Jinyi Night Walk

The most difficult part of cooperation in military operations is not the operation itself, but the distribution of rights and obligations. Once this matter is resolved, the subsequent negotiations will be much easier.

Xia Xun and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu agreed that the Daming Navy is mainly responsible for maritime operations, and the Japanese Navy will assist in matters such as sea blockade, and the Japanese army will be responsible for the land, unless the Japanese army asks the Ming Army Navy for help, or there are major loopholes in the land defense line. , or the place where the pirates landed and absconded is not guarded by the Japanese army, the Ming army can carry out proper pursuit.

The so-called proper pursuit is a distance of [-] miles, not to go deep. Xia Xun also agreed on this point. His purpose is to fight against pirates, not to rely on this navy to occupy Japan. If the supply cannot keep up, it is a great threat to his own army, which is not in the interests of Daming, so Xia Xun no longer insists on his own opinion after gaining a greater degree of freedom.

In the end, the two sides talked about the joint encirclement time and news collusion. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu asked: "So, when will our specific encirclement time be determined?"

Xia Xun said: "I think we should first determine where the pirates are concentrated. We don't know the information in this regard. We can make further arrangements after we understand the pirates' strongholds and numbers."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu smiled slightly and called out, "Smart Pill!"

As soon as the shoji door was pulled, a handsome young man with delicate features and black samurai uniform appeared at the door, bowed to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and said respectfully, "Your Excellency, General!"

"Introduce the news about the pirates that I want you to investigate to the angel tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

The young samurai responded respectfully, walked to the table, took out a map from his arms, slowly spread it out, and pointed: "Pirates mainly gather on these islands. There are about three pirate forces gathered on Reef Island and Gale Island, namely the Renmu family and the Tianmaru family..."

Xia Xun looked carefully at his soft-soled shoes, tui-tied tui, and tight belt, and thought, "Both the general and the daimyo have raised many ninjas for them to scout out information and assassinate enemy generals." Secret organization, this clever pill must be a ninja."

After Wisdom Maru introduced the situation of each organization, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said: "These pirates often fight with each other, but once they encounter external threats, they will unite. After they form a joint force, they are very powerful. I have also sent troops. We have encircled and suppressed them, and once our troops are not as strong as theirs, they will be backlashed by them. Once we send heavy troops, they will leave the island. We cannot stay on those small islands for a long time, and dealing with them is a headache. This time, there are With the help of Master Mingshui, I hope to completely defeat them."

General Si Boyi asked in a deep voice: "May I ask Duke Fu to make a fuss, when can we attack them?"

Xia Xun said: "This question, I think it's better for the general to decide. Our warship is in Ryukyu, and it will come every day, but we need to know how long the general will be ready."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu thought for a while, and said: "It will take some time to deploy a defense line on land, send enough troops, and send the navy to cooperate with the Shangming Navy to form a siege against the pirates at sea. We will set it in 20 days. alright."

Xia Xun instructed: "Your Excellency, General, you'd better keep it secret when dispatching troops. If the pirates find out and flee away, it will be difficult to hunt down."

General Si Boyi interrupted bluntly, "I don't care about this, Your Excellency! We will do what we should do well!"

Xia Xun didn't think it was disobedient, but just smiled lightly.

After the negotiation was over, Zheng He couldn't help laughing when he returned to his residence. Xia Xun wondered, "Why are you laughing, father-in-law?"

Zheng He said: "The secret probe next to General Ashikaga is called Congcongwan. Has the Duke never heard of an ancient poem?... Rather push the grass, kill Congcongwan. Congcongwan, in our south of the Five Ridges, refers to longan. Unexpectedly It's ridiculous that he would call such a name."

Xia Xun smiled and said: "Yang has something to say to Eunuch, and Eunuch will not be able to laugh after hearing it!"

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On Breaking Waves Island, several pirate gangs are hastily preparing to move a large number of plundered materials that have not yet been sold and disposed of to the ship. All the things that can be removed from the island camp Move as much as you can onto the boat.This island is obviously only their temporary residence. Although this..."temporary" time is a little longer, because this is just where they absorb robbers and collect stolen goods. Their families are all placed on land. Pirates often take The boat goes ashore to go home to reunite with relatives, so the flow of people here is very frequent, and the island can only be guarded all the time. Only when they are out at sea or in a situation like the current situation, they will rush back quickly and wait for dispatch.

Therefore, the buildings on the island are very simple. Apparently, they have learned about the plan of the Ming and Japanese joint assassins, and they are in a hurry to transfer. These gangsters are very frugal, and they even demolished the warehouses and tents they built. Now, move all the boards and beams onto the boat, because there are almost no plants on this island. Once these things are burned, they have to carry them from the land to here, which is very troublesome.

There are also several piles of long, thick and straight logs on the island, which are the materials for the construction of the hunchback boat, and they are all carried by the bandits ruthlessly onto the boat. It looks like they don't intend to give the officers, soldiers and Daming water The division left a little spoil.

A ronin stood on the side of the boat and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up! The army of the Ming Dynasty Navy and the Taizheng Minister will come soon, and all the things that can be used will be loaded onto the ship!"

Another person who looked rather shabby, but still kept his samurai attire said lazily, "What's the hurry, they still need ten days to come."

"Mr. Muzhuo, it is a problem to choose a temporary location for our things and personnel, especially since we haven't moved away from Breaking Waves Island for many years. There are too many bits and pieces. Even if we hurry up, it will take another five days to arrive Finish.

Mu Zuo curled his lips and said: "It's really too shabby, all the broken things are carried on the boat, Yigu, I said, these things are not needed at all, as long as there are boats and people, all the wealth we need can be snatched from the Ming Kingdom. "

He turned around and walked onto a rock, pointing to the distance, and said loudly: "It's there, as long as we..."

There was a pause in his voice, and he suddenly cried out in surprise: "Look, there are three big ships coming from a distance, they must be the boats of the Oda family, on these islands, only the Oda family has such big ships. "

"No, the Oda family is stationed on Duck Jiao Island, what are they doing on our Wave Island?"

Hearing this, the wanderer hurriedly climbed up to the reef, put on the awning and looked into the distance.

The boat rode the wind and waves, getting closer and closer, the ronin suddenly yelled strangely: "Mr. Mu Zuo, my eyes may be blurred. Look, is that a warship of the Ming army?"

The samurai looked into the distance in astonishment, the ship was getting closer and closer, and more warships poured out from behind, covering the sky and covering the ground, with sails like forests, the samurai's jaw seemed to drop, he was tongue-tied for a long time, and then he shouted: "My God! Really! What's going on is a warship of the Ming army? Isn't there still ten days left?"

The ronin jumped off the reef and shouted in dismay: "Hurry up! Hurry up, hoist the sails, and get ready for battle. The naval warships of the Ming Dynasty are coming!" , The warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy can’t get in, and they will sink if they touch the rocks, hurry up! Report to the big leader!”

The giant warship on the opposite side had already slowed down. Ren Juying stood at the bow and ordered loudly: "Order! The big blessing boat stops where it is and prevents it from going out to sea! The small blessing boat outflanks the left and right, transports troops ashore, and cuts off its back path! The sentinel ship , Haicang boat, and Cangshan boat to fight! Put down the centipede speedboat and land on the beach!"

According to the banner, the warships, large and small, got busy immediately. The warships of the Shuangyu Guards were equipped with shotguns and cannons. In the past, their main means of fighting people was to rely on hand-to-hand combat. Taking advantage of weapons, a large number of casualties were avoided.Cannons are used within [-] paces, firecrackers are used within [-] paces, rockets are used within [-] paces, flamethrowers are used within [-] paces, javelins are used within [-] paces, battle axes, caltrop guns, etc. Some will rely on hand-to-hand combat.

Lu Kou's boat was full of messy things, especially tents, barn boards, and squares of wood, and there was no rule for placing them, and messy things were everywhere.The draft is too deep, which limits the flexibility of their ships, and the mess on board makes them have nowhere to go if they want to fight.In particular, they did not expect that the Ming army always liked to use huge ships, and this time they were equipped with countless small boats, which easily crossed the natural defense line of the reefs, and there was no one on their side to command them in time. In a ball, running around like headless chickens.

Ren Juying stood on the huge ship several stories high, condescending, saw the situation completely in his eyes, couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Order all ships, immediately move closer to the bow ship within [-] steps, use fire caltrops, spray guns Torches, torches, and kegs to burn their ships!"

The new general order was issued, and the warships of the Ming army immediately changed their tactics. Soon, several of the warships piled up with inflammable materials were the first to burst into flames, like huge torches, shining There was a burst of fire on the sea.

The same scene was staged at the same time on several islands where the gangsters gathered. Among them, the style of attack on Gale Island was slightly different. This island was the farthest from the land, and there were no hidden reefs around it. Li Yifeng's Chaohu navy arrived one night earlier, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, he deployed a large number of submarine mines along the island. The attack had not officially started yet, and he was surprised to see the Ming warship appearing, and panicked. At least one-third of the fleeing Kou warships were hit by mines and sank.

When the sea was covered in flames, Xia Xun was leisurely walking into a quiet and elegant temple with a few followers, where he wanted to secretly meet a woman with an important mission. (To be continued. You are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)……@.