"There's an ambush, retreat!"
Listening to the cold and stern voice on the boat, the expression of the leader of the Japanese pirates suddenly changed and he started to shout angrily.
Unfortunately it's too late.
The moment Yang Tao issued the order, as few as two or three and as many as five or six sergeants rushed out from half of the merchant ships. A rough estimate was that there were at least 120 or 30 people.
Whizzing……
Whizzing……
Sharp arrows pierced a distance of thirty meters and hit the Japanese pirates who were about to turn around and leave.
There were screams one after another.
These Yanshan Guard sergeants who were drawn out are all the master archers in the Yanshan Guard. They draw their bows and set arrows, and their arrows are like meteors, and their arrows are not missed.
"Quickly, rush to the boat and engage in close combat to render the bow and arrow useless!"
The leader of the Japanese pirates roared angrily that escaping at this time would be courting death.
At such a close distance, they turned around and ran away. No matter how fast they were, could they outrun the bows and arrows?
Only by getting close enough to render the bow and arrow useless would they have any chance of survival.
The Japanese pirates continued to charge towards the cargo ship while waving their knives.
But some of them were still frightened and ran towards the back.
Thirty meters...twenty meters...
I saw the sergeant on the boat dropped his bow and arrow, reached for another weapon at his feet, and pointed it at the Japanese pirates who were rushing up.
In just a moment, arrows filled the sky and enveloped the Japanese pirates who were rushing up.
"Liannu?"
"They are members of the Ming Dynasty's military!"
"This is a conspiracy!"
"Run!"
A series of exclamations sounded.
But no matter how fast they ran, they couldn't match the speed of a repeating crossbow.
A hand-held repeating crossbow can fire five arrows instantly. For more than a hundred people, there are six or seven hundred arrows. The arrow rain covers the Japanese pirate gate.
What's even more frightening is that these arrows have been soaked in drugged water. If the arrow is short, it can take a few breaths, or as long as half a stick of incense, and the limbs will definitely become weak.
After a round of crossbows, all the Japanese pirates who rushed up fell to the ground.
There were only about thirty Japanese pirates left who turned around and ran away during the first round of bow and arrow attacks, but they also had arrows stuck in their bodies, but as they ran, their bodies softened and they fell down.
"Liang Sheng, take half of the people to chase!"
"Gao Ming, take the remaining brothers to clean up the battlefield, tie up all the unconscious ones, knock out the big teeth, and prevent poisonous sacs."
"Chen Zhen, take a few small boats and watch within two hundred meters upstream. If anyone shows up, shoot them directly!"
The three general bannermen took the order and left.
In the woods seven or eight miles away from the shore, Wu Chen, the leader of Caobang Yangzhou Hall, looked at the fireworks with a sneer on his lips: "Brothers, get moving, and catch all those who rush over. "
Just after the sound, more than two hundred strong men behind them rushed out with fishing nets, their faces full of excitement.
They couldn't help but be excited. They caught one alive for fifty taels and killed the other for thirty taels.
The sound of rapid footsteps, violent breathing, the shouts of the pursuers, and the occasional clash of swords sounded on the quiet land before dawn.
It wasn't until the horizon turned white that the sound slowly calmed down.
A Japanese pirate with a name like a dead fish and his mouth gagged was dragged back to the camp on the shore like a dead dog.
"Sir Qianhu, according to the prisoners' confession, there are 369 people in total this time. So far, the total number is 354, and there are still 15 people left.
None of us died in the battle, only about twenty brothers suffered some minor injuries during the pursuit. "
"How many are alive?"
"Fifty-six!"
"Haha, it's not in vain that we have wasted so many things!"
Yang Tao grinned, and when he was about to speak, a sergeant ran over: "Sir, Wu Chen from the Cao Gang is here with fifteen Japanese pirates."
As soon as he finished speaking, a team of people arrived. Two people in the team dragged a Japanese pirate by his arms, while his legs were on the ground.
Along the way, my shoes have gone nowhere, my feet have been bruised and bloody, and there are scratches all over my legs.
"Yang Qianhu, we only caught fifteen people here. I wonder if any of them slipped through the net. Can you take a look first?"
"Thank you, Hall Master Wu, we have just the right number of people, a lot of people!"
"Hahaha, as long as it doesn't matter, we will withdraw first and won't disturb your interrogation. If you need anything, please say hello!"
"It's easy to say. When things are over here, I will go to Yangzhou City to treat you to a drink on the way back!"
"What Yang Qianhu said is a slap in the face. We are the hosts in Yangzhou City. There is no reason to treat guests. I have to treat them. That's it. See you later!"
Wu Chen smiled, clasped his fists, turned and left, very simply.
"It's quite interesting!"
Yang Tao looked at Wu Chen's back and laughed, then looked at everyone: "Throw the living creatures into the water and soak them to wake them up."
The sergeants threw the tied Japanese pirates directly into the water. After being soaked in the cold water, they woke up one after another and started struggling. Unfortunately, their hands and feet were trapped, so no matter how hard they struggled, it was useless.
After half a stick of incense, some of the Japanese pirates rolled their eyes before they fished it out.
Yang Tao looked at the row of kneeling, wet Japanese pirates and sneered: "I know that you can understand and speak the words of the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that you take the initiative to confess. If you resist stubbornly, I will have no choice but to send you to prison.
What kind of place is the imperial prison? You must have heard of it after lurking in the Ming Dynasty for so many years! "
"The first question is, who is the leader of this operation?"
It's a pity that what they got in exchange was endless abuse, and they greeted all the eighteen generations of ancestors of these soldiers.
"Okay, I like the toughest people, I hope you can hold on!"
"Come here, sprinkle salt on the injured feet, and then pour the burning knife on it!"
"Hang this up, sprinkle sugar on the wound, and find a nest of ants!"
"Cut off the fingers of both hands piece by piece!"
…
Five people were arrested and tortured in five ways.
The entire scene was filled with howls of ghosts and wolves, but only five people performed the feeling of thousands of troops.
The Japanese pirate who had his fingers cut off twisted his body and howled miserably: "I, I said, I said, don't cut it!"
"The leader, the leader is, is..."
The person who made the noise glanced at the kneeling Japanese pirates with difficulty, but just after looking at a few people, he was interrupted by one of them: "Yamamoto, shut up, you dare to betray..."
"Come here, hang up this Japanese pirate who makes a noise, light a fire, and keep him warm!"
As soon as Yang Tao finished speaking, two sergeants rushed over, hung up the Japanese pirates who made any obstruction, and lit firewood.
The flames rose, making the wet body feel a little warm, but after a few breaths, the burning sensation appeared, the skin began to feel hot, blisters appeared, and then burst and leaked out light yellow liquid...
Twisting and struggling... to no avail...
The screams were several times louder than those of the five people before, and the faces of the kneeling Japanese pirates changed drastically.
"Are you scared?"
"Haha, to tell you the truth, this kind of punishment is just a trick that cannot be put on the stage in the imperial prison. As long as you enter the imperial prison, you will know what it means to live but not to die!"
"You will feel yourself being cut by thousands of knives without dying while you are awake, and you will see your own flesh, blood and bones with your own eyes!"
"I say, I say, we all say!"
"The purpose of our operation..."
"Stop, don't even think about making up lies. You will be interrogated separately. If you don't agree, Lingchi is your only choice!"
Yang Tao waved his hand, and more than a hundred sergeants dispersed dozens of Japanese pirates and interrogated them one by one.
This interrogation lasted for half an hour, and the confession was hundreds of pages long.
