My father Yong Le Emperor, you let me keep a low profile

Chapter 71 Smash its lair and destroy its race!
"Marquis Anyuan, is it better?"

Reaching out to open a cabin door, Zhu Gaoyu walked in with a bowl of decoction. He asked concernedly and lay on the bed with a pale face.

Zhu Gaoyu's car is Zheng He's flagship. In the current world, this ship can be called the number one.

The huge hull is smooth and stable on the sea.

As long as there is no strong wind and waves, it is difficult to shake the ship.

However, with such a smooth boat, Liu Sheng was dizzy.

From the first day on board, this guy was lying in bed and couldn't get out.

"His Royal Highness laughed at me. This sailor is really not capable of ordinary people. In my state, let alone fighting, it's good to be able to stand firm."

Liu Sheng smiled wryly and shook his head, took the medicine bowl Zhu Gaoyu handed over, and couldn't help laughing at himself.

"It's okay, it's all like this, just get used to it."

Zhu Gaoyu smiled and comforted him.

He took out a sea chart and spread it in front of the two of them.

"This is what I think. With the state of the Shenji Battalion, it is difficult to go into battle immediately. I want to keep you in North Korea and cooperate with the remaining naval unit to wipe out the Japanese pirates around North Korea."

Liu Sheng didn't refuse either.

Not only was he seasick, but the entire Shenji Battalion was not much better.

The Shenji Battalion, the most important unit of the old man, is composed of people whom the old man trusts the most.

The old man used to be in the north, so his soldiers were mainly in the north.

Northerners are not good at water warfare. This is not a sarcasm, but a fact.

Since boarding the ship, more than [-]% of the staff of the Shenji Battalion are in the same condition as him.

Those who are better are also dizzy.

In contrast, the transferred Fifth Army Battalion was much better.

There are many soldiers in the Fifth Army Battalion who are from the south, and they are still in very good condition.

"Alright!"

Knowing his own state, Liu Sheng didn't force it, and nodded in agreement.

"The minister will first clear the Japanese pirates on the North Korean side, and wait for His Highness to gain a firm foothold on the Japanese side, and then we will go over here, so that there will be a buffer time."

After deciding to divide the troops, Liu Sheng looked at the chart and asked again: "I don't know where your highness is going to fight first?"

Zhu Gaoyu didn't answer, and directly clicked on Tsushima Island between North Korea and Japan.

"It's between the two sides, and it's isolated overseas. It's a very good logistics base for us."

"I plan to occupy this place first. After you have cleaned up the Japanese pirates in North Korea, you can come here first."

After talking about the first step plan, Zhu Gaoyu pointed to the Jiuzhou Island area.

"The next step of my plan is to take this place. This piece of land is surrounded by sea areas. After taking it, our navy can completely block it."

Sliding his finger upwards slightly, Zhu Gaoyu's eyes flashed fiercely.

"The next step is to fight upwards step by step until the end of the war."

Looking down at the map, Liu Sheng didn't notice Zhu Gaoyu's eyes. He frowned and said, "This is indeed safe, but it will also give the enemy time to prepare. When the time comes, we will advance step by step and fall into an anxious battle. It will not be good for my Ming Dynasty."

"After all, we are not fighting locally, and the logistics have to be transported from Daming all the way. Once the war drags on for a long time, the consumption of the imperial court will be great."

"logistics!"

Zhu Gaoyu glanced at Liu Sheng with a half-smile, slowly rolled up the map, and said to Liu Sheng meaningfully: "Once we set foot on their land, we will have no shortage of logistics."

Liu Sheng gasped when he heard this.

As an experienced veteran, how could he fail to understand the meaning of Zhu Gaoyu's words.

This is planning to support war with war!
"Your Highness, is this something inappropriate? If the court finds out, it may cause criticism."

"Criticism!"

Zhu Gaoyu smiled and patted Liu Sheng on the shoulder.

"If there is no such thing as the Kong family, the literati who do business and still list their names will definitely criticize them."

"However, with the matter of the Kong family in the first place, no matter what we do, they will not say anything, but will cheer loudly."

"They are relying on the name of Confucius, if they dare to jump out and make accusations."

"Believe it or not, someone will teach them how to be human if we don't take action."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaoyu helped Liu Sheng tuck the quilt.

"Marquis Anyuan, you can stay in North Korea well, encircle Japanese pirates and enjoy Korean girls, and I will handle the rest."

After waving his hands, under Liu Sheng's worried eyes, he walked out of the cabin.

Liu Sheng didn't care about the people of the Japanese country because of the heart of the Virgin, but was worried that it would bring trouble to Zhu Gaoyu.

Among the crown prince and several princes, he was actually very optimistic about Zhu Gaoyu.

The prince is benevolent, but after all he doesn't care much about martial arts.

Liu Sheng worried that after a few generations, Daming might return to the era when the gentlemen were noble and the martial arts were humble.

It is very difficult for warriors to accept that the culture is noble and the military is cheap.

It is precisely because of this that the generals group is actually not very satisfied with the prince.

Originally, they paid attention to Zhu Gaoxu at the beginning, thinking that the old man would like him, maybe they could take a gamble.

However, just when they were about to make a bet, the formerly unknown King Yue suddenly rose up.

Cruel and ruthless, with a calm personality, he is good to the common people, and he has nothing to say to the soldiers.

When Zheng He's fleet returned, the grand ceremony held by His Highness to welcome the fallen soldiers severely pulled the hearts of the warriors.

Later, the artisan camp, the flintlock guns that the old man took out, and the imaginary pictures of future weapons gradually touched the hearts of the generals.

Zhu Gaoyu made a move to Ji Gang, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies went to help, which was actually a kind of show of favor.

Liu Sheng's participation in this battle against the Japanese was the observers sent by the Generals Group.

They looked to see if His Royal Highness the King of Yue was the candidate they had in mind.

At the same time, it is also a test for the old man, to see if the old man will be angry when the generals group contacts the king of Yue.

The initial contact shocked the generals group.

The old man must know what their generals think.

But when Liu Sheng applied to join the battle, the old man agreed after only a moment of silence, without the slightest thunderous anger from everyone's speculation.

This gave the generals a signal that His Majesty may also be optimistic about Zhu Gaoyu, but for some reason, he cannot recognize the King of Yue in the same way he recognized the King of Han.

The reason is what everyone knows.

His Majesty is currently the fourth eldest child, and His Royal Highness the King of Yue is the fourth oldest child, and the reason for this is self-evident.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about the titles of the four brothers, the title of His Highness the King of Yue is a bit wrong.

King Han and King Zhao, these are all titles of great powers.

And the king of Yue.

Well, there was Goujian, the king of Yue, but compared with titles like Qin Chu Zhao Han, he was still a little worse.

So from these, it can be seen that His Majesty did not give this fourth son a chance from the very beginning.

But this is the son, but surpassed the other three sons.

This made the old man a little tangled.

With a variety of mentalities, it becomes this state of neither support nor opposition.

What the brothers will achieve in the future depends on their own efforts and God's will.

The generals understood this, and after debating for a long time, they decided to place a tentative bet first.

It's not that they don't want to support the prince Zhu Pangpang, but that the prince attaches great importance to civil servants, which makes their general group feel a sense of crisis.

In the middle of August in the ninth year of Yongle.

In order to catch up with the monsoon retreating south, Zhu Gaoyu did not stay in North Korea, leaving behind a squadron, and after leaving behind Liu Sheng and others, he hurried south to catch the monsoon.

Looking at the Korean mainland that was getting further and further away, Zhu Gaoyu felt helpless for a while.

The invention of the steam engine must be stepped up, otherwise the days of catching the monsoon would be too uncomfortable.

It's better now. If we find Australia in the future, we need to immigrate from the mainland. The monsoon alone will not necessarily meet the standard for the population after his death.

So as soon as possible, replace Da Ming's warships with steam engines, and get rid of the days of relying on the sky.

Tsushima Island is less than 50 kilometers away from North Korea. On sunny days, both sides can even see each other.

Since the twelfth century, it has been controlled by the Zong family, and it is also the largest base camp of Japanese pirates.

Many of the Japanese pirates who attacked North Korea, or those who attacked Daming, started from here.

North Korea has also conquered many times, but the results all ended in failure.

It was not until the 17th year of Yongle that this place was defeated, a treaty was signed, and it became a vassal of North Korea.

But maybe influenced by Ming Dynasty, North Korea is also very different.

After people took refuge, they immediately withdrew their troops and went back.

Later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi used Tsushima Island as a springboard to attack North Korea.

If it wasn't for Da Ming's father who came to rescue him in time, it would be a matter of whether there is any history of North Korea in the future.

The sky was bright, and the Japanese pirate who had slept beautifully all night, yawned, stretched his waist, and walked out of the thatched hut.

Some took out their fishing nets and prepared to go fishing.

Some are carrying weapons, ready to sharpen them, go out to earn extra money, and have a look.

"Come on, there's a dead man here!"

A suspicious exclamation sounded, which attracted the attention of the Japanese pirates.

Some are curious, what is there to doubt about the dead, and there will be no dead people here someday.

For those warriors who drink too much, duels have become commonplace, and it is not normal for them to die a few times a day.

More people are going to watch the excitement.

When they saw the corpse hanging from a tree, their expressions were filled with surprise.

"This dress seems to be a smart person!"

A one-eyed samurai, looking at the corpse hanging from a tree, was not sure.

"It's the Ming people." The partner next to him confirmed with a serious expression, then stepped forward to touch the clothes of the corpse, and said: "The clothes are made of high-quality silk, and the Ming people are definitely either rich or expensive."

He looked at the surrounding warriors and said dissatisfiedly, "Who went to Daming to plunder during this time, it's inappropriate to eat alone!"

"No!"

"I did not go."

"It can't be one of our people, right? During this period of time, the Daming Navy has been on strict patrol, so we don't have a chance to go."

The Japanese pirates who were watching all said that they had never been there.

"Clang clang clang clang..."

Just when the Japanese pirates were suspicious of each other and curious about the identity of the corpse, the siren suddenly sounded from the high alert tower.

Soon, a Japanese pirate on guard ran over, hissing and shouting.

"Boats, many boats, big boats..."

In an instant, the Japanese pirates all blew up their nests.

All of them ignored the corpses, and hurried back to get their weapons and prepare to fight.

"Where are the enemies, are they those weak sticks?"

The Patriarch of the Zong Clan, who was still sleeping late, heard the alarm and scrambled up from the bed, ignoring his clothes, picked up his weapon and ran out.

Seeing some confusion on the island, he didn't know the situation, grabbed a passing samurai and asked loudly.

"Master Zong, I don't know either, but I heard that there are many boats coming from Bangzi on the opposite side."

"idiot!"

The Patriarch of the Zong Clan cursed, drew out his samurai sword and shouted loudly.

"Don't mess around, all the warriors listen to my order and go to the defensive point immediately, the weak stick is no threat to us. On board!"

"Onboard!"

This guy still has prestige, and with a shout, the somewhat confused Japanese pirates also stabilized, and followed the Zong family's head who was still naked, and rushed to the defense point built on the shore.

"Bigouli!"

When a group of people rushed to the shore and saw the warship covering the sky and the sun in the distance, they were all stunned.

The patriarch of the Zong family, who rushed to the front, was still naked, so frightened that the little caterpillar shrank in.

The rushing footsteps also came to a sudden stop, because the speed was too fast and the stop was too hasty, and both legs drew a line on the ground.

The shocked Patriarch of the Zong family couldn't feel the pain in his feet at all. Holding the samurai sword in his hand, he stared blankly at the huge fleet that was slowly approaching.

He was a little confused.

Did I commit some kind of rule of heaven?

Don't I usually bring someone to grab something, so I don't need to drive such a large fleet.

In fact, I am very talkative, so I don't need to send so many fleets here, just send a cat or a dog here, and I will surrender if I am not sure.

"Baga, you bloody horse dung, did you offend some big man?"

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out who he had offended, the Patriarch of the Zong Clan. He turned his head and stared at the warrior behind him, and asked angrily.

The Japanese pirates who were also frightened by such a huge fleet looked at him blankly and shook their heads blankly.

"Damn it, it's the Ming army."

A Japanese pirate with good eyes saw the flying flag of the fleet, and his face was sallow.

"Baga, I knew that the Ming army was not easy to mess with. I won't let you harass Daming. You have to go. It's all right now. They've come to your door. You're all waiting to die."

A small leader of the Japanese pirates who had always disapproved of plundering Daming, heard the identity of the huge fleet opposite, and cursed angrily.

"Damn it, what's the use of saying this, hurry up and send someone to ask, if conditions permit, we can surrender."

After a burst of quarrels, an unlucky guy was pushed out and drove a small boat to the Deming Fleet, wanting to find out what was going on.

If you are passing by, offer some gifts.

If they came to beat them, then you have to consider whether to surrender.

As for fighting, what a joke.

They have the whole island, and the dogs are less than five thousand.

On the huge scale on the opposite side, a fart by one person can shock them to death.

They are pirates, not fools.

Knowing that he can't win, but foolishly going to die, isn't that pure dick?

There is a good saying in Daming that those who know current affairs are called heroes.

Coupled with their understanding of Daming, if they choose to surrender, not only will their lives not be in danger, but there will also be unexpected benefits.

However, today they thought too much.

The guy who came across had no intention of talking to them at all.

Before the unlucky fast boat approached, several puffs of gunpowder smoke suddenly rose from the front battleships of the Ming Fleet.

With the faint roar, more than a dozen iron balls spanned hundreds of meters and smashed around the Clippers with a whistling sound.

I don't know if that unlucky guy was really unlucky, or if Daming was lucky.

An iron ball that flew out was very lucky to hit the Clippers.

With a bang, under the terrified eyes of the unlucky guy, a big hole broke out at the bottom of the fast boat, and the surging sea water poured in, half of the boat sank in the blink of an eye.

"idiot!"

The unlucky man cursed in a low voice, turned around and jumped into the sea, wanting to swim to the shore.

However, although today's waves are not big, they are not small either. He spent a long time in the sea, but only swam a few meters forward.

At this time, a smaller warship broke away from the fleet, and with its desperate expression, it ran over it fiercely.

Negotiable, nothing negotiable.

Zhu Gaoyu came to Japan to do only two things.

Smash its lair and destroy its race.

From now on, he will no longer be called a Wa, but only a slave of Ming Dynasty.

"Baga, what are they trying to do!"

The Japanese pirates who saw this scene on the shore were shocked and angry, and cursed angrily.

But Daming doesn't care about them.

The approaching fleet slowly unfolded, and the main battleship stepped forward, facing the island sideways, ready to go to war.

The small ships cover the two wings of the fleet and are responsible for blocking the enemy fleet.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, the warships have been prepared, do you want to start?"

The high-spirited Wang Jin strode to Zhu Gaoyu who was standing at the bow of the boat, holding a simple binoculars in his hand, looking at the island in the distance, and reported loudly.

"Let's start, brothers haven't eaten breakfast yet, let brothers start, otherwise the meal will be cold."

Wang Jin grinned when he heard the words, turned around and came to the podium, picked up the command flag and gave orders loudly.

"The commander-in-chief has an order, let's go to war!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom..."

Following the waving of Wang Jinling's flag, dozens of drummers beat the battle drum in front of them vigorously, and issued the order to start the war.

"Attention all guns, listen to my password, target island, fire!"

The officers commanding in the gun bay heard the drumbeat of the battle, raised the command flag to the gunners on standby, and waved the flag vigorously.

"Boom boom boom..."

The sound of rumbling guns shook the world, and wisps of gunpowder smoke were blown away by the sea breeze.

The iron ball propelled by the gunpowder explosion flew out of the muzzle, drew a perfect arc with a roar, and smashed heavily towards the island.

A total of 20 ships participated in the bombardment, and each ship had 25 to 30 cannons.

In this round of shelling, more than 200 artillery pieces roared.

More than 200 iron balls whistled piercingly, like a meteor shower, and smashed heavily on Tsushima Island.

Although some of them fell into the sea, most of them hit the shore.

Although the shells at this time did not have explosive power, their powerful penetrating power was also disappointing.

The Japanese pirates on the shore thought there was more to talk about, so they didn't enter the defense point, and they all gathered on the shore to watch the sea.

This round of attack by the Ming army was aimed at them.

Although most of them missed, there were still a small number of shells that directly hit the crowd.

In an instant, flesh and blood filled the air, and limbs flew randomly.

The beach with a pleasant scenery turned into a slaughterhouse for flesh and blood in an instant.

(End of this chapter)