The Japanese pirates retreated and Taizhou City was defended, but the heavy mood of Taizhou Prefect Tan Lun did not ease much.
How to relax?!
In this battle, the casualties among the soldiers and civilians of Taizhou Prefecture were very heavy. After defending the city for just half a day, more than 800 soldiers of Taizhou Prefecture were killed, and almost all the remaining soldiers were injured. The new army that was trained with great difficulty was completely destroyed this time, and more than 1,000 civilians who assisted in defending the city were also killed or injured.
Casualties are secondary!
The biggest problem now is that although Taizhou Prefecture has been defended, the seven counties under its jurisdiction have all been breached by the Japanese pirates. Before Taizhou Prefecture was besieged by the Japanese pirates, there was news that the seven county towns had all been breached by the Japanese pirates. Although it has not been confirmed, it is not wrong. The Japanese pirates were so powerful that Taizhou Prefecture City, with so many defenders, was almost breached by the Japanese pirates. The few defenders in the county towns should not have been spared.
As a prefect, I have the responsibility to protect the territory and the people. If any county in my jurisdiction is breached by the Japanese pirates, the local magistrate must be responsible, but I, the prefect, cannot escape the blame. This is a serious dereliction of duty! Not to mention, now all seven counties under the prefecture have been breached by the Japanese pirates! This is the biggest defeat that has ever happened to my Ming Dynasty since its founding! Moreover, this kind of defeat actually happened to me, Tan Lun! It is really a great shame for the world!
I wanted to do something big in Taizhou Prefecture and achieve something great, but I was unexpectedly faced with this political disaster! I wanted to be a noble and a prime minister, to govern the country and to protect the people, to help the world... ... Haha, everything has become a bubble...
How can I, Tan Lun, realize my political ambitions? !
With his political future in jeopardy and his career facing a fatal crisis, how could the prefect Tan Lun relax
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency... It's time to order the city gates to be opened and allow the generals outside the city to rest."
After the Japanese pirates retreated, the clerk saw that the prefect Tan Lun was standing on the top of the city wall, and was reluctant to give the order to open the city gates to welcome the reinforcements into the city. Seeing that the reinforcements outside the city were getting emotional, he was afraid that it would cause trouble, so he couldn't help but remind them.
"Oh, oh, pass on the order of this prefecture to open the city gates and welcome the reinforcements into the city. After fighting with the Japanese pirates, the soldiers outside the city are exhausted and tired. Tell the household department to prepare a banquet to entertain the soldiers who rescued our Taizhou Prefecture. At the same time, tell the workshop and the barracks to summon doctors and prepare a lot of medicines such as knife wound medicine to properly treat the injured soldiers."
After repeated reminders from the clerk, Taizhou prefect Tan Lun finally came to his senses from his heavy grief, and cheered himself up and gave the order.
"What's the use of this bird's house? I risked my life to kill the Japanese pirates and drove them out. We won the battle, but this bird's house doesn't even open the city gates, let alone provide food. I'm left outside starving and being turned away. I'm so angry just thinking about it!"
"That's right, that's right, it's still the capital city, but they don't even know how to be a landlord. If we had known this, we wouldn't have come here."
Under the big "Yu"-shaped flag outside the city gate, a few sloppy cavalrymen couldn't help but complain when facing the closed city gate.
"What are you talking about, you little bastards! Did I bring you to rescue Taizhou Prefecture just to make a living?! I have been favored by the emperor and appointed as the lieutenant general of Ningbo and Taizhou Prefectures. Fighting the Japanese pirates and rescuing Taizhou is my duty! You are all old people who have followed me, so don't embarrass me!"
The leading general was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a standard square face, a broad back and strong waist, and a body as strong as a bear. After hearing the complaints of his soldiers, he glared at them and scolded them.
A few lazy soldiers were not afraid after being scolded. They gathered around their general with a smile and boasted, "General, General, please calm down. We are just complaining. You saw that we were very active on the battlefield just now. We chopped off at least three heads of Japanese pirates."
"Get lost, bullshit! You are old! I am only forty-nine this year, in the prime of my life! If I hadn't seen you kill a few Japanese pirates on the battlefield and heard you complaining just now, I would have whipped you a long time ago."
When the leading general heard the word "you", his eyebrows jumped, and he spit in the faces of several people like a tiger whose tail was stepped on.
"Hahaha, Liu Ergou, Li Dazhuang, you're flattering the general and you've hit the horse's leg again." The cavalrymen couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that they were no longer surprised by this kind of scene.
At this moment, the gate of Taizhou Prefecture opened, and Tan Lun led the officials in the city to welcome them at the gate.
"Thank you all generals for your help, otherwise Taizhou would be in great danger. Simple meals have been prepared in the city, and I hope you won't reject them. Oh, by the way, I haven't asked for the general's name yet." Taizhou prefect Tan Lun bowed to thank the soldiers outside the city, invited them into the city, and then asked the leading general for his name.
"There's food to eat, hahaha..."
Upon hearing that food had been prepared in the city, the cavalrymen outside the city shouted excitedly.
"No, no, you are too polite, Governor Tan. My surname is Yu Dayou, and I am the Lieutenant General of Ningbo and Taizhou appointed by the Emperor. Fighting against the Japanese pirates and protecting Ningbo and Taizhou are my responsibilities."
The general dealt with the shouting soldiers, dismounted, and saluted to the Taizhou prefect Tan Lun.
This person is Yu Dayou. At the beginning of this month, Emperor Jiajing appointed him as the Ningtai Lieutenant General. Yu Dayou had just taken office, and the cavalry behind him were all his personal soldiers when he was the commander of the Fujian Defense Force.
Yu Dayou was originally appointed as the commander of Fujian's defense against Japanese invaders by Zhu Wan, the then Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief, who was recommended during his inspection of Fujian three years ago. However, as Zhu Wan offended interest groups in Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, was falsely accused by treacherous officials, dismissed from office, and committed suicide in anger, Yu Dayou's situation was not good. He was repeatedly excluded by the local bureaucratic groups in Fujian and suppressed by the Yan Party. When Yu Dayou quelled the rebellion of Fan Ziyi in Annan, such a great achievement was suppressed by Yan Song, who did not report it to the court, and finally only gave Yu Dayou a reward of fifty taels of silver. This shows the official environment in which Yu Dayou lived.
This year, the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River were seriously infested, and they invaded the coastal areas of Zhejiang several times. When the country was in trouble, the Emperor Jiajing thought of Zhu Wan, but Zhu Wan had already committed suicide in anger. The Emperor Jiajing then remembered Yu Dayou, who was recommended by Zhu Wan, and appointed him as the Lieutenant General of Ningbo and Taizhou Prefectures to fight against the Japanese pirates.
Yu Dayou?!
Hearing the general call himself Yu Dayou, Taizhou prefect Tan Lun's face suddenly straightened, and he bowed and said in a loud voice: "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you, so the general is the famous 'Blue Wave Dragon' Yu Dayou in the southeast! It is true that seeing is believing. The general led the way and used his troops with the momentum of a dragon, unstoppable, and the Japanese pirates were defeated at the first touch. He is truly a dragon that has fought a hundred battles."