The Red Mansions

Chapter 143

Rumble!
The horseshoes galloped, and more than 100 light cavalry rushed straight to the place where the pirates gathered like lightning.

Before the pirate could react, he rushed in.

At the forefront, Jia Yun swept across with an iron gun in hand.

"Crack!" "Crack!"

Two crisp sounds were heard, and seven or eight people on the left and right were shot out one after another, knocking over a large group of pirates.

"Kill!" Jia Yun yelled, and the iron spear protruded out like a dragon, and continued to clear the way ahead.

"Kill!" Everyone in the back shouted together, and quickly made up the knife to reap their lives.

Dozens of spears shot out at the same time, blood spattered on both sides, and the pirates were crying and howling, all in chaos.

With just one sprint, nearly a thousand pirates were divided into two. They wanted to escape, but they just ran into the inspection department and the young and strong who were catching up from the periphery.

Although these people were very afraid of pirates, when they saw Jia Yun and the others in the battle formation, they would pick on everyone, stab them with knives, and show off their power, as if entering a land without people, their morale was instantly high, and they joined the battle group one after another .

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Everyone shouted, holding up their spears and stabbing fiercely, and some pirates fell down from time to time.

The pirates were so crowded that they couldn't even open their knives, so they had to run out desperately.

But how could Jia Yun make them happy, quickly turned the horse's head, and shouted: "Come on!"

"Kill!" The rest of the soldiers of the patrol battalion yelled in unison with excited expressions.

This is finally seeing blood. After passing the first level, instead of being afraid, they bared their bloodthirsty fangs like beasts smelling blood.

Rumble!
Jia Yun led Qingqi to charge back and forth among the pirate crowd, dividing the crowd, preventing them from forming a group, but also preventing them from escaping, focusing on killing and injuring the enemy.

The advantage of cavalry over infantry was immediately revealed.

Condescending, countless pirates were stabbed to death just as they were about to raise the Japanese sword.

"Kill it!"

"Kill the pirates!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"..."

Outside the city gate, whether it was pirates or officers and soldiers, they were all red-eyed.

With Jia Yun's iron gun lightly smashed, a pirate's head was dented in half, and he was killed instantly.

The gun didn't need to be old, and a head was thrown out by him again, and there was blood everywhere.

Seeing this, the surrounding pirates raised their Japanese knives and slashed at the same time. Jia Yun sneered, and with a flick of the spear tip, countless Japanese knives were knocked away.

There was no need for him to take another shot, the soldiers of the countless patrol battalions behind him quickly stretched out their spears and stabbed them fiercely, nearly ten pirates were pierced through each other, and they howled and died in pain.

In less than a quarter of an hour, only three or four hundred of the nearly thousand pirates remained.

Jia Yun patted her horse and came to the periphery, and ordered loudly: "Intercept and kill in groups, you can't let a Japanese pirate go!"

These people are not Japanese pirates, but since they want to pretend to be Japanese pirates, Jia Yun will not be confused, because the rewards of Japanese pirates are higher.

This is why there are always reports of pirate attacks along the coast, but news of pirate riots is so rare.

It's not that the officers and soldiers along the coast don't know, but because of their interests, everyone has a tacit understanding not to report pirates, but to report Japanese pirates!

On the battlefield, pirates scattered.

There were hundreds of people in the patrol battalion, and they went straight to the crowded place, and the remaining pirates were stopped by the patrol department and the elite.

The heads of countless pirates were cut off!

silver!silver!That's all money, a head earns more than they have been working hard for many years.

"Kill it!" A patrol inspector blushed and stared at the boss, raised his knife and slashed at the pirate fiercely.

The pirate wanted to escape for his life, so he used his ability to eat milk, and the Japanese sword slashed obliquely, the inspection was divided into two, and the intestines and stomachs were spilled all over the floor.

"Ouch..."

As soon as the pirate breathed a sigh of relief, someone behind him stabbed him severely, killing him!

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

There were shouts of killing everywhere, metal sounds of weapons colliding everywhere, and blood aura spread into the city, attracting countless people to peek at the gate of the city.

"Okay! It's too good to kill, these beasts, death is not a pity!" Some people shouted loudly.

"This is due to the proper command of the county lord, otherwise we Cixi people will suffer a lot!"

"When I go back, I will set up a longevity card for the county venerable, and burn incense for him every day!"

"Have you seen it? I heard that the head of that Japanese pirate is equivalent to five taels of silver, which is worth more than crops!"

"Hiss... Oh my god, it's so valuable? Is it true?"

"Hey, can this matter be false? A few days ago, people from the inspection department came to our workshop to select young men, and the inspection said it himself!"

"This... If we cut off the head of the pirate, can it be exchanged for silver?"

"Hey, why didn't I think of this before?"

"Hurry up, there are only a few dozen of those Japanese pirates left, this opportunity to make a fortune is right in front of you, you can't miss it!"

"You don't want to die? The Japanese pirates kill all of them without blinking an eye? If you want to die, just go!"

"..."

Outside the city, the war is coming to an end soon.

In the end, there were more than a hundred pirates, seeing that there was no hope of escape, they dropped their swords and surrendered on their knees.

Of course, this is also the result of Jia Yun's laissez-faire. Some people surrendered when there were 400 people left, but he pretended not to see it.

For him, the pirates left too many, and the harm outweighs the benefits. Even if there are more than a hundred people now, he will execute them all when he interrogates where the pirates hide their money.

"Take all the pirates into custody, and find out as soon as possible where the money they plundered is placed, who they have colluded with, and the internal situation of their pirates!" Jia Yun instructed Jia Wenlin.

This matter can only be handled by one's own bodyguards, and the money and core secrets can only be controlled by one's own hands, and the patrol battalion, inspection department and yamen guards cannot be known.

At this time, Liu Xianglian brought a few people and escorted a disheveled scholar over.

"My lord, my subordinates just asked me, this man is the military advisor of this group of Japanese pirates, he is a big fish!" Liu Xianglian said excitedly.

Jia Yun laughed loudly, nodded and said, "Okay, okay, we're all alive now! By the way, where is that person?"

"Um, that man wanted to escape, but was killed by the explosives thrown by his subordinates!" Liu Xianglian replied hesitantly.

Jia Yun waved her hand and said: "If you die, you will die. You are also a poor person. If you don't want a good future, you want to collude with Japanese pirates. Who can blame?"

"However, his body still has to be put away, waiting for the superior to come and check!"

……

Back to the Yamen.

After Jia Yun took a bath and changed her clothes, she quickly wrote a letter and sent it to Ningbo in an expedited eight hundred miles.

As soon as the letter was sent away, Meiren came over with a bowl of porridge and a basket of steamed buns, and said with a smile, "I've been tired all night, let's have something to eat first!"

"Well, if you don't tell me, I really don't feel hungry. When you tell me, I realize that my stomach is already deflated!" Jia Yun said with a smile.

Now that the pirates are gone, Jia Yun finally relaxes.

He had a premonition that if he failed to complete the defense of Cixi, he would be heard by Datian, and there was a high chance that he would be promoted to an official position.

Therefore, Jia Yun's heart is very comfortable at this time.

At this time, a gong sounded outside the county government office. Jia Yun knew that the county examination had opened, so she smiled and continued to eat.

Before the meal was finished, Jia Ming came to report that the patriarchs of Cixi Qian, Jiang, Zhou, Li, Chen, Feng and other families had come to visit together.

Jia Yun told Jia Ming, "Go out and tell them that I don't have time to see them right now, and I may not have time to see them for a while, let them think about the consequences!"

Needless to say, these people probably had something to do with pirates.

He also didn't think about ransacking these people's families and exterminating their families. It would be a pleasure to do it, but it wouldn't get much benefit.

Moreover, if I killed a lot when I was in Dangzhi County, it would be extremely detrimental to going to other places in the future. After all, no one wants to be under the supervision of an official who likes to kill.

Therefore, Jia Yun wants to get the benefits first. As for the fate of these families, of course it is up to the superiors to deal with!

He is a county magistrate, and even the crime of beheading has to be reviewed by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. How can he just ransack his family and exterminate his family?
After eating, Jia Wenlin and Liu Xianglian came over excitedly.

Jia Wenlin said: "Master, we made money this time. The pirates robbed as much as four or three million taels of silver this time, and there are countless other goods. They are all hidden in a cave in Shangyu, and they will be transported away when they go back!"

Jia Yun nodded and looked at Liu Xianglian.

Liu Xianglian handed Jia Yun a thick stack of paper.

After Jia Yun took it and looked at it for a while, she pondered for a moment, and ordered: "Brother Liu immediately led the fifty patrolling battalion people to rush to Shangyu, take all the belongings, and pay attention to concealment!"

Liu Xianglian cupped her hands, turned and left.

After he left, Jia Yun said to Jia Wenlin: "You take your personal guards, and then you select dozens of government servants from the county government and help you, and confiscate Wang, Wei, Su, and Bai's houses, and lock them all into the county. Ya prison."

"This...Master, these families are small families, why don't you arrest other big families?" Jia Wenlin asked puzzled.

Jia Yun said: "This is called killing chickens to warn monkeys, and it is also called knocking mountains to shake tigers!"

"Arresting people is not the goal. It is the goal to let other families willingly pay money to settle the matter. As for how to deal with those big families, it is the superior's business."

Upon hearing this, Jia Wenlin stopped hesitating, turned around after saluting, and went to work.

Looking at the interrogation record in her hand, Jia Yun thought to herself: "I didn't expect a group of pirates to go to Jinling, how courageous they are!"

After all, Liu Yong'an was just a scholar. He was able to serve as a pirate's military adviser, which showed that he didn't have much backbone. He didn't need to torture to extract a confession, he recruited everything.

"There are also Jinling Zhen's family, Henan Niu's family, Shanxi Liu's family, Shandong Kong's family, Jiangxi Xia's family, Zhejiang Zheng's family, Huguang Chen's family..."

These families are all first-class big families.

For example, the Zhen family in Jinling is an old family that is even richer than the Jia family, and Wang Xifeng is greatly envious of it.

When the Supreme Emperor went to Jiangnan, he had settled in the Zhen family four times. An old concubine in the palace was Miss Zhen's family who was of the same generation as Jia's mother.

In addition, the second daughter of the Zhen family is also the current Princess of Beijing, and King of Beijing is the leader of the four princes and eight princes.

It can be seen that the Zhen family has run Jinling for several generations, and their wealth has reached the extreme.

The Zhen family is so difficult to deal with, and it is not easy for other families to be able to sit on an equal footing with the Zhen family.

Therefore, Jia Yun decided to wait and see what happened and see if they reacted.

If not, then I'm sorry, this trial record, he will directly send it to the emperor through Jin Yiwei.

If there is an action that can give him enough benefits, although the records of the interrogation still have to be sent away, he can choose to send them away instead of sending them all...

(End of this chapter)