Chapter 166: There will always be a man in danger!
After leaving Pinghu, he was silent and walked along the coastline. He was welcomed by all the civil and military guarding the city along the way, and was hospitalized with all his heart. He really hoped that this young adult who was patrolling on behalf of the heavens could reach the heavens' hearing of his achievements and difficulties.
I didn't know if my report was useful, but at this time, his heart was filled with a sense of supreme responsibility. Even if it was just a small battle of dozens of people, he recorded it in detail. It was not until September that he finally saw a real battle...
On the seventh day of the ninth month, nearly 100 Japanese ships were entrenched in Haiyan County, Jiaxing Prefecture. Their ships were connected like mountains covering the sky, and their sails were like clouds floating in the air. The soldiers and civilians in the city were extremely frightened. Before this time, although Chen Si had seen many Japanese pirates, most of them were dozens or hundreds, so he inertially thought that Japanese pirates were attacked by small groups and could not gather into large-scale troops, which would not pose any threat to the city.
But looking at the Japanese pirates who were coming down from the ship like an ant colony, there were at least two or three thousand people, he realized that he was a big mistake.
At that time, Su Song-sang general Tang Kekuan was the guard general, and listened silently to him to the military and civilians: "You are not afraid of the crowd, this is my responsibility, I am your guardian; I follow my promise: do not obstruct or be lazy." Then he began to mobilize the military and civilians in an orderly manner.
Chen Si saw that under his command, the whole city's military and civilians were like commanders, and he couldn't help but feel curious. After careful observation, he found that Tang Kekuan had wrapped the city wall in pieces... There were two thousand battlements on the entire city wall, each of which was one official army, two villagers, and one gentry and wealthy businessman family, with a total of four people in charge. Each five fund was supported by a experienced and powerful Pi soldier, and each two box was responsible by a chief of armor.
These are fixed defensive forces. General Tang also stationed fifty soldiers and civilians in various city towers and caves, and led them with hundreds of households as mobile reserve forces. Finally, the four walls were divided into four parts, east, west, south and north, each part was commanded by one thousand households, a county magistrate, and three people guarded them together.
The corresponding punishment is also very harsh. If there is a problem in the place, the corresponding person in charge will be severely punished. After this clear division, everyone knows that they are responsibilities, and the military and civilians perform their duties in an orderly manner. When war begins, the gentry and husband in the city are also on the city, surrounding Tang Kekuan, waiting for dispatch at any time, and the upper and lower levels work together to defend the powerful enemy.
These organized bandits, wearing the flag of the "General of Tianchai Pinghai", swaggered and launched a siege at noon.
Chen Si was watching the city, but was sent by General Tang Shen to invite him into the city gate tower. He was dissatisfied with his vision being blocked, but he saw that the arrow entered the city like rain.
The deputy general who strongly pulled him into the building introduced him to him: "The bow of the Japanese/pirate is seven or eight feet long, the arrow is four or five feet long, the iron of the horn is like a flying tail, and the bamboo of the horn is like a spear. Compared with this, the bow and arrow of our army is far inferior."
While listening to him, he was silent while observing from the lookout mouth. But he saw the Japanese pirates shooting into the city through the moat from outside the city. The long arrows shot on the city walls, and all the arrows were infiltrated. Their power was so great that they were far beyond his imagination.
Fortunately, the military and civilians guarding the city had been trained for a long time and hid under the battlements, and no one moved around. Therefore, although the arrows were like rain, only more than ten people were injured and killed by the trap.
At this time, the city began to fight back. Tang Kekuan led the way, stood at the top of the city and shot. His direct troops, the soldiers scattered on the city wall, also led their bows and condescending to the top. The Japanese and pirates were too dense, so that the Ming army had no empty arrows and shot many.
Encouraged by the main general and the elite, the other troops also fought back. They fired bird guns at the Japanese pirates, and they could sweep down a large area of ​​them every time... Although there were many Japanese pirates, they were quite selfish and stopped moving forward.
In silence, a general riding a black horse with black armor jumped out of the Japanese army, and slashed several Japanese pirates who had escaped in the battle one after another, and then stabilized his position. The black armored general organized an attack himself and finally regained the offensive.
Seeing the black-armored pirate, the deputy general beside him turned pale and kept trembling: "Has he actually arrived?"
Chen Si asked who it was, and the deputy general told him that the man was the leader of the Japanese pirates, named Xu Hai, and was known as "General Tianchapinghai".
The silent ears almost heard calluses coming from the name "Xu Hai". This person is from Huizhou. He once worked in the same profession as Taizu, a monk, and then went to sea to become a maritime businessman, and later became a Japanese pirate. If he could only barely be considered a second-rate businessman, then being a Japanese pirate is definitely a top-notch one.
For the pirate industry, he has amazing talent, is very organized, and is very skilled in naval combat. He is definitely a leader among Japanese pirates, so he soon stood out and his team grew bigger and bigger. He joined forces with Chen Dong and Ye Mazi to form a joint robbery force... It is one of the most troublesome Japanese pirates in the imperial court.
The city stepped up its attack, and the city also sacrificed its lives... They all knew very well that the five thousand Japanese pirates siege the city several times, and the entire Haiyan County was like a fish and a trap. If they did not work together and swear to protect the death, would the parents and wives be relied on to survive?
Although our combat power is inferior to that of the Japanese and pirates, we have a good geographical advantage. Relying on our condescending heights, the Ming army took advantage of it, rolling stones, wood, bows and arrows poured down continuously, and the Japanese and pirates could not attack the city.
Xu Hai was angry at the city and decided to dispatch his trump card - a decisive squad composed of 500 real Japanese. In fact, he is not necessarily better than Tang Ke and Lu Tong, the elite generals of the Ming army. The reason why he can always win is that in addition to coming and going like the wind and not being able to defend the territory, is that he has a group of real Japanese who charge forward, never fear death, and are desperate to fight.
The Tokyo Islands in this era were in the legendary era of chaos, divided into thirty or forty small countries. They fought back and forth for hundreds of years. It can be said that the whole nation is a soldier and there is no one who can't fight.
Tokyo is just a little bigger than a palm, so there are a large number of defeated samurai. The civilians fled to the sea, continued the glorious tradition of their ancestors, and began to burn, kill and loot the coast of the Ming Dynasty, doing all kinds of evil. They are experienced, have high martial arts skills, and have strict subordinate organizations. Compared with the Ming army in Jiangnan, which was 200 taels in peace, they are extremely combat-effective.
But they themselves also have great flaws, that is, they are basically in a semi-civilized state and their brains are not very smart. Of course, it is no problem to kill and set fire, but it is too embarrassing them if they use their brains and trick them. So before Jiajing, although the Japanese/pirates kept harassed the southeast coast, they were no different from ordinary pirates because of the serious lack of upper-level organizational coordination. They were nothing more than robbing me and arresting me, and there was no big mess.
It was not until the emergence of Chinese pirates like Xu Hai, who had the strength and brains, that those real Japanese people found the organization... Because with Chinese pirates who were familiar with the inland environment, skilled in organization and coordination, and good at commanding operations, they could always get the most spoils at the least cost.
The Tokyoites are holding their heads to be pirates, just to grab more gold, silver and treasures and have the will to spend them? Now that they have finally found a leader who can lead them to achieve this goal, they naturally regard them as authority and swear to be loyal to their death... Yes, the personal guards around Xu Hai use Tokyoites because they are very relieved to use them.
In Xu Hai's opinion, these real Japanese were the most powerful weapons in his hands, so when the attack was blocked, he gathered most of the Tokyo people without hesitation and ordered them to mingle among the crowd and attack the city while the night was shining.
Thinking of this, Chen Si continued to write on the paper: "Although the number of real Japanese people is small, it is the power of the Japanese pirates to fight! Although they lack the unified leadership of the upper class, the strict organizational strength of the lower class is shocking." These words were prepared to write to the generals of the army, so they were written as straightforward and meticulous: "I personally saw each other. No matter whether they are fighting or camping, the small leaders of the Japanese pirates can impose extremely strict discipline on their subordinates. They advance and retreat together and cooperate closely, which is far beyond our army. If we talk about why Japanese pirates often have few enemies, I recommend them as the first element."
As he wrote, he returned to that night with the sound of killing sounds...
Tang Kekuan was experienced and had long expected that the Japanese and pirates would attack in the night. He ordered the city to raise fires as day as daylight, and illuminate the city as bright as daytime. He also ordered each armored armor to hold a gong in his hand. When he found that the Japanese and pirates attacked the city, he would ring the police gong, and the whole city shouted together, and guns and cannons were launched in a row.
The soldiers and civilians guarding the city hung ropes and fell outside the battlements. Once someone climbed up the wall, they immediately relaxed the rope and smashed the giant tree. No matter how agile the Japanese/pirates were, they could not dodge... After smashing, they tightened the rope and hung the giant tree, and used it again when the thief came again.
But after all, this kind of giant tree is insufficient and there are still many places that cannot be taken into account. So there are real Japanese who are fearless and fearless, and they are attached to them from all over the place.
General Tang had already given strict orders, and those who lost the money and survived the battle! The military and civilians also fought their best. They used long poles to stab most of the Japanese and pirates, and even carried the Japanese and pirates who had not yet established a foothold and died. Finally, when the reserve team came up, they almost repelled the Japanese and pirates' attack.
When the Japanese and pirates came to attack, they often put the door panels to prevent arrow stones. Tang Kekuan ordered the military and civilians to take one or two hundred kilograms of large stones and place them on battlements without pikes. When the Japanese and pikes climbed over half of the wall, they pushed the stones under it, and the effect was the same as that of pikes.
The military and civilians were bleeding all night, and finally Xu Hai's idea of ​​taking down the city wall overnight was shattered. The subsequent attack became worse day by day, although he had no choice but to kill several leaders.
Chapter completed!