Chapter 183 Order
Zhu Houzhao was worrying about this matter, wondering why no minister came out to share his worries?
The reason why the Houjin Tartars are not afraid of the firearms of the Ming army is because they have enough shields to block the firearms. Once they get a little closer to the Ming army, it is basically a massacre of the Ming army.
It can be said unequivocally that from now on, the entire Ming army attaches great importance to the development of firearms from top to bottom, but ignores the practical operation of infantry. Once real guns and live ammunition are used on the battlefield, the infantry often suffers.
At this moment, there was a shout from outside the hall.
“Urgent report, urgent report, urgent report at the border!”
“In the Daming sea area, many pirates have sneaked into the navy, and the navy has been attacked!”
The emergency report suddenly sounded, and the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty were first shocked, and then they all showed angry expressions on their faces.
These pirates were really bold, and they even planned to sneak up on the navy while they relaxed after His Majesty left.
Zhu Houzhao shouted angrily, “Quickly submit the urgent report!”
“According to the order!”
Xiao Fangzi hurriedly trotted down the side ladder, took the urgent report, and hurriedly presented it to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao glanced coldly at the contents of the report.
However, the more I looked down, the more unhappy I became.
His first feeling was that there were not only ghosts, but many inside the Ming Navy.
Afterwards, Qi Jingtong also reported that a cargo ship was looted by pirates.
It turned out that when the one-eyed dragon assigned his subordinates to attack the Daming treasure ship on a single day, his subordinates waited in place with about 20 brothers.
Not long after, a large merchant ship happened to pass by, and the one-eyed dragon became greedy for money.
He felt that his brothers had not even eaten a full meal with him recently. This time, he had to make a big one. It happened to be a fleet of merchant ships. Dozens of guards were hacked to death, the corpses were thrown directly into the sea, and all the goods and money in the cabin were robbed by the women.
If it wasn’t for a corpse floating over, no one would have known about it at the time.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the contents angrily on both sides, held the memorial tightly with his hands and roared, “These pirates are so arrogant, if I don’t clean them up, I will never be a human being!”
“Send Qi Jingtong’s decree, quickly dispatch my Daming elite navy to clear this stake!”
“The pirates at sea are the one to blame, looting merchant ships wantonly, and the people in the surrounding waters may also be disturbed. I have been trained by the Ming Navy for a long time, and all the artillery is allotted. I order you to send troops immediately to quell this group of pirates!”
Xiao Fangzi hurriedly wrote down Zhu Houzhao’s words, and then conveyed it to the Ministry of War, and passed it on as the most important thing today.
Zhu Houzhao knew that the pirates of the Ming Dynasty were not the pirates, but the Japanese pirates who later invaded our country.
These pirates are like dull knives. Although they won’t kill you in a short time, they are still torturing you little by little.
Although they do not have a fixed place for activities, nor fixed soldiers and warships, they have a strong random combat ability and are very flexible in combat.
Once you let them escape, in the vast sea, where will you go to find them? After some time, they come back again, very troublesome.
At dusk of the second day, the imperial decree was delivered to Qi Jingtong’s hands.
It turned out that Qi Jingtong hosted Mao Liu and others for dinner that night, and the purpose was to ask them to find a few worms hidden in the army.
Sure enough, after the meal, Qi Jingtong also entertained the pirates with wine and asked them to confess the moths hidden in the army.
This trick really worked. Not only did it not cost a single soldier, but it also caught five worms in the navy.
When the next day dawned, the dozen or so people were tightly bound together and escorted to the capital.
While Qi Jingtong and the others were eating, One-Eyed Dragon and others also hijacked the merchant ship, but the news was quickly conveyed to Qi Jingtong’s ears.
He had already ordered people to make preparations to meet the enemy, but he has not set out until now.
At this moment, Qi Jingtong held his saber tightly in one hand, stood on the deck looking out at the sea level, and said aloud, “Brothers, now is the time for us to make achievements, let’s go!”
woohoo woo…
With the sound of a horn, more than 10,000 people from the Daming Navy drove into the distance.
in the boundless sea.
Pirate ships are haunting them. These days, they are used to it. They haven’t encountered the Daming Navy patrolling the coastline for a long time. Recently, they have begun to be arrogant.
When they found that they had committed crimes many times without being held accountable by the Ming Navy, they became more courageous one by one.
“The big boss, the second boss, there must be a change, otherwise we will disappear this night, I think we should leave here quickly!”
A sailor said to the one-eyed dragon.
“I’m afraid of him. These turtle grandchildren are busy training now, and I’ll talk about it when I have a few more votes.”
“When Lao Tzu gets rich, buy enough arms, and form his own army on this sea, then Lao Tzu will be the most powerful person!”
“As for the second child, send someone to take a look, why is there no movement?” The one-eyed dragon said to his brother.
“Big boss, look!”
The man was about to leave just now, but when he looked up, he saw a black spot coming towards him.
“It is estimated that they succeeded, brothers, prepare the ship to meet!” The one-eyed dragon waved his hand happily and gathered all the broken ships together.
“Brothers, God’s eyes are really opening, I have a chance to make a fortune!” Although the one-eyed dragon only had one eye, his eyesight was very good, and he could see a lot of ships coming from a distance.
But at this moment, he has been carried away by the gold and silver treasures on the ship, and all he can think about is robbing money.
Thinking of this, he pulled out the waist knife in his waist and raised his hand: “Brothers, it’s time for us to make a fortune, follow Lao Tzu to make this vote, and we will have glory and wealth in the future!”
Following that, the twenty or so pirates on the boat shouted loudly, obviously aroused by the words of the one-eyed dragon.
The speed of their paddling was also much faster than before, one by one as if they had been beaten with blood.
At this time, Daming was wearing armor.
A sailor scout hurried over, knelt down on one knee, and said to Qi Jingtong, “Lord General Administration~www.readmtl.com~ I found several suspicious boats ahead, and they are quickly rowing towards us!”
Hearing this, Qi Jingtong quickly stood up and walked towards the mast.
After looking at the boats in front, Qi Jingtong was relieved, but there were only a dozen or so broken boats. As the second master said before, they would not easily attract the attention of others by dressing up as broken boats.
“These pirates regard us as a merchant ship. They have sharp firearms on board. Send the order. All the soldiers are ready.
“Yes!”
“These pirates are really not afraid of death, it seems that their fate is like this!”
The originally slow-moving Daming battleship also accelerated. Qi Jingtong knew that the number of these pirates was small, but they were very mobile. The reason why they wanted to take 10,000 navy to sea this time was to wipe out all the pirates in this area. This is the emperor. The command!
The Daming dragon sailed fast, dividing the originally calm sea into two, and the waves rolled up by the waves kept beating the stability of the ship.
However, soon, the ships of the pirates ahead found out what was wrong with the target!