Chapter 2031 The Stingy Emperor Jiajing
"Reported that Jiangyin County in South Zhili was captured by Xu Hai and Maye Japanese pirates this morning. The Japanese pirates burned, killed and looted wantonly. The moat outside Jiangyin County The river turned red, and the crows hovering over Jiangyin County covered the sky and the sun."
Zhejiang Governor's Yamen, led by Liu Mu, scouts reported the news of the fall of Jiangyin County to Zhu Ping'an.
Liu Mu came back from the capital yesterday.
Bring Zhu Pingan a reward from Emperor Jiajing from the capital: a bag of fruit shops, a jar of imperial wine, and an imperial written edict.
"The Japanese invaders in Zhejiang should be encouraged, and I look forward to the success of pacifying the Japanese invaders!"
After receiving the reward from Emperor Jiajing, Zhu Ping'an was speechless. Emperor Jiajing was too stingy. Jar of wine, a text message sent me away.
“Master , preserved fruits and royal wine are the sacrifices given by the Holy One to the previous emperors in the suburban temple after the ceremony of offering prisoners. Only cabinet ministers are eligible to receive the gifts from the Holy One. Apart from the cabinet ministers, the prince is the only one."
Liu Mu added, with a look of pride on his face.
Well, for people in this feudal era, this is already a great reward.
In this regard, Zhu Ping'an could only curl his lips. He didn't have anything practical at all, and he still said with a big face that he would wait until I quelled the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang. Emperor Jiajing was really a white wolf with empty gloves.
Back to business.
Liu Mu led the messengers to report the news of the fall of Jiangyin County to Zhu Pingan.
"The Japanese pirates did not stop on the second day of the Lunar New Year. It seems that they are deliberately preventing everyone from having a good New Year."
Zhu Pingan frowned when he received the news. A touch of strength rises in my heart I was so uneasy that a group of Japanese pirates from Xu Hai began to attack the county town. This was really a bad signal. If the Japanese pirates could attack the county town in Nanzhili, they could naturally attack the county town in Zhejiang. This meant that the county town in Zhejiang was no longer safe. !
It is no longer safe for ordinary people to hide from villages and towns to county towns!
The Japanese pirates are about to attack, but they have too few available troops. The eight thousand recruits recruited from Yiwu, Dongyang, Yongkang, Wuyi and other places have only been trained for ten days and have not yet formed combat power. They are far from capable. Meet the requirements for going to the battlefield.
As for Yu Dayou, he was asked to leave by Zhang Jing. He could only be responsible for the defense of the station and had no right to mobilize.
The guard posts in various places are really too stretched. They can barely defend the city against the Japanese pirates, let alone fight in the field.
A clever woman cannot make a meal without rice, she is really worried.
"Pay close attention to the follow-up of the Japanese invasion in Jiangyin County, and at the same time dispatch the ten-post Zhejiang army into five teams to reconnoiter the northern Zhejiang border. The mules and horses in the army are at their disposal. If Japanese pirates enter the country, a warning will be issued immediately and the nearby people will evacuate to the county or to the county seat. Hidden in the mountains and forests; in addition, each sentry commander is authorized to make an emergency decision The right to make a decision depends on the strength of the Japanese pirates, such as blocking, harassing, annihilating, or retreating. No matter whether the decision is correct or not, they will not be held responsible. "
In desperation, Zhu Ping'an could only use the Zhejiang Army. , due to insufficient troops, only ten sentries could be sent to guard northern Zhejiang.
At this moment, Jiangyin County is already a hell on earth. After the Japanese pirates captured Jiangyin County, half of their troops were scattered around the city, burning, killing and looting.
The wealthy families in the city were targeted by the Japanese pirates who burned, killed, and looted. The nursing home that originally bullied the neighbors and showed off its power was vulnerable to the Japanese swords of the Japanese pirates. All the wealthy families who were targeted were broken down and admitted to the hospital. Killing people and robbing things, the Japanese pirates caused one tragedy after another with ease, killing people all over the city.
Half of the troops, led by Xu Hai, Maye, Ryuzoji Shingen and Matsuura Shimosaburo, besieged the Jiangyin County government office.
The reason why the troops were divided was because after the Japanese pirates captured the county, Jiang Zhiqiu, the magistrate of Jiangyin County, did not abandon the city and flee, nor did he surrender to the Japanese pirates. Instead, he used the county government arsenal to arm all the county government officials and servants in the backyard, and at the same time gathered a group of soldiers. More than a hundred defeated troops guarded the county government office.
Jiang Zhixian was also a decisive person. Instead of taking advantage of the Japanese pirates, it was better to take advantage of his own people. First, he distributed all the crossbows, armors, swords, and shields in the county government's arsenal to the government officials, servants, and defeated soldiers; Next, open the county government bank and store only about 100,000 people in the county government bank. All 10,000 taels of cash were distributed to the government officials, servants and defeated soldiers, encouraging them to defend the county government to the death. Finally, the county government grain depot was surrounded with straw, and grease was poured on the straw. He told his cronies that if the county government fell, Just set fire to the grain depot and don’t leave a single grain to the Japanese pirates!
Chiang Zhixian himself also put on armor, picked up a long sword, went to the front line of the county government wall, and ordered everyone to defend the government to the death.
Under Jiang Zhixian’s repeated tactics, as well as the weapons arsenal with sufficient bows, arrows and armor, the defending force composed of government servants, servants and defeated soldiers miraculously withstood the Japanese pirates despite heavy casualties. , but the Japanese pirates were not allowed to attack the county government gate.
"Come on, do it to me. If you dare to cower again, this is what will happen! If you break the gate of the county government office, I will tear off the head of this piece of shit county magistrate and play it with a ball!"
Maye was a little irritable. He personally directed the Japanese pirates to attack the county government office. Unexpectedly, the motley crew led by Jiang Zhixian actually withstood his several attacks. This made him feel that he had lost face in front of Ryuzoji Shingen and Matsuura Shimosaburo. Angrily, he slashed a Japanese pirate who retreated without authorization, forcing the Japanese pirate to attack again.
Under the command of Maye's bloody Japanese sword, the Japanese pirates once again launched a strong attack on the county government.
“Kill them!”
“Dead, dead!”
“Come on, rush in, chop them to death!”
Real and fake Japanese invaders rushed towards the county government office. The wall surrounding the county government office was not high, only more than three meters high. The Japanese pirates could climb up with a ladder.
“Everyone, if the Japanese pirates rush in, we will die. Only by trying our best to block them can we survive!”
“I tell you, my life is more valuable than yours. Don't worry, I have already asked the governor for help and the Shandong spearmen stationed in Changzhou before the Japanese invaders broke through the city."
"Now. Reinforcements are already on the way. As long as we hold on, the reinforcements will come and we will be saved by then!” I will be rewarded with a reward of ten taels of silver, and those who died in the battle will also receive a pension of twenty taels of silver. Please rest assured, I swear by the black gauze hat on my head. If I violate this oath, my black gauze will fall to the ground and my head will not be saved!”
While Jiangyin County Magistrate organized his government officials to break up his troops and fight to the death against the Japanese pirates, he also gave them a pat on the back, emphasizing that he had asked for help from outside before the Japanese pirates broke through the city, and that he had blocked the Japanese pirates, and everyone was rewarded with more silver.
In the face of life and death, the government officials and the defeated soldiers showed amazing potential, and incredibly blocked the Japanese pirates' fierce attack again.
Although, a heavy price was inevitably paid, and nearly half of them were injured or killed.
In the era of cold weapons in hand-to-hand bloody battles, generally speaking, if the casualties exceed 10%, the army will basically be defeated. Only famous generals with super commanding power can maintain the army without any casualties exceeding 20%. retreat.
Under the threat of death, the Jiangyin County government performed a miracle, with nearly half of the casualties still resisting desperately. There is no other way, they are all surrounded in the county government office, with no way to escape, they can only fight to the death to survive.