The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"crunch"

The closed gate of Jing'an Fort suddenly opened, and hundreds of Hada soldiers led by Wan Khan left the city, then turned west and soon arrived at the place where Wang Gao was surrounded.

Because of the delay at Jing'an Fort, Wang Gao failed to escape from the Ming army's final attack this time and was blocked under the outer wall of Jing'an Fort.

However, because the city tower was crowded with soldiers from the Hada tribe, Li Rusong, who led the pursuit, did not blindly go up to get the people, but waited for an explanation from Wan Khan, the leader of the Hada tribe.

This time, Wan Khan didn't want to show up even if he didn't want to. He was blocked by the Ming army just outside the city. He had to give an explanation to the Ming people.

Wang Gao looked at Wan Khan coming, and a glimmer of hope arose in his heart.

Given the current situation, even if his men resisted, he had no confidence that he would be able to escape from Akito's encirclement alive.

If a man is tired and his horse is exhausted, how far can he run? I am afraid that the horse under his legs will be unable to bear it and fall down first.

When Wan Khan arrived, he did not go to meet Wang Gao, but went straight to Li Rusong.

In his early years at the horse market outside the Fushun Pass, Wan Khan had met Li Rusong and knew that he was the eldest son of the Liang family, Chief Military Officer Li Cheng.

Look at the Ming army behind him. They are obviously much stronger than the ordinary guard Ming army. They must be the private soldiers raised by the Li family.

"The eldest son."

Although Wan Khan is the leader of the Hada tribe, the most powerful among the Jurchen tribes today, and a governor appointed by the imperial court, he does not dare to be presumptuous in front of Li Rusong, but puts himself in a very humble position.

"Captain Hada."

Li Rusong looked at Wan Khan and saw that he had no strength. Instead, he cupped his fists and shouted, "Look at this!"

Li Rusong didn't say much, but pointed at Wang Gao and others in front of him, waiting for Wan Khan to give an explanation.

"My eldest son, this Wang Gao wanted to take refuge in our department, but I did not let them enter the city. I strictly followed the order of Governor Zhang and cut off contact with the Jianzhou Jurchen.

As for people coming to me, I can't stop them, but please rest assured, eldest son, the Hada Department will definitely implement the orders of the Liaodong adults and will never provide help to the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Wang Gao has been rebellious over the years and has repeatedly challenged the authority of the court. I have also sent people to reprimand him, but Wang Gao is arrogant and unruly and will not listen to me at all.

In addition, the imperial court did not order a crusade before, so it has been like this until now.

Now that the court wants to punish him, I fully support it. "

Wan Khan expressed his attitude directly. He and Wang Gao were not from the same group, and he would not betray the court.

After listening to Wan Khan's words, Li Rusong was also very satisfied.

"Captain Wan, don't you want to take such a big credit?"

Li Rusong stared at Wan Han and said seductively.

"Don't dare. Governor Zhang only ordered me not to offer help to Wang Gao. He didn't say anything else. I must faithfully carry out Master Zhang's orders and I will never dare to overstep his authority."

Of course Wan Khan knew that if he captured Wang Gao, his contribution would be considerable, and there would definitely be a reward from the court.

However, he would not accept this reward, as it would only make him extinct from the Jurchen tribes.

However, Li Rusong is not stupid. There are tens of thousands of Jurchens outside the Pass in Liaodong. If you can gather capable warriors, you can still get the number of 30 to 50,000, so he has actually made a calculation.

The Li family has always regarded Liaodong as their own territory, and naturally does not want the Jurchen tribes outside the Pass to unite.

How could Li Rusong let go of such an opportunity to divide and disintegrate the Jurchen tribes?

Immediately, Li Rusong said with a smile: "The general already knows the governor's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. Since Wang Gao did not run anywhere else but ran to the governor, it was not the chance for the governor.

Now, this Wang Gao is already an imperial prisoner and will be escorted back to the capital. At that time, the name of the governor will also be known to his majesty. "

Hearing what Li Rusong said, Wan Khan knew that if he didn't catch Wang Gao today and hand him over to Li Rusong, he might also be jealous of Ming people.

"In that case, thank you very much, eldest son."

Wan Khan is also a daring person, otherwise he would never have become the overlord of the Jurchen tribes now.

He is not afraid of other Jurchen tribes around him, because even if they unite, Wan Khan is confident that he can easily control them.

This is the confidence that comes with having great strength.

However, he has full confidence in facing the Jurchen tribes, but if he faces the Ming Dynasty, he has no confidence.

In this case, Wan Khan was also furious in his heart. He turned his head to look at Wang Gao, waved his hand, and directed his men to surround more than ten people from Wang Gao's tribe.

"Collect their weapons and tie up Wang Gao."

Wan Khan issued the order decisively, and his order was quickly executed by the Hada soldiers.

Wang Gao had some illusions at first, but after Wan Khan went to meet the opposite Ming general, Wang Gao already felt something bad.

But now he is completely out of options.

Seeing Hada soldiers surrounding him, Wang Gao was already despairing.

If he continues to resist, the more than ten loyal warriors around him will sacrifice themselves here in vain.

On the high wall behind them, Hada soldiers were already aiming their bows and arrows at their group.

When Wan Khan gave the order to collect weapons, if he ordered to resist, more than ten people would be killed by arrows shot from the city wall in an instant.

He looked back at the people behind him. They still had a determined expression on their faces, but there was a hint of tiredness underneath their expressions.

Can the exhausted and embarrassed warrior break out from being surrounded by so many enemies?

In an instant, Wang Gao made a decision in his heart.

"Wanhan."

Wang Gao shouted.

When Wang Gao from the opposite side called him, Wan Khan waved his hand and confessed to Li Rusong first, then rode up to Wang Gao.

"Wanhan, I didn't expect you would choose to hand me over to Akito."

When Wang Gao spoke to Wan Khan, there was still a strong look of anger on his face.

The relationship between Akito and the Jurchens is really complicated.

At that time, facing the extreme weather in the north, the Jurchens had to choose to go south to find a living space, hoping to find a warm and comfortable home.

However, they encountered the really powerful Ming Dynasty, which was expanding to the north.

They wanted to fully grasp Dayuan's former territory, so the two sides encountered each other.

Facing the powerful Ming Dynasty, the original leaders of the Jurchen tribe chose to surrender one after another and begged the Ming Dynasty for space for the survival of their race.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty accepted their surrender and allowed them to live outside the Ming Dynasty border wall in Liaodong.

However, although Ming Dynasty gave them a chance to survive, it was always on guard against them and desperately searching for their wealth.

The mutual market was supposed to provide them with daily necessities, but the prices of goods, Daming's output had indeed increased many times, while the prices of the ginseng, furs and other items they brought out were constantly being reduced.

As a result, the relationship between the two parties soon deteriorated, which triggered a large-scale attack on women's tribes by the Ming court during the Chenghua period.

Although the relationship between the two parties seemed to have recovered after the war, in fact a thorn had been planted in the hearts of both parties, and both parties were wary of each other.

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In Wang Gao's view, Wan Khan was a person like him and should have stood with him on major issues related to the survival of the race.

Regardless of whether he attacked the Ming Dynasty for his own selfish desires or for the Jurchen tribe, he believed that as the leader of the most powerful tribe of the Jurchen tribe, he should have his own responsibilities.

Therefore, while being chased, he chose to seek refuge with Wan Khan and came to Jing'an Fort.

He really didn't expect that Wan Khan would choose to completely turn to Akito and choose to arrest him.

There was no need to think about what Wan Khan and Ming General said before, they must hand him over to the Ming people to take him away, so at this moment, the angry look on his face could not be suppressed at all and burst out.

"I am doing it for the thousands of people in my clan, so I can only sacrifice you."

Wan Khan came to Wang Gao and said to him, "I warned you at the beginning not to go south to provoke Ming people, but it's a pity that you didn't listen to me.

For your own selfish desires, you have to drag thousands of people into trouble. Does that make you noble?

Don't say that you are doing it to make your clan members live a better life. That is just lying to a three-year-old child. It is just for yourself.

I really thought that by uniting with the Tumans, we could become enemies with the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty is so easy to fight, Altan will not be able to make peace with the Ming people.

Now that Altan is no longer fighting with Akito, do you think you still have a chance?

At that time, the people of Ming Dynasty were all focused on the Tumut people, so they did not pursue your crimes. They just sent people to your Gule City to negotiate and let you release the people of Ming Dynasty.

But this time, the killings you committed in Changdian were too serious, and no one could protect you. "

Wan Khan said in a low tone.

"The Ming people provoked me first. They wanted to build a fort in Kuandian, which is the traditional hunting ground of the Jurchens in Jianzhou. It was the Ming people who forced me to do it."

Wang Gao argued.

"You think Mingren wants to settle a score with you for this matter, but that's just an excuse to use weapons.

The fundamental reason is that you have crossed the wall to attack the Ming army many times before, especially the Ming army generals who died in your hands, which made the Ming people want to get rid of you. "

Wan Khan understood this very clearly. If Wang Gao and Tuman had not jointly attacked Ming Dynasty, Li Chengliang would have no excuse to build a fort in Kuandian.

The Ming Dynasty must consider its foreign relations.

Even if Wei Guangde, the cabinet minister, supports his decision, he will deny Kuandian's request to build a fort because of concerns about the good relationship with the Jurchen tribe.

It was his repeated provocations that made Ming Dynasty completely stop thinking about it. Therefore, after Li Chengliang proposed the strategy of building a fort in Kuandian, Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde supported his suggestion without much thought.

"Have your men put down their weapons, and dismount yourself and tie them."

Wan Khan said again.

"They stayed and only handed me out."

Wang Gao said.

This was a condition. After hearing his words, Wan Khan narrowed his eyes, then opened them again and nodded.

"lay down your weapon."

Seeing Wan Khan's statement, Wang Gao said to the guards behind him.

"Full grid."

"lay down your weapon."

The guards behind him shouted unwillingly, but Wang Gao did not give them a chance to continue talking and ordered again.

"Danglang. Danglang"

The weapon fell to the ground with a dull sound, and the guards behind him lowered their heads.

Seeing that the other side had been disarmed, Wan Khan waved his hand and ordered his men to step forward, pull everyone including Wang Gao off their horses, and tie their hands behind their backs.

Wan Khan walked up to Li Rusong with Wang Gao alone, clasped his hands in his fists and said, "Young Master, Wang Gao, I have already taken it, please check it out."

"Quickly, put down the clipper and go over to ask about the situation. Where have the Japanese pirates gone?"

Outside Ningbo Port, the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty returned in a hurry. It was too late for the ship to dock, and Yu Dayou had already given the order.

Soon, a speedboat was put down from the big ship, and with four sailors rowing desperately, it quickly headed towards the dock on the shore.

"Captain, we should pursue the Japanese pirates in the direction of Fujian."

Deng Zilong, who was already Yu Dayou's deputy general, suggested.

The Nanyang Navy put the officers and soldiers of Jizhen in Gaizhou and then returned to Huai'an, bringing back the Caosi fleet.

The next step is to return safely, but after meeting Governor Wang Zongmu in Huai'an, I learned a surprising news from him. After many years, traces of Japanese pirates have reappeared along the coast of Zhejiang.

In these years, because Zhejiang and Fujian had powerful Nanyang naval forces stationed there, there was no trace of Japanese pirates, and they only appeared near Guangdong from time to time.

This time, the Nanyang Navy made a large-scale march northward, but unexpectedly gave the Japanese pirates the opportunity to sneak attack on eastern Zhejiang.

Obviously, there were informants from the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong to provide them with information, otherwise the timing would have been too accurate.

But now, what Yu Dayou has to do is to track the Japanese pirates and capture them all.

Otherwise, on the court side, although there are extenuating circumstances, it is still inevitable to apply for the imperial edict because of the loss of face.

There were no arrangements for the sailors to go ashore to rest, and hundreds of warships were parked on the sea waiting for news.

Not long after, the clipper sailed out of the port and quickly returned to the ship to report the situation.

After Yu Dayou learned more information, he immediately ordered, "The whole army rushed to Wenzhou quickly."

Following Yu Dayou's order, the Ming army warships anchored at sea quickly raised their sails and slowly headed south.

"After this incident, I will definitely report to the court and ask the court to identify those who communicated privately with the Japanese pirates."

People who came back from Ningbo Pier have already told the truth about what they heard. This time the Japanese pirates carried out robberies along the coast of Zhejiang from north to south. Ningbo, Shaoxing, Taizhou Prefecture and other places were attacked successively.

However, although the Japanese pirates came ashore to plunder, they did not dare to go too deep or stay too deep, so the losses among the people were relatively small.

Often without waiting for the surrounding garrison officers and soldiers to arrive for encirclement and suppression, they would hurriedly take the looted materials on board the ship and flee south.

In the capital's cabinet, in the duty room of the first assistant, Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde sat down and said: "Shandai, this time the Japanese invaders invaded eastern Zhejiang, and they impeached Yu Dayou on the Zhongke Road for his poor defense and asked for punishment. I think I will send someone to apply for the imperial edict." First, please calm down the courtiers."

"Brother Uncle, you know this. Dayou led his army north to meet Caoliang and Jizhen's army, which gave the Japanese pirates an opportunity to take advantage of them.

It is not difficult to apply for Dayou, but it misses the key point. The court should pay attention to the Japanese pirates' invasion of Zhejiang again this time, but it is not to blame the navy, but those who cheated on others. "

Of course Wei Guangde knew about the sensation caused by the Zhejiang war report in the capital after its arrival. Wei Guangde was also extremely shocked when he heard the news about the Japanese pirates again.

You know, although the Ming Dynasty did not completely wipe out the Japanese pirates, the large groups of Japanese pirates have been wiped out, and now only the small groups of Japanese pirates are still lingering.

"This matter should be reported to your majesty. Please order the Jinyi Guards to thoroughly investigate those who are tangled with the Japanese, and they must be severely punished.

At the same time, the Nanyang Navy was informed to be prepared to go south.

I heard that most of the Japanese pirates are now hiding on the islands in the South China Sea. The Nanyang navy used to roam near the coast. It is time for them to go to sea to practice. "

Wei Guangde did not remain silent. Although he did not directly answer Zhang Juzheng's proposal, he also expressed his thoughts.