Zhu Ping'an drew a map again of the whereabouts of the Japanese pirates in Shangyu after they landed, marked out Yingtian and other places, and carefully recalled the deeds of the Japanese pirates who attacked Nanjing in modern times.
Zhu Ping'an had browsed relevant historical records in modern times, which said that during the Jiajing period, a group of about 53 Japanese pirates traveled 3,000 miles, plundered Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces, attacked more than 20 counties and prefectures, and brazenly invaded the capital Nanjing.
Of course, there is controversy over the number of Japanese pirates in the surviving historical materials. Different historical materials have different records. Some say it was fifty-three days, some say it was seventy-two people, and some only roughly record sixty or seventy people.
Although there is controversy, it can be basically confirmed that the number of Japanese pirates in that group ranged from fifty to seventy.
There are now about ninety Japanese pirates left among the ones who landed in Shangyu. They are still separated from Nanjing by Taiping Prefecture and other places. It is estimated that they will lose some men on the way to Yingtian, especially since there are troops stationed in Taiping Prefecture. Therefore, when they arrive in Yingtian, the number of men left is estimated to be between fifty and seventy.
Therefore, the number of Japanese pirates in this group is basically the same as that in the group that attacked Yingtian.
Then, Zhu Pingan discovered that in addition to the number of people being basically the same, the route of the pirates was also basically the same. According to historical records, the pirates who attacked Nanjing landed in Zhejiang and robbed Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces all the way, covering a distance of 3,000 miles; this group of pirates landed in Shangyu, Zhejiang, and then turned inland from Zhejiang and entered Anhui. Now they have covered a distance of more than 1,800 miles... ... So, the route before attacking Nanjing and the distance of the journey are basically the same.
In addition to the above two points, there is also combat effectiveness.
According to historical records, the Japanese pirates who attacked Yingtian had amazing combat effectiveness. They were like wild boars, rampaging and advancing fiercely throughout the Ming Dynasty. There are even historical records that say that during the decades when the Japanese pirates were the most serious during the Jiajing period, there were no Japanese pirates with higher combat effectiveness than this group.
The Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu were extremely powerful. The Tangbao newspapers had recorded their horrifying feat of catching arrows with their bare hands many times. Zhu Ping'an had never seen such capable pirates, and he even felt that they could be classified as ancient special forces.
Therefore, in terms of combat effectiveness, the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu were basically consistent with the Japanese pirates who attacked Yingtian in history.
There are so many coincidences!
There are no coincidences in history!
Thinking of this, Zhu Ping'an could already conclude that the group of Japanese pirates that landed in Shangyu were the same group of Japanese pirates that brazenly attacked Nanjing as recorded in history.
Therefore, we must report to the Heaven as soon as possible and make preparations early and adequately prepared to avoid repeating the mistakes of history.
Historically, this group of Japanese pirates attacked Yingtian, causing heavy casualties to Yingtian. Historical records described it as "almost conquering Yingtian", which shows how much harm this group of Japanese pirates caused to Yingtian and how serious the trauma they caused!
This incident had far-reaching consequences. Not only did it bring serious shame to the Ming court and deal a heavy blow to the morale of the anti-Japanese war, it also indirectly encouraged and stimulated the Japanese pirates, making the Japanese invasion in Jiangnan even more turbulent and in full swing.
We must never repeat the mistakes of history!
Zhu Ping'an's eyes became determined. Without further delay, he quickly sent someone to call Liu Dadao and others, and ordered them to ride with him to Yingtian to warn the police!
On the way to Yingtian, Zhu Pingan was thinking hard, why did this group of Japanese pirates want to attack Nanjing? ! Why did this group of Japanese pirates risk going deep inland? If they wanted to attack Nanjing, wouldn’t it be closer to go directly from Shangyu to Hangzhou to Nanjing? ! Or wouldn’t it be more convenient to land near Yingtian? ! Why did they have to risk going deep inland and take such a long detour to attack Nanjing? ! What conspiracy did they have? !
Zhu Ping'an whipped his horse while racking his brains to ponder the above questions.
This group of Japanese pirates definitely did not get lost or go in the wrong direction! When they fought against the government troops, they not only had powerful military force, but were also good at ambushing and making feints to the east and attacking in the west. It can be seen that this group of Japanese pirates was definitely a cunning and cunning group with many tricks!
Therefore, this group of Japanese pirates would never go deep into the inland for no reason. They must have ulterior motives!
But why would the cunning and treacherous Japanese pirates take such a big risk to go deep inland and attack the heavily guarded Yingtian City? ! A lone army went deep into a foreign country and made a big detour, and even lost half of its troops, and still had to attack a heavily guarded city!
This is nothing less than a suicide journey!
Why? !
What conspiracy are the Japanese pirates brewing? !
Zhu Ping'an thought for a long time on horseback, but still couldn't come up with a reasonable answer.
If you can't figure it out, try putting yourself in their shoes and think about it.
Zhu Ping'an imagined himself as a Japanese pirate, who came across the sea and landed in Shangyu, Zhejiang, Ming Dynasty. After burning, killing and looting a village, he did not flee. Instead, he drank and ate meat, sang and danced in the most magnificent courtyard of the village, and gathered his strength, waiting for the Ming Dynasty Shaoxing Prefecture and the Wei Suo coalition forces to come and encircle and suppress them. When the Ming army arrived, he took the initiative to attack and kill the Shaoxing Prefecture and the Wei Suo coalition forces, and after killing the Ming army, he took the initiative to retreat into the courtyard, waiting for the Ming army reinforcements. Before the Ming army's fire attack at night, he killed another wave of the besieged Ming army, tore open a hole, and took a raft to cross the river to easily escape from the Ming army's encirclement; after crossing the river , found a group of more than 300 fully armed people escorting an official sedan at night, ambushed and killed them, and then headed north; after reaching the Qiantang River, they turned around and headed westwards inland, marched quickly to Changhua County, Tuyumi Village, and killed the Changhua County officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress them, and took advantage of the situation to attack Changhua County. After a period of burning and looting, they continued to the west to Yuqian County, burned and killed again, and attracted Yuqian County officers and soldiers to come to encircle and suppress them. They ambushed the officers and soldiers on the road that the officers and soldiers had to pass, and killed all of them; continued to the west to Chun'an County, and defeated the officers and soldiers again; entered Huizhou Prefecture to the west and attacked the pass... ...
Zhu Pingan imagined himself as a Japanese pirate, landing, killing, attacking officers and soldiers, attacking the county town, attacking the pass... ...
"Um?!"
Zhu Ping'an's eyes suddenly jumped, and he realized that there was a problem. This group of Japanese pirates fought with the government soldiers too frequently!
They came across the sea, it seems, not for wealth, but to fight with the Ming troops from various places. No matter which county or prefecture they went to, they would fight with the local officers and soldiers. Even if they could avoid it, they would not avoid it!
If we were to say who is most familiar with the situation of this Ming army, it would be this group of Japanese pirates!
Wait, you are familiar with the situation of the Ming army? ! !
It was like a flash of light breaking through the night! Zhu Ping'an's eyes widened and he couldn't help but blurt out, "They are spies!"
This group of Japanese pirates landed in Shangyu, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, went north to Qiantang River, turned inland, Changhua, Yuqian, Chun'an, Huizhou Prefecture, Ningguo Prefecture, Taiping Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture... ... they made a big circle around the most prosperous Jiangsu and Shanghai areas in the south of the Yangtze River, roaming and fighting for 3,000 miles, and they were well aware of the human resources, material resources, terrain, military strength, and combat effectiveness. Our terrain and military strength were spotted by them, so if they invade on a large scale one day, how can we stop them
What a big appetite!
Sure enough, he has ulterior motives!