Chapter 033: Bandits at Sea

Song Che, who was far away on Nantou Mountain, had just climbed to the top of Nantou Mountain through the rope, when he saw fireworks rising into the air and exploding not far from him, and then turned his head and shouted behind him: "Hurry up and climb the mountain, the adults are doing it." ”

"Who?"

In the forest not far away, four or five pirates suddenly burst out, all shirtless with long knives and torches, and saw the clothes of Song Che and others by the light of the fire, and immediately scattered in fright, shouting: "The official army has gone ashore, the official army has gone ashore... Quick..."

'Bang bang bang...'

There was a burst of gunshots, and all the people who turned to flee were beaten into a sieve, Song Che turned around and saw that at least nearly two hundred people had come up from his side, and more than a hundred people were on the way to the mountain with the help of ropes.

He simply couldn't care so much, so he ordered a hundred households to wait in place, and he took two hundred people with guns and torches and chased them into the forest.

The night sky was extremely quiet, and Chen Cao, who was on the island, clearly heard the gunshots on Nantou Mountain in the distance, as well as the subtle firelight, and knew that Song Che on the mountain had already made a move in advance: "Raise the gun, release..."

'Bang bang bang...'

A series of gunshots rang out, and the pirates who were on guard fell in all directions.

"Your Excellency has an order, the whole army is covered, and free fire..."

'Bang bang bang...'

"What's going on?"

Zhao Tianlin kicked open the door, and a henchman pirate ran to the front and shouted eagerly: "Oh no, my lord, the official army has gone ashore, the official army has gone ashore..."

"How is that possible?" Zhao Tianlin exclaimed, but he was witty and knew immediately that there must be a traitor: "There is definitely a traitor, quickly, quickly gather people and prepare for the battle, quickly..."

Saying that, he ran into the big room of the Japanese Kou, and a group of people were chasing the naked woman in the room wearing a crotch cloth, and Zhao Tianlin shouted loudly in the Japanese language: "Prepare quickly, the army of the imperial court has come ashore..."

After the whole house was ready, the pirates in the outer caves had basically been cleared, Chen Cao walked back and forth outside the gate of the house with a long knife of Yanling, and from time to time there were pirates who wanted to rush out of the house but were beaten into a sieve by the musketeers who were ready to fire.

"My lord," Gao Chong quickly ran to Chen Cao's side: "The dock has been controlled, some pirates want to escape, but they hit the reef and run aground, please tell your lord, what to do with the ships in the harbor?" ”

"Protect your ship from pirates from burning it." After Chen Cao's order, he looked at the family members who were surrounding him, and shouted loudly: "Surround the entire courtyard with a long formation, and not a single pirate is allowed to escape. ”

"Yes..."

Song Che was hit by an arrow in the left shoulder, and it is common for people to put cold arrows in the dark night and it is not easy to observe, fortunately, this arrow is not much harm, and it can't hurt his life, but then the pirates were also subjected to Song Che's fierce retaliation, under the attack of the new flintlock musket, those pirates who rushed to the right guard with their martial arts were beaten into a sieve ten steps away, and more than 100 pirates were killed in the entire Nantou Mountain, and there were only a dozen thieves who slipped away, and there were only a dozen people who ran down the mountain.

There is a natural cave halfway up the Nantou Mountain, which is a place where pirates hide treasures, which is not only food, but also hundreds of boxes of gold and silver treasures.

"Girls, don't be afraid, this general is the commander of the right guard of Nanjing, we are the official army, come to suppress the bandits tonight, you can rest assured, you are safe..."

As soon as Song Che's voice fell, more than a dozen women shed tears and cried, and one by one, regardless of whether they had clothes on their bodies, sat up straight and bowed to Song Che.

"Come on, find some clothes for these girls to wear." After Song Che finished speaking, he stared at the treasure in the cave, and then ordered strictly: "The things in the cave are seized, don't stretch out your hand, wait for the commander to come and check it, if anyone dares to be greedy, military law will be involved..."

"Yes..."

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Zhao Xin and said, "Prepare to attack." ”

At this time, the well-dressed Japanese coquette ran up to the small watchtower by the wall with an iron cannon, looked at the torches shining in the distance, picked up the gun and prepared to put it, but he was shot by the prepared family and made into a sieve.

Zhao Tianlin was behind the wall in the front hall of the gate, heard the gunshots that rang out from time to time, stared at the Japanese around him and said: "The officers and soldiers have firearms, they only have arquebuses, wait for me to send people to rush out of the gate to attract them to shoot, it will take some time to reload after the incident, let's take advantage of this gap to kill, as long as their deployment is disrupted, these officers and soldiers are fat pigs to be slaughtered..."

The leader of the Japanese Sect had already put on his armor, and he drew his sword and said with a wicked smile: "The people of the Ming Kingdom are not physically strong, and I will let you see the power of my Satsuma Domain samurai." ”

With a 'squeak' sound, the door of the house was opened, and more than two dozen pirates rushed out, brandishing their swords and killing Chen Cao's side.

'Bang bang bang...'

A burst of gunfire rang out, and more than 20 pirates all fell to the ground and vomited blood to death, and at this moment, more than a dozen pirates rushed out of the gate, all holding iron cannons in their hands, and as soon as they left the gate, they raised their guns and let them go.

"Be careful..."

Zhao Xin stepped forward with a shield to block the deadly iron cannonball for Chen Cao, but the shield in his hand was still beaten into a sieve, and the Jinyi guards and several family members standing around were all killed.

Taking advantage of the chaos on Chen Cao's side, the leader of the Japanese Bandits led more than 100 of his subordinates and hundreds of ronins to open the side door and kill out of the side, and killed Chen Cao viciously.

"Volley..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

The guns rang out one after another, and the fierce and vicious leader of the Japanese did not expect his opponent's musket to be so powerful until he died.

Jiading's training is to train with the right guard, and the reload speed is required to be loaded with the next ammunition in ten seconds after the shot, so there is no three-stage shooting, but if there are few people, it must be a three-stage shooting at the same time to block the enemy, and the three hundred Jiading in front of the house are surrounded by the house, and there are only fifty or sixty people in front of the gate.

Zhao Tianlin saw the power of the opponent's musket after taking the wall, and was shocked at the moment, knowing that he was no longer an opponent, so he sent more than 100 pirates to block for reinforcements, and he took the more than 200 pirates gathered in the courtyard to kill the back door, preparing to escape.

Gunfire rang out one after another, and Song Che, who had rushed to help from the mountains, launched an attack on the south side of the house, beating back the pirates who tried to escape over the wall.

In half a tea time, the gate was already full of corpses, at least more than two hundred people, and the remaining widows and ronins saw the power of the muskets, and withdrew from the courtyard one after another, using iron cannons as a block, and formed a defensive line behind the wall.

Not long after, someone came over to report that Zhao Tianlin had run away with someone, and the remaining Japanese who were still desperately resisting felt that the general trend had gone, and there were people outside the house who were proficient in Japanese language who were shouting at them for the policy of surrender, and the Japanese who knew that there was a dead end were determined to surrender.

It's better to die than to live...

"My lord," Zhao Xin escorted the surrendered pirates out of the courtyard: "My lord, after investigation, there are forty-seven pirates who surrendered, sixty-nine ronins, and thirty-two pirates from the Ming Dynasty, and there is a lot of money in the house. Please show me. ”

Chen Cao looked at the sky that was about to light up, and said coldly: "All the pirates of my Ming nationality were beheaded for public display, and all the surrendered pirates and ronins were escorted back to Nanjing, and when the time comes, we will sacrifice all these people to the capital." ”

"Yes..."

"My lord," Xu Kaixian walked to Chen Cao's side and said: "More than 600 enemies were killed in this battle, one of them was killed and six were wounded in the battle, one of them was injured by his colleagues because he was afraid that the gun would go off, and the Jinyi guard was injured eleven people, and two people died, all of which were caused by the enemy's iron cannon at the gate; In addition, Song Tongzhi was wounded 23 people, and no one was killed. ”

"It's okay..."Chen Cao nodded, the casualties were not too big, after all, it was their first time fighting, it was already very good to have this result, after the recruits saw blood, they would have experience in fighting in the future, and they would be more mature, after all, this battle took place at night, and this was also a complete victory...

Chen Cao walked into the house under the escort of a group of brocade guards, in addition to the corpses, mainly to see the loot collected this time, there are a lot of gold and silver jewelry, and there are also a lot of boxes, Chen Cao expects that the harvest of going to sea this time will be at least more than two million taels of silver.

"My lord, there are quite a few women in this room." Zhao Xin stood outside a room and pointed.

Chen Cao walked into the room, in addition to the previously naked woman, there was also a well-dressed woman in the inner room squatting in the corner and shivering: "What's your name?" ”

"Little girl Zhang Chunyao," the woman lowered her head, unkempt: "The little girl is the daughter of Zhang Linchun, the magistrate of Dinghai County, Ningbo, her father was killed by the Japanese in the Japanese rebellion last year, and the little girl was taken captive here, please help." So saying, he cried and fell to his knees.

"This official Chen Cao is the commander of the right guard of Nanjing, all the officers and soldiers present are officers and soldiers, you can rest assured, you are safe, after you go ashore, this official will send someone to escort you back to Dinghai County, and rest assured."

Chen Cao was about to leave, Zhang Chunyao cried and shouted: "Help, my lord, the little girl's family has died in Dinghai, and there are no relatives, please take it in, the little girl can do some female work, and she can cook on the fire." ”

Chen Cao turned around and asked Zhao Xin to take someone to collect the loot and deal with it alone, and then walked up to Zhang Chunyao: "Raise your head." ”

Zhang Chunyao raised her head, Chen Cao looked at it, and was instantly stunned in place, that poignant appearance, seductive eyes, can only be described by Daji, and this woman is not very beautiful, no one in Chen Cao's family can compare with her.

"Fairies... It's so beautiful..."

Chen Cao couldn't help but say this, and suddenly the history books said that those particularly famous women who brought disaster to the country and the people, I am afraid that in addition to Daji, there should be Concubine Xiao Shu at the end of the Sui Dynasty...

Zhang Chunyao bowed again: "Please take it in..."

"Take in... Take in... Okay..."Chen Cao nodded carelessly, he had already thought about it in his heart at this moment, and he didn't pay attention to the other women in the room.

"My lord..."Liao Yaowen quickly ran into the room and arched his hand: "The thief leader Zhao Tianlin tried to escape in a small boat, but was caught by Qi Yanshi who was waiting outside the port. In this battle, we won a big victory..."

"Okay.." Chen Cao helped Zhang Chunyao up, then turned to stare at Liao Yaowen and said, "Control Zhao Tianlin well, I will interrogate him personally." ”

After Song Che finished counting the gold and silver in the cave, he ordered someone to move it to the ship, and then found Chen Cao to report to Chen Cao: "Yaozhong, we have eliminated the pirates in this battle, as you said, gold and silver are the majority, there are two million taels of gold and silver in the cave alone, and not including those antique calligraphy and paintings, it is conservatively estimated to be more than three million." ”

Chen Cao put his arm around Song Che's shoulders and whispered in his ear: "All of them are escorted to the boat, disguised after they go ashore, and transported to my house." ”

Song Che turned his head and looked at him with a wicked smile: "Understood..."

"My lord," Zhao Xin also came over to report the seizure: "There are 1.2 million taels of silver in the house, and a lot of antique calligraphy, paintings and jewelry, which are conservatively estimated to be more than 2 million taels." By the way, my lord, what to do with the dozen or so red-haired ghosts? ”

"All the boxes were sealed and escorted back to the Nanjing military camp with the red-haired ghost." Chen Cao waved his hand, and then ordered: "Clean up the remnants and set off..."

Six days later, three warships docked at the mouth of the Longjiang River, and one by one the carriages transported the captured gold and silver to two places.

"My lord, after the calligraphy and painting pawns that were brought back, all the 1,200,000 taels of silver were put into the treasury of my lord; Then there was the barracks, and after the pawn, there were two ,300,000 taels of silver. Zhao Xin said and handed the details to Chen Cao.

Chen Cao didn't look at it either, and then ordered: "You take out 100,000 taels from the capture in the army, and the five of you divide it equally." ”

The corners of Zhao Xin's mouth rose, and he was overjoyed: "Thank you... Follow the adults to mix the real thing. ”

Chen Cao turned his head and asked curiously, "Will you stab me in the back if I fall into trouble one day?" ”

Zhao Xin's face changed, and he knelt down immediately: "My subordinates have never dared to think like this, in this life, I will saddle the horse with an adult, even if the emperor is here, I will not be afraid..."

Chen Cao nodded with satisfaction: "For you to be so loyal, I will send you 10,000 taels of silver in private." ”

"Thank you, Lord reward..."Zhao Xin happily kowtowed to Chen Cao, then stood up and said, "My lord, then how to deal with it in our army?" ”

"Go to the barracks now, let's give a reward..."

...

The table was full of chests, and when opened, it was full of gold and silver. Bei Tianhua sat behind the desk, and there was a large stack of ledgers on the table.

"Soldiers, this is the first battle since the reconstruction of our right guard, it can be described as a complete victory, although some brothers did not go, but there are still rewards."

As soon as the loudspeaker in Chen Cao's hand fell, a warm shout broke out in the team.

Chen Cao continued: "For the thousands of households participating in the battle this time, each soldier will be rewarded with two taels of silver, three taels of small flags, four taels of general flags, five taels of 100 households and 100 trial households, 6 taels of 1,000 households and deputy thousand households, and 5 taels of 5 taels and 5 taels of Zhenfu; Those who did not participate in the battle, from 1,000 households or less, were rewarded with one or two taels of silver..."

"Lord Xie..."

More than 5,000 people shouted in unison, like a tsunami in the mountains, and then all knelt down and saluted.

Chen Cao said: "Remember clearly, our right guard, a non-commissioned officer who doesn't want to be an officer is not a good soldier, and an officer who doesn't want to be a commander is not a good officer." He said with a smile: "Of course, now you can't change the way to squeeze me down, if I go down, who will pay you money?" ”

"Hahaha..."

After a burst of laughter, Chen Cao pressed his hand, and the field suddenly quieted down, this is Chen Cao's basic training, ordering and prohibiting is the basic law of the right guard, if anyone breaks it, then kick out the right guard, of course, with such a good treatment of the right guard, who wants to be kicked out?

"This time we killed a brother in the war, in addition to the pension stipulated by the imperial court, I personally contributed money to increase the separate pension of our right guard, from today onwards, but all brothers who died in battle, according to the regulations, the imperial court pension two taels of silver, but in our right guard, based on the population of the family, how many immediate family members in the family, ten taels per person, and two taels of silver per year for the family until the death of the immediate family."

Ooh...

When the next general banner raised his hand, Qi Xianzong signaled that he could speak, and the general banner took a step forward and knelt down, and said loudly: "I want to ask, there are five parents, wives and children in the humble family, if the humble family dies in battle, how much silver can I get?" ”

Chen Cao held up the loudspeaker and said: "The family members have a one-time pension of fifty taels, different official positions, different pensions, just now that is the pension method for everyone and ordinary soldiers, you are the general flag, and add another ten taels, that is, after you die in battle, your family can get sixty taels of silver, and you will give your family five taels of silver every year, until your five immediate family members die." ”

After hearing this, Zongqi was silent for a long time, and then knelt down on his knees and kowtowed: "Your Excellency is merciful, and your humble position will serve your adult to death..."

"As for the injured, the imperial court only cares about the recovery of the wounded, but in my right guard, from today onwards, the disability hierarchy system will be implemented, and those who are slightly injured in battle and can move freely will be given two or two coins of silver, which is a first-class disability; Those who are injured in battle and need to recuperate and cannot go to the ground will be given one tael of silver, which is a second-class disability; Those who are disabled for life as a result of the war and can take care of themselves will be given five taels of silver, and one tael of silver will be given as a subsidy every month, which is a third-degree disability; Those who are disabled by combat and cannot take care of themselves will be given ten taels of silver, and four taels of silver will be given as a subsidy every month, which is a fourth-degree disability. After Chen Cao finished speaking, he added: "This official treats you as brothers, and the treatment is so good, even Jinyi Wei can't compare, so you must go all out when you fight, and those who are brave in battle will be rewarded." ”

"I'm willing to die for my lordship..."

Another tsunami...

"These people are all homeless and untouchables, some people can't earn this money in their lives, and now the military system of the guard is corrupted, except for the general's personal soldiers, which soldier have you ever seen receive full salary?" Chen Cao stared at Song Che, and then looked at the soldier who was receiving the money: "I am short of silver, but there is a lot of silver in the Wa Kingdom, and one day, it will be mine..."

Song Che was anxious: "That is the country that Emperor Taizu has decreed not to be conquered." ”

"Not requisitioned?" Chen Cao sneered: "That's just a joke, otherwise why would our court fight the Battle of Renchen?" As he spoke, he looked at the sky in the distance: "The people of the world are now displaced, the rule of officials is broken, the people's hearts are not ancient, the glory of the Ming Dynasty on the surface is just to blind the eyes of the world, if you go to the three sides of Shaanxi, you will know what I said today, is it alarmist...

I dare to conclude that in less than five years, the world will be in turmoil, and when the time comes, those displaced people will be like Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and the destruction will not be a province, but ........... The whole big tomorrow..."

Song Che felt goosebumps all over his body, if Chen Cao's words were heard by someone with a heart, it would be a big crime to kill his head: "No matter what, I will definitely help you." ”

Inside the Mansion of the State of Wei

Xu Hongji and his brothers were dividing the spoils, except for 100,000 taels to Zhao Xin, the remaining 2.2 million taels, Chen Cao paid 500,000 to the inner treasury of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, 200,000 to Wei Zhongxian, and the remaining 1.5 million taels were handed over to Xu Hongji.

Xiao Xu is very generous, he made some small efforts, left 500,000 taels, and the remaining 1 million taels were handed over to Chen Cao and a few people to divide equally, Chen Cao was atmospheric, and only took 100,000, for which Pu Xiang said that he wanted to cut the chicken head with Chen Cao and burn yellow paper...

"You guys can get so much money for no reason this time, and you really have to thank Yaozhong," Xu Hongji said with a straight face after speaking: "However, Yaozhong said that behind these pirates are court officials, and we have earned this money, so we have to resist the pressure from the Jingshi side together." ”

Several people nodded yes, and Chen Cao also looked serious: "Then Zhao Tianlin has admitted that behind it are several forces in Zhejiang that are manipulating them, the biggest of which is Li Weihan, the imperial envoy of the right capital, and Li Yangchong, the imperial envoy of the left capital, many of these silver coins are the property of these two people, and according to Zhao Tianlin's confession, the commercial house under the name of the two people is still hoarding a large number of goods on Chen Qianshan Island, a hundred miles northeast of Daqushan Island, with a value of more than three million taels of silver, and three sea ships have been arranged to take over. ”

"YCIS, I heard you've collected quite a few boats?" Pu Xiang asked.

"There are a total of thirty warships," Chen Cao was a little proud: "Our future growth of the Jiangshui Division depends on these thirty warships, plus those three warships, a total of thirty-three warships." ”

Xu Hongji stroked his palm and said: "Yaozhong, you do a good job, when the time comes, I will play and let you be the deputy governor of the water division of the river, and the water master will hand it over to you." ”

"The men are commanded..."

......

Two days ago, the secret cell of the Criminal Prison Division of the Department of Suppression

"Chen Cao, why didn't you kill me?"

"I have verified that you Zhao Tianlin is the biggest pirate in the waters of Zhejiang, and it is more interesting to capture you alive than to kill you, and I know that the Zhejiang Rebellion is led by you, and it is better to find a way to let you be used by me than to escort you to Beijing to be tortured."

"Hmph, you are really arrogant, do you know that Zhao Cheng is my Zhao family?"

"I didn't know before, but I knew later, but do you know that Zhao Cheng was used by someone and became the one who carried the black pot? I, Chen Cao, swear by honor, your brother is not that I want to kill him, his death is just because the Gu family is taking care of that Gu Linsheng, don't forget, your Zhao family is just a businessman in Zhejiang, not an official..."

“....”

"Also, in the eyes of those officials, you are a tool to help them make money, you have become a tool to be called for your family all these years, but you have suffered a lot, do you think this kind of life is meaningful? My news said that you, Zhao Tianlin, are just the youngest branch of the Zhao family, and your father died at sea, and I arrested you and secretly imprisoned you, just to ask you a word. ”

"Speak..."

"Are you interested in getting an official status and walking freely on the sea? Then make enough money, play enough women, and become the largest branch of your Zhao family, so that your family can enter the ancestral tomb of the Zhao family? Or did he start his own sect and become the patriarch of another Zhao family? ”

“.... What conditions? ”

"Hahaha... For my use, I will be your eldest brother in the future, of course, you have to submit a petition first..."

“...”

"All the people who go to sea and trade along the coast of Zhejiang, listen, it's the news of everyone you know, tell me everything..."

“... I... Well, let me tell you, I hope you don't break your promise..."

"The biggest advantage of my Chen Cao under his command is to talk about credibility, after all, I am the world-famous Nalan Rongruo..."

"Here's the thing........."