Chapter 427: My Taizhou Army
At dawn the next day, it was still overcast.
Long horns sounded, and heavily armed Ming troops rushed out of the camp and lined up on the beach.
There are 10,000 people, boundless.
Fujian, Funing Prefecture, three miles away from Hengyu Island.
The time is July 16, the forty-first year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.
Standing on a high platform by the sea, you can see people everywhere, flashes of weapons and armor everywhere.
Early on, there were two cannons on the high ground beside them, firecrackers, goose swords, spears, lit torches, more than 3,000 main soldiers, tens of thousands of auxiliaries and people, forming a large-scale murderous Qi army.
This is one of the two most warlike regular regiments in the southeast, which is the pride of the Ming soldiers.
Wu Jie stood beside Qi Jiguang, looking ahead against the cool morning breeze, the sky had not yet fully opened, and the tide had not receded. It had rained all day, and the sea was rolling and lapping against the beach.
There is still about half an hour before low tide, which is the darkest period. Even if you look at it with wide eyes, you still can't distinguish Hengyu Island not far ahead, except for the noisy crowd under your feet, there is nothing black in front of you.
This made him feel a little uneasy in his heart, since the early years of Hongwu and the Japanese invaded the southeast, nearly two hundred years, these short enemies have committed a lot of crimes against the people of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian in the Ming Dynasty. Starting from Tang He and leading troops to Jingbian, until now, I don't know how many wars have been fought, large and small, and now, it is time to completely solve this external trouble.
After Hu Zongxian's many years of operation in the Jiangnan region, the Japanese were compressed on the narrow coastline from Fujian to Zhejiang, and their power was greatly weakened. In fact, there are not too many real pirates, and there are only one or two thousand people together. Most of the others were pirates. As long as you defeat the enemy in front of you, the enemy will be leaderless. It is not difficult to calm down in one fell swoop.
Seeing that the war was about to end, Hu Zongxian retreated. In a certain sense, Hu Zongxian has made contributions to the country and the nation. However, for the selfish interests of the party faction, Governor Hu still disappointed everyone.
Since he doesn't want to do it, let me do it!
Wu Jie came to the southeast this time, in order to let Qi Jiguang send troops, he did not hesitate to turn his face with Hu Zongxian, and did not hesitate to kill Yan Song's most trusted staff Luo Longwen. If this battle can't be won cleanly, I'm afraid there will really be no way to explain it to Jiajing.
He couldn't help but look at the small table in front of him, on which was a small mahogany locket with two secret folds inside. As soon as the battle is over, it will be sent directly to the capital in an expedited manner of 800 miles. Enter the Imperial View.
A letter of bullet impeachment impeached Luo Longwen for retreating from the battle, damaging the morale of my Ming Dynasty, and he was asked by Wu Jie to behead the royal flag; The other is the good news of the victory in Hengyu.
Killing a mere Luo Long text is nothing remarkable. Wu Jie will not let Qi Jiguang take on this for himself, a manly man, exercise with a public heart, and have to be responsible. Of course, he also knew that killing Luo Longwen would inevitably anger Yan Song completely, and he would inevitably suffer Yan Dang's crazy revenge. However, the battle was won. One is good, one hundred is good.
But if such a big military operation is lost in the end, in order to balance the drama, Wu Jie knows that Emperor Jiajing will make himself a scapegoat.
No matter how you look at it, you can't afford to lose.
Although I know that in real history, this battle is an unprecedented victory.
But Wu Jie is still a little worried, first of all, the historical victory of Hengyu happened in the 40th year of Jiajing, and now it is 41 years, and everything has changed.
Shouldering the cadres of the sword mountain and the sea of fire, he mobilized the most powerful military force in the southeast and recruited tens of thousands of people, as much as one million taels of military salaries, in order to complete his work and one battle.
Not to mention gambling on the fortunes of the country, at least after this battle, with the current finances of the Ming Dynasty, three years later, the Qi family army is unable to organize such an unprecedented battle. If we can't win, the whole of Fujian will be eroded. ..., the so-called decisive battle, is gambling.
Yes, bet.
The bet is on the whole of Fujian, and the bet is on the peace of the entire southeast in the next hundred years.
In comparison, what is the personal fate of my Wu Jie!
The mind settles down, and the breathing calms down.
At this time, on the sea level in front of me, a pale light suddenly floated up.
Everything in front of me became clear, but it was dawn.
The ranks have been set up, and one phalanx after another is lined up on the beach.
There are constantly whistle horses running around on the beach, and the red flag in their hands hunts and waives in the breeze.
"Bang!" There was a row of fires blaring, and the beach, which had been noisy a moment ago, suddenly fell silent.
Tens of thousands of people were silent, as if someone had suddenly choked the electricity in a lively dance hall.
All of them turned their heads to the high platform at the same time, looking at their commander, and at Lord Wu who had come to supervise the division in the capital.
"It's dawn!"
This sudden scene was so sudden that it gave Wu Jie a layer of goosebumps on his vest.
"The magnificence of the future will be dimmed as the sun rises. How wonderful, please stop. Wu Jie was completely shocked by this scene, and couldn't help but read verses similar to those in "Faust".
"War Horse!" Qi Jiguang shouted, and the two guards hurriedly led two sturdy Mongolian horses and ran over.
Qi Jiguang looked calm: "Lord Wu, there is still a pot of tea before the tide will ebb, you can swear to the teacher, please get on the horse, swear!" ”
The two soldiers knelt on the ground: "Please get on your horse." ”
Wu nodded his head: "Okay!" "As a chincha, it is his responsibility to boost morale.
So, Wu Jie jumped on his horse and rushed towards the sea of people with Qi Jiguang and a team of cavalry.
The wind whistled in his ears, blowing the big red official robe on his body, and a stream of blood rose from his chest, and there was pride burning like a fire.
Wu Jie rushed through a small phalanx, lifted his whip and pointed at the sea in front of him, shouting with all his strength: "What's ahead, tell me!" ”
"Hengyu, Hengyu!" Countless weapons were waved overhead, and the mountains roared with a tsunami.
"What's up ahead?"
"Wako, Wako!"
The horses rushed through one phalanx at a rapid pace, and then reached the aisle between the other two.
"What are we?"
"Taizhou soldiers, Qi family soldiers!"
"What should we do when we see the Woko?"
"Kill them all!"
"Kill!" Wu Jie roared loudly and scolded earth-shatteringly: "Long Namu is dead!" ”
"Dragon's mother is dead!" Tens of thousands of people scolded this classic Taizhou dialect in unison.
In this way, Wu Jie and Qi Jiguang ran down from square formation to square position, their throats were hoarse, and their blood was boiling.
Finally, someone shouted: "The tide is out!" ”
"Kill, kill, kill!" Tens of thousands of people shouted at the same time.
At this time, Wu Jie and Qi Jiguang suddenly ran towards the sea, their horses' hooves chasing the waves of the ebbing tide, and they stood still about a hundred steps away from the coastline.
Wu Jie raised his right hand high, and waited for the soldiers to calm down, and then shouted with his last strength: "In this battle, we must do our best to annihilate the Japanese Kou, fight a bright future, and open a hundred years of peace in the southeast." In this battle, General Qi and I will be with the officers and men of all armies. Don't take prisoners in this battle! I'm Taizhou Army! ”
"Mighty!" (To be continued) RQ