People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

The Japanese pirates were indeed beaten stupid by the Ming army.

Mainly in their intelligence, they didn't realize that there would be a group of Ming troops.

They are bandits, not troops.

Bullying the weak and fearing the hard, bullying the weak is their background.

If they knew that the main force of the Ming army was there, they would not have appeared on the coastline at all.

It's just that it's too late to say anything at this time, and now I can only escape with difficulty.

It's just that when they were fleeing, the nature of the pirates made the gap between them and the regular army even bigger.

After no one breaks, it becomes a mess.

This turned the battlefield into a one-sided massacre by the Ming army.

Ling said that he took the inspector to watch from a distance, and they turned what they saw into a preliminary record from the people behind.

However, it is not necessarily true that the Japanese pirates are useless.

Especially those Japanese ronin, after they were cornered, they really dared to go all out.

But personal bravery is not at the same level as the efficiency of the army.

Their unwillingness can only turn into a cold corpse in the end.

"How many are there?"

Ling said that as he walked forward, he could feel that there were many Japanese pirates coming this time.

From 3000 people at the beginning, 5000 people were corrected later.

But the Ming army killed all the way, and he had more judgments about it in his heart.

"My lord, I'm afraid the bait left by His Majesty has attracted all the nearby pirates..."

An inspector, looking at the corpses all over the ground, couldn't help muttering.

Ling said and nodded, this is very possible.

Even if there are five or six thousand people at sea, no one would dare to send five or six thousand to the shore.

Neither the pirates nor the Han people, nor the remnants of Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng, have such strength.

Only when many people work together can there be such momentum.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I caught a big fish!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's estimation of pirates was also insufficient.

On the coast where three thousand Japanese pirates could easily capture a county, five thousand pirates appeared.

And in the process of chasing and killing, more than five thousand were sent.

The ability of the Ming army to chase and kill these people depends entirely on the quality of the army and the bravery of the soldiers.

But obviously, the army arranged by the emperor can win, but it cannot wipe out all these people.

On the eve of Qingming, blood rained heavily.

From Jiaozhou to the sea, the Japanese pirates left countless corpses.

It's just that after all, some people retreated to the seaside under the cover of their companion's corpse.

Many shouted with excitement as they climbed aboard.

"Ba Ga, Lu..."

Those Japanese wanderers hurriedly pulled up the anchor at sea, regardless of their companions who hadn't landed yet.

Even when some companions climbed onto the boat, they kicked them off because they thought they were getting in the way.

Finally, the ship started at the critical moment, and the ships went further and further away.

For the rest of their lives, those Japanese wanderers turned their heads and shot arrows at the Ming army on the shore.

The rain of arrows did not distinguish between enemy and friend, and most of them fell on the Japanese pirates who had not landed yet, leaving many people behind.

"Your Majesty underestimated the Japanese pirates who attacked Jiaozhou this time. Guan is the Japanese pirates who boarded the ship and stayed behind. There are no less than 2000 people...

There are no less than a thousand left on the shore...

And those who stayed on the road and were captured by our army!
The number of people who came this time will not be less than 7000. "

7000 people!
When Ling said this number, everyone gasped.

Don't look down on the Northern Expedition in the Central Plains, which involved more than a dozen or 10 people.

Facing Dadu, an important military town like Taiyuan really needs a lot of people to pile up a victory.

If it's just looting, if it's just facing the city in the hinterland.

With 7000 people, many places in Shandong can be well looted.

"It's a pity, after all, two or three thousand people ran away, but no matter what, this time is considered a great victory!
Write it down for me, and refer back to His Majesty!
Remember, what His Majesty asks us to say, remember to use gorgeous rhetoric and nonsense to prevaricate His Majesty!

This is our duty to inspect the school! "

Ling said that many of the people he brought were clerks in charge of recording.

As the intelligence department closest to the emperor in Ming Dynasty, their working methods are also different from others.

Many people took out pens with hard pens, and quickly recorded everything at the scene on paper. The way they recorded was also the formula that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao summed up during their long-term chat with Zhang Yi.

Refuse nonsense, and multiple people go to record the same thing.

Restoring the truth as much as possible is the meaning of the emperor making the school his own eyes and ears.

Just when everyone regretted that there were still thousands of Japanese pirates running away.

Suddenly, the inspector shouted:
"Lord Ling, look..."

Following the direction pointed by the other party, the Ronin and the Ming army who were lingering on the shore also found it.

Just behind the retreating pirates, a fleet appeared.

The big ship headed by it was flying the military flag of Ming Dynasty.

There is also a flag with the word Xuanwu, indicating their identity.

"It's my Ming's army!"

Ling said that he felt that his body seemed to be hot again.

He lost the composure of the superior, and exclaimed with trembling voice.

"It's my Great Ming Army!"

"I am the Ming Navy!"

People on the shore, from the Ming army, Japanese pirates, to the surviving common people, all screamed.

Those Japanese pirates who had already run to sea also found this ambushing fleet.

"shoot!"

On the main ship of the Xuanwu Army is Zhang Cundao, the son of Zhang Yi.

At his order, those arrows that had been prepared long ago flew towards the pirate ships with kerosene arrows.

The joy of the Japanese pirates for the rest of their lives was instantly replaced by panic. They were ambushed on the shore and they understood why the Ming army appeared at sea.

Caught off guard, many Japanese pirates and pirates died under the first wave of arrows before they could react.

When others thought about turning around, Daming's warship was already approaching.

Most of the pirates' boats are small boats.

Many ships sunk by themselves under the impact of the main ship.

After those slightly larger ships were approached by the ships of the Xuanwu Army,

Hook ropes, crossbow arrows, and daimyo soldiers who climbed onto enemy ships began a new round of slaughter.

"This is my Daming navy!"

Ling said Le was crazy. He pointed at the large military ship in the distance and shouted excitedly.

I am Ming...jun...

The county magistrate Wang also led his militiamen to the coastline, and the militiamen behind him not only did not decrease, but increased a little.

These people are the people of Jiaozhou,
The blood on many was still wet.

They looked at the corpses of Japanese pirates and Ming soldiers on the ground, and at the naval battle in the distance.

In the hearts of many ordinary people, a trace of moving emotions involuntarily emerged.

In the era when human life is as cheap as a dog, is there finally an army willing to protect them?

"It's our army!"

"It's the Heavenly Soldiers of the imperial court..."

The joy brought by the victory finally touched some people.

Some broke down and cried as they thought of their dead family members.

"The imperial army came too late..."

Some people, like Ling said, are not easy to be proud of the navy at sea.

Our Great Ming, our army...

Ling said that he captured these words keenly and asked people to record them.

"This is what the little real person said, it belongs to the sense of identity of the same clan!"

As one of the few chief inspectors in Ming Dynasty who knew the truth about Zhang Yi, Ling Yue suddenly understood what Zhang Yi had been talking about about the sense of identity.

"People's hearts!"

He looked at the people embracing each other with mixed feelings.

At this time, the Xuanwu army and pirates fighting on the coastline gradually tilted the balance of victory.

The debut of the Xuanwu Army ended with a big victory over the pirates.

Seeing the remaining pirate ships enter the deep sea, Ling said it was a pity.

The ships of Daming's navy were obviously dispatched temporarily.

It is estimated that the treasure ship that His Majesty asked the shipyard to cast will take several years to come down.

Mu Ying took away the ten best ships of Ming Dynasty, and kept some of the remaining ships in Fujian and Guangdong.

The boat brought out by Zhang Cundao is really not good...

Moreover, this water army is obviously still lacking in running-in. Although the first show was a great victory, there are many problems that can be exposed.

The people couldn't see it, they only saw the joy of the great victory.

At sea, Zhang Cundao wiped off the blood on his face and looked at most of the fleeing ships, feeling very sorry.

If Ling said he could see the problem, he could naturally see it too.

It's just that the current combat effectiveness of the Xuanwu Army can only be like this, and he must continue to work hard when he goes back.

"In the trap specially set by His Majesty, we managed to ambush, but still couldn't wipe out the enemy army, it is our shame!

Please remember..."

Zhang Cundao was admonishing his soldiers when suddenly someone pointed to the distant sea:

"My lord, look..."

In the direction where the Japanese pirates fled, ten large ships appeared.

Zhang Cundao's nerves that had just been relaxed were lifted up all of a sudden.

"Preparation, preparation..."

The big ship appeared without any sign on it.

No one knows whether these ships are friends or foes.

Soldiers of the Xuanwu Army, act immediately.

They also didn't bother to capture the ships they had already controlled and acted on guard.

The same doubts as the Xuanwu Army were those Japanese pirates who escaped.

These are ten large ships that turned their rudders when they met the pirate ships.

There was no declaration of war, nor any superfluous actions.

Accompanied by a loud bang, flames spit out from the ship.

Whether it was the Japanese pirates or the Ming army, they all looked confused.

What exactly does this mysterious force want to do?
artillery?

Zhang Cundao was born in the army, and seemed to recognize the sound of this weapon.

But the next moment, the consequences of the Xuanwu cannon immediately overturned Zhang Cundao's cognition.

The range of the artillery was no more than three hundred paces.

But those cannons that spit out flames exploded at a position that was several times the range of the cannons.

The splashing water is full of power.

Whether it was the Ming army or the pirates, their scalps were numb from the power of this firearm.

The ship that was hit was directly blasted, and the ship was destroyed.

A round of artillery fire poured out, directly smashing the fleeing ships into sieves.

There were pirate ships who tried desperately to escape, but they still couldn't escape the second and third rounds of artillery.

Zhang Cundao stood at the bow of the boat, completely dumbfounded.

He is not a general who has never experienced water battles, but in the face of such a one-sided massacre, he actually feels that there is nothing he can do.

"Can anyone tell me what this is?"

He muttered to himself, but there was no response.

After a few rounds of shooting, most of those pirate ships have lost their combat effectiveness.

The mysterious fleet turned its rudder and disappeared into the depths of the sea.

Come quietly, leave your own legend, and then leave quietly...

The Xuanwu army was up and down, and the wind was chaotic...

When Zhang Cundao came back to his senses, he only felt that the cold sweat on his back had soaked his clothes.

Fortunately, this mysterious fleet is not hostile. If the opponent's guns are aimed at the Xuanwu army,
The Xuanwu army is probably the same as the pirates, and they have no power to fight back.

"Go and salvage the Japanese pirates and pirates who fell into the water. I captured them all and sent them to Yingtian Mansion!"

Zhang Cundao ordered his sailors, and then quickly walked to his cabin,

Compared with the finishing work, he felt that one of the more important things was to write memorials.

That mysterious fleet is terrifying.

……

In the deep sea, Mu Ying and Ping An stood together.

The roar of the Xuanwu cannon on the sea also made them feel the power of this artillery.

"This is a gift for me, Daming, to practice. Brother, we should go!"

Mu Ying looked at the coastline and said with emotion.

Pingan nodded silently. What Huaxia people miss most is a ray of nostalgia.

They walked silently, not knowing whether they were going to live or die.

There may be many people here who will be buried overseas and never return to their homeland.

Including him and Muying...

The eyes of the two looked greedily at the coastline of Daming, and finally waited until they couldn't see it.

They withdrew their gazes and plunged into the depths of the sea without looking back.

This goes all the way.

In the East China Sea, Bohai Sea and other places, there is a legend about a fleet of ships.

Wherever they passed, artillery roared.

Taking away the lives of countless pirates, they are kings of pirates, but they never harass the common people.

After this fleet appeared on the coastline of Japan and blasted open the gate of Japan, under the terrified eyes of the general of the Southern Dynasty, the fleet took away a large amount of supplies.

For the first time, people knew the identities of these people, they were Chinese.

The identities of these people once again sparked speculation by the sea forces, but no one linked them with the Ming Dynasty.

Only the frightened general of the Southern Dynasty immediately released the Ming envoy Yang Zai and others.

The fleet disappeared as far as the pirates could see, without a trace.

The legends they left behind at sea gradually became undiscussed as time went by.

……

The wind and cloud at sea are like huge waves on the sea, no matter how rough they are, they will disappear without a trace.

It can be on the land of Ming Dynasty.

The news about trapping and killing pirates spread wildly.

In April, before the Qingming Festival, Jiaozhou was attacked by pirates. The Xuanwu Army of the Ming Dynasty made its first show. The joint local army killed [-] enemies and captured more than [-] Japanese pirates.

At the end of April, Suzhou Prefecture.

The local army attacked again, trapping and killing more than a thousand pirates.

From the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the present, the pirates slaughtered unscrupulously along the coast, and for the first time encountered a large-scale counterattack by the Ming court.

Just one month.

More than 5000 pirates died on the coastline of Daming.

This is a big victory that is not as good as the northern battlefield in terms of numbers, but it is not inferior in meaning.

The great victory in the north is not well understood by the common people.

However, the battle along the coast allowed the common people to see what the imperial army was doing.

When the victory was passed back to Ming Dynasty, the disturbance in the imperial court about monks and Taoists paying taxes was suppressed by the victory for a while.

The prestige of the new emperor has never been improved.

Ying Tian Fu,
The palace, the imperial study.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of the Ming Dynasty, looked at the memorials compiled by his subordinates,

His expression was not as happy as outsiders imagined. (end of this chapter)