Chapter 4

It is not easy to boost morale, but fortunately, the reorganized troops accounted for the majority of the simplified-minded baggage soldiers, and they did not fall at a disadvantage in the battle with the Japanese pirates. Of course, such a record was naturally accused by the rattan players and bird gunners of lies for military merits. However, this aroused the fighting spirit of the baggage soldiers, and transformed into another extreme with inferiority. Everyone asked for battle to prove themselves.

But I still let the troops rest for half an hour. The opponent is no longer Takika Kanasuke, who is as tired as us, but the tiger and wolf soldiers set up by the sect. If you act rashly, you will only end up losing your troops and losing your generals. Moreover, I also need time to restore my internal strength.

Jie Yu became the most popular person. The sword wound medicine of the Tang Sect is much more effective than the regular medicines in the army, which greatly boosted the morale of the troops.

When the internal strength recovered to 50% level, I knew it was time to take action, so I ordered the horse's hooves to be wrapped in cloth, and everyone embarked on the journey eastward to Heishi Village.

Along the way, the official road was silent, but I saw the bodies of my comrades from time to time. Some of my ears were cut, some of my noses were cut off, and some even were even broken. The situation was terrible and there was no time to bury these corpses. Everyone could only grit their teeth and curse, and their emotions became more and more excited.

Three miles away from Heishi Village, there was no enemy's post; if we went one more mile, there was still no trace of the enemy. When the outline of Heishi Village appeared in front of us, I saw a large ship quietly mooring on the shore, and there was no figure in the open space in the south of the village.

Why is the movement of the sect so fast?!

I was shocked. It was not because Zong Shi actually retreated from here, but because his retreat speed was far above my imagination. It was not easy to organize more than 200 people to board the boat. I was also surprised when I saw Song Suqing!

How late is the general?

When I arrived at the shore, I saw a few people walking out of the cabin. Among them was a middle-aged man, not tall, wearing a long Han robe and holding a round fan. He looked average and had a very elegant manner. His left head Rika Kanasuke, and his right hand and behind him didn't even recognize him.

The middle-aged man immediately stood in front of the formation when he saw me with a spear, slapped his fingers, and laughed loudly in half-baked Chinese language: I heard that the general is worthy of being able to fight Lihua. Why is the advancement so slow that Zong did not have the chance to fight with the general! His voice was neither fast nor slow, but it was sonorous and powerful. He could even hear clearly in the sea breeze. Obviously, he possessed great martial arts skills. He obviously possessed great martial arts.

This man like a teacher was the leader of the Japanese pirates who were in trouble with Jiangnan. He really should not behave like a person!

When I heard his provocation, of course I refused to show weakness, so I laughed and said: You ran away quickly, but I blamed me for coming late. If you want to fight, you will fight as soon as you get off the boat. What a long way to talk about on the boat!

What are the young people anxious about? With an opponent like you, Zong is too happy, so how could he be stingy to fight you?! While he was talking, he took out a bloody head from the brocade box held by the man on the right and threw it out. He didn't see how much effort he used. The head had already crossed more than ten feet of water and landed in front of my horse with a snap. It was Hu Lian's head

Zong is not interested in such a role! Don’t let me down!

The loud curses behind him could not suppress Zong Shi's voice. I had re-estimated his strength in my heart. Unlike Song Suqing, who used his body as a weapon to lead the rank of the leader, Zong Shi seemed to have relied on his extraordinary skills to sit on the throne of the leader. Takika Kanasuke, who was not skilled under the high glory ancestor, willingly surrendered to him. He had at least the top 20 people in the famous list, and it was very likely that he would even compete with the top ten. It is said that he also had Han advisers around him, and I had no tendency to abuse myself. I really don't want to meet such a wise and brave opponent again, but if Zong Shi was not eliminated, it would not only cause harm to Jiangdong, but Shen Xiyi and I would also make the career difficult due to the unfavorable suppression of the Japanese.

You will not be disappointed, so how can a dead person be disappointed? Sect, your head is temporarily placed on your neck. Next time you meet, you will not have such good luck again!

Since I am destined to fight to the death with him, I cannot miss every opportunity that can weaken his strength and morale to fight the most important food, because the ban on sea is impossible to implement for a long time. As long as the sect has money, it will not be too difficult to replenish supplies. It is the most important to cut off the sect's grain and grass. The Shen family has a deep business veins and Songjiang has a coastline of hundreds of miles. Once the sect has established contact with the Shen family, it will definitely greatly help his smuggling business. I want to take advantage of this opportunity to ambush the sect, which makes him doubtful, and thus distract his relationship with the Shen family.

Of course, I could also search him regardless of the background of the Shen family, but in this way, my good relationship with Shen Yi would have no place to use it. The business practice in the shopping mall is to use it as much as possible. House search should be the final means.

Under the moonlight, Zong Shi frowned slightly and muttered something. Although the distance was too far, I could not hear the sound, but with enough eyes, I could still see his lips.

luck?

Song Suqing was around me, and she quickly translated it. I understood that Zong Shi had long been suspicious. At this moment, I heard that I vaguely described an ambush as an encounter. The result of reverse thinking may even regard Chen Huang as a spy. I saw that the effect I wanted was achieved. With a wave of my hand, more than a dozen bird guns extended out of the team and shot towards Zong Shi.

About ten lead balls shot out from the muzzle, and the speed was far faster than the flying knife of the Tangmen Sect. Even compared with the feather arrows shot by the Yi Wanggong, what was even more terrifying was that I could only support thirty feather arrows at most, but each bird gunner had a hundred lead balls in the lead bag. Although the time for the bird gun was enough to let me kill them ten times, if more than a dozen bird guns were facing me at the same time, I knew that I had almost no chance to escape.

However, it seems that the bird guns should be formed in a tactic. Not to mention that these bird gun players are extremely poor due to lack of training, even if the three lead pills that went straight to the target were no longer so terrible after traveling more than ten feet. Sosuke and Takika Kanasuke both knocked the lead pills away with their knives. Takika laughed a few times, as if mocking me for showing off at the door. Then, at the order of Sosuke, several people retreated into the cabin. The big ship raised sails, and more than twenty long paddles came out, and they drove towards the depths of the sea as if flying.

Next time? How many people will survive in the next battle? Listening to the loud curses of the soldiers behind me, I sneered in my heart, but my face was full of exaggerated spirit. Although the counterattack that won in a defeat did not become a reality, the morale must be preserved: Yes, next time, the Japanese pirates will never let the Japanese pirates slip away so sway. But brothers, now... it's time to count the spoils!

After all, there was only half an hour to retreat, and the battlefield was not cleaned. More than a dozen weapons and even two corpses of Japanese pirates were searched from the hidden corner by soldiers who were determined to make meritorious service. Of course, I also heard an excited cry in the middle: Sir, there is still a living person here!

When I received the order from Chen Xiyi and returned to the temporary military camp of Sheshan, Songjiang, it was already the next afternoon.

Lord Wang, don’t argue anymore! Lord Shen and I are fighting more than 200 Japanese pirates in the north of Nanhuizui, and the elite soldiers who can defeat Lord Hu must have at least 50 and 60 Japanese pirates. The number of people in the Zongshi Group is less than 300. This is the information provided by Lord Wang. How could there be nearly 150 Japanese pirates in Heishi Village? It is obvious that you want to shirk the responsibility for failure and escape! Le Maosheng pointed to my nose and said angrily: One hundred baggage soldiers fought head-on against one hundred and fifty Japanese pirates once, only 37 people were killed, but more than 20 enemies were killed. Do you think those baggage soldiers were the three guards of the Beijing camp. Those 37 brothers should be the scapegoats you fled to the enemy!

Lord Le, do you want my baggage soldiers to fight with your cavalry and archer?

I retorted calmly, but my heart was as if it was going to be a boil. The situation of the battle was completely different from what I imagined. Almost as soon as I received the notice of Chen Xiyi about the change arrangement, Le Maosheng's troops who were left in the north of Nanhuizui were attacked by 250 Japanese pirates. Fortunately, Le Maosheng's subordinates were really strong and used their terrain advantages to block them stubbornly. After paying the price of more than 40 people, they finally waited for Chen Xiyi, who came to aid the entire army. The Japanese pirates were not at a disadvantage by one and two. Although they left more than 30 corpses, they were able to retreat north calmly. Chen Xiyi led his troops to chase for 80 miles, but the enemy still fled.

The Zongshe Group has a force of 500 people. Is Song Suqing's inaccurate information or is she intentionally lying to me?

The attack of the sect has considerable purpose, and it is by no means a chance encounter or two. Where did he get the information?

There are also suspicious cavalry under the clan’s subordinates. Where did he get so many war horses?

Questions came to my heart one after another, but I still had to deal with Le Maosheng's sharp accusations: For the deviation in the number of people in the Zongshu Group, I admit that my information was wrong. Because Chen Xiyi later joined the war, I cannot deny the number of Japanese pirates that Le Maosheng had faced: For my mistake, Lord Shen asked me to punish me, but, if you erase the credit for the baggage soldiers, aren't you afraid that the soldiers will be disappointed?

Perhaps Brother Wang met the Japanese pirates' baggage! Zeng Liang smoothed out his field, and he didn't have much depression on his face. This time, the entire Japanese pirate army was dispatched. The only complete victory was that the six Cangshan Iron Leadered by him sank two Japanese pirate supply ships encountered outside Xiaoqi Island in one fell swoop, and seized more than 20,000 taels of silver, which made the pale record of the Japanese pirate camp a little brighter.

Stop quarreling, I believe Lord Wang's judgment. Chen Xiyi was silent for a long time and finally spoke: Lord Le, I and you didn't see Zongshi in Nanhuizui North. According to the military information, that person should be the third person of the Zongshi Group, Kondo and Bingwei, so, Lord Wang encountered in the Black Stone Village, which is likely to be the main force of the Japanese pirates, and only the main force of the Japanese pirates can defeat Lord Hu in just one stick of incense.

He paused for a moment and said: Besides, your argument has no meaning to me! The military needs heroes, and the morale of the Japanese Suppression Camp must be guaranteed. Therefore, Lord Le’s unmoving position, as well as the mountain, Lord Wang’s speed and wind to save the baggage soldiers, and Lord Zeng’s invasion and fire will all become models of the Japanese Suppression Camp. However, the strength of the Japanese pirates is much beyond our expectations in advance. I have reported to the Nanjing garrison Mr. Xu, and asked him to send another 500 elite soldiers and generals to deeply review the experience of this battle to facilitate the battle again!

Don't worry, according to your words, most of the achievements of the baggage soldiers should be remembered on you personally. Such a battle example has almost no value for large-scale operations.

Chen Xiyi heard me explain the battle situation in the Blackshi Village in detail, sighed, and said: Besides, Tachiha Kanasuke is just a powerful general among the Japanese pirates. In terms of wisdom, he is not as good as Kondo and Bingwei. The boy's judgment of the situation was extremely keen. He found that there was a danger of being surrounded and annihilated by me. He retreated without hesitation. He also set up various maze arrays along the way, forcing me to slow down the pursuit and escape calmly.

I can't say that the baggage soldiers are useless. After I refuted it, I said: There is no worry about the increase in the number of subordinates of Zongshe. After the imperial court banned the sea on a large scale, a small group of Japanese pirates had difficulty in supplying them for a while and it is likely to be in Zongshe. Similarly, once the sea ban is loosened, the Zongshe group may be divided and what worries me even more is how Zongshe learned about our army's whereabouts? The timing of his attack on Le Maosheng and Hu Lian seems to be a simple encounter! And in Blackshe Village, perhaps because I have moved my position and the enemy knows that the opponent is a baggage soldiers who usually have no combat power, so I relaxed my vigilance!

Although I have sent elite soldiers and generals from various guards, I have also alarmed many people. The army seems to have spies from Japanese pirates. Moreover, the distance between this place and Songjiang Prefecture is too close, and the supply is all dependent on Songjiang Prefecture. It is not difficult to know the information of the troops mobilization! As soon as the increase in troops arrives, I will change the location and rebuild the military camp.

Really...is that simple? Although I was full of doubts, it was obvious that Chen Xiyi was exhausted, so she swallowed the words to her mouth again

The young master never believed in Su Qing, so what's the point of Su Qing's life!

Hearing my questioning, a deep sadness surged in Song Suqing's eyes. He suddenly turned out a dagger and stabbed it into his heart. Even if I took action like lightning, the dagger also pierced the crocodile skin armor, and made a long hole in her breasts. Blood suddenly surged out.

Feeling the power on her dagger, I was confused when I was good at performing. Is it true that she just wants to stay by my side now, even if she is my female slave, she will do whatever she wants?

Seeing that the blood stained Song's snow-white chest red, Jie Yu glared at me fiercely and said angrily: Husband, you can doubt anyone, but you can't doubt Sister Song! She almost died in the formation with us!

But I was so angry that I always had to vent my vent...

Although Song Suqing's face was pale, she had a smile on her face when she heard this: Suqing misunderstood the young master, in fact, it would make the young master happy. Even if Suqing felt wronged, she would be willing to... Her voice became lower and lower, and she fainted.

The two were surprised. Jie Yu took the dagger and found that it was soaked in poison. Fortunately, although the poison is strong, it is one of the common poisons known to the Tang Sect. She immediately rescued her. After busy for more than half an hour, she finally saved Song Suqing's life.

A storm made Xie Song and the other women approached unexpectedly. In addition, Song Suqing's kindness was pleasing, and the two women seemed to have formed an alliance, which made me wonder that Song Suqing's suicide was still a scene. However, after calming down, I ruled out the possibility that she was a spy after careful analysis. Out of satisfaction with the result, I don't need to tell the secret.

Song Suqing's analysis of the unexpected expansion of Zongshua Group is roughly similar to mine, but she also proposed another possibility

Zongshe was originally a retainer of the Japanese great prince Da Nei family. Because of his tribute to the Ming Dynasty, he was defeated by Song Suqing and had no face to face his lord and became a thief at sea. This time, he defeated Song Suqing, perhaps he used this as an opportunity to obtain the understanding of the Da Nei family, and invited reinforcements from his original lord.

However, Song Suqing could not guess how Zongshe obtained accurate information on the Japanese camp. After all, she had only a little understanding of Zongshe. A few days later, the general order of the Nanjing garrison, Mr. Xu, arrived in Sheshan with 500 elite soldiers. The general order did not criticize much in the initial battle of the Japanese camp. Instead, he was very generous. After all, the more than 30 Japanese heads and more than 20,000 silver were real military achievements, and it was also one of the few achievements of Nanjing against Japanese camp in recent years. Therefore, the soldiers each had rewards. Le Maosheng, who had outstanding military achievements, was promoted to deputy general of the Japanese camp. Zeng Liang was even promoted to deputy Qianhu, the Jinshan Guard because of his military achievements and his qualifications.

There was even a vague commendation for the Shen family in the Jiangling. Although the semantics are vague, it can be roughly inferred that the Shen family was rewarded because of their good bait. This is of course my idea.

As for Hu Lian, Xu Shan and more than 200 soldiers, although the pensions were thick, the number of casualties in the order has been greatly reduced to fifty people.

Is the general order really the mastermind by Mr. Xu, who is well-known for his virtuousness?

Although I know the answer, the darkness of the army still makes me secretly feel guilty. No wonder the Tumu Fort change will occur, no wonder the Japanese pirates can rampant in the south of the Yangtze River. It is strange that such an army can win battles! A hint of regret arises in my heart. Is there no other way to deal with Zongshi?