Yingtian Prefecture, Liangjiang Governor's Office.

Rockery, ponds, fish swims.

Governor Hu Beizong of Liangjiang was wearing a purple official robe and was standing on the stone bridge thinking, and at this moment, someone hurried forward: "Report to the Governor, there is military information coming to report to the southwest."

"Military information?" Hu Beizong pondered: "Has the Japanese pirates been invaded again?"

"Yes." The visitor nodded and responded: "The Japanese pirates landed from the Shipingwei Station, and then sneaked into a village, slaughtered all the people in the village, and set fire to the village."

Hu Beizong remained silent. He had heard of such war reports many times since he took office as the governor of Liangjiang. From his initial anger to his current numbness and even indifferentness, as long as the Japanese pirates are not eliminated for a day, such a tragedy will not end.

"So did Guang Jiqi go out?" Hu Beizong asked.

The Shiping Guard Office is the jurisdiction of Guangjiqi and is also a barrier to protect Yingtian Prefecture. Guangjiqi is one of the most optimistic young generals among the young generals of Hu Beizong. Although it is not as good as Qiu Dayu in terms of combat effectiveness, in terms of potential, Qiu Dayu is far inferior to the former.

Now that the Japanese pirates invade the border, they happen to be within his jurisdiction, it is time for him to make achievements and leave fame.

"No." The visitor said with his lips trembling.

"Bold!" Hu Beizong was furious: "As a general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how could the people suffer and he would be afraid of it?"

"Where is he now! I want him to come back immediately, I want to sue him!"

"Governor General, it's not that Lord Guangjiqi doesn't go out, but that the Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates..." The person who came said that he couldn't continue to talk about it.

"What's wrong with the Japanese pirates?" Hu Beizong asked in a deep voice.

"After the Japanese pirates sneaked into the villages and towns, they turned around and rushed to the Shiping Guard, and attacked the Shiping Guard." The visitor said in a trembling voice.

As soon as this was said, even Hu Beizong was a little stunned. After all, since the Japanese pirates began, some of the Japanese pirates attacked the prefectures. The officers and soldiers of the garrison retreated and did not dare to go out of the camp to fight. However, I have never heard of that group of Japanese pirates who dared to attack the imperial guards with heavy troops.

The so-called hitting a stone with an egg is probably what it means.

"What's the result?" Hu Beizong asked in a hurry.

Guang Jiqi is a rare talent. The terrain of the Shiping Guard is also considered steep. Just from the word "Shiping", it can be seen that such a strong general is a strong city. Could it be that these storm Japanese pirates can really attack them?

However, deep down in Hu Beizong, there was a hint of uneasiness.

"Sir." The visitor trembled and his words were choked: "The stone screen guard is broken."

"The defenders collapsed. According to them, almost all the real Japanese attackers came to attack this time, and they were Japanese samurai with superb swordsmanship. The leader easily captured General Guangjiqi."

"What!" Hu Beizong couldn't help but take two steps back and leaned against the railing of the stone bridge.

"What do you say, say it again."

Hu Beizong didn't believe his ears.

Guang Jiqi was defeated and captured?

This is something that Hu Beizong felt even more unbelievable than the fall of the Shipingwei Institute.

"The guards collapsed, the Shiping Guard fell, the enemy set fire to the guard, General Guangjiqi was missing. According to the escaped defeated soldiers, General Guangjiqi was captured by the leader of the Japanese pirates." The visitor reported in a trembling voice.

When he heard this, he couldn't believe it, and could only repay Hu Beizong as soon as possible.

After all, the Shiping Guard is one of the important portals of Yingtian Mansion. If the Shiping Guard is lost, the enemy can quickly point the troops at Yingtian Mansion.

Generally speaking, no Japanese pirates dared to attack a big city like Yingtian Mansion, but similarly, no Japanese pirates dared to formally attack the garrisons of the imperial garrisons. Before, they had a small fight, but if they formally attacked the military garrisons, this would be an act of war.

Of course - for Hu Beizong, the war between the southeast coast and the Japanese pirates was no longer much different from the war.

"Hurry! Send a scout!" Hu Beizong said repeatedly: "Go to search for Guang Jiqi's whereabouts, and die to see the corpse."

Guangjiqi is now one of the important figures in the southeast's anti-Japanese war. He is young and enterprising, has his own unique insights on Japanese love, is familiar with military books, and is able to learn and apply it. He is almost the best general that Hu Beizong can find under his command. If he really wants to fight the Japanese pirates in the future, then the sick general must be Guangjiqi.

If you really die young without making achievements, this is not only a personal loss for Guang Jiqi, but also a huge loss for the overall situation of the Southeast Anti-Japanese War.

"No need, I have met Governor Hu." At this moment, Guang Jiqi's cheerful voice came from outside the door.

With the sound, Guang Jiqi walked into the courtyard and saluted Hu Beizong from afar: "I am grateful to the Governor, everything is fine for Jiqi."

Hu Beizong looked at Guang Jiqi and saw that the man was still wearing a military uniform and his face was a little pale. Apart from that, he did not see any obvious injuries.

Hu Beizong couldn't help but show a puzzled look and looked at the person who reported the news just now: "Someone said just now that the Shiping Guard Station fell?"

If the Shiping Guard Station really fell, how could Guang Jiqi arrive at Yingtian Prefecture so quickly?

There must be something I don't know about here.

Then we have to wait for Guang Jiqi to answer himself.

"Yes, report to the Governor, the Shiping Guard has fallen." Guang Jiqi clasped his fists and said, "The General of the Mo is incompetent and has not resisted the enemy's attack. All the blame will be borne by the General of the Mo is alone."

"It's good if people are fine, it's good if people are fine." Hu Beizong said, and as he said this, he looked at Guang Jiqi: "Jiqi, I know your ability. The Shiping Guard Station, among the many guard stations under the rule of Yingtian Prefecture, should be regarded as one of the strongest guard stations. The terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I don't know why it was captured by the Japanese pirates?"

"How many Japanese pirates have invaded?" Hu Beizong was responsible for the defense of the southeast and was also in charge of the overall situation of anti-Japanese war. Now that the Shiping Guard has been broken, Yingtian Mansion will be directly exposed to the military front.

So he was really interested in the specific details of the fall of the Shipingwei. If Guang Jiqi did not come, he would definitely interrogate the people who came just now, but Guang Jiqi is right in front of him, so no one would have asked Guang Jiqi clearly.

"I don't know anything about the Governor's subordinates, but roughly estimate that there should be only a hundred people, roughly between fifty and one hundred people." Guang Jiqi said.

Hu Beizong was shocked when he heard this: "Not only a hundred people? How many guards are you in Shipingguard?"

"Report to the Governor, the Shiping Guard had a total of 800 soldiers, but there were only about 500 soldiers stationed in the Guard at that time." Guang Jiqi replied in this way.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, most of the officers and soldiers were responsible for military servants. Military servants were born to serve as soldiers and could only join the army for generations. This was not a glorious matter. On the contrary, most of the military servants were poor and poor. Although they could cultivate land, these lands were also owned by the state. It can be said that military servants were the so-called private slaves of the superiors. Not only did they have no personal freedom, most of the harvests they cultivated had to be handed over to the court and military servants. In fact, the combat effectiveness was quite worrying.

Of course, after Guang Jiqi arrived at Shiping Guard Station, he also tried to eliminate some bad policies, but the freezing of three feet is not a day long. Even if Guang Jiqi is already considered a boss who can understand the suffering, excessive reform will touch the interests of many people. Guang Jiqi has not yet established a firm foothold and cannot continue to implement it.

This is also the reason why Guang Jiqi has been talking about wanting to train his own troops. The main reason is that the guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty were really useless.

It is okay to maintain public order normally, but when facing such vicious and well-trained enemies as Japanese pirates, it feels a bit vulnerable.

"So, 500 people beat less than 100 people, and they were beaten and returned home with great defeat?" Hu Beizong felt a little unbelievable.

"This is what I often tell you to the adults." Guang Jiqi looked at Hu Beizong and said seriously: "Soldiers are more important than elites."

"The less than a hundred Japanese pirates were all Japanese samurai. They had received strict military training since childhood. They had excellent military armor and faced the enemy head-on. I'm afraid that three or five guards would not be their opponents. What's more, the opponent's strict cooperation is often enough to break us apart with just one rush, but this is not the key." Guang Jiqi sighed: "The key is that the leader of the Japanese pirates this time was a very powerful Japanese samurai. To be ashamed, the last general had tried a few moves with him, and in just three rounds, he was captured."

"Three rounds?" Hu Beizong was obviously surprised.

He was still very clear about Guang Jiqi's martial arts. Although Guang Jiqi did not travel around the world, the military means, such as thunder and thunder, and the battle to kill the enemy is completely unambiguous.

With Guang Jiqi's skills, he was also captured by the opponent in three rounds. If Guang Jiqi had not deliberately exaggerated it, after all, all the defeated generals were very happy to describe the enemy as fierce and vicious, with green faces and fangs to cover up their incompetence.

But Hu Beizong knew that Guang Jiqi did not have such a personality. Although he always expected the enemy to be lenient, he rarely took the initiative to exaggerate the enemy's strength.

"Yes, three rounds." Guang Jiqi nodded and said.

"After capturing me again, the Japanese pirates rushed again. Because the dragons had no leader, they could have resisted a little, but they were eventually defeated thousands of miles." As he said this, Guang Jiqi briefly explained the whole story to Hu Beizong. In the end, Yan Jiu took the initiative to propose to surrender. After being rejected by Guang Jiqi, the so-called three captures and three revolts were made.

"Actually, I didn't agree." Guang Jiqi looked at Hu Beizong and sighed, "But if he really had the ability to capture me three times, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the face to continue to be an official in the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Hu Beizong looked at Guang Jiqi, couldn't help thinking in his mind, and then said, "So, Jiqi, don't you have any means to deal with the other party?"

"If I give you another 500 elite warriors, can you make meritorious service and capture this Japanese leader?" Hu Beizong asked.

If you can capture it, it would be really good, and everything can be solved easily.

Guang Jiqi shook his head without hesitation: "I told others before that I can also say it to the Governor again, that is, the guards of the Shiping Guard are already the result of one year of diligent training. Compared with ordinary officers and soldiers, they are already considered elite, but they have not resisted the attacks of these Japanese pirates. Even if the Governor can assign people to me again, it may not be as easy as those of the Shiping Guard."

"So, if you rely solely on your subordinates, it will be extremely difficult to make meritorious contributions."

"That's it." Hu Beizong sighed: "If you are not even 100% sure, then even if you are transferred back to Qiu Dayu, you may not be the opponent of this group of Japanese pirates."

"Then I will mobilize a large army to encircle these Japanese pirates with a team of 3,000 people. Do you think it will work?"

In terms of war, Guangjiqi is an absolute expert, so Hu Beizong is still happy to discuss with Guangjiqi.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Guang Jiqi poured cold water on Hu Beizong without hesitation.

"To be honest, I really suspect that these Japanese pirates are made by Wang Zhi."

"Wang Zhi?" Hu Beizong was surprised: "After that being said, Wang Zhi has been waiting for the court to give him an accurate reply, but you and I understand that Wang Zhi's conditions are simply a fool."

Wang Zhi's conditions basically include Wang Zhi's own whitewashing and promotion. If only this is the only one, he might not be able to agree.

But in addition to this, Wang Zhi also proposed that the court relax the maritime ban and allow free trade at sea, which is a dream.

Where is the reason why the court makes a deal with pirates?

Of course, in return, Wang Zhi would dedicate his large fleet to the court to form a powerful navy under the court, and transform from a pirate to a powerful fleet that maintains the order of the Western borders.

In addition, Wang Zhi will also offer the court a trading income equivalent to 30% of the taxes every year, as well as a large number of overseas treasures.

In Wang Zhi's opinion, this is really a plan to kill three birds with one stone, and everyone is happy.

After all, if you surrender, first, the court will no longer have to worry about the corruption in the southeast coast. Second, it will gain a large amount of extra income. Third, it will be that you and your brothers will finally no longer have to worry. You can find a stable old age for yourself and be a rich man to spend the rest of your life.

What the court needs to do is just to relax a policy that has long been out of place.

But there is only one problem with this matter.

That is, the court will not make deals with pirates.

As the saying goes, what I give you is yours.

If I don't give it to you, you can't ask for it.

In the court's view, Wang Zhi used the peace in the southeast coast, 30% of the taxes and tens of thousands of his subordinates as bargaining chips in exchange for the lifting of the imperial ban, which was simply an insult to the court.

Even if the sea ban is really lifted, the court itself is merciful, not because of the request of a small pirate.

Of course - hundreds of years later, another group of smugglers, who wanted to open the national gates of China, also launched a war.

And now, what Wang Zhi does is the same thing.

But his war is smaller.

Throwing a stone to ask for directions.
Chapter completed!