The rise of the poor

Chapter 2035: County Magistrate Jiang Requests

"County Magistrate Jiang, we bid farewell now. My vanguard troops are biting the fleeing Japanese pirates. I will lead the army to pursue them. Even if we cannot kill all the Japanese pirates this time, we will break their lumbar vertebrae and bite off a piece of their flesh!"

"I want to let Xu Hai and his bandits know that things have changed in Nanzhili. It is no longer a place for them to run wild!"

"If he comes again, he must be prepared to leave his head behind!!!"

Li Fengshi clasped his hands together and said goodbye to County Magistrate Jiang. He was eager to pursue the victory and kill the Japanese pirates severely.

"General Li, please take us with you! The Japanese pirates broke into my city and killed my people. If I don't avenge my people, I won't be worthy of being called a father and mother official!"

Magistrate Jiang demanded strongly.

He has confirmed the bodies of nearly a hundred Japanese pirates outside the county government office. Li Fengshi did lead his Shandong spearmen to defeat the Japanese pirates!

The Shandong spearmen were foreign troops specially transferred from Shandong by Governor Zhang Jing in order to suppress the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River.

Shandong spearmen are quite famous. Why are Japanese pirates so rampant in Jiangnan, but there are fewer Japanese pirates in Shandong and Liaodong, which are closer to Japan? One of the reasons is that Shandong spearmen and Liaodong soldiers are good at fighting and killing.

The Shandong spearmen are only slightly less famous than the Guangxi wolf soldiers, but they are famous for their ability to fight and kill.

Otherwise, why did Governor Zhang mobilize only two foreign troops, the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers and the Shandong Spear Soldiers?

In addition, County Magistrate Jiang thought that he was able to repel more than ten waves of attacks by the Japanese pirates by hastily organizing the yamen runners and the defeated soldiers and relying on the walls of the county yamen, killing dozens of them; not to mention the well-trained regular army Shandong spearmen.

To sum up, County Magistrate Jiang had great confidence in Li Fengshi and the Shandong spearmen under his command.

Therefore, when he heard that Li Fengshi was going to lead a large army to hunt down the Japanese pirates, County Magistrate Jiang tried his best to volunteer to gain some military merit.

The Japanese pirates broke into Jiangyin County and burned, killed and looted in the county town. As the magistrate of Jiangyin, he must take responsibility!

However, if he followed Li Fengshi to pursue the Japanese pirates, well, don't worry about how many troops I sent, even if I sent dozens of soldiers, it's still troops. I would lead the troops to follow General Li Fengshi to pursue the Japanese pirates, and with the help of Li Fengshi and his Shandong spearmen, I would severely attack and kill a wave of Japanese pirates, then I would have made a great contribution.

No matter if it's to atone for one's sins!

Or make amends for your crime!

It is not difficult to make your achievements outweigh your faults by using some connections, and you can even gain military merit and maybe even get a promotion in the future!

"This..." Li Fengshi was a little hesitant.

"General Li, rest assured. I will not cause any trouble for you. All military commands will be under the control of General Li. Just give us a chance to avenge the Japanese pirates. Otherwise, I will feel ashamed for the souls of the people of Jiangyin County who were brutally slaughtered by the Japanese pirates. How can I face the elders and folks of Jiangyin County? I am the parent official of the people of Jiangyin County." County Magistrate Jiang assured Li Fengshi that he would resolutely strive to follow the troops.

"Well, swords and knives are merciless on the battlefield. Magistrate Jiang must follow my central army closely and don't stray from it. I will protect Magistrate Jiang."

Li Fengshi nodded.

So Li Fengshi gathered his troops, beat the drum and marched out. County Magistrate Jiang pulled together all the remaining yamen runners and defeated soldiers and followed them into the battle.

"My fellow villagers, General Li and I will lead troops to pursue the Japanese pirates and avenge our dead fellow villagers! I will use the heads of the Japanese pirates to pay tribute to our dead fellow villagers." This is what Magistrate Jiang said when he met the common people on the way out of the city.

Just as County Magistrate Jiang had assured Li Fengshi, he obeyed Li Fengshi's command all the way and followed closely behind Li Fengshi's central army.

Soon, the army chased out of the county.

On the way of pursuit, the bodies of Japanese pirates could be seen lying on the roadside from time to time, and of course there were also the bodies of Shandong spearmen.

It can be seen that the battle was fierce.

It can also be seen that the Shandong spearmen had the advantage, because the corpses lying on the roadside were mostly those of Japanese pirates, with as many as twenty or thirty of them.

After chasing for about two or three miles, they came to a river beach with bamboo forests on both sides of the river bank. They heard bursts of fighting from the front. The pursuing Shandong spearmen vanguard caught the Japanese pirates who could not retreat in time on the wooden bridge. There were about a thousand Japanese pirates in this group. Their formation was messy, or rather, they had no formation. It was a mess, even a mob was not so messy.

Each of these Japanese pirates carried on their hands and shoulders the property looted from Jiangyin County, including gold, silver, valuables, silks and satins. Some of them even wore layer upon layer of brocade clothes, looking bloated like a ball.

"Baga, Minggou's reinforcements are coming, run fast!"

"The soldiers are chasing us, run quickly."

"This group of soldiers are not ordinary garrison soldiers. They are quite powerful. We have never fought them in the city. Now there are only a thousand of us left. We are no match for them. Let's retreat quickly, retreat quickly, and get rid of them!"

"How can we shake them off? Their vanguard is like a leech. Once they get sucked onto us, we can't shake them off. Not to mention that their pursuers are here."

The Japanese pirates' team was in great chaos. In order to escape, they rushed forward. No one wanted to be a scapegoat for others, which made their formation even more chaotic.

"Charge forward! The Japanese pirates are already exhausted, with only about a thousand men. We have 3,000 soldiers, just enough to surround and annihilate them!"

"Brothers, the time to make achievements and be rewarded with honors is now!"

"All troops charge!!!"

Li Fengshi loudly encouraged the morale of his Shandong spearmen, waved the spear in his hand, and ordered the entire army to charge forward.

"Charge!" "Kill the Japanese pirates and be rewarded with a title!" The Shandong spearmen raised their spears and shouted as they accelerated their charge.

Seeing the reinforcements arriving, the Shandong spearmen vanguard in the front became even more courageous. They exerted all their remaining strength to swing and stab the spears in their hands, pressing down on the Japanese pirates who had no time to retreat, and beat them into a miserable state. Some of them jumped off the bridge and into the river in panic.

"Hurry, throw away the gold and silver in your hands, throw them all down to delay the pursuit."

"What a good idea. With so much gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, I don't believe they won't pick them up or rob them. They'll beat their brains out."

"You want money or life? If you want life, throw it away quickly. As long as we escape from this place, we can get ten, a hundred, or even a thousand times more later!"

"Hey, there's an old saying in the Ming Dynasty: If you keep the green mountains, you won't have to worry about lack of firewood! Throw it away, throw it all away."

In order to delay the pursuit of the Shandong spearmen, the Japanese pirates threw all the gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins they had looted on the ground. They had spent a lot of money and threw away all the valuable things they had looted.

In an instant, the ground was covered with glittering gold, silver, jewelry, and gorgeous silks and satins, so many that they were impossible to count.

If you possess someone, you can get gold, silver, and jewelry, and you can pick up a batch of silk at will.

This is all silver.

Just grab a few handfuls and you will never have to worry about food and drink for the next few years.

Sure enough, the pursuing Shandong spearmen vanguard were dazzled by the gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins on the ground.

Immediately, several Shandong spearmen could not help but squat down and reach out to pick up the gold and silver on the ground. (End of this chapter)