Fuzhou City.
What was originally the most prosperous city in Fujian has now changed beyond recognition.
The city wall was burned black by kerosene, and there were countless corpses lying under the city, including those of Japanese pirates and Ming soldiers, but most of them belonged to the people of Ming Dynasty.
These Japanese pirates could not attack Fuzhou City, so they directly drove the people to attack the city.
Thousands of people who were captured by the Japanese pirates were placed in front of the battle array in order to weaken the morale of the defenders in the city.
After all, most of the people in Fuzhou City are still guards.
These guardsmen were originally local Han people, and with so many fellow villagers, they might be related to one of the soldiers.
So many people made the soldiers in the city red-eyed. They couldn't bear to shoot down arrows, let alone throw down logs and rolling stones.
As a result, the Japanese pirates used ladders to reach the top of the wall. Fortunately, Deng Yu had experienced hundreds of battles and was battle-hardened.
Knowing what the problem was, he simply led 300 elite soldiers and went directly out of the city to fight, desperately trying to save some of the people.
But most of the people were killed by Japanese pirates in the rebel army.
There were corpses all over the city and rivers of blood.
Originally, Deng Yu could still hold on for about ten days, which was not a problem.
But now the Japanese pirates knew Deng Yu's weakness, and after this attack on the city, Deng Yu's soldiers had suffered heavy casualties, and all of them were injured.
Deng Yu knew that he could not hold on for long, and he might not even be able to wait for the arrival of reinforcements, so he immediately wrote a letter and said his final farewell to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Sure enough, the next day, the Japanese pirates brought more Ming people to attack the city.
The Ming army occupied the geographical advantage in vain, but could not take advantage of its superiority. They could only rely on their sick and disabled bodies to fight the Japanese pirates tenaciously.
But courage cannot make up for the gap in strength, and sometimes it even aggravates this kind of destruction.
The day after writing his last letter, Deng Yu felt a little helpless.
Now Deng Yu had tried his best, and even went into battle himself to kill the enemy bravely, but there were too many Japanese pirates.
Waves of Japanese pirates are like a tide, endlessly coming towards me. No matter how hard I try to kill the enemy, the number of Japanese pirates under the city seems to have not decreased at all.
Deng Yu only felt that he was at the end of his strength and reached the end. Even during the defense at noon the next day, the city wall was once seized by Japanese pirates.
Fortunately, the heroic fighting of the Ming army attracted the people in the city to join, and with the inspiration of the Ming army, some people who were plundered also took the opportunity to join the battle.
Although these people were unarmed, they were so angry that they shed blood for ten steps.
It was precisely because of the help of the people in the city and the riots of the people outside the city that Deng Yu was able to survive until sunset the next day.
But the price paid was heavy. The people who climbed the city wall to help resist the Japanese pirates suffered heavy casualties.
The rioting people outside the city were killed by the ferocious Japanese pirates, and no one survived.
This scene shocked the people in the city, and their initial enthusiasm suddenly turned to ice.
Deng Yu saw the fearful eyes of these people. He knew that he would not survive tomorrow. Maybe before sunset tomorrow, he would die.
Deng Yu glanced at the setting sun with nostalgia. Perhaps this was the last sunset that Deng Yu saw.
...
After dark, outside Fuzhou City, the Japanese pirates camped.
Chen Zuyi was in his tent at this time, gathering his men and eating meat.
"Brothers, Fuzhou City can't hold on anymore. After the city is breached tomorrow, don't seal the sword for three days and let the brothers have a good time!!"
Chen Zuyi raised his wine glass and made a loud promise to his leaders.
After the city is defeated, Chen Zuyi will directly massacre the city and let the brothers vent their anger.
This is Chen Zuyi's usual method. Although Chen Zuyi has no longer caused harm in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, he has gone to Southeast Asia and disturbed those small Southeast Asian countries.
He had countless warships and at one time his number of pirates numbered 100,000. No one from the small countries in Southeast Asia was his opponent.
Under his oppression, those countries did not dare to go against Chen Zuyi.
For this reason, Chen Zuyi also blackmailed those weak countries. If they dared not to pay, Chen Zuyi would directly hold a knife and demand the account face to face.
If you dare to resist, Chen Zuyi directly orders the massacre of the city. When the city is broken, no chickens or dogs will be left behind.
For this reason, Chen Zuyi massacred several cities in small countries in Southeast Asia.
Chen Zuyi's famous name can even stop children crying at night, which is notorious in Southeast Asia.
However, precisely because of this, more and more pirates are defecting to Chen Zuyi. Pirates in Southeast Asia basically obey Chen Zuyi's orders.
This time Chen Zuyi returned to the Ming Dynasty just to take revenge on Zhu Yuanzhang.
It was Chen Zuyi's work to unite with the Japanese pirates from the southeast and instigate the Japanese pirates to invade the Ming Dynasty.
When Ming Dynasty's attention was attracted by the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, Chen Zuyi took them by surprise and quickly invaded Fujian.
And in the Quanzhou area of Fujian, he successfully ambush Deng Yu, the Duke of Wei, and will pursue Deng Yu to Fuzhou Prefecture.
As long as Deng Yu is eliminated, Fujian and the Guangdong and Guangxi regions will become a vacuum zone. At that time, this area will become his own world.
He has secretly contacted wealthy gentry families in Guangdong and other places. Since Chen Zuyi is originally from Guangdong, he still has some prestige in Guangdong.
The gentry and wealthy families in Guangdong are now waiting and watching. As long as Chen Zuyi defeats Deng Yu, they will follow Chen Zuyi in rebellion and take charge of their own affairs.
Chen Zuyi was in a very happy mood, thinking that he had been driven away from Guangdong and other places by Zhu Yuanzhang, and now he had made a comeback, vowing to seek revenge against Zhu Yuanzhang.
Everyone was exchanging cups and glasses, and when the atmosphere was getting warmer, a pirate suddenly broke in and shouted in horror to Chen Zuyi who was on the throne:
"Big boss, no... it's not good!!!"
"Our fleet left in Pinghu Water Village was attacked by someone. The brothers suffered heavy casualties. Less than half of the 30,000 brothers escaped."
"Please ask the big leader to avenge your brothers!"
quiet! silence! ! Silence! !
The big tent, which was originally bustling with activity, now became audible.
Everyone's expression was extremely shocked at this moment, their mouths were wide open, and their eyes were full of disbelief.
You must know that the Pinghu Islands were the base camp selected by Chen Zuyi. Before the invasion of Fujian, Chen Zuyi began to let people manage the Pinghu Islands.
This is the largest island closest to Fujian and also has an excellent port, which is suitable for a big pirate like Chen Zuyi to occupy.
After a year of operation, Pinghu Island was able to support 100,000 pirates, and Chen Zuyi moved his camp to Pinghu Island.
Then on Pinghu Island, Chen Zuyi united with the Japanese pirates, integrated the pirate pirates' forces, formed a short-lived alliance, and jointly swore an oath to target the Ming Dynasty.
During this period, Chen Zuyi launched a series of attacks against the Ming Dynasty, all of which started from Pinghu Island.
This allowed Chen Zuyi to respond to the changes that occurred in Fujian in a timely manner, and finally relied on strategy to defeat Deng Yu. He was just one step away from sweeping the Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian regions and becoming king and hegemony.
From here we can see the importance of Pinghu Islands to Chen Zuyi.
Of course, Chen Zuyi also understood the key to the Pinghu Islands and directly left 30,000 brothers to guard his home.
The Pinghu Islands are stuck between Fuzhou Prefecture and Zhejiang. If the Japanese pirates in southeastern Zhejiang want to rebel, Pinghu Island must be eliminated.
As for the 30,000-strong army, Chen Zuyi was confident enough to withstand the attack of the northern Japanese pirates until he returned.
Unexpectedly, the 30,000-strong army on the Pinghu Islands didn't last even half a day, and they were defeated without even receiving a letter asking for help.
He directly destroyed his base camp along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and more than half of the 30,000 people died in the battle.
This series of events left Chen Zuyi in a daze. For a moment, he didn't know whether to believe what the Japanese pirate in front of him said.
"Clang!"
A small pirate leader was so frightened by the news that he dropped his wine glass, which seemed so abrupt in the silent tent.
Chen Zuyi finally came to his senses, slowly pulled out his sword and walked up to the little boss.
"General...general!"
Chen Zuyi likes to be called general, but the little boss was so frightened that he couldn't even speak.
"Kid, don't look, turn around."
Chen Zuyi looked indifferent, his eyes were cold, and he ordered softly.
"oh."
The little boss nodded numbly.
"flutter!!"
A head flew up in an instant, the little leader's blood spurted out from his chest, and the tent was instantly filled with the smell of blood.
The pirate leaders, big and small, did not expect that Chen Zuyi would kill anyone he said. They all looked at Chen Zuyi in horror, fearing that they would become the next unlucky guy.
Chen Zuyi's face was covered with blood at this time, and his expression was ferocious. He pointed at the Japanese pirate and shouted:
"This person must be a spy. He is here to disrupt the morale of our army. Come on, pull him down and chop him down!!"
"The villain is wronged, the villain is really..."
Two of Chen Zuyi's confidants didn't wait for the Japanese pirates to continue shouting, so they slapped the man in the mouth until his mouth was filled with blood.
Then, regardless of the Japanese pirate's struggle, the two men pulled the Japanese pirate out of the tent, and soon a dead head was presented.
Chen Zuyi looked around at everyone, and then suddenly shouted:
"We will attack Fuzhou City with all our strength tomorrow. We will definitely capture Fuzhou City."
"Anyone who is lazy and refuses to fight will be killed without mercy!!!"
