Chapter 30: The Ransack

Date Masamune learned that Sun Zhong was coming, and he received him warmly, and he knew that Sun Zhong didn't talk much nonsense in order to be straightforward, so he simply said a few polite words and got to the point (.

"Mr. Sun, I ordered the goods last time, but I didn't expect Your Excellency to deliver them so quickly, which is really gratifying. I'm ready to trade the gold, and I can trade it whenever I want. Date Masamune said with a smile.

"General Ida, Sun is indeed here to trade with His Excellency the General, but it is just a transaction, not the goods you ordered. It will take some time for that shipment to arrive. Sun Zhong said.

"Oh? I wonder what the goods Mr. Sun is trading this time? Date Masamune asked in confusion.

"My master is planning to trade with His Excellency the General." Sun Zhong replied directly.

"Trading point people? I didn't understand what it meant, so please let Mr. Sun explain. Date Masamune said.

"My master wants to borrow some soldiers from His Excellency the General to help us do something, of course, in terms of price, there is a negotiation. Moreover, in doing this, there will be a lot of gains, and the benefits will all belong to the general's people, and we will not take anything (. Sun Zhong said.

"I don't know what to do with borrowing my soldiers?" Date Masamune asked.

"Ransack the port of Tomorrow." Sun Zhong replied.

"This ...... It's not going to work...... My country is now friendly with the Ming Dynasty, and if the Tokugawa shogun knew about this, he would definitely want my head. Date Masamune shook his head and said.

"If you don't say it, your subordinates don't say it, how can anyone else know. There are so many pirates at sea, who knows if it will be the general's man. My master said that in terms of price, it is by no means a problem, although the general speaks, as long as it is within the range of my master, my master will definitely not bargain. Sun Zhong said affirmatively.

"This ...... I wonder how many people your master will borrow? As soon as Date Masamune heard that he didn't make a counteroffer, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart, and wanted to see how many people the other party was going to borrow.

"At least two thousand." Sun Zhong said.

"So many ......" Hearing this number, Date Masamune couldn't help but tremble, you must know that during the Warring States period in Japan, a battle was only a battle of three or five hundred people, and it was a battle of thousands of people, and it was a large-scale battle. As soon as Sun Zhong opened his mouth, there were two thousand, and under Date Masamune's hands, there were only a few people in total.

"General Ida, this number, although it is a little more, is still within the range of what you can bear. You make a price, how much do you think you can accept. Sun Zhong said.

"A soldier, a hundred taels of silver......" Date Masamune said through gritted teeth.

He thought that this number would scare Sun Zhong away, but Sun Zhong nodded and said, "Deal." ”

"The ...... deal" Date Masamune is a little stupid, a soldier can agree to a hundred taels of silver, which is simply unbelievable. One hundred taels for one soldier, one hundred thousand taels for one thousand soldiers, and two thousand for two hundred thousand, this is too cost-effective. Of course, the risk and income are also proportional, what is the place of Rizhao Port, Date Masamune has also heard that there are sailors and warships of the Ming Dynasty patrolling there, and there are a lot of people and horses, just this area of 2,000 people to fight, it is estimated that it will be good to be able to come back half (. Date Masamune thought of the 200,000 taels of silver, gritted his teeth, and said: "Mr. Sun, borrowing 200,000 taels of silver for 2,000 soldiers, there is no problem in making a deal, but there is one thing, you have to tell me that your battle strategy, if I think it is feasible, will not cause too many casualties to the warriors of my Date family, I will agree, otherwise, it will not work." ”

"General Ida, how can there be immortals in a war, Sun has never led troops to fight, so you are strategically subordinate to me, and my answer is no. But General Date is the one who commands the army, and you can formulate a strategy, won't you? My master said, we will not ask for this strategy in vain, and will give you 10,000 taels of silver as a reward. Sun Zhong said.

"I'll make a battle strategy......" Date Masamune's eyes rolled, and he thought to himself, if I made a strategy, the possibility of success should be greater, and besides, this strategy is worth 10,000 taels, which is really silver falling from the sky.

"Well, if that's the case, I can promise you. You have a map of Rizhao Port in your hand, borrow it from me, and tell me what your specific goal is. Date Masamune said.

"I've brought the map." In Sun Zhong's hand, there was a burden, he pushed it forward, and said: "This is the map, which also contains the cloth of the naval battalion, the location of the garrison on the shore, and the number of warships, soldiers and horses. As for the goal, it is actually very simple, pretend to be a pirate, go to the shore to burn and loot, but the bigger the noise, the better. ”

"Okay." Date Masamune nodded and said, "Mr. Sun, you go down and rest first, I will study it here, and I will come up with a plan and send troops in the shortest possible time." ”

"Then there's General Lloida."

Beijing, Cabinet.

Now it is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, Yue Su is in a good mood today, because Mao Wenlong sent excerpts, Liaodong has a very poor harvest this year, and it is estimated that many people will not be able to eat.

This was his first goal, and now it seems that it has basically been achieved. Yue Su ordered, let Mao Wenlong withdraw his troops, this year will end here, until next year, when the weather is warm, you can continue (.

Then, soon another fold was presented. This excerpt was written by Wang Changwei of the Imperial History to impeach Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, and the content is that Yuan Chonghuan sold military rations to the Jurchens without authorization, regardless of the overall situation of the imperial court, and filled his pockets.

The speaker has always been a hearsay, and the speaker is not guilty. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, all officials who are impeached, but whether you have done this or not, basically have to appeal to the court as soon as possible, this is the rule, unless you want to be kept by the emperor.

This kind of thing, who knows if there is a shadow or not, Lord Yue sent someone to Yuan Chonghuan according to the tradition, and asked him to appeal by himself. Originally, Yue Su didn't believe that Yuan Chonghuan would have such a big courage to go through a procedure.

As soon as the person who informed Yuan Chonghuan left, he saw someone come to report that there were 600 miles in Shandong to send it urgently. As soon as he heard that it was a six-hundred-mile expedited one, Yue Su's heart "chuckled", because he knew that any excerpt sent by a six-hundred-mile expedited was a big deal.

Yue Su hurriedly asked someone to present the fold, unfolded it, and his face immediately changed.

The excerpt was sent by Wu Rumeng, the governor of Shandong, and the content is like this. A few days ago, some pirates pretended to be merchants and docked at Rizhao Port in the evening, because it was not early, so they only indicated that they were registered, and did not let the merchant ship dock. Who knew that at the time of the third watch, the merchant ship suddenly forced its way to the shore, and the guards were caught off guard and were defeated by the pirates, who took advantage of the situation to land and burn and loot. The commercial area on the shore suffered heavy losses, most of the shops and warehouses were burned down, countless people died, and the Anmin Bank was looted. When reinforcements arrived, they were blocked by pirates halfway, and the pirates fought and retreated, and only after the pirates who had gone ashore to loot withdrew to the ship, they retreated and boarded the ship. The patrol warships, because they docked at the dock at night, were all burned and could not be pursued, and by the time the Dengzhou sailors arrived, the pirates had fled without a trace. However, the pirates landed this time, leaving behind more than 200 corpses, which were identified as Japanese people.

After seeing this recital, Yue solemnly slammed the fold on the table, and scolded angrily: "Waste, waste, what are you doing to eat, you can actually let the Japanese invaders land and rob!" ”

After scolding, Yue Su was panting, could he not be on fire, Rizhao was the first port he opened, the first business district, but it turned into nothing overnight, so how could Lord Yue swallow this breath (.

He didn't even think about it, and then he put a line of words on the fold, and asked Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of the Dengzhou Navy Division, to enter Beijing immediately. Then, he sent the excerpt to the celebrant and asked Liu Mingguo to hurry up and draft the decree. Of course Liu Mingguo knew about such a big thing, so he quickly told Zhang Yan and immediately sent his will.

The eunuch was ordered to make a fast boat to Dengzhou, and he didn't dare to stop all the way, and arrived at the Yamen of Dengzhou Navy in one day and one night. At present, Zheng Zhilong is busy with the rounds, and the coastal defense of Rizhao belongs to him, can he not be anxious if such a big thing happens. He immediately possessed the warship and searched everywhere for the whereabouts of the pirates, but he did not find them. When the eunuch arrived, Zheng Zhilong's decree was carried out immediately and he entered Beijing with him.

As soon as the ship arrived in Tongzhou, Zheng Zhilong rushed to Beijing non-stop, and Yue Su also arrived to report, only waiting for him in his own house, telling his subordinates that Zheng Zhilong had arrived, and he did not need to pass it on, and invited him directly into the study.

In the study, when Zheng Zhilong saw Yue Su, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to ask for guilt, "My lord, it is the incompetence of the last general, which caused Rizhao to be harassed by the Japanese and suffered heavy losses, and please surrender your guilt." ”

"Okay, don't talk about those useless ones, if you want to condemn you, you will not be summoned to Beijing, but you will be brought into Beijing. Get up, sit aside, I have something to ask you. Three days have passed since he met Zheng Zhilong, Yue Su's anger has subsided a little, and he knows that now is not the time to hold him accountable, but to solve the problem and find out this gang of thieves.

"Thank you, sir." Zheng Zhilong stood up, walked to the lower hand and sat down, but his ass touched the side of the chair. Immediately, Zheng Zhilong arched his hand and said, "I don't know what do you want to ask, adult?" ”

"As the chief soldier of the Dengzhou Naval Division, the first thing you should do after you take office is to eliminate the pirates in the sea areas within your territory. How did you do this? Yue Su said in a deep voice.

"If you go back to your lordship, all the pirates in the waters within the territory have already been wiped out, and the last general will dare to take the head guarantee of the head, and there will be no pirates on the islands directly from Dengzhou to the Japanese Kingdom. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to investigate, and at the time of the accident, the general has already sent someone to search the coast to make sure that there are no pirates in the territory. Zheng Zhilong said with certainty.

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