Chapter 938 1027 Interrogation

"How far are Qi Jiguang and the others from here?"

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 Jizhen's 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.

There were some things that Li Chengliang could not ask about, but they couldn't and had no idea. They had to answer questions immediately.

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 tell him that 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 gave the order, and then he had people press the prisoners away, and he also rode back to the military camp to rest.

What he was considering at this time was whether to humiliate Qi Jiguang in person when he saw him.

However, 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.

Even though he often sends ice and charcoal to the capital every year, he doesn't have a real 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 warriors had a natural affinity for him.

In fact, Li Chengliang also wanted to get closer, but unfortunately he never found the matchmaker.

Of course, Qi Jiguang doesn't know if he is 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 service official.

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 man. It is intolerable that Li Chengliang, a martial artist, dares to plot against him behind his back.

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.

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 Wang Gao's two sons.

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 Dynasty, 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 Takshi had actually become aware of dissatisfaction after Wang Gao invaded the Ming Realm many times and knew 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.

Not only did Juechang'an's son marry the daughter of Wanhan, 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.

After the reconstruction of Atai, Gule City was 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 encircle his granddaughter in the city and persuade Atai to surrender." .

As a result, Atai did not surrender and detained him.

Seeing that there was no other way, Li Chengliang 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." They helped Li Chengliang get rid of Wang Gao and Atai, but they died unexpectedly.

In order to comfort Nurhaci, the Ming Dynasty gave generous rewards, "It was returned to the funeral of the second ancestor, and he was given thirty edicts, thirty horses, and was granted the title of General Dragon and Tiger. He also gave the edict to the governor." "From then on, he lost eight hundred taels of silver every year. Fifteen pieces of python satin".

Many people also know what happened next.

After Nurhaci became powerful, he raised an army on the grounds that his grandfather and father were mistakenly killed by Ming soldiers. With the secret support of Li Chengliang, he successively unified the Jianzhou Jurchen tribes, the Haixi Jurchen tribes, and the majority of the Wild Jurchen tribes. He was granted the title of Dudu Qianshi and Longhu General by the Ming Dynasty.

After that, he created the Eight Banners system and ordered people to create Manchu. In the 44th year of Wanli, he established the Later Jin regime with Hetuala as its capital.

In the 46th year of Wanli, he swore to attack the Ming Dynasty in the name of "Seven Great Hates", which opened the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

However, with the arrival of Qi Jiguang this time, such a situation would naturally not happen.

However, Wei Guangde only knew the result but not the reason. He thought that this time he wanted to kill Nurhaci's grandfather and father, and Li Chengliang left only Nurhaci and his brothers.

He sent Qi Jiguang to Liaodong to eradicate all unstable factors.

How could he know that Nurhaci was still a child at that time, and his family did not participate in the war against Wang Gao's tribe at all, so he was naturally alive and kicking.

However, in any case, the history of the Ming Dynasty has been changed.

Nurhaci has two elders who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Whether he will raise the banner of rebellion in the end is another matter.

Of course, the premise is that he can get support from the Ming Dynasty like Li Chengliang and complete the great cause of unifying the Jurchen tribes first.

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 in the past.

Only Jurchens who fight each other are good Jurchens and will be controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

As for now, Li Chengliang has killed most of the people in Gule City, leaving only a small number for the captive offering ceremony, so Qi Jiguang's mission is destined to be a vain trip.

Li Chengliang was still in the military tent thinking about how to treat Qi Jiguang when he saw him tomorrow, and 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 of fate.

After a quick battle with Wang Gao, the old guy ran back with his troops and horses, and actually met Li Rusong who attacked outside the city gate. This luck is also unmatched.

Otherwise, Gule City, presided over by Wang Gao, would not be so easy to conquer. The defensive force alone could have increased by two or three thousand people, not to mention the leader sitting in charge.

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 annoyed and at a loss, the government on the shore sent news that a Japanese pirate had been captured by hunters during the Japanese riots and looting, and he has now been imprisoned in Pingyang County for interrogation.

At this time, he was instructing his men to put down the speedboat, and he was going to Pingyang County to interrogate the Japanese pirates in person.

Yu Dayou knew very well that the only way to reduce the punishment on him was to wipe out the Japanese pirates.

Before, the Nanyang Navy could only wipe out the Japanese pirates encountered along the way of patrolling the sea, but now, most of the Japanese pirates dared not approach the mainland and hid far away.

Unexpectedly, after he went out to sea for several months, they dared to invade the coastal prefectures and counties again and create trouble for him.

For this group of Japanese pirates, Yu Dayou must hate them to the bone and want to get rid of them as soon as possible.

If he was angry and helpless about it before, knowing that the Japanese pirates were caught, it would be entirely possible to pry open his mouth and find out the nest of this group of Japanese pirates from him.

Yes, this time Yu Dayou planned to follow the clues, find the nest of this group of Japanese pirates, and catch them all in one fell swoop.

Soon, he took his guards on the speedboat, the sailors rowed the oars, and the boat quickly sailed to the shore.

When they got to the shore, someone had already prepared a fast horse, and they rode non-stop all the way to Pingyang County.

This was a special time. All coastal prefectures and counties had to implement a night curfew policy at night, and the city gates could not be opened at will. Even Yu Dayou, the admiral of the navy, could not let the county open the city.

Early the next morning, Yu Dayou entered the city and soon arrived at Kaiping County Court.

After verifying his identity, Yu Dayou entered the prison and soon saw the captured Japanese pirate. At this time, the police from Kaiping County Court were also interrogating him.

"Did he confess where his nest was?"

Looking at the Japanese pirate who had been whipped to pieces, Yu Dayou did not have a trace of pity, but asked the police directly.

"No."

Knowing that the person opposite was the admiral of the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty, the people on the county side did not dare to be presumptuous.

Although the county magistrate was a civil official and seemed not to be afraid of military generals, the gap in rank was too large, and the civil official did not dare to put on airs.

Apart from other things, no matter whether they are civil officials or military generals, they all have people in the court. It is a small matter to offend Yu Dayou, but if you offend the people behind Yu Dayou, it is a big matter, which can ruin his future.

Yu Dayou's name has long been spread in the officialdom of Jiangnan. Many people know that there are people behind him, and they are often big figures.

After all, there are still relatively few people who know Wei Guangde's identity. It is not enough for a county magistrate to know.

Yu Dayou stopped the officer who was whipping him, but walked to the side of me and looked at him carefully.

First of all, from the height, he denied the possibility that this person was a Japanese.

The Japanese are short, and their height is generally no more than four feet and five inches. Five feet tall is considered tall and strong in the Japanese pirates, belonging to the level of strong men.

Otherwise, China would not have always called them Japanese.

He carefully examined the facial features of the Japanese pirates. They had dark skin and flat noses, but no chin depression common in 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 general opposite.

"You are from Fujian, right?"

Yu Dayou said calmly in front of him.

Without an answer, the Japanese pirate would naturally not open his mouth.

If you go to sea and become a Japanese pirate, you will only want to die quickly if you are caught. You are worried 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 regarded as a crime and meritorious service.

At this time, Yu Dayou had this idea.

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?"

"Can't."

The Japanese pirate, who had not spoken even after being whipped, finally spoke his first words.

In fact, if it was necessary to understand the situation of the Japanese pirates, the Ming Dynasty would usually directly interrogate and kill the Japanese pirates after catching them, and rarely investigate other matters.

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 can be caught or not is a matter of time, there still has 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."

When Yu Dayou revealed his identity, the Japanese pirate's eyes flashed. 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 Fujian and search for you in every prefecture and county along the coast. Even if you are dead, I can still find your family.

You should know the consequences. "

Yu Dayou threatened openly.

"Do you keep your word?"

When the Japanese pirates heard what Yu Dayou said, they felt frightened.

In fact, he wanted to die when he was caught, but these Orions were too skilled at tying him up, and he was imprisoned here without even a chance to commit suicide. He was so tied up that he couldn't commit suicide at all.

"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..."