The rise of the poor

Chapter 2091 Reminder

"First, when the Japanese pirates marched and fought, they usually formed teams of more than ten or twenty people, with a certain distance between each team. Each team had the most courageous pirates as the vanguard and the rear guard, and there were strong and weak people in the middle. Therefore, when engaging in battle with the Japanese pirates, you must be careful of their vanguard and rear guard, and use elite troops to defeat them."

Zhu Ping'an told Mrs. Wa about the Japanese pirates' formation habits and reminded her to be careful of the pirates' vanguards and rearguards.

These are the lessons Zhu Ping'an learned from practice. Those brave Japanese who can catch arrows with their bare hands are mostly the vanguards of the Japanese pirates.

Mrs. Wa nodded and asked, "How do the Japanese pirates' vanguards and rearguards compare to our wolf soldiers?"

"Not inferior to your army." Zhu Ping'an replied, "There are even many Japanese pirates who can catch arrows with their bare hands."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wa had a further understanding of the strength of the Japanese pirates.

"In terms of troop deployment, the Japanese pirates made good use of the 'divide and conquer' tactic to encircle the officers and soldiers," Zhu Ping'an further explained.

"What is the split-up tactic?" Mrs. Wa asked in confusion.

"As the name suggests, the Japanese pirates would divide their total force into several groups, and surround the officers and soldiers from all directions. This would often give the officers and soldiers the illusion that they were surrounded by the Japanese pirates, causing them to panic and be taken advantage of by the Japanese pirates."

Zhu Pingan explained simply.

"The Japanese pirates are indeed cunning. However, if we see through their tactics and concentrate our forces to defeat them one by one, they will be seeking their own death." Mrs. Wa nodded and found the weakness of the Japanese pirates' tactics.

As expected of a female general who left her name in history, Zhu Ping'an gave her a thumbs up.

"Before engaging in battle, the Japanese pirates often used feint attacks. The usual practice was to send one or two people to jump and crouch in front of the formation to provoke the officers and soldiers to shoot arrows and firearms at them. The Japanese pirates would wait until the officers and soldiers' arrows and firearms were exhausted before launching a fierce attack. Sometimes, the Japanese pirates would use captured civilians as the vanguard to charge into the formation of the officers and soldiers, making it difficult for the officers and soldiers to advance or retreat. The Japanese pirates would hide behind the civilians and take the opportunity to rush into the officers and soldiers to kill them."

Zhu Ping'an then told Mrs. Wa about some of the despicable tactics that the Japanese pirates would use, asking her to be mentally prepared.

"What should we do if the Japanese pirates drive the civilians to attack the army?" Mrs. Wa frowned after hearing the shameless behavior of the Japanese pirates. If faced with such a situation, she really didn't know how to deal with it.

"Of course we must rescue civilians and fight against the Japanese pirates as much as possible. We can use bows and arrows to shoot the Japanese pirates hiding behind the civilians; we can attack from the flanks; we can attack from behind; we can order the civilians to run around the formation, or order the civilians to lie down and shoot the Japanese pirates behind them." Zhu Ping'an listed several methods in one breath.

"Your Excellency is very talented." Mrs. Wa's eyes suddenly lit up, she breathed a sigh of relief, and praised sincerely.

"In fact, the common people have no organization or discipline and are timid. Basically, once the arrows are shot or the firearms are fired, the people will flee in all directions, or even fight back against the Japanese pirates, making it difficult for the pirates to carry out their evil plans. Of course, if we encounter extreme situations, we can only weigh the two benefits and choose the greater one, or weigh the two evils and choose the lesser one." Zhu Ping'an added.

"Lord Zhu is right. In the end, there is really no other way but to sacrifice some civilians. We can only blame the Japanese pirates and the world." Mrs. Wa nodded and sighed.

"Also, the Japanese pirates like to set up ambushes. They use them in almost every battle. Sometimes when the battle is fierce, they send a small army to go around the back of the government troops and suddenly launch an attack, which scares the government troops. If the government troops are not strong enough, they will immediately collapse. Sometimes the Japanese pirates will retreat when they cannot defeat the government troops head-on, or they will deliberately feign defeat and set up an ambush in a hidden place on the retreat route. After the government troops pass by, the ambush troops will rush out from behind and attack from both sides. They often succeed. Madam, when you lead the wolf soldiers to fight against the Japanese pirates, you must be careful of the Japanese pirates' ambushes."

Zhu Ping'an also told Mrs. Wa that the Japanese pirates were good at and liked to set ambushes, and reminded her to be careful of the ambushes set by the Japanese pirates.

"A few days ago, Shandong spearmen rushed to Jiangyin to help, and defeated the Japanese pirates head-on in Jiangyin County. However, after the Japanese pirates retreated out of the city, they set up an ambush in the bamboo forest on the only way to pass. After the Shandong spearmen and the Jiangyin yamen runners passed through the bamboo forest, the Japanese pirates in the bamboo forest suddenly rushed out and attacked from both sides, defeating the Shandong spearmen and the Jiangyin yamen runners. In the end, only a hundred officers and soldiers escaped, and the rest were killed by the Japanese pirates."

In order to increase his persuasiveness, Zhu Ping'an specifically cited to Mrs. Wa the example of Shandong spearmen being ambushed while chasing Japanese pirates.

"I also know about the defeat of the Shandong spearmen. I originally thought that the Shandong spearmen were not worthy of their reputation and that generals Li Fengshi and Zhao Kuo were of similar stature. I didn't expect there was this reason. Thank you, Lord Zhu, for reminding me. Next time when I lead my troops to fight against the Japanese pirates, I will be extremely careful of their ambushes." Mrs. Wa nodded and thanked Zhu Ping'an.

A few days ago, when she heard that Li Fengshi led the Shandong spearmen to rush to Jiangyin for assistance and suffered a great defeat and almost wiped out, she did not deeply understand the details of the battle. She just despised the Shandong spearmen in her heart for not living up to their name and bringing shame to them, the guest soldiers. She also despised Li Fengshi, the leader of the Shandong spearmen, as a fool like Zhao Kuo.

Unexpectedly, the Shandong spearmen defeated the Japanese pirates head-on, but were ambushed by the Japanese pirates and eventually almost completely wiped out.

"Master Zhu, please continue to teach me." Mrs. Wa clasped her fists.

"The Japanese pirates are also good at confusing the real with the fake and making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. For example, the Japanese pirates want to attack, but they sound the horn. When you hear the horn, you think the Japanese pirates are withdrawing their troops and let down your guard, but the Japanese pirates will attack in a big way. Conversely, the Japanese pirates want to retreat and escape, but they beat the drum. When you hear the drum, you think the Japanese pirates are going to attack and shrink their lines to wait, but the Japanese pirates will turn around and run away. Also, the Japanese pirates want to attack a city, but they will set up camp outside the city and pretend to be laying siege for a long time. If they want to go by land, they will seize ships. If they want to go by water, they will deliberately sink ships, and so on and so forth."

Zhu Pingan continued.

"The Japanese pirates are so treacherous." Mrs. Wa sighed.

"Finally, Madam, you need to be extremely careful. The Japanese pirates will use various means to develop many common people as their informants, such as using small favors to win over the common people, such as forcing and luring the common people's relatives to join the Japanese pirates so that the common people can be used by the Japanese pirates, such as using bloody means to force the common people to be used by them. The Japanese pirates will use these common people to spy on our army's strengths and weaknesses; of course, the Japanese pirates will also pretend to be common people, some pretend to be farmers, hoeing in the fields; some disguise themselves as Taoist priests and monks, wandering in towns, and so on and so forth."

Finally, Zhu Ping'an reminded Mrs. Wa to be wary of the Japanese pirates who used civilians to conduct reconnaissance and to be careful of these traitors.

"Thank you, Lord Zhu, for the reminder. I am really looking forward to fighting the Japanese pirates."

Mrs. Wa clasped her fists and thanked Zhu Ping'an. She felt that she had benefited a lot and was eager to try. (End of this chapter)