Chapter 938 1027 Interrogation
"How far away are Qi Jiguang and the others?"
After Li Chengliang was satisfied, he thought of the Jizhen Army transferred by the imperial court, and then asked contemptuously.
Li Chengliang, the chief military officer of Liaodong, was angry that the imperial court had mobilized the Jizhen army to assist in the battle.
Didn’t the selection of guest troops show to him that he was not at ease with him as the commander-in-chief?
But he knew he knew it, but he didn't dare to say anything.
"Jizhen Army is still half a day's journey from here and will arrive later."
The guard replied hurriedly.
Li Chengliang could not ask questions about some things, but they could not and had no idea about them. They had to be able to answer immediately when asked.
It didn’t take a day to capture Gule City, but it only took a night of searching and setting Gule City on fire, but it didn’t last until now.
"Send someone to send him a message. Even if I have captured Gule City, they don't have to rush on their way.
I will wait for them here. After arriving, I will rest for two days before returning to work."
Li Chengliang ordered, and then he had people press the prisoners away, and he also rode back to the military camp to rest.
At this time, what he was thinking about was whether to humiliate Qi Jiguang in person when he saw him.
But after thinking about it for a moment, he gave up the idea from his heart.
Qi Jiguang had people in the court, and this advantage was beyond his reach.
Although he often sends ice and charcoal to the capital every year, he does not have a real big backer.
Qi Jiguang was different. Through Tan Lun's relationship, Qi Jiguang and Wei Guangde, the deputy minister of the cabinet, were connected.
It seems that Ma Fang of Datong and Yu Dayou of Nanyang Navy are both from Wei Guangde's side.
He was born into a military family, and military men had a natural affinity for him.
In fact, Li Chengliang also wanted to get closer, but unfortunately he never found the matchmaker.
It is essential that Qi Jiguang is not willing to be the middleman.
Before, Li Chengliang originally planned to try to get in touch with the chief assistant. After all, Zhang Juzheng's identity seemed to be that like Wei Guangde, he was also from a military household.
However, Wei Guangde's official career and marriage were deeply involved with nobles and the military, while Zhang Juzheng had always followed the path of civil service promotion and was considered a proper civil servant.
Unfortunately, I received news two days ago that the Zhang family's attitude towards him seemed to have changed.
Li Chengliang didn't know that this was all because Wei Guangde said in front of Zhang Juzheng that both of them had been plotted by Li Chengliang.
Zhang Juzheng is also such a proud person. Li Chengliang, a martial artist, dares to plot against him behind his back. This is intolerable.
As a result, Li Chengliang’s name was crossed out in front of Zhang Juzheng.
That night, Li Chengliang received news that Qi Jiguang's Jizhen Army was camped more than 20 miles away from their camp.
Although Wang Gao's tribe had been defeated, Qi Jiguang did not think that it was safe outside the pass.
In fact, Wang Gao not only has one Gule City, he also controls the cities outside the pass, such as Hongli Village, Shaji City, etc., and there are still residual forces.
Moreover, in the original history, Li Chengliang conquered Wang Gao twice. The first time he defeated Wang Gao, burned Gule City, and forced the Jurchen tribe to hand over Wang Gao.
But that’s it.
A few years later, after Wang Gao's two sons gathered their old troops and regained control of Gule City, Hongli Village and other fortresses, and after they developed, Li Chengliang sent troops again to attack and killed two of Wang Gao's men. A son.
Also during this operation, Nurhachi's grandfather and father also died in the war.
After Wang Gao was captured by the Ming army and sent to the capital and executed by Ling Chi, Wang Gao's sons Atai and Ahai developed again. They were always worried about their father being executed by the Ming people, so he often led the Jurchen tribe to invade the borders of the Ming Dynasty. .
In the eleventh year of Wanli, Li Chengliang once again led his troops to attack.
Nurhachi's grandfather Jue Chang'an and father Takeshi were actually aware of their dissatisfaction after Wang Gao invaded the Ming Realm many times and knew that the situation was not good.
However, as a weak Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou, they can only choose to attach themselves to a more powerful tribe through marriage.
Jue Changan's son not only married the daughter of Wan Khan, the leader of the Hada tribe, but his youngest son Takshi also married Wang Gao's daughter.
Between the Ming Dynasty and Wang Gao's tribe, Jue Changan chose the Ming Dynasty. He did not think Wang Gao had a chance to win.
During Li Chengliang’s second expedition to Gule City, he became Li Chengliang’s leading party.
The rebuilt Gule City in Atai is more stable than before. Due to the dangerous terrain of Gule Mountain, it was difficult for the Ming army to capture it for a while. Jue Changan "used the name of his elders to besiege the city and his granddaughter , persuade Atai to surrender."
As a result, Atai did not surrender and detained him.
Li Chengliang saw that there was no other way, so he ordered the army to attack Gule Mountain.
After the city was broken, there was another bloody massacre. In this war, Jue Changan was burned to death by a fire caused by the Ming army's artillery, while Tak Shi was accidentally killed by the Ming army.
After the war, Nurhachi lost his relatives due to this accident and became a prisoner of war of the Ming army.
After Li Chengliang found out, he chose to keep him by his side, and later went to the court to express his merit for his grandfather and father.
Jue Chang'an and Tucker Shi were also considered loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Even the people of the Ming Dynasty at that time believed that "all were loyal and obedient and served China" and helped Li Chengliang get rid of Wang Gao and Atai. But he died an unexpected death.
In order to comfort Nurhaci, the Ming Dynasty gave generous rewards, "It was returned to the funeral of the second ancestor, with thirty roads, thirty horses, and the title of General Longhu, and the imperial edict was returned to the governor." "From then on The loss is eight hundred taels of silver and fifteen pieces of python and satin."
Many people also know what happened next.
After Nurhachi became full-fledged, he raised his army on the grounds that his ancestors and father were accidentally killed by Ming soldiers. With the secret support of Li Chengliang, he successively unified all Jianzhou Jurchen tribes and most of the Haixi Jurchen and Yeren Jurchen tribes, and was granted the title of Ming Dynasty. He was the governor of Qianshi and the general of Longhu.
After that, he established the Eight Banners system and ordered people to create Manchu. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli, the Hou Jin regime was established with its capital Hetuala.
In the forty-sixth year of Wanli, he swore to attack the Ming Dynasty in the name of the "Seven Great Hatreds" and started the war in the late Ming Dynasty.
However, with the arrival of Qi Jiguang this time, such a situation will naturally not happen.
Wei Guangde had warned about this, and was worried that tiger farming would cause trouble again.
However, Wei Guangde only knew about it but didn't know why. He thought that this time he would kill Nurhaci's grandfather and father, while Li Chengliang left the Nurhachi brothers alone.
He sent Qi Jiguang to Liaodong in order to eradicate the root causes and completely eliminate all unstable factors.
How did he know that Nurhachi was still a child at this time, and his family had not participated in the war against Wang Gao's tribe at all, so he was naturally alive and kicking.
But no matter what, the history of Ming Dynasty has been changed.
Nurhachi has two elders who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Whether he will raise the flag of rebellion in the end is another matter.
Of course, the premise is that he can get support like Li Chengliang from the Ming Dynasty, and first complete the great cause of unifying the Jurchen tribes.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards the Jurchen tribes has always been to divide and disintegrate, and will not allow the Jurchen tribes to unify, just like its attitude towards Mongolia back then.
Only the Jurchens who fight with each other are good Jurchens and will be controlled by the Ming Dynasty.
As of now, Li Chengliang has killed most of the people in Gule City, leaving only a few for the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, so Qi Jiguang's mission is destined to be in vain.
Li Chengliang was still in the military tent thinking about how to treat Qi Jiguang when he saw him tomorrow. At this time, Qi Jiguang, who was more than 20 miles away, actually received the news that Li Chengliang had captured Gule City.
It can only be said that this is a joke played by fate. After just a hasty battle with Wang Gao, the old boy ran back with his troops and horses, and unexpectedly encountered Li Rusong who made a surprise attack outside the city gate. This was no one's luck.
Otherwise, Gule City, with Wang Gao presiding over, would not be so easy to conquer. There would be two to three thousand more defensive troops alone, not to mention the leader.
Off the coast of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, when the navy led by Yu Dayou chased here, they learned at the dock that the Japanese pirates had landed two days ago and had fled after looting the coastal villages and towns.
Just when Yu Dayou was extremely upset and unable to do anything, the government on the shore sent news that during the Japanese robbery, hunters worked together to capture a Japanese pirate, and he has now been imprisoned in Pingyang County for interrogation.
At this time, he was instructing his men to put down the clipper, and he wanted to go to Pingyang County to interrogate the Japanese pirates in person.
Yu Dayou knew very well that the only way to reduce the punishment on himself was to annihilate this group of Japanese pirates.
In the past, the Nanyang Navy could only wipe out the Japanese pirates encountered along the patrol, but now, most of the Japanese pirates no longer dare to approach the mainland and hide far away.
Unexpectedly, after a few months at sea, they would dare to invade coastal counties again and cause trouble for themselves.
For this group of Japanese pirates, Yu Dayou must have hated them deeply and wanted to get rid of them quickly.
If he was angry and helpless before, knowing that the Japanese pirates were caught, it would be entirely possible to pry open his mouth and find out the Japanese pirates' lair from his mouth.
Yes, Yu Dayou plans to follow the clues this time, find the nest of this Japanese pirate, and catch them all.
Soon, he got on the clipper with his guards. The sailor paddled the boat and the boat quickly sailed towards the shore.
When we got to the shore, someone had already prepared their fast horses and rushed all the way to Pingyang County without stopping.
Unfortunately, it was already midnight when we arrived at the county seat, so we had to rest outside the city and wait until the city gates opened at dawn the next day before entering the city.
This time is special. The coastal counties have to implement night ban policies at night, and the city gates cannot be opened at will. Even Yu Dayou, who is the admiral of the Navy, cannot let the county open the city. .
On the early morning of the second day, Yu Dayou entered the city and soon arrived at the Kaiping County Government Office.
After verifying his identity, Yu Dayou entered the prison and soon saw the captured Japanese pirate. At this time, the police from Kaiping County Government were also interrogating him.
"Is the lair where he found it?"
Looking at the Japanese pirate whose skin had been torn apart by the whip, Yu Dayou didn't show any pity, but asked directly to the policeman.
"No."
Already knowing that the admiral of the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty was opposite, the people at the county government did not dare to be presumptuous.
Although the county magistrate is a civilian official and seems not to be afraid of military commanders, the gap in rank is too large and civilian officials do not dare to show off.
Not to mention anything else, whether they are civil servants or military generals, there are always people in the court. Offending Yu Dayou is a small matter, but if it is the person behind Yu Dayou, it is a big deal and can ruin his future. Big deal.
Yu Dayou's name has long been spread in Jiangnan official circles. Many people know that there is someone behind him, and he is often a big shot.
After all, there are relatively few people who know Wei Guangde's identity, and not a county magistrate is qualified to know.
Yu Dayou stopped the officer who was whipping him, and walked over to me to take a closer look.
First of all, based on his height, he denied the possibility that this person was a Japanese.
Japanese people are short, generally no more than four feet five inches tall. Five feet tall is considered a tall man among Japanese pirates, and they are considered to be strong men.
Otherwise, China would not keep calling them Japanese.
He took a closer look at the Japanese pirate's facial features. He had dark skin and a flat nose, but there was no sunken chin that is common among Cantonese people.
The Japanese pirate obviously knew that he would die, so after Yu Dayou called the police to stop him, he did not look at him again.
But at this time Yu Dayou came closer to observe him, and naturally couldn't help but also glance at the opposite Ming general.
“You are from Fujian, right.”
Yu Dayou said calmly in front of him.
If there is no answer, then the Japanese pirates will naturally not open their mouths.
Going to sea and becoming a Japanese pirate, if caught, you will just want to die quickly, fearing that your identity will be revealed and your family and clan will be affected.
However, it is precisely for this reason that when a Japanese pirate is captured, as long as his identity can be found out, in order not to implicate his family, the Japanese pirate will usually tell everything he knows in order not to bring harm to his family. This can be considered a crime and meritorious service.
At this time, this is what Yu Dayou had in mind.
From this person's foreign trade characteristics, he has been able to roughly judge that this person's appearance is close to that of a Fujian and Cantonese person, but the details are closer to a Fujian person.
After all, Yu Dayou traveled all over the country and met many people from all provinces.
Fujian is his hometown, and he has been working in Guangdong all year round, so he still has some discernment.
Seeing the Japanese pirates lowering their heads, Yu Dayou rubbed his chin and said: "If the drawings are sent to coastal counties in Fujian for identification, and a reward of ten taels of silver is given, do you think anyone will identify you? Identity?”
“No.”
The Japanese pirate, who had not spoken even after being whipped, finally spoke his first words.
In fact, if it is necessary to understand the situation of Japanese pirates, the Ming Dynasty usually directly interrogates and kills Japanese pirates after catching them, and rarely pursues others.
Even if there is, it is only done hastily.
But this time is different. Japanese pirates have not invaded the mainland for many years, and Zhejiang officials also attach great importance to it. Naturally, they need to find out the origin of the Japanese pirates, who the bandit leader is, or go to sea to capture documents and arrest people.
Whether he is caught or not is a matter of time, there still needs to be a cutscene.
Seeing his reaction, Yu Dayou knew that his guess was correct. He was from Fujian and his hometown.
"I am from Jinjiang, Quanzhou, and my name is Yu Dayou."
Yu Dayou revealed his identity, and the Japanese pirate's eyes gleamed. He naturally knew who he was and what he wanted to say.
"You don't want your family to suffer, just tell me where the lair is? Who is the bandit leader? You die quickly and your family will not be implicated.
Otherwise, I will take you to the coast of Fujian Search every prefecture and county, and even if you die, you can still find your family
You should know the consequences. "
Yu Dayou publicly threatened.
"Do you mean what you say? ”
The Japanese pirate was terrified when he heard what Yu Dayou said.
In fact, he wanted to die when he was caught, but these hunters were too skilled in tying ropes, and he didn’t even have a chance. If you commit suicide, you will be imprisoned here. You will be tied up and unable to commit suicide.
"I keep my word, tell me the lair and the bandit leader, I will destroy them, and I will kill you when I come back."
Yu Dayou said.
The Japanese pirate hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The nest is in Huayu, and the leader is."
(End of this chapter)