Chapter 131: The Wako Finally Arrived
No one has noticed that the number of craftsmen has been increasing in the civil works of the Haifan Division these days. There are many strange buildings in many places.
There were ships secretly unloading at night. Xu Qin sent a message to the nearby guard office in the name of the Haifan Division, informing them that there were Japanese robbers approaching from the sea and asking them to strengthen their vigilance.
As for whether it will attract their attention, I don't know.
"I've already sent someone to contact them, and I'll hear back soon." Dai Deqing said to Xu Qin.
The two men stood on a nearby hill and looked in the direction of the river. Maybe the Japanese are coming from that direction.
"Millions of silver, plus your internal response, must be tempting enough." Xu Qin said.
In fact, he has no bottom in his heart, so he can only be fully prepared. He did everything he could think of, and it depended on when the would-be would-be would.
At night, Xu Qin led Xu Fugui and Xu Hao, put on a cloak and led the dog, and began to patrol around under the leadership of the chengguan.
On the surface, everything in Liujiagang is calm, but in fact, it is centered on the Ming Royal Silver, surrounded by dark fortresses and trenches, as well as various pits.
These things are hidden during the day, and there are chengguan brigades watching. At night, it's all open.
Every night, Xu Qin made a round to make sure that there was no blind spot, and no one slacked off before he could sleep. Sometimes in the morning, before dawn, he will suddenly do spot checks.
Dai Deqing's people haven't come back yet, and Xu Qin won't definitely expect to rely on the Dai family. They have lost control of the pirates.
After Lao Huang came back, he was restless, and he was not at ease if he didn't inspect several times a day.
Xu Qin couldn't sleep that morning, so he got up and led the dog to the inspection post by himself. The first stop is the Royal Silver, where the guard is tired but alert.
He came out of the royal silver trumpet and came to the craftsman's house to inspect it. I didn't expect the people here to fall asleep.
Xu Qin led the dog and walked over quietly, kicked over the sentry with one kick, stretched out his hand to ask for Xu Fugui's whip, and forgot that Xu Fugui was not there.
"Who put you to sleep? If I'm a wolf, your head will be gone. Xu Qin pointed at the sentry and kicked him twice.
"Little grandfather, how can there be a widow, who can stand it every day...... "The sentry probably didn't wake up, or got up angry, and muttered boldly.
Before he could finish his sentence, a terrible trumpet sounded. Then a bunch of fireworks exploded in the air.
The dark sky makes the fireworks look very gorgeous, which is a warning sign that the Japanese are coming. Xu Qin rubbed his eyes to determine what he saw.
Then there was a cold sweat, and my hands trembled. The moment of life and death came so suddenly.
In the morning, when people should be asleep, they suddenly arrived at the port.
Xu Qin trembled and took out his binoculars to look in the direction of the port, where dozens of Japanese ships were already approaching the port one after another.
Before the ship could dock, the Japanese could not wait to jump off. But instead of attacking immediately, they quickly gathered into a group.
These people have a relaxed attitude and lazy movements, as if they are not here to fight, but to go out, and it seems that they don't take Liujiagang in their eyes at all.
Then split up to attack under the leadership of their respective armor-clad leaders.
He began to set fire to the ignition plants, intending to set fire to the chaos and then loot in stride. This is their usual method.
"Tell me what is that?" Xu Qin pointed to the Japanese in the port and said.
"Wako...... Wako...... It's really coming......" The sentry shuddered with fear.
Xu Qin casually slapped him.
"What should I do?" Roaring asked,
The sentry then raised the alarm, and the whole artisan district cheered, and each ran to his post.
The alarms were passed one by one, and everyone entered their pre-booked positions, quickly opened the weapon cabinet, and took their weapons.
The merchant immediately closed the door and went into hiding.
The performance of this sentry made him very worried, how to fight with this kind of psychological quality, whether his arrangement was useful or not, and whether there would be mistakes?
He was worried about these things, and his back was already soaking wet.
Bouquets of colorful fireworks exploded in the air, illuminating the gloomy harbor, and it was clear that alarms were sounded everywhere.
This made him a little relieved, and the sluggishness of the Japanese Kou's movements gave the entire Liujiagang a chance.
The leader of the Japanese was dressed in ornate armor and watched the fireworks in the sky with a knife in his hand.
"Didn't you say there was no preparation here?" He asked the old sailors around him in stiff Chinese.
"So what? A group of fat-headed and big-eared merchants, and a thousand recruits who had been trained for less than two months, while the generals, with three thousand, were going to receive millions of silver. ”
Dai Dehai stretched and said.
"If I can get mine, you'll get yours." The leader of the Woko smiled triumphantly.
A cannon shot interrupted his pride, which also shocked Dai Dehai.
A roar erupted in one of the teams, and more than a dozen people were blown away. Many more were wounded by shrapnel and wailed.
But the fierce pirates did not panic, leaving behind their wounded companions and scattered, and then moved forward one after another.
Kozaburo Matsushita carefully followed his companion with his shield in his hand, and the killing and looting stimulated his blood.
This is a rich Ming Dynasty, this time there will be a bumper harvest, and when I return to Kyushu at the end, I will buy a few acres of land to marry a wife and have children, and I will not come out.
As a result, there was a scream, and several companions suddenly disappeared from the side. Kozaburo Matsushita looked back and saw that several people had fallen into a trap and had already been impaled through the body by the spikes inside.
The companions from Kyushu struggled in vain, but they certainly won't survive. He didn't take a second look, but it was a pity that his companion still owed him ten cents.
Bypassing this area, Kozaburo Matsushita heard a crackling sound, and then saw several of his companions as if they had been hammered, and fell to the ground with a scream.
"Be careful, there's a firecracker." The squad leader shouted beside him as he pushed him forward.
He wasn't worried, Da Ming's firearm could only shoot once. But he didn't find out where it came from.
He could only look carefully through the edge of the shield, guessing the general direction.
At this moment, a few holes opened in the wall behind him, and a row of fire guns stretched out, crackling and crackling.
It was as if he was hit by an invisible wave, and the team leader of Kozaburo Matsushita threw him to the ground.
Kozaburo Matsushita raised his shield against the wall and turned back to call the squad leader. As a result, a hand of blood was touched.
It turned out that the captain was not saving him at all, but was killed by the fire and threw himself on him.
"Captain Kimoto ......" Kozaburo Matsushita lay on the captain and cried bitterly.
He wasn't so sad, he just took the katana off the captain's body and stole the two kan money from him.
At this moment, the second fire bolt sounded, and his companions and shields broke through, and more than a dozen more died in the blink of an eye.
One of them pressed on him, and Kozaburo Matsushita didn't dare to move at all. His choice turned out to be the right one.
The sound of firecrackers was everywhere in all directions, and companions kept falling.
He even saw a group of fierce guys from Shikoku, who were fighting back with bows and arrows.
But behind them, an inconspicuous dirt bag, suddenly cracked a hole, and two small smoking canisters were thrown out.
What is that? Kozaburo Matsushita was wondering, boom boom, and the small jar burst into flames.
The group of people in Shikoku who were closest to the jar were directly torn to pieces. A little farther away, the body was pierced by something invisible.
This kind of rumbling sound is constantly sounding everywhere. Each time it took the lives of three or four people, leaving several screaming people behind.
Without moving, Kozaburo Matsushita decided to pretend to be dead, although this is very unbrave, but he is not a hot-headed samurai.
Watanabe Hirahara, holding a gold-sprinkled fan in his hand, commanded his men to counterattack a house that was constantly firing, but the walls were thick and strong, and only small holes were opened for shooting.
Unable to attack at all, he led people to go around to see if there was a gate.
The door was found, and just as he was about to hit the door, there was a burst of fire behind him, directly knocking down more than a dozen of his people.
He could only command people to gather in the corners of the walls and use them to avoid the firecrackers.
"Baga, why is this fire gun endless. How many of them are there? ”
Before anyone could answer, two shells fell into the crowd, and then exploded, sending a piece of human flesh flying and wailing.
At this time, Watanabe Plain realized that the walls of the buildings here are very high, and the gates are also very heavy. It is not easy to attack, let alone attack one yard, and other yards will attack.
They seemed to be encircled, with points of attack on all sides.
"Baga Yalu, this is not the same as what is said. I'm going to kill that bastard......" Watanabe Harahara remembered Dai Tokukai.
The entire port was awakened by the sound of alarm lights and the sound of firecrackers.
Xu Qin knew that these recruits would not be able to confront the Japanese Invaders at all, so he built turtle shells for them, and they only needed to hide inside and fire at the Wolves.
When he designed the harbor, he prescribed the building specifications for all the merchants. All of them are tall and heavy, and they support each other within the range of the firecracker. He also added a number of bunkers.
In addition to Mr. Feng Shui, he also asked the veterans of his family to participate in the design, as long as the Japanese invaded and got together, they would be shelled.
If you separate them, you will be broken by each one.
According to the map given by Dedehai, one of the teams was supposed to follow the path of the dock, set fire all the way, and then loot the warehouse area with the most goods.
On the other hand, go to the shop area, where there are merchants and fine gold and silver, or beautiful women.
The third road was led by the leader of the Japanese and went straight to the Ming Royal Silver Horn, which contained several million taels of silver.
It is estimated that it would take two days before the nearby guard post reacted after the attack on this place. But by that time they had gone to sea, with silver and plundered riches.
All the dreams lasted only half an hour. The leader found that they could not reach their destination at all, because there were attacks on all sides, and every step was a huge casualty.
Especially their target, the third floor of the Ming Royal Silver Trumpet, there are still cannons. Condescendingly bombarding them.
Originally, it didn't matter, because in the face of more than 3,000 people, a few cannons could not play a decisive role.
However, with each step they took, they either fell into the flap trap or were killed by the fire guns in the surrounding buildings.
And from time to time, some small cans fall into the crowd, and when they explode, all the people around them are finished.
The better ones died on the spot, and the bad ones were seriously injured and kept wailing and dying.
I also want to unplug these yards one by one. But attacking one will be attacked by other surrounding yards. Finally, dozens of people were lost to open a yard and want to kill chickens and monkeys.
As a result, when I went in, I saw that the people had already run down the tunnel, and I was about to chase along the tunnel, when suddenly a small jar was thrown over. All those who entered the tunnels were killed.
This kind of street fighting that cannot touch the enemy is the most terrifying, and the land combat ability of the Japanese is not bad, and even now they still have morale, but their ability to attack fortified positions is not good.
Liujiagang is a hard-shell king, wanting to set fire to it like before, create panic, and then chase and loot it, it seems that it can't be done here.
"Baga, they have been prepared for a long time, abandon all directions, and everyone will concentrate on attacking the silver horn."
The leader of the Wako ordered that the Wako were not afraid of casualties, but they were afraid that they would not be able to plunder.
Just get a few million taels of silver. When you return to Japan, you can recruit as many people as you want, and you can even become a guardian daimyo and have a hegemon.
Under the sound of a trumpet, the other two teams soon moved in the direction of the silver trumpet.
Xu Qin saw the movements of the Japanese in the artisan residential area and immediately understood their thoughts.