The Korean soldiers were still unable to get rid of their guilt for a long time. Zhu Zhi changed the topic and said, "You have fought with the Japanese pirates. Can you summarize some of the combat characteristics of the Japanese pirates?"

Han Bing said: "The subordinates discovered that, first, the so-called Japanese pirates are mostly Han people, accounting for about 60% of the total; second, the weapons they hold are mostly sharp blades made by Japanese steel, and the swords are very powerful. Our army suffers from the steel swords. When fighting alone, they are cut off as soon as they fight. Third, the Japanese pirates are good at ambushing, and usually use their temptations to tempt them. Sometimes they even use the means of the three rulings. The purpose is to arouse the impatience of the pursuers and get into the ambush circle; fourth, when the Japanese pirates charge, the vanguards are mostly good at sword skills, elite samurai, who are good at breaking through the center and blooming. These are the characteristics of the Japanese pirates summarized by the subordinates. Please correct them."

Zhu Zhi said: "It seems that Yongzhi has learned the lessons from it. You can also discuss more with experienced veterans in the army to see how to summarize the strategies to defeat the enemy. To suppress the Japanese pirates, I still have to rely on you."

Zhu Zhi spent two days to carefully check the defense of the Jinzhou Guards and comforted the remaining soldiers in the city. At this time, the Jinzhou Guards were seriously injured and only less than 2,000 soldiers were left. However, they came here to inspect the Liao King as soon as they arrived in Liaodong. Not only did they not punish the crime, but they also paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, and the morale in the army gradually recovered.

However, the severe coastal defense situation made Zhu Zhi unable to sleep. There were only two guards on the coastal defense line of less than 10,000 people from the mouth of the Yalu River to the Jinzhou Guards, with troops of less than 10,000, and now one guard is still disabled. Such a few people are far from enough to defend against Japanese pirates. However, Liaodong lacks troops at this time, so how to deploy them is really a headache. Moreover, always defending like this is not Zhu Zhi's character.

What he admired the most in the past was the famous quote from the famous US Navy general Halsey: Attack, attack, and attack again. But he also knew that attack was based on strong military and material advantages. Now there is nothing to do, and it is not the time to do it.

On the first day of July, wealth is in the southeast and profit is in the northeast.

Early in the morning, Zhu Zhi led his subordinates and 500 cavalrymen to a hill two miles away from Lushun Bay. According to his agreement with Salini, his sails would appear on the distant horizon today. Although it was an agreed time with a pirate, Zhu Zhi was very confident. Salini's generous smile and sincere eyes told him that Lao Sa was a person who sticks to the agreement.

Unfortunately, one morning, the sun gradually reached the center of the sky, but there was still no sail shadow on the horizon. The sea was filled with blue waves, and the blue water was bottomless. The breeze blew rippling on the sea surface. A few seagulls surrounded the hills, and sometimes there were a few pleasant chirpings.

Zhu Zhi was not interested in the things in front of him, so people could not wait, otherwise even those who were patient would gradually become irritated. Xiao Chenzi said behind him: "Your Highness, the lunch is ready, please wait after using it."

Zhu Zhi sighed and turned around. A voice came from the side: "Look, is there a boat on the sky?" Zhu Zhi turned around like electricity, putting a canopy on his hand, looking far away. He saw a small black dot between the sky and the water was about to move. Yes, that was the boat. The sea was forbidden in the Ming Dynasty, and it could not be other fishing boats or something. Then another small black dot, and the third... one, two, three, four, five, six, a total of six small black dots came from the horizon.

Zhu Zhi felt excited, and finally came. Salini came as promised. He did not disappoint himself. Zhu Zhi was excited and walked back and forth on the mountain. Everyone under his command could not understand why Zhu Zhi attached so much importance to the visitor. Although Zhu Zhi had told several close officials about Salini, they did not understand why Zhu Zhi had such great expectations for a pirate, nor did they know what the meaning of these small boats had to Liaodong. Even Yang Rong, Tie Xuan and the others were skeptical.

The ship was very fast, and after a while, it had passed half of the sea. Zhu Zhi could vaguely see the ship. Six ships lined up in a geese formation. These were blessed ships of about two thousand materials, each ship could hold almost one hundred people. The three-masted black wooden sails were tall in the back building, and a small black flag on the top fluttered in the wind.

Seeing the boat approaching, Zhu Zhi ordered more than a dozen military academies to take pre-made wine and meat meals to the beach. When they came, they couldn't even invite lunch. Zhu Zhi ordered the soldiers to sort out and follow him down the mountain to greet him.

Zhu Zhi selected the most elite troops in the Yulin Guard Central Camp, which was the strongest army under his command. He had experienced the test of Lan Yu Rebellion. This time he brought it to let Salini have a sense of the power in his hands and build his confidence to follow him. On the flat ground behind the beach, Zhu Zhi ordered the cavalry to be arranged in three rows, and he personally led more than 20 people to the beach to wait. Unfortunately, he did not have a cannon on hand. If he fired a few more salutes, it would be so grand.

After a while, the ship was approaching the shore and got an anchor up and down about two hundred meters away from the shore. The mast on the ship replaced the black flag just now and was slowly raising a scarlet pennant. What is Salini's name? Is this tribute to him? Looking at the red flag, Zhu Zhi felt indescribable.

Two sampans were placed on each boat, and the sailors on the boat climbed down the boat. These people were dressed in strange shapes. Zhu Zhi felt a little strange. Why did some people dress like ancient Japanese costumes? By the way, it was strange, why didn’t they see Salini? Japanese... Japanese pirates?! Zhu Zhi stared at the people on the sampan carefully, and there were no Japanese. They were eight oars per boat, flying up and down, approaching quickly towards the shore. Moreover, several wooden signs were erected on the sampan, and even like Zhu Zhi, they knew what they wanted to do. The bow of the sampan was a shield and a crossbow.

Zhu Zhi shouted loudly: "No, it's the Japanese pirates, ready to fight!" Xiao Chenzi was frightened. He didn't know what was going on, so he subconsciously pulled Zhu Zhi behind him. Chu Zhi had a single choke and had already held it in his hand and ordered him: "Get back and protect your highness." Several fast-reacting guards rushed to Zhu Zhi to protect him and slowly retreated.

At the same time, a gong sounded on the ship, and then a rain of arrows flew over from the side. Xiao Chenzi was holding the soft sword in his hand and dialed up and down. Fortunately, there were not many people on the other side's boat and the distance was far away. There were very few arrows shooting to Zhu Zhi. Xiao Chenzi and several guards knocked him down. Several people hurriedly dodged and retreated, and soon hid behind the war horses.

Rain of arrows is not so lethal, but the greatest function is to cause chaos on the people on the shore. Tie Xuan and Yang Rong were also guarded by the soldiers and hid behind the horse's butt. This time they came to pick someone up, how could they expect such a change? Zhu Zhi was not wearing armor. Zhang Lun snatched him and took off a locked vest on his body and wrapped it on Zhu Zhi's shoulder.

Chu Zhi ordered loudly: "Zhang Lun, escort Your Highness down and organize cavalry to prepare for charge. Others, get closer to me and draw your swords to prepare." The veterans showed rich experience. Although they were attacked, they quickly moved closer to Chu Zhi. One hundred soldiers who came to the beach to greet him formed a small horizontal formation.

Zhu Zhi, Tie Xuan, Yang Rong, and three others were surrounded by Xiao Chenzi, Zhang Lun and more than a dozen guards, and retreated in a panic. Zhu Zhi knew that staying on the front line at this time would only cause trouble for his subordinates, so he quickly followed him back. Zhang Lun ran and shouted, "Cabinets in the middle camp, get on the horse, prepare for the assault formation."

Zhu Zhi ran and looked back, and saw Chu Zhi shouting, "Follow me!" He raised his single sword and rushed forward. It was obvious that the Japanese pirates had already got off the boat. Halfway through the way, more than a dozen cavalrymen were already holding empty mounts to him. Zhu Zhi got on the horse and saw that the two sides had strangled into a group on the beach.

Zhu Zhi was anxious, Chu Zhi, you can't die. He ordered: "Hurry, Zhang Lun, don't worry about me, take people up to reinforce." Zhang Lun shouted orders and urged the horse to go and sort out the cavalry on the horse. When he saw the safety area, Zhu Zhi stopped running. The fleeing just now made the image of his prince greatly reduce.

Could it be that Salini colluded with Japanese pirates to suddenly attack him? It is impossible! Salini is not such a person. Zhu Zhi first denied this idea. What's going on? There can't be such a coincidence in the world. Just as Zhu Zhi was thinking about it, Zhang Lun had already rushed up with his cavalry.

Zhu Zhi pulled his horse to a high place, and he could see the battlefield on the beach. The Japanese pirates were indeed fierce. More than 100 people had already pushed Chu Zhi and the others back frequently. Chu Zhi flew in his hand and chopped down the ronin who rushed towards him from time to time. He had attracted four or five people to siege. But the situation for the others was not so good. A Japanese ronin slashed down with one knife, and an opponent's cavalry raised his sword to block it. The single sword had been cut off by the ronin and chopped on his shoulder. Although the cavalry was injured, he still threw the broken blade and hugged the opponent and rolled on the sand. The Japanese pirates' sword skills were very wide, all of which were straight up and down. The Ming army could only snatch and dared not fight head-on. This would be a big loss if they fought.

The sampans were rowing back desperately just now, and it seemed that they were going back and picking up another group of people to the shore. Since the two sides were strangled on the beach, the cavalry led by Zhang Lun could not attack and had to dismount and join the battle group. This way, the advantage of the Ming army was greatly reduced.

The Japanese pirates did not expect that these Ming troops would have back-up support, thinking that these 100 people would be able to disperse the Ming troops on the shore as soon as they got ashore. They also regarded the Ming troops in front of them as the defeated generals a few months ago. But they knew that they were facing the elite soldiers of the Yulin Guard. So they were also struggling. These more than 100 Japanese pirates were very strong, and they fought against the water and gained the advantage of weapons. Often, they fought against three, but they were actually guarded by them on the beach.

The sampan that went back to pick up people was already leaning against the side of the ship, and the second batch of Japanese pirates were disembarking. Both sides were scrambling for time. If Chu Zhi and the others could drive the Japanese pirates into the sea, the reinforcements of the Japanese pirates would be meaningless and they could only escape in shame. But if the Japanese pirates came to the back, the situation would be unfavorable to the Ming army.
Chapter completed!