"Da Dao, lead your battalion to the front to be on guard. This time, bring the Tiger Crouching Cannon with you to prevent the Japanese pirates from returning."
"The rest of you, go forward and clean up the battlefield. Kill all the Japanese pirates who are still alive and chop off their heads. We don't need any prisoners! I repeat, kill all the Japanese pirates who are still alive and chop off their heads. We don't need any prisoners!"
"We don't know when the Japanese pirates will return. It's too late to dig pits to bury their bodies. We cut down trees and set up five fire racks. We piled the bodies of the Japanese pirates on them and burned them all to prevent the spread of plague."
After the Japanese pirates retreated, Zhu Ping'an ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up, and especially emphasized that no prisoners should be taken and no one should be left alive.
The Japanese pirates are full of crimes and deserve to be put to death.
Even if you want to recapture the Japanese pirates, you must first use thunder and lightning to break their backbone and kill them so that they lose their souls.
In Zhu Ping'an's opinion, it is not yet time to recapture the Japanese pirates, and the Japanese pirates will not surrender. Now is the time to ruthlessly wipe out the Japanese pirates. They must strike hard at the Japanese pirates on the battlefield and fight several beautiful and brutal battles to wipe them out.
Only then did we consider using both suppression and appeasement.
While cleaning the battlefield, many Zhejiang Army soldiers made retching sounds. The scene was too tragic.
The Japanese pirates at the center of the thirty jars of gunpowder were all blown to pieces, with broken limbs and bloody bodies...
Fortunately, we are soldiers under your command, not your enemies. All the Zhejiang Army officers and soldiers thought so.
While the Zhejiang army soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, Zhu Ping'an went to see the wounded first.
In this battle, because the Japanese pirates were unable to break through the battlefield, the Zhejiang army did not lose a single person, but more than 60 people were injured.
More than thirty people were injured by the Japanese pirates, but none of their injuries were serious; sixteen people were injured by the exploding barrels of muskets, five of whom were slightly more seriously injured, but their lives were not in danger; and five people were injured by the lead and iron balls that were shot everywhere when the gunpowder in the wine jar exploded. Fortunately, the Zhejiang army was far away and the cotton armor covered a large area, so none of their injuries were serious.
"The lead and iron balls are soaked in venom. Be patient. Disinfect with strong liquor first, then apply the antidote externally and internally."
Zhu Ping'an gave repeated reminders when he visited the wounded soldiers.
In order to achieve maximum lethality against the Japanese pirates, the iron and lead balls in the gunpowder jars were soaked in poison.
As long as the Japanese pirates were hit by the bullets, they would be poisoned to death without the antidote. Just now, the Japanese pirates who ran back from the front were injured. Even though they were alive and kicking now, the King of Hell had already predetermined their KPIs.
Of course, in order to prevent accidental injuries to his own people, Zhu Ping'an had people prepare the antidote long ago. As long as the antidote is applied externally or taken internally, the injury will not be a problem.
When visiting the wounded soldiers, Zhu Ping'an personally applied secret medicine to several wounded soldiers, bandaged their wounds, and comforted them cordially. He also instructed the cooks in the barracks to cook some chicken soup every day to supplement the wounded soldiers with good nutrition so that they could recover soon.
The wounded soldiers were deeply moved.
After visiting the wounded soldiers, Zhu Ping'an went straight to the front of the battlefield to check on the cleaning.
"Sir, there are still hundreds of Japanese pirates who have not died on the battlefield. According to your order, they were all executed. Many of them tried to resist, but our people went in groups of two to finish them off, so they didn't have a chance to take advantage of us."
Liu Mu reported.
"Well, very good." Zhu Ping'an nodded and asked, "How many Japanese pirates' heads were captured?"
"My Lord, we have captured a total of 5,475 Japanese pirate heads this time. The gunpowder in the wine jar was too powerful. The nearby Japanese pirates were blown to pieces. We can't find their heads. Otherwise, we could have captured hundreds more heads."
Liu Mu reported excitedly that this was a great victory, an unprecedented victory.
Ever since the Japanese pirates began to invade our dynasty, I have never heard of a battle in which more than 6,000 Japanese pirates were captured in one battle.
This is the first time.
It is unbelievable that the Zhejiang army had only 2,000 people, but they captured more than 5,000 heads of Japanese pirates. This was a great victory of defeating the larger force with the smaller one.
"Unfortunately, in addition to the seven or eight hundred Japanese pirates who fled in the end, there were several hundred Japanese pirates who pretended to be dead on the battlefield. When the Japanese pirate army was retreating, they also got up and ran away. In addition, there were some injured Japanese pirates who also struggled to run away. If we had chased them at that time, they would not have been able to escape."
Liu Mu finally said with some regret.
The Japanese pirates launched two rounds of attacks. In the first round, more than 2,000 Japanese pirates were dispatched. In the second round, 4,000 Japanese pirates were dispatched, and then more than 4,000 reinforcements were added. Many murderous Japanese pirates also spontaneously sent reinforcements...
After a series of huge explosions, almost all the Japanese pirates on the battlefield were killed.
In the end, seven or eight hundred Japanese pirates fled from the battlefield, and several hundred of them pretended to be dead on the battlefield. When the Japanese pirate army was retreating, they got up and ran away. In addition, there were the injured Japanese pirates on the battlefield. Their legs and bodies were hit by bullets in the explosion. They fell to the ground screaming, but they did not die. They struggled and ran a lot when the Japanese pirates were retreating.
At that time, Liu Muyou suggested chasing after them and leaving behind the Japanese pirates.
However, Zhu Ping'an did not agree.
Don't chase the desperate enemy!
Although the Japanese pirates suffered heavy losses, their main force was still there, with 20,000 to 30,000 pirates. Once the Japanese pirates turned around, it would be dangerous. In the wild, without the protection of low walls and positions, the Zhejiang Army was really no match for the Japanese pirates.
Even with the protection of the low walls and positions, the Japanese pirates would have rushed into the positions if it weren't for the thirty wine jars of gunpowder. Of course, it was also because Zhu Ping'an did not use the tiger squatting cannon, which lured the Japanese pirates to go crazy. But even if he used the tiger squatting cannon, Zhu Ping'an knew in his heart that it would not be easy to repel the Japanese pirates.
One reason is that there are fewer tiger squat cannons. Second, tiger squat cannons are slower to load than muskets. Third, due to quality limitations, tiger squat cannons need to cool down the barrel after firing several shots in a row, otherwise they will explode.
If it weren't for the gunpowder in the wine jar, the Zhejiang army would have to pay a heavy price to repel the Japanese pirates' attack.
"Haha, don't be too greedy. We were able to capture more than 5,000 Japanese pirates in one battle this time, and that was largely due to luck."
Zhu Ping'an patted Liu Mu's shoulder and smiled slightly.
"Hehe, that's right." Liu Mu couldn't help but laugh. There was indeed a lot of luck involved this time.
If the Japanese pirates had not underestimated the enemy and had been more cautious, the buried wine jars and gunpowder would not have been so hidden. The dust on them was different from the surrounding ground. Also, the buried gunpowder fuses were easy to spot if you looked carefully. Then...
Especially when lighting the gunpowder fuse, Liu Mu's palms were sweating with nervousness. When the gunpowder fuse ignited and burned rapidly forward, it was still quite conspicuous. Liu Mu was afraid that the Japanese pirates would find out, so he cut off the gunpowder fuse before the explosion.
Fortunately, the Japanese pirates underestimated the enemy and were careless, which allowed the gunpowder and wine jar to accomplish great success.