The most difficult part of cooperation in military operations lies not in the action itself, but in the distribution of rights and obligations.
Xia Xun and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu agreed that the Ming Navy Division would be mainly responsible for naval operations, and the Ming Army would be responsible for assisting in the sea blockade and other matters, and the land side would be mainly handed over to the Ming Army.
The so-called proper pursuit, is thirty miles away, not deep, this Xia Xun also agreed, his purpose is to fight pirates, not to rely on this navy to occupy the capital, if you are really involved too deeply, the road is not familiar, the language is not understood, and the supply can not keep up, which is a great threat to your own army, which is not in the interests of the Ming Dynasty, so after winning a greater degree of freedom, Xia Xun will no longer insist on his own opinion.
In the end, the two sides talked about the time of the joint encirclement and suppression and the issue of information collusion, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu asked, "So, when will we determine the specific time of the encirclement and suppression?"
Xia Xun said: "I think we should first determine where the pirates are concentrated, we don't know this information."
After knowing the stronghold and number of pirates, it is good to make the next arrangement. ” Ashikaga Yoshimitsu smiled slightly and called, "Smart Maru" As soon as the shoji door was opened, a young man who was as beautiful as a flower, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and was wearing a black samurai uniform, appeared at the door, bowed to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and said respectfully: "Your Excellency the General" "Tell me what I want you to find out about pirates to the envoy of tomorrow."
"Yes" The young samurai responded, walked to the front of several cases, took out a map from his arms, slowly spread it out, and pointed: "Pirates are mainly gathered on these islands, Rapid Wind Island, Breaking Wave Island, and Duck Reef Island, and there are about three pirate forces gathered on Rapid Wind Island, namely the Renmu family and the Tian Maru family."
Xia Xun looked at his soft-soled shoes, leggings and tight belts, and said in his heart: "The general and the daimyo have raised many ninjas, as a secret organization for them to find out information and assassinate enemy generals, this smart pill must be a ninja." ” After Senchimaru introduced the situation of each organization, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said: "These pirates often fight with each other, but once they encounter an external threat, they will unite, and after they form a joint force, their strength is very strong, and I have also sent troops to encircle and suppress them, once the troops are not as strong as them, they will be counterattacked by them, once they send heavy troops, they will leave the island, those small islands, we can't stay for a long time, it is a headache to deal with them."
This time, with the help of the Ming Water Master, I hope to defeat them completely. ” General Spoyi asked in a deep voice, "May I ask Your Excellency the Auxiliary Prince, when can we attack them?"
Xia Xun said: "This question, I think it is better for His Excellency the General to decide, our warship is in the Ryukyus, and the morning and evening are coming, but we need to know how long His Excellency the General will have to prepare." ” Ashikaga Yoshimitsu pondered for a while and said, "It will take a while to deploy a defensive line on land, send enough troops, and send the navy to cooperate with the Kamimei Division to form an encirclement of the pirates at sea, and we will set it in twenty days." ” Xia Xun instructed: "Your Excellency the General had better be secretive when you dispatch troops, if the pirates detect and the stars scatter and escape, it will be difficult to pursue." ” Si Boyi interjected: "This, Your Excellency cares about us, and will do what we should do."
Xia Xun didn't think it was wrong, but just smiled faintly.
After the negotiation was over, when he returned to his residence, Zheng He couldn't help laughing, Xia Xunqi said: "What is the matter with my father-in-law?"
Zheng He said: "The secret probe next to General Ashikaga is called Smart Pill.
Guogong has never heard an ancient poem, he would rather push than lose the grass, and destroy the smart pill.
Smart Pill, in our Lingnan refers to longan, I didn't expect him to be called such a name, it really makes people laugh. ” Xia Xun smiled and said: "Yang was about to say something to his father-in-law, and when his father-in-law heard it, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to laugh."
On Breaking Wave Island, several pirate gangs are hurriedly preparing to carry a large number of looted materials onto the ship before they can be sold and disposed of, and the things that can be removed from the camp on the island are also carried to the ship as much as possible.
This island is obviously only their temporary residence, although this "temporary" time is a little longer, because this is only the place where they absorb thieves and collect and distribute stolen goods, their families are all settled on land, and pirates often go ashore in small boats to go home to reunite with their relatives, so the movement of people here is particularly frequent, and it is only possible to ensure that the island is always guarded, and only when they go out to sea or in a situation like the current situation, they will rush back quickly and be dispatched in a unified manner.
Therefore, the buildings on the island are very simple, and it is obvious that they have learned of the plan of action of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty to jointly suppress the bandits, and they are in a hurry to prepare for the transfer at this moment, and these widows are very frugal, and even the warehouses and tents that have been built have been demolished, and the planks and beams and columns have all been moved onto the ship.
Because there were very few plants on the island, once they were burned, they had to carry them here from the land, which was very troublesome.
There were also several piles of long, thick and straight timber on the island, which were the materials for the construction of the Japanese ships, and they were all carried on the ships by the thieves one by one, and in this way, they did not intend to leave any loot for the officers and soldiers and the Daming sailors.
A ronin stood on the side of the ship and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up, the army of the Ming Navy and the Imperial Minister will be coming soon, and all the things that can be used will be transported to the ship."
The other man who looked shabby, but still maintained his samurai attire, said lazily, "What's the hurry, it will take them ten days to come." ” "Mu Zao-kun, it is a problem for us to choose a place for our things and personnel to be temporarily resettled, especially since we haven't moved out of Wave Breaking Island for many years, there are too many bits and pieces, even if we hurry up, it will take another five days to complete."
Mu Zao pouted and said: "It's really shabby, everything is carried to the ship, according to me, these things are not needed at all, as long as there are ships and people, all the wealth we need can be snatched from the Ming Kingdom." ” He turned and walked up to a reef, pointed into the distance, and said in a loud voice: "That's it, as long as we" His voice paused, and he suddenly cried out in surprise: "Look, there are three big ships coming in the distance, they must be the ships of the Oda family, and on these islands, only the Oda family has such big ships." ” "No, the Oda family is stationed on Yajiao Island, what are they doing on our Wave Breaking Island?"
The ronin also climbed up the reef and put his hand on the canopy to look into the distance.
The boat rode the wind and waves, getting closer and closer, and the ronin suddenly screamed: "Mu Zaojun, my eyes may be spent, you see, is it a battleship of the Ming army?"
The samurai looked into the distance in astonishment, the ship was getting closer and closer, and more warships poured out from behind, overwhelming the sky, the sails were like a forest, the samurai's jaw seemed to have dropped, and he opened his mouth for a long time before he roared: "Oh my God, it's really the warship of the Ming army, what's going on, isn't there still ten days left?"
The ronin jumped off the reef and shouted in despair: "Quickly raise anchor, raise the sails, and prepare for battle, the sailors of the Ming Kingdom have been killed."
The broken warrior shouted: "Don't panic, everyone is full of reefs here, the warships of the Ming Navy Division can't enter, and they will sink if they hit the reef, report to the big boss quickly."
The giant battleship on the opposite side had slowed down, and Ren Juying stood at the bow of the ship and commanded loudly: "Order the Dafu ship to stop on the spot, prevent it from going to sea, outflank the Xiaofu ship left and right, transport troops ashore, cut off the back of the sentry ship, Haicang ship, and Cangshan ship to go out to fight, put the centipede speedboat down, and land on the beach."
According to the flag, large and small warships immediately got busy, Shuangyuwei's warships are now equipped with shotguns, in the past, they fought with people, the main means was to rely on hand-to-hand combat, and now like the Ming army sailors, try to use the advantages of weapons, to avoid a large number of casualties.
Throw weapons such as artillery within 100 paces, fire guns within 80 steps, rockets within 60 steps, flamethrowers within 40 steps, javelins, tomahawks, and thistle cannons within 20 steps.
The ship was full of messy things, especially tents, barn planks, and square timbers, and there was no rule for the arrangement, and there was a mess everywhere.
The draft was too deep, which limited the flexibility of their ships, and the chaos on the ships made them nowhere to go if they wanted to fight.
In particular, they didn't expect that the Ming army had always liked to use huge ships and big ships, and this time it was actually equipped with countless small boats, and it was easy to cross the natural defense line of the reef group, and there was no one on their side to command it in time.
Ren Juying stood on the huge ship several stories high, condescendingly, seeing this situation completely in his eyes, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Order all ships to immediately approach the Japanese ship within twenty paces, and burn their ship with thistle cannons, flamethrowers, gunpowder canisters, and oil barrels."
When the new general order was issued, the Ming warships immediately changed their tactics, and soon, several of the Japanese warships full of flammable materials were the first to burst out of the flames, like huge torches, shining on the sea with a burst of fire.
The same scene was staged at the same time on several islands where the Japanese invaders gathered, among which the fighting style of the Rapid Wind Island was slightly different, this island was the farthest from the land, and there was no reef group around, and it was Li Yifeng's Chaohu Sailor who was responsible for attacking the Rapid Wind Island, he arrived one night in advance, taking advantage of the opportunity of the dark night like ink, and laid a large number of submarine mines along the island, and the attack had not officially begun, and he was surprised to see the Ming warships appear, and at least one-third of the Japanese warships that fled out in panic were damaged and sunk.
When the sea was covered in flames, Xia Xun was pacing leisurely into a quiet and elegant temple with a few retinues, where he wanted to secretly meet a woman with an important mission.
To be continued: