Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Pirate Gathering

Li Jing returned to the boat, and when he saw the red lady puffing up, he knew that he didn't let her get off the boat, offending her, Li Jing said: "Senior sister, there is a job for you, can you do it." If you do it well, you may have the money to buy gear. ”

The red lady was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Do, do, you say it quickly"

"This time I am planning a big plan, this battle of Liaodong, the two cities of Liaoyang and Shenyang cannot be defended, the entire Liaodong will be lost, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely be defeated. I plan to unite with pirates, land in Dandong, and when the main force of Jiannu pursues the Ming rout to Jinzhou, go straight to the cities of Hetuala and Foala, and rob all the wealth of Jiannu's plundered more than 70 cities in Liaodong. In addition, I will arrest and take away all the people I touch, and I will buy them at the market price. I'm going to transport these people to Dayuan Island to farm for me. ”

I heard that it was a fight with Jiannu, and the red lady was more hesitant, even if this girl was a bit of a second-class girl, and her brain was not very bright, she also knew that Jiannu and the Japanese were not easy to deal with.

"Senior sister, my Li family takes the lead, and the people who are dispatched are the most elite people on the sea, what are you afraid of. My second uncle is the master of this operation, and he will not let you suffer, besides, this battle of Liaodong is related to the national fortune of Jiannu, and it will inevitably be exhausted, and the rest are old and weak women and children. You can beat it. If you are too cowardly to fight, take all the people you meet along the way and sell them to me. I buy it at the market price. This alone can make a lot of money."

The red lady bit her lip and said, "Then you have to give me some equipment first." We don't have armor, and we don't have weapons. Our horses also need forage and legumes. ”

"It's not a problem, as long as you are willing to go, I will give you two thousand five hundred sets of cavalry cuirasses and helmets. Don't want money. I have horse feed and soybean cakes, and I also have soybean oil in the oil mill in my hand. I don't want money for this, I'll give it to you for free, and I don't need you to provide food and grass for this operation, you just need to arrest everyone for me. However, to break through the nest of Jiannu, the proceeds must be handed over to the public and distributed uniformly. Otherwise, there will be infighting, and all the people at sea will be outlaws. ”

"What is a cavalry cuirass, how come I've never heard of it"

"This cavalry cuirass is the invention of the Franco, that is, the armor that only protects the front chest and back, plus a helmet, this is only owned by the Franco, and no one will suspect me."

"You want to sell me 2,500 seedlings/knives on credit, and I will pay for them with the spoils after the war," the red lady offered.

"Miao/knife length of one meter seven, mainly can be used as a spear, chopping is secondary, yes, you are horse thieves, condescending to chop on a horse, that thing must have a strong strength, the length is higher than many people, do your people use it."

"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own arrangements, if you agree, I will join the gang and do a vote. How".

Li Jing has always felt that these pirates have no cavalry, and he is worried that he will suffer, and if the horse thief of the Red Lady is allowed to take on the task of reconnaissance and scouting, the situation will be much more advantageous.

"Then you must listen to my second uncle's dispatch, otherwise military law will be engaged"

"That's natural, since the Li family is in charge of this transaction, we naturally obey everything."

The next morning, the Black Pearl had been moored on the dock of Wupingzhai, and the second uncle took someone to pick up Li Jing off the ship, and this time the red lady also followed, following behind Li Jing's uncle and nephew. The second uncle glanced at the red lady.

Li Jing said: "It's okay, this is a bandit." There are two thousand five hundred horse thieves under his command, and I have brought you scouts and scouts for the old time. People don't have to worry, she is my uncle's closed disciple, Wudang Changfang, my senior sister. Know the roots. ”

The second uncle was overjoyed when he heard it, and it was definitely a good thing to have a large force of cavalry join the gang.

"Zhengyi, this time the second uncle has found all the leaders who can be found, but the Japanese from Okinawa, Iki, Hirado Island, Goto Islands and Hakata have also come this time, and these scattered Japanese have tens of thousands of people, about 90 or more, and the three daimyo of Kyushu Island have each sent a regular army of more than 3,000 people. I was a little hesitant to decide whether it was a matter of great or small size. What do you think? Take them with or without this time. ”

The red lady was shocked when she heard it in the back, this Li family is really not a good person, and even the widows have been seduced. There is also a regular army of the Japanese state.

"I think it's a good thing, if this matter is done by my Li family, it will inevitably attract the attention of many forces, and it is not good for our development. Anyway, while the fire is burning, it is Jiannu who robs, and the court will not pursue it. ”

Entering the hall of Wupingzhai Juyi Hall, the second uncle introduced Li Jing to various pirate leaders one by one, and they were all poor and strange, and they were not good citizens when they looked at them. Liu Xiang and Li Dan also sent their nephews over. After the greetings, Li Jing directly opened the accurate map of Liaodong, and at this time, the satellite map bought on the platform scanned the Liaodong Peninsula in great detail in this era, every river, stream, road, village, town, city is clear, and even the river is marked with the depth of water, width, and customs.

This time, a total of 50,000 pirates were mobilized, including 10,000 Japanese pirates and 10,000 regular troops of the daimyo of Kyushu Island. They coveted the wealth of Jiannu, who had robbed more than 70 cities in eastern Liaodong.

Li Jing recounted the plan in detail, and the leaders of the family kept asking questions. Li Jing answered them one by one. How to march, how to supply grain and grass to the Li family, how to communicate and reconnoiter the horse thieves of the Red Lady, how to blow up the city by the Li family's flying thunder artillery team and gunpowder pack blasting engineer team. How the iron cannons (arquebuses) equipped by the regular armies of the three daimyo on the island of Kyushu dealt with the defenders.

How to kidnap the residents along the way and transport them away. The spoils of war were first handed over to the public and distributed after retreating to the Korean Phi Island. The Li family is responsible for providing all the grain and grass for this operation, and 100,000 quintals of rice will be transported to Phi Dao, which is enough to support this operation. This time, the Li family only needs gold, and the rest will be owned by the rest of the pirates, as long as they can take it away. If other pirates can't take it away, the materials that can only be burned will also belong to the Li family. Grain, cloth and other materials, population, if the pirates want to cash in, the Li family can buy it with silver afterwards, and all the gold belongs to Li Jing. As a reward for this operation, if other pirates can't take it away, the Li family will use a sheepskin raft to transport it down the river to Yingkou.

When Jiannu gets the news that the lair has been raided, and when he returns to the division, Li Jing's Flame Phoenix will blockade the Liao River, forcing Jiannu to take a long detour to buy time for the pirates to retreat calmly. After arriving at Phi Island, the Li family hired a large ship among them to Yingkou to pick up the follow-up Zhejiang battalion, Shizhu Youyang native soldiers, and Li Jing's Nanao Town battalion to counterattack Liaoshen Ercheng, drive the population back, and transport them to Keelung Port on Dayuan Island. The Li family will pay for the additional shipping fee.

The second uncle was a little worried about whether the Li family would be able to pay so much silver in the end. In fact, he knew that making it so big was that Li Jing wanted the immigrants from Liaodong to develop Dayuan Island.

Li Jing signaled to the second uncle not to worry, because there was a big fortune waiting for Li Jing not far from Keelung. This is an astronomical treasure, and Li Jing happens to know its location.