If they still had troops from Yuezhou to support them, how could they retreat to Zhoushan Island and not risk a surprise attack? They would be lucky enough to capture Qingchong and Zuohai counties in Dongzhou.
There was no one in the pirate group who did not hate this inspector, and they even offered a high reward. Anyone who could kill this person would be rewarded with a silver reward of 500,000 taels.
The reward of 500,000 taels almost emptied half of their wealth. Judging from the amount of the reward, it can be seen that they hate the inspector deeply.
The rewards are high, but it is basically impossible to get these rewards. Not to mention that this person was not in Dongzhou before, but now he is on the front line of Dongzhou. As far as the troops around him and the masters who protect him are concerned, he wants to kill him. This person is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Although it is impossible, you have to show your attitude. Otherwise, how can you not only stabilize the internal group but also absorb and strengthen yourself in just one year?
From the time when they divided their forces with Yuezhou, their number was only 20,000 to 30,000, and now they have a size of 50,000. They can at least temporarily compete with Wu Dingguo.
Now that they know that Su Qi'an led 20,000 elites to storm Qingchong County, even though everyone is happy to get rid of him, they also know that the current situation is urgent.
Jiro Sakai was listening, and everyone was silent for a while, and they all came up with strategies.
"Second Master, in my opinion, our immediate priority is to quickly send troops to reinforce Qingchong County, and at the same time send a signal to the base camp to request reinforcements."
"That's right, the retreat of the Dongzhou soldiers this time is just as expected by the second master. The food and grass should be exhausted, and they are temporarily unable to launch an attack. They can only surround us."
"Now is the best time for us to request reinforcements. If we miss this time, we will be passive when the Dongzhou soldiers completely surround us and slowly consume us."
Sakai Jiro was able to lead thousands of people to a successful raid. On the one hand, he was wise, courageous and resourceful. More importantly, his men were many with shrewd minds and were by no means a group of ordinary people.
It is precisely because of this group of people that he can securely occupy the second-in-command position in the group. The pirate group has developed so rapidly in just one year, and these people have worked hard.
It's not that Jiro Sakai doesn't understand these suggestions, but he understands them very well, but he is a little hesitant.
Sending troops to support Qingchong County was not a problem. What he hesitated was to ask for help from the base camp.
Regardless of the fact that the pirate group has been entrenched along the coast of Dongzhou for many years, and has fought back and forth with the officers and soldiers of Dongzhou, but wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are intrigues, and they are no exception.
For so many years, their group has not been eliminated by the Dongzhou soldiers, but has grown stronger. It is not that the Dongzhou soldiers are not strong enough.
But behind them, there is the secret support of the Fuso royal family. If the Fuso royal family hadn't turned a blind eye or even secretly supported them, how could they have continued to develop their military strength if nothing else.
Among them, at least one-third of the troops are sent by the Fuso royal family, and the leader of the entire pirate and Japanese pirate group, their leader Yamashita Isamu, is a serious Fuso noble and a die-hard supporter of the Fuso royal family. confidant.
Although he is also from Fuso, his identity background is that of a fisherman at the lowest level. His ability to step up to his current high position is entirely due to his daring to fight and rush forward.
To use an old saying from Daliang, the two sides cannot pee in the same pot.
Therefore, there are basically conflicts between the two, but for the sake of the stability of the group, many things will not make a big fuss, that is, big things will be reduced to trivial matters.
With the men and horses under both sides, a balance has been reached for the time being. However, since the pirates in Yuezhou were wiped out a year ago, thousands of people who escaped have defected to them. This delicate balance seems to be broken. mean.
There were two masters who escaped from Yuezhou, but one of them directly killed the master who failed in the Yuezhou war in order to show his loyalty.
He also made it clear that he would lead his thousands of brothers and follow Yamashita Isamu to the death.
Although they deeply disdain these Liang pirates and only regard them as tools, the loyal Liang leader does have some tricks and is ruthless.
In the subsequent attacks on Dongzhou Frontline Village,
The village, the village, took the lead, and was ruthless in its attacks, showing no mercy at all, and basically slaughtered all the people in the village.
There was even a time when Yamashita Isamu went ashore to harass and was almost eaten by cold soldiers. This person led hundreds of pirates around him and fought a bloody path, successfully covering Yamashita Isamu's breakout.
Since then, this person has been highly regarded by Yamashita Isamu, and has been promoted all the way, and now he has become the third boss in the group. What is this person's name, Liu San?
Precisely because of the joining of this Ryoto pirate, the balance within their group was completely broken.
They could see that Yamashita Isamu did this not only to win over the hearts of the pirates who gathered, but also to make the pirates in the group work hard to give him hope, and more importantly, to use Liu San as a knife.
A knife to deal with them. This raid came ashore. Why was Jiro Sakai leading the team? Not only did he lead by example, but he also did it out of necessity.
Being secretly double-teamed by the two leaders within the group, if he can't make any achievements in the future, within half a year, all his men will be in trouble.
Fortunately, his raid was successful this time and he occupied two counties, leaving the people in the base camp speechless.
And when he first asked the base camp to send people ashore to help him stabilize the defense line, Yamashita Isamu did not hesitate at all and readily sent 20,000 troops.
This is not a act of kindness by Yuu Yamashita, but it is done for everyone to see.
If we don't send troops and watch him be wiped out, his position as the leader of the group will be eliminated.
The 20,000 people who supported this time withstood the pressure and forced the Dongzhou soldiers to withdraw.
But later he asked for reinforcements, and with Yamashita Isamu's urinary temperament, he was afraid that he might use some crooked ideas.
After all, when sending troops, at least 10,000 people are needed, but the number of troops on Zhoushan Island is only 20,000, and they still have to guard against the Dongzhou Navy.
Yamashita Isamu would probably watch his men and horses being beaten, and then slowly send out troops, picking up what was ready.
With this person's character, he can definitely do this.
After all, he was relying on the Fusang royal family. In the final analysis, the pirate group was nothing more than a frontline chess piece for Fusang's invasion of Great Liang, serving as a test.
Even if they lose 10,000 or 20,000 of them, as long as they can achieve great results, a large number of troops will be invested in the follow-up.
This is the competition between the Fuso bottom class and the Fuso nobles. This is why Sakai Jiro will not ask for help from Yamashita Isamu unless it is absolutely necessary.
How could the subordinates not see Jiro Sakai's concerns? They were silent for a while and said softly.
"Second Master, I understand your concerns, but if we don't ask for help, it is very likely that the county we finally captured will be lost again."
"I believe that with the personality of a big boss, it will indeed be a fisherman's advantage, but don't forget that the two counties we occupy are of great significance to Fuso."
"It is the first stronghold for the invasion of Da Liang. If it is lost and we want to reoccupy it, there will be no such good opportunity. Even if the master refuses to cooperate and loses two counties, I think even if he is a Fuso noble, The royal family will not let him go."
"That's right, as far as my subordinates know, half a year ago, our royal prince got married in Da Liang's Kyoto City, and his face was completely lost. Da Liang hates this supervisor so much."
"Now we have encountered this inspector again. If the master refuses to cooperate and send troops, resulting in the loss of the occupied county, think about how our prince will treat the master."
The reminder from his subordinates made Jiro Sakai seem to understand something. His eyes flashed and he whispered.
"Well, what you said makes sense. Yes, this invasion and occupation does not represent our pirate group, but the first step in whether Fuso Kingdom can invade Great Liang."
"If the boss doesn't understand this, he will suffer a very painful end."
"That's right, I think we don't need to be too pessimistic this time. The supervisory envoy is very strong, but the defense of Qingchong County is not so easy to break. It seems to be coming menacingly, as long as we hold on for a few days , in the end, this inspector can only return without success, just like the Dongzhou soldiers."
"Besides, we still have a trump card in our hand. This time we can
This person has made great contributions to winning two counties. We can use him again at this time to let us understand some situations. Maybe we can turn defeat into victory by then. "
Being awakened by his subordinates again, Sakai Jiro nodded repeatedly, without the doubts in his eyes, he looked at his subordinates and said loudly.
"Pass my order to immediately send 5,000 people to support Qingchong County. At the same time, Fei Ge sent a message to the base camp asking for reinforcements again." This battle is related to our success or not. I hope you will do your best and go. "
After hearing the order, all the subordinates turned around and left. Jiro Sakai, who was sitting in the upper position, flashed his eyes and wrote something on the desk.
After a while, a pigeon quickly flew away from Zuohai County and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, Su Qi'an, who was setting off, led his army and approached Qingchong County.
At this time, Qingchong County looked peaceful, but from a distance, it was filled with a strong atmosphere of chilling.
On the city wall, apart from the pits of various sizes made by catapults on the city wall, there were large areas of blood stains on the ground outside, mixed with some broken flags and broken halberds.
Although the corpses of the siege soldiers had been cleared away by the withdrawing troops, the air was still filled with the disgusting smell of blood.
Apparently, Qing Chong County experienced a tragic battle a few days ago.
Su Qi'an, who was sitting on horseback, looked at the deserted Qingchong County from a distance and asked Su Yong beside him.
"How long will it take us to march this time?"
"Mr. Hui, it took our army three days to arrive at Qingchong County." Su Yong said respectfully.
"In other words, these three days are enough time for them to increase their troops in time."
"Yes, Mr. Hui, according to our scouts' investigation, the current Qingchong County has added 5,000 troops, all of whom came from Zuohai County. The current number of troops in the city is about 13,000."
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