marquis of jingan

Chapter 434
In fact, there are Japanese pirate groups with thousands of people.

In the Hongde Dynasty alone, there were several incidents of Japanese pirates landing on a large scale and plundering the coast. For three years in Hongde, Japanese pirates landed in Taozhu Town, Taizhou Prefecture, killing the local people. Picked on a Japanese sword and hung on a tree branch, the tragic situation in the entire Taozhu area at that time was almost too horrible to look at.

In Hongde's six years and Hongde's seven years, there were large-scale Japanese pirates landing and killing coastal people.

It is precisely because of this that the little emperor suddenly set his sights on the Japanese pirates along the coast this year. From a political perspective, of course he wanted to start with the Japanese pirates and build a powerful navy. The reason is that Japanese pirates along the coast are indeed very rampant.

Repeated large-scale raids on the coast, and even burning and looting the coast, almost wiped out the majesty of the court.

Right now, Chen Guo has already lost half of the northern border. If there is further chaos in the southeast, the people in the southeast are destitute, and their economic lifeline is lost, then there is no need for the Northern Qi to fight, maybe they will perish.

But even so, the news Zheng Hu brought made Master Shen's expression slightly changed.

He is not afraid of Japanese pirates.

On this trip to the south, he followed Li Mu and worked hard, even hiding his identity and fame, in order to contribute to the country and try to kill as many Japanese Japanese as possible.

But these pirates gathered too fast.

Right now, the Anti-Japanese Army has a total of 600 people, and [-] of them are beside Jin Shizi Li Mu.

Around Shen Yi, there were only three hundred people.

Although a thousand recruits have been recruited in Wenzhou Prefecture in the past few days, according to the elimination rate of the Anti-Japanese Army, of the more than 1000 people, there are probably more than 200 left.

Based on this calculation, Shen Yi estimated that there were only more than 500 anti-Japanese soldiers around him.

Although the current anti-Japanese army has gradually formed its skeleton, it is still in its infancy after all. It is okay to deal with a gang of hundreds of Japanese pirates, and it can deal with thousands of Japanese pirates...

Too hard.

Master Shen took several deep breaths before digesting the shocking news. He looked at Zheng Hu and asked slowly, "Is it a band of Japanese pirates?"

"It shouldn't be a share..."

Zheng Hu bowed his head and said: "Our mansion's newspaper department has been setting up people along the coast to watch. It should be several bands of Japanese pirates, slowly gathering together..."

Shen Yi did a lot of homework before going south this time, and checked a lot of information about Japanese pirates.

The reason why Japanese pirates are becoming more and more rampant is that, on the one hand, the political turmoil in Dongying Island has caused many ronin to do evil along the coast of Chen State. Especially after the local guards of Chen State gradually corrupted, these Japanese pirates became more and more powerful. , and then began to collude with some local pirate forces in the Chen country, becoming the current form of Japanese pirates.

The leaders of some pirates are simply Chen Guoren, just like Wang Xian.

Of course, Japanese pirate leaders like Wang Xian are a minority after all. Most of the Japanese pirates are headed by Dongying Japanese. It’s just that no matter whether it is a Han Chinese or a Japanese, there are more or less locals from the Chen Kingdom in every gang. robber.

These people would bring Japanese pirates to land, lead them the way, lead them to kill their compatriots, plunder their own land, and even set fire to their own homeland.

But among the Japanese pirates, there is also mutual distrust, because there are often black and white things.

Therefore, in most cases, the general pirates act independently and will not cooperate with other pirate gangs unless...

Unless they have something in common.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi suddenly had some ideas...

He pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Okay, I know about this..."

"Please take a trip and call Xue Wei from outside the city, and tell him that I have something urgent to see him, and ask him to come here to see me immediately."

Zheng Hu bowed his head deeply and said, "This subordinate obeys!"

After all, the leader of the fourth group turned and opened the door to leave.

After Zheng Hu left, Shen Yi sat on the desk in the room and began to write letters to Li Mu.

The main purpose is to tell Li Mu that there may be news of a large number of Japanese pirates landing in the near future, so that Li Mu, the imperial envoy who patrols the sea, will cooperate with him as much as possible.

Because the matter is urgent, Shen Yi has no time to speak. After simply writing the matter, he will send someone to deliver the letter. As soon as he put the letter in the envelope, Xue Wei's voice came from the door: " Shen...Shen Sizheng, come down."

Shen Yi put away the envelope, put it in his sleeve, then walked to the door of the room, opened the door, and saw Xue Wei in a well-dressed suit, standing respectfully at the door of his room.

Seeing Shen Yi pushing the door and coming out, Xue Wei cupped his hands again, with a respectful expression: "Is Shen Si looking for something to order from your subordinates?"

After Shen Yi's last correction, Xue Wei no longer calls Shen Yi Duke Hanlin, but he still calls himself a subordinate.

Shen Yi didn't bother to say anything more about this kind of address. After seeing Xue Wei, he invited him to his room. After asking Xue Wei to sit down, Shen Yi asked: "Xue Baihu, the recruit outside the city?" Battalion, how many recruits are there now?"

Xue Wei was serious about his work, and he replied without hesitation: "Back to Sizheng, there are a total of 170 and eight recruits."

Shen Yi nodded and asked, "How much Xue Baihu is going to keep?"

Xue Wei patted his chest and said with a smile: "There is no need for Si Zheng to worry about this. The subordinates have been strictly selecting according to Si Zheng's instructions..."

"Si Zheng said, you need to be more refined than too many."

Xue Baihu said in a deep voice: "After a few days of training, there are only about two hundred people who are truly qualified. Tomorrow, the subordinates will drive those who are not qualified out of the new barracks, and concentrate on training those who have potential."

Shen Yi sat in his seat and sighed silently: "You have to keep all these more than 1000 recruits, and don't drive any of them away."

Xue Wei was taken aback when he heard the words, and opened his mouth to say something, when Shen Yi continued to ask: "How many wolf whisks are there in your army?"

Xue Wei pondered for a while, and replied: "When I was in Linhai, I made a total of [-] sats. In Taiping County, Sizheng asked the blacksmith to make another [-] to [-]. Now the blacksmiths in Yongjia City are also making wolves. Whispers, plus the wolf-whisper heads made by the blacksmith shop in the capital, are also being delivered one after another, and the pieces are added together, and the subordinates estimate..."

"It should be close to two hundred."

Shen Yi nodded, and asked again: "Among our anti-Japanese army, how many people can use strong bows?"

Xue Wei replied honestly: "Less than ten people."

Shen Yi frowned, and asked again: "How many crossbows are there?"

Xue Baihu thought for a while, and replied: "There are quite a few bows, but not too many crossbows. A few crossbows were handed over from Japanese pirates. They are all old guys with old machines. It may not be able to kill..."

Speaking of this, Xue Wei thought about it no matter how stupid he was. He looked up at Shen Yi, swallowed, and asked, "Sizheng...are we going to fight again?"

Shen Yi silently stood up from his position. After a moment of silence, he nodded to Xue Wei.

"Yes."

After saying these words, Master Shen walked out of the guild hall.

At this moment, the sky is already a little dark.

Master Shen did not hesitate, and strode towards the Wenzhou government office.

At this moment, he is ready to take over all the military affairs of the Wenzhou government.

(End of this chapter)