Changzhou Prefecture, Jiangyin County.

This should be the closest city to Su Yang's Second Mansion, so Yang Cong set the temporary governor in the yamen of the county in the city, and most of the elite foot soldiers under Tang Kekuan were also gathered here.

On this day, when the time came, Yang Cong was officially promoted to the county hall to deal with military and political affairs, of course, the two sides of the hall were not the county officials, but a group of civil and military generals under him.

On the left, there are a group of civil servants led by Tang Shunzhi, the new squire of the Nanjing Military Department, and on the right, a group of military generals led by Tang Kekuan and Qi Jingtong, the chief soldiers.

Yang Cong did not sit at this moment, but held an ash rod and stood in front of a huge map.

This map, mainly drawn is Suzhou Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion, which not only have the topography of the city, but also have markers such as Japanese sword warships.

Obviously, the Japanese knife on the map represents the place where the Japanese gathered, and Yang Cong's purpose was to completely exterminate the Japanese who were ravaging Su Yang's second mansion.

He took the ash pole and pointed to the map and said: "According to the scouts, at present, the Japanese are mainly gathered on the line from Jiaxing to Changzhou in Suzhou Prefecture and the Rugao to Xinghua line in Yangzhou Prefecture, and our strategy is to drive them all to the coast near Tongzhou and Chongming and gather them to annihilate them. ”

When a group of Wenchen generals heard this, they were all dissatisfied, and their faces were stunned, this Tongzhou and Chongming are not close to Xinghua and Jiaxing, they are hundreds of miles, why not divide and annihilate them, but take a lot of trouble to drive them hundreds of miles and then surround and annihilate them?

Tang Shunzhi couldn't help but arch his hand and said: "My lord, with our strength, even if it is dispersed into more than ten shares, it is not a problem to annihilate the Japanese invaders one by one, why is it so troublesome to drive the Japanese invaders together and then encircle and annihilate them?" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he nodded slightly and said: "Well, this question is a good question, it is indeed the fastest way to disperse the elite of the infantry into more than ten shares, and to annihilate the Japanese invaders one by one." However, this was not enough to deter the Japanese invaders. ”

When everyone heard this, their faces were still full of doubts, this can encircle and annihilate the Japanese invaders, what else can they deter?

Seeing this, Yang Cong slowly explained: "The plague of the Japanese has lasted for decades, and our Ming Dynasty has not completely annihilated the Japanese invaders, why has the southeast plague continued?" It is one aspect that local forces such as maritime tycoons collude with the Japanese for their own selfishness, and there is another that is, the Japanese have always had a wrong idea for my Ming Dynasty! This time, the official wants to let them see the strength of the Ming Dynasty clearly, so that they will never have the intention of robbing the Ming Dynasty from now on. ”

This means that I want to decide the southeast in a war, and from then on I will never be in trouble.

When everyone heard this, they all showed their expressions.

Indeed, the Japanese are not strong, and the reason why they dare to continue to be like the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty is mainly because the Ming Dynasty has not shown desperate strength in front of them.

People are like this, but if there is a little hope, there will always be people who will take risks, but if it is clear that they are going to die, they will not be able to get any benefits, and basically no one will dare to go.

Yang Cong just wants to let the widows understand that when they come to Daming, they are here to send them to death, and see who dares to come!

Immediately after that, he began to arrange the details.

He pointed to Yangzhou Mansion on the map and said: "Changsheng, you lead 5,000 steps, take a naval warship to the north of Xinghua, from north to south, and drive all the Japanese in Yangzhou Mansion to the coast near Haimen in Tongzhou." ”

When Tang Kekuan heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong pointed to the Suzhou Mansion on the map and said: "Yingde, you led 5,000 foot soldiers to the south of Jiaxing by sailor warship, and drove all the Japanese in Suzhou Mansion to the coast near Chongming from south to north. “

When Tang Shunzhi heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My subordinates obey orders." ”

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong said to Qi Jingdao: "Jingtong, you will rush back to the sea area near Tongzhou after transporting the foot soldiers, and the official has other arrangements." ”

When Qi Jingtong heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

With his order, the sailors and infantry soldiers set out that morning and went to the battlefields on both sides.

In other words, he is not a wealthy maritime businessman, why should the Japanese listen to him and run to the coast near Tongzhou and Chongming?

The reason why he set this strategy is naturally based on it, because the stewards and treasurers of the Yuyao Xie clan and the Ningbo Tu clan have explained that all the Japanese have basically landed on the coast near Tongzhou and Chongming, and they also agreed with the Japanese that if the imperial court sends a large army to encircle and suppress them, they will send warships to wait on the coast near Tongzhou and Chongming to take everyone back to Dongying.

Although this widow doesn't want to die, it will only be desperate when there is no way, now that they have a way to retreat, they can retreat to Dongying, naturally they will not fight with others, if they can't do it, they will definitely flee to the coast near Tongzhou and Chongming, this is the basis for Yang Cong's encirclement and suppression strategy.

As for whether Tang Kekuan and Tang Shunzhi can do anything over the Japanese Invaders, he is not worried about this at all, Tang Kekuan and Tang Shunzhi are led by a number of elite divisions in the Ming Dynasty, not only are the battle formations extremely skilled, but the muskets and artillery are also quite complete, and the Japanese Kou are not comparable to them at all.

Although the pirates also have muskets and artillery, but the number is extremely scarce, Tu Dashan is secretly making them after all, it is good to be able to equip them with hundreds of muskets and dozens of artillery, and the elite infantry under Tang Kekuan's men is a musket per person at this time, and there are hundreds of artillery, it is not too easy to defeat this gang of pirates.

The battle between Suzhou and Yangzhou was going very smoothly, after all, these Japanese were not here to fight hard, but to plunder, in the face of the elite of the Ming army with better weapons and equipment than them, they had no desperate interest at all, almost all the Japanese were unable to beat and run, desperately ran to the coast near Tongzhou and Chongming, within a month, Tang Kekuan and Tang Shunzhi drove most of the Japanese to the designated coastline, and surrounded them, besieged but not attacked.

This time, the show is finally about to be staged, Yang Cong has already ordered people to gather all the newly built thousand-pound cannons to the coast near Tongzhou and Chongming, and all the naval warships under Qi Jingtong have already gathered here.

He glanced at it from a distance with a telescope, and saw that the Japanese were almost gathered, so he did not hesitate to order, the sailor warship set off, and the giant cannon was ready to bombard!

This guy, when he saw the warship that suddenly appeared on the sea, he thought that he was here to pick them up and take them back to Dongying.

Where did they think that the little warship that Tu Dashan had worked so hard to build had already been collected by Yang Cong, and what appeared in front of them was not the warship under the hands of the maritime tycoon at all, but the warship of the Daming Sailor.

These warships stopped one after another about two miles from the coastline, and immediately afterwards, a dense roar of artillery rang out, and it was deafening on the shore, on the ship, everywhere.

Yang Cong also made a lot of money, and to deal with these thousands of Japanese robbers, he mobilized thousands of artillery!

The result can be imagined, five rounds of artillery bombardment, the Japanese on the shore were basically smashed to pieces, even if they did not die, it is estimated that there is only one breath left, that scene is simply miserable.

This time, the Japanese were indeed frightened, there were lucky escapees, after a lot of hardships, after escaping back to Dongying, it was all heard of Daming and changed color, and if they came to Daming to plunder, I am afraid that they will not come to the knife frame on their necks.

What are you kidding, go to Daming to plunder, that is, to be a target for others, Daming's artillery is simply countless, whether it is at sea or on land, it is possible to be bombed into slag every minute!