Chapter 1328

Although Qin Yuanwai lowered his voice when he spoke, Li Qiufeng's inner strength was profound and he still heard his words clearly. Hearing Qin Yuanwai say that the Tatars would join forces with the Japanese pirates to capture Liaodong, Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, thinking about the Tatars

Invading the north and Japanese pirates plundering the southeast coast, although these two groups of enemies were serious concerns of the Ming Dynasty, there was never any news of these two groups of bandits joining forces. If it is true as Qin Yuanwai said, it would really be a big trouble.

While he was thinking in his mind, he suddenly thought of meeting five killers of the Yagyu clan that night. Then he remembered that in the Chenghuang Temple in Xiuwu County, Yagyu Zongyan joined forces with the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast in an attempt to bloodbath Xiuwu County and capture Fengmen Village.

, as a hiding place for Japanese pirates to attack the capital. Yagyu Sogan has always looked down on the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, but in order to seize the Ming Dynasty, he did not hesitate to join forces with the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast. In this way, the Tatars and Japanese pirates who regarded the Ming Dynasty as their great enemies

Collusion is not impossible.

The horseman said: "Old Qin, I'm afraid what you are saying is not right? The Japanese pirates are far away on the southeast coast, but the Tatars are in the northern desert. The two sides are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. It is nothing more than a fool's dream to collude with each other."

After Ma Yuanwai finished speaking, the thin man sitting on his right said with a smile: "Ma Yuanwai is right. Since the founding of the country by Taizu, the Tatars were expelled from the Central Plains, forcing them to flee in embarrassment to the extreme north of the desert.

By the time Emperor Chengzu came out of the Great Wall six times, plowing the courts and sweeping holes, the Tatars had fled. The powerful troops of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty had been wiped out and they were no longer able to go south. Even after the Tumu Fort Incident, the Tatar soldiers did not attack the Central Plains in a large scale.

, to seize the Ming Dynasty. It’s just that the Tatars are still determined to destroy us. They didn’t send their troops southward, not because they didn’t want to do it, but because they knew it was impossible.”

The thin man spoke excitedly, shaking his head with great pride. Ma Yuanwai chuckled and said: "I am worthy of being a scholar. He is a knowledgeable person with just one mouth. It's amazing. It's amazing. Just say what you want to say."

Say, don't drop your book bag in front of us."

Ma Yuanwai's words were both praise and sarcasm. After hearing this, the thin man's face turned red and he looked quite embarrassed. He apologized repeatedly and then continued: "The Tatars were very energetic after they were driven back to Mobei by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu."

Injured, they are no longer able to march south. In addition, the Tatars are divided internally, and they are constantly attacking each other. Although famous ministers like Ye Xian have appeared, it is difficult to hide their decline. In recent years, although the Tatar soldiers have been in Xuanfu, north of Datong

There were harassments from time to time, but they only robbed money, cattle, sheep, and people. They did not dare to confront the Ming Dynasty. But it was a different situation in Liaodong. Because the imperial court did not station many troops in Liaodong, and for a long time, the border areas

Only then did the Tatar cavalry dare to go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong, and even plundered outside Liaoyang City from time to time.

"Not only the Tatar soldiers have their sights on Liaodong, but the Japanese pirates have also set their sights on Liaodong. Everyone thinks that for a hundred years, the Japanese pirates have only been wreaking havoc on the southeast coast, but they don't know that just near our Dongliao County, the Ming Dynasty's army once fought with the Japanese pirates.

A large army of men and horses fought a battle."

As soon as the thin man said this, not only Li Qiufeng was quite surprised, but also Yuan Ma, Yuan Wai Qin and others also let out a sigh. Yuan Wai Ma said: "Brother, what you said is a bit unreasonable. Our Ma family has lived here for generations.

Why have I never heard that Japanese pirates came to Liaodong to cause trouble?"

The thin man smiled and said: "Liaodong is far outside the customs. The imperial court has always regarded this place as useless, and no one in the customs is willing to move to Liaodong. Therefore, for more than a hundred years, Liaodong has a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. Although there are some villages, they are often separated by hundreds of years.

Here, they have not interacted with each other since old age. Although the battle was full of darkness and blood flowed into rivers, the population of Liaodong was sparse and there were no people living near the battlefield, so this matter did not spread. And when the war took place, it was Emperor Chengzu

During his reign, the Ming army was invincible in the world. Even the Tatar soldiers were beaten and fled, and nearly a thousand Japanese pirates were killed. It was really not a big deal, which made this battle less famous."

When the thin man said this, he paused briefly and then continued: "The battle to exterminate the Japanese pirates took place in the 17th year of Yongle. The person who served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong at that time was Master Liu Jiang. Speaking of this Master Liu, he was also a great person.

He was originally named Liu Rong. Because of the imperial conscription, his father was seriously ill, so Liu Rong had to join the army in his father's stead, taking his father's name and calling him Liu Jiang from then on. Later, Master Liu joined Emperor Chengzu in revolting against Jingnan.

, starting from a small soldier, he accumulated military merits and was promoted to a hundred households, and was soon promoted to the capital to command Qianshi. After the Jingnan Campaign, Mr. Liu followed Emperor Chengzu to conquer the desert many times and made many achievements. Emperor Chengzu treated him very well.

He was quite impressed, and after the Northern Expedition, he was promoted to the rank of Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong, stationed at Guangningwei, an important town in Liaodong, one of the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty.

"After Mr. Liu took office as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, he heard that pirates often landed ashore, massacred people, and robbed women of their property. These pirates wore strange costumes, did not speak like Han people, and were extremely tough. Mr. Liu personally went to the coast of Liaodong to explore, and then

It turns out that these pirates are not ordinary pirates, but Japanese pirates from Fuso.

"The disaster of Japanese pirates started in the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty was founded, the Japanese pirates' troubles intensified along the southeast coast. Mr. Liu was not ignorant about this. But he had never heard about the Japanese pirates invading Liaodong, so he

He was shocked. While reporting the matter to Emperor Chengzu, he also reorganized the Liaodong garrison and trained sergeants to prevent Japanese pirates from invading Liaodong.

"Emperor Chengzu received Liu Jiang's memorial and knew that the Japanese pirates were plotting against Liaodong, and he was furious. He sent an envoy to Fusang to blame General Fusang and urged him to restrain the Fusang people from going to sea to cause trouble and suppress the Japanese pirates. At the same time, he sent an envoy to the governor of Fujian

, the commander-in-chief and the governor of Liaodong, the commander-in-chief ordered them to strictly suppress and arrest the Japanese pirates who harassed the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Liu received Emperor Chengzu's order and immediately set out to exterminate the Japanese pirates. At that time, there were only more than 1,700 field soldiers in the Liaodong Guard Station, and the remaining field soldiers were only over 2,000. These field soldiers were all old and weak.

Some of them couldn't even hold up swords and guns, so they were useless. Master Liu led more than a thousand soldiers to build beacon towers at Lushunkou, Wanghaichong, Left Eye, Right Eye, Xishazhou, Sanshou Mountain, Shantou and other places.

Seven of them were built to prevent Japanese pirates from coming ashore to plunder. He paid special attention to Wanghaitun because Japanese pirates had landed here several times before when they invaded Liaodong. Therefore, Mr. Liu personally led his sergeants to build a stone fort at Wanghaitun and set up a beacon.

Taiwan, take strict precautions.

"Sure enough, in June of that year, the sergeant guarding Wanghaicong discovered a faint flash of fire on an island on the sea, and reported the matter to the superior. After receiving the news, Mr. Liu concluded that the Japanese pirates had gathered at sea and were about to go ashore to plunder. Yes.

So he mobilized more than 2,000 officers and soldiers to guard Wanghaitun and wait for the Japanese pirates to attack. Early on the next morning, the Japanese pirates took more than 30 large and small boats and attacked directly at Wanghaitun. The two sides fought a battle. The Ming army at that time was not like it is now.

Such pustules, each acting as a soldier, were extremely brave. After a battle, more than 800 Japanese pirates were beheaded, and the remaining 700 or so were captured alive. Master Liu frightened the Japanese pirates' courage in one battle, and from then on

After that, the Fusang people no longer dared to attack Liaodong, and could only toss along the coast of Fujian. If Master Liu had not won the Battle of Wanghaicheng, the Japanese pirates would have attacked Liaodong from the north and harassed Fujian from the south, and the situation in the Ming Dynasty would have been critical!"
Chapter completed!