Daming pirates

So Xiong Wencan had to transfer Zhang Jiace to lead his troops to Yanping Prefecture to suppress this group of bandits who called themselves Blackbeard. The man in charge of the bandit led by Blackbeard was surnamed Hu. The specific name was unclear. He was about thirty or forty years old. It was said that he was Ting.

The people in the state capital are very powerful. They can carry spears when mounted and draw bows when dismounted. They are known as the enemy of a hundred men.

Originally, Blackbeard was just a small group of bandits operating in Tingzhou Prefecture. However, seven years after the Apocalypse, as the Yanping Prefecture's army was eaten by sea wolves in one fell swoop, the official and military strength in Yanping Prefecture was extremely empty, so Blackbeard led the bandits.

The troops entered the territory of Yanping Prefecture, looted wantonly, coerced the people into joining their gangs, and at the same time annexed several groups of bandits in Yanping Prefecture.

As a result, Blackbeard's strength expanded rapidly. In the second half of the seventh year of Apocalypse, he already had nearly ten thousand people under his command, controlling a large area. Hundreds of thousands of people were within his control, which was quite large.

Arrogant.

After his strength increased, Blackbeard was no longer as cautious as before. He often gathered a large number of men to attack strongholds and conquer the forts, and plundered Tingzhou Prefecture and Yanping Prefecture wantonly, making him almost unbeatable.

The prefects of Yanping Prefecture and Tingzhou Prefecture finally mobilized two thousand officers and soldiers, and also recruited a large number of rural brave regiments to launch an attack on Blackbeard. As a result, they sent the troops to lead the garrison, but accidentally led their troops into the black beard.

In Beard's ambush circle, when they entered the ambush circle, Blackbeard led his troops to attack them all, and unexpectedly killed the guard on the spot.

As a result, the officers and soldiers were leaderless and unable to resist. A large number of officers and soldiers were killed on the spot. Many rural warriors and officers and soldiers surrendered to Blackbeard. After Blackbeard won, he led his troops to defeat eight villages and seven forts in Yong'an County, killing

The locals were robbed of a large number of people and property, and at the end of November, they even led the crowd to Yong'an County. Although they did not attack the county seat, they showed off their power outside the county seat for a long time.

They dragged some wealthy men captured nearby to the city and beheaded them in public. They also raped women outside the city. They took off their pants and peed in front of the county seat. They were extremely humiliating and made everyone in Yongan County terrified.

Xiong Wencan couldn't bear what he heard, so he had to recruit General Xie Longyi and Deputy General Zhang Jiace to discuss how to deal with it, and finally decided to send Zhang Jiace to lead more than 4,000 local officers and soldiers from Fuzhou, Xinghua Prefecture and Yanping Prefecture, plus three people recruited from various places.

Thousands of regiments practiced rural bravery and entered Yanping Mansion to eliminate Blackbeard.

Zhang Jiace reluctantly accepted the order, and after dilly-dallying for two months, it was not until early February after the imperial court changed to Chongzhen in the New Year that he led his troops on the road to Yanping Mansion.

However, when Zhang Jiace led his troops into Yanping Prefecture, they walked for a whole month before arriving at Yong'an County. The officers and soldiers led by Zhang Jiace had bad military discipline and were even more ferocious than bandits along the way. They blatantly plundered the people who passed through the area.

However, after Zhang Jiace arrived in Yong'an County, he hesitated to advance into the county and ordered the annexation of the surrounding areas of Yong'an County, which was called to prevent bandits from invading the county.

If Blackbeard had the ability to capture Yong'an County, he would have waited until Zhang Jiace's army arrived before attacking the county! He might have captured Yong'an County a year ago.

Zhang Jiace led his troops to station in Yong'an County, and constantly asked for various food and supplies from Yong'an County, asking local gentry and common people to help with the war, which made the people of Yong'an County even more miserable and complained. The magistrate of Yong'an County was so angry that he sent people to Fuzhou

Report to Xiong Wencan.

When Xiong Wencan learned the news, he immediately sent people to the army to reprimand Zhang Jiace and ordered him to capture Blackbeard and bring him to justice within a month.

After Zhang Jiace was scolded by Xiong Wencan, he did not dare to delay any longer, so he led his troops into the mountains to clear out Blackbeard.

But after a month, Blackbeard's main force was not found at all. Instead, he killed many people and beheaded many people for no reason, killing good people and taking credit to fool Xiong Wencan.

Xiong Wencan was so angry that he sent people to reprimand Zhang Jiace again, threatening that if Zhang Jiace did not carry out the suppression seriously, he would be summoned to the court and arrested.

Zhang Jiace had no choice but to take action and led his troops around the mountains, trying to find Blackbeard and fight him.

However, Blackbeard didn't seem to be a reckless man. He never fought against Zhang Jiace's main force and broke into pieces and hid in the mountains, forcing Zhang Jiace to divide his troops to attack him.

It was okay not to divide the troops, but this division of troops played into Blackbeard's hands. Blackbeard gathered more than 7,000 of his subordinates and divided his troops into two groups. One group was to contain Zhang Jiace's central army, and the other group was led by him to attack the group sent by Zhang Jiace.

In the end, Zhang Jiace was defeated again. He only took more than a thousand officers and soldiers. He was defeated and fled back to Yong'an County. He hid in the county and did not dare to come out.

When the news reached the Fuzhou governor's office, Xiong Wencan was so angry that he almost suffered from a heart attack. His blood pressure increased by at least 20 to 30 mercury. He angrily accused Zhang Jiace of being incompetent and ordered Zhang Jiace to be arrested and taken to Fuzhou City for trial.

But even if Zhang Jiace is captured, this matter must be resolved. After all, this is a big defeat, and it will inevitably be reported to the court. For Xiong Wencan, this is a huge stain. Xiong Wencan is eager to make atonement, so he sends the Fujian generals to

This led to a discussion at the governor's yamen in Fuzhou City.

When Xiong Wencan asked who could destroy Blackbeard, all the generals shrank their necks, and no one was willing to jump out to take the hot taro at this time.

Because of Zhang Jiace's fate, the Fujian generals could not help but feel a bit sad. In addition, Xiong Wencan had been sitting crookedly and taking care of Yu Xiaotian in everything, which had already aroused the dissatisfaction of these local Fujian generals.

So someone finally made a sour suggestion, saying that since Zhang Jiace couldn't do it now, only General Yu Shenjun could do it.

When someone mentioned this, he immediately received the support of many generals, who all recommended that Xiong Wencan send Yu Xiaotian to lead his troops to solve Blackbeard's problem.

Yu Xiaotian was originally a coastal defense officer. He was mainly responsible for suppressing bandits along the coast. He was also responsible for garrisoning the Quanzhou area and taking charge of military affairs in the Quanzhou Prefecture. It was not his turn to take the lead in such matters.

However, because Yu Xiaotian and Xiong Wencan have been working together for more than half a year and gained a lot of benefits, they immediately became the target of public criticism. Xiong Wencan was in a dilemma and felt that it was not appropriate to force Yu Xiaotian to go, but even Xie Longyi and the Chief Envoy Si

As well as officials from the Imperial Envoys Department, they all proposed that Yu Xiaotian should lead troops to fight.

Of course Yu Xiaotian was also present. He had always been very low-key and did not speak. Now that he saw that the generals regarded him as a hero and asked him to pick up the hot taro, he certainly understood what these guys were thinking. These so-called colleagues

They are actually taking over Xiong Wencan's army.

Don’t you, Xiong Wencan, take care of this Yu Thief in everything? Now that trouble is coming, you can’t just let Yu Thief stand on dry land and watch the fun! Since the advantages are all taken by the Yu Thief, then it’s time for the Yu Thief to contribute.

Come on! If he, Yu Xiaotian, can destroy Blackbeard this time, everything will be fine. If even he, Yu Xiaotian, is defeated, let’s see how you will have the nerve to regard this person named Yu as your right-hand man in the future.

Yu Xiaotian had been watching with cold eyes as everyone was busy giving him eye drops. At first he never said a word, but when he saw Xiong Wencan's expression of embarrassment, he finally stepped out from the crowd, cupped his fists and said to Xiong Wencan: "Since you all

If you think so highly of the general, then the general is willing to lead troops to Yanping Mansion to destroy this blackbeard!"

When Xiong Wencan saw Yu Xiaotian volunteering to fight, he felt much better. In his heart, Yu Xiaotian was the sensible one, so he took the initiative to help him out. However, considering that Yu Xiaotian started his career at sea, he didn't know what he had on hand.

Whether the infantry is good at fighting in the mountains, I am afraid that Yu Xiaotian will follow in the footsteps of Zhang Jiace and others this time. In that case, even if he wants to protect Yu Xiaotian, he may be impeached by many officials.

So he asked Xiaotian: "General Yu, since you have volunteered, let me ask you, are you sure you can take down Blackbeard?"

Yu Xiaotian smiled calmly, raised his chest and clasped his fists and said loudly: "Please rest assured, Mr. Futai! Although I dare not say that I am 100% sure, but since the matter has reached such a stage, how can I sit idly by and do nothing? At least 70% to 80%.

There is still some certainty!”

After hearing this, Xiong Wencan felt a little more relieved. Although he was not very clear about the actual combat effectiveness of the infantry in Xiaotian's hands, he had heard many people say that whether it was the navy or the infantry under Yu Xiaotian,

The infantry are all quite elite and definitely some tough soldiers.

And although Yu Xiaotian is young, he is not the kind of person who likes to talk big. Since he said he was 70-80% sure, it should be about the same this time, and at the very least, he will not end up in a big defeat like Zhang Jiace.

So Xiong Wencan was about to agree to let Yu Xiaotian lead the troops into battle, but Xie Longyi stood up and asked Xiaotian: "Then I want to ask General Yu, this time you lead the army to Yanping Mansion, I don't know how much you need to bring with you.

Soldiers and horses?”

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, he knew that Xie Longyi wanted to find out how many troops he was going to use first. If it was too many, Xie Longyi would definitely not do it. Nowadays, Fujian really cannot spare too many troops for him to lead, so he went to Yanping

The government went to suppress the thieves.

So he smiled and raised two fingers to Xie Longyi and said: "This number is enough!"

Xie Longyi's expression changed, and he immediately shook his head and said: "Twenty thousand? No! Now I'm afraid it's difficult for us to mobilize 20,000 troops. Even if it's just 10,000 troops, we can't get it!"

When Xiong Wencan heard this, he also frowned. He couldn't help but feel a little unhappy with Xiaotian. He felt that Yu Xiaotian's request to go out to fight this time was actually to deliberately create a difficult problem for him, so that he would retreat in spite of the difficulties.

But unexpectedly, Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said: "No! Xie Junmen misunderstood! The general meant that only two thousand soldiers are enough!"

The pupils of Xie Longyi's eyes shrank, and he immediately said loudly: "Two thousand? General, there is no joke in the army! This is in the governor's yamen, don't talk nonsense! Otherwise, how can Mr. Futai spare you!"

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