Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 156

Shen Congxi, the new deputy censor recommended by King Duan and who has not yet taken office, is drinking wine with three villagers under a roadside tent in the town.

Despite the government's sea ban, there are still villagers who are not afraid of death and quietly go out to sea to fish.Shen Congxi found three villagers who claimed to have been to the sea.

"It's not me! Last time I was only less than a mile away from Wazi's island, and I could hear the Wazi's singing!" a bearded man whispered.

"No matter how close you are, you don't dare to go!" The other man picked up the bowl and took a sip of wine, then turned to Shen Congxi and explained: "The Japanese have cannons that can shoot 500 meters away!"

"Up to 200 meters! No more." The bearded man shook his head in denial.

"Can you be my guide? I'll pay each of you 20 taels of silver." Shen Congxi asked.

The two people looked at each other and stopped talking. They bragged every day when they were full and had nothing to do. They boasted to the point that they believed it. They were not sure whether they could find it or not.But the boy next to him said, "Give me the money and I can take you there."

Shen Congxi's eyes lit up and asked again: "When can I go?"

The little guy stood up and said, "You can go now!"

After hearing this, Shen Congxi stood up and left. Before leaving, he paid for the drinks and took out two pieces of silver and put them on the table: "You two brothers, share it and go get some drinks!" The two men accepted it with a smile. .

The younger brother glanced at Shen Congxi's purse and said, "I have never been to the sea alone. I have to ask my father to go with me. Can we count it as two people?"

Shen Congxi smiled and said: "Don't worry, I found it, I won't treat you badly."

So he took the father and son on board a warship borrowed by Mr. Zhao Xiaohou from the navy.

It turned out that the Japanese pirates had repeatedly harassed them several times, but they had never been able to fight them head-on. The Japanese were cunning and could escape at the first touch, and the army was exhausted and ineffective.They discussed it many times and finally decided to take the initiative and attack the pirates' lair directly. Only in this way can the problem be completely solved.

But when the young marquis contacted the navy, the navy general said that he did not know the location of the island where the Japanese pirates were located.The number of Japanese pirates was small, and they would change places one at a time, so the navy had nothing to do with these rogue pirates.Finally, the navy general agreed to lend the young marquis a warship because he had served as a soldier before joining the navy, but they had to find it themselves.

With the plan to go out to sea and borrow a warship, Shen Congxi made several unannounced visits and found the few villagers who claimed to have seen the island.

No one remembers this little brother’s father’s surname, but everyone knows that his nickname is “Lao Ou”.He is really powerful. When he goes out to sea and the sky is vast, he can accurately point out the direction with only the sun and naked eyes.After walking for more than an hour, the little brother pointed to a faint shadow on the left front and shouted excitedly: "That's the Japanese island!"

Everyone carefully identified it, and it turned out to be the outline of an island.Li Bin said excitedly: "Come closer! Take a closer look!"

But Lao Ou persuaded: "We can't go any further, the Japanese have guns! Besides, when they find out that their lair has been found, they might change places." Shen Congxi felt that what Lao Ou said made sense, so he said, "Okay! Let's go first. Go back. I’ll invite you when I officially go to the island. And I’ll pay you 50 taels of silver each!”

Lao Ou took off his hat and held it in his hand. He said with a simple smile: "I don't charge you for bringing you to fight the Japanese pirates. We, the people who live by the sea, who don't hate the Japanese pirates? If we destroy them, we won't have to pay tribute to the Japanese pirates. Yamen There is no need to go around arresting girls, my son can also find a wife."

After going back to prepare for a day, the sailors on board observed the hydrology and set the departure time.Zhao Xiaohou personally boarded the ship with [-] soldiers and sailed towards the island.With a guide and a helmsman with previous experience, the warship quickly arrived near the island.

When the Japanese pirates on the island noticed a warship approaching, they immediately started a commotion.Some people ran to the big ship, some went to get weapons, and some got ammunition to fill the cannon.

The warships of the Chinese navy were much taller than the Japanese pirates' ships. The warships sailed next to the Japanese pirates' large ships. The sergeants were condescending and poured two large barrels of oil from the bow of the ship. A row of rockets followed the oil and flew over. The Japanese pirates' large ships were Burning without hesitation.

The artillery, three-eyed muskets and bird muskets on the warships also fired towards the shore, and the Japanese pirates who abandoned the ship and landed ran around.Zhao Xiaohou commanded the wooden ladder to be lowered and led the sergeants to quickly land on the island. For a moment, the rocket cleared the way and the soldiers rushed towards the Japanese pirates who were fleeing in all directions.After holding in their anger for several months, the soldiers finally found someone to vent their anger on. They didn't kill anyone they caught, but beat them to death with their fists to relieve their hatred!

No matter how the Japanese pirates run away, this is just a small island with no name, surrounded by the vast sea, and it won't take much time to search twice.Vice General Li happily reported to the young Marquis: "94 Japanese pirates were wiped out and 41 Chinese girls were rescued."

"Didn't we send girls to the Japanese pirates three times? There should be 60 of them." Mr. Zhao Xiaohou asked puzzledly: "Where did the other nineteen girls go?"

Vice General Li pulled the two girls over for questioning.The girl burst into tears before she could speak: "Master, you must avenge them. We were put on the Japanese pirate ship and brought here. We were tortured and humiliated. Those girls who resisted desperately, were injured, and were sick." Thrown into the sea, we are the only ones left.”

Everyone was silent after hearing this, and cast their sad and angry eyes on the dirty low-rise houses of the Japanese pirates.Zhao Xiaohou went over and lit a fire and burned the Japanese pirates' bodies and their houses clean.Mr. Zhao Xiaohou led the team back, and there were no casualties among our soldiers.

However, the grief was not over. On the way back, five girls felt that they had no love left and threw themselves into the sea.Everyone won the battle, but their hearts were still filled with sadness. "The government is weak and the people suffer!" These eight words flew to King Duan's hand with the dove.

"Director Zhang, this group of Japanese pirates has been wiped out, and we will head back to Beijing tomorrow." The young master said to Zhang Zhi.

"Yes." Zhang Zhi replied with a smile.But he cursed in his heart: This time I took advantage of you, let you borrow the boat.If you don't have to endure it for a while, I will kill you from behind when we fight against the Japanese pirates. Forget it, I will leave you two small lives and return to Beijing, and I will take care of you again when I find a chance.

Little did he know that he would no longer have the chance to deal with Mr. Zhao Xiaohou and Mr. Shen.

After marching for ten days, Zhao Xiaohouye led the team back to the capital.King Duan went out of the city to greet him, accompanied by Yan Shiyi and Yan Shisan from Dongchang.

"Welcome Mr. Zhao Xiaohou back to the capital." Yan Shiyi stepped forward with a smile and bowed his hands, then his face changed and he shouted: "Here comes someone! Get Zhang Zhi and Lu Ping!"

(End of this chapter)