Chapter 517 516 Eliminate the remaining Japanese

"Going to Penghu or Jingang?"

A Japanese chieftain asked.

"Let's go to Penghu. I've been watching the sky in the past few days and the wind has picked up, but it's a little bit softer. It should be okay to go to Penghu."

After the Japanese pirate boss made the decision, he said fiercely to the others: "We will go to sea tonight. Before we break through the Ming Navy, we are not allowed to tell our subordinates our destination, and we must be strict with our mouths."

Of course, Yu Dayou and others did not know that the Japanese pirate leader only planned to escape with some of his men.

In fact, the Japanese pirates who stayed behind in Xucuo Japanese Chao did not know that they had been abandoned by their leader.

Although Yu Dayou had strictly ordered the navy's ships to be on alert to prevent Japanese pirates from escaping, the Ming Navy's navy had already relaxed due to the lack of war in the past two years. It was no longer the navy that Yu Dayou once commanded and dared to fight Japanese pirates at sea.

fleet.

The destination of the Japanese pirates' escape - Penghu, is naturally the Penghu Islands, but now it has become the nest where the Japanese pirates are entrenched.

In the Penghu Islands, the Penghu Inspection Department was established during the Yuan Dynasty. Contrary to what most people imagine, the purpose of establishing the Inspection Department was not to ensure the tranquility of this sea area.

In fact, even if the encounter occurred in broad daylight, it would be difficult for the Ming Navy to intercept all the Japanese ships. There would always be fish that slipped through the net, but this time there were more.

Both Liu Xian and Yu Dayou thought of the same tactic. After approaching the Japanese nest, the archers in the camp lit their bows and arrows. Following the order, rockets flew into the Japanese nest from the left and right, and many rockets also hit the fence of the camp.

on, causing a raging fire.

When Qi Jiguang's troops completed their pre-war preparations, there were still no changes in the Japanese pirate camp. It was just that there were many more Japanese pirates behind the camp.

However, due to the presence of Japanese pirates, Taipei and Peng were located at the corner of the sea, and were often attacked by Japanese pirates, and cargo ships transporting heavy cargo were often robbed. The Ming government adopted a policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, and implemented a sea closure policy in 1384, which was abolished.

Now that the leader is away, naturally everyone is dissatisfied with each other and unwilling to accept each other's command.

In fact, when the war drums sounded, several small Japanese pirate leaders in the Japanese nest were already very worried and gathered together.

Including the Tiger Crouching Cannon, the muzzle of the gun was raised at a certain angle to carry out firepower against the Japanese pirates in the Japanese nest, while the two Ming troops on the left and right maintained their military formation and slowly approached the Japanese pirate fence.

The Ming Dynasty followed the example, but supplemented it with administrative power.

After killing all the Japanese pirates and insisting that there are only so many, who can still come up with evidence to tell the truth?

Relatively speaking, they would rather sell firearms to Japanese than to pirates.

That is to say, the Japanese pirates have not rushed out. If the Japanese nest camp is opened, there will only be one gunner staying behind the Tiger Crouching Cannon, and he will have to return to the rear after the attack.

Liu Xian whispered to Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang.

Moreover, selling firearms in small quantities can also allow them to sell them at higher prices.

Some of the remaining small leaders have good relations with each other on weekdays, while others are enemies, and only the leaders can suppress them.

In the early morning, the news that the navy encountered the enemy last night reached the Ming army camp. Yu Dayou was shocked when he learned that a Japanese ship had escaped last night.

Now that the leader of the Japanese pirates has escaped, we cannot let the remaining people escape. They must be wiped out, otherwise there will be no explanation.

Nearly two thousand Japanese pirates fled the mainland on a large number of Japanese ships. Naturally, the Ming Navy was aware of the situation. However, the sky was dark at this time, and the powerful firearms carried by the Ming Navy could not exert sufficient power. Although some Japanese ships were successfully intercepted

, but there were still a large number of Japanese pirates who took advantage of the chaos and rushed out of the Ming Navy's siege, and then sailed away.

In the Japanese pirate gang, they are very obedient to orders. At least until their defeat is revealed, no one dares to disrespect military orders.

Several waves of people were sent to deliver messages to Pinghai Acropolis. The other side could only organize defenses according to their own defensive positions to resist the Ming army's attack.

If any Western generals came here at this time, they would naturally be able to see that the training and military formation layout of Qi Jiguang's troops were actually on par with the Western armies at this time.

Most of these war horses were found in Xinghua City. The Japanese pirates did not prepare horse boats and took the war horses to Daming to plunder them.

After all, the so-called total annihilation of Japanese pirates previously reported by the Ming army was actually mostly the main force being annihilated or most of them being annihilated. There were very few battles in which no one was left alive.

Qi Jiguang nodded, this time he was going to force them to go on a killing spree. Only by killing all the remaining Japanese pirates could the news of the Japanese chief's escape be blocked.

As Qi Jiguang's firearms began to explode, countless solid bullets were ejected from the muzzles and rushed toward the Japanese nests. The Ming army's campaign to exterminate the Japanese pirates who committed atrocities in Xinghua Prefecture began.

Now Yu Dayou has realized the benefits of concentrated use of firearms. There are really not many troops that can withstand the intensive firepower.

According to the original plan, these more than 100 Japanese pirate cavalry were used as arrowheads, followed by more than 2,000 Japanese pirates, to launch a charge against the central army of the Ming army.

How can the body resist the stone bullets falling from the sky? Once they fall into the crowd of Japanese pirates, it will be a bloody alley. The dead will be wiped out, and the injured will be miserable.

Neither Yu Dayou nor Liu Xian expected that today's battle would be so easy. With smiles on their lips, they calmly began to deploy their troops and generals. The Ming army invaded the Japanese nest, followed by Qi Jiguang's central army.

Thinking of this, Qi Jiguang opened his mouth and said to Liu Xian and Yu Dayou: "Director Liu and Commander Yu, now we can only annihilate all the Japanese pirates in the Japanese nest, and we must not let anyone go."

There are many Japanese pirates patrolling the Japanese pirate camp, which shows that there are still many Japanese pirates who have not escaped in the Japanese nest, and these people are obviously cannon fodder abandoned by the Japanese pirate leaders.

Large-scale arms transactions have never occurred in East Asia. Neither the Spanish nor the Portuguese will sell weapons to pirates on a large scale.

The attack of Liu Xian and Yu Dayou's troops was relatively simple. There were not many firearms in Liu Xian's army. Although Yu Dayou valued firearms, after all, he rushed to southern Gansu temporarily and rushed to exterminate Zhang Lian and other rebels. Naturally, he did not have time to give

When the troops are looking for firearms, they can only strictly practice emergency response with the weapons in their hands. To break the law, the firearms in the camp are used intensively.

Yu Dayou also nodded in agreement.

At this time, he had no intention of pursuing the traces of the Japanese pirates. The sea was so vast that it was difficult to determine the direction in which the Japanese pirates had escaped.

Behind the Fran cannon, several Ming soldiers were making final preparations for firing. The Tiger squatting cannon was relatively simple, with only two people squatting behind the cannon.

I have really been neglectful these past few days and forgot that the wind direction has changed in the past two days.

But fortunately, the general in the camp really didn't see it.

Qi Jiguang didn't say anything, but he looked outside the tent door, obviously thinking of the Japanese pirates in Xucuo's Japanese nest outside.

However, due to the establishment of the Inspection Department to manage the islands and surrounding waters, the Penghu Islands were included in China's territory.

The Inspection Department was a grassroots organization under the county-level yamen during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in China. When the organization was created in the Yuan Dynasty, it was usually a non-permanent organization that governed sparsely populated areas. In addition to having no administrative discretion, there was no permanent chief official, and

There is no military power.

However, now, this team no longer has a leader.

If they really have evidence, they might as well bite back and accuse the other party of being a Japanese invader.

According to the research of later generations, the reason is that the emperor of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty failed in his expedition to Japan due to wind, so he detoured to Taiwan and passed through Penghu to establish control of Penghu in an attempt to invade Taiwan as preparation for the conquest of Japan.

Because it was night, the Ming navy couldn't tell how many Japanese ships had escaped, so the report was naturally very reserved.

At this time, the wind direction was from the west, and the flames and smoke drifted into the Japanese pirate formation with the wind, forcing the Japanese pirates to retreat continuously.

Opposite the Ming army on the right, behind the fence, several Japanese pirate formations have been assembled. I can't tell what weapons they are using, but I guess they must be those things.

Although most of the goods stolen by the Japanese pirates were traded with the barbarians at nearby island ports, they could only exchange them for gold, silver and other property, as well as a small amount of muskets and other firearms.

If it had been two days before, the Japanese pirate fleet would have been extinct and it would have been impossible for them to rush to the open sea. There was something wrong with their formation.

It can only be said that the Japanese pirates were on the run, and they fled in the dark at night. It is understandable that the navy could not stop them.

"I will return to camp immediately to prepare. Even if we fight at night today, we will capture Pinghai Acropolis."

The Japanese pirates in the middle retreated even more fiercely.

The Penghu Inspection Department is under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian, and the chief officer is the Penghu Village Inspection Department.

This is especially true for Liu Xian, who was also a general who had never been exposed to water warfare.

However, now they are watching the Ming army approaching the formation and starting to play with artillery, but there has been no order for them to go out and charge into battle.

"Then let's do it."

After all, it doesn't matter who you are at sea, because there is no order at all.

With the departure of Liu and Qi, Yu Dayou also issued an order to only force the army to eat, preparing to take down Xucuowochao in one go and then regain Pinghai Acropolis.

The hundreds of Japanese pirate cavalry were naturally the best among them, and they ran very smoothly.

Qi Jiguang's words also reminded Yu Dayou and Liu Xian of what he meant.

Even though Qi Jiguang was the hereditary commander of the Dengzhou Guards in Shandong, the Dengzhou Guards were not Denglai Navy, but were mainly engaged in land warfare. There were only a few fishing boats in the sky, so they naturally had no understanding of water warfare.

The Ming army took advantage of the situation and invaded the Japanese nest. One group began to clean up and rescue the trapped people, while the other group followed closely to pursue the fleeing Japanese pirates.

The two Ming troops on the left and right had already set up their postures in front of the formation, but Qi Jiguang's troops in the middle took a little longer to prepare.

Only by killing all the Japanese pirates would it be possible to suppress the news that some Japanese pirates had escaped. Naturally, the navy also knew how to write a battle report.

Once the Japanese pirates are well equipped, it is also a disaster for their ships that have been sailing on the seas of East and Southeast Asia for a long time.

The so-called differences are simply differences caused by different tactics and equipment.

These two thousand people were all the Japanese pirates originally stationed in Xucuo.

The Penghu Inspection Department was not only the first administrative division of the Penghu Islands, but also the first official office in Taiwan. However, Taiwan's main island was not included. The Ming Dynasty, which defeated the Yuan Dynasty and gained power, still followed precedent and set up this official office in Penghu.

Yu Dayou sat on his horse and observed the changes in the Japanese nest.

As the rumble of war drums rang out from Qi Jiguang's camp on the middle road, the gate of the camp opened, and a line of soldiers lined up in neat formation and marched towards Xu Cuo Japanese Nest.

The Japanese pirates in the Japanese nest did not have unified command, and they all fought independently. By now, it was not looking good, and the small leaders had no idea of ​​continuing to fight to the death here. They led their elite men to flee, towards the Pinghai Acropolis behind them.

Run away.

The military report only stated that the Japanese pirates were on the run, but the navy was unable to intercept them, and a Japanese ship broke through to intercept them.

Yesterday, the leaders of the camp said they would go back to discuss how to deal with Qi Huhu, but they did not come back the next night. They were all still worried about what they would do when the Ming army attacked the camp early this morning.
To be continued...