Everyone looked at each other and was not in a hurry to speak. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info that this new pirate is in Lingao, they already know more or less. Generally speaking, except for the patrol Gao Shunqin and the chief soldier He Rubin, everyone is not enthusiastic about using sword soldiers to attack Lingao.

As early as when the prefect of Qiongzhou requested to exterminate the Lingoli Rebellion, officials at all levels collectively pretended to be deaf and dumb to suppress the matter, and later heard that the rebels were appeased, which seemed to verify the correct judgment of Guangdong officialdom. Now there is another group of pirates in Lingao, although they have annexed other pirate territories and forces, but in the eyes of officials at all levels in Guangdong, it is just pirate infighting, and it does not pose a real threat to the government. If we are unfortunate enough to be defeated, I am afraid that everyone from the governor to the bureaucrats at all levels will have to take responsibility.

Gao Shunqin was the most in favor of attacking and suppressing the Haikou. He is young and vigorous, and he is an official, and he is a potential stock of officialdom, and he wants to promote some major events in office to add to his career. Privately, he was summoned by Lord Tai, and the two had reached a consensus on the matter.

Seeing that no one spoke, he coughed and said, "Regardless of whether the pirates privately cast cannons are true or not, with their momentum, if they are not curbed in time, I am afraid they will become the second Liu Xiang." Besides, they are entrenched in Lingao, and if the county town falls, the responsibility will be great. ”

Everyone echoed the voice, but they had no bottom in their hearts about how to attack. Privately cast cannons, make bird guns, and sharp firearms, I don't know if it's true or not, if it's true, what are the chances of winning the fight? And I don't know how many people, how many ships, and how many guns this group of thieves has.

Wang Zunde asked the general soldier He Rubin: "General Yinzhi ......"

Yin Zhi is He Rubin's word, he quickly stood up and replied.

"You are not only the worldly commander of the imperial court, but also a member of the town. The Governor has always relied on you for the Great Wall, and what is your best plan for the suppression? ”

He Rubin bowed respectfully and replied: "The last general is foolish, this group of thieves can swallow up all groups of pirates in a very short time, and most of them must be outlaws on the sea, and they are longer than the boat. The Guangdong sailors have been weak for a long time, and it is really unwise to fight with thieves on the waves. The thieves have been powerful recently, but they have not been able to capture a county so far, which shows that they are not good at land warfare, but they can gather heavy troops and destroy their lair in one fell swoop, and finish their work in one battle! ”

"Oh. If the sharpness of his firearms is true, how can he deal with it? ”

"The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. Guangdong is already good at casting cannons, and with the power of cannons, they will not be able to lose firearms to them. At that time, when the king is there, the people of Lingao will definitely cut off the supply of thieves, even if they don't win or lose for a while, after running out of food, the thieves will inevitably bow down. ”

Wang Zunde was very satisfied with his answer, but according to the traditional rules, military generals are only responsible for fighting, and the formulation of strategies is the business of civilian officials. ”

Seeing his expression, everyone knew that he approved of this strategy, and they all said, "What a clever plan! "Anyway, the idea of going into the war was taken by the governor, and he didn't need to worry about raising food and wages.

Therefore, Wang Zunde determined the strategy of attacking and suppressing: He Rubin led the whole army, went to sea from Guangzhou to sacrifice the flag, dispatched 300 troop transport ships, crossed the sea in batches to Qiongzhou Prefecture, and assembled in Qiongshan County. The sailors did not have so many large ships at all, and it was too late to build them immediately, so all the deficiencies were supplemented by sealing ships along the coast of Guangzhou.

In terms of troops, a total of 15,000 troops were mobilized, with He Rubin's Zhenbiao Zhongying and Jiading as the main force, supplemented by Fubiao and Dabiao, of which 6,000 soldiers, and the Qiongya general Tang Yunwen's department was also under its control. Wang Zunde also ordered Hainan to divide the road, and asked him to mobilize the township warriors of Qiongshan, Chengmai, and Lingao to fight together with the local guards, and the food and wages of these men and horses were taken care of by the Qiongzhou government -- where did Wang Zunde know that the townsmen and guards in the Qiongshan area had already been crippled by Xia Nan.

After the gathering of troops is completed, it will march to Lingao by land, and when the army surrounds Bopu, the sailors will act according to the situation. Wang Zunde did not have hope for the combat strength of the provincial naval division, since the official army and naval division could not compete with him, he sacrificed the magic weapon of forbidden sea: ordered Qiongya general Tang Yunwen to lead the naval division of Baishazhai to cruise near Haikou, and forbade all civilian ships to enter and leave the Qiongzhou Strait.

However, Guangzhou knew too little about the situation of the thieves in Lingao, and Wang Zunde immediately ordered people to go to Qiongzhou Mansion to recruit talents, recruit people who understand the situation of the thieves in Lingao and are familiar with the local hydrology and geography, and ordered He Rubin to send more detailed work to Lingao to investigate before the war.

Lu Yizhong reminded: "There is a person in the system, who thinks he can ask. ”

"Oh? Who is it. ”

"The main hall of Lingao County - Wu Mingjin."

The county seat of Lingao has not yet fallen, and the officials in the county are all living well, and the county order should know the situation of the thieves best. Lu Yizhong thought that it was better to send someone to summon him to Zhaoqing in the name of reporting on his work, and he would know the situation in Lingao and the inside story of the thief as soon as he asked.

Wang Zunde immediately agreed, and sent someone to send a message to Lingao to summon Wu Mingjin.

The official document summoning Wu Mingjin to Zhaoqing to report on his work and the strategy of attacking and suppressing were sent to the county government at the same time. Now these official documents have to be passed through the master's money before they can be given to Wu Mingjin. Qian Youyu was shocked after reading the official document and strategy, and first copied a copy and sent it to Xia Nan, and then went to find Wu Mingjin.

In the study, Wu Mingjin read the official document, then read the strategy, and slowly put it down, his face was impassive, but his mood was extremely complicated.

When Xia Nan came to prominence, he wanted to strangle it with the help of the power of Fucheng, but he was first placed under house arrest, and then the 3,000 army of Fucheng was defeated, and the county government was completely reduced to an ornament, and even the entire county was demolished, including the city wall, which was even more humiliating than being captured by the Li people. Now that the summer south has been big, he doesn't go out of the county government to know, in the summer, the south is going into the gold, casting more and bigger cannons, in addition to the birds, private soldiers, but also built a lot of big ships as high as the city wall, the ships are strong and the guns are sharp, and a large number of pirates and outlaws have been collected to serve it.

If the Xia thief was in his infancy, he would be attacked by two large armies across the sea, Wu Mingjin felt that he was ninety percent sure that he would be exterminated, and the worst result would be to disperse him and go into exile. Now that the forces of the Xia Thieves on both land and sea are gradually growing, with the real combat strength of the official army, the results of this massive attack are not optimistic.

But in any case, he is still an official of the Ming Dynasty, summoned by the governor, and must go. As for whether the purpose of the summons was to report on his work, he knew very well that he was the chief official of a remote prefecture and county, and how could He De go to the governor's palace to report on his work, he must have wanted to understand the situation of the Xia thief through himself. (To be continued.) )