Chapter 1450: Darkness in front of my eyes
The sunset was like blood, like drowning in the west. In the blood-red afterglow, a group of crows croaked excitedly and circled over Funing Town.
As scavengers, why are they so excited! Excited! It's because they smell the feast!
Below the crowd of crows is a wooden building courtyard. In the courtyard is a group of Japanese pirates, half of them sleeping on the ground, and the other half of them eating their weapons and keeping watch; the open space in front of the courtyard is full of blood, and more than a thousand Ming troops are standing guard. About fifty meters away from the courtyard, the courtyard was surrounded. In the open space behind the Ming army, there were 378 corpses of the Ming army.
These are not all the corpses of the Ming army. There are dozens of corpses of the Ming army that have not been collected in front of the courtyard gate occupied by the Japanese pirates. However, due to the fear of the long bows and iron cannons of the Japanese pirates, none of them are alive. The Ming army dared to step forward to collect the corpses of their comrades in Paoze, fearing that they would not be able to collect the corpses and would turn into corpses instead.
Crows hovered over these corpses, noisy and salivating.
When the setting sun sank into the ground, a team of seven or eight hundred people came from a distance and joined the Ming army.
Suddenly, a burst of excitement came from the Ming army, and the low morale of the Ming army immediately improved significantly.
In the courtyard.
Nabeshima Naoshima stood on the steps with a Japanese sword in his arms, looking at the excited Ming army outside the courtyard, and sneered with disdain, "I don't know! No matter how many sheep come, they are still sheep! Nothing can be changed. The fate of being eaten! ”
"Haha, didn't the Ming Dynasty have a book called "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? There is a sentence in it that is very suitable for them."
Matsuura Sanbanro also looked at the courtyard outside the courtyard with a smile on his face, excited about receiving reinforcements. Ming Jun sneered.
"Oh, what kind of book is this? Is it a military book like "Thirty-Six Strategies"?" Naoshima Naoshima asked curiously.
“It’s not a book on war, but it’s better than a book on war. There are a lot of this book in the Ming Dynasty. You can get it by plundering a study one day. When we complete the task and return across the sea, the journey will be long, and the straight male general will be able to do it. Study one or two. "
Matsuura Sanbanro replied.
"Xingxi, His Highness has repeatedly told me to read more. This time, let's start with the "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms"." Nabeshima Naoshima nodded, remembering Matsuura Sanbanro's words just now, and asked again He said, "You just said that there is a sentence in this book that is very suitable for them. Which sentence is it?"
"In the section of "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Three Things Treated at Tuntu Mountain Pass to Save the White Horse Cao Cao from the Encirclement", the martial saint Guan Yu glanced at Yan Liang, who had made Cao Jun disgraced, and said to Cao Cao, "I look at Yan Liang, and he is like selling his head by inserting a tag. Ears!'" Matsuura Sanbanro loved reading "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" so much that he could almost recite it backwards.
“Hahahaha, Wu Sheng’s words are so appropriate. Aren’t the Ming soldiers outside just trying to sell their heads?!”
Nabeshima Naoman Wen He laughed loudly.
"Straight male general, when the reinforcements of the Ming Army arrived just now, I counted them silently. The reinforcements of the Ming Army were about 800 people, and more than half of them carried bows and arrows. If I expected If it's not bad, the Ming army will attack the building tonight with rockets," Matsuura Sanbanro said softly after Nabeshima's laughter fell.
"Eight hundred reinforcements are just 800 traitors, rockets? Haha, the fire is ten thousand times more dangerous than the Ming army, but before their fire attack, we had already crossed the river, didn't we?!" Naoto Shima smiled disapprovingly.
"Haha, it's true." Matsuura Sanbanro also laughed, "The Ming army's courage has been lost after fighting in the daytime. Even if they attack with fire, they will also choose to attack around midnight. , while I was waiting for 'sleeping'. Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that we would set up a raft and break out to cross the river at the second watch."
Hahahaha
Nabeshima Naonan. He looked at Matsuura Sanbanro and laughed.
Finally, night fell, and the sky and the earth were shrouded in darkness. Because of the cloudy sky, there was no star in the sky, and the night was so dark that it was difficult to see even one's fingers.
In the temporary camp of the Ming army, under the orders of Magistrate Liu and Xu Qianhu, the Ming army worked overtime in the camp to make rockets, wrap the arrow clusters with cotton, and dip them in grease. The reason why Magistrate Liu and Xu Qianhua ordered the Ming army to make rockets in the camp was to avoid being discovered by the Japanese pirates and leak the plan of tonight's fire attack.
"Sir, all five thousand of our rockets have been made." A general reported to Magistrate Liu and Xu Qianhu.
"Okay! Tonight next year will be the death anniversary of these Japanese pirates who have committed many crimes!" Magistrate Liu said confidently.
"The high-rise buildings occupied by the Japanese pirates are made of solid wood. These rockets will definitely kill them without a burial place!"
Xu Qianhu is equally confident.
"Sir, the high-rise building is made of solid wood, but there is also a courtyard. There are many open spaces in the courtyard. If the Japanese pirates escape from the high-rise building into the courtyard in time, they may be able to escape with their lives." A general pointed out the loophole.
"Yes." Xu Qianhu frowned when he heard this.
"Haha, didn't I order you to cut down the wood?! During the fire attack, throw all the wood into the courtyard, and you won't have to worry about burning the Japanese pirates to death!"
Prefect Liu had a smile on his face Dao said that for the general's concerns, he had already made preparations in advance.
"Prefect Liu is wise!" Xu Qianhu and the generals all looked at him with admiration and praised him full of praise.
"Where." Magistrate Liu said modestly with a smile.
"Xu Qianhu, everyone, at three o'clock tonight it is time to attack the Japanese pirates with fire. Don't miss the opportunity, otherwise military law will be violated!" Finally, Magistrate Liu said to Xu Qianhu and everyone with a serious face. said the general.
“Yes!”
Everyone said in unison.
Next, under the orders of Magistrate Liu and Xu Qianhu, the Ming army had an early meal. Except for the eight hundred Ming troops who were on duty and continued to be on guard, the rest of the Ming army rested early to recharge their batteries. Wait for the fire to attack the Japanese pirates at midnight.
At this moment, while the Ming army was recharging its strength, in a hidden room in the courtyard occupied by the Japanese pirates, ten rafts had been built by the Japanese pirates. This wooden building is made of solid wood, with wooden doors, tables and chairs, etc., and there are materials for building rafts everywhere. The Japanese pirates easily built ten simple rafts.
At the first watch, it was pitch dark, and there was silence.
Second watch, it gets darker! Except for the eight hundred Ming troops who were on guard duty, the rest of the Ming troops fell asleep.
Neither Liu Zhifu nor Xu Qianhu slept, observing the direction of the courtyard while waiting for the third watch.
At this moment, there is no light in the courtyard occupied by the Japanese pirates.
"Haha, Prefect Liu, I think the Japanese pirates have gone to bed." Xu Qianhu looked at the dark courtyard from a distance and said with a smile.
"Probably so." Magistrate Liu smiled and nodded.
However, just as they finished speaking, they heard the sound of killing behind the courtyard, and a burst of screams and cries for fathers and mothers came from the Ming army camp on the east side by the river, and then they saw The fire was soaring into the sky and it was all red!
“What’s going on?!”
Prefect Liu and Xu Qianhu’s expressions changed drastically at the same time, as if they were struck by thunder.
Japanese pirates!
The Japanese pirates came out of the courtyard! !
Damn it!
How did the Japanese pirates emerge so prominently? ! Wouldn't it be nice to wait until the middle of the night and be attacked by our fire? !
Also!
Why did the Japanese pirates raid eastward? To the east is the Qishui River, which is wide and deep. Could the Japanese pirates commit suicide by drowning themselves in the river? !
Zhifu Liu and Xu Qianhu were frightened, anxious and confused, and hurriedly mobilized their troops to support the Ming army in the east.
However, when they hastily gathered support forces and before they set out, they saw a Ming army general covered in blood coming over to report, "Report, the Japanese pirates came out from the east wall, attacked our army, and killed our army." More than two hundred people have crossed the river on rafts to the east." Crossing the river on rafts? !
When Magistrate Liu heard the report, his vision went dark, he felt dizzy and fell to the ground.
(End of this chapter)