Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 161
The county seat of Xiangshan County received the beacon message and immediately became nervous.

The city gates were closed tightly, and all the people in the city stayed at home. The streets were under martial law. Teams of people immediately went to the top of the city to patrol the streets.

If you have a plan in advance, there will be no chaos when the battle comes.

Princess Lin'an was not idle either. After all, she was the eldest daughter of the founding emperor. She also went into battle, wearing armor and patrolling all the city defense nodes under the escort of Zhu Wu.

Seeing the princess patrolling, no matter if it was the guards of the city, the sergeants of the Baihusuo who assisted in the defense, or the reinforcements from the Guangdong capital, they all respected her extremely.

On weekdays, the princess basically just stood behind the consort of the county magistrate.But at the critical moment, with his noble status, he also came to the front line in person, how could he not admire him?

However, Zhu Jingjing knew very well that if Brother Fan led the main force to snipe pirates on the coastline, basically nothing would happen in the county.

While inspecting, she looked southward with some worry, her heart focused on Zhang Yifan.

Soon, another fast horse came to report, and after revealing his identity, he was put into the city.

"What?" Zhu Jingjing was shocked when she heard the report, "How can the son-in-law go to the seaside!"

On the other hand, Zhu Wu beside her was more calm and comforted him immediately: "It should be okay, the pirates are just a mob. With Qi Qianhu leading two thousand soldiers, and three thousand civilians cooperating, even if there are tens of thousands of pirates coming ashore, , it is not enough to fight. Besides, Qi Qianhu must know the importance and will not let the prince-in-law take risks easily. He must be sure before he agrees to the prince-in-law to follow."

After hearing this, Zhu Jingjing felt that it made sense, but still felt uneasy, so she immediately demanded: "I will revise the book immediately and send a letter to Panyu County and Guangzhou Prefecture to ask them to send reinforcements immediately."

Zhang Yifan had already made a plan in advance and would send a messenger directly after confirming the pirate attack.However, she was not at ease. The fact that those people kept doing dirty tricks made her feel unsure.Therefore, she wanted to push again.

Zhu Wu listened, although he thought it was unnecessary, with the strength of Xiangshan County, he would definitely be able to defeat the invading pirates.However, since the princess wants to do this, there is no need for him to object.

So, the messenger from Xiangshan County immediately galloped to ask for help.

The common people in the city stayed at home and prayed, hoping that the gods and Buddhas in the sky would show their spirits, and bless the county magistrate to lead them to defeat the god-killing pirates.

For them, they have never experienced this kind of situation before, and they are really worried.

In fact, it was the first time for Zhu Jingjing to experience such a thing, and she was also worried.While patrolling the city, she seemed calm and leisurely, but she was always thinking about her Brother Fan in her heart.

I wonder if there was a fight at the beach?How many pirates are coming? Can they be stopped?
Brother Fan, please don't rush forward. Hasn't he always been timid? He doesn't even dare to go to the execution ground to execute prisoners. He will definitely hide behind and hold off the enemy, right?
While she was thinking about it, suddenly, she saw a fast horse galloping from the south again.

Are you here to ask for help?This was the first thought that Zhu Jingjing had when he saw it.

If it was to report a victory, it couldn't be that fast in terms of time, right?

The soldiers and civilians at the top of the city were also the first to notice the fast horses coming.Many people on patrol couldn't help but stop and looked at the fast horse, with involuntarily worried expressions on their faces!
However, what surprised them was that after they saw the fast horse riding closer, it waved and shouted loudly: "The reinforcements have arrived, the reinforcements have arrived..."

People with sharp ears heard it and were immediately surprised and said: "Why do I sound like they are shouting that reinforcements have arrived? Reinforcements are coming to the south, so why can't we see them here in our county?"

Others were also very surprised when they heard it.

But in just a short while, the horse galloped very fast. More and more people heard it, and they couldn't help but said in surprise: "I heard it too, it was just calling for reinforcements to arrive, that's right!"

Suddenly, an atmosphere of joy began to spread on the city.But mixed with this atmosphere of joy is some skepticism.

Zhu Jingjing also heard it here, and couldn't help walking to the battlements, watching the fast horses getting closer and closer.

The princess was surrounded by a group of people, and she was a woman wearing armor, which was very obvious.

Of course the fast horse saw it and galloped towards her. Without waiting to enter the city, he raised his face under the city and shouted loudly with joy: "Your Highness, the reinforcements have arrived. It is His Highness King Yan who is leading the water." The division has arrived, hundreds of warships..."

When Zhu Jingjing heard this, she was overjoyed and said very excitedly: "It's really the fourth brother who has arrived, haha, the fourth brother has arrived."

Zhu Di was the closest to her, and now when she needed it most, he led the navy to arrive. This feeling of joy was truly unparalleled.

In her excitement, she quickly turned around and explained to the people around her: "Brother Fan wrote to my fourth brother long ago, and now he is finally here. Do you know? I was the one who wrote that letter, haha , Fourth brother is here!"

Hearing the princess confirming this matter so happily, the people around can be sure that it was His Royal Highness King Yan who came with hundreds of warships.In this way, it is not stronger than the navy of Guangdong Dusi.What pirates? They are all scum!
The doubts were gone, and what was left was full of joy.

Above Xiangshan County, the tense atmosphere disappeared without a trace, and the atmosphere of joy began to pervade.

A team of minzhuangs responsible for delivering the news immediately beat gongs and walked through the streets of the county to announce the good news.

"Clang clang clang..."

"The reinforcements have arrived. His Royal Highness, King Yan, has arrived with the huge naval force!"

"Clang clang clang..."

"His Royal Highness King Yan's reinforcements have arrived, Xiangshan County is fine!"

"..."

Hearing this movement, the people hiding in their houses were very surprised.

Many of them don't know who His Highness King Yan is?Is it powerful?However, they know one thing, that is, the reinforcements have arrived and Xiangshan County is safe!

As a result, the people in Xiangshan County walked out one by one, first communicated with their neighbors, and then went to the streets to communicate with more people.

At this time, they finally knew that the county magistrate Prince Consort had already contacted His Highness King Yan, and only then His Highness King Yan led the navy to come for reinforcements.

After understanding this situation, everyone was smiling and laughing.

The whole county is more lively and festive than any other Chinese New Year!

"I said that the prince-in-law could not find the Guangdong Navy, so I was not in a hurry. It turned out that I had already written to His Highness King Yan!"

"Hmph, we don't care about that Bird Mariner at all. His Royal Highness King Yan's Navy is a hundred times better than them!"

"What's wrong with Marquis Yongjia? Our consort has His Highness Prince Yan!"

"I heard that the son-in-law has the best relationship with His Royal Highness King Yan. A mere Marquis of Yongjia dares to bully our county magistrate, I really don't know how powerful the world is!"

"Yes, if you want me to say it, you have to show that Marquis Yongjia a little bit!"

"..."

The joyful people of Xiangshan County turned from a state of war to celebration. They got rid of the worries deep in their hearts and released their enthusiasm. They wanted to pay homage to the heroic figure of His Highness King Yan. For a moment, everyone, including Zhu Jingjing, , have forgotten that they sent a messenger for help before.

Over in Panyu County, the county magistrate was handling official duties when he suddenly received a letter asking for help.

Not to mention that he had promised the Prince Consort to the county magistrate, Panyu County was next door to Xiangshan County, which was also a close relationship. Therefore, without saying a word, he immediately summoned the people and prepared to reinforce Xiangshan County.

However, the squires in Panyu County did not have the same idea as him. Instead, they began to cause mischief, not wanting too many people in Panyu County to reinforce Xiangshan County.It would be best if the Xiangshan County side was crippled by pirates and the Prince Consort County Magistrate got out.

There were only so many people. Minzhuang, which was originally able to gather more than 1000 people, only had more than 500 people in the end.This is the result of Daotong's prestige as a county magistrate for so many years.

This number of troops was not enough anyway, so Daotong asked someone to beat the gong, and he rode his horse to shout out.

"Pirates hit Xiangshan County. Do you think the pirates won't come to Panyu County?"

"When the county magistrate arrived in Xiangshan County, you can eat cheap salt. You can also go to Panyu County to work and earn money. Next year, you can grow sugar cane and sell it to Xiangshan County. Xiangshan County is good, and you can benefit from it. I forgot it so soon. Is it?"

"..." The gong was beaten in front, and the county magistrate Daotong personally shouted. Along the way, people who heard the noise made a noise.Many families eventually had minzhuangs go out one after another, and eventually joined the minzhuang team behind the county magistrate.

Not only is it the prestige of the county magistrate, but also because Dao Tong has made clear the powerful relationship. Although there are still some who are timid and fearful, more people already understand the importance of Xiangshan County to them.

If you want to live a good life, you can't let anything happen to Xiangshan County.

In the end, Daotong led more than 500 people, dressed in various colors and armed with various weapons, and rushed to Xiangshan County.

………………

In the Guangzhou Prefecture, Marquis Yongjia was disgraced because of his son's rebellion, so he strictly controlled the army. Without his orders, all regular troops under the imperial court were not allowed to be mobilized.

After the messenger rushed over, he naturally reported to Marquis Yongjia immediately.

After Zhu Liangzu heard this, he sneered immediately: "Hehe! You deserve it!"

Want soldiers, no!
Of course, he definitely didn't reply like this. He just agreed and said he would send troops. However, he didn't give the order to send troops at all. It was still just one word: delay!

His second son Zhu Yu was by his side. Seeing his reaction, he reminded with some worry: "Dad, if the prince-in-law does anything bad, I'm afraid he will punish you. Even the prime minister may not be able to protect you." of!"

In the original history, this Zhu Yu was killed because of his involvement in the Hu Weiyong case, and was removed from the title of Marquis of Yongjia.

At this time, after hearing his son's words, Zhu Liangzu immediately sneered and said: "Those pirates are just a mob. With Qi Xiang here, there won't be much of a problem. Not to mention, that beast also sent a thousand soldiers without telling me." Elite. No matter how bad things get, those pirates won’t be able to capture the county!”

If nothing else, when it comes to war, Marquis Yongjia definitely has this vision.

After hearing this, Zhu Yu said with some worry: "But if Xiangshan County, except the county seat, is destroyed by pirates, the prince-in-law will definitely go crazy and take out all his resentment on dad."

"What are you afraid of?" When Zhu Liangzu heard this, he immediately lectured, "He is the consort, and I am the Marquis, and I still have an iron bond. As long as I don't commit any treason, what can happen?"

At this point, he said bitterly: "It's a shameless thing. It's just a show of prestige elsewhere. The purpose of tricking me is to make him remember. I am a marquis, not a cat or a dog!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yu remembered that his family had a good relationship with the prime minister, and even if it went to court, there would definitely be many people supporting him, so he stopped trying to persuade him.

As a result, not even an hour had passed before Xiangshan County's fast-horse messenger for help arrived again.

After Zhu Liangzu found out, he felt very good: "How about letting him be arrogant? When the trouble comes, it will be on me, right?"

"There is no hair on the mouth. I would be frightened if I were to fight. What the hell..."

After listening to him venting, Zhu Yu asked, "Dad, then it's time for us to send troops?"

"Send what kind of soldiers?" Zhu Liangzu said disapprovingly when he heard this, "Why send troops?"

"..." Zhu Yu was a little dumbfounded after hearing this. The prince-in-law came to beg him twice, but he still didn't send troops?

Seeing him like this, Zhu Liangzu was in a good mood at this time, and said to his second son: "Asking for help twice shows that the prince-in-law was frightened. But again, the county town is not so easy to defeat. I will Wait here, wait for the prince-in-law to beg me and take the initiative to surrender, and then I will send troops. Otherwise, I will lead the cavalry and wait until the county is about to be breached!"

Zhu Yu saw that his father had his own plans and did not persuade him.Anyway, in his opinion, he must not be as good as his father!

………………

The two of them, father and son, probably never imagined that the son-in-law at this time was not hiding in the county town and shivering at all, but was sitting on the flagship, watching the navy attacking the pirates' den with Yan Wang Zhu Di.

What a coincidence. Ma Rujiang also chose this day to have a good time with a group of pirate leaders, and after deciding on the principle of sharing the spoils, he prepared to take a boat to Xiangshan County.

As a result, before they even had time to board the ship, countless official warships appeared on the sea.

Moreover, these official warships had already set up a formation, cutting off the pirates' escape routes and besieging them.

This scene made all these pirates stunned.

The imperial warships in front of them were not the Guangdong navy they were afraid of.

Because they know how big the Guangdong Navy is and how strong its combat power is.

But the navy in front of me is at least twice the size of the Guangdong navy, and they are all large ships capable of sea warfare.No need to fight, any fool can see how strong this navy is!
On the pirate side, although the scale is also large, many pirate forces have temporarily united.Zhu Liangzu said that they were a mob, and he was absolutely right.

If these pirates go ashore to plunder and deal with ordinary people, even the strong people in various counties, it will be no problem.

If the difference in numbers is too big, they can even compete with the local guards' troops.

But if they were to face the regular imperial court elite, it would not be possible to win by numbers at all.

No, just seeing the imperial navy appear on the sea, the various pirate forces did not discuss with the host Ma Rujiang at all. The first thing they reacted to was to rush to escape.

Their advantage was to rely on their mobility to avoid the imperial officers and soldiers, grab a handful east and west, and then hide in the sea so that the imperial officers and soldiers could not find them.

To fight head-on, the 36 strategy is definitely their first choice.

However, Zhou Heizi's information provided that the navy led by Zhu Di was the most elite navy in the Ming Dynasty, and was assisted by veterans like Jinghaihou who were proficient in naval battles (no problem without Lan Yu), in order to be prepared for the attack. , if the pirates could still escape, Zhu Di would probably jump into the sea and commit suicide.

Not to mention, there are also Liu Datou and others among the pirates.As soon as they saw the imperial officers and soldiers arriving, they immediately set fire to the island, creating chaos and further weakening the morale of the pirates.

Zhu Di's naval warships approached and only fired a row of artillery. The pirate warships raised white flags and surrendered.

Moreover, Zhu Di, who was excited and prepared to show off his learned skills in front of Zhang Yifan, found the pirates' surrender so straightforward.

The blue jade sea battle was not successful, but as soon as the ship docked, it came to life.He took Zhou Heizi and went ashore.

Zhu Di was not interested, so he asked Zhang Yifan next to him on the flagship: "Do you think that if we fight with the regular navy of Japan later, we won't be so cowardly?"

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Yifan knew that Zhu Di had truly listened to his proposal to destroy the Japanese country in three steps.

So, he said with a smile: "Japan is an island country after all. Their navy is certainly not 01:30 better than these pirates. You still have to train your troops well and prove to your father later that you don't have to spend too much money." With your own manpower and material resources, you can destroy the Japanese navy, and then my father will probably agree to your attack on the Japanese!"

Having said this, he paused and added: "By the way, there are also Goryeo sticks. If you lead the navy to destroy them later, you can go ashore anywhere and threaten any place in Goryeo. When the time comes, let’s see if they are still honest!”

Zhu Di chuckled, he must have felt comfortable listening to it, and asked Zhang Yifan: "Korea Bangzi?"

"Don't you think Gaoli Bangzi's words are very smooth?" Zhang Yifan listened and answered smoothly.

"That's right. Gao Li Bang Zi is indeed very smooth. If you flirt with Can Yuan, you won't be able to kill them!"

"..."

Wu Zhen, the Marquis of Jinghai, was beside them. Hearing the two princes and their consort talking, he was shocked: It was a hero born from a young age, something he didn't even dare to think about. He heard that these two people had been planning it for a long time. !

There is hope for Daming's future!

The pirates were easily eliminated. In fact, they were basically all prisoners. Before evening, the navy escorted the prisoners and returned to Xiangshan County in a mighty manner.

Zhou Heizi hugged his wife, and Liu Datou and his family stood on the deck, looking in the direction of Xiangshan County, their faces full of expectations for the future.

　Ask for support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)