Zhu Youjian: Taizu has an order! kill!

"Everyone, the Tatars suffered a loss at the border. I'm afraid they have to be honest for a while now."

"We have to hurry up and find a way to kill this Japanese pirate as soon as possible."

"Although we are not the Four Elephant Legion, we are still His Majesty's soldiers!"

"Do we really have to wait for the Four Elephants Army to finish defeating the Tatars and then help us clean up the mess?"

Fuzhou.

Inside the Second Front General Command Office.

Qi Daguang looked envious as he looked at the newspaper that had just been sent from behind.

The Four Elephants Legion has made another meritorious service.

It's really encouraging to be able to stand up to the main force of the Tatars without falling behind!

But at the same time, pressure is also coming to them.

The Japanese pirates are incomparable to the Tatars.

If we can't produce results as soon as possible, I'm afraid I will disappoint His Majesty.

"Now the Japanese pirates have increased their troops to about [-] in Fuzhou and other places."

"We even built twelve large strongholds in the wild."

"Obviously he plans to hang around."

"If you want results, you can launch an attack on these strongholds."

Qifeng next to him pointed at the twelve red dots marked on the map and made suggestions.

Qi Daguang wanted to cause trouble with the Japanese pirates, which everyone thought was fine.

But now the Japanese pirates have turned to mobile warfare, dividing into small groups to play cat and mouse with the Ming army in the woods.

It's not easy to kill too many people at once.

Only in this stronghold, the total number of Japanese pirates remaining is not small.

"It's not easy to fight."

"These twelve camps are not far from the sea, and they are all on high ground."

"They are like horns to each other and can support each other back and forth."

"Not to mention, all the Japanese pirates are now operating around these twelve camps."

"It seems that there are only less than [-] permanent troops in these twelve camps."

"But as long as there is a fight, the Japanese pirates around us will attack us from all directions."

"It's not like a plain. If we fight in the mountains, we will definitely suffer."

"And those Japanese pirates also learned wisely and started cutting down trees to make wooden shields. The lethality of the crossbows was also gradually reduced."

After Qi Daguang listened to Qi Feng's suggestion, he thought for a while and shook his head.

This little dwarf from the Japanese country has recently figured out how to deal with the Ming army.

The first step is to chop down trees to make wooden shields and simple wooden armors.

Although it looks funny, the effect is there.

Although the repeating crossbow fires very quickly, it sacrifices a certain amount of power.

It's really unrealistic to shoot through a wooden shield.

In addition to these, the Japanese pirates no longer fight against the Ming army.

Instead, they chose to harass them from a distance, constantly attacking the grain trucks with rockets, or making rolling logs and other objects.

Because I was poor and couldn't run fast enough, I didn't give him a chance to fight head-on.

As for those campsites...

Qi Daguang tried to attack several times, but the results were not very good.

The main reason is that there are Japanese pirates everywhere, and they can call for support as soon as they find the Ming army.

Unless Qi Daguang chooses to gather all the soldiers from all the strongholds in his hands, there is really no way to suppress local forces.

But if the soldiers and horses in the stronghold are summoned, Qi Daguang has no doubts.

These Japanese pirates would flee in an instant like birds and beasts, and then take the opportunity to invade the rear defense line, burn, kill and loot.

At the end of the day, it is still the family that is losing money.

"Then how?"

"How about continuing the stalemate and using up the Japanese pirates' food and fodder?"

"I don't believe that that broken island can sustain the expenses of so many soldiers."

"Keep it going and you can win!"

When Qi Feng saw that his elder brother did not agree, he also looked a little unhappy.

He also knows that the current situation is not optimistic.

The soldiers and horses at each stronghold on the second and third lines of defense cannot move, and it is difficult for the remaining people to break through the Japanese pirate camp.

All we can do is continue to waste it.

Fortunately, Ming Dynasty's family is very rich, even if it costs money, it can kill this Japanese pirate.

"It won't look good if you win at all costs."

"In this case, continue to write to His Majesty and see if we can mobilize more troops."

"As long as I have [-] more soldiers and horses, I will definitely let this Japanese pirate get out!"

Spending money can indeed win.

But it is difficult for Qi Jiajun to regain his glory.

If he hadn't wanted to stabilize these three lines of defense, he would have taken the main force of the Qi Army to Sou Shan.

Fighting locally has many disadvantages.

The first thing he needs to consider is protecting the security of the town and the rear.

The second thing is to kill this Japanese pirate!

But if His Majesty can mobilize another [-] soldiers and horses for reinforcements, then he can go on a war without scruples without allocating troops from the stronghold!

Looking for troops from His Majesty?

Qifeng fell silent after hearing this.

At present, the soldiers and horses in their hands and Zu Dashou's hands have been squeezed out by the imperial court with great difficulty.

I'll ask the court for [-] more...

I'm afraid His Majesty won't be able to give it to you at all.

Unless all the Baigan Army and Beijing Camp left behind in the capital are pulled out.

But in that case, the capital would be empty.

"Okay, don't think about it."

"Write a letter."

"It doesn't matter whether we can send troops or not. What matters is that our attitude is in place."

"If it doesn't work, we will try harder and see if we can pull out a fighter plane."

Qi Feng lowered his head and remained silent.

Qi Daguang patted his shoulder and comforted him with a smile.

Although he also wanted to let those Japanese pirates lie down and go out now, Qi Daguang knew better.

Rather than killing these Japanese pirates, his first priority was to protect the people.

We must not let the people in the south be massacred by Japanese pirates!

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Qi Daguang's letter soon entered the Ministry of War.

Zhang Weixian looked at the map for a long time, and finally wrote a suggestion for the father-in-law to present to His Majesty.

"Taizu, Qi Daguang hopes that the imperial court can increase its troops by [-]."

"This Japanese pirate is really smart. If we don't increase the number of troops, I'm afraid we won't be able to eliminate them in a short time."

"It's a little troublesome."

"The Ministry of War just wants Qi Daguang to hold on to the current situation."

Zhu Youjian, who was originally learning basic geometry, suddenly knitted his brows after reading the memorial.

The imperial court can still squeeze out [-] troops, and the capital has them.

But if he mobilized the soldiers and horses from the capital, he didn't know whether he could destroy the Japanese pirates.

But there is bound to be trouble at home!

And Zhu Youjian is sure that the Ministry of War will never agree to this.

Compared to the south, the safety of his emperor was more important.

If he, Zhu Youjian, is killed, then those cakes he drew will really become cakes.

"The soldiers and horses in the capital cannot be moved."

"If you die, what's the use of killing the Japanese pirates?"

Sure enough, when Taizu, who was looking at the map, heard what he said, he refused without even raising his head.

But if the soldiers and horses in the capital are not moved, it will be really difficult for the Ming Dynasty to raise another 5 people.

It's not that there is no one in Ming Dynasty, but it's just that the new recruits are of no use.

There was some silence in the side hall for a while.

After a while, Li Chen, who had been looking at the map, let out a sigh of relief.

He waved to Zhu Youjian.

"There is no way to deal with Japanese pirates."

"Although this kid Ma Xianglin is a bit reckless, he did create an opportunity."

"In the past few days, we have been thinking about how to maximize our profits."

"I actually have some ideas!"