Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 173: Failed to capture, Chu Nan also has miscalculations

"What?" Hearing this, Taro Kojima was shocked and asked in disbelief.

"Hu Sang, you are not lying to me, are you? Is this a trap? How is this possible!"

"It's true!" Hu Lu was anxious.

"Kojima-kun, retreat quickly, or it will be too late. This is the news from my uncle, it's absolutely true!"

"Ah!" Upon hearing this, Taro Kojima's face changed drastically. It turned out to be news from Hu Weiyong. It might be true.

Although he was arrogant, he was not a fool as he was able to gather so many Japanese pirates. He knew what status Hu Weiyong held in the Ming Dynasty. If this was what Hu Weiyong meant, then what he said might be true.

Then this trap is extremely dangerous, and if we are not careful, the entire army may be wiped out!
Thinking about it, he made a prompt decision and shouted to his pirates: "There is an ambush here, everyone listen up, evacuate the city, and quickly get on the boat to escape!"

"Okay!" Hu Lu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Taro Kojima was also obedient and was a good general.

But he and Taro Kojima were overthinking it.

Taizhou was a sea of ​​fire at this moment, and the Japanese pirates were killing madly. They saw the gold, silver and jewelry of the dignitaries, their beautiful wives and concubines, and a lot of food.

These ordinary Japanese pirates were completely unable to walk when they saw those things.

Faced with Taro Kojima's order, except for a few close confidants, everyone reluctantly put down the things in their hands and prepared to leave with Taro Kojima.

But the other Japanese pirates ignored Taro Kojima's orders and continued to rob and kill Ming troops, with no intention of retreating at all.

"This!" Hu Lu became anxious when he saw it and spoke to Taro Kojima.

"Kojima-kun, let them leave quickly, otherwise once the Ming army arrives, we will be wiped out and no matter how much money we have, it will be useless!"

"I know!" Taro Kojima was also anxious. How could he not know all this? But these soldiers were crazy and didn't listen to him.

After all, they are just a group of rabble, pirates who are united by interests. How can they have any discipline?

But Taro Kojima still didn't intend to give up on them, and spoke to his trusted subordinates.

"Hurry up and get these bastards to evacuate, otherwise we will all die here, the Ming army has surrounded us!"

"Yes!" These confidants were relatively obedient and immediately went to execute orders. They also worked very hard and thus pulled out five or six thousand Japanese pirates.

But the remaining several thousand Japanese pirates were so overwhelmed that they refused to retreat.

"Damn it, these bastards!" Seeing this scene, Taro Kojima was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

He looked at his men and said, "Everyone retreat!"

Afterwards, he could only withdraw from Taizhou City with these five or six thousand Japanese pirates. He could not take care of the remaining three thousand or so Japanese pirates.

"Charge!" But just as they were about to leave the city, flames suddenly shot up into the sky outside Taizhou City.

I saw countless Jinyiwei and Ming army soldiers rushing in like a tide, attacking fiercely! It seemed that there were at least tens of thousands of people!

"What!" Seeing this, Kojima Taro was stunned. There were so many Ming troops ambushing them? This was indeed a trap. "Luckily you are here!" He looked at Hu Lu gratefully. Fortunately, there was news about him.

"Retreat quickly!" Then he led his men and quickly headed towards the boats at the beach.

"This..." Hu Lu widened his eyes when he saw this situation. It was exactly as he worried about. This jade conference was a trap set for the Japanese pirates.

Otherwise, it would be unreasonable. The Japanese pirates on the coast were so violent. How could there be so many dignitaries and nobles to hold a jade fair on the coast? Wouldn't this give the Japanese pirates an opportunity?
He was so shocked. Zhu Yuanzhang was so terrible that he could sacrifice so many Ming people to lure out the Japanese pirates.

At the same time, he also admired Hu Weiyong. He was his uncle and could see through Zhu Yuanzhang's plan. He hoped that Hu Weiyong could defeat Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then he followed Taro Kojima away without thinking much.

Taro Kojima, as soon as the five or six thousand Japanese pirates left, tens of thousands of Ming troops directly surrounded Taizhou City.

They also discovered that most of the Japanese pirates had retreated, so they sent a large army to chase them, but unfortunately they did not catch up.

The more than 3,000 Japanese pirates left in the city were in a miserable state. They just came to make money and rob women, but while fighting was going on, Taro Kojima actually ordered a retreat.

How could they listen to this? How could they not eat the fat meat that was right in front of their mouths? So they continued to attack.

But who would have thought that most of the Japanese pirates had retreated, leaving only a few thousand of them. The pressure suddenly became great, after all, there were still so many Ming people in the city.

But after all, those Ming people were a mob and lacked unified command, so their more than 3,000 people were still able to hold on, and they were still defeated and retreated step by step, and they also took away many benefits.

But soon, they discovered that something horrible was happening. A large group of Ming troops rushed towards them from outside Taizhou City and surrounded them.

These Ming troops were completely different from the Ming troops in Taizhou City. Their armor was sturdy and sophisticated, their weapons were exquisite and sharp, they were even equipped with firearms, and they even had several thousand cavalry!

After they came in, they attacked the Japanese pirates without saying a word. These Japanese pirates were fine against a mob, but how could they possibly defeat the well-trained Ming army under unified command?

In less than half an hour, more than two thousand people were lost, and the remaining hundreds were captured alive and became prisoners, and many leaders were captured.

"Sir Jiang!" After the battle, a general of the imperial guards came to a Jinyiwei official.

This Jinyiwei official was none other than Jinyiwei Commander Jiang Lin.

In this operation, all 10,000 Jinyiwei were under the command of Jiang Li. At the same time, the 30,000 imperial guards were also under his control.

The general looked at Jiang Li and said, "Sir Jiang, the Japanese pirates in Taizhou City have been completely eliminated, but most of them seemed to have known something in advance and ran away."

"I sent people to chase them, but they failed in the end. However, I have learned the location of the pirates' lair from these prisoners. Should we attack the lair immediately?"

"No." But after hearing the general's words, Jiang Li shook his head rationally.

Theoretically, this news could not have leaked out, and the Japanese pirates could not have escaped, but now they have escaped, which means there is a traitor within the Ming Dynasty.

There is a traitor here, how dare they pursue them at sea? They are not well prepared at the moment. If they pursue them at sea and are betrayed by the traitor, they will die, so it is absolutely impossible.

Then he looked at the generals: "What's the situation with those profiteers in the city?"

(End of this chapter)