Daming pirates

Zhu Qinxiang, who had just arrived and didn't even have a warm chair, was stunned, because the news was so dense that he was almost overwhelmed, and soon after, the news began to leak out from the market.

There is a rumor that the sea wolves suddenly broke out and raided the coast. If nothing else, they were targeting him, the newly appointed governor of Fujian, Zhu Qinxiang.

Rumor has it that the reason why the sea wolves suddenly raided the shore this time was because after Prime Minister Zhu Qin took office, he wanted to attack them. Although their sea wolves have been entrenched along the coast of Fujian over the years, they have always restrained themselves and have no intention of attacking.

They wreaked havoc on the people along the coast, but Prime Minister Zhu Qin wanted to send troops to suppress them, the Sea Wolf, so they, the Sea Wolf, wanted to pay back the favor to Prime Minister Zhu Qin.

After hearing these rumors in the market, Zhu Qinxiang was very angry. If this is true, then Hailang is clearly demonstrating to him! He is a governor after all, and Hailang just took office.

They gave him a blow, and even vaguely threatened him to make him surrender. How could he bow to a group of pirates? If he surrendered, wouldn't it become a joke?

So Zhu Qinxiang gave up and immediately summoned the coastal defense guerrilla Liu Yinglong who was stationed in Xinghua Prefecture at this time, and ordered him to immediately rectify the water camp warships in Xinghua Prefecture and go to sea to pursue the Sea Wolf pirate ship.

Liu Yinglong was about forty years old, and he was born in a martial arts class. The year before last, he followed Nan Juyi to send troops to Penghu, and fought head-on with the red-haired people. He was quite brave and had many military exploits. After he recaptured Penghu last year, Liu Yinglong was

With military exploits, he was promoted to the post of Fujian coastal defense guerrilla and moved to Xinghua Prefecture to defend Xinghua.

Liu Yinglong was ordered to rush to the governor's office of Fuzhou Prefecture to obey the order. When he learned that Zhu Qinxiang wanted him to lead his troops to sea to pursue the sea wolf, he couldn't help but look embarrassed.

When Zhu Qinxiang saw that Liu Yinglong didn't respond for a long time and knelt down but refused to accept the order, he immediately became furious and shouted angrily: "Liu Youqi! Why don't you accept the order? Is it possible that you want to disobey the order and be disrespectful?"

Liu Yinglong hurriedly lay on the ground and leaned over and said: "I don't dare! Please forgive me, Mr. Futai! It's not that you are disobedient and disrespectful, but that you are really in trouble! Mr. Futai, please give me a clear warning!"

Only then did Zhu Qinxiang calm down his anger and nodded: "You say it!"

Liu Yinglong raised his head cautiously and said: "Master Futai! The sea wolves have been harassing the shore recently. I am already aware of this matter, and I have sent people to strengthen precautions in the Xinghua Prefecture area!

But recently Mr. Futai wanted to lead his troops to the sea to pursue him. It was not because he was greedy for life and fear of death, but because his current strength was really insufficient!

I just arrived at Xinghua Guard in March to take up my post. Although I was a coastal defense guerrilla and was responsible for preparing for Japanese pirates, it was only after I arrived at Xinghua Guard that I saw the water camp here that I realized that the three of Xinghua Guard were now

Zuoshui Camp originally had a staff of 1,600 people, but after taking inventory when we arrived here, we found that in fact, including all the old and weak, there were less than 700 people, and more than half of them were missing!

In the past, there were fifty-three naval warships, large and small, in the Xinghuawei Water Camp. However, over the years, the naval warships here have fallen into disrepair and most of them have been scrapped and rotted on the shore!

At present, there are only less than ten warships left, which are barely usable, and these ships are also in dilapidated condition and cannot be used to fight pirates at all!

Master Futai ordered me to go to sea to hunt for pirates, but my ability is really inadequate. With the warships and troops under my command, I am afraid that it will be difficult to even go to sea to hunt down sea wolves! That's why I hesitated.

I don’t dare to accept the order rashly, but I hope Mr. Futai will learn from it!”

When Zhu Qinxiang heard this, his head felt a little big. Although he also knew that in recent years, since Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou left, the threat of Japanese pirates has been reduced a lot, and the coastal defense in the south has become increasingly relaxed.

The camp was abandoned and abandoned, and even if it was still preserved, the warships were in disrepair and were no longer useful!

After he arrived here, he also inspected two water camps near the mouth of the Minjiang River in Fuzhou. The warships there were all in disrepair, and some had leaked and sunk on the shore, deep in the sand. The soldiers in the water camps were even more lacking.

The staff is very heavy and cannot be put to great use.

But he didn't expect that Liu Yinglong's men in Xinghua Prefecture would be in the same situation, even worse than the situation in Fuzhou, so he frowned and asked: "Is this really the case?"

Liu Yinglong nodded quickly and said: "How dare you deceive Mr. Futai! I asked my soldiers, and one of the old soldiers said that since the end of Wanli Year, they have not built a new ship. The old ships in the past have been like this.

many

Most of them have already decayed over the years. Even the remaining ships were made by Xinghua Prefecture, which allocated some silver coins in the past few years to dismantle some of the decaying warships and piece them together with available wood.

It’s no longer useful!

If Mr. Futai doesn’t believe this, you can ask Mr. Yu, the prefect of Xinghua, and you will know that I am not lying!”

At this time, Zhu Qinxiang was a little scratched his head. Originally, he thought that by recruiting Liu Yinglong and sending Liu Yinglong out to sea this time, although he would not be able to take back Nanyue Island, he could at least beat the sea wolf and give him a blow.

Their arrogance was unexpected, but they had such a result.

If he still forces Liu Yinglong to go to sea, then Liu Yinglong will definitely not dare to say no, but he can be sure that even if Liu Yinglong goes to sea, he will only wander around the coast of Xinghua Prefecture at most, and it is impossible to pursue those sea wolves seriously.

of ships.

So he had to make other plans for this matter this time, so he immediately recruited people from the Capital Command and Envoy Department and asked in detail about the situation of the navy in Fujian and the original Nan Juyi

The number of troops and ships used to lead the troops to attack Penghu.

But after being asked this question, Zhu Qinxiang couldn't help but feel even more discouraged.

It turns out that Fujian currently has tens of thousands of troops on paper, with a total of ten or twenty garrison posts in various places, and more than ten water forts along the coast. On the surface, it seems that the number is huge, but in fact, over the years, Fujian's armaments have

The army was slack, its war equipment was not repaired, and there was a serious shortage of soldiers in various garrison departments. In fact, the available troops were only less than 30,000. There were hundreds of warships on the list, but in fact there were only more than 200.

The last time Nan Juyi commanded the red-haired men to attack Penghu, they almost used most of the warships in Fujian, but the number was still insufficient, so they had to temporarily recruit some merchant ships and fishing boats to participate in the battle. During the Battle of Penghu, these

A lot of ships were damaged.

In order to fill these vacancies afterwards, although Nan Juyi also thought of many ways to replenish some warships for some water villages, this only made up for some shortcomings more or less. In fact, in the past two years, the Fujian Navy's

The number of warships did not increase, but actually declined as the ships deteriorated.

If Zhu Qinxiang wants to deal with the sea wolves, he must at least follow what Nan Juyi did last year and mobilize most of Fujian's warships to participate in the war. Otherwise, it will be difficult to overwhelm the current sea wolves in numbers.

But this matter is easier said than done. Even though Zhu Qinxiang is currently the governor of Fujian, launching such a large-scale military operation is not a matter of words. This involves mobilizing a lot of troops.

Everyone knows that when the Ming Dynasty's army is mobilized, they must first pay their wages, and part of the previous salary arrears must be provided to the soldiers and generals, and if someone dies in battle, they must also provide pensions.

In short, if so many troops are to be used, military resources are a big problem. Without one or two hundred thousand taels of silver, it is difficult to launch a military operation of this scale.

After Prime Minister Zhu Qin arrived in Fujian, he also inquired about the stock of silver and grain and grass reserves of various prefectures in Fujian, but the results were not optimistic. When Nan Juyi attacked Penghu, he spent a lot of money.

They have spent a lot of money, but now the treasury of each government is not full, so it is indeed not an easy task for Prime Minister Zhu Qin to raise so much military resources in a short period of time.

Therefore, after Prime Minister Zhu Qin waved away Liu Yinglong, he had no choice but to order the coastal states to strengthen their defenses on the coastline, and each county to summon local braves to guard against the sea wolf's attacks. Other than that, he had no other good solution.

Under the orders of Xiaotian, the Sea Wolf launched a month-long raid on the coast of Fujian. After discovering that the government did not make a stronger response, it stopped and ended this large-scale raid on the coast.

raids on.

After this month, the Sea Wolves have gained a lot. They raided more than 70 villages along the coast of Fujian. These villages were carefully selected in advance. In each village, there were one to two or three

They were a wealthy family, but the property recovered from their homes amounted to tens of thousands of taels of silver. This did not include some artifacts and other items. If included, the value would have doubled.

In addition, a large number of cattle, mules, horses and other supplies were obtained from these large families. This is exactly what Sea Wolf needs urgently. Danshui Village and Jilong Village are currently developing large areas of land, and manpower alone cannot do it.

, in urgent need of large-scale livestock to help with farming, this large number of mules, horses and cattle greatly alleviated their need for animal power.

In addition, their biggest harvest was the plundered population. Through this month-long operation, the Sea Wolves captured thousands of people from the coastal areas of Fujian. Although only less than half of them were laborers, this operation was

It is carried out for the whole household.

Regarding these ordinary villagers who were kidnapped, although the sea wolf behaved very toughly and looked ferocious during the robbery, it actually did not harm these people after forcibly taking them away from the shore.

(Today I would like to thank Brother Ying Zhiwu for the reward. I will update another chapter in the afternoon! This month I have decided to update no less than two times a day. Thank you brothers for your support! Let’s get off to a good start! Haha!)