On both sides of the ferry, reeds swayed, and a dirt road led to the stone bridge. Hidden in the reed marsh were more than 800 Japanese pirates camouflaged with reeds, looking sinisterly at the south, like wolves waiting for an opportunity to retaliate against hunters.
"Has the trip wire been buried?" Maye asked through gritted teeth. At this moment, his mind was filled with revenge.
"Eighteen tripping ropes have all been buried. Grooves were made in the road, and the tripping ropes were placed and buried with soil. Even if the Zhejiang army lay on the ground, they would not be able to see it. At that time, as long as the tripping ropes are pulled up, the Zhejiang army can have as many horses as they want.
Don’t even think about passing through this road of death.” The confidant Japanese pirate replied confidently.
"Very good, I want to teach Zhu Ping'an a bloody lesson, let him know that we, the Japanese pirates, are not the record of his credit for getting anything he wants! We are his record of life and death!" Maye gritted her teeth, her eyes bloodshot.
He led troops to northern Zhejiang this time with his own personal ambitions. Not only did he kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, so that the people in Zhejiang would not dare to abide by the ten-household protection law, he also had a plan to expand his personal prestige.
Currently, he is on an equal footing with Xu Hai in Tuolin Japanese pirates. However, since the Battle of Suzhou, the Battle of Jiaxing, and the recent plundering of southern Zhili and northern Zhejiang, Xu Hai's personal prestige has far surpassed him.
If this continues, it won't take long before Tuolin Japanese pirates will be Xu Hai's favorite.
He, Ma Ye, would either bow his head and accept Xu Hai's leadership, or be overthrown by Xu Hai, or he would have no choice but to run away.
However, he was unwilling to bow his head to Xu Hai. With Xu Hai, Xu Hai's prestige was unparalleled for a while and far surpassed him. Many Japanese pirates who came to surrender for no apparent reason all defected to Xu Hai's command.
The Japanese pirates are far less powerful than Xu Hai. If they merge with Xu Hai, he will only be annexed. As for running away, the same reason is true. Xu Hai's prestige is far greater than him. If he runs away, he will not be able to pull away many Japanese pirates. These
If his troops fled, he would not be able to survive outside. He would have no advantage against the Ming army or other Japanese pirates.
Therefore, when he sent troops to northern Zhejiang this time, he wanted to regain his glory and enhance his prestige so that he could compete with Xu Hai.
pity!
Damn Zhu Pingan, he ruined it all!
This time, the defeat was like a landslide. There were more than 5,000 people when we came, but when we returned, there were only about 1,000 people. I still wanted to improve my prestige, but my prestige was completely ruined. It is conceivable that the Japanese pirates in Tuolin's lair did not know how to laugh at me.
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If you still want to compete with Xu Hai for supremacy, just dream and go to sleep. You will become a joke in the mouths of the Japanese pirates in their lair.
but!
There's still a chance!
He Xu Hai turned defeat into victory in Jiangyin County yesterday and almost wiped out all the famous Shandong Lancers. His prestige not only did not decrease at all, but also soared!
You can do it yourself today!
As long as he succeeds in ambushing the Zhejiang Army today, his previous blood loss will further enhance this success.
At the beginning of Suzhou City, Xu Hai and I and other four Japanese chieftains led 40,000 troops to attack Suzhou. However, Zhu Ping'an's 2,000 Zhejiang troops killed them and left their armor and armor behind. The blood flowed into rivers. More than 30,000 Japanese pirates died, and there were many more.
How miserable it is.
However, the Zhejiang Army's own losses were almost negligible.
Today, there will definitely be no less than 2,000 Zhejiang troops ambushed today. As long as I successfully ambush the Zhejiang Army today and severely inflict heavy damage on the Zhejiang Army, as long as I cut off hundreds of heads of the Zhejiang Army, then I will be more powerful than Xu Hai.
The cow has been approved.
As long as I compare the Battle of Suzhou, I will be convinced, and the prestige will also rise. It is not a dream to compete with Xu Hai.
Don't believe it?
Compare.
In the Battle of Suzhou, Xu Hai was killed by Zhu Ping'an and was unable to fight back. Only a few hundred of the more than 40,000 soldiers and horses escaped. The damage to the Zhejiang army was almost negligible. If not for luck, Jiaxing was captured and its strength was restored.
, the leader Xu Hai was sitting at the end.
Today, I led five thousand Japanese pirates. They were defeated first and then won. I ambushed the Zhejiang army and cut off hundreds of their heads!!!
Do you think I'm better than Xu Hai?!
When Xu Hai meets the Zhejiang army, he will be defeated. When I meet the Zhejiang army, I turn defeat into victory! Xu Hai cannot cut off the heads of the Zhejiang army. I, Xu Hai, cut off hundreds of heads of the Zhejiang army! What Xu Hai cannot do, I, Ma Ye, can do.
Come on, then I am better than Xu Hai!
Xu Hai's prestige is at its peak, and he will eventually achieve success, and his prestige will be even greater than Xu Hai's.
When the time comes, who has the final say on how to exploit Japanese pirates?
Then you have to ask me Ma Ye first!
Wang Zhi can become king and establish a country overseas, why can't I, Ma Ye?!
The more I think about it, the more excited Ma Ye becomes!
"Leader, there is movement in the south. There are pursuers from the Zhejiang Army coming over. It looks like they are scouts from the Zhejiang Army."
When Maye was about to get excited just thinking about it, the confidant Japanese pirate on the side gently pushed his arm, pointed carefully at the two Zhejiang Army cavalry who appeared on the road to the south, and reminded Maye softly.
In their sight, two Zhejiang Army cavalry appeared in the south. They were wearing the Zhejiang Army's iconic cotton armor and were almost armed to the teeth.
"Go ahead and inform us. Don't reveal your whereabouts. Stay hidden and don't make any noise. Don't be discovered by the Zhejiang Army's scouts."
Ma Ye looked around and ordered softly.
"Don't worry, leader, we have been on guard against the Zhejiang Army's scouts for a long time. It's the reed swamp that goes around from the back. Everyone is wearing a camouflage made of reeds. The Zhejiang Army's scouts are scouting from the front and can't see anything. We will definitely find them."
There are no clues, our hiding place is more than 100 meters away from the roadside, Zhejiang army scouts will not search so deeply." The confidant Japanese pirate said with confidence.
"You can be careful." Maye glared at him, "If anyone's whereabouts are exposed, I will chop him alive!"
The confidant Japanese pirates carefully conveyed Maye's orders in whispers one after another in a relay manner.
The Japanese pirates in the reed swamp leaned even lower. Not only did they not make a sound, they didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that they would be heard by the Zhejiang Army scouts in the distance, their whereabouts would be exposed, and they would be skinned alive by the hemp leaves.
Soon, two Zhejiang army scouts came on horseback from a distance. They passed through a forest first and then passed the forest to the reed swamp where the Japanese pirates ambush.
When the Zhejiang army scouts passed through the woods, they reined in their horses and carefully explored the woods, fearing that there were Japanese pirates ambush in the woods.
The Zhejiang Army scouts were very careful. After reining in their horses, they dismounted, tied their horses to a tree, and the two of them walked into the woods to investigate.
After a few minutes, two Zhejiang army scouts came out of the woods, confirmed that there was no ambush in the woods, and continued to scout forward.
Soon, two Zhejiang army scouts arrived at the reed swamp. They got off their horses again and walked towards the reed swamp.
In the reed swamp a hundred meters away, the Japanese pirates were camouflaged with reeds, holding their breath and motionless.
As the Zhejiang Army scout walked inside, he used the long knife in his hand to fiddle with the reeds and inspected them carefully.
Ten meters
Thirty meters
fifty meters
Seventy meters.
The Zhejiang Army scouts walked further and further in. As Maye and others watched nervously, they walked more than eighty meters and were about to reach the location where the Japanese ambush was. The two Zhejiang Army scouts stopped.
No more going inside.
"Nothing unusual."
"I don't have either."
The two Zhejiang Army scouts nodded, turned around and walked out.
Maye and the Japanese pirates breathed a sigh of relief.