Because these ships are fully loaded, there is no need to worry that Yang Hongzhang's big ship can't keep up, but Yang Hongzhang has his own ideas, his purpose is to startle the grass and snakes, so that those who are still plundering on land will stop as soon as possible! So when more than 20 warships and hundreds of guns erupted together, the Japanese who originally thought they were walking in secrecy were stupid.

The pirates did not flee immediately, or they themselves knew that it was a pointless struggle in this situation. However, Yang Hongzhang did not fire any more shells, although Shi Lang's subordinates were itchy, but they all endured the thought of the shell fees owed to others.

All four ships were diverted with supplies, and then more than 10 people were released to report the news. The goods were sorted into one piece, and the silver and two jewels were divided according to the head, but Shi Lang and his men only got a figure for the thirty percent they received. Huang Daozhou did not give Yang Hongzhang supplies, Yang Hongzhang did not hand over all of them stupidly, after all, even if he handed over all of them to Huang Daozhou, he would suspect that he had hidden them privately, and almost all the yamen would definitely be greedy for silver.

10. After the Japanese returned home, the Japanese who were looting in Jiangsu and Zhejiang really panicked. Because they also have a detailed intelligence system when they come out to plunder. The Yangtze River sailors have not practiced for many years, and they can only go around the inland rivers, and the Japanese who escaped back told their leader that they had met the sailors of the Ming court at sea, judging from the size of the warships and the language, it should be the Fujian sailors!

The reason why the Japanese are arrogant in the East China Sea is because the Fujian Navy Division does not care about this section, and now the Ming Dynasty is attacking on both sides on land, and the Yangtze River Navy Division has firmly blocked the way for the Japanese to continue advancing, and now it is cut off by the Fujian Navy Division! The Japanese were here to plunder the goods, not to fight the army of the Ming court, so they immediately made a plan to retreat.

The second time Yang Hongzhang encountered the Japanese was two days later, this time it was still four warships, and Yang Hongzhang saw that the Japanese ships with obviously insufficient carrying capacity gave the order to retreat and conceal. Shi Lang was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, knowing that the silver taels on this ship had ransom money for him and his brothers. But after a little thought, he calmed down, but Yang Hongzhang told him that he would put a long line to catch big fish. According to the information given to Yang Hongzhang by the governor of Zhejiang, the number of Japanese soldiers ashore this time was at least four or five thousand, and the four small boats that were not loaded were obviously not big fish.

Sure enough, about half an hour after the departure of the four ships in front, a large team finally ushered in! Thirty fast boats, laden with pirates and cargo, were rushing out of the Yangtze River at full speed, ready to plunge headlong into the vast sea.

Naturally, what awaited them was the merciless artillery fire of five Spanish battleships and more than a dozen Fujian sailors. Yang Hongzhang vented almost all his resentment on these widows. The Japanese also had already received information and found that no one in front of them had intercepted the fleet before they tried to break through, and they immediately scattered and fled after discovering that they were intercepted by the Fujian naval division. It's just that waiting for them is Shi Lang and his subordinates, who have long been gearing up. It's almost the same ship, but Shi Lang's ship has long been empty, and the speed is naturally much faster. In close combat, the combat effectiveness of the former Fujian Navy Master Qianhu and his subordinates was fully displayed. And those Japanese robbers also really have the opportunity to see the strength of the real Fujian sailors up close. Yang Hongzhang was naturally not idle, and the five big ships firmly blocked the way of those who were driven back by Shi Lang and others.

Then he relied on the ship to go on a rampage, and was so stingy that he was reluctant to use a flintlock pistol. The bow and arrows that Zodiac Zhou had prepared for him finally came in handy. The panicked Japanese were surrounded and intercepted by Shi Lang and others, and they also had to endure the artillery attacks on large warships from time to time. The scene almost became a naval battle training ground for Yang Hongzhang's subordinates. In particular, the gunners have also increased their requirements for themselves, no longer firing at the ships at will, but trying to avoid using flowering shells.

The pirates tried to get closer and organize a counterattack, but the boats were small and the artillery was even more powerless. Instead, Shi Lang and others found an opportunity to kill the killer. In the face of the ferocity of ordinary people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there was nothing left in front of Yang Hongzhang and Shi Lang and others.

The battle finally ended an hour later. Because artillery is used less, the loss of cargo is not much. However, the casualties of the Japanese were very large. In the end, after counting, it was learned that the total number of Japanese soldiers in this fleet was less than 500. Five hundred people were scattered on thirty ships, and they thought that they had met Zheng Zhilong's Fujian sailors, so they were naturally psychologically timid, and Shi Lang and others were heartfelt, most of the Japanese were killed and wounded, and most of the rest were taken prisoner, and a small number jumped into the sea. Shi Lang and the others are also not polite, and for those who have the courage to jump into the sea, they will be sent on the road.

Looking at the mountains of goods, Yang Hongzhang was not in such a good mood as Shi Lang. Because these are the savings of the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for many years, because of the incompetence of the imperial court, the Japanese can be so arrogant, because of the low combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Nanzhili Guard and the existence of the Yangtze River Naval Division, so that the Japanese can calmly leave Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and almost enter the vast East China Sea.

In addition, Huang Daozhou made it very clear that there were a large number of Japanese robbers this time, at least four or five thousand people, otherwise the Yangtze River sailors would not have been helpless. And what about the rest? Yang Hongzhang had a few prisoners tortured, but these would-be robbers were quite hard-boned, and basically did not get useful information. This further deepens the speculation that they are victims. With the cargo of 500 people and 30 ships to attract Fujian sailors, where is the main force of the Japanese and what do they want to do?

The answer was not long in coming. A few hours later, Yang Sheng, who had gone to Songjiang Mansion to make contact, returned. also brought a shocking news that the Japanese are attacking the county seat of Shanghai! There are at least two thousand or more people. According to the calculation of time, these Japanese who attacked Shanghai were sent to Yang Hongzhang's mouth to fatten.

Is this a dog jumping over a wall or a chestnut in the fire? Yang Hongzhang was almost certain that the previous Japanese were only victims of attracting Fujian sailors. It would be better if these ships could escape, and if they could successfully transfer the Fujian sailors away from Songjiang, it would be their contribution! Fortunately, his own warships are strong in combat, so they are not attracted by the strategy of silently attacking the east and west.

Yang Hongzhang did not dare to be careless, and asked Shi Lang to leave a small number of ships to continue to monitor the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the fleet hurried to Songjiang. For the sake of Gu Yanwu's sentence, you and I are the same kind of people, Yang Hongzhang can't let the Japanese invade Shanghai.

On the wall of Shanghai's West Gate, the county commander Ye Kaitai stood there with an anxious expression, although several attacks by the Japanese were repulsed by the garrison in the city. He still didn't dare to relax.

From the first day he received the news that the Japanese had entered Nanzhili, he ordered to strengthen the defense and mobilized the people to renovate the city wall. However, Songjiang Mansion is not a northern town, and the city wall is in disrepair, if it were not for the wealth of Songjiang Mansion, he would have been working day and night for half a month, and I am afraid that the Japanese would have entered the city long ago. As if it was late today, the Japanese showed no signs of stopping or retreating.

"Lord Ye, General Ma asked me to inform you that the garrison is running out of bows and arrows. Please organize the residents of the city to organize the transportation of rocks and rolling logs as soon as possible.

Hearing this, Ye Kaitai frowned. He knew that the officials, including himself, had done their best, and so did the guards who were standing on the walls. The broken city walls can be repaired by surprise, and there are not enough bows and arrows, even if all the blacksmiths in the city are temporarily gathered, it is difficult to solve the urgent need. Looking at the indomitable momentum of the Japanese pirates outside the city, Ye Kaitai suddenly felt that these Japanese pirates might not be untargeted. And the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Nanzhili Guard and the Yangtze River Sailor are simply a group of wine bags and rice bags. Hundreds of thousands of people surrounded and blocked thousands of Japanese robbers, but people had the opportunity to stop and attack the city calmly. That is to say, the purpose of these Japanese robbers is to plunder, lack siege equipment, and if they are Japanese or Korean troops, I am afraid that they will have captured the county seat of Shanghai long ago.

Whether it is targeted, or dying or robbing with fire, it is certain that before leaving, Ye Kaitai knows that as long as these widows enter the city, the entire Shanghai county will not be able to satisfy their greed, plus they were intercepted by the imperial court a few days ago, maybe the widows will be killed!

Soon the entire county town of Shanghai was mobilized, and many bloody young people were added to the city wall, who walked up to the city wall with rudimentary weapons. Most people carried stones inside the city walls, made logs, boiled water, etc. However, there were still a few times when the Japanese invaders stormed the city walls and almost occupied the city gates. This was repeated several times, and the casualties of the garrison increased.

Ye Kaitai was most worried that when the would-be robbers learned that there was a shortage of bows and arrows in the city, they would take risks. So he has been standing on the city wall, just to boost the morale as much as possible.

Outside the city, Hojo Tsunari is already close to madness. A few days ago, someone suddenly came to report that there was a Fujian sailor at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The reason why they can mix in the East China Sea is that they do not clash with Zheng Zhilong, whose prestige in Japan is definitely no less than that on the southeast coast. So their retreat plans were advanced.

Although they hurriedly besieged the county seat of Shanghai during the retreat, they had made a lot of preparations before that. Hojo Tsunari didn't expect the city wall of Shanghai County to take on a new look. And the defenders in the city were not like the county towns on the way to retreat, and almost all of them surrendered when they saw so many of them. I knew that the Fujian sailors at the mouth of the Yangtze River were staring so closely, so they directly gathered all the horses to attack Shanghai.

In Hojo Gang's plan, in order to cover the attack on the county seat, they divided into three lines, and five or six waves of people were dispatched to attract the imperial court officers and soldiers. He even deliberately sent a small number of men and horses to plunder villages and towns in the northwest direction of Songjiang Prefecture, and piled up a large amount of goods on the side of the road, hoping to attract the officers and soldiers of Songjiang Prefecture to go out of the city to rescue. According to the intelligence, Songjiang is the rich land of the top few in the entire Ming Dynasty, as long as it is attacked, these timid Ming people will definitely obediently call out the gold and silver treasures, and the harvest may be greater than the sum of the past half a month. Of course, the more important thing is that this place is close to the sea, and you can negotiate with the Ming court army that followed, and the people in this city are hostages.

Once again, he was disappointed. The Shanghai county guard seemed to be more calm than the Ming generals he had met before, not only did he not rush out of the city nor was he frightened by the formation he had put up, and not long ago he learned that the largest wave of ships had been intercepted by the Fujian sailors. In other words, if they can't capture Shanghai, they may face the embarrassment of returning empty-handed. So he made up his mind to take this rich county seat. In this way, it can also negotiate with the Ming court to get the Fujian sailors to hand over the captured ships and prisoners.