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Liu Ming was very afraid of Tang Tong's squinting expression, which made people feel that Tang Tong was becoming more and more ferocious. Whenever Tang Tong showed this expression, it meant that bad luck was about to happen. Liu Ming didn't know who was going to be unlucky this time. He just hoped that Tang Tong's gaze would never fall on him again.
Liu Ming subconsciously turned his face away. The sunlight shone on the horizon in the distance. There was a village there, but there was no one there. Liu Ming knew that all the people in this village were killed by the Japanese pirates. Lord Tang had taken them from there last time and had told them about the cruelty of the Japanese pirates. Liu Ming didn't care whether the Japanese pirates were cruel or not. He couldn't understand why Lord Tang was so excited and hateful.
The concepts of people in different eras are different. People like Tang Tong, who come from later generations, have the concept of country and nation, but in this era, the country is the emperor's private property, and the concepts of country and nation are not very clear. In the eyes of people like Liu Ming, the Japanese pirates kill people, the Jiannu kill people, the bandits kill people, and the officers and soldiers also kill people. It seems that all the common people in the world deserve to be killed. Why is Lord Tang so angry about the killing of Japanese pirates? Liu Ming really can't understand.
Tang Tong's gaze actually fell on the village, but he felt a little nervous. After all, this was his first time leading troops into battle, so he naturally had no idea what to do. First, he didn't know whether the Japanese pirates would take the bait, and second, the 20,000 soldiers he had trained had never experienced a real battle, so it was unknown whether they could perform to the level they had trained in.
But no matter what, soldiers can only grow up on the battlefield. Tang Tong understands this very well. No matter how elite the soldiers are trained, if they have never been on the battlefield, they cannot become a truly elite army. Hard training is the cornerstone of an elite army, and the battlefield is where soldiers grow. Tang Tong believes that as long as these two thousand soldiers under his command experience this battle, they will become the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
A fast horse galloped over from a distance. The man on the horse dismounted in front of Tang Tong, knelt on one knee and said, "Report, Master Tang, the Japanese pirates have arrived at the mouth of Liuhe River and are preparing to land."
"Well, pass this message to Lord Zhang and Lord Zhao, and ask them to be prepared." Tang Tong nodded. When the news came, he actually felt relieved in his heart, because at least it showed that the Japanese pirates had taken the bait.
The messenger left immediately. Half an incense stick of time later, another fast horse galloped over. The rider dismounted and reported to Tang Tong, "Report, Master Tang, the Japanese pirates have landed. There are about 1,500 to 1,600 of them, and they are heading this way."
"Alright, go back to your team." After giving the order, Tang Tong turned to his gang of hooligans and said, "I know many of you have bad intentions. Yesterday, someone betrayed our marching route to the Japanese pirates. Now the pirates are here. But I want to tell you that these boxes are filled with stones. So, I want to thank the person who betrayed us. Mo Dalu, did you keep the twenty taels of silver from yesterday?"
Everyone looked at one of them. After hearing what Tang Tong said, the man shuddered all over and knelt down, saying, "Master Tang, I deserve to die. I will never dare to do that again..."
"No matter what your reason is for betraying us, but, betrayer must die!" Tang Tong said the last few words extremely coldly. He flashed forward and appeared in front of the man like a ghost. He stretched out his hand and broke the man's neck.
"Whoever dares to betray us again will end up like this." Tang Tong glanced at the gangsters and threw the man's body on the ground. With his fierce eyes, all the gangsters felt a chill all over their bodies.
"Okay, now you guys form groups of two and control the ox carts for me. Don't let the oxen run around. If anyone disobeys my orders, I will kill him with my own hands. Do you hear me?" Tang Tong roared for the last time.
The hooligans who had just seen Tang Tong break a man's neck with a single wave of his hand were naturally terrified. When they heard Tang Tong's roar, they couldn't help but shout in unison, "We heard it, Master Tang."
Tang Tong waved his hand, and the newcomers stood beside the ox cart, holding the reins of the ox in their hands, and looked ahead nervously. Although these people were cruel in bullying the old people in the past, they were not very afraid when facing the real desperate criminals, the Japanese pirates. However, they were more afraid of the devil-like Tang Tong, so they were very obedient at this time, and no one dared to escape first at this time.
It is said that after Bing Youwei got off the boat at the mouth of Liuhe River, he received a report from his spies that the Ming army, which was carrying 300,000 taels of silver, had stopped to rest ten miles away. Bing Youwei was not too worried, because sometimes his looting range would extend as far as 40 or 50 miles from the shore, so the distance of ten miles was nothing.
"Listen to me, everyone. There are three hundred thousand taels of silver ten miles ahead. Whether you want to get rich or not depends on your performance. Whoever dares not work hard for me this time, I will chop him into pieces and feed him to the fish. Now, run forward." Bing Youwei drew out his knife, pointed to the front, and shouted loudly.
When the fifteen hundred Japanese pirates heard that there was thirty taels of silver ahead, they all roared excitedly, their eyes gradually turning red because of this act of killing and looting, like a group of vicious wolves.
Ten miles is neither far nor near. For Tang Tong's soldiers who have been training in cross-country for three months, the physical consumption is not very great. But for these Japanese pirates drifting on the sea, the physical consumption is a bit too much. However, Bing Youwei was not worried either, because he had more than 1,500 battle-hardened Japanese pirates under his command. He thought that it would be no problem to deal with those sheep-like Ming soldiers.
When the fifteen hundred Japanese pirates appeared in everyone's sight, the gangsters under Tang Tong began to tremble in fear at the oncoming crowd. Just when some of them were considering whether to escape, they heard footsteps from the woods behind them. The gangsters looked back and felt relieved, because the ones coming were the two real soldiers under Tang Tong.
The soldiers had undergone three months of training in the past two years and were much better than these gangsters in every aspect. Led by Zhang Yiheng and Zhao Yapeng, they passed by these gangsters in an orderly manner and set up a position about three thousand steps ahead.
Bing Youwei frowned slightly when he saw the two thousand Ming army soldiers who suddenly appeared, but soon a trace of contempt appeared in his eyes. What's the big deal about two thousand more people? Not to mention just two thousand more people, even if the other side had the same number of people as himself, with the combat effectiveness of the Ming soldiers, they were no match for his battle-hardened men.
"Baga, guys, now is the time to show your courage. Do you see what's on those ox carts in front? Those boxes are filled with 300,000 taels of silver. As long as you defeat these useless Ming troops who are like sheep in front of us, the silver will be yours. My warriors, charge." The right guard waved the long sword in his hand and shouted loudly.
Following a loud roar from the right guard, the fifteen thousand Japanese pirates also roared and rushed towards Zhang Yiheng and Zhao Yapeng. Seeing these pirates rushing up without any organization or discipline, Tang Tong breathed a sigh of relief, while Zhang Yiheng and Zhao Yapeng loosened their tightly clenched fists. Zhang Yiheng looked at his soldiers who were very nervous and laughed loudly: "You little bastards, what are you nervous about? Don't look at the number of these Japanese pirates. Look at them rushing up like this in such a disorderly manner. They are completely a bunch of idiots, a mob of idiots, who are here to give us silver. Killing one of them will earn you five taels of silver. Everyone should be happy."
"Ha, ha... Your Excellency is right. These are just a bunch of idiots who came to bring us money." When the soldiers heard what Zhang Yiheng said, they couldn't help but burst into laughter, and their nervousness mostly disappeared.
"Okay, now all brothers, listen to my command. Three-stage combo, first row, get ready..." Zhang Yiheng waved the small flag in his hand for command, asking everyone to get ready.
Bing Youwei had seen the attack capability of the Ming Empire's muskets and was very clear about it. Seeing these two thousand Ming soldiers ready to shoot, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart, thinking that these Ming soldiers must have eaten something wrong. They actually wanted to use these two thousand muskets to deal with my 1,500 elite soldiers. This Ming general was really stupid like a pig.
Fifteen thousand Japanese pirates approached the twenty-thousand soldiers under Tang Tong step by step. Five steps, four steps, two steps, charge! The Japanese pirates roared and rushed forward at a faster speed.
Zhang Yiheng and Zhao Yapeng watched these pirates calmly. When they were only 150 steps away, Zhang Yiheng, the commander, shouted, "First row, fire!"
Crisp gunshots rang out, and the newly established Tang family army began its first battle.
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