In May of the 22nd year of Jingyuan, Wang Heng, the three major pirates in the East China Sea, led 60,000 Japanese pirates to capture Chongming Island. Yu Dayou and Zhang Yuanjing led their troops to fight, and fought the battle of Chongming on the evening of May 8th.

Because it was summer and the air was dry, the Ming army bombarded Chongming Island with more than 100 red-clothed cannons. After hundreds of shells, the entire Chongming Island sparked fire. After the artillery fire attack, Yu Dayou ordered 60,000 Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops to move closer to Chongming Island under the cover of artillery fire.

After the initial panic, the Japanese pirates gradually calmed down. Since the artillery was on the warships, they hurriedly met the enemy and had to resist with bows and arrows.

After landing on the island, the Ming army launched a close-knit battle with the Japanese pirates. These Japanese pirates were very fierce in fighting alone. At first, countless Ming troops were killed. However, as soon as the Ming army landed, they immediately formed a formation, with a group of twelve people, shield players, spearmen, javelin players, etc., each performing their duties. Once someone loses combat power, others will immediately make up for it, and the lineup will not be messed up. This formation is like a hedgehog, which makes the Japanese pirates unable to speak and suffer all their hardships.

The battle lasted all night, and after dawn, the battle was basically over.

Chongming Island was full of corpses and blood flowed into a river. More than 30,000 Japanese pirates were killed and more than 10,000 were captured. Another more than 20,000 Japanese pirates were ambushed by Zhang Yuanjing's navy during the retreat, and more than 70 ships were sunk. Only more than 8,000 people broke through the siege and fled to the sea.

The Ming army also suffered heavy losses, and after this battle, more than 10,000 casualties were suffered.

When the Japanese pirates came, they were very aggressive, but they were defeated.

Unexpectedly, Wang Heng, one of the three major bandits, saw that he was defeated and fled alone on a boat, but was blocked halfway by Feng Wanli.

Under the fierce battle, Wang Heng was blinded by Feng Wanli in one eye and captured alive.

Originally, Wang Heng and Feng Wanli, one was the Jiuzhou Sword God and the other was the King of the Sea. They were of equal strength, but Wang Heng was in a downturn and was at a disadvantage before the battle.

The great victory in the Battle of Chongming inspired the morale of the Ming army and destroyed the foundations of the three major pirates. Without the leadership of Wang Heng, the eight thousand Japanese pirates who escaped were like a mess. Although they continued to do evil in the East China Sea, they could no longer become a big climate and could not cause storms.

That night, Xu Ruonan and I did not sleep all night, and we witnessed the entire island attack on the Guanwu Platform with Yu Dayou.

It’s not that we don’t help. When we expressed our willingness to serve, Yu Dayou flatly refused.

The role of the group army fighting of this scale in the martial arts world is very limited. Although martial arts masters can beat ten, one hundred martial arts masters together are very likely to not be able to defeat five hundred well-trained warriors. If a thousand martial arts masters face five thousand soldiers, the only thing waiting for them is the fate of being massacred.

This is why there are so many martial arts masters in the world, but the court has never established an army composed of martial arts masters. The masters in the world usually act as guards of princes and nobles, serve as scouts in the military, or help the military solve some difficult problems.

The martial arts masters have strong individual combat capabilities and can gain considerable tactical advantages. However, in terms of strategy, unless they are masters outside the three realms, few people in the martial arts world can influence the ending of the war.

After dawn, Xu Ruonan was going to the head of the Netherworld God Sect, and I sent her outside the city. Now the news of the Japanese pirates' retreat has not spread yet, and there are still some people on the way who are preparing to flee with their furniture. At this time, the Ming army was riding war horses and spreading the news of "the Japanese pirates' defeat" in the city.

I sent it for seven or eight miles in a row to the Yangtze River Ferry.

Xu Ruonan smiled and said, "Idiot, if you send me another way, you will arrive in Jiangning."

I smiled. It turns out that I have heard that Qiantang Chao is a world-class wonder, and I can't wait to see it.

Xu Ruonan said, I'll be waiting for you in Jiangning.

On this day, Xu Ruonan headed south on a boat.

The day after the three major invaders Wang Heng was arrested, he was taken away. According to Zhang Yuanjing, the person who took away Wang Heng had extremely high martial arts skills, neither like the Jinyiwei nor the Dongchang, but when he was asked, he used Zhu Runze's secret edict.

This makes people guess the identities of these people. When did the Ming Dynasty establish such an organization?

Official documents of the Ming Dynasty were generally drafted by cabinet tickets, and then approved by the emperor, and issued according to the procedures. The secret edicts were different. They did not need to go through the cabinet and were directly issued by the official seal. The stamped seal was not usually used to deal with the emperor's private affairs.

Wang Heng was not only the three major invaders in the East China Sea, but also had a more important identity. He was the deputy commander of the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Army thirty years ago. There were rumors that the old emperor Zhu Wuneng did not die, but hid in the south of the Yangtze River. As one of the two most trusted by the emperor at that time, Wang Heng was taken away as soon as he was arrested, which reminded people of this rumor.

Long before the Battle of Chongming, the imperial edict for Hu Zongxian to go to Jinling had already come down. However, the war was imminent, and the commander of the Jinyiwei Commander 6 troops delayed the imperial edict for one day, which allowed Hu Zongxian to calmly deploy the battle of Chongming.

As soon as the war ended, the finishing work was not over yet, and the six soldiers of the Jinyiwei decided to send Hu Zongxian to Jinling. After Hu Zongxian exchanged views with the Jinyiwei and Liushemen, the Jinyiwei agreed that the Liushemen would send people to supervise the escort process. At Hu Zongxian's suggestion, I would assume the supervision responsibility.

For the Ming army, who had just won the victory and was still immersed in joy, this news was like a thunderclap on the ground. On that day, two businessmen mutinized and led people to surround Songjiang Mansion. The leader was Li Kangda, who was a fellow villager of Hu Zongxian.

This man has a strong personality, a bad temper, and has a straightforward personality. When he heard that the Jinyiwei had captured Hu Zongxian, the blood and energy he had just brought from the battlefield rushed to his mind, leading 800 soldiers from his fellow villagers, and surround the Songjiang Prefecture yamen.

These Ming troops were originally controlled by Hu Zongxian. Now that Hu Zongxian has been arrested, some people take the lead in speaking out for justice, so naturally others will not stop them.

Li Kangda accused loudly, saying that it has always been said that the general who defeated the army has never heard of winning the war and being imprisoned and questioned. What is the justice of the Ming Dynasty?

This sentence is very loud, and the target of questioning is naturally the Jinyiwei. However, Jinyiwei is the emperor's private spy agency, and is only responsible to the emperor and unswervingly implementing the emperor's orders. As for the people, officials, and the army, they don't care at all.

Yesterday, the six soldiers made a fatal mistake in order to fight against the Japanese.

Although he was in his original intention, for the sake of the people and for the peace of the Ming Dynasty, the commander of the Jinyiwei was out of justice and conscience. However, if we consider it from the perspective of the emperor, the mistakes made by the six soldiers were unforgivable, which could even affect the emperor's doubts about his abilities.

Hu Zongxian had taken off his second-grade regular clothes, but instead wore a coarse linen.

According to the Ming Dynasty law, Hu Zongxian is now exempted from being the people and has no right to wear silk and satin. Of course, he is only returning to Jinling for trial, and even the Jinyiwei has no right to shackle him.

Hu Zongxian walked outside the door and saw Li Kangda who surrounded Songjiang Yamen. He looked at Yu Dayou, Zhang Yuanjing and others not far away, and walked over with a gloomy face. Li Kangda had a loud voice and said, "Mr., I have heard that there are treacherous ministers in the court who framed you. We brothers have discussed that they will follow you to Jinling and plead with the emperor!"

I sighed in my heart that Li Kangda seemed to be pleading for Hu Zongxian, but in fact, this is placing Hu Zongxian on fire. There is a saying among Hu Zongxian's charges called forming cliques for personal gain. The more you plead with mercy, the more you push him to the dead end.

Also a general, Yu Dayou and Zhang Yuanjing just stood there indifferently and said nothing, for the general's level, they could distinguish the superiority and inferiority.

I saw Hu Zongxian standing in front of Li Kangda and slapped him. Li Kangda covered his swollen face and said, Governor, we...

Hu Zongxian signaled him not to speak, but asked Yu Dayou, General Yu, the general roared at the yamen, gathering all living beings, and according to the military laws of the Ming Dynasty, what should he be punished?

Yu Dayou identified the mutiny of the military camp as a gathering of sentient beings. How could he not know that Hu Zongxian had the intention to defend Li Kangda, so he said that he would beat him forty more and his salary was fined for half a year.

Hu Zongxian said that you are a general now and you have the highest position, so you have the final say here.

The 6 soldiers narrowed their eyes and led several other Jinyiwei to watch coldly.

Hu Zongxian looked up at the sky and came to me and said, "This trip to Jinling, please help Captain Su take care of him." Turn around and look at the 6th Soldiers. Lord 6, let's go."

Not long after walking far away, Zhang Yuanjing followed me, called me aside, and took out a 200 tael of silver notes. This was the 200 taels of silver that General Yu and I had collected. Along the way, I was exhausted, and Lord Hu would like to ask you to take care of me.

I said unhappy, we are brothers who have been through life and death together. Give me money, is this a waste of me?

Zhang Yuanjing said, this is our intention, not for you, but mainly because there are always places to spend money along the way. Moreover, when we arrive in Jinling, there are so many yamen, we have to make some money, and we still have to spend some money.

I thought to myself that Zhang Yuanjing was a good marching and fighting, but he was still a little more immature about human nature. Jinling is a prosperous place. The 200 taels of silver is the price of going to the Qinhuai River to drink flower wine.

However, only this money was collected by Zhang Yuanjing and several others. So my subordinates said solemnly, is there any chance of turning against the crime of Lord Hu?

Zhang Yuanjing shook his head and said that this was very strange. As soon as Eunuch Feng left, the Jinyiwei followed him. It seemed that it was designed. General Yu and I had long felt something was wrong, but we couldn't find a way.

I know that Hu Zongxian was imprisoned is very likely to involve the power dispute in the capital. If a little careless handling will lead to a disaster. Thinking of this, I said: Only one person can solve the crux of this matter.

Who is it?

I said, the Lord is now.

An Jinyiwei urged him from behind, hurry up and stop moji.

Then I said goodbye to Zhang Yuanjing.

On this day, Hu Zongxian escorted north.
Chapter completed!