Hojo Tsusunari believed in the combat effectiveness of his subordinates, and he was also confident in capturing the county seat of Shanghai as soon as possible. However, the continuous looting for several days, and the fact that they had to play hide and seek with the officers and soldiers on land consumed a lot of physical strength. Coupled with the sudden appearance of the Fujian Naval Division, the long-planned plundering plan turned into a victorious escape. So although Hojo Tsunari was angry, the fighting power of the Japanese did not improve.

Time passed slowly, and they didn't wait for their comrades from other directions to come to their aid, waiting for the Fujian sailors they were really worried about! When the men who stayed on the river to guard the ship came to report the discovery of the Fujian sailors. Hojo Tsunari knew that he couldn't take Shanghai, and even if the officials of the Shanghai county opened the door and surrendered, he wouldn't have enough time to plunder.

Soon bad news came, the Fujian Navy shelled the port clipper, and the remaining personnel on the clipper were almost wiped out. After occupying all the ships, the Shui Fujian Navy Division began to land, and the number of people who went ashore was thousands!

When he repeatedly confirmed from his subordinates that only 1,000 people from the Fujian Naval Division had come ashore, Hojo Tsusunari had a very complicated mood, this must be the Fujian Naval Division's division of troops to intercept various main roads, so there were so few people who came to Shanghai to support. If the Fujian Navy Division is strong on the sea, he is not the opponent of these people at all, but now the Fujian Navy Division has given up its advantages, this is an opportunity! Turn around and kill back, grab the ship and flee! Hojo soon made the crazy decision again. Almost all of the Wako were also aware of their situation when they received the order, and became almost as crazy as Hojo Tsunari. But it was the Yang family marines who greeted him! The flintlock pistol of all colors opened the way, and Shi Lang and others completely became spectators!

Although Yang Hongzhang let those who were only sons in the family stay when he set out from Hangzhou, when he came to Zhoushan, there were nearly 800 people in the entire fleet, plus he joined forces with Shi Lang and others, leaving the wounded and hundreds of people to guard the ship, and the landing was all elites. In the middle is Yang Hongzhang leading almost all the flintlock pistols. Six hundred men lined up in four columns, and flintlock muskets opened fire at the same time. On either side are Shi Lang's former Fujian sailors who are good at close combat.

Hojo Tsunari knew that the Fujian Navy Division was very powerful, but he obviously did not expect that the Fujian Navy Division's musket had such a long range and such a fast rate of fire. When the dense Japanese robbers turned around and rushed towards Yang Hongzhang. The flintlock pistols of Yang Hongzhang and others almost didn't need to be aimed at and swept a large area in one salvo. Almost all of the Japanese who had no armor to cover their bodies were incapacitated on the spot after being shot.

Bang bang bang, bang bang, bang bang...... The combat effectiveness of the so-called Fujian Navy Division brought by Yang Hongzhang was far beyond the imagination of Hojo Tsunari, and it also surprised Ye Kaitai on the city wall, who did not know which army came to reinforce him. But the scene of the one-sided harvester crushing him breathed a sigh of relief, and it must be the elite soldiers of the imperial court. Even Shi Lang and his subordinates, who had been taught a lot, were stunned, it turned out that the shock of the musket team showing a horizontal formation and concentrated fire was so strong, and the lethality was also surprising. Shi Lang was secretly glad that he met Yang Hongzhang on the sea, and he was attacked when he was scattered and surrounded.

Hojo Tsusunari led nearly 3,000 men to attack the county seat of Shanghai, and the result was a tough battle. After almost a day of fighting, at least three or four hundred people were lost. And the most terrible thing is that the current escape war has lost two or three hundred people as soon as it comes into contact. The price of continuing to rush forward is that two or three hundred people will fall again. Then there are the sword and shield men on both sides, which are well folded and protect the musketeers in the middle. Despite their cruelty in dealing with the villagers, they quickly took on the form of lambs to the slaughter in front of the well-trained Shi Lang.

Slaughter! The loss of a moment's kung fu is more than a day's battle! Hojo Tsunari's heart came up with these two words for no reason, his compatriots are being slaughtered by Fujian sailors! In the end, what made Hojo Tsusunari collapse was that the Shanghai garrison, which had been cowering in the city, was actually ready to open the door and attack after seeing the situation outside the city!

If Hojo Tsusunari was a rebel army of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely choose to turn around again and kill him back in Shanghai, and then fight to the death in the city, because the people in the city may remain neutral and defend. But unfortunately he is not, he is a raider, and he is a Japanese coward hated by the Ming Dynasty. As long as the Shanghai defenders block the city gates, they will all be slaughtered by the Fujian sailors! So when he saw the gates open, he knew he had to retreat!

What followed was a pursuit battle, although Yang Hongzhang's battleship was very good, but Hojo Tsunashi had more eyes, the Japanese robbed at sea all the year round, and the instinct to escape was also first-class, and he successfully left by boat from another pier with nearly a thousand people! Of course, this is also related to the careful thinking of Yang Hongzhang and Shi Lang.

Yang Hongzhang did not pursue with all his strength, on the one hand, he was not a sailor of the imperial court, and no one to replenish them if his men and horses were lost, especially Yang Hongzhang, his people were all holding flintlock pistols, even if the people were fine, the flintlock pistol fell into the sea It was a loss. On the other hand, it is not clear how many contact points the Japanese have prepared at sea. According to the intelligence of the imperial court, it is obvious that there is still a large number of Japanese pirates who did not come to Songjiang and did not go to sea from the mouth of the Yangtze River, Yang Hongzhang first intercepted the mouth of the Yangtze River, forced the Japanese to stop the precepts on land, and then successfully intercepted thirty cargo ships, and now has successfully driven the Japanese pirates into the sea, and left thousands of corpses and prisoners, so that they can surrender to the Zodiac Zhou.

Outside Shanghai, Ye Kaitai looked at the court sailor in front of him who was very strong in combat but did not have any number, and couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart. When the young Yang Hongzhang stood in front of him, he was even more surprised by the other party's youth.

"This official is Ye Kaitai, the magistrate of Shanghai. Dare to ask Your Excellency which general's subordinates, Ye Mou is here to thank the general and brothers, and ask the little general to follow me into the city to rest. Ye Kaitai was originally worried that these people were pirates, but seeing Yang Hongzhang's men holding their heads high one by one, Yang Hongzhang looked at him and the Shanghai county officials beside him with a smile, thinking that no matter what, it was always the other party's rescue that made Shanghai City not fall, even if the other party was a pirate, there was nothing worse than the city falling into the hands of the Japanese Kou, so he opened his mouth to test.

"There is no need to enter the city, if the adults have the heart, they will enjoy a hot meal, and after the brothers have eaten, they will go to the sea to pursue the fleeing pirates. In addition, please also send someone to clean up the battlefield, we also intercepted some Japanese at sea, and the seized property will be troubled by Lord Ye, and inform Lord Huang, the governor of Zhejiang, of this. Of course, Yang Hongzhang could see that the local officers and soldiers in Shanghai were wary of himself and others, although they arrived in time to relieve the siege. But pirates are rampant in the East China Sea, and whether they have any number or not, it is inevitable that people will think more. However, these are not the point, the point is that Yang Hongzhang does not want these officials to have a detailed understanding of himself, and he does not want to continue to deal with Huang Daozhou. So even Shi Lang did not appear in this negotiation.

Ye Kaitai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, thinking that these people had something to do with Huang Daozhou, the governor of Zhejiang, but he was a little puzzled that Yang Hongzhang handed over the intercepted property to himself to deal with. So Chaoyang Hongzhang came over with a smile: "This general, please also follow this official into the city, the brothers are stationed here, and I will immediately ask people to arrange meals." The water and food needed for sea voyages will also be prepared. ”

In the inner hall of the Yamen of Shanghai County, Ye Kaitai held Gu Yanwu's handwritten letter in his hand, and looked at Yang Hongzhang carefully for a while before saying: "Brother Yang is really young and promising, that Zhang Cai and Lord Huang are really confused, such a young talent is not recommended to the imperial court, and he actually calculates Your Excellency everywhere, it is really ...... You can rest assured, this official will immediately write to the imperial court to ask for credit for you, I believe that with the recommendation of this official, Brother Yang, you will definitely be able to occupy a place in the water division. ”

"Thank you, Lord Ye! It's just that the students were in a hurry when they came out, if it weren't for Lord Huang's summons, I would have gone to Beizhili......" So Yang Hongzhang told the Qing army that the Qing army might break through, and he was going to pick up his prospective father-in-law and two eldest brothers. Of course, Shi Lang and flintlock pistols naturally can't be said. Ye Kaitai did not keep Yang Hongzhang for insisting on going north, but arranged for his subordinates to count the property handed over to him by Yang Hongzhang one by one, which was the savings of villagers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for many years. Although the Japanese have left temporarily, the lives of the common people still have to go on. The yamen in various places must provide disaster relief on behalf of the imperial court, and these goods will naturally be used.

When he saw Shi Lang's injured subordinates, Ye Kaitai's mood finally became solemn, he was injured hundreds of people just by encountering hundreds of Japanese robbers at sea, and more than 50 people were killed. swore to Yang Hongzhang that he would definitely apply for a bereavement pension from the imperial court for them. Yang Hongzhang stayed in Songjiang for a day, as Gu Yanwu said, this Shanghai magistrate may be a young relationship, or the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party have a natural distance. Therefore, he agreed to Yang Hongzhang's request for him to come forward to deal with Huang Daozhou.

Hangzhou, Governor Yamen, Huang Daozhou looked at the letter sent by the prefect of Songjiang with mixed feelings, he knew about the departure of the Japanese Kou, but he didn't expect that this matter really had something to do with Yang Hongzhang. Ye Kaitai mentioned in his letter that after Yang Hongzhang arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, he asked people to erect the battle flag of the Fujian Navy Division, and came to scare the snake with a move. It was only because there were too few sailors under his command and because of the lack of weapons that he suffered heavy losses in hand-to-hand combat. However, the rescue station in Shanghai County is very timely and very brave. After several battles, almost all of Yang Hongzhang's small boats were lost. just took two big boats and said that they were going to Beizhili to pick up the Xia family father and son in Huzhou. If Yang Hongzhang could see this letter, he would be moved to tears, Ye Kaitai promised to deal with Huang Daozhou for him, but it is really rare to take care of him like this, so Huang Daozhou can only find another way to find trouble with Yang Hongzhang.

Huang Daozhou was skeptical of Ye Kaitai's letter, he believed that the departure of the widow was related to Yang Hongzhang and others pretending to be Fujian Shuishui, as for the achievements of Yang Hongzhang and others, he felt that there was water, and that was because Yang Hongzhang, the bastard, left all his belongings in Songjiang Mansion. But Ye Kaitai is an official of the imperial court, and it is impossible to open his mouth, so the thousands of corpses of Japanese robbers outside Shanghai County cannot be faked. It is impossible for ordinary people to leave the credit to others, Ye Kaitai does this Huang Daozhou is a little incomprehensible, but this is no longer important, the important thing is that the widow has withdrawn, and the credit for scaring the snake is huge, and this is the credit of his strategy.

Hearing that Yang Hongzhang's men had lost at least 1780 people in battle, and nearly 200 people were treated in Songjiang Mansion, and that the swords, bows and crossbows that had been taken from the yamen of the governor of Zhejiang would be sent back soon, which made Huang Daozhou breathe a sigh of relief. Yang Hongzhang set off from Hangzhou for less than 400, and now most of the casualties are now, and it seems that most of the legends at sea are bragging. If Yang Hongzhang can pretend to be a Fujian sailor, he can really join the Fujian sailor, and then he will not be able to help him. At that time, he led people to plunder the merchant ships in Zhejiang, which would give him, the governor, a headache, and now Yang Hongzhang took people to the north, maybe it was a good thing, so he didn't think about continuing to stare at Yang Hongzhang.

At the mouth of the Yangtze River, Yang Hongzhang and Shi Lang separated again. Shi Lang proposed that the two work together again to eliminate the Dutch on Dachen Island, and Yang Hongzhang resisted the temptation. Because according to Shi Lang, there are at least as many Dutch people entrenched on Dachen Island as there are predecessors. If there is a firefight, his casualties will far exceed the rescue of Shanghai County. The most important thing is that his identity is very embarrassing, and in the future, Zheng Zhilong will get the news that if he is paid for the Dutch under the banner of Fujian Sailors, he will have nowhere to hide.

Ma Gaocheng returned to Zhoushan with Shi Lang with three large ships and captured small boats, while Yang Hongzhang himself prepared to go to Beizhili. The two sides agreed that if Yang Hongzhang could not return in a short time, Shi Lang, Ma Gaocheng and others would temporarily use Zhoushan as a base to take over some escort merchant ships to Japan and Korea in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to maintain the daily expenses of the fleet.