Chapter 187 The Japanese pirates were angry and fell into Chu Nan’s trap again!
“Yes.” Seeing Chu Nan asking, Yao Guangxiao didn’t say anything more.

“Chun Nan, according to my investigation, the Japanese pirates this time are quite large in number, more than 11,000, and they are well-equipped, with 3,000 to 4,000 armored men, and a large number of muskets.”

“And they have already sent out scouts to investigate the movements of soldiers in the garrisons around Taizhou. As long as there are unusual movements by the garrisons, they will not take action.”

“And their action is to attack Taizhou. Currently, Taizhou only has 2,000 soldiers, most of whom are not strong in combat and cannot stop these pirates at all.”

Yao Guangxiao was talking about intelligence, but in his heart he admired Chu Nan very much.

Because all this information was obtained by the Jinyiwei arranged by Chu Nan, and the Jinyiwei was established by Zhu Yuanzhang at Chu Nan’s request.

So Yao Guangxiao really admires Chu Nan, he is so amazing.

But no matter how much we admire them, the problem now is how to deal with these Japanese pirates.

Zhu Di also frowned: “Mr. Chu, we have to take action, otherwise the soldiers of Taizhou alone will not be able to stop the Japanese pirates.”

“And we can’t let the soldiers of Taizhou show any signs of alertness, otherwise the Japanese pirates will definitely not attack. If that’s the case, Taizhou might not even last half an hour before it falls.”

“That makes sense.” Yao Guangxiao on the side also nodded.

“We really need to think carefully about how to act, otherwise the casualties in Taizhou may be considerable.”

However, they were still relatively optimistic. After all, they had finally tricked the Japanese pirates into coming this time.

“We can only rely on Taizhou soldiers.” But after hearing their words, Chu Nan’s face became very serious.

“Although the Taizhou soldiers are not alert, I have already arranged for the high-ranking officers of the Taizhou garrison to be stationed there. They will know the information about the Japanese pirates’ attack.”

“Whether they can hold out until we can provide support depends on their command and preparation.”

Then, Chu Nan gave the order directly.

“Pass on my order, and have the Taizhou garrison commanders prepare to meet the enemy, but don’t tell too many of the subordinates and the common people, otherwise the Japanese pirates will notice it.”

“All soldiers of the Jinwu Vanguard should stop farming and organize their equipment. If there is any change in Taizhou, they will immediately provide support.”

“Remember, you are not allowed to burn the pirates’ retreating ships. Once the pirates find out that their ships are burned, they may flee to the inland areas, and then they may bring greater disasters to the people!”

“That makes sense.” After hearing Chu Nan’s arrangement, Yao Guangxiao nodded frequently. It was a very good arrangement.

At the same time, he was also shocked. Chu Nan suddenly had the demeanor of a great general, and he was able to give orders with ease.

“Mr. Chu?” But Zhu Di was puzzled at this time.

“If we don’t burn the pirates’ ships, won’t that give them a way out? What if they escape? Wouldn’t all our efforts be wasted?”

“Who said they can escape if we don’t burn their ships? Send a force to secretly seize their ships, but don’t send too many people, so that the pirates will think they can take them back without having to flee to the inland.”

“That makes sense!” Upon hearing Chu Nan’s arrangement, Zhu Di’s eyes lit up and he admired Chu Nan more and more.

In this case, the Japanese pirates will definitely not escape.

“I’ll arrange someone to do it right away.” Zhu Di also went out immediately to arrange things.

Although Zhu Di is young now, under the influence of Chu Nan, he has become motivated and resolute.

I wonder how pleased Zhu Yuanzhang would be after seeing this.

After their arrangements, the Ming army forces near Taizhou began to operate in secret.

All of a sudden, five thousand Jinwu vanguards and several thousand Jinyiwei were all looking forward to the decisive battle with the Japanese pirates.

Three days later.

early morning.

Taizhou City. When a war is imminent, everything is always calm.

Taizhou City no longer had the hustle and bustle of the past, the lights in the people’s homes were gradually going out, and the soldiers on the city walls were all dozing off.

After all, early morning is when people are most tired and least alert, and they don’t want the Japanese pirates to launch another sneak attack at this time like they did last time.

And at this moment, outside Taizhou City.

The Japanese pirates had landed on the beach, and then, just like last time, they took advantage of the night to come to the outskirts of Taizhou City.

They lay on the ground, quietly waiting for what would happen.

Taro Kojima was also waiting for the situation. This time their method of attacking the city was the same as last time. They would first lurk people into Taizhou and then let them attack the guards at the city gate.

After the attack began, their army entered the city to plunder.

They waited like this until the agreed time came.

“Huh? What’s going on! Ah!” Soon, noise was heard coming from Taizhou City.

“Yoshi!” Taro Kojima was happy when he heard the voice. It seemed like he had succeeded.
“Yoshi!” The other Japanese pirates also became excited.

If they succeed, they will rush in immediately and kill everyone, killing all the Ming people, and then rob everywhere and take away all the things!
“Ah, ah!” At this moment, the noisy sound in the city was getting louder and louder, and many screams followed.

“There are Japanese pirates!” In addition to the screams, there were also the voices of some soldiers reporting the news.

“Ah, are the Japanese pirates coming?” Hearing this sound, the guards on the city wall became alert and wanted to report the news and wake up the defenders in the city.

“Swoosh! Whoosh!” With just two arrows, the soldiers on the city wall were shot dead by the Japanese pirates.

But at this time, the Japanese pirates in the city had no idea what was going on and had not yet opened the city gates.

This made the Japanese pirates outside the city anxious.

“No more waiting, charge!” Taro Kojima couldn’t help it and directly ordered the soldiers to charge. With so many people, they had to break down the city gate even if they had to.

Otherwise, it would be completely impossible to attack Taizhou City again in the future.

“Kill!” After hearing what Taro Kojima said, the Japanese pirates launched a full-scale attack. Thousands of Japanese pirates rushed towards Taizhou City like a tide.

“Creak!” At this moment, the Taizhou city gate opened in time.

“Yoshi!” Seeing this situation, Taro Kojima shouted happily.

“The city gate has been opened by our people. Charge in and kill all the Ming people!”

“Charge!” The Japanese pirates were also happy. According to Taro Kojima’s information, there was no ambush of the Ming army near Taizhou this time.

Then the entire Taizhou would belong to them, and all the gold, silver, treasures, food and beauties in it would be theirs.

Kill, they want to kill all the Ming troops!
All the Japanese pirates charged forward madly as if they were injected with chicken blood.

“Go!” But just when they were excited, something unexpected happened.

Because after the city gate was opened, what greeted them were not the Japanese pirates they had sent in, but the neatly dressed Taizhou garrison of the Ming Dynasty.

The defenders rushed towards them with angry faces and spears and swords in hand.

“What’s going on?” Hu Lu, who had been watching the battle, was shocked when he saw this situation.

“Have we fallen into a trap again?”

(End of this chapter)