Zhang Yu also felt strange and asked a few soldiers to go back and ask the people behind.
After a while, the soldier came back with a complicated expression: "Your Highness, they are afraid of Japanese pirates and think it is safer to follow us."
Zhu Bai frowned: "Is this area often invaded by Japanese pirates?"
This place is at least 180 miles away from the sea. Japanese pirates dare to go deep here?!
Zhang Yu whispered: "The nearest shore of Ninghai Bay is only a dozen miles away from here. If it is a big tide, large ships can enter Ninghai Bay. If it is a small tide, they can also stop at the mouth of the bay and row a small boat to the shore. Ningbo
Although it is closer to the sea, Ningbo's naval force is strong. Ninghai is just a county, with only a few government officials..." Ningbo's naval force was led by Wu Zhen, the chief Japanese officer.
Wu Zhen was also a fierce general who captured Chen Youliang and wiped out the water bandits.
In a word, he has never lost a water fight.
In the third year of Hongwu's reign, he was granted the title of Honorable Doctor, Zhu Guo, Marquis of Jinghai by Lao Zhu. He received a salary of 1,500 dan and was given an iron certificate, which was hereditary to his descendants.
As long as he guards the place, there will be no Japanese pirates.
Zhu Bai gritted his teeth: "That's it."
These Japanese pirates pick weak persimmons and don’t have a long memory!
The last time we came in from the Yangtze River estuary, we were completely wiped out by him.
Now I dare to come in from Ninghai Bay.
Although the Ningbo guards sent fifty people to escort Zhu Bai, there were not even a hundred people including Zhu Bai.
With this group of people, if Japanese pirates attack them later, they may not be able to protect them.
The leader of the Ningbo guards said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will just disperse them."
Zhu Bai waved his hand: "They didn't do anything, why should we drive them away?"
Zhu Bai got off his horse and walked over and asked, "How did you know that the Japanese pirates would come, but some relatives and friends from the same hometown were robbed?"
Someone whispered: "I am from Ninghai. A group of Japanese pirates have been coming frequently recently. I am following Your Highness because I want to ask Your Highness to find a way to destroy this group of Japanese pirates."
Someone from behind said: "Almost everyone in the village next to us was killed. Those Japanese pirates are not humans, they are animals. They even spared pregnant women and children."
"I escaped by hiding in a water tank. I heard the gang of Japanese pirates say that they were here for revenge. They were here to wait for His Highness to come."
"There are two to three hundred of them."
Zhu Bai tilted his head and asked Zhang Yu: "How old is April today?"
Zhang Yu: "April 12."
Zhu Bai: "In other words, there will be a big tide in three days, and the Japanese pirates will come again."
Zhang Yu: "Yes. Your Highness, don't take any risks. Stay overnight in Ninghai County today. Just go to Linhai tomorrow."
Zhu Bai shook his head: "I can hide, how can the people hide?!"
Besides, since the other party came to seek revenge from him, he couldn't hide anymore.
Zhu Bai asked Zhang Yu: "We have a post station in Ninghai, right?"
Zhang Yu said: "Yes, Ninghai Station was also built in accordance with His Highness's requirements. The walls are high and extremely strong. Once the door is closed, they will never be able to get in."
Zhu Bai smiled: "I will teach them a way, and they will definitely be able to capture it."
Zhang Yu: "Ah?!"
Zhu Bai turned around and said to the people behind him: "Do you want to destroy these Japanese pirates?"
The people and merchants behind all said, "Think about it. These people are so abominable."
"They burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. They are all demons."
"Your Highness is the one who makes the decision for us. The Japanese pirates come every two days and it's hard to survive."
Zhu Bai said: "Then I'll trouble you to go back and tell everyone that Queen Xiang is staying at Ninghai Station for the night and will leave after only one night."
The people looked at each other.
"ah."
"This is not the same as directly telling the Japanese pirates to attack King Xiang."
"King Xiang, some Japanese pirates can speak my Ming Dynasty Mandarin."
Zhu Bai said: "Don't be afraid, just do as you are told. Moreover, you have to say that these Japanese pirates are really stupid. They only use Japanese knives every time. In fact, the walls of King Xiang's post station are very high and made of stone. It is impossible to attack them by force.
If you can't attack it, the best way is to use fire to attack it, soak a cloth with oil, throw it in from the wall, and then throw a torch in, it will burn them all at once, so there is no need to attack it at all."
Everyone took a breath: Oh my god, is this young prince sick?
Teaching the enemy such a despicable method? Isn’t this asking for death?
Zhu Bai said: "Everyone must do what I say. Remember it."
Then Zhu Bai divided the people into two groups, one group went to Ninghai County, and the other group returned to Ningbo Guanya Bureau.
The third-level official bureau in Ninghai County suddenly had many more customers buying oil.
These people are afraid of being discovered, so they buy a few barrels at a time, then don't take them away, hide them somewhere on the shore, and then buy them again.
As a result, when they came back after buying oil for the second time, they found that the oil they had hidden before was missing.
They cursed: "These Ming people are really cunning."
Although it was stolen, I didn't dare to look for it, let alone hide it here or elsewhere. I could only take advantage of the dark moon and high wind to transport it out of Ninghai Bay, and boarded a boat parked in a secluded place at the mouth of the bay.
's big ship.
On the big ship were the gang of Japanese pirates who came ashore from time to time to plunder Ninghai County.
When it got dark and the silver-pan-like moon came out, the sea fruits actually started to rise as expected.
The weather is clear tonight and cloudless.
At this time, the Japanese pirate leader put his sword on his back and said solemnly: "God is really helping us. According to reliable information, the 'little king of hell' who killed more than two hundred of our brothers is at Ninghai Station tonight. Except for one person
In addition to staying on board, everyone else followed me ashore to Ninghai. We must take revenge tonight!!"
The Japanese pirates raised their arms and shouted: "Kill him and take revenge."
Leader: "Tonight is a high tide, so we will dock with big ships and land with small boats. We will first set fire to the inn, burn it down, loot as much as we can in Ninghai County, and then set fire to Ninghai County. This plan is perfect, and there is no need to follow the Ming Dynasty
The army is fighting, so we will never be in danger. If those stupid Ming people hadn't leaked it, we wouldn't have thought of such a best-of-both-worlds solution. Let these Ming people see what we are capable of tonight, and they won't dare to go against us again in the future.
."
His men responded in unison: "Yes."
Leader: "I asked everyone to bring a piece of cloth soaked in oil. Did you do it?"
Subordinate: "Just do it."
The leader pulled out his knife and pointed to the west: "Okay, put the remaining oil on the boat and take it over. It will be used on them later. We will set off for Ninghai immediately."
The big ship set off and quietly entered Ninghai Bay. Then the Japanese pirates got off the big ship, sat in a dozen small boats, and sneaked closer to the shore.
In addition to the sound of the waves, there is the sound of the Japanese pirates' boat paddles lapping the water.
The silver moonlight shines on the waves, like silver lines rushing to the shore.
The coast was getting closer and closer, and the Japanese pirates became nervous.
A very strange smell wafted over, and it became stronger and stronger.
