zhou Zhiqing heard this, he felt a hatred in his heart. He studied hard for ten years, and the fame he finally obtained was going to be ruined by these Japanese pirates?
Therefore, he didn't care that he was a frail scholar, so he snatched a knife from the guard, went to the county government's warehouse to find a pair of rusty armor and put it on, and immediately led a group of guards to the top of the city. .
"Everyone, I, Zhou Zhiqing, am a civil servant. I am a frail scholar who can't fight or kill."
"But the Japanese pirates deceived people too much. They just robbed the villagers along the coast, but they even broke into the county town!"
"This official has the responsibility of guarding the land. Even if I die, I will drag one or two of them as backs!"
"As for the local people in your hometown, if your conscience is still alive, you can go out of the city with me to fight!"
"If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, then take off your official clothes and go home to nurse your child!"
"In short, I won't run away, I swear to live and die with Haicheng!"
What Zhou Zhiqing said was impassioned and passionate, but more of a helplessness.
Because according to the regulations of Ming Dynasty, he can only do this.
If he dared to abandon the city and escape, Emperor Zhu would definitely kill his whole family!
Therefore, if you run, you will die, if you defend, you will die. Why not fight him to the death?
When the guards below heard this, no matter whether they were willing or unwilling, they could only bite the bullet and shout slogans.
Mr. Zhou is right in saying that they are natives of this place after all, if they really took off their official uniforms because they were afraid of Japanese pirates, then they would never want to put them on again in this lifetime.
"Xiaozhi is willing to defend the city with Master Zhou, and vows to live and die with Haicheng!"
Listening to the shouts of the crowd, Zhou Zhiqing only felt a great pride in his chest for a moment.
Not to mention that there are only two hundred pirates in the district, even if there are 2000 people, he has the courage to dare to give it a try!
It's just that he overestimated his courage and underestimated Zhenwa's combat effectiveness.
This is a headache for Mr. Xin Guogong Tanghe. How can he, a civil servant, have the ability to go out to fight in the city?
Therefore, when he led the crowd out of the city to fight in the field, in just one fight, more than a dozen people on his side were hacked to death.
The rest of the people ran back like crazy, Zhou Zhiqing was hit by a few yamen servants running desperately, and was stepped on several times by the people behind.
When he got up from the ground again, she was the only one left at the gate of the huge city, and everyone else ran back to the city.
Zhou Zhiqing looked at the gradually raised city gate, and cursed inwardly, about to run back.However, after just a few steps, I felt a chill behind my back.
When he looked back, he saw a Japanese warrior with a bald shaved face looking at him with a grim face, holding a bloody Japanese sword in his hand.
Zhou Zhiqing had never seen such a scene before, he was so frightened that he passed out on the spot.
It's just that before he fainted, he vaguely heard the roar of firecrackers...
Standing on the deck, Zhu Yunxi took out a telescopic telescope from his sleeve, glanced in the direction of Haicheng, and curled his lips in depression.
"The county magistrate of Haicheng must be stupid. There are only a few people in their county, and they dare to open the city gate to fight in the field. I don't know whether to praise him for his courage, or praise him for being cute and stupid."
"I'm afraid this move will cause the Japanese pirates to swarm up, harming the people in the city, and making it impossible for us to catch up!"
Hearing this, Chen Hai hurriedly cheered Zhu Yunxi up.
"Your Highness, don't worry, Your Highness has this magical weapon. Isn't it easy to defeat this group of Japanese pirates?"
Chen Hai's confidence comes from a firearms military exercise he witnessed two days ago.
In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, Zhu Yunxi asked them to practice shooting every few days.
The targets are ready-made, and the seabirds flying in the sky are living targets.
After teaching his subordinates the theory of ballistic parabola, Zhu Yunxi set a reward, one hundred cash for a seabird.
The poor and crazy boys on the boat, when they heard this reward, spent no night or day thinking about how to hit more accurately.
Therefore, in a short period of time, the shooting accuracy of the soldiers of the Fire Gun Battalion has improved rapidly.
No one thinks that shooting training is hard, only that there are not enough birds in the sky, and they all fly away after a few shots...
Zhu Yunxi occasionally let them go ashore to practice queuing up and shooting to prepare for future landing operations.
Fortunately, this formation is relatively easy. In addition, he has adopted the advanced technical means of fixed gunpowder, and the size of the lead pellets is a uniform standard size, so his queuing shooting tactic is extremely fast in reloading.
If they are divided into three teams, they can basically achieve uninterrupted firepower.
Of course, all of this is based on the long-range arms that do not have the same firepower on the opposite side.
If the opponent is also a bird gun with this kind of firepower, his more than 1000 people are not enough to see.
Maybe after three rounds of gunfire, half of the people will be killed.
While the two were talking, the ten hundred household officials had already formed a team and were ready to fight at any time.
Zhu Yunxi also put away the binoculars, planning to disembark and direct the command in person.But he was stopped by Chen Hai and three other little Wang uncles.
"Nephew, just leave the fighting to the subordinates, why do you go up there yourself!"
"His Royal Highness Dai Wang is right. You are a noble body, the third emperor's grandson. How can you take risks lightly? You should stay on the ship and command the battle!"
When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he was depressed for a while, and Chen Hai said that staying on the ship to command the battle would be pure nonsense.I have to use binoculars to see Haicheng County. Standing on a boat can command a fart. Could it be possible to send a telegram to the people on the front line?
"Retire to Gu, Gu must personally command the battle!"
"No more disturbers!"
"cut!"
Everyone didn't dare to persuade them any more after hearing this, but they all strongly demanded to disembark with him.
Zhu Yunxi thought that there were more than 200 people on his side, and only more than 200 people on the other side. At first glance, it seemed that there were no mistakes in six strikes, so he agreed to everyone's request to join the army.
However, when the fight really started, Zhu Yunxi knew how difficult the Japanese pirates were.
A group of Japanese pirates who were clamoring at the foot of Haicheng City saw the well-dressed people rushing up, not only did not panic, but quickly got into formation under the command of the leader Yoshitake Hanbei.
Yoshitake Hanbei Mie looked sideways at the Ming army who lined up without any panic, and his mind was full of mud.
When did the Ming people have such a majestic army?
It's just that what kind of firesticks are they holding in their hands? Daming's firecrackers are not so slender, right?
He looked again at the dry masts and sails floating in the sea, and a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.
If he had such a fleet, he would be able to cross between Daming and Japan, even if he returned to Kyushu Island, it would be a piece of cake to be a daimyo or guardian!
"Samurai!"
"Kill all the smart people in front of you, and the dozen or so big boats on the sea will be ours, wow quack!"
"There should be firecrackers on the opposite side. As long as we resist the first round and charge up while the opponent is changing his medicine, the battlefield will be our world!"
"Onboard!"
"Onboard!"
While the Japanese pirates were shouting onboard, a group of recruits under Zhu Yunxie also marched forward shouting the slogan "We must win".
Originally Zhu Yunxi wanted to teach them a few military songs, but time was too tight, and he was afraid that they would not be able to learn them, so he found a random slogan for them to shout.
The effect was not bad. With the slogans in their mouths, the recruits had no time to think about other things, and they were not as nervous as they were at the beginning.
When the two sides were fifty paces apart, both sides invariably stopped shouting slogans to embolden them.
Surrounded by two hundred guards, Zhu Yunxi gave orders to the soldiers under him.
"300st, [-]nd, [-]th team ready to shoot!"
"The fourth and fifth teams of 600 are ready!"
"Seventy-eight nine wait!"
When Zhu Yunxi began to issue orders, Yoshitake Hanbei was also waving the "military equipment" in his hand, sitting in front of the station to direct the work.
The so-called military distribution is the fan that Japanese generals wave in their hands when they fight.
In the beginning, this kind of fan was only used as a divination tool, but with the development of the times, this thing has changed from a divination tool to a fashion.
Anyone who doesn't hold a fan when commanding a battle will be looked down upon by others.
Of course, it is said that this fan has another use, that is, it can be used as a shield.
But what can be blocked is a matter of opinion. In short, there are more decorations than practicality.
As Yoshitake Hanbei waved the fan in his hand, the warriors under him immediately formed a loose butterfly formation.There is a huge gap between each butterfly formation and other military formations.Even the Butterfly Formation itself stood very loosely, with only a team of more than 200 people, abruptly stretching out an attack surface of hundreds of feet.
And every samurai leaned down, the one in the front row even squatted down, with one hand propped on the ground, and the other tightly holding the Japanese sword around his waist, and only after the opponent's firecracker fired, he rushed up to chop Melon cut vegetables.
Seeing the well-trained Japanese pirates on the opposite side, Zhu Yunxi felt his heart pounding, and even regretted his recklessness.
I really should follow Chen Hai's advice and stay on the deck to take command...
But he has already disembarked and is on the battlefield in person. If he retreats again, it will be embarrassing, and it will easily disturb the morale of the army.
Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and resist.
Seeing that his side was ready for battle, Zhu Yunxi gave the order to shoot without saying hello to the other side.
"Boom!"
With the sound of a gong, the three hundred soldiers in the first row collectively pulled the trigger.The matchlock bounced instantly, igniting the fuse of the bird gun, and then, under the huge push of the gunpowder, the lead bullets were shot out one by one.
Since the opponents were all squatting on the ground, the shooting effect in the first round was very poor, and only a dozen people were hit.
The reason why the hips are so stretched is that the current bird guns do not have rifling, and as long as the lead bullets fly out of the gun barrel, the kinetic energy is released completely irregularly, and no one knows where the projectile will eventually float.
In addition, the distance between the two sides was too far, fifty steps away, it was already close to the maximum shooting range of the bird gun, so the casualties on the opposite side were very small.
After Daming fired the first round of firecrackers, the Japanese pirates also blew the "conch" to attack.
When a group of Japanese warriors heard the sound of the conch, they jumped up from the ground one by one and charged towards the Ming army.While charging, he also shouted slogans.
However, just when the Japanese pirates thought that the Ming army’s firearms could only fire one round, they only heard the second sound of a gong coming from behind the Ming army’s phalanx. The guns in the hands of the soldiers in the second row rang again.
A group of Japanese warriors looked at a large group of people falling around them, their eyes were red, and they charged towards the Ming army like evil spirits.
Yoshitake Hanbei, who stood at the back of the group of samurai, was also taken aback by seeing such a scene.
The first round of firecrackers sounded, and only a dozen people died on his side.But the second round of volleys killed forty or fifty people on the spot.
If the Ming army came to these two rounds again, wouldn't it be true that all the more than 200 people of my own accounted for it here?
When Yoshitake Hanbei was thinking this way, as if the heavens had heard his prayer, the third round of firecrackers rang out from the Ming army as expected.
After the third round of firecrackers, half of the charging samurai fell down.
Even though they also rushed to the distance of less than [-] steps from the Ming army, these [-] steps were as difficult to cross as a natural moat.
Because, the fourth round of firecrackers rang again, followed by the fifth and sixth rounds...
Yoshitake Hanbei watched more and more people fall, and closed his eyes in pain.
At this moment, there is only one thought in his mind, that is, it's over, it's over!
The two hundred samurai that I managed to gather together thought that they could use this power to return to Japan and win the title of daimyo or guardian, but they didn't want to be destroyed by an unknown Ming army.
But what made him even more curious was, what exactly was the weapon in the hands of the Ming army that could be so sharp?
Zhu Yunxie was also curious. He had played six rounds on his side, and the Japanese warriors were still charging. Even if there were only a dozen people left, they still didn't want to stop. Are these people really not afraid of death?
No matter how confused Zhu Yunxi was, the Ming army inevitably came into contact with the Japanese pirates.
Even if the opponent only killed ten people, it still caused a lot of casualties to his army.
These ten life-threatening Japanese pirates rushed into the army formation just like chopping melons and vegetables.
Although Zhu Yunxi also equipped the soldiers with Pu Dao and other weapons, the Pu Dao was relatively short, and secondly, it was not as sharp as the samurai sword in the hands of the Japanese pirates, so it was a disadvantage in battle.
Fortunately, there were a lot of people on their side, and after paying the price of more than a dozen casualties, they finally wiped out all the Japanese pirates who rushed up.
All that's left is to clean up the battlefield.
Because more than a dozen people died on his side, Zhu Yunxi was in a very bad mood, and directly issued an order not to keep any prisoners.
For a while, the battlefield was filled with the sound of mending knives and the creaking sound of cutting Japanese pirates' heads.
Since Zhu Yunxie had a group of recruits under his command, and his marksmanship and knife skills were very fashionable, it was inevitable that there would be some unpleasant friction sounds when cutting the heads of the Japanese pirates.
Zhu Yunxi ordered the guards around him to catch the leader of the Japanese pirates. During the siege and interception of 300 people, Yoshitake Banbei was directly captured alive, and he was brought to Zhu Yunxi in a bundle.
Yoshitake Hanbei can speak fluent daimyo, and it is because of this ability that he became the leader of this group of Japanese pirates.
Therefore, when he was brought before Zhu Yunxi by the Ming army, he didn't have the slightest sense of arrogance, and he knelt very neatly without the people behind him kicking his legs.
"Humble Yoshitake Hanbei, I have seen the Great General of Tomorrow!"
"Dare to ask the general if he can tell his name, so that the humble can die more clearly..."
Zhu Yunxi casually made up a set of nonsense to fool the Japanese who was about to become a dead ghost in front of him.
"The First Fleet of the Ming Dynasty, Commander Zhu Tong, ordered by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to wipe out Japanese pirates like you!"
"Now that you know my name, you can die knowingly, right?"
"Come on, let's cut it off a little further away, I'll cut off this head myself!"
After Zhu Yunxi said this, after thinking about it, he decided to do it himself.
No matter what, he is also the leader of the army, so it's not easy to kill a prisoner and let his subordinates do it, right?
If the bad old man in the palace knew about this, he might laugh at himself.
"Come here, bring this general's eighty-foot-long sword!"
When Zhu Gui heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. Only his eldest nephew could think of such an outrageous name.
The ancients made swords from Qinghong, Ganjiang, Moxie, Zhanlu, Tai'a and the like.Not to mention nice, it sounds cool too.
Fortunately, my eldest nephew ordered someone to carefully craft a sharp blade, and directly engraved the ghostly name "Eighty Zhang" on the blade.
Following Zhu Yunxi's clamor, a guard immediately handed over his "Eighty Zhang" broadsword, Zhu Yunxi took it and flicked it twice, then walked towards Jizhu Banbingwei who was kneeling on the ground.
Yoshitake Hanbei is also a bachelor, even though he was so scared that he peed his pants, he didn't shout for mercy.
He just closed his eyes in pain, trembling uncontrollably, and tears streaming down his face.
However, just when Zhu Yunxi was about to slash with his knife, a man ran out suddenly, shouting to keep someone under the knife.
Zhu Yunxi glanced at Fuji Youshou displeasedly, thinking that the leading party is quite troublesome, does he have a place to speak here?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi chopped down without hesitation.It was only because of poor knife skills that the prisoner's head was chopped off after two slashes, which made his wrist hurt.
Fuji Yuju saw that Yoshitake Hanbei's body was in a different place, and his face was full of remorse.
At this moment, he only hated himself for not being able to disembark with everyone, for not being able to leave such a warrior for Japan in time!
"His Royal Highness, how could you kill such a warrior!"
"You are blaspheming the warrior!"
Zhu Yunxi sneered when he heard the words, and shrugged helplessly.
"Teng Yushou, all your dogs ran to the door of Gu's house and bit someone, why can't Gu kill him?"
"If you don't vent your anger on you, it's already considered a self-restraint!"
"You can just be your stupid big wood with peace of mind and let me lead the way."
"For things on the battlefield, follow the rules on the battlefield!"
Hearing what Zhu Yunxi said, Fuji Youshou only felt his face turn red and turn pale, and even a slight sense of shame rose in his heart.
However, this sense of shame was quickly replaced by shock.
He never thought that such a small firestick of the Ming army could explode with such great power.
If he brought this technology back to Japan, wouldn't it be possible to help his father defeat the Northern Dynasty, defeat Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and unify the whole of Japan!
Therefore, after a little bit of entanglement, he respectfully took his seat towards Zhu Yunxi.
"The lesson of the three emperors is that the humble know their mistakes!"
"Things on the battlefield should be resolved according to the rules of the battlefield!"
"Today I have seen the sharpness of Daming's firearms. I will protect Your Highness forever, and I will follow His Highness and Da Ming to the death!"
"I just ask Your Highness to help Japan return to orthodoxy in the spare time, and wipe out the traitors in the country!"
Fuji Yushou's sudden move stunned Zhu Gui and the others.In their view, shouldn't anyone with a bit of backbone argue with Zhu Yunxi's grandson? Why did he suddenly kneel down, and kneel down so thoroughly?
Zhu Yunxi knew why, but he was too lazy to answer.
At this time, the Ming army who was in charge of cleaning the battlefield brought a man over and asked Zhu Yunxi how to deal with it.
Zhu Yunxi saw that the man was wearing a seventh-rank official uniform of Ming Dynasty, and ordered the military doctor accompanying the army to treat him on the spot.
"Your Highness, this person's injuries are not serious, as long as the wound on his back is stitched up!"
Zhu Yunxi nodded when he heard the words.
"We must do our best to treat the wound, and try to be careful when suturing the wound, and stitch it evenly!"
"Although this person is a bit stupid, he is still loyal and brave. One day, he will play the emperor's grandfather alone, and let the emperor reward him well!"
"promise!"
At this time, Zhou Zhiqing, who was lying on the stretcher, woke up leisurely, and when he heard that someone was going to "sew" him, he was frightened all over.
In his mind, the word "sew" is only used when peeling off the real grass!
"General, spare your life!"
"Don't strip the lower officials for nothing!"
"Although the lower official is not talented, it can be regarded as a sacrifice for the country. I beg the general to forgive me and give the lower official a decent way to die, woo woo woo..."
Zhu Yunxi only felt a little familiar when he heard this voice.
"what!"
"Aren't you Zhou Gangjing? Why did you come here to be an official?"
Zhou Zhiqing also felt a little familiar when he heard this voice, he hurriedly turned his head, and saw that this person was the third grandson he cursed day and night?
If it wasn't for this grandson, I wouldn't have been assigned by the old emperor to be a county magistrate in this poor place!
It's all about being poor, who the hell would have thought that Japanese pirates would visit this place every now and then, so that he hasn't had a good night's sleep since he took office for two months!
If Lao Zhu knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him happily.In order to choose such a place for you, we have been thinking about it for several days, hehehe.
"Humble duty to pay homage to the grandson of the Three Emperors!"
"Did the grandson of the Three Emperors come to exterminate the Japanese pirates under his orders?"
When Zhu Yunxi heard this, his eyeballs rolled up immediately.
"Gu naturally obeyed the orders of God!"
"The emperor's grandfather personally ordered him to be the general of Jinghai alone, in charge of exterminating Japanese pirates!"
"However, you seem to be a bit miserable. If you keep the city like this, can you still be an official?"
When Zhu Yunxi said this, he immediately picked up the eighty-foot-tall sword and wiped it on Zhou Zhiqing's body while speaking in a dark voice.
"Should I help you alone and let you die for the country?"
This is the first time I write a war scene, and I am not very good at writing this aspect, so please bear with me.I will try my best to avoid weaknesses and write in the direction I am good at.
(End of this chapter)
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