Chapter 021 Disaster in Ningbo II

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"Why did the Japanese pirates attack Zhejiang again?" Zhang Wenda looked at the Zhejiang civil and military officials present and asked doubtfully: "Are any of you involved? I'm not a fool. Don't think that you can hide everything.

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Several leading military attaches from the Zhejiang Dusi followed Huang Sihai to the Songpu front line. The one with the highest official position left behind was Liu Aitao, the commander of the Dusi. This person wanted to speak, but he was followed by an official from the Procuratorate and Envoys Department next to him.

He kicked it and immediately closed his mouth.

Obviously, in this kind of situation, everyone is a veteran. If you, a warrior, come forward, you will definitely make things dirty. Everyone, look at me and I look at you. The last person to speak was Zhejiang Right Chief Minister Ma Xuan: "Sir

Do you know that Lu Hua, the commander of Songjiang Guards, was escorted to Beijing years ago?"

Coincidentally, the person who escorted Lu Hua to the capital was none other than Chen Cao. Zhang Wenda was in the capital at that time. Regarding Lu Hua's matter, the imperial court had an imperial historian who reported that Lu Hua was slacking off in battle, and the final verdict was

He was exiled and sent to Liaodong to serve as a soldier. Zhang Wenda also knew something about it, but not completely.

Ma Xuan continued: "Years ago, a group of Japanese pirates attacked Songjiang Guards. The commander, Lu Hua, was slack and refused to fight, and then he was caught. This should be how things happened."

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"Lu Hua said at the time that he was unjustly accused." Chen Cao muttered for a moment, then looked at Zhao Xin and said, "He said that Japanese pirates were attacking, most of them were Han people, and a small number of them were real Japanese, related to sea trade.

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Lu Hua really only said so much...

"It turned out that he was sent to Liaodong."

Chen Cao thought about it carefully and realized that there was something really strange about the matter. Then he woke up and realized that there might be an expert behind Lu Hua's incident. He was attacked by Japanese pirates and was probably just a scapegoat.

"Sir, my subordinates sent people to investigate around Songjiang Guard. The caliber is similar, but the remnant of a sergeant who was killed by the Japanese pirates revealed some things." Liao Yaowen looked a little tired. He had just returned from Songjiang Guard at a high speed:

"Lu Hua has been doing maritime trade business with people from Zhejiang Province."

Chen Cao nodded, and he finally had some idea of ​​the matter: "There are few Japanese pirates, and a so-called guardian country is no more than the size of a county in our Ming Dynasty. The largest population is only 70,000 or 80,000 people, and the number of troops under one daimyo is only five."

Ten thousand, at most three to four hundred people." He said, staring at the confused people: "This famous name is not that big Ming'er..."

Seeing that everyone was relieved, Chen Cao continued: "I thought that the Ningbo chaos must be caused by the various forces in Zhejiang because of the huge benefits generated by maritime trade. That's why such a thing happened. It's so painful.

We are still the people of Ming Dynasty."

Later generations generally believe that the richest people in the late Ming Dynasty were in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is indeed true. Even now, more than half of the taxes in the entire Ming Dynasty come from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This is also the reason why emperors of all dynasties attach the most importance to the stability of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Even if something happens

A serious incident like the killing of Jin Yiwei was resolved with the consolation of many civil servants.

"Sir," Lin Guodong quickly walked into the big tent, ignoring Chen Cao who was talking, and said urgently: "As expected, your subordinates' scouts discovered many ships on the sea cliff, with lights flashing, and their targets were on the way.

The fishing village beach ten miles away from the sea cliff."

Whoosh...

Chen Cao immediately stood up, ordered his men to wear armor, and was about to send someone to notify Zhang Tiande. Unexpectedly, before he could say anything, there was an explosion and a raging fire broke out outside the camp.

"It's fierce fire oil..." Xin Zhao shouted in horror.

Chen Cao and others ran out of the tent and saw that the Nanjing Right Guards' camp on the original site of Guanhaiwei was on fire. The sergeants were trampling on each other. What was even worse was that the Nanjing Right Guards were one of the few firearms troops in Southern Zhili.

, there are at least 3,000 firearms guards, and the camp for transporting ammunition is close to Chen Cao's camp.

Sure enough, he just heard what he wanted, and Chen Cao was thrown to the ground by Xin Zhao...

Buzz…

Chen Cao felt that his ears were no longer his. The shock wave generated by the explosion overturned all the tents here, and nosebleeds flowed down his nose. Chen Cao couldn't help shaking his head. Xu Kaixian stood up and walked to Chen Cao's side, exerting all his strength.

Shaking and shouting, Chen Cao took a long time to recover.

"Sir, let's go quickly..." Zhao Xin stood up, but his helmet fell off, and he pulled Chen Cao while walking.

Chen Cao broke free from Zhao Xin's hand, wiped away the nosebleed, and then shouted: "Lin Guodong, blow the trumpet to assemble, Zhao Xin, organize your men, prepare to fight, bring me the Yanling Sword."

Lin Guodong, Zhao Xin: "Yes..."

Zhang Tiande was so drunk that the Japanese pirates' fierce fire oil ignited the tent and exploded, as if he had fallen into the freezing water in December, and his whole body was shaking non-stop.

"Sir," the Nanjing Right Guard envoy quickly ran into Zhang Tiande's tent: "Japanese pirates are attacking..."

Qian Zhang was a man who had done meritorious deeds. He reacted quickly after the explosion. However, the soldiers under him were all temporarily recruited untouchables and had never been on the battlefield. Under such circumstances, except for the two hundred soldiers under his command to supervise the assembly of the formation.

, most of the rest dispersed like birds and beasts, running around.

Finally, Zhao Tianlin and Hirata Gao led more than 2,000 men into the Nanjing Youwei camp, and the 500 Tsushima warriors who came as reinforcements also joined the battle soon.

Chen Cao had only 500 Jin Yiwei who were in charge of the formation, plus 300 Lin Guodong's sergeants, 800 people, who were the governors. The camp was built on the right rear of Nanjing's right guard, which was far away. It was inevitable that there would be deserters on Nanjing's right guard. Although

They are not in the battle formation, but at this moment, there are no less than a thousand deserters just to catch.

"Quickly go to Hemingchang to report the news and ask them to come for reinforcements. The Japanese pirates are powerful and number more than 10,000 people." He shouted loudly to his men. Although this guy was a dandy, he showed his courage at this moment.

Cross the knife to support Zhang Tiande.

"Bang bang bang..."

Various firearms such as fire guns, matchlock guns, three-eyed guns, and large iron cannons in the hands of the Japanese pirates, the two sides broke out fierce shooting. It was about two o'clock in the morning, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and there were injured people.

People were screaming in pain, and the entire Guanhaiwei station was like a purgatory on earth.

The fighting continued until the first quarter of the morning, which was around five o'clock in the morning. It was already bright in the coastal areas early, and the fighting scene could already be seen clearly with the naked eye.

More than 10,000 people were defeated by more than 2,000 Japanese pirates.

"Sir," Zhao Xin ran to Chen Cao's side: "Nanjing's right guard was defeated, and the commander Zhang Tiande ran away."

Chen Cao turned to look at Zhao Xin with an indignant look on his face: "The firearms unit, these young soldiers are really on vacation, what the hell..."

Zhang Tiande took advantage of the dawn and ran away from the side with more than 2,000 people from the Nanjing right guard, but there were still more than 1,000 people from the Nanjing right guard. The leader was Zhang Tiande's nephew Zhang Zhang, and Zhang Tiande was blocking Zhang Tiande. Those at the front were Qian Zhang's men. Of the more than 3,000 people who had gathered, only a thousand were left, fighting bloody battles with the Japanese pirates.

"Get out of the way, let us pass." Deputy Qianhu Zhang Liu shouted angrily while holding a knife.

And the person standing in front of them was Xin Zhao.

The Yan Ling knife in Chen Cao's hand has been replaced by two. The first two blunt knives were from killing deserters, and the blood all over his body was also the blood of deserters.

When Chen Cao was blown by the sea breeze, in addition to being cool, there was also a trace of sadness. The Japanese pirates were on the rise, but the number seemed to be less than 3,000, and the real Japanese were even less, but they killed the troops of more than 10,000 people. Fleeing, the Ming army was really rotten to the core.

"Nanjing right guard, if you dare to retreat again, you will be killed without mercy..." Chen Cao leaned on his knife and shouted towards Zhang Liu over there.

Xin Zhao took a deep breath, pulled out a brand new Yan Fei Dao, pointed at Zhang Liu and said: "Nanjing right guard, if you dare to retreat again, you will be killed without mercy."

"Nanjing right guard, if you dare to retreat again, you will be killed without mercy..."

Hundreds of Jin Yiwei shouted in unison, their momentum was like a rainbow, and they were frightened when they opened their mouths. He clearly saw many right guard brothers kneeling far away from them, with long knives on their necks.

"Hey," Zhang Zhang let out a long sigh, then took a deep breath and shouted, "Brothers, the time has come to give Nanjing Youwei a face, fight back."

"Kill..."

The momentum was great, but the actual effect was too little. Qian Zhang finally couldn't stand it anymore. The untouchables under him began to collapse. Chen Cao's men couldn't kill them. After Zhang Zhang led his men to kill them, the situation was controlled for a while. , but it’s a drop in the bucket.

Hirata Gao was killing people too fast. Zhang Liu was chasing a Japanese pirate with a knife. Hirata Gao came out from the front and slashed away with the Japanese sword in his hand. The knife in Zhang Liu's hand was broken in response, and blood flowed out of Hirata Gao's body. Face, this guy licked the blood from the knife with his tongue. This action became the last straw for this group of people, and the rest of the Nanjing Right Guards began to collapse.

When Chen Cao saw this, he couldn't bear it anymore. He raised his sword and shouted: "Jin Yiwei, attack..."

Eight hundred people, including 300 soldiers under Lin Guodong's command, all moved towards Zhao Tianlin. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides. The Japanese pirates' big guns and iron cannons had long run out of ammunition, and they were now engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

Qian Zhang was covered in blood, and his armor was beaten beyond recognition by the Japanese pirates' big guns. This time he was committing meritorious service again, and he had to do his best. When Chen Cao came to kill him, he thought this guy was about to die.

Qian Zhang was a little surprised: "Chen Qianhu, are you so good at kung fu?"

"Sir, retreat. We have tried our best. The right guard of Nanjing is dead." Zhao Xin's face was also covered in blood. His face was scratched by the Japanese pirates. His appearance was definitely disfigured.

"Back off, sir." Xu Kaixian had no less than five stab wounds on his body, among which the wound on his abdomen was the deepest and he was bleeding.

Chen Cao and Qian Zhang were close together, and Lin Guodong's men only had about a hundred people left. It is estimated that there are less than a thousand people still standing on the battlefield, either dead or fleeing.

Only then did Chen Cao see clearly that there were only a few hundred Japanese pirates left, and they were basically all real Japanese. They were all short and stubby, moved quickly, and were dressed in standard samurai uniforms. Some were rich and some were wearing ronin. outfit.

"If you die, you can go back in time..." Chen Cao muttered something. The people next to him didn't understand, so they heard him continue: "My Ming Dynasty's soldiers only have soldiers who died in battle, and there are no soldiers who retreated. We will not retreat...

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"No retreat..." Qian Zhang also cheered...

"No retreat, no retreat..."

More than a thousand people shouted in unison, and then, led by Chen Cao and Qian Zhang, launched a desperate charge towards the Japanese pirates.

The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying...

Only then did Chen Cao realize that the Japanese were really difficult to deal with. Even with his good skills, it was very difficult to kill a Japanese. Compared with the Tatars in Liaodong, the Japanese were much harder to deal with.

In terms of speed, Japanese pirates usually killed two or three people against each other. The opponent they killed was caught off guard. However, of the more than a thousand people who rushed in with their last courage, most of them were dead in less than half an hour, and the rest were all killed.

The Japanese pirates were forced to the edge of the sea cliff.

I won't be a cliff jumper...

Chen Cao pulled Qian Zhang and said with a smile: "General Qian is really a good man. If everyone in our Ming Dynasty was like you, the Liao affair would not have ended like this."

Qian Zhang also laughed, but it was a bit miserable. He was really hurt: "Brother, I really didn't expect that the domineering Jin Yiwei also has heroes like you. It's a pity that this battle is the last time we get to know each other. If there is a chance, I would like to fight with you."
To be continued...