A welcome banquet was being held in the Dinghaiwei's conference hall, in which Zhou Chong sat on the first seat, and the pale-haired Shenying on the left. This time he did not come alone, but brought him.

The three thousand carefully selected Beijing camps, and in accordance with Zhou Chong's request, one thousand of these three thousand were musketeers from Shenji camp, and the remaining two thousand were also selected elite soldiers from the Beijing camp.

I have had experience in combating with Shenji Camp before, and I can be said to be the elite in the Beijing Camp.

On the right head of Zhou Chong, there was a young eunuch, and this little eunuch was Zhou Chong's acquaintance Wang Gui. When he met Gu Dayong for the first time, he happened to meet Zhang Zhong.

Went to Zhou Jin Bai sisters, but Gu Dayong beat him up. Later, Zhang Zhong was dismissed. It was Wang Gui who ran to Zhou Chong to report the letter. Zhou Chong returned it to him before leaving.

One thousand taels of silver, but later, whenever there was something wrong in the palace, Wang Gui would take the initiative to go to Zhou Chong to tell him and exchange some pocket money at the same time, so Zhou Chong and Wang Gui were also considered old acquaintances.

Shenying and Wang Gui were both sent to assist Zhou Chong this time. Shenying was appointed as the deputy general. As Zhou Chong's assistant, Wang Gui was the supervisor of this time, and Zhou Chong's

The general of the military affairs officer of the Ming Dynasty formed a fixed model of sending troops from outside the Ming Dynasty. Zhou Chong was in charge of the overall situation, Shen Ying commanded the army, and provided professional military opinions to the admiral. Wang Gui, the military supervisor, played a supervisor role in supervision to prevent

Generals lead troops to make trouble.

It can be said that this model of leading troops has a clear division of labor. Civil officials, military generals, and eunuchs perform their duties, and no one can control the army alone, which greatly reduces the possibility of the army losing control. However, the disadvantage is that the three parties restrain each other.

The power of military generals was also compressed to the limit, and it was easy for laymen to command experts, and even could not exert the power of the army at all. This was also a major military drawback of the Ming Dynasty, and it could not be solved until the demise of the late Ming Dynasty.

"Eunuch Wang, the old general of God, we were all acquaintances in the capital before, but now we are actually gathering in Ningbo, thousands of miles away from the capital. It's also a kind of fate. Come on, let's have this cup!"

At this time, Chong raised his glass to toast the two of them.

"Mr. Zhou said it well. Our family didn't expect that His Majesty would send me to supervise the army. However, this is the first time our family has left the palace to do business. In the future, I hope Master Zhou and General Shen will give more guidance!"

Seeing Wang Gui, he raised his glass and smiled. Speaking of which, he was also benefiting from the good relationship with Zhou Chong. Otherwise, there would be so many eunuchs in the palace, so how could he be mentioned as a young eunuch?

"Hahaha~, the Admiral and the Prince are too polite. Shen is a rough man and will not say any kind words. If the two of them use Shen Ying, Shen will definitely do their best!

"Shenying said excitedly at this time, especially for Zhou Chong, he was even more grateful. It was because of Zhou Chong's words that he could make military contributions to suppress the rebellion in Bazhou and thus protect himself.

The title of Jingyang is even more likely to lead troops to fight in the sea this time. If it succeeds, I am afraid that the imperial court will be rewarded in the future.

After the three of them finished speaking, they drank all the wine in the glass together. Qu Lie and the people who accompanied him also drank a drink. Then Zhou Chong asked Wang Gui and his friends with concern whether the itinerary was going smoothly, etc. The other party also

As soon as he answered, Shen Ying was also very concerned about the situation of Dinghaiwei. However, Zhou Chong asked Qu Lie to report to Shen Ying more about these issues. After all, they are all military generals and they will cooperate with each other in the future. Now there are more

Communication will be better.

After the reception banquet, Zhou Chong arranged for Wang Gui and Shenying to stay. In the next few days, he would take them to visit Dinghaiwei and arrange for the three thousand Jingying camps brought by Shenying to participate in the training of the navy. At least they must be able to do it.

When you go to sea, you can even fight on the ups and downs like the navy soldiers. Of course, this is not something that can be done in a day or two, so Zhou Chong is not in a hurry, and according to their plan, he will help.

The main combat method in Malacca was still land combat.

On the third day after Shenying and the others arrived, the navy from Guangzhou also rushed over. Speaking of which, the navy from Guangzhou is stronger than the navy from Ningbo. There is only one guard in Ningbo that maintains a complete system, but

There are two fully established garrisons in Guangzhou, namely Guanghaiwei and Nanhaiwei. However, because the tribute teams in Guangzhou are constantly coming and going, people usually need to guard them, so there is only one Guanghai in the two garrisons.

Wei, Zhou Chong had known this for a long time.

The commander of Guanghaiwei's guard surnamed Chang's name is Xiao. It is said that his ancestor was Chang Yuchun, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, Chang Yuchun died early. The Chang family stood in the wrong team in the Jingnan Battle, but the title was not passed down.

Later generations only received military positions from some ward offices, Chang Xiao was the descendant of Chang Yuchun's third son Chang Sen.

It is said that Chang Yuchun is tall, arms and strength are infinite, and the advantages of this family are reflected in Chang Xiao. When Zhou Chong saw this commander Chang, he was shocked at first, and saw that the other party was over thirty years old.

Sui, with a beard on his face, he is definitely more than two meters tall, and his arms are thicker than ordinary people's thighs. If they are longer, they can be comparable to gorillas.

"I have met the Admiral!" On the dock of Ningbo Port, Zhou Chong brought Shen Ying and others to welcome the Guanghaiwei Navy from Guangzhou. Among them, Chang Xiao was the first to get off the ship and salute Zhou Chong. Although he

He is tall and rude, but his words and deeds are very polite, which is a strong contrast with his appearance.

"The commander-in-chief does not need to be polite. This admiral has been waiting for a long time. Today, I finally waited for the commander-in-chief to come!" When Zhou Chong saw Chang Xiao, he did not show any happy expression. Instead, he was a little yin and yang.

Said.

In fact, it is not a big deal for Zhou Chong. The military order to summon Guanghaiwei to Ningbo had been issued long ago. Guangzhou is not too far from Ningbo, and Chang Xiao and the others may have walked faster on the sea, so Chang Xiao and others should have been early.

It was a few days ago, but now it has been waiting until Shen Ying and Wang Gui and others who came from the capital have arrived. Chang Xiao arrived with the navy. How could Zhou Chong not be angry?

Hearing Zhou Chong's tone, Chang Xiao was not a stupid person either. He immediately understood that the admiral was blaming him for coming too late. He immediately bowed again and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, my subordinates should have been.

We should have arrived in Ningbo six days ago, but when our fleet passed by Penghu, we found that there were pirates entrenched there robbing ships. Many fleets were already killed, so our subordinates spent a few days to put it in.

A group of pirates have been wiped out, and now the pirate's head is on the ship. Please check it out by the Admiral!"

After Chang Xiao said that, he waved his hand, and immediately the soldiers of Guanghaiwei dragged things down from the deck. In a short while, they saw them dragging several large fishing nets from the boat, which were filled with ferocious faces.

Because it is winter now and the temperature is relatively low, the head does not rot and does not have much odor.

Looking at the heads piled up in the fishing nets, there were at least one or two hundred people. This was already a large group of pirates, but Zhou Chong still looked at Chang Xiaodao with some doubts: "Chief Chang is not the Admiral Ben.

Duoxin, although there are indeed many pirates in the South China Sea area, do you have any evidence to prove that these people are pirates rather than ordinary people?”

Zhou Chong's suspicion is not redundant. Killing good and taking credit is not uncommon in the Ming army, and it is even easier for the navy to do such things. For example, although the Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban, some people really couldn't live in the Ming Dynasty.

After going down, so in the end, a few of these people became members of the smuggling team like Zhou Chong, and most of them chose to settle overseas. For example, many ordinary people live on islands such as Penghu and Ryukyu.

.

Of course, the composition of the people who settle overseas is very complicated. Some of them even go out to sea to serve the people when they can't survive. In addition, some smuggling fleets will occasionally make guest appearances as pirates, so in this era, for pirates, for pirates,

The definition is very vague. Like Chang Xiao, he said he had wiped out a group of pirates, but who could guarantee that these heads must be pirates? Maybe they just killed a group of ordinary people who settled overseas to pretend.

pirate.

Seeing Zhou Chong suspected that he had killed Liang and made great contributions, Chang Xiao, who was originally very polite, seemed a little angry. He blushed and argued: "Sir, how can he be the eleventh great-grandson of King Kaiping?

The ancestors were smeared by a little military merit. These heads were indeed pirates, and the pirate nest that we destroyed was still there. You can send someone to investigate at any time!"

King Kaiping was the posthumous title after Chang Yuchun's death. Unexpectedly, Chang Xiao was still a person who attached great importance to the honor of his ancestors. Unfortunately, Zhou Chong came from later generations and did not attach great importance to the so-called honor. He valued evidence.

Zhou Chong sighed and said, "Chen Commander, this admiral is not trying to make things difficult for you, it's just that this matter is related to the military merits of the navy. Moreover, Penghu is far away from here, so it's really difficult to investigate, so I wonder if you have any other things.

What are the evidence to prove the identity of these pirates?”

If it were other generals, they might not care much about their subordinates killing Liang and taking credit for their achievements, but Zhou Chong, who came from later generations, was very disgusted with this kind of thing. Therefore, if these heads were really pirates, then Zhou Chong would not blame Chang.

After a few days of Xiaowan, he would give him a lot of rewards.

But if these heads are ordinary people killed by Chang Xiao and others, don’t blame Zhou Zhong for being ruthless. Last time, he let go of the commander Cheng Quan because of some things, but this time, no matter what the reason is, Zhou Zhong
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