My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 464 Coastal fishermen are all butchers

Linjun, Fenglai County.

The county could only be considered a small county in the original Linzhou, with a population of only 40,000 to 50,000. With the policy of changing the country from state to prefecture, and from state to county, Fenglai County established a port because it was close to the sea, and was one of the seaports in the Central Plains. one.

The Zhenhai Division was also established last month. The newly appointed Zhenhai envoy Qi Jiguang set up the headquarters in Fenglai County to oversee the coastal defense affairs of coastal counties and towns and conveyed the order to establish a militia.

For a time, Fenglai County became a well-deserved coastal town.

The population was sparse at first, but with the settlement of the militia, the desolate streets gradually took on a bustling and noisy outline. In their spare time, navy soldiers and militia soldiers could be seen on the street, walking around the city and purchasing some daily necessities.

As the number of soldiers increased, so did their families. After seeing the future potential of Fenglai County, the meritorious soldiers exchanged their contributions for land deeds, allowing their parents, wives, and children to follow them and settle down here. As more and more military families came over, nearby vendors and sideline businesses gathered here after hearing the news, gradually forming a lively and prosperous street scene.

The Zhenfu Division is located in the southeast of Fenglai County, and the Zhenfu Division's military camp is about seven miles outside the eastern suburbs of the city. Like the military camp in Beidi, it is a unified building. The original tents, rows of soldiers' dormitories, and Houses where families gather together form the outline of a small town.

In the middle of the military camp, the building where military affairs are handled and discussed is separate from the role of the town's town hall. Qi Jiguang, who has a gray beard and mustache, is wearing a set of standard chainmail and is discussing countermeasures with Lu Meng.

Lu Meng listened quietly to the strategy of this later general without any expression. He took the initiative to be transferred here to be the opponent's deputy. Firstly, he did not want to face Guan Yu; secondly, he also drew a line for his former minister of Jiangdong. Full stop, after all, Sun Quan hurt him too deeply.

Even though he crossed the river in white clothes and captured Jingzhou from behind, captured Guan Yu and allowed him to enter the martial arts temple, but killing Guan Yu, who had a high reputation among the people, also made him known as a rat among many people.

After he came here, he learned this from other emperors and generals, and he was naturally panicked. Logically speaking, such a huge victory should be respected by those generals, but not only did he not lose face after winning, he was also criticized He was so disdainful that when I think about it now, I feel so embarrassed.

If that's the case, then Guan Yu can be killed. How can he, a general with orders outside, be qualified to deal with prisoners? After all, Guan Yu was still the Han Shouting Marquis conferred by the Han Emperor at that time, and he had no private grudge against Guan Yu.

The only person who could kill Guan Yu was that person's order, but in the end, he had to bear all the infamy, and in the end he ended up 'dying from illness'.

The act of killing the donkey made him feel chilled.

After breaking with Sun Quan that day, he applied to the emperor Su Chen and followed Qi Jiguang to Fenglai County. Since he was reborn, he didn't want to bear the infamy again, so he planned to start over again to vent his dissatisfaction.

As soon as he arrived here, without Qi Jiguang's orders, as a veteran general in the army and the commander-in-chief of the Soochow Navy at that time, he easily organized the soldiers to repair their armor and boost their morale.

Following the order from the Zhenfu Division to form a militia, he and his soldiers rushed to various towns and fishing villages along the coast every day to inform the villagers of the importance of coastal defense and the cruelty of Japanese pirates.

This first strengthens the people's defense against Japanese pirates, and also shows that the court attaches great importance to the safety of the people and the more than 800 people who died.

In the past month, he traveled from the south of Feiyungang all the way to Wuzhou, and then invited Wei Yan in Wuzhou to take over to organize civil defense in the port area of ​​Yuezhou.

He rushed back from Wuzhou two days before arriving, and he lost a lot of weight.

After all, Jia Xu had warned before that the Japanese pirates were very likely to bring the plague back and launch a counterattack. As for where to fight back, this important task fell on him and Qi Jiguang.

Today, while he was still recuperating in the city, he received orders from Qi Jiguang and rushed to the military camp outside the city.

Above the East China Sea, the Japanese pirates made strange movements.

After undergoing civil defense training and identifying Japanese pirates, the people along the coast are quite concerned about prevention. After all, no one wants their hometown to be invaded and massacred like before when Japanese pirates landed.

The most well-informed are often the fishermen along the coast. Most of them make a living from the sea and go out to fish every day. There are a large number of small boats and their targets are small. They are not easy to be detected in the vast sea. Leave Wu behind. The navy at Zhouzhou and Feiyun Port are natural scouts at sea.

No, early this morning, two fishermen who went out to sea discovered a floating ship on the sea. After observing it for a long time, they saw that the ship was motionless. The two fishermen drove their boat closer and saw the deck from a distance. There were dead people everywhere. Judging from their clothes, they must be Japanese people. As for how they died, they did not go into details. They quickly returned by boat and reported the matter to the Zhenhai Division. They also received two bags of grain and rice as a reward.

"...According to the description of the two villagers, there were traces of burning on the ship, and the Japanese people on board were all dead. I suspect that the Japanese people on board were infected with the disease. The other party wanted to copy the gourd and spread the plague back, but they forgot about the people. How can we compare with cows? Cows are strong and strong and can survive for a long time even if they get sick. But once a person is infected with the plague, he can't survive for a few days with the physique of the Japanese... However, we can't mess up the situation, villagers. After the report, I sent people out to sea to explore the past..."

In the military camp building, the lights shone on Qi Jiguang, who had gray hair on his temples. He was immersed in looking at the sea chart spread out on the table. He smiled and talked while drawing on the chart, as if to tell Lu Meng that he had already mapped the front of this coast. Two hundred miles was designated as the first line of defense.

His temperament had changed somewhat from when he first arrived. When discussing with Lu Meng, he mostly talked about what he had to say and did not treat the other party as a subordinate.

Firstly, it was because the other party was a general in the late Han Dynasty and could be regarded as his predecessor's predecessor; secondly, because he was demoted to civilian status and died of illness in poverty. He did not want to repeat such a miserable thing.

After establishing the Zhenhai Division, in addition to focusing on preventing Japanese pirates, he also vigorously promoted his subordinates, making people remember his kindness and understand his importance. Otherwise, if he was demoted again one day, someone should reach out to help him. .

But now, the Japanese ship on the sea was the top priority. He explained to Lu Meng with great energy, and the latter also showed a solemn expression.

"Japanese people usually travel by boat, and there should be more than one boat. I heard that Your Majesty and the generals are trying out the treasure boat to go south and will soon arrive here. The governor should be careful about the Japanese pirates and take the opportunity to go north and attack His Majesty's seat with the plague-infected boat. ship."

"No, the Japanese ships are all full of sick people, and no general is willing to sacrifice himself and risk himself to take command of a sick ship."

Qi Jiguang clicked on a few places on the chart: "The top priority now is to find the remaining ships, mobilize the fishermen to carry kerosene, and use light boats to advance quickly to light them on the sea."

"If the Japanese resist, the boat will not be able to withstand the torment and the people will be hurt."

In the hall where the discussion was taking place, there were also generals from the Zhenhai Division and the Militia Corps. They were all newly promoted, with very little qualifications, and they did not have too many suggestions for coastal defense. At this time, most of them were sitting in their seats and listening quietly. Hearing Lu Meng's reminder, Qi Jiguang nodded: "I will send someone to contact the Wuzhou Navy to cover the approach of the boat."

"But what if our fishermen are infected with the plague?" The speaker was a militia general. He was originally a captain of the Wuzhou Navy. After being transferred here, he was promoted by Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang frowned, then laughed.

"Getting close does not mean boarding the boat. Just teach the fishermen how to use a throwing rope, light the kerosene bottle and throw it to the Japanese boat. Although there is some danger, it is much better than the consequences of letting the Japanese boat approach the coast."

"However, according to my experience, it is impossible for Japanese ships to go north. At this time, the southeasterly wind is blowing, and it is too difficult for ships to go north. Moreover, Japanese islands are in the southeast of the Central Plains, due east of Wuzhou. Japanese ships come here , according to the ocean currents and monsoons, we can only go to the Central Plains and Wuzhou. As for Yuezhou and Feiyun Port, they are too far away, and those who are infected on the ship will not be able to survive that time. "

Qi Jiguang almost did one thing in his life, which was to fight against the Japanese. He had the most say in taking precautions. In order to deal with the Japanese, he also used the Yuanyang Formation, as well as the Langzhen, Qi's gun and Qi's sword. Brought here together.

After he established the Zhenhai Division here, he asked the Fenglai County Yamen to supervise the production of three kinds of weapons, especially the Langzhen, a sharp weapon against Japanese knives. Those with direct lethality made the most and distributed them to various towns along the coast. The hands of the militiamen were smeared with gold juice and venom. Once they got their hands on them and scratched the Japanese, their arms would soon become inflamed, swollen and rotten, and they would lose their subsequent combat effectiveness.

Although the Yuanyang Formation, Qi's Spear, and Qi's Sword will also be equipped with the militia, most of them will be given priority to the soldiers of the Zhenhai Division. Qi Jiguang will specifically practice their usage, and finally the militia generals will come over to learn and teach them.

Whenever Lu Meng had free time, he would also join in learning this kind of formation from later generations. It was for nothing that Wu Xia Amen, who had been admiring him for three days, said it.

While everyone was discussing, the people who had been sent out to investigate had returned and confirmed the two fishermen's words. There was indeed a Japanese ship parked on the sea, and many of the people on it were rotten. They looked at it from a distance for a while, and finally Return notification.

Lu Meng and Qi Jiguang looked at each other, and the latter immediately issued the order. Soon after, the Zhenhai Division's various units took action, and the soldiers who sent the order galloped along the coast to inform various towns about the news of the Japanese ships carrying the plague.

After receiving the news, the militia group followed Qi Jiguang's order and began to issue orders to the fishermen in the militia group. Before dawn the next day, fishermen were driving fishing boats out to sea on the coast from Linjun County in the Central Plains to Shengkang in Wuzhou. , they only need to cruise the waters they are familiar with and keep a close eye on passing ships.

At the same time, Wuzhou also informed all incoming and outgoing merchant ships that they must fly the flag of Xia before heading north. Otherwise, they will be regarded as unknown ships and be detained by the navy.

No one expected that the fishermen who were going out to sea for the first time were so excited, as if they were regular soldiers, wandering on the sea with their eyes wide open, searching for possible Japanese ships. Since they were amateurs in this area, You can't handle the large number of people and you are familiar with the local waters.

Within half a day, swaying ships were found on the sea east of Linjun and northeast of Wuzhou. There were still living people on these boats. They saw the small boats coming towards them. The Japanese on board were shouting like It was like seeing a savior, but what they responded to were the bottles of fire oil lit by the fishermen on these boats.

"Japanese monkey, go to hell!"

A dark-skinned middle-aged fisherman swung the throwing rope unskillfully, and finally he threw the kerosene bottle that was lit on it, and it hit the bow of the boat. When the kerosene splashed, the ignited flame exploded. Jumping up, the Japanese who just called for help and the boat were wrapped in flames.

"Ahhhhh!!" The Japanese above flapped their burning clothes hysterically, rolled wildly on the deck, and then fell to the sea. The moment the flames went out, they were stabbed directly into the water by bamboo thorns from the cruising fishing boats. inside,

"Quick! There is another one here, a female Japanese. I saw her jumping into the water!"

"Leave it alone, let me do it!"

"Let me see what the female Japanese looks like. Ouch, she's as skinny as a monkey. Kill her! She has a plague on her body. Don't let the blood splash on her. Poke her into the water from a distance!"

The ship burst into flames and black smoke rose into the sky.

The Japanese men and women trapped in the cabin rushed out together, but they were still trapped by the flames. They hugged each other and cried, and some were accidentally contaminated with kerosene, and soon they turned into flaming people and rolled crazily on the deck.

The bold ones jumped into the sea with a body full of flames. However, what was waiting for them was the fishing boat that came over. They were pricked by fishermen with long sharpened bamboos, covered in blood, and sank into the sea.

Circles of bright red blood appeared on the swaying waves, and densely packed corpses continued to rise and fall with the waves.

At a glance, burning ships and floating corpses can be seen on the sea.

This was just one place. As more and more were discovered, more than a dozen Japanese ships carrying the plague were discovered by fishermen and naval forces. They were intercepted on the sea, and kerosene was thrown on them and set alight. People who were standing around would jump off. The Japanese were stabbed to death in the sea one by one.

As for these corpses, they are still eaten by fish and shrimps, allowing the sea to degrade the plague.

During this process, many fishermen felt a little uncomfortable looking at the Japanese stabbed to death, but everyone understood that it was better for these foreigners to die than for their own wives, children, and children to die.

Once they land on land, it will definitely be a terrible disaster for the Xia Kingdom. No matter how unbearable they are, no one will show mercy at this moment.

The one-sided killing continued at sea. It was not until the third day that the interception was completed. When the merchant ships passing by in the Nanyang area saw this scene, the foreign businessmen on them couldn't help but shudder.

They never thought that the honest fishermen and porters they saw on weekdays would kill people more ferociously than the last. If this were the Xia Kingdom's army, wouldn't every soldier in it be a butcher?

Soon, one interception report after another was sent back to Zhenhai Division of Fenglai County. At the same time, the southbound fleet also entered the waters of Linjun and headed towards Fenglai County.

In coastal fishing villages, you don’t need to go to the sea. Just stand on the sea cliff outside and you can see the giant thing sailing across the sea from a distance.

(End of this chapter)