"What's the situation on Zhoushan Island now?" Zhu Zhanzhen asked the person who came to report the news.
"Yesterday at night, Japanese pirates and pirates landed on Zhoushan Island on a large scale. We, Chen Qianhu, led the troops to resist. The situation is critical. There are too many people on the other side. Please let me report and ask for help."
Zheng He said coldly: "No need to lie, we already know about the alliance between Chen Qianhu, Wang Baoyu and Yamamoto Sixty-Two. Tell us the real situation."
"Ah?" The man was dumbfounded. He didn't know that Zheng He and others had already mastered so much information.
"No...it's not."
"Come here, I will torture you directly." Zheng He did not intend to be long-winded.
The man was frightened when he heard about torture: "I said, I said."
"Say!" the soldier next to him roared, making the man tremble in fright.
"In order to prevent Yamamoto Rokuji and Wang Baoyu's pirate team from being discovered by Master Zheng He, Chen Qianhu asked them to hide on the island a few days ago, but after you left, they were unwilling to leave Zhoushan Island the next night, so
We had a conflict with Chen Qianhu, and in the end we didn’t expect that all the pirates they were ambushing would land on the island at night. Chen Qianhu led us to fight them, but there were too many of them, so he sent me out to ask for help.”
"Anyone who commits unrighteousness will be punished by his own death." Xiaosheng said disdainfully.
"You're talking nonsense. If it hadn't been for us, would Chen Qianhu have been able to use it? If it hadn't been for the imperial court's deduction, wouldn't any of us have been without food?" The man cried aggrievedly.
"How many people are there in the enemy?" Zheng He ignored his cry.
"I don't know, there is a large group of people in Wuyang Wuyang."
Zheng He frowned and thought deeply. There was a fight between the people on Zhoushan Island and the pirates. What happened last night was probably over by now.
After all, there are more pirates, and Chen Baiyue lures the wolf into the house, making people want to cooperate with others. Chen Baiyue and others cannot last long.
Zheng He thought for a while and said to Chen Baiyue: "Mr. Chen, you will go to an ordinary warship later and command the other warships."
"Master Zheng, do you want these three warships to go first?"
"Yes, three steamships approached Zhoushan Island first. Zhoushan Island has poor defenses and almost no artillery. We bombarded it with tiger cannons. The Japanese pirate ships cannot compare with our ships. You spread out in the nearby waters to intercept and kill the Japanese pirates.
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It is actually quite dangerous to spread out, but relying on the strength of Zheng He's fleet and warships, as long as the ships of Xiangshan Guards and Zheng He's ships do not stay too far away, the other side will have no chance to attack us.
Chen Zhixian added: "If we shell directly, I'm afraid there will be civilians."
Zheng He said coldly: "There can be no civilians near the port. If there is still fighting, that is another matter. As long as the fighting on the island is over, the port will definitely be occupied by Japanese pirates."
Chen Youshan left the steamship and watched the three steamships speeding up as the steam rose from the ship behind.
The steamships carried more than 200 people, and now the three ships, carrying more than 600 people, rushed to Zhoushan Island at the fastest speed.
Chen Youshan looked at the steamship with a sense of security in his heart. Only such military power can defend the Ming Dynasty's oceans, and only such warships can put the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade on the right track.
When the steamship approached Zhoushan Island, the pirates on Zhoushan Island saw the steamship from a distance and reported it to Wang Baoyu.
"What? Zheng He didn't leave?" Wang Baoyu was shocked.
Yamamoto Sixty-Two talked a lot, Wang Baoyu had a headache after listening to it, and shouted that he should retreat now.
Chen Baiyue, who was lying on the ground covered in blood, laughed: "You all have to die. You all have to die."
Wang Baoyu kicked him in the head: "Stupid thing, if you didn't resist, I could make you our third-in-command. Now it's okay, you're dead."
Wang Baoyu killed all the military households on Zhoushan Island who resisted last night, and his swords were all blunted.
As he spoke, he drew out his bright Japanese sword and chopped off Chen Baiyue's head.
clang
The sound of metal clanking came, and the short Yamamoto Rokuji drew his sword and blocked the blow.
"Yamamoto, what are you doing?"
"Mr. Baoyu, wouldn't it be an advantage for him to kill him like this? Tell the Ming army about his collusion with us, and let him die in the hands of the Ming army. In your words, you will have no face to meet our ancestors."
Isn’t it better, Jiejie.”
Yamamoto Rokuro's sneer made Wang Baoyu put away the knife and laugh wildly: "The yin is still your yin, this method will make his life worse than death."
As Yamamoto Rokuji's blade passed by, Chen Baiyue let out a scream. All his tendons and hamstrings were severed, and he was now a cripple.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Chen Baiyue wailed in pain.
Wang Baoyu ignored his screams and pulled him out, tied his body with wooden sticks and stood on the fortifications near the port. From here, he could see the current situation of the entire port. He sneered and said: "I am here to take a good look at you."
The island.”
"You guys are not going to die a good death, you are not going to die a good death." Chen Baiyue, who was unable to move, said helplessly and furiously.
But his anger only made Wang Baoyu and Wang Baoyu laugh more arrogantly.
"Look at your brothers."
Wang Baoyu pointed to both sides, and Chen Baiyue turned around and saw that they were his companions and subordinates one by one, but all they had left now were their bleeding heads.
Human heads stabbed with wooden sticks were stuck on the edge of the fortifications. These were the Zhoushan military households who resisted with Chen Baiyue last night. There were at least thirty of them at a glance.
ah!
ah!
Chen Baiyue had never felt such resentment. He hated pirates and was angry at what he had done. He was the one who killed these people, these friends he had played with since childhood, including some of his elders.
The person he was joking with a few days ago now has only a human head left. He was treated in such a humiliating way, and he would not rest in peace.
Japanese pirates have no mercy or mercy. If they are defeated, they can only brutally kill and plunder. Fear is Wang Baoyu's weapon in ruling the pirate team.
"You just watch here, look at your ports and your islands. We put your women on ships and sell them as prostitutes after we use them. I will let your children stain the sea with their blood and feed their corpses to the fish.
Look around you, your neighbors, they are all your good subordinates, hahahaha."
"Wang Baoyu, I won't let you go even if I'm a ghost."
"ah!!!"
"I won't let you go even if I'm a ghost!"
His angry shouting only earned Wang Baoyu's ridicule, and he stuck out his tongue to imitate him: "I won't let you go even if I'm a ghost, hahahaha."
Wang Baoyu walked towards the port with a wild laugh amid Chen Baiyue's curses.
After plundering everything on Zhoushan Island and taking away the women and turning them into playthings, he immediately planned to run away and had no intention of confronting Zheng Hejun.
But Yamamoto Rokuji had a different opinion: "Wang Baoyu, from a distance, there are only three warships, and even if they are fully loaded, they only have four or five hundred people. If we occupy the island and ambush, it is not certain who will win? And how do you know him?"
It's coming for us."
The biggest difference between Wang Baoyu and Yamamoto Rokuji is that Yamamoto Rokuji is a ruthless careerist, while Wang Baoyu is an out-and-out big pirate who commits all kinds of crimes including burning, killing, looting, and has no political ambitions.
Joining forces with Yamamoto Rokuji is just to expand his territory. It has always been his rule not to confront the armies of other countries head-on.
"Brother Yamamoto, that is Zheng He. The warships are full of cannons. The great pirate Chen Zuyi died at his hands. I will not be stupid enough to confront the warships of the Ming Dynasty."
After Wang Baoyu finished speaking, he ordered people to board the boat and prepared to leave.
"No, no, Zheng He's warship is about to arrive at the port."
"What? Why so fast?" Wang Baoyu was stunned.
The speed of the steamship exceeded Wang Baoyu and others' expectations, and Wang Baoyu hurriedly ordered his men to retreat.
Pirates are the fastest when robbing and escaping. Wang Baoyu's ship rushed out of the port first.
The warships from the side arrived. On the deck, Zheng He saw the ships running out of the port one after another, but he did not immediately issue an order to attack.
"Why not attack?"
"Your Highness, let fear spread and they will panic. Attack now and block their escape route, but it will make them risk their lives. Our three warships are not capable of annihilating them all. The pirates dare not fight with them.
If we fight, we can achieve maximum results with minimum losses."
Zhu Zhanzhen nodded, he was indeed still an amateur in fighting.
Seeing some ships running out one after another, Zheng He waved a small flag: "Get ready, the tiger cannon is fired."