On the morning of 17 March, when the sky was dark, a fleet of ships appeared on the canal about ten miles from the county seat of Dongtai. This fleet consisted of dozens of large and small ships, which were the two thousand Nanjing Jinyi guards led by Tang Shaozong, the Marquis of Lingbi.

It is said that after participating in the Oiran Contest on March 15, early the next morning, Tang Shaozong led the fleet to leave Yangzhou City and set off for Dongtai County, preparing to receive nearly 700,000 taels of goods seized by Xu Jin, accompanied by Nanjing Hubu Langzhong Ma Huai.

As the saying goes, no profit can not be early, Tang Shaozong rushed to Dongtai County in a hurry, naturally because it was profitable. The goods seized by Xu Jin were only about 300,000 taels of cash, and the others were all kinds of goods, and the idea of cash silver naturally could not be beaten, but it was easy to use the goods to move on their feet, such as using the method of dropping the bag to be shoddy, or capsizing the boat and falling into the water and being lost, or even simply catching fire, etc. In short, to squeeze tens of thousands of taels of goods from goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels is easy for an old fritter like Tang Shaozong.

When the fleet was still a few miles away from the county seat of Dongtai, he saw puffs of smoke rising from the city in the distance, and Jinyiwei, who was the first to discover the situation, immediately reported to Tang Shaozong.

Tang Shaozong's cargo was still lying high in the cabin room, and after getting the report, he hurriedly dressed and walked out of the cabin, and came to the deck to take a look, and sure enough, he saw the smoke rising in Dongtai County in the distance, and couldn't help but wonder: "Ma Langzhong, what happened in Dongtai County?" Fire? ”

Hubu Langzhong Ma Huai shook his head with a blank look and said, "It's not clear, Qiu Qianhu has already sent someone to investigate, and there should be news back soon." ”

Sure enough, after the time of tea, the clipper boat that had gone to inquire about the news came back. When he learned that Dongtai County had been breached by a gang of thieves, Tang Shaozong couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, turn around and go back to Yangzhou!" ”

A hint of disdain flashed on Ma Langzhong's face, and he dissuaded: "Master Hou, don't panic, according to the official's opinion, it is better to send someone into the city to find out the situation first, and then make a decision." Hou Ye happened to lead the army here, if he retreated before the battle, and then the court would investigate it, you and I would be blamed, not to mention, Lord Qin Cha Xu was in Yangzhou City at the moment. ”

Ma Langzhong mentioned Xu Jin, Tang Shaozong couldn't help but shudder, the reason why he dared to sarcastically mock Xu Jin to his face was largely because Xu Jin, the Qin Mission, was only ordered to supervise coastal defense, and could manage the coastal guard army, but he couldn't control the head of Nanjing Jinyi Guard.

However, once there is a war, it will be different, Xu Jin, the Qin cha, has the right to act cheaply, and within the jurisdiction under his order, all the troops have to be dispatched by the Hou, naturally including him Tang Shaozong.

Thinking of Xu Jin's nickname, Tang Shaozong was stunned from the bottom of his heart, the surname Xu is a ruthless character, if he sees danger and retreats before fighting, maybe he may really be beheaded by Xu and cut off his head.

Tang Shaozong hesitated for a moment, but finally ordered the ship to be stopped and sent several scouts into the city to inquire about the news.

Soon, the scout who had entered the city to inquire about the news returned and reported the situation in the city to Tang Shaozong in detail, and the latter was immediately excited after hearing it. Because according to the news that the scouts came back, there were only a few hundred thieves who attacked the city, and they all gathered in the county government to fight fiercely, it is obvious that the thieves have not completely taken the county government, that is to say, the goods in the county government warehouse are still there.

"Haha, Ben Hou's opportunity to make a great contribution has come!" Tang Shaozong looked up to the sky and laughed, and shouted in high spirits: "Qiu Qianhu, this commander ordered you to lead a thousand brothers as the vanguard and enter from the West Gate. Huang Qianhu, you and Ben Hou will enter from the east gate together, and you must destroy all the thieves. ”

"The subordinates have orders!" Tang Shaozong's two thousand households agreed in unison, and after the ship docked at the dock outside the city, Qiu Qianhu ordered the men and horses to rush to the nearest West City Gate.

Besides, in the warehouse of the county government, the battle situation is extremely tragic at the moment, after a night of fierce fighting, the ammunition of the five hundred battalions of soldiers has been exhausted, although seventy or eighty thieves have been killed, but there are too many thieves, the courtyard has been completely occupied by thieves at this moment, and Zhao Bin can only lead his brothers to guard the door of the warehouse with blood.

At this time, the door of the warehouse was already full of corpses, both thieves and five hundred soldiers, and the ground around them was wet with blood.

It is said that Xu Jin only left fifty five hundred battalion soldiers to guard the warehouse, led by Zhao Bin of one hundred households, and last night Guo Jindiao took nine brothers to protect Zhu Kun, so there were only forty people left to guard the warehouse. After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, there were less than twenty brothers left around Zhao Baihu who could fight at this time.

Under the morning sun, the bald head of the Pujing monk was shining, but his eyes were very gloomy, he thought that after the ammunition was exhausted, it would be easy to take the warehouse, but the combat strength of the five hundred battalion soldiers was far beyond his expectations, and it was difficult to break through half a step after attacking for nearly an hour.

"Your Excellency Hosokawa, it's dawn, let's withdraw, and if you drag it down, it is estimated that the Yancheng guards should arrive." Monk Pujing said in a deep voice.

Seeing that nearly a million taels of goods were about to be at their fingertips, whether it was Hosokawa Takeshu or Ouchi Zongsu, they were unwilling to give up halfway, and the two of them roared sharply, and at the same time drew their swords and struck.

These two people are both strong martial artists, and they actually resisted the chaotic knives of the five hundred battalion soldiers, and forcibly rushed into the door of the warehouse, and the other Japanese warriors took the opportunity to follow.

"Fuck it, kill it!" Zhao Bin roared like a beast, leading all the brothers to fight back, twenty steel knives flew up and down, and Hosokawa Takeshu and Ouchi Sosei were finally forced to retreat.

Burst......

As soon as the blade swept by, Zhao Bin's lower abdomen was instantly stained red with blood, but he himself didn't seem to know it, and he still struggled to force Hosokawa Takeshu out of the warehouse door with a knife, and the defense line that had been broken through was firmly sealed again.

"Boss Zhao, you're injured!" A brother reminded Zhao Bin that he felt a pain in his heart, and when he looked down, he found that his lower abdomen had been cut, and even his intestines were squeezed out.

"Boss Zhao!" The brother next to him exclaimed.

Zhao Bin gritted his teeth and stuffed his intestines back, quickly took off his coat and bandaged his stomach, and scolded: "What are you doing with your face crying, Lao Tzu can't die yet, cheer up Lao Tzu, the slowdown will soon arrive." ”

It seems that in response to Zhao Bin's words, there was a sudden messy sound of fire outside, and there was also a shout of killing, it turned out that Qiu Qianhu, who was under Tang Shaozong, led people to kill.

"Big boss, it's not good, there are a brigade of officers and soldiers outside!" A pirate came out with a roll and a crawl to report it.

Chen Dong's face changed, and he asked anxiously: "How many officers and soldiers are here?" ”

"I don't know, it's dense, in short, not less than a thousand, maybe a thousand!"

"Retreat!" Monk Pujing really snorted, turned around and left, Chen Dong saw this and hurriedly summoned his pirates to retreat, although the wealth is moving, but there must be a life flower, right?

"Yaga!" Ouchi Zongshe scolded unwillingly, this time the attack on Dongtai County did not take advantage of it, and nearly ten samurai were killed and wounded, and he lost a lot of money, but at this time, he couldn't help but not withdraw.

The thieves hurriedly withdrew from the county office, and met a thousand brocade guards led by Qiu Qianhu, these brocade guards were finally trained regular troops, dozens of firearms in front, bang shot, several pirates were shot and fell to the ground on the spot.

"Go east out of town!" Monk Pujing took the lead in turning around and running to the east, and a group of thieves ran after him.

Qiu Qianhu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this, hehe, didn't you say how powerful the widows were? As a result, he was killed by himself in a flash, and he dared to love just a group of local chickens and dogs.

"Brothers, kill, the opportunity for meritorious service is right in front of you!" Qiu Qianhu waved his sword and shouted, running bravely in the front, and a group of brocade guards also rushed to chase, instantly shouting and killing the sky, and the end was extremely majestic.

"His grandmother's, where did you get so many brocade guards?" Zhao Bin led the brothers of the 500 battalion to chase out of the gate of the county government, and when he saw the brocade guards wearing flying fish suits all over the street, he couldn't help but straighten his eyes.

"Boss Zhao, it seems to be Nanjing's Jinyi Guard!" A thug said.

Zhao Bin nodded: "It's really ......" Before he finished speaking, his eyes went dark, and he fell headlong, and he lost too much blood and went into shock.

Besides, Tang Shaozong, this goods led a thousand brocade guards into the city from the east gate with a swagger. In his opinion, just a few hundred thieves, Qiu Qianhu's 1,000 people are enough to deal with, he just needs to go into the city leisurely to receive the credit.

It is said that the Tang and Yimai of the Xinguo Gong have declined since they were erased by Ming Yingzong, and it was not until Tang Shaozong was named the commander of Nanjing Jinyi Wei by Ming Xiaozong that the Tang family could be regarded as a little improved. If he made another military exploit today, Tang Shaozong felt that he could take the opportunity to propose to Emperor Jiajing to restore the title of Duke of Xinguo.

At the thought of being able to restore the glory of his ancestors, Tang Shaozong's heart was warm, however, just when this thing was smug, suddenly a powerful arrow broke through the air, and it hit the horse of Tobe Langzhong, who was riding with him.

Ma Langzhong screamed and fell off his horse, his neck was clearly pierced by a sharp arrow, and he couldn't die anymore.

Tang Shaozong was almost frightened, and hurriedly raised his eyes to see, only to see that hundreds of thieves were rushing towards this side, and the group of black-clothed people who ran in front were holding cold and dignified swords one by one, and their expressions were as hideous as evil ghosts.

My mother, when did Tang Shaozong see this kind of battle, and he was so frightened that his legs fell to the ground as soon as he became weak.

"Protect Master Hou!" Huang Qianhu pulled out his waist knife and shouted, and the surrounding Jinyi guards rushed up, protecting Tang Shaozong in the middle, and the Jinyi guards holding the fire hammer hurriedly took out the fire fold and ignited the fuse.

It's a pity that it's too late, Orinobumiko, Hosokawa Takeshu and others have already rushed to the front like a gust of wind, and the fire pin in Jinyi's hand was cut off by the Japanese knife before it burned out......

Running at the forefront were all Japanese warriors, and these guys formed a sharp knife, which instantly smashed the formation of the Jinyi Guard.

Puff puff......

The sword flashed everywhere, blood splattered, and the skull rolled......