Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

This is a battle where strength does not depend on strength.

Compared with the previous battles to encircle and suppress Ye Ye's groom Du Kang, Dwarf Tiger Wang Ying and others.

This battle can be said to be a real battle.

Giving full play to the superiority of firepower is the core guiding ideology of Suxia operations.

He couldn't help but think of the heroes and martyrs during the Anti-Japanese War. Faced with superior artillery fire, many Japanese soldiers sacrificed their lives heroically under the enemy's artillery fire.

Now, it's finally his turn to unleash his firepower.

While Su Xia was directing the artillery battle, she was filled with indignation as she thought about her seniors who were bombarded by Japanese heavy artillery in the Battle of Songhu.

Yamamoto 57 had its tail cut off early, and those ships intercepted by Su Xia's artillery fire were now completely left to fend for themselves.

The deputy of Yamamoto 57 looked at the "broken tail" warship in pain, "General, are we just giving up on them?"

"They are too powerful!"

Yamamoto 57's heart was shaking.

Under the dimensionality reduction attack of hot weapons! The warships responsible for cutting off the tails were unable to fight back.

Several of the pirates' ships were equipped with artillery, and the slightest counterattack immediately attracted the echo of countless artillery shells. They soon became the focus of "care targets", and soon they were all mute.

Looking at the ruined battlefield ahead.

The warships were getting closer and closer, and some of the fierce pirates wanted to jump on board and fight at close range.

But more pirates had to jump into the sea because their warships were smashed!

Su Xia has already directed the crossbowmen to release arrows.

A dense rain of arrows shot into the sea!

"Whoosh whoosh!"

"what!"

From time to time, the pirates who were shot screamed.

Some who couldn't hold their breath were shot by bows and arrows as soon as they raised their heads. Others were stabbed by spearmen, leaving bloody holes, and sank into the sea to feed the fish.

This unequal pursuit battle came to an end quickly.

At least [-] corpses of pirates were left at the scene.

16 were captured.

After being brought back to the camp, Lieutenant General Li Dongyi interrogated and discovered that only four or five of the 16 people were Japanese.

The others were all pirates from the nearby seas, who were gathered together by the Japanese and became their accomplices!

Therefore, this couldn't help but remind Su Xia of a person-Xu Hai.

(Note: Xu Hai, (?-1556), a native of She County, Huizhou in the Ming Dynasty, was the leader of the pirate group during the Jiajing period, the main culprit in attracting Japanese invaders, and led Japanese pirates to attack the Yangtze River Delta region on three large scales.)

"These traitors."

Li Dong didn't hear clearly, "General, what did you say?"

"I said they are traitors, traitors of the Han people, so is there anything wrong with calling them traitors?"

Su Xia blurted out.

Lieutenant General Li Donglian nodded, "Sir, I have long been surprised that although the Japanese pirates are tough, their overall number should not be large. How can they gather thousands of people? Now I understand, who are the pirates of our Song Dynasty?" They work together in confusion, so there are many people.

However, my lord, you gave them a severe lesson in Pinghai this time, causing them to lose a lot of people. They should not dare to go against us easily again for at least two months. "

Su Xia nodded, "They will not attack Pinghai area, but they are likely to harass Qingzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou, or Hangzhou! However, these are not issues we are considering for the time being."

"My lord, how do you think these traitors should be dealt with?"

"Strictly investigate, and if any murder is found, all will be executed!"

.......

This attack by pirates is like a special encounter, just an episode in the development of thousands of stories on Salmon Island!

In other words, the pirates must be exterminated, but the top priority is to resolve the prefect Zhou Bin's suspicion of him.

As long as the prefect Zhou Bin doubts himself, although Zhou Bin has no power to decide whether Su Xia will stay or go. Su Xia's position was appointed by the Privy Council, he can write to his superiors and use his connections to suggest that the Privy Council remove him from his position as commander of the Pinghai Navy. .

If this were the case, the armed forces that Su Xia had worked so hard to build would be gone forever.

To solve this problem, the first thing to settle is the sick Yuchi Sunli.

According to time calculation, Sun Li should have already arrived on the island.

As for the "street rats" Zhang San and Ximen Qing...

It's almost time to take action yourself.

In Yanggu County, Ximen Qing was very angry after being "squeezed" of 4000 taels of silver by Shi Qiantian!

Even Li Ping'er was not treated favorably by him.

Although he already has a huge amount of wealth, his family's assets are tens of thousands of taels!

But you have to give your money to others! No matter how you say it, it will hurt your heart.

"Master, there is a cake seller outside the door. His name is Wu Dalang. He says he has a letter for you!"

"See you or not, how dare a cake seller come to see me!"

"But the high official, he said that Zhu Gui of Ten Dry Lands asked him to come find you!"

Ximen Qing's expression changed, "Call him in!"

This was the first time Wu Dalang came to Ximen Qing's mansion.

Just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, she timidly walked into the courtyard, poked her head around, and at first glance, she was destined to be angry.

Ximen Qing's nostrils turned upward, "What did you say to my servant at the door just now? Zhugui asked you to send me a message? What message did you send to me?"

"Well, that's right, sir, I'm sending you a message in the name of Dry Land Khulu Zhugui!"

Wu Da said with some embarrassment, "Back to the official, Handi Hulu Zhugui and I don't know each other very well, but I know Su Xia, and he and I are good brothers."

"Just for you, do you know Su Xia?"

Wu Dalang hummed.

Ximen Qing didn't say much. He took the letter from Wu Dalang and read it carefully.

Unexpectedly, after reading the letter, Ximen Qing's expression changed and he became furious!

"You Wu Dalang, who sells cooking cakes, how dare you use this letter to deceive me, come on, take him down!"

Ximen Qing gave an order, and his servants swarmed forward and tied Wu Dalang into a rice dumpling without any explanation.

Wu Dalang screamed like a pig, "Official, you are wronged, you are wronged!"

Ximen Qing's face turned livid, "Escort me to the backyard!"

In fact, the content of Wu Dalang's letter is very simple.

Tell him clearly that he already knows about the scandal between him and He Hua, and tell him that there is no need to give 4000 taels of silver to Shi Gantian. That is not the way to solve the problem.

The way to solve the problem is to solve it from the source - solve Shi Qiantian!

depression to luck!

What do you mean by this? It’s clear that you want to kill Shi Gantian by yourself!

So how could Ximen Qing not be shocked when he received the letter!

If it was really written by Su Xia, then he was too brave and wanted to kill Shi Qiantian himself?

Shi Qiantian's identity is the regimental training envoy of Dengzhou Guards, and he wears official clothes seriously!

Although he has a godfather behind him, the concept that the people should not fight against the officials has been hidden in his heart for a long time!

Thinking of this, Ximen Qing also hesitated. 4000 taels of silver was not a small amount, but if he spent money to kill Shi Gantian, only 80 taels of silver would be enough to kill the killer.

This dry land, Kulu Zhugui, is so bold that he wants to get rid of Shi Gantian himself?

Although behind Zhu Gui is the general named Su Xia, but?

Ximen Qing couldn't understand, so he decided to go to Dengzhou Guard himself to see what Zhu Gui and Su Xia meant!