My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 364 Ryukyu is decided
What Zhao Qian didn't expect was that after his set of Jinyiwei prison's little combo, although Liang Daoren was tortured half to death, he didn't utter a word.

This made him feel a little frustrated and also changed his opinion of Liang Daoren.

I have to say, although this pirate deserves to die, he is still a real man!
Well, since he can't do it, he will wait for the captain to come back. Besides, Zhao Qian is afraid that if he continues to torture Liang Daoren, he might accidentally kill him.

After all, he was the number one military strategist under Chen Zuyi, and he also knew what kind of person Chen Zuyi was from other pirates.

The influence of such a big pirate spans from Ryukyu to the West. His military advisor should know a lot of inside information. If he is really killed by himself, then a great achievement will turn into a disaster.

At least he couldn't escape being scolded by Zhang Zuoqian.

The reason why Liang Daoren was able to withstand Zhao Qian's torture was because of his deep hatred for the Ming Dynasty.

During the Yuan Dynasty, many Mongolian nobles, although they possessed a large amount of wealth, did not know how to manage it themselves, so they handed over their assets to the Semites or southern Han people to manage.

In Qiongzhou, there were not many Han people as considered by the Semites and Mongols, only southerners. Therefore, many Mongolian nobles handed over their assets to local southerners who were good at business.

Liang Daoren's family was one of them. With the support of a Mongolian master, they made a fortune by doing business with Persia, India and other places, and became one of the richest merchant families in Qiongzhou.

However, the good days did not last long. After Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the Yuan capital, the days of the Yuan Dynasty's dominance in the Central Plains came to an end, and Liang Daoren's family was regarded as traitors.

In order to avoid being liquidated by the Ming Dynasty, he and his family fled to the West and finally settled in Srivijaya.

From being a wealthy man who was above everyone else, he suddenly became a refugee in Srivijaya. The gap was as great as Liang Daoren's hatred for the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, what is more important is that he has always believed that Songpa would capture the Ming army's base camp. If he confessed at this time and leaked Chen Zuyi's information, he would probably not only die, but also have no place to stand in Srivijaya.

But as the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Liang Daoren finally waited for Songpa in the Ming army camp and even met Ichiro Oshima.

However, he was in the cell and saw Songpa being thrown in tied up, and Oshima Ichiro had been completely reduced to a eunuch, and even his mind was a little unclear.

The last hope was shattered. Liang Daoren was completely desperate. What made him even more desperate was that Captain Zhang Zuoqian decided to take him and Songpa back to the Ming Dynasty. As for Oshima Ichiro...

Before being sent back to the Ming Dynasty, the damned centurion Zhao Qian told him that Ichiro Oshima would be paraded through the streets, and as for what his fate would be, it would all be left to the people of Ryukyu to decide.

As for how tragic Ichiro Oshima's end would be, he didn't dare to imagine it at all.

Within a few days, the news that the Ming army defeated nearly 5,000 pirates with only 500 people spread throughout the Ryukyu Islands. The people were not only surprised, but also had endless fantasies about the Ming army.

At first, some people did not quite believe it. They had suffered from Japanese pirates for a long time. In their minds, pirates were invincible. How could the Ming army defeat pirates who numbered nearly ten times their number with only 500 people? They must be bragging.

However, when they saw the pirates being paraded through the streets passing by their doorstep, the grand scene really left a deep impression on them, and they had to believe it even if they didn't want to.

However, this also established an idea in their minds that the Ming army was invincible in the world!

With the Ming army here, we will no longer have to worry about attacks from pirates and Japanese pirates in the future!

But the happiest person was the King of Zhongshan. When the pirates invaded Zhongshan after wreaking havoc in Shannan, the King of Zhongshan almost fled to the Ming Dynasty with his family and relatives. When he heard the news of the Ming army's great victory, he was really ecstatic.

He had originally been somewhat resistant to the issue of Ming Dynasty stationing troops there, but now it seemed that he had to continue writing to His Majesty the Emperor, requesting that more troops be sent over.

Shannan and Shanbei had already sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty with only one purpose, which was to request the Ming Dynasty to station troops there. The ministers under him were also relieved, as they finally didn't have to follow the King of Zhongshan and his family to flee to the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Ming Dynasty is good, it is still more comfortable to live in one's own little piece of land.

When the Minister of Justice Cai Yingrui received the news of the Ming army's great victory, his head was buzzing and full of disbelief. He had only one thought in his mind - how is this possible?

After confirming the news again and again, he finally managed to calm himself down. It seemed that Captain Zhang was not bragging!
Since Zhang Zuoqian returned to the camp, he found that there were common people coming every day, leaving a lot of things in front of the camp gate and then leaving.

These things include fresh sea fish just caught by fishermen, grain grown by the people themselves, as well as sugar and various foods.

This is the people paying tribute, Zhang Zuoqian understood it immediately. However, it is not so easy to return the things that have been sent. Moreover, if you don’t accept their gifts, people will think that you, the Ming Dynasty, look down on the sincerity of the Ryukyu people.

They had no choice but to accept it with reluctance to improve the soldiers' food.

In addition to the things sent by the people, King Zhongshan naturally also personally sent a large number of gifts as consolation.

In addition, what surprised Zhang Zuoqian was that the King of Zhongshan actually brought a group of beautiful women, saying that they were to serve as maids to warm the soldiers' feet.

Zhang Zuoqian was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Although the King of Zhongshan was just a small king of a vassal state, his etiquette was still very appropriate.

He has learned everything in the Central Plains!
He could only accept the gifts helplessly. As for those women, they should be sent back to where they came from. He didn't dare to accept them. If he really let those women in, the camp would be in chaos.

It doesn't mean that all the soldiers in the army are saints like Liuxia Hui, but Zhang Zuoqian cannot bear the consequences that come with it!
If he really creates a bunch of little kids in the military camp, not only His Majesty himself, but even Xu Da will not let him go.

In the following days, the Ming army soldiers were not idle either. They took the guards of Zhongshan Kingdom and swept all the islands near Ryukyu.

All the pirates in the entire sea area, whether they were Chen Zuyi's subordinates or other lone pirate gangs, and even many bandits who escaped from Japan, were wiped out.

Zhang Zuoqian then led his soldiers to rest, not for any other reason, but because they had consumed too much bullets and would run out of bullets if they continued shooting.

If he had enough bullets, he would even like to fight all the way to Xiaoliuqiu.

However, while escorting Songpa and Liang Daoren back to the Ming Dynasty, they also asked the Ministry of War for bullets. It is believed that new supplies of bullets will arrive with merchant ships soon.

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At this time, the fleet that went south to the Western Ocean to suppress pirates finally arrived near Luzon after more than ten days of sailing. In a few days, it would reach Srivijaya.

After entering the Luzon waters, everyone became alert because the probability of pirates appearing in this area was much greater than when sailing in the East China Sea.

At this time, Xu Huizu, Li Jinglong and others just wanted to find Chen Zuyi as soon as possible, kill him completely and then return to Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

Because if they stayed any longer, they felt they would lose all face.

These days, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong and Tang He have not yet reached a clear debate about the naming of the land combat force on the fleet.

(End of this chapter)