Hearing these two words, Li Yi was stunned and his expression became unnatural.
Japanese pirates!
He was most familiar with these two words.
Hundreds of years of national hatred, the sea is difficult to calm down!
One thing that any Yanhuang traveler must do is revenge!
The Han flag is flying under Mount Fuji, and the orchid is drunk under the cherry blossom trees!
Unexpectedly, there are such damn beasts in this other world!
Suppressing the rage in his heart, Li Yi asked in a deep voice: "How many years has this Japanese pirate been in my territory of the Gale Dynasty?"
Wu Songjiang did not dare to hide anything and told the truth, "Back to Your Majesty, for more than ten years, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, Japanese pirates have repeatedly attacked our coastal military stations, causing appalling tragedies from time to time."
After speaking, he added: "In the past, we only caused trouble along the coast. This time, for some reason, we have managed to reach our capital city."
Li Yi raised his head suddenly, feeling that there was something unusual about this matter.
The Zheng family had just suffered a bloody blow in Jiangnan Province. One of their two legitimate sons was killed and the other injured. In just a few days, the Japanese pirates came?
Not to mention other reasons, is this too coincidental?
Regardless of whether it was arranged by the Zheng family or not, these Japanese pirates will not escape death!
"Wu Aiqing, how many Japanese pirates are there?"
Wu Songjiang shook his head, "I don't know that I am dead. By the time I take people there, there are no Japanese pirates left and they are nowhere to be found."
"Get up!"
Li Yi raised his hand, "I don't blame you for this matter. Send someone to investigate and find out how many people there are and where they are. I want to keep this group of Japanese pirates behind!"
"No!" Wu Songjiang broke out in a cold sweat and bowed in response.
Li Yi asked again, "How many Japanese pirates are there in my land of Dafeng Dynasty?"
Wu Songjiang sighed, "The total number of real and fake Japanese is no less than tens of thousands."
"So many!" Hearing this, Li Yi was stunned. Such a large force could directly attack the city and seize the territory.
"Your Majesty, you don't know something. In Jiangnan Province, the Japanese pirates only made one or two plunders and fled to the sea. They were the real behemoths in Southwest Province, occupying countless overseas islands. They came on the waves at every turn to attack cities and plunder lands. Ordinary county towns cannot stop them at all, and the long coastline is their plundering point."
"These Japanese pirates are like hungry wolves, and their methods are extremely cruel. Wherever they pass, corpses are everywhere, blood flows in the oars, there is no rooster crow for ten miles, and there is no human habitation for hundreds of miles."
Li Yi suddenly realized it and muttered, "No wonder, no wonder."
The Japanese pirates' home base is in the southwest, and the southwest is the territory of the Zheng family.
Is the Zheng family looking for thugs to take revenge?
But he didn't know that this just gave Li Yi an excuse to use troops in the southwest to quell the Japanese!
And this can also be seen that the reason why the Zheng family kept this group of Japanese pirates was to raise a vicious dog for themselves.
Once a powerful enemy appears, he will immediately release the vicious dogs.
As soon as his joints were clear, Li Yi had an idea and suddenly asked: "Aren't there military stations along the coast, so don't the defenders of the military stations just ignore them?"
"well!"
Wu Songjiang sighed, "Your Majesty, this is the most irritating thing. These Japanese pirates know the layout of our coastal military stations very well. Their number is small, no more than a hundred at most. They can quietly avoid the military stations and sneak into the hinterland every time."
"Asshole!" Li Yi was furious, "It seems that we also have some internal conspiracy and are colluding with these Japanese pirates."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Wu Songjiang then said: "It will be useless even if the soldiers at the military station find out."
"What do you mean? Is it possible that the soldiers at the military station are not the opponents of these Japanese pirates?" Li Yi was surprised.
"No, you don't deserve to be called an opponent at all."
Wu Songjiang seemed to recall the scene of fighting with the Japanese pirates, and his face was full of fear, "Your Majesty, these Japanese pirates have sophisticated firearms and sharp weapons, especially the samurai swords, which are long and sharp. One knife can split a person in half, and their march is very fast." Swift."
"These thieves and bandits fight in a very organized manner. When they encounter a small army, they will kill it with a swing of their swords. When they encounter a large group of more than a thousand people, they will greet them with a slap on the head and cover their faces with firearms. Then they quickly retreat and hide in the mountains and forests. .”
"As soon as our large group retreated, they came out again and looted everywhere."
Seeing Li Yi's ugly face, Wu Songjiang added, "I have also tried my best to organize and train rural warriors in villages, and the court distributed weapons to protect the family and the country, but it's a pity that it is of no use."
"The old minister even issued an order to kill the Japanese and invited martial arts masters to participate. It was good at first and the harvest was quite fruitful. But later the Japanese pirates were on guard and killed many martial arts masters."
Cao Qingyan asked in a low voice: "There are countless martial arts masters in Jiangnan Province. Is it possible that even a few Japanese pirates can't defeat them?"
Wu Songjiang nodded helplessly, "What the Lord said is absolutely true. I really can't beat him. He is no match at all."
Li Yi already knew in his heart that since there were Japanese pirates in Jiangnan Province, he would mobilize troops to fight them!
Deploy troops?
One hundred thousand new troops are to defend the capital. If you don't get more than ten thousand, you won't be able to move arbitrarily.
How to mobilize troops?
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. Since he was fighting against the Japanese, why not recruit troops locally?
The people here have different hatreds for the Japanese pirates, family hatred and country hatred, and it goes without saying much about their morale.
Moreover, there is an elite force hidden here. They will completely break up with the Zheng family in the future, and they can be surprised when they do it.
Thinking of this, Li Yi suddenly said: "Since the Japanese pirates appeared outside the city of Jiangnan Province, their target must be the city. However, according to my understanding of these beasts, they will definitely rob enough outside the city before entering the city. "
"Cao Qingyan!"
Cao Qingyan heard this and said, "No, the old slave is here!"
"Send internal surveillance experts to patrol around twenty miles outside the capital city of Jiangnan Province. We must find traces of Japanese pirates."
"The bad nature of these beasts will not let go of the fat in their mouths, and they will definitely not be able to resist robbing it again."
Wu Songjiang's eyelids trembled and he said yes again and again.
At this moment, Li Yi suddenly smiled calmly and asked casually, "Wu Aiqing, come with me for a walk down there. I want to see what these Japanese pirates look like."
Wu Songjiang suddenly showed a fearful look, as if he had heard some terrible news.
He suddenly said, "Your Majesty, please don't, those Japanese pirates are not easy to mess with?"
Li Yi was furious, slapped his hand on the table, and shouted angrily: "A few beasts have scared you like this, what use do I want from you!"
"Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, forgive me!" Wu Songjiang was so frightened that he quickly knelt down.
"Wu Aiqing, if we encounter Japanese pirates this time, I will ask you to take the lead in charging into battle. Do you understand?" Li Yi's voice was cold and unquestionable.
"Promise, I understand, I will." Wu Songjiang's legs became weak.
Those who have never seen the power of Japanese pirates look down on them, but those who have truly seen their strength will understand that Japanese pirates are really terrifying!
…
In a town twenty miles outside the capital of Jiangnan Province.
The town is not big, with about three to four hundred households, but it has all the hotels and teahouses that should be there.
Perhaps because it is close to the capital, the people's lives are relatively prosperous.
In the teahouse in the center of the town, Li Yi was dressed as an ordinary person and was tasting tea.
Next to him was Ji Fupin, and Li Yi didn't want her to follow him. After all, she might want to kill someone.
But she refused to listen and insisted on following him. Li Yi couldn't resist her, so he agreed, but he still reminded her that she must follow him and not wander around.
Cao Qingyan and Suo Yi stood behind him, looking around vigilantly. This time there was one more person, Governor Wu Songjiang.
As the governor of the capital of Jiangnan Province, he failed to supervise the occurrence of Japanese invasion in Jiangnan Province.
If it weren't for his father-in-law's sake, Li Yi would have slapped him.
Drinking tea and watching the people live and work in peace and contentment, Li Yi felt indescribably happy and comfortable, and he unceremoniously took the credit for himself.
But when he thought about the Japanese invasion in Jiangnan, he felt itchy with hatred.
In his previous life, he failed to chop off the heads of these beasts with his own hands, and he couldn't miss it again in this life.
"Wu Aiqing, where do you think this Japanese pirate will be hiding?"
Hearing this, Wu Songjiang's heart trembled. After all, this was the emperor asking him. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "I am stupid and I really can't figure it out."
Li Yi dipped his finger in water and wrote a word on the table, "Hidden!"
"Your Majesty, what does hiding mean?" Suo Yi blurted out.
Li Yi smiled contemptuously, "The small hermit hides in the wild, the big hermit hides in the city."
"I'm thinking that this time the Japanese pirates may not be less than a hundred people. How to provide food and drink for so many people every day, and where to hide them. This is not simple."
Suoyi was puzzled, "Your Majesty, why are you still worried about these beasts?"
Li Yi said proudly: "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will be victorious in every battle. Now I am thinking about the problem from the perspective of a Japanese pirate. If I were a Japanese pirate, where should I hide?"
Several people looked at each other, all looking at each other with confusion.
"Is there an internal agent outside the capital city of Jiangnan Province? And it's very well hidden."
"Dong dong dong!"
Li Yi's gaze tightened and he suddenly noticed that the streets were full of people, with loud gongs and drums, and flags waving. It was so lively that it attracted countless people to the streets.
He hurriedly stopped the old man in the teahouse and said, "Brother, what happened?"
"Sir, you don't know yet, do you?"
The old man glanced outside with great fear, "We have Japanese pirates here. They are estimated to be more than a hundred people. They just slaughtered several villages, and now we don't know where they went."
"The imperial court is recruiting heroes from all over the world to fight against the Japanese pirates."
Li Yi nodded and asked tentatively: "Are the Japanese pirates very powerful?"
The old man looked frightened and said bitterly: "More than just being powerful, all Japanese pirates are desperadoes and are not afraid of death. Ordinary officers and soldiers are no match for them, let alone righteous warriors. They all die in vain."
On the streets, officials were posting notices to recruit heroes.
But there were many people who stopped to watch, but no one dared to reveal the list.
"It seems that the people in Jiangnan Province were frightened by the Japanese pirates." Li Yi couldn't help but sigh.
But just at this moment, a childish voice suddenly sounded on the street.
"Count me in, I'm going to kill the Japanese pirates!"
The speaker was a child of fourteen or fifteen years old, holding a large iron gun in his hand.
