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Chapter 011 First Show of Strength (Part 2)

At this time, Gao Pingshi had just finished eating, so he put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a fine cotton towel, put it down, stood up and said, "Let's talk over there." After that, he walked back to the back room of the study.

Meng Guzhezhe stood up and rang the bell and ordered the maids to clear away the tableware. Then he came to Gao Pingshi's side and stood on one side, preparing to wait for the maids to leave before continuing.

Gao pragmatic waved his hand and said: "No need to delay, sit down and let's continue talking."

Considering that it was indeed impossible for these maids to have anything to do with the Mughals, Meng Guzhezhe did not insist. He sat down on another chair next to Gao Pangshi and said: "In terms of military support,

I think that we should support any forces hostile to the Mughal Empire within our capabilities. It would be great if we can charge a certain fee, but if not, we must do it firmly and should not think too much about the book.

Temporary profit and loss."

Gao Pragmatic smiled: "When have I ever behaved like a miser?"

Meng Guzhezhe lowered his head and said: "How dare I have such thoughts? I am just worried that after some plans are implemented for a period of time, there will be different voices within Beijing."

Gao Pragmatic nodded slightly and motioned for her to continue, but he didn't say much more.

Meng Guzhe then took a deep breath and continued to elaborate on her thoughts: "First of all, we can secretly send military advisers and instructors to help those forces that oppose the Mughal Empire improve their combat effectiveness. At the same time, we can also provide weapons and

equipment to more directly enhance their military strength."

Gao pragmatic nodded in agreement, and then added: "Your idea is good, but we must also pay attention to the fact that direct military intervention may cause a strong reaction from the Mughal Empire, and before we are fully prepared,

- I mean preparations for the next large-scale war - we had better avoid such a thing, so as not to draw the attention and main energy of the Mughal Empire back to us.

Therefore, our military support should be concealed. In addition to the weapons and equipment provided, it is best to remain invisible in terms of advice, training, etc.

We can use our advantage in the fleet to import supplies to some areas behind the Mughal Empire through sea routes. For example, we can use the Port of Goa by the Portuguese as a transfer station for supplies and personnel. If

The Portuguese have objections, and I will give them an offer they cannot refuse...

Of course, at the same time, we can also use sea power to harass the western coastal areas of the Mughal Empire and distract their attention - don't let the Nanyang Fleet handle this matter by itself. We have surrendered and incorporated over the years

Those pirates, especially the 'Black Tide', I think it's time for them to clear their name through meritorious service."

Speaking of the pirates surrendered and incorporated by the Nanyang Fleet, one more thing should be mentioned here. Historically, most of China's pirates have been hanging out along the southern coast, and few have gone to the northern coast (very few does not mean absolutely none). However, they have risen and even expanded in Beijing.

In the process, quite a few pirates were recruited.

In the early days, after being screened - the screening principle was generally whether they had the blood of Ming compatriots on their hands - most of these pirates were directly transferred to the Nanyang Fleet, which was expanding crazily at that time, while the remaining small number continued to remain.

They have the "title" of pirates, but they are placed on some so-called "uninhabited islands" occupied by Jinghua. When Jinghua needs to threaten some unscrupulous forces, they are sent out to "act in their true colors".

Yes, despite the fact that Gao Pragmatic usually looks harmless to humans and animals, it is just because he must maintain his reputation as a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty. But at that time, when most of the so-called "Japanese pirates" were actually from the Ming Dynasty, some of them were not easy to display.

He won't really refuse the means on the table.

Extraordinary measures are used in extraordinary times. Gao Pragmatism understands this principle and will never be pedantic.

In the later stage, especially after sweeping across the Nanyang Islands, the garrison forces and temporary garrison forces from various places began to wipe out the resistance forces on a large scale in the Nanyang Islands. The Nanyang Fleet could not remain idle, so it started to attack the Nanyang pirates almost at the same time.

of the Great Qing Suppression.

However, no matter what protagonist aura Gao Pragmatic has attached to him, some laws that are universally applicable are inevitable - for example, as Jinghua builds its own "law of the sea" step by step, the original large and small pirates in Nanyang

The gang began to fight among themselves, competing for a smaller and smaller sphere of influence. When the fighting within the group was reduced to the last few bosses, looking at the increasingly declining members, they were finally forced to join forces.

This alliance, just after the major islands in the South Seas were swept away by Jinghua, formed the last afterglow of South Seas piracy - the pirate group calling itself the "Kuroshio".

In the legends of Nanyang maritime merchants, the leader of the Kuroshio Pirates does not show his real name to outsiders, and is only known as "Hai Yama" to outsiders. Who exactly is he and how he became the leader of the Kuroshio Pirates? No one knows these questions

, there are only rumors that he once survived a shipwreck and was washed up on a desert island in the South Sea by the waves. From then on, he had an indissoluble bond with the sea. Using the desert island as a base, he gathered a group of refugees who were also abandoned by the waves.

They started their pirate career.

The internal judgment of the Nanyang Fleet is: nonsense. After all, although there are not many shipwrecks in the South China Sea, if the people who rush to the islands just because of the shipwrecks want to form some kind of pirate gang, it is simply treating people as fools.

It is believed within the Nanyang Fleet that this guy was probably the leader of a certain pirate gang in the past. When many pirate gangs were forced to join forces, they used unknown methods to win the final victory. Considering the critical situation, they did not dare to use this method.

Originally the name was given to the person.

However, no matter what, the Kuroshio Pirates have become the last remnants of the Nanyang pirates, and they have also become the targets that the Nanyang Fleet must eliminate or surrender.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After many investigations, the Nanyang Fleet has determined some information: the Kuroshio Pirates have a fleet composed of various ships, including fast sloops, sturdy double

warships, as well as small galleys used for offshore plunder. Although their ships are not as large as the Jinghua standard ships, they are more flexible and maneuverable and can shuttle freely between complex islands and reefs.

Moreover, it seems that they have also learned some experience in the design of Western ships, so that they also have some equipment in terms of artillery. Each ship is equipped with artillery and muskets plundered or smuggled from various places, although they appear to be somewhat disorganized.

However, it can still display considerable power in mid- to close-range naval battles.

The Kuroshio Pirates are known for their cunning and cruelty. They are good at taking advantage of the complex terrain of the South China Sea to conduct ambushes, and often launch attacks when merchant ships are least defensive.

At the same time, they are also very aware of the strength gap between the "enemy and ourselves". For larger fleets that use Jinghua standard armed transport ships, they rarely go up to find them. However, for smaller fleets or ships that are not armed transport ships,

It is an ordinary fleet of Ming ships, so they often regard it as a meal on their plate and want to rob it before they can get away with it.

Their plundering targets were not limited to gold and silver treasures, but also precious trade goods such as spices, silks, and porcelain, and even the crew and passengers on the ship. After being kidnapped by them, they either became slaves or were forced to join them.

ranks.

As the reputation of the Kuroshio Pirates Group becomes more and more famous, merchant ships traveling to Southeast Asia begin to fear these waters. Their presence not only threatens the safety of maritime trade, but also poses a threat to coastal towns. Whenever the Kuroshio Pirates Group

The appearance of the flag on the sea level means death and disaster.

Although the Nanyang Fleet and the maritime forces from Europe (mainly Spain and Portugal with trade rights) tried to wipe out this pirate group, the Kuroshio pirate group was always able to cleverly avoid pursuit, and even in some cases

Being able to turn defeat into victory and deal a heavy blow to the pursuers - the unlucky Portuguese once had a two-ship formation surrounded by the Kuroshio pirates after luring the enemy deep into the sea. In the end, one ship was captured and the other escaped.

As a result, the "legendary stories" of the Kuroshio Pirates have spread so widely in the Southeast Asian region that they have become one of the favorite topics of storytellers in some taverns.

The Nanyang Fleet had some effect on them, but it was never completely wiped out. The reason is that although this gang also has a base, there are too many islands in the Nanyang - think about it, in the future, Indonesia alone will have them

There are more than 17,500 islands, not to mention that the entire Nanyang is now unified by Beijing. The number of islands is simply mind-numbing, and it is impossible to "actually control" every one of them.

In this case, the situation is that the Nanyang Fleet destroyed a base of the Kuroshio Pirates today, and just held a celebration party, but found another of their bases the next day... Now the wildfire is really burning, and the spring breeze blows again.

What should we do if we can’t exterminate them all? What else can we do? It costs money to dispatch the Nanyang Fleet to exterminate pirates, and it costs a lot of money. Since we can’t exterminate them all, we can’t just gradually form a certain kind of force through the pull.

tacit agreement.

For example, if this merchant fleet has flown the "Book Sword Flag" chartered by Beijing, then you, the Kuroshio Pirates, cannot touch it, otherwise our Nanyang Fleet will definitely attack and at least destroy one or two of your bases and give them to others.

revenge.

And there are some fleets that do not fly my "Book Sword Flag" - regardless of why they are unwilling to spend money to buy the Book Sword Flag, in short, if they don't have it, then it will be robbed by your Kuroshio Pirates. I have many Nanyang Fleets.

It's better to have less of one thing and just pretend you don't see it.

Later, something even more outrageous happened: the Kuroshio Pirates took the initiative to send people to contact the Nanyang Fleet, to the effect that they were willing to become Jinghua's black glove and do what they "can do" when Jinghua needed it.

This matter was still controversial within Jinghua. The reason was that Jinghua had its own "royal black gloves" before, which Jinghua raised himself. Now that the Kuroshio Pirates want to do this job, the black gloves raised by them are

Aren’t the gloves useless?

Looking deeper, if our black gloves are useless, there is indeed a way to deal with them. Whether it is to give them a chance to prove their crimes and clear their identities on the battlefield, or to simply dismiss them, they will eventually face one problem: the Black Tide Pirates

The group is not under the direct control of Jinghua, so what happens if it disobeys at certain times?

In the end, this matter failed to make a big fuss, and Gao Pragmatic issued the order: temporarily allowed.

These two words "tentative" are easy to understand, so I'll grant them for the time being. However, everyone can see the meaning behind it - since they can't be eliminated now, it's okay to give them a chance to "repay". The final situation still depends on

We will make a decision based on their next performance.

At this point, the matter can be regarded as a phased "result", that is, Jinghua does have an erratic and mysterious maritime force that can be used. In terms of capabilities, it is indeed a very capable black force.

Gloves.

Meng Guzhezhe carefully recorded Gao Pragmatic's words and knew that he planned to send the "Black Tide" to stir up trouble in the waters of the West Indian Peninsula. However, she had nothing to do with it, as a woman from the Jurchen Yehe tribe

, even though she read a lot of Jinghua's internal information, she still couldn't fully understand the life of pirates, let alone how to use them specifically.

So Meng Guzhe nodded and continued: "We can also consider setting up some secret training camps to train those fighters who oppose the Mughal Empire. In this way, even if our actions are discovered, it can be deduced that they voluntarily came forward."

Coming to receive training has nothing to do with us. It can even be inferred that this is just a normal transaction - the other party pays for training, and we receive money for training, it is just business."

Gao Pragmatic smiled and nodded: "This is a good idea, and it is in line with Jinghua's tone over the years. However, I estimate that most of the forces that oppose the Mughal Empire do not have much money, and the training fee is only nominal.

Just charge a little."

"I understand." Meng Guzhezhe continued, "As for other aspects of military support, we can also send small-scale elite troops to destroy key military facilities of the Mughal Empire. These troops should have received special training and can

Carrying out covert operations behind enemy lines, carrying out sabotage and assassination missions... these are the 'special forces' that I once mentioned."

Gao Pragmatic did mention the idea of ​​"special forces", but he just talked about it casually within the family and did not actually do anything. The reason is that Gao Pragmatic feels that there are still many conditions at this stage that do not meet the requirements for the establishment of special forces.

Required. When the conditions are not met, the so-called "special forces" are at best another "night force", but the number may be larger, and the meaning is not clear.

Therefore, Gao pragmatic thought for a moment, and then said: "This plan needs to be carefully planned to ensure the concealment and suddenness of the action. We can allocate some from the various garrison forces to form a special force.

Responsible for sabotage missions behind enemy lines.

At the same time, once we want to conduct such an operation, we need to ensure that they have sufficient intelligence support to launch an attack at the most appropriate time. Therefore, this plan must be carried out after the Tianzhu Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is established and effective working capabilities are formed.

, we can’t act too hastily. At this stage, let’s let each garrison select their manpower first, and we tentatively plan to provide each garrison with an elite number of 100 people.”

Meng Guzhe nodded to express her understanding. She continued: "Finally, we can also take advantage of the geographical advantages of potential allies and propose them to conduct guerrilla warfare through mountains and jungles. We can train various local tribes that oppose the Mughal Empire.

Use economic and military assistance to make them our allies, and then use their familiarity with the terrain to harass and attack the Mughal army everywhere."

"No." Gao Pragmatic waved his hand decisively to interrupt, looked at Meng Guzhe and said: "Now that we have taught them this skill, if they use it on us in the future, it will not be a pleasant thing."

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PS: Halfway through writing, I went to look up information on Nanyang pirates during the Wanli period. There was some information but it was not very useful. Instead, it wasted two hours. In the end, I had to compile it myself... Hi, it's true.

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