prosperous age

Chapter 938 1027 Interrogation

"How far are Qi Jiguang and the others from here?"

After Li Chengliang was satisfied, he thought of the Jizhen Army transferred by the imperial court, and then asked contemptuously.

Li Chengliang, the chief military officer of Liaodong, was angry that the imperial court had mobilized Jizhen's army to assist in the battle.

Didn't the selection of guest troops show to him that he was not at ease with him as the commander-in-chief?

But he knew he knew it, but he didn't dare to say anything.

"Jizhen Army is still half a day's journey from here and will arrive later."

The guard replied hurriedly.

There were some things that Li Chengliang could not ask about, but they couldn't and had no idea. They had to answer questions immediately.

It didn't take a day to capture Gule City, but it only took a night of searching and setting Gule City on fire, but it didn't last until now.

“Send someone to tell him that even if I have captured Gule City, they don’t have to rush on their way.

I will wait for them here. After arriving, I will rest for two days before returning to work. "

As a result, Atai did not surrender and was detained.

Li Chengliang gave the order, and then he had people press the prisoners away, and he also rode back to the military camp to rest.

In fact, Wang Gao not only has one Gule City, he also controls the cities outside the pass, such as Hongli Village, Shaji City, etc., and there are still residual forces.

Even though he often sends ice and charcoal to the capital every year, he doesn't have a real backer.

That night, Li Chengliang received news that Qi Jiguang's Jizhen Army was camped more than 20 miles away from their camp.

But that's it.

Zhang Juzheng is also such a proud man. It is intolerable that Li Chengliang, a martial artist, dares to plot against him behind his back.

Although Wang Gao's tribe had been defeated, Qi Jiguang did not think that it was safe outside the pass.

In order to comfort Nurhaci, the Ming Dynasty gave generous rewards, "It was returned to the funeral of the second ancestor, and he gave thirty orders, thirty horses, and was granted the title of General Dragon and Tiger. He also gave the imperial edict to the governor." "From then on, he lost eight hundred taels of silver every year. Fifteen pieces of python satin".

Jue Chang'an and Takeshi were also considered loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Even the people of the Ming Dynasty at that time believed that "all were loyal and obedient and served China." They helped Li Chengliang get rid of Wang Gao and Atai, but they died unexpectedly.

After Nurhachi became full-fledged, he raised an army on the grounds that his ancestors and father were accidentally killed by Ming soldiers. With the secret support of Li Chengliang, he successively unified all the Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou and most of the Haixi Jurchen and Yeren Jurchen tribes. He was granted the title of Governor Qianshi and Long by the Ming Dynasty. General Tiger.

After the reconstruction of Atai, Gule City was more stable than before. Due to the dangerous terrain of Gule Mountain, it was difficult for the Ming army to capture it for a while. Jue Changan "used the name of his elders to encircle his granddaughter in the city and persuade Atai to surrender." .

Nurhachi's grandfather Jue Chang'an and father Takshi had actually become aware of dissatisfaction after Wang Gao invaded the Ming Realm many times and knew the situation was not good.

Li Chengliang didn't know that this was all because Wei Guangde said in front of Zhang Juzheng that both of them had been plotted by Li Chengliang.

He was born into a military family, and warriors had a natural affinity for him.

But after thinking about it for a moment, he gave up the idea in his heart.

Between the Ming Dynasty and Wang Gao's tribe, Jue Changan chose the Ming Dynasty. He did not think Wang Gao had a chance to win.

During Li Chengliang's second expedition to Gule City, he became Li Chengliang's leading party.

Also during this operation, Nurhachi's grandfather and father also died in the war.

After the war, Nurhachi lost his relatives due to this accident and became a prisoner of war of the Ming army.

However, Wei Guangde's official career and marriage were deeply involved with nobles and the military, while Zhang Juzheng had always followed the path of civilian promotion and was considered a proper civil official.

After the city was broken, there was another bloody massacre. In this war, Jue Changan was burned to death by a fire caused by the Ming army's artillery, while Tak Shi was accidentally killed by the Ming army.

Moreover, in the original history, Li Chengliang conquered Wang Gao twice. The first time he defeated Wang Gao, burned Gule City, and forced the Jurchen tribe to hand over Wang Gao.

After Wang Gao was captured by the Ming army and sent to the capital and executed by Ling Chi, Wang Gao's sons Atai and Ahai developed again. They were always worried about their father being executed by the Ming people, so he often led the Jurchen tribe to invade the borders of the Ming Dynasty. .

As a result, Li Chengliang's name was crossed out in front of Zhang Juzheng.

Afterwards, he established the Eight Banners system and ordered people to create Manchu. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli, the Hou Jin regime was established with its capital at Hetuala.

Seeing that there was no other way, Li Chengliang ordered the army to attack Gule Mountain.

In fact, Li Chengliang also wanted to get closer, but unfortunately he never found the matchmaker.

Unfortunately, I received news two days ago that the Zhang family's attitude towards him seemed to have changed.

A few years later, after Wang Gao's two sons gathered their old troops and regained control of Gule City, Hongli Village and other fortresses, and after they developed, Li Chengliang sent troops again to attack and killed Wang Gao's two sons.

It seems that Ma Fang of Datong and Yu Dayou of Nanyang Navy are both from Wei Guangde's side.

Qi Jiguang had connections in the court, an advantage he could not match.

What he was considering at this time was whether to humiliate Qi Jiguang in person when he saw him.

Not only did Juechang'an's son marry the daughter of Wanhan, the leader of the Hada tribe, but his youngest son Takshi also married Wang Gao's daughter.

However, as a weak Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou, they can only choose to attach themselves to a more powerful tribe through marriage.

Many people also know what happened next.

In the eleventh year of Wanli, Li Chengliang once again led his troops to attack.

Of course, Qi Jiguang is not sure whether he is willing to be the middleman.

After Li Chengliang found out, he chose to keep him by his side, and later went to the court to express his merit for his grandfather and father.

Qi Jiguang was different. Through Tan Lun's relationship, Qi Jiguang and Wei Guangde, the deputy minister of the cabinet, were connected.

Before, Li Chengliang originally planned to try to get in touch with the chief assistant. After all, Zhang Juzheng's identity seemed to be that like Wei Guangde, he was also from a military household.

In the forty-sixth year of Wanli's reign, he swore to attack the Ming Dynasty in the name of the "Seven Great Hatreds" and started the war in the late Ming Dynasty.

However, with the arrival of Qi Jiguang this time, such a situation will naturally not happen.

Wei Guangde had warned about this, and was worried that tiger farming would cause trouble again.

However, Wei Guangde only knew about it but did not know why. He thought that this time he would kill Nurhachi's grandfather and father, while Li Chengliang left the Nurhaci brothers alone.

He sent Qi Jiguang to Liaodong in order to eradicate the root causes and completely eliminate all unstable factors.

He knew that Nurhaci was still a child at this time, and his family had not participated in the war against Wang Gao's tribe at all, so he was naturally alive and kicking.

But in any case, the history of Ming Dynasty has been changed.

Nurhachi has two elders who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Whether he will raise the flag of rebellion in the end is another matter.

Of course, the premise is that he can get support like Li Chengliang from the Ming Dynasty and complete the great cause of unifying the Jurchen tribes first.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards the Jurchen tribes has always been to divide and disintegrate, and will not allow the Jurchen tribes to unify, just like its attitude towards Mongolia back then.

Only the Jurchens who fight with each other are good Jurchens and will be controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

As for now, Li Chengliang has killed most of the people in Gule City, leaving only a few for the prisoner presentation ceremony, so Qi Jiguang's mission is destined to be in vain.

Li Chengliang was still in the military tent thinking about how to treat Qi Jiguang when he saw him tomorrow. At this time, Qi Jiguang, who was more than 20 miles away, actually received the news that Li Chengliang had captured Gule City.

It can only be said that this is a joke played by fate. After just a hasty battle with Wang Gao, the old boy ran back with his troops and horses, and unexpectedly encountered Li Rusong who made a surprise attack outside the city gate. This was no one's luck.

Otherwise, Gule City, with Wang Gao presiding over, would not be so easy to conquer. There would be two to three thousand more defensive troops alone, not to mention the leader.

Off the coast of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, when the navy led by Yu Dayou chased them here, they learned at the dock that the Japanese pirates had landed two days ago and had fled after looting coastal villages and towns.

Just when Yu Dayou was extremely upset and unable to do anything, the government on the shore sent news that during the Japanese robbery, hunters worked together to capture a Japanese pirate, and he has now been imprisoned in Pingyang County for interrogation.

At this time, he was instructing his men to put down the clipper, and he wanted to go to Pingyang County to interrogate the Japanese pirates in person.

Yu Dayou knew very well that the only way to reduce the punishment on himself was to annihilate this group of Japanese pirates.

In the past, the Nanyang Navy could only wipe out the Japanese pirates encountered along the coast patrol, but now, most of the Japanese pirates no longer dare to approach the mainland and hide far away.

Unexpectedly, just a few months after he went to sea, they would dare to invade coastal counties again and cause trouble for him.

For this group of Japanese pirates, Yu Dayou must have hated them deeply and wanted to get rid of them quickly.

If he was angry and helpless before, knowing that the Japanese pirates were caught, it would be entirely possible to pry his mouth open and find out the Japanese pirates' lair from his mouth.

Yes, Yu Dayou plans to follow the clues this time, find the nest of this Japanese pirate, and catch them all.

Soon, he and his guards boarded the clipper. The sailors rowed the oars, and the boat quickly sailed toward the shore.

When we got to the shore, someone had already prepared their fast horses and rushed all the way to Pingyang County without stopping.

Unfortunately, it was already midnight when we arrived at the county seat, so we had to rest outside the city and wait until the city gates opened at dawn the next day before entering the city.

This was special at this time. All coastal counties had to implement a night ban policy at night, and the city gates could not be opened at will. Even Yu Dayou, who was the admiral of the navy, could not let the county open the city and let people pass through.

Early on the next morning, Yu Dayou entered the city and soon arrived at the Kaiping County Government Office.

After verifying his identity, Yu Dayou entered the prison and soon saw the captured Japanese pirate. At this time, the police from Kaiping County Government were also interrogating him.

"Is his nest there?"

Looking at the Japanese pirate whose skin had been torn apart by the whip, Yu Dayou didn't show any pity, but asked directly to the policeman.

"No."

Already knowing that the admiral of the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty was opposite, the people at the county government did not dare to act recklessly.

Although the county magistrate is a civilian official and seems not to be afraid of military commanders, the gap in rank is too large and civilian officials do not dare to show off.

Not to mention anything else, whether they are civil servants or military generals, there are always people in the court. Offending Yu Dayou is a trivial matter, but if it is the people behind Yu Dayou, it is a big deal, and it can ruin his future.

Yu Dayou's name has long been spread in Jiangnan official circles. Many people know that there is someone behind him, and he is often a big shot.

After all, there are still relatively few people who know Wei Guangde's identity, and not a county magistrate is qualified to know.

Yu Dayou stopped the officer who was whipping him, and walked over to me to take a closer look.

First of all, based on his height, he denied the possibility that this person was a Japanese.

The Japanese are short, generally no more than four feet five inches tall. A height of five feet is considered a tall man among the Japanese, and is considered a strong man.

Otherwise, China would not have always called them Wa people.

He carefully examined the Japanese pirate's facial features. He had dark skin and a flat nose, but there was no sunken chin that is common among Cantonese people.

The Japanese pirate obviously knew that he would die, so after Yu Dayou called the police to stop him, he did not look at him again.

But at this time, Yu Dayou came closer to observe him, and naturally couldn't help but also glance at the general opposite.

"You are from Fujian, right?"

Yu Dayou said calmly in front of him.

Without an answer, the Japanese pirate would naturally not open his mouth.

If you go to sea and become a Japanese pirate, you will only want to die quickly if you are caught. You are worried that your identity will be revealed and your family and clan will be affected.

However, it is precisely for this reason that when a Japanese pirate is captured, as long as his identity can be found out, in order not to implicate his family, the Japanese pirate will usually tell everything he knows in order not to bring harm to his family. This can be regarded as a crime and meritorious service.

At this time, Yu Dayou had this idea.

From this person's foreign trade characteristics, he has been able to roughly judge that this person's appearance is close to that of a Fujian and Cantonese person, but the details are closer to a Fujian person.

After all, Yu Dayou traveled all over the country and met many people from all provinces.

Fujian is his hometown, and he has been working in Guangdong all year round, so he still has some discernment.

Seeing the Japanese pirates lowering their heads, Yu Dayou rubbed his chin and said, "If the drawings are sent to coastal counties in Fujian for identification, and a reward of ten taels of silver is given, do you think anyone will identify you?"

"No."

The Japanese pirate, who had not spoken even after being whipped, finally spoke his first words.

In fact, if it was necessary to understand the situation of the Japanese pirates, the Ming Dynasty would usually directly interrogate and kill the Japanese pirates after catching them, and rarely investigate other matters.

Even if there is, it is only done hastily.

But this time is different. Japanese pirates have not invaded the mainland for many years, and Zhejiang officials also attach great importance to it. Naturally, they need to find out the origin of the Japanese pirates, who the bandit leader is, or go to sea to capture documents and arrest people.

Whether he can be caught or not is a matter of time, there still has to be a cutscene.

Seeing his reaction, Yu Dayou knew that his guess was correct. He was from Fujian and his hometown.

"I am from Jinjiang, Quanzhou. My name is Yu Dayou."

When Yu Dayou revealed his identity, the Japanese pirate's eyes widened. He naturally knew who he was and what he wanted to say.

"You don't want your family to suffer, so just tell me where the lair is? Who is the bandit leader? You die quickly and your family will not be implicated.

Otherwise, I will take you to Fujian and search for you in every prefecture and county along the coast. Even if you are dead, I can still find your family.

You should know the consequences. "

Yu Dayou threatened openly.

"Do you keep your word?"

When the Japanese pirates heard what Yu Dayou said, they felt frightened.

In fact, he wanted to die when he was caught, but these Orions were too skilled at tying him up, and he was imprisoned here without a chance to commit suicide. He was so tied up that he couldn't commit suicide at all.

"I keep my word, tell me the lair and the bandit leader, I will destroy them, and I will kill you when I come back."

Yu Dayou said.

The Japanese pirate hesitated for a moment and finally said: "The nest is in Huayu, and the leader is..."

(End of this chapter)