Mingshi

Chapter 650 Qi Jiguang

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As Luo Xin's eldest brother, he saw Luo Xin step by step from scratch to success, and became a military god. He had a kind of worship for Luo Xin, so he couldn't help but said:

"Little brother, are you confident?"

"Brother, cousin, have you forgotten the Thunderbolt?"

Luo Xin and Luo Sheng's eyes lit up, and Luo Xin continued: "After you have successfully trained the sailors, we will make a few small catapults on the ship, and then put thunderbolts on them and throw them on the pirate's ship. hehe……"

In front of Luo Qing and Luo Sheng's eyes, it seemed that countless thunderbolts were thrown at the pirate ship, and the pirate ship ignited a raging fire.

Cousin, after I recommend you to meet the Master of the Ministry tomorrow, you will lead the five hundred soldiers to train hard.Then I will ask the Minister to transfer you and the five hundred soldiers directly to the navy.

"Transferred to the Navy?" Luo Sheng was stunned.

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded solemnly: "After entering the navy, look for an opportunity to go out to sea, and then find a foothold according to the chart. From then on, you will die in battle on the surface, but you will become pirates in the dark. It's just that The only thing you pirates rob is pirates. Your purpose is to grab more ships and pirate ships. Then I will send the 5000 people who come one after another to you. You must become a powerful team in the shortest possible time. Pretty much a pirate."

"Then attack Taiwan?" Luo Sheng looked at Luo Dao excitedly.

"That's right!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "Cousin, the island of Taiwan is full of aborigines, they don't have much combat power at all, and they have more than 5000 veterans, they can completely sweep the island of Taiwan, so what I'm worried about is not whether we can capture the island of Taiwan, It's about whether we can defend the island of Taiwan."

Luo Sheng looked at Luo Dao differently: "Since it is enough to sweep the island of Taiwan, how can it be impossible to hold it?"

"Because your real enemy is not those Taiwanese natives, but those pirates."

"Pirates?" Luo Sheng said with a tense expression, "You mean those pirates will attack Taiwan?"

"Definitely!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "If they find Taiwan Island, they will definitely attack it. So before you attack Taiwan Island, you must keep it a secret, and you must not let any pirates discover this sea route."

"Understood." Luo Sheng nodded seriously.

Two days later, after Luo Sheng and the five hundred soldiers were arranged, Luo Xin and Luo Qing returned to Hangzhou.I went back to the Shibo Department and asked about it. Qi Jiguang didn't come at all, but the army was stationed in Hangzhou.Luo Xin thought about it, and yes, although Qi Jiguang has not made any great contributions and has not become an anti-Japanese hero, but he is now a third-rank, and there is no reason to come to see Luo Xin on his own initiative.

The Shibo Department has nothing to do now, and everyone is waiting for the first month to start working.This is a custom in the officialdom, and it is not easy for Luo Xin to force the Shibo Department to operate.After thinking about it, since Qi Jiguang refused to come to see me, then I should go see Qi Jiguang myself.

Walking out of the Shibo Department, I remembered something and forgot to tell my elder brother, so I took a carriage and headed towards my elder brother's barracks.Qi Jiguang's army camp was set up in the east of the city, and Luo Qing's army camp was set up in the west of the city.

Luo Qing arrived at the barracks on the front foot, just after drinking a cup of tea, Luo Xin arrived on the back foot.Luo Qing welcomed Luo Xin into the big tent and asked:
"No, you are in such a hurry, but something is wrong?"

"It's nothing urgent, I just forgot to tell my elder brother that since the 500 people have already decided to get rid of them, you have to recruit [-] more soldiers here, and you must always maintain your combat power."

"Yeah!" Luo Qing nodded and said, "I've already thought about it, and the conscription will start tomorrow. It's just... the five hundred soldiers of my cousin haven't... gone to sea after all, so I still have to be responsible for their military pay. This conscription, Just pay 500 more soldiers. Brother, didn’t you say that Luo Sheng and the others would really join the navy? Why don’t you go and talk to the ministers and let the navy be responsible for the military salary?”

Luo Xin then shook his head and said: "It's impossible. We took two boats from the naval army abruptly, which would have made the navy and the others unhappy. I will not agree. The Lord of the Ministry is willing to give me two ships because he wants to cooperate with me to make a fortune. Before the fortune is paid, let him be responsible for the military salary of 500 people. This is absolutely unworkable. The military salary will be paid by Let me solve it."

"Okay!" Luo Qing nodded bluntly, and then said: "Little brother, it's getting late today, let's stay here overnight."

"Okay, the two of us will go to see Qi Jiguang together tomorrow."

Luo Qing nodded and said good, and then ordered people to tidy up the food and drinks. The two brothers were eating and drinking, while discussing the plan to occupy Taiwan Island. It was not until midnight that the two of them arrived and fell asleep.

The next day is dawn.

Luo Xin and Luo Qing finished their breakfast in the barracks, then headed towards Qi Jiguang's barracks in the east of the city.The two brothers passed through the city and rode their horses ten miles away, and saw a military camp in the distance.

Still far away from the barracks, they heard the sound of mighty drills coming from inside.Luo Xin couldn't help nodding secretly, Qi Jiguang's fame was not a fluke, there are very few generals who can manage the army like this in the north and south of Ming Dynasty.

About 150 meters away from the gate of the barracks, I saw the soldiers guarding the gate of the barracks already bent their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the two men, a man who looked like a school lieutenant shouted loudly:
"The military camp is important, come and stop."

"Call..."

Luo Xin and Luo Qing reined in the horse, slowing down the horse.However, they did not stop, but slowly approached the gate of the barracks.At this time, the soldiers following the two of them had already said:

"Hangzhou Tongzhi Master Luo, please see General Qi."

The school lieutenant looked tense, although he knew that his general was a third-rank official, and Hangzhou Tongzhi was only a fifth-rank official, much lower in rank than his own general, but don’t forget that Qi Jiguang is a general, while Hangzhou Tongzhi is a civil servant .Even if Qi Jiguang is not afraid of Luo Xin, Luo Xin is not afraid of Qi Jiguang either.He immediately ordered the soldiers to put away their bows and arrows, and looked at Luo Xin and Luo Qing.

Luo Xin and Luo Qing were both wearing casual clothes today, so the captain didn't know that was Luo Xin, so he looked a little embarrassed.Luo Xin jumped off the horse, took out a greeting card from his arms, and handed it to the captain, saying:

"My official is Luo Xin, please inform me."

"You keep waiting!"

The school lieutenant took the greeting card with both hands, and hurriedly ran towards the barracks.In less than a quarter of an hour, he heard the sound of horseshoes. Luo Xin opened his eyes and saw a big man with a square face galloping towards here with a dozen horsemen.When he came to the gate of the barracks, he quickly jumped off his horse, and after a glance, his eyes fixed on Luo Xin. He strode forward and bowed his hands, saluting:
"Lord Luo, Qi has just arrived in Hangzhou and hasn't settled down yet. He originally planned to go to visit tomorrow, but he didn't expect Lord Luo to come and ask for atonement."

Luo Xin returned the courtesy with a smile: "I've heard about General Qi Daming for a long time, and I've wanted to see General Qi for a long time. My younger brother came here just because of the name."

Qi Jiguang's expression was slightly relaxed, just now when he heard Luo Xin coming, he thought that Luo Xin was blaming him for not going to see him, and wanted to show him off, so he was very nervous.

In fact, Qi Jiguang is not bad for being a proud person, but it also scores and who.He was not a dead-headed person, but very smooth, as long as he could wipe out the pirates, he was a person who didn't care about his personal reputation.From this point of view, he is very similar to Ma Fang.Ma Fang is called a lunatic, but is Ma Fang really a lunatic?

Of course not, not only not, but he is also a very shrewd and smooth person, and so is Qi Jiguang.How could such a person not go to see Luo Xin because he thinks that he is of high grade?

It's just that he found out that Luo Xin had been in the governor's mansion these few days, so he wanted to wait for Luo Xin to come back before going to see him.But he didn't expect that Luo Xin came back yesterday and came to his barracks early this morning. He came in such a hurry. Isn't this just looking for trouble?What is it if you don't come to show him off?
Seeing Qi Jiguang's expression, Luo Xin also realized that he was anxious and abrupt.But Luo Xin also wanted to see what the anti-Japanese hero looked like, so he rushed here.You must know that Qi Jiguang is famous in later generations.Seeing Qi Jiguang's expression now, he smiled and said:

"General Qi, my eldest brother and you are acquaintances, right?"

Qi Jiguang naturally knew Luo Sheng. Everyone was an official in the southeast, and they were all under Hu Zongxian. They had met more than once in meetings with Hu Zongxian. At this time, Luo Sheng also bowed his hands to Qi Jiguang and said:

"Little brother has seen Brother Yuan Jing!"

Luo Sheng admired Qi Jiguang very much, and Qi Jiguang also admired Luo Sheng very much.This belongs to the sympathy of warriors.The two have long been called brothers.Qi Jiguang smiled and said:

"Brother Luo, this time the two of us cooperated and took orders from the Luoda people."

Before Luo Sheng could reply, Luo Xin said with a smile: "General Qi is scolding my younger brother."

Qi Jiguang's expression became tense, and just as he was about to speak, Luo Xin waved his hand and said:
"My little brother is a fifth-rank, and you are a third-rank, but you say you obey me. Isn't that a scolding little brother? It should be said that the two elder brothers are escorting you."

Qi Jiguang is such a shrewd person. At this time, he already felt that Luo Xin came with good intentions, and he immediately became happy in his heart, and said with a smile:

"Lord Luo, if you don't mind, how about we call each other Biaozi?"

Luo Xin tidied up his clothes, bowed his hands to Qi Jiguang and saluted, "I have never seen Brother Yuan Jing before."

Although Qi Jiguang is a very shrewd person, he saw Luo Xin salute him at this time, and called himself brother.Especially before Luo Xin saluted, he tidied up his clothes, which was definitely a respect for him, and immediately saluted Luo Xin earnestly:

"Yuan Jing has met Brother Buqi Xian."

The dozen or so generals behind Qi Jiguang breathed a sigh of relief, they were also afraid that Luo Xin was coming to dismount, but seeing Luo Xin and Qi Jiguang chatting happily at this moment, everyone relaxed their nervous mood.

Next, Qi Jiguang introduced the generals behind him to Luo Xin, and Luo Xin also greeted them politely.Qi Jiguang knew that Luo Xin was a civil servant, and his subordinates were all rude people, so he finally established a preliminary relationship with Luo Xin. He didn't want to be destroyed by these rude people under his command, so he ordered those generals to continue training soldiers, and he was alone He accompanied Luo Xin and Luo Sheng to his room.

As soon as he entered Qi Jiguang's room, Luo Xin's eyes fell on a map hanging on the wall. The map not only showed the coastal terrain of Suzhou and Hangzhou, but also the distribution of some islands in the sea. It seems that in this era, this map is already considered remarkable.

Seeing Luo Xin looking at the map intently, Qi Jiguang also quietly stood on Luo Xin's left side, and Luo Sheng stood on the right side.After a while, Luo Xin sighed softly and said:

"Brother Yuan Jing, when do you think the Japanese pirates will be wiped out?"

Qi Jiguang didn't dare to be a little negligent about Luo Xin's question, because Luo Xin was not the civil servants before, who didn't understand military affairs, but commanded randomly.Luo Xin is the military god who wiped out the northern grasslands, so although he had already had an idea in his heart, he still thought about it and said:

"No, it's not easy to exterminate Japanese pirates, and it's very difficult to say."

"Oh?" Luo Xin became interested: "Tell me."

"Don't you know that Japanese pirates can be divided into real Japanese and fake Japanese?"

"Yes." Luo Xin nodded.

"Actually, there are not many real wo. If there were only real wo, Daming would have wiped out the real wo. They want to be arrogant on the land of Daming, but they are not qualified enough. It is not the real wo that really brought disaster to Daming, but the real wo. It's a fake Japanese."

Having said this, Qi Jiguang showed a complicated look on his face and said: "The composition of these fake Japanese is complicated. Some are fugitives in Daming, some are local hooligans in Daming, and some are ordinary people who lost their land in Daming and couldn't survive. People became pirates, and then they colluded with the Japanese pirates, and the stolen goods were written off to Japan. The number of such people is increasing, and it has far surpassed the real Japanese. In fact, the so-called Japanese pirates, the ones who can really call the shots are not Real Japanese, but fake Japanese. That is, those pirates, and among these pirates, Wang Zhi is undoubtedly the biggest one. Let alone those real Japanese, even Japanese dignitaries dare not offend Wang Zhi. So Now it is very difficult to eliminate those real pirates, because they have already colluded with those fake pirates, what we are facing is not only less than 2000 real pirates, but tens of thousands of pirates."

Luo Xin nodded and said: "So, we are facing two forces, one is the pirates headed by Wang Zhi, and the other is the real Japanese?"

"Not bad!"

Luo Xin pondered for a while and said: "If we can destroy one, whether it is the pirates headed by Wang Zhi or the real pirates, it will be a big blow to those real and fake pirates."

"That's right!" Qi Jiguang said with a wry smile, "but it's not easy! These two forces are not separate, but united. No matter which one we attack, the other will support it. And our navy's strength is simply not enough to match Pirates resist."

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