As the largest group of Japanese pirates along the eastern Zhejiang coast, there are naturally many Han people in the lairs of these Japanese pirates.
Therefore, it is not strange that they were able to kidnap two hundred Han people and use them as shields.
As for why the Japanese pirates didn't show off the Han people as soon as they started fighting, it was probably because they didn't expect that the anti-Japanese army would suddenly attack at this time and come so quickly.
But even though the reaction speed of these Japanese pirates was very slow, they finally came to their senses and used this shameless trick.
As soon as Shen Yi gave the order, Xue Wei immediately called out "Little Plum", and then a young man carrying an ox-horn bow came out of the crowd. Without hesitation, he fully drew the bow string, without even aiming, and directly fired.
Arrow shot!
The arrow was still in the air, and the horn bow was again fully loaded in front of him, and another arrow was shot.
To pull the horn bow open, it requires a lot of strength, and the force of shooting the bow and arrow is naturally great. Moreover, at this time, the distance from the target is not too far. His first arrow flew out quickly and shot directly through the Japanese pirate high up.
of lower body.
The second arrow was shot in the thigh, piercing the thigh directly.
Then came the third feather arrow, which hit the Japanese pirate's shoulder bone!
After the three feather arrows were shot out, the Japanese pirate screamed and fell to the ground, covering his lower body with his only movable right hand, howling and screaming!
These three arrows perfectly completed the task assigned by Shen Yi, which was to shoot this man without letting him die too happily.
After shooting the three arrows, the young man put away his horn bow, bowed to Shen Yi and clasped his fists, saying, "Sir, this man will die immediately if he pulls out the arrow on his thigh. If he doesn't pull it out, he should be able to last for a few days."
Shen Yi was focused on the battle at the moment. Hearing this, he just reached out and patted the young man on the shoulder. After praising him, he didn't ask any further questions.
After taking a deep breath, he narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Ling Qianhu, how do you think we should handle it?"
Ling Su glanced at the Japanese pirates' stronghold, and after taking a breath of silence, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Sir, at this time, you can't have the kindness of a woman..."
Shen Yi had no expression on his face and glanced at Xue Wei again: "Xue Qianhu, what do you think?"
Xue Wei clasped his fists: "When Mr. Shen gave an order, his subordinates rushed over immediately!"
Two thousand households had surprisingly unanimous opinions.
Because in their eyes, no matter whether these people were Han people or not, there was no way they could compare with the lives of the anti-Japanese soldiers, let alone stop the anti-Japanese army.
At this time, the Japanese pirate who shouted in the Japanese pirate camp was directly wounded by three arrows. The other Japanese pirates immediately panicked and did not dare to show their faces anymore. They just hid behind the bunker and yelled curses in Chinese.
But even so, they did not touch the Han people tied to the ground because they knew very well.
All they have to do here is kill people.
The anti-Japanese troops would rush in immediately, and the two sides would lose the possibility of negotiating terms.
While Mr. Shen was still observing the battlefield, a messenger came running over and respectfully clasped his fists at Shen Yi: "Sir, those Japanese pirates said that if we kill one of them, they will kill ten of our people!"
As soon as the messenger finished speaking, he heard a burst of exclamations from the village, and ten Japanese swords were dyed red with blood.
Master Shen's hand finally shook.
Only now did he truly confirm that these people who were tied and kneeling on the ground were real Han people.
Just now, he was still doubting whether these people were Japanese pirates in disguise.
Therefore, he asked his men to shoot the Japanese pirate to test the authenticity of these people.
Thinking of this, Shen Yi looked at the messenger and shouted: "Go and tell those Japanese pirates that I need to think about it for a moment and ask them to wait. If they dare to kill anyone again during this period, I will ask them to beg for help."
Can’t die!”
The messenger responded respectfully and immediately went down to deliver Shen Yi's message.
As soon as the messengers left, Shen Yi looked at the two thousand households.
"about!"
Shen Yi shouted angrily.
The two Qianhu immediately clasped their fists and bowed their heads deeply: "My subordinates are here!"
"Can the artillery be aimed at Dazhai?"
Ling Su immediately clasped his fists and said, "Sir, the artillery is already in place!"
Shen Yi pointed at the two sides of these Han people and said in a deep voice: "I will give you an order later. Let the artillery bombard the two sides of these people. Try to get as close as possible, but don't hurt them!"
With that said, he looked at Xue Wei again and whispered: "You bring five hundred people, and when the artillery fires, you rush forward immediately!"
This was the best solution Shen Yi could think of in a short period of time.
First use artillery to frighten these Japanese pirates, and then take advantage of this gap to rush up quickly.
The most important reason why this method is feasible is that the distance between the front lines of both sides is really too close.
Now, the head of the anti-Japanese army has entered the Japanese stronghold. The closest distance between the two sides is only more than twenty steps!
Xue Wei's eyes were shining, and he bowed his head deeply: "I obey my orders!"
After that, the two thousand households strode down to make arrangements.
Not long after, when both of them were ready, Master Shen gave the order.
Nearly ten artillery pieces exploded at the same time. The lead bullets in the barrels flew out directly with the explosion of gunpowder and bombarded the wooden structures of these villages. The smashed wood immediately flew up and down.
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This strange change immediately frightened the Japanese pirates who were looking at these people. However, the smoke and dust stirred up by the artillery had not dispersed. A cry of killing came from behind the smoke and dust!
"Brothers, kill us!"
"If you kill a Japanese pirate, you will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and you will be given the money tomorrow!"
With shouts and shouts, hundreds of anti-Japanese army officers and soldiers, without even carrying wolves, directly raised their swords and rushed towards these Japanese pirates.
These Japanese pirates' knives were originally placed on the necks of the people. After being bombarded by artillery, they were now guarding them in front of them. When many people wanted to kill those people, it was already too late.
The two sides immediately fought fiercely.
At the same time, the fire in this Japanese pirate stronghold was burning more and more fiercely under the sea breeze!
Under the raging fire, both sides fought to the death!
However, the outcome of this war was actually already determined.
Even so, the remaining final battle lasted far longer than Shen Yi imagined. The fight lasted from morning to evening, and then at night. Xue Wei, covered in blood, stumbled to Shen Yi. He wanted to kneel down and clasp his fists in salute.
, was grabbed by Shen Yi.
"Just tell me the situation directly."
Although Xue Wei was very tired physically, he was still mentally excited. He looked at Shen Yi, both eyes gleaming.
"Mr. Shen, the Japanese pirates on Beiji Island have been pacified!"
"Ling Qianhu is cleaning up the battlefield and restraining the prisoners. A rough estimate is that we killed at least 2,000 Japanese pirates in this battle, and captured more than 400 Japanese pirates!"
"Where's the bandit leader?"
Shen Yi whispered: "Has the bandit leader been caught?"
"Ling Qianhu is leading people to round up the bandit leader Li Jielang."
Xue Wei grinned, his smile was extremely sincere and extremely happy.
"Mr. Shen, I am from Taizhou Prefecture. As far as I can remember, the Japanese pirates have never been eliminated along the coast of Taizhou and even along the eastern Zhejiang coast. Now..."
He knelt down directly, kowtowed and said: "Now, the Japanese pirates in eastern Zhejiang are gone!"
Shen Yi helped him up, then stretched out his hand to rub his somewhat swollen and painful head.
"Okay, you go down and rest first..."
"Now, I am finally relieved and can go down and rest."
Mr. Shen's eyes were already red from boiling. He whispered: "Pass my order. Everyone in this village, whether they are Japanese or Han, are to be under guard for the time being. Don't let them run around."
This Japanese pirate village on Beiji Island is obviously a village that has been in operation for many years. The people in this village are complex, and how to deal with them specifically cannot be figured out in a short time.
Shen Yi is now extremely tired and has no energy to do these things.
"wait for me…"
Shen Yi sat on the camp bed in his tent and exhaled a breath.
"Everything will be dealt with after I wake up tomorrow."