eurekapd Chapter 802: Going out to suppress the bandits
Chapter 802: Going out to suppress the bandits
Hearing this, everyone was immediately delighted. A ranger stood up and said solemnly,
"Master, if the imperial court is willing to send troops, that would be great. We will surely be able to wipe out all these Japanese pirates.
In the past, the Chu court had so many troops, but was unwilling to deploy troops and allocate funds to the coastal areas. It said that the threat of Japanese pirates was not a big deal and was not worth wasting people's time and money and draining the national treasury.
At most, they would send the navy to patrol the coast, fight if they encountered Japanese pirates, and ignore them if they didn't.
On land, they turned a blind eye to the Japanese pirates and allowed them to plunder.
The imperial court keeps saying that it has no money, but all the money has been plundered by those corrupt officials in the court.
There was also the King of Chu, who was also arrogant and extravagant, wasting countless money and food.
If they could just take out some of the money they embezzled and enjoyed, it would be enough to wipe out the Japanese pirates.
Unexpectedly, Dayan had just taken over the territory and was still at the stage of fighting, but it was willing to spend money and food and dispatch troops to suppress the Japanese pirates.
I am deeply grateful. From now on, this life will belong to Dayan!"
"Yes, as long as Dayan can avenge the people along the coast, it is a good court. I am willing to follow Dayan!"
"I am willing to do so. We Rangers are not against the imperial court, but against the corrupt officials. If there is a good imperial court, we will follow it!"
Everyone was filled with righteous indignation and clamored to fight the Japanese pirates to the death.
Fairy Meiyan nodded in satisfaction, took out a list and said,
“With so many of you, it’s impossible for all of you to go. Someone has to stay behind to manage this place and supervise the people and local officials.
This time we are going to fight a war, and I need people with strong martial arts skills to go.
Those whose names I call out, please step out.
Kou Yong, Tong Huo, Wu Hong, Lin Zhi..."
Soon, all one hundred people came out.
"Well, these people plus the local people along the coast are almost enough.
Those whose names were called out were given three bowls of wine each, and after drinking they went to sleep, looking like they were ready for the battle.
Those who are not named are to be given dry food and meat for the journey."
"As ordered!"
Those who were named were full of fighting spirit and went to prepare their weapons.
The rangers who did not leave the line sighed and turned from rangers into cooks, going to the kitchen to prepare dry food.
Everyone dispersed, and Fairy Meiyan stretched and said,
"Let's go back to the palace and rest."
"Do we have to run all the way back to the palace?"
Shen Changgong rubbed his temples which had a headache from drinking and said tiredly,
"Is there any place to rest here? I'll just have to make do with it for one night."
Fairy Meiyan heard this and put on a playful smirk. She stood behind Shen Changgong, rubbing his temples and pretending to be concerned.
"what happened?"
"I just drank too much. It was originally a celebration banquet. It's rare for so many generals to gather together. Lao Guan and the others just got back today, so they must have a good drink.
I can’t handle so many people trying to persuade me to drink.”
"Okay then, there's my room upstairs, come with me and rest."
"it is good."
Shen Changgong didn't notice Fairy Mei Yan's evil smile, and followed her upstairs like a lamb into a tiger's mouth.
After entering the room, Shen Changgong took off his shoes and lay down on the bed. Unexpectedly, Fairy Mei Yan actually lay directly on him.
"What is this for?"
"Stinky little brother, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking. Don't you just want to enjoy the feeling of conquering the noble Lord of Jiutian Tower and a female knight on my territory?
Sister will satisfy you today."
"No, I really didn't mean that. I just don't want to run anymore and want to go to bed early."
"You naughty brother, are you still pretending to be reserved? Big sister is here."
"No, sister..."
Shen Changgong originally thought that he was too tired to run and just wanted to make do for one night, but he didn't expect that staying would be even more tiring.
……
The next morning, Shen Changgong and Fairy Mei Yan got up, put on their clothes, and went downstairs to eat.
In the early morning, the guards returned to the palace, brought Tu Queling, and took his armor.
After dinner, everyone from Jiutian Tower rode out on horseback, armed with weapons, ready to go.
Shen Changgong also put on his armor and inserted his two swords behind the armor.
This time, apart from the tents and baggage, they didn't even take a carriage, so that they could rush to the east as quickly as possible.
The horse-drawn carriages that carried baggage were also pulled by two horses each, and their speed was no slower than that of the cavalry.
Outside the city, they met up with 20,000 cavalrymen.
These cavalrymen held spears in their hands, had sabers hanging on their waists, muskets hanging on their saddles, and a crossbow hanging on the other side of their waists. They were armed to the teeth.
Twenty thousand cavalrymen set out to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese pirates!
Skynet's spies have not yet extended to the coastal areas and are mainly concentrated in enemy countries and border areas.
So now Shen Changgong and his men are completely in the dark about the situation in the coastal areas and have no intelligence at all.
Because we were traveling light this time and focused on speed, we didn't even bring a hot air balloon.
The war seemed to have returned to its most primitive times.
They ran all the way, hardly stopping to rest during the day, and kept running.
At night, we would find a place with water, stop to water the horses and feed them, and sit down to rest and eat.
It took them only five days to travel the two thousand miles from Yingdu to Taizhou.
When they were about ten miles away from Taizhou, it was already evening. They stopped at an inn to take a rest and to find out some news about the Japanese pirates.
Seeing so many soldiers and horses coming, the postmaster of the post station hurried over, looked at the flags of the Yan State, and saluted hurriedly, saying,
"Greetings, General. But are the imperial troops arriving?"
"Exactly. Where are the Japanese pirates now?"
Shen Changgong asked with a frown.
At this moment, two officials came out and bowed their heads.
"Your humble servant, Li Hao, the governor of Ningbo, greets the general."
"Your humble servant, Lin Ran, the governor of Taizhou, pays his respects to the general."
"Please, General, wipe out the Japanese pirates and avenge the people."
The Southern King shouted impatiently,
"I'll ask again, where are the Japanese pirates now?"
Taizhou County Magistrate Lin Ran said quickly,
"The Japanese pirates plundered Taizhou yesterday, and all 1,000 defenders were killed in the battle. However, the officials and civilians all evacuated. We told them to flee out of the city, and many fled into the mountains to the west, while many others fled south.
After looting, the Japanese pirates headed south again, probably towards Wenzhou.
After passing Wenzhou, they headed south to Ningde, which is the territory of the Qian Kingdom."
"So what you mean is that if they run away to Qian Country, we won't have to worry about them, right?"
The Southern King said grimly.
"No, no, I didn't mean that. It's just that there are mountains between Taizhou and Wenzhou, and the Japanese pirates are very skilled in martial arts and good at hiding.
How about you stop and rest for a while, General, and continue the pursuit tomorrow?"
Shen Changgong said coldly,
"These are the mountains to the west. Where are the people?"
“Most of them are hidden in the mountains.”
"Send someone to the mountains to call back the people. You two county magistrates, follow me into Taizhou."