open sea

Chapter 26
Chen Mu could feel the oppression brought to the military households by the Japanese pirates entering Guangdong.

In his previous life, he never thought that the Japanese pirates in this era were a big deal. He even thought it was a joke when he heard that dozens of Japanese pirates had moved to the southeast for thousands of miles.But when he arrived at this age, he really felt the pressure of beings living on this land, facing the possibility of dozens or hundreds of armed pirates attacking at any time.

He has never experienced ancient wars, but the battle in Hei Ling made him understand that battles are not numbers on paper.

No such thing.

If I kill one of you, the other three will feel scared. I will rush up and kill another, and the last two will run away. If I run away, I can catch up and kill one and catch the other.

On the battlefield, people are really angry and powerful.

Just like the Qingyuan Guards, to produce, harvest grain and crush rice, think about gunpowder and soldiers, and send military households to protect the fields and main roads within a radius of twenty or thirty miles.Japanese pirates don't need to think about this, they just need to kill and rob, that's enough.

There is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days, but that is exactly what they are doing now.

On the second day after Fu Yuan left the Anyuan station, Bai Yuanjie sent someone from Qingyuanwei to send two black balls with fuses inserted into them. Bai Qi said that these things were called "five miles of fog". Military households along the way can be ordered to report to the guards to take precautions.He also specifically told him that the smoke from the fog ball is poisonous, so if you ignite it and throw it far away, you should run away on horseback.

More than a dozen enemies will drop one, and hundreds of enemies will drop two.

As for what to do with the enemy Qianqian, Chen Mu didn't ask, neither did Bai Qi.Not to mention that there is no possibility of thousands of Japanese pirates appearing, even if there are thousands of rebellious troops, according to the conduct of the Qingyuan guards, three times the soldiers will not be able to defeat them, so just escape as soon as possible.

Shao Tingda no longer joked about those useless words now, except that he practiced his knife in the yard of the post station when he was nervous on duty at Feishui Bridge, and even in his spare time, he would sit at the door and sharpen his Yanling knife over and over again. , Grind the knife so that no rust can be seen.

In the middle, he also asked Chen Mu for leave, went to Qingyuan City, and bought a new knife on Fenghuang Street.The reason for buying a knife is that he heard the storyteller Shi Qi mentioned that the Japanese pirates' knives were very fast and very sharp, and he was worried that the old knives would not be used.

Chen Mu knew that Shao Tingda, who showed his willfulness and bravery to others, was actually afraid. Who wouldn't be afraid?Chen Mu himself was actually more afraid.In the era he lived in, the Chinese culture declined, but the island across the sea exported ferocious culture. To a certain extent, Japanese samurai and Viking pirates were called the most powerful warriors.

In the past, Chen Mu could talk about the heroic appearance of his ancestors in the Han and Tang Dynasties with full of sarcasm—but Chen Mu also knew clearly that he was no match.

He thought about digging the cave for a long time, and often looked up at the cave not far from the station, but he didn't dare to go.If the Japanese pirates really come, he doesn't want to leave his back to the enemy at the beginning when the two sides discover each other. He hopes to use firecrackers to aim at these intruders from the sea on the high wall of the post station. When the gunpowder smoke fills your eyes, kill the fiercest leader among them.

Even if the Japanese pirates are real Japanese, they will not all be warriors, but the leader must be the best in martial arts.

What would it be like to kill a samurai trained to kill with a lead shot?
Chen Mu wants to try.

But there is no chance. Chen Mu's full energy has been exhausted by waiting in fear and bragging. For a whole month and a half, with the approach of winter, the Qingyuan Guard has been sending horses to the guard posts in Kinki to bring the news of the Guangdong capital—a large number of Japanese pirates. Landed at Daxingjian, Huizhou Prefecture, Pinghai was invincible, and then looted Guishan and was driven by the Ming army, and the rest of the party scattered to various places; Guangzhou Prefecture Zengcheng sent the police, Maotian was plundered, and the closest distance to Qingyuanwei was only seventy or eighty miles away. There were also warning signs in Conghua County, but when the general army led a large army to encircle and suppress, it disappeared.

Ke Zeer, a postman, was in panic all day long, knelt down to the Buddha statue every day, and muttered something about the Taishang Laojun who was in a hurry like a law, which attracted Chen Mu to ridicule him.

This kid is too impious, even if there are gods and Buddhas, they will not bless such superstitious believers.

Shi Qi was much more straightforward than gods and Buddhas, and put the bird gun in front of Ke Ze'er with a bang, "Worship the gun now, this thing can protect you more than the Buddha statue; if it doesn't work, go and worship my Xiaoqi, which is better than this It works a lot!"

Nothing could be more true than this.

Fu Yuan really brought back the bird gun for Chen Mu, and bought a Japanese gun from Wei Qi Qianhu's gambler Li Zongqi for only one, two or four coins.It can't be said to be a purchase, after all, they made an agreement that if Mr. Li had money in his hands in April next year, Chen Mu would return the Japanese blunderbuss intact.But no matter what, this Japanese gun is now Chen Mu's weapon.

Chen Mu handed over the original blunderbuss to Shi Qi for use.There was no way, Fu Yuan didn't know how to use guns, so Chen Mu rewarded him with five qian.

Li Zongqi’s Japanese gun has basically never been fired, and the barrel is in good condition, but the wooden handle is not far from decay. Chen Mu asked Guan’s father and son to rush out a wooden gun bed for him and tie it up with five iron hoops. Japanese guns are like new.

It just looks ugly.

Due to limited materials, Guan Yuangu could only use the wood near Anyuan Post Station to make the gun bed. There is still moisture in the wood, not to mention that it has not been painted with oil, so the new gun bed does not look so beautiful.

Chen Mu doesn't care about this, after this Japanese invasion, he will go to Guangzhou Mansion to buy new guns.He only has one thing on his mind right now, when this incident is over, when the guard is idle in winter, he will select five or six people from Yu Dingzhong's trustworthy family members such as Zheng old man and Shao Tingda's family to summon Anyuan Station to command in the cave They boiled the nitrate, and waited until the beginning of spring to send people to Guangzhou to sell it.

In November, the weather is already very cold. Although the winter in Lingnan is not as cold as in the north, the biting wind seems to be unstoppable even with worn-out visors. Fortunately, Chen Mu had the foresight to exchange rice for I put on a new coat outside, otherwise it would be a difficult day.

Even so, every day when I woke up, the jacket was damp and sticky to the touch, and when I wrung it, there was no water, which was very uncomfortable.

Just when Chen Mu thought that the Japanese invasion was over, he was about to summon his subordinate Yu Ding to mine nitrate in the cave, but on this day he suddenly heard a police call from the guard.Riders galloped along the way, beating the gong outside the Anyuan station early in the morning and yelling loudly. When Chen Mu went out, he turned pale when he heard the news that the horses were urgently sought.

"The Japanese pirates came along the water and first attacked the Qingyuan Gorge in the northeast. The Qingyuan Gorge guards couldn't stop them. Now they have killed hundreds of households! Go back to Qingyuan City to find each of the hundred households and prepare to defend the city!"

(End of this chapter)