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Chapter 930 The Legend Is True

In the past, it was not that pirates had never gone ashore, including when he himself was a pirate, he had gone ashore to plunder.Of course, he was smarter in doing things back then, robbing the rich and giving to the poor. Instead of robbing the poor fishermen along the coast, he helped them instead, thus gaining a good reputation and many followers.

At that time, he felt that the officers and soldiers on the shore were actually the same thing, whoever was desperate and whoever was more brave, the weaker side would be scattered.Even if Zheng Zhilong later became a coastal defense guerrilla and was a colleague of the generals on the shore, he didn't take the soldiers on the shore seriously, because they were still the same.

Although he has been to the north once, he has experienced several wars.However, he is the commander of the navy, and he is only responsible for transporting personnel and supplies, and has never gone ashore to experience a real war. Therefore, although he thinks that the officers and soldiers will be stronger, he is not too impressed.

But today, he witnessed a massacre of pirates by the officers and soldiers on the shore.The number of officers and soldiers is actually smaller than that of the pirates, but the battle is a one-sided massacre.When he saw the soldiers coming out in formation, the forest of spears pressing forward in unison, the rain of arrows covering the sun, and the continuous sound of arquebus guns, in the face of all these, the large number of pirates had no trace at all. Desperate heart.

Zheng Zhilong made a comparison secretly in his heart. If his subordinates were facing all this, he found helplessly that there would be no surprises in the final outcome.It wasn't until this time that he believed that during the Jiajing period, the massacre of Japanese pirates by the Qi family army was absolutely true.Now that I think about it, my former self thought that Qi's army would often die in zero battles against the Japanese pirates. It was an exaggerated statement by others, and it was really naive.

It was only at this moment that Zheng Zhilong believed that the pirates looked powerful, but once the court got serious, there would never be any advantage, and the final outcome was just like what we saw today.Thinking about the past, many pirates, including myself, ruled the southeast coast and ignored the government's approach. In fact, they were really arrogant and a frog in a well.That's actually because the imperial court didn't go all out to deal with it, and didn't care about the sea!

Liu Guoneng's army was not considered a strong army in the north, but it was so easy to deal with the pirates who came ashore.Originally, Zheng Zhilong thought it was a bit difficult to exterminate the pirates, but after the intervention of Dongchang and the full support of the governor's office, it became so easy.Liu Xiang and the others, the pirates, have long been calculated without knowing it.

In fact, it is true, can any power on the sea be greater than the imperial court?A giant like the imperial court really has to deal with pirates with all its heart, but in fact it is not much different from crushing ants to death.If there is a real difference, it is the speed at which the ants are crushed to death.

Zheng Zhilong was staring blankly at Taiping Port, and when he was thinking about something, he heard Sun Chuanting's cold voice: "Send the order and lift the martial law!"

"Lord Zhongcheng, the battlefield hasn't been cleaned yet, so the martial law will be lifted..." Liu Guoneng reminded quickly after hearing this.

After Zheng Zhilong heard this, he turned his head to look at Sun Chuanting, agreeing in his heart. He had just finished the fight and hadn't had time to clean it up yet. The mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood would scare people to death...

As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly came back to his senses, and immediately understood what Sun Chuanting meant: Aren't pirates rampant? Let the common people and businessmen come and see. Rampant pirates are nothing to mention in front of the imperial army. This ability defeats the pirates and protects them!

Sure enough, I heard Sun Chuanting explain to his confidantes: "Let them all come and see, I am not only good at collecting taxes!"

Liu Guoneng was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and then he understood, and immediately followed the order.

Therefore, at Taiping Port, the martial law that started yesterday was lifted. Some bold people, of course, mainly those sea merchants, after hearing the shouts of killing, the sound of artillery fire, the sound of crying father and mother, etc., Come out with apprehension, apprehension, curiosity, restlessness, etc. to see what happened.

Even a sea hero like Zheng Zhilong was shocked. From this, we can see what will happen to these people when they see the mountains of corpses and blood on the shore and on the sea.According to later statistics, the meat business of the restaurant in Taiping Harbor fell to the lowest point in history.It is said that the sea water in Taiping Harbor has been red for many days, and it even ushered in the fierce beasts in the sea.The nickname of Sun Chuanting, the cold-faced Hades, has become even louder, to the extent that it can stop a child from crying.

But at this moment, Zheng Zhilong heard Sun Chuanting say something he didn't expect, and he heard Sun Chuanting say coldly: "Issuing a notice to recruit the pirates, as long as the pirates go ashore and surrender, the imperial court will pardon except for the most heinous ones, and order them to redeem their merits." !"

"Lord Zhongcheng, right now we are going all out to wipe out the pirates..."

An aide beside Sun Chuanting quickly reminded him, but before he finished speaking, Sun Chuanting gave him a cold look and closed his mouth.

Or maybe Sun Chuanting was in a good mood, and he actually gave an explanation: "The emperor has a decree. From now on, the Ming Dynasty will use these people who are familiar with maritime affairs. It is a pity to kill them all."

As soon as Zheng Zhilong heard this, the young emperor's face immediately appeared in his mind, and he recalled those words that the emperor had said to him in the Golden Luan Hall, that Ming Dynasty will surely strive for supremacy in the sea and spread its prestige in foreign lands.Xiyi can come to my Daming, so my Daming navy can't go to Xiyi!
He was thinking about it, but he saw Sun Chuanting turned his head to look at him, and said coldly: "There are a lot of pirates fleeing in this battle, there must be those who are unwilling to lose and refuse to accept Wang Hua, and the troubles will come next, and you are still needed." Make great efforts to clean up. Since Xiyi is involved, I will give you a grace period, and when Denglai Navy arrives, I will ask for the heads of Liu Xiang, Hongyi and other pirates!"

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly agreed.

As early as a month ago, the Denglai navy had assembled and headed south according to the emperor's order.Although the number of warships is not as large as that of the Fujian navy, if the two navy are combined, even if they lost a lot of warships today, they will have enough strength to wipe out the pirates.

The only thing to worry about now is that, as Zhong Cheng said, the next time will be the time of big trouble.The sea is boundless, if the pirates are scattered and looting, it is really hard to catch!I hope Zhongcheng's recruitment order will be useful!

The sun had risen overhead and the weather was hot. The soldiers in Taiping Port finally started to clean up the battlefield under the watchful eyes of the people who were watching and vomiting.At the same time, on the vast sea, Putmans, the governor of Holland and Taiwan, finally let go of his heart.There are no pursuers behind, and it is already safe.After counting again, he found that his fleet was missing two bows, and he didn't know whether the battle was over or they fled.

Looking back in the direction of Taiping Port, thinking about the dramatic experience, he couldn't help feeling depressed.

(End of this chapter)