The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 759

Pan Yun and her companions set off to chase Wang Cong three days later. Before leaving, she gave Miaozhenmiao and some of the copied manuscripts to Kuang Ping, and she took the rest away.

She decided to have it printed into a book when she returned and then give it to some people who were proficient in arithmetic.

They left after dark, and in the second half of the night they saw Wang Cong and his ship in the vast ocean.

Pan Yun raised the corner of his mouth and was about to lower the Three Treasures Cauldron when he saw a ball of fire exploding in the sky and flames shooting up into the sky.

Pan Yun paused, and Xue Shao also saw it. He felt nervous and asked, "Where is that?"

The sea chart unfolded in Pan Yun's mind. Her face darkened slightly as she said, "It's the edge of Ryukyu."

Xue Shao said: "Ryukyu is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike Japan, it has a close relationship with the Ming Dynasty. Its king's enthronement is the same as that of the Joseon king. It needs the consent of the Ming Dynasty. Let's go and have a look."

Pan Yun rushed out immediately. When the Three Treasures Tripod flew over the two ships, Pan Yun snapped his fingers and a honey pill shot out. It penetrated the window with a puff and hit a wooden pillar with a clang.

Wang Cong, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes, turned over, listened carefully first, then lit a candle and went out to look around, but saw nothing, so he went back to the room to pick out the honey pill.

When he finally took the honey pill out of the pillar and opened it, and saw the note inside, Pan Jun and the others had already disappeared.

Wang Cong walked onto the deck and looked into the distance with his clairvoyance, and finally saw faint flashes of fire in the darkness.

Wang Cong's heart tightened, and he immediately went to find the helmsman: "Retract the sails and reduce the speed of the boat."

"We are sailing fast with the wind blowing in our favor. If we reduce the speed, we may not be able to return to Quanzhou within ten days..."

"If I say lower it, then lower it. I will take the responsibility."

This ship is their private ship, not an official ship. So what if it cannot arrive within ten days?
Miaozhen and the others had also woken up and were leaning over the edge of the pot, looking out.

The Sanbao Ding flew towards the fire like a meteor.

Miao Zhen looked at Pan Yun with some worry: "Uncle Junior Master, you should have stopped to rest and regulate your breathing at this time. Your energy is now..."

Pan Yun: "Let's wait and see, and then decide whether to take action or not."

Several people nodded together and everyone obeyed the order, but when they saw the Ming flag hanging on the fleet that was surrounded and attacked, everyone's expressions fell.

One official ship was moored at the shore, and two had already sailed away from the coast and into the sea, but were forced to stop at this time.

The pirates were constantly climbing onto the ship from the small boats with the help of ropes. There was a sound of killing on the ship, and cannons were firing at the official ship not far away.

More and more officers and soldiers were forced to jump into the sea, but as soon as they fell into the sea, artillery exploded around them, and they were either blown into a bloody mass or knocked unconscious and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The official ship was hit by artillery fire and could not move forward. Some people fell between the two ships and screamed.

Yang Shan was escorted out by a team of Jinyiwei, who wanted to take him to the shore.

Yang Shan raised his sword and killed the bandit who rushed in front of him, his eyes bloodshot: "You can't go ashore, you can't go ashore, there is an ambush on the shore!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers who rushed to the shore had run less than a hundred meters before they were chopped to the ground by the swordsmen and axemen who were ambushing on both sides.

Yang Shan looked at the blood dripping from his heart and shouted, "All officers and soldiers, surround us in formation, three people form a formation, and retreat in an orderly manner. Don't be chaotic, don't be chaotic—"

He turned his head and shouted loudly: "Xuan Miao, Tao Ji——"

Xuan Miao and Tao Ji rushed out from the rear cabin. At this moment, a cannonball came from afar.

All this happened extremely quickly. From the time Pan Yun and his companions saw the Ming flag to the time they saw what was on the ship, it took only five breaths.

Seeing the cannonball coming, Xuanmiao was about to draw his sword to meet it head-on, but there was a whistle in the air and a stone flew out one step ahead of Xuanmiao and hit the cannonball directly.

The two collided in mid-air and exploded with a bang.

Xuanmiao turned around and flew away quickly. When he landed on the boat, he took two steps back and looked up. The Three Treasures Tripod flew over their heads.

Xuanmiao was immediately relieved and shouted, "They have five cannons in total!"

Pan Jun had already seen it, and with a pinch of his fingers he opened the barrier, and Xiaohong and Hongyan flew out instantly. Two red figures flew through the air, and as soon as they landed they twisted the artilleryman's neck with a silk ribbon, and with a pull, the neck made a click and twisted down.

The Sanbao Ding flew over a cannon at an extremely fast speed. Pan Yun left Miaozhen and the other three behind. Bangchui was frightened and jumped down with Miaohe.

Miao Zhen and the other three had their swords in hand and wiped out the confused artillerymen as soon as they landed...

Pan Yun rushed towards another cannon, her sword flew out and swept directly across the necks of the artillerymen. Most of them were killed before she landed on the ground.

She jumped down from the Sanbao Ding, caught the flying sword, and charged into the crowd.

In just a moment, the remaining people were all killed. Pan Yun turned around and was about to clean up the people at other cannon points. When he passed a cannon, he paused and waved his hand, and the cannon and the shells on the ground disappeared instantly.

Hongyan and Xiaohong were also very fast. After killing the people pointed at by the cannon, they turned around and were about to leave. Xiaohong just stared at the cannon without moving.

Hongyan stopped and said, "Let's go and save the people on the boat."

Xiao Hong: "Put away this cannon."

"No, my stomach can't hold that."

"Didn't Pan Yun give you the spatial jade? Put it in there."

Hongyan accepted it reluctantly.

When Miaozhen and his men had killed all the people and looted all the belongings, Pan Yun had already cleaned up the remaining two cannons.

Without cannons as a threat, several people and monsters flew onto the ship and immediately started the slaughter mode.

No, it's rescue mode.

There are a large number of pirates, and the other two ships are seven or eight miles away from the coast. Ordinary people cannot fly over, but now there are Pan Yun and Xuan Miao.

The situation on the ship was under control, and the two men immediately leaped up with their men and fought until the sky brightened, only then were the pirates cleared out.

It is not known how many escaped, but twenty-eight were captured and two hundred and thirty were killed.

For a naval battle, this is a huge battle report.

Yang Shan's face was covered in blood. After seeing the bodies of the pirates, his face was so gloomy that it seemed like ink was about to drip out: "This is not a pirate, this is not just a pirate..."

Xuan Miao carefully looked at his precious sword, put it into the scabbard, and said in a deep voice: "These people don't want you to return to Ming alive."

Yang Shan turned and left: "Come here, bring all the prisoners up, I want to interrogate them personally!"

The captured people were dragged up, their eyes wide open and blood gushing out of their mouths as they died.

The Jinyiwei immediately stepped forward and pinched one of the men's mouths, pried open his teeth, and after a moment, put the limp man down and said in a deep voice, "Poison sac, all of them are dead."

"Ha!" Yang Shan laughed. "A pirate would commit suicide? Or use a poison sac? When did pirates become so loyal?"

Pan Yun and Xue Shao walked over silently, without saying a word.

Yang Shan was so angry that he turned around in circles. There was silence on the boat, only the sound of his footsteps could be heard.

Everyone knew that this was not just a pirate robbery, and everyone could even guess what these people's purpose was.

They just don't want the Ming Dynasty to lift the maritime ban. "So, there is at least an 80% chance that the maritime ban will be lifted. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so cruel as to directly kill the diplomatic mission's ships at sea, right?" Pan Yun stroked his chin, becoming more and more happy as he spoke, and said to Yang Shan, "Lord Yang, this is a good thing."

Yang Shan then stopped and looked at Pan Yun: "Because of their selfishness, we have suffered so many casualties..."

Pan Jun sneered, "I'm afraid more people will die later."

Xue Shao sighed: "Selfish desires will lead to selfishness, and disputes will not stop in the future, but we can't stop eating because of choking. If the sea ban is not lifted, many people will die."

Yang Shan was slightly stunned. Thinking of the poor people along the coast and the people who were massacred by Japanese pirates last year, he was silent for a long time: "They want to use the excuse of lifting the maritime ban to invite wolves into the house and put the people in danger, but they don't know that it is precisely because of the maritime ban that the pirates are so rampant."

"You are right. We should not give up eating because of choking," Yang Shan murmured, "I want to return to the capital, I want to meet His Majesty, and I must lift the maritime ban!"

He had gone to such great lengths to negotiate so many things for Ming and Japan, and even left two-thirds of his manpower in Japan. He absolutely could not give up halfway.

Xue Shao said meaningfully: "If someone in the court proposes to partially lift the maritime ban, how will you respond?"

"What does half-open sea ban mean?"

Xue Shao: "Only official ships are allowed to go out to sea. Private ships are not allowed to go out to sea, and ordinary people are not allowed to go near the sea."

This is somewhat similar to the maritime ban policy during the reign of Emperor Taizong.

Pan Yun said: "Half-opening the sea ban will not benefit the people. Pirates will become more rampant. It will be even more difficult for government ships to sail on the sea than it is now."

Yang Shan was in deep thought.

Seeing that he had listened and was already thinking of a solution, the two of them stopped talking. Sometimes, too much is as bad as too little.

Pan Yun then happily greeted Xuanmiao Tao Ji: "Fourth Senior Sister, have you finally decided to go back?"

Tao Ji nodded and said, "It's New Year's Day."

Xuanmiao said: "My sword is bent."

"Ah?" Pan Jun couldn't help but look at the sword in her hand. How many people had she killed?
Xuanmiao asked, "Where is your ship?"

Yang Shan finally reacted: "Yes, where is your ship? How did you get here? I, why do I think you flew here?"

Pan Yun: "We are very skilled in light martial arts, so we did fly here."

"...What kind of Qinggong is so powerful that it can fly across the strait?" Yang Shan thought for a moment and said, "Don't hide it. I know that you cultivators are different."

Pan Yun exclaimed, "Master Yang is amazing. Do you believe it now?"

Yang Shan sighed and said, "I have seen their Shinto in Japan this time. It is indeed magical."

"Lord Yang, don't be surprised. When it comes to gods and ghosts, our Ming Dynasty is not inferior to Japan at all. If you look at our beautiful mountains and rivers, you will know that our gods are no worse than others."

Yang Shan: "Master Pan knows more about these things than I do. So, Master Pan, if we are in trouble at sea like this, which god should we ask for help?"

"Mazu, next time please remember to pray for Mazu's blessing in your heart, and remember to burn two sticks of incense to Mazu when you return home."

Yang Shan was stunned and asked, "If we pray to Mazu, will she save us?"

Pan Yun: "If you believe it, it's possible. If you don't believe it, it's possible. Give it a try. Maybe your chances of surviving will be higher than others."

Seeing that she, like those monks and Taoists, did not give a definite answer but instead gave a vague reply, Yang Shan let out a breath, waved his hand, and led his men down to count the casualties and deal with various problems.

If a ship is broken, it needs to be repaired; if a person is injured, he needs to be treated; if someone falls into the sea, they need to be rescued...

The officers and soldiers supported each other to find a place to rest and helped each other bandage their wounds.

Miaozhen and the others immediately took out their medicine boxes and went forward to treat the wounded.

Pan Yun and Xuan Miao looked at each other and went to start the boat together.

Well, they had to get the boat back to shore.

There was a problem with the boat. They struggled for a long time before they could sail five or six miles and barely reached the shore. Everyone got off the boat immediately.

Half of the people on the ship were drawn from the Navy Yamen of Tianjin Wei, and the other half were from the Ministry of Rites, the Honglu Temple and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

A considerable number of people cannot swim. They are already afraid of the sea, and at this time they wish they could stay a hundred meters away from the sea.

As soon as they reached the shore, they hurried away from the coast and collapsed motionlessly far away.

Yang Shan organized officers and soldiers to go ashore to search for the remaining pirates, hoping to find more evidence.

Then they found a cannon left by Pan Yun.

Yang Shan didn't know that Pan Yun had taken away the four cannons. He muttered to himself, "They were able to take away four heavy cannons while retreating. It seems that they are deeply rooted here. Could it be related to the Ryukyu nobles?"

Pan Jun heard his mumblings but pretended not to hear them.

Xuan Miao glanced at her and asked, "Are those four heavy artillery pieces the same?"

Pan Yun: "I haven't done a serious comparison. It's already friendly enough to leave one for them as evidence."

Xuanmiao nodded: "He has a live person in his hand."

Pan Yun raised an eyebrow: "Fourth Senior Sister, do you want to steal the person out for interrogation? Don't you want to know who did this?"

Xuanmiao glanced at her sideways and said, "Why go to so much trouble? Wouldn't it be better to just take the ready-made ones after he is interrogated? If we steal the person out, will you use torture, or will I?"

In this regard, they are naturally no match for the Jinyiwei.

What surprised Pan Yun was that there were quite a few gangsters on the three official ships, as many as eighteen people.

It was all by coincidence that they went to Japan this year. Since they knew that the imperial court's official ship would stop at Sakai Port, they went directly to Sakai Port to board the ship.

Xuanmiao and Tao Ji, who were wandering around, also felt that it was too far to go to Onsenjinmachi Port to find Pan Yun and the others, so they went directly to Sakai Port.

As long as they can prove that they are citizens of the Ming Dynasty, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will be willing to take them back to their country.

How can we not protect the people of our country?

But they didn't get any better treatment, so they lived in the bottom cabin all the time, except Xuanmiao and Tao Ji.

Because they are too good and too famous.

They were so famous that Yang Shan, a court official, had heard of their names before they set out. He knew that they were out seeking revenge for the massacre of the Japanese pirates last year. Therefore, he admired them very much and directly arranged them to stay in the room next to his own.

Therefore, Yang Shan, who was not good at martial arts, was able to survive and wait for the Jinyiwei to rescue him.

When all the wounded soldiers who were able to move on the ship went ashore, they saw two large ships approaching from afar on the sea.

There were three flags flying on the two large ships: one with the Chinese character "Ming", one with the Chinese character "Pan", and one with the Chinese character "Wang".

Xuanmiao turned around suddenly and asked, "Wang Cong is also up there?"

(End of this chapter)