Chapter 490

Jeonju in the former south of Korea is about sixty miles away from the Yellow Sea.The outskirts of the city are surrounded by steep cliffs, but this area is also the place where the original North Korean grain was produced, and it has been one of the strategically important places since ancient times.

But at this time, Quanzhou City is a piece of scorched earth. The city has been burned by Jianlu, and no one lives at all.It can even be said that this place, which was originally prosperous, is in ruins, and there are no people at all.

However, in an inconspicuous place high up on the mountain, there was a group of people.Except for those who were watching and watching, everyone else was resting. The number of people was about 100.

"Master Qianhu, those Jian prisoners are really too cruel!" One person, very thin, said to the leader with emotion, "The subordinates have come here before, such a prosperous place, but now it has become like this, alas ..."

"It's so prosperous, how prosperous can it be? Is there 10 people?" Another man next to him, a strong man, said with a hint of contempt after hearing this, "Any city in my Ming Dynasty is much more prosperous than here. , that is called a prosperous..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Qian Hu, who yelled in a scolding tone: "Now that we are all fellow Ming dynasties, what difference can we make between you and me?"

Hearing this, the brawny man was speechless for a moment, and then replied: "I shouldn't have done it. Then, next time, I'll go on duty for you!"

While speaking, with a Qin accent, it is obvious that he is a Qin Hanzi.

The skinny man listened, showing gratitude, and quickly said: "No, no, I will take turns by myself, it doesn't matter!"

Seeing this situation, Qianhu smiled and patted the skinny man on the shoulder and said, "Park Huidong, we will definitely return to Beijing after the Jianlu is eliminated. When we arrive at the mainland of Daming, we will be able to see how the truly prosperous city looks like." How about it? In the future, if there is a chance, we will rebuild a city here, which will be as prosperous as the mainland of Daming, anyway, in the future, it will be the place of Daming!"

Although there is no clear statement right now, who will belong to this place in the former North Korea in the future.However, everyone felt that this place, other than Daming's, could not possibly belong to anyone else.

After hearing this, Park Huidong, together with other Korean Ye Bushou, nodded gratefully, with expressions of expectation on their faces.

The strong man who had been scolded just now changed the subject after they finished speaking, and asked the Qianhu with some curiosity: "Sir, you have been with the governor for a long time. Do you know why you sent us to the south to monitor?"

He asked this because of his status as a fellow villager.Otherwise, ordinary soldiers would not dare to ask Qianhu like this.

This Qianhu was Li Laiheng who had been by Lu Xiangsheng's side for a long time. During this time, Lu Xiangsheng sent him to the southern part of North Korea to lead Ye Bushuo.The last time it was Gao Yigong, and the last time it was Liu Tichun.Speaking of which, Li Laiheng is the one with the lowest military rank, but he is someone close to Lu Xiangsheng.

For Ordinary Yebushou, the answer to this question out of curiosity may not be known to others, but Li Qianhu must know it.

Therefore, hearing the strong man's question, the others were all curious and turned to look at Li Laiheng.Among them was a tall man, who also had a Qin accent, and immediately said to Li Laiheng: "Yes, there are some North Korean bandits fighting here now, if the Governor really cares, just send some people over here, and you will be able to If you have leveled them all, why bother to spend all this effort, just secretly watching. If you want me to say, it would be more appropriate to go to Liaodong, why waste us here!"

Li Laiheng listened, regardless of his age, he stretched out his hand and slapped the man on the foot, reprimanded without anger: "As long as you can, how about you go to be the governor? "

"I thought so, but the emperor didn't agree!"

When Li Laiheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and slapped him hard again.But this time, the man retracted his feet in time, so he didn't get a picture.

Seeing this scene, Yebushu who was resting around them all laughed softly in unison.

Of course, Li Laiheng didn't really want to fight. Seeing that he withdrew his feet, he didn't continue, and said with a puzzled look: "Actually, I also wonder about this matter. Our Dongjiang Army has limited strength. Logically speaking, we should be sent to fight." It’s right to go to Liaodong. But I heard from the Governor-General that this is something that the emperor specially ordered us to monitor the southern part of North Korea!”

As soon as they heard that it was the emperor's order, everyone stopped laughing.The strong man from Qin who just spoke was the first to answer: "Then there is definitely a problem in North Korea. We must keep our eyes open and watch!"

"Of course, the emperor said that we should keep an eye on it, so we must keep an eye on it." The tall Qin man also said seriously, "Maybe there will be something wrong here, but we must not be careless. Got it!"

Park Huidong and other North Korean Yebushou could not help being a little curious when they saw them like this.Although the Emperor of Ming should be respected, but looking at them like this, they seem to be more powerful than the governor. How powerful is the Emperor of Ming?

For them, Lu Xiangsheng's prowess is obvious to all, and they admire him.They felt that Lu Xiangsheng was the most powerful.However, at this time, if it is said that Emperor Ming is more powerful than Lu Xiangsheng, I always feel a little unimaginable!
Of course, they wanted to return home, but they couldn't express it, otherwise, they would be disrespectful to Emperor Ming!

At this time, Li Laiheng nodded after hearing what they said: "So, you must keep an eye on it, and don't let go if you find any abnormalities!"

These men from the Qin land were all the same as Li Laiheng. They were originally thieves who were defeated and captured by Emperor Chongzhen. They had personally experienced the power of the emperor.Afterwards, they heard about the emperor's personal victory in the conquest, and the rumors spread, but the rumors became more and more powerful. In this way, they would of course feel that the emperor was more powerful than the governor.

That was when Zhuge Liang was still alive!

They were talking about this, when suddenly, they heard Ye Bushou, who was on duty on the edge of the cliff, shouting in a low voice: "Lord Qianhu, there is a situation!"

Upon hearing this, Li Laiheng immediately stood up and walked towards the edge of the cliff.

When the others heard this, they were also curious. They didn't rest, and went to the cliff to see the situation.

"Master Qianhu, look at the group of people over there, there are about twenty people, not those bandits!" When Li Laiheng arrived, the night guard who was on duty was a bit thin, he should be a Korean night guard, and pointed with his finger said to him.

When Li Laiheng heard this, he immediately picked up the binoculars from his chest and looked in that direction.

Telescopes already existed during the Apocalypse period. Of course, the telescopes at this time were brought by Western missionaries.But this thing is not rare. The principle is very simple. In the past, polishing it with crystal was a bit luxurious, but with the advent of glass, Emperor Chongzhen certainly would not forget this low-power telescope, and it was soon distributed to all armies.

Anyway, something is better than nothing.Li Laiheng looked at it for a while with the help of a telescope, and asked a little strangely: "Isn't it a bandit?"

To be honest, he didn't see it.

In this ruined place, it is not true that there is no one.

At the beginning, after all the kings and ministers of North Korea were captured by Jianlu, Jianlu once swept up the entire Korean peninsula, and this place was not spared.At that time, half of the city of Quanzhou was burned, and it was occupied by local tyrants. After all, this is a granary, and if it is occupied, there will be people with food.

But unexpectedly, Jianlu attacked again and the food here was just about to be harvested when Jianlu came and killed them.Before the city of Quanzhou was rebuilt, it was burned again, the food was robbed, and those who couldn't escape were killed. In the end, it ended up like this, with all the grain fields abandoned.

But from time to time, bandits in the surrounding area would send people past here, or pick up something.

At this time, Master Qianhu didn't notice any abnormalities, and the night shift was waiting to be explained, but he didn't expect that Park Huidong had arrived, and after seeing it, he was a little surprised and said: "Japanese pirates?"

"Japanese pirates?" Li Laiheng was very surprised when he heard it, and confirmed with doubts.

He is from Shaanxi and is young. Not to mention seeing Japanese pirates, even if he hears about them, he rarely hears the word "Japanese pirates".At this time, when I heard it unexpectedly, I was naturally puzzled.

When Park Huidong heard this, he quickly explained: "Master Qianhu, please look, those people are very short, this is what Japanese pirates look like. They are not many tall, but they are very fierce, good at using two-handed swords, and good at wielding swords. Firearms. Look at these people, they all fit the bill."

"Have you seen it?" Li Laiheng asked casually, and at the same time observed carefully, he found that those people were short, and their hairstyles could not be seen wearing hats, but the knives, guns and matchlock guns they carried were quite obvious. .

Of course, Park Huidong had never seen him before. He was not even born when the Japanese pirates came to North Korea.Therefore, he replied truthfully: "I haven't seen it before, but I heard from the elders that these Japanese pirates are vicious, and they are as virtuous as Jianlu!"

After finishing speaking, he said a little strangely: "These pirates haven't appeared in decades, why did they suddenly appear here? Could it be... This is what the emperor wants us to keep an eye on, right? "

Upon hearing this, Li Laiheng immediately became serious.Seriously, maybe it really is!
Thinking of this, after he frowned, he immediately ordered: "Go, catch them and ask them clearly!"

"Yes!" Zhuo Ye Bu Shou immediately agreed when he heard that there was work to do.

Having work means having military merits, and having military merits means rewards, so of course they are excited.

Two hours later, the Ming army that had descended from the mountain refused to retreat at night and surrounded the twenty or so people who were probing around. They suddenly appeared, holding swords, guns, bows and arrows, flintlock guns, etc., and shouted loudly: "Kneel down and surrender." , otherwise shoot and kill!"

Surrounded suddenly, the twenty or so people were taken aback, but they did not kneel down and surrender obediently. Instead, they clenched their weapons and stood back to back, staring at the surrounding people with fierce and vigilant eyes.

Li Laiheng and the others wore the most common clothes of North Korean civilians outside their military uniforms.After all, he is lurking here to monitor the situation, so wearing a military uniform is too conspicuous.

As a result, many of these Japanese pirates had doubts on their faces.Obviously, they can't figure out why these Koreans speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin, which is not standard, and they don't know what accent they have!
Seeing their ferocious appearance, Li Laiheng couldn't help but frowned, and shouted again: "Are you deaf? Count to three, and if you don't kneel down and surrender, you will be shot!"

"Yours, Mingren?" Finally, someone confirmed in half-baked Ming Dynasty Mandarin.

"One...two..." The only response to him was counting.

In Li Laiheng's view, surrounded by hundreds of people and the incident happened suddenly, they had absolutely no room to resist and should surrender under pressure.

However, he was wrong.

These were indeed Japanese pirates, but they were ordered to come to North Korea to inquire about the situation, so naturally they would not be soldiers like ordinary farmers.

Suddenly, some of them shouted sharply and waved their swords with both hands, thinking of rushing up to fight.

Seeing this situation, Li Laiheng counted "three" without hesitation.

No matter who you are talking to, after all, you have to keep your word.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

"Blah blah blah..."

The sound of bowstrings sounded, the sound of gunshots sounded, and the gunpowder smoke cleared, and I saw these twenty or so Japanese pirates, all of whom were injured in one leg, lying on the ground and moaning.A few unlucky ones fell quickly, and if they were shot in the head with an arrow or a gun, they would die immediately.

After capturing these Japanese pirates, not all of them can be fierce and fearless after all, and they got some news under the means of Yebuzhao.Knowing that these Japanese pirates were ordered to come to North Korea to check the situation, and report back to the truth, they don't know about other things.

After all, Li Laiheng stayed by Lu Xiangsheng's side for a long time, and he learned some ideas from the perspective of the overall situation.So when he heard it, he connected with the current situation in North Korea, and he smelled something wrong.

A day later, Yebushou from other places also came back here and brought back news that there were also teams that encountered Japanese pirates, but because the difference in strength between the two sides was not large, a few escaped.

After comprehensive consideration, Li Laiheng felt that the matter was serious, and immediately took several Japanese pirate prisoners with less serious injuries and rushed back to Guanglu Island to report the situation.

The Governor's Mansion of the Dongjiang Army has not moved to Jinzhou after all, but is still in Guanglu Island, so as to avoid the surprise attack of Jianlu cavalry.

After receiving Li Laiheng's reward and accompanied by Zheng Zhilong, Lu Xiangsheng personally interrogated the captives, and he also came to a very serious conclusion.

Although Zheng Zhilong said that the Tokugawa shogunate is now in charge of Wa Kingdom, they have been expelling outsiders, and they don't look like they will start a war with the outside world, but Lu Xiangsheng, like the people below, immediately guessed that the emperor probably expected it There was such a possibility that he sent someone to monitor it.Therefore, he immediately wrote a memorial and hurriedly sent it to the capital to report the situation to Emperor Chongzhen.

 Thanks to Feng Qi Ye Luo V for the reward of 200 starting coins, and thank you for the reward of [-] starting coins for ordinary people who have uneven roads!Because it is usually [-] characters, which is already the limit of my part-time code words, so the owed Jiagen has not been repaid.Under such circumstances, I am really happy to have received so many rewards in the past two days, thank you very much!If you owe more, I will pay it back!
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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