In the evening, the sun sets, and the afterglow of the setting sun covers the sea sacrifice site. The sea not far away also changes color, half of it is dark black like ink, and the other half is red like fire, which is quite similar to the artistic conception of Bai Juyi's words "A ray of setting sun spreads across the water, half of the river is rustling and half of the river is red".
The ceremony was more lively than before. Common people gathered around the altar, holding bowls filled with stews, to watch the show.
These stews were leftovers from the celebration banquet, and were stewed with cabbage, radish, etc. Because the sea sacrifice ceremony was successfully completed, Zhao Wenhua was very happy and waved his hand to have a pig slaughtered to add to the meal for all the people in the festival. Therefore, the people could get one or two large pieces of meat in the stew.
There is meat in the stew, plenty of rice, and a great show. Is there any better moment than this
The common people were in high spirits, eating stew, watching opera and chatting, and the excitement was no less than that of staying up all night during the New Year.
In a remote corner of the festival, a little away from the stage, a group of villagers were gathering to eat. There were about 150 to 160 of them, young and old, male and female, all wearing worn-out cotton-padded clothes. They were eating, watching and chatting, and looked no different from the other villagers in the festival.
However, they are very alert and once they notice someone approaching, they will stop making noises at the same time.
They continued talking only after the people left.
"Mr. Nakamura, what time is it now? Why haven't you given the order to attack?!" A man dressed as an old farmer knelt on the ground and asked a young farmer anxiously in Japanese.
If he didn't speak, this old farmer would look no different from other elderly farmers in the Ming Dynasty except for his shorter stature. However, as soon as he opened his mouth and spoke bird language, his identity as a Japanese pirate was exposed.
He was one of the Japanese pirates who had sneaked into the festival. He was a wandering samurai named Taiyang Abe. He was already fifty years old, but he often practiced martial arts and fought. Except for his old appearance, his physical fitness was better than that of young people. He was also famous for his bravery among the Japanese pirates, and most of the Japanese pirates could not beat him.
"Why are you in such a hurry, Lord Dayang? Just be patient and watch the show. You can't see this in our Japan. The show is very exciting." An honest farmer in his twenties also replied in Japanese, looking very calm.
He was the person in charge of the sabotage operation sent by the great Japanese pirate Wang Zhi. His name was Zhongcun Xingji. He was an illegitimate child of a feudal family in Japan. His name contained the reason for his birth. His cheap father slept with his mother twice and then he was born. So, he was named Zhongcun Xingji.
Because he was an illegitimate child and had no right of inheritance, he had no chance to inherit all the property of his cheap father, so he had to go out and fight. With the secret funding from his father, he formed a team of 20 real Japanese pirates and embarked on the road of Japanese pirates.
Because he dared to fight and kill, and was brave and resourceful, he was noticed by Wang Zhi and recruited into the group. Now he has become the captain of a fleet, with more than a dozen ships under his command and a total of more than 800 soldiers, most of whom are real Japanese, and a minority are fake Japanese, with strong combat power.
"What's so great about opera? Let's go on stage and give them a bloody drama. I can't wait to play the leading role, Nakamura-kun, and my Inukai family's ancestral demon sword Zangetsu can't wait to drink blood, Nakamura-kun, please understand our feelings." Inukai Abe said impatiently.
"It's not the time yet, Inukai-kun, we have to wait a little longer." Nakamura Yukiji shook his head and said slowly.
"Isn't it time now?! When the Ming dog officials are holding the sea sacrifice ceremony, I want to take action, and you say it's not the right time. Now the sea sacrifice ceremony is over, and the drama on the altar has been performed twice, and you still say it's not the right time. Then when is the right time?! Do we have to wait until all the Ming dogs are gone tomorrow, then it will be the right time?"
"Mr. Nakamura, if you are afraid because there are too many Ming dog soldiers, then you can leave and leave the team to me. I will let you see what the bravery of Japanese men is!"
Inukai Abe said angrily that if he was not worried about exposing his identity, he would have drawn his sword and forced Nakamura to abdicate.
"Inukai, if I let you do it now, how many people can you beat, how many people can you kill, and how much damage can you cause?" Nakamura asked calmly.
"The common people of the Ming Dynasty are lambs with two legs. They will only beg for mercy and will not resist. No matter how many common people there are, they will be killed. I can kill them until I am exhausted. However, there are so many officers and soldiers on the scene. They will not sit idly by. I guess after I kill seven or eight common people in a surprise attack, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will react. However, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are all weak and useless. I can fight a group of them alone! Even if I am surrounded, I have the confidence to kill more than a dozen officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."
Inukai Yasunori said with confidence.
"Well, even if you can fight a hundred people, even if you can kill thirty Ming people, so what? There are more than 10,000 Ming soldiers and officers on the scene, and 50,000 to 60,000 civilians. It's just a drop in the bucket."
Nakamura Koji shook his head disdainfully.
"I'm not the only one, there are so many of us. In my opinion, when the dog officials of the Ming Dynasty hold the sea sacrifice ceremony, we should rush out and rush straight to the altar to destroy the sea sacrifice! Let the dog emperor of the Ming Dynasty see how powerful we are and complete the task assigned to us by King Hui!" Inukai Abe stiffened his neck and retorted unconvinced.
"Inukai-kun, there are only about 300 of us who have sneaked into the sea festival this time. Together with the people sent by Xu Hai to follow his orders, there are only more than 500 people. In order to avoid exposing our identities, our people are divided into five groups. There are more than 10,000 officers and soldiers at the Daming site. I looked carefully and they are all young and strong. They also placed hundreds of large water tanks at the scene to prevent fires."
"In addition, you have also noticed that when the sea sacrifice ceremony is in progress, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are the most vigilant and on guard, especially in front of the sea sacrifice platform, where there are five layers of heavy troops. Although we are brave and fearless of life and death, a large number of ants can kill an elephant. If we take action during the sea sacrifice ceremony, we will not be able to kill many people, and we will not even be able to get close to the altar. We will be surrounded and exhausted by the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, just like a stone thrown into the sea, which cannot cause much waves. How can we complete the important task entrusted by Prince Hui?"
"War is never a place for impulsiveness. War relies not on brute force but on wisdom."
Nakamura Koji looked at Inukai Abe calmly and said slowly,
"After all, it's you, Nakamura-kun, who is afraid!" Inukai Abe snorted and said unconvinced.
"Since I, Nakamura Yukiji, started my army, I have always been the first to fight in every battle. I have been wounded dozens of times, but I have never retreated a single step. You have followed me for half a year, but have you ever seen me retreat a single step?!" Nakamura Yukiji asked calmly.
Inukai Abe recalled for a moment, and the scenes of Nakamura Koji leading the charge appeared in his mind. He then knelt down and bowed to Nakamura Koji to apologize, "Please forgive my rudeness, you are indeed not a coward."
"I accept your apology." Nakamura Koji nodded.
"I just don't understand why Mr. Nakamura hasn't given the order to attack yet?" Inukai Abe bowed and asked.
"The Great Ming Military Strategy says: Take the enemy by surprise and attack them when they are unprepared. When they think we will attack, I will not move; when they think we will not attack, it is our chance to strike."
"What we want is killing and destruction, killing and destruction that will scare the Ming people. It doesn't matter whether the sea sacrifice ceremony is over or not. Are you afraid of the sea sacrifice? The sea monster, haha, the Amaterasu who protects us, if we want to destroy it, we should destroy the four loaches of the Ming Dynasty! As long as the Ming Dynasty's dog officials, soldiers and ordinary people are there, our stage is still there."
"The sea sacrifice ceremony is over, and the Ming people have held a celebration banquet. All of them have relaxed, and they have even given the soldiers wine and drinks, which shows that they think the danger is over and there will be no more attacks. This is a good opportunity for us to take action. The reason why we are not taking any action now is because I want to wait until the Ming army and the people are asleep at night. Under the cover of darkness, we will disperse and rush into various military camps and civilian camps to kill and set fire. They don't know how many people we have, so they will only fall into panic and even howl in the camp. At the same time, concentrate superior forces to attack their central army commander's tent, kill all the dog officials of the Ming Dynasty who participated in the sea sacrifice, and seize the imperial edict issued by their dog emperor... ... The Ming Dynasty has the story of Li Su entering Caizhou on a snowy night. After tonight, our story of night raid will be passed down through the ages!"
Nakamura Koji said cunningly, with a confident look on his face.
"Oh my god, you are worthy of being called Nakamura-kun, you are indeed a genius! I, Inukai Abe, bow down to you. Please forgive me for my recklessness. From now on, I will never question any of Nakamura-kun's orders again, and I am willing to die for him!"
After hearing this, Inukai Abe was full of admiration.
"I would die for Nakamura-kun!" All the Japanese pirates present were impressed by Nakamura Yukiji's strategy, and looked at him with admiration and respect.