Chapter 88: Suicide! (Please collect! Please vote! Please invest!)
Just now when Ye Mingsheng's tiger squat cannon fired, Nakamura Daiji happened to be standing at the forefront of the team, and the buckshot fired by the tiger squat cannon went straight towards him.

If it weren't for his trusted confidants who were willing to act as human shields to protect him, and if it weren't for the fact that as a leader, all the vital parts of his body were protected by solid armor, I'm afraid Nakamura Daiji would have died on the spot!
But even so, Nakamura Daiji's situation is not good. Although his life was saved by the tiger crouching cannon, his right thigh was broken and three toes on his foot were all shot off by shotgun shells. He can no longer walk and can only be carried by his subordinates.

After suffering such a serious injury and having his bleeding quickly stopped by his subordinates, Nakamura Daiji immediately gave the order for the rest of his pirates to retreat.

Although the order to retreat was given, it did not mean that Nakamura Daiji wanted to give up. On the contrary, Nakamura Daiji had already made up his mind to die.

He ordered the retreat only because he found that it was difficult to break through Ye Mingsheng's military camp by frontal attack, so he wanted to lure Ye Mingsheng out of the camp so that he could take advantage of the military strength to launch a counterattack.

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng was not fooled at all and the morale of his subordinates was getting lower and lower, Nakamura Daiji knew in his heart that he would most likely return empty-handed in this battle.

Although he knew that this victory was not going to count, Nakamura Daiji, who was lying on his subordinate's back, gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "We are the warriors of His Highness Taiko! We cannot accept the shame of defeat! Fight back! Fight back!"

As soon as Nakamura Daiji's order came out, although the remaining 300 Red Tide Army soldiers were extremely reluctant, most of them turned around, picked up their weapons, and launched a new round of charge towards Ye Mingsheng's military camp.

Only a dozen or so ronin turned a deaf ear to Nakamura Daiji's orders, still kept their heads down, and continued to retreat and flee. To them, the battle was over. They had done everything they could. Now that failure was inevitable, it was time to plan for themselves!
"Bastards! Cowards! They don't deserve to be called warriors..."

Looking at the dozen or so deserters, Nakamura Daiji cursed fiercely:
Although the curses were vicious, all the troops under Nakamura Daiji were still concentrated in Ye Mingsheng's military camp. They could not spare any manpower to capture the dozen or so deserters. Therefore, the only thing Nakamura Daiji, who was lying on the back of his subordinates, could do now was to talk nonsense helplessly!

"These Japanese pirates are really playing tricks on me..."

Looking at the returning Japanese pirates, Ye Mingsheng sneered. The shouting and killing sounds to the west of Luwang Town had gradually disappeared.

This meant that Chen Yannian had most likely defeated the invading bandits from Gongdu. Considering the distance from the west side of the town to the military camp, it would only take a cup of tea for Chen Yannian to lead his troops back to provide support. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng really did not want the Red Tide Army of the Black Dragon Society to leave.

After all, when Chen Yannian led the main force back, the heads of the 300 Japanese pirates in front of him would be a credit to Ye.

"Defend the military camp! Each of them will be rewarded with two taels of silver!" Looking around at the soldiers and seeing the fatigue on their faces, Ye Mingsheng frowned and then shouted to encourage: They can get through this hurdle, and Ye Mingsheng doesn't want to collapse in this last hurdle. Although a few hundred taels of silver are not a small amount, and spending it will make Ye Mingsheng feel painful, but if this money can buy peace, Ye Mingsheng will pay for it!
Hearing that they could get two taels of silver for defending the military camp, these soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who only received five or six taels of military pay each year, immediately became refreshed and their physical fatigue was offset.

Under the order of Nakamura Daiji, the Japanese pirates of the Red Tide Army launched a charge towards Ye Mingsheng's camp again, but it was obvious that compared with the previous offensive, their charge this time was very weak and powerless, more like they were just dealing with things...

Seeing his people having no intention of fighting, Nakamura Daiji, who was lying on his subordinate's back, was anxious, but at this time, he had no good solution. He could only pray silently to the gods in his heart, hoping for a miracle to happen.

Although Nakamura Daiji's prayers were very pious, unfortunately, his gods did not give him the mercy he deserved!

Before the Japanese pirates of the Red Tide Army could rush to Ye Mingsheng's army, a group of Zhou troops consisting of hundreds of people immediately attacked them from the flank and rear. This group of Zhou troops was none other than the main force that Ye Mingsheng had been thinking about and sent out, and their leader was none other than Chen Yannian.

Looking at Chen Yannian rushing out, Nakamura Daiji knew that the game was over, and closed his eyes in pain. At this moment, the last hope in his heart had been shattered!

Nakamura Daiji, who had already decided to die, did not embarrass his subordinates. He got off his subordinates' backs, sat on a patch of grass, and gave orders in a deep voice:
"Pass the order down. The remaining troops should follow Kobayashi-kun's command and disperse to break out and save each other!"

"Master Nakamura, we still have a chance. We can break out of this encirclement!" His confidant anxiously advised:
Nakamura Daiji waved his hand, signaling his men not to say anything more, and then continued calmly: "The defeat in this battle is the fault of me, Nakamura Daiji, and has nothing to do with you..."

"Lord Nakamura!" Seeing that Nakamura Daiji was determined to die, his close associates were extremely sad, but there was nothing they could do. They could only follow Nakamura Daiji's orders. After kneeling down and kowtowed to Nakamura Daiji, they hurried away and fled for their lives.

Nakamura Daiji was kneeling alone on the grass. Amid the shouts of Zhou's army, he looked nostalgically in the direction of Dongdao. The cherry blossoms in his hometown must have bloomed by now, so he thought he should go back and take a look!

With nostalgia for his hometown, Nakamura Daiji wiped the blood off his samurai sword with a serious expression. Then he took a deep breath and stabbed the knife into his abdomen without any hesitation...
After a burst of heavy and painful gasps, the ambitious Nakamura Daiji collapsed to the ground due to excessive blood loss, completely lifeless.

After Nakamura Daiharu's death, hundreds of Red Tide Japanese pirates who had fled with his last wish immediately scattered like birds and beasts and fled separately. Because they fled so quickly, although Chen Yannian took advantage of the situation to kill more than 200 of the fleeing Japanese pirates, dozens of them still managed to escape with their lives.

(End of this chapter)