Since receiving the news from the Qiantang River, Zhu Ping'an has been paying close attention to the news of the 150 Japanese pirates yesterday. However, he has not received any news from this group of pirates for two consecutive days. Zhu Ping'an even suspected that this group of pirates had fled to the sea along the Qiantang River. In this day and age, it is common for Japanese pirates to go ashore, rob a few things and run away.
However, Zhu Ping'an felt that this group of Japanese pirates would not flee so easily, because this group of Japanese pirates was fierce. Since landing in Shangyu, they have been burning, killing and looting without any defeat or loss of personnel. They still have the ability to continue committing crimes and looting. Such powerful Japanese pirates must not be satisfied with only landing for half a day, burning, killing and looting a small town, a retired imperial censor and a small village! Such powerful Japanese pirates must have a huge appetite and a huge ambition.
Zhu Ping'an judged that they would continue to do evil until they had robbed enough or their strength was severely damaged, and then they would flee far away.
However, the strange thing is that after this group of pirates disappeared by the Qiantang River, they lay dormant for two whole days without showing any trace. What evil intentions did they have? ! Where is their next destination? !
Zhu Ping'an was puzzled!
On the third day, Zhu Ping'an could not help but handwrite a few official letters and ordered Liu Mu to take them to Yingtian City to inquire about the news of this group of Japanese pirates from the Yingtian Military Department and other officials. When Liu Mu was about to set off, another Fengtang report arrived at the Zhejiang Army camp.
After receiving the report, Zhu Ping'an had a hunch that this report must be related to the group of Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu.
Sure enough, when Zhu Ping'an opened the Tangbao, he saw the news about this group of Japanese pirates!
However, when he saw the place where this group of Japanese pirates appeared, Zhu Pingan couldn't help but exclaimed "Huh?!"
incredible!
After this group of Japanese pirates disappeared by the Qiantang River, they unexpectedly appeared in Changhua County yesterday afternoon!
This direction is a bit wrong! Changhua County is in the west, one hundred kilometers west of Hangzhou City, which is two hundred miles.
This distance is not close!
Theoretically speaking, Japanese pirates usually plundered along the coast, and this group of pirates disappeared by the Qiantang River. They massacred people in Wangjiang Village and then disappeared. Wangjiang Village is on the bank of Qiantang River, and the opposite bank is the suburbs of Hangzhou Prefecture.
The Japanese pirates should have crossed the Qiantang River and headed north and east, looting along the coast so that they could escape to the sea.
Why did this group of Japanese pirates go west and deep inland instead of going to the rich suburbs and coastal areas of Hangzhou on the other side? !
In response to this, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but utter a questioning "Huh?", wondering why this group of Japanese pirates went west.
Zhu Ping'an had two suspicions at this time. One was whether this group of Japanese pirates were lost. They came from a long distance across the sea and were unfamiliar with the place. They wanted to go east, but turned or got lost and went in the wrong direction. Another suspicion was that before this group of Japanese pirates disappeared by the Qiantang River, they massacred Wangjiang Village. When they massacred the village, they also robbed people from Wangjiang Village who were familiar with the nearby terrain and asked them to lead the way. As a result, these people, like the little hero Wang Erxiao, risked their lives to trick the Japanese pirates, and deliberately led the Japanese pirates astray, to the west, and then to the inland, where they were surrounded by officers and soldiers from all over the inland!
But the fact is that after this group of Japanese pirates disappeared near Wangjiang Village on the Qiantang River, they appeared in Changhua County on the opposite bank 200 miles to the west!
The Japanese pirates massacred the Yumi Village on the riverside of Changhua County. The magistrate of Changhua led a total of 400 soldiers and militiamen to suppress the Japanese pirates, but they were defeated easily. The magistrate of Changhua fell off his horse and was rescued by his subordinates at the risk of their lives.
After defeating the magistrate of Changhua, the Japanese pirates pursued him, entered Changhua County from the south gate, burned, killed and looted in the county, and then left from the west gate.
After leaving Changhua County, the Japanese pirates appeared in Yuqian County next to Changhua County in the evening and robbed Langyu Town. The Yuqian County Magistrate led soldiers, officials, and civilians to suppress the Japanese pirates. Before they reached Langyu Town, they were ambushed by the Japanese pirates. After several people were killed or injured, the Yuqian County Magistrate led the people to retreat strategically (ran away), and the Japanese pirates plundered along the way, causing heavy casualties among the people along the way... ...
The last record of the Tangbao newspaper was that the Hangzhou government was shocked by this...
"well... ... "
After reading this record, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh.
This group of Japanese pirates is still the same group of Japanese pirates! Fierce, cruel, cunning, good at fighting! Good at setting ambushes!
These are no ordinary Japanese pirates!
This group of Japanese pirates is just like a group of special forces soldiers who are good at fighting!
Don't want to admit it!
But it’s true!
In comparison, the officers and soldiers along the way were like a mob!
After sighing for a long time, Zhu Ping'an unfolded the newspaper again and read it carefully again, this time focusing on the details.
After reading it again, Zhu Ping'an discovered a problem. This report recorded that the number of Japanese pirates faced by the Changhua County Magistrate was more than 130, but less than 140.
More than one hundred and thirty people
Aren't there 150 Japanese pirates? How come there are more than 130?!
The number of Japanese pirates has been reduced!
Where did the Japanese pirates lose their numbers? In the two days between disappearing from Wangjiang Village and appearing in Changhua County, the Japanese pirates lost ten people. The Tangbao did not record where the Japanese pirates looted during these two days, so either the Japanese pirates were on the road during these two days, or they looted a remote village during these two days, and because the village was remote, it had not yet been discovered. The reason for the loss of the Japanese pirates may be natural reasons, such as drowning when crossing the river, or they encountered fierce resistance when looting remote villages, resulting in the loss of people.
Whatever the reason, the Japanese pirates have been reduced in numbers, which is a good thing. Otherwise, we would have thought that this group of Japanese pirates was so powerful that they were invulnerable!
After reading the news report, Zhu Pingan took advantage of the break in training to briefly announce the contents of the news report to the entire army, and urged the Zhejiang Army to strengthen training, "more sweat in peacetime, less tears in war..."
In this way, another day passed, and Zhu Ping'an received another Tangbao in the evening.
Needless to say, this Tangbao must have recorded the news of this group of Japanese pirates. As expected, when I opened the Tangbao, I saw the content of this group of Japanese pirates.
"Um?!"
Seeing the place where the Japanese pirates appeared, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but make the same puzzled "hmm" sound as yesterday.
This group of Japanese pirates actually appeared in Huizhou Prefecture!
After the Japanese pirates looted Chun'an County, they appeared in Huizhou Prefecture!
Huizhou Prefecture is located to the west of Yuqian County and Changhua County, further inland. Huizhou Prefecture is already part of Anhui Province!
Anhui Province! Are these pirates crazy?! Why are they still heading west?! Zhu Pingan has a thousand questions in his mind!
This group of Japanese pirates got lost so badly that they even got lost in Anhui Province!
Or did the Japanese pirates change direction? They came from a long way and were unfamiliar with the place. They thought they were heading east, but they turned west? No way. It has been four days. Did they change direction for four days
Moreover, it was too easy for this group of Japanese pirates to enter Huizhou.
Huizhou is known for being "eight and a half parts mountains, one part water, and half part farmland and manors". Huizhou has one mountain after another, one peak after another, hills lined up, ridges and valleys crisscrossed, and the terrain is particularly complex.
In particular, Huizhou is the border between Anhui Province and Zhejiang Province, and there is a pass at this border!