"Ooooh!"
Pairs of white seagulls hovered on the sea surface, making high-pitched and high-pitched calls, as if they were talking loudly to each other.
Not far in front of these seagulls, a fleet was cutting through the wind and waves heading south.
A black flag with a white skull and crossbones hung high on the ship's mast. The black background, white skull and crossed thigh bones formed the fearsome pirate flag.
The head of the skeleton usually wears a hat, the lower jaw is slightly open to reveal sharp teeth, and there are cross skeleton decorations on both sides.
The whole pattern is very simple, but it gives people a scary and sinister feeling.
The entire fleet consisted of more than forty warships, all flying pirate flags high, flying domineeringly and with arrogance.
It was Xu Da and Li Jin's group.
"Wei Guogong, are you sure the emperor wants me to recruit another 10,000 Yiwu soldiers?"
When Li Jin heard the news, he couldn't believe his ears.
After all, the last time we recruited 3,000 people, someone reported that they wanted to rebel.
If so many people are recruited now, wouldn't Zhu Yuanzhang be able to annihilate the nine tribes?
Therefore, this matter must be asked clearly, otherwise I am afraid that there will be countless memorials to impeach myself to death the next day.
Xu Da nodded. In fact, he understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts relatively well.
If the Beijing camp is sent to support Li Jin, Xu Da and others, then Zhu Yuanzhang will have to pay for this part of the money and food himself.
And if Li Jin is allowed to recruit Xiang Yong by himself, then the money must go to Li Jin.
When the time comes and the Japanese pirates are wiped out, Zhu Yuanzhang will be able to bring all the elite soldiers trained by Li Jin under his command.
Zhu Yuanzhang's abacus can be said to be rattling.
Li Jin didn't care about this. What he cared about more was that with these troops, he would be more bold in attacking Japanese islands in the future.
"County Magistrate Li, where did you recruit your staff officers from?"
After receiving Zhu Yuanzhang's order, Xu Da hurried back to Shengsi Island and discussed with Li Jin the next route south.
The military situation is on fire, and only by reaching the southern Fujian waters as soon as possible can the siege of Fuzhou be solved.
After receiving Zhu Yuanzhang's order, Li Jin directly summoned his staff and asked them to choose the safest route south for him and Xu Da.
Xu Da actually didn't quite understand what the purpose of Li Jin's so-called combat was.
After all, when marching and fighting, the decision of how to fight is decided by the commander alone. When two armies fight, the victory or defeat often depends on the thoughts of these commanders.
Xu Da has been on the battlefield for so many years. Where can he set up camp and where can he lay an ambush?
Everywhere is a battleground for military strategists, and Xu Da knows it all.
That's why Xu Da was able to become the first general of the Ming Dynasty. This was the experience gained between life and death.
In Xu Da's view, the staff officers arranged by Li Jin who had never even been on the battlefield were just embroidered pillows, of no use.
But the next scene made Xu Da's jaw drop.
After Li Jin's order was issued, these staff officers quickly analyzed the combat objectives, and then quickly analyzed the feasibility of each march route based on the collected intelligence.
In less than a cup of tea, Li Jin's war department came up with a satisfactory answer sheet and planned a realistic and feasible march route.
This information processing speed shocked Xu Da's jaw.
Xu Da hurriedly took over the so-called analysis results from the staff officer. One piece of information was presented on the paper, indicating the reasons for the selection of each sea area march route.
Seeing the end, Xu Da had to admire these people for their ability to analyze a seemingly highly feasible route even from a very small amount of information.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang was not interested in overseas affairs at all in the past few years, Ming Dynasty had an extremely lack of overseas intelligence.
The information in their hands, which Li Jin had obtained with great difficulty from all aspects over the years, was extremely scarce.
But even so, Li Jin's operations department still relied on this intelligence to complete its mission brilliantly.
This made Xu Da really feel incredible.
The final result was naturally in accordance with the arrangements of the War Department, with great fanfare going south from Shengsi Island to Wenzhou, and then going south from Wenzhou to the Fujian waters.
However, Xu Da was extremely curious about the origins of the staff of these operations departments.
The ages of these staff officers were all very similar to Li Jin's, probably around 20 years old. These people had thin skin and tender flesh, and they did not look like people who had been on the battlefield at all.
But the abilities of these people were very impressive, which made Xu Da even more curious.
"They were all promoted by me. Although they have never been on the battlefield, their performance in training was excellent."
Li Jin said calmly:
"As the saying goes, one person is responsible for the shortcomings, and three people are responsible for the longcomings. With their help, I will handle military affairs much faster."
"Furthermore, I believe that the most important thing in combat is intelligence. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle."
"They are the department I use to process intelligence. Only by understanding the enemy's movements and following the trend can we achieve a complete victory."
"Of course, these are just my ideas, everything is still under experimentation."
"If Wei Guogong is interested, we can discuss it after the war. After all, this system is still not perfect enough."
Xu Da nodded and said:
"When this battle is over, come to the capital and we can talk by candlelight."
"I think your system is very simple. Just your combat department is not ordinary."
Li Jin smiled slightly and said:
"Thank you Duke Wei for the compliment."
...
Shuangyu Island.
After Inoue Ichiro regained his strength, he led his remaining confidants here and met Kato Hiroki, the leader of the Japanese pirates on Shuangyu Island.
After hearing what happened to Inoue Ichiro, Kato Hiroki didn't believe what Inoue Ichiro said at all.
"You're saying that a powerful Ming army came from the Yellow Sea in the north and took over your Shengsi Island?"
"How is this possible? All the ships of the Ming Dynasty have disappeared. Even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty closed the entire customs because he was afraid of us."
"They don't even do business with outsiders anymore."
"You're telling me now that you were wiped out by the Ming Navy? Are you going to warn me later about a surprise attack by the Ming Navy?"
Kato Hiroki had a sneer on his face, as if he had heard a big joke.
Doesn’t he know the strength of the Ming Navy?
He invaded the Ming Dynasty's Zhejiang Ningbo and Wenzhou and other places every year, but he never saw the Ming army go to sea to pursue himself and others.
I have never heard of the Ming army going to sea to annihilate themselves.
Moreover, we learned from some Han people that the Ming Emperor had issued a sea ban.
Not only were customs abandoned, fishermen were not even allowed to go fishing in the sea, and all the ships were abandoned and slowly rotted away.
How could the Ming Navy with such strength be his opponent? This thing is a big joke.
Seeing that this man was so arrogant and didn't take his words to heart at all, Inoue Ichiro suddenly became furious and the anger in his heart rose.
Just as he was about to get angry, Li San next to him suddenly pulled him, his eyes telling him not to act rashly and to put the overall situation first.
Inoue Ichiro took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said:
"If Mr. Kato doesn't believe it, you can send someone to Shengsi Island to check."
"It won't be long before those people will go south. I hope Mr. Kato will be more careful."
People had to bow their heads under the eaves. At this time, Inoue Ichiro did not want Kato Hiroki to be killed. After all, he still expected to follow this person and make a comeback.
Unexpectedly, Kato Hiroki waved his hand and interrupted:
"No need, the King of the South has sent word that we will launch a full-scale attack on the Ming Dynasty soon."
"Even if there is a Ming army and navy, it is impossible to stop the attack of so many of our forces."
