The rise of the poor

Chapter 2039: Japanese pirates retaliate and send troops to northern Zhejiang

The temperature kept dropping last night and small snowflakes started floating in the sky early this morning. Although there was no snow on the ground, the falling small snowflakes still excited the young and old in Jiashan County.

Adults say that auspicious snow means a good harvest. It’s a perfect time to have stewed duck for lunch, with a dish of pickled kohlrabi prepared before the New Year. It’s even more delicious than the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The children, wearing bright red New Year costumes, stretched out their hands to catch snowflakes, jumped around, and called their friends in the village.

Dongshan Village is full of joy.

Wang Laosi from the seventh class was feeling uneasy early this morning, and kept looking towards the village entrance with worry.

"Don't worry, Lao Si. The governor has already said that our village will be safe. Why are you still worried?"

The captain of the seventh group went out to empty the chamber pot. Seeing Wang Laosi looking at the village entrance worriedly, he spoke calmly.

"Captain Jia, do you think the governor can stop the Japanese pirates?" Wang Laosi was still a little worried. In recent years, he had heard most about officers and soldiers being beaten. It was always the Japanese pirates who beat the officers and soldiers so badly that they were pissing and sweating.

"If the governor can't stop the Japanese pirates, then no one can stop them." The captain was full of confidence in Zhu Ping'an and said calmly, "Our governor is famous for his ability to fight the Japanese pirates. In recent victories against the Japanese pirates, almost all of them were won by our governor. Xu Hai is amazing. Last month, he led an army of more than 40,000 Japanese pirates to attack Suzhou. Our governor led 3,000 Zhejiang troops to kill more than 30,000 Japanese pirates outside Suzhou. Xu Hai was almost captured alive by our governor! At the beginning, Xu Hai and his men were the four great Japanese pirates, known as the Four Heavenly Kings. As a result, in the battle of Suzhou, our governor killed one of their heavenly kings and captured another one alive. Only the two heavenly kings, Xu Hai and Ma Ye, escaped with hundreds of defeated soldiers."

"You mean the great victory in Suzhou was won by our governor who led the troops?" Wang Laosi said with surprise.

"Of course, the reason why our governor is qualified to be our governor is because of this great victory."

Captain Jia knows a lot.

"Well, then I'm relieved. That time, Xu Hai led 40,000 soldiers and almost all of them were killed by our governor. This time when they are retaliating against our village, they definitely don't have many soldiers and horses, not even enough for our governor to fight with one finger."

Wang Laosi was also relieved.

"Okay, it's Xiaoxue today, let's cook more old duck stew, and then we can go to reward the troops and thank our governor."

The captain suggested.

"Yes, yes. I have two old ducks at home, each one is as fat as the other. I can kill them today and cook two big pots of old duck soup. I can also ask my wife to bake a basket of steamed bread, which is perfect for the soup."

Wang Laosi nodded repeatedly.

"Old Four, you can do it. I know your two old ducks. You didn't even want to kill them during the Chinese New Year."

Captain Jia gave Wang Laosi a thumbs up.

While Jiachang's family and Wang Laosi's family were killing ducks and making old duck stew, the Japanese pirates in Takulin's Japanese nest had eaten and drunk their fill, and once again set out with firecrackers blasted and laughter abounded. They divided their troops into two groups, one heading north towards southern Zhili, and the other heading south towards northern Zhejiang.

This time the Japanese pirates' deployment was different from previous times. In the past, more troops went north and fewer went south, but this time, more troops went south and fewer went north.

There were about 5,000 Japanese pirates who went to Nanzhili to burn, kill and loot, while there were more than 10,000 troops who went to northern Zhejiang.

Not far to the north, the Japanese pirates of more than 10,000 people split into three groups, one group heading towards Jiashan County, one group heading towards Pinghu County, and one group heading towards Haiyan County. The strength of each group was about the same, about 3,000 to 4,000 people.

Among them, the Japanese pirates who went to Jiashan County were led by Ma Ye, those who went to Pinghu County were led by Matsuura Shimosaburo, and those who went to Haiyan County were led by Xu Hai's right-hand man Han Jingang.

"General Songpu, and you, Kongo, remember this, our goal this time is not to rob money, but to kill. We want to kill so many people that no one is spared, so that heaven and people are angry, and so that blood will flow like a river! After the killing, we must use blood to write in the village, 'Obey the Ten-Household Baojia Law, this is the end!' We must kill the chicken to scare the monkey, so that the people of Zhejiang dare not abide by the Ten-Household Baojia Law!"

Before they parted, Maye gave instructions to Matsuura Shimosaburo and Han Jingang.

"Don't worry, Ma-kun. Lord Ryuzoji has repeatedly told me that he will kill all the Ming people in fear! For the men, chop off their heads, dig out their hearts, livers, spleens and lungs, and make sure they die without a complete corpse. For the women, regardless of age, fry them first and then kill them, leaving them with no innocence! If they die without a complete corpse, they can't be reincarnated! If they are not innocent, even as ghosts they will be discriminated against! I don't think any Ming people would dare to abide by the house number law anymore!"

Matsuura Shimosaburo patted his chest and said seriously, words that were worse than those of beasts.

“Captain Ma, I’ve got this. I promise that there won’t be a single survivor in Qingfeng Town, Haiyan County! Doesn’t that damn Zhu Ping’an like to set fire to us? I almost got burned to death last time! This time I decided to give Zhu Ping’an a taste of his own medicine! There is a maple forest to the east of Qingfeng Town. I will drive all the people of Qingfeng Town into the maple forest and then burn them to death! I will burn them until they cry for their parents and yell for help, and no one will respond to their calls! Hahahaha, I will make the people around here have nightmares every day!”

Han Jingang had a vengeful grin on his face.

Han Jingang has a scar on his left cheek, which looks very hideous. It is the scar he got from the battle of Suzhou.

After the disastrous defeat in Suzhou, he followed Xu Hai and others in the retreat, and was almost killed by several fires set by Zhu Ping'an, especially the fire in the woods. He was able to escape with his life entirely because of his ruthlessness. He killed the Japanese pirates under his command and let their blood soak his cotton coat. He covered his mouth and nose with the bloody cotton coat to protect his body, and luckily managed to save his life.

The scars on his face were left at that time. He still often has nightmares at night. In his dreams, he repeats the scene of him desperately escaping from the sea of ​​fire over and over again, and the tragic scenes of his Japanese friends being burned to death over and over again. Every time, he is frightened so much that he suddenly sits up in a cold sweat.

This time, he wants Zhu Ping'an to have a taste of it!

"Okay, very good! Let's do as you say! Let's split into three groups and teach the Zhejiang people a lesson! I want to let the Zhejiang people know that abiding by the Ten-Household Baojia Law is a dead end! I wonder who will dare to abide by the Ten-Household Baojia Law in the future!"

Ma Ye was very satisfied after hearing the two people's unscrupulous words.

The more cruel the means, the bloodier the better, the more unscrupulous the better, the better, just to scare the people of Zhejiang!

If you are not afraid of death, then you should abide by the Ten-Household Baojia Law!

If you are afraid of death, then don't obey the Ten Households Baojia Law! Of course, if you don't obey the Ten Households Baojia Law, we will kill and rob you. (End of this chapter)