At the beginning of the day, the central army led by Chen Xi occupied Yangtiangang, the main peak of the central peak of Qushan Island without any danger.

The Japanese pirates did not take the initiative to come to fight, and it is still difficult to calculate how many thieves there are on the island.

On the way, I found several people hiding to hide and hiding from the limelight, all the people of the Ming Dynasty, not Japanese. These people were captured and escorted to Chen Xi. When they saw Chen Xi, they would not do anything except kneeling down and kowtowing to beg for mercy.

"The situation on the island has been roughly explained."

Yunliu reported that "The Japanese pirates on the island were divided into two groups, one of which was real Japanese, mainly entrenched on the west side of the island where the terrain was relatively flat and could grow crops in large areas. The other group was basically Ming people, with some Japanese people mixed in the middle, mainly living on the east side of the island."

"When I learned that when the imperial fleet was heading towards the island, those real Japanese ships fled south with full loads of plundering goods. Now the remaining people on the island are basically the second group of people. According to the confession of the prisoners, there are almost more than a thousand people, but there are only five or six hundred strong men. The rest are women, children, elderly and weak, and the people of the Ming Dynasty they captured."

Chen Xi looked at the dusty prisoner without much resentment.

Being a Japanese pirate does not mean that it is a serious crime. Because the existence of the Ming Dynasty's ban on seas made it difficult for the people on the sea to make it difficult for the people on the sea to make a living. Especially in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, land annexation was serious, and the land on the sea was originally small. When it was concentrated in the hands of a small number of people, it was a last resort for many people to become bandits.

After all, the truly vicious thieves are a minority, and most of them come to the island just to make a living.

Yunliu said: "Sir, have you put the thief on the spot to rectify the Dharma?"

Chen Xi shook his head: "First take care of the island, then escort the local government and garrison offices to deal with it... Dinghaiwei's men will probably arrive at Daqu Mountain in the past two days, and the aftermath can be left to them."

Chen Xi has never been very concerned about dealing with prisoners of war. He would rather leave such matters to local people. Even if the prisoners of war are convicted and exiled or beheaded, Chen Xi would not interfere. After all, this is a customary rule of an era and cannot be changed because of his existence.

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After joining Hu Songyue and Song Shu, the army and horses to ensure the safety of Yangtiangang, Chen Xi once again divided the army into three. Among them, Song Shu was approaching from the left wing, that is, the north of the coastal island, facing the Wutou Mountain line where the bandits were entrenched. Hu Songyue led his troops to the Long Fork estuary and went to Hanmen Bay along the only dirt road on the island to block the Japanese pirates' escape route.

Chen Xi himself led the central army and marched towards Wutou Mountain between the two troops.

Until dusk, the central army was five miles away from Wutou Mountain.

Chen Xi did not rush to march. His fleet blocked the sea surface only to the near-shore surface, which meant that Chen Xi left enough time for the remaining Japanese pirates on the island.

But after nightfall, the island was extremely quiet, and no news was heard about the Japanese pirates flying at night. It seemed that the Japanese pirates were still watching, or they had agreed to fight to the death with the government army.

"Sir, General Song's troops have occupied Laitou Mountain, only one step away from Wutou Mountain, about three miles away from our central army... General Hu's troops have approached Haifeng, and should be able to take down Hanmen soon."

When the soldiers were staying and resting, Yunliu brought the latest information.

Chen Xi nodded: "It seems that some people can't wait to make military contributions."

Yunliu asked for instructions: "Does anyone send someone to inform General Song to station on site and wait for our army to approach? Based on the current military strength, General Song's troops are not superior. This is the land of thieves, so I am afraid that the Japanese pirates will suddenly attack or set up dangerous mechanisms in advance."

Chen Xidao: "Shouldn't this kind of thing be considered and measured by him? Do I need to remind you to point it out in a special reminder?"

Obviously, Chen Xi was a little dissatisfied with Song Shu's aggressive advance, but Song Shu did not go to war directly with the Japanese pirates on Wutou Mountain. Everything was within controllable range, and Chen Xi did not intend to pursue his crime.

About half an hour later, a messenger reported: "Sir, General Hu has heard news that he had cleaned up a camp of Japanese pirates in the Hanmen, and found a large number of women, children, elderly and weak people, with a total of about 200 people. Waiting for the Lord to report."

"Precaution in place."

Chen Xi thought for a while and ordered, "Send General Hu to mobilize 300 troops and approach Wutou Mountain along the coastline, camp in the Snaketou area, and wait for the next order."

The Chenxi military order has just been issued, and the rest and rest in the army has not yet ended, and another messenger has arrived: "Sir, a large number of ships were found on the sea to approach Qushan Port in the west of the island, which may be the ships of Japanese pirates."

A word made the people around Chen Xi nervous, and even Yunliu, who was following Shen Xi, felt that it was a big problem.

Originally, the Japanese pirates were no longer willing to fight on the island in Shenxi, but the current situation was that the Japanese pirates refused to retreat and had the intention of a decisive battle with the government army. Most of the Japanese pirates appeared on the sea, and most of the Japanese pirate fleets appeared.

Chen Xi frowned: "They want to fight a naval battle with us now? Are they brainless?"

Although everyone who heard the news felt that the Japanese pirates were coming, Chen Xi did not think so. If the Japanese pirates really had the will to fight to the death, they would not be able to escape first and then come back, unless they were going to invite reinforcements, but the Japanese pirates were not from the same group and were not so organized. How could they fight the decisive battle with the government army to save an island?

Chen Xidao: "The order was sent to General Song to station on the spot and not to take the initiative to start a war with the enemy in Wutou Mountain. The central army advances quickly towards Hanmen... Send people to inform General Jing that the fleet should keep a high alert and prepare for naval battles at any time. At the same time, let him quickly obtain the situation of the fleet that suddenly appeared and report to me at any time!"

Originally, Chenxi wanted to surround Wutou Mountain to fight an annihilation battle, but now the situation has changed. He had to change his plan and go to the port on the east side of the island to deal with mysterious visitors.

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A naval battle seems inevitable. This battle is more important than fighting with the Japanese pirates on Wutou Mountain, involving the Ming Dynasty's sea control near Daqushan Island.

When Chen Xi led his troops to Wanliangaotu in the north of Hanmen Bay, the Ming army fleet had arrived at the port in advance and saw the arrival of the fleet from afar. While Chen Xi ordered the entire army to camp, he jumped to the highest reef nearby and used a telescope to check the situation at the sea.

"Sir, the Japanese pirate ships are coming around the southern part of the island. They have just passed Dashatou and are still some distance away from our fleet."

At this time, the night was already deep and the soldiers on the shore were very nervous.

There will be no advantage in fighting ships on land. You can only rely on ships to deal with sea ships. If the Ming fleet loses in this battle, it will not only lose a large number of ships, materials, skilled sailors and soldiers, but also make the landing soldiers unable to advance or retreat. It is likely that they will be attacked by the Japanese pirates who arrived in the news. At that time, even if Chen Xi leads his troops, he can only fall into a situation of waiting for reinforcements and passive defense.

Yunliu has sent people to the protruding peninsula south of Hanmen Bay to check the situation. A large-scale naval battle is about to break out. The fleets of the two sides on the ocean are only five or six miles apart, and the atmosphere is depressing and tense.

Just at this time, a small boat came over from the sea. Jing Yue, who was responsible for commanding the fleet, sent people to inform Chen Xi.

Yun Liu had seen the messenger, and immediately took the men to the huge reef and reported to Chen Xi: "Sir, it turns out that the person who came from the Folangji people, not the fleet of Japanese pirates. Their large ships were basically the same as ours, and they did not rashly get close to our fleet... The deputy admiral Dorod, led by the other party, requested to see him."

When they heard that it was the Folang Jiren's fleet, the soldiers around Chen Xi were obviously relieved. In their opinion, the Folang Jiren was just a defeated general under Chen Xi, and they should be very afraid of Chen Xi. A few years ago, they gave silver to the Ming Dynasty and took the initiative to pay tribute, which was enough to show that the Folang Jiren did not have the courage to fight with the Ming Dynasty.

Only Chen Xi knew that in terms of naval combat, the Flang Jiren was more than one level stronger than the Japanese pirates. If the fleet he brought could easily defeat the Japanese pirates, but if he fought with the Flang Jiren's fleet, the chances of winning could only be said to be 55, and there is a great possibility that he would be at a disadvantage.

The Florians started their business by robbing at sea. They were good at naval battles. Many of the ships, artillery, etc. made by Chenxi now came from the Florians. Even if he made some improvements boldly, it was closer to the shipbuilding level of the Obaro continent in the 17th century of his previous life, but the Florians were experienced in naval battles and could use micro-operation technology to make up for the shortcomings of equipment performance.

"What is their purpose for coming here?"

Chen Xi frowned and asked, then waved his hand, "You must not take it lightly, let the envoy of the Folang Jiren come to see me on the shore."

It was originally a war in which the Ming Dynasty wiped out Japanese pirates on its own territory, but suddenly turned into a diplomatic incident. In this way, the Japanese pirates on the island were less important, and everything should be given priority to dealing with the current diplomatic incident.

After the clouds and willows were transmitted, the signal flares quickly took off, and the colorful colors shone together, which was enough to allow people on the sea to understand Chenxi's intentions in a short period of time.

With the signal sent by the lighthouse temporarily set up on the shore, Chenxi's meaning can basically be transmitted accurately.

After about an hour, there were ships on the fleet approaching the shore, not small boats. The hydrological situation of Hanmen Port was special. After the tide, medium-sized ships could pass through even places with shallow water levels.

Dorod came down from one of the ships in vain, and the Ming soldiers came with him. It turned out that this ship belonged to the Ming fleet.

"Mr. Shen, you are not on the boat? Why did you come to this deserted island where birds do not shit in person?"

Dorod was a little surprised when he saw Chen Xi. In his opinion, a big man like Chen Xi should stay on the boat, because the habit of the head coach of the Folang Jiman is to stay on the command ship, and the land battle is eyeless, and the head coach is not hiding on a relatively safe boat.

Perhaps it was because he was afraid that Chen Xi would take charge of the fleet himself that the Folangji talents did not rashly approach the Ming fleet, for fear of causing misunderstandings.

Chen Xidao: "What's the matter when the Deputy Admiral suddenly visited?"

Chen Xi did not want to greet Doroddo, but wanted to quickly figure out the purpose of the other party's arrival. He was ready to fight with the Florida and would not be afraid of war because of the strong Florida fleet. After all, the difference in warship and artillery manufacturing technology is enough to make up for the lack of experience.

He was not worried that he would be trapped on the island or whatever. Even if the naval battle failed, it was still in the Ming Dynasty. There were Dinghaiwei, Changguowei, Guanhaiwei, Linshanwei, Hainingwei, Jinshanwei and other garrisons, each garrison was equipped with sea boats, and he had some ways to return to Xincheng.

Dorod did not go up the reef, but stood below and looked up at Chenxi: "Mr. Shen, we were going to go north to New City to do business. When we passed by here, we encountered some ships of unknown origin. They said something happened on the island, so we came here to take a look... I am not the commander of the fleet, I just came here to see what happened!"

Dorod was very cunning. Although he was respectful in his words, his threatening meaning was undoubtedly revealed.

It was not that he threatened to defeat the Ming army fleet, but that he told Chen Xi that their attitude was to remain neutral for the time being. If Chen Xi did not agree to their conditions, perhaps they would stand on the side of the Japanese pirates and fight with the Ming army.

Chen Xidao: "I am leading the imperial court to quell the rebellion, and the target is the Japanese pirates on this island, and it has nothing to do with you Folang Ji people."

"So that's what it is..."

Dorod smiled and said, "Is this the territory of the Ming Dynasty? As far as I know, you have no troops on the island, nor your so-called yamen. This place is a homeless thing. You send a fleet to encircle and suppress it. Isn't it an invasion?"

Hu Songyue was listening quietly, but at this moment he couldn't help but jump out and shouted, "What are you talking about? This is the sea area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, and the island is naturally the island of the Ming Dynasty. Do you dare to say that it is not my Ming territory? It is not ours, is it yours?"

Dorod was like a diplomat, expressing his or Florence in a seemingly wise way.

"What I want to say is that in our country, only the land with troops and residents, as well as official dispatched agencies can be considered territory. Now it is obvious that the residents of this island are the Japanese pirates you mentioned. They have lived here before, so this should be their territory. Even if they have not established a country, your actions will invade..."

These words made the soldiers beside Chen Xi very angry and glared at Dorod one by one. If Chen Xi hadn't been by her, they might have dealt with this nonsense Westerner.

Chen Xi smiled: "The words you said seem to be righteous, but they can never change the fact that this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. You have committed the invasion of other countries and territories in Southeast Asia, and massacred Indians in the Americas. Do you have the face to say these chaotic words to me?"

Chen Xi's words were unexpected to Dorod.

Dorod used his logic, or the so-called "usual laws of the sea", to reason with Chen Xi, but he forgot one of the biggest problems, that is, the Folangji people made their fortune by being pirates, and what they did was basically invading or even destroying those weak countries.

Dorod was a little ashamed, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "What I said to Lord Shen now is that you are invading an area that does not belong to the territory of the Ming Dynasty. You should adhere to the principle of coming first and coming later... We have stopped here, and now our fleet is in the southeast and needs to be docked and replenished. Even if you do not agree, you should divide the land on the island evenly according to the principle of reciprocity and set up a trade zone at the same time."

"Fart!" Hu Songyue finally couldn't help but pull out the long knife from his waist and pointed at Dorod, "You red-haired devil, you're so tired of living!"

Just as Hu Songyue was about to take action, the guards of Chen Xi on the side had stopped him. At this time, Chen Xi also jumped off the reef and walked to Dorod.

Dorod was not timid. As the notorious pirate leader in the North Sea, Mediterranean and West Indies, he was used to fighting life and death, and came to negotiate as a diplomatic envoy, and was mentally prepared.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "What if I don't agree with what you said?"

"Then we..."

Dorod was going to threaten Chen Xi, but he was always inconvenient because he knew Chen Xi's ability very well. If he offended it rashly, it would be a war. Although their six ships were all big ships, there were also six big ships on the side of Chen Xi, and there were many small and medium-sized ships. Moreover, this was a fleet led by Chen Xi himself, so the strength of the Ming army cannot be underestimated.

Chen Xidao: "I don't care whether your fleet is your commander or not. You can go back now. We want to fight the Japanese pirates here. I will give you two hours to leave my sight. If you don't leave, it means that the Ming Dynasty and Folang Machinery officially start a war, and all the agreements signed before will be invalidated. A big war will break out at sea tonight! Wherever you go on the sea in the future, our Ming Dynasty fleet will be with you to the end!"

Dorod was very frustrated. He was obviously dissatisfied with the results of the negotiation. In the eyes of the Flangji people, the Ming army was trapped in the quagmire of fighting against Japanese pirates. If they came to put pressure on them, it would be easy to force the Ming army to compromise and obtain the convenience they wanted.

But they did not expect that Chenxi would not be afraid of the strength of the Folang Machine Fleet.

Dorod said: "Do you want to be attacked from both sides?"

"Try it!"

Chen Xi smiled faintly and said, "Your ships may not be bigger and more solid than ours, and your artillery may not be as good as ours. Our ships and soldiers are far better than you. What courage do you have to challenge here? Two hours... From now on, two hours later, our fleet will fire at you. Once the naval battle begins, we will no longer be allies, but enemies!"

"You...you..."

Dorod knew that being quarreled with Chenxi was a self-inflicted problem. While pointing at Chenxi, he quickly walked towards the simple pier of the port. He hurried back and conveyed Chenxi's meaning to the people above and decided on the next move.
Chapter completed!