Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 86

Yan Song: "Yang Jinshui will be sent to the capital in half a month. Please fight several battles within half a month to stabilize the overall situation in the southeast."

Yan Shifan: "If you don't write such a thing, he will do it."

"Listen!" Yan Song cut him off, "After fighting these few battles, rest. The Japanese pirates must be suppressed, and they cannot be completely suppressed. This is the most important thing!"

Yan Shifan finally understood a little bit, and looked at his father.

Yan Song: "The imperial court cannot be without Southeast for a day, and Southeast cannot be without Hu Zongxian for a day. If there are Japanese pirates, Hu Zongxian is here, and Hu Zongxian is here, no one can bring us down. Do you understand?"

Taizhou, Zhejiang.

Groups of artillery fire from the fort on the shore bombarded the warships of Japanese pirates in the sea!
The Japanese pirate warships in the sea bombarded the forts on the shore!
About one mile from the right side of the fort is a large beach. Countless Japanese boats put down countless small boats, full of Japanese pirates, brandishing knives and roaring to the beach.

When approaching the beach, the Japanese pirates on the boat jumped into the shallow water and rushed towards the beach shouting.

Qi Jiguang sat on his horse at the place where the beach was backed by mountains, and his cavalry lined up there quietly, without any sound from people or horses, just watching the Japanese pirates charging closer and closer.

400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters!The ferocious faces of the Japanese pirates are clearly visible.

Qi Jiguang drew out his sword: "Go out!"

Rattan card players, spear players, and short sword players formed a group of nine, and countless "mandarin duck formations" pushed forward with heavy steps.

Looking down from a high place, the black Japanese pirates are like rows of tides hitting the "mandarin duck array" like the wall of Qi's army!

Qi Jiguang's cavalry still stands like a mountain at the place where the beach is backed by mountains.

Sure enough, a large number of Japanese pirate boats suddenly appeared on the sea covered by mountains at both ends of the semicircular beach. Countless Japanese pirates jumped out of the small boats into the shallow water, roaring and outflanking Qi's army's "Mandarin Duck Formation" from both sides of the beach!
Qi Jiguang: "Left of the first battalion, right of the second battalion, attack!"

The cavalry standing like a mountain suddenly started.

It was Qi Dazhu who ran wildly at the forefront of the cavalry on the left with a knife!Countless cavalry stood behind him in a triangle to meet the Japanese pirates who landed on the left.

The horse team on the right was led by Hu Zhen, and the cavalry followed him in a triangular formation to meet the Japanese pirates who landed on the right.

The horse team rushed into the ant-like Japanese formation.

There are only a few dozen cavalry soldiers lined up beside Qi Jiguang at this moment, and Qi Jiguang's gaze is controlling the battle formation that is shaking the sky from a high place.

On his left side, there was a team officer holding a monocular binoculars towards the Taizhou Fort, paying attention to the battle on the fort.

The image in the binoculars froze the team officer:
The gunfire fired by the fort on the Japanese ship gradually faded away.

The artillery fire fired by Japanese boats on the fort also gradually faded away.

Countless Japanese pirates swarmed towards the fort like a colony of ants on the rocks on the hillside under the fort, and countless firecrackers, feather arrows, and javelins shot at the fort!
On the fort, the soldiers of Ming Dynasty were also shooting arrows at the Japanese group climbing up one after another.But the Japanese pirates gathered more and more, and they were getting closer and closer to the fort.

What really shocked the team officer was that Hu Butang was actually standing on the big banner at the front of the fort!

"General!" The team officer's voice trembled, "Look quickly!" He hurriedly handed the binoculars to Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang took the binoculars and looked at the fort, his whole body was shocked immediately, he put down the binoculars, and quickly scanned the battlefield where the fierce battle was taking place.Soon, he saw Qi Dazhu's cavalry camp closest to the fort on the left side of the beach.

Qi Jiguang immediately ordered the two generals around him: "Go to the first battalion and order Qi Dazhu to lead the cavalry to the fort to rescue Hu Butang!"

"Yes!" The two generals drew out their swords, rode their horses and galloped towards the battle formation on the left.

The battlements of Taizhou Main Fortress.Although one-third of the big flag on a thick wooden flagpole was burnt off by gunfire, the big "Hu" character still fluttered clearly in the sea breeze!
The soldiers and countless soldiers were divided into several layers and tightly surrounded Hu Zongxian's sides and behind him.

Hu Zongxian was still wearing that red and black cloak, and he didn't have a sword on his waist. He didn't look at the crowd fighting fiercely, but only looked at the distance where the sea and the sky meet.

The sound of cannons, roars, and the impact of weapons seemed to be far away from him, and there was only one voice ringing in his ears, which was the voice in Yan Shifan's letter: "My foolish brother is surrounded by villains, and I don't know my brothers and sisters." The painstaking efforts of being loyal to the country caused Zhejiang affairs to go wrong again and again, and state affairs went wrong again and again. To "I have been this year, the gray ones may turn into white. The shaken ones may fall off and fall off. The hairy blood is declining day by day, and the ambition is getting weaker and weaker. I will die if I don't follow you." The old father burst into tears, My brother also burst into tears..."

There were already several pillars of artillery fire bursting into the sky not far from Hu Zongxian. Hu Zongxian was still motionless facing the fort battlements, and the swarms of Japanese on the rocks under his feet were getting closer and closer to him like ants.

"Protect the hall!" a general shouted loudly.

Many soldiers had already jumped off the rocks of the battlements of the fort, some raised their knives and guns to fight against the Japanese pirates at the front, and some raised their shields to block the blunderbuss, feather arrows and spears shot at the fort and Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian's gaze was still looking at the distant sea, and Yan Shifan's voice still rang in his ears: "The old man said bitterly, 'The court cannot live without the southeast for a day, and the southeast cannot live without Hu Zongxian for a day!' If it is not protected, the national treasury will be empty, and the court will be in danger. Brother Fu Wang must drive out the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang within ten days and protect the southeast gate. If the southeast is protected, Xu Tu will enter and wipe out..."

"Department Hall!" With a roar behind him, Hu Zongxian was pulled away from the battlement by a general behind him, and then a group of soldiers rushed over from both sides and blocked countless shields in front of him. As soon as it got dark, the sea in the distance disappeared. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese pirates fired their blunderbusses, javelins, and bows and arrows at those shields. Knocked down and sat on the fort!

More and more Japanese pirates rushed up, and they were getting closer.

Another group of soldiers jumped off the fort and fought the Japanese pirates, but they all fell down soon; another group of soldiers jumped off the fort, and they also fell down soon.

There are only dozens of soldiers left on the fort to protect Hu Zongxian!

At this moment, there was a loud roar from the right side of the fort, Qi Dazhu raised his knife and roared, leading the horse team to rush over, regardless of whether the horses could run on the steep rock, he still drove the horses towards the rock!
Some horses slipped and fell on the slopes, cavalrymen were thrown off their horses, and horses were rolled overboard!

Qi Dazhu's horse held on the longest, rushed under the fort, slipped and fell at last.At this moment, Qi Dazhu jumped up from his horse, shouting: "Kill the thief! Guard the hall!" He took the lead in hacking and killing the Japanese from the side.

His cavalry climbed up one after another, followed him and killed him from the side.

The morale of the soldiers on the fort was greatly boosted, and they jumped down one after another to fight the rock-climbing Japanese pirates.

"Stand away!" Hu Zongxian drank away the only eight soldiers around him, and strode to the battlement of the fort.Eight personal soldiers rushed over and guarded him closely.

Hu Zongxian no longer looked at the sea, but watched his subordinates fighting Japanese pirates on the rocks.

One by one, the Japanese pirates were cut off the rocks and rolled into the sea; many of their own soldiers were also cut off the rocks and rolled into the sea.

There are fewer and fewer pirates on the mountain, and fewer and fewer soldiers.

His eyes were attracted by a slender figure, that person was jumping and slashing on the rock, and every single Japanese pirate was cut off the rock at the place where the sword slashed—his goal was very clear, it was the man who was slashing and killing the general of the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese pirate leader!

On the two boulders of the mountain rock, the man and Shisanrou Inoue were only a few feet away, and their eyes met!
Hu Zongxian could see clearly that the slender man was Qi Dazhu. He was holding the sword he gave him in his hand. The tip of the sword was pointing sideways at the sea. That pirate leader on the boulder!

Of course Hu Zongxian didn't know that the leader of the pirates was Shisanro Inoue who once wanted to rape Qi Dazhu's wife, causing her to kill herself with a knife!

More reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty rushed over from the beach, and almost all the remaining Japanese pirates were cut down on the rocks!
Qi Dazhu's soldiers roared and rushed towards Shisanrou Inoue who was standing alone on the boulder!

"Back off!" Qi Dazhu roared.

The soldiers stopped in place.

Qi Dazhu looked at Hu Zongxian beside the battlement of the fort and said loudly: "Butang! This is the elder brother of the Japanese thief Shishiro Inoue released from prison by the Zhejiang government. He is the leader of the pirates. If you want to capture him alive, please come Escort to the imperial court!"

Hu Zongxian's eyes met Qi Dazhu's, he didn't speak, only his eyes were bottomless.

With a long cry, Shisanrou Inoue raised his Japanese saber with both hands and leaped into the air to strike at Qi Dazhu!

Qi Dazhu's sword swung to the top of his head, there was a sound of "clang", a flash of fire flashed by the sword, Inoue Shisanrou's body stopped in the air instantly, and the Japanese sword and his weight were pushed by Qi Dazhu's sword In the overhead space!
All eyes are shocked!

In fact, for just a moment, Shisanrou Inoue's sword was still pressing Qi Dazhu's sword, and when he fell down, he freed his left hand and drew another short Japanese sword from his waist, stabbing Qi Dazhu's abdomen!
Someone from Qi Dazhu's soldiers has already exclaimed!

Hu Zongxian's gaze also showed astonishment!

But soon the two figures stopped on Qi Dazhu's boulder.

Qi Dazhu's sword and Inoue Shisanlang's long Japanese sword were still twisted on top of their heads, but the tip of Inoue Shisanlang's short Japanese sword also stopped an inch from Qi Dazhu's abdomen - Qi Dazhu's left hand He tightly grasped the back of the short Japanese sword, and the Japanese sword was still exerting its dark strength, but it couldn't move any further!
The two pairs of eyes were less than a foot apart, looking at each other for a short while.

The sword in Qi Dazhu's right hand moved, twisted suddenly, and the long Japanese sword in Shisanrou Inoue's hand flew into the air!
The blade of Qi Dazhu's long sword was already clinging to Inoue Shisanlang's left neck!

There was a trace of horror in Inoue Shisanrou's eyes, but it soon turned into a smile - he actually slammed the short Japanese sword in his left hand, and the short Japanese sword was changed in his palm in a flash. position, the tip of the knife pointed towards his abdomen, thrust suddenly, and then slashed downward!
Qi Dazhu was shocked!

Inoue Thirteen Lang slowly fell backwards, Qi Dazhu grabbed Inoue Thirteen Lang's chest, Inoue Thirteen Lang looked at him with a last wry smile, and then closed his eyes.Qi Dazhu's hand was still holding his chest, and he gently placed his body on the rock, staring at the short Japanese knife that was still inserted in his lower abdomen after disembowelment!

On the fort, there was a dead silence on the rock.

Only Hu Zongxian slowly moved his eyes to the battlefield on the right side of the fort.

The sound of fighting on the beach in the distance also disappeared, and the battlefield was full of Japanese pirates and the bodies of Ming soldiers Chen Wo.Some of Qi Jiguang and his soldiers were riding on horseback, and some were standing in the morgues all over the place, and they were all frozen there!

On the sea in the distance, dozens of Japanese boats fled towards the south in a hurry, gradually turning into a few black spots.

According to records, in July of the 40th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, when the reinforcements had not yet arrived and the military supplies were not available, Hu Zongxian actually supervised his relatives' army and launched the eighth Taizhou Anti-Japanese War. '.The soldiers of Lai Qi's family fought bravely, but he failed to die for the country. The victory in Taizhou led to the final decisive battle with the Japanese pirates who had been infesting for ten years!

The news of the eighth Taizhou victory was sent to Hangzhou as quickly as possible, and Tan Lun was the most excited.He immediately came to Zhejiang governor's office to see Zhao Zhenji.

"The merit of all ages! The merit of all ages!" Tan Lun's excited voice sounded outside the door, but when he stepped into the signing room door, he was startled for a moment and fell silent.

——A huge kraft paper map was placed on the ground in the middle of the signing room. Zhao Zhenji was squatting and looking at the map with a lamp in his hand. Zhejiang Liangdao was holding his breath and standing beside him bowed. Seeing Tan Lun coming in, he dared not speak. , just bowed to him.

Zhao Zhenji was still looking at the map, and just said: "Please sit down."

Tan Lun sat down on the chair by the window.

"Just now you said how much is the military supply of the reinforcements in each province?" Zhao Zhenji looked at the map, obviously asking the Zhejiang Liangdao.

Naliang said: "Hui, Hui Zhongcheng, Hu Butang said that the reinforcements in Shandong still need at least 20 taels of military pay, and the reinforcements in Yingtian and Anhui also need 30 taels of military pay; and they must be delivered within seven days."

"How much treasury silver is left in the Zhejiang Fan treasury?" Zhao Zhenji still didn't look up.

Na Liang said: "My subordinates have reported to Zhong Cheng many times. After several battles, the deposits of several Anhui merchants have already been spent. How can there be any silver in the Zhejiang Fan Treasury?"

"Then ransack the house! Copy it overnight!" Zhao Zhenji suddenly stood up.

Na Liang said: "Please, may I ask Zhongcheng, whose house is copied..."

Zhao Zhenji: "Zheng Michang! He Maocai!"

That Liang Dao hesitated, and asked timidly: "Master Zheng, Mr. He have been convicted?"

Zhao Zhenji's face was pulled down abruptly, and he stared at Na Liang and said, "What does it have to do with your escorting the army's salary whether they are convicted or not?"

Although Liang Dao was worried, he gritted his teeth and replied: "The humble job is to remind Zhongcheng that if the court raids their homes before they are convicted, Zhongcheng will take responsibility..."

Zhao Zhenji looked at him, and of course understood that this long-term officialdom in Zhejiang could not get rid of it and had something to do with Zheng Michang and He Maocai, so he sneered: "Then I don't have to worry about it, because the army's salary cannot be paid to the barracks within three days." It’s yours. You can take 50 taels of silver from your own home and send it.”

"What, how do you say this?" Na Liang Dao was stunned.

Zhao Zhenji suddenly took out a command arrow from the bookcase and threw it in front of Liangdao: "Go and ransack the house immediately! If you don't raid the houses of Zheng Michang and He Maocai, then raid yours!"

That Liang Dao was really scared. After a moment of stunned, he bent down and picked up the command arrow: "Zhongcheng, the lowly position is the Liang Dao. There are only soldiers who guard the grain, and there are no soldiers who raid the house. Mr. Tan is here, do you want to invite me?" The soldiers of the Siyamen are going to do this job..."

"Did Mr. Tan hear it?" Zhao Zhenji looked at Tan Lun now, and smiled, out of anger, "This is an official from Zhejiang, even a grain minister dares to instruct the governor and the inspector to do errands." He said. Holding the lamp, he went to the front of the case and put it down: "There are soldiers in the yamen, and I will not send any of them. You just take the soldiers who guard the grain to your house to move money, and two hundred soldiers move 50 taels." There is enough money and manpower."

Where did Liang Dao dare to say anything more, he just replied: "The humble officer will immediately take people to copy the homes of Zheng Michang and He Maocai." After speaking, he hurried out of the door holding the command arrow.

"Close the door!" Tan Lun shouted again standing in front of the desk.

As soon as the Liang Dao stepped over the threshold, he trembled again: "Yes." He stepped into the door again and closed the door.

"Come on, help me." Zhao Zhenji had already squatted down to roll up the map on the ground.

Tan Lun came over immediately and helped him slowly roll the map over on the other side.

"With this great victory, the ten-year Japanese plague will be eradicated soon!" Tan Lun said while scrolling through the map, "The Zhongcheng should immediately report the victory to the imperial court, and ask for credit for Hu Butang, Qi Jiguang and all the soldiers. Boost your morale, and the next battle will be easy."

"The memorial to the victory has been drawn up, and it will be sent out tomorrow morning when you sign it together." The map had already been rolled into a tube and pushed to the wall, Zhao Zhenji stood up.

Tan Lun also stood up: "The contribution of Zhongcheng's support cannot be buried, I will write this report, and I will ask for credit for you."

"Wash your hands." Zhao Zhenji didn't feel happy at all, and walked to the washstand by the door to wash her hands.

Tan Lun also came over to wash his hands together.

Zhao Zhenji wiped his hands with the face towel on the rack, and suddenly sighed: "I don't need to mention this work. As long as I don't send the capital to the capital, it will be my luck."

Tan Lun was stunned, staring at Zhao Zhenji, and it took him a long time to recover: "Did the court say something about the Qin case?"

Zhao Zhenji walked slowly to the case and picked up the two court mails on the desk: "The court mails sent by the Cabinet Secretary are all for questioning Qin's case. You can read it yourself." He said and handed it over.

Tan Lun snatched Ting Ji, went to the window and stood there looking at it quickly.

(End of this chapter)