Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 280 Who Moved Whose Interests

This trip to Hong Kong really benefited Taichang a lot.

Not only did he raise food for 10 horses, but he also thought of new ideas for colonization.

The next step is to clean up the pirates on the southeast coast. As long as these pirates are all cleaned up, he can start to compete with the European powers for the supremacy of the sea.

After he returned to the Nan'ao waters, he recruited the commander-in-chief Shen Yourong and Yu Zigao to the flagship.

In the spacious and bright cockpit of the Longya warship, Yuan Keli, Zhang Yuanfang, Shen Yourong, Yu Zigao and other naval officers gathered together, including Zheng Zhilong who was also called over.

Taichang stared at the map on the table for a while, and then said solemnly: "The most important thing in this siege of pirates is not to leak the news. These pirates must have links with local forces and coastal guards. Once leaked The news, if we surround the past, nine times out of ten we will come to nothing.”

This really has to be guarded against.

Xu Xinsu's confessed accomplices were beyond his expectation.

By virtue of his relationship with Wu Chunfu, the eunuch's household secretary at that time, this guy made friends with many officials and families, local tyrants and squires, and on the ground in the southeast, he didn't know how many people had entanglements with him in terms of interests.

What kind of local officials, official families, local tyrants and squires, capital guards, tea supervisors and salt merchants, etc. all regard him as a cash cow.

There is also Zheng Zhilong, who is black and white on the ground in Quanzhou Prefecture. The coastal guards not only did not arrest him, but also tipped him off!
He is abolishing the sea ban and encircling and suppressing pirates, which has affected the interests of too many people. It can be said that most of the local forces in the entire southeast coast are his enemies!

Humph, these people are really lawless.

Do you think I use pirates to fight against me because of your interests?
What about my interests?

What about the interests of Daming as a whole?

Who moved whose interests?
Do you think that your own selfish interests can override the interests of the entire Ming Dynasty?
This time, he not only wants to wipe out the pirates, but also uproots the interest groups in the southeast coast!
Fortunately, the news of Xu Xinsu's arrest has not yet spread, and the fact that Zheng Zhilong was blocked is only known to the local forces in Quanzhou Prefecture who have connections with him.

If the news leaked out, it would be difficult for them to encircle and suppress the remaining pirates.

The problem, once the encirclement and suppression of the remaining pirates begins, it will be difficult to block the news!
How to do it?

Yuan Keli stared at the map, frowned and pondered for a while, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, I think that we can first suppress Yang Liu and Yang Qi in the waters of Hangzhou Prefecture. Because Hangzhou Prefecture is far away from Guangzhou Prefecture and Lianzhou Prefecture. It is thousands of miles away, and there is Nan'ao Island in the middle, which cannot be bypassed. As long as we leave some clippers here to block the news, even if Yang Liu and Yang Qi are wiped out by us, it is impossible for Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi Received the news."

This should be fine.

Yang Liu and Yang Qi were indeed far apart from Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, and it was relatively easy to block the news.

The problem is that the two groups of pirates, Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, are not far away. Once one moves, the other will definitely receive news soon.

How to do it?

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, it should be no problem to encircle Yang Liu and Yang Qi first. The problem is that the remaining pirates, Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, are a bit close. Once we encircle and suppress one, the other may I soon received the news and ran away. Do you have any good ways to wipe out these two groups of pirates?"

This is really difficult.

All the generals frowned in thought, but Zheng Zhilong pointed to the map and suggested: "Your Majesty, we can let the Dongyang navy go around the open sea, go around the middle of Guangzhou and Lianzhou to block the news, and then let the Beiyang navy He and the Nanyang Navy directly surrounded the islands in the waters of Guangzhou Prefecture and wiped out Liu Xiang. At this time, the Dongyang Navy rushed to the border waters between Annan and Lianzhou Prefecture at full speed to block the waterway to Nanyang. In this way, even if Li Kuiqi It’s too late to run after receiving the news.”

This approach is indeed good.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said: "Is there any other good way for everyone?"

At this time, Yuan Keli clasped his hands again and said, "Your Majesty, why don't both the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy hang the banner of General Zheng, so that other pirates will be even more confused."

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but feel helpless when he heard the words.

What kind of bad idea did you come up with?
Taichang nodded repeatedly when he heard the words.

Good way!

In this way, other pirates may not run away immediately after receiving the news, because they have no idea what Zheng Zhilong wants to do.

They didn't provoke Zheng Zhilong, why did they run away like a girl!
Taichang thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "Very well, let's do this, you all make good preparations, leave all the octopus clippers to block the waterways on both sides of Nan'ao Island, and when the north wind blows, we will go straight to Hangzhou House!"

When the generals heard the words, they hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "Observe the order."

Taichang immediately asked again: "Luo Sigong, where are the cavalry from the Shenwu Battalion led by Sun Chuanting?"

Shenwu battalion cavalry?
All the generals were puzzled when they heard the words.

Why did the emperor recruit the cavalry from the Shenwu Battalion?
Encirclement and suppression of pirates is naval warfare!

What's the use of the cavalry coming?

Luo Sigong cupped his hands without hesitation and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Sun has led his army across the Yangtze River and arrived at Changzhou Prefecture."

very good!

Taichang immediately said in a loud voice: "Cao Huachun, passed on the decree, and promoted Sun Chuanting as the governor of the southeast to take charge of military and civilian affairs in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces."

This time, he didn't just wipe out the pirates, but also the local forces linked to the pirates!

He has already moved the interests of others, and he will definitely not let it go, and he will naturally not allow these people to play tricks behind the scenes to add to his troubles.

Three days later, the north wind picked up suddenly, and the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy set off immediately, along the coastline, heading straight for Hangzhou Mansion.

They were all flying Zheng Zhilong's "Zheng" flag, and the side near the coast was also full of pirate ships such as black-tailed boats and bird boats.

This time, not only the pirates will be confused, but even the guards of the capital along the way will be confused.

Wasn't Zheng Zhilong blocked by the emperor in the bay south of Quanzhou Prefecture?

How did this guy get out?

Also, what is he trying to do by going north with such a great fanfare?

At this moment, the coastal defense station along the coast of Fujian has nothing to do with him, because the Fujian navy has almost all the warships they can use. Seeing such a huge pirate fleet, they can't hide in a hurry.

The coastal defense stations along the coast of Zhejiang did not dare to fight against such a huge pirate fleet, because a single guard station has at most two hundred small warships, and they ran to fight against Zheng Zhilong, a fleet that blotted out the sun. It's like an egg hitting a rock.

Even if they saw it, they could only desperately report it upwards.

Of course, some coastal defense stations did not report to the higher authorities.

There must be ghosts in these coastal defense stations. The huge fleet of thousands of large and small warships is a large area with a radius of tens of miles on the sea. Can they not see it?

These coastal defense stations must have seen it, but they didn't report it to the top, so who did they report it to?
No need to ask, they must have reported to the wrong person.

Sun Chuanting had just led [-] Shenwu Battalion cavalry to Hangzhou Mansion. After reading the pile of urgent reports handed over by Zhejiang Dusi, he understood that there must be a problem with the coastal defense stations that have not reported to them!
Without hesitation, he immediately ordered the cavalry of the Shenwu Battalion to rush over and arrest the commanders of these guards or perhaps Qianhu.

The action started on the shore here, and the huge fleet flying the Zheng character flag has already arrived in the waters near Hangzhou Mansion.

However, it is strange that they did not go to the middle of the archipelago near the mouth of the Qiantang River.

They actually lined up in a long line, directly bypassing the archipelago, winding northward.

Yang Liu and Yang Qi who were originally hiding in this archipelago were taken aback.

They thought that Zheng Zhilong was going to cheat, and they did them.

To be honest, once the "Zheng Zhilong" fleet entered the archipelago, they would immediately flee north.

The fleet of "Zheng Zhilong" went around from outside the archipelago, so they naturally didn't have to run away.

Just when they were secretly rejoicing, they saw that the huge fleet that had circled the northernmost tip of the archipelago suddenly turned around and headed straight for the archipelago.

At this moment, the huge fleet meanders more than a hundred miles long. They turned around and almost surrounded the entire archipelago, leaving only a gap in the south where they just passed.

But at this time, the warship of the Dongyang Navy suddenly came from the open sea and directly blocked the opening to the south.

(End of this chapter)