Last night, it was Zhu Bai who had a good eye and spotted the internal conspiracy. Otherwise, they might be the ones buried in the pit now.
Maybe there are still remaining Japanese pirates.
Zhu Bai said: "Don't worry, the Japanese pirates don't have that intelligence."
He was already shocked by sending someone to sneak into Guanya Station.
Maybe it was all the tactics drawn up by those two "traitors".
Besides, if an ambush tactic is planned, there will be no night attack.
Since a night attack was used, everyone must have attacked together. It would be useless to leave people outside to ambush.
Just as he was talking, there was a loud thunder in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.
After calculation, we have walked more than thirty miles, and the distance forward and backward are the same.
Zhu Biao ordered to speed up and rush to the next station as soon as possible.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, with no intention of stopping.
The early spring rain is still very cool.
Zhu Bai is not afraid of struggling all day long, but Zhu Biao's body is...
He was very worried, so he had to ride on the same horse as Zhu Bai, instead of riding in a carriage, and drive forward as fast as possible.
This way the driver can drive the carriage at full speed.
When it was getting dark, they arrived at the second inn.
Although everyone was wearing raincoats, they were still soaked to the skin.
The stationmaster asked people to boil water for Zhu Bai and others to bathe and change clothes.
The Changzhou Guanya Bureau also sent someone to report to Zhu Bai, saying that the two murdered newcomers were found in a ravine not far from Maoshan Station.
Their throats were cut, and their bodies were eaten to pieces by wild beasts.
Zhu Biao felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.
He originally thought that he shouldn't have killed the two hundred or so people last night, but now he was thinking that he should wipe them all out. Otherwise, if these desperadoes escaped, more innocent people would be murdered.
Everyone changed into dry clothes and came down to eat, but a guard at the inn stared at Hu Dafa.
When Hu Dafa looked at the man, his expression immediately became unnatural.
The man chased Hu Dafa while he was going to the toilet and asked: "Brother Hu, is that you?"
Seeing that he couldn't hide, Hu Dafa could only turn around and said: "It's me. Please pretend not to know me, brother, and don't make any noise."
The man frowned and asked in a low voice: "Why are you here? I heard that you went home to support your elderly mother."
He put it more euphemistically, but in fact Hu Dafa was a deserter.
They were originally soldiers from the Shaanxi Guards Station.
Last year, my younger brother who went to Shaanxi with Hu Dafa died of illness, and the family suffered from drought. In the end, only my mother was left sick in bed.
Hu Dafa was so distraught that he fled back from the military camp.
Hu Dafa's voice was astringent: "My mother didn't survive the drought either."
The man was stunned: "Then your family..."
Hu Dafa sighed: "I'm the only one left."
The man also sighed lightly.
Hu Dafa said: "I am following the King of Xiang now. It's hard to talk about the past."
The man frowned: "It's just..."
The Ming Dynasty treated deserters very harshly.
Neighbors in the village who don't report will be punished, and others who report will be rewarded.
Even if he doesn't think about it, there's no guarantee that others won't.
Besides, as a deserter, Hu Dafa could not even drive a road, so how could he survive to this day and become a subordinate of King Xiang?
It really surprised him.
He himself transferred people from other guards because too many guards were transferred from the capital. Then he was lucky enough to be selected by Zhu Bai and became a post guard here.
Hu Dafa said: "Don't worry, the King of Xiang knows about it and has already helped me solve it and changed my name. I'm just too lazy to explain to others."
The man suddenly realized that it would not be surprising if Zhu Bai came forward.
He nodded: "I understand. Brother Hu, please take care of yourself."
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The report from the Guanya Bureau to Lao Zhu read: His Royal Highness led everyone to design a plan to encircle and annihilate 208 Japanese pirates, and captured two internal agents alive.
Lao Zhu naturally knew that it was not Zhu Biao's ability, but he was still very excited and kept saying: "Our good son really has our style."
He immediately wrote back, telling Zhu Biao and Zhu Bai to be careful.
He asked someone to read this excerpt in the morning.
Civil servants all said that the prince really had the demeanor of a prince, commanding calmly and taking advantage of his plans.
The military attache said that more guards should be sent.
Lao Zhu waited until everyone had finished flattering him, and then he asked with a smile but not a smile: "Do you see any problems?"
The Minister of War went out and knelt down: "I am guilty of not guarding the coastline well."
Then the civil servants realized that the Japanese pirates had already reached Changzhou, and after half a day of running in, they entered Yingtian.
Although two hundred Japanese pirates could never cause any substantial damage to Yingtian, they greatly exposed the weakness of the defense line.
Then everyone wiped away the cold sweat silently.
Lao Zhu said: "We know that Japanese pirates are not easy to guard against, but we still have to find a way. Otherwise, my dignified officers and soldiers can't even control a few pirates, so what's the point of losing face?!"
The generals knelt down and said: "I obey the order."
After Liu Bowen dismissed the court, he went to the Guanya Bureau to find the person who delivered the letter, wanting to know the details of that night.
The person who sent the letter happened to be telling the story to others in the Guanya Bureau at this time: "Despite his young age, King Xiang could see at a glance that he was an insider disguised as an agent of the Guanya Bureau, and then attracted all the Japanese pirates to get into the encirclement.
A living target. From the time the Japanese pirates came in to the final admonishment, it took less than a stick of incense. It was so enjoyable."
An agent said: "My home is by the sea. In recent years, Japanese pirates have become more and more rampant. From time to time, they come ashore to burn, kill and loot. They are exactly the same as the Mongolians. Every time they come, they kill all the people in the village and plunder."
Light."
Another merchant said: "Hey, that's right. This time it's a big relief."
Everyone was rejoicing, but Liu Bowen was covered in cold sweat, his face turned pale, and he quietly withdrew again.
Seeing him like this, his followers asked: "What's wrong, sir?"
Liu Bowen shook his head repeatedly and said: "I shouldn't teach Zhu Bai the art of war. He will be a serious problem in the future."
The Changzhou navy said they had found five Japanese pirate ships on the Yangtze River and wiped out all the Japanese pirates who were left on board.
Lao Zhu issued an order to the military forces at the mouth of the Yangtze River along the coasts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian to strengthen their vigilance and take precautions to prevent Japanese pirates from entering the Yangtze River.
Then he ordered that when the two "internal agents" finished digging the hole and burying the corpses, they would be brought back and hacked to pieces in the market as a warning to others.
If the people of the Ming Dynasty encountered Japanese pirates, they could run away or fight them, but they could never become traitors, help the thieves lead the way for investigation, and harm their own people, otherwise this would be their fate.
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Zhu Bai and the others stayed at the post station for two days, hoping to wait until the rain stopped before leaving.
But it seemed like a hole had been poked in the sky, and it kept raining, and kept raining.
Zhu Biao was worried: "If this continues, I'm afraid there will be another flood."
Zhu Bai frowned: "Yes."
The key point is that the weather is warm and cold at first, and it will be even more uncomfortable when it rains.
He turned around and went down to tell the Guanya Bureau escorts who were staying here today: "Is there anyone here from Suzhou and Hangzhou?"
