Ice cold!
Yangtze River water poured into his mouth. Gu Zhengchen stepped on the water and suddenly emerged from the water. He saw the ferocious pirate in front of him grabbing Zhang Pei, hitting Zhang Pei's head with his head, and still screaming something in his mouth.
Gu Zhengchen grabbed the sword, took a deep breath, and dived into the water. When he came out of the water, he stabbed with the sword!
The sword stabbed the pirate's hand. The pirate looked at Gu Zhengchen ferociously. Zhang Pei yelled "Ah" and hit his head directly on the bridge of the pirate's nose. After the pirate let go of his hand, he punched his temple.
"Gu Zhenfu, get on the boat!"
The sergeant turned the boat over and greeted him quickly.
"Liang Lin, lower your head!"
Gu Zhengchen shouted immediately when he saw that the pirates were approaching and approaching Liang Lin.
When Liang Lin heard this, he didn't think much. He lowered his head and dived into the water. A black shadow seemed to fly past. When he reappeared on the surface, he turned around and saw a pirate with a sword stuck in his face.
Zhang Pei glanced at Gu Zhengchen with admiration, he was really good at throwing swords...
"Leave me alone, kill!"
Gu Zhengchen shouted sharply.
When Zhao Hailou, Feng Fu and others heard Gu Zhengchen's voice, their blood boiled and they screamed to kill the approaching pirates!
The pirates, who were good at water, sneaked into the bottom of the ship and dug through the wooden ship.
Seeing this, Zhao Hailou turned the spear in his hand upside down, and without saying a word, he pierced the bottom of the boat. When the spear was pulled out, it was filled with blood and water, but the boat also began to leak...
"The pirates can't hold on anymore, kill them!"
Zhao Hailou showed his true nature as a madman. Seeing that the ship was about to sink, he led the sergeant to jump directly into the water to fight the pirates!
Yuan Liang and Sun Ke never expected that this group of Ming troops would be so powerful and brave. The nearly one hundred pirates who jumped into the sea did not take much advantage and were killed to pieces!
"Get out, we can't stay here any longer!"
Yuan Liang looked at Sun Ke and gritted his teeth.
Not only were they suddenly attacked by a round of fire, they also made these ships a living target. Whenever the pirates showed up and were shot dead, they suffered heavy losses in the first round.
When they reacted later, the Ming army changed their tactics and concentrated their efforts to eliminate a group of pirates. Although the 200 main forces in the ship were not damaged, when these main forces jumped into the sea to fight and tried to eliminate this group of sergeants, they also ended up with nothing. Tragic results.
Now the fire is burning and cannot be extinguished at all. Such a large fire will definitely alert the sergeants of Liuhe Fort Central Station, and even the sergeants of Wusongjiang Station may be dispatched!
The main force of the navy in these places has been mobilized, but now this group of people can't deal with it, how can they deal with more navy?
"Walk!"
Sun Ke looked at the burning boat and felt distressed. He jumped into the water with Yuan Liang and swam out while taking advantage of the chaos.
Without unified command, the combat effectiveness of the pirates dropped sharply. Some tried to escape, but were caught up and stabbed to death by the navy. The battle lasted for half an hour, and the river surface was burned red. A ship served as a torch, lighting up the Yangtze River estuary.
Gu Zhengchen gasped for air, moved to a sandbank not far away, and ordered the sergeants to check the casualties and drowning conditions. Zhao Hailou, Feng Fu and others obeyed the order, and some drowned sergeants were sent to the sandbank. Gu Zhengchen Gu To avoid fatigue and fear, the sergeants were arranged to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and even used oral respiration.
"Can't die!"
Gu Zhengchen pressed again and again, even if the sound of broken bones could be heard, even if Qin Song and others tried to stop him, Gu Zhengchen did not relax.
"Gu Zhenfu, he is dead."
"Shut up, do the compressions, and do the compressions for me!"
"But……"
"Execute military orders!"
Gu Zhengchen pressed down suddenly, and the sergeant who had been judged to have drowned by Zhao Hailou and others spit out a mouthful of water and began to breathe.
"Hu Jiu!"
Zhao Hailou and others were shocked, and looked at Gu Zhengchen with deep awe.
Can I still regain my life from the hands of the Lord of Hell?
This is a great skill!
"What are you doing standing still? Press!"
Gu Zhengchen roared angrily, kicked away a sergeant who was motionless, and stepped forward to press him.
Although the sergeants knew how to swim, water skills and fighting in the water were two different things. Some sergeants drowned early and had no hope at all. Some sergeants were rescued after fighting and drowning from behind.
Gu Zhengchen sat next to the corpse, looking at the unknown sergeant with a sense of loss.
Feng Fu came over and shouted: "Report to Gu Zhenfu for a great victory. Four hundred and twenty-seven pirates were killed! Now the bodies have been recovered from the sandbank. You can report your merits to the court at any time!"
Gu Zhengchen looked at Feng Fu: "How is the damage?"
Feng Fu said seriously: "Three hundred sergeants, fifty-nine injured, thirty-two dead."
"So many brothers have died. Now you're telling me it's a great victory?"
Gu Zhengchen stood up and glared at Feng Fu!
Feng Fu was stunned, and all the sergeants were stunned.
Thirty-two people died and 427 pirates were killed. Isn’t this considered a great victory?
Gu Zhengchen looked up at the sky, with sadness in his eyes.
There were only three hundred people in total, and more than one-tenth of them were killed directly in battle! If they die, how will they explain it to their families?
Gu Zhengchen turned around sadly, looked at the row of corpses, straightened his clothes, and said solemnly: "Take off your helmet and say goodbye to your dead brothers!"
The sergeants gathered into a queue, those with helmets took off their helmets, while those without helmets stood solemnly.
Gu Zhengchen pulled out his sword, pointed it to the sky, and said awe-inspiringly: "You died to protect the Ming Dynasty. You are the heroes of the Ming Dynasty! I, Gu Zhengchen, swear that I will engrave your names on the stone and leave them in the guardhouse. , to be remembered by future generations!”
"The swords are unsheathed and the heroes are sent away!"
Canglang!
The sword came out and the light flashed.
The sergeants stood solemnly, no one spoke, and there was silence.
Zhao Hailou, Qin Song, Dou Qiao, Feng Fu and others were all touched. No one had ever thought that someone could mourn and say goodbye like this after death.
This has never happened before in the Ming army.
The Gu Zhenfu in front of him was different from any other general. He seemed to have respect for the sergeant, reverence for life, and reverence for glory, and gave death the highest courtesy.
"If one day I die in battle, it will be worth it to have such a farewell ceremony!"
Zhao Hailou thought in his heart.
Qin Song's eyes moved from the dead soldier to Gu Zhengchen's back. Such a thin back seemed convincing and reassuring at this moment.
The corners of Dou Qiao's eyes turned red. He was a rough guy and rarely convinced anyone, but now it was different. He convinced himself! If Gu Zhengchen let himself die now, he would not hesitate at all!
This is a man who has broken his own heart. I am willing to give my life to him!
Feng Fu, Wei Shangwen, Liu Ji and others were deeply moved. This silent farewell gave death meaning.
The sword is sheathed.
Gu Zhengchen said in a deep voice, "Put the brothers on the boat and send them home at dawn tomorrow."
Fallen leaves return to their roots, and Weisuo is their root.
The water surface returned to calm, only a few ships were burning.
Qianhu Lu Zhen, the deputy of Liuhe Fort, came over with more than ten boats. He couldn't help but be shocked when he saw Gu Zhengchen and others on the sandbank, as well as the rows of corpses spread out in the puddles.
"Where did the rest of you go?"
Lu Zhen looked around.
Lu Zhen was aware of the mobilization of the Jiangyin navy, but the mobilization document stated that Gu Zhengchen only brought 300 men. There are probably more than 400 corpses of pirates here, including 300 sergeants. It is impossible for such a small ship to kill four More than a hundred pirates must have been led by Zhou Huan, the main force of Jiangyin Guards, and others.
"There is no one else, they are all here." Zhao Hailou replied dully, and then clasped his fists: "Gu Zhenfu doesn't want to talk much now, Deputy Lu Qianhu wants to ask questions, please be concise."
"There is no one else. Do you think this is the result of your victory? Impossible!"
Lu Zhen didn't believe it.
Zhao Hailou was too lazy to explain and just stood aside.
Others don't know the dangers of this battle, and they don't know the reasons for victory in this battle, but how can they not know if they are personally involved in it? No one is safe on the battlefield. Gu Zhengchen was almost killed this time!
For this victory, everyone risked their lives. If Gu Zhengchen hadn't planned it well at the beginning and the raid was effective, who knows how big the casualties would have been!
"Gu Zhenfu, what exactly happened here?"
Lu Zhen didn't dare to be too presumptuous. Not only was Gu Zhengchen a man from Quanzhou County, but his status as the governor of Jurong Wei was higher than his own.
Gu Zhengchen glanced at Lu Zhen and said tiredly: "The pirates disguised themselves as grain ships. Two hundred Jiangyin Guards and one hundred Jurong Guards sergeants fought bravely. You have seen the result. Deputy Lu Qianhu, Jiangyin Guards cannot be here How long will we stay here before we need to return to Nansha Island? Can you lend me your people and ships to help transport the bodies of these pirates?"
Lu Zhen was shocked: "There are three hundred of you, how could it be possible..."
Gu Zhengchen waved his hand: "Would you like to borrow the boat?"
"Borrow, of course I have to borrow!"
Lu Zhen saw that Gu Zhengchen's face was not good-looking, so he quickly agreed.
These corpses need to find more witnesses, otherwise they will be unjustly accused of "killing good people and taking credit for their crimes", and that will be the end of the world. Fortunately, these pirates' clothes, steel swords and other weapons were still intact, especially since there were two short men among the pirates, and their swords were actually Japanese swords.
Gu Zhengchen didn't know who killed the two Japanese pirates. This was a blind act, and the sergeant himself didn't know who killed whom. But various evidences can prove that this is indeed a pirate.
What worried Gu Zhengchen was that Yuan Liang, who claimed to be the head of the household department, was missing, and so were some of the clerks around him. After all, it was a night operation with limited field of vision. If someone escaped by diving, it would be difficult for the sergeant to find it.
Before Gu Zhengchen's battle report was finished, the Wusongjiang navy arrived. Before Wang Qianhu could say anything, a sergeant stepped forward. Seeing that Gu Zhengchen was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and shouted: "Gu Zhenfu, it’s great that you are fine, I scared a certain family to death. The emperor has decreed that all Jiangyin water troops should be withdrawn to the guard camp, and you can take the people back to Jurong."
Gu Zhengchen looked at the rough man in front of him, cupped his hands and said, "Who are you?"
"I am commanding the Longxiang Guards and Shi Fu!"
"Long Xiangwei, why are you here?"
Gu Zhengchen was very puzzled. This was one of Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guards.
"Of course His Majesty is worried about Gu Zhenfu's safety, so he ordered me and the commander Wang Hu to temporarily lead the Jiangyin Guards." Shi Fu smiled heartily, looked at the corpses of the pirates everywhere, and said solemnly: "Now it seems that Gu Zhenfu has great consequences. Cai, the good news from Nansha should be reported to the navy and Jinling!"
