Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 152
On May [-]th, the sixth year of Tianqi, on the right bank of the Cao'e River outlet, the city gate of Lihaisuo was open as usual.

Since the Jiajing Japanese Pirates, there has been no war here for 80 years. The military households in the city have no idea what war is since their grandfathers.

However, about half a month ago, Wu Qianhu, the palm print of Lihai Institute, suddenly ordered to strengthen the interrogation of people entering the city, and it was strictly prohibited to bring weapons into the city.

There are rumors that this is because a batch of silk goods from the Wu family in Shanyin is about to enter the city. It is said that it is as much as [-] Dan.

The military households in the city were very unhappy about this. The gentlemen were blatantly engaged in smuggling here. Not only did they not get any benefit, but they added a lot of trouble.After all, many people's vegetable plots are outside the city, and their families have to enter and exit through the city gate every day.

In this small city of Lihaisuo, military households have lived here for generations. Over more than 200 years, a huge network of human relationships has been woven, ranging from thousands of households to merchants and footmen. No secret can be kept in this network.

Sure enough, in the next half month, more than ten boats came up from the Cao'e River. Almost every day, ox carts pulling goods entered the city gate and went straight to Qianhu Yamen.

On this day, five people came outside the crowded East City Gate, an old man and his two pairs of daughters and son-in-law.

"What are you doing?" the flag guard guarding the gate asked lazily. They usually didn't bother to question someone who brought a woman into the city. They just saw that the two sons-in-law looked a little fierce, so they asked one more question.

"This military master, we are just playing tricks. These are the old man's two daughters and son-in-law." The old man spoke in Wu language, and the defenders relaxed their vigilance even more.

"Come in." In this era, female entertainers who traveled around the world to perform tricks usually also engaged in the flesh business. The defender wanted to use an excuse to search the bodies of the two women, but when he heard that they were in this business, he immediately lost interest and pretended. He waved them in.

After the five people entered the city, they walked to a deserted place. The old man's second daughter suddenly said: "Dad, let's talk about it. After today, the younger brother will be disciplined by the elder sister and me. You are not allowed to interfere."

"Laidi, don't talk back and forth about Che Zulu. When did your father say anything that doesn't count?" The old man was Shan Sinan who had recently joined Lin Hai. The previous speaker was his second daughter, who was eighteen years old. Shan Laidi.

His eldest daughter, Shan Zhaodi, is in her 20s. She has been married once before and is much more stable. After hearing this, she said, "That's right, dad always keeps his word. Second sister, don't worry."

"Same for you, eldest sister. Don't be soft-hearted in the future, otherwise the younger brother will definitely cause more trouble." Shan Laidi then said to her sister.

Shan Zhaodi nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will never be soft-hearted again."

While the Shan family's father and daughter were talking, Feng Yidao and Viper, who were pretending to be Shan Sinan's son-in-law, were also muttering. Feng Yidao said: "The birds at the door didn't even search our bodies. If I had known better, I would have brought a short knife." Come in."

"Who says it's not?" Viper said, "But I don't expect it will be our turn to take action tonight."

"Don't worry, you two. If you need me to take action, Shan will be responsible for grabbing two knives for you." Shan Sinan heard this and said from the side. The task of the five of them tonight is to prevent the enemy from attacking in the city. If you set fire to the batch of raw silk when it was broken, then the vote would be in vain.

It was the fourth watch of the night, and the silver basin-like full moon was gradually setting in the west. The two defenders on the east wall of Lihai were sleeping soundly in their bunks. These two men were originally sent by Wu Qianhu to watch the night watch. By this time, they had already Been asleep for a long time.The city of Lihai is surrounded by the sea to the north, the Cao'e River to the west and south, and land to the east.Therefore, the city defense layout mainly focuses on the north. There is a fort there with several general cannons, light artillery such as Folan machines. The west and south sides are usually manned, but only the east side is guarded. Empty.

No one thought that anyone would attack Lihaisuo from land. Even the palm leader Wu Qianhu thought so. He sent two defenders to watch the night on the east wall, just as a precaution. As for these two people No one cares whether they fulfill their duties or not.

At this time, one of the defenders was awakened by a splash of old urine. He drank several bowls of yellow soup before going to bed. When he woke up, he only felt that his stomach was bloated.The defender opened his sleepy eyes and saw his companion sleeping beside him, snoring loudly.

He wandered out of the den and was about to go down to the city to take a pee when suddenly there was a strange noise behind him, like the sound of something falling to the ground.

"Who is it?" The defender broke into a cold sweat when he was startled, and suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

There is a saying that "the first watch is for gongs, the second watch is for people, the third watch is for ghosts, and the fourth watch is for thieves." There was a sudden strange noise behind him in the middle of the night. His first reaction was not that there were people, but that there were ghosts.

He turned around suddenly, and under the bright moonlight, he saw a figure dressed in black with a Tsukiyo haircut on his head.

"There's a ghost!" The defender had completely sobered up from the wine and shouted at the top of his lungs. The man across from him jumped up and down, and the Japanese sword in his hand was slashed down.

The sword flashed like a sword, and Umino Zuobei slashed the defender's throat with one knife. Blood spurted out, and the fishy-sweet smell seemed particularly pungent in the quiet night.

At this time, several Japanese pirates jumped from the big trees outside the city wall to the top of the city. These Japanese pirates were very good at jumping. During the Jiajing period, the Japanese pirates often jumped more than ten feet in one leap. With their five-foot-long swords, they often defeated the Ming army. Caught off guard.

"Fire the trumpet!" Umino Zuobei gave the order, and the Japanese behind him quickly lit the watermelon paper cannon. This was a signal bomb commonly used by the Ming army at night. Lin Hai specially gave them some before taking action.

The fire lit up at the top of the city, and the two hundred ronin hiding in the woods a few miles away received the signal and emerged from the woods one after another, heading towards Li Haisuo City.

Umino Zuobei regretted a little. If he had known that this was the case at the top of the city, he would not have had to lead a small number of people as a vanguard. He could have directly sent the large troops to the city wall, and no one would have noticed.

But that’s okay. Judging from the security situation in the city, it is estimated that not many people will be able to gather for a while...

"The degree of neglect of duty by these Ming troops will definitely exceed your imagination... Otherwise, how do you think the Japanese pirates were able to act so recklessly in the Ming Dynasty?" Umino Zuobei thought of Lin Hai's words and couldn't help but smile on his face. This city was really broken. It's so simple, easier than untying the pillow of Nagasaki Yume's kimono.

At this time, on the sea to the north of Lihai Suo, a small fishing boat also set off watermelon paper cannons. Three sand ships more than ten miles away began to raise anchors and sails. They were the fleet led by Zhang Yong, and they were responsible for coming to rescue them. Umino Sahei and others transported the fifteen hundred loads of raw silk away.

(End of this chapter)