Go to the study.
With the invasion of Japanese pirates, more and more memorials were issued along the southeast coast, all of which were memorials of attacks by Japanese pirates.
The entire Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi regions seem to be in chaos.
Since Deng Yu was besieged by Japanese pirates in Fuzhou City, these Japanese pirates have become more and more rampant.
In the past, they may not have dared to go too deep into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but even Deng Yu, the Duke of Wei, was defeated by the Japanese pirates and huddled in the city and did not dare to come out.
This further fueled the Japanese pirates' arrogance and made them more bold and bold.
Even just the day before, Zhu Yuanzhang received a memorial that he had been attacked by Japanese pirates in Longyan, Fujian.
You must know that Longyan City is hundreds of miles away from the coast.
The Japanese pirates appeared in Longyan County so arrogantly, burning, killing and looting. They simply did not regard the Ming army in Fujian as human beings.
Of course, the Ming army in Fujian has basically been suppressed by the Japanese pirates.
Since the defeat of Deng Yu's 3,000 Beijing soldiers and tens of thousands of garrison soldiers, Fujian's defenses have become ineffective, allowing Japanese pirates to come and go.
"Father, please don't be anxious. Li Jin and Wei Guogong have already gone south. I believe there will be good news soon."
Zhu Biao was on the side to enlighten Zhu Yuanzhang.
But Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was still extremely gloomy. Xu Da and Li Jin were thousands of miles away from Fujian, and they didn't know how long it would take to get to Fujian.
But Zhu Yuanzhang has not received news from Deng Yu for several days. This is by no means good news for Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, Deng Yu had been blocked in Fuzhou City before.
Now that the news has been lost for so long, it is likely that the situation is already in danger.
If Deng Yu really died in Fuzhou City, then the Ming Dynasty, which had finally settled down, would definitely become turbulent again.
You must know that Deng Yu was the Duke of Wei who was ennobled by Zhu Yuanzhang at the founding of the country. He had a high position and outstanding achievements. His influence in the military was even comparable to that of Xu Da.
Once something happens to Deng Yu, the army will definitely be shocked first.
If Mongolia takes the opportunity to go south, I am afraid that the north of the Ming Dynasty will be troubled again.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more upset.
At this moment, an urgent message came from outside the door:
"Report! Urgent battle report for Fujian 800 Miles!"
Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly asked someone to bring up the battle report, but after just reading a few lines, his already gloomy face seemed to be dripping with water.
Seeing that something was wrong, Zhu Biao hurriedly asked:
"Father, what happened?"
"This is Deng Yu's last letter."
Zhu Yuanzhang weakly placed the battle report on the imperial case, and sat on the dragon chair, stunned.
You must know that Deng Yu was one of the first people to follow Zhu Yuanzhang. He was not only brave in battle, but also brave and resourceful, and made several great contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang took great care of this little brother and fellow countryman who was several years younger than himself.
Finally, based on his military exploits, Deng Yu was granted the title of Duke of Wei.
You know, at this time, the total number of princes awarded by Zhu Yuanzhang was only six.
Even Tang He, who was the first to follow Zhu Yuanzhang, was only granted the title of Marquis of Zhongshan, while Deng Yu was granted the title of Duke of Wei. It is self-evident that Zhu Yuanzhang valued Deng Yu.
But such a prince would die in the hands of Japanese pirates.
Regardless of Zhu Yuanzhang's absence, Zhu Biao took the final letter from the imperial case and read it carefully.
It turned out that just yesterday, the Japanese pirates seemed to be crazy and launched a large-scale attack on Fuzhou City.
Day and night, several teams of troops took turns fighting, seemingly determined to capture Fuzhou City.
Deng Yu saw that the bandits were in a hurry to attack the city, and felt that he might not be able to hold on, so he wrote such a final letter.
Expressing his loyalty to the army, he also secretly told Zhu Yuanzhang that if he unfortunately died in battle, he hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang would treat his wife and children well.
After Zhu Biao read it, he became overwhelmed.
I thought that Deng Yu could hold on to the fortified city for half a month, waiting for Xu Da and Li Jin to come to the rescue.
But now, Deng Yu couldn't hold on for even seven days, which really shocked Zhu Yuanzhang and his son.
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of something, suddenly stood up and shouted towards the door:
"Let Mao Xiang come to see us!!"
Soon, Mao Xiang came to the study room in a hurry. When he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he hurriedly saluted respectfully.
"Mao Xiang, where are Li Jin, Xu Da and others now?"
"Your Majesty, Duke Wei and his companions have just set out three days ago. According to their journey, they are already near Ningbo."
Mao Xiang's answer made Zhu Yuanzhang frown.
After such a long time, Xu Da has just arrived in Ningbo?
This is too slow!
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered:
"Contact Xu Da and Li Jin immediately and ask them to speed up their march. We order them to rush to the waters of Fujian within three days and capture the Duke of Wei, Deng Yu!"
Three days?
Hearing this time, Mao Xiang felt his scalp numb.
Although sailing on the sea is indeed much more convenient than on land, the speed of the boat depends largely on the wind.
If the wind direction is wrong, even if the people on the boat are anxious, there is nothing they can do.
In addition, the Zhejiang sea area is also not peaceful, and the terrain of the Wenzhou sea area is more complicated. If we travel at full speed, we may have waste in haste.
Mao Xiang opened his mouth to give Zhu Yuanzhang some advice, saying that three days was too late.
But as soon as he looked up and saw Zhu Yuanzhang's cold eyes, Mao Xiang's words were instantly stuck in his throat and he could no longer say them.
On the contrary, Zhu Biao said from the side:
"Father, are three days too soon?"
"Hurry?"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not continue.
Fuzhou was already in danger at this time. Let alone three days, even two days, or even one day, Deng Yu might not be able to hold on.
If Deng Yu really died in Fuzhou, what would be the point of Li Jin and Xu Da rushing to Fuzhou again?
Mao Xiang understood Zhu Yuanzhang's intention and stopped talking nonsense. He handed over and planned to go out and find a way to contact Li Jin, Xu Da and others.
Just when Mao Xiang was about to leave, an official from the General Affairs Department happily ran to the door of the upper study and shouted:
"Your Majesty, great victory, great victory!"
"The Duke of Wei was in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, and killed more than 30,000 Japanese pirates, destroyed more than 80 warships, and defeated the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast."
"From now on, the coast of Zhejiang Province in the Ming Dynasty will no longer be troubled by Japanese pirates!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then he was ecstatic, and immediately ordered the official from the General Affairs Department to come in.
Mao Xiang, who was about to leave, also stopped and pricked his ears curiously, wanting to hear how Wei Guogong did it.
As soon as the official from the General Affairs Department entered the room, before he even knelt down, he ran towards Zhu Yuanzhang excitedly, shouting the word "great victory" in his mouth.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care whether this person was rude or not, but asked the young eunuch to present the memorial quickly. He wanted to take a good look at what happened.
After receiving the memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang began to read ten lines at a glance. The original gloominess on his face was immediately wiped away, and instead he put on a faint smile.
After roughly reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang read it carefully, then raised his head and praised loudly:
"Okay, great!!"
"Xuda is worthy of being our Great Wall. He not only has the style of a general, but also has the courage of a champion. He killed the Japanese pirates and fled in panic."
"The little Japanese pirates are just clowns. They dare to challenge the power of our Ming Dynasty. This time we must make them regret it."
"And this Li Jin is also good, hahaha, it's really good!!"
Xu Da reported everything to Zhu Yuanzhang about the battle he experienced last night.
Everything was done in every detail, starting with the army marching day and night, setting off in the morning, and heading south quickly, until they passed through the Wenzhou waters and were attacked by Japanese pirates.
In the end, they fought fiercely with the Japanese pirates at night. They held on to the warships and refused to retreat until dawn. They fought back desperately and destroyed all the Japanese warships.
Except for a few lucky ones who escaped in battleships, other Japanese pirates and battleships were either blown up by artillery or stabbed to death by the Ming army.
In this battle, the Ming army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and the number of Japanese pirates who died directly in battle reached more than 30,000.
It can be said that most of the Japanese pirates who originally harmed Zhejiang were wiped out by Xu Da in the first battle, and the courage of the remaining people was probably shattered long ago.
Whether he dares to come to Ming Dynasty in his lifetime is still unknown.
Zhu Biao also looked excited after reading the memorial.
Xu Da's victory was such a reassurance for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.
What's more important is that Xu Da is now about to arrive in the Fujian waters, which is more than twice as fast as Mao Xiang's estimated distance.
If time passes, Xu Da is fully capable of reaching the waters of Fujian and rescuing Deng Yu.
