When the wolf heard this, he completely understood the grievances between the Zhejiang pirates led by Wang Zhi and Chen Sipan, the Guangdong pirate group, and he nodded: "If Chen Sipan doesn't get rid of it, Wang Zhi and Xu Hai have a common enemy, and they won't draw their swords and devour each other, that's what the Lord of the Ministry means." ”

Hu Zongxian nodded with satisfaction: "Lord Tianluo is really smart, then the pirates in Fujian and Guangdong are not to worry, the real henchmen of the imperial court are still the Japanese robbers led by Wang Zhi in Zhejiang, because Chen Sipan and the others are not seduced by the Oriental Japanese pirates after all, and their combat power is far less powerful than Wang Zhi's department, and they are far away, so they are not our ultimate goal." ”

"But Wang Zhi has been able to develop his power so much over the years, and a large part of it is in the name of avenging Xu Dong, and most of the original ship owners under Xu Dong have been concentrated under his own banner, even Xu Hai, before he avenged his uncle, can only temporarily serve Wang Zhi as the master, and listen to orders under him, only by eliminating Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian, it is possible to officially separate from Wang Zhi, and after the separation, the contradictions and conflicts will become more and more intense, and it is only a matter of time before the final reversal of the face."

The Heavenly Wolf pondered for a moment and asked: "But why haven't Wang Zhi and Xu Hai really sought revenge on Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian for so many years, and even allowed them to pass through the sea outside Zhejiang and get involved with the Japanese Kou, and now they have to send a letter to the ministers and ask our officials and soldiers to assist them in exterminating Chen Sipan, will there be fraud in this?" ”

Xu Wenchang laughed: "Are the Heavenly Wolves worried that these pirates will join forces to set up a trap to lure our sailors to dispatch." And then gather and annihilate? ”

Sky Wolf nodded: "I'm not too familiar with the military situation in the southeast, but I have also heard that the naval warships have been unfavorable for many battles, and now they have basically retired from the camp." They no longer take the initiative to fight, but as long as the fleet is still there, it is a threat to the Japanese invaders, so that they do not dare to dare to go straight in, and the current sea ban has moved the coastal residents hundreds of miles inward, and they only rely on grabbing those empty towns along the coast, and the Japanese have nothing to gain. ”

A smile appeared on Hu Zongxian's face: "Heavenly wolf." What you are worried about, this official has also considered and investigated. According to the judgment of this official, Wang Zhi invited us to attack Chen Sipan and his gang together, which should be out of sincerity, and the so-called thieves also have a way. Even though they were all pirates and pirates. The fire between each other is also a matter that hurts righteousness, and it will make the hearts of his subordinates scattered, but if he secretly leads the officers and soldiers to attack Chen Sipan's lair and kill Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian, then there will be no resistance to merging Chen Sipan's subordinates. ”

"These pirates have never fought unprofitable wars, and the slogan of revenge is just a pretense. What he really wants is more than 10,000 pirates and 1,000 warships under Chen Sipan, if he comes forward to fight Chen Sipan. Even if he wins, he will only lose his troops and generals, most of the pirates under Chen Sipan are Cantonese, and they will not deal with the people of Zhejiang, if they are forcibly eliminated and incorporated by force, they will only be unconvinced, and they will defect as soon as there is a situation. ”

Heavenly Wolf smiled: "What Hu Butang said is extremely true, it is Heavenly Wolf who has not thought it through, but the Ministry of Education has not said it, why didn't Wang Zhi and them do this a few years ago, and they have to delay it until now?" Since it has been decided to eliminate Chen Sipan and his gang, why should they be allowed to go to Zhejiang and have a relationship with the Japanese Kou. ”

Hu Zongxian didn't speak, but Xu Wenchang opened his mouth: "Brother Tianwolf, I estimate that there are two possibilities, one is that Wang Zhi's strength was not too strong a few years ago, at that time, he had just taken over the pirate empire left by Xu Dong, and the people's hearts were not attached, and his prestige was also insufficient, so for the time being, he could not completely turn his face with the Guangdong pirates who were still strong at that time, since Li Guangtou and Xu Chaoguang were dead, he also had no righteous name for revenge, and he could only repair with the Guangdong pirates in face to develop and strengthen his strength." It was not until the past five or six years that he colluded with the Francophiles in Luzon to buy a large number of muskets and cannons and sell them to Japan, which made his strength increase dramatically. ”

Sky Wolf suspiciously: "Musket cannon? Is it the same thing as the fire gun and the earth-shaking thunder that I used in the Ming Dynasty? ”

Xu Wenchang shook his head: "The Franco-robot is from the West, their muskets and cannons are much more advanced than the bird guns that our Ming Dynasty uses now, the muskets can hit two hundred paces away, make the sound of a hundred thunderbolts falling down, pierce the armor, and the cannons can fire flowering iron bullets, just like the earth-shaking thunder used by your people in the rivers and lakes, but they can hit a mile away, and then scatter and explode, even with these pieces of broken iron, they can still kill people." ”

Sky Wolf opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Can you fight a mile away?" God, even the earth-shattering thunder of the master of the hidden weapon can only throw dozens of steps. ”

Xu Wenchang sighed: "The firearms of the Westerners are a must, a mile away is only the range of their small Franc cannons, some big Franc cannons can be shot three or four miles away, although the accuracy is not good, but it is also a large explode, in the first year of Jiajing, I Ming Guangdong Sailors once fought with them in Tuen Mun, tasted a lot of hardships, and then relied on the night attack of small boats to defeat and win, and now those Franc machine people also occupy Luzon Island, is digesting the local indigenous barbarians, just afraid that it will take them decades to gain a firm foothold, It will become a big trouble for me after the Ming Dynasty. ”

The wolf was speechless for a long time, and then said: "Then it seems that this wolf has to be peaceful, otherwise if these two forces join forces, I will have no peace in the Ming Dynasty." ”

Hu Zongxian smiled slightly: "Fortunately, the relationship between my dynasty and the Franc machine people is not bad, the imperial court specially opened a small island in Guangdong, Macau, for these Franc machine merchants to live and trade, and many of their musket cannons, we also took sample paper, handed over to the military department to imitate, before this official came to the southeast to be the governor, he also served as a left squire in the military department, specifically responsible for the imitation of these weapons, and now in the Shenji battalion of the three major battalions outside the Beijing Division, these musket cannons have been developed and imitated, once a large-scale production is formed, It will also give priority to supplying the new army in our southeast after being transferred to the defenders of the nine borders of the northland. ”

The Celestial Wolf felt relieved and laughed, "In this way, there is nothing to worry about. ”

Hu Zongxian's face changed: "No, don't be too optimistic, that Wang Zhi monopolizes the trade at sea." He also has a big business, and according to my information, he sells tens of thousands of foreign guns to various daimyo in Japan every year. Dozens of cannons, their own fleet is also equipped with cannons, sea operations, large warships rely on cannons, one shot hit, can sink those small warships that can only carry dozens of people, the power is not trivial. ”

"So our army wants to fight Wang Zhi at sea. It will take a long time to prepare, at least ten years, in view of this. Only then did we devise a strategy to get the Japanese to go ashore and rob, and then rely on the newly trained army to destroy the main force of the Japanese on land, and there were no more people. Just by the big boat. There is also powerlessness. ”

Heavenly Wolf Zhengse said: "What the Lord of the Ministry Hall said is extremely true. You have said so much, and you already know the situation in the southeast, but Mr. Xu only said one of them just now, and is there a second or third? ”

Xu Wenchang smiled slightly: "Of course, this second is probably related to those Oriental lords." These people were also ambitious and wanted to invade the Central Plains, especially the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain. In addition, the Otomo family of Hizen Higo, the young two family of Hirado. These daimyo on Kyushu Island are the main source of fierce Japanese ronin among the Japanese bandits, and they probably don't want Wang Zhi's family to monopolize the entire maritime trade, and whether they go to our Ming Dynasty to rob or buy muskets and cannons in the future, they will be subject to others. ”

"Wang Zhi's base is in Matsuuratsu of the Satsuma Domain, and Xu Hai, Chen Dong, and Ma Ye are the doglegs of these Japanese daimyos, and they are completely controlled by others, so they support Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian's gang, but I am afraid that it is also the meaning of these Orientals, although Wang Zhi and Xu Hai have an enmity with them, but they dare not openly turn their faces, so I hope that our Ming military officers and soldiers will do this."

Sky Wolf nodded: "What Mr. Xu said is extremely true, although these Japanese robbers seem to be showing off their might, but in essence they are just the doglegs of the Orientals, if there are no fierce and warlike Oriental samurai, it is impossible to form today's momentum by relying on a group of coastal fishermen as pirates, so they dare not disobey the orders of the Japanese, in this case, if we support Chen Sipan, who is slightly weaker, to go against Wang Zhi, is it a better choice?" After all, it is better to let them pinch than to let the family dominate. ”

Hu Zongxian waved his hand: "It's not that the official hasn't thought about this plan, it's just that we are talking to Wang Zhi now, but there is no possibility of reconciliation with Chen Sipan, Chen Sipan was a citizen of Chaozhou back then, and was taken into custody by the government for breaking the law, and later escaped from prison and went out to kill the official and went to the sea to become a pirate, and the court beheaded his entire family." ”

"And that Xiao Xian's situation is not too much, because he violated the ban on the sea and was exterminated by the imperial court, so these two thieves hate my Daming, and they usually fight with my Daming, and even the captives are brutally executed, so as to show that they will never stand with my Daming."

"Therefore, for this stubborn bandits, it is necessary to give priority to resolutely eliminating them, what Wang Zhi thinks is just collusion with the Japanese, open the sea ban, and in the future, it is often between Zhejiang and Japan, and we are not too interested in going south to Luzon, we first clarified the South China Sea, and then concentrate on solving the problem of the East China Sea here in Zhejiang and Fujian, and then the sailors of Guangdong can also come to help in the war."

"That is, from a tactical point of view, Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian's strength is much weaker than Wang Zhi, without their kind of cannon giant ships, there are only more than 10,000 Japanese pirates under their command, usually in order to avoid the blow of our sailors, they are mostly scattered, Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian's direct pirates around them are only more than 1,000 people, as long as Wang Zhi can provide us with information and block their retreat in the open ocean, then there are thousands of sailors in our army, and it is still certain to go to the island to eliminate the two thieves. As soon as the two thieves die, we can also appease the rest of them, and at least some of them can be incorporated into the Daming Water Division. ”

Sky Wolf smiled: "I see, Hu Butang's grand plan must have been written in the secret recital for the emperor." ”

Hu Zongxian nodded: "Well, this official's strategy is like this, so this matter has to be bothered by Lord Tianluo first, and after returning from Yiwu, go to Wang Zhi's base camp Shuangyu." Bring him the officer's reply, and by the way, observe whether they really want to join forces with our army to eliminate Chen Sipan and his gang, or if they have other plans. ”

Sky Wolf Zhengse arched his hand and said, "It should be so." ”

Hu Zongxian's brows moved, and he said: "Heavenly wolf, the Fengwu girl you brought today, is it really Jinyiwei, or your friend in the rivers and lakes, now that you and I have a heart-to-heart, this matter can also be said directly, no matter what her identity is, this official will keep it secret for you." ”

Sky Wolf smiled slightly: "She is indeed a Jinyi Guard, and her status is very important, and she is the right-hand man of Commander Lu." The last time I broke the White Lotus Sect in Shanxi, I was acting in conjunction with Feng Wu, so this time Commander-in-Chief Lu was afraid that I would be alone in the southeast. I sent her too. ”

Hu Zongxian let out an "oh": "Since this Feng Wu has such ability, how can he be so seriously injured?" Is there still a master of Japanese robbers in this Hangzhou city, can she be injured? ”

The sky wolf thought of Feng Wu's appearance when he killed himself, his face behind the mask was slightly red, and he said with a smile: "Feng Wu met a few enemies in the rivers and lakes on the road, so he was injured like this, not a widow." Lord Ministry, the vendetta in the rivers and lakes is not a public matter, and Feng Wu made a feud with these people back then. It also violated the commander-in-chief's order first, and now this matter has not been reported to the commander-in-chief, so we don't want to use the power of Jinyiwei to solve this matter. If we go back to the Hangzhou branch of Jinyiwei. Then this matter is bound to be leaked, so I ask the ministry to keep it a secret. ”

Hu Zongxian's heart fell to the ground, and he laughed: "I see, the official is relieved, what I am most worried about is that the Japanese invaders sent spies to the mainland to spy on the military situation, and now our army has recruited new soldiers and is stepping up training." These are all done in secret, if you go to Yiwu and want to recruit soldiers. It is also not advisable to make a big fanfare, we can only make Wang Zhi let down his guard and cooperate with us if he pretends to be unenterprising and does not cultivate weapons on the surface, and you must pay attention to this. ”

The heavenly wolf now understood the reason why Hu Zongxian let the singing and dancing in Hangzhou City be peaceful, and he smiled: "The lord of the ministry is very hard, and the heavenly wolf admires it." If nothing else, the wolf will retire. ”

The corners of Hu Zongxian's mouth hooked, and he said, "Heavenly Wolf, there is one last thing, I hope you can answer truthfully." I heard Mr. Xu say that you and Xiao Ge Lao seem to have a deep grudge, right? ”

The wolf glanced at Xu Wenchang, he also knew Hu Zongxian's bottom in his conversation with Xu Wenchang, and knew that this southeast governor and Yan Shifan were not all the way, but after all, Hu Zongxian and Yan Song had a teacher-student friendship, even if he didn't like Yan Shifan, it didn't mean that he was a mortal enemy with this traitor like himself, so he couldn't hand over all the bottom to him now.

So the wolf nodded: "When the humble position has not joined the Jinyi Guard, he has dealt with Yan Shifan, their father and son supported the Sun and Moon Sect known as the Demon Sect on the rivers and lakes at that time, and they did all kinds of evil, and when the humble position first came out of the rivers and lakes, they had many battles with the Demon Sect, so they also had a grudge with Yan Shifan." ”

Hu Zongxian sighed: "The old man has also heard that Donglou (Yan Shifan's number) has been colluding with gangsters all these years to search for those ministers who are against him, and it is the former cabinet elder Xia Yan who also brought him down in this way." But what the old man wants to ask now is not about this, you told Wen Chang that during the last Mongol invasion, Donglou had secretly entered the Mongol camp and had a secret agreement with Altan Khan, but is it a fact? ”

Tian Wolf secretly scolded himself in his heart for being happy when he was in the restaurant, and revealed the matter, but after thinking about it, this may be the key thing to win Hu Zongxian and help him make up his mind to break away from the Yan Party, although Hu Zongxian is Yan Song's protégé, but he also loves and fame, and he will not betray the country to seek glory like Yan Shifan, so he gritted his teeth and said: "This matter is what I have seen with my own eyes, and it is true." In fact, the Mongol invasion was Qiu Luan's fornication and bribery of Altan Khan when he was the chief soldier of Xuanda, which stimulated their ambitions, and what Yan Shifan did was no different from Qiu Luan, Qiu Luan was ruined because of his fornication with the enemy, but Yan Shifan was still at large. ”

Hu Zongxian was speechless for a long time, his body was trembling slightly, with a calm and calm person like him, this action was enough to reflect the excitement and uneasiness in his heart now, he raised his head and said in a deep voice: "Heavenly wolf, does Elder Yan Ge know about this matter?" ”

The Heavenly Wolf shook his head: "I don't know, I only saw Yan Shifan in the Mongolian camp that day, and I don't know if this matter was Yan Song's instigator or Yan Shifan's personal doing." ”

Hu Zongxian closed his eyes and sighed: "The East Building is too much, the elder of the pavilion is almost eighty years old, he is asking for the life of the elder of the pavilion like this!"

Tian Wolf sneered in his heart, Yan Song is not a good thing, whether he knows about Yan Shifan's affairs or not, he can't escape the blame, not to mention framing Xia Yan, Zeng Milling, framing Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian, these loyal ministers, doesn't he know either? After all, Hu Zongxian still can't cut off his teacher-student affection for Yan Song.

After Hu Zongxian sighed for a while, he said: "Heavenly Wolf, have you reported this matter to the emperor?" ”

Tianluo shook his head: "At that time, I didn't catch the current transaction between Yan Shifan and Altan Khan, and there was no evidence to prove him, after all, this Yan Shifan went to negotiate with Altan in person, and there was no covenant in black and white, so even if we reported it, the emperor would not believe it. ”

Hu Zongxian nodded: "Then in your opinion, Yan Shifan recently appeared in Nanjing, and when he met Xu Hai and others, did he also want to repeat his old tricks?" ”

Sky Wolf took a deep breath and said loudly: "Yes, now Yan Song's father and son are gradually suspicious of the emperor, Yan Shifan knows that he is guilty, so he also began to seek a way out for himself, on the one hand, relying on important ministers of the government and the opposition like Lord Ministry, the feudal officials, so that the court can not move his father and son, on the other hand, he also began to conspire with foreign countries, connecting Mongolia in the north and the Japanese in the east, in case something happens, he will flee the enemy country, or lead the enemy to invade to protect himself." (To be continued......)