I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 146: The Japanese Infestation in the Southeast, All Over!Belongs to the new era of Ming Dynasty!
It was not completely dark yet, but the light was a little dim.

As a seven-year-old child, Zhu Yunxi had excellent eyesight.

Looking closely, he could clearly see a rather large water village.

There are dense fences, towering watchtowers and archery towers everywhere, and the defense is extremely tight.

There is also a harbor next to the coast, where countless ships, large and small, are parked.

People come and go, and it's a prosperous scene.

Zhu Yunxi immediately understood.

In addition to being a stronghold of Japanese pirates, this place is also a hidden business center.

After the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, smuggling continued to be banned, but it became more and more serious.

He has always wondered whether such a large amount of smuggling could be hidden by the Yangtze River Inland Terminal alone?

Not to mention entering the Yangtze River from the sea will be investigated.

There must be underground ports along the coast, but they may have been concealed by local officials.

This is Zhu Yunzhen's guess.

Only now do I know that it was not a concealment, but that the smuggling port was under the control of Japanese pirates.

It is precisely because of such a large trade demand that so many Japanese pirates can be fed.

Otherwise, the Japanese pirates would not be able to survive.

Sure enough, there is no way out of the forbidden sea.

If Haili cannot be banned, someone will make trouble based on it.

The only way is to take overseas trade into your own hands.

If Daming can't stop the sea, why don't these commercial ships go directly to the official dock of Ming Dynasty, come here, and endure the exploitation of Japanese pirates?

If the market is open, bandits will turn into merchants, and if the market is banned, merchants will turn into bandits.

This is not empty talk!
Zhu Yunzhen took a deep breath.

The Japanese pirate stronghold in front of him, both in terms of scale and defense, far exceeded his expectations.

Attacking such a maritime stronghold is much more difficult than attacking Songjiang Prefecture.

Even if the gates of Fucheng are closed, as long as there are siege equipment, there are countless ways to capture it.

But this sea stronghold looks like a huge hedgehog covered in thorns, which cannot be eaten at all.

"Master Shangshen, it is extremely difficult to storm the village. Why don't you send a few boats first, let the younger ones go back to the village, secretly set fire to the village, kill the leader, and then open the gate of the village to let the heavenly army enter, and then you can shovel all of them. draw."

Kato Zhengyi took the initiative to speak out.

Zhu Yunzhen looked at him with some hesitation in his heart.

I have to say that Masaichi Kato's idea is really good.

The problem is that he still doesn't trust these prisoners.

If they were released back to the stockade, they would turn against each other immediately, and it would be a big trouble.

However, if this method was not followed, even if they shouted open the gate and rushed into the stockade full of watchtowers and archery towers to eradicate the Japanese pirates inside, the soldiers of the new army would probably have to pay a heavy price.

If you don't do it right, you may lose the battle.

After all, although the new army's equipment is advanced, after several battles, there is not much ammunition left.

"It would be great if the Invincible General's cannons were also brought along. After a few rounds of cannonballs, we won't have to worry about breaking the village."

He secretly sighed in his heart.

It's useless to think about it now.

At that time, the military situation was urgent, and the cannons were extremely heavy. If they were on their way, it would be impossible for the new army to rush to the front line so quickly.

What's more, until now, the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau has not built a few such cannons.

The quantity is not enough, and the power of the bombing may not achieve the expected effect.

Let Japanese pirates and traitor servants enter?
The matter was of great importance and he had to consider it carefully.

At this time.

Jiang Yu, who was next to him, asked, "His Royal Highness, why don't you go in with my humble servants."

If he followed in, if Kato Zheng changed his mind again and again, he would be able to kill him immediately.

But in this way, Jiang Yu will undoubtedly die.

He followed Zhu Yunzhen all the way, watching His Highness Taisun create war miracles one after another, but he was always like a useless person, which made Jiang Wei extremely unwilling.

If he were to be rewarded for meritorious service after the war, he, the commanding officer of the Jinyiwei, might not be able to compare with any soldier in the new army.

Not to mention other Jin Yiwei.

Jiang Wei also longed to establish meritorious deeds, at least not so ugly.

After all, the Jin Yiwei is a being who scares all officials and everyone in the government and the public.

Although fighting is not Jin Yiwei's specialty, don't be such a waste, right?

Therefore, he volunteered to take on the task of sneaking into the mountain fortress.

however.

Zhu Yunxuan still rejected Jiang Yu.

"No need, just let them go. God is watching. If they don't get rid of the source of their sins, they will never have the chance to wash away their sins and gain salvation. God will punish them."

He finally made up his mind.

Since you want to play the role of a magic stick, then play it to the end.

Sending Jiang Yu to monitor him would be a bit of a "Shangshen" force.

Sowing seeds of doubt in these people's minds may actually increase the probability of them defecting again.

Besides, Jiang Yu followed in, and they still couldn't stop them from defecting.

It's nothing more than killing one or two people and getting revenge, which is not very effective.

Instead, he sacrificed himself in vain.

These guys will be killed sooner or later.

"Yes!" Jiang Yu replied.

His Highness Taisun disagreed, so of course he did not dare to persist.

After Zhu Yunzhen agreed, Kato Shoichi took the Japanese pirates and traitor servants to the shore by speedboat.

It got dark.

Torches were lit one by one in the village, illuminating the surrounding area.

Zhu Yunxi watched from afar.

As soon as the boat of Kato Shoichi and others docked, Japanese pirates guarding the village came up to inspect it.

"Why did you come back?"

Seeing Kato Shoichi, the Japanese pirate leader who came to check quickly asked.

"Hahaha, this time has gone quite smoothly. A lot of gold and silver treasures have been plundered, and they have already been sent to the ship."

Kato pointed to the boat parked at sea not far away.

That was the ship on which the new army led by Zhu Yunxuan was still at sea and had not docked.

"Most of those people were captured prisoners. I was not very confident about them and did not let them dock."

"Only bring those you can trust."

He pointed to the army of traitor servants he had brought back.

"It's too late today. After dawn tomorrow, we will send a ship to pick up all the goods."

When the inspecting Japanese pirates heard that the goods had returned, they were overjoyed one by one, and hurriedly greeted them to enter the village.

The night was hazy.

As soon as they entered the stronghold, the men and horses immediately dispersed.

The Japanese pirates who came back were all familiar with the situation, and the traitor servants followed them.

How could the Japanese pirates in the village have expected that these own people would have turned into "traitors" long ago?

There is no defense against them.

The Japanese pirates who came back found the wine cellar, brought the traitor servants, and brought out the wine, saying that they wanted to celebrate this great victory.

In fact, only a small part of the wine was distributed to the Japanese pirates in the village, and more wine was secretly sprinkled to key nodes everywhere, as fuel, ready to be ignited.

……

In the lobby of the village, the Japanese pirate leader Rikuzen Inukai was very happy to receive the returning Kato Shoichi.

"Haha, quack, this time we won a great victory, occupied Songjiang City, and robbed countless properties, so happy!"

Lu Qian Quanyang picked up his wine glass and said, "Kato-kun has done a lot of hard work, I would like to toast you."

Kato was raising his glass, and the two drank it at the same time, looking at each other and laughing.

Lu Qianquan looked proud: "I have received news that this time Daming sent Emperor Grandson Zhu Yunxi to lead the army to fight against us."

"This Zhu Yunzhen is still a seven-year-old child, hahaha!"

"A little baby, I'm afraid, is still peeing his pants, but the Ming Dynasty praised him as a genius and sent him to lead the army. Is there anything more ridiculous in the world than this?"

"This is a great opportunity given to us by God. I will teach the little kid a lesson and plunder all the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Hahahaha!"

He looked up and laughed.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside.

Riku Qian Inukai couldn't help but frown and asked, "What's going on?"

A Japanese pirate soldier ran in in a panic.

"It's not good, there's a fire in the village! There's... and... there's more than one... What a big fire!"

Rikuzen Inukai was shocked and turned pale. He hurriedly put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up, and walked forward quickly, wanting to walk out of the lobby to see what was going on.

At this time.

Kato Shoichi also came over and happened to be next to him.

Rikuzen Inukai did not suspect anything and continued to move forward.

suddenly.

A click.

He felt a chill in his chest, and severe pain suddenly arose.

A long knife went straight into his back, penetrated his body, and rushed out from his chest.

Rikuzen Inukai's pupils suddenly dilated.

He slowly lowered his head, saw the tip of the knife and the gurgling blood, and felt that his life force was rapidly passing away.

Lu Qianquan turned his head with difficulty, and looked at Kato Masaichi who was holding a knife into his body from the back, his face was full of disbelief.

"Why?" he asked.

Kato Masaichi: "I'm sorry. I was inspired by God to wash away the sins on my body and get real redemption. You are the center of sin, and I can only kill you."

"Shangshen...salvation?" Lu Qianquan still had a blank expression on his face.

Unexpectedly, his most trusted comrade-in-arms killed himself for the sake of the so-called God, the so-called salvation.

When did he believe in “God”?
Rikuzen Inukai will never know this answer again.

"Bang" all over.

Rikuzen Inukai's body fell down.

The leader of the pirates, who was full of crimes, ended his criminal life.

The sudden change made the Japanese pirate soldiers next to them stunned and stunned.

It wasn't until Lu Qianquan fell to the ground that he escaped frantically.

"It's not good, the commander-in-chief was killed..." he shouted.

Kato Shoichi chased him out and chopped him to death with a knife.

"kill!"

In the village, shouts of killing broke out everywhere, and the crowd who originally went to put out the fire fell into chaos.

There was no one to put out the fire, and the fire grew stronger and stronger.

The huge cottage soon became a sea of ​​fire.

Shouts, cries, and killing sounds were heard everywhere.

The Japanese pirates and traitor servants killed each other, falling into a pool of blood and a sea of ​​fire one by one.

Many people cried for their fathers and mothers and ran away everywhere.

On the boat, Zhu Yunxi looked at the Japanese pirates' stronghold in the distance.

When he saw the fire, he immediately ordered Zheng He to send several small boats, each carrying a few New Army soldiers, to quietly move towards the harbor.

At night, on the boats moored in the harbor, most people will not rest on board, but go ashore.

After all, it is more comfortable on the shore than on the boat.

Nothing, who wants to suffer on board?

Only a handful of people remained in the ship.

When there was chaos in the village, the soldiers from the watchtowers and archery towers all went down one after another.

Some were trying to escape the fire, while others were trying to figure out what was going on.

There was chaos in the village, and the defense against the outside was basically reduced to zero.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the new army quietly touched the ships docked in the harbor one after another, and started setting them on fire.

Occasionally they encountered sporadic resistance, which was quickly resolved by them.

The cottage is getting more and more chaotic, and the fire is getting bigger and bigger.

The harbor also turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The Japanese pirates who escaped from the stockade saw the ships on fire, and suddenly collapsed one by one, crying.

No matter whether it is the Japanese pirates in the village or the Japanese pirates and their servants sent to set fire to rescue, there is nowhere to escape.

Kato drew his sword and slashed all the way in the village, killing anyone he saw.

In order to obtain redemption, he did not hesitate to kill all his former companions one by one.

When he rushed out of the stronghold, he saw that the boats outside were also on fire and he could no longer escape by boat.

However, the fleet led by Zhu Yunxi was still far away, and it seemed that they had no intention of docking at all.

"Lord God, save me!"

Kato shouted loudly.

Not only him, the Japanese pirates and traitor servants sent to set the fire were all shouting desperately.

They originally thought that as long as they successfully completed the task, they would be "saluted."

Unexpectedly, after setting fire to the village and killing countless former "companions", he would find himself trapped here.

On the boat, Zhu Yunxi said calmly: "With the sins you have committed, you still want to be redeemed? Only by being burned by the fire and turned into ashes can the sins on your body be washed away!"

He never thought of forgiving the pirates and traitor servants.

Let them kill their companions and then burn them alive. That would be the best ending.

They pretended to be magic sticks and deceived them, causing the Japanese pirates and traitor servants to "turn sides" and kill each other.

Zhu Yunxi didn't feel even the slightest bit of guilt in his heart.

Soldiers never tire of deceit.

What's more, these people deserve to die.

Allowing them to live one more day, allowing them to contribute to the cause of exterminating the Japanese before they die, is already the greatest "kindness" to them.

Their sins were so serious, what he had to do was send these guys to see the King of Hell.

However, such a small sound could not be heard by Kato Shoichi and others in the distance.

Next to it, the little girl Xixi was also standing there, staring at the sea of ​​flames.

"Father, mother, big brother burned down the stronghold of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates are all dead. You can rest in peace under the Nine Springs."

she muttered to herself.

Tears rolled down from his eyes.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger and burning hotter.

Light up the entire night sky.

Soon, the entire village was engulfed in flames.

The fire burned for three days.

The strongholds that the Japanese pirates have been operating for many years, and the impregnable water city wall, have all been reduced to ashes.

From the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the southeast Japanese pirates that had harmed the coast for decades were brought to an end.

The new army became famous in the first battle and has since stepped onto the stage of history.

Based on strong military strength, a new era belonging to the Ming Dynasty is about to officially arrive.

(End of this chapter)