Chapter 175 by decree to go south

So after thinking about it again and again, before the Shangyuan Festival passed, he issued a decree to order Xiaotian to prepare the sailors, personally lead the sailors south to Liangguang, and be restrained by Xiong Wencan, and flatten the sea pirates along the coast of Liangguang.

It happens that these two are old partners. Xiong Wencan can probably understand Yu Xiaotian's temper, which should be able to inspire Yu Xiaotian. Now Yu Xiaotian has soldiers and ships, so he takes the opportunity to go south and fight with the sea pirates and weaken his strength.

Chongzhen also offered a magic weapon to use thieves to contain these military generals that can't be destroyed, and made a wishful calculation. At the same time, he also sent a message to Zou Weiyan, try not to provoke Yu Xiaotian, try to meet his requirements, and let him send troops to both sides as soon as possible.

Zou Weili never thought that the court would deal with this matter in this way. The court would not pay attention to Xiaotian's occupation of Taiwan Member Island, and asked him to satisfy Xiaotian's requirements as much as possible and let Yu Xiaotian send troops as soon as possible.

So Zou Weilian quickly gathered the staff to discuss what was going on. Everyone discussed for a long time, and finally figured out the current idea of the court. When he figured out the court's concerns, Zou Weilian couldn't help sighing that the court can now be said to be a rat taboo for these martial artists and dare not take it lightly. It's easy to deal with them, so they can only adopt the Huairou policy to drive them to work for the court.

Now the court wants to weaken his strength and control it by letting Yu Xiaotian lead troops south to suppress the pirates along the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi. This is really a stinky move, because Yu Xiaotian's current strength at sea is so strong that the court is not clear, even Zou Weilian can't completely figure it out.

Let Yu Xiaotian go south, which is actually similar to the tiger returning to the mountain, which is equivalent to openly putting the coast of Liangguang into Yu Xiaotian's sphere of influence.

But Zou Weilian can't do anything about it. Now Yu Xiaotian can't beat or scold him. Not to mention that he can't do anything about it. Now even the court is very afraid of him and dares not do anything to do anything to him easily.

Therefore, Zou Weili had to follow the order of the emperor, collect a batch of materials for Yu Xiaotian, and raised 80,000 taels of soldiers for him as a fee, so that he could send troops to the south and Guangxi as soon as possible.

These movements between the government and the opposition are naturally under the control of Xiaotian. The Ming court has never had any secrets to speak of. As long as he is willing to spend money, even Chongzhen can find out where he sleeps one day, not to mention these things.

Through this incident, Yu Xiaotian also completely tested the court's attitude towards him. Although Chongzhen already knew that he controlled Taiwan Island, this time he didn't even fart, but let him send troops south to suppress bandits in Guangdong. His purpose and idea can be said to be obvious. Yu Xiaotian couldn't help but make such a small move to Chongzhen. I feel sneered.

Zou Weiyan wanted to put small shoes on him and play one for him, but it did not meet Zou Weili's expectations at all. Now the court still asked Zou Weili to pinch his nose to raise military wages and materials for him, which fully illustrates Daming's current scruples and weakness.

In this case, he doesn't have to worry. He will completely tear up with Daming in the near future. As long as he is a little softer, he can still strive for a few years of maneuver.

So Yu Xiaotian did not continue to drag down after knocking Zou Weili, which was sold to Xiong Wencan for face. At the end of February, he personally gathered his sailor's warship in Weitou Bay and killed the sacrificial flag to announce the launch of Hainan.

It makes sense to say that gold will shine sooner or later. Some people are born to do great things, which cannot be denied.

After Zheng Yiguan, who was driven out of the coast of Fujian by Yu Xiaotian in his early years and led the remnants to escape to the coastal area of Guangdong and Guangxi, he first lived a more than a year of wandering life along the coast of Guangdong, and his men were almost completely scattered.

At the worst time, there were less than 200 people left under Zheng Yiguan's command, and there were only a few ships left, completely reduced to a small pirate.

However, Zheng Yiguan still has some ability. Later, he gradually gained a foothold in Guangdong and began to gradually recover his strength. After several years of operation, he actually cheered up again.

Now Zheng Yiguan has become a force that cannot be ignored along the coast of Guangdong and Guangxi. He has controlled Shangxiachuan Island and many small islands along the coast of Guangdong, and has once again expanded to have two or three hundred ships, with thousands of people in his command.

Now he has lost the trade route of Japan and does not dare to provoke Xiaotian easily, so he makes full use of himself as a Catholic. In addition, he is familiar with the advantages of Europeans. He has made great sea trade in the Guangdong and Guangxi and exported the products of Guangdong to the Spanish and the Dutch. Portuguese, including Macao, have established contacts.

He also gave up his previous hostility to the Spaniards, opened up the route to Manila, and started a business with the Spaniards. In addition, Zheng Yiguan is also a ruthless person. It can be said that he has done all kinds of evils along the coast of Guangdong. * There have been a lot of merchant ships in the past. Through the efforts of these years, he has accumulated again A fortune came and his warship was re-armed.

Because Yu Xiaotian suffered too much at a loss, Zheng Yiguan completely realized the disadvantage of the weapons at hand. Therefore, in the past few years, he has been trying to buy all kinds of Western artillery to arm his warships in Guangdong. In addition, he also spent a lot of money to buy from the Dutch and Portuguese. I got a few Western sailboats that were almost scrapped.

After he got these ships, he wasted a lot of effort to repair them, restoring their ability to sail and combat, and installed a lot of cannons. With his means, his combat power improved quickly. By the seventh year of Chongzhen, he had vaguely become the largest pirate in Guangdong. One of the forces has gained a firm foothold along the coast of Guangdong.

At this time, in addition to Zheng Yiguan, there are several other large-scale pirate forces along the coast of Guangdong, one of which must be said to be Liu Laoxiang, one of the members who has historically allied with Zheng Yiguan and established 18 Zhi, and some people directly call him Liu Xiang.

Unfortunately, in this era, Liu Xiang did not have an alliance with Zheng Yiguan and could not establish any 18 Zhi. Liu Xiang is still Liu Xiang, and Zheng Yiguan is still Zheng Yiguan. Although the two know each other, their relationship is not good.

Especially after Zheng Yiguan was driven to Guangdong by Yu Xiaotian, Liu Xiang also took the opportunity to collect a lot of Zheng Yiguan's old departments, and the two sides have made a big grudge against each other over the years.

And Liu Xiang started earlier than Zheng Yiguan in Guangdong. At the beginning of Chongzhen, he developed and grew to the scale of thousands of people and hundreds of various ships, controlling the Pearl River Es mouth area and regarded the Pearl River mouth as his territory for no one to cove.

And the Pearl River Estuary is also the outlet of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong. It has always been an important place for ships to enter and from sea merchants. Whoever holds it can make a fortune.

Over the years, many people have wanted to kill Liu Xiang and take away the mouth of the Pearl River, but they have never been able to kill Liu Xiang. On the contrary, Liu Xiang has become stronger and stronger. By the end of Chongzhen's seventh year, Liu Xiang's men had gathered 20 or 30 pirates, large and small, which can gather more than 10,000 pirates.

Although Zheng Yiguan has risen again over the years, there is nothing he can do about Liu Xiang. The two sides have to fight several battles every year, big and small. It can be said that they have their own wins and losses, but no one can eat anyone, and they are always in a stalemate.

Therefore, although there are many pirate forces along the coast of Guangdong, they are relatively in a delicate balance. Of course, there are also Yan Siqi and Chu Cai, who belong to Yu Xiaotian's forces. Although their strength is not very strong, they are supported by Yu Xiaotian behind them, but the equipment is relatively refined. Liang, ordinary people really can't do anything about them.

Especially Yan Siqi's department now has nearly 200 ships of various types, and there are at least dozens of large lucky boats and wide boats that can be used as warships. Even Liu Laoxiang is very afraid of Yan Siqi and generally dares not easily provoke Yan Siqi.

Of course, Liu Xiang is also very well aware of the situation in Fujian. Over the years, he has always been a little unconvinced by Xiaotian at first. He thinks that the huge Fujian coast can be occupied by Yu Xiaotian by anything? If you have money, you can't let Yu Xiaotian take advantage of it.

So five years ago, Liu Xiang colluded with many pirate forces around Guangdong and tried many times to infiltrate the coastal areas of Fujian to grab territory.

However, Yu Xiaotian has regarded the coast of Fujian as his forbidden place and does not allow others to touch it. Therefore, over the years, it can be said that the police will come out. Liu Laoxiang and those Guangdong pirates have repeatedly invaded the coast of Fujian. Sometimes even as soon as they appeared, they were blocked by Yu Xiaotian's sailors, beaten them in the face, and beat them to ashes. He fled back to Guangdong.

Sometimes, in order to raise the thief's self-respect, Yu Xiaotian found that after they invaded, he did not block them. Instead, he opened an opening for them and asked them to go ashore to plunder. After they made the matter big, Yu Xiaotian sent people to intercept them. Often Liu Laoxiang and others could not get much advantage and gave Yu Xiao for nothing. Work in the sky.

So Liu Xiang and others also knew the power of Yu Xiaotian. Fujian is really not a place for them to stay, so since Chongzhen's last attack on Fujian in five years, they have never dared to go to Fujian to make trouble.

Liu Xiang is deeply afraid of Xiaotian and once hated Xiaotian. He has intercepted sea wolves many times at seas. However, after several times, they found that even these sea wolves' merchant ships are difficult to deal with. They often have to pay a heavy price to take the ship. It is really not cost-effective to do this business.

This doesn't count. As long as they grab the sea wolf's boat, it won't be long before they will be rewarded. There are always a group of unidentified Clippers along the coast of Guangdong. Few people know their identities on the coast of Guangdong, but some people know the shape of these Clippers. The kind of Clippers are called Flying Clippers, which is unique to the Seawolf Group, and only the Sea Wolf Group can build it.

These fastships usually cruise along the coast of Guangdong and also hijack ships, but as long as they know that someone has robbed the sea wolf's merchant ships, these ships will quickly gather together and begin to launch extremely fierce revenge on the provoking people.

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