Another day passed like this, and during a break in training, Zhu Ping'an once again received a report from the Tang government.
Zhu Ping'an unfolded the newspaper and took a look, then couldn't help but sigh.
well.
Yesterday, the Tang newspaper reported that Cai Dianshi led a thousand soldiers and carried a coffin out of the city to suppress the Japanese invaders. Today, the Tang newspaper has already reported the results of this suppression.
The more than 1,100 soldiers led by Cai Dianshi collapsed instantly after fighting with the Japanese pirates, like a flock of sheep encountering a tiger. More than 1,100 soldiers abandoned their weapons and fled, and only 80 people from Cai Dianshi's clan followed him and fought to the death. In the end, Cai Dianshi was stabbed several times and died, and all 80 people from his clan also died on the battlefield.
The Japanese pirates did not escape unscathed in this battle. Cai Dianshi and his entire family killed three Japanese pirates and seriously injured several others.
If I succeed, this coffin will be filled with the heads of the Japanese pirates, and I will use them to pay tribute to the souls of my fellow countrymen in heaven; if I fail and die on the battlefield, please put me in the coffin and carry me back... ...
Cai Dianshi’s oath still echoes in the sky.
Cai Dianshi did not betray his oath. He kept his word and eventually died in the line of duty on the battlefield.
However, sadly and ironically, because more than a thousand soldiers under his command had fled, no one was able to put him in a coffin and carry him back; on the contrary, according to the Tang newspaper, the Japanese chieftain admired Cai Dianshi's bravery and ordered the Japanese pirates to put Cai Dianshi's body in a coffin, carry it to Jingde County, and place it outside the city for Cai Dianshi's family to bury...
Of course, the Japanese pirates did not let go of the Jingde County, which was short of troops, panic-stricken and unguarded. They broke into the city from the south gate, looted the county government office and the mansions in the county, and finally laughed wildly and raised torches to burn down the Jingde County Government Office and nearby houses.
The magistrate and the county magistrate of Jingde County hid in a dung bucket in the county government office and escaped the Japanese pirates and the fire, thus saving their lives.
The Tangbao finally recorded that the Japanese pirates burned down the Jingde County government office. After a series of burning, killing and looting in Jingde County, they appeared in Jing County of Ningguo Prefecture and looted a village in Jing County.
Japanese pirates appeared in Jing County.
Jing County?!
Zhu Ping'an's sensitive nerves were instantly touched. Jing County, this place is in the north of Jingde County. This direction... Zhu Ping'an raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking, squatting on the ground, picked up a branch, and drew a map on the ground.
Zhu Ping'an marked all the places that the Japanese pirates had looted since they landed in Shangyu, including Shangyu, Changhua County, Yuqian County, Xi County, Jixi County, Jingde County, Jing County, etc., according to their geographical locations. Speaking of drawing maps, it is estimated that no one in this era can surpass Zhu Ping'an. Zhu Ping'an came from the modern era, and modern maps are many streets ahead of ancient maps. The map of the whole China is in Zhu Ping'an's mind, and he knows Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui very well. Soon, the map was drawn, and the marching track of the Japanese pirates suddenly jumped out on the paper, clearly visible and clear at a glance.
From the map, we can see that after the Japanese pirates landed in Shangyu, they headed north to the Qiantang River and began their first turn. They unexpectedly turned west and went deep inland, all the way west to Jixi County, and then they turned a second time. Yesterday, the Japanese pirates looted Jingde County from Jixi County, and this turn was not obvious. Now that the Japanese pirates have appeared in Jing County, this turn is very obvious from the map. The Japanese pirates have turned from west to east.
The Japanese pirates changed direction and headed north.
Why didn't the Japanese pirates continue to move westward into the hinterland? Why did they turn northward
Where further north
Zhu Ping'an added the county governments and other administrative divisions in the north on the map one by one. To the north of Ningguo Prefecture is Taiping Prefecture, which governs Wuhu County, Dangtu County, and Fanchang County. Further north of Taiping Prefecture is Yingtian Prefecture.
Yingtianfu?!
This group of pirates wouldn't attack the secondary capital Yingtian like the group of fifty pirates in history, right? !
impossible!
In history, the Japanese pirates attacked the secondary capital Yingtian only once! Yingtian is not a small county town, but a huge city. The garrison of Yingtian is not like a county town with only a few hundred soldiers. The garrison of Yingtian is more than 100,000. Judging from the ambush and surprise attack by this group of Japanese pirates, they are also brave and resourceful, and they will not be stupid enough to destroy themselves.
This group of pirates can only go as far north as Taiping Prefecture before turning back. Zhu Pingan came to this conclusion after some deduction.
In this way, Zhu Ping'an trained the Zhejiang army while closely monitoring the next moves of the Japanese pirates.
Two days later, Zhu Ping'an received another report.
The previous Tangbao recorded that the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu invaded Jing County. This Tangbao recorded that Qiu Shiyong, the magistrate of Jing County, led 800 soldiers to pursue the Japanese pirates in Antang. After burning, killing and looting in Antang, the Japanese pirates were fearless and did not leave, but arrogantly rested, as if they were waiting for Qiu Shiyong to lead troops to suppress the Japanese. Qiu Shiyong led his troops to attack, and the Japanese pirates were waiting for them to tire out. They fought in Antang. After a fierce battle, Qiu Shiyong's troops were no match for the Japanese pirates. They were killed and retreated step by step, with hundreds of casualties. Qiu Shiyong retreated back to the county under the protection of his confidants. In this battle, the Japanese pirates were almost unscathed, and only a few of them were injured.
After defeating Qiu Shiyong's troops, the Japanese pirates burned, killed and looted in Jing County, and then continued to move northward from Jing County, heading straight for Nanling County.
Hu Guangyao, the magistrate of Nanling County, had taken precautions against the Japanese pirates before they entered Jing County. He sent people to seek reinforcements, including the commander of the nearby Jianyang Guard, Miao Yin, Dangtu County, Wuhu County, and Taiping Prefecture. He also sent Nanling County Magistrate Mo Cheng to lead 300 soldiers to defend the boundary mountain between Nanling County and Jing County. This boundary mountain is the boundary mountain between Nanling County and Jing County, and it is also a natural pass that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Mo Cheng led 300 men to guard the Boundary Mountain, occupied the natural pass, and sniped 100 Japanese pirates. His goal was to prevent the Japanese pirates from entering Nanling County through the Boundary Mountain.
This goal is not very difficult. There is no need to fight a field battle with the Japanese pirates. All you need to do is occupy the natural barrier, guard the pass, and prevent the Japanese pirates from passing through.
But, unfortunately, County Magistrate Mo was afraid of death. When the Japanese pirates used the same old trick again, hanging the heads of Jingxian officers and soldiers on their waists, and came to the pass aggressively, Mo saw the heads on the waists of the Japanese pirates, and couldn't help but tremble. A stream of yellow water flowed out of his crotch uncontrollably, and then he took the lead, abandoned his troops and ran away at lightning speed. The soldiers were in a panic, and the generals were in a panic. When County Magistrate Mo ran away, the 300 soldiers under his command also ran away.
In an instant, the Boundary Mountain became an undefended empty pass, and everyone was stripped naked and lying flat.
Once again, the Japanese pirates captured a Ming Dynasty pass without any effort and without losing a single soldier, successfully passed the Boundary Mountain, and entered Nanling County.