On August 20, the 15th year of Zhengde, the weather in Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, was very good, and the people in the county lived as usual, but the atmosphere in the county was still a little tense, because the news that the Japanese might come in the county town was circulating, and capable Shanghainese people went to Songjiang or Zhenhai, Kunshan, and even Suzhou to avoid trouble.

Those brocade guards in the east of the county have been there for many days, they are different from ordinary guards, they do not force to buy and sell, do not prostitute or gamble, and never cheat and cheat, after they camp there, very few people come out, no one knows what they are doing inside, only to see bags of sacks piled up into a long embankment, do these people plan to use sandbags to make a dam to resist the tide?

The brocade guards did not seem to be aware of the natives' ridicule of them, and they had built tall guard towers around Shanghai County, as if they were facing a great enemy, and there were constantly people guarding them day and night, bringing a hint of ominous atmosphere.

Hong Xin is an ordinary brocade guard, on the evening of the 20th, he was on duty on the guard tower near the sea in the south of Shanghai County, because the sea has been opened to trade, so there are many ships along the coastline, Hong Xin opened his eyes wide, no ship can escape his eyes.

"The Japanese are very cunning, it is possible to disguise their ships as ordinary merchant ships, dress up as our Ming people, and even disguise themselves as guards in order to get close to the raid ......" Hong Xin stared at the coastline while muttering in his heart the advice of Jiao Xu, deputy director of the Jinyi Guard Combat Department, he didn't know how many times he had said it, this was an order that Jiao Xu had passed to everyone's ears before he came to Shanghai!

Hong Xin personally experienced the battle of crossing the river in Jingchuan, Shaanxi, and he was very much looking forward to the Japanese Kou coming to attack Shanghai, so that he could make new contributions, and he could return to Beijing to marry Ah Zhen in a beautiful manner.

Hong Xin was thinking happily, when Huang Ren beside him suddenly pushed him and said, "Look, there are more than a dozen ships coming from the south, with different sizes and shapes, and the sails are also tattered, which is very suspicious." ”

Hong Xin hurriedly pointed the binoculars in the direction that Huang Ren pointed, and soon he found the target, the more than ten ships were really suspicious as Huang Ren said, those boats were hung with Jiangzi flags, but those flags looked very discordant, some big and some small, not quite like those businessmen who like to talk about pomp and momentum, these ships are not like ordinary merchant ships along the coastline, but about five or six miles away from the coast, if it weren't for the telescopes issued by Jin Yiwei, no matter how sharp the eyes are, people can't see so far, You won't be able to find these ships.

Hong Xin said affirmatively: "That's right, it must be the ship of the Japanese Invaders, don't you see the two people on the deck playing with the Japanese knives?" Ah Huang, you continue to monitor, I'll report to Master Jiao! ”

"Why didn't I report it?" Huang Ren retorted unconvinced.

The two briefly settled the dispute with hammer paper-scissors, and Huang Ren won, and he slipped off the guard tower at a fast speed and rode triumphantly on his horse.

Hong Xin was very unhappy to stay on the guard tower, continued to monitor the movement of the Japanese boat, and secretly cursed in his heart: "Damn the Japanese Invaders, why don't you land immediately? In this way, I can light the beacon fire and return to the battle with Ah Huang! ”

Huang Ren rode silently across the entire Shanghai County, straight to the camp of Jinyiwei, Jiao Xu was inspecting various fortifications, suddenly heard the sound of sudden horse hooves, he turned around, Huang Ren flew off the horse, threw himself in front of Jiao Xu, suppressed the excited voice, and said: "Lord Jiao, we found that there are more than ten boats coming to the south, which are very suspicious, and there are guys who look like Japanese ronins dancing knives and swords on the deck, my lord, the Japanese Kou is really here!" ”

After Jiao Xu heard the news, he immediately boarded the guard tower standing high in the camp, and searched the coastline with the third-level high-powered military telescope equipped by the officer, and after a while, he found the target, the corners of his mouth outlined a happy smile, and shouted: "Pass the order, all the staff will enter the second-level combat preparations!" ”

Under Jiao Xu's surveillance, those would-be robbers landed at Zhelin Beach in the east of Shanghai County, which was completely expected by Jiao Xu.

Jiao Xu has personally taken a local guide along the coast near Shanghai to study in the past few days, Zhelin Beach is the best landing site, there has been a record of Japanese pirates landing from here and raiding Shanghai, the tidal flats of other beaches are easy to run boats aground, if the Japanese want to land nearby, they must go straight to Zhelin Beach.

Seeing that the Japanese had begun to land, Jiao Xu got off the guard tower and rode a horse with the second echelon of Jinyi guards to Zhelin Beach.

When everyone got off the boat, Jiao Xu and these would-be robbers seemed to be scattered like sand, but in fact they were still very organized, and the fierce would-be robbers in their thirties gave an order, and the other would-be robbers closed their mouths and listened to him carefully.

Under the command of Fuji Naoshiro, the Japanese began to eat, and after eating, it was already dark, and they rested for a while, Fuji Naoshiro Huo Ran jumped up, pulled out the Japanese knife and held it high in his hand, shouted a few times, the Japanese knife pointed at Shanghai County, and the Japanese responded one after another, shouting and rushing towards the first line of defense laid by Jiao Xu with their weapons.

Fang Hao Baihu was the on-site commander of the first line of defense, and he had a hundred Jinyi guards with loaded guns in his hands, and he waited patiently until the Japanese invaders entered the effective firing range of 100 meters, and then he shouted in a low voice: "The single number is free to fire, and the double number is ready!" ”

A series of banging gunshots suddenly sounded in the darkness, and the would-be robbers were defenseless, and dozens of them fell down at once, some were directly killed, some were seriously injured, lying on the ground screaming and hissing, and some were frightened by the sudden fire and the huge gunfire in front of them and fell to the ground.

The moon in the sky provided an excellent view for the soldiers, and when those would-be robbers didn't have time to react, Fang Hao shouted again: "Double number fire, single number prepare!" ”

Another flash of lightning and thunder, another volley of bullets knocked down dozens of pirates, and in the blink of an eye, more than a quarter of more than 300 pirates were defeated, including their leader, Naoshiro Fuji, and the most ferocious pirates who were charging forward.

The other Japanese robbers suddenly panicked, and before they saw the enemy, they had already lost a quarter of their comrades, the strange flash and terrible thunder caused them great pressure, the widows who lost their command were like headless flies, some were scurrying around, and some were lying on the ground and did not dare to move, Jiao Xu, who was guarding the second line of defense, saw this and shouted: "Attack in formation, don't let any of these widows run away!" ”

In the darkness, there were five hundred life-seeking figures, they rushed to the beach, chasing the pirate ship, the gunfire rang out on Zhelin Beach for about a cup of tea before it ended, during which some of the Japanese tried to organize a counterattack, but their number was not enough to one-on-one, and they were killed nearly half of them first, and they were beaten to the point of no fighting spirit by the new weapons of Jinyiwei, where could they turn the tables? The battle ended quickly, leaving only the corpses of the would-be robbers on the beach......

"Don't kill me, I'm not a widow, I'm a prisoner to lead the way......" A widow suddenly spat out Chinese and was immediately brought to Jiao Xu.

Jiao Xu glanced at him coldly, grabbed his right palm and squeezed it, and sneered: "You really have a lot of calluses on your hands, can a hoe or a harpoon grind such calluses?" Damn dog traitor! Escort me down and watch it carefully, the others hurry up and clean up the battlefield, check out all the live mouths, cut off the heads of the dead, and send them together to ask Lord Duan for a reward! ”