Early the next morning, nine sea ships loaded with people and supplies headed for Changshan Island. Due to too many supplies and people, the 9 ships were not loaded, and about 300 stone of grain remained on Daqin Island.

Daqin Island is not far from Changshan Island, departing in the morning and driving for 3 hours to Changshan Island. Zhu Houwei asked Wu Yiheng to arrange personnel and materials first, and then asked Zhu Yuan to drive the Longjiang to monitor the movements of the pirates.

Entering the camp of the Dengzhou Naval Division, there is a military attache already waiting here. These military attaches are thousands of households in the Dengzhou battalion or something, and Zhu Houwei is going to report some battle conditions.

First of all, the pirates gave an ultimatum that the 100,000 taels of silver from the prefect must be sent today. Liu Yushan and several magistrates mobilized large households, wealthy families, and finally got the money together and prepared to send it this afternoon.

Another is that yesterday afternoon, pirates attacked several small villages in the direction of Fukuyama. However, the people in the village have all taken refuge in the county seat of Fushan or Qishan, and they have lost some food and something. The pirates had little to gain, so in a fit of rage they set fire to the village.

As a result, a group of about 200 bandits in Baidong Mountain, 30 miles southwest of Fushan City, fought a battle with the marauding pirates, and both sides suffered damage. The 400 pirates on the Shahe estuary heard this, sent 100 people, and united with the 100 or so people who went to plunder, and more than 230 people, fought with the bandits near Fushan County again, and each suffered another injury.

Liu Yushan and the Jimo battalion sent a total of more than 1,500 horse infantry troops to surround the pirates at a distance of 10 miles, trying to make the pirates have scruples and not plunder the interior. There are more than 8,000 people in the Jimo Battalion, Dengzhou Battalion and Wendeng Battalion in the roster, in fact, more than 5,000 people, this time in order to surround the pirates, it is considered to have brought the more "elite" ones, and Liu Yushan went to the front line in person to increase morale.

The silver taels brought were quickly delivered to the pirates, and the two sides paid the money with one hand and the other hand, and the transaction was completed in harmony. The three county orders said before the change of Dengzhou City that as long as the prefect was exchanged, they would immediately bring 1,500 people to attack the pirates of 300 people. Liu Yushan just didn't obey, he had seen the strength of pirates, and he knew what he was writing when he accepted it. He didn't have much hope that 1,500 men would be able to defeat 300 pirates, so he insisted on not going.

However, an order came from the Soldier and the Commander, demanding that the prefect immediately eliminate the pirates and atone for his crimes. Liu Yushan and Jimo Camp have no choice, they can't resist the order. If you don't say a word, you won't be able to make sense if you are cut. So gritting his teeth, Liu Yushan and the Jimo battalion rushed to the pirates with their families.

Some people will ask, why not use ranged weapons to start with two rounds? First of all, let's talk about the bows and arrows of the three battalions, the bows are good bows and strong bows, but unfortunately there are very few people who can pull them, and even fewer can shoot accurately. Most of the arrows are hollow, but they can reach a distance of about 60 meters, and they can fly 20 meters and then they will float, and then there is no harm if they are shot. So did the 3rd Battalion have firearms? Of course, when the Ming Dynasty opened the dynasty, it attached great importance to firearms, and when it came to Zhu Di, it was equipped with a large number of them. By the time of Hongzhi, the newly built ones were all cutting corners, and they could basically hurt themselves before hurting others, and they would blow up from time to time. In the past, the good quality firecrackers were either unknown or aged, and they were damaged and could not be used. Another point is that the firearm at this time is basically a tube, within 15 meters is okay, beyond this distance, the bullet will fly as you like for a while, and it will be fateful if you miss. With so many "advantages", Liu Yushan ordered a reward of 5 taels of silver for daring to shoot, and there could be no brave man. Everyone has been a soldier for so long, who still can't figure out the twists and turns inside, saying that it is 5 taels to 1 tael, that is, God is gracious, 1 tael of silver? Lao Tzu's life is not so cheap.

Liu Yushan didn't expect this situation, and he didn't bring cash when he came out, so he had to fight with the pirates. It stands to reason that the Ma army should charge into formation, harass and disrupt the enemy's formation. But Liu Yushan's horse army is not very good at equestrianism, and it is good to be able to make the horse run faster without falling, let alone slashing people with a knife while running fast. Even if the equestrian skills are good, they are not so solid-eyed, and they really have to go up and work hard. For that point, there are also military salaries that are sometimes not paid and sometimes not worth it. Another point is that pirates are not regular armies, and they are all swarmed to fight wars, so there is no formation to talk about.

Liu Yushan had no choice but to arrange for the infantry to come forward to fight first, and then the Ma army cut down the pirates next to him. Liu Yushan's position is also relatively high. More than 1,200 infantry lined up in 3 phalanxes and rushed towards the pirates. Liu Yushan was in the middle of the middle of the phalanx, surrounded by fierce families.

The Ming Dynasty's family system was very popular, usually eating and drinking and feeding, weapons and armor were good, and when you were fighting, you relied on your writer to drive morale, rush to the front, or protect yourself, and the safety was greatly improved.

When the front was not yet connected, the formation was barely passable. When it starts to rush, the farther it rushes, the more scattered the formation becomes, and when it is almost in front of you, the formation of the two sides is basically the same, which is called a chaos. There are fast rushes, and there are slow ones.

The pirates are still the same, and they are really the same. These little men were famous, and the soldiers of the third battalion were a little intimidated when they saw their hideous faces and their meaningless shouts. In cold weapon battles, morale is very important, and if you are cowardly before you fight, you will not be defeated. The spears that were pierced out were spaced out, and as soon as the distance was closer, the katana took advantage of it. More than 10 people were cut down at once on Liu Yushan's side, and the soldiers on Liu Yushan's side immediately shouted "Ah-" when they saw this situation, and then turned around and quickly moved strategically.

Liu Yushan saw that it had collapsed, and hurriedly cut down a soldier who didn't take anything, and was running with a rope, wanting to deter others. It backfired, and the speed of the crowd increased by one section again. The family immediately shouted loudly, "My lord, go quickly, I'll wait for your palace, hurry up." ”

Liu Yushan was depressed, and after being moved, he rode north. The horses had just run a few paces, and the family had finished their palace and were heading north. Ma Jun looked at it, come on, let's run too. The horse army was in front, and the infantry army was behind, heading towards Dengzhou City. The benefits of being tall and having long legs come out at once. Mawa wears clogs, although he still maintains a strong desire to fight, but unfortunately he is congenitally insufficient, and the distance between him and the soldiers of the third battalion is getting farther and farther away.

Anyway, let's chase a distance first. I also chased about 2 miles and found a sedan chair on the side of the road. In fact, the pirates are also ready to call it a day, and they are quite tired after running almost 1 kilometer. A multi-armed man walked up to the palanquin and casually opened the curtain with a katana. His face was stunned, and he thought to himself, "Where and where have I seen you, your smile is so familiar." I thought there should be no one in the sedan chair, but I didn't expect a middle-aged man to sit there, smiling awkwardly.

The Japanese man couldn't remember, so he shouted something to the pirates behind, and a Han man walked out from behind, looked into the sedan chair, was happy, and turned around and shouted, "Another 10 tens of thousands of taels." "No, it's the prefect who has just been released.

After the prefect was released, he was going to Dengzhou City. It's 20 miles from there, so you can't walk. But as a civilian official, you can't ride a horse, that's what only military attaches do, it's too embarrassing, and besides, I won't either. The prefect's skills and county know everything, and everyone in a circle is basically like this. So I sent four sedan chairs very intimately, ready to let the prefect come back in a sedan chair. I didn't expect Liu Yushan to lose so cleanly, and he retreated so deafly, and he quickly overtook the sedan chair when the bell rang. The sedan chair driver ran away, and the officials who came to answer the sedan chair also ran away, leaving only the prefect in the sedan chair and sighed, "I just organized an event, as for it, what kind of sin has this been created." ”

The prefect went to the pirate's den as a guest again, and Liu Yushan also organized the soldiers to stand in Dengzhou City again, and told the prefect and his subordinates that the city was in the people, and the latter sentence "the city died and the people died" did not say. The old man played word games and fooled everyone, and everyone fully affirmed and highly praised Liu Yushan's tenacious spirit. Next, the losses were counted, and less than 30 people died, so the losses were not much. There was a lot of loss of weapons and armor, less than 2 digits were able to come back with full wear, and 100 stone of food was also lost. But through the news of the sedan chair man and the head catcher, everyone knew that the prefect was "a guest" again, and everyone looked at each other and stopped talking.

That's basically the case yesterday. Zhu Houwei was speechless after hearing this. Unexpectedly, the combat effectiveness of the Weisuo Army once again broke through the bottom line in Zhu Houwei's heart. How to break this game, Wu Yiheng and Zhu Yuan also frowned.

(Ask for collections, ask for recommendations, I hope you will be able to see the officials.) ）