Rise From the Humble

Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Naoshima Naoji and all the Japanese pirates were all shot into hedgehogs by random arrows and muskets, and could no longer die. The bravery and ferocity of this group of Japanese pirates was three points stronger than originally expected. Although they had made sufficient preparations in advance, there were still many mistakes. Fortunately, they were successful in the end.

"Everyone cleans the battlefield, collects the corpses of our soldiers killed in battle, and treats the wounded."

"Once the Japanese pirates were all beheaded, their bodies were burned, their bones were crushed, and their ashes were thrown away. Wait, let's keep the corpses of the Japanese pirates temporarily, and then dispose of them after the prisoners are presented to Yingtian!"

"No one is allowed to keep all the seizures during this round of suppression. All seizures will be returned to the public. I will reward everyone based on their merits in the future! Anyone who dares to hide anything will be killed according to the "Four Iron Rules, Eighteen Kills" No mercy, don’t blame me for not predicting what I said! It’s useless to plead for mercy!”

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Zhu Ping'an issued orders one after another and arranged them in an orderly manner to bring the battle to suppress the Japanese to an end.

Soon, the results of this seizure came out.

Fifty-seven Japanese pirate corpses!

Fifty-seven Japanese pirates from Shangyu were all shot to death in the Zhang family residence, and not a single Japanese pirate escaped. Originally, Zhu Ping'an was planning to kill all the Japanese pirates, but after thinking about it, he was worried that the sacrifice of prisoners tomorrow would cause trouble, lest some people with ulterior motives and bad intentions would question the heads of the Japanese pirates and pour dirty water on himself, such as killing good people and taking merit. , so the corpses of these Japanese pirates cannot be exterminated for the time being. It is better to carry all the corpses of Japanese pirates to Yingtian City and offer them as prisoners, gag their mouths, and give Yingtian City a "surprise"!

Seized countless ill-gotten gains from Japanese pirates!

All the Japanese pirates from Shangyu were killed. Since they landed in the Ming Dynasty, they traveled more than a thousand miles, worked hard, committed many crimes, burned, killed and looted, and all the massive wealth they gained was benefited by Zhu Ping'an.

Although he was mentally prepared, Zhu Pingan still couldn't help but take a breath of cold air after counting the wealth of the Japanese pirates.

I thought that this group of Japanese pirates would fight thousands of miles away. In order to facilitate the battle, they would definitely not be able to carry much wealth with them. At most, they would only have some valuable gold and silver jewelry that could be easily carried. However, the result was far beyond Zhu Pingan's expectation.

A total of 1,893 taels of gold were found from the Japanese pirates, including 693 taels of gold ingots, 1,300 taels of gold tickets, and 25,000 taels of silver, which are basically easy to carry. Banknote.

In addition, countless portable jewelry was also found on the Japanese pirates. If they were exchanged for gold and silver, it would be at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.

In addition, three famous paintings folded close to the body were also found from Matsuura Sanbanro. It turned out that they were inscribed with two paintings of ladies written by Zhang Xuan of the Tang Dynasty and a painting of Bodhisattva by Dai Wei of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

It is a pity that because Matsuura Sanbanro was given special care when the arrows and lead pellets were being shot, he was shot into a hedgehog. Naturally, the three paintings in his arms were also seriously damaged, with arrows and lead pellets destroying many places. , Matsuura Sanbanrou's blood also contaminated many places.

As a result, the value of these three famous paintings has been reduced by half, but because of this special testimony of the Japanese suppression, they may be given special value.

The Japanese pirates actually carried so many gold and silver tickets with them. It is conceivable that they must have special channels to sell the stolen goods, and there must be local forces in the Ming Dynasty to help them sell the stolen goods.

Hey, the forest is so big, there are all kinds of birds there, it’s a mess, it’s dirty, it hides dirt and evil.

Thinking of this, Zhu Pingan not only sighed.

These ill-gotten gains were basically obtained by Japanese pirates who burned, killed and looted the homes of wealthy and powerful landlords and dignitaries. After all, poor people's homes did not have much wealth worth their plunder.

Therefore, Zhu Ping'an was not prepared to return the ill-gotten wealth seized this time to the wealthy landlords and dignitaries.

First of all, all this wealth was converted into gold and silver notes by the Japanese pirates. It was invisible and traceless. It was difficult to trace which landowner, wealthy person or dignitary it came from. The energy consumed in tracking it down was immeasurable.

Secondly, who knows how many rich landlords and dignitaries were robbed by the Japanese pirates? It is difficult to verify, and even if it is verified, the energy consumed is immeasurable.

Thirdly, these ill-gotten gains are the wealth of the people exploited by landlords and dignitaries. Even if it is returned to them, they will mostly enjoy squandering it. It is better to use the seized ill-gotten gains to train troops and suppress Japanese pirates. , to save the people in the southeast, good steel is used on the blade, and it can be regarded as taken from the people and used by the people.

Therefore, Zhu Pingan decided to use this part of the seizure for his own use and hide all the ill-gotten gains when reporting the seizure. There will be no problem, this is the default unspoken rule in officialdom. These captured wealth can be said to be a timely help for me to train my troops to suppress Japanese invaders, and I can relax a little bit.

Of course, there are gains and losses.

Although sufficient arrangements had been made in advance to suppress Japanese pirates, the Zhejiang army still suffered heavy losses.

A mere nine Japanese pirates, or overseas Chinese pirates who were targeted by Kong Xingxing, killed 19 people of the Zhejiang Army, seriously injured 18 people, and lightly injured 33 people.

Liu Dachui, Liu Dadao, Liu Mu, Ruofeng and others who fought against Naoshima Nabeshima and other Japanese pirates to stabilize the situation at the last moment all suffered injuries of varying severity. Liu Dachui was injured in the end and could not recover within two or three months. It was a blessing in misfortune. The strange thing is that although they were all injured, no one was killed.

It can be seen from this that this group of Japanese pirates were so ferocious and brave that they were hit by the peacock's tail. Moreover, the Zhejiang army was still waiting for work and was fully prepared, and they actually caused such heavy losses to the Zhejiang army.

Among those who died in battle were those who fought with the Japanese pirates and were killed, and some who escaped and were overtaken and killed by the Japanese pirates. The same goes for injured people.

However, this time Zhu Ping'an was not prepared to differentiate and investigate. All those who died in the battle were treated with blood, and all those who were injured were treated equally, treated with the best medicinal materials, and given the same compensation and rewards.

This campaign exposed the problems of the Zhejiang Army. Many of the Zhejiang Army's qualities were too poor and they were still timid when charging into battle. This was even more serious when fighting Japanese pirates. After discovering that the Japanese pirates were brave, their faces turned earth-colored and they fled first in fear of fighting. Some even Some Zhejiang soldiers even lost their weapons in order to escape faster.

Discipline is still not enough!

Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is not brave enough in battle!

This is a problem that the Zhejiang Army urgently needs to solve! If it is not solved, the Zhejiang Army will be nothing more than a silver-like wax gun head, unable to shoulder the important task of exterminating Japanese pirates.

Facing nine Japanese pirates is still so embarrassing. In the future, there will be tens of thousands of Japanese pirates to fight against. The intensity of the battle is far higher than today. If the Zhejiang army is in its current state to suppress Japanese pirates, it will only fail to achieve success and fail. It is tantamount to bringing about self-humiliation or even self-destruction.

So, this time it happened, we must solve this problem when we go back.

Zhu Ping'an also had an idea on how to solve this problem.