Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 270

Taichang has already vaguely noticed that there must be traitors in the Fujian navy, and their positions are not low!

Otherwise, the pirates could not have known their whereabouts like the back of their hands.

There was one more thing that he couldn't understand no matter how he thought about it.

Why is this hidden interest group in the southeast coast so bold?

He had already shown his face in Ning Hai, and these people must know that he was coming.

These people know that he is here and dare to play him like this. Isn't it just that the old birthday star eats arsenic and thinks that his life is too long!

Right now he is in a bit of a dilemma, because once he leaves here and returns to Penghu, the pirates are likely to go back and land again, and land and plunder again, making him run back and forth, playing tricks on him!

How to do it?

This feeling of being played by others is really annoying!

Off the coast of Taizhou, on the flagship of the Navy, Taichang and all the generals sat around the table in the cab, helpless.

He frowned and pondered for a while, and then said in a muffled voice: "It seems that the Fujian Navy must have pirates inside. The pirates know our whereabouts very well, but we don't know anything about them. This will not work. , we have to find a way to break the situation, otherwise I’m afraid we won’t be able to catch a pirate ship even if we stay here for a year.”

Who said no.

They have been here for so long, but they haven't seen a single pirate. They only heard that one place was robbed and another was robbed. They ran around and were played around by others.

Yuan Keli was also very annoyed. He thought about it for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "The so-called know yourself and the enemy and you can win a hundred battles. Now the enemy knows us very well, but we know nothing about the enemy. This battle is impossible to fight. We can't even fight, Your Majesty, it seems that we have to win by surprise!"

Surprise?

When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

He has a unique trick, which is to recruit Zheng Zhilong.

The question is, they can't even touch the shadow of pirates at this moment, so where can he go to recruit Zheng Zhilong?
He was stunned for a while, and then sighed slightly: "I thought of a strange trick, which is to recruit to surrender. As long as I can recruit the biggest pirate leader Zheng Zhilong, then this pirate will be easily suppressed."

Recruit the pirate leader Zheng Zhilong!
This is indeed a strange move, the question, how could the emperor think of such a strange move?
Yuan Keli was a little puzzled and said, "Your Majesty, do you think the pirate leader Zheng Zhilong will submit to the imperial court?"

This is not what I think, but history has proved it.

Of course, that cannot be said.

Taichang thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "This Zheng Zhilong should submit to the court, because he has never hurt a commoner. Obviously, he doesn't want to do anything wrong. Think about it, why does a pirate leader not want to do anything wrong?" What about doing it? I think he intends to submit to the imperial court and seek an official position. I heard that his father is a clerk in the Nan'an county government. The so-called dragon begets the dragon and the phoenix, Zheng Zhilong must also want to be an official."

Although this is a bit far-fetched, it can barely be said. After all, it is true that Zheng Zhilong does not hurt ordinary people. If a pirate leader does not hurt an ordinary person, he must have an idea.

When Yuan Keli heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "The emperor is wise, it is really possible that Zheng Zhilong wants to submit to the imperial court and seek an official position."

Alas, what is wise, so what if you know that people will submit?
Now we can't even see the shadows of other people!
Taichang couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "Oh, the problem now is, we haven't even seen a single pirate, so how can we persuade Zheng Zhilong to surrender?"

When Yuan Keli heard this, he thought for a while, and then suggested: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that Zheng Zhilong's father is a clerk in the Nan'an County Government? We arrested his family members, forced him to show up, and designed to capture him Hold on, how about slowly persuading him to surrender?"

Uh, it's kind of immoral to do this!

However, it would be a good idea to force Zheng Zhilong out.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "This plan is feasible, but we can't go too far. After all, our purpose is to persuade them to surrender."

This of course.

Yuan Keli nodded quickly and said, "I understand."

You get it, I haven't figured it out yet.

Taichang couldn't help asking: "You said that Zheng Zhilong was planned to be captured, how to design it? We went directly to capture his family and he would definitely not dare to show up."

Just kidding, Zheng Zhilong is not an idiot, if he led the navy fleet to pass with such a big fanfare, it would be strange if he dared to come out.

Yuan Keli nodded repeatedly and said: "The emperor is right. If we want to use strange tactics, we must have surprise soldiers. Now that our navy troops are being targeted by others, we must not use them as surprise soldiers. We have to ambush all the way on land Just do it."

Hearing this, Taichang was puzzled and asked, "Why are we ambush all the way on the land?"

Yuan Keli quickly explained: "Your Majesty, we can send infantry to guard Nan'an County, as long as we hold Nan'an County, Zheng Zhilong will not be able to rescue his family. , he has nowhere to run."

Makes sense!
He has a lot of pawns in his hands. Question, where is the ambush?

Taichang quickly ordered people to pull out the map of Fujian.

He stared at the map carefully, then pointed to Nan'an County and asked, "Shihong, are you familiar with this neighborhood?"

Shen Yourong pointed to the mouth of the Jinjiang River without hesitation and said, "The last general once built a water fortress in Shihu to defend against Japanese pirates. Shihu is only 120 miles away from Tong'an County. If you urge the army to go fast, you can reach it in a day."

it is good!
Taichang immediately asked again: "Liqing, how many troops do you think this journey requires?"

Yuan Keli reckoned: "Judging from the existing information, Zheng Zhilong has four to five hundred warships under his command, and he has kidnapped more than ten thousand ordinary people to farm the land, which proves that he has a lot of men and horses under his command. My minister It is estimated that he has at least [-] to [-] people, otherwise there is no need to kidnap people to grow food. Therefore, we must send at least [-] elites to guard Nan'an County."

This is simple, there are 5000 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion guarding Taicang, and it is no problem to temporarily transfer [-] troops.

Taichang planned carefully with Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong for a while, and then began to perform tricks.

For the first few days, he pretended to be cruising back and forth along the coast of Zhejiang, looking for pirates, and when some of the clippers he sent picked up the five thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, he led the fleet all the way south, heading straight for Nan'ao .

However, when he passed the Shihu water village, he seemed to stop to replenish some fresh water or something, and then continued to set off.

After he led the naval fleet to Nan'ao, he immediately summoned the general of the Fujian Navy to the lobby of the General Military Mansion, and then said coldly with a gloomy face: "Now we can't find any pirates' lairs at all. What do you say if you don’t get the fleet of pirates?”

Well, what else can I do?
At this moment Yu Zigao was a little confused, he really didn't expect that the pirates were so cunning, and they specially avoided them!
Seeing that the generals were silent, Taichang seemed a little annoyed but helpless.

He sat there thinking for a long time with a sullen face, and finally said helplessly: "Okay, let's all step back, everyone go back and think about a solution."

What else can I think of at this moment?

Pirates just avoid them and don't fight them!
There is really no way to do this. The generals thought about it for a few days, but no one came up with any way.

Taichang seemed to be a little impatient, and after a few days, he recruited all the generals to the lobby of the General Military Mansion, and said gloomyly: "It's no way to go on like this, it's useless for us to gather so many warships here, I It is better to lead all the ships to cruise in the waters of Zhejiang to prevent pirates from plundering Zhejiang again. General Yu, the waters of Fujian and Guangdong will be handed over to you, you have to be careful."

Yu Zigao hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "The final general will obey the order."

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then pretended to be angry and said: "Isn't Zheng Zhilong's biological father, Zheng Shibiao, a clerk in the Nan'an County Government? Hmph, it's unreasonable to want to work safely in the county government after giving birth to a son who is a pirate! Order the magistrate of Nan'an to arrest Zheng Zhilong's family, if the pirates cannot be caught, I will sacrifice his family to the flag!"

You are not a sacrificial flag!
You are venting your anger, okay?

Why did the emperor just arrest Zheng Zhilong's family members to vent their anger?
Zheng Zhilong is considered the best among all the pirate chiefs, at least he never killed a commoner!

Alas, there is no way, who told this guy not to have a brain.

I have become a pirate leader, but I still don't know how to take my family away. Isn't this harming my family?

Although the generals felt that it was a bit wrong to do so, no one dared to say anything.

The emperor is in a fit of anger right now, who dares to provoke the emperor for the sake of a pirate leader!

Taichang led the navy fleet away like this, and Zheng Zhilong's family was also arrested by the magistrate of Nan'an.

The sea area of ​​Fujian was suddenly overcast, and the people in Nan'an County were even more panicked.

Zheng Zhilong is the biggest pirate leader, can he let the emperor kill his whole family to vent his anger?
This is of course impossible.

Zheng Zhilong will definitely lead the pirates to save his family!
(End of this chapter)