Chapter 98. The nose hurts
Even late at night, the flames lit up were still as bright as daylight. When the dilapidated houses came, they now turned into big fires, especially at the port. The more than 30 boats that Jin Zidou and Mao Jue's three boats also turned into huge candles.
What's even worse is that the piles of warehouses near the port have burned black smoke, and more than 20,000 stone of military rations, weapons, armor and other supplies have been burned.
He couldn't stand the blow, so Jin Zidian's legs were weak, so he simply fell off the horse. Several guards next to him quickly held him up, so he didn't break it. Looking at the fire, the veins on Mao Jue's forehead were also pounding.
Before the war started, I slapped it in the face.
Mao Jue was stunned. The other end had already started to quarrel. He came back from his dull state. The guy named Pu came over. Jin Zidian didn't say anything, and he slapped the person on the face, then rolled him over a few more feet, while holding him in the arms, shouting and scolding him in a while.
"Waste! Idiot! Why don't you burn with military rations!"
"My Lord, the government! There is nothing wrong with the officials. There are tens of thousands of Japanese pirates. The soldiers in the mountain city are weak. The officials are fighting to save the city!!"
He was beaten and rolled on the ground. Lord Park was shameless, crying and begging for forgiveness.
"Mr. Jin!"
He couldn't stand it anymore, so Mao Jue followed him forward, hugged Jin Zidian's arm and pulled him back, letting the old man sit on the ground and panting. He hugged his arms, Mao Jue asked solemnly.
"Mr. Park, when did the Japanese pirates attack? How many troops are there?"
After finally being pulled from the ground, the official surnamed Pu fell off his hat and hummed in dismay.
"About the afternoon of the morning, there were two Japanese pirates coming, one from the direction of Quanzhou, and the other from the sea! The densely packed officials didn't know how many people there were. By the way, Japanese pirates and cannons! And cavalry! It's so scary to have skeletons on their waists!"
“There are so many?”
At this moment, Jin Zidian was frightened again and shouted in horror. He was afraid that the old man would have a heart attack, so he thrust over, and Mao Jue hurriedly held his arm and pulled him aside.
"Don't worry, I have to transport tens of thousands of people across the sea to attack, but there is no fleet that cannot be done. If there were such a huge fleet and troops, the Japanese pirates now had already established power on the Japanese island, and they would not have been beaten like a stray dog, and they were in panic at the sea all day long."
"There is a thousand troops, at most!"
Mao Jue didn't say anything, and gave Jin Zidian some face. According to Goryeo's bragging ability, even cow dung can be blown out. The city guard was obviously scared to pee, so it would be strange if he didn't brag.
Mao Jue is a soldier and a professional. This analysis made Jin Zidian slam his old heart and thump back, but the old guy still burst into tears on the other side of Lord Park who was kneeling on the ground and trembling.
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you prepare barracks for Dajun! Get out!"
He hurriedly kowtowed and rolled and crawled, and Lord Park escaped.
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After the fire was put out, the town of Qunshan County was still crowded with villagers who fled nearby. The same thing was said, before the troops moved, food and grass would go first! No matter how powerful the army had no food, it could not fight. A small amount of military ration of more than 20,000 stones was robbed and more than half burned, and it had to provide relief to the victims. Jin Zidian's army of thieves was tied to Qunshan City and had to allocate food and salary from the north again.
Training hard at home and saving soldiers' physical strength outside is necessary to achieve the best combat effectiveness. He has brought his personal soldiers to the barracks. Mao Jue also has free time and wanders around the low city wall.
"So strange!"
While he was lying on the battlements bored and talking downwards, a pleasant cry sounded in Mao Jue's ears.
"So what's wrong? Girl?"
This time, Su Yi was ruthlessly encircled at home. She followed her father-in-law Mao Wenlong back to Pi Island and then went to Tieshan. However, Adrena was fed up with helping Mao Jue grow potatoes and tobacco leaves at home. Anyway, these things have begun to get on the right track, showing off a bunch of "civil engineer certificates", "battlefield nurse certificates", and "logistics commander certificates". This girl got what she wanted and became a member of Mao Jue's personal corps.
Listening to Mao Jue turn around and ask, the girl wrapped her under the cotton armor guard and pointed her white and tender fingers down.
"Mr. Park yesterday emphasized that the Japanese pirates had cannons! But why didn't there be a trace of cannons on this city wall?"
After experiencing the siege, the arrows stuck inside can be seen on the dilapidated rammed earth walls. The holes made by the muskets are riddled with holes, and there are really no traces of shells.
Not only that, on the messy battlefield, what Lord Park said about the cavalry was also a horse's hoof seal.
However, Mao Jue didn't care much about this and waved his hand lightly.
"Pu's surname is bragging! If he hadn't seen it before, he would probably be able to blow out the tank for you!"
"What is a tank? And the young master! If it is too scared, he can just exaggerate the number of Japanese pirates. Why do you have to propose that there are cannons and cavalry exaggerate the strength of Japanese pirates? Also, at this time..."
Before Adrena finished speaking, the rushing sound of the buzz suddenly rang violently, and there were people in the military camp in the distance shouting loudly as the enemy attacked! My heart suddenly twitched, but Mao Jue's face showed great excitement. He reached out and put the beaten helmet on Adrena's head, grabbed her hand and ran down the city wall quickly. He obviously wanted to say something, but the whole city was full of messy soldiers and horses, so the girl had to shut up.
In less than three minutes, the Tieshan personal corps was the first to set up a military formation on the avenue. One hair-shaped and one Ming-shaped chariot, two large flags with flames fluttered like twenty tiger squatting cannons, and two red-clothed cannons were also retreated to the front. Although Liu Chong did not train the newcomer, Shen Rong led the personal cavalry and the restless war horses trampled on the horse's hooves.
Even Mao Jue himself was holding a flintlock rifle and was eager to try and pace back and forth in the military formation.
Foreign monks can recite scriptures. It seems that Jin Zidian feels the same. Later, Li Chao's Taoist soldiers did not gather. He also brought a few Goryeo swordsman soldiers to Mao Jue's military town. While looking into the distance with sweat, he was worried and shouting in Mao Jue's ear.
"It's really here!"
"General Xiao Mao, are you sure! If not, let's withdraw the city defense?"
He was really annoyed to listen, so Mao Jue simply waved his hand back.
"Mr. Jin, you should prepare the archer array quickly! Leave it to me here!"
He was commanded by a young man, but Jin Zidian had no idea at all and nodded and said repeatedly.
"Yes, yes! I'll go now!"
On the top of the city, two people from the logistics battalions looked forward with telescopes, almost entering the range. Xiaochunzi and another artillery whistle deputy shook and turned the gun body down. The fixed-packed gunpowder wrapped in kraft paper was at the bottom. The dark and shiny shot put shells were stuffed into the cast iron muzzle, and a man's head was thirty taels! Under the stimulation of the bounty, the two artillery whistles were igniting the artillery fire.
But at this critical moment, on the city behind him, Jin Zidian suddenly shouted loudly and turned around in shock. Mao Jue seemed to hear him calling for his own people!
Bang! The knife slashed the butt of the cannon. The fuse that had burned to the hole almost fell down, but the other cannon was too late. With a deafening roar, the flames more than half a meter long erupted out.
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It was really a mistake. The one who came was the Taoist soldiers of Li Shanhai, the judge of the Quanzhou Army, who shot down the crowd and knocked down six or seven Korean soldiers and horses, killing three and one of them. Fortunately, they were solid shells. If they were shotguns or grape shells, they might have suffered even greater casualties.
But this is not a big deal for Mao Jue. Normally, even friendly troops would send envoys to communicate with each other before they meet. He suddenly rushed to a place less than three or four miles away from Qunshan County. Who knows if the Japanese pirates were attacking?
After more than a dozen messengers exchanged back and forth, the big men of both sides met in front of the formation. Li Shanhai was quite young, less than 40 years old, wearing a black hat and a blue shirt, which felt like a professor in ancient costume. But at this time he was so angry that his nose was not a nose, face, and he must shout angrily.
"Mr. Jin, why did you fire at our army!"
Jin Zidian didn't have a good temper and roared in anger: "Mr. Li! You suddenly came to the city without saying a word, and you didn't even send an envoy. Who knows which team you are? Your army is not guarding Quanzhou, why are you doing to run to the mountains?"
These words made the Li even more angry and immediately shouted.
"Isn't it the military order you issued by Lord Jin. Is it that you are besieged by Japanese pirates in Qunshan County? Do you need to transfer troops from all over the state to support me?"
In an instant, Mao Jue and Jin Zidian's expressions changed again. After a moment of silence, Old Man Jin jumped off the horse and suddenly grabbed Li Shanhai's clothes.
"Go back to Quanzhou immediately and be fooled!"
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With the lesson from the last time, there were 5,000 soldiers from Li Shanhai's army. Jin Zidian left a trusted general who was guarding two thousand men and mobilized to Zizhong, Qunshan County. The remaining soldiers rushed to Quanzhou, the capital of Jeolladao, and rushed straight to Quanzhou, the capital of Jeolladao, but this time, they were one step late.
The next evening, we crossed Xiaoluo Mountain and attacked the enemy army to the city of Quanzhou. What we left for them was already a mess. The city gate was open, and on the top of the city and on the roads were full of lodging corpses, including military soldiers and civilians. One city wall was shot like a hedgehog. In the sky, the burning houses outside the city emitted rolling black smoke into the air.
The judge of the Ministry of War was shocked and kicked the war horses, and led hundreds of cavalrymen in the Korean army to run into the city first, holding the reins of the horse. Jin Zidian also shook and finally did not fall off the horse. The blue veins on his forehead were pounding, and Mao Jue hung down his flintlock rifle weakly.
Chapter completed!