My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 363: Potian Fugui is gone
The people were in an uproar, either panicked or frightened, chattering about something, but in Zhao Qian's opinion, they were probably talking about pirates.

Ryukyu is an island country. Although pirate attacks and looting are not commonplace, they happen almost every now and then. It is understandable that the local people panic when they hear about pirates.

"Captain, pirates are attacking your army camp. Then..."

Zhao Qian laughed and said, "Don't worry, Lord Judge. They are just a few thousand pirates, and they have been completely annihilated and captured by our Ming Dynasty Firearm Battalion. Lord Judge, you can let the people rest assured. With our Ming army here, we will definitely be able to keep Beigu City safe."

"Thousands, more than a thousand people?"

The judicial officer immediately lost his composure. Even if the entire Zhongshan Kingdom was added together, there might not be a thousand-man army. How could the Ming army wipe out thousands of pirates in one go?

It can be seen that the centurion had a simple and honest face and did not seem to be bragging. He really could not imagine how a hundred Ming soldiers could defeat a thousand pirates.

Moreover, this happened when most of the Ming army was heading south. It is simply unbelievable.

"Oh, by the way, I would like to ask the judge for a favor." Zhao Qian said.

"Please speak frankly, sir. I will do my best!" the judicial officer replied quickly.

"There are still many dead bodies of pirates in the camp that need to be dealt with. Please organize the staff to clear the bodies out of the camp. As for whether to burn or bury them, it is all up to you, sir."

"No problem, no problem. Sir, please rest assured. I will take care of these small matters!"

When the judge heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was just cleaning up the corpses, a small matter. He thought that Captain Zhao wanted him to organize people to fight the pirates!
There are ready-made manpower. Since the group of people watching the fun in the back are here, let them go in and help clean up.

The people were relieved when they heard the judge say that the pirates had been annihilated by the Ming army. However, everyone was confused as to how thousands of pirates were defeated by the Ming army.

You're not just bragging, are you?
Soon, the judicial officer organized his men and followed Zhao Qian into the Ming army camp.

The moment they entered the camp, they saw groups of pirates tied up by the Ming army and taken to the place where they were detained. The ground was littered with corpses.

Only then did they realize that the Ming army was not bragging. Looking at the pirates who were killed all over the ground, they believed that there were indeed thousands of pirates.

This made them feel even more incredible. How on earth did the Ming army manage to defeat a larger force with a smaller one and annihilate all the pirates?

However, no matter how much they thought about it, they still couldn't figure it out. In the end, everyone came to a unanimous conclusion - the army from the Celestial Empire was so brave and powerful!
The people worked all night to clean up the corpses. By then, the sky was already turning pale and the sun was rising slowly from the east.

After a night of interrogation, Zhao Qian learned from the pirates that these pirates were all from Ie Island. Although they were nominally under the command of Chen Zuyi, the one who actually ruled them was Chen Tianli, who was known as the commander-in-chief.

The Marshal Liang Daoren mentioned was Chen Zuyi. Originally, Zhao Qian wanted to go to Yijiang Island to wipe out Chen Zuyi, but he was told that Chen Zuyi was not on Yijiang Island, but on a foreign island country in the West.

As for where exactly it is, the pirates have no idea.

At this time, Zhao Qian was not aware that the Ming Dynasty had already sent a fleet to Malacca to eliminate Chen Zuyi.

However, Zhao Qian got two important pieces of information from the pirates. One was that the last pirate who resisted was named Liang Daoren, who came from the West and was Chen Zuyi's top military advisor.

Liang Daoren should know more about the news about Chen Zuyi.

However, Liang Daoren was still in a coma at this time, and no matter how the Ming army poured cold water on him, he could not be awakened. This made Zhao Qian wonder if he had been knocked into stupor by the pirates.

The second piece of news is that their commander-in-chief, Chen Tianli, is Chen Youliang’s cousin!

When Zhao Qian heard the news, he immediately became upset. Chen Youliang's nephew was the remnant of Chen Youliang!
This would be a great achievement. If Chen Tianli were escorted back to the Ming Dynasty and handed over to His Majesty, wouldn't great wealth and honor be bestowed upon me?
When he heard that Chen Tianli had been beaten to death, Zhao Qian hurriedly sent people to look for the body. Unfortunately, all the bodies had been cleaned up by the people of Beigu City and piled up outside the city and burned!

When Zhao Qian rushed out of the city and looked at the raging fire, he felt like crying but had no tears. All his wealth was burned down by a fire.

But it doesn’t matter. Although Potian’s wealth is gone, he cannot escape the great merit. Zhao Qian can only comfort himself in this way.

At this time, in the temporary prison cell set up in the camp, Liang Daoren slowly woke up. He was tied to a wooden stake and could not move at all.

There were still bursts of burning pain in the back of my head. I didn't know which bastard did this. I would never let him off!
This time, the night attack on the Ming army camp was a disastrous failure, all because of those bastards on Ie Island. If they hadn't been so cowardly and had broken down the Ming army's gate in one go, how could they have ended up like this at this moment?

Chen Tianli is really incompetent in controlling his subordinates, he deserves to be beaten to death by the Ming army!

Liang Daoren thought angrily, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He waited for Songpa and Ichiro Oshima to come and rescue him. Then he would give those bastards on Ie Island a good beating and chop off a few of their heads as a warning to others!
At this time, he still believed that Songpa would definitely defeat the Ming army, and then with his reckless style, he would definitely go straight to the Ming army's base camp.

Although his thousand-plus men suffered a crushing defeat and were annihilated by the Ming army, he believed that these people were pirates from Ie Island, completely different from the pirates he brought from Temasek.

The pirates from Srivijaya in Temasek have been fighting against armies of various countries for many years. They are the real elite!
Those 400 Ming soldiers are definitely no match for Songpa!

Just when I was wondering when Songpa would call, the cell door was opened and Zhao Qian walked in.

"Hey, you're awake now. I won't waste my time talking to you. Tell me the truth, how many people are there in your group, who is Chen Zuyi, and where is your lair?"

Zhao Qian asked several questions in a row, and then said, "I'll give you two choices. One is to confess honestly, and the other is to wait until I torture you before you confess!"

"Fuck you, Ming dog!"

Liang Daoren spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, stared at Zhao Qian viciously, and acted as if he was ready to die.

"You have guts. In fact, I hope you can be a little tougher and choose the second method."

Zhao Qian didn't care at all. He seemed to be talking to himself or asking Liang Daoren.

"Do you know what Jinyiwei is? I have a brother who happens to be working in the Jinyiwei prison. I learned a lot of useful tricks from him. I'm worried that I have no place to use them. It's a good opportunity to practice with you."

(End of this chapter)