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In the past, pirates had never gone ashore, including when he was a pirate, they had all gone ashore and robbed. Of course, he was smarter in his work back then, robbing the rich and giving to the poor. Instead of robbing, he helped the poor fishermen along the coast, thus gaining a good reputation and many informants.

At that time, he felt that the officers and soldiers on the shore were just like that. They were fighting to the death, who was braver, and the one with the weakest momentum would be scattered. Even if Zheng Zhilong later became a coastal defense guerrilla and became colleagues with the generals on the shore, he did not take the soldiers on the shore seriously because they were still the same.

Although he had been to the north once and experienced several wars. However, he was the commander of the navy and was only responsible for transporting personnel and supplies. He had never gone ashore to experience a real war. Therefore, although he felt that the official army would be more powerful, he was not too impressed.

But today, he witnessed with his own eyes a massacre by the officers and soldiers on the shore against the pirates. The number of officers and soldiers was actually smaller than that of the pirates, but the battle was a one-sided massacre. When he saw the soldiers marching out in formation, the forest of spears marching forward, the rain of arrows blocking the sun, and the continuous sound of matchlocks, in the face of all this, the numerous pirates had no trace at all. Desperate heart.

Zheng Zhilong secretly made a comparison in his heart. If his subordinates faced all this, he was helpless to find that the final outcome would not be a surprise. Until this time, he believed that the massacre of Japanese pirates by Qi Jiajun during the Jiajing period was absolutely true. Now that I think about it, I used to think that Qi Jiajun often died without a fight against Japanese pirates. This was an exaggeration by others, which was really naive.

It was only at this moment that Zheng Zhilong believed that the pirates seemed to be powerful, but once the court got serious, there would never be any gains, and the final outcome would be just like what we saw today. Thinking about the past, many pirates, including myself, were kings and hegemons on the southeast coast and ignored the government's practices. In fact, they were really arrogant and a frog in the well. In fact, the imperial court did not use all its strength to deal with it and did not care about the sea!

Liu Guoneng's army was not considered a strong force in the north, but it was so easy to deal with the pirates who came ashore. Zheng Zhilong originally thought that it was a bit difficult to eradicate the pirates, but after Dongchang intervened and had the full support of the governor's office, it became so easy. Pirates like Liu Xiang have been plotted against them without even realizing it.

In fact, it is true to say that any maritime force can be bigger than the imperial court? If a giant like the imperial court is really serious about dealing with pirates, it is actually not much different from crushing an ant. If there is any difference, it's just the speed of crushing the ants to death.

Zheng Zhilong was looking at Taiping Harbor blankly, thinking about something in his mind, when he heard Sun Chuanting's cold voice: "Send the order to lift martial law!"

"Lord Zhongcheng, the battlefield has not been cleaned yet, and martial law will be lifted now..." Liu Guoneng heard this and quickly reminded him.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong turned to look at Sun Chuanting and agreed in his heart. The beating had just been completed and he hadn't even had time to clean up yet. The mountains of corpses and seas of blood would scare people to death...

Just when he thought of this, he suddenly came back to his senses and immediately understood what Sun Chuanting meant: Aren't pirates rampant? Let the common people and merchants come and see. Rampant pirates are not worth mentioning in front of the imperial army. The imperial court has Defeat pirates and protect them with this ability!

Sure enough, Sun Chuanting explained to his closest subordinates: "Let them all come and see, I am not only good at collecting taxes!"

Liu Guoneng was slightly startled when he heard this, but then he understood and immediately followed the order.

So, the martial law in Taiping Port was lifted yesterday. Some brave people, of course, mainly the maritime merchants, after hearing the shouts of killing, the sound of gunfire, the cries of father and mother, etc., Come out with anxiety, fear, curiosity, uneasiness, etc. to see what happens.

Even sea heroes like Zheng Zhilong were shocked. From this, we can know what will happen when these people see the mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the shore and at sea. According to later statistics, the meat business of restaurants in Taiping Port dropped to the lowest point in history. It is said that the sea water in Taiping Port was red for many days, and even ferocious beasts from the sea were welcomed. Sun Chuanting's nickname, the cold-faced King of Hell, became louder and louder, to the point where he could stop a young child from crying.

But at this moment, Zheng Zhilong heard Sun Chuanting say something he didn't expect. He heard Sun Chuanting say coldly: "Issue a notice to recruit pirates. As long as the pirates come ashore and surrender, except for the most heinous ones, the court will pardon them and make them atone for their crimes." !”

"Lord Zhongcheng, now we are going all out to wipe out the pirates..."

A staff member next to Sun Chuanting quickly reminded him, but before he finished speaking, Sun Chuanting gave him a cold look and shut his mouth.

Perhaps Sun Chuanting was in a good mood, and he actually gave an explanation: "The emperor has a decree. From now on, the Ming Dynasty will use these people who are familiar with maritime affairs. It would be a pity to kill them all."

As soon as Zheng Zhilong heard this, the young emperor's face immediately appeared in his mind, and he recalled what the emperor had said to him in the Jinluan Palace. The Ming Dynasty would surely dominate the sea and become famous in foreign lands. The Western Yi can come to my Ming Dynasty, but my Ming navy cannot come to the Western Yi!

While he was thinking about it, he saw Sun Chuanting turning to look at him and coldly commanding: "There are many pirates fleeing in this battle. There must be some who are unwilling to lose and will not obey Wang Hua. The trouble will come next, and we will need you." Use force to carry out a cleanup. Since Xiyi has participated, I will give you a grace period. When Denglai Navy arrives, I will want the heads of Liu Xiang, Hongyi and other pirates!"

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he did not dare to be negligent and quickly agreed.

As early as a month ago, the Denglai Navy had assembled and headed south in accordance with the emperor's order. Although the number of warships is not as large as that of the Fujian Navy, if the two navy were combined, they would have enough strength to wipe out pirates even if they lost a lot of warships today.

The only thing that needs to be worried about now is that, as Zhong Cheng said, the next time will be the time of big trouble. The sea is endless, and it would be really difficult to catch pirates if they were to scatter and plunder! I hope Zhongcheng’s recruitment and security order will be useful!

The sun rose above the head and the weather was hot. The soldiers at Taiping Port finally began to clean up the battlefield under the watchful eyes of the people who were watching and vomiting. At the same time, on the vast sea, the Dutch Governor of Taiwan, Putmans, finally felt relieved. There are no pursuers behind, and it is safe. After another count, he found that his fleet was missing two bows. He didn't know whether the battle was lost or the fleet had fled.

Looking back in the direction of Taiping Harbor, thinking about the dramatic experience, he couldn't help but feel depressed.