prosperous age

Chapter 159 Chapter 158
"Bang bang bang bang"

After the sound of more than a dozen blunderbusses, the sound of the bowstring being tightened and then releasing the arrows sounded, and several arrows were shot from the cavalry, aiming at the group of Japanese pirates.

Several of the remaining Japanese pirates fell to the ground in this round of blows, and the remaining 20 people were completely panicked. Seeing the Ming army cavalry passing through the front, several arrows shot past without hitting a single target.

"dong dong dong"

The battle drums of the Ming army finally sounded, and the Ming army obviously became two teams, outflanking the Japanese pirates from the rear and sides.

At the end of the army formation, a group of dozens of Ming soldiers with a general flag ran directly to the route of the Japanese pirates. The first two rows were holding bird guns, and behind them were a sword and shield player and two spearmen.

Now it is surrounded on three sides, only Taihu Lake is left to choose one direction, and there are still more than 20 cavalry in the diagonal stabbing.

The three groups of Ming troops gradually approached, and the Japanese pirates surrounded by them were really unable to escape. At this time, the only one who escaped from the group was the Little General Cannon carried by about ten soldiers.

Wei Meng and Wu Zhankui each led two hundred teams to approach the Japanese pirates, and at the same time asked the loud soldiers in the formation to call down the Japanese pirates.

But there was no response, maybe it was the language barrier or they knew they were going to die, so they just didn't bother to care.

Seeing that the encirclement of the Ming army was about to succeed, the Japanese pirates ignored the Ming army in other directions and rushed directly to the Ming army with the smallest number of people. They still planned to break through to the north and catch up with the defeated soldiers there.

Now, under the gathering of the general flag and the small flag, the group of rout soldiers has stopped, just watching the battle situation here from a distance.

The Japanese pirates attacked the Zhenfu General Banner Team, and Zhang Hongfu immediately urged his mount to kill the Japanese pirates from the oblique stab.

"Puff puff"

Under the command of the chief flag officer, the first row of bird gunners fired the bird guns in their hands, then retreated to the rear of the gun formation, and the second row of bird gunners stepped forward and fired again.

Most of the cavalry behind the Japanese pirates changed into sabers at this time, and rushed to kill the infantry. The sword was better than the spear.

At this time, Wei Guangde was already behind his elder brother, surrounded by brave personal soldiers, Wei Guangde felt that this position was very safe.

When the cavalry rushed behind the Japanese pirates, there were only a dozen of Japanese pirates charging towards the Ming army, but they still rushed forward bravely, hacking at the big shield of the Ming army with knives and axes, and stabbing inward with spears through the gaps in the big shield. It wasn't until the sound of horseshoes stamping on the ground that the Japanese pirates at the back turned around and prepared to fight the cavalry.

Zhang Hongfu didn't give them a chance, and led the cavalry to draw an arc behind the Japanese pirate formation, still stabbing obliquely through the Japanese pirate formation.

Wei Guangde followed in the cavalry team. When the cavalry formation approached the Japanese pirates, Wei Guangde's hands were sweating nervously. He was not relieved until the knights in front rushed out smoothly without being blocked.

When his horse passed by a Japanese pirate who was obviously wounded and was about to fall to the ground, Wei Guangde quickly swung his saber and slashed at the back of the Japanese pirate who was about to fall to the ground, helping him to fall faster.

After all, there were not many Japanese pirates left, and their formation could not stop the charging cavalry at all.

Only a few Japanese pirates left seemed to know that the time limit had come, and they still did not stop. Perhaps they wanted to give a back before they died.

Wei Guangde slashed a Japanese pirate, don't care if it was a supplementary knife or not, that guy didn't fall to the ground before being hit by Wei Guangde, and now his heart was pounding, and he followed Zhang Hongfu to turn his horse's head and rushed towards the remaining Japanese pirates again.

This is an opportunity to beat the dog in the water. If you don't seize it, you will be sorry for your family's education.

When the last Japanese pirate fell on the battlefield and the small-scale battle stopped, Wei Guangde felt the autumn wind blowing away the seemingly invisible murderous aura in the field.

"Victory, victorious"

The soldiers of the Ming army roared again. The last time they cheered like this was in Dinghai County three years ago.

The cavalry returned to the formation and joined Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng.

Wu Zhankui just glanced at Zhang Hongfu and didn't say anything. He probably went back to tell his father-in-law if he had something to say, and said something to the younger generation. The battle was over.

In fact, regardless of whether Zhang Hongfu charged or not, this gang of Japanese pirates is a doomed situation, the only difference is the size of the casualties.

Even if the Japanese pirates really mixed with the soldiers of the Qianhusuo of the rear army, Wu Zhankui would not be stingy to completely wipe them out with artillery.

The first battle was successful.

No one will feel pity for the little soldiers on the battlefield, all they want is victory.

Wei Guangde has not calmed down from the excitement just now, and some soldiers have already started to clean up the battlefield.

Several soldiers were injured in the melee battle between the Zhenfu Banner Team and the Japanese pirates just now, and there were also soldiers who fell to the ground when they were chased and killed by the soldiers and horses before, all of which needed medical treatment.

51 corpses of Japanese pirates were collected together. Based on body size and oaths, it is estimated that more than 30 of them are real Japanese, and the remaining more than ten should be fake Japanese.

But at this time, no one cared, and they all reported it as real.

This time, Jiujiangwei has decided on the first achievement.

The cavalry sent by Wu Zhankui had been recalled. After writing a brief battle report on the spot and sending it out, the brigade returned to Zhongxi Town after finishing the battle.

Zheng Yixiang of the Qianhu Office of the Rear Army was shot to death by Japanese pirates during the battle, and the Rear Army lost dozens of people. After returning, they had to write detailed battle reports and send them up.

Zheng Yixiang's body has been found and will be sent back to Jiujiang together with other dead soldiers.

It's just that Zhang Hongfu, Wu Dong and Wei Wencai are still in the passion after participating in the war. They took Wei Guangde and a group of soldiers and ran around twice before returning to the town to rest. Wei Guangde has seen the symptoms of nausea and vomiting that the first brother on the battlefield would have.

Wei Guangde followed behind, thinking about the knife he made, he could only guess that maybe this was the inheritance of a military family.

"I cut two."

"I cut one."

Zhang Hongfu and Wei Wencai were soaking in the bathtub and chatting cheerfully.

"Xiao Er also cut one. I heard from my family's soldiers. It's not bad. We didn't lose face to our old Wei family."

Wei Wencai bragged, and then talked about his brother. Unexpectedly, this little man could also take a knife at a critical moment.

Wei Guangde just smiled, then turned to Wu Dong and asked, "Cousin, did you kill the Japanese pirates?"

"No, the location is not good. There is no one in front of me, but there is one next to me, but there is a guard behind me."

Wu Dong was a little depressed. He was on Zhang Hongfu's left, so naturally there were no Japanese pirates to attack, but Wei Wencai on the right found an opportunity to slash him, and even Master Wei Guangde, who was behind Wei Wencai, made a move.

"Haha, it doesn't matter, they are all heroes, if you don't cut it this time, you will continue to cut it next time."

Zhang Hongfu laughed and said.

"Next time, it is estimated that the Japanese pirates will not dare to invade the inland again this time. As long as our Jiujiang Guard is dispatched, there will not be enough to kill them."

Wei Wencai laughed along with him.

In their eyes now, the Japanese pirates don't seem to be a formidable opponent. Once the army formation is set up, the Japanese pirates are hopeless.

"It's Zheng Yixiang's killing that is shameful. There are more than 200 people in a rear army thousand households. They have all been trained as trash. The Japanese pirates collapsed after a single charge. If they were not shot to death by the Japanese pirates, I will also cut him when I come back."

Zhang Hongfu was still babbling, but Wu Dong next to him interrupted, "If you're dead, stop talking. Death is the most important thing."

"That's right. Uncle's battle report still says that he died in a fierce battle. Giving him a better seal would be worthy of him."

Several people gossiped, only Wei Guangde smirked, but didn't say anything.

Wei Guangde felt that he had figured out Father Wei's thoughts.

On the way back, Wei Guangde remembered that when he first passed through, his father and his mother were discussing whether to spend money to buy an official.

It seemed that the decades in Bengshan Fort were suffocated.

The two battle reports were sent out consecutively after the battle and after returning to the town, and it was also a rule to report the victory to the commander of Jiujiang Guard in the rear.

After the commander of Jiujiang Guard got the battle report, he reported the victory to the Nanjing Ministry of War and the former military governor's office. Before the new order came down, Wu Zhankui brought his men to stay in Zhongxi Town, Wujin County.

Borrowing a few carriages from the town to drag the dead bodies, the news that the Ming army wiped out the invading Japanese pirates spread quickly in the town.

Last night, the head of the village arranged for someone to report to Wujin County overnight that the Ming army had entered, but no other information had been received so far.

While helping to find horses and chariots, the chief saw the battlefield and the bodies of the Japanese pirates who had been killed, and immediately sent his son to the county to report victory.

The news of the complete annihilation of the Japanese pirates would naturally not spread so quickly. In fact, there were a large number of Ming troops stationed in Changxing County and Wuxi County at this time, waiting for the Japanese pirates to throw themselves into the net.

Historically, this group of Japanese pirates safely passed through Wujin County and arrived in Wuxi. Finally, they were wiped out at Taozhai Port in Wuxi by the Suzhou Guard and Taicang Guard led by Su Song Governor Cao Bangfu.

In order to eliminate this group of Japanese pirates, Taicang Wei commanded Zhang Dagang to die in battle.

This is the second first-class military officer of the Guard Command who died in battle, but none of this happened in this life, and Cao Bangfu's promotion was interrupted.

Therefore, the records of this group of Japanese pirates in the official documents of the Ming Dynasty stop here. , killing and wounding four to five thousand people, killing one censor, one county magistrate, one commander, two generals, and two counties, it took more than 70 days for the Jiujiang Weiyou Army to be wiped out in Zhongxi."

On the second day, the county magistrate of Wujin brought two carts of pigs and sheep and good wine to Zhongxi Town to reward the army.

When he first received news from Zhongxi Town that the Ming army had entered to wipe out Japanese pirates, the magistrate of Wujin County was really scared to death.

The army has come, which means that the warning above is true, and there are really Japanese pirates coming.

Then I received news that the Ming army had wiped out the Japanese pirates. In the evening, the son of the mayor of Zhongxi Town came to report the news. He kept saying that he saw the corpses of the Japanese pirates who were killed. The soldiers who fought Japanese pirates in Zhejiang said that this is the real Japanese.

Needless to say, the county magistrate ran away to several big households in Wujin County that night to raise gifts for rewards.

Although civil servants are arrogant when they meet military generals, this is not the time to be proud.

The county magistrate also knew a thing or two about what these Japanese pirates were doing in Nanjing City. The adults in Nanjing City wished that all these people would be killed.

In the next two days, the squires from seven miles and eight towns sent several carts of wine and meat to reward the army, and the soldiers of Jiujiangwei had a good tooth sacrifice.

On the second day after the Japanese pirates were wiped out, scouts from Yixing and Wuxi came over. Only then did they know that the Japanese pirates they had been guarding against had been wiped out in Zhongxi Town, Wujin County, and they rushed back to report the news.

On the same day, messengers from Wuhu also arrived, and the commanders of Jiujiang Weizhu learned the news of the great victory in Zhongxi Town, and immediately reported to Nanjing, ordering them to continue to garrison where they were.

After Wu Zhankui led his team into Lishui from Wuhu, he left his manpower in Wuhu and reported their actions to the guard commander and others.

The messenger sent to deliver the good news went directly to Wuhu, and immediately with this order, the brigade chose to garrison Wuhu and wait for Nanjing's instructions.

At this time, in the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, a large group of civil and military officials stationed in Nanjing knelt down, although the throne on the stage was empty.

Under the steps, an eunuch had finished reading the imperial decree, but he didn't hand it over to anyone, but put it away and handed it to the following eunuch.

"My lords, the imperial decree has been announced, and the miscellaneous families are waiting for the news in Nanjing City. The Holy Majesty also wants to know how long it will take for you to wipe out these Japanese pirates."

The eunuch's unique duck voice spread throughout the hall, and the ministers who were kneeling in the room slowly got up and spread from the back to the front, as if playing a human wave.

However, the ministers in the foreman really struggled to get up, and perhaps only Wei Guogong, who was the first in the honorable queue, seemed a little more relaxed.

At the beginning of the year, due to his fault, Emperor Jiajing dismissed him from the defense position in Nanjing. At that time, Xu Pengju was very dissatisfied, especially when Zhu Yue, Marquis of Funing, took the first place in the martial arts class. Give him two slaps.

It's all right now, the Japanese pirates went to the city of Nanjing to show off their power. It's really "a disaster is a blessing, a blessing is a blessing, a disaster is a disaster", who knows that such a thing will happen.

If he hadn't lost his post as a Nanjing garrison, the current man's anger would probably be directed at him.

Wei Guogong Xu Pengju looked at that guy who was trembling all over and couldn't get up, and felt indescribably happy.

When he got up, I went over to ask him to hand over the Nanjing defense seal, and I was mad at this bitch.

Xu Pengju was overjoyed to see Funing Hou Zhu Yue dismissed from office, but the other ministers looked at Zhang Shiche, Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of War, and Chen Zhu, the servant, with sympathy.

Especially Zhang Shiche, this one is also unlucky enough to encounter such a thing before the position of Shangshu is warm.

"Grandpa Xu, congratulations to you first."

At this time, the eunuch Xuanzhi walked up to Wei Guogong Xu Pengju and said with a smile, but even though his face was smiling and his body exuded a strong fragrance, the chill in his bones still couldn't be concealed.

"Don't dare to trouble Eunuch Chen. Eunuch has worked hard all night from Beijing. Please come to the humble house tonight. I will prepare a little wine in the mansion to wash away the dust for Eunuch."

Wei Guogong didn't dare to let the eunuch in front of him think that he was rude, so he hurriedly invited him.

"Drinking is a small matter. The miscellaneous family went south this time, but they are related. My father-in-law, please issue a warrant as soon as possible, so that the guards from all over the country can eradicate this group of pirates as soon as possible, so as to dispel the anger of the Holy Lord."

"Yes Yes."

Xu Pengju agreed repeatedly at first, and then said in a confident tone: "To be honest with Eunuch Chen, I have already issued an official document in the name of the former military governor's office to transfer Jiujiang Wei from Jiujiang to Xuanzhou Wei after approval by the Ministry of War a few days ago." , Zhenjiang Wei, Suzhou Wei and Taicang Wei jointly encircled and suppressed this group of Japanese pirates, and I think there will be good news in the near future."

"That's good, come and bring me some medicine. My leg hurts badly now."

Chen Hong ordered loudly, riding a horse all the way for several days, the inner thigh has been worn out long ago, and it hurts deeply at this moment.

(End of this chapter)