Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 74 The Ming army is fully paid and invincible!
Taozhu City.

The moonlight shines quietly, and there is peace between heaven and earth.

In a small inn in the city, several figures wrapped in black cloaks walked towards the stable and began to untie the reins of the horses.

The shopkeeper heard the noise and came out from the inner room with an oil lamp. He looked at the shadows and said, "Sir, it's still early. If you leave now, the city gates won't open yet."

The reins were untied, and the dark shadows did not say anything, but silently led the horses towards the store.

"Rest a little longer! Let's go again at daybreak..."

Before the shopkeeper finished saying "go", a flash of knife light flashed from the black cloak in the lead.

In a panic, the shopkeeper only had time to pick up the oil lamp to block it. The oil lamp suddenly broke and the light went out immediately. The knife fell in front of the shopkeeper, but luckily his shoulders and head were not chopped off.

The shop owner was knocked out by the knife and fell on his back among the debris behind him. The debris fell down with a loud bang. With only the dim moonlight, the leading black shadow could not tell whether the shop owner was dead or alive.

The black shadow glanced at the slightly bent sword that had cut off the oil lamp, then looked at the numerous miscellaneous items and gave up the idea of ​​finishing him off.

He mounted his horse and rushed out of the inn first.

The dark shadows followed one after another.

The peace was broken.

The sound of the war horses' iron hooves stepping on the bluestone of the street suddenly made a dense explosion.

The collision of horseshoes and bluestone created a streak of sparks!
under the moonlight.

The fluttering black cloak and the galloping black horse crossed the stone street like lightning and rushed towards the nearby city wall.

The two large stone characters "Taozhu" gradually became clear, which had already alarmed the soldiers patrolling the city walls. A shout followed, "Who!"

no answer!

No stopping!

A row of horses rushed up the stone steps leading to the city wall along the predetermined route.

The leading black horse and black cloak slowed down, lifted the hood connected to the cloak, revealing the iconic bun on the top of the head, and fell to the end, took out the shakuhachi and started to play it.

In this silent night, the special edge vibration of the shakuhachi makes the desolate and vast tone particularly clear.

The sound of the shakuhachi echoed inside and outside the city tower.

A streak of black cloaks flew over the city wall, and as soon as the sharp Japanese swords came into contact with the spear tips of the soldiers guarding the city, they realized something was wrong.

An inch longer, an inch stronger. In this narrow terrain, the power of the spear is brought to the extreme in the hands of a strong man.

The force is so great that bricks can fly. It's nothing more than this.

The powerful force directly knocked the Japanese sword out of the Japanese pirate's hand, and the remaining force pierced into the Japanese pirate's chest. The spear shook, and the Japanese pirate on the horse was knocked off.

The Japanese pirates fell off their horses one after another. Although the leader of the pirates, Inoue Jusanro, did not know what had happened, he guessed that the soldiers guarding the city wall were not ordinary Ming soldiers.

The sound of the shakuhachi stopped abruptly.

A bad premonition came to Inoue Jusanrou's heart. He picked up the four-foot-long sword again, urged his warhorse, and stepped onto the stone steps of the city tower.

Almost at the same time, Inoue Jusanro used his sword to block the spear that was stabbing at his heart.

Only after truly feeling that unparalleled power did Inoue Jusanro understand why the Japanese pirates fell so quickly.

Although he understood it, Inoue Jusanrou had no other choice but to use his sword again to block the spear that was heading for his throat.

The heart, throat, and head, this kind of inefficient precision attack is definitely not practiced by an army that seeks to kill as many people as possible, but more like a special organization.

When Inoue Jusanro looked at the owner of the attacking spear and saw the figure with "tiger arms, bee waist, and mantis legs", his body seemed to be hit by something and he failed to dodge the shot from behind.

With his left shoulder pierced by a spear, Inoue Jusanro was in great pain and could not even fight back. He could only use his sword to block the vital parts as much as possible. Inoue Jusanro fell off his horse and lay on his back on the stone steps of the tower. In an instant, he understood everything.

The Royal Guards are here.

This means that the Ming Dynasty army learned about the attack of the Japanese pirates at sea in advance and accurately predicted the landing location of the Japanese pirates at sea. Taozhu must have set up many ambushes.

Inoue Jusanro no longer had time to think about whether his brother had surrendered to the Ming court. Through the gaps between the Jinyiwei's men and their spears, countless torches were lit on the winding city walls. In an instant, the sky and the earth were as bright as day.

In the dark corners, countless Japanese pirates are lurking!

After hearing the sound of the shakuhachi, they all jumped up, howled like tigers and wolves, and rushed towards the city wall.

He threw the thing in his hand with all his might, and a row of iron anchors appeared on the battlement, hooked tightly into the bricks.

Countless Japanese pirates, with long and short Japanese swords on their waists and muskets on their backs, climbed up the ropes and came towards the top of the city.

Several long spears stabbed at him, and Inoue Jusanro was pierced into a sieve.

All the Japanese pirates who hid in Taozhu City and tried to open the city gate from the inside were killed.

The Jinyiwei did not return to the city wall to defend, but walked down the wall.

The next battle.

Belonging to the army of the Ming Dynasty.

On the south, west, north and east sides of the Taozhu city tower, a large number of fully armed Ming soldiers appeared, and Qi Jiguang appeared on the top of the city wall.

Looking at the Japanese pirates climbing up the city wall, Qi Jiguang gave the order, "Kill!"

For this battle, Qi Jiguang mobilized almost all the soldiers equipped with muskets in the southeast. Looking at the Japanese pirates coming like ants, it was time to let them know what cruelty was.

The Ming soldiers standing in the first row on the city wall aimed their muskets at the heads of the Japanese pirates who were trying to climb the city wall, and fired from a high position.

Just like the firecrackers set off by every household during Chinese New Year, the Taozhu city wall was unprecedentedly lively. The Japanese pirates were also very lively. After being hit by muskets, their food fell to the ground like dumplings cooked by every household during Chinese New Year.

The Japanese pirates seemed to sleep very well. After falling down, they did not move and fell asleep immediately.

"Change!"

After the first row of soldiers had fired their guns, Qi Jiguang issued another military order, ordering the second row of soldiers to replace the first row and continue firing from top to bottom.

Some Japanese pirates fell down, and then some more fell down, and more and more Japanese pirates fell down from the city wall.

With such fierce firepower and such orderly killing, the Japanese pirates soon realized that something was wrong, especially when Qi Jiguang's figure appeared on the top of the city wall. The Japanese pirates were immediately frightened and stopped climbing the city wall. They turned around and ran back.

No matter how strong the mind is, it cannot withstand the blood and fire after the gunfire.

The Japanese pirates fled.

The moonlight also quietly splashed on the artillery positions on the hills outside the city.

Yu Dayou stood in the moonlight, with soldiers standing behind him.

According to military reports from various places, the Japanese pirates dispatched more than 500 warships this time, which accounted for almost the majority of the Japanese pirates at sea. If all the Japanese pirates who came ashore could be buried here, the Japanese pirates would not be able to organize large-scale invasions for at least several decades.

"Set off the fire!"

Yu Dayou issued an order, and all the artillery in the southeast was stationed here. For a moment, the sound of artillery seemed to be the only sound in this world.

The black flames from the muzzles of the guns blocked the entire coastline, cutting off the possibility for the Japanese pirates to escape back to their warships.

"charge!"

(End of this chapter)