Daming pirates

"Do you know? The soldiers of the Yu family army are so blessed! They eat three meals a day! But three meals a day! One meal is thin and two dry meals, brown rice is enough, and multi-grain steamed buns can be eaten as much as they want.

How much! There are also hot dishes, hot soup, eggs, and even prunes!

Oh, right, I had forgotten that this Yu Jiajun soldier could actually eat meat from time to time. There were actually pieces of meat in this vegetable rice, but pieces of meat! Such big pieces of meat.

!Bigger than the belly of a finger!

I just had a meal with him. It was so delicious! It was so delicious that I almost swallowed my tongue. I have never dared to think about it in my life. If I follow General Yu as a soldier, it will be like falling into a bad nest.

It’s inside!

No wonder this Yu Jiajun soldier is so good at fighting and willing to sacrifice his life. If it were me, I would be fed such good food every day, let alone go into battle and fight hard, even if there is a fire pit in front of me, let me jump

, I didn’t even blink!

And you have all seen it, what are the soldiers and generals of the Yu Jiajun wearing? It is said that they are issued two new sets of clothes every year! When I came to Shandong this time, you all saw it. What other officers and soldiers wear?

What are we wearing, what are we wearing, and what are the soldiers and generals of the Yu family wearing? But they are all serious and thick cotton-padded clothes! Someone scratched the clothes, and they are really full of stuff inside.

It’s white cotton! The fabrics are all genuine Songjiang cloth!

I have never seen an officer feed his soldiers so well and dress so well! I have never worn such good clothes or eaten such good food in my life!

What do we want to do as soldiers, and what do we want to do by following them in rebellion? Isn’t it just to have a full meal and to be able to wear warm clothes? But in the end, you see, all the valuable things were taken away by the officials.

, the pretty girls let them play to death first, when will it be our turn?

We let them eat the meat first, and we can't even drink the damn soup. It's useless to follow them! Now we are trapped on this island where birds do not lay eggs, and sooner or later we will starve to death.

, why should we follow them to death? Brothers, do it! Kill them, and we will join the family army. Then, being popular and drinking hot food, wouldn’t it be better than being like dogs now, being chased and beaten?...

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Such rumors quickly spread among the rebels. Kong Youde and his rebel generals tried to suppress it, but they found that things were quickly out of their control. The soldiers looked at them with evil eyes, and they wanted to

If it weren't for their accumulated prestige, and if they could intimidate these soldiers to some extent, these guys would have probably rushed up and tore them apart.

So now, they also know that there is nothing they can do, they can't fight, they can't run. If they want to persist, the people below are already unstable, and they may riot at any time. By then, they will really die without a burial place.

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After thinking about this, Kong Youde no longer dared to neglect, and quickly sent people to the beach to fly white flags to express his acceptance of the terms and his willingness to lead his troops to surrender.

The Yu Jiajun navy then stopped firing and sent an order to Kong Youde, ordering him to order the entire army to put down their weapons and assemble on the shore. All the rebel generals left their men and were taken to the ship first along with Kong Youde, and the rest

Waiting for the next rectification and collection.

Kong Youde had no choice but to order to put down his weapons, and everyone went to the open land on the shore to assemble and surrender. He and his men, all the generals above the commander-in-chief, left the unit and gathered alone at the temporary dock, where they were gathered in a few small boats by the Yu family's army.

They were taken to the ship and held incommunicado, which completely cut them off from their soldiers.

Without the control of the officials, of course the soldiers would not be able to make big waves. What's more, they have already lost their fighting spirit and are waiting on the island for the Yu Jiajun to recruit them.

After separating the generals from the soldiers, the navy sent a group of land troops ashore from the ship to take over the defense of Turtle Island and began to reorganize the rebels on the island.

All the rebels were completely dispersed and mixed into new companies. Of course, they were not military companies, but prisoner companies. It was just a temporary organization.

Then these prisoners were picked up by ships in batches and transported away from Turtle Island. They were temporarily transported to Yangma Island or Lingshan Island in the southern sea of ​​Jiaozhou Bay for preliminary quarantine and rectification, and then were transported by ships.

Gradually transfer back to the south.

While obtaining so many captured soldiers, the Yu Jiajun also found thousands of craftsmen among the captured soldiers. These craftsmen were all brought to Dengzhou from various places by Sun Yuanhua. Most of them

They are all blacksmiths.

These blacksmiths were ordered to start a furnace in Dengzhou City to cast cannons, shotguns, or armor for Sun Yuanhua. They were all considered skilled workers. When the rebels fled Dengzhou, they did not forget to take these craftsmen with them. Now,

Now it's all given to Yu Xiaotian cheaply.

In addition, the rebels brought out of Dengzhou City a large amount of gold and silver treasures they had robbed over the past year. The batch of treasures that had been hidden in Changdao had been confiscated by Yu Xiaotian, and now this batch is even larger.

, the silver alone exceeds more than 200,000 taels, and there are also thousands of taels of gold or gold jewelry. As for jade, agate and other jewelry, there is also a huge amount.

In order to maintain supplies for the next period of time, the rebels also brought a large amount of food with them when they fled, which was enough for them to eat for two months.

Of course, the rebels also brought a large number of artillery and weapons such as bird guns, single-eyed guns, and three-eyed guns from Dengzhou City, as well as a large number of swords, guns, and armor, which also became Yu Xiaotian's trophies.

This batch of food alone allowed Yu Xiaotian to reduce the amount of food he had to spend to feed these guys. In short, this thing was done cleanly. The rebels brought out everything from Dengzhou City, except for the fact that it sank with the ship.

Everything in and out of the water became Yu Xiaotian's trophies.

Such a large amount of harvest can basically make up for all the expenses he spent on traveling north to Shandong, and there is even a lot of surplus. It can be said that he is really making a fortune.

After the suppression of the rebellion in Denglai, Yu Xiaotian immediately resigned from Zhu Dadian and asked to lead his troops back to Fujian. Zhu Dadian had no right to approve this and could only petition the imperial court.

Originally, Chongzhen really made a move to keep Yu Xiaotian and these elite soldiers under his command in the north, either sending them outside the pass to deal with the Jiannu, or marching into the Central Plains to suppress the refugee army.

But at this time, Xiong Wencan sent someone to rush to the capital to send a memorial, asking Emperor Chongzhen to quickly order Yu Xiaotian to return to Fujian. Recently, pirates have invaded the coastal areas of Guangdong, raiding many prefectures and counties along the coast of Guangdong and Guangdong, and plundering people.

, robbed property, killed local officials, and even fought against officials and soldiers.

However, the navy of Guangdong and Guangxi was weak and unable to resist the large number of pirates who invaded the country. Chongzhen was specially requested to transfer Yu Xiaotian back to Fujian to preside over the navy to go south to Guangdong and Guangxi to clear up the pirates in Guangdong and Guangxi, and to restore peace to the sea in Guangdong and Guangxi.

After reading the memorial, Chongzhen was secretly surprised. Although pirates had been rampant in Guangdong and Guangxi before, they had not reached this level. But this time after Xiong Wencan arrived in Guangdong and Guangxi, not only did the pirates not restrain themselves, but they became even more rampant. In this way

The situation is contrary to common sense.

However, Xiong Wencan blamed this incident on Yu Xiaotian who led his troops to the north, which made the pirates in Guangdong and Guangxi regard this as an opportunity, so they dared to be so rampant. He implicitly pointed out that Yu Xiaotian was the pinnacle of the southern sea, and the southern coast cannot be left without it.

Yu Xiaotian is in charge, otherwise the pirates will be lawless.

In addition to Xiong Wencan's reports that pirates in Guangdong and Guangxi are out of control, even Fujian, which has not seen large-scale pirates invade the border for many years, has also begun to report that pirates have appeared again along the Zhangquan area in the past two months after Yu Xiaotian left.

Showing signs of pirate activity, they attacked several prefectures, counties, villages and towns along the coast, causing some losses.

Based on Xiong Wencan's memorial, Chongzhen also felt that it might be because Yu Xiaotian was transferred to the north, which made the pirates in the south think that no one could suppress them anymore, which led to pirates becoming rampant again.

Therefore, Chongzhen had to give up the idea of ​​trying to keep Yu Xiaotian's Fujian soldiers in the north. Although Yu Xiaotian's Fujian soldiers were indeed very capable and the situation in the north was indeed very corrupt, he also heard that Yu Xiaotian supported the Fujian soldiers.

Soldiers cost a lot of money, and the pay they were issued was very high, far from what ordinary officers and soldiers did. In addition, there was also a lot of demand for supplies. Many officials in Shandong said that Yu Xiaotian's demands were excessive and put great pressure on Shandong.

What's more, the south is now considered the most important financial supplier to the Ming Dynasty, and the ground is relatively stable. If even the south is in chaos at this time, then the Ming Dynasty will be completely finished.

Therefore, the South really needs such a sea-stabilizing needle to stabilize the coastal situation and prevent any more troubles at sea, otherwise the problem will be serious.

Even though the Fujian soldiers led by Yu Xiaotian were very good at fighting, after all, the south also needed him, so Chongzhen thought about it again and again. It happened that Zhu Dadian also proposed that Yu Xiaotian wanted to lead his troops back to Fujian after quelling the Denglai Rebellion.

Chen Qingen agreed to Xiaotian's request.

Chongzhen also knew very well that these guest troops would miss home after being out for a long time, and it had been more than half a year since the Fujian troops had been in Shandong and nearly a year away from home. This time, they were out again during the battle to put down the Denglai rebellion.

Despite the great efforts, there is currently no big movement in establishing slaves. If they are forced to stay in Shandong, apart from increasing the burden on Shandong, there does not seem to be much benefit.

Now that the south also needs him, there is no reason to force Yu Xiaotian to stay, so Chongzhen privately believes that he can first let Yu Xiaotian lead his troops back, and if the north needs him, he can be transferred to the north separately.

After all, Yu Xiaotian has a boat in his hands and can easily travel north and south by sea.

So Chongzhen agreed to Zhu Dadian and Xiong Wencan's request and allowed Yu Xiaotian to lead his troops back to Fujian.

After Yu Xiaotian received Chongzhen's approval, he led his men to board the large fleet of ships prepared in Zhifu Bay and set off on the road back to Fujian.