When Japanese pirates land in small boats, they must rely on the power of tides.
There are two tides in a day, the morning morning is at noon and the evening is at midnight. The Japanese pirates lack horses and as the attacker, they will probably choose to attack at noon.
After cutting off the heads of Wang Biao and other Japanese pirates as a gift, all salt fields near Yancheng were stopped that night, and all coastal people moved to the rear.
Most of the men were unwilling to leave. When the young and old men heard that they were going to fight the Japanese pirates, they all picked up hoes and sticks and wanted to defend their homes and country with the Yangzhou army!
A long night, a long night.
It was slightly bright in the morning.
Horse hooves and announcements resounded throughout the military camp:
"The pirate ship has approached Longkou Port! The entire army is on alert! The entire army is on alert!"
There was an uproar in the barracks.
Song Che covered his head with a pillow. He was in a place full of men. He didn't have a wife to warm him. He had never had a full night's sleep in the winter!
"Hey, Brother Jiang, you can't go in. My husband told me that no one is allowed to disturb me before Chen Shi!"
"Harm! I'm looking for my brother. Where can there be so many rules!"
Jiang Yuntian opened the door and went straight to Song Che's bed. He lifted the quilt and trembled all over. The snow fell all over Song Che's body.
Song Che was so cold that he was shaking.
"The Japanese pirates are about to attack the city, and you are still sleeping!"
"If the Japanese pirates really come in, you won't break into my camp but go up the city wall." Song Che dusted off the snow, took the quilt, and wrapped himself up again.
Jiang Yuntian put his hands on his hips and looked complaining: "Bao Dayou told me that yesterday you ordered the general in the tent to ambush him, why didn't you take me with you?"
Song Che complained even more: "Why are you panicking? With a strong general like you, I naturally have other big responsibilities."
Jiang Yuntian's eyes were shining, but he didn't ask any more questions. He hugged Song Che and said with a smile, "As expected of us, we are good brothers!"
"Brothers?"
"Of course they are good brothers."
"Then can you bring me the urinal?" Song Che pointed to the corner with a smile.
Jiang Yuntian didn't say anything. He went straight to get the urinal, pinched his nose, shook his head and sighed.
"how?"
"The spout of this pot is really small."
"Fuck you!"
…
The military camp was too noisy, so Song Che also got up.
It was just dawn, and we were ordering our troops and generals.
There are 22,000 soldiers in Yancheng. 3,000 are divided into ambushes and 5,000 are on the beach to meet the enemy. The remaining 17,000 soldiers and 3,000 civilian militiamen are stationed on three walls. Among them, the north gate is Fortresses, guns, crossbows, and cavalry accounted for 70%.
The soldiers prepared mud, rolled wood, and stones on the city wall, and thickened the city gate. Song Che, Jiang Yuntian, Gao Chen, Navy Chief Yan Gang and other generals stood on the city wall, always ready and waiting.
Every half an hour, the scouts would report on the military situation. There were more than 200 Japanese warships, large and small, all anchored outside Longkou Bay, facing the Huainan Army across the sea.
As expected, they were waiting for the high tide.
gradually.
Noon is approaching.
Then listen to the scout to report quickly:
"Master Gao! The Japanese pirates are moving! As expected, they are charging in small boats riding the waves. Each boat carries twenty people, densely packed, one wave after another!"
"Send an order to General Kang and tell him to hold on for two quarters of an hour and then retreat!"
"yes!"
As long as the beach is stained with blood, the scene is real.
Soon, explosions sounded from Longkou Port, and there was a faint fighting, and the sea breeze brought bursts of blood.
Half an hour of waiting seemed like a whole year had passed.
"Da da da……"
It's still the same scout, but already stained with blood:
"The Japanese pirates combined small boats into temporary docks for larger ships to dock. More than 30,000 people rushed to the beach. General Kang led his troops to stop them bravely. He was accidentally hit by three arrows. Our army also suffered heavy casualties and was retreating towards Yancheng..."
"Quick! Open the city gate! General Yan, lead eight hundred light cavalry and come forward to meet General Kang. Be sure to protect him when he comes back!" Gao Chen ordered urgently.
"The last general takes command!"
Yan Gang put on his horse, led eight hundred cavalry out of Yancheng, and walked away in the snow.
"Mr. Bai, how are you now?"
All eyes were focused on Song Che.
Is there no pressure on Song Che? But if he acts impatient, how can he stabilize the morale of the army?
It was a good tactic for the Japanese pirates to use the connecting boats as docks for the large ships to move in and out, but they regarded them as a group of snakes and rats, which was a bit underestimating the enemy.
"The enemy has a large number of people. It is normal for us to lose. Don't worry. Everything is as expected."
"Mr. Bai said so, so we feel relieved."
Time is running out, two quarters of an hour later.
The cavalry led the remnants of the front line to retreat to Yancheng. Kang Han was hit by an arrow in the chest, back, and thigh. However, he could still ride a horse, so the injury should not be fatal.
Five thousand people were blocked at the front line, but only three thousand remained when they retreated. More than two thousand loyal and brave soldiers rested in Longkou Port.
Shortly after the frontline soldiers withdrew to Yancheng, the black Japanese pirate army came up with a roar. The people in the front row were the Japanese Ronin. They held up blood-stained Japanese knives, strung heads one after another, and kept shouting.
Behind the ronin is a row of leaders on war horses, Japanese generals wearing rattan armor, and pirates carrying machetes. Nearly 30,000 Japanese pirates, even small soldiers, are all covered with armor. The popularity rate is higher than that of the Huainan Army. They have long spears, strong bows and crossbows, wall ladders, and door knocking wood. The equipment is better than imagined. too much.
How can this be considered a Japanese pirate? It's clearly a regular army!
Without sufficient financial support, how can a group of rabble become an army?
The Japanese pirate army stopped advancing a hundred steps away from the city gate. When they saw the middle-aged man carrying a machete on his back, he stepped forward and shouted:
"Gao Chen! If you don't drink the toast, you will be fined with wine! If you dare to kill the brother of my boss, if you open the door to the city today and offer your own head, I will slaughter only half of the city. If not, I won't leave any chickens or dogs behind!"
Gao Chen shouted: "Wu Zhu, you colluded with the Japanese Japanese bandits to kill and plunder the people of Daliang. Your crime should be unforgivable, but I am kind to the emperor. As long as you are willing to accept the recruitment, I will exempt you from the crime-"
"The dog officer looks at the arrows!"
But before Gao Chen finished speaking, Wu Zhu drew an arrow and shot it, right at Gao Chen's throat!
At the critical moment.
Jiang Yuntian stretched out his hand and pinched it gently, half an inch in front of Gao Chen's throat, and caught the flying arrow between his two fingers. He sighed: "Master Gao, are you too naive if you want to train a hungry wolf into a dog to guard your home?"
Gao Chen was sweating profusely, and two generals hurriedly stopped him behind him. The high-ranking officials in the imperial court were killed by Japanese pirates before they left the army, and the joke was really big.
"This arrow is just a show of force. I only give you half a quarter of an hour to release my second brother Wang Li. If you open the city gate and surrender, the city will be slaughtered after the expiration date!"
Wu Zhu put away his bow and arrows and retreated from the formation.
"Hey! Big man!"
Song Che put away the telescope and shouted: "Where is your eldest brother Wang Zhi?"
Wang Zhi used to be the supervisor of Ciyin Temple. He was a bald man in his fifties. Song Che looked carefully with a telescope and found that he was not among the several horse-riding leaders in the army.
Wu Zhu stared at Song Che intently, pointed and cursed:
"What kind of fool are you? You don't even dare to show your true face to others. How dare you ask about my eldest brother?"
