Hu Zongxian calmed down, nodded slightly and said with a trace of bitterness: "I don''t think he can see the combat effectiveness of the imperial court''s officers and soldiers, so he made the idea of my own soldiers."


    Xu Wei said with a smile, "otherwise, there is another reason. The imperial court''s soldiers and horses are mobilized, and the marching master''s book needs to check the official documents. Although Bai Xiaoyou can forge the illusion, he can''t forge the official documents. He went to Zhou Shun for fear of meeting a more serious dead eye, so he didn''t need to check the official documents. Zhou Shun naturally agreed to all the governor''s illusion."


    Yu Dayou muttered: "little immortal Bai is a little boring. Since he avenged me, why don''t you come to me directly? Won''t I be willing to lend him those three people?"


    Xu Wei thought, "General Yu, don''t complain. It''s also for your own good."


    Yu Dayou was at a loss.


    "Taizu once listed Japan as a country without levy. As a general of the imperial court, you can''t rashly attack Japan before the emperor makes an order. If you lend your relatives to Bai Xiaoyou, you know it, and the governor has to work hard to cover it up for you. Now he uses Taoism to deceive three of your relatives and school captains. You don''t know it, so you don''t have to bear responsibility."


    When Xu Wei said this, he shook his head and sighed: "I don''t know when your majesty can make an order to conquer the Japanese country and clear the source of the Japanese pirates. Without the imperial edict, hundreds of thousands of our troops can only disperse to defend the long coastline and sit and watch Bai Xiaoyou commit risks alone. It''s really not a taste in my heart."


    Hu Zongxian said solemnly, "chief Wen, this is not what officials should say. Even if we don''t take the initiative to attack, we will build up the fortifications along the coast and make preparations. The Japanese pirates will never come back. In less than ten years, the banditry will be able to subside. If we take the initiative to levy, it will be difficult to supply across the sea, but the outcome will be unpredictable. Have you forgotten the old story of Mongolian Yuan Kublai Khan''s three attacks on Japan?"


    Xu Wei nodded slightly. Of course he knew. Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty conquered Japan and built 7000 large ships. His army was magnificent, but all three Crusades failed. The first two times were poorly prepared, not accustomed to water and unable to land. The last time was fully prepared, but encountered a typhoon and the fleet was involved in the seabed.


    Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, set down a Book of calligraphy and an iron bond to prohibit posterity''s sons and grandchildren from conquering Japan. He did not want to, but his ability was limited. He was afraid that his descendants would put limited people''s power into the bottomless pit of Japan and bring down the country. This was also a lesson from the conquest of Korea in the Sui Dynasty.


    "In any case, you must keep your mouth shut about the borrowing of soldiers by immortal Bai," Hu Zongxian sighed. "He has given me a problem."


    ……


    In the endless blue sea, two warships cleaved the waves and sailed.


    "Look at the time, Hu Zongxian should have got the news." Bai Xiaowen looked up at the sun.


    "Our reputation has not declined," said Li Shuyi.


    "Well, Hu Zongxian shouldn''t publicize it in the Anti Japanese Ming army camp, so it''s normal that our reputation hasn''t decreased. However, it''s strange that Hu Zongxian and I haven''t greatly reduced our friendship. Anyway, it''s a good thing."


    Of course Bai Xiaowen didn''t know. He finally visited Xu Wei and inadvertently inserted willows into the shade. Xu Wei helped him explain the whole story in front of Hu Zongxian and Yu Dayou, avoiding the risk of reducing his popularity.


    In fact, Bai Xiaowen is ready, even if Hu Zongxian''s popularity decreases - next, the Anti Japanese Ming army camp needs to digest the fruits of victory and break up the pirates to train the new army. It is impossible to make any big moves in the short term. Staying there is a waste of time.


    Bai Xiaowen thought about how to use the remaining free exploration time yesterday.


    One option is to go to Beijing and do sun Xuanqing''s task line. This task line, which involves the orthodox struggle between Tianshi Taoism and Quanzhen Taoism, is bound to be accompanied by the strengthening of Taoist skills, spells and props, which is more suitable for the development of his spiritual awakening.


    However, Fujian is far away from the capital, and it is difficult to walk by land. It is estimated that the rest of the five days will not be able to reach the capital, let alone participate in the task line of daomen struggle.


    Therefore, Bai Xiaowen can only choose the second option, that is to do the branch task discovered before and find the sword.


    "Xiaowen, should we be far away from Japan? Will there be not enough time to go to Japan like this?" Li Shuyi asked.


    "To make it clear, our goal at sea is not Hirudo, but Matsuura shinchiro," Bai Xiaowen said, "If you''re lucky, Matsuura shinchiro hasn''t returned home, but is stationed in Nanyang and Penghu Islands. We can find him as soon as possible. Of course, we don''t rule out the worst case, that is, Matsuura shinchiro has returned to Japan, and we have to spend a lot of time sailing."


    After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said again:


    "Kinmen is really far away from Pinghu, and the straight-line distance is about the same as that from Kinmen to the capital. However, the sea voyage is day and night, and there is no need for trivial and complicated things such as road guidance and Guan Wen. According to my calculation, if we get to the three islands of Pinghu and the ship is fast, it will take only about three days, even if the wind direction is unfavorable, it will take more than four days."


    "Therefore, even in the worst case, there is still time, but it is relatively tight," Bai Xiaowen concluded.


    "Then, where is Matsuura Shinjiro? How can I find him?" Li Shuyi frowned. "I also read his reply to Ye pockmarked, but Matsuura Shinjiro didn''t mention his whereabouts in it."


    Bai Xiaowen said: "I''ve already considered this. Both Xin Jiulang and ye Mazi are the leaders of the samurai group of the Matsuura family. They should not be so careful as to hide each other''s whereabouts. Considering the difficulty of maritime communication, it''s more reasonable for them to often communicate in their letters and inform each other of their course of action. That is to say, ye Mazi must know the location and trend of Matsuura xinjiulang In his reply, he did not specifically mention it. "


    "But ye Mazi is dead."


    Bai Xiaowen nodded: "pockmarked Ye is dead, but the pirates under his command are still there. Before I set out last night, under the illusion of Hu Zongxian, I not only borrowed 200 soldiers and prepared food supplies for half a month, but also inspected the prisoner of war camp, selected several pockmarked Ye''s confidants and took them to the ship. Now it''s time to interrogate them and find out the location of Songpu xinjiulang."


    Bai Xiaowen gave an order to the outside of the cabin. Not long after, Zhang Ting took several close soldiers and escorted three Ye Mazi''s confidants pirates over.


    "There are only three people? And judging from their weak strength, I''m afraid they are the bottom personnel," whispered Li Shuyi. "What if they don''t know ye Mazi''s real Japanese identity?"


    They are all ordinary templates, and their level will not exceed level 5. I''m afraid they are not as strong as Bai Xiaowen''s skeleton sword and shield hand. It''s really weak enough.


    Bai Xiaowen shook his head: "I chose these three people after careful consideration. They are weak, but they are ye Mazi''s confidants, which can explain the problem itself - one of them even plays the role of housekeeper around Ye Mazi! While the other two, one is responsible for conveying Ye Mazi''s flagship flag and the other is responsible for maintaining ye Mazi''s sabre. If these three people don''t know If you know the true details of Ye Mazi, no one will know. "


    The three men were tied with hemp rope and their mouths were sealed. They were detained separately in the bottom cabin. Up to now, an individual was weak and was escorted over. After seeing Bai Xiaowen, his eyes showed fear.


    Bai Xiaowen said calmly, "you are ye Mazi''s men. Now ye Mazi has been ambushed and executed. As his followers, you are also guilty. However, now you are given a chance to commit crimes and meritorious deeds and expose Ye Mazi''s secrets. Whoever knows the most secrets of Ye Mazi will be pardoned first."


    Bai Xiaowen waved and motioned Zhang Ting to take down the three people''s sealed hemp ball.


    The three Japanese pirates gasped, but no one spoke first. The atmosphere was a little dull for a while.


    Bai Xiaowen was not in a hurry. He gently tapped his fingers on the table: "it seems that you don''t cherish this meritorious opportunity. Kitts, drag him out to feed the fish."


    Bai Xiaowen pointed to a man who was the flag pirate of pockmarked Ye. He looked frightened and begged for mercy loudly: "Sir, I really don''t know boss ye... What''s the secret of pockmarked Ye! By the way, he likes gambling, has bad luck and worse gambling products. I don''t know whether it counts..."


    Bai Xiaowen didn''t listen to what he said, but just waved. Kitts dragged the man''s back neck with a smile and dragged him out of the cabin. Then there was a cry of surprise and the sound of heavy objects falling into the water. When he was tied so firmly and thrown into the sea, even those who are skilled in water can''t live.


    The remaining two were silent.


    Bai Xiaowen glanced at them: "my patience is limited. Wait another five seconds. You two can feed the fish together before you say anything."


    "Big and big, I''d like to say!" a Japanese pirate said tremblingly.


    Bai Xiaowen glanced at the man and recognized that he was a pirate who maintained the sabre for ye Mazi. For real Japanese ronin warriors like Ye Mazi, Sabre is an important existence in life. If he can wipe and maintain the sabre for ye Mazi, he must be trusted by Ye Mazi.


    "Go ahead."


    "Ye Mazi, he... Is not a Ming man!"


    Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and showed an interested look.


    The Japanese pirates, the housekeeper of pockmarked ye, scolded: "baga! Makita, you coward who is greedy for life and fear of death, should betray the Songpu family?"


    Bai Xiaowen smiled at the corners of his mouth. It seemed that he had chosen the right one. The three people in the selection, at least two in front of him, knew the details of Ye pockmarked son.


    After being scolded, the Japanese bandit Makita who maintained the knife was a little guilty.


    However, Bai Xiaowen directly cast the heart bewitching charm on the Japanese pirates who were the housekeeper!


    "The strength ratio between ourselves and the enemy is 0.224:1, and the success rate of confusion determination of confused heart charm is 77.60%."


    "The confusion judgment is successful! The Japanese pirates have been confused."


    The Japanese enemy Makita saw the housekeeper Japanese enemy Youma Jiro''s attitude from anger to obedience. He knelt in front of Bai Xiaowen and wanted to kiss his boots. He was a burst of fear.


    "This man is unrepentant and unrepentant. I''ve taken his soul away with Taoism. I can find out nine out of ten of the secrets he knows. If you dare to make a half empty statement, I''ll let you be like him!"


    Bai Xiaowen actually exaggerates the exploratory memory ability of "telepathy". Telepathy, the memory fragments that can be detected are very limited, not even half of them, and the proportion of nine out of ten is even more impossible.


    However, the Japanese bandit Makita, who maintained the Japanese Dao, was scared out of his courage. He immediately knelt down and swore that he would never dare to tell a lie.


    Bai Xiaowen first asked some secrets he had explored, such as ye Mazi''s daily life details, small habits and so on. The Japanese pirates Makita obediently told all he knew. Bai Xiaowen deliberately said one or two things that Makita inadvertently missed. Makita was in a cold sweat and believed that Bai Xiaowen''s words were true.


    Later, Bai Xiaowen began to inquire about the Matsuura family and Matsuura Shinjiro.


    The Matsuura family lived in the three islands of Pinghu in the era. The owner''s name was Matsuura Longxin and the Dharma name was Daoke. Hirudo three islands is the birthplace of Japanese pirates, and Hirudo port itself is a good port, so it has become a place for all kinds of Japanese pirates to sell stolen goods.


    Since the Ming Dynasty banned the sea and cancelled the "exploration and cooperation" trade with Japan, the upper class nobles of Japan were more and more eager for the rich silk and cloth of the Ming Dynasty, which gave birth to a large number of armed smuggled maritime merchants, that is, Japanese pirates, who plundered the rich coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty. After all, no matter when, no capital business is the fastest money in the short term.


    At the beginning, the big Japanese pirate Wang Zhi settled down after receiving the courtesy of Matsuura Longxin on Pinghu island. Later, he developed into a pirate godfather who controlled the Japanese pirates in the southeast ocean.


    In addition to strongly supporting the Japanese pirates in selling stolen goods on Pinghu island and enjoying resale profits, Matsuura Longxin also focused on cultivating the Matsuura family''s private fleet and participating in the ranks of the plundered Japanese pirates. Famous, such as Matsuura xinjiulang, Matsuura Sishu and so on, are the capable generals of the Matsuura family fleet.


    When it comes to Ye Mazi, his real name is Ma Ye. The reason why he changed his name, banner and even native place and mixed into the ranks of fake Japanese is that he echoed with Matsuura xinjiulang from a distance out of the dual consideration of one light and one dark.


    Ye Mazi''s Secret chess move is mainly to inquire about intelligence information for Songpu xinjiulang''s fleet, so as to prevent Japanese pirates who eat black and decide to join Songpu''s fleet.


    A few days ago, Xin Jiulang captured Fujian and was pursued by Yu Dayou. After the sneak attack on Yu Dayou, Xin Jiulang sent a secret letter to Ye Mazi, asking him to take advantage of Yu Dayou''s injury and coma to participate in the looting of Fujian provinces and expand the war results.


    Later, ye Mazi sent Chen Duyan (Chen Bao), the second leader, to break the Quanzhou government and rob a lot of wealth. However, Chen Duyan was first eaten by Xu honghei, and then matched by the rules of the spirit world. Four awakened people went to Chen Duyan''s flagship, so that all the wealth and goods were robbed, and Chen Duyan himself was killed.


    "Where is Xin Jiulang now?" Bai Xiaowen asked the last key question.


    The Japanese bandit Makita thought for a moment and said, "I heard from ye Mazi that Xin Jiulang would stop temporarily by way of Penghu Islands to see the situation in Zhejiang. If Qi Jiguang was transferred to Fujian, he would take advantage of the situation to rob Zhejiang..."