Zhu Laosi looked disappointed, but he had promised Zhu Su before that he would listen to him this time, so he did not continue to pester him at this moment. Over there, Yao Guangxiao thought for a while and reminded Zhu Su: "Your Highness, the poor monk looked at Yang Lu with a strange expression..."
"In my humble opinion, it's better to be more careful about this person."
"I think so too." Zhu Su recalled, stroking his chin. "Ma Fengsun said before that Yang Lu was his nephew? But Yang Lu said he was just a distant relative... Di Meng?"
Di Meng, who had been waiting quietly, stepped forward and reported: "Your Highness, Jin Yiwei has investigated this matter and found some clues."
"Ma Fengsun claimed that he and Commander Yang's mother, Ma, were both from a village in Yangzhou. Yang's mother was separated from her family at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and had no news about each other. Therefore, Ma Fengsun followed Yang's mother's path and met Yang's mother. Liancong refers to himself as sister and brother, so Ma Fengsuncai claimed to be Yang Lu's uncle."
"It was also because of the relationship with the commander Yang Lu that Ma Fengsun became a salt merchant and established a firm foothold in Suzhou Prefecture in a short period of time."
"It turns out to be Lian Zong." Zhu Su sneered. From this point of view, Yang Lu was indispensable for Ma Fengsun's success in hiding in Suzhou. I don't know if those pieces of armor he got were also obtained through Yang Lu's method.
"Since it's just Lian Zong, it seems that Yang Lu doesn't know about Ma Fengsun's identity as a remnant of Zhang Chen." Zhu Su said. "The two of them probably just use each other. Ma Fengsun uses Yang Lu as his protection, and Yang Lu is probably using Ma Fengsun to make money..." He turned around and glanced at the three beautiful coral trees. .
"However, Yang Lu still has some use for him at this time. Cao Yuan, Qianhu of the Suzhou Guards, once told me that most of the generals in the Suzhou Guards are Yang Lu's trusted followers. If Yang Lu is moved at this moment, , I’m afraid that before we can integrate the Suzhou Guards, the Japanese bandits will already come.”
"That's what Your Highness is thinking about." Yao Guangxiao also nodded in agreement. "Seeing that Yang Lu was trembling just now, he must be worried about being affected by Ma Fengsun's incident... Your Highness can calm down for the time being, and then find someone else to replace him when he is stable in the future."
"That's very appropriate." Zhu Su nodded and said to the dog standing behind him: "Dog, go get the king's golden cup and pour a glass of wine to Yang Lu."
"Let's just say that in the face of a powerful enemy, the safety of my king and my two brothers must rely more on him, the commander of the Suzhou Guard."
The dog responded and left. Zhu Su turned to Di Meng and said, "Take a group of elite cavalry out of the city, set up beacons everywhere and patrol the coast."
"Although we can't set up an ambush to stop them, we still have to understand where the Japanese pirates landed and their movements."
"Yes." Di Meng answered with his fists clasped.
…
With the concerted efforts of Zhu Su, Wei Guan and others, Su Song and his colleagues started pre-war preparations in full swing. However, even though the reaction of Zhu Su and others was extremely fast, everyone was still caught off guard when they received the news of the Japanese pirates' landing.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month in the sixth year of Hongwu's reign, just three days later, Di Meng, standing on a mountain on the seashore at the mouth of the Yangtze River, saw the mighty Japanese pirate ships on the sea level.
"Hiss, this amount..."
Di Meng took a breath of cold air. He turned around and told the sentinels behind him: "Quick, light up the smoke."
"Then we quickly return to the city and inform His Highness!"
The sentry behind him quickly responded to the order, and after a while, a lonely wisp of wolf smoke slowly floated on this beach.
…
"Haha, does this light up the flames of war?"
On one of the ships in the middle, a young man with a lean face and a black and gold Wu uniform opened his arms and stared at the rising smoke, a sinister light flashing in his eyes. "Oita-kun, it seems that Akito is well prepared."
Beside the young man, a Japanese with a sinister face spat fiercely on the deck. He was short in stature, but his helmet had two ridiculously tall antlers, as if he was trying to use the height of the antlers to cover up his lack of height. Listening to the young man talking to him, the man turned his head to the young man and said in broken Chinese: "Zhang Jun, since the Ming Dynasty has already prepared, why don't we wait and see at sea first?"
"Maybe there will be an ambush set up by the Ming army on the shore?"
"Hahaha, Mr. Oida, you are worrying too much!" The young man laughed. Pointing to the wolf smoke on the shore, he said with great certainty: "This coast is so narrow and long, how could the Ming army predict where we will land?"
"If we want to set up ambushes everywhere, I'm afraid we will need an army of hundreds of thousands."
"Besides, even if there is an ambush, can those Ming troops stop the Japanese warriors under your command, Oita-kun?"
"Not bad, not bad!" The young man's flattery made the Japanese named Oita feel comfortable. "Even if there is an ambush by Akito, those Akito will definitely be defeated by the sudden advance of my ronin samurai pig from the Oida family!"
This young man with a capable face is Zhang Shicheng's second son Zhang Li who is still alive. Zhang Li has dark skin and a rather reckless attitude in his movements, which is completely different from his elder brother Zhang Ren, who has a tender skin and tender flesh. But the shrewdness in his eyes was far better than the pretentious Zhang Renduo.
The Japanese pirate next to him was a famous Japanese pirate on an overseas island, named Oita Uji Nao. The Oida family was also a famous local daimyo in Japan. However, during the "Battle of Minatogawa" when Japan was divided between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Oida family governor, the Oita family, was ordered to defend Fukuyama Castle in Bechu, but was defeated by Ashikaga Takauji, who later founded the Ashikaga shogunate. defeated.
The Oita clan fled to sea in panic, and the Oita clan succeeded to the position of family governor. However, the fiefdom of Japan has fallen, and the Oida family has lost its foundation. Even if they return to the mainland of Japan, they will only become a down-and-out samurai. So Oita Shi Nao simply became a Japanese pirate and "made a living" with a Japanese sword at sea.
Unlike other Japanese pirates who were forced to make a living, the Oida clan were all serious warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles in the Japanese "village wars". His ruthlessness is naturally extraordinary and comparable to that of Japanese pirates. He went back and forth again and again, and actually created a huge family business on the sea.
As the "house governor", Nao Oida, although already in decline, still considers himself to be of aristocratic descent. On weekdays, they treat other Japanese pirates who are also Japanese, and they rob and annex them at every turn. However, he treated Zhang Li politely, who led Zhang Shicheng's remnants and was a "nobleman" of the Celestial Dynasty. The two are usually brothers, but they often work together when committing robberies...
"Zhang Jun, in your opinion, what should we do?" Oita asked Zhang Li directly.
"Oita-kun, I think we will advance directly to Suzhou City."
"If you want to grab it, let's just grab the big one!"
Zhang Li licked his lips excitedly.
(End of chapter)
