After Dorod left on a boat, Shenxi did not return to the fleet directly to take charge, but stayed on the shore to wait for news.

Hu Songyue's men and the central army he personally led together had 1,400 people. They were stationed on the shore at this time, ready to deal with the attacks of the Flang Jimen.

The atmosphere in the army was tense, but the soldiers were full of confidence in the war in front of them. They were looking forward to a battle with the Folang Jiren. However, even if the war started, the naval battle would break out first, which had nothing to do with the soldiers on land.

After about an hour, the scout came to report that the ships of the Flangjimen began to retreat south. It was obvious that the deterrence of the Chenxi was played. The Flangjimen did not have much confidence in the war with the Ming Dynasty.

Although both sides have hope of victory, the consequences of the war are that Folangji people cannot afford, even if they win, they will not get any benefits.

The national strength of the Ming Dynasty means that it is only a matter of time to reorganize the fleet. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has forbidden the sea for a long time, so there is no problem even if it does not conduct overseas trade for a long time. Once the war breaks out, all trade agreements reached by Folangji and the Ming Dynasty will be invalidated. The route to purchase silk, porcelain, and tea from the Ming Dynasty to Obaro to make huge profits will be interrupted.

Failure would be even worse. The Folangji relied on its fleet across the ocean. If even the most proud force was no longer reliable, it would be only a matter of time before the colonies in the South China Sea were lost.

"Sir, the Westerners have withdrawn."

Hu Songyue came over excitedly to report to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi has been using a telescope to observe the sea surface. Although the night is so sad that it is not far away, it is just a psychological comfort, Chen Xi has not given up. Once the war starts, a fierce artillery battle will break out and will be very conspicuous in the night.

Chen Xi was highly vigilant, fearing that the Folang Jiren would suddenly kill him and shoot him back.

"I really don't know what these red-haired devils mean. They dare to threaten the adults. Isn't it obvious that they are looking for trouble? They dare to come to fan the flames at this time, and they will definitely find the place in them in the future!"

Hu Songyue was very unwilling to give up and wanted to settle accounts with the Folang Jiren immediately. Even if he was not on the battlefield, he had to regain his face in other aspects.

Chen Xi looked at Hu Songyue and said, "It was a strategy that Your Majesty personally decided by him... Why, do you have any objections?"

"Don't dare."

Hu Songyue laughed awkwardly, "But we can't just do nothing, right?"

Chen Xi said angrily: "Of course, we must beware of the Folang Ji people coming back overnight... But the most urgent task is to solve the remaining Japanese pirates on the island. If we have to fight with the Folang Ji people, it is hard to say who wins and who loses."

Hu Songyue didn't understand the specific strategy very well, but Yun Liu on the other hand knew very well, because Chen Xi's plan did not include turning against the Florians. Now the Ming army has certain naval combat capabilities, but it is still a certain distance from the regular navy. At this moment, the chance of winning is not high.

The reason why Franjimen surrendered was not because the fleet was not as strong as the Ming Dynasty, but because they needed to consider more things and look forward to it.

Chen Xi could not explain this kind of thing in detail to the generals around him, but as the number one intelligence leader, Yun Liu knew Chen Xi very well.

"Sir, General Song sent someone to report that the Japanese pirates on the island wanted to escape from the Liuzhaoxi area at the foot of Wutou Mountain while our fleet confronted the Folang Jimen. However, the storm on the sea was too strong and the ship was blown back!"

Yunliu explained the latest situation of the Japanese pirates to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi nodded: "Most of the six streams are mudflats, and the only few harbors are shallow, so they can only dock some small boats, which means that this group of thieves does not have big ships. Now the route of their escape has been blocked by us, and it is time for us to complete the last battle!"

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The Folang Ji people never returned, but the main energy of the Ming fleet had to be on guarding the Folang Ji's comeback.

The Japanese pirates on the island do not have the ability to fight naval, and the Ming fleet did not need to set up defenses alone in order to prevent the Japanese pirates from escaping in small boats. Chen Xi was unwilling to continue to stay by the sea at this time and did nothing. As the sky gradually became brighter, he was preparing to solve the Japanese pirates on Wutou Mountain at one time.

As the pressure exerted by the Ming army increased, the Japanese pirates on the island lost their desire to fight. When Shen Xi personally led his troops to the foot of Wutou Mountain, a large number of thieves had already gone down the mountain to surrender, with a number of more than 200 people.

In this way, the remaining Japanese pirates on the mountain could not exceed 300, which made the war in which the official army pacified Daqushan Island without suspense.

To be cautious, Chen Xi did not order Song Shu to lead troops to attack the mountain immediately. Instead, he waited for him and Hu Songyue's men to arrive before attacking together. This was also to prevent the mines, traps and other mechanisms arranged by the Japanese pirates around Wutou Mountain from playing a role. It is not easy to encounter accidents when the troops and horses are in order.

By the end of the morning, after the scouts eliminated the mines and traps, the main force of the official army attacked the top of the mountain.

Chen Xi did not go up the mountain to supervise the battle himself. In the end, all the Japanese pirates on the mountain were escorted down by Song Shu's people, and the cleaning and aftermath work is still in progress.

The three armies were orderly, and the officers and soldiers became cautious because of the sudden attack of the Folang Ji people before, and no one argued for any contribution.

"Sir, all the Japanese pirates on the mountain were eliminated. There were more than 400 prisoners of war, and more than 800 elderly, weak, women and children captured in Laitou Mountain and Yangmei Mountain before. This battle was a complete victory." Song Shu was very excited. He had not experienced many victories with Chen Xi, and the victory in front of him had already made him feel very remarkable.

Fighting Japanese pirates was a war chosen by the emperor. It performed well in this war and provided great convenience for his future career. Establishing good relations with Chen Xi, the Minister of Personnel and Minister of War, was a passport for him to go all the way in the court.

Chen Xi had no expression of joy on his face. At this time, he was in a temporary military tent, staring at a yellow map. Song Shu stepped forward and took a look. It was not the kind of military map that was open and closed in the past, but just the topographic map of Daqushan Island. It was probably a while to look at the paper.

"Sir, do you think a large number of Japanese pirates are hiding somewhere on the island? Should you dig three feet into the ground and send someone to search it thoroughly?" Song Shu asked for instructions.

Chen Xi raised his head when he heard this: "It took a lot of effort to hide the scattered soldiers and brave men. It is not something smart people should do... There are too many mountains on this island to hide people, such as Guanyin Mountain in the southwest. If you want to thoroughly investigate it, it may take ten days and half a month. We can't afford to delay such a long time!"

Song Shu showed his teaching expression: "I understand the humble position."

Chenxidao: "The problem now is that the Flang Jimen's fleet has not gone far, and it is very likely that we will start a war with them after we leave the island... I was going to have lunch, so the whole army boarded the ship at Hanmen Port and set off for Dinghaiwei. Now it seems that time has to be dragged back."

Song Shu looked firm: "Or we will fight the Folang Jiren in the nearby waters!"

“It’s not the time.”

Chen Xi shook his head and said, "The strength gap between our side and the Folang Jiren is not enough to be able to fight each other... It is too irrational to start a rashly at this time. In another year and a half, the strength of our fleet will be far greater than that of them. In addition, the sailors are becoming more mature and have a better understanding of the hydrological conditions of the surrounding seas. Why should we take action when both sides have a strong strength?"

"That sir, we are now..."

Song Shu was confused and didn't know what to do.

Chen Xi put together the map and said, "Stay stationed for a while and searched Wutou Mountain well. There may not be any unexpected surprises... I will return to Hanmen Port with General Hu later to prevent Folang Jimen from happening randomly... General Song, I'll ask you here, let me do everything according to the opportunity!"

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There is no suspense in the battle of Daqu Mountain!

The Japanese pirates surrendered without much struggle. The strategy of winning against Japanese pirates was initially realized, but Chen Xi had no intention of being happy at all, because the appearance of the Folang Jiren brought him a strong sense of crisis. Chen Xi realized that the sea control power near the Ming Dynasty was not in his hands.

The whereabouts of the Japanese were not found in the flattened camp on the island. It was said that it was Japanese pirates but it was just a group of Ming pirates. Their life on the island was not to plunder ships, but more like farmers who left the mainland and lived on the island. They relied on fishing to make a living. In their battle with the Ming army, they did not even organize any effective resistance.

This is very different from the previous battle to attack Shanghai County.

The mines and traps on the island that Chen Xi was worried about were not set up by these bandits, but by the real Japanese. After discovering that the Ming fleet was approaching, the fierce Japanese pirates fled early, leaving some elite troops to drag their time on the island. The night attack that night was initiated by these people. After hitting a wall, they retreated to the west of the island overnight and fled to the nearby islands on hidden ships.

There are fifty-eight islands with an area of ​​more than one square kilometer in Zhoushan Island. Japanese pirates use night to cover the protection of leaving the waters of Daqushan Island. Next, they find an island to hide. In an era without satellite monitoring, no matter how much manpower and material resources are invested, it will be useless.

The result of this battle made Song Shu, Hu Songyue and others very excited, but for Chen Xi, this war was very good and had no highlights.

"Mr. Shen, the fleet of Folang Jiren has never appeared again and has retreated to the southeastern waters... An hour ago, the ships of Dinghaiwei came over and said that in the past two days, the ships of each Thousand Household Office of Dinghaiwei would come here to receive the prisoners, and they used all the ships that could be sent out."

It is almost noon now, and Chen Xi, who has been in the middle of the night, still has no time to rest. Yun Liu appears in the tent of the Central Army. Chen Xi’s eyes are red and he looks very haggard.

Chen Xi glanced at Yun Liu: "The Folang Ji people actually wanted to take advantage of the situation. It seems that they have felt the threat."

Yunliu said: "Sir, our fleet is getting stronger and stronger, and there are only a few ships in our Daming Sea. If we don't show off our might now, we will have no chance in the future. I'm afraid they wouldn't expect that we could save so many ships in just a few months..."

"I'm a little worried that they will attack the new city now. After all, our combat ships are all here, and the new city is basically in an unguarded state."

Chen Xi nodded: "When I was building the shipyard, I expected that I might encounter an attack and built an artillery position along the Huangpu River... The Folang Jimen wanted to invade the new city with the power of ships and cannons. Even if they achieved some results, they would give them a painful lesson and not worth the loss."

Yunliu cannot do everything in mind.

Chen Xi has never introduced the defense issues of the new city in detail to those around him. Yun Liu only knows that Chen Xi spent a lot of effort on the construction of the new city and was as complete as possible in defense and offense.

Chen Xi was scheming and had no choice but to win, and he considered all possible situations and made targeted improvements.

Yunliu asked, "Sir, how many days do we really want to stay on the island?"

Chen Xi nodded: "Just treat it as a rest, I always want it for one or two days... I don't plan to take it back to Xincheng. Even if I win this battle, I will receive the opportunity and fight again. If I continue, it will inevitably involve a conflict with the Folang Jiren. Now I just hope that Your Majesty can approve my memorial soon!"

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After completing the calm battle on Daqushan Island, everyone thought Chen Xi would continue to move south and expand the results of the battle, but at this time, Chen Xi seemed to have no desire to fight and had plans to withdraw his troops. He was preparing to set off and return to the new city in two days.

No one has fully understood what the intention of this battle is. For the generals under Chen Xi, this is just an ordinary bandit suppression war. However, some people have always speculated about Chen Xi's intention and felt that Chen Xi could not have done a face-saving project just to welcome the emperor's arrival. This war must have profound meaning.

When Chenxi was stationed on Daqushan Island, Zhu Houzhao stayed in Yangzhou City for two days.

Zhu Houzhao was originally anxious to go south to Xincheng, but after hearing that Chen Xi had sent troops, he was not so anxious. Moreover, the local governments and garrisons in Yangzhou also made a lot of "preparations" for his arrival, allowing Zhu Houzhao to see a different scenery in Yangzhou City.

As a garrison eunuch in Nanjing, Zhang Yong heard that the sage was in Yangzhou and quickly crossed the river from Nanjing to the north. He wanted to make contributions to the sage. At the same time, he was eager to find out the situation around the emperor, who were favored and who were rejected, and his power increased and decreased, so that he could carry out targeted activities. After all, as the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, he did not want to stay in Nanjing for a long time.

However, after Zhang Yong arrived in Yangzhou, he realized that it was not easy to meet the emperor. Even if he wanted to see Xiao Guozi, he had to send someone to communicate in advance, but he didn't reply to him in one day.

Finally, it was early the next morning. Xiao Tuozi left Zhu Houzhao's villa with a tired look on his face and met Zhang Yong at the inn.

Zhang Yong and Xiao Guozi were very excited after meeting. After all, they were all ally and had a common language in dealing with Zhang Yuan. Now that Zhang Yong left the core power of the capital, he had to rely on the support of the close servants around the emperor Xiao Guozi.

However, Zhang Yong didn't know that Xiao Tiaozi had signs of falling out of favor in front of the emperor recently. As soon as Zhang Yuan and Jiang Bin scrambled to show off to Zhu Houzhao, they were deeply favored by the emperor and squeezed Xiao Tiaozi, who lacked the means of competing for favor, to a precarious level.

In addition, the rise of the new queen Chen Yier brought uncertainty to the structure of favored officials around Zhu Houzhao. Xiao Tiaozi didn't dare to fight for anything at this time, and she seemed extremely low-key.

"Brother-in-law, why did you come?"

Zhang Yong stepped forward, a little anxious, and unknowingly spoke to Xiao Tiaozi with an old-fashioned attitude.

Originally, it was just a casual word, but Xiao Tiaozi felt very uncomfortable. He immediately said with a dark face: "Your Majesty will stay here after you arrive in Yangzhou. Our family will serve you. Your Majesty will not rest. Will we let our family leave and see you? By the way, Eunuch Zhang is not waiting for Your Majesty to come in Nanjing City, and he rashly crosses the river northward. I don't know what it means?"

Zhang Yong suddenly realized that he had just shown his arrogant and domineering attitude in Nanjing City, which was very rude. Even if Xiao Tiaozi is not at the position of the emperor now, he cannot offend him. Although he did not have a gun and a stick, he always had a blame.

Moreover, after leaving the capital for a long time, Zhang Yong and Xiao Tuozi had few opportunities to communicate, so there was inevitably a certain gap between the two.

In view of this, Zhang Yong hurriedly said: "When I heard that Your Majesty is coming, I will come to greet you immediately."

Xiao Tiaozi waved his hand: "There is no need at all. Just be loyal to your duties... Yangzhou is not Nanjing. When you come here, you will only make people gossip, and you even call us to see our family... Our family is so busy in front of His Majesty that we are so busy that we can't afford to serve you."

Xiao Guozi was very angry. Zhang Yong thought that it might be because he was angry in front of the emperor, or it might be related to the exclusion of Zhang Yong, Jiang Bin and others.

Zhang Yong did not know the situation of the people around Zhu Houzhao, so he could only say carefully: "In order to welcome the sage, I prepared gifts with Nanjing officials and nobles. I brought some gifts to this trip. At the same time, I was preparing to welcome the sage in Nanjing City, just waiting for His Majesty to enter the palace..."

Xiao Tiaozi glanced at Zhang Yong with a slanted look: "What's the use of preparing these? I don't know if Your Majesty will go to Nanjing... Your Majesty's destination is a new city built by Lord Shen. You may stay with Lord Shen for a while. If you want to prepare, you should focus on the new city... Tell me, how did you do it?"
To be continued...