The sentinel ships of the officers and soldiers on the sea saw the vanguard of Xu Yang's fleet from a distance, and fled in the direction of Ningbo without their lives.

The erosion of the officers and soldiers is not a day or two, and this kind of performance is very normal. In line with the pirates' consistent perception of the imperial court sailors, this is not something that Yang Chengzu can do well if he wants to, or in other words, even if Zhuge is reincarnated and Jiang Shang is resurrected, he can't play any bad cards in his hand.

Xu Yang's ship is a huge ship, which is shaped like a sea palace. The bow and sides of the ship are covered with big red dragon flags, like the king of the sea gods. Listening to the return in front of him, a Japanese military general wearing a dark armor gently shook the wine bottle in his hand, and a sneer appeared on his face.

This military general is over forty years old, and in a place like Fusang, the average life expectancy of people is low, and this age is even qualified to be called an old man. His face was dignified, his appearance was dignified, and his demeanor was dignified and calm, very different from those ordinary Japanese pirates who shouted and screamed. In fact, he is not a down-and-out samurai, or a naval army, but a member of the family of the head of the Tsushima family, a real aristocratic samurai with Miao characters and fiefs.

This time, Xu Yang sent troops and borrowed more than 700 soldiers from Tsushima Island and several wealthy families in the western country, including 200 soldiers from the Daimyo clan of Tsushima Island. This number does not seem large, but the stone height of the entire Tsushima is less than 10,000 stones, and two hundred regular soldiers are already a very considerable number.

If it weren't for Xu Yang's heavy bribes, it would have been impossible to lend so many people. Even so, the Zong family was still worried that so many troops would be used indiscriminately or do things that were not good for their own family. This military general named Zong Shengxin was the general leader sent by the Zong family to serve as the commander and monitor Xu Yang's actions by the way.

His status is extremely high in the family, and the princess Xu Yang married is still Shengxin's junior, and in terms of seniority, he is even older than Xu Yang. However, the Zong family and Xu Yang are partners, and there is no need to calculate the seniority so clearly between the two, it is probably enough to sit on an equal footing.

Listening to Minion's return, Zong Shengxin drank the wine and patted the dwarf in front of him with his hand, "Is Wan Chiyo the first to be taken by such a martial artist?" Sad, really sad, I always thought that he could have a way to die in line with his identity, but he didn't expect that he would die in the hands of such a group of people. In his tone, there was a bit of loneliness.

Standing beside Xu Yang is Xu Yang's nephew Xu Dong, who is also the No. 1 cadre in Xu's fleet. His face was very serious, and he didn't smile because of the hasty retreat of the official army, "Your Excellency Sheng Xin, you must not underestimate the enemy, the former three hundred troops of the Ouchi clan and the official army tore apart, and did not achieve many casualties. It can be seen that the Ming army is not a person who cannot fight, not to mention that the Qin Cha is here, Ningbo must be an impregnable wall, and we need to guard against fraud by the officials and soldiers. ”

"Fraud?" Sheng Xin laughed loudly, and there was a little more approval in his eyes, "Young man, you are really good, as a martial artist, you can only survive the dangerous battle battle by being vigilant at all times." However, thinking too much will also make you look ahead and miss the fighter. ”

He seemed to be deliberately mentioning the juniors, and took the initiative to come to the chart to guide Xu Dong. "The way of using soldiers, is winning Qihe, Qice is talked about as a means, but in the battle formation, what really determines the victory or defeat is the real strength. If you are too obsessed with intrigue, you will go further and further down the wrong path. If you want to use stratagems, you must have the space to perform stratagems, and the Ming people do not have this space. Our target is always Ningbo, and if they exit Ningbo, the city will be taken by us. If they don't go, we'll run over them with a huge advantage of our forces, and we'll take the head of the Chincha. Everyone thinks that I have a strange strategy, but in fact, my strategy is very simple, to fight more and less, to attack the weak with the strong, with a huge force and iron artillery, to destroy the enemy's large array at once. ”

Cageman lightly crossed a straight line across the map, "Let's land, then kill and take this city." They don't have much room to move around, and the so-called secret tricks don't make any sense in this kind of space. So Leader Xu, maybe those Ming armies are very strong, but our strength is far greater than that of the official army, and any of their schemes is meaningless. In a head-to-head duel, no matter how strong the troops are, they will not be able to overcome the numerical gap, and they will rush up with me to win the heads of those Ming officers and soldiers. Using their heads to make wine vessels and making their wives and concubines slaves is the duty of the samurai. ”

Xu Yang clapped his hands and smiled: "It is worthy of the ghost punishment department of the Ma Zong family, with a fierce general like you, why worry about the Ming army not being broken." Dong Zai, don't think too much, you didn't come out on the first day, this is what the official army looks like at sea. They may be a little more skilled in infantry, but on the water, it's not just guts. They don't have a ship, no matter how fierce they are, will they swallow our ship? Inform the sons and daughters to move forward at full speed and go straight to Ningbo. Entering the city for three days without sealing the sword, everyone is rich. ”

A huge fleet of more than 8,000 troops was mobilized, with this sea palace as the center, and swooped towards Ningbo. Since Xu Yang had already informed the news of the imminent use of force against the coast, the maritime merchants did not come to send them to death, and there were not many ships in the port. After the news was delivered by the sentinel boats, the remaining ships had fled, and there were no big boats in sight on the dock, only some small fishing boats.

Those fishing ships and pirates have seen a lot, there are people everywhere who want money and don't want their lives, pirates need guides, and they also need to buy fruits and food. As soon as a pirate docked, someone posted it to sell and receive the goods, or took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the way. In fact, because of their generosity, pirates were more popular than the military officers. They didn't think there was anything wrong with the situation.

Several of the guns in charge of the port's defense fired sparse fire, and the shells smashed out of the water with a weak force. Against a fleet of this size, relying on those few bowls on the turrets has no effect at all. When the fleet began to counterattack, they saw that some officers and soldiers on the fort side fled towards the city in a hurry.

Zong Shengxin, who was standing at the bow of the ship, and a dozen or so Mahui warriors wearing the same armor around him, buckled the iron Shura cover at the same time. Because of each other's similar body shape, no one can distinguish who is who now, only cronies know, and the one holding the red spear high is the ghost punishment department Zong Shengxin who moves Tsushima in the name of bravery and good fighting.

These true widows have always served as strikers in the pirates, and this time the borrowing of troops is no exception, to say the difference, that is, this time Xu Yang asked for help from the Francophone man, and took out the savings in his hand, and the number of muskets known as iron cannons was as high as more than 1,700 rods. Among the more than 1,000 Japanese who served as the strikers, they had as many as 600 iron cannons, and their firepower was so strong that it was not common even in the current battles between Japanese daimyos.

The sea palace slammed into the shore, and before the ship could stop, Zong Shengxin had already jumped off the boat first, raising the red gun in his hand and shouting loudly

"Hey! Hey! Oh! ”

At the same time, the ashigaru, the hew, the sand and the servant raised the plain gun and naginata in their hands, and responded in unison, "Hey! Hey! Oh! ”

The sound of conch and taiko drums was loud, and thousands of real Japanese jumped down from the bow of the ship, lined up in array, followed by a large number of Ming pirates, jumping down from the ship indiscriminately, raising the weapons in their hands, and attacking Ningbo.

They were greeted not by the Ningbo city wall, nor by the official army, but by the vanguard who had infiltrated Ningbo as a special attack force. However, when they said goodbye, this advance force, which had been pinned on the great hope of capturing the city, had already suffered heavy casualties, and there were no more than one out of ten, and the plan to seize the city was completely declared a failure.