"I, Zeng Xing, the magistrate of Qingyang, come to see His Highness Taisun!"
"The last general, Commander of the Qingzhou Guard, Li Yuan, comes to see His Highness Taisun!"
"The last general, Qingzhou Jinyi Guards Qianhu Huren, meets His Highness the Grand Sun!"
"No courtesy!" Zhu Xiongying changed out of his armor, sat on the commander's seat, received these officials, and said lightly.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
"What's the situation with the Japanese pirates? Is there any news now?" Zhu Xiongying asked calmly.
Several people looked at each other, and then Qianhu, the Jin Yiwei, came out.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. The Japanese pirates seem to come and go without a trace, and I can't find any trace of them!"
"After the accident, the last general led people to pursue their footprints, but they disappeared in the mountains and forests and could not be found!"
“I’ve even searched in several surrounding mountains and forests, but there’s no trace of it!”
"Only along the coast, there are many footprints left. Preliminary judgment is that they belong to Japanese pirates!"
"But the specific whereabouts are unknown!"
After listening to Hu Ren's words, Zhu Xiongying's face darkened slightly, which made them feel uneasy.
"Come without a trace, leave without a trace!" Zhu Xiongying murmured,
"Among the people who were killed, are there any survivors?" Zhu Xiongying continued to ask.
"Reporting to Your Highness, only three children survived because they were hidden in the cellar. Apart from that, there are no other survivors!" Zeng Xing reported.
"Damn it!" Zhu Xiongying said through gritted teeth.
"Guo Ming!"
"The general is here!"
"Take someone with you and call for Ping An, Tie Xuan, Sheng Yong and the others. Let's go with Gu to the village where the accident happened!" Zhu Xiongying said.
"Yes, Your Highness!" With that said, Guo Ming quickly went to prepare.
"Master Zeng, General Li, please take Gu Qian to take a look!" Zhu Xiongying said.
"Yes, Your Highness!" With that said, several of them led the way.
Zhu Xiongying and the others quickly gathered more than 300 cavalry, waiting for Zhu Xiongying.
All the way towards the village where the accident occurred.
"Your Highness, one of the villages is just ahead!" Zeng Xing pointed and said.
"Yeah!" Zhu Xiongying nodded, took the map and marked it directly.
Immediately, he rode horseback and arrived at a quiet village. At this time, the village that was supposed to be noisy now only had ruins.
There are even residual blood stains that have not been cleaned up in many places.
And many places are the scene after being burned.
"People from several villages are just gone!" Zhu Xiongying said, kicking the tree trunk next to him.
boom! Click!
The tree trunk, as thick as a bowl, was burnt black, and now it was broken by Zhu Xiongying with just one kick.
"Your Highness, calm down!" Zeng Xing and the others all knelt down.
"Okay, it's not you who are to blame!" Zhu Xiongying said in a very irritable mood,
"Zeng Xing!"
"I'm here!"
"Keep this place well for Gu!" Zhu Xiongying gritted his teeth and continued with the veins on his forehead jumping,
"From now on, everyone who is an official here should take a good look at them. These are the work of the Japanese pirates!"
"The Japanese pirates cannot be exterminated. That would be a shame to our Ming Dynasty, a shame to our Ming Dynasty army, and also a shame to Gu, the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty Emperor!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
"Okay, let's continue walking around!" Zhu Xiongying said, walking around the village,
Looking at these things, one can think of the helplessness and despair of the people at that time.
After walking a few villages, Zhu Xiongying suddenly said,
"Okay, let's go back together and continue walking here alone!"
"Your Highness, this place... is unknown!" Zeng Xing advised.
And Zhu Xiongying stared at them as if he were looking at dead people, and said,
"What? Will the people of the Ming Dynasty still do harm to Gu?"
"If it is true, then Gu will also admit it. Why didn't Daming and Gu fail to protect them!"
"As for Japanese pirates, aren't there any nearby? Where are the other dangers coming from!"
"Your Highness..." They still wanted to persuade.
"Okay, let's leave!" Zhu Xiongying said.
"Yes, Your Highness, please leave!"
With that said, the Jinyi Guards, Qingzhou Guards and the prefect all left.
Zhu Xiongying, on the other hand, continued to watch and suddenly asked,
"Song Zhong!"
"The general is here!" After saying that, Song Zhong walked out and said with clasped fists.
"Take your people and go check on the grain merchants in the nearby city!"
"Look at their import and export status! And how much food is stored!" Zhu Xiongying ordered.
"Yes, Your Highness!" With that said, Song Zhong left here directly.
This time Zhu Xiongying brought a lot of Jinyiwei people, and Song Zhong could disperse them all if he went back to gather them.
Zhu Xiongying believed that Song Zhong would not let him down.
"Your Highness, you mean...someone in our Ming Dynasty colluded with Japanese pirates?"
"Provide them with food and grass?" Sheng Yong walked out and asked carefully.
"Who knows!" Zhu Xiongying gave an ambiguous answer.
"But such a situation is still very likely to happen!"
"If nothing else, the Japanese pirates' base camp is always fighting!"
"They have a lot of space, and many of them are not suitable for growing food!"
"We have been fighting for so long and no one is farming anymore. Where does their food come from?"
"Also, it was a long time ago when the Japanese pirates attacked last time, right?"
"Where was their food during this period?"
As Zhu Xiongying spoke, he sighed,
"Hey, I hope I do, there really is no such person!"
"However, for the sake of profit, these people are probably willing to risk beheading to do it!"
"Our ships are no longer allowed to go to sea. This is the only way they want to survive."
Traitors, no matter what era they are in, are not so easy to get rid of.
"Let's go back!" Zhu Xiongying said.
"Yes, Your Highness!" With that said, hundreds of their cavalry followed Zhu Xiongying and returned to the military camp again.
Lan Yu and Zhu Xiongying were also discussing to mobilize the navy to search for the Japanese pirates along the coast.
How could you come here and do nothing?
Even if there is really no trace, even if he searches the islands one by one, Zhu Xiongying will completely dig out these rats from the ground and exterminate other tribes and species.
At this time, the Navy Commander had already arrived at the military camp and reported the situation of the Navy with Zhu Xiongying.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty Navy was still the number one navy in the world, and its predecessor was the Chaohu Navy.
Although the current scale is not the largest in the entire Ming Dynasty history, it is still much stronger than in the later period.
There are more than 2,000 large and small warships built by Yu Tonghai and his son brothers who originally took refuge in Lao Zhu.
However, his father Yu Tingyu, Yu Tonghai himself, and his brother Yu Tongyuan have all passed away, leaving only one Yu Tongyuan still alive.
It was the current Navy Commander who was reporting to Zhu Xiongying.
"Your Highness!" Before Yu Tongyuan could finish speaking, Song Zhong returned.
"How?" Zhu Xiongying asked.
"Your Highness, this is what the general has investigated!" Song Zhong said, presenting a memorial.
"Hmph!" Zhu Xiongying slammed the memorial on the table.
"Your Highness!" Lan Yu looked curiously.
"Humph!" Zhu Xiongying sneered and said,
"I was originally wondering if there really was such a business that colluded with Japanese pirates!"
"I hope that I can find the tail of the Japanese pirates, but I also don't want our merchants in Ming Dynasty to be so disappointing!"
"But I didn't expect it to be so disappointing!" Zhu Xiongying said, punching the desk in front of him.
With a crash, the bookcase was smashed directly by Zhu Xiongying!
"These grain merchants bought a lot of grain and sold it outside!"
"But almost all of them are from left to right hands. Even if they are actually sold, not many of them are sold!"
"But the purchase of goods has never stopped. How brave!"
From this, it is almost certain that he is colluding with Japanese pirates.
Even if he is not a Japanese pirate, he is definitely not a kind person.
Otherwise, would all the food have flown away?
"Your Highness..."
"Lanyu!" Zhu Xiongying shouted fiercely after hearing their shouts.
"The general is here!" Lan Yu stood up suddenly, cupped his fists and shouted.
"You continue to stay here and guard the camp. Peace, Guo Town!" Zhu Xiongying shouted.
"The general is here!"
"It's time for you two vanguard generals to go out, each with an army of three thousand, and follow you into the city!" Zhu Xiongying said.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
