As the war horn sounded, the island became visibly agitated. Scattered Japanese pirates carrying Japanese knives, bamboo spears, and long bows continued to gather on the beach, preparing to resist the Ming army's attack. It was also the first time that Zhu Su commanded a landing battle. He loudly issued an order: "Send the flag! Let the warships in the rear row spread out in a 'crane wing' position and throw rain of arrows at the Japanese pirates to cover the landing of Duke Chang!"
The warships of the Ming army beat their drums, and the soldiers on the observation platform waved their flags and issued flag messages. The two wings of the Ming army in the rear began to spread out with the wave, and fired arrows at the enemy with maximum firepower.
Landing operations are more difficult than pure road operations. Before the ship's cannon was officially put into use, the defender often had more advantages than the attacker who launched the attack from the sea. Even if there is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, as long as the attacking side can block the landing point, it can often be "one man in charge" on the shore, while the attacking side will involuntarily fall into the "adding fuel tactic", even if the strength is several times that of the local area, It is also often impossible to convert the superiority of troops into victory, and the defenders are forced to "win with less" or "attack the enemy half way".
Therefore, for the attacking side, the biggest test is the "bravery" and "morale" of the first group of vanguards. As long as the first group of pioneers can successfully land and hold the landing point for continuous landing support from friendly forces, the overall situation can often be directly determined.
Although Chang Mao's bravery was not as good as Zhang Dingbian's, as the son of Chang Yuchun, he never fell behind others in charging into battle. He was beaten by Zhang Dingbian and lay on the bed for half a month. At this time, he was holding back a burst of anger in his chest. When they saw the Japanese pirates on the shore, they became even more furious and wanted to kill them. Before the ship's cockpit (a long board placed between the ship and the shore for people to get on and off) had been put down, and the rain of arrows from behind to suppress the gathering of Japanese pirates had not stopped, Chang Mao jumped off the ship in one big step, holding the gun in his hand. A spear shouted: "Grandpa Chang of your family is here again! The Japanese bandit shall die!"
Originally, the battle scenes at sea were chaotic, and most of them used broadswords. However, before Zhang Dingbian relied on his strength and gave him a stick, and Chang Mao gained wisdom through the experience, but now he is unwilling to use short-term soldiers.
The Japanese pirates were suddenly attacked and were shaken by a hail of arrows. They were already in a panic. Hearing Chang Mao's roar again, he was even more frightened: One of the Japanese pirates who had escaped from Suzhou City took a closer look. Although he had changed his weapon to a spear, how could he not recognize that what he saw in front of him was the same Japanese pirate who drove him that night? The Ming Dynasty's murderous prince who used his warship to kill everyone? Immediately, the Japanese pirates were so frightened that their hands and feet were so weak that they dropped the Japanese swords in their hands with a "clang" sound and fled for their lives in a panic.
Almost as soon as Chang Mao jumped off the warship, the Japanese pirates collapsed immediately. As the vanguard, Chang Mao immediately took steps to launch a pursuit. Zhu Su, who was seen on the sea, had just stopped the rain of arrows. Seeing that the Japanese pirates had just collapsed, he was stunned and quickly ordered the entire army to land.
"This is too easy." Zhu Di looked uninterested. Originally, the first step of the landing battle, "establishing a foothold", was when the battle was most intense. Unexpectedly, the Japanese pirates showed almost no resistance and simply gave up the beach at the landing point.
Zhu Su glanced at Fujiwara. When Fujiwara saw the Japanese pirates retreating, there was no trace of pity on his face, but a hint of pride on his face.
The Japanese pirates were defeated easily as he said, which shows that he did not cheat and lie.
"Could it be a fraud?" Ru Taisu frowned and tugged at his beard. He didn't believe Fujiwara, a visitor from Dongyi. When he saw Chang Mao and his men chasing him far away, the word "lure the enemy" came to his mind. Zhu Su thought for a while and shook his head: "That kind of panic... doesn't seem like hypocrisy."
"But to be on the safe side, it's better to quickly dispatch the follow-up army to support Brother Chang."
This Brother Chang is really... I heard that in his early years, Chang Yuchun "didn't see anything else but move forward whenever he encountered enemy invaders." Could it be that this kind of "reckless energy" can also be inherited?
The army successfully landed on the beach. The Ming army stepped over the corpses of the Japanese pirates who had been shot to death by arrows, and rolled towards the center of the island with overwhelming force. There were also one or two Japanese pirates who took advantage of the terrain to hide and tried to resist, but they were all directly killed by the well-equipped Ming army.
After a while, they arrived at the camp where the Japanese pirate family members lived in the center of the island. Before they stepped into the rough gate of the camp, Chang Mao and a group of Zheng Guogong's guards had already walked out of the camp. All the people were covered in blood, and each of them had a different number of Japanese heads hanging on their waists, which looked very evil. Chang Mao also held a Japanese man who looked like a skinny monkey in his hands.
"Your Highnesses, these Japanese are too inexperienced." Chang Mao's blood-stained face was full of expression. "With just one charge, we captured the stronghold. The Japanese pirates in the stronghold simply dispersed."
"There aren't many Japanese people left here. It's hard to imagine that there are only a hundred of them." Zhu Su said with a smile. "Where can you be your opponent, Brother Chang?"
Chang Mao curled his lips. It was indeed a bit unsatisfying not to have a tough fight. Fortunately, I caught the thief quickly. "This is the leader of the thieves left behind in the village." He said and knocked the skinny monkey to the ground.
"*)&)&!@#￥￥%..." As soon as the thin monkey fell to the ground, he immediately changed into a posture of prostrating himself on the ground. While kowtowing to Zhu Su and others, he started talking loudly. .
"Your Highness, would you like me to translate for you?" Fujiwara volunteered.
"...No need." Zhu Su glanced at Fujiwara. "Japanese pirates are a bastard. It's useless to keep them."
"Let's bow down together and build a Jingguan to deter Japanese pirates who dare to come and take up residence here in the future."
When the thin monkey heard Fujiwara's voice, he raised his head in confusion. The moment he saw Fujiwara's face, he was stunned. But before he could say anything, a Wu Wangwei had already drawn his sword.
There was a "pop" sound, and the head was in a different place.
Zhu Su felt a little uncomfortable, but maybe he had seen too many killings, and he was only slightly nauseated at this time. He forced himself to calm down and said to Fujiwara: "Fujiwara, you were stationed on this island. You must be very clear about where to hide troops on the island."
"Follow Brother Chang, go and find all the scattered Japanese pirates hiding on the island. If you find that there are any left alive, I will ask you to make up for them."
"Hai!" Fujiwara, who received Zhu Su's order, was not afraid. Instead, he looked excited, feeling that he had received preliminary recognition from this noble prince. As for the heads of Japanese pirates pinned to his waist, he didn't even look at them: "Dirty Japanese pirates, what's the pity?"
His ancestors of the Fujiwara family were noble Chinese people from the Celestial Dynasty. How could they be on the same level as these descendants of the indigenous people of Japan?
Even when he considered himself a Japanese, Fujiwara, as a minister, looked down upon these samurai, ronin, and even untouchables who were not even ronin. Not to mention that now that he considers himself a Chinese citizen, how can Fujiwara sympathize with these "barbarians"?
Using their heads in exchange for His Highness the Celestial Empire's recognition of his Chinese bloodline, this deal couldn't be more cost-effective.
(End of chapter)
