A letter was sent from Zhenjiang to the imperial court.

The cabinet and the six ministries have become a mess.

Because there are so many messages, and they are too dense.

The pirates' tactics are indeed the same as those of the pirates.

It's just that the strength is obviously much stronger.

And by no means a bunch of stragglers.

Rather, it is a real regular army horse.

Their ships, haunting from place to place, suddenly appeared at a certain port, and immediately attacked, and after the attack, they burned and killed, and then retreated like a tide.

The panic this brought to the entire coast was extremely shocking.

The most important thing is that the method of supervising Wang Wenjun is impossible to resist at all.

In fact, the current situation is equivalent to Wang Wenjun directly setting up a long snake formation on the coastline of thousands of miles.

In these thousands of miles, after swinging the long snake, in fact, the troops have long been diluted.

The opponent is a fleet, and can attack any point at any time.

Don't say that the Li family army and the Wang family army are already vulnerable, even if they can fight and dare to fight, the other party concentrates superior forces, and they will defeat you in one fell swoop, and then you can go calmly.

And by the time the military horses near you received the news and wanted to surround and intercept them, the other party had already fled into the sea.

Of course, the reports from Zhenjiang are all about how powerful the pirates are and how strong the troops are.

At once, he said that there were 100,000 thieves in this place, and on the other side, he said that there were hundreds of thousands of thieves who attacked another place.

In this way, there are millions of pirates.

As for all kinds of death battles, all kinds of bloody ways and the like, they are endless.

But in the end, the army was wiped out.

The entire coast of the six provinces is devastated by life.

The other party wantonly burned and looted, even if it could not be moved, it was burned, and when the follow-up Ming officers and soldiers arrived, all they saw were the corpses of soldiers and civilians who had not had time to flee, and ashes.

This pirate ...... The terrifying thing is that the original grassland cavalry, with the advantage of war horses, can gather troops at any time to attack every border town of the Ming Dynasty.

But the border town of the Ming Dynasty, after all, has gone through successive dynasties, countless new constructions and repairs, and built the Great Wall and countless fortresses to defend these cavalry in the grassland.

So even if you are passive and are often beaten by the people of the desert, you can at least have the power to fight back.

But this long coastline is like no danger to defend.

The mobility of the warships was by no means inferior to that of the cavalry, and they were also more capable of carrying provisions.

Faced with snowflakes of attack information.

First Zhenhaiwei, then Ningbowei, then Dengzhouwei, and then ...... It is Quanzhou, Penghu, and the Pearl River estuary.

Obviously, these pirates have long been divided into an unknown number of groups and attacked separately.

They are also very well-trained, and ordinary water walls and city walls cannot resist them at all, because they also have siege weapons such as artillery.

At this time, Mo said that it was Huang Liji, it was Sun Chengzong, and he was helpless about it, and the experience of Liaodong could not be applied here at all.

And the constant attacks on countless places also give people a premonition that things are far more terrible than them.

Until the news of the attack on Nantong Prefecture came.

Huang Liji finally couldn't sit still.

He was busy going to see the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse has been staring at the map every day, searching his intestines and scraping his stomach, thinking of ways to control the enemy.

But these days, the result of racking my brains is...... There is simply nothing that can be done.

Because this style of play is really terrible.

At least for the Ming Dynasty, if it wants to formulate a complete set of strategies to defeat the enemy, it will take at least years, even decades, and countless manpower and material resources to build a Great Wall to defend the sea.

"Your Majesty." Huang Li was extremely worried, and saluted the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse sat down on the throne and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Huang Liji said: "Minister...... Minister......"

He lay down, and today he didn't greet him, but went straight to the point: "The minister has something to play, Nantong Prefecture...... Attacked. ”

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse heard this, his face suddenly turned cold: "Nantong Prefecture? ”

"Yes."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse almost gasped.

"Previously, if it was just an attack on various ports, although the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy losses, it would not hurt the muscles and bones, but this time, the pirates attacked Nantong Prefecture directly, but the minister thought that it was ...... This may be a matter of life and death for my Daming. ”

Huang Liji continued: "Nantong Prefecture is an important hub of the canal, and what is related to the connection between the capital and the entire Jiangnan is the connection between the capital and the whole Jiangnan...... Once there is a loss here, then I will be Ming and cut off the north and south. ”

That's true.

The canal is actually the lifeline of the entire Ming Dynasty, and any node of the canal is negligent, which means that the arteries in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty have been cut off.

And once cut off, even if it is by sea, the danger may even be greater than that of river transportation, so that the Ming Dynasty is in a state of hemorrhage.

Not to mention money and grain, there are countless physical goods, all of which need to be transported from the south, from tea to silk to porcelain......

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said coldly: "Have you sent troops to Nantong Prefecture?" ”

"On the Zhenjiang side, people and horses have been urgently transferred, but the minister is not optimistic about this, but he is afraid that as soon as the official army arrives, the pirates will have boarded the ship and fled away. At that time, I am afraid that the officials and soldiers will look at the ocean again. It's just that...... They can attack Nantong Prefecture today, and ...... tomorrow Who can be sure that they will not attack the other nodes of the canal? And our officers and soldiers can only be tired of running for their lives, and no matter how fast the men and horses are, they are far inferior to those of the sea ships. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse snorted coldly: "After all, it is still that Wang Wenjun, who missed the fighter." Zhang Qing is really right, this person is really a wine bag and rice bag. ”

Huang Liji said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to care about these, judging from the report, the pirates are indeed extraordinary, and they do not fight a tough battle with my Daming, but just blindly attack, I defend this, he attacks them, I defend them and they attack this." It's really unbearable, and it can't be prevented. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly glanced at Huang Liji with a strange look: "They seem to have a deep grasp of my Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Yes." Huang Liji said: "They have obviously always had a good grasp of hydrology and topography, and they seem to be ...... The layout of my Daming is also familiar, and it is really unpredictable. ”

"Meaning...... There's a lot of fine work in my hinterland? ”

"It's very likely." Huang Liji said: "At least, Jinyiwei has caught a lot." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said: "They are the people of the Celestial Empire, how can they serve the pirates?" ”

"This ......" Huang Liji smiled bitterly, and he was silent for a moment: "I think it's ...... Let it be tempted by others. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said, "Does the cabinet have any strategy?" ”

"The ministers consulted with the princes...... There is no good solution. Huang Liji said with a wry smile.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked very dissatisfied, but said to the eunuch on the side: "Summons Zhang Qing." ”

At this time, there is only Zhang Jingyi, who is enough to trust.

To put it bluntly, the entire Ming court was stunned.

Even the Emperor of the Apocalypse was caught off guard.

It dawned on him that things were trickier than he had imagined.

No wonder at the beginning, Zhang Jingyi attached great importance to this.

Now Daming has suffered heavy losses, and on the other hand, those anti-thieves, now, they haven't seen a single hair.

The eunuch hurried away.

After half an hour, the eunuch came in a hurry, and then said, "Your Majesty...... Zhang Dudu...... Zhang Dudu ......"

"What's wrong with Dudu Zhang?"

"Zhang Dudu...... went to Tianjin Wei, saying that he was ordered to beg for thieves. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said, "This guy ...... Why don't you say goodbye to me? ”

The eunuch said: "He left a message, on the one hand, the situation is urgent, on the other hand, he was the chief military officer of Liaodong, and he was ordered to patrol the sea, and he stayed in the capital these days, and he was delayed for a lot of time, so he ......"

It stands to reason that Zhang Jingyi should have taken office a long time ago, and the superintendent has been going to Jiangnan for several months, but Zhang Jingyi, the chief military officer of Liaodong, is still messing around in the capital.

Zhang Jing ran away suddenly, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse was at a loss for a while, and he frowned tightly: "What else do you have left?" ”

Zhang Dudu said...... He received the grace of His Majesty, and the grace of the country is mighty, and he will definitely go to the soup and fire, and he will never give up! ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse stood up anxiously, sat down again, and then stood up again, wanting to say something, but the words came to his lips, but he swallowed them again.

But he had no choice but to say: "Tomorrow the court will discuss the matter of coastal defense." ”

Huang Li was extremely busy and said: "Obey the order." ”

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At this time, Zhang Jingyi set off early in the morning and arrived in Tianjin Wei.

This Tianjin Wei here, especially at the mouth of Dagu, has already built a dense number of wharves, and near the huge port, there are countless warehouses.

It's just that at this time, Tianjin Wei is no longer as lively as it used to be.

Over here...... Many Donglin troops had already appeared, temporarily emptying the streets and alleys.

The matter involves military aircraft, so it is natural that idle people are not allowed to wander here.

And at this time...... In the harbor, a huge ship has been moored in the harbor.

This huge ship is like a wall, but this wall is really an iron wall.

A huge chimney, which appeared in the center of the ship.

Inside the chimney, smoke billowed from it.

Zhang Jingyi looked at the harbor and looked at the ship from a distance, immersive, but he was still shocked by this huge ship.

After all, in this era, I have seen a lot of wooden boats, and when I saw such a thing at this time, even if I was prepared, I was still quite surprised.

The accompanying Jinyiwei and Donglin Army personnel were dumbfounded, they were used to silence, especially Zhang Jingyi's side, they were even more cautious.

But now, there are a lot of whispers.

Zhang Jing glanced back at them.

Liu Wenxiu, who was behind him, was immediately silenced.

Zhang Jingyi: "What's the matter, my thing is not big." ”

Liu Wenxiu did not hesitate at all: "Big." ”

"Mighty is not mighty!"

Liu Wenxiu said: "Mighty! ”

"Board the ship!"