Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king
Chapter 283: Fierce fire burns the sky, a critical attack on the Japanese pirates!Officials, officia
Chapter 283: Fierce fire burns the sky, a critical attack on the Japanese pirates!Officials, officials, how can they not be half-hearted about the people! (1.3)
Boom!
The night battle lasted just half an hour when the Foning Gate was opened from the inside.
But the city gate was huge, heavy, and heavy. More than twenty Japanese pirates pushed it open for a long time, but it had already cracked.
"Everyone, push the door open with all your strength!"
Some Japanese pirates returned to the river to report to the king.
Among the countless wooden ships, there was a command ship. The ship was huge and had a deep draft. The leader of the Japanese pirates, Zhang Dayou, stood on the ship.
Zhang Dayou has been a Japanese pirate for generations, and his mother is a Japanese, but he considers himself a Mingren. He even speaks an authentic southern Fujian dialect and calls himself the King of the Sea. His base is in Penghu and operates in the northern part of Treasure Island.
Zhang Dayou heard that the city gate was opened.
Immediately command all Japanese pirates to gather in the direction of Funing Gate and enter Nanjing City from Funing Gate.
He also personally disembarked from the ship, mounted a tall horse, and raised the Japanese sword in his hand so that his army could see him.
There were three groups of Japanese pirates who participated in the plunder of Nanjing.
Zhang Dayou is the most powerful wave.
The other two groups are called Hu Nanshan and Hu Chong.
Each of these two men has [-] soldiers and is entrenched in Ningbo. Both of them are from Nanzhili, and Hu Chong is Hu Nanshan's uncle. They are not completely bandits, but more businessmen.
What they brought this time were their navigation guards.
The three bandit leaders were in the shape of a pin, riding tall horses, directing the Japanese pirates to attack the gate.Countless Japanese people gathered around the three bandit leaders and headed towards Fo Ning Gate.
More than 5 people all disembarked from the boats, crowded the entire river beach, and rushed towards Foning Gate like a tide.
And in front of Foning Gate.
Countless Japanese pirates were pushing the door with their hands, and the huge city gate made a creaking sound, and they had already pushed out a gap for one person.
"Get in!"
Zhang Dayou was getting closer and closer to Foning Gate, holding a Japanese sword and shouting loudly.
After receiving the order, the Japanese under his command, like fish, slipped sideways through the gap in Foning Gate and entered the city of Nanjing.
Countless Japanese people followed suit and got into the city gate.
Squeak!
Both sides used force at the same time, and the huge city gate opened a gap as wide as one person, and countless Japanese pirates squeezed in. Such a prosperous Nanjing city is full of money!Hurry up and grab it!
puff!
A bright sword light cut down instantly.
A Japanese pirate whose head had just entered the Foning Gate raised his head when he saw a flash of cold light from a sword, bringing with it a cloud of blood, and his head rolled to the ground.
When a person falls to the ground, it does not affect the Japanese pirates behind him from squeezing in.
"Come in!" Zhang Dayou ordered.
creak!creak!
The gap in the Foning Gate is getting wider and wider.
Japanese pirates poured into Foning Gate like a tide.
However, the first batch of Japanese pirates who rushed in kicked the corpse of their companion. The huge door hole was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop!
It was a dark hole, with no Ming army and no one to respond.
As if nothing.
Only the heads of a dozen companions.
"There's a scam inside, don't come in!"
A Japanese pirate roared loudly.
But his voice was covered up by the footsteps of countless Japanese pirates who came in. Their king Zhang Dayou ordered them to go in and plunder as much as they wanted.
The heart of robbing is as hot as a fire. When they are Japanese pirates, they only do it for money and for women. No difficulty can stop them.
"cut!"
Outside the doorway, an old man with white beard and hair, wearing a red official robe with a crane tattoo, raised the Emperor's Sword high!
call out!call out!call out!
Countless arrows were shot into the doorway.
"Ahhh!"
The Japanese pirates' red-hot desire to rob suddenly turned into screams one after another. No one expected that they would be attacked by arrows as soon as they entered.
A round of arrows was shot.
Replace with the second batch of crossbowmen and another round begins.
As for the cracked Foning Gate, Japanese pirates were squeezing in. The entire Foning Gate was like Shura Hell, with only screams and blood.
The Japanese pirates at the back finally realized that all the people in front were dead, and hurried back to report to Zhang Dayou. Zhang Dayou was already more than 100 steps away from the command ship, and also more than 100 steps away from Foning Gate, right in the middle, without any embarrassment.
Moreover, he held the Japanese sword high, looking like he was patrolling victoriously.
As a result, Fo Ning Gate was a trick, and the people inside fired crossbows, and all his people were killed.
"Hu Chong, you fucking lied to me!"
Zhang Dayou slashed at Hu Chong with a sharp knife.
Hu Chong was observing the battle situation attentively, but suddenly he was stabbed and fell off his horse.
When Hu Nanshan saw his uncle fall from his horse, he pointed at Zhang Dayou and scolded: "Zhang Dayou, what are you going to do? Are you trying to embezzle Nanjing's wealth?"
"Take your mother for granted!"
Zhang Dayou shouted loudly: "This is a trick, you guys are working together to deceive me!"
"what?"
Hu Nanshan was still confused, but he realized something was wrong when he noticed that the Japanese pirates who were crowded at Funing Gate were retreating crazily.
Zhang Dayou pointed his Japanese sword at Hu Nanshan and ordered his left and right men to kill him.
"King of the Sea, it must be a misunderstanding!"
Hu Nanshan became anxious and ran to the side quickly, shouting: "Don't fall into the Ming army's plan. At this time, we are in chaos, and the Ming army will benefit!"
"Ah!" Hu Chong screamed after falling off his horse.
His followers had no time to save him.
Zhang Dayou drove his war horse and trampled over him, and the man was trampled to death.
Hu Nanshan believed that Zhang Dayou wanted to embezzle Nanjing's wealth and did not want to share the profits with them.
Because the strategy of opening Foning Gate was dedicated to Zhang Dayou. He had connections in Nanjing City. At the appointed time, Nanjing City would open the city gate and let in the Japanese pirates from outside.
Squeak!
Foning Gate suddenly opened wide.
Countless Ming troops on fast horses rushed out from inside, holding high their blazing guns. Bang bang bang, each bludgeon brought up a cloud of blood.
"Escape!"
The Japanese pirates cried for father and mother and retreated wildly.
And the Japanese pirates were not trained, so they would stampede them on a large scale when they retreated, directly disrupting the organization. Some of them were even fierce, and they would directly kill their companions in front of them with their swords.
After such killings, the Japanese pirates killed each other, causing even greater casualties.
The retreating Japanese pirates and the advancing Japanese pirates blocked each other. One wanted to run up the river, and the other wanted to rush into the city, so they headed towards each other.
Their eyes became red as they ran for their lives, and they began to kill each other with knives.
But Zhang Dayou, Hu Nanshan and others in the middle fell into the center of the battlefield.
Hu Nanshan looked at the heroic Ming army and murmured to himself: "This is not a defender, not a defender!"
The elite defenders were all taken away by Song Wei.
And these cavalrymen are all tall, have long arms, tall heads and big horses, and have superb riding skills. They don't look like southerners, but northerners.
With so many Northern cavalry, they must be the Wudang Army led by Li Zhen!
The Wudang Army has a total of 3 people, coming from the Beijing Camp, the Frontier Army and Liangjiazi. They are all cavalry who are good at riding and shooting. They are not ancient cavalry, but modern cavalry who use firearms.
"Li Zhen is back, Li Zhen is back!"
Hu Nanshan was extremely frightened: "Run quickly, retreat quickly!"
Li Zhen, after coming to Nanzhili, has been suppressing bandits. All the bandits in Nanzhili were frightened when they heard Li Zhen's name and called him Jinjin Li.
The Japanese pirates dared to invade Nanjing mainly because Li Zhen and the Wudang Army led by him were not in Nanjing.
According to calculations, they broke through Nanjing City as quickly as possible, ransacked it for a day, and then immediately fled for their lives.
At exactly this time, Li Zhen returned to the defense, and they walked away. Li Zhen couldn't even catch their tails.
But why did Li Zhen come back early?
Moreover, he entered the city quietly!
There are thirty thousand soldiers, where is the main force?
Hu Nanshan developed a fear of the unknown, and the situation was so messed up that he had no time to think about it before he was forced to flee for his life.
"Fuck you, your Hu family is lying to me!"
Zhang Dayou also knew Li Zhen. Although they had never fought against each other, they were definitely no match for the regular army on the shore.
The problem is, countless cavalrymen are pouring out of the city like a tide.
Everyone was equipped with well-equipped firearms and kept firing at the Japanese pirates.
The Japanese pirates had no armor, and it was dark, so they couldn't see each other clearly. Suddenly, they were so frightened that they were so scared that they pissed.
"Withdraw! Withdraw!"
Zhang Dayou turned around and asked his soldiers to turn around and retreat.
But [-] Japanese pirates were crowded together on the entire river beach. The ones in front were driven away by the Ming army, but the ones behind were still unknown!
I'm still dreaming, scrambling to get into the city and rob.
As a result, the people in front ran to the back and the people behind rushed forward.We still don't understand each other's languages. Some speak the dialect of their hometown, some speak Japanese, some speak bird language, and so on.
Neither of them could understand each other, so they spoke directly with knives.
As for Zhang Dayou's nonsense, no one listens to it. Everyone is here to make a fortune. If you are recognized as the boss, it means you are rich. If you have no money, who will work for you?
You, Zhang Dayou, are not the emperor, why should we listen to you?
"kill!"
Zhang Dayou took the lead in killing and attacked his own men.
Kill a bloody way.
Bang!
On top of the city, artillery fired.
The explosive bomb exploded in the crowd, suddenly bursting into flames.
The lethality is not strong, but the deterrent effect is very strong.
The Japanese pirates who were blocking each other were stunned at the same time. The Japanese pirates who wanted to enter the city to make a fortune realized why the ones in front ran back and the Ming army came to kill them!
The Japanese pirates who ran up the river became even more anxious. The Ming army behind them kept firing, and no one knew who was unlucky enough to get hit.
He could only keep swinging his knife to kill people and carve out a bloody path.
As he continued to kill, he fell to the ground and was trampled into a ball of rotten flesh.
"Get back to the ship, get back to the ship!"
Zhang Dayou yelled several times, but no one listened to him.
His band of thieves was not organized and could not act like an arm. When fighting with a favorable wind, they would not be able to show their strength. However, when faced with a headwind, he would know the difficulty.
This resulted in countless people blocking the river beach, rushing to kill each other, and the more they killed, the more chaotic they became.
He has already seen his ship, and now he dislikes the fact that there are too many people under his command. He can't fly, so he can't get back to his ship!
Bang bang bang!
The sound of firecrackers was getting closer and closer.
"No, this gun didn't come from behind!"
Zhang Dayou looked at the left and right sides in horror. He was horrified to find that the sound of fire and gunfire came from the left and right sides, which meant that Li Zhen drove the cavalry to outflank him from the left and right wings and drive them underwater.
Moreover, when the Foning Gate was opened, he also ordered his men who were attacking the other two gates to gather at the Foning Gate, which was equivalent to entering Li Zhen's encirclement.
But what puzzled him was that there was no place to hide people on the river beach. Where was Li Zhen hiding?
"Damn it, if you lose, you will lose. I still have more than 1 people in Penghu. The worst is, we have to start all over again!"
Zhang Dayou took off his clothes, tore them into pieces, and tied himself to the war horse.
Then, he stabbed the horse in the butt.
The pained war horse neighed and started to gallop. The Japanese pirates blocking the road could not bear the galloping of the war horse, and countless of their men were trampled into mud.
He was getting closer and closer to the river beach, and he could already see the water. His command ship was close at hand. Once he got on the ship, no matter how powerful the Ming army was, they couldn't keep him...
call out!
A rocket shot out from the left and right wings.
Rocket after rocket shot out from both wings.
With a bang, the wooden boat floating on the river instantly burst into flames.
Zhang Dayou, who was running towards the warship, was horrified to see that countless wooden boats suddenly caught fire. The overwhelming flames instantly illuminated the entire river beach.
"what!"
The hot flames burned Zhang Dayou's face, and Zhang Dayou subconsciously tightened the horse's belly to stop the horse from galloping.
but!
The war horse was injured and had lost its mind.
Like a moth to a flame, he rushed towards the flames.
And he was tied to a horse!
"Ahhh!"
Zhang Dayou followed the war horse into the sea of fire!
"Hu family, I and you are at odds with each other!" Zhang Dayou's roar was completely engulfed by the flames.
He thought he was smart, so he tied himself to the horse and was careful to prevent the injured horse from lifting him up. However, he never expected that the horse would fly into flames and he would have no chance to jump off the horse.
The entire Yangtze River was illuminated red by the monstrous flames.
The Japanese pirates saw with their own eyes that their wooden boats were burned to the ground, and Ming troops on horseback were in all directions, and their way of survival was completely cut off.
At this moment, they all became quiet and stopped running. They just stared blankly at their boats.
The next moment, he was kneeling on the ground begging for surrender.
Those who come out to hang out are all looking for money. If they can't be beaten, they will surrender. There is no morality at all.
On the river, diagonally opposite the river beach, a middle-aged man wearing armor riding a tall war horse was paying close attention to the battle situation.
"Master Guards, the Japanese pirates are no longer determined to survive. Should we accept the prisoners or kill them all?"
Li Zhen's eyes were gloomy, calculating the gains and losses of the battle, and said slowly: "Take the prisoners!"
"Follow the order!"
The messenger conveys the order.
The entire sky was illuminated by flames, like daylight, and the messengers could use battle flags to deliver orders.
In the past, the cavalry had to fight in the dark and could only stay near the city wall and did not dare to go near the river beach. They were worried that their horses would get stuck in the beach and be killed by Japanese pirates.
"Send orders to all armies not to kill anyone who surrenders!"
After Li Zhen issued the order, he immediately entered the city.
at the same time.
Chen Wuyang, who was fighting at the Guanyin Gate, was suddenly shocked by the raging flames. Fifty thousand wooden boats floating on the river were burned in an instant, illuminating the entire city of Nanjing like daylight.
"Li Zhen is back!"
Chen Wuyang murmured to himself. Chen Wuyang, who thought he was going to die, suddenly laughed: "God will not destroy Chen, I am alive! God bless the Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty, great blessings will come to heaven! Great blessings will come to heaven!"
With a thud, he fell to the ground.
He couldn't muster any strength anymore, and he threw away the knife. Now even a child could kill him.
Fortunately, the Japanese pirates had faded away, and everyone on the city wall looked at each other and laughed.
"We won, won!"
Laughing and laughing, even crying.
As for the officials from various ministries in the inner city, they had mixed feelings when they saw the fire that shone like daylight.
In the garrison, Xu Chengzong and Xu Yongning heard the sound of celebrating outside the hall, and their hearts were sinking to the bottom.
At Fo Ning Gate, Zhang Feng was holding the Emperor's Sword. When he heard the order to receive the prisoners, he almost collapsed.
Just a little bit, the city of Nanjing was destroyed!
Zhang Feng's mood at this moment cannot be described in words.
"Lord Governor!"
Li Zhen quickly entered the city and closed the Funing Gate. The Wudang Army outside the city was collecting prisoners to prevent Japanese pirates from escaping into the city.
"It's a blessing, Maoxue, it's a blessing!"
Zhang Feng's voice was trembling: "It's just a little bit close to the city of Nanjing being destroyed. If I come back a little later, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"Sir, it's all over." Li Zhen was also covered in cold sweat.
Zhang Feng held his hand tightly: "Maoxue, thanks to you, I saved the city of Nanjing! You saved my life and your majesty's reputation!"
He was in tears.
The moment he received Song Wei's letter, he realized that something was wrong and immediately rushed back to Nanjing as quickly as possible.
But with only a few hundred people in his hands, he was alone.
Even if they return to Nanjing, it will be difficult to resist the Japanese pirate army.
Nanjing City's elite soldiers were deployed outside the city, but there was no news. Apparently they were missing.
Fortunately, Li Zhen has a very good political vision.
Without waiting for Zhang Feng's order, after receiving Song Wei's letter, he immediately ordered all soldiers to put down their captures, take off their armor, travel lightly, and rush back to Nanjing from Chuzhou as quickly as possible.
When Zhang Feng arrived in Nanjing, the Japanese pirates were already attacking the city.
At that moment, he felt like the world was spinning, as if it was the end of the world.
Fortunately, Li Zhen led the troops and arrived in the capital at the same time as Zhang Feng, and met outside Fengyi Gate. This was the scene where Zhang Feng led his troops to block Foning Gate.
As for kerosene and equipment, they are only available in Nanjing City.
After Zhang Feng entered the city, he immediately opened the arsenal, took out the ordnance, and arrived at each gate.
Because Li Zhen's advance force only had 1 people, and Zhang Feng led 3000 people to help the three gates of the outer city, each with only 1000 people.
Therefore, he could only play tricks in the doorway and did not dare to fight with the Japanese pirates in the wild.
He just used arrows to kill people and didn't dare to use firecrackers directly.
The purpose is to scare the Japanese pirates and make them disorganized.
He was also delaying time for Li Zhen.
Li Zhen's Wudang Army had a total of 3 people. The 1 people he brought back came on fast horses, and [-] horses were killed.
Even for a veteran like Li Zhen, he traveled day and night, and the inner thighs were worn out.
On the way back, more than 1000 people were lost and more than 700 people were killed.
The Wudang Army was all Li Zhen's best friend, and so many people had never died on the battlefield, but they were lost due to accidents.
The remaining 2 people came back by boat.
Li Zhen waited for the boat to arrive at the ferry, and also sent people to investigate the Japanese pirates' formation. It turned out that the Japanese pirates did not set up a formation at all, and there were not even any sentries.
He lurked on the island outside Fengyi Gate, waiting for his subordinates to arrive.
The first batch of companies transported included only 4000 people.
He pretended to be a suspicious soldier on both wings, and took advantage of the darkness to open fire, giving the Japanese pirates the illusion of an ambush.
In fact, it is to disrupt the military morale of the Japanese pirates.
It was not until the moment of victory that the second batch of ships arrived, with only 4000 people.
But the Japanese pirates had no fighting spirit. A fire burned out the Japanese pirates' spirit, and they won without fighting.
Therefore, he sent people to receive the prisoners instead of killing all the Japanese pirates.
If he had 1 cavalry in hand, he would directly order to kill them all. But he only had 1000 cavalry in hand, [-] people in the city, and only [-] horses. There were only [-] people in total. How could he kill all [-] Japanese pirates?
If the Japanese pirates are forced into a desperate situation, they will inevitably fight to the death with the Ming army. Why cause unnecessary casualties?
As long as he waits for dawn, all his 3 people will arrive.
War horses and equipment can be replenished in Nanzhili.
"Master Governor, please do not promote a junior general like this!" Li Zhen saluted.
Zhang Feng grabbed his hand: "Maoxue, you have done the most in this battle. His Majesty will definitely grant you a title. With this battle, you will be famous in history!"
Song Wei's stupidity made Li Zhen successful.
Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "General, I would rather not have this battle. If it were delayed for a quarter of an hour, the city of Nanjing would be gone!"
Speaking of this, Zhang Feng's eyes were filled with evil thoughts.
The person who opened the Foning Gate has been caught by him.
"If I don't kill anyone, am I a sick cat?"
Zhang Feng's eyes became serious: "Then I will show you how I, Zhang Feng, became an official!"
"Study!"
"Follow me to fight another big battle!"
Li Zhen was shocked. He knew that Zhang Feng was going to kill someone.
This battle is full of weirdness.
On the way, he was also thinking. If he were Song Wei, he would arrange it like this.
There is no problem at all with Song Wei's arrangement.
The city of Nanjing was so prosperous that he could not bear to be devastated by the war.
Therefore, defenses were deployed on the islands along the river, and elite troops were deployed in Dantu, Jiangyin and other places. There were more than thirty thousand households in total, with a military strength of up to 5000 people.
How could such a sophisticated defense system fail all of a sudden?
As long as they warn each other and cooperate with each other, it is impossible for 50 or [-] Japanese pirates to arrive in Nanjing in an instant.
The arrival of the Japanese pirates in Nanjing City was enough for the surrounding defense troops to return to defend Nanjing.
However, such a sophisticated layout all failed.
Li Zhen felt that Song Wei was wronged.
But he became the one who profited the most, and he was able to become an earl based on this merit.
But can a count satisfy his appetite?
"Where is Chen Wuyang?" Zhang Feng entered the garrison and asked immediately. He wanted Chen Wuyang to interrogate the person who opened the city gate.
"Master Governor, Commander Chen is killing the enemy at Guanyin Gate."
Zhang Feng was slightly stunned. A fan actually knew about serving the country with loyalty, but the Duke of the Ming Dynasty didn't know about it?
"Where are Xu Chengzong and Xu Yongning?" Zhang Feng squinted his eyes with murderous intent.
"Back to your lord, the two princes were seriously injured and are being treated for their injuries at the moment."
"What kind of injury are you treating? Drag him out!"
Zhang Feng's eyes were fierce: "Mao Xue, hold the Emperor's Sword for this governor!"
Li Zhen bowed, he knew very well that from the moment Zhang Feng asked him to learn, he was showing favor to him and wooing him.
He is good at clinging, so he is naturally happy to be won over by Zhang Feng.
He is very clear about his position. He is the emperor's man, and Zhang Feng is also the emperor's man. Naturally, he is one of his own. Even if he forms a party with the literati, His Majesty will not care.
But behind Zhang Feng stood Yu Qian.
If he can cling to Yu Qian, it will have unimaginable benefits for his career.
Soon, Xu Chengzong and Xu Yongning were brought out.
The two men knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "My lord, please forgive me."
"You are quite well-behaved!"
Zhang Feng's eyes were fierce: "You have received the favor of the country in this life, but you actually sit back and watch Nanjing City be captured. I, the Governor, see that you are tired of living!"
"Li Zhen!"
"I will use the Emperor's Sword to kill the two princes!"
"Execution!"
Li Zhen drew his sword out of its sheath.
Xu Chengzong and Xu Yongning were so frightened that they peed: "Sir, please spare my life. We dare not let down our country's grace and are already prepared to die together with Nanjing!"
"Shut up! Kill!" Zhang Feng yelled.
Li Zhen hesitated instead. These two were both dukes.
There were only five Dukes in the Ming Dynasty, and two of them were killed in one go. The two in the capital would not be affected, but what about the Duke of Guizhou who was far away on the border of Yunnan?
What would the Mu family think?
If the emperor wanted to kill him, he would kill him. The problem was that the civil servants killed him, which would make it difficult for the emperor to do it.
He, Li Zhen, knew politics very well, otherwise he would not have been sent by the emperor to take charge of Southern Zhili.
Zhang Feng narrowed his eyes.
Li Zhen gritted his teeth. If he wanted to cling to Zhang Feng, he would have to accept a surrender certificate. Just kill them. Chen Wuyang dared to attack them. What should I be afraid of with the Emperor's Sword?
puff!
Li Zhen pierced Xu Chengzong's shoulder with his sword.
I made a mistake, try again!
"Zhang Feng, I am the Duke of Wei, and my family has an iron ticket for immunity from death given by Emperor Taizu! Do you dare to kill me?"
Xu Chengzong shouted: "If you want to kill me, you must have His Majesty's decree! Without His Majesty's decree, anyone who kills me will be regarded as treason and rebellion!"
"Li Zhen, are you also going to join Zhang Feng in rebellion?"
Zhang Feng snorted coldly: "The city of Nanjing has been destroyed."
"Not only I am going to die, but all the officials in Nanjing City are going to die!"
"Who do you think you are, Duke Wei? Even if your ancestor Xu Da is still alive, he will still die!"
Xu Chengzong's eyes widened and he asked blankly: "Is it broken?"
"You are a hereditary and irreplaceable duke. Should you know what it means if the capital of the country is breached?"
"From ancient times to the present, there has never been a precedent for a prosperous dynasty to be captured by thieves."
Zhang Feng slowly knelt down and looked into his eyes: "Now that the city of Nanjing has been destroyed, you and I will both die. Even your ancestor Xu Da will be dug up and whipped to death!"
"Think carefully about how you can apologize to the late King Zhongshan after you went there."
Xu Chengzong exclaimed: "How is this possible? Why was the city of Nanjing destroyed? Then why don't you, Zhang Feng, defend the city? Guard the city!"
"It's because you entangled each other and delayed the opportunity to defend the city."
Zhang Feng said with burning eyes: "You are the main culprits of Nanjing's city destruction!"
"His Majesty is in the center, and we don't know yet!"
"If your whole family is dead, you can suffer less. When His Majesty's decree comes, all nine members of the Xu family will be punished! King Zhongshan has made great achievements in battle, so I'm afraid he will not be able to escape disaster!"
"I, Zhang Feng, have been famous all my life, but I didn't expect that I would be ruined at the hands of you two idiots!"
Zhang Feng simply sat on the ground, his face full of decadence.
Xu Chengzong looked at Li Zhen stupidly and said in horror: "Li Zhen, where are your soldiers? Why didn't you come back with your soldiers?"
Li Zhen looked ferocious: "My soldiers are suppressing bandits in Chuzhou. If they come back with wings, how many of them can come back?"
"When we came back, the city was in ruins!"
"Now the inner city is still guarding, but the outer city has been reduced to a hell!"
Pfft!
Xu Chengzong was frightened and murmured: "No, it's not arranged like this..." "Xu Chengzong!" Xu Yongning roared.
Suddenly, Xu Chengzong woke up and realized that Zhang Feng was deceiving him!
However, Zhang Feng looked at Xu Yongning: "Li Zhen, kill him!"
puff!
Li Zhen stabbed him in the stomach with his sword, and Xu Yongning screamed.
He strikes carefully, he won't die, but he will be very painful.
"Zhang Feng, are you deceiving me?" Xu Chengzong also knew that he had made a mistake.
That's really not the plan.
When the Japanese pirates break through the outer city, it will be about the same time as Li Zhen returns to defense. Then the Japanese pirates loot and fight in the outer city, and they will be repulsed by Li Zhen's soldiers.
In this way, the deterrent effect is there.
The emperor would not be so furious that he would kill all the officials and gentry in Southern Zhili.
The core of the entire plan lies in timing.
"Why did I, the governor, lie to you?"
"Just kidding you."
Zhang Feng stood up and said with a chuckle: "I, the governor, will write a memorial to apologize to the Holy One, and you can just wait and see."
Xu Chengzong secretly cursed himself for being stupid. If he hadn't told the truth, he would have been guilty of delaying the opportunity at most, and would have been punished at most, but he would certainly not have lost his title.
He has no real power anyway, how much can he lose?
However, Zhang Feng might make a big fuss if he lets slip a word.
When the emperor becomes angry, will he directly revoke the title of Duke?
The title of British Duke is gone.
Look at Cheng Guo Gong, even the arranged marriage was cancelled, which shows that Cheng Guo Gong Zhu Yi is not living at ease.
"Sir, I am willing to confess, please give me a few good words!" Xu Chengzong made a quick decision and jumped back.
Zhang Feng's eyes were gloomy: "How can you guarantee that what you said is true?"
So how do you prove that my father is my father?
Xu Chengzong was wounded and cried out: "If I tell any lies, my lineage as Duke of Wei will be cut off!"
This is a very vicious oath.
Zhang Feng looked at Xu Yongning who was screaming: "What about you?"
Xu Yongning immediately stopped talking and cried: "I was also forced, and I am willing to tell you now!"
Zhang Feng was quite satisfied with their attitude.
After it gets dark.
The prisoners were escorted into the city, and the battle losses were tallied.
Of the four thousand soldiers guarding the city, only 600 remained, all of them wounded. The three outer gates were all damaged to varying degrees.
Without an army, 260 people were killed and more than a thousand were injured.
Thirty-seven thousand prisoners were captured.
The wooden boat also contained gold and silver treasures, which were being salvaged after the fire was extinguished.
Li Zhen's [-]-strong army all arrived in Nanjing and stationed themselves in the capital camp.
afternoon.
Wang Hong and Wang Cheng arrived in Nanjing at the same time. Wang Cheng led an army of 1 people, and Ou Xin led an army of [-] people and were on their way.
In the evening, Ren Li led 1 people to Nanjing.
At the same time, the report was sent to Beijing last night.
Zhang Feng, Wang Hong, Ren Li and Wang Cheng met.
Li Zhen is also among them.
But he felt that the water in this pool was too muddy, and he did not want to get involved in it, so he immediately proposed: "I am willing to personally lead an army to eliminate Japanese pirates along the coast! Restoring the safety of the Yangtze River water surface!"
"Maoxue, there is no need to be too anxious. The root cause of the chaos in Nanjing lies within the city." Zhang Feng didn't want Li Zhen to leave.
Li Zhen is the card in his hand.
Ren Li and Wang Cheng came with the intention of grabbing the credit.
Zhang Feng needs Li Zhen to help him. Besides, this is the credit he got, why should he share the profits?
The emperor is standing behind you. How could there ever be someone other than the emperor standing behind me, Zhang Feng?
My credit is my credit!
Li Zhen made up his mind and did not dare to interfere.
Because Ren Li was left behind in the capital, he was an old man, and he was the emperor's confidant.
Wang Cheng is the emperor's most caring eunuch and the emperor's confidant.
When these big guys start making trouble, he, the little shrimp, is the most unlucky. It would not be in his interest to just side with Zhang Feng.
Moreover, he was dissatisfied with being granted the title of Uncle. He wanted to do his best to annihilate all the Japanese pirates in the territory and take the opportunity to be granted the title of Marquis!
"Governor Zhang, Maoxue has the intention to make meritorious deeds, why shouldn't he allow it?"
Ren Li smiled and said: "Besides, the Japanese pirates are on the water of the Yangtze River. They are the fat in our mouths. It would be a pity not to eat them."
"Besides, if the Japanese pirates are allowed to return to the sea, it will be difficult for us to eradicate them."
When he served as a defender in Nanjing, he had a good relationship with Li Zhen.
After all, Li Zhen is a good licking dog, the best at kneeling and licking.
Zhang Feng frowned slightly. Ren Li was invited by Song Wei. It seemed that he didn't intend to leave regardless of his contribution.
"If he is left behind, even if Mao Xue wants to achieve full success, he will not be an army but a cavalry, and he will not know how to do it." Zhang Feng said.
Wang Cheng smiled and said: "Our family is not very talented. We have recently trained a navy, which was trained with the help of Guo Mao from the garrison office. We can lend it to Li Shoubei."
"We all serve the country. Although we are eunuchs, we don't dare to show any signs of neglect."
"Li Shou can use this navy at will."
Wang Cheng is making friends with Li Zhen, a rising star who he also wants to take under his command.
Zhang Feng is a little dissatisfied. Li Zhen is the governor, why do you want to rob him?
He probably doesn't know that Li Zhen can lick anyone, and he is very good at it.
"How can General Wang have thousands of naval troops? The Japanese pirates are entrenched on the islands of the Yangtze River and there are so many of them. How can they be wiped out?" Zhang Feng firmly objected.
Li Zhennuonuo didn't dare to speak.
Wang Cheng smiled and said: "Our family has a method."
"We have harvested more than 3 Japanese pirate prisoners. These Japanese pirates are ready materials for the navy. Why not reorganize them on the spot..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Feng and Ren Li objected at the same time.
"Commander Wang, these people have just surrendered, and if you let them take charge of the troops to fight, they will still fight against your own people. Doesn't this make them rebel?"
Zhang Feng firmly opposed it and must not lose the military achievements he had obtained.
Li Zhen's eyes lit up, this might not be a bad idea.
These Japanese pirates are just looking for money. As long as they do what they want, they will definitely be willing to fight for them.
When the time comes, killing them all and throwing them into the river will be another great achievement.
The problem now is that the four big guys are at odds with each other. They are not fighting at all, but talking about interests.
Li Zhen suddenly felt tired.
The situation of the battle is not important anymore.
No one cared about how many people suffered. As for the situation in Songjiang Mansion, they didn't even think about it, but were focused on fighting for power.
Wang Hong, who had not spoken yet, said: "What Mr. Wang said makes some sense."
"Japanese pirates are thieves, and thieves only want wealth."
"We give them money and ask them to help us fight. They will definitely be willing to help."
"Anyway, we have naval forces, so they can be controlled by naval forces."
"When the battle is over, just kill them all and explain it to your Majesty. I believe your Majesty will also record a great contribution to General Li."
Zhang Feng was angry that Wang Hong betrayed him.
Wang Hong was obviously talking to Wang Cheng.
This discussion is not discussing the war situation at all, but the distribution of interests after the war!
Wang Hong is on Wang Cheng's side, and Wang Cheng must come in and make a fortune.
Zhang Feng could only seek cooperation with Ren Li, but also had to allow Ren Li to come in and take a share.
It was all his own credit, but he shared so much!
It's strange that Zhang Feng is in a good mood.
"That's all, let Li Zhen go suppress the bandits as he sees fit." Zhang Feng sighed.
The names have changed, indicating that the relationship with Li Zhen is breaking down.
Li Zhen, who has always been good at kneeling and licking, really didn't dare to lick now.
Among the four big guys, it’s a big question which side to side with.
"Thank you, Lord Governor, for fulfilling your bid!"
Li Zhen quickly withdrew. The battlefield was more suitable for him.
"Wait a moment!"
Wang Cheng suddenly said: "Li Shoubei, after occupying Chongming, blocked the Yangtze River estuary, not allowing any merchant ships to enter or leave the Yangtze River estuary, and blocked it along South Zhili, and no one was allowed to go to sea!"
This……
Li Zhen didn't dare to disobey and immediately bowed and agreed.
And in Songjiang Prefecture, Qingpu City.
Song Wei is reviewing the entire incident of Japanese pirates invading the border.
He vaguely felt that this was a giant net that contained Song Wei.
He smoked smoke from the house and smoked out more than 7000 Japanese pirates. He killed them all, buried all the refugee corpses together, and built a huge Jingguan in front of their tombstones.
They are all the heads of Japanese pirates!
Song Wei only had 500 people left.
He was completely unable to suppress the bandits.
After resting, he led his army to Huating.
Sure enough, the official was disguised as a Japanese pirate and had disappeared at this moment.
He sent people to collect the corpses, buried all the stinking corpses, and then built the heads of the Japanese pirates into a Jingguan to pay homage to the people.
After resting for a day, he walked south again and rushed to Jinshan Guard. There were corpses everywhere in Jinshan Guard, and there were very few survivors.
"It will take at most five days before the Japanese pirates land here."
Song Wei developed the habit of thinking. He repeatedly reviewed, thought and recorded the entire war.
"Songjiang Prefecture has a population of one million. Even if the people are killed at the slightest suggestion and let others come to kill them, it is impossible to kill them all in five days."
"This Jinshan Guard is even more wrong."
"One guard has three thousand households, with a total of 3000 people."
"Isn't there anyone who escaped?"
Song Wei was thinking: "Moreover, the Japanese pirates only invaded Songjiang Prefecture, such as Suzhou Prefecture in South Zhili and Jiaxing Prefecture in Zhejiang, without even looking at them."
"Only Songjiang Prefecture is rich? Are the other prefectures too poor to expose the blame?"
"In Qingpu City, I probably buried less than 10 people."
"The Qingpu City that can be archived has a population of more than 20. What about the 10?"
"Also, in Qingpu, Huating, and Jinshan, all the people who died were naked people. Not a single noble person died? Not a single person wearing silk?"
If the silk has been ripped off.
But the skins are all dark, and one can tell at a glance that they are the result of years of hard work, and there is not a single one with white skins.
This is interesting.
Millions of people in Songjiang Prefecture disappeared mysteriously!
Song Wei walked all the way and saw only desolation, no Ming people, and no Japanese pirates.
Mao Wu disappeared into Songjiang Mansion with [-] people.
Song Wei believed that if Mao Wu did not leave, he must not have left Songjiang Mansion, because Mao Wu was seriously injured and would undoubtedly die when he reached the sea.
He is a man who cherishes his life and must be hiding in Songjiang Mansion.
And it can accommodate 1 people, have food and drink, and the place where they are hiding will not be revealed.
Song Wei looked at each Zhuangzi in the countryside.
Are these Zhuangzi really empty?
Was the arrow shot at him that day really an accident?
Song Wei asked his soldiers to attack the village and search it.
The soldiers didn't understand, what's there to search for in an empty village?
The military officials immediately advised him that there was no need to waste time in Zhuangzi.
"waste time?"
"One million people in Songjiang Prefecture are missing. As a guard in Nanzhili, am I just going to watch?"
"Failure to report what you know is also a serious crime!"
Song Wei shouted sharply: "I'm sending an order to search!"
The military officials looked at the ferocious-looking Song Wei and did not dare to persuade him.
The first Zhuangzi found nothing.
And walking along the village road to the countryside, I found another Zhuangzi. This search turned out many people!
A fat landowner was pulled out. He knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me! My Majesty, please have mercy on me!"
"My officer is from the southern Zhili garrison, Song Wei! He is not a great king!"
The landowner's expression changed, and he immediately began to cry and complain about his misery.
Bang!
Song Wei kicked him over: "Don't be verbose, I will ask, you answer!"
The landlord is still verbose.
But the fire gun was pressed against his forehead, and he was immediately frightened out of his wits.
"Have the Japanese pirates been here before?" Song Wei asked.
The landowner said that he had been here before and that his house had a tunnel and was hidden in it, so it was okay.
Song Wei looked at the soldiers, but they didn't see the tunnel.
The landowner asked his son to lead him to search, and he found a tunnel. It could hide three people at most, and even four people couldn't close the door.
"Who are these people?" Song Wei asked again.
The landowner smiled bitterly and said: "They are all tenants and customers of the house, and they are all members of the family."
"Take out the body deed."
But the landlord hesitated and said that he was not in this village.
Bang!
Song Wei fired directly.
A bullet hit him in the stomach.
"You still fucking lied to me?"
"Can't I tell if they are your tenants?"
"You are just a small landowner with thousands of tenants in your family?"
The landowner screamed, and Song Wei directly stuffed the gun tube into his mouth: "Tell me! Who are they!"
There is something strange happening in the landlord's house.
Immediately, a soldier shot an arrow, and at the same time, all the soldiers aimed their bows and crossbows at everyone.
"My officer is Song Wei of the Southern Zhili Guard. Anyone who dares to make any changes is tantamount to rebellion!"
Song Wei yelled in local dialect.
When the so-called tenants heard the dialect from their hometown, they realized that this man was an official. They immediately began to cry and howl, kneeling on the ground, crying for help.
Song Wei used the blunderbuss to hit the landlord's throat as hard as he could: "You told me that these people are your tenants? Then why did you call me for help?"
"Come on!"
"Arrest everyone in his family!"
"Those who are arrested will be killed without mercy!"
These people are the people of Songjiang Mansion!
These people were not killed by the Japanese pirates at all, but were controlled by the local landlords and wealthy people, and then became tenants, refugees, and slaves!
shhhhhh!
A servant of a landlord's house moved and was immediately shot to death with arrows.
Song Wei's soldiers are all elite.
The Japanese pirates are no match, let alone the landlords armed?
Soon, Song Wei interrogated and found out clearly that these people were transferred away before the Japanese pirates came, and those who died in the city were all disobedient.
"What a good man, forcing good people to live as tenants!"
Song Wei ordered that all the landlord's family members be executed.
But the military officials came to dissuade them, saying that these landowners were all local wealthy people. If they were killed, the court would blame them, which would only make them miserable.
"Your Majesty will not blame me, but you are blaming me!"
Song Wei looked at him faintly: "Are you an official of the Ming Dynasty? Or are you a lackey of the landlord?"
"Get out!"
"From now on, you will be reduced to a soldier and go out to guard. If you talk nonsense again, you will be killed immediately!"
The soldier knelt down and begged for mercy, but Song Wei would not forgive him.
Continue to clear out Zhuangzi.
Group after group of people were discovered.
The direct killing of these landlords would indeed cause anger and resentment, because Song Wei was assassinated more than a dozen times, and some even spread rumors among the army, causing the morale of the army to waver.
Song Wei could only let the refugees go and seize the landlords.
He made another fatal mistake.
They will assassinate you because they are afraid.
How can they be afraid of you if you stop killing?
Sure enough, one night, all the captured landlords ran away, causing chaos in the extremely silent Songjiang Mansion.
Those Japanese pirates who didn't know where they were hiding suddenly appeared, ran into the city, and killed the people wantonly.
Song Wei is still releasing the people.
Little did he know that because of his release, people would die.
However, Song Wei also has his own purpose.
He was looking for the Japanese pirates' foothold.
Use common people as bait to lure Japanese pirates out.
Sure enough, these Japanese pirates came out to kill people and exposed their whereabouts. Some people who escaped found Song Wei and cried to Song Wei.
Song Wei immediately returned to his army, found Japanese pirate strongholds in several villages, hunted and killed thousands of Japanese pirates, and surrendered nearly a thousand people.
He won't make any mistakes this time.
He did not order the killing of prisoners, but instead reorganized them after they surrendered.
Let these Japanese pirates rush to the front and fight for him.
He also promised the Japanese pirates that the Ming army would not take back the property they obtained.At the same time, they can give [-]% of the goods they receive in the future to the Ming army.
This led to Song Wei's more manpower to suppress the bandits.
What frightened him the most was that there were more than 3 Japanese pirates hiding in Songjiang Mansion.
After killing the common people, these Japanese pirates disguised themselves as common people, lurked down, and gained a serious identity.
If Song Weiqing had not suppressed them, when the government resettled the surviving people, they would have regarded them as ordinary people and placed them in Songjiang Mansion.
In ten years at most, the entire Songjiang Mansion will become a Japanese pirate stronghold, and all the people in the mansion will be Japanese pirates.
When the government comes, it is the people; when the government leaves, it is the bandits.
Fortunately, Song Wei did not kill and surrender, nor did he covet the capture of the Japanese pirates. As a result, Song Wei had a good reputation among the Japanese pirates.
And Song Wei's staff expanded from 500 to 7000.
Song Wei doesn't even know now whether he is an official or a bandit.
They wiped out Japanese pirate strongholds one after another and drove the Japanese pirates all over the land. However, Mao Wufeng disappeared and no trace of him was ever found.
"Sir, we can't continue to collect and surrender the Japanese pirates. These people are scum and they are killing their own people. We don't know when they will come back to bite us." Lai Liu suggested in a low voice.
Song Wei glanced at him: "I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"
"This……"
Lai Liu smiled bitterly: "Sir, these Japanese pirates are just beasts. They just harmed the people of Songjiang Prefecture, and now they are with us to eliminate Japanese pirates. I am worried that your reputation will be ruined for the rest of your life."
"What kind of reputation do I have left?"
Song Wei sneered: "Lai Liu, you are just an ordinary soldier, but you know a lot. It seems that I have misjudged you before."
"I don't dare to guard against the praise of an adult." Lai Liu lowered his head, his eyes flickering, as if he was hesitating.
"Do you still want to kill me?" Song Wei suddenly asked him in a low voice.
Lairoku was startled.
"I have eyes in the back of my head. I saw you when you shot me that day." Song Wei suddenly drew a knife and put it on his neck.
Lai Liu immediately cried out that he was wronged.
"To shut up!"
Song Wei's eyes were sharp: "Who do you and that military officer belong to?"
"Sir, I am yours...ah!" Lai Liu screamed, because Song Wei scratched his neck and blood flowed out.
If you cut it open on the side of your neck, you won't die, but it will hurt a lot.
"I've been watching you for a long time."
"A few times, when you were standing behind me, you were touching your crossbow."
"If I hadn't been alert, you would have shot me dead, right?"
Song Wei has confirmed that the military officer and Lai Liu are the masterminds behind the Japanese invaders!
Lai Liu also wanted to say that he was wronged.
But Song Wei wanted to row him again.
Lai Liu suddenly smiled foolishly: "When did your Excellency find out?"
"The day before yesterday!"
Song Wei said seriously: "But I have been suspecting you for a long time. Ever since you shot an arrow at me at the Qingpu County Yamen, I have been doubting you!"
"No, to be precise, when you went to the county government office that day to investigate, the general should have suspected you because you told him false news."
That's right.
Lai Liu was the soldier who was kicked into the county government office to investigate.
The news he told Song Wei was inconsistent with the facts, causing Song Wei to make a wrong judgment.
Moreover, this Lai Liu took the initiative to undertake the investigation task. He was suspicious of him at the time, but Song Wei thought that Lai Liu was passionate, but he didn't expect it.
"Not only this general, but also Mao Wu, there are your people too!"
"But the day before yesterday, when I was bargaining with that Japanese general, you moved the crossbow. Did you pretend that I didn't see it?"
Song Wei's eyes were fierce: "Tell me, who are you working for?"
Lai Liu smiled foolishly.
Suddenly, he bit off his tongue hard.
However, Song Wei struck his neck with a knife first, causing him to scream in pain and unable to bite his tongue.
"Playing this game with me? You are too young!"
Song Wei kicked him down, then sat on him and put the tip of the knife on his eyes: "I will ask, you tell."
"Otherwise, I will not kill you, but I will gouge out your eyeballs!"
In the past, although Song Wei was tempered in the military camp, he was still a noble son, who was born in the mire and remained unsullied.
After experiencing countless failures, Song Wei has become ruthless and cunning, willing to think more about everything he does, and when he takes action, he is sharper, more agile and less sloppy than before.
I broke up with Lai Liu today.
Regardless of whether Lairoku is a spy or not, Lairoku is bound to die.
As long as they break up, they will be killed.
Just like when he killed the landlords and released the people, he was not saving the people at all, but using the people as bait to lure out the Japanese pirates.
he's changed.
It is different from the Song Wei who was very angry because Songjiang Prefecture was massacred by Japanese pirates; it is different from the Song Wei who abandoned Nanjing City to rescue the people of Songjiang Prefecture.
The slightest touch of the tip of the knife to my eye was excruciating pain.
Lai Liu wanted to close his eyes, but Song Wei forcefully opened them: "The general's patience is limited!"
The tip of the knife in Lai Liu's pupils was infinitely enlarged.
He was terrified.
puff!
"Ah!" Lai Liu screamed miserably.
Song Wei directly poked the tip of the knife into his eyeball and raised one eye.
Someone came in from outside the door.
Song Wei shouted sharply: "Get out!"
Then he opened his other eye: "I will ask, you answer!"
"Kill me, kill me!" Lai Liu screamed.
But Song Wei put the tip of the knife on his other eye: "Don't force me to torture you."
"No matter how unpredictable you are in your heart, at least serving this general will give you the feeling of master and servant."
"I have killed Japanese pirates again, so I am considered a meritorious minister. I don't want to do anything wrong."
Song Wei's expression was cold and his tone was cold.
But it made Lai Liu extremely frightened, and he cried: "I don't know much... After the villain said it, please give me a happy life!"
Let’s hope it’s still a big chapter tomorrow~
(End of this chapter)
Boom!
The night battle lasted just half an hour when the Foning Gate was opened from the inside.
But the city gate was huge, heavy, and heavy. More than twenty Japanese pirates pushed it open for a long time, but it had already cracked.
"Everyone, push the door open with all your strength!"
Some Japanese pirates returned to the river to report to the king.
Among the countless wooden ships, there was a command ship. The ship was huge and had a deep draft. The leader of the Japanese pirates, Zhang Dayou, stood on the ship.
Zhang Dayou has been a Japanese pirate for generations, and his mother is a Japanese, but he considers himself a Mingren. He even speaks an authentic southern Fujian dialect and calls himself the King of the Sea. His base is in Penghu and operates in the northern part of Treasure Island.
Zhang Dayou heard that the city gate was opened.
Immediately command all Japanese pirates to gather in the direction of Funing Gate and enter Nanjing City from Funing Gate.
He also personally disembarked from the ship, mounted a tall horse, and raised the Japanese sword in his hand so that his army could see him.
There were three groups of Japanese pirates who participated in the plunder of Nanjing.
Zhang Dayou is the most powerful wave.
The other two groups are called Hu Nanshan and Hu Chong.
Each of these two men has [-] soldiers and is entrenched in Ningbo. Both of them are from Nanzhili, and Hu Chong is Hu Nanshan's uncle. They are not completely bandits, but more businessmen.
What they brought this time were their navigation guards.
The three bandit leaders were in the shape of a pin, riding tall horses, directing the Japanese pirates to attack the gate.Countless Japanese people gathered around the three bandit leaders and headed towards Fo Ning Gate.
More than 5 people all disembarked from the boats, crowded the entire river beach, and rushed towards Foning Gate like a tide.
And in front of Foning Gate.
Countless Japanese pirates were pushing the door with their hands, and the huge city gate made a creaking sound, and they had already pushed out a gap for one person.
"Get in!"
Zhang Dayou was getting closer and closer to Foning Gate, holding a Japanese sword and shouting loudly.
After receiving the order, the Japanese under his command, like fish, slipped sideways through the gap in Foning Gate and entered the city of Nanjing.
Countless Japanese people followed suit and got into the city gate.
Squeak!
Both sides used force at the same time, and the huge city gate opened a gap as wide as one person, and countless Japanese pirates squeezed in. Such a prosperous Nanjing city is full of money!Hurry up and grab it!
puff!
A bright sword light cut down instantly.
A Japanese pirate whose head had just entered the Foning Gate raised his head when he saw a flash of cold light from a sword, bringing with it a cloud of blood, and his head rolled to the ground.
When a person falls to the ground, it does not affect the Japanese pirates behind him from squeezing in.
"Come in!" Zhang Dayou ordered.
creak!creak!
The gap in the Foning Gate is getting wider and wider.
Japanese pirates poured into Foning Gate like a tide.
However, the first batch of Japanese pirates who rushed in kicked the corpse of their companion. The huge door hole was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop!
It was a dark hole, with no Ming army and no one to respond.
As if nothing.
Only the heads of a dozen companions.
"There's a scam inside, don't come in!"
A Japanese pirate roared loudly.
But his voice was covered up by the footsteps of countless Japanese pirates who came in. Their king Zhang Dayou ordered them to go in and plunder as much as they wanted.
The heart of robbing is as hot as a fire. When they are Japanese pirates, they only do it for money and for women. No difficulty can stop them.
"cut!"
Outside the doorway, an old man with white beard and hair, wearing a red official robe with a crane tattoo, raised the Emperor's Sword high!
call out!call out!call out!
Countless arrows were shot into the doorway.
"Ahhh!"
The Japanese pirates' red-hot desire to rob suddenly turned into screams one after another. No one expected that they would be attacked by arrows as soon as they entered.
A round of arrows was shot.
Replace with the second batch of crossbowmen and another round begins.
As for the cracked Foning Gate, Japanese pirates were squeezing in. The entire Foning Gate was like Shura Hell, with only screams and blood.
The Japanese pirates at the back finally realized that all the people in front were dead, and hurried back to report to Zhang Dayou. Zhang Dayou was already more than 100 steps away from the command ship, and also more than 100 steps away from Foning Gate, right in the middle, without any embarrassment.
Moreover, he held the Japanese sword high, looking like he was patrolling victoriously.
As a result, Fo Ning Gate was a trick, and the people inside fired crossbows, and all his people were killed.
"Hu Chong, you fucking lied to me!"
Zhang Dayou slashed at Hu Chong with a sharp knife.
Hu Chong was observing the battle situation attentively, but suddenly he was stabbed and fell off his horse.
When Hu Nanshan saw his uncle fall from his horse, he pointed at Zhang Dayou and scolded: "Zhang Dayou, what are you going to do? Are you trying to embezzle Nanjing's wealth?"
"Take your mother for granted!"
Zhang Dayou shouted loudly: "This is a trick, you guys are working together to deceive me!"
"what?"
Hu Nanshan was still confused, but he realized something was wrong when he noticed that the Japanese pirates who were crowded at Funing Gate were retreating crazily.
Zhang Dayou pointed his Japanese sword at Hu Nanshan and ordered his left and right men to kill him.
"King of the Sea, it must be a misunderstanding!"
Hu Nanshan became anxious and ran to the side quickly, shouting: "Don't fall into the Ming army's plan. At this time, we are in chaos, and the Ming army will benefit!"
"Ah!" Hu Chong screamed after falling off his horse.
His followers had no time to save him.
Zhang Dayou drove his war horse and trampled over him, and the man was trampled to death.
Hu Nanshan believed that Zhang Dayou wanted to embezzle Nanjing's wealth and did not want to share the profits with them.
Because the strategy of opening Foning Gate was dedicated to Zhang Dayou. He had connections in Nanjing City. At the appointed time, Nanjing City would open the city gate and let in the Japanese pirates from outside.
Squeak!
Foning Gate suddenly opened wide.
Countless Ming troops on fast horses rushed out from inside, holding high their blazing guns. Bang bang bang, each bludgeon brought up a cloud of blood.
"Escape!"
The Japanese pirates cried for father and mother and retreated wildly.
And the Japanese pirates were not trained, so they would stampede them on a large scale when they retreated, directly disrupting the organization. Some of them were even fierce, and they would directly kill their companions in front of them with their swords.
After such killings, the Japanese pirates killed each other, causing even greater casualties.
The retreating Japanese pirates and the advancing Japanese pirates blocked each other. One wanted to run up the river, and the other wanted to rush into the city, so they headed towards each other.
Their eyes became red as they ran for their lives, and they began to kill each other with knives.
But Zhang Dayou, Hu Nanshan and others in the middle fell into the center of the battlefield.
Hu Nanshan looked at the heroic Ming army and murmured to himself: "This is not a defender, not a defender!"
The elite defenders were all taken away by Song Wei.
And these cavalrymen are all tall, have long arms, tall heads and big horses, and have superb riding skills. They don't look like southerners, but northerners.
With so many Northern cavalry, they must be the Wudang Army led by Li Zhen!
The Wudang Army has a total of 3 people, coming from the Beijing Camp, the Frontier Army and Liangjiazi. They are all cavalry who are good at riding and shooting. They are not ancient cavalry, but modern cavalry who use firearms.
"Li Zhen is back, Li Zhen is back!"
Hu Nanshan was extremely frightened: "Run quickly, retreat quickly!"
Li Zhen, after coming to Nanzhili, has been suppressing bandits. All the bandits in Nanzhili were frightened when they heard Li Zhen's name and called him Jinjin Li.
The Japanese pirates dared to invade Nanjing mainly because Li Zhen and the Wudang Army led by him were not in Nanjing.
According to calculations, they broke through Nanjing City as quickly as possible, ransacked it for a day, and then immediately fled for their lives.
At exactly this time, Li Zhen returned to the defense, and they walked away. Li Zhen couldn't even catch their tails.
But why did Li Zhen come back early?
Moreover, he entered the city quietly!
There are thirty thousand soldiers, where is the main force?
Hu Nanshan developed a fear of the unknown, and the situation was so messed up that he had no time to think about it before he was forced to flee for his life.
"Fuck you, your Hu family is lying to me!"
Zhang Dayou also knew Li Zhen. Although they had never fought against each other, they were definitely no match for the regular army on the shore.
The problem is, countless cavalrymen are pouring out of the city like a tide.
Everyone was equipped with well-equipped firearms and kept firing at the Japanese pirates.
The Japanese pirates had no armor, and it was dark, so they couldn't see each other clearly. Suddenly, they were so frightened that they were so scared that they pissed.
"Withdraw! Withdraw!"
Zhang Dayou turned around and asked his soldiers to turn around and retreat.
But [-] Japanese pirates were crowded together on the entire river beach. The ones in front were driven away by the Ming army, but the ones behind were still unknown!
I'm still dreaming, scrambling to get into the city and rob.
As a result, the people in front ran to the back and the people behind rushed forward.We still don't understand each other's languages. Some speak the dialect of their hometown, some speak Japanese, some speak bird language, and so on.
Neither of them could understand each other, so they spoke directly with knives.
As for Zhang Dayou's nonsense, no one listens to it. Everyone is here to make a fortune. If you are recognized as the boss, it means you are rich. If you have no money, who will work for you?
You, Zhang Dayou, are not the emperor, why should we listen to you?
"kill!"
Zhang Dayou took the lead in killing and attacked his own men.
Kill a bloody way.
Bang!
On top of the city, artillery fired.
The explosive bomb exploded in the crowd, suddenly bursting into flames.
The lethality is not strong, but the deterrent effect is very strong.
The Japanese pirates who were blocking each other were stunned at the same time. The Japanese pirates who wanted to enter the city to make a fortune realized why the ones in front ran back and the Ming army came to kill them!
The Japanese pirates who ran up the river became even more anxious. The Ming army behind them kept firing, and no one knew who was unlucky enough to get hit.
He could only keep swinging his knife to kill people and carve out a bloody path.
As he continued to kill, he fell to the ground and was trampled into a ball of rotten flesh.
"Get back to the ship, get back to the ship!"
Zhang Dayou yelled several times, but no one listened to him.
His band of thieves was not organized and could not act like an arm. When fighting with a favorable wind, they would not be able to show their strength. However, when faced with a headwind, he would know the difficulty.
This resulted in countless people blocking the river beach, rushing to kill each other, and the more they killed, the more chaotic they became.
He has already seen his ship, and now he dislikes the fact that there are too many people under his command. He can't fly, so he can't get back to his ship!
Bang bang bang!
The sound of firecrackers was getting closer and closer.
"No, this gun didn't come from behind!"
Zhang Dayou looked at the left and right sides in horror. He was horrified to find that the sound of fire and gunfire came from the left and right sides, which meant that Li Zhen drove the cavalry to outflank him from the left and right wings and drive them underwater.
Moreover, when the Foning Gate was opened, he also ordered his men who were attacking the other two gates to gather at the Foning Gate, which was equivalent to entering Li Zhen's encirclement.
But what puzzled him was that there was no place to hide people on the river beach. Where was Li Zhen hiding?
"Damn it, if you lose, you will lose. I still have more than 1 people in Penghu. The worst is, we have to start all over again!"
Zhang Dayou took off his clothes, tore them into pieces, and tied himself to the war horse.
Then, he stabbed the horse in the butt.
The pained war horse neighed and started to gallop. The Japanese pirates blocking the road could not bear the galloping of the war horse, and countless of their men were trampled into mud.
He was getting closer and closer to the river beach, and he could already see the water. His command ship was close at hand. Once he got on the ship, no matter how powerful the Ming army was, they couldn't keep him...
call out!
A rocket shot out from the left and right wings.
Rocket after rocket shot out from both wings.
With a bang, the wooden boat floating on the river instantly burst into flames.
Zhang Dayou, who was running towards the warship, was horrified to see that countless wooden boats suddenly caught fire. The overwhelming flames instantly illuminated the entire river beach.
"what!"
The hot flames burned Zhang Dayou's face, and Zhang Dayou subconsciously tightened the horse's belly to stop the horse from galloping.
but!
The war horse was injured and had lost its mind.
Like a moth to a flame, he rushed towards the flames.
And he was tied to a horse!
"Ahhh!"
Zhang Dayou followed the war horse into the sea of fire!
"Hu family, I and you are at odds with each other!" Zhang Dayou's roar was completely engulfed by the flames.
He thought he was smart, so he tied himself to the horse and was careful to prevent the injured horse from lifting him up. However, he never expected that the horse would fly into flames and he would have no chance to jump off the horse.
The entire Yangtze River was illuminated red by the monstrous flames.
The Japanese pirates saw with their own eyes that their wooden boats were burned to the ground, and Ming troops on horseback were in all directions, and their way of survival was completely cut off.
At this moment, they all became quiet and stopped running. They just stared blankly at their boats.
The next moment, he was kneeling on the ground begging for surrender.
Those who come out to hang out are all looking for money. If they can't be beaten, they will surrender. There is no morality at all.
On the river, diagonally opposite the river beach, a middle-aged man wearing armor riding a tall war horse was paying close attention to the battle situation.
"Master Guards, the Japanese pirates are no longer determined to survive. Should we accept the prisoners or kill them all?"
Li Zhen's eyes were gloomy, calculating the gains and losses of the battle, and said slowly: "Take the prisoners!"
"Follow the order!"
The messenger conveys the order.
The entire sky was illuminated by flames, like daylight, and the messengers could use battle flags to deliver orders.
In the past, the cavalry had to fight in the dark and could only stay near the city wall and did not dare to go near the river beach. They were worried that their horses would get stuck in the beach and be killed by Japanese pirates.
"Send orders to all armies not to kill anyone who surrenders!"
After Li Zhen issued the order, he immediately entered the city.
at the same time.
Chen Wuyang, who was fighting at the Guanyin Gate, was suddenly shocked by the raging flames. Fifty thousand wooden boats floating on the river were burned in an instant, illuminating the entire city of Nanjing like daylight.
"Li Zhen is back!"
Chen Wuyang murmured to himself. Chen Wuyang, who thought he was going to die, suddenly laughed: "God will not destroy Chen, I am alive! God bless the Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty, great blessings will come to heaven! Great blessings will come to heaven!"
With a thud, he fell to the ground.
He couldn't muster any strength anymore, and he threw away the knife. Now even a child could kill him.
Fortunately, the Japanese pirates had faded away, and everyone on the city wall looked at each other and laughed.
"We won, won!"
Laughing and laughing, even crying.
As for the officials from various ministries in the inner city, they had mixed feelings when they saw the fire that shone like daylight.
In the garrison, Xu Chengzong and Xu Yongning heard the sound of celebrating outside the hall, and their hearts were sinking to the bottom.
At Fo Ning Gate, Zhang Feng was holding the Emperor's Sword. When he heard the order to receive the prisoners, he almost collapsed.
Just a little bit, the city of Nanjing was destroyed!
Zhang Feng's mood at this moment cannot be described in words.
"Lord Governor!"
Li Zhen quickly entered the city and closed the Funing Gate. The Wudang Army outside the city was collecting prisoners to prevent Japanese pirates from escaping into the city.
"It's a blessing, Maoxue, it's a blessing!"
Zhang Feng's voice was trembling: "It's just a little bit close to the city of Nanjing being destroyed. If I come back a little later, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"Sir, it's all over." Li Zhen was also covered in cold sweat.
Zhang Feng held his hand tightly: "Maoxue, thanks to you, I saved the city of Nanjing! You saved my life and your majesty's reputation!"
He was in tears.
The moment he received Song Wei's letter, he realized that something was wrong and immediately rushed back to Nanjing as quickly as possible.
But with only a few hundred people in his hands, he was alone.
Even if they return to Nanjing, it will be difficult to resist the Japanese pirate army.
Nanjing City's elite soldiers were deployed outside the city, but there was no news. Apparently they were missing.
Fortunately, Li Zhen has a very good political vision.
Without waiting for Zhang Feng's order, after receiving Song Wei's letter, he immediately ordered all soldiers to put down their captures, take off their armor, travel lightly, and rush back to Nanjing from Chuzhou as quickly as possible.
When Zhang Feng arrived in Nanjing, the Japanese pirates were already attacking the city.
At that moment, he felt like the world was spinning, as if it was the end of the world.
Fortunately, Li Zhen led the troops and arrived in the capital at the same time as Zhang Feng, and met outside Fengyi Gate. This was the scene where Zhang Feng led his troops to block Foning Gate.
As for kerosene and equipment, they are only available in Nanjing City.
After Zhang Feng entered the city, he immediately opened the arsenal, took out the ordnance, and arrived at each gate.
Because Li Zhen's advance force only had 1 people, and Zhang Feng led 3000 people to help the three gates of the outer city, each with only 1000 people.
Therefore, he could only play tricks in the doorway and did not dare to fight with the Japanese pirates in the wild.
He just used arrows to kill people and didn't dare to use firecrackers directly.
The purpose is to scare the Japanese pirates and make them disorganized.
He was also delaying time for Li Zhen.
Li Zhen's Wudang Army had a total of 3 people. The 1 people he brought back came on fast horses, and [-] horses were killed.
Even for a veteran like Li Zhen, he traveled day and night, and the inner thighs were worn out.
On the way back, more than 1000 people were lost and more than 700 people were killed.
The Wudang Army was all Li Zhen's best friend, and so many people had never died on the battlefield, but they were lost due to accidents.
The remaining 2 people came back by boat.
Li Zhen waited for the boat to arrive at the ferry, and also sent people to investigate the Japanese pirates' formation. It turned out that the Japanese pirates did not set up a formation at all, and there were not even any sentries.
He lurked on the island outside Fengyi Gate, waiting for his subordinates to arrive.
The first batch of companies transported included only 4000 people.
He pretended to be a suspicious soldier on both wings, and took advantage of the darkness to open fire, giving the Japanese pirates the illusion of an ambush.
In fact, it is to disrupt the military morale of the Japanese pirates.
It was not until the moment of victory that the second batch of ships arrived, with only 4000 people.
But the Japanese pirates had no fighting spirit. A fire burned out the Japanese pirates' spirit, and they won without fighting.
Therefore, he sent people to receive the prisoners instead of killing all the Japanese pirates.
If he had 1 cavalry in hand, he would directly order to kill them all. But he only had 1000 cavalry in hand, [-] people in the city, and only [-] horses. There were only [-] people in total. How could he kill all [-] Japanese pirates?
If the Japanese pirates are forced into a desperate situation, they will inevitably fight to the death with the Ming army. Why cause unnecessary casualties?
As long as he waits for dawn, all his 3 people will arrive.
War horses and equipment can be replenished in Nanzhili.
"Master Governor, please do not promote a junior general like this!" Li Zhen saluted.
Zhang Feng grabbed his hand: "Maoxue, you have done the most in this battle. His Majesty will definitely grant you a title. With this battle, you will be famous in history!"
Song Wei's stupidity made Li Zhen successful.
Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "General, I would rather not have this battle. If it were delayed for a quarter of an hour, the city of Nanjing would be gone!"
Speaking of this, Zhang Feng's eyes were filled with evil thoughts.
The person who opened the Foning Gate has been caught by him.
"If I don't kill anyone, am I a sick cat?"
Zhang Feng's eyes became serious: "Then I will show you how I, Zhang Feng, became an official!"
"Study!"
"Follow me to fight another big battle!"
Li Zhen was shocked. He knew that Zhang Feng was going to kill someone.
This battle is full of weirdness.
On the way, he was also thinking. If he were Song Wei, he would arrange it like this.
There is no problem at all with Song Wei's arrangement.
The city of Nanjing was so prosperous that he could not bear to be devastated by the war.
Therefore, defenses were deployed on the islands along the river, and elite troops were deployed in Dantu, Jiangyin and other places. There were more than thirty thousand households in total, with a military strength of up to 5000 people.
How could such a sophisticated defense system fail all of a sudden?
As long as they warn each other and cooperate with each other, it is impossible for 50 or [-] Japanese pirates to arrive in Nanjing in an instant.
The arrival of the Japanese pirates in Nanjing City was enough for the surrounding defense troops to return to defend Nanjing.
However, such a sophisticated layout all failed.
Li Zhen felt that Song Wei was wronged.
But he became the one who profited the most, and he was able to become an earl based on this merit.
But can a count satisfy his appetite?
"Where is Chen Wuyang?" Zhang Feng entered the garrison and asked immediately. He wanted Chen Wuyang to interrogate the person who opened the city gate.
"Master Governor, Commander Chen is killing the enemy at Guanyin Gate."
Zhang Feng was slightly stunned. A fan actually knew about serving the country with loyalty, but the Duke of the Ming Dynasty didn't know about it?
"Where are Xu Chengzong and Xu Yongning?" Zhang Feng squinted his eyes with murderous intent.
"Back to your lord, the two princes were seriously injured and are being treated for their injuries at the moment."
"What kind of injury are you treating? Drag him out!"
Zhang Feng's eyes were fierce: "Mao Xue, hold the Emperor's Sword for this governor!"
Li Zhen bowed, he knew very well that from the moment Zhang Feng asked him to learn, he was showing favor to him and wooing him.
He is good at clinging, so he is naturally happy to be won over by Zhang Feng.
He is very clear about his position. He is the emperor's man, and Zhang Feng is also the emperor's man. Naturally, he is one of his own. Even if he forms a party with the literati, His Majesty will not care.
But behind Zhang Feng stood Yu Qian.
If he can cling to Yu Qian, it will have unimaginable benefits for his career.
Soon, Xu Chengzong and Xu Yongning were brought out.
The two men knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "My lord, please forgive me."
"You are quite well-behaved!"
Zhang Feng's eyes were fierce: "You have received the favor of the country in this life, but you actually sit back and watch Nanjing City be captured. I, the Governor, see that you are tired of living!"
"Li Zhen!"
"I will use the Emperor's Sword to kill the two princes!"
"Execution!"
Li Zhen drew his sword out of its sheath.
Xu Chengzong and Xu Yongning were so frightened that they peed: "Sir, please spare my life. We dare not let down our country's grace and are already prepared to die together with Nanjing!"
"Shut up! Kill!" Zhang Feng yelled.
Li Zhen hesitated instead. These two were both dukes.
There were only five Dukes in the Ming Dynasty, and two of them were killed in one go. The two in the capital would not be affected, but what about the Duke of Guizhou who was far away on the border of Yunnan?
What would the Mu family think?
If the emperor wanted to kill him, he would kill him. The problem was that the civil servants killed him, which would make it difficult for the emperor to do it.
He, Li Zhen, knew politics very well, otherwise he would not have been sent by the emperor to take charge of Southern Zhili.
Zhang Feng narrowed his eyes.
Li Zhen gritted his teeth. If he wanted to cling to Zhang Feng, he would have to accept a surrender certificate. Just kill them. Chen Wuyang dared to attack them. What should I be afraid of with the Emperor's Sword?
puff!
Li Zhen pierced Xu Chengzong's shoulder with his sword.
I made a mistake, try again!
"Zhang Feng, I am the Duke of Wei, and my family has an iron ticket for immunity from death given by Emperor Taizu! Do you dare to kill me?"
Xu Chengzong shouted: "If you want to kill me, you must have His Majesty's decree! Without His Majesty's decree, anyone who kills me will be regarded as treason and rebellion!"
"Li Zhen, are you also going to join Zhang Feng in rebellion?"
Zhang Feng snorted coldly: "The city of Nanjing has been destroyed."
"Not only I am going to die, but all the officials in Nanjing City are going to die!"
"Who do you think you are, Duke Wei? Even if your ancestor Xu Da is still alive, he will still die!"
Xu Chengzong's eyes widened and he asked blankly: "Is it broken?"
"You are a hereditary and irreplaceable duke. Should you know what it means if the capital of the country is breached?"
"From ancient times to the present, there has never been a precedent for a prosperous dynasty to be captured by thieves."
Zhang Feng slowly knelt down and looked into his eyes: "Now that the city of Nanjing has been destroyed, you and I will both die. Even your ancestor Xu Da will be dug up and whipped to death!"
"Think carefully about how you can apologize to the late King Zhongshan after you went there."
Xu Chengzong exclaimed: "How is this possible? Why was the city of Nanjing destroyed? Then why don't you, Zhang Feng, defend the city? Guard the city!"
"It's because you entangled each other and delayed the opportunity to defend the city."
Zhang Feng said with burning eyes: "You are the main culprits of Nanjing's city destruction!"
"His Majesty is in the center, and we don't know yet!"
"If your whole family is dead, you can suffer less. When His Majesty's decree comes, all nine members of the Xu family will be punished! King Zhongshan has made great achievements in battle, so I'm afraid he will not be able to escape disaster!"
"I, Zhang Feng, have been famous all my life, but I didn't expect that I would be ruined at the hands of you two idiots!"
Zhang Feng simply sat on the ground, his face full of decadence.
Xu Chengzong looked at Li Zhen stupidly and said in horror: "Li Zhen, where are your soldiers? Why didn't you come back with your soldiers?"
Li Zhen looked ferocious: "My soldiers are suppressing bandits in Chuzhou. If they come back with wings, how many of them can come back?"
"When we came back, the city was in ruins!"
"Now the inner city is still guarding, but the outer city has been reduced to a hell!"
Pfft!
Xu Chengzong was frightened and murmured: "No, it's not arranged like this..." "Xu Chengzong!" Xu Yongning roared.
Suddenly, Xu Chengzong woke up and realized that Zhang Feng was deceiving him!
However, Zhang Feng looked at Xu Yongning: "Li Zhen, kill him!"
puff!
Li Zhen stabbed him in the stomach with his sword, and Xu Yongning screamed.
He strikes carefully, he won't die, but he will be very painful.
"Zhang Feng, are you deceiving me?" Xu Chengzong also knew that he had made a mistake.
That's really not the plan.
When the Japanese pirates break through the outer city, it will be about the same time as Li Zhen returns to defense. Then the Japanese pirates loot and fight in the outer city, and they will be repulsed by Li Zhen's soldiers.
In this way, the deterrent effect is there.
The emperor would not be so furious that he would kill all the officials and gentry in Southern Zhili.
The core of the entire plan lies in timing.
"Why did I, the governor, lie to you?"
"Just kidding you."
Zhang Feng stood up and said with a chuckle: "I, the governor, will write a memorial to apologize to the Holy One, and you can just wait and see."
Xu Chengzong secretly cursed himself for being stupid. If he hadn't told the truth, he would have been guilty of delaying the opportunity at most, and would have been punished at most, but he would certainly not have lost his title.
He has no real power anyway, how much can he lose?
However, Zhang Feng might make a big fuss if he lets slip a word.
When the emperor becomes angry, will he directly revoke the title of Duke?
The title of British Duke is gone.
Look at Cheng Guo Gong, even the arranged marriage was cancelled, which shows that Cheng Guo Gong Zhu Yi is not living at ease.
"Sir, I am willing to confess, please give me a few good words!" Xu Chengzong made a quick decision and jumped back.
Zhang Feng's eyes were gloomy: "How can you guarantee that what you said is true?"
So how do you prove that my father is my father?
Xu Chengzong was wounded and cried out: "If I tell any lies, my lineage as Duke of Wei will be cut off!"
This is a very vicious oath.
Zhang Feng looked at Xu Yongning who was screaming: "What about you?"
Xu Yongning immediately stopped talking and cried: "I was also forced, and I am willing to tell you now!"
Zhang Feng was quite satisfied with their attitude.
After it gets dark.
The prisoners were escorted into the city, and the battle losses were tallied.
Of the four thousand soldiers guarding the city, only 600 remained, all of them wounded. The three outer gates were all damaged to varying degrees.
Without an army, 260 people were killed and more than a thousand were injured.
Thirty-seven thousand prisoners were captured.
The wooden boat also contained gold and silver treasures, which were being salvaged after the fire was extinguished.
Li Zhen's [-]-strong army all arrived in Nanjing and stationed themselves in the capital camp.
afternoon.
Wang Hong and Wang Cheng arrived in Nanjing at the same time. Wang Cheng led an army of 1 people, and Ou Xin led an army of [-] people and were on their way.
In the evening, Ren Li led 1 people to Nanjing.
At the same time, the report was sent to Beijing last night.
Zhang Feng, Wang Hong, Ren Li and Wang Cheng met.
Li Zhen is also among them.
But he felt that the water in this pool was too muddy, and he did not want to get involved in it, so he immediately proposed: "I am willing to personally lead an army to eliminate Japanese pirates along the coast! Restoring the safety of the Yangtze River water surface!"
"Maoxue, there is no need to be too anxious. The root cause of the chaos in Nanjing lies within the city." Zhang Feng didn't want Li Zhen to leave.
Li Zhen is the card in his hand.
Ren Li and Wang Cheng came with the intention of grabbing the credit.
Zhang Feng needs Li Zhen to help him. Besides, this is the credit he got, why should he share the profits?
The emperor is standing behind you. How could there ever be someone other than the emperor standing behind me, Zhang Feng?
My credit is my credit!
Li Zhen made up his mind and did not dare to interfere.
Because Ren Li was left behind in the capital, he was an old man, and he was the emperor's confidant.
Wang Cheng is the emperor's most caring eunuch and the emperor's confidant.
When these big guys start making trouble, he, the little shrimp, is the most unlucky. It would not be in his interest to just side with Zhang Feng.
Moreover, he was dissatisfied with being granted the title of Uncle. He wanted to do his best to annihilate all the Japanese pirates in the territory and take the opportunity to be granted the title of Marquis!
"Governor Zhang, Maoxue has the intention to make meritorious deeds, why shouldn't he allow it?"
Ren Li smiled and said: "Besides, the Japanese pirates are on the water of the Yangtze River. They are the fat in our mouths. It would be a pity not to eat them."
"Besides, if the Japanese pirates are allowed to return to the sea, it will be difficult for us to eradicate them."
When he served as a defender in Nanjing, he had a good relationship with Li Zhen.
After all, Li Zhen is a good licking dog, the best at kneeling and licking.
Zhang Feng frowned slightly. Ren Li was invited by Song Wei. It seemed that he didn't intend to leave regardless of his contribution.
"If he is left behind, even if Mao Xue wants to achieve full success, he will not be an army but a cavalry, and he will not know how to do it." Zhang Feng said.
Wang Cheng smiled and said: "Our family is not very talented. We have recently trained a navy, which was trained with the help of Guo Mao from the garrison office. We can lend it to Li Shoubei."
"We all serve the country. Although we are eunuchs, we don't dare to show any signs of neglect."
"Li Shou can use this navy at will."
Wang Cheng is making friends with Li Zhen, a rising star who he also wants to take under his command.
Zhang Feng is a little dissatisfied. Li Zhen is the governor, why do you want to rob him?
He probably doesn't know that Li Zhen can lick anyone, and he is very good at it.
"How can General Wang have thousands of naval troops? The Japanese pirates are entrenched on the islands of the Yangtze River and there are so many of them. How can they be wiped out?" Zhang Feng firmly objected.
Li Zhennuonuo didn't dare to speak.
Wang Cheng smiled and said: "Our family has a method."
"We have harvested more than 3 Japanese pirate prisoners. These Japanese pirates are ready materials for the navy. Why not reorganize them on the spot..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Feng and Ren Li objected at the same time.
"Commander Wang, these people have just surrendered, and if you let them take charge of the troops to fight, they will still fight against your own people. Doesn't this make them rebel?"
Zhang Feng firmly opposed it and must not lose the military achievements he had obtained.
Li Zhen's eyes lit up, this might not be a bad idea.
These Japanese pirates are just looking for money. As long as they do what they want, they will definitely be willing to fight for them.
When the time comes, killing them all and throwing them into the river will be another great achievement.
The problem now is that the four big guys are at odds with each other. They are not fighting at all, but talking about interests.
Li Zhen suddenly felt tired.
The situation of the battle is not important anymore.
No one cared about how many people suffered. As for the situation in Songjiang Mansion, they didn't even think about it, but were focused on fighting for power.
Wang Hong, who had not spoken yet, said: "What Mr. Wang said makes some sense."
"Japanese pirates are thieves, and thieves only want wealth."
"We give them money and ask them to help us fight. They will definitely be willing to help."
"Anyway, we have naval forces, so they can be controlled by naval forces."
"When the battle is over, just kill them all and explain it to your Majesty. I believe your Majesty will also record a great contribution to General Li."
Zhang Feng was angry that Wang Hong betrayed him.
Wang Hong was obviously talking to Wang Cheng.
This discussion is not discussing the war situation at all, but the distribution of interests after the war!
Wang Hong is on Wang Cheng's side, and Wang Cheng must come in and make a fortune.
Zhang Feng could only seek cooperation with Ren Li, but also had to allow Ren Li to come in and take a share.
It was all his own credit, but he shared so much!
It's strange that Zhang Feng is in a good mood.
"That's all, let Li Zhen go suppress the bandits as he sees fit." Zhang Feng sighed.
The names have changed, indicating that the relationship with Li Zhen is breaking down.
Li Zhen, who has always been good at kneeling and licking, really didn't dare to lick now.
Among the four big guys, it’s a big question which side to side with.
"Thank you, Lord Governor, for fulfilling your bid!"
Li Zhen quickly withdrew. The battlefield was more suitable for him.
"Wait a moment!"
Wang Cheng suddenly said: "Li Shoubei, after occupying Chongming, blocked the Yangtze River estuary, not allowing any merchant ships to enter or leave the Yangtze River estuary, and blocked it along South Zhili, and no one was allowed to go to sea!"
This……
Li Zhen didn't dare to disobey and immediately bowed and agreed.
And in Songjiang Prefecture, Qingpu City.
Song Wei is reviewing the entire incident of Japanese pirates invading the border.
He vaguely felt that this was a giant net that contained Song Wei.
He smoked smoke from the house and smoked out more than 7000 Japanese pirates. He killed them all, buried all the refugee corpses together, and built a huge Jingguan in front of their tombstones.
They are all the heads of Japanese pirates!
Song Wei only had 500 people left.
He was completely unable to suppress the bandits.
After resting, he led his army to Huating.
Sure enough, the official was disguised as a Japanese pirate and had disappeared at this moment.
He sent people to collect the corpses, buried all the stinking corpses, and then built the heads of the Japanese pirates into a Jingguan to pay homage to the people.
After resting for a day, he walked south again and rushed to Jinshan Guard. There were corpses everywhere in Jinshan Guard, and there were very few survivors.
"It will take at most five days before the Japanese pirates land here."
Song Wei developed the habit of thinking. He repeatedly reviewed, thought and recorded the entire war.
"Songjiang Prefecture has a population of one million. Even if the people are killed at the slightest suggestion and let others come to kill them, it is impossible to kill them all in five days."
"This Jinshan Guard is even more wrong."
"One guard has three thousand households, with a total of 3000 people."
"Isn't there anyone who escaped?"
Song Wei was thinking: "Moreover, the Japanese pirates only invaded Songjiang Prefecture, such as Suzhou Prefecture in South Zhili and Jiaxing Prefecture in Zhejiang, without even looking at them."
"Only Songjiang Prefecture is rich? Are the other prefectures too poor to expose the blame?"
"In Qingpu City, I probably buried less than 10 people."
"The Qingpu City that can be archived has a population of more than 20. What about the 10?"
"Also, in Qingpu, Huating, and Jinshan, all the people who died were naked people. Not a single noble person died? Not a single person wearing silk?"
If the silk has been ripped off.
But the skins are all dark, and one can tell at a glance that they are the result of years of hard work, and there is not a single one with white skins.
This is interesting.
Millions of people in Songjiang Prefecture disappeared mysteriously!
Song Wei walked all the way and saw only desolation, no Ming people, and no Japanese pirates.
Mao Wu disappeared into Songjiang Mansion with [-] people.
Song Wei believed that if Mao Wu did not leave, he must not have left Songjiang Mansion, because Mao Wu was seriously injured and would undoubtedly die when he reached the sea.
He is a man who cherishes his life and must be hiding in Songjiang Mansion.
And it can accommodate 1 people, have food and drink, and the place where they are hiding will not be revealed.
Song Wei looked at each Zhuangzi in the countryside.
Are these Zhuangzi really empty?
Was the arrow shot at him that day really an accident?
Song Wei asked his soldiers to attack the village and search it.
The soldiers didn't understand, what's there to search for in an empty village?
The military officials immediately advised him that there was no need to waste time in Zhuangzi.
"waste time?"
"One million people in Songjiang Prefecture are missing. As a guard in Nanzhili, am I just going to watch?"
"Failure to report what you know is also a serious crime!"
Song Wei shouted sharply: "I'm sending an order to search!"
The military officials looked at the ferocious-looking Song Wei and did not dare to persuade him.
The first Zhuangzi found nothing.
And walking along the village road to the countryside, I found another Zhuangzi. This search turned out many people!
A fat landowner was pulled out. He knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me! My Majesty, please have mercy on me!"
"My officer is from the southern Zhili garrison, Song Wei! He is not a great king!"
The landowner's expression changed, and he immediately began to cry and complain about his misery.
Bang!
Song Wei kicked him over: "Don't be verbose, I will ask, you answer!"
The landlord is still verbose.
But the fire gun was pressed against his forehead, and he was immediately frightened out of his wits.
"Have the Japanese pirates been here before?" Song Wei asked.
The landowner said that he had been here before and that his house had a tunnel and was hidden in it, so it was okay.
Song Wei looked at the soldiers, but they didn't see the tunnel.
The landowner asked his son to lead him to search, and he found a tunnel. It could hide three people at most, and even four people couldn't close the door.
"Who are these people?" Song Wei asked again.
The landowner smiled bitterly and said: "They are all tenants and customers of the house, and they are all members of the family."
"Take out the body deed."
But the landlord hesitated and said that he was not in this village.
Bang!
Song Wei fired directly.
A bullet hit him in the stomach.
"You still fucking lied to me?"
"Can't I tell if they are your tenants?"
"You are just a small landowner with thousands of tenants in your family?"
The landowner screamed, and Song Wei directly stuffed the gun tube into his mouth: "Tell me! Who are they!"
There is something strange happening in the landlord's house.
Immediately, a soldier shot an arrow, and at the same time, all the soldiers aimed their bows and crossbows at everyone.
"My officer is Song Wei of the Southern Zhili Guard. Anyone who dares to make any changes is tantamount to rebellion!"
Song Wei yelled in local dialect.
When the so-called tenants heard the dialect from their hometown, they realized that this man was an official. They immediately began to cry and howl, kneeling on the ground, crying for help.
Song Wei used the blunderbuss to hit the landlord's throat as hard as he could: "You told me that these people are your tenants? Then why did you call me for help?"
"Come on!"
"Arrest everyone in his family!"
"Those who are arrested will be killed without mercy!"
These people are the people of Songjiang Mansion!
These people were not killed by the Japanese pirates at all, but were controlled by the local landlords and wealthy people, and then became tenants, refugees, and slaves!
shhhhhh!
A servant of a landlord's house moved and was immediately shot to death with arrows.
Song Wei's soldiers are all elite.
The Japanese pirates are no match, let alone the landlords armed?
Soon, Song Wei interrogated and found out clearly that these people were transferred away before the Japanese pirates came, and those who died in the city were all disobedient.
"What a good man, forcing good people to live as tenants!"
Song Wei ordered that all the landlord's family members be executed.
But the military officials came to dissuade them, saying that these landowners were all local wealthy people. If they were killed, the court would blame them, which would only make them miserable.
"Your Majesty will not blame me, but you are blaming me!"
Song Wei looked at him faintly: "Are you an official of the Ming Dynasty? Or are you a lackey of the landlord?"
"Get out!"
"From now on, you will be reduced to a soldier and go out to guard. If you talk nonsense again, you will be killed immediately!"
The soldier knelt down and begged for mercy, but Song Wei would not forgive him.
Continue to clear out Zhuangzi.
Group after group of people were discovered.
The direct killing of these landlords would indeed cause anger and resentment, because Song Wei was assassinated more than a dozen times, and some even spread rumors among the army, causing the morale of the army to waver.
Song Wei could only let the refugees go and seize the landlords.
He made another fatal mistake.
They will assassinate you because they are afraid.
How can they be afraid of you if you stop killing?
Sure enough, one night, all the captured landlords ran away, causing chaos in the extremely silent Songjiang Mansion.
Those Japanese pirates who didn't know where they were hiding suddenly appeared, ran into the city, and killed the people wantonly.
Song Wei is still releasing the people.
Little did he know that because of his release, people would die.
However, Song Wei also has his own purpose.
He was looking for the Japanese pirates' foothold.
Use common people as bait to lure Japanese pirates out.
Sure enough, these Japanese pirates came out to kill people and exposed their whereabouts. Some people who escaped found Song Wei and cried to Song Wei.
Song Wei immediately returned to his army, found Japanese pirate strongholds in several villages, hunted and killed thousands of Japanese pirates, and surrendered nearly a thousand people.
He won't make any mistakes this time.
He did not order the killing of prisoners, but instead reorganized them after they surrendered.
Let these Japanese pirates rush to the front and fight for him.
He also promised the Japanese pirates that the Ming army would not take back the property they obtained.At the same time, they can give [-]% of the goods they receive in the future to the Ming army.
This led to Song Wei's more manpower to suppress the bandits.
What frightened him the most was that there were more than 3 Japanese pirates hiding in Songjiang Mansion.
After killing the common people, these Japanese pirates disguised themselves as common people, lurked down, and gained a serious identity.
If Song Weiqing had not suppressed them, when the government resettled the surviving people, they would have regarded them as ordinary people and placed them in Songjiang Mansion.
In ten years at most, the entire Songjiang Mansion will become a Japanese pirate stronghold, and all the people in the mansion will be Japanese pirates.
When the government comes, it is the people; when the government leaves, it is the bandits.
Fortunately, Song Wei did not kill and surrender, nor did he covet the capture of the Japanese pirates. As a result, Song Wei had a good reputation among the Japanese pirates.
And Song Wei's staff expanded from 500 to 7000.
Song Wei doesn't even know now whether he is an official or a bandit.
They wiped out Japanese pirate strongholds one after another and drove the Japanese pirates all over the land. However, Mao Wufeng disappeared and no trace of him was ever found.
"Sir, we can't continue to collect and surrender the Japanese pirates. These people are scum and they are killing their own people. We don't know when they will come back to bite us." Lai Liu suggested in a low voice.
Song Wei glanced at him: "I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"
"This……"
Lai Liu smiled bitterly: "Sir, these Japanese pirates are just beasts. They just harmed the people of Songjiang Prefecture, and now they are with us to eliminate Japanese pirates. I am worried that your reputation will be ruined for the rest of your life."
"What kind of reputation do I have left?"
Song Wei sneered: "Lai Liu, you are just an ordinary soldier, but you know a lot. It seems that I have misjudged you before."
"I don't dare to guard against the praise of an adult." Lai Liu lowered his head, his eyes flickering, as if he was hesitating.
"Do you still want to kill me?" Song Wei suddenly asked him in a low voice.
Lairoku was startled.
"I have eyes in the back of my head. I saw you when you shot me that day." Song Wei suddenly drew a knife and put it on his neck.
Lai Liu immediately cried out that he was wronged.
"To shut up!"
Song Wei's eyes were sharp: "Who do you and that military officer belong to?"
"Sir, I am yours...ah!" Lai Liu screamed, because Song Wei scratched his neck and blood flowed out.
If you cut it open on the side of your neck, you won't die, but it will hurt a lot.
"I've been watching you for a long time."
"A few times, when you were standing behind me, you were touching your crossbow."
"If I hadn't been alert, you would have shot me dead, right?"
Song Wei has confirmed that the military officer and Lai Liu are the masterminds behind the Japanese invaders!
Lai Liu also wanted to say that he was wronged.
But Song Wei wanted to row him again.
Lai Liu suddenly smiled foolishly: "When did your Excellency find out?"
"The day before yesterday!"
Song Wei said seriously: "But I have been suspecting you for a long time. Ever since you shot an arrow at me at the Qingpu County Yamen, I have been doubting you!"
"No, to be precise, when you went to the county government office that day to investigate, the general should have suspected you because you told him false news."
That's right.
Lai Liu was the soldier who was kicked into the county government office to investigate.
The news he told Song Wei was inconsistent with the facts, causing Song Wei to make a wrong judgment.
Moreover, this Lai Liu took the initiative to undertake the investigation task. He was suspicious of him at the time, but Song Wei thought that Lai Liu was passionate, but he didn't expect it.
"Not only this general, but also Mao Wu, there are your people too!"
"But the day before yesterday, when I was bargaining with that Japanese general, you moved the crossbow. Did you pretend that I didn't see it?"
Song Wei's eyes were fierce: "Tell me, who are you working for?"
Lai Liu smiled foolishly.
Suddenly, he bit off his tongue hard.
However, Song Wei struck his neck with a knife first, causing him to scream in pain and unable to bite his tongue.
"Playing this game with me? You are too young!"
Song Wei kicked him down, then sat on him and put the tip of the knife on his eyes: "I will ask, you tell."
"Otherwise, I will not kill you, but I will gouge out your eyeballs!"
In the past, although Song Wei was tempered in the military camp, he was still a noble son, who was born in the mire and remained unsullied.
After experiencing countless failures, Song Wei has become ruthless and cunning, willing to think more about everything he does, and when he takes action, he is sharper, more agile and less sloppy than before.
I broke up with Lai Liu today.
Regardless of whether Lairoku is a spy or not, Lairoku is bound to die.
As long as they break up, they will be killed.
Just like when he killed the landlords and released the people, he was not saving the people at all, but using the people as bait to lure out the Japanese pirates.
he's changed.
It is different from the Song Wei who was very angry because Songjiang Prefecture was massacred by Japanese pirates; it is different from the Song Wei who abandoned Nanjing City to rescue the people of Songjiang Prefecture.
The slightest touch of the tip of the knife to my eye was excruciating pain.
Lai Liu wanted to close his eyes, but Song Wei forcefully opened them: "The general's patience is limited!"
The tip of the knife in Lai Liu's pupils was infinitely enlarged.
He was terrified.
puff!
"Ah!" Lai Liu screamed miserably.
Song Wei directly poked the tip of the knife into his eyeball and raised one eye.
Someone came in from outside the door.
Song Wei shouted sharply: "Get out!"
Then he opened his other eye: "I will ask, you answer!"
"Kill me, kill me!" Lai Liu screamed.
But Song Wei put the tip of the knife on his other eye: "Don't force me to torture you."
"No matter how unpredictable you are in your heart, at least serving this general will give you the feeling of master and servant."
"I have killed Japanese pirates again, so I am considered a meritorious minister. I don't want to do anything wrong."
Song Wei's expression was cold and his tone was cold.
But it made Lai Liu extremely frightened, and he cried: "I don't know much... After the villain said it, please give me a happy life!"
Let’s hope it’s still a big chapter tomorrow~
(End of this chapter)
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