Seeing the adults from hundreds of households in the south of the city kneeling in front of the young man who brought them to buy pot and rice, the people of Nanping Village couldn't accept it for a while.
Lord Ziyi?
What is Master Ziyi?
Is there a county magistrate? A prefect?
Let alone the prefect, even if he is bigger than the county magistrate, if he cares so much about the sufferings of the people, how can the people of Nanping Village have a difficult life in the future?
Suddenly, everyone's eyes were filled with hope, and they looked at Xiao Chen with full enthusiasm.
Xiao Chen didn't show any pretense, and stretched out his hands to help hundreds of households: "These people not only have no food at home, but even their pots were smashed and taken away by the Japanese pirates. In the past few days, they have relied on cold water and vegetables from the fields to survive.
day."
"This, my subordinates know." Baihu raised his head and said with a heavy look on his face, "My subordinates have already prepared rice for them. Even this pot, there is no extra in the barracks."
"It doesn't matter, I've already distributed the money to everyone. Just arrange for someone to take them to the street to buy." Xiao Chen nodded.
"My subordinate will take them there myself." Baihu said and was about to leave.
"Arrange someone to go, I want to discuss the Japanese pirates matter with you." Xiao Chen kept him.
Baihu turned around: "Okay, I will arrange the manpower now."
He quickly arranged for five soldiers to take the people to buy pot, and the hundred households invited Xiao Chen and two people into their own separate barracks.
The barracks was not big, except for a bed and not even a table.
Against the wall, there was a blunderbuss, a crossbow, and a quiver containing more than a dozen crossbow arrows.
Squatting on the ground, Baihu bent over and pulled out two stools from under the bed, wiped them with his sleeves and handed them to Xiao Chen and Xiao Chen.
"The barracks are poorly equipped, which is a shame for you two adults."
"Where are you talking?" Xiao Chen took the bench with a smile, stuffed it under his butt, and sat down.
Duan Tianming also sat on the bench, and pointed at the small bed in Baihu, "Sit down too."
"You two adults are here, how can I dare to sit down here?"
"Sit down, don't be formal. Tell us about the Japanese pirates in detail." Xiao Chen also pointed towards the small bed.
Following Xiao Chen's words, Baihu sat uncomfortably on his little bed.
"This time the Japanese pirates invaded our people, it was completely different from before."
"What's the difference?"
"The Japanese pirates used to fight in small groups. This time, they seemed to be organized. They drove big ships and separated many small boats along the way, and landed directly on the coast." Baihu said.
"You are guarding Nanping Town. You probably don't know much about what happened on the beach. Where did the information about the Japanese pirates come from?" Xiao Chen couldn't help but ask.
"The hundreds of households in Jiangwan, fifty miles due south, are my fellow villagers. He said this when he came to my place a few days ago and wanted to borrow some people from me."
"Borrowing manpower? To deal with Japanese pirates, things like this should be coordinated by the guards. Why doesn't Jiangwan Institute directly report to Songmen Guards to coordinate the operation? But it has to go to the south of the city in private to borrow men? Not to mention that the imperial court does not allow this.
, even if it is allowed, how can the two hundred households capture the Japanese pirate's big ship?"
Faced with Baihu's answer, Xiao Chen felt that it was a bit strange.
When did the imperial army treat war as if it were a fight, selecting people with good connections to help?
"Sir, you should have been to Songmenwei, right?" Baihu asked.
Xiao Chen nodded.
"Songmen Guards, the thousands of households below are all working against the commander. Even if you report this matter to Songmen Guards, it will be of no avail. Perhaps, because you know too much about the Japanese pirates' movement tracks, you are not familiar with the actions of the hundreds of households in Jiangwan.
Baihu's position may not be guaranteed." Baihu sighed.
Hearing this, Xiao Chen glanced at Duan Tianming next to him.
Duan Tianming also seemed to have a kind of affirmation in his eyes.
"Why not guarantee it? Can you tell me?" Xiao Chen asked with a smile.
"Someone in the Songmen Guards is collaborating with the enemy."
"Is there any evidence?"
Baihu shook his head: "While the Japanese pirates who got off the boat were being chased in Jiangwan, some people spoke our Ming Dynasty language. Moreover, under the Japanese pirates' clothes, the clothes of the Songmen guards were exposed. But they were not caught.
It’s the same as having no evidence.”
For a moment, Xiao Chen fell silent.
Everything is exactly as expected.
The imperial soldiers who were chasing the Japanese pirates had indeed joined the ranks of the Japanese pirates.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Chen raised his head and said, "How many people are there in your hundred-household residence?"
"Total all of them, there are one hundred and twelve people. What are you doing, sir?" Looking at Xiao Chen, Baihu hesitated to speak.
"How busy is the defense business?"
"Chengnan Town is far away from the coastline, and there are no Japanese pirates going deep into it. It will not be busy for the time being."
"Then you follow me and we go to Jiangwan Baihu House."
"Okay." Baihu stood up, "I'll go down and explain."
As night fell, in the mountain forest next to the Jiangwan Hundred Households, a dozen soldiers with crossbows in their hands, covered with branches, lay quietly on the ground, staring at the coastline not far away.
In the barracks of Baihusuo, Wu Shuisheng of Baihu was wiping a fire gun half as tall as a man.
There was a crossbow next to it, which had been polished by him and shined brightly.
"Master Baihu, we have been lurking in the jungle for a day and no Japanese pirates have been found. It's getting dark, why don't we pull them back?" A small flag came in.
Stopping what he was doing, Wu Shuisheng raised his head: "According to convention, Japanese pirates always operate during the day. They are not watching at night, and they are not familiar with the place. They should not come again. Pull the brothers back.
Bar."
"Okay." Xiao Qi responded, turned around and walked out.
Not long after, a team of more than a dozen people walked into the gate of Jiangwan Institute, all exhausted.
In the darkness, a figure watched everyone enter the gate of Baihusuo and left quietly.
Half an hour later, a team of one hundred and ten people appeared on the beach.
On everyone's waist, there is a slender knife about three feet long.
A few feet away on the sea, a ten-foot-long boat slowly approached the beach.
"Plop-plop-plop", another hundred or so men jumped off the ship.
"Is it this small hundred-household settlement that keeps ruining our good deeds?" A short Japanese pirate with long hair asked in blunt Ming dialect.
"Yes, it's this Hundred Household Residence. All the secret sentries they arranged outside have gone back, so they should be unprepared." The person who spoke spoke fluently in Ming dialect.
"Attack, we must destroy this hundred households." The leader of the Japanese pirates pulled out the slender sword from his waist and swung it forward with force.
All the rooms in Baihusuo were already dark, except for Wu Shuisheng's room in Baihusuo, which was still brightly lit.
In recent times, Japanese pirates have harassed the people many times. If it were not for those dehumanized guardsmen who defected to them and led them, how could they have taken to the territory of the Ming Dynasty and run rampant like a fish in water?
If Songmen Guards can be like other guards and treat the outside world in a consistent manner, how can the Japanese pirates have any foothold?
"Alas." Wu Yongsheng sighed, "Now that the guard station is like this, how long can I support a hundred-household station? If the court does not take action, the Japanese pirates will spread and the common people will never have peace."
"Plop." A slight sound of an object falling to the ground entered Wu Shuisheng's ears.
"The soldiers have been working hard all day and have already gone to bed. Where is the noise coming from?" Wu Shuisheng picked up the gun in his hand and opened the door.
In the darkness, the air moved rapidly.
A sharp blade one inch wide came towards the forehead.
Wu Shuisheng was frightened and retreated quickly while shouting: "There are enemies."
As soon as the voice fell, a cold light flew past his ears.
There was a burning pain in his ears, and Wu Shuisheng quickly covered his ears.
"Damn it." Wu Shuisheng cursed secretly. He raised his eyes and was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him. He saw a man in black standing in front of him with a three-foot-long knife in his hand.
Wu Shuisheng's eyes turned cold.
"Who are you?" he asked in a deep voice, his face already full of murderous intent.
He didn't expect that he would encounter such a tough opponent in Baihu Station.
The other party actually ignored the fact that the hundreds of households were soldiers of the imperial court, and rushed in to assassinate him.
"The person who killed you." A cold voice sounded, and then the black figure came over.
A sharp light flashed in Wu Shuisheng's eyes. He shook off the fire blunderbuss that could only be used at a distance, suddenly drew out the soft sword from his waist, and swung it towards the man in black.
"Dang." The soft sword collided with the long knife, making a harsh metal collision sound.
"Hmph, if you dare to come to my Jiangwan Station, I will make sure you never come back." Wu Shuisheng sneered and waved the soft sword with all his strength, trying to kill the man in black who suddenly appeared on the spot.
But he didn't expect that the opponent stretched out his arm and grabbed the other end of the soft sword.
"You?" Wu Shuisheng was shocked, but before he could react, the other party flipped his wrist and the soft sword was taken away by him.
Wu Shuisheng was shocked and was about to fight back, but suddenly found that his body had been controlled and he could not move at all.
"What's going on?" Wu Shuisheng's eyes widened.
"Hmph, with the skills of this three-legged cat, it took me several days to plan."
The man in black waved his left hand, and Wu Shuisheng's soft sword was thrown into the darkness.
