Chapter 1891: Japanese Terror in Jiaxing
At four o'clock in the morning, it was dark outside. The Jiaxing government office meeting hall was brightly lit and crowded. Civil and military officials gathered together, whispering, and servants and maids brought hot soup, cakes, and tea to and from each other. and fruit plate.
Zhao Chong, the prefect of Jiaxing Prefecture, was walking back and forth in the meeting hall with his hands behind his back. Listening to the howling cold wind outside, it seemed like thousands of enemy troops were roaring to attack the city, which made him suspicious and frightened. .
"Come, come quickly, go to the city gate to see if it is safe? Are the soldiers guarding the city awake? Don't let the Japanese pirates touch the door!"
Zhao Chong came back and forth. After walking around for a few times, he could no longer suppress his surprise and raised his voice to call for instructions.
"Yes, yes, I'm here to go." The servant waiting outside the meeting hall responded to the order and turned around.
Seeing the officer go out, Zhao Chong was slightly relieved, returned to the main seat and sat down, taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat.
Seeing this scene, the civil and military officials in the meeting hall couldn't help but whisper and murmur below.
"We adults are good at everything, but we are too suspicious and too timid. The Japanese pirates are attacking Suzhou City. Our Jiaxing is more than 160 miles away from Suzhou City. How could the Japanese pirates come to our Jiaxing City? "
A sturdy military attache whispered to the skinny military attache he was friends with.
"That's right. I heard that the Tuolin Japanese pirates' attack on Suzhou was not going well, and they lost a lot of troops and generals. I heard that they lost at least 10,000 troops and horses, and they have already withdrawn their troops in a hurry."
The thin military attache was better informed, so he nodded and added. road.
"So many troops have been reduced? How many soldiers and horses can the Tuolin Japanese pirates have in total? Fifty or sixty thousand? The maximum number of troops to attack Suzhou is 40,000 to 50,000. The reduction is more than 10,000, which is a reduction of about 30%. I have many years of experience in leading troops. If the number of troops is reduced by 10%, the army will have little combat effectiveness. If the number of troops is reduced by 10%, 20% of the troops will be needed to take care of the wounded, which is equivalent to 30% of the troops. The soldiers and horses cannot fight. The Japanese pirates have reduced their numbers so much. No wonder they are retreating. If they don't retreat, they will collapse. We, the governor, are so afraid of Japanese pirates like this. As for that, what's so scary? It's okay for us in Jiaxing if they don't come. , If you come to our Jiaxing, it will achieve our military success." After hearing this, the sturdy military attache said eagerly.
"That is, if the Japanese pirates don't come, we will be successful if they come. Some time ago, Mr. Zhu Ping'an, I heard that he offended Prime Minister Yan in the court and was almost sentenced to death in the officialdom. Come on, he was demoted to Jingnan as a county magistrate. As a result, he was lucky and caught several groups of small Japanese pirates. In less than half a year, he not only became an official He was reinstated and even improved to a fourth-level officer. The Holy Emperor awarded him a reward. The military merits of fighting the Japanese pirates were no worse than those of fighting the Tatars in the north. Unfortunately, we were unlucky and did not catch the Japanese pirates. "< br>
The thin military officer felt the same way. When he mentioned Zhu Ping'an, he had a look of envy, jealousy and hatred on his face, and he had a feeling that he could have sex with me.
Judging from their experience, their own soldiers, when two armies confront each other, will lose not only 30% of their troops, but even 10%, and they will collapse.
The Japanese pirates lost 30% of their troops in Zhejiang, and they were all defeated.
Destroying soldiers is like chasing ducks. Just one person can drive away a group of soldiers.
“Don’t be careless. Let me tell you, these Japanese pirates are no joke. If you don’t have two brushes, please pray to God not to encounter them. Last month, less than a hundred Japanese pirates roamed thousands of people. Yu Li, have you forgotten about going to Yingtian City to show off your power? ! Less than a hundred Japanese pirates killed a censor, a county magistrate, a county magistrate, two commanders, and more than 3,000 officers and soldiers. What a killer!"
A civil servant heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help but remind them.
"How could we not know about this? Our channels are better than yours. Let me tell you this. Japanese pirates are different from Japanese pirates. The hundred Japanese pirates last month were all Japanese imperial guards. Their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. This kind of Hundreds of years of Japanese pirates It’s a rare encounter that other Japanese pirates can compare with them. If Japanese pirates are like these hundred Japanese pirates, then we will be occupied by Japanese pirates long ago. Is this the case? "
The thin military attache disagreed? road.
“Although the other Japanese pirates were not as good as the one hundred Japanese pirates, they were not good either. In many states and counties that encountered Japanese pirates, they suffered more defeats and fewer victories. The few successes they had were mostly due to the expulsion of Japanese pirates. Expulsion, this word is interesting. After the Japanese pirates have finished plundering and returned home, if you lead troops to chase them from a distance, it is also expulsion."
The civil servant on the side shook his head and reminded the two of them again.
“Okay, my Lord Zhang, let’s not mention the Japanese pirates in other places, let’s just talk about our Jiaxing Mansion. Master Zhang, don’t you think our Mansion is making a fuss out of a molehill? What the Japanese pirates are attacking is Suzhou City has suffered a defeat. It is far away from our Jiaxing Prefecture. Is our Jiaxing Prefecture a frightened bird?”
The two military attaches whispered to the civilian officials.
"Why are you so far away? Didn't you hear the news just now? A village in the north of Jiaxing Prefecture was attacked by Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates left no one behind." Manager Zhang shook his head and reminded The two said.
"There is only a small village, and dozens of Japanese pirates can do it. This is the work of a small group of defeated soldiers, so don't worry. When daybreak, I will pick up the spear and lead the troops out of the city. We can carry the heads of this small group of defeated soldiers back at noon. At that time, Chief Zhang will prepare a celebration banquet for us and leave the city."
The sturdy military attaché stroked his beard and looked confident. said.
"What if it's not a small group of soldiers who defeated, but a large group of Japanese pirates?" Chief Zhang shook his head and asked, looking at the two of them.
"Haha, my boss Zhang, this is because you don't know the art of war. The Japanese pirates suffered a huge defeat in Suzhou. They suffered heavy casualties and retreated in embarrassment. When they retreated, they must retreat back to the Tuolin lair they occupied. Tuolin lair is in the southeast. , we are in the southwest, the direction is far away," the sturdy military attaché said with a smile.
“Also, Chief Zhang, in addition to the village in the north of Jiaxing Prefecture that suffered from Japanese pirates, do other villages also suffer from Japanese pirates?! No, I have been paying attention, and no other villages have suffered from Japanese pirates! Japanese pirates. This is enough to explain the tragedy in the village to the north. , it was just a small group of broken soldiers. They were small and could only plunder one village, and one village was enough for them to eat. If they were mostly Japanese pirates, how could they be satisfied with just one village? They would have already attacked towns and even counties. ”
The thin military attaché also added.
After hearing this, Chief Zhang was silent for a moment. He felt that what the two people said made sense, but he was still a little worried.
"Don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst." Manager Zhang said cautiously.
"The city is guarded by two thousand soldiers and horses from our guard station, so there is nothing wrong with it. Besides, didn't our governor also send General Liu to Yangcheng Guard to ask for reinforcements? In this case, there is no need to worry." The thin military attaché shrugged his shoulders. road.
"That's right, as for sending people to the city gate again and again to check the situation, this is the fourth wave." The tiger-backed military attache twitched the corner of his mouth.
Master Zhang stopped talking now. (End of this chapter)