Chapter 159 158 Victory

"Bang bang. Bang bang"

After the sound of a dozen bird guns, the sound of bowstrings tightening and releasing arrows followed, and several arrows were shot from the cavalry, targeting the group of Japanese pirates.

Several of the remaining Japanese pirates fell to the ground in this round of attack, and the remaining twenty-odd people were completely panicked. Seeing the Ming cavalry passing through the front, several arrows shot past but did not hit a target.

"Dong dong dong"

The war drums in the Ming army formation finally sounded, and the Ming army was obviously divided into two teams, encircling the Japanese pirates from the rear and sides.

At the end of the formation, a general flag of dozens of Ming soldiers ran directly to the route of the Japanese pirates. The first two rows held bird guns, and behind them were a sword and shield soldier and two spearmen.

Now they were surrounded on three sides, leaving only Taihu Lake as an option, and the 20-odd horsemen in the side were watching covetously.

The three Ming troops gradually approached, and the Japanese pirates who were surrounded in the middle really had no way to escape. At this time, the only thing that had left the main group was the small general cannon carried by about ten soldiers.

Wei Meng and Wu Zhankui each led two hundred-household teams to approach the Japanese pirates, and at the same time asked the soldiers with loud voices in the formation to shout for the Japanese pirates to surrender.

But there was no response, perhaps because of the language barrier or they knew they would die, so they didn't bother to pay attention.

When the Ming army's encirclement was about to succeed, the Japanese pirates ignored the Ming troops in other directions and ran directly to the team of Ming troops with the smallest number, still intending to break out to the north and catch up with the fleeing soldiers there.

Now, the group of fleeing soldiers has stopped under the gathering of the general flag and the small flag, just watching the battle here from a distance.

The Japanese pirates launched an attack on the Zhenfu General Flag Team, and Zhang Hongfu immediately urged his mount to kill the Japanese pirates from the side again.

"Puff, puff, puff"

Under the command of the general flag officer, the first row of musketeers fired their muskets, then retreated to the rear of the gun formation, and the second row of musketeers stepped forward and fired again.

The cavalry that rushed to the side of the Japanese pirates mostly changed to sabers at this time, and rushed to kill the infantry, and the saber was more useful than the lance.

At this time, Wei Guangde was already behind his brother, surrounded by brave personal soldiers, and Wei Guangde felt that this position was very safe.

When the cavalry rushed to the back of the Japanese pirates, there were only a dozen Japanese pirates who rushed to the Ming army, but they still rushed forward bravely, chopped the Ming army's shields with swords and axes, and stabbed inward through the gaps in the shields, until the sound of horse hooves on the ground was loud, and the Japanese pirates behind turned around to prepare to fight the cavalry.

Zhang Hongfu did not give them a chance. He led the cavalry to draw an arc behind the Japanese pirate formation, and still stabbed through the Japanese pirates' ranks diagonally.

Wei Guangde followed the cavalry. When the cavalry formation approached the Japanese pirates, Wei Guangde's hands were sweating with nervousness. He was relieved until the knights in front of him rushed out smoothly without being blocked.

When his warhorse passed by a Japanese pirate who was obviously injured and about to fall to the ground, Wei Guangde quickly swung his saber and chopped the Japanese pirate who was already bent over and about to fall to the ground, helping him fall down faster.

After all, there were not many Japanese pirates left, and their formation did not have any effect on the charging cavalry.

The Japanese pirates who were left with only a few people seemed to know that the deadline was up, but they still did not stop, perhaps they wanted to take someone with them before they died.

Wei Guangde killed a Japanese pirate with his own hands. No matter whether it was a finishing blow or not, the guy did not fall to the ground before being chopped by Wei Guangde. At this moment, his little heart was thumping, and he followed Zhang Hongfu to turn the horse's head and rush towards the remaining Japanese pirates again.

This was an opportunity to beat the dog when it fell into the water. If I don't seize it, I will be sorry for my family's education.

When the last Japanese pirate fell on the battlefield and the small-scale battle stopped, Wei Guangde felt the autumn wind blowing, blowing away the murderous aura in the field.

"Wansheng, Wansheng"

The Ming army soldiers roared again. The last time they cheered like this was in Dinghai County three years ago.

The cavalry returned to the formation and joined Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng.

Wu Zhankui just glanced at Zhang Hongfu and said nothing. He probably went back to tell his father-in-law if he had anything to say. He didn't say anything to the younger generation. The battle was over.

In fact, whether Zhang Hongfu rushed or not, this group of Japanese pirates were doomed to die. The only difference was the size of the casualties.

Even if the Japanese pirates really mixed with the soldiers of the rear army, Wu Zhankui would not hesitate to use artillery to completely eliminate them.

One battle is a victory at the cost of thousands of bones.

No one will feel pity for the soldiers on the battlefield. All they want is victory.

Wei Guangde has not yet calmed down from his excitement just now. Some soldiers have begun to clean up the battlefield.

Several soldiers were injured in the close combat between the Zhenfu Banner Team and the Japanese pirates just now, and there were soldiers who fell to the ground but not dead when they were chased by the rear army. They all need to be treated.

Fifty-one Japanese pirate corpses were collected together. According to their body size and oaths, it is estimated that more than 30 of them are real Japanese pirates, and the remaining more than ten are probably fake Japanese pirates.

However, at this time, no one cares, and they all report them as real Japanese pirates.

Jiujiang Guard has won the first merit this time.

The cavalry sent by Wu Zhankui has been recalled. After writing a brief battle report on the spot and sending it out, the team will return to Zhongxi Town after the battlefield.

Zheng Yixiang, the thousand-household commander of the rear army, was shot dead by the Japanese pirates in the battle, and the rear army lost dozens of people. These people will have to write a detailed battle report and send it back.

Zheng Yixiang's body has been found and will be sent back to Jiujiang together with other dead soldiers.

However, Zhang Hongfu, Wu Dong and Wei Wencai were still in the heat of the battle. They took Wei Guangde and a group of soldiers to run around twice before returning to the town to rest. They did not have any nausea or vomiting symptoms that Wei Guangde had seen on the battlefield before.

Wei Guangde followed behind, thinking of the knife he had added, and could only guess that maybe this was the inheritance of the military family.

"I cut two."

"I cut one."

Zhang Hongfu and Wei Wencai were talking happily in the bathtub at this moment.

"Xiaoer also cut one. I heard from my soldiers that it was good and did not embarrass our old Wei family."

Wei Wencai boasted and talked about his own brother. Unexpectedly, this little guy could also cut a knife at a critical moment.

Wei Guangde just smiled and turned to ask Wu Dong, "Cousin, did you kill the Japanese pirates?"

"No, the position is not good. There is no one in front of me. There are some beside me, but they are separated by personal soldiers."

Wu Dong was a little depressed. He was on the left side of Zhang Hongfu, so naturally there were no Japanese pirates to kill. Instead, Wei Wencai on the right found an opportunity to cut a knife, and even Wei Guangde, who was following behind Wei Wencai, took action.

"Haha, it doesn't matter. We are all heroes. If we didn't kill them this time, we will continue to kill them next time."

Zhang Hongfu laughed.

"Next time, I guess the Japanese pirates will not dare to invade the inland again. As long as our Jiujiang Guards are dispatched, no matter how many come, they will not be enough to kill."

Wei Wencai laughed.

In their eyes now, the Japanese pirates don't seem to be a strong opponent. Once the military formation is deployed, the Japanese pirates will be helpless.

"It's still Zheng Yixiang's killing that is shameful. A thousand-household unit of the rear army, more than 200 people, were trained into useless. The Japanese pirates collapsed in one charge. If he hadn't been shot to death by the Japanese pirates, I would have killed him when I came back."

Zhang Hongfu was still talking there, and Wu Dong next to him interrupted, "If he's dead, don't talk about it anymore. Death is the greatest thing."

"Yes, my uncle's battle report still said that he died in battle. Giving him a better title is also worthy of him."

Several people were gossiping, and only Wei Guangde was grinning foolishly, but he didn't say anything.

Wei Guangde felt that he had figured out what Wei's father was thinking.

On the way back, Wei Guangde remembered that when he just came here, his father and mother discussed whether to spend money to buy an official position.

It seems that the decades in Bengshanbao have made him sick.

The two battle reports were sent out consecutively after the battle and after returning to the town to report the victory to the commander of Jiujiang Guard in the rear. This is also the rule.

After the commander of Jiujiang Guard received the battle report, he reported the victory to the Nanjing Military Department and the Front Army Governor's Office. Before the new order came down, Wu Zhankui brought his men to stay in Zhongxi Town, Wujin County.

Borrowing several carriages from the town to drag the corpses, the news that this Ming army wiped out the invading Japanese pirates quickly spread in the town.

The head of the village arranged for someone to report the news of the Ming army's entry to Wujin County overnight last night, but no other information has been received so far.

After helping to find carriages and horses, the head of the village saw the battlefield and the bodies of the killed Japanese pirates, and immediately sent his son to the county to report the victory.

The news that the Japanese pirates were completely wiped out would naturally not be transmitted so quickly. In fact, at this time, there were a large number of Ming troops stationed in Changxing County and Wuxi County, waiting for the Japanese pirates to fall into the trap.

Historically, this group of Japanese pirates safely passed through Wujin County and arrived in Wuxi, and was finally wiped out by the Suzhou Guard and Taicang Guard led by Cao Bangfu, the governor of Susong, at Taozhai Port in Wuxi.

In order to eliminate this group of Japanese pirates, Zhang Dagang, the commander of Taicang Guard, died in battle.

This was the second first-level military officer who died in battle, but this did not happen in this life, and Cao Bangfu's path to promotion was interrupted.

Therefore, the record of this group of Japanese pirates in the official documents of the Ming Dynasty ended here, "This bandit fled from Gaobu, Shaoxing, with only sixty or seventy people, and robbed Hangzhou, Yan, Huining and Taiping. It took thousands of miles to invade Liudu, killing and wounding no less than four or five thousand people, killing one censor, one county magistrate, one commander, two generals, and entering two counties. It took more than eighty days to completely wipe out the right army of Jiujiang Guard in Zhongxi."

The next day, the magistrate of Wujin County brought two carts of pigs, sheep and fine wine to Zhongxi Town to reward the army.

When he first received the news from Zhongxi Town that the Ming army was stationed to eliminate the Japanese pirates, the magistrate of Wujin County was really scared to death.

The army has come, which means that the warning above is true, and there are really Japanese pirates coming.

Later, the news came that the Ming army had wiped out the Japanese pirates. In the evening, the son of the head of Zhongxi Town came to report the news again. He said that he saw the bodies of the Japanese pirates who were killed. They were all short adult men. He heard from some soldiers who had fought against the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang that these were the real Japanese pirates.

Needless to say, that night, the county magistrate went to several wealthy families in Wujin County to collect materials for rewards. This is also a tradition. The local government should send pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks to reward the official army that helped to eliminate the bandits.

Although civil officials are naturally arrogant when they meet military generals, this is not the time to be proud.

The county magistrate also knew a little about what this group of Japanese pirates did under the city of Nanjing. At this time, the adults in Nanjing City wished that all of them were killed. As a small official below, he naturally would not put on the airs of a civil official.

In the next two days, the gentry from all over the country sent several carts of wine and meat to reward the army. The soldiers of Jiujiang Guard had a good feast.

On the second day after the Japanese pirates were wiped out, scouts came from Yixing and Wuxi. They learned that the Japanese pirates they had been on guard against had been wiped out in Zhongxi Town, Wujin County, and they immediately rushed back to report the news.

On the same day, a messenger from Wuhu also arrived. Upon learning the news of the great victory in Zhongxi Town, the commanders of the Jiujiang Guards immediately flew to Nanjing and ordered them to continue to garrison in place.

After Wu Zhankui led his troops into Lishui from Wuhu, he left manpower in Wuhu and reported their actions to the Wei commander and others.

The messenger sent out to deliver the good news went directly to Wuhu. Immediately after receiving this order, the brigade chose to garrison in Wuhu and wait for instructions from Nanjing.

At this time, in the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City in Nanjing City, a large group of civil and military officials stationed in Nanjing knelt down, although the throne on the stage was empty.

At the bottom of the steps, a eunuch had finished reading the imperial edict, but he did not hand it to anyone. Instead, he put it away and handed it to the following eunuch.

"My lords, the imperial edict has been announced. The Zajia family will be waiting for the news in Nanjing City. Your Majesty also wants to know how long it will take you to wipe out all these Japanese pirates."

The unique duck voice of the eunuch spread throughout the hall, and the ministers who were kneeling in the room slowly stood up and spread from the back to the front, as if they were playing with human waves.

However, it was indeed very difficult for the several ministers in charge to stand up. Perhaps only Wei Guogong, who was first in the honorable queue, seemed a little more relaxed.

At the beginning of the year, Emperor Jiajing dismissed him from the garrison position in Nanjing due to fault. At that time, Xu Pengju was very dissatisfied, especially when the Marquis of Funing, Zhu Yue, took his place as the first in the martial arts class. He looked like a villain and couldn't help but want to go up when he thought of Xu Pengju. Slap him twice.

It's all right now. The Japanese pirates went to Nanjing City to show off their power. It's true that "misfortunes and blessings rely on blessings and misfortune lies behind them." Who knew that such a thing would happen again.

If he hadn't lost his position as a guard in Nanjing, the current leader's anger would have been directed at him.

Duke Xu Pengju of Wei State felt indescribably happy when he looked at the guy who was trembling all over and couldn't get up.

When he gets up, he will go over and ask him to hand over the Nanjing Guard Seal, and he will be so angry that he will die.

Xu Pengju was overjoyed that Funing Marquis Zhu Yue had been dismissed from his post, but other ministers looked sympathetically at Nanjing's Minister of War Zhang Shiche and Minister Chen Zhu.

Especially Zhang Shiche, who was quite unlucky enough to encounter this kind of thing before he even took up the position of Minister.

"Mr. Xu, I would like to congratulate you first."

At this time, the eunuch who announced the decree walked up to Wei Guogong Xu Pengju and smiled. However, although his face was smiling and even his body was exuding a strong fragrance, the chill in his bones could not be hidden.

"I don't dare to trouble Eunuch Chen. It's hard work for Eunuch-in-law, who came all night from Beijing. I would also like to ask Eunuch-in-law to come to my humble residence tonight. I'll prepare a small amount of wine in the house for Eunuch-in-law to wash away the wind and dust."

Duke Wei did not dare to let the eunuch in front of him think he was rude, so he invited him quickly.

"It's a small matter of drinking. The Za family is going south this time, but it has something to do with it. My father-in-law, please issue an order as soon as possible and let the guards from all over the country eradicate this group of Japanese pirates as soon as possible to quell the thunderous anger of the Holy Lord."

"Yes Yes."

Xu Pengju first agreed repeatedly, and then said with a slightly confident tone: "To be honest, Eunuch Chen, with the approval of the Ministry of War a few days ago, I have issued an official document in the name of the Former Military Governor's Office to transfer Jiujiang Guards from Jiujiang and Xuanzhou Guards , Zhenjiang Guard, Suzhou Guard and Taicang Guard jointly encircled and suppressed this group of Japanese pirates. I think there will be good news in the near future. "

"That's good, come here, bring me some medicine. My legs are hurting badly now."

Chen Hong gave instructions loudly. After riding fast for several days, the inner thighs had long been scratched, and now they were in excruciating pain.