Liu Haojia felt relieved after hearing this, put down the telescope and began to tidy up his whole body. Li Wenliang saw this and hurriedly said: "Young Marshal, there is no need for you to do such a small thing yourself! Just watch the brothers fight!"
Liu Haojia Speed: "I may not take action, but I must stand in front! At least let the brothers see that I am with them! And you don't have to worry too much, my martial arts are not good at sea, but It’s okay to chop down one or two people on land!”
Li Wenliang could only nod helplessly when he saw this, but he still winked at the servant behind Liu Haojia! The servant nodded knowingly and said that he would protect Liu Haojia with all his strength. Then Li Wenliang called his own soldiers and asked them to follow the young marshal, and then he finally felt relieved.
The other officers were relieved to see Li Wenliang making arrangements! The navy of the Ming Dynasty had been suffering for so many years, and finally found a rich young marshal who was willing to spend money to repair ships and raise troops. Such a young marshal must not die early, and we still expect to be promoted and make a fortune with him!
Liu Haojia's fleet kept sailing on the sea, and the fleet behind him was getting shorter and shorter, and ships kept passing through the gaps between the islands in groups, like a dense net. Surround the entire island group and block every loophole!
Moreover, these soldiers are experienced and know where to dock ships on the island! They can even identify the traces of docked ships. So they only need to look at it to know whether there is anyone on the island they are passing by, so no force is wasted.
And those middle-level officers relied on the tacit understanding they had accumulated in their daily lives and completed the reorganization of the fleet with just flags. Small groups gathered into large groups and surrounded the two islands with people in the middle of the island group! Even the two pirate ships that raised their sails at the beginning could not escape, they were blocked by them! After receiving two rounds of artillery fire, they had to abandon the ship and flee back to the island.
Seeing that the pirates were all blocked, Li Wenliang finally ordered the flagship to move closer. When the flagship turned around the island, Liu Haojia saw a dozen ships docked at a simple pier. Looks like we’ve found the pirate’s lair!
In fact, this pier is not so much a pier as a simple trestle. Only two boats were docked on the pier, and the other boats were stranded on the shoals. However, there was no one on the ship at this time, and all the pirates had withdrawn to the mountain stronghold not far away.
More than two hundred steps away from the trestle, Liu Haojia saw a log wall, about two people high. Just as he was about to raise the telescope to take a look, he heard Li Wenliang say: "Young Marshal, I saw a real Japanese!"
After hearing this, Liu Haojia raised his binoculars to search the wall, and sure enough he saw the warrior's typical Tsukiyo head flashing past the city wall! It seems that there are indeed Japanese people on the island. This proves from the side that this group of pirates is indeed powerful!
In fact, many people think that Japanese pirates are constantly invading the Ming Dynasty sea area, but in fact, this is not the case at all! There are indeed Japanese pirates, but most of them belong to the bottom class among pirates. The real pirates are really all Han Chinese!
In the early Ming Dynasty, the policy of banning the sea was always implemented. Once the sea was opened occasionally, it was not long before the sea was closed again. This forced a group of maritime merchants to secretly smuggle and traffic goods. However, as time goes by, their strength becomes stronger and stronger, and naturally they are no longer satisfied with their business being limited to smuggling. They also hope that Ming Dynasty can open the sea! But their wish suffered a double blow!
First of all, the officials of the Ming Dynasty! In order to maintain stability, they ignored Kaihai's opinions. In the eyes of these civil servants who control the Ming Empire, stability is overriding! Any change is not good for them! So let’s forget about such a complicated matter as opening the sea!
Another blow came from local dignitaries and officials. These people control the shipping of goods on the sea, and of course they do not want the imperial court to open the sea. This way they can continue smuggling forever without paying a penny in tax! They even tried to keep their smuggling channels in their own hands forever, preventing others from intervening!
However, those merchants who have grown stronger are naturally not willing to see this situation continue. At the same time, they have more and more people in their hands. Naturally, there is a mixture of good and bad. It is inevitable that there will be people who plunder places, and they will also go on the road. A path that is both stealing and business!
So if you look at the history books, you will find that all the famous pirates in the history of the Ming Dynasty were basically Han Chinese, and there was no such thing as a Japanese at all! At most, they serve as cannon fodder and wage earners among pirates!
Just like the demon king Zhang Zongchang during the Republic of China, he had a White Russian army in his hands. Every time he fought, he would put the White Russian army at the forefront, and use the Chinese people's awe of foreigners to charge, and he could win every battle!
And these big pirates did the same thing! They drove the Japanese to the front line to clear the way for themselves. If they succeed, these Japanese will get a very small reward. If they fail, it goes without saying that they can stab themselves in the stomach with a knife!
As for more pirates, they are all from the seaside. They are really afraid of being stabbed in the back when they rob their relatives in their hometown! So I simply shaved my head and pretended to be a Japanese! Naturally, the imperial court was unwilling to admit to the people of the world that the pirates were members of their own family, so they simply went along with the flow and labeled them Japanese pirates! Otherwise, with the power of the Japanese, how could they have caused trouble to the entire southeast!
But since the group of pirates in front of us includes Shinwa with Tsukiyo hair, it means that this group of pirates is indeed very powerful! After all, the Japanese are here to be pirates, not to die. They also have to choose a strong person to lead them!
Liu Haojia turned the telescope again, but this time he did not see the Japanese. Instead, he found the emplacements of four artillery pieces on the wall! At this time there were four artillery pieces pointed at the beach.
Liu Haojia estimated the distance, put down the telescope and said: "There are artillery on the wall facing the beach. There may be casualties during the landing! We really can't let the ships come over and knock out the opponent's gun positions before landing!"
Li Wenliang said: "My subordinates also mean the same thing!"
After saying that, he immediately waved the command flag and started dispatching. The fleet surrounding the island quickly gathered and formed two rows. All the ships assembled were large ships with more than four cannons, and other small ships were swimming around!
Seeing the Ming army approaching the dock, the pirates on the wall immediately burst into commotion! At this time, they had desperately realized how powerful the Ming army was! In their opinion, this time they were absolutely unlucky!
