Chapter 217 Intelligence
Min Da glanced over and found that there were four ships here. Although they were observing and calculating in their hearts, Min Da's face showed no sign of it, but instead he called his subordinates to move the goods.
On the beach not far away, a group of men in black quietly entered the water.
They held reed stalks in their mouths, their bodies quickly sank, and then disappeared. This was the water ghost mobilized by Dong Chengwu. Although there were not many, they were silent. Their role was to be responsible for the alert in the sea.
Halfway through the goods, there were suddenly shouts of killing around him, and then countless people rushed towards him.
Everyone was shocked, especially the red barbarians who picked up their muskets and wanted to shoot, but before they could fire, Min Da and others took action. They took out short swords from behind and rushed towards the red barbarians.
Min Dayi kicked the translator to the ground, reached out and grabbed the leading red-air man. Before he could react, he pushed his palm on his chin. The red-air man suddenly raised his head and fell to the ground.
Seeing that the red barbarian next to him was about to shoot, Min Da stepped up and was three points below his navel. After a scream, the other party hunched on the ground like a prawn.
"Go on the boat, don't let them take away the board!" Min shouted, and rushed up to a boat first. At this time, behind the Min University, the sound of the musket sounded, as if it was a thunderous bean.
I saw a Ming army walking forward with a musket, three rows of fired continuously, and the first row was completed, and the second row took a step forward and moved forward alternately.
Although they were shooting forward, their speed was not slow at all, and they were not messy at all in the darkness. The red barbarians standing at the bow of the boat were instantly stunned and fell into the water screaming.
They no longer care about taking away the boards, and even if they were not beaten, they would not dare to stay outside.
"The Marquis's musket team is really amazing." Xu De said sighing as he saw this scene.
Qi Jiguang was smiling and stroking his beard. This time, all the people he brought were gun cavalry. Those who could become gun cavalry in the Beijing camp were selected from the best. Each one was skilled in bows and horses, and the key was that the fire must be good at shooting the muskets.
The reloading speed is fast, courageous and disciplined. If the Beijing camp is an elite, then the gun cavalry in the Beijing camp is an elite among the elite.
Soon the Ming army rushed to the vicinity of the shipboard and then rushed onto the ship directly. The muskets on the ship were not good. The Ming army holding knives showed no mercy at all, especially those who tasted the sweetness in the northwest.
A man with a head of forty taels is all money. If it weren't for the orders that the marquis of their family could not be killed, they would have wanted to kill all the red barbarians, cut off all their heads and take them back for silver.
The battle did not last long, and the unprepared Red Barbarians were still the elites under Qi Jiguang. If this was in a stalemate, the Ming Dynasty would not have to fight. All the red barbarians on the ship were suppressed, and the dead were dragged down by someone.
"Leave a team of people to guard the ship, and the others will withdraw the team!" Qi Jiguang walked around the battlefield and nodded with satisfaction.
The three big bosses don’t have to worry about cleaning the battlefield and arranging guards. After arranging their subordinates to do it, they walked back together. The action went so smoothly that the three of them were in a very good mood.
They were not in a hurry to interrogate the Red and Barbarians, just catch them.
The next day, several people brought the red barbarians, but they were not able to understand the language and the translator was also brought. Of course, the first person to interrogate was this translator.
This time, Zhao Lian, Xu De and Dong Chengwu were all there, and Qi Jiguang was also listening. The chief judge was Zhao Lian.
After looking at the thin man who was pressing up, Zhao Lian slapped the arbor and said loudly: "What's your name? Where are you? What kind of people do? You haven't brought it to reality. If there is a lie, I will definitely be punished."
The thin man was shocked and knelt on the ground with a plop.
"Sir, the villain Park Zhengjin, the North Korean." The thin man hurriedly said: "The villain is just a translator for those red barbarians. What they do has nothing to do with the villain. You can take a look at it!"
Zhao Lian's expression relaxed a little, and then asked lightly: "North Koreans are right!"
"Yes, yes, little North Koreans." Park Jung-jin said quickly.
Zhao Lian didn't believe that he was a Korean, but he was too lazy to expose it. If he really said that he was from the Ming Dynasty, it would be a bit embarrassing. North Koreans are just Koreans, and Zhao Lian didn't care where he was from. He was concerned about these red barbarians.
"I ask you, where are these red barbarians coming from?" Zhao Lian shouted loudly after asking: "If you dare to tell lies, you will be punished."
"The villain dares not, the villain dares not!" Park Zhengjin hurriedly said: "They came from Penghu."
Others didn't feel it, but Qi Jiguang, who was on the side, asked loudly: "Did the Red Barbarians occupy Penghu?"
Qi Jiguang not only knew about Penghu, but was also familiar with it. Originally, there was an inspection department in Penghu, but it was later abolished. Until the Jiajing period, Yu Dayou attacked the Japanese pirates, in order to seize the pirates and the Japanese pirates, he stationed in Penghu and established the Penghu Inspection Department again. However, after Yu Dayou left his post, the Inspection Department was also abolished.
Although the Penghu Inspection Office was abolished, Penghu was the place of the Ming Dynasty. If it was occupied by the Red Barbarians, Qi Jiguang felt that he had to take it back.
Park Zhengjin shook his head and said, "No, no, the Red Barbarians were just docking there. The young man heard that they were going to fight with the Japanese pirates. It seemed that the Japanese pirates were going south and had a conflict with the Red Barbarians."
Japanese pirates?
Qi Jiguang frowned, why are there any Japanese pirates here?
"Eunuch Xu, is there any news from the inner factory?" Qi Jiguang turned to look at Xu De and asked with a serious face. Whether it was the Japanese pirates going south or the Red Barbarians occupying Penghu, this was a major event and cannot be underestimated.
Xu De's face also became serious and said in a deep voice: "Our family doesn't know, wait until our family calls someone!" As he said that, he turned to the little eunuch who was serving him, and said, "Go and find Minda for our family."
Seeing that Qi Jiguang had no intention of continuing to ask, Zhao Lian continued to ask: "What's the matter with these red barbarians coming to the Ming Dynasty?"
Park Jung-jin was almost crying, do you still need to ask? This is the lice on the bald man's head. It is obvious that they are here to do business! But Park Jung-jin didn't dare to say that, and hurriedly said: "The Red Barbarians are here to do business, but Yuegang is occupied by Franji people, so they dare not come over."
"Businessman?" Zhao Lian snorted coldly: "I have never seen anyone doing business like this!"
Park Zhengjin dared not refute Zhao Lian's words and knelt on the ground without saying a word.
In fact, the interrogation came here without much significance, but Zhao Lian still pushed the leader of the Red Barbarians up and then interrogated them. The news he received was similar to what Park Jung-jin said.
But compared to Park Zhengjin, he knew more. The ones who wanted to fight with Japan were not the red barbarians, but the Franji people. Although they were red barbarians, they were just merchants, not colonists.
Zhao Lian was confused and wanted to figure out what was going on. Qi Jiguang was also being asked by someone who was found by Fujian University.
"What's your name?" Qi Jiguang asked directly at the other party.
"Return to Marquis, villain Chen San!" The visitor said respectfully. This is a man in his thirties. He should be a businessman in his dress. However, compared to the local businessman in Fujian, he seems to be more vicissitudes, and there are traces left by running to the sea.
In fact, this person was found by Fujian University from Yuegang, and he is the one who knows the best of these foreigners.
Qi Jiguang nodded, then said, "Then you tell me about the foreigners."
Chen San did not dare to neglect and quickly bowed and asked, "What do you want to know by sir?"
"Let's talk about where these foreigners come from." Qi Jiguang thought for a while and said.
"If you want to talk about these foreigners, you have to start with the Franchise, because they were the first to come here, but we call them Franchise, in fact, they come from a country called Portugal."
"They are the ones in Haojiang now, and our Ming Dynasty is most familiar with them."
"The Great Franchiseman comes from a country called Spain. Spain and Portugal are not far from each other and they are similar in length. Let's call the Spanish the Great Franchiseman and the Portuguese the Little Franchiseman."
"Where is the Red Barbarian?" Qi Jiguang nodded and asked.
Chen San didn't expect Qi Jiguang to ask about the Red Barbarians, but he still said: "The Red Barbarians were originally a nation ruled by the Spanish. Later, they fought with the Spanish and showed a separatist situation."
"Although the Red Barbarians came to us to do business, they didn't have much strength."
Xu De jerked at this time: "Didn't the Red Barbarians want to fight against the Japanese pirates?"
Chen San was stunned and then said, "Dad, the Red Barbarians have no strength to fight against Japanese pirates. The young man has heard some rumors about this. It seems that the Japanese warships came south and fought with the Portuguese several times."
In fact, if this is reported to Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yijun will definitely know what is going on.
At this time, the Dutch had just been independent for a few years. They defeated the Spaniards and established strongholds and colonies all over the world, but their tentacles had not reached Asia, and they had not even crossed the Cape of Good Hope.
The red barbarians who came over were basically armed merchant ships, or pirates.
Although these people are very strong, they basically like to bully the Spanish and Portuguese. In addition, Japan and Li Dan can only do smuggling and smuggling, and they have to pay protection fees.
At this time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified Japan, was no longer satisfied with dominance in Japan, but wanted to establish an Asian empire.
We were preparing to hoard materials on land to attack North Korea and then attack the Ming Dynasty. At sea, we were preparing to come south and occupy Penghu. We could invade the Ming Dynasty from sea, or gain benefits through maritime trade, and further occupied India.
It can be said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's idea is very big, but Japan in this era does not have this strength at all.
It was not until modern times that Japan had such strength after the Meiji Restoration. They implemented the strategy formulated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They invaded North Korea on land, then attacked China, occupied Penghu and Taiwan at sea, and then attacked the Philippines and India.
In this era, the idea of establishing an Asian power was imprinted in the Japanese thoughts.
The craftsman spirit passed down from generation to generation has made the Japanese people not forget these. Once a capable person takes office, they are thinking about how to realize the great ideal that Toyotomi Hideyoshi failed to realize, just like the emperor of China wants to be comparable to Qin Emperor and Han Wu.
The Dutch have risen strongly in Europe, and the Spanish and Portuguese have no choice but to do anything to them.
However, the Dutch had risen for a short time, and their strength was not enough to support the huge colonization around the world. However, they had been working hard for this and had been opening up their routes to the East, and had a naval battle with the Portuguese and Spaniards for nothing.
Qi Jiguang and Xu De roughly understood what was going on, so they let Chen San from Min Da take it away.
"Eunuch Xu, I'm going to write a memorial for Your Majesty first on this matter. When I return to Beijing in the future, I will be in front of Your Majesty Chen." Qi Jiguang looked at Xu De and said.
"No problem!" Xu De nodded and said with a smile: "Our family supports the Marquis."
At this moment, a little eunuch walked in from outside. He came to Xu De's side and whispered: "Brother-in-law, Wang An is back!"
Xu De was stunned. Is Wang An back?
When he was in Nanjing, Xu De sent his godson Wang An to Haojiang to investigate the affairs of the Red Barbarians. Unexpectedly, the matter was found out in Fujian. Wang Anbai went there, but Xu De also knew his godson's ability, so he would never come back empty-handed.
When Xu De heard that Wang An had returned, he was overjoyed and said quickly: "Let him in quickly."
Seeing Xu De so happy, Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "Why did my father-in-law smile so happily?"
"I'm not to be hiding the marquis. When we were in Nanjing, our family sent people to Haojiang to find out the affairs of these foreigners." When he said this, Xu De also smiled: "Now that people are back, I believe they will gain."
"So that's it!" Qi Jiguang nodded, then said with a smile: "This is good news."
Not long after, Wang An walked in from outside and bowed and said, "I have met my godfather and Dingbei Hou."
Xu De looked at Wang An, smiled and waved his hand and said, "Is this trip still going smoothly?"
"It's very smooth to go back to my godfather!" Wang An said with a smile: "After arriving in Haojiang, the child contacted our people soon, and this time he brought back a lot of information about the Portuguese and the Spanish."
Xu De nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Okay, very good, I know you won't let our family down."
Chapter completed!