After Maquina said this, Li Cheng clenched the knife in his hand again and opened his mouth to speak, but Tong Yuanzhen held him back again and only ordered:
"Escort them all to the capital to await His Majesty's disposal, and report them to the Fuyuan."
"yes!"
Zhu Yijun learned about the invasion of the Western Barbarians about a month later, and said to Qi Jiguang:
"These Western barbarians really don't take Huang Ming seriously. I have added so many naval warships to the coastal defense, but they dare to invade!"
"It seems that the beating really didn't hurt them. They really don't know what the power of the Celestial Empire is."
"What your Majesty is saying is that they don't know how to fear Huang Ming, but instead confront Huang Ming tit for tat. That just gives Huang Ming one more reason to use troops in Luzon."
Qi Jiguang said at this time.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Send a decree to Xu Fuyuan to report the invasion of the Western Barbarians. From among the soldiers and civilians who suffered, select those who are eloquent and have been severely bullied by the Western Barbarians to come to the capital to see you. In addition, send a message to Xu Fuyuan." All governors and governors should strengthen inspections of the surrounding sea areas. All armed Xiyi merchant ships will be detained and interrogated on the grounds of suspicion of invasion if they can be seized. If they cannot be seized, troops will be sent to conquer them."
"According to the order!"
Zhu Yijun was different from other emperors in that he had a strong sense of sea power.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun did the opposite. Instead of abolishing the number of naval troops because the Japanese invasion was eliminated, he continued to increase the number of naval troops. Especially after opening up good citizenship to Dan people, he recruited a large number of Dan people to join the army.
As a result, today's Ming Dynasty not only has a powerful main naval force in the coastal chiefs, but also has several naval forces responsible for patrolling offshore island areas. In addition, there are also naval forces stationed on various strategic islands, and there are even some special forces responsible for outbound missions. A main naval force patrolling the high seas.
These naval forces are responsible for both coastal defense and combating piracy.
In addition, they will also explore undiscovered and unexplored islands and do business.
Unlike the Western Yi, the navy of the Ming Dynasty was really doing business, because the Ming Dynasty was the largest producer of commodities in the world. The biggest demand was to dump a large amount of commodities, and the demand for slaves and land was not the biggest demand.
The Xiyi were second-rate traders who did not produce goods. Their biggest needs were slaves and land, so they mainly focused on robbing, eating and wiping everything, occupying land and colonizing. Only when they couldn't robbing them did they go to the Ming Dynasty to buy some goods to sell, and looked for opportunities to develop followers. , renting land for expansion.
Therefore, the navy of the Ming Dynasty was relatively more civilized than the Western Yi. Basically, they did not rob the natives, mainly because there was nothing to rob. This is why even the Tokugawa shogunate in history did not restrict doing business with the Ming Dynasty even if they closed the country. One is because Ming Dynasty is the largest producer of commodities, and its shogunate cannot do without Ming Dynasty commodities.
Back to the topic.
Although the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense has been much strengthened than before, the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory is too large. Even if it adds one hundred thousand naval troops and spreads out over the huge sea area, it is still difficult to keep an eye on every landing point.
Therefore, it is still necessary to supplement it with an early warning system, that is, through a communication network composed of smoke, drums, and signal flares, it can timely summon nearby naval and land forces to assist.
Because of this.
Talents like Pedro Xiyi can still invade the islands in the coastal defense area of the Ming Dynasty and invade the Dongpeng Mansion of the Ming Dynasty even though the Ming Dynasty has strengthened its coastal defense. However, they can invade, but after the invasion, they will An early warning was triggered, and now almost all of them were annihilated by the Daming Navy who came to the rescue.
However, Pedro was lucky and escaped.
"He should have escaped back to Sheliao Island! It's probably too late for us to catch up now. We can only hope that the navy patrolling nearby can find them."
Li Cheng also told Xu Fuyuan, the governor of Dongpeng, who came here because he heard about the invasion of Huangshan by the Western Yi, and told him about Pedro, the top commander of the Western Yi invasion of Dongpeng Prefecture.
Xu Fuyuan nodded after hearing this, and then said: "If we can't catch up, we should step up patrols. We should also go to Sheliao Island to have a look. Bring a few natives with us and let them see with their own eyes the evil deeds of the bandits."
"yes!"
…
Pedro did go back to Sheliao Island first.
As soon as he returned to Sheliao Island, Pedro only rested for one day before hurriedly sailing back to Manila.
He was also worried that the Ming army would capture Maquina and others who had not had time to evacuate from Huangshan Town, and after interrogating them about the situation on Sheliao Island, he naturally did not dare to stay on Sheliao Island for a long time.
What's more.
Pedro also knew that the Ming Dynasty had indeed strengthened maritime patrols, and he only had one warship now, so he could not stay in the Ming Dynasty's territory for a long time, otherwise he would be in danger of being discovered and annihilated at any time.
Not long after Pedro left Sheliao Island, he actually discovered a group of Ming navy patrolmen, and was so frightened that he hurriedly fled in another direction.
However, the Ming navy patrolling the sea did not find them, but continued to sail on the original course.
But not long after Pedro fled in another direction, he encountered a group of patrolling Ming army sailors.
Pedro was so frightened that he had to change course again and flee somewhere else.
Not long after returning, Pedro met another team.
Pedro was about to have a nervous breakdown, and he couldn't help but ask Li Liangying: "Why are there suddenly so many Ming naval forces?"
"It should be that our previous trip north scared the Ming Navy and made them increase the frequency of patrols. After all, if they encounter ships like ours with guns at sea, they can be annihilated as pirates and then take away our money. , and at the same time, it counts as a credit."
"Just like sharks smell blood, they naturally rush to look for it."
Li Liangying replied.
Pedro frowned after hearing this: "If he hadn't returned from a great defeat, I wouldn't be afraid of these Ming people, but I have to admit that your Ming country has indeed increased its national strength a lot, and now I encounter you from time to time in this area. The navy is a real headache."
"I have long advised the general not to look down upon the current imperial court. This is because the emperor pays great attention to coastal defense and has gained a lot of overseas benefits. Therefore, he has premeditated plans and the strength to turn the entire Nanyang into his own inner lake. Who made his goal be that ordinary people can participate in maritime trade without worrying about pirates?"
"But the general still wants to conquer the imperial court by conquering other natives. Naturally, the current situation will occur."
Li Liangying said to Pedro.
Bang!
Suddenly, a kick flew towards Li Liangying.
Li Liangying fell directly to the ground.
Pedro directly kicked Li Liangying down. In anger, he drew his sword and pointed it at Li Liangying and said: "Don't think that because you have been baptized, I won't kill you! Damn Orientals, don't teach me a lesson here!"
Li Liangying saw this and had to kneel down: "Yes! I made a mistake, general, please forgive me!"
At this moment, Velasco walked in quickly and said: "Another Ming navy has arrived. They have discovered us and are signaling us, asking us to stop for inspection and asking why we brought cannons. Navigating in their waters is a violation of their national laws.”
"What kind of national law? When did the whole world belong to the pagans of his Ming Dynasty?"
Pedro said and walked over quickly, and then saw about twenty Ming warships surrounding him, among which more than ten wave boats had already blocked their way.
(End of chapter)
