The rise of the poor

Chapter 2044 Chase

Ma Ye brought more than 5,000 Japanese pirates with him. When they came, they were full of ambition and were as powerful as a tiger. However, after just a stick of incense, they were defeated and fled in panic. Of the more than 5,000 Japanese pirates, only more than 2,000 were left who escaped from the valley. They were not organized and fled in scattered places.

The largest group of Japanese pirates was the one gathered around Ma Ye, but there were only more than 700 of them.

"Damn Zhu Ping'an, I must tear you into pieces to relieve the hatred in my heart!" Ma Ye, with disheveled hair, cursed Zhu Ping'an fiercely.

Ma Ye was in such a miserable state at this moment, with disheveled hair, bloody shoulders, one arm draped over his shoulder and unable to lift it, and he walked with a limp because his butt was injured and one of his legs was unable to use.

His trusted Japanese pirate supported Ma Ye and fled north in a panic, taking one step forward and one step back.

"Captain, stop cursing and save your energy. The Zhus will definitely not sit back and watch us get away. I remember that almost every Zhejiang soldier under Suzhou had a horse. Even if we took some away, after such a long time, they must have replenished more horses. I think it won't be long before their cavalry comes to hunt us down. We'd better run away quickly and don't let them catch up with us."

The trusted Japanese pirate supported Ma Ye, breathing heavily, looking back vigilantly and reminding Ma Ye in a low voice.

At this time, he was already frightened by the bombing of the Zhejiang Army. Hearing the sound of wind and birdsong behind him, he always felt that the Zhejiang Army was chasing him.

At this moment, he wished he could grow a pair of wings and fly to Takulin's nest in an instant, so that he could feel a little safe.

"I know what's going on. It's a three-sided siege with one missing. Haha, who in history really had one missing? They were all chased and killed along the way."

Ma Ye chuckled without any surprise.

"What should we do, leader? How can we with two legs outrun them with four legs?" The trusted Japanese pirate looked worried and looked back from time to time, always fearing that the Zhejiang Army's cavalry would appear in the next second.

"What are you afraid of? If the Zhejiang Army can ambush us, why can't we ambush the Zhejiang Army? Ambushes and raids are our forte. Back in Jiangyin County, when the Shandong spearmen attacked, we were defeated for a time. Later, we ambushed them outside the city and wiped out the once-famous Shandong spearmen! This time, it would be fine if the Zhejiang Army doesn't come to chase us, but if they dare to come, haha, then we can just vent our anger!"

Ma Ye gritted his teeth.

"Can we still ambush the Zhejiang army in this situation?" The trusted Japanese pirate kept muttering in his heart, wanting to back out.

"That's how we can ambush the Zhejiang army. Have you heard that the army that mourns will win?" Ma Ye patted his shoulder vigorously.

The trusted Japanese pirate seemed to be thinking about something.

"There is a place ahead that is similar to Jiangyin County and is perfect for an ambush. Hurry up, take turns carrying me, and let's rush to the front, set up an ambush, and wait for the Zhejiang army to come and die!" Ma Ye urged, pointing to the distance.

So his trusted Japanese pirate carried him on his back, and while carrying him, he touched the gunshot wound on Ma Ye's butt. Ma Ye screamed in pain and slapped the trusted Japanese pirate on the head, "You are so heartless! My butt has been blown to pieces, and you still think my injury is not serious enough, right?!"

"Chief, calm down. I know I was wrong."

From an angle that Ma Ye couldn't see, the Japanese pirate who was slapped by Ma Ye had a vicious look in his eyes.

With several Japanese pirates taking turns carrying them, Ma Ye and his group moved much faster. Along the way, they saw Japanese pirates fleeing in disorder. Several small pirate leaders who were traveling with them wanted to gather them into the team, but were stopped by Ma Ye.

"Don't worry about them. Leave them to the Zhejiang Army. First, it can paralyze the Zhejiang Army and make them lose their vigilance due to victory. Second, it can buy time for us to ambush them. It will take some time for the Zhejiang Army to hunt them down."

Maye said this coldly, without any regard for the lives of these fleeing Japanese pirates, treating them as pawns.

These people were also the Japanese pirates under his command.

But Ma Ye would give up their lives without hesitation.

This made the Japanese pirates who took turns carrying Ma Ye feel a chill on their backs. They believed that if they were one of those Japanese comrades who were fleeing, Ma Ye would definitely abandon their lives without hesitation.

Just then, I heard a commotion coming from behind. I turned my head and looked far away. I heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the direction of the valley in the distance. I could see the Zhejiang cavalry rushing down the slope from a distance.

"The Zhejiang cavalry is chasing us, run quickly."

The Japanese pirates scattered all over the fields were so frightened when they saw the Zhejiang cavalry chasing them from the slope that they ran around like headless flies.

They had been frightened out of their wits by the Zhejiang Army after the ambush on Gu Dao just now. The earth-shaking explosion, the Japanese friends who were blown into sieves, and the endless firearms. More than half of the five thousand people were killed within the time it took to stick of incense.

They no longer had the will to turn around and fight the Zhejiang Army. All they could do was run, run, run.

"bang bang bang"

The Zhejiang cavalry caught up with the scattered Japanese pirates, and some of them stopped their horses and fired their muskets at the pirates who had gathered together.

A part of the cavalry passed these Japanese pirates and chased after the scattered fleeing Japanese pirates, swinging their sabers to slash at the fleeing Japanese pirates.

With a "puff", the fleeing Japanese pirates were chopped to the ground.

The cavalry's treatment of infantry, especially those who were chasing scattered and fleeing infantry, was almost a one-sided massacre.

One after another, the Japanese pirates were caught up by the Zhejiang cavalry and either shot to death or chopped to the ground.

"We still need to practice horseback archery. When we can shoot while galloping on horseback, our rangers will be trained."

Zhu Ping'an, surrounded and protected by Liu Mu and others, rushed down the hill on horseback. Seeing that the Zhejiang army still needed to stop their horses before they could fire, he decided that the rangers should continue to practice horseback archery and strive to be able to fire while riding.

"Shout out to the fleeing Japanese pirates that they will not be killed if they surrender!" Zhu Ping'an said to Liu Mu and others when he saw the Japanese pirates fleeing in disorder.

"Surrender without killing!"

"Surrender without killing!"

"Kneel down and surrender, throw away your weapons!"

Liu Mu and others conveyed Zhu Ping'an's order, and soon the Zhejiang cavalrymen who were chasing them began to shout loudly.

For a time, the fields were filled with the Zhejiang Army's calls for surrender and that they would not be killed.

"Surrender, surrender, we surrender, don't kill us"

At the beginning, some Japanese pirates who were caught up by the Zhejiang Army knelt on the ground, threw away their weapons, and kowtowed for mercy when they were shouted at by the Zhejiang Army.

The Zhejiang Army also did what it said. When they saw them kneeling on the ground, throwing away their weapons and begging for mercy, they did not kill them again.

The Zhejiang Army, which was specifically responsible for capturing prisoners, stepped forward, tied up the hands of the Japanese pirates who were kneeling in surrender, with ropes, and strung them up.

Later, the Japanese pirates who were fleeing in panic and vomiting blood saw that the Zhejiang army really surrendered and were not killed. They thought that they could not run faster than the four-legged ones, so many Japanese pirates knelt down, threw down their weapons and surrendered. (End of this chapter)