Chapter 550: Pacifying the Troubles
Wang Shouren still has prestige in Nanzhili and even the southeast coast, especially after the victory at Nanqiao Wharf. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The attitude of many officials towards Wang Shouren has changed, and they have changed from respecting and staying away at the beginning to being respectful.
They are really convinced, the governor is like a god to lure the enemy deep, and the great victory over the Japanese is to raise the military prestige of the Ming official army.
With prestige, it's much easier to get things done. It was obviously easier to implement the general policy to personnel scheduling than when Wang Shouren first arrived in Songjiang. Of course, all this completely changed after the Son of Heaven decreed that Wang Shouren was awarded the royal flag. This thing is equivalent to the Son of Heaven himself, and Wang Shouren is equivalent to being able to make random decisions instead of the Son of Heaven, and life and death are all in his thoughts.
Even if someone wants to challenge Wang Shouren's authority, they must obediently admit it now, otherwise it is not impossible to be pulled out of their homes in the middle of the night and beheaded for public display.
Wang Shouren is pushing for nothing more than one thing, that is, to conduct a thorough search of the wealthy merchants along the coast, which is not only limited to mansions, but also to other courtyards and granges. The objects of inquiry are not only the relatives of wealthy businessmen, but also long-term and short-term servants, scholars.
There are many people who ask, and it is inevitable that some people will miss their mouths. Wang Shouren sent people to find out a lot of evidence of the collusion between these wealthy businessmen and the Japanese bandits.
Under the conclusive evidence, those rich businessmen could not distinguish it, so they kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. Wang Shouren doesn't care about this, he just wants to kill people and establish power.
As soon as the governor gave an order, these wealthy businessmen who were usually powerful and well-being, colluded with the Japanese and scooped up to harm the township, were tied up by the officers and soldiers and taken to the execution ground to be beheaded.
Every day, a surprising number of wealthy businessmen who colluded with the Japanese are uncovered.
One by one, the heads were cut off and hung on the gate outside the city gate of Songjiang Mansion as a warning.
As for the property of these wealthy merchants, all of them were taken over by the government.
It is a felony, and these rich businessmen can't escape, and those who should be exiled are exiled, and those who should be confiscated into the church department as prostitutes should be charged into the church department as prostitutes. In this matter, Wang Shouren used a thunderous trick and showed no mercy.
These wealthy merchants were the financiers of the pirates, and it was they who kept them and allowed them to wreak havoc on the coast.
Now that the owner of the money has been removed, the widows have no offerings, and there is a great chaos for a while.
The opinions of the Japanese who were entrenched on the small islands along the coast were divided, and some believed that they should leave and return to Fuso as soon as possible. Others believe that they should continue to fight the Ming officials and soldiers to the end.
The Ming officers and soldiers are all some soft eggs, and the Nanqiao Wharf just took them by surprise, and the Ming army has no chance of winning again.
The two sides were at a stalemate, and the last part of the ronin and the last part of the pirates left in anger, while the remaining pirates rushed to the shore and launched more frantic raids to retaliate against the Ming army.
This is exactly what Wang Shouren wants to see.
If the Japanese hide on the island and do not show their heads, it is difficult for him to send an army to exterminate them.
First, it is difficult to determine the exact location of the Wako, and even if you are sure that you want to land on the island, it will not be easy.
These small islands were originally the strongholds of the Japanese invaders, and the fortifications were naturally not weak, and the losses of the Ming army would be very large, and they would be losses in vain, and they would not be converted into gains.
And if the pirates take the initiative to come to the coast to plunder, it will be a different matter.
In the past, the Ming army was the most afraid of fighting with the Japanese invaders. But now it's the other way around, the Ming army has the sharpest flintlock pistol in his hand, and in the face of the ronin wielding the sword, he only needs to gently pull the trigger to watch the Japanese koko stare in surprise, and then fall heavily to the ground.
It's a fucking feeling.
Wang's strategy proved to work.
On the beach as far as the eye can see, the Japanese have nothing to hide, and in the face of the volley of the Ming army, they only have the power to parry and have no ability to fight back, and they are soon all shot into a sieve and fall to the ground softly.
The soldiers of the New Army did not rush forward to cut off the heads of the pirates, but continued to shoot until the last of them fell to the ground, and then they stepped forward in unison and neatly cut off the heads of the pirates.
One after another of the Japanese were defeated by this new army, which made the attitude of the Japanese to the Ming army change greatly. They felt puzzled as to why the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers, who were as docile as sheep in the past, had become so fierce at this moment. Is it because of the firearms in their hands?
The remaining small number of Japanese who were entrenched on the islands and reefs did not dare to take the initiative to attack anymore, but they were not willing to return to Fuso like this, so they gritted their teeth and stuck to the islands and reefs, hoping to find a chance to make a comeback when the limelight passed.
But Wang Shouren will not give them this opportunity.
He felt it was time to launch a general offensive and cut them off in one fell swoop.
The reason why he didn't take the initiative to fight before was because he hadn't figured out the strength of the Japanese Invaders, and there were many Wolves, and the losses from the strong attack would not be small.
After several encounters with the Wakos, he discovered that they were ferocious but helpless against flintlock pistols. In addition, a large number of Japanese invaders fled back to Fuso, leaving only a small part behind, and the losses of the attack will not be as great as before.
It is ideal to wipe out the Japanese in one fell swoop, and there will be hidden dangers if you leave the remnants of sin.
In this kind of big decision, Wang Shouren will not make mistakes.
Landing on the island and fighting on the beach are two different tactics.
To land on the island, you need to take into account the sea conditions near the reef and the deployment of the Japanese on the island, and start with the easiest place to break through.
Wang Shouren summoned Pei Yan and other thousands of households to discuss countermeasures, and finally formulated a detailed plan, preparing to break through the remaining islands and reefs where the Japanese were entrenched.
This was because the islands and reefs were completely isolated from each other, and even if the Ming army stormed one of the remaining islands, the Japanese would not rush to reinforce them.
In that case, why did Wang Shouren disperse his forces to give the Japanese a chance?
The new army was several times outnumbered by the Japanese and had the advantage of flintlock pistols, which could crush the victory by pushing it flat.
Wang Shouren, as the governor, did not personally supervise the battle, and it was Pei Yan who was responsible for the command of the battle.
Wang Shouren fully trusted him and granted him full discretion. Pei Yan did not fail in his mission, and took down the islands and reefs where the Japanese were entrenched again and again.
With Pei Qianhu seizing the last island and reef located on the opposite shore of Jinshanwei, the Japanese invaders on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty were completely eliminated, and the problems that had plagued the Ming Dynasty for many years were solved.
Wang Shouren Chen wrote a report to the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven was overjoyed, rewarded all the meritorious soldiers, and even awarded these soldiers knighthoods for the first time.
As for Wang Shouren, he was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang, with full responsibility for the military and political affairs of Nanzhi in Zhejiang Province.
It's a great joy for all. Wang Shouren's personality is not very suitable for being a Beijing official, and being able to exert his strength in Zhezhi is the most perfect thing for him.
What's more, the governor of Zhejiang is already the existence of the official of the six official seals, and his position is prominent.
The troubles in the southeast have been eliminated, and Zhu Houzhao's heart disease will be gone. Now he wants to focus all his energy on the north and northwest, the Turpan and Tatars are not good people!
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