Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 155 Qi Jiguang!Qi Jiguang!
On the second day of the first month of the 41st year of Jiajing, Qi Jiguang led [-] soldiers to go south to Fujian.

Half a month later, Qi's army arrived in Ningde County, Fujian.

Wang Daokun, the envoy of the Fujian Supervising Army, rode a horse and rushed to the Ningde County Yamen to welcome Qi Jiguang, Jiang Si, and He Liu.

The Ming Dynasty had two capitals and thirteen provinces. The provinces set up governors, and under the governors there were chief envoys and envoys.In some provinces with military disturbances, military supervisors will be set up.The Supervising Army Envoy is a civil official of the third grade, in charge of the military affairs of a province.

Wang Daokun, the military supervisor, was only 37 years old.Being able to become a high-ranking third-rank officer relies on his outstanding military talent.

But there is a saying that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.The Fujian Guards Army is a group of old-fashioned soldiers, and they can also scare the local bandits with rusty spears.It is really hard to deal with Japanese pirates.

Wang Daokun got off his horse and entered the Ningde county government office.As soon as they entered the door, they shouted: "Qi Shuai! You are here! The people of Fujian look forward to Qi's army, just like looking forward to Yunni in a severe drought!"

Although Qi Jiguang has been promoted to be a military officer of the second rank, the Ming Dynasty values ​​civility more than martial arts.The military officer is three levels lower than the civilian officer.He cupped his hands and said, "The last general pays his respects to Wang Juntai!"

Wang Daokun touched the sweat on his head: "Qi Shuai, don't be polite! The Japanese pirates are making trouble, and Fujian is in danger!"

He Liu, the supervisor of Qi's army, interjected and asked, "Wang Juntai, where are the main force of the Japanese pirates now?"

Wang Daokun's answer made everyone gasp: "The main force of Japanese pirates? It's everywhere!"

As he spoke, Wang Daokun took out a roll of maps from his sleeve and unfolded them.The title of this chart is "Fujian Anti-Japanese Situation Map".

After everyone finished reading the picture, He Liu blurted out: "I'm in big trouble!"

As shown in the picture, most of the province of Fujian, from Fuqing in the north to Zhangzhou in the south, has fallen into enemy hands!

Since there are no elite troops in Fujian, dozens of Japanese pirates dared to rob, but the Fujian Guards were helpless, and the situation was completely out of control.

Fujian has become a mess.The Japanese pirates are numerous and scattered.It is simply impossible to level off like the battle of Taizhou.

Wang Daokun said with red eyes: "I'm not alarmist, am I? Dozens of Japanese pirates have almost divided up half of Fujian! The guards are useless and have been defeated repeatedly. Escape repeatedly!"

Qi Jiguang was silent for a whole stick of incense.

The military situation is complicated and the situation is chaotic.Qi Jiguang thought to himself, fighting a war is like unlocking a lock.Be sure to find a key.

Finally, Qi Jiguang opened his mouth, and he asked Wang Daokun: "Wang Juntai, among the dozens of Japanese pirates, which one is the most difficult to fight?"

Wang Daokun said: "The Japanese pirates in the Qianjiuzhou domain in Hengyu are the most vicious. We sent tens of thousands of guards to suppress them, but they all returned in vain."

Jiang Yan was surprised at the side and said: "Tens of thousands of people encircled and suppressed 1000 people? Returning without success? The guards can't hold fire sticks in their hands, right? As far as I know, the Fujian guards also have many excellent firearm..."

Wang Daokun smiled wryly: "Everyone doesn't know. Hengyu is a small island, just northeast of Ningde. Most of the Japanese pirates on the island come from the Japanese island of Kyushu. Kyushu is the poorest place in the Japanese country. The people of Kyushu are cruel and savage. They have been entrenched in Hengyu for three years! They burned, killed and looted on weekdays, and they have slaughtered hundreds of miles of desolation! Our tens of thousands of troops have repeatedly encircled and suppressed without success, because they have a powerful assistant!"

He Liu asked, "What helper?"

Wang Daokun said: "This helper is the sea tide! In fact, the distance between Hengyu and the land is very close, at most a few miles. But we can see Hengyu with our eyes, but our legs can't walk these miles! The tide rises here, and the tide goes down. The tide is low at noon. There is an interval of four hours before and after. When the tide is high, the sea is turbulent and will submerge the original land. The distance between the island and the land will be extended by dozens of miles. When the tide is low, the large amount of sand brought by the sea will make the road It was so muddy it was impossible to walk."

Qi Jiguang murmured: "The tide goes down in the first noon, and the tide rises in the next noon. If you cross and attack in broad daylight, you will become a live target for the Japanese pirates' firearms. Even if you successfully land on the island, you may be trapped in the mud under your feet and fall to hell Basu."

Wang Daokun nodded: "I have calculated that if we want to cross the island, we only have four hours. After trekking hard in the muddy water, even if we land on the island, the brothers will be exhausted. This is exactly what tens of thousands of us The reason why the entire army can’t attack Hengyu!”

Qi Jiguang pondered for a long time, then he cupped his hands and said to He Liu: "Six Lord, you are the governor of the army, and the imperial court has rules. Any orders I make must be approved by you!"

He Liudao: "I trust Handsome Qi. I will agree to any order you have!"

Qi Jiguang looked at He Liu with grateful eyes: "The reason why dozens of Japanese pirates of all sizes in Fujian dare to be so arrogant and rampant is that they have no sense of fear. Past experience tells them that they can rob whenever they want. If you want to change the status quo, you must find the most powerful force among them and completely eliminate it."

Qi Jiguang paused, and said something that made everyone present feel excited: "We will use the heads of those pirates on Hengyu Island to tell the dozens of pirates along the coast of Fujian that the border of Ming Dynasty is not a paradise for them to plunder, but It is their grave!"

He Liu sighed in his heart: Qi Jiguang, what a hero!

Qi Jiguang said: "It's not too late! We will go out in three days and encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates on Hengyu Island!"

Three days later, Qi Jiguang convened a meeting of all military attaches with more than one hundred households in the army.

He told everyone the difficulty of this battle in a heavy voice: "There is a group of the most ferocious Japanese pirates entrenched on Hengyu Island. They are more difficult to deal with than all the Japanese pirates we have encountered before. Because the tide here is complicated. From landing, By the end of this battle, you only have four hours. If we do not make our way back after four hours, the tide will cut off our retreat. That is to say, if we go to Hengyu, we must either win or be wiped out!"

The big tent fell into a deathly silence, and all the generals understood what this meant: either victory or death!There is no third way!

Qi Jiguang's sonorous voice broke the silence: "Once you go to the island, there is no way out. I will select 1 people from the 2000 people in this battle. I will not blame anyone who doesn't want to go to the island!"

There was another short silence.After the silence, Qi Jiguang heard the unanimous and deafening answer of hundreds of military officers: "If you don't kill all the Japanese pirates, you will never stop fighting!"

Standing beside Qi Jiguang, He Liu sighed in his heart: Yes, there is no need to hesitate or say more to take back the land that originally belonged to Daming and avenge the murdered comrades and common people. "If you don't kill all the Japanese pirates, you will never stop fighting." These nine words are enough!
In the middle of the night, Yin time.

Qi Jiguang said to He Liu: "Master Liu. You are the governor of the supervising army, so you don't need to fight with us. You just need to sit behind the town."

He Liu shook his head: "Isn't my hundred households a military officer of Ming Dynasty? Didn't I eat the royal food of the court? When it came time to kill the enemy and serve the country, I hid behind. Face!"

Old Hu said: "General Qi, I also went to the island to join the war. Don't look at my gray beard, I'm getting old. But my knife throwing kung fu is superb!"

Qi Jiguang nodded.He said to Jiang Yan again: "Jiang Siye, you are here to help me set up a firearms battalion. We have to march lightly in this battle, and the seawater will be wet with gunpowder, so firearms are useless. You can sit in Ningde County, Wait for news of our triumph."

Jiang Yan said proudly: "General Qi! I am the military officer of Ming Dynasty just like the sixth and third masters! Hiding in the back and watching the blood of brothers on the front line? I can't afford this person, our Nanzhen Fusi still can't afford to lose this person!"

He Liu stared at Jiang Yan, and he knew that this kind of heroic expression could not be faked.

He Liu became less and less convinced that Jiang Yan was the culprit in the Japanese case.

Qi's army of two thousand warriors has been assembled.In order to pack lightly, they did not carry the shields, maces, and javelins required for the mandarin duck formation.

Each soldier only has a waist knife and a large bundle of straw on his back.

The road outside Hengyu is muddy.Qi Jiguang intends to use straw to pave a road to victory.

Qi Jiguang stood on the general platform and shouted: "Brothers, go to Hengyu and kill the Japanese pirates who live there! Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The moonlight shone on the bodies of the two thousand men of the country who were full of murderous looks.The sound of shouting and killing resounded through the sky.

(End of this chapter)