Regarding Xiao Chen's inquiry, Xiao Hui knew in his heart that he could not finish it all at once.
If he finished speaking, what awaited him would probably be a stab in the head.
"There are about a thousand people on this island." Xiao Xiu whispered while chewing the dough.
"Where are you people from? Are you civilians or the imperial army?" Xiao Chen seemed to be very interested.
"This, this." As soon as the key point was asked, the mustache started to falter.
Xiao Chen gave him a flattering look just to get the real news.
Not Duan Tianming.
His right hand hit the wound on Mustache's thigh hard.
"Ah." Mustache screamed, and his face suddenly turned pale from the pain.
"You must remember it. If you don't, Commander Duan may have missed it while he was healing his wounds." Xiao Chen said and winked at Dian Tianming again.
Duan Tianming's right hand struck the wound a few more times.
"Ah, ah." Mustache screamed again, "I remember, I remember."
"As soon as I remember, I'm going to take you to the island to retrieve the silver." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"We are all from the Ryukyu Kingdom. The Ryukyu Kingdom is now divided into two dynasties, the north and the south. We belong to the Southern Dynasty. Internal wars in Ryukyu are rife and resources are scarce. In order to defeat the Northern Dynasty, the court specially ordered my team to come to the coast of Ming Dynasty to rob supplies."
Feeling the fatal pain in his thigh, Xiao Hu never dared to lie again.
"Brigade? Your army is organized into a brigade?"
"Yes. The one stationed on the island is the Seventh Brigade. I am a district captain of the Third Squadron of the Seventh Brigade." Mustache said.
During the Ming Dynasty, the army was organized based on guards.
The Ryukyu Kingdom actually has a brigade, a squadron, and a district team.
Regarding these new terms, Xiao Chen suddenly became more interested: "Tell me carefully about the specific divisions of this brigade and squadron."
"In Ryukyu Kingdom, a district team has about a hundred people, three district teams form a squadron, and three squadrons form a brigade. The seventh brigade plus the cooks, a total of more than a thousand people are stationed on the island. Normally we
They all go out to 'collect' supplies in squadron units. The boat last night was the boat of the third squadron. I brought my district team down, and the other two district teams were still on board."
"Nonsense." Xiao Chen shouted, "Don't you cherish the opportunity given to you? If you don't want to live, then you can't blame me."
"The villain didn't lie, he really didn't." Mustache defended hurriedly.
"You said that there are only about a hundred people in your district team. But there were more than two hundred people who came down yesterday. Are you lying?"
Mustache hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Many of these people are not our Ryukyu Kingdom's army."
"Then who are they?" Although Xiao Chen had already guessed it, he still wanted to confirm it.
"They are soldiers who surrendered from Daminghai Defense Station."
"Are you colluding with the Haimen Guards? What position does the person who colludes with you hold within the Haimen Guards, and what is his name?" Xiao Chen asked sharply.
Japanese pirates are hateful, but these guards who collude with Japanese pirates and bully their own people are even more hateful.
"This little person doesn't know, but he is the person next to the captain who is responsible for direct contact with the Haimen guards."
"I don't know, then what's the use of you?" Xiao Chen shouted sharply, nodded towards Duan Tianming, and signaled him to take action.
This time, Duan Tianming didn't take action.
He stood up and pulled Xiao Chen out of the door.
"You haven't asked yet what kind of weapons the Japanese pirates on the island are equipped with. If we were to attack, wouldn't it be better to know more about the opponent's strength?" Duan Tianming said softly.
Xiao Chen slapped his forehead: "When I heard that someone was colluding with the Japanese pirates, I got angry and forgot about it."
"Now go in and continue asking."
"Okay." Xiao Chen nodded.
"What weapons do the Japanese pirates on the island mainly use? Do they have firecrackers?" Xiao Chen asked as he walked into the room and looked at his mustache.
Xiao Chen's last words before leaving the house just now made Mustache see his true purpose.
At this moment, facing Xiao Chen's question, he no longer had the mood to continue acting.
"Whether you say it or you don't say it, you will kill me. The more you say it, the faster I will die. If you don't say it, maybe I can live a little longer." Mustache said lazily.
"Are you sure you won't tell?" Xiao Chen's face darkened.
It's easy for me to talk about anything, but don't threaten yourself, let alone act like you don't care about me.
"Don't say anything." Xiao Hui simply lay down on the ground, resting his head on his arms, enjoying Duan Tianming's treatment of his injuries.
"Do you really take yourself seriously?" Xiao Chen smiled faintly and raised his right foot.
"No, he hasn't answered yet." Seeing Xiao Chen raise his feet, Duan Tianming hurriedly stopped him.
With this kind of name, as long as I give him a few more blows on the wound on his thigh, he will definitely confess everything.
However, Xiao Chen's right foot showed no intention of staying.
He stepped on the mustache's head with a "bang" sound.
Like a ripe watermelon, Mustache's head shattered in an instant.
The white brain mixed with blood flew out four to five feet away, and was everywhere on the wall.
"Oh, what a pity. We almost found out what the weapon configuration of the Japanese pirates was like." Duan Tianming shook his head, grabbed Mustache's other "alive" thigh, walked out of the room and used both hands to remove his body.
Thrown outside the wall.
"As long as you know the number of people, the weapons and equipment are whatever you like. Call the brothers, organize the equipment, and at noon we will accompany the Haimen Guard's ship to attack the Japanese pirate island."
Xiao Chen also walked out of the door and walked towards his room.
After working all night, a bowl of gruel and two steamed buns were waiting for me in the house.
It was approaching noon, and it was extremely hot on the bare beach.
The three hundred captains of the Shenji Army stood uniformly on the beach.
In the distance, three medium-sized patrol boats of the Sea Guard came over. On the bow of the ship, the commander Tang Xing stood upright.
"Master Ziyi, please get on the boat." Tang Xing said with fists in his arms as the patrol boat approached the beach.
Xiao Chen waved his right hand forward: "Get on the boat."
The three hundred lieutenants were divided into three teams, each running towards a patrol boat.
Xiao Chen was the last one to jump onto the ship and stood next to Tang Xing.
"How many people have gathered today?" Xiao Chen asked.
"According to your Majesty's instructions, a total of two thousand-household offices, totaling approximately 2,200 people, were mobilized."
"Including Dongchang, there are 2,500 people. After occupying the island, we should be able to conduct a thorough search without leaving any blind spots." Xiao Chen nodded.
Two hours later, the fleet arrived at the island that was several hundred acres in size.
Looking from a distance, the island is surrounded by a beach more than ten feet wide.
Further up, there is a hill covered by dense forests, with no houses or buildings in sight.
"Where are the people?" Looking at the empty fortifications on the beach, Tang Xing frowned.
"What was it like last night?" Looking at the fortifications on the beach, Xiao Chen looked at the dense forest behind the beach.
According to Mustache's explanation, there are more than a thousand people stationed on this island mountain.
Not a single house can be seen, which only means that they are either hiding in the dense forest or hiding in a cave on the mountain.
"Last night, there were still moving torches among these fortifications. It was dark at night, and we had a small number of people, so the officials did not attack directly." Tang Xing said.
"The archers stayed on board the ships, and the others, armed with shields, began to land."
"Yes." Tang Xing responded, and shouted to the messenger behind him: "The archers stayed behind to guard the ships, and the infantry carried shields and began to land."
As the messengers conveyed orders to each other, all the patrol boats moved towards the beach.
As for the big ships that couldn't get too close to the shore, spaceships were lowered one after another, filled with soldiers, and they also surged towards the beach.
Following Xiao Chen's instructions, all the soldiers who landed held shields, hid most of their bodies behind the shields, and began to approach the dense forest.
"Dang-dang-dang-dang." A burst of rapid gongs and drums came from the dense forest.
Immediately afterwards, countless gunpowder arrows emitting blue smoke flew out from the dense forest.
On the open beach, the soldiers had nowhere to hide.
He had no choice but to hold his shield high and huddle his body behind it.
Many arrows landed in the fortifications on the beach. In a short time, the entire fortifications burned, and the blazing flames formed a natural barrier.
The huge wave of fire forced the landing soldiers to retreat towards the seaside.
"Gunpowder arrows? These are all the equipment of my Ming Dynasty's guard, but now they are used by the Japanese pirates against us." Xiao Chen had a cold face and clenched his hands tightly into fists.