Southern Gansu is the thoroughfare of four provinces, going to Jiangxi in the north, Fujian in the east, Guangdong in the south, and Huguang in the west. It is mainly mountainous and hilly, with traffic jams and breeds banditry, which is becoming more and more serious.
Xie Zhishan occupied Hengshui, Zuoxi, Tonggang, and Chi Zhongrong occupied Litou and became kings respectively. In addition, Chen Neng of Dayu, Gao Ma of Lechang, Gong Quanfu of Chenzhou, and Zhan Shifu of Damaoshan, Fujian, etc.
, each one is a giant bandit running rampant in southern Jiangxi, each one is no longer a simple bandit, each one is king.
Among them, Xie Zhishan, the most powerful one, was even known as the "Conquering King" and even raised a banner to resist the rule of the Ming Dynasty and punish corrupt officials.
In the past few years, when the Ming army had not yet carried out military reform, the military household system of the Ming Dynasty was so corrupt and its combat effectiveness was so low that these bandits in southern Gansu even dared to attack Gan County and Nankang.
Die in battle.
This shows how serious the banditry in southern Jiangxi has become. These are no longer just bandits who block roads and rob, but have the nature of a peasant uprising.
Naturally, they have become the key target of this crackdown on gangsters and evil.
At this moment, Xie Zhishan's Hengshui Stronghold was surrounded by 10,000 Ming troops. Accompanied by rumbling shelling and deafening explosions, the Hengshui Stronghold, which was built on the dangerous terrain, was quickly breached. Gunfires came one after another.
The bandits in Hengshui Village died and surrendered, and were completely restrained by the Ming army in the blink of an eye.
"Why?"
"Why didn't we receive any information beforehand?"
Xie Zhishan could not figure out until his death why he did not receive any news. He had eyes and ears in the yamen of Nankang and Gan counties. As long as the imperial court had a large army to suppress the people, he would be able to receive the news in advance.
However, this time, it was not until his Hengshui stronghold was defended by the Ming army that he realized that by the time he reacted, the stronghold had already been breached.
The same scene soon appeared in other bandit villages in southern Gansu. The power of the factory guards was so powerful that they often penetrated directly into the bandits and found out everything inside the bandits.
Then the Ming army was secretly dispatched from other places and attacked directly. By surprise, in less than a month, the Ming army broke through more than a hundred bandit villages, killed more than 20,000 bandits, and captured more than 20,000 people.
In order to deal with the decades of banditry in southern Jiangxi.
On the day of the public trial, the entire Gan County was deserted. The huge square attracted tens of thousands of people to watch the public trial. Thirty thousand Ming troops were fully armed and escorted tens of thousands of bandits to the public trial.
Under the public trial, more than 5,000 bandits were sentenced to death on the spot, and the canon punishment was pronounced on the spot. More than 5,000 people had their heads chopped off. The rivers next to Gan County were dyed red with blood, and the dead were piled up like a hill.
, using four-wheeled carriages to pull hundreds of vehicles, turning a hill with green mountains and green waters into a mass grave.
Such a thunderous operation greatly frightened the bandits in southern Jiangxi. Many small bandit villages were disbanded almost overnight. The bandits in the bandit villages became anonymous and fled to other places.
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In a sea area of the Nanyang, two pirate ships were fleeing desperately. Behind these two ships, there were five warships of the Ming Dynasty Nanyang Fleet in hot pursuit.
"Modan~"
"Are these people in the Navy crazy? They are still full and have nothing to do. They have been chasing me for three days and three nights."
On the Dragon King, the pirate leader Dragon King Lin Fu looked at the naval warships pursuing him behind him and couldn't help but curse.
He was originally an ordinary sailor who traveled around the seas of the Southeast Asia all year round. Later, because of his greed for enjoyment, he and his fellow villagers robbed two cargo ships and started a piracy business in the Southeast Asia.
While recruiting local natives from Southeast Asia as crew members, he also continued to familiarize himself with the routes in various sea areas of Southeast Asia and looted passing merchant ships. He developed rapidly in a short period of time. At one time, he owned more than 20 ships of various sizes, and he became a leader.
A great pirate that makes people change their minds.
This time, the imperial court decided to strike hard to eradicate crime and evil. Naturally, it focused on targeting the pirates who were rampant in all sea areas. He also became the key target of the Nanyang Fleet.
After a detailed investigation by the factory guards, the Nanyang Fleet found Lin Fu's lair and directly dispatched hundreds of warships to surround him. After a fierce battle, Lin Fu now only had two ships left.
"Dong~dong~"
Accompanied by a burst of intensive gunfire, projectiles soon roared in and landed on the sea near the Dragon King, raising water columns into the sky.
"Damn it, the navy's artillery is so accurate~"
Lin Fu couldn't help but cursed again. He was almost desperate. This time he was afraid that he would not be able to escape.
As soon as he finished speaking, several cannonballs landed on the Dragon King, immediately smashing huge holes in the Dragon King. One of the cannonballs hit the mast of the ship with great difficulty, directly knocking the mast off.
Once it was knocked down, the speed of the ship dropped rapidly.
"It's over~"
"Dead~"
Lin Fu closed his eyes in despair. As a sailor, he knew very well that once a sailboat loses its mast, it is basically a living target, waiting to be sent into the sea to feed the fish by the navy.
"Oh, if I had known I would regret it today!"
Lin Fu recalled his previous life in his mind. Although being a sailor was hard, the income was still quite good. He was so obsessed that he actually became a pirate.
From the day he became a pirate, he never had a good life. He dared not enter the port, had nowhere to spend the money he robbed, and dared not return home. He was always on guard, fearing that the navy would pursue him.
"Dong~dong~"
Soon, there was another burst of intensive gunfire, and billowing white smoke rose from the pursuing naval warships. The shells flew rapidly towards the Dragon King, and soon fell on the Dragon King as if they had eyes.
.
Lin Fu was hit by a cannonball. His whole body was bruised and bloody, and he was too dead to die.
Wave after wave of attacks seemed to have no intention of stopping, and the navy seemed to have no intention of taking prisoners. After several waves of shelling, the Dragon King began to slowly sink to the bottom of the sea.
Many pirates on the ship jumped off the ship one by one in fear, trying to escape. However, soon, several naval warships arrived near the Dragon King, and the muskets on the ship were aimed at the pirates struggling in the sea.
"Bang~bang~"
Intensive gunshots continued, and bullets were fired at the pirates in the sea, staining the ocean red with blood. The navy showed no mercy to these pirates and was determined to kill them all.
"Continue chasing another pirate ship~"
"After the sinking, we will go to Sulu for a stroll. In just a short time, these small Southeast Asian countries have dared to collude with these pirates and sell stolen goods for these pirates. Remember, there are still people who dare to become pirates. It is necessary to punish them carefully.
Taught them some lessons."
On the battleship, the captain looked at the scene in front of him coldly, looked at the map of the Nanyang region, pointed to the location of Sulu Port and said.
Nanyang is really important to the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the huge plantations in Nanyang itself, Nanyang is also a hub for communication between the East and the West.
There are too many merchant ships traveling between Nanyang and Daming. Thousands of ships travel between Nanyang and Daming every day, and at the same time communicate with the West and Daming.
Pirates, such an ancient thing, were originally wiped out by Liu Jin. The waters here were very safe, but they soon resurfaced, and a large number of pirates appeared one after another, seriously endangering the safety of foreign merchant ships.
It even threatens the plantations on many islands.
There is a very special phenomenon in this, that is, the leaders of these pirates are often from the Ming Dynasty, and the crew members are natives from various parts of Southeast Asia. Then these pirates often make up for and sell off the stolen goods in various countries in Southeast Asia.
So this time to fight against the pirates in the South Seas, the Ming Dynasty decided not only to fight against the pirates, but also to hit the countries in the South Seas again.
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The Ming Dynasty was cracking down on gangsters and evil everywhere. In Tianjin, Songhu, Nanjing, Crescent City and other emerging cities, gang forces suffered a devastating blow. Tens of thousands of gang members were killed and distributed with gold.
Continental and Australian ones were assigned.
On every highway in the Ming Dynasty, road bandits, bandits, etc. were also hit hard. The leader basically died, and countless road bandits, road bullies, mountain bandits, etc. who were entrenched on the highway were wiped out in one go.
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The atmosphere of the entire Ming Dynasty and the public security in the city suddenly improved a lot. In troubled times, heavy codes were used, and the effect of this time's campaign against gangs and evil was very obvious.
Business travelers don’t have to worry about being robbed on the road, women don’t have to worry about being teased by gangsters when going out, and people doing small business in the city don’t have to worry about protection fees. The whole Ming Dynasty was applauded.
"Mr. Zhang, although the crackdown on gangsters and evil this time has been very successful, it has also revealed several problems. The most important one is that the number of officials, servants, agents, etc. in various government agencies is too small and the quality is poor.
It’s low-level and cannot be reused, and many of them are based on connections.”
"It can be used to deal with ordinary people, but it is very powerless to deal with the strength of gangs and various new types of criminals."
"We can't always use factory guards and the military to maintain public order. After all, we still have to rely on local government agencies to maintain public order."
"So I think it is necessary to set up a special agent school, and then recruit retired soldiers for professional training and training, and then uniformly distribute these agents to various parts of the Ming Dynasty to expand the power of various state governments.
To maintain public order in society.”
In Zhang Mao's office at the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, Liu Jinzheng and Zhang Mao were discussing this time's crackdown on crime.