"My boss is really good at predicting things. The people of Zhenhaiwei really intend to go out and take advantage of others."
"Now, none of those Japanese merchants will be able to escape."
Somewhere in the jungle of Chongming Island, Xuanjia Guards camped here, waiting for Zhenhai Guards to contact Japanese merchants.
After getting the latest information, Uncle Zhang came to the camp and said to Zhu Ying.
The main reason why the Xuanjia Guards were able to get ahead of the Zhenhai Guards was that the cavalry were all on a different level than the infantry.
Zhu Ying took the information from Uncle Zhang, looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "I can appreciate the quality of Zhenhai Guards. It won't be a big problem for them to capture these Japanese merchants."
"The main thing is to look at the battle damage."
Zhu Ying himself does not have high military talent. If there is a battle involving tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, he will feel like he is being blinded.
But he is still very experienced in small-scale combat involving tens of thousands of people.
Although the Qunying Chamber of Commerce is known as a chamber of commerce, it has a total of 5,000 bulk cavalry under its banner.
If they all gathered together, some small and medium-sized tribes on the grasslands, or some small countries in the Western Regions and Europe and Asia, would be directly crushed.
Don't underestimate the power of five thousand cavalry. If there are no corresponding countermeasures, or on the open grassland, even twenty or thirty thousand infantry can be killed easily.
"How long will it take for them to arrive here?" Zhu Ying asked.
Uncle Zhang replied: "The Zhenhai Guards have already boarded the ship. According to the current situation, it should be after noon that they will contact the Japanese merchants."
"The Zhenhai Guards currently dispatch 2,000 troops, divided into two groups."
"There are about 1,500 people in the vanguard army, and they should be directly outflanking the Japanese merchants' rear. The remaining 500 people are probably coming to contact the Japanese merchants."
Zhu Ying nodded upon hearing this.
At present, Zhenhaiwei is bullying the Japanese merchants with few information channels and taking control of various docks, so as to catch the Japanese merchants off guard.
Otherwise, the news of the two thousand people would soon reach the Japanese merchants.
Chongming Island is surrounded by the sea, and the Japanese merchants' ships are quite good. If they had known the news in advance, they would have boarded the ship and fled directly.
In the vast sea, there is no possibility for Zhenhai Guard to pursue him.
"Instruct the Xuanjia Guards to dispatch together when Zhenhai dispatches to destroy the Japanese merchant rear."
"The first is to prevent Japanese merchants from slipping through the net, and the second is to strictly supervise the actions of the Zhenhai Guards. If any behavior is found to kill good people and take credit for merit, stop it immediately."
Zhu Ying thought for a while and ordered.
Killing good people and claiming merit is a very common phenomenon, whether in the current Ming Dynasty or in the dynasties before the Ming Dynasty.
What seems like a simple sentence of protection is actually a fatal blow to the people.
The people who helped the Japanese merchants hide would naturally not feel pity if they were others, and would not even think about it. This is what is said about the success of one general and the loss of thousands of bones.
Especially in terms of behavior, no matter what the thoughts were, they helped the Japanese merchants after all. Not to mention, according to the continuous sitting system of the Ming Dynasty law, these people were also guilty.
But Zhu Ying didn't have any hatred towards them at all, and the continuous sitting system was not handled in this way.
The laws of the Ming Dynasty have always given people a one-size-fits-all feeling on many levels.
Basically, as long as it has something to do with a crime, especially when it comes to ordinary people, it will almost always involve a large number of people.
It's not that Zhu Ying likes to express the will of the Holy Mother. It's mainly that the people themselves don't have a pattern.
On the surface, Japanese merchants employed ordinary people. In Shanghai County, it was also a normal phenomenon to accept employment from other countries. The ordinary people would not ask whether the employment was reliable.
The law understands people's feelings. On this point, Zhu Ying felt that he should be open-minded to these people.
....
As time passed, it soon came to afternoon.
In a remote coastal place on Chongming Island, hundreds of Japanese are waiting.
The leader of the Japanese merchants had a smile on his face.
"After this transaction is successful, we will present the firearms to His Majesty the Emperor and Your Majesty the General. From now on, the family's future will be smooth and prosperous."
"When the time comes, you don't have to worry about running around on the sea."
"These days, every time I go to sea, I am terrified. I am afraid that one day I will be unlucky and sink into the sea."
A true noble would naturally not be like the Japanese merchants who often traveled on the sea.
The sea is not a bad place, any big storm or wave could kill everyone on the ship.
If the ship is destroyed, people will surely die, and there will be no way out.
Hearing the commander's answer, the Japanese warrior next to him echoed: "The strength of the Ming Dynasty lies in its firearms. Once we master the method of making firearms, we will definitely be able to defeat the Ming armies in our country."
"When the time comes, sir, if you make great contributions, you will definitely become famous."
The daimyo were equivalent to princes in the Japanese country. Whether it was the emperor who was the nominal ruler of the country or the shogun who controlled the real power, they all wanted to win over them.
It can be said that the wish of most nobles is to become a daimyo.
While they were talking, a ship appeared on the distant sea.
"It's Zhenhaiwei. Zhenhaiwei's ship is here."
With an exclamation, more than a hundred Japanese people, including the Japanese merchant commander, immediately cheered up and smiled.
In their view, the arrival of Zhenhaiwei means credit.
on board.
"Damn, what a huge loss. Why are there more than a hundred Japanese people? These few heads are not enough for our brothers. If I had known better, I should have grabbed them and surrounded the rear of these Japanese merchants."
"If we go to the rear, even if there are fewer Japanese, there will still be a lot of heads, and some criminals can be used to make up the number. What a shame."
On the deck, looking at the Japanese on the beach, the Qianhu of Zhenhai Guard counted them carefully several times. Only then did they confirm that there were only about a hundred people, and they immediately began to complain unhappily.
Including other hundreds of households, the general banner also looked unhappy after hearing this.
Hundreds of heads are really not enough.
"There's not even a ghost in this place. There's no way to make up the numbers. Boss, when Sha Qianhu and the others take over the Japanese merchant rear, they must give us some of the credit."
"Otherwise, brother, this trip is really frustrating. Even if I give you a few heads to make up the number, I can at least get a little more money."
When the leader Qianhu heard this, he nodded in agreement, then looked at the distance, and shouted loudly: "We are about to dock, brothers, cheer me up."
"I've made a note of it all. After I get off the boat, I don't need to talk nonsense with them. I'll just surround them and don't let them get away."
"Originally, the number of heads allocated to the brothers this time was small. If some of them were to run away, it would be a big loss.i"
"Brothers with fire guns, prepare them first. Don't these Japanese want our fire guns? Let's show them how our Ming Dynasty fire guns are fired."
"Don't load the cannons on the ship. Once the cannons are fired, these Japanese will run faster than rabbits. Remember not to alert the enemy."
As Qianhu shouted, the sergeants on the ship immediately began to answer noisily.
Not long after, the army carrying five hundred soldiers docked.
The Japanese people didn't just watch, they rushed over to help stop the boat and were extremely attentive.
Qianhu watched from the deck, smiled coldly, and said nothing.
The Zhenhai Guard sergeant who got off the boat immediately ran towards the rear of the Japanese people. Although the leader of the Japanese merchants felt a little strange, he just comforted himself in his heart. This was probably the consistent style of the Zhenhai Guard.
When he saw that the sergeants had cut off the retreat route of the Japanese merchants, Qianhu laughed loudly and shouted:
“Brothers, kill the Japanese pirates!
!”
As this shouting started, the silent Zhenhai Guard sergeants immediately sneered and drew their long swords, slashing directly at these unsuspecting Japanese.
The gunmen who came down from the deck had already loaded their gunpowder, simply took aim, and started shooting directly.
Bang bang bang!
!
Matchlock guns have not yet been completely popularized. At present, they are mainly supplied to the Japanese conquest army and transported to Zhenhai Guard. There are only one or two hundred in total. This is considered to be used by the fire gun soldiers of Zhenhai Guard in turn to get familiar with them.
As a result, nearly a hundred gun soldiers fired shots one after another in a seemingly majestic manner. The smoke filled a large area, but the casualties on the Japanese side were less than twenty.
The accuracy rate is poor. The current fire gun only gives a general direction, which is almost the same as the cannon.
"You hit the wrong person, you hit the wrong person. We are here to make a deal. Dear Mr. Qianhu, you hit the wrong person."
Facing the attack of Zhenhaiwei, the Japanese commander immediately started shouting loudly in fluent Chinese.
Qianhu stood at the bow of the boat and sneered, "We hit the wrong person. What the hell was the deal? I received a tip that it was you Japanese pirates trying to invade our Ming Dynasty."
"Today, I specially led a group of people to catch all of you Japanese pirates."
Hearing this, the Japanese merchant leader didn't know that Zhenhaiwei was going to take advantage of the enemy.
Immediately organize manpower to start defense.
In fact, saying that they are Japanese pirates is not a frame-up.
There is only one word difference between Japanese merchants and Japanese pirates. In fact, it is just a matter of words.
These Japanese merchants were maritime merchants who abided by the rules when faced with powerful force.
When you find that your own military strength far exceeds that of the counterparty, you will not hesitate to show your fangs.
The cruelty of the Japanese can be seen. They have no scruples. Every time they are in such a situation, they are like turning into beasts, without any humanity at all.
Even if it is an infant child, he will not let it go.
Women are often abducted by them on sea ships and subjected to all kinds of humiliation.
These women will not hold anything back before the next transaction. For their own dignity and to hide their crimes, they will directly kill the women and then throw them into the vast sea, destroying the corpses and destroying all traces.
On the coast, the sergeants of the Zhenhai Guards who passed by first surrounded but did not attack, and the main output was produced entirely by the Fire Gun Soldiers.
Zhenhaiwei, who has dealt with Japanese merchants and Japanese pirates for a long time, knows very well that these Japanese people walking along the coast of the Ming Dynasty are very brave, and the intersection of cold weapons will often burst out with strong morale.
Especially in such a situation where the beast is trapped, blindly commanding the sergeants to charge and kill the enemy can kill the enemy more quickly, but it will also cause unnecessary casualties.
In a war involving thousands or tens of thousands of people, the casualties of a few or a dozen people may seem like a very small number, but for every general flag, small flag, and even the sergeant himself, it is of great significance.
completely different.
This reflects the importance of mid-level officers. The more details are controlled, the more important it becomes.
Blindly rushing to kill will only lead to greater tragedy. Even if you win, it will cause excessive losses to yourself, which is also a loss of blood.
"These damn bright dogs, they want to slowly surround us and kill us. Warriors, follow me and kill them!"
The Japanese merchant leader immediately saw Zhenhaiwei's intention.
Although the accuracy of fire cannons is not high, under rows of firing, every time the fire cannons sound, a few unlucky ones will be killed directly.
The biggest effect of the fire gun is not only in killing, but also the power of gunpowder. Once it hits the body, even if it is not a fatal injury, it will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the Japanese.
Those Japanese whose arms and chests were injured by gunpowder basically had no fighting power even if they did not die.
It seems that there are still nearly a hundred Japanese standing, but in fact, there are less than seventy who can really fight back.
The Japanese leader knew that if he continued like this, he would only be slowly exhausted to death, so he shouted to fight his way out.
"Charge the whole army and kill me!"
At the same time as he heard the shouts, Qianhu immediately understood that encirclement and killing had no big effect, and launching a total attack was the best option.
Following Qianhu's shout, all the sergeants, except for the musketeers, immediately rushed off the boat and began to charge and kill the Japanese.
There were about two hundred people disembarking in front of them, but the direction of the seaside was too wide. When the Japanese gathered together as one force, it would be difficult to completely stop them.
Under the charge of the Japanese, more than a dozen people were immediately killed. Even if they were pursued continuously, without cavalry, many of them would obviously be run away.
Although he was a little helpless, Qianhu knew that there was nothing he could do about it.
The only option is to order a pursuit, and the extra kills will count as one.
Seeing that more than thirty Japanese people had broken out of the encirclement, they were about to flee.
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and hundreds of knights were seen galloping from a distance, all of them wearing armor and red robes.
That touch of red is frightening.
When you get closer, you can see that the most advanced matchlock guns of the Ming Dynasty are hung on the waists of these Tiqi.
There is no horse as fast as a man.
When they saw the appearance of Tiqi, the Japanese merchant leader immediately fell into despair.
Then he immediately burst into fierceness and roared loudly in Japanese.
Following the roar of the Japanese merchant leader, all the Japanese suddenly burst out with a will to die. They stopped running away and turned around to fight back towards the Zhenhai Guards.
Obviously he knew he was going to die, but he still wanted to drag a few people into the water.