Chapter 196: Xu Dong's Actions

Xu Dong has been in the Ryukyus for more than half a year.

The identity of Zhu Houhuang's Ming royal family was favored by the Ryukyu royal family, so Xu Dong was also looked down upon and regarded as a great soldier stationed in the Ryukyus. The Ryukyus not only did not object to Xu Dong's arrival, but welcomed it very much.

Without him, the small country of Ryukyu is widowed. The power of self-preservation is simply insufficient. Otherwise, it would not have become part of Japanese Satsuma in the future. Even now, some pirates don't take the little Ryukyu seriously. If it weren't for the fact that Ryukyu was a vassal state registered by the Ming Dynasty, maybe it would have been destroyed a few times.

Xu Dong is still a little uncomfortable with the enthusiasm of the Ryukyus country. However, Xu Dong regarded Ryukyu as his own territory, and naturally resisted the harassment of many pirates for Ryukyu. In this way, the relationship between Xu Dong and the Ryukyu Kingdom became more harmonious. Especially Zhu Houhuang

Just didn't expect that the integration was off to a perfect start. It does not mean that it will be smooth sailing in the future, on the contrary, the perfect start is likely to be paved for the unsmooth coming.

The first news came, and the Korean rebellion came to an end. Although the trade problem between Korea and Japan has not yet been perfectly resolved. But smuggling between North Korea and Japan has already begun. There is no longer a war between the two sides. As a result, the prices of many goods in Japan have fallen.

Although there are some things that are unique to the Ming Dynasty, many goods are available to the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, so the relationship between North Korea and Japan directly affects the price.

Originally, such a price drop affected Xu Dong's profits. Xu Dong was about to make a few more trips, and when he was filling the gap, the merchant ship was attacked at sea. Almost didn't come back.

Xu Dong didn't know who did it, although he suspected that it was Monk Xu. But there is no evidence, the attacker is chasing the merchant ship, but he has never entered the gang to fight, if he enters the gang to fight, this merchant ship will not be able to return at all.

I only know that this ship is a lucky ship, but the appearance of the lucky ship is much the same, and it is not clear if you do a little camouflage.

So Xu Dong did not make the identity of the attacker clear.

After this almost successful attack, Xu Dong had to start a hard escort operation. The ships will form a fleet from Nagasaki to Ryukyu and back and forth between Ryukyu and Penghu. It's just that in this way, the efficiency is greatly reduced. Not only did it not fill the gap, but it made it bigger.

It became the news that Zhu Houhuang got.

It seems that there are black hands secretly blocking the fleet of Yongguo from trading with Japanese voyages. Xu Dong also managed to deal with this matter, but Xu Dong really couldn't catch the opponent's feet.

However, Xu Song's words gave Xu Dong inspiration, if you can't catch who it is, don't look for who it is, just see who is the most like.

What Xu Dong needs to do most is not to find the murderer, but to Liwei.

With an idea, Xu Dong immediately started to act.

In the middle of a small island, Xu Dong hid in the bay with several warships. Xu Dong stood on a high place. Pull out a clairvoyant mirror and pull it out one by one. Take a closer look at the nearby sea. Xu Dong said while watching, "Are you sure that Monk Xu's fleet will haunt here?" ”

There was a Ge Yi man beside Xu Dong, he was trembling all over, and said, "I'm sure, I'm sure, most of Monk Xu's fleet will pass in this area. ”

Xu Dongtou didn't reply. Still holding the brass clairvoyant mirror, his fingers rubbed lightly: "If, Monk Xu comes today, you will ask for a large sum of money, so that you can't spend all the money, if Monk Xu does not come today, then you will also get a lot of money, but it is used when you spend underground." Don't worry, I won't let you be a lonely ghost down there. ”

Ge Yiren next to him suddenly fainted to the ground, he was a businessman, a businessman who specialized in writing off debts, and had a close relationship with Monk Xu. Only then was Xu Dong taken down and asked about Monk Xu's whereabouts.

But he could only roughly understand Monk Xu's whereabouts, and knew which channel Monk Xu liked to take. But it is impossible to know exactly when and from where to where.

Not to be sure in the present day.

God willing. In the evening, Monk Xu's fleet finally arrived.

Monk Xu's fleet slowly reflected in Xu Dong's clairvoyant mirror. Xu Dong's face changed slightly, and he secretly said in his heart: "I miscalculated." He didn't expect Monk Xu's strength to be so great.

I saw that there were more than a dozen ships in his eyes, but the ships were not as good as Xu Dong's ships.

Most of Xu Dong's ships were directly transferred from the Fujian Naval Division, although some of these ships were old, they were all warships, and some were newly built ships. Firearms are readily available, and you have everything you want.

But Monk Xu's ships are different, most of Monk Xu's ships are civilian ships, not war ships, and most of these civilian ships are made by the people, nor are they officially built.

I have to say that even if the official construction of the Ming Dynasty is made, the further back it goes, the more it will not work. However, during the Zhengde period, the ships made by the people were still not as good as those made by the government. Moreover, the ships of Monk Xu are of different styles. The weapons on it were also prepared, some had several cannons, and some didn't even have cannons.

Xu Dong hesitated for a while, but soon he made up his mind and attacked.

Xu Dong gave an order, and the ship that stayed in the blind corner of Monk Xu's line of sight immediately raised its sails, and the sea breeze blew the sails up deadly. Six warships, but in a moment, poured into the sea and appeared in Monk Xu's sight.

"Boss, it's not good, there is an ambush by the officers and soldiers."

Monk Xu shouted loudly and said, "What is the panic, what is the chaos." ”

Monk Xu stood on the mast a few times, looked at it, and saw Xu Dong's ships, Xu Dong's ships were neatly aligned, and there were all kinds of artillery on them, no wonder they were regarded as officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers at sea have such equipment. However, Monk Xu was a little more knowledgeable than his minions, and said: "It's not the official army, it's the army of King Yong." ”

Although Zhu Houhuang was divided into Dongyong, it stands to reason that he is the lord of a country, but from the scholars to the common people below, there is no intention of being outside the Ming Dynasty, so Monk Xu did not figure it out that it was the army of Yongguo that appeared, not the army of King Yong. Although it's just a word difference. But the meaning is very different.

"Boss, what should I do?" Several people surrounded the mast where Monk Xu was.

Monk Xu jumped down from the mast, squinted his eyes slightly, and hooked the scar on his face, which was squeezed by the muscles and became long and narrow, like a knife mark. Stroked his glittering head with his big hands. shouted and scolded: "I, Monk Xu, have never been afraid of people in my life. Bump into it. ”

Ships on both sides began to slowly approach.

Xu Dong dared to take the initiative to attack at a disadvantage, not because he was unsure, but because he had the advantage of artillery.

Xu Dong's six ships lined up. The roar of artillery exploded. One by one, solid bullets hit Monk Xu's ships, and the most hit was Monk Xu's ship.

Monk Xu's ship is an official-built lucky ship, which is not much different from Xu Dong's ship, and it is not because he bought the guard to get it.

Monk Xu was really brave, he stood at the bow of the boat, motionless against the artillery. Rush to the front. Although the accuracy of artillery in this era is quite gratifying.

But it is not without some results. Three cannonballs smashed into Monk Xu's boat, smashing three big holes in the deck, and even one passed by Monk Xu. Monk Xu's expression remained unchanged.

Just as the distance between the two fleets was slowly getting closer, Monk Xu's artillery also began to fire, although he had more ships than Xu Dong's, but the artillery was not as good as Xu Dong, so the artillery of both sides, Xu Dong had the upper hand.

However, in this era, the power of artillery is still small, and it cannot determine the outcome of the battle, at least in this battle, it cannot determine the outcome of the battle.

Monk Xu held his breath just to rush up and jump to the gang to fight.

Monk Xu had already removed his shirt at this moment, and his strong muscles were shining in the sun. It's like touching oil. On his chest, scars were entrenched on Monk Xu's body like centipedes, which was even more hideous and terrifying. A long-handled Japanese knife was held in Monk Xu's hand, and he held the handle of the Japanese knife with one hand, and grabbed a wooden plaque with the other hand. With a slight bow of his legs, he calculated the distance and waited for the jump.