When the last trace of the sail disappeared at the end of the Yangtze River, the officials and people on the shore were still unsatisfied, and they gathered together for a long time. Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, said with emotion: "Today, I know the power of the marquis!" ”

There is a sense of happiness in his words, if he had been fighting against Li Xin to the end, his fate would have been predictable. Such a huge naval scene was also something he had never seen in his life, and dozens of cannons of a three-hundred-ton galleon fired at once, and the sound was shocking and crying ghosts and gods, which was really not comparable to ordinary roaring military horses.

Zheng Sanjun beside him also rarely echoed: "Li Xin went south this time to appease the officialdom of Zhejiang, but in fact, the real enemy is someone else. ”

"Oh? Someone else? Is it ......?"

The mouth of the Yangtze River is not far from the mouth of the Qiantang River, and the big ships will start at full speed, and they will arrive in a day and night, but this time there is also the intention of Xuanwei to go south, so the plan will be anchored in Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jiangyin County, Changzhou Prefecture, and Wusong River in Suzhou Prefecture. In this way, it will take at least three days to stay on the surface of the Yangtze River. Wallace, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, protested to Li Xin, "Your Excellency, you Orientals often say that soldiers are fast and fast, and we will go all the way south with great fanfare, and we will have to delay on the road for three days, and then the enemy will be in full position, and our army will not know how many more unnecessary casualties. ”

Li Xin said with a smile: "Zhejiang Province is also my Ming province, they don't dare to blatantly make enemies with me, in fact, our real rivals are others!" ”

Wallace didn't know anything about China's political situation, and was very confused by what Li Xin said, so he asked puzzledly: "Please tell us directly, who is our real enemy?" ”

"Zheng Zhilong!"

"Oh! Buy cakes! It's that cruel shark! ”

At this time, Wallace was unexpectedly unusual, his arrogant demeanor was swept away, and his eyes even showed a hint of fear and palpitations. That is, a year ago, when he first came to the East, it was this devil named Zheng Zhilong, who captured a lot of Western mercenaries, and then burned everyone to death with a cruel fire, and it was after that battle that Captain Putmans completely changed his hardline attitude towards the Ming Dynasty, and instead cooperated with Zheng Zhilong to rely on the Zheng family's fleet to trade with Japan to earn silver, and finally exchanged it for gold in the Ming Dynasty, and then shipped back to Europe thousands of miles away.

Now that His Excellency the Marquis had asked him to fight this devil, Wallace was inevitably apprehensive. However, for the sake of knightly dignity, Wallace must not show the slightest abnormality in front of Li Xin, otherwise it will undoubtedly be a painful blow to his reputation.

However, Wallace is not good at hiding his inner activities, and his sentence of buying cakes has long exposed his mental activities. Li Xin comforted: "When the Dutch lost to Zheng Zhilong, they were defeated far from home, and Zheng Zhilong had the entire Ming Dynasty behind him to support him. Now that the world has changed, Zheng Zhilong has chosen to isolate himself from the Ming Dynasty, and the entire Ming Dynasty will be his enemy, in addition to our powerful fleet, there are also brave and warlike Three Guards on land. Therefore, no matter the side of justice and advantage, we will win! ”

Li Xin's words made Wallace feel suddenly enlightened, yes, when he used to serve the Dutch, he was still an ordinary officer, and he still remembered the tragedy of that battle, but now that he has the support of the Marquis of the East, Zheng Zhilong's devil may not be able to defeat this fleet.

"Your Excellency can send someone to Geranza and try to persuade the Dutch to join forces with us to eradicate Zheng Zhilong!"

Wallace gave a high-five, and immediately said that he could send his Dutch sailors back to Geranza to contact Putmans, but he was immediately embarrassed.

"Chief Putmans will definitely offer terms of cooperation, I wonder what benefits His Excellency the Marquis can promise him?"

Li Xin waved his right hand to the vast river, "He can be allowed to trade freely at various coastal ports!" However, according to international practice, the Ming Dynasty wanted to set up a customs office to collect customs duties! ”

"This is simply very good, and the lowly position can guarantee that Chief Putmans will be more than happy to cooperate with His Excellency the Marquis!" There was irrepressible excitement in Wallace's voice, the conditions put forward by His Excellency the Marquis had always been sought by the Dutch through the protracted war, and now in the face of such generous conditions, it was really impossible to ask for them.

"There is also a chicken coop, and we have to send someone to see if the Spaniards are interested in getting involved, the conditions, the same as the Dutch!"

Wallace patted his chest again and assured that the Spaniards would be glad to do so, but who to send would have to be carefully considered. Li Xin did not understand the situation in the southeast sea, so he appointed Wallace and Deputy General He Bin to discuss together, and then reported to him to know the decision.

At this time, Niu Jinsong, who had been silently beside him, said worriedly: "General, Wallace is a rebel general of Hongmaofan, if you send his people to talk about cooperation, it will be strange if Hongmaofan doesn't kill his people to vent his anger, and then it will be more than enough to succeed!" He didn't understand what Spain and Portugal were, and that these people from all over the world had a virtue, like a golden monkey, with thick hair and a variety of colors.

Li Xin waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't know Westerners, businessmen value practical profits, and they are also the most pragmatic. It has always been Eli and Eli. As long as the terms we put forward are tempting enough, even if it is an enemy of Naptmans, he will be happy to cooperate. ”

Niu Jinsong grinned, his heart is really a red-haired ghost, the three outlines and the five constants are gone, and the enemies who kill their fathers are not together, how can they be together? Although this was incomprehensible to Niu Jinsong, out of awe of Li Xin, he deeply believed that those two teeth would obediently come to cooperate with the Marquis of Zhenyu.

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The night was thick and deep, the water vapor filled the entire beach like an invisible ghost, and it was difficult to see ten paces away, and a group of black shadows flocked to the shore like sea crabs that came to land to lay eggs at night. Tagawaemon was a samurai who had just turned eighteen, and when he first set foot on the land of the Central Plains, he felt the blood boiling in his body, his arms and feet trembled with excitement, and finally he had to clench the samurai swords at his waist with both hands. This was a gift from the head of the Tagawa family when he officially became a samurai.

At that time, the admonition and exhortation of the head of the Tagawa family are still fresh in Tagawa Emon's memory.

"The Tagawa family's katana must drink the blood of the enemy when it comes out of its sheath......"

Suddenly, a low warning voice interrupted Tagawa Emon's heartbeat and memories.

"There's movement ahead!" The one who led the way was a pirate from the Central Plains, who was very familiar with the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone couldn't help but lean down after receiving his warning.

Afterwards, someone scolded: "Damn, whose lost buffalo was sent to the beach to feed the fish?" It's okay, let's go, hurry up, we must rush to Longshan Institute before the third watch. ”

Longshan Institute is a health office in Ningbo Prefecture and belongs to Guanhaiwei. If you take this place and open the door to the West Shaoxing Mansion, you can loot all the way, and even drive straight into Hangzhou Mansion, which is almost one of the richest places in the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of being able to loot a large amount of treasure, Tagawa Emon's excited eyes flashed with greed, like a wild cat in the dark, and even emitted an incredible light. Of course, his purpose was not just to loot the treasure. When he learned that he was going to attack the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty, Tagawa Emon made a grand vow to forge the honor of the samurai of the Tagawa family with 100 people.

The dragon mountain station was soon there, and the Central Plains guide made a gesture that he could attack, and a large number of samurai ronin rushed to the almost defenseless guard without saying a word. The low fence could not stop these light sneak attacks, and they were seen to cross them one by one with dexterity and ease, and then more people jumped over them, until the wooden load-bearing pillars of the fence were overwhelmed by the decay of age, and the fence wall fell one by one.

As a result, the sneak attackers were no longer able to stop them, and suddenly they burst out with an earth-shattering roar, like thunder in the middle of the night, but only the barking of dogs echoed them. The imaginary fierce battle did not happen, and the Ming army, which should have been waiting for it, did not know where it had arrived.

"Kill!"

The raiders are a mix of languages, with many speaking Hokkien or Cantonese dialects in addition to Japanese.

Tagawa Emon looks down on these people very much, obviously he is from the Ming Dynasty but he has to pretend to be Japanese, this is simply an insult to the honor of the family, and he will never insult the reputation of the Tagawa family like this. As a result, he was almost at the forefront of the entire sneak attack team.

Bang! Tagawaemon pulled out a katana with a diagonal stab at his waist, for there was a rickety black figure twenty paces in front of them, it must have been a Ming dynasty man. The unlucky guy immediately became his first target.

Tagawa Emon exerted force under his feet, and immediately swooped forward for a distance, opening up more than ten steps from the people behind him. At this distance, nothing will be able to steal his first target.

Ten steps, five steps, three steps, the cold light in the night suddenly flashed, the katana silently reversed and slashed down, the swaying body seemed to be frightened, and wanted to resist but a jet-black head had rolled down at the feet of Tagawa Emon.

Dark red blood spurted out of the cavity of the skull, and a pair of eyes were wide open, staring at Tagawa Emon. It's just that the sky was too gloomy and gloomy, and the young warrior didn't see the gaze of the unjust soul who had been beheaded by himself.

Tagawaemon did not wipe the blood from the sword, and silently recited in his heart, this is only the first step of a hundred people, and his samurai honor still has a long way to go.

Suddenly, a rapid and sharp gong sounded in all directions.

"Wolver! The Woko are coming! ”