Half an hour later, Zhujiawan took over the headquarters.
"Meng Baichang, you lead your troops to disperse around the village to be on guard. Once you find the enemy, you will immediately send people back to report to me. Li Baichang, you take your troops to cut down bamboo and wood and build scaffolding inside the brick walls for the soldiers." We use them to defend against the enemy; Chief Hao, Chief Lai, you two go to the backyard to take out the gunpowder, blunderbuss, and tiger cannon from the inventory, put them on the turret, and prepare for battle... Okay, everyone understands their missions. No, if you hear it clearly, then move quickly!"
Over here, Kang Lin and Qiao Si had just finished sipping the fragrant tea and came down from the embroidery building. Over there, with a gloomy look on their face, General Hao Dabao had arranged the defense work! Under his arrangement, a sentry of men and horses spread out with swords, guns, bows and arrows to inspect the surroundings of Zhujiawan Village. A sentry of men and horses cut down and transported bamboo and wood materials to build scaffolding for people to stand in the brick wall, while the other soldiers Together with Mr. Qian's personal soldiers, carry the cannons and gunpowder from the backyard warehouse to the wooden racks and put them on the turret for later use! As troops guarding the empire's maritime borders, they had heard of the terrible names of Japanese pirates and bandits more than once from their comrades and the refugees. These little dwarfs from overseas were good at plundering and fighting, and were bloodthirsty. There was nothing wrong with them at all. The bottom line of moral ethics, and once the flood land that they are firmly guarding is breached by it, then all the soldiers, civilians, officials and gentry will have no chance of survival. Therefore, after Hao Datong, the top commander here, assigned their respective tasks, a group of battalion officers wearing foam nail armor hurriedly led their subordinates out of the courtyard and began to carry out the orders of their immediate superiors. Come.
"Mr. Kang, Shopkeeper Qiao, just now the sentinel has reported that the Japanese pirates have captured the Baihu Station of the Nanhe Village in Chinan Qianhusuo. Therefore, for your safety, please get on the boat quickly and return to the Acropolis overnight! After all, The city there is high and trenched, and heavily guarded. Compared to Zhujiawan here, it is much safer..." After sending away his officers and soldiers, Hao Datong had time to chat with Kang Lin and Qiao Si. , but his next words were not as calm as he had shown before! The boss who killed the women and children of the Xia people like chopping vegetables and chopping melons didn't even see the appearance of Japanese pirates or bandits at this moment, but he decisively accepted the offer. Not only did he not kindly persuade the two gods of wealth to spend the night in his territory. Instead, he asked them to take a boat back along the way they came before the Japanese pirates and bandits arrived, so as not to stay here and suffer disaster!
And his caring intentions were not entirely out of public interest! After all, the Zhujiawan garrison can certainly ignore the safety of the upstart surnamed Kang, but if the big boss of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce who was traveling with him died here for no reason today, then his soldiers would be in great trouble. Got it! It should be noted that the backer behind the Donghai Chamber of Commerce is Weng Yuli, the second-in-command of the guard station and the commanding officer in charge of farming and logistics. His power and status are much greater than his own, a seventh-grade battalion commander. If he was killed due to his own negligence, Hao Datong couldn't imagine how the furious Weng Tongzhi would deal with him when his love was about to die here. By then, I'm afraid even his immediate boss's boss, the garrison leader who led thousands of troops, wouldn't be able to protect himself unscathed! Therefore, Mr. Hao, who is an expert in civil war and an outsider in foreign war, sincerely suggested that Kang Qiao and the two escape overnight before the enemy arrived, lest the Japanese pirates and bandits attacked and he could not protect them and suffer the consequences. fall!
"What about the ships ordered by Kang? They are all in the deserted harbor outside the village at the moment. If we leave, and the Japanese slaves and bandits come, won't they all be in their pockets?" However, unexpectedly, To Mr. Hao's surprise, after listening to his suggestions, the first person to speak out was not Qiao Si, who seemed to have a "higher" status, but Kang Linkang, a wealthy man dressed as a nouveau riche! As soon as this man heard Mr. Hao's suggestion that he was afraid of the enemy like a tiger and had not seen the Japanese pirates or bandits, he wanted to let his group leave at night, and he immediately became anxious! You must know that this batch of ships eliminated by the Ming army can not only alleviate the serious lack of ships under his command, but also improve the strength of the fleet to a great extent. After all, the Chiyang fleet is currently serving as the flagship longship. The "Flying Hebei Ren" Haicang ship is an unexpected civilian ship. Not only is it not as strong as a military ship, but the strongest firepower equipped on the ship is just a large-scale folang that fires a pound of lead bullets. The machine is far less powerful and domineering than the large and small ships that Hao Datong sold to him! Therefore, the boss of Kangda, who urgently needed these second-hand ships to strengthen his own strength, naturally rejected Mr. Hao Ba's kindness and chose to stay with his personal entourage to protect the Ming army's obsolete warships that were about to join his fleet.
"Shopkeeper Kang, things are dead but people are alive. The slave bandits are strong today. If you insist on staying to protect the ship, you will very likely lose both people and money. Think twice, think twice!" Facing the rich man surnamed Kang, Stubborn, Mr. Hao Dabao surprisingly did not get angry, but continued to persuade him with sincere words! After all, they had just bought a dozen old boats that he had accumulated on hand, and also signed a long-term agreement with him to hire craftsmen, which made his originally tight money now a lot easier! Therefore, if conditions permit, he really does not want to see this generous official die silently on the anti-Japanese battlefield full of blood, killings, and corpses!
"Yes, yes! As the saying goes, 'If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about burning them without wood.' In my opinion, the Japanese pirates and natives came ashore to plunder, and what they did was nothing more than food, grass, wealth, and women. We should treat the wilderness We are not interested in the old ships in the harbor! Therefore, Brother Kang, just listen to Mr. Hao and evacuate immediately, otherwise, when the barbarians from the four islands surround this small Zhujiawan, we may even want to leave. I can’t leave!”
Looking at the pirate master who was determined not to move, Qiao Si couldn't help but feel extremely anxious. At this moment, he wished he could transform into Sun Xingzhe from Journey to the West, knock this stubborn guy unconscious with a stick, and then bring all the pirates with him. People retreated to the U-Peng boat they arrived on, hoisted the sails as quickly as possible, and left this place of right and wrong...
However, when he cast his eyes on Kang Lin and was about to make a move, he found that the servants and guards around him were all powerful and had fierce looks in their eyes. This made the dangerous thoughts he had just raised quickly disappear without a trace. trace! He didn't want to be beaten to the ground by these ferocious pirates, including sticks, whips, fists, pepper spray, and boning knives. When he thought of the hardships he had suffered in the Chiyang Fleet, he Just shudder! Therefore, he immediately changed his military advice to literary advice and began to persuade the head of Kangda in front of him with earnest words. However, it was obvious that his good intentions did not have the desired effect. Kang Lin was clearly The bastard eats the weight - he is determined and refuses to leave! So, he made up his mind, and prepared to leave Kang Da's family and his gang, and escape alone in a small boat back to the heavily defended Donghai Acropolis with many soldiers!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Meng Baichang just sent someone to report that a large number of Japanese pirates and bandit sentries have appeared in the northeast. They are less than ten miles away from us now!" Over here, Hao Datong and Qiao Sier. People were still trying their best to persuade Kang Lin to leave as soon as possible before the enemy was seen. Over there, the Ming army wearing waist-length armor stayed up all night and held high a small black triangular flag. They came to the crowd and reported in a low voice. The latest military news is here! According to what Ye Bushou said, the elite men under Meng Baichang had just left the village. Before they had time to climb the nearby hill and look into the distance, they discovered the Japanese pirates that the messenger said. These ferocious little dwarfs had quietly disappeared. They silently conquered the nearby village, and now they are burning, killing, looting, and holding an unobstructed gathering to share the spoils! The fire and thick black smoke soaring into the sky could even be seen by the Ming army camp ten miles away. Therefore, Meng Baichang, who was ordered to be on guard outside, immediately sent a man with agile legs and feet back to the village to report, while he himself He quietly moved forward with the rest of the group, trying to catch one or two tongues and come back to figure out the number and purpose of the enemy. However, he never thought about whether he could defeat the brave and skilled Japanese pirates with his own strength!
"Asshole, who asked him to go? Meng Dagang, that bastard, led dozens of people just to touch the Japanese pirates' tiger ass. I think he is crazy for wanting to make a contribution?!" Hearing that his subordinate Bai Chang acted without authorization, Mr. Hao Datong and Hao Bang couldn't help but became furious. At the same time, he was also afraid that the bastard would be wiped out by the Japanese pirates, and he would be killed as well, so he handed over the defense to another hundred commanders, and took the remaining troops with him. Seventy or eighty battalion soldiers rushed to reinforce that daredevil Meng Dagang! And Kang Lin, when he heard that Hao Datong was going to confront the Japanese pirates, he immediately became energetic and insisted on following him to watch the fun. Hao Datong and Qiao Si tried to persuade him for a long time but couldn't do it anymore, so he just He followed with his own bodyguards.
"Brother, big brother, look there, there are Japanese pirates there!" Not to mention the furious Hao Datong, and Kang Lin who wanted to see the Japanese pirates' fighting power. Meng Dagang and his men had just walked less than two miles when they met them. A few disheveled Japanese pirates, as well as a bare-chested Kurut archer holding a wooden bow! For a moment, both sides were stunned. None of them expected to encounter the enemy in this place. In the end, Meng Dagang's corps commander was the first to react. While shouting, he pulled away the man who was standing on the road. Meng Baichang among them!
And what happened next also proved how correct the team leader's response was! Because when Meng Dagang fell down in the haystacks beside the road, the three indigenous archers opened the wooden bows in their hands without hesitation! So the next moment, three gleaming eagle-feathered arrows flew across the short dozen distance with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and fiercely inserted into the throats of the astonished camp soldiers!
