Chapter 1043: Tao Banyao, the fierce general of the Ming Dynasty
Hangzhou.
Li Yan was standing on the bank of Qiantang River fishing, with two old men behind him helping to catch bait.
One is short, fat, and has a kind face, while the other is muscular and wants to be evil but can't.
Just when the true spirit and the evil spirit of the earth god were glaring at each other, looking displeased, the sound of horse hooves was heard.
A team of people arrived, led by Hu Zongxian, who came in front and saluted: "Sir!"
Li Yan handed the fishing rod to Tu Tu and nodded in greeting: "Ru Zhen."
Hu Zongxian said: "Governor Zhang and Governor Li have woken up, and their physical strength has quickly recovered after taking the medicine. They asked me to thank you sir for the rescue. After the military affairs are sorted out, they will come to visit immediately."
Li Yan said: "Resisting the Japanese is the key. They don't have to be polite. How are you?"
Hu Zongxian could tell that this person really didn't care about the thanks of the two officials. Instead, he cared more about himself and said with warmth in his heart: "I am supervising the discipline inspection, fulfilling the responsibilities of inspection, and doing my job well!"
Li Yan smiled: "If you know how to advance and retreat, you will achieve great success."
Hu Zongxian not only showed his talent, but also did not overstep his authority for too long as a seventh-rank official. He can be said to be the official who benefited the most from this incident. However, a word of warning should be given: "Your performance is obvious to all, and the strict party may take some action.
Make preparations early.”
Hu Zongxian whispered: "Sir, I do have some ideas..."
Li Yan immediately understood: "You want to mediate with Yan Dang?"
Hu Zongxian did not dare to hide: "The strict party has power over the government and the opposition, and all ministries are their partisans. If I insist on resisting, it will be difficult to move forward. If I can mediate, it will be the best."
Li Yan said calmly: "I don't know much about political affairs, but the principle of the world is that different paths lead to the same destination. If a patient is seriously pregnant and neither takes medicine nor rests, but hopes to mediate the disease in the body, do you think it is feasible?"
Hu Zongxian was stunned: "This..."
Li Yan said: "Don't underestimate the Yan family and his son. There are very few people who can rival them in the way of strategizing."
Hu Zongxian broke out in cold sweat: "I understand, I got lucky!"
Li Yan not only vetoed it, but also gave suggestions: "With your current achievements, if you want to do practical things, you don't need to worry about which faction is stronger in the government and the opposition, but you have to look further up."
When Hu Zongxian heard this, his brows moved, and the words "Jian Zai Di Xin" came to his mind. His thoughts suddenly became clear, and he bowed and saluted: "Thank you, sir, for your advice!"
Li Yan nodded slightly and looked not far away, where another group of people arrived.
The flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife kept pedestrians away, but when they came to the riverside, they got off their horses in advance and walked over respectfully.
The leader, Zhu Twelve, has been making eight trips a day recently. He used to string the bait. If Li Yan hadn't suggested that he had other uses for fishing, Jin Yiwei, who was proficient in water, might have been able to get into the water and hang it on his hook.
fish.
But this time, Zhu Twelve's face looked a little off, he seemed hesitant to speak, and his expression was a little awkward when he saluted: "Sir!"
Li Yan knew something in his mind: "Is there any news from the capital?"
After getting along with each other during these days, Zhu Twelve already knew that although this person had never served in the court, his views on political affairs also fell into the category of knowing a little bit about everything, and he did not dare to hide it:
"His Majesty Long Yan was very pleased after the governor reported the merits of my husband. However, Tao Tianshi was worried that human affairs would hinder the recovery of Shinto, so he proposed to postpone the reward. Your Majesty has personally taken charge and put down the Japanese rebellion first..."
Hu Zongxian's expression changed after hearing this.
Tao Zhongwen actually interfered, so that this miracle doctor who made great contributions did not receive any reward?
If the change of head in Nanjing was just a private medical incident, the imperial court would not give lavish rewards for rescuing a countess, but this time it was completely different. Whether it was rescuing the governors of six provinces and the governor of Zhejiang,
Letting the land god of Hangzhou see the world again is almost a monumental achievement, and the reward of a title is not an exaggeration.
The result is nothing, which is very outrageous. What's more important is that there is news in the palace. Part of the achievements of the revival of Shinto are recorded in Tao Zhenren's prayers and sacrifices. According to this logic, the good things in the world are done by that heavenly master.
Can everyone get a share of the pie?
Zhu Twelve sighed in his heart: "Your Majesty was deceived this time..."
Li Yan silently commented: "Jiajing's tactics are really easy to come by."
He emerged so quickly that Jiajing was not sure for a while. Tao Zhongwen came forward to exclude him, and he was happy to transfer his hatred. If necessary in the future, if Tao Zhongwen was taken down, he could win his heart.
However, this set of methods of imperial control was developed by Li Yan and Li Zhi in the Tang Dynasty world. He had already disdained to play with it in the last Water Margin world, and here he just casually thought about it and threw it away.
Of course, one thing is the same thing.
You can be indifferent to rewards, but that doesn't mean you can tolerate others grabbing the credit in a big way. Otherwise, it won't affect this matter, and the follow-up will be hindered.
The difference between generosity and weakness must be clearly distinguished.
He has always been very generous and doesn't care about others, but he thought that Tao Yin and Chi Lian were also impatient, so he could make arrangements.
Tao Zhongwen took down his account first, and then Li Yan asked: "Is there any news from the Japanese practitioners and Japanese pirates?"
Zhu Twelve hurriedly said: "The signs of the Japanese pirates' activities have not changed much, but the traces of the Japanese practitioners are strange... The Dragon King's dream may really be related to them!"
Li Yandan said calmly: "It can only be said that the Japanese are the biggest suspects at present. This can also explain why the Onmyoji took the risk to come to Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou before. They are planning an event with huge impact."
"As for Japanese pirates, we have to guard against them. When I was practicing medicine, I heard several Korean businessmen mention that the Japanese country was in a stage of civil strife. Those famous people may not be able to get help from practitioners, but it is not ruled out that they will use Japanese pirates to achieve their own goals.
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Zhu Twelve frowned: "This will be really troublesome!"
Li Yan looked at Hu Zongxian: "Are the Ming army's ships capable of going to sea to fight?"
Hu Zongxian replied: "The navy has reached a certain scale. General Lu and Commander Yu are both good at water warfare. Sir, please rest assured!"
Li Yan nodded slightly. He mainly promoted security talents, and he really didn't worry much about the direct competition between Ping and Japan.
It can also be seen from Qi Jiguang's miraculous achievements against Japanese pirates in history that the strength of the Japanese pirates was actually not matched by the turmoil and damage they caused.
In the Battle of Taizhou, the Qi Jiajun fought five battles with the Japanese pirates in one month, killing more than 3,000 enemies, beheading 308 people, capturing two Japanese leaders alive, and rescuing more than 5,000 civilians. The Qi Jiajun sacrificed three people, some say six.
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In the battle of Baishuiyang, 1,500 Qi Jiajun fought against more than 2,000 Japanese pirates, annihilated more than 2,000 Japanese pirates, beheaded 344 Japanese pirates, captured five Japanese leaders alive, rescued more than 1,000 civilians, and Qi Jiajun sacrificed three people.
In the Battle of Niutian, 6,000 Qi soldiers defeated tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, beheaded 688, and killed more than 2,000 Japanese pirates. None of them died, and nearly a thousand people were saved.
In the Battle of Lindun, the Qi Army burned or drowned about 3,000 Japanese pirates, beheaded 960, captured 26 people, and rescued more than 2,000 civilians. In this battle, the Qi Army lost the most lives, up to 69 people, too
It was tragic.
There are slight differences in the records of the above versions, but they are basically the same. Generally speaking, they are just killing people.
In dozens of battles against Japanese pirates, large and small, the Qi army never suffered a defeat, sacrificing less than 200 of their own, and accumulatively killing at least 20,000 Japanese pirates, which is a miracle in the history of cold weapons.
The ability to achieve such a record also reflects two points. The first is that Qi Jiguang is excellent in training troops and the Yuanyang Formation is always awesome. The second is that the Japanese pirates are really not strong.
If it were a strong showdown, even if Qi Jiguang was an unparalleled military general, he would not be able to achieve such a terrifying result.
The Qin army also suffered heavy casualties in the battle of Changping fought by the killing god Bai Qi. This is inevitable. Only one side is strong and the other side is weak enough. With proper tactics, one can defeat the enemy at a numerical disadvantage when one's own side is at a disadvantage.
Reduce the battle loss ratio to one to one hundred.
Compared with the main opponents of the first two worlds, Tubo and Jin, such Japanese pirates are really not in Li Yan's eyes. At this stage, it can make Ming Dynasty miserable. In history, dozens of Japanese pirates will even fight all the way to the gates of Nanjing in the near future. It is completely
The Ming army was so bad that after Li Yan made Hu Zongxian stand out early, he didn't bother to pay attention to this kind of novices pecking each other.
If it is left to the current generals such as Yu Dayou and Lu Ti, they may not be able to wipe out the troops as cleanly as Qi Jiguang did after he completed his military training, but it is no problem to achieve great victory and suppress them severely.
Comparatively speaking, he was more interested in the practitioners of Japan.
In a world with extraordinary means, if it defeats the other party's practitioners, then this country will be like a piece of fish on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered by others.
Hu Zongxian actually thought the same way. After this period of rectification and platooning, he had a good idea of the strength of the Ming army. He did not dare to claim a victory over the Japanese pirates, but it was not false. However, he had to guard against the opponent's cunning tactics.
: "Sir, there are many thieves, so be careful!"
Li Yan was not too arrogant: "If I were only one person, it would be really difficult for me to face the Japanese practitioners who work together. Fortunately, in order to really wake up the Dragon King, practitioners from the Ming Dynasty will also come here, right?"
Zhu Twelve nodded repeatedly: "Chaotian Palace and the optimistic Taoist priest have arrived, and Tao Tianshi has also sent out the little Tianshi..."
"That's good. Wait for them first. You can go and do your work first. Come back when you have something to do!"
Li Yan smiled.
"I'll take my leave!"
Seeing this man taking over the fishing rod again and immersing himself in fishing, Hu Zongxian and Zhu Twelve saluted and said goodbye knowingly.
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The riverside became quiet.
It wasn't until Li Yan mentioned the fishing rod that the land of good and evil suddenly froze.
There were no fish on the hook, but as the thread was pulled up, densely packed fish suddenly jumped out of the water, like leaping through a dragon's gate, one after another jumping in front of the hook.
Tutu was stunned: "Your Majesty, what is this?"
"It can be seen as an attempt to deal with shrimp soldiers and crab generals..."
Li Yan's eyes widened and he pondered: "I'm thinking about a question. If the Dragon King has been sleeping, who is controlling the clouds and rain, the rising and falling tides? In other words, does the East China Sea have a master now?"