The development of things far exceeded Shen Yi's estimate!
Originally, he thought that even if the Wang family colluded with Japanese pirates, and Linhai County was closed, these Japanese pirates would attack from outside the city, and there would not be much movement in the city. But to his surprise, in Linhai County, After the sound of artillery was heard at the city gate, almost at the same time, the sound of gunpowder explosion was also heard outside the Wang family mansion!
In this era, firearms have already been used by the military on a large scale. There are more or less artillery on the walls of every big city. However, what Shen Yi did not expect was that these Japanese pirates could also have artillery!
After the gunpowder exploded outside the Wang family's mansion, there was a sudden commotion in the house. Fortunately, there were at least thirty or forty people from the yamen in the Wang family's mansion, plus dozens of Linhai Guard soldiers and ten Jin Prince's relatives. The overall number of guards was definitely superior. After Shen Yi locked all the Wang family members into various rooms, he began to direct his servants to face the enemy.
At the same time as Shen Yi passed the order, several loud noises of gunpowder explosions were heard in the Wang family mansion. Several guards of the Jin Palace protected Shen Yi in the middle and said in a deep voice: "Shen Sizheng, it is too dangerous here. You Let’s go into the house and take shelter!”
Shen Yi shook his head without hesitation.
At this time, the more chaos there is, the more someone needs to be directed. After observing the situation, he said in a deep voice: "Give me my order, don't panic. The thieves are using gunpowder like this, and they haven't shown up yet, which means they don't have many people!"
"Guard every door. When you see a thief, don't hesitate to kill him on the spot!"
Several personal guards protecting Shen Yi nodded after hearing this, and one of them stepped out to convey Shen Yi's order.
Shen Yi looked at the roof again, then pointed to the roof of the main house of the Wang family, and said: "Go up to the top one by one, occupy the high place, and observe the thieves' movements!"
After saying this, Shen Yi warned again: "Be careful of thieves' crossbows!"
The personal qualities of the guards of the Jin Palace were very good. After hearing Shen Yi's order, one of the guards quickly climbed up the courtyard wall in twos and twos, and then climbed onto the roof of the Wang family mansion.
After he climbed up and occupied the commanding heights, he quickly discovered the movements of the two enemies. He immediately shouted loudly, and several personal guards and several officers of the Linhai Guard rushed forward. The two thieves did not even resist. If he resisted, he would be hacked to death.
As soon as these two people died, the Wang family mansion immediately became quiet.
At this time, the sound of artillery was heard again from the direction of the East Gate of Linhai County.
This time, it was the rhythmic sound of artillery.
Hearing this burst of artillery fire, Shen Yi felt a little calmer, because he could tell that this should be a rhythmic artillery counterattack organized by the army.
After killing the two thieves, the officials in the Wang family's mansion also began to search the entire mansion. Soon, someone came over to report to Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen, the low-level officials followed the traces left by the thieves. A secret passage was discovered under the rockery of the Wang family's back house, and the thief must have come out of the secret passage!"
Hearing this, Shen Yi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Use smoke to smoke the tunnel back and forth to make sure there is no one inside."
"Search the Wang family mansion again, search it carefully, and pay more attention to tunnels and secret passages and other mechanisms!"
After arranging these things, Shen Yi pushed the door and walked into the main hall of the Wang family. At this time, in the main hall, Wang Chengwang, Mr. Wang, who was dressed in brocade clothes, was tied tightly with ropes. Shen Yi walked up to the richest man in Taizhou Prefecture with his hands behind his back. A sneer appeared on his face: "Now, Mr. Wang has nothing to say?"
Wang Chengwang was tied tightly. He looked up at Shen Yi, with both anger and unwillingness in his eyes: "Why...why do you think that I, the Wang family, are Japanese?"
"No credentials."
Shen Yi looked at him expressionlessly and said calmly: "If there is evidence, I will put you in jail directly. How can I stay at your house for two days?"
Wang Chengwang was trembling all over.
"Without proof, you guys dare to do this to us, then Da Chen has no royal power!"
"You have the nerve to tell me the king's law!"
Shen Yi stepped forward, grabbed the little old man's hair, and said in a low voice: "Your Wang family is suspected of supporting Japanese pirates. If Emperor Shizong had not been kind and abolished the death penalty, otherwise you, Wang Chengwang, would not have been able to escape the fate of Lingchi!"
Wang Chengwang cried out in pain and shouted: "Who is feeding the Japanese pirates? Who is feeding the Japanese pirates!"
"My Wang family has been robbed by Japanese pirates for ten years and has plundered countless money. Where can we support the Japanese pirates?"
Shen Sizheng sneered: "Tell me, Mr. Wang, why did the Japanese pirates become bold enough to attack the city after your Wang family was besieged for a day or two? There were even thieves who broke into the Wang's house at night, trying to attack the government!"
"Japanese pirates attacking the city, what does it have to do with our Wang family!"
Wang Chengwang spat out his saliva and said angrily: "As for the thieves who broke into my house at night, my family is the richest man in Taizhou Prefecture. There are countless thieves who want to break into my house every year and steal property. It is normal for a few thieves to break into my house at night. Why did you end up colluding with Japanese pirates?"
"Besides, these thieves who broke into my house at night may not be Japanese pirates!"
He looked at Shen Yi and said righteously: "If Mr. Shen doesn't provide concrete evidence, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!"
Shen Yi sneered at him and was too lazy to talk to him. He locked Wang Chengwang in this room alone and walked out.
After learning that there was no trace of the thief in the Wang Family Mansion, Shen Yi led people directly out of the Wang Family Mansion and headed straight for the Linhai East Gate.
At this moment, a strong smell of blood filled the area near the east city gate.
Shen Yi climbed up to the tower and took a look down from the tower. He saw hundreds of corpses lying scattered in front of the east city gate. The battle was generally over. Below was a group of soldiers in Linhai Guard uniforms, cleaning the battlefield.
Shen Yi looked around on the tower and finally saw Li Mu's figure in the distance. He strode over. It wasn't until he got closer that he saw a big man in black, kneeling before Li Mu. In front of Mu, he lowered his head and said something.
Because it was still early in the morning and there was no daylight, Shen Yi couldn't see the man's face clearly with the faint light of the torch.
Only when he got closer did he hear what Li Mu was saying.
The Crown Prince of Jin, his face was livid with anger, he pointed at the big man's nose and cursed: "Bullshit Linhai Guards, you are still an official and an army!"
"You Linhai Guards have a thousand people!"
Li Mu angrily scolded: "A thousand people prepared an ambush in advance, intentionally or unintentionally. After coming into contact with less than 200 Japanese pirates, they almost collapsed at the first touch!"
"I saw with my own eyes that at least half of the Linhai Guards were scrambling to run back, not daring to confront the Japanese pirates head-on!"
"If it weren't for the artillery, if it weren't for the bows and arrows, would you, the thousands of Linhai Guards, have to kill more than a hundred Japanese pirates?!"
Linhai Guard Qianhu Lingsu knelt in front of Li Mu, bowed his head deeply and said: "You are incompetent in your humble position, please punish me by the imperial envoy!"
"Punishment?"
Li Mu sneered: "How can I punish your local army? It's just that this time, I really let my officer see it!"
He yelled at Ling Qianhu.
"If the Japanese pirates didn't have siege equipment, I'm afraid Linhai City would have fallen tonight!"