It is a very rare situation for Japanese pirates to surround the official army.
Because before this, although these Japanese pirates were rampant along the coast, when they encountered large groups of official troops, they still gave them some face. Especially when the imperial court sent the imperial army to clean up the Japanese pirates, these Japanese pirates would often run away. , will not confront the officers and soldiers head-on.
And the local officers and soldiers, like the Linhai Guards, did not dare to confront the large groups of Japanese pirates. They often killed one Japanese pirate and reported ten, and sometimes they even used the corpses of ordinary people as Japanese pirates to report them to take credit.
But this time, these Japanese pirates were gradually surrounding Shen Yi's more than a thousand anti-Japanese troops.
And these Japanese pirates are not from the same group, to be precise, they are a "coalition" composed of three Japanese pirate forces.
At this moment, Yueqing County has closed its city gates. The farms outside Yueqing City are basically occupied by Japanese pirates. In a manor outside Yueqing City, hundreds of Japanese pirates have gathered in the manor. In the yard of the manor Fire pits were lit, and many Japanese pirates gathered together in twos and threes, grilling meat, drinking wine, and talking loudly.
Most of them conversed in Japanese, occasionally adding a few words of Chinese, and most of them were coastal dialects.
As for the meat they grilled, there were all kinds of strange things. There were also some cruel and perverted Japanese pirates who pushed the plundered women and children into the fire pit. When they saw the parents and children being burned in the fire pit, their skin and flesh were torn, and they were wailing in pain, these Japanese pirates Then he laughed wildly, his laughter was harsh and noisy.
In the deepest part of the manor, several cooks who had been kidnapped by the Japanese pirates cooked several tables of exquisite meals and served them to several Japanese pirate leaders.
At this time, the three Japanese pirate leaders who invaded Yueqing are all here.
Sitting on the main seat is a Japanese man in his early forties. He is of medium build. He has no flesh on his face but has a belly. At first glance, he can see that there is a long scar on his right cheek. The scar starts from his temple. All the way to the lower jaw, it looks quite scary.
This man's surname is Li and his name is Li Jielang.
He is a Japanese.
The Japanese in this era, except for some nobles, all had no surnames but only given names. Li Jielang was a man without a surname. He couldn't survive on the Japanese island, so he took several fellow villagers to the coast of Chen State. , became a Japanese Ronin.
Later, they became Japanese pirates that harassed the coast.
He was very lucky. He was favored by the leader of a Japanese pirate force and became a confidant. Over the past ten or twenty years, he gradually became the leader of this Japanese pirate group. Because he stayed on the coast for a long time, he gave himself He was given a Chinese name, Jielang.
In Japan at this time, Chinese characters were still used for writing, but the culture was in the hands of the nobles, and commoners like him did not have Chinese names.
After having a Chinese name, he also gave himself a surname.
He felt that the royal family of the Chen Kingdom was surnamed Li, so Li was the most noble surname in the Central Plains, so he announced that his surname was also Li, and that's how he got the name Li Jielang.
In addition to him, there were two other Japanese pirate leaders, one named Izumi Jiro and the other named Wang Xian.
The former has a surname, which shows that the family is at least a reputable family in Japan, but why they lived on the coast and became Japanese pirates is unknown.
As for Wang Xian, let alone that.
This person is inextricably related to the Wang family in Taizhou Prefecture, and may even be the leader of the Japanese pirates raised by the Wang family.
Among these three people, Wang Xian has the least power.
A table of food and wine was placed in front of each of the three people, but none of them moved their chopsticks. Wang Xian raised his wine glass and looked at Li Jielang, the most powerful person at the head, with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, brother Li, now the officers and soldiers of the imperial court have fallen into the trap."
Under our siege, as long as Brother Li gives an order, these officers and soldiers will be wiped out soon. Even the Chen Kingdom's court will be afraid of Brother Li's reputation. The entire coast of Wenzhou Prefecture will be surrounded by Li
It’s my brother’s territory!”
Li Jielang had been living along the coast for twenty years, so he could naturally speak Chinese now. He looked at Wang Xian, a Han Chinese, and narrowed his eyes without speaking.
Izumijiro, who was only thirty years old at the side, was dressed as a Japanese warrior. He looked at Li Jielang, who was in the first place, and said in Japanese: "Brother Jielang, the head of the army is less than twenty miles away from here. I would like to
Be the vanguard and destroy these Han dogs for Brother Jielang!"
Li Jielang looked at Izumijiro, with a smile on his face.
He spoke in Chinese with almost no accent: "Then I'll be here, waiting for good news from Jiro."
Different from Izumi Jiro, the biggest leader of the Japanese pirates was from Japan. He now has a surname and a given name, and can also speak Chinese. He feels that he is already superior to his fellow tribesmen and no longer bothers to use the Japanese language.
Izumijiro stood up, put his hand on the Japanese sword at his waist, and said with a smile: "Brother, please ask the two wings to cooperate. I will go and destroy these Han troops!"
"Don't be careless."
Li Jielang looked at Wang Xian and said: "Wang Tou encountered this anti-Japanese army before he took the lead. It is said that he was defeated by this anti-Japanese army in Linhai."
"That's because they Han people are cowardly!"
Izumi Jiro said loudly: "Even the Japanese warriors under him are cowardly!"
After saying this, he turned around and strode away without even looking at Wang Xian.
Soon, about a thousand Japanese pirates under Izumijiro's command began to gather towards Shen Yi's command.
At the same time, the Japanese pirates under Li Jielang also began to tighten their grip on Shen Yi's command, squeezing the space for activities of the anti-Japanese troops.
With a distance of twenty miles, when the two sides were close to each other, it only took half an hour for them to be almost face to face.
At this time, Shen Yi's troops had naturally seen the Japanese pirates in front of them.
Xue Wei, who was dressed in armor, came back with more than a dozen scouts. He raised his hands to Shen Yi who was on horseback and said: "Sizheng, the Japanese pirates are coming from in front of me and from the left and right sides. There are about a thousand Japanese pirates in the front, and there are about a thousand Japanese pirates on the two wings."
Japanese pirates…”
"I can't tell the number at the moment."
Shen Yi looked back at Li Mu sitting on the horse.
The prince also put on a suit of armor at this moment. He was arranging his feathers and arrows. When he saw Shen Yi looking at him, he smiled heartily: "What do you want me to do? I don't care, Zi Heng has the final say!"
Shen Yi then turned around. He looked at Ling Su first and then at Xue Wei.
"There is a saying in the art of war: if you are ten, you are to surround it; if you are five, you are to attack it; if you are twice as much, you are to divide it."
"The Japanese pirates dare to surround us with such a small number of people. They clearly don't take us seriously!"
"Ling Qianhu!"
Ling Su looked serious and said loudly: "Ling Su is here!"
"With hand-to-hand combat, there is no art of war at all. The entire anti-Japanese army, including me and the crown prince, will be under your command!"
"I only remind you, make good use of the wolf trap!"
"Remember, there is no second breakout direction for us. Directly ahead is our only breakout direction!"
"Right ahead is Yueqing County. The leader of the bandits must be near Yueqing. Break through the Japanese pirates right in front and give them a direct attack on Huanglong!"
"Hand out the banner of imperial envoy and tell the people of Yueqing that the Imperial Master is here!"
Ling Qianhu's blood boiled with Shen Yi's words. He clasped his fists and said loudly: "Ling Su obeys your order!"
Li Mu, who was standing next to him, was now fully dressed. He reached out and patted Ling Su on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Ling Qianhu, if you send someone to protect me in this battle, I will cause trouble for you afterwards. "
Ling Su took a deep breath and bowed his head respectfully.
"I understand!"
After saying this, he looked at Xue Wei and shouted: "Xue Baihu, you will command all the Langzhen soldiers and step forward to meet the enemy immediately!"
Xue Wei patted his chest heavily.
"I humbly obey my orders!"
After saying this, the brave young man shouted loudly, took away all the wolf warriors, and went into formation.
Ling Su, on the other hand, began to command the crossbowmen and spearmen to form formations.
He put the new recruits at the back of the team.
It is not to protect them, but to fear that they will collapse at the first touch and affect the morale of the army.
While he was talking, Izumijiro's troops had already arrived.
The distance between the two sides is only one mile!
Ling Qianhu didn't talk nonsense anymore. He drew his sword and his eyes widened.