Chapter 1519 Harvest and Problems
Seeing that Naoshima Naoman and other Japanese pirates were all shot into hedgehogs by random arrows and muskets, and they could no longer die, Zhu Pingan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. The bravery and ferocity of this group of Japanese pirates was three points stronger than originally expected. Although they had made sufficient preparations in advance, there were still many mistakes. Fortunately, they were successful in the end.
"Everyone cleans the battlefield, collects the corpses of our dead soldiers, and treats the wounded."
"In response to the Japanese pirates, all the heads will be killed, the bodies will be burned, the bones will be crushed and the ashes will be scattered. Wait, let's keep the Japanese pirates temporarily. The body will be disposed of after the sacrifice of the prisoners!"
" No one is allowed to keep all the seizures during this round of Japanese suppression. All seizures will be returned to the public. I will reward everyone based on their merits in the future! Anyone who dares to hide anything will be killed according to the "Four Iron Laws, Eighteen Kills" Pardon me, don’t blame me for not predicting what I said! It’s useless to plead for mercy!”
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Zhu Pingan issued orders one after another and arranged them in an orderly manner to bring the battle to suppress the Japanese to a close.
Soon, the results of this seizure came out.
Fifty-seven corpses of Japanese pirates!
The fifty-seven Japanese pirates in Shangyu were all shot to death in the Zhang family residence, and not a single Japanese pirate escaped. Originally, Zhu Ping'an was going to kill all the Japanese pirates, but after thinking about it, he was worried that the sacrifice of prisoners tomorrow would cause trouble, lest some people with ulterior motives and ill-intentioned questions about the Japanese pirates' heads, and blame themselves for killing good people and taking merit. Dirty water, so these Japanese pirate corpses cannot be decapitated for the time being. It is better to carry these Japanese pirate corpses to Yingtian City and offer them as prisoners, gag their mouths, and give Yingtian City a "surprise"!
Countless ill-gotten gains from the Japanese pirates were seized!
All the Japanese pirates from Shangyu were killed. Since they landed in the Ming Dynasty, they traveled more than a thousand miles, worked hard, committed many crimes, burned, killed, and looted, and all the wealth they gained was cheap. Zhu Pingan.
Although he was mentally prepared, after Zhu Pingan counted the wealth of the Japanese pirates, he still couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
I thought that this group of Japanese pirates would fight thousands of miles away. In order to facilitate the battle, they would definitely not be able to carry much wealth with them. At most, they would only be precious gold and silver jewelry that could be easily carried. However, the result was far beyond Zhu Pingan's expectation. .
A total of 1,893 taels of gold were found from the Japanese pirates, including 693 taels of gold ingots, 1,300 taels of gold tickets, and 25,000 taels of silver. Basically, they are banknotes that are easy to carry.
In addition, countless portable jewelry was also found on the Japanese pirates. If they were exchanged for gold and silver, it would be at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.
In addition, three famous paintings folded close to the body were also found from Matsuura Sanbanro. It turned out that the signatures were two paintings of ladies written by Zhang Xuan of the Tang Dynasty and a painting of Bodhisattva by Dai Wei of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
It is a pity that because Matsuura Sanbanro was given special care when shooting arrows and lead pellets, he was shot into a hedgehog. Naturally, the three paintings in his arms were also seriously damaged. , lead shot destroyed many places, and Matsuura Sanbanro's blood also stained many places.
As a result, the value of these three famous paintings has been reduced by half, but because of this special testimony of the Japanese suppression, they may be given special value.
The Japanese pirates actually carried so many gold and silver tickets with them. It is conceivable that they must have special channels to sell the stolen goods, and there must be local forces in the Ming Dynasty to help them sell the stolen goods.
Hey, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. It is messy, dirty, and harbors dirt and evil.
Thinking of this, Zhu Pingan not only sighed.
These ill-gotten gains were basically obtained by Japanese pirates who burned, killed and looted the homes of wealthy and powerful landlords and dignitaries. After all, poor people's homes did not have much wealth worth their plunder.
Therefore, Zhu Ping'an was not prepared to return the ill-gotten wealth seized this time to the rich landlords and dignitaries.
First of all, all this wealth was converted into gold and silver notes by the Japanese pirates. It was invisible and traceless. It was difficult to trace which landowner, wealthy person or dignitary it came from. The energy consumed in tracking it down was immeasurable.
Secondly, who knows how many rich landlords and dignitaries were robbed by the Japanese pirates? It is difficult to verify, and even if it is verified, the energy consumed is immeasurable.
Thirdly, these ill-gotten gains are the wealth of the people exploited by landlords and dignitaries. Even if it is returned to them, they will mostly enjoy squandering it. It is better to take these ill-gotten gains themselves. The wealth is used to train troops to suppress Japanese invaders and rescue the people in the southeast. Good steel is used on the blade of the sword, and it can be regarded as taking it from the people and using it for the people.
Therefore, Zhu Pingan decided to use this part of the seizure for his own use and hide all the ill-gotten gains when reporting the seizure. There will be no problem, this is the default unspoken rule in officialdom. These seized wealth can be said to be a timely help for me to train my troops to suppress Japanese invaders, and I can relax a little bit.
Of course, there are gains and losses.
Although adequate arrangements and deployments were made in advance to suppress Japanese pirates, the Zhejiang army still suffered heavy losses.
A mere nine Japanese pirates, or overseas Chinese pirates who were targeted by Kong Xingxing, killed 19 people of the Zhejiang Army, seriously injured 18 people, and lightly injured 33 people.
Liu Dachui, Liu Dadao, Liu Mu, Ruofeng and others who fought against Naoshima Nabeshima and other Japanese pirates to stabilize the situation at the last moment all suffered injuries of varying severity. In the end, Liu Dachui was injured and could not recover within two or three months. Come, fortunately among the misfortunes, although they were all injured, no one was killed.
It can be seen from this that this group of Japanese pirates are so ferocious and brave that they have been hit by the peacock's tail. Moreover, the Zhejiang army is still waiting for work and is fully prepared, and they have caused such heavy losses to the Zhejiang army.
Those who died in battle include those who fought with the Japanese pirates and were killed, and some who escaped and were overtaken and killed by the Japanese pirates. The same goes for injured people.
However, this time Zhu Ping'an was not prepared to differentiate and investigate. All those who died in the battle were treated with blood, and all those who were injured were treated equally, treated with the best medicinal materials, and given the same compensation and rewards.
This campaign exposed the problems of the Zhejiang Army. Many of the Zhejiang Army were of poor quality and were timid in charging. This was even more serious when fighting Japanese pirates. After discovering the bravery of the Japanese pirates, their faces turned earth-colored, and they even ran away in fear of fighting. Some Zhejiang soldiers even lost their weapons in order to escape faster.
Discipline is still insufficient!
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, fighting is not brave enough!
This is a problem that the Zhejiang Army needs to solve urgently! If it is not solved, the Zhejiang Army will only show its appearance. , is just a silver-like wax gun head, unable to bear the heavy task of exterminating Japanese pirates.
Faced with nine Japanese pirates, they are still in such a mess. In the future, there will be tens of thousands of Japanese pirates to fight against, and the intensity of the battle is far higher than today. If the Zhejiang army is in its current state to suppress Japanese pirates, it will only be insufficient. , and failing to do so is tantamount to bringing about self-humiliation, or even self-destruction.
So, this time it happened, we must solve this problem when we go back.
Zhu Pingan also had an idea in his mind on how to solve this problem. (End of this chapter)