In the cabin on the second floor, I told Zhang Yuanjing and Zhao Zili the news of the Sky Wolf's attack on Hengjiang Port tomorrow morning. Originally, according to Hu Zongxian's statement, the attack on Hengjiang Port this time would be 500 warships of Wang Heng, one of the three major Kou, but according to the information obtained from Zhongshan, only seven or eight ships of Miyazo Dazuo will be attacked tomorrow.

I was worried, could there be a mistake in the information? Do you want to find a way to inform Lord Hu?

Zhang Yuanjing said that in the current situation, even if we want to dock, there is no way, and now we can only act at the opportunity.

I am a little anxious, now that the main force of the Ming army is deployed in Hengjiang Port, if the warships of the three major Kou temporarily change their plans and dock from Yangzhou, Songjiang and other places, then the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will suffer.

Zhao Zili, who has never been very talkative, suddenly said, I think it is more likely that the Japanese will attack Hengjiang. First, over the years, Wang Heng has been sending people around to find the treasure of King Qi, and now that the treasure of King Qi has appeared in Hengjiang, Wang Heng will not miss this opportunity. Second, the three major Kou are now short of money and food, and we have implemented the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness in other areas, even if they attack Yangzhou and Songjiang Mansion, they will not have much oil and water, and Wang Heng will not do a loss-making business. As for the third, Wang Heng is rumored to be from the forbidden army, and there are rumors in the history of the rivers and lakes and the wild, saying that the first emperor was not thin on Wang Heng when he was alive, Wang Heng was loyal to the first emperor, and he was bent on avenging the first emperor.

I can't help but look at Zhao Zili with admiration, these days, he rarely speaks, but as long as he speaks, he can always get to the point. I asked, a naval landing is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so what if Wang Heng avoids the real and goes ashore from other places, and then leads the Japanese to besiege Hengjiang Port?

Zhao Zili said, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang army has 150,000 troops, led by General Yu and General Qi, if we really want to fight hard, we are not afraid, we are afraid that after they go ashore, they will flee in all directions, if this is the case, that is the worst plan.

I said that the imperial court can't gather more soldiers and horses?

Zhang Yuanjing sighed, Brother Su, don't hide it, the money and food of the Japanese are in a hurry, and our Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies have no money. In order to increase taxes, the imperial court has implemented a new policy in the past two years, and implemented the change of rice to mulberry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which has harmed the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

I wondered, change rice to mulberry, the rain in the south of the Yangtze River is abundant, the land is fertile, and the people grow mulberry, it stands to reason that the income is higher, why is it a deficit?

Zhang Yuanjing smiled bitterly, Brother Su still doesn't seem to understand politics very well, and it is true that changing rice to mulberry can increase income, but all this money has flowed into the hands of the big families in the south of the Yangtze River and those bigwigs in the capital, and the rice output has decreased, so they have to buy grain from other provinces, and the price of grain has increased again and again. You might as well say bluntly that now the 150,000 military supplies of Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops may not be able to support half a month.

I exclaimed, what?

Zhang Yuanjing said again, so these days, Lord Hu has borrowed money and grain everywhere, but these big landlords in Jiangnan have said a set of things on the surface, but secretly they can't help. In the case of the Xie family and the Wang family in Jinling, these two families have 10,000 acres of fertile land in Jinling City, but Lord Hu borrowed it all the way, and only borrowed 2,000 stone rice. In desperation, Lord Hu sold his official beard in Zhejiang and Jiangnan, and only then did he scrape together 100,000 taels of silver. In the past few months, the impeachment recital on the side of the Imperial Historical Observatory has been like snowflakes, and there are also people in the capital who have secretly stabbed the knife.

My heart was gloomy, two thousand stones of rice, but ten thousand taels of silver. This money is not as much as the last birthday banquet in the Wangjia Mansion in Jinling.

I have long heard that Hu Zongxian's official reputation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is not good, and in order to accumulate wealth, he buys and sells officials, but who knows, this is also a forced move to resist the Japanese. If this battle is lost, Hu Zongxian will definitely be ruined, and if he wins, I am afraid there will be no good result. This governor and governor is a bit of a wreck.

I said that these are not the issues we are considering, and that we will attack Hengjiang tomorrow, and we have to make some moves.

The next morning, the weather was clear and cloudless.

Seven Japanese warships lined up in a line, under the command of Miyazo Daisa, and approached the port of Hengjiang.

Hengjiang Port is a natural haven, the water is deep, suitable for large ships to stop at the port, before the Ming Dynasty implemented the sea ban, it was an important port of the city's shipping division, but now it has been abandoned and has become a dead port.

The warship stopped five miles outside Hengjiang Port, and more than 1,500 outlaws from seven warships began to take small boats and move closer to Hengjiang Port.

Nakasa stood on the deck, watching the reaction of the Ming army on the shore with a diorama, and the two young men of Michimoto and Rejingdong shook their hands and asked, Lord Nakasa, several other ships have attacked, and Miyazo Daisa has given orders many times to urge us to send troops.

A look of disgust flashed in his eyes, what are you anxious about, if you want to die, you can pick a good day, wait and see.

The two Shao Zuo were immediately silenced, and Zhong Zuo asked me again, Su, what do you think?

I said that Nakasa-sama was right, everything was under Nakasa's command.

Hot Jingdong disdainfully said, sycophant.

I said in my heart that don't let me catch you, or I'll let you go to Kato for a drink.

Dozens of small boats were heading towards Hengjiang Port.

The ships landed, and the misty weather was the best, and now the weather was clear and the sea view was excellent, so that these small ships were exposed to the sight of the Ming army. But there seemed to be no reaction on the shore, and there was no smoke burning on the beacon tower.

Immediately, it turned out that no matter whether it was the palace or the, I only knew that there was a treasure of King Qi in Hengjiang Port, but I didn't know that the Ming army was ambushed here.

The small boat was less than 100 meters away from Hengjiang Port, and when it entered the shallows, there were already Japanese robbers with swords in their hands, and they began to disembark and rush towards the 6th place.

The two Shao Zuo said, Lord Zhongzuo, our Sky Wolf can't be preempted by others. Miyazo Daisa's ship is about to dock.

Nakasa saw that someone had already gone ashore, so he ordered, get on the boat, go ashore!

The Sky Wolf also slowly approached Hengjiang Port.

At this moment, the cannon fire of Hengjiang Port was loud, dozens of red-coated cannons were in unison, and countless shells were fired out of Hengjiang Port. The firing range of this kind of artillery is only about one mile, and the front sight is extremely poor, but it is better than the dense firepower, several rows of salvos down, and there are two warships in the single order.

Smoke rose from the port of Hengjiang, countless Ming troops appeared on the battlements, drew bows and arrows, countless arrows shot out like a storm, rushed in front of the Japanese Kou, suddenly dozens of people fell into the sea with arrows, and there were bursts of wailing on the sea.

Seeing this, these would-be robbers turned around one after another, ran to the boat, and for a while, pushed and shoved around, and even began to kill each other in order to snatch the boat.

At this moment, the drums beat loudly, and thousands of Ming troops rushed out of the port of Hengjiang, and under the cover of the archers, rushed out and pursued in the rear.

A massacre began.

Over the years, the Ming army has resisted the Japanese, won fewer victories and lost more, and today there is an opportunity to ambush the Japanese invaders, and where is they willing to let go of this opportunity, they rushed up one after another, and killed shirtless.

On the surface of the sea, screams rang out.

Creampie Zhongzuo scolded, Baga, Xie Donglai, that bastard, frame us!

Miyazo Daisa's command ship also began to retreat.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Nakasa, who had already disembarked, completely ignored the brothers who had already disembarked, and ordered the Tenurus to anchor and retreat, and moved closer to Miyazo Daisa's warship. During the retreat, two more ships were hit by the shells of the red-coated cannons, lost their ability to move, and slowly sank.

Seven warships, in less than half an hour, lost four, and nearly a thousand Japanese were killed and captured. Among the Japanese invaders, everything speaks with strength, and this time the fleet of Miyazo Dazuo has lost more than half of its strength, and I am afraid that it will not be long before it will be annexed by other Japanese invaders. The Sky Wolf sent troops late, and the loss was only a few dozen people, and Rao was so, which had already made the middle of the middle come angry.

After running out of five or six miles in one go, Miyazo Daisa sent someone to deliver a message and ask for an emergency meeting.

Zhongzuo scolded on the boat, go to the eldest mother's Dazuo, Lao Tzu has many soldiers, let him come to see Lao Tzu!

Not long after, a middle-aged man in a Japanese robe, escorted by the guards, came to the Sky Wolf, and this person was Miyazo Daisa. As soon as Miyazo Osa got on the boat, he said angrily, lord, you dare to disobey orders!

The didn't answer him, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of people immediately detained Miyazo Daisa, Nakasa Dao, Miyazo Daisa, this operation, your information is wrong, you should be fully responsible, I was ordered to remove your command and hand over the Tanaka and the Raptor to me.

We were stunned as we watched from the sidelines, and there were many people in this, so they mutinied and seized the command of the palace.

Miyazo Dazuo said angrily, Nakasa, according to the military laws of the ronin sea, you have no right to do this.

Zhongzuo sneered, Zhongyuan said, you are a fish, I am a sword, on the Sky Wolf, I'm afraid I can't help you!

Nakasa ordered someone to seize Miyazo Daisa, and immediately summoned Nakasa and Shaosa on the other two ships, and announced his command. These Japanese had already had an opinion on the command of Miyazo, and now they are the most powerful in the middle of the country, and although they are a little unconvinced, they succumb to the strength of the middle sa.

So under some friendly negotiation, after killing one Nakasa and two Shaoza, the Nakasa was successfully promoted to Dazuo and obtained the command of the fleet. Nakaide Osa gave the order and asked the fleet to go south and join up with the other fleets.

Osa was immersed in joy, but this joy lasted less than half an hour, and the couldn't laugh.

On the East China Sea, there are eight warships lined up, and countless cannons are like cold black iron holes, aimed at the Sky Wolf, Tanaka and Raptor, and the number of the Daming Naval Division stands on the warship.

This is the killer weapon of the Ming army.

Everyone stood on the deck, their faces were gray, and they escaped alive, and they ushered in death again.

Dazuo looked around and asked, "Where is Mr. Wang?"

One of his subordinates replied that just half an hour ago, Mr. Eight had left in a small boat with two of his attendants.

Creampie Dazuo scolded, that bastard!

The subordinate asked, what should we do?

angrily said, what to do, raise the white flag, surrender!

On the three warships, the white flag was slowly raised.

The Daming sailors hated the Japanese invaders, how could they accept surrender, they did not fire their guns for a long time, because they wanted to capture these three warships.

Dazuo naturally understands what will happen after being captured, and he has already retreated in his heart.

The subordinate came to report, Lord Dazuo, the Ming army is about to board the ship.

debut, I'm not a big sa. From now on, you're the big one.

Happiness came too suddenly, causing the widow to be unable to accept it for a while, and waved his hand again and again, my lord, I can't be a big Zuo! scolding, where is there so much nonsense, hurry up and take off your clothes!

The widow was a little shy and said, "My lord, when is it, you are still thinking about that!"

A slap in the and let you take it off where there is so much nonsense. As he spoke, he took off his clothes and changed with the wolf, who said that he would not do anything, saying that I have a skin disease, and I am afraid of infecting you.

The stepped forward and slaughtered the widow with a knife, changed his clothes, and said to me, Su, you come to drive the boat.

I pretended to wonder and said, "Where are we going?"

said, as long as you get out of here, I promise you a great future, and there are countless beautiful women with money.

I asked if I could call my two brothers together, they were better at boating than me. said, let's go together.

The four of them got on a small boat, and not long after leaving, they saw the cannon fire, and the Sky Wolf, Tanaka, and Raptor refused to surrender and were sunk into the sea by the artillery of the Daming Naval Division. Dazuo rejoiced that the Central Plains people were cunning and dripping, but fortunately they did not surrender. Hey, where are you three going, turn around, turn around!

Zhang Yuanjing put a long knife on the neck of the middle and said, Lord Zhongzuo, our Hu Butang has prepared a first-class cell, waiting for you to live.

In the first battle of Hengjiang Port, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies annihilated 1,500 Japanese pirates, captured two warships, captured two high-ranking Japanese pirates from Miyazo Dazuo and Zhongzhong Zhongzuo, and were sent to Haimen Mansion overnight for interrogation, and after taking confessions, they were escorted to the capital.

Zhu Runze, who was in Jinling, naturally did not appear in Hengjiang Port, and after getting the expedited movement, he issued an order to praise Hu Zongxian and praise him as a pillar of the country. However, at this time, there was an urgent military situation from Songjiang Mansion, and Wang Heng, the three major Kou, led 100,000 Japanese Kou to attack Songjiang Mansion.

I made an appointment with Xu Ruonan to meet in Songjiang Mansion, and after learning the news, I was ready to say goodbye to Zhang and Zhao, Zhang Yuanjing saw me, and said, Coincidentally, Hu Butang is waiting for you in the hall. I said I'm here to leave. Zhang Yuan sighed, let's talk about it first.

Outside the hall, Zhang Yuanjing was about to go to Tongyu, but he heard the sound of smashing cups from the inner hall, followed by Hu Zongxian's voice, transfer troops to Songjiang Mansion, where is the money? We have 100,000 soldiers, we can't even eat a full meal, and we want the horses to run fast, and we want the horses to not eat grass, Gonggong Feng, you come to teach me, what should I do?

There was a strange voice of yin and yang in the inner hall, Lord Hu, what do you mean by this? Our family came to supervise the battle on the orders of the emperor, is your temper tantrum for our family to see, or for the saint?

Hu Zongxian snorted coldly, his father-in-law's words, Hu didn't dare to accept it.

Feng Gong is fair, if our family doesn't accept our words, then this holy decree, whether you accept it or not, our family will go back and call the emperor back. If you don't answer, the next time you come, it's Jinyiwei, those people are not as good at talking as our family.

Hu Zongxian said, what about the grain and grass, what should I do?

Gonggong Feng said with a smile, Lord Hu, since our family has been ordered to supervise the army, can he prepare a big gift for Lord Hu? This is 500,000 taels of silver borrowed from 119 large households in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the name of Lord Hu, and Lord Hu can remember to pay it back.

Hu Zongxian finally became angry, you eggless thing!

Gonggong Feng said tepidly, our family has no eggs, a slave name who serves the master, Lord Hu is different, you are a feudal official, and the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and now the saint is watching in Jinling City, this battle, if you win, you have something to say, if you lose, I'm afraid Long Yan will be angry, not you and I can afford it.

Hu Zongxian was silent.

Gonggong Feng said again, will you take this silver or not?

Hu Zongxian said in a deep voice, you guys are digging a good pit, let me jump into it!

When Zhang Yuanjing heard this, he rushed in and said loudly, Lord Ministry, this silver can't be accepted!