In order to guard against the invasion of the Japanese invaders, the Ming Dynasty deployed a large number of troops in several provinces along the southeast coast, among which Shandong, Zhejiang, and Fujian had the most guards, but there were very few guards along the coast of Nanzhili.

Some people may wonder why the defense force is weak, as Nanzhili is the location of the Ming Dynasty's Liudu (Nanjing), which should be quite important?

In fact, the garrison force of Nanzhili is not weak at all, and the deployment of troops is second only to Beijing, and the strength of Nanjing City alone exceeds 100,000, not counting the strength of the guards of the surrounding state capitals, but the number of troops along the coast is smaller.

You must know that the ancients used sailboats for navigation, and sailing on the vast sea can only rely on the wind to promote, due to the relationship between the terrain and the ocean current, the possibility of the Japanese sailing ships to dock in Jiangsu is very rare, either to blow to Shandong, or to reach Zhejiang and Fujian along the ocean current, if it is a strong north wind, the Japanese ships will reach the coast of Guangdong, so it is Jiangsu, which is closest to Japan, and is the least disturbed by the Japanese invaders.

Because of this, when the imperial court deployed defensive forces, it focused on arranging troops in Shandong, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and there were relatively few guards along the coast of Nanzhili, for example, Dongtai County only set up a Xixi Inspection Division.

The Inspection Department is only equivalent to the nature of a police station, and is mainly responsible for maintaining local law and order, investigating theft and smuggling.

However, it is worth mentioning here that this Xixi Inspection Division is a bit special, and the number of other inspection divisions is only 300 people, while the Xixi Inspection Division is equipped with 1,200 personnel, which is equivalent to the configuration of a thousand households, which belongs to the super strengthened inspection division. It is estimated that it is because Dongtai County is the main salt production base, so the imperial court deliberately strengthened the security force of this place.

Of course, the so-called 1,200 people are only the number on the roster, but in fact there is a serious shortage of personnel, and there are less than 600 people present at the moment.

At this time, Xu Jin was holding the roster of the Xixi Inspection Division, his face was pale, and the inspectors of the Inspection Division lined up in the inspection field.

Comparing the following teams standing on the side, the majestic 300 500 battalion soldiers, these patrolmen in front of them are simply a group of local chickens and dogs, and they are too dazzling to look at.

"Zhao Inspection, the Xixi Inspection Division has a staff of 1,200 people, why is it less than 600 people now?" Xu Jin patted the roster and asked sharply.

Originally, it was normal for the Ming Dynasty to have a shortage of guards, but this Xixi Inspection Department was actually short of more than half of the personnel, which was a bit sensational, and Xu Jin couldn't help but become a nameless fire.

A layer of fine sweat oozed from the forehead of the inspector Zhao Datong, and he replied in shock: "Lord Huiqincha, the inspectors have no place to live, and their families have fled to other places, and they are dismissed...... Xia Guan can't help it. ”

Xu Jin was about to have a seizure, but Zhu Kun next to him interjected: "Lord Xu may not know, it is common for me to have a shortage of guards in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the coastal areas, and it is common for five out of ten soldiers to abound, and there are even only three or four hundred people left in some thousand households. ”

Zhao Datong looked at Zhu Kun gratefully, but he didn't expect this iron-faced county magistrate to come forward to defend himself. Judge Xu Zhen of the Salt Transportation Division also glanced at Zhu Kun in surprise.

Xu Jin's mood suddenly became extremely heavy when he heard this, he had long heard that the coastal guard station was in disarray, but he didn't expect the situation to be so bad, no wonder last year's "tribute incident", just a few hundred Japanese people were able to kill from Ningbo to Shaoxing, and even killed several senior officers of the local guard station, and calmly escaped from the sea after looting.

"Brother Zichun, why is the shortage of personnel in the coastal guard station so serious?" Xu Jin frowned and asked.

Zhu Kun just wanted to answer, but his brother-in-law Xie Sangun, who was standing behind Xu Jin, suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted, "Look, what is that?" ”

Zhu Kun was a little displeased, but he still followed the prestige, and suddenly his face changed greatly, and he shouted: "It's not good, it's a widow, Zhao Patrol, quickly send someone to burn fireworks to warn." ”

Xu Jin looked around, and sure enough, he saw two ships on the blue sea, and they were sailing towards this side, with a flag of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas hanging on the bow of the ship.

Those patrolmen who lined up on the sand disaster saw that the Japanese ships were in chaos in an instant, and some people turned around and ran away, no matter how Zhao Datong shouted, they couldn't restrain it.

Xu Jin almost got his nose crooked, just such a group of garbage patrolmen, they ran away in fright when they saw the Japanese flag, can they still be expected to protect the people?

"Chuan Ben Qincha ordered, if anyone dares to escape, they will be killed!" Xu Jin said with a grim expression.

Zheng Zheng ......

Under the command of Qi Jingtong, three hundred soldiers pulled out their waist knives at the same time, and shouted murderously: "Don't count killing!" ”

The 300 officers and men of the 500 battalion were all soldiers who had fought on the battlefield and had been tempered by blood and fire.

Inspector Zhao Datong's face was pale, and his first reaction was to run away, but as the chief officer of the inspection department, if he dared to escape today, it would be a dead end to be held accountable afterwards, and even his family would be affected, so he could only step forward to restrain his subordinates and order someone to light fireworks on the chimney to warn.

Soon, more than a dozen columns of smoke rose from the chimney pier outside the Fan Gong Embankment, and the salt farmers in the nearby salt works saw the warning and immediately fled from the salt works in fright.

By this time, the three-bow ship was getting closer and closer, and even the swords on board could be clearly seen, and people in strange costumes running back and forth on the deck.

"Lord Xu, if the gentleman doesn't stand under the dangerous wall, let's go back to the city first, and leave these robbers to the inspection department to deal with." Judge Xu Zhen of the Salt Transportation Division trembled and persuaded him.

Xu Jin was unmoved, and said indifferently: "This official was ordered to patrol the coastal defense of the governor of Zhejiang, and now he happens to encounter the Japanese invaders, how can he ignore the safety of the people and withdraw into the city first." If Judge Xu is afraid, he can go first! ”

Zhu Jun couldn't help but glance at Xu Jin in admiration, and laughed: "Lord Xu is reasonable, there are only two Japanese ships in two bows, at most two hundred Japanese thieves, but you can be afraid!" ”

Xu Ji couldn't help but blush, although he was afraid to death in his heart, but Qin almost didn't withdraw, how could he dare to withdraw, he could only grit his teeth and order one of his officials to quickly return to the Salt Transportation Branch to mobilize three hundred salt dings to come for reinforcements.

At this time, the three-bow Japanese boat finally sailed into the river bay, and it was estimated that they saw the nearly 1,000 Ming troops waiting on the shore, and they hesitated a little, but they did not jump off the boat at the first time.

For a while, the air seemed to be suddenly still, the Japanese on the ship did not attack, and the six hundred patrolmen on the beach naturally did not dare to take the initiative to step forward, in fact, those patrolmen were all pale, trembling, and almost unable to hold their weapons steadily, if it weren't for the five hundred battalions of soldiers staring behind them, this group of guys would have dispersed in a hurry.

Inspector Zhao Datong held a waist knife in his hand, and beside him were two deputy inspectors, and the performance of the three was not much better, and they were soaked in cold sweat, and they only hoped that the would-be wouldn't be able to retreat after seeing the situation on the shore.

However, the wish is beautiful, but the reality is very cruel, with two muffled bangs, the two bows of the ship that have lowered their sails are docked under the effect of inertia.

As the saying goes, there is no arrow to open the bow, these Japanese robbers have crossed the ocean, how can they be willing to return empty-handed, not to mention that it will take a short time for them to re-hang the sails and leave, and they are also worried that the Ming army will take the opportunity to attack.

As soon as the ship landed, the would-be would-be would-be robbers jumped off the boat, brandishing their shiny katanas, and screaming and pounced.

It was the first time Xu Jin had seen the Wako, and he was not afraid, but he was curious. The wreaks were dressed in tatters, like a bunch of beggars, with their hair shaved off their foreheads, braided like brooms above their heads, most of them barefoot, some of them even wearing no pants, and the ugly things between their legs swayed freely as they ran......

There were about a hundred or so of them who jumped from the boat, and these men were poorly dressed, but they were extremely fierce, and they ran barefoot on the beach with great agility and speed.

"Shoot the arrows!" Zhao Datong shouted, and the two hundred archers of the Inspection Division immediately opened their bows and set up arrows, and the arrows suddenly swished towards the Japanese invaders.

Xu Jin sighed lightly, shooting densely at such a close distance, even if the archery skills are poor, he should be able to kill dozens of widows, right? However, the result surprised Xu Qincha.

I saw a wave of arrows rain into the group of pirates, and there was not even a single one who fell to the ground, and those arrows seemed to be made of feathers, and the body of the pirates was not lethal at all, and they fell directly to the ground. Xu Jin even watched as a widow was hit by several arrows in his head, and still rushed over to kill him vigorously.

"What's going on, invulnerability?" Xu Jin rubbed his eyes in disbelief, Xie Erjian and Xie Sangun also looked incredible, what the hell?

At this time, the fastest runners had already rushed forward, screaming loudly, and with a single leap, they directly entered the patrol group.

These few Japanese are supposed to be the elite members of the team, the bounce is extremely amazing, jumping close and far on the sand, plus the katana in their hands is much longer than the waist knife of the Ming army, and they slashed out with a knife, and even split a patrol with a knife in half, blood and internal organs poured out, the scene was extremely bloody and terrifying.

Three patrolmen died tragically under the swords, and the other patrolmen were frightened and fled in all directions with a shout, and this time even the soldiers of the 500 battalion could not be suppressed.

Seeing this, the few would-be robbers laughed wildly, and slashed wildly behind them, as if they were chopping melons and vegetables.

Xu Jin was shocked and angry, a team of more than 600 people was killed by a few Japanese robbers and fled, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been unbelievable.

Shame, shame!