Tang Xing, the commander of the Songmen Guards, opened his mouth wide and looked at Xiao Chen in disbelief.
He did not expect that Xiao Chen was not afraid of Zhejiang Dusi at all and casually killed two of Zhao Wuming's relatives.
But what surprised him the most was not Xiao Chen's courage, but his skill.
Two people, one from Hundred Households and the other from Thousand Households, had no chance to resist when faced with Xiao Chen's attack.
The most important thing is that I only saw his figure shaking, but I didn't see how he drew the sword or when he put it away.
When he came to his senses, all he saw were two human heads rolling to the ground.
In his mind, the reason why the purple-clad captain was intimidated by everyone in the imperial court was because of his unicorn purple coat.
Only now did I realize that its own strength was even more unpredictable.
Tang Xing's confidence in completely wiping out the Japanese pirates suddenly increased, and when he looked at Xiao Chen, there was not only a trace of fear in his eyes, but also admiration.
However, Xiao Chen's decision to come down made Tang Xing even more surprised.
After looking at all the military attachés in front of him, Xiao Chen was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Anyone who is related to Zhao Wuming, please come forward."
Facing the execution of a Qianhu and a Baihu, these military attachés were obedient, and for a while no one dared to step out of the ranks.
Xiao Chen chuckled: "Zhao Wuming respected himself as a soldier, violated the imperial regulations, arranged for a large number of his relatives to hold important positions in the army under Zhejiang Dusi, and secretly turned each guard station into his own private guard station. His crime is worthy of punishment. You guys are punishable.
If you stand up now, I won't pursue him in the past. I just dismissed him from his post and went back to his home. But if I find out."
Xiao Chen pointed at the two headless corpses on the ground: "This is what will happen to you."
There was a commotion in the crowd.
After a while, four or five thousand households, seven or eight deputy thousand households, and some hundreds of households, lowered their heads and reluctantly walked out of the team.
Looking at these people, Xiao Chen had a smile on his face: "You are very wise. Take off your clothes, put down your sword, and go back to your hometown."
Everyone, look at me and I look at you, obediently take off your official uniform, take off your saber, turn around and leave dejectedly.
"Commander Tang, select people from among the remaining military attaches to fill their vacancies. Next, I hope that the Songmen Guards will deploy in a unified manner and coordinate operations. There will be no more cases like Jiangwansuo where all of them were killed.
, a situation that should not occur.”
"Yes." Tang Xing hurriedly saluted, "Songmen Guards must closely cooperate with Dongchang and strive to annihilate all the Japanese pirates who invaded our Ming Dynasty."
Three days later, after taking down thousands of households of Zhao Wuming's relatives, Songmen Guards finally formed a complete and unified deployment.
On the coastline within the jurisdiction, the connections between thousands of households and hundreds of households are even closer.
All patrol vessels no longer go to sea.
However, in the dense forest a few miles away from the beach, there are secret sentinels of guard posts.
It is said to be a secret sentry, but in fact it is the same as the secret sentry arranged by Jiangwan, they are soldiers carrying crossbows, gunpowder and arrows.
You can monitor the movements of Japanese pirates at any time, and you can also take the initiative to attack the Japanese pirates who have landed.
Xiao Chen only had one idea: since the Japanese pirates' advantage lies at sea, he should use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses to annihilate them on land.
The place where Jiangwan is located is dark, with only a few lights in the hundreds of houses.
After Jiangwan Station was completely wiped out, Xiao Chen chose to lead the Dongchang Shenji Army to garrison Jiangwan Station.
In his opinion, the Japanese pirates had a great victory at Jiangwan Station this time, and they would definitely choose Jiangwan Station as a breakthrough point for their next operation.
In the hundred-family house, Xiao Chen and Duan Tianming sat opposite each other.
There is a hot water bottle on the table.
In the two tea bowls, there was no tea, but two bowls of boiled water.
"I wonder when the pensions for the soldiers in Jiangwan Institute will be paid out?" Duan Tianming, holding the tea bowl, stared at the light boiled water in it and whispered.
"It's been three days since the report was filed. It should come down soon." Xiao Chen said.
"You said, if we just sit back and wait for the Japanese pirates, will they continue to use Jiangwan as a breakthrough point?" Duan Tianming asked again.
"The Japanese pirates should have their own spies lurking on the land in this area. In the past few days, the brothers have been hiding in the barracks and staying put. These spies must have thought that the Songmen Guards were still the same as before, a piece of loose sand. For the Jiangwan Institute,
The new layout has not been completed yet. If the Japanese pirates want to take action, there is a high possibility of a breakthrough from here."
"If they dare to come, we must make sure they never come back this time." Holding the tea bowl in his right hand, Duan Tianming's left hand clenched tightly into a fist.
"Yeah." Xiao Chen also nodded.
In a dense forest more than ten miles west of Jiangwan, a dozen men in black were standing closely together.
"Jiangwan Station seems to be unmanned at the moment." A man in black said.
"If no one is stationed well, we can pass through Jiangwansuo's defense area and go directly into the villages and towns inside. These fishing villages on the seaside have been looted by us, and there is nothing good left. The villages and towns further inland have food and money.
" Another person said.
"According to the agreement, the big ship should arrive at night. Should we go and notify it?"
"Well, go pick someone up."
The others stayed where they were, and the two men in black left in a hurry and ran towards the beach.
A small boat was dragged out from behind a huge rock, and he quickly jumped on the boat, shook the wood pulp, and rowed towards the depths of the sea.
Four or five miles away from the coast, a huge black shadow was anchored on the sea.
With the waves, it rises and falls slowly.
The two men in black on the boat stopped moving forward. One of them took out a bamboo flute from his arms and blew it three times.
After a while, three flutes sounded from the distant ship, echoing each other.
Upon hearing the response, the man in black on the boat blew out a long sound from the bamboo flute in his hand that lasted for three or four breaths, then turned the boat's bow and rowed in the direction of Jiang Wan.
And the huge ship staying on the sea slowly began to move, following the small ship from a distance.
The dozen men in black in the dense forest on the shore also started taking action the moment the boat set off.
Quietly, he arrived within about a mile of Jiangwan Institute.
At the Jiangwan Station, a captain from the Shenji Service hurriedly walked in: "Brother Xiao, the Japanese pirates' forces on the shore have appeared."
"Action." Xiao Chen rushed out of the room in an instant like an arrow from his string.
An hour later, the two-person boat docked on the beach outside Jiangwansuo.
A dozen men in black were waiting quietly on the beach.
"The big ship is right behind. Is there anything unusual in the river bay?" The two people on the small boat jumped off and asked in a low voice.
There was no answer, and more than a dozen men in black shook their heads in unison.
After receiving confirmation, the two men in black who got off the boat took out the bamboo flutes in their arms and blew twice towards the large boat in the distance.
After a while, a dozen small boats were lowered from the big ship, and they were filled with people standing on them, heading towards the river bay.
At the same time, on the beach of Songmen Guard Headquarters, a dozen heavy patrol boats with 20 oars carrying a hundred people sailed out of the sea and headed towards the river bay.
Not long after, more than 200 Japanese pirates arrived on the beach.
"How is the situation?" A short Japanese pirate in his thirties with a mustache looked at a dozen men in black and asked in a low voice.
"Nothing unusual, we can go straight to the villages and towns behind." The two men in black who played the flute bowed and said.
"Well, lead the way." Mustache turned around, said something gibberish to the large group of Japanese pirates behind him, waved his right hand, and followed the two men in black.
After running for nearly a mile, the Japanese pirate with a mustache stopped quickly when he saw the gate of Jiangwansuo.
Look back and look into the distance.
The dozen or so men in black who were supposed to follow us actually didn't follow them this time.
Instead of following them, they lined up on the beach as if they were blocking something.
Mustache felt something bad in his heart, and was about to call the Japanese pirates back to the boat to escape. The closed gate of Jiangwan suddenly opened.
Hundreds of people holding torches poured out of the gate.
While running, he raised the foot-long firecracker in his hand and pointed it at himself and the Japanese pirates behind him.
There were two flashes of anger in the mustache's eyes, and after a while of chirping, he pulled out the three-foot-long Japanese sword from his waist.
With two "puff" sounds, the two men in black leading the way were knocked to the ground.
The captain of Dongchang who rushed out acted quickly, and together with a dozen men in black on the beach, they tightly surrounded all the Japanese pirates.
By the light of the torch, the mustachioed Japanese pirate saw more than a dozen corpses lying on the beach.
All the clothes on their bodies have been taken off.
