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Chapter 15: The Japanese invasion during the Jiajing period cannot be described as magic, but rather fantasy
Lin Shisan was attracted by the shocking opening of the reviewer.

He walked to the commentary booth. Sun Yue followed him. Dozens of common people were also attracted.

Seeing that most people had gathered, the commentator started to talk about the main topic.

This summer, fifty-three Japanese pirates landed in Shangyu, Zhejiang Province, in a small, broken boat. Their target was the wealthy Kuaiji County.

In Kuaiji County, the Japanese pirates broke into a wealthy family's house, killing people, robbing, and raping women. They did everything that animals do, and even things that animals cannot do.

Kuaiji County is a garrison of 1,000 households, and there are more than 800 people after deducting the vacancies.

Eight hundred to fifty-three, the advantage is clearly in my favor.

But the 800 Ming soldiers surrounded civilian houses and refused to fight, and their troops were not put in any effort.

The soldiers thought: they only get a few silver coins a month, and they are exploited by the commanders above. Is it worth risking their lives?
The idea of the captain was: as long as we force them out of Kuaiji, we can defeat the Japanese pirates. There is no need to fight them.

At midnight, the Ming army took the initiative to make way for them, and the fifty-three Japanese pirates successfully escaped from the house.

If nothing unexpected happens, the fifty-three pirates will flee back to the sea with the stolen gold and silver. The garrison commander will be praised by his superiors for "defeating" this group of pirates.

good for everyone.

However, things in the world are always unpredictable. Nothing unexpected happened? That's impossible!

The Japanese pirates encountered a sedan caravan on the way, and the beasts killed all the people in the sedan caravan, including the old man sitting in the sedan.

The old man is Sun Bochun, the Censor of Jiangxi Province of the Censorate, who is back to visit his relatives.

The censor was robbed and killed by Japanese pirates, which was a huge event.

The Shaoxing garrison immediately led 3,000 Shaoxing garrison troops to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates.

Three thousand versus fifty-three, the advantage is on my side.

What happened next could not be described as magical, but rather fantasy.

The two sides engaged in battle, and the leading Japanese pirate first killed a Ming soldier.

Someone in the Ming army shouted, "This is terrible! There's blood! People are dying! Brothers, run!"

The Ming army collapsed at the first blow, and the promised encirclement and suppression turned into a panic escape.

On the Xiaoshao Plain, three thousand Ming troops were chased like three thousand frightened pigs by fifty-three Japanese pirates who shouted "Kill Gaigai".

The Shaoxing garrison commander wished he could stuff his face into his crotch at that time.

In this battle, 400 Ming soldiers were killed or wounded and fled in all directions. Fifty-three Japanese pirates escaped Shaoxing Prefecture unscathed.

After defeating the Ming army in Shaoxing, the fifty-three Japanese pirates became arrogant.

The Ming army is like pigs, powerless to resist. In this case, why don't we attack Hangzhou, the largest city in Jiangnan?
Hangzhou was the seat of the governor of Zhejiang and the three officials, and the capital of the province. The three guards stationed in Hangzhou had more than 10,000 people, minus the vacancies.

Fifty-three Japanese pirates going to attack a city guarded by ten thousand Ming soldiers could not be said to be arrogant, but rather insane.

The ant dreamed of an elephant.

Then, the elephant of Hangzhou City was defeated by the ants.

Fifty-three Japanese pirates broke into the city from a side gate in the south, burned, killed and looted, and then broke out of the city.

The tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in Hangzhou were like a girl's gauze, unable to stop the Japanese pirates' weapons. But this time, the Japanese pirates finally started to die. They died three people in the battle, making the number of Japanese pirates fifty.

After leaving Hangzhou, the beasts were still not satisfied and attacked Changhua and Yuqian counties, killing any man they saw and pouncing on any woman they saw.

Although there were no garrisons in the two counties, there were several hundred fast-armed officers in the two counties, guards, and militiamen in the three squads. But then again, tens of thousands of garrison troops couldn't do anything to them, let alone several hundred yamen runners?
Let's talk about the Ming army. Hangzhou was captured, the Japanese pirates fled safely, and Zhejiang Governor Li Tianchong could no longer sit still.

He mobilized 30,000 troops from Zhejiang garrisons to encircle and annihilate the rampant Japanese pirates from all sides.

Then they failed to encircle them. Four Japanese pirates died, and the number became 46. They broke out of the encirclement and fled to Chun'an County. They continued to kill, rob, rape women and commit beastly acts.

The forty-six Japanese pirates were getting cocky again. Since we can take Hangzhou, why don't we go to Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty? It is said that there are gold and beauties everywhere there.

The Japanese pirates marched all the way to Shexian, Jixi, Jingde, Jingxian, Nanling, Wuhu, Taipingfu, and Jiangning. The Ming army set up defenses everywhere, and no place could stop the Japanese pirates.

Next is Nanjing City!

If the city of Nanjing were to be breached by the forty-six Japanese pirates, all the civil and military officials in Jiangnan would have to slit their throats or hang themselves from the roof beams to thank the world.

Cao Bangfu, the governor of Suzhou and Songjiang, and Wang Chonggu, the deputy envoy of Nanjing’s military preparations, mobilized 60,000 troops and vowed to protect the city of Nanjing.

The Japanese pirates' tentative attack was fruitless. Seeing that Nanjing was well defended and there were tens of thousands of troops outside the city to chase and intercept them, they had no choice but to give up the idea of attacking Nanjing.

It's time for us to go home and work.

After leaving Nanjing, the Japanese pirates entered Suzhou via Liyang, Yixing, Wujin, and Wuxi. Needless to say, the Japanese pirates burned, killed, raped, and looted along the way. Needless to say, the Ming army in various places was weak and could not resist.

Wang Chonggu, the deputy military envoy, could no longer sit still. Dozens of Japanese pirates had fought thousands of miles across Zhejiang and Zhili provinces, leaving nearly 100,000 Ming troops helpless. Hangzhou had been captured and Nanjing had been attacked. If they were allowed to escape safely back to the sea, would the imperial court still have face? !

Wang Chonggu asked the governor of Suzhou and Songjiang to select 3,000 brave warriors from the various guards in Nanjing and chase them into Suzhou.

Finally, finally, at Qianmaqiao in Hengjing, Wang Chonggu and commander Zhang Dagang used fire attack to completely wipe out this group of Japanese pirates.

Completely annihilating this group of Japanese pirates cannot be called a victory.

He Liangjun, a compiler of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, wrote in a memorial to the court:

"There are only fifty-three thieves. Now fifty-three bandits are knocking on the door. Even if we are in such a panic, isn't it a great disgrace to the court?"

The commentator finished telling the whole story.

Lin Shisan was not a fortune teller, so he naturally would not have predicted that this incident would be recorded in history books in the future as "The Japanese invasion in Jiangnan in the 34th year of Jiajing."

At this moment, he doubted the truth of the story. He said loudly to the judge, "Could it be that you made this up to scare people and cheat them out of their money?"

The judge took a sip of water to moisten his throat. "This was spread by the book boy of the Military Department. It is very reliable. Believe it or not."

Sun Yue lowered his voice and said, "Master, my cousin just came back from Zhejiang. He also said that dozens of Japanese pirates caused a big commotion in Zhejiang in the summer. But he didn't go into such detail."

Lin Shisan was speechless. He didn't know what to say.

Mr. Pingshi said again: "Gentlemen, I am talking so much and you are listening to me in a strange way. But have you ever thought about how many innocent people in the southeast died at the hands of the Japanese pirates during our idle chats? How many women were raped by the Japanese pirates who were worse than beasts? How many people lost their families because of the Japanese pirates?"

The judge paused, then said with compassion: "If your father and son were killed by the Japanese pirates, if your wife was insulted by the Japanese pirates, if your home was burned down by the Japanese pirates, how would you and I feel?"

This sentence made Lin Shisan feel enlightened.

　Regarding the authenticity of the 53 Japanese pirates causing chaos in Jiangnan, there are two aspects to consider. First, there are a lot of official histories, unofficial histories and even memorials of officials at that time as evidence. Second, refer to an incident that General Chi Haotian once said, that during the Anti-Japanese War, two or three Japanese soldiers carrying plaster flags in his hometown county chased tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the county to "escape".

　　
　
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