Jiang Ning went all the way south from Hangzhou, and when he first went to the state capital, he received a war report.

A team of 1,000 men he sent to Fujian encountered a force of 3,500 Japanese pirates.

Before the fight, Mr. Qian, who led the troops, sent people to the nearest local guard post and county seat to ask for help.

But after fighting hard for more than an hour, not a single soldier came.

The reason was that the roads were muddy after heavy rains and landslides hindered the march and caused delays.

In the end, more than 1,000 people died in battle and died in the country.

Jiang Ning held the sword of the Son of Heaven in his hand, his body trembled slightly, and he almost wanted to look up to the sky and shout, venting the anger in his heart.

Since Fujian has been eroded from top to bottom, don't blame him for not being emotional.

"Someone, the whole army is vegetarian, hurry south!"

Jiang Ning's eyes were red, and he tied a white silk ribbon around his waist and forehead.

After tens of thousands of soldiers in the army learned of the war, they wept with grief, tied white silk one after another, and even hung up white flags.

In just one day, the army arrived at Qingyuan County, the capital of the prefecture and the border of Fujian.

Jiang Ning saw that it was getting late and the soldiers were also very tired, so he did not force himself to go south at night, but went into the city to rest.

When the Qingyuan county magistrate heard the news, he hurriedly went out of the city to greet him and led him to the county government to rest.

Just when I walked into a street, I saw dozens of people, chasing and beating a pair of women and children.

Jiang Ning's face instantly became gloomy.

Qingyuan County ordered to be busy:

"My lord misunderstood, this is not my Ming people, but the remnants of the Japanese family.

The people have been suffering for a long time, and their anger cannot be vented, and many such women and children have recently poured into the city, and they simply use them to vent their anger. ”

Jiang Ning's face looked much better, and he ordered Wu Chou Nu to stop the people and bring the pair of women and children over.

When I looked closer, I found that it was indeed dressed as a Japanese person, and the woman's face was dirty and embarrassed, and although she was covered with a sackcloth on the outside, because it was broken, the luxurious kimono inside could be vaguely seen.

It seems that her husband has no low status among the Japanese invaders.

Jiang Ning said in a Japanese language: "Who are you?" Why did you come to Qingyuan County? ”

The woman was stunned, immediately knelt on the ground, and stumbled to tell the reason.

After the defeat of the Japanese state, they brought their families to the Ming Dynasty and temporarily settled them on some islands.

With the miraculous effect of the thousand-man team, the Japanese invaders suffered countless casualties, leaving behind many helpless old and weak women and children.

Due to the shortage of food, the remaining widows simply drove these women and children to the sea and left them to fend for themselves.

These women and children drifted on the sea in small boats, and although many of them died, there were still many lucky people who managed to get to the shore, and then they begged and wandered all the way here.

After hearing this, Jiang Ning nodded expressionlessly, and looked directly at this woman with cold eyes.

According to what she said, there are not many old and weak women and children who have recently poured into the coast, but I am afraid that there are not tens of thousands, or even more.

If it is not handled well, it is easy to cause chaos.

"Someone came, passed on this official order, and ordered all localities to send them to the government if they found the elderly, weak, women and children.

Men over the age of three will be killed. The rest were reduced to slavery and sold to the gentry and wealthy families, and the silver money received was used as military expenses.

Remember, generations will never be loved! ”

After resting for the night in Qingyuan County, Jiang Ning led his troops to continue to rush south.

Five days later.

Thirty miles away from Fuzhou City, there is a canyon on the road that the Jiangning army must pass through.

Qin Wenchang, a staff general who was about forty years old, was ordered by Cai Jiayi and Du Tong to ambush on both sides of the mountain with 6,000 Fuzhou officers and troops.

In fact, he received an order that a group of Japanese pirates pretending to be officials and soldiers would pass through this place, and ordered him to take advantage of the situation to attack and kill, and play the prestige of the Fujian army.

And after hearing this order, Qin Wenchang was really happy.

He thought that the adults had finally woken up and knew that they could no longer be turtles with shrunken heads.

But he couldn't have imagined the real story.

At the same time, because Qin Wenchang is an outlier among the generals of Fujian's large and small armies, he does not fit in, not to mention, he also purges military discipline and trains soldiers all day long.

This also makes the men and horses under his command the most elite and brave in Fujian.

So after thinking about it, Du Tong decided to send him, a stunned young man, to ambush Jiang Ning.

Qin Wenchang believed it, and excitedly led his troops to ambush and arrange two days in advance.

Just to avoid accidents, Du Tong also sent his henchman Liu You to monitor.

By the time the sun was shining, an army finally appeared outside the canyon.

Qin Wenchang saw that they were indeed dressed as full Ming soldiers, more like official soldiers than the official army, and couldn't help but hold the hilt of his sword excitedly, preparing to wait until all the Japanese invaders entered the canyon before ordering artillery bombardment.

But Liu You was afraid that he would find out, so he hurriedly shouted: "Order, the artillerymen are ready to bombard the Japanese invaders immediately!" ”

"No!"

Qin Wenchang dissuaded with a calm face:

"Now that the Japanese have just entered the canyon, if they launch an offensive now, not to mention that they will not be able to eliminate many people, and it will also cause them to be vigilant, and today's ambush will be in vain.

General Liu, you are also a veteran general in the army, why don't you even understand such a simple truth. ”

Liu You was furious and shouted:

"General Qin, Lord Cai has entrusted you with such an important task, how can you still be afraid.

What if all the pirates reach the canyon and someone takes advantage of the chaos to run out? If you let go of a soldier and a soldier, can you afford to bear this responsibility? ”

Qin Wenchang was unmoved, and ordered: "Without the general's order, everyone must not act rashly. ”

Liu You instantly drew his sword, pointed at him and said: "This general will be ordered by Du Du to command and come to supervise the battle, if you don't listen to the order, take it on the spot!" ”

Qin Wenchang squinted his eyes and said, "General Liu, this battle will be under full command, even if you supervise the battle, you have no right to interfere." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned, and some soldiers raised their crossbows and faced Liu You and his own soldiers.

And the more he looked at Liu You's expression, the more Qin Wenchang felt that something was wrong.

The two have dealt with each other before.

But there has never been a moment like this, and it has made him feel so strange and nervous.

It's as if they're hiding something.

At this time, Qin Wenchang casually glanced at it and found that thousands of people had entered the valley, thinking that it was almost over, so he let go of his doubts and ordered the soldiers to prepare to open fire.

After all, when marching, there is often a very long distance between the two military formations.

Coupled with the misleading of the previous order, he did not know that there were tens of thousands of horses in the following "Japanese Bandits".

Otherwise, I would have been suspicious.

"Passing on the book will order, open the ......"

Qin Wenchang was about to wave his hand, but he was stunned for a moment.

Because he was in front of the "Wakou" army, he suddenly found a dragon flag of the Son of Heaven.

No matter how much they pretend to be like them, they will never have such a thing.

A hint of realization flashed in Qin Wenchang's eyes, and he was furious, and looked at Liu Youdao with red eyes:

"You're lying to me, right, it's not a wolf at all, it's a team of chincha!"

Liu You laughed evilly, didn't reply, and stepped forward directly, stabbing out with a sword.

As long as Qin Wenchang is killed, he will be able to take over the command of the army.

A cold light flashed in front of him, and Qin Wenchang quickly dodged and avoided it.

But he was caught off guard and was still cut in the shoulder.

"Take it for Ben!"

Qin Wenchang held Liu You's sword with one hand, ignoring the blood flowing down, he drew his sword with the other hand and stabbed him in the chest.

At the same time, the soldiers under his command rushed up and shot Liu You's own soldiers to death.

Under the city of Fuzhou.

Twenty or thirty horses galloped from afar.

They are all ordinary martial artists, but the momentum exuded around them shows that they are not so simple.

At the gate of the city, several officials of the Political Envoy Department saw the person coming and hurriedly greeted him.

The leader of the warriors grabbed the reins, and the fiery snort of the war horse hit the officials, frightening them to take a few steps back.

"Hmph, weakling."

Takeo raised a disdainful smile and said in a stiff Chinese dialect:

"In the Shimonara River, I have been ordered by the head of my Suzuki family to come and make another deal with you.

As for others, why don't they come and greet me personally? ”

An official trembled and said, "This Mr. Nara, the political envoy has been waiting on the castle tower for a long time, and I ask him to go up with me." ”

Naragawa snorted heavily and said:

"Baga, what kind of truth is this, ours, to keep you safe in Fuzhou, is your great benefactor.

If he doesn't come down to me, he wants me to go up to him, believe it or not, I'll kill you all! ”

As he spoke, he directly pulled out his sword.

The official was silent, and hurriedly said, "I, I'm going to ask the lord." ”

After a while, Cai Jiayi ran down panting with Fang Liu, Du and others.

"Yo Xi, Lord Cai, our leader is an old friend with you, I don't know you, enough food is ready?"

Cai Jiayi wiped the sweat on his forehead and said:

"Mr. Nara, I have already given you eight warships and guns, as well as 100,000 taels of silver, and I said that after you plunder, you will go south to Guangdong in due course.

Why do you want to give so much food now, I really can't get it. ”

Naragawa smiled and said:

"Lord Cai, no matter how good the ship's silver is, it can't be eaten for a while. Ours is in great short supply.

But don't worry, this time we took the grain and sailed to sea, and we will not stay in Fujian anymore.

After all, Fujian is far less good than Jiangnan, and it is better to get more by trading with you.

How about it, when we leave Fujian, you can report to your emperor, take the lead in clearing out the Japanese and get promoted and rich. ”