Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 294
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen knew long ago that he was ordered by Lu Xiangsheng to ask this question, so he was not surprised at all, and he was already prepared.

I heard him say to Zheng Zhilong: "I have learned that Jianlu wants to open the sea route because of the destruction of the Shanxi merchants. If you destroy all Jianlu's navy, Jianlu's hope of being on the sea route will be destroyed, and it will be worse. Forcing Jianlu to try his best on the land route, I don't want to see this."

Speaking of this, he saw that Zheng Zhilong seemed a little confused, so he explained in detail: "As far as the current situation is concerned, the army on the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, in all fairness, is stronger than Jianlu in field battles. But on the sea road Therefore, in order to reduce losses, I hope that Jianlu's national power will be consumed on sea routes."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but suddenly realized: "Your Majesty means that on the basis of ensuring the reconstruction of Dongjiang Town, Jianlu will feel that my Ming's navy is not very strong. As long as they work hard, they may be able to defeat my Ming Dynasty." Navy, just hang Jianlu like this, so that Jianlu can spend their limited supplies on the navy?"

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and added to him: "Don't forget, if Jianlu has ships, he can still trade with unscrupulous merchants of Ming Dynasty. This is also a big factor in tempting Jianlu. In addition, I will also let Jianlu know that I The coastal defenses along the coast of Daming are slack, if the Jianlu navy is strong enough, it might be able to cross the sea and invade the customs."

Speaking of this, he concluded: "As long as I give Jianlu enough reasons, I believe that Jianlu will engage their navy."

"It turns out that's the case, the general understands!" Zheng Zhilong nodded quickly when he heard it, "This is called using your own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. By the time Jianlu realized that there was no hope at sea, they had already squandered a lot of money." Materials, is that so?"

"Yes, the time wasted can also make my Ming army stronger." Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile, "Our army is rebuilding, what we need is time. When Jianlu wakes up, believe in our army." It's strong enough!"

In fact, a key link in this plan is the presence of Wu Zhong.

Although at this time, Emperor Chongzhen had no way of knowing whether Wu Zhong had betrayed or not.But I don't know this, after Wu Zhong set foot on land, he had 72 changes like Sun Monkey, because of the existence of the bugging seeds, he couldn't escape his Wuzhishan.

As long as you master the link of Wu Zhong, you can send false information back to Liaodong, tempt Huang Taiji, and affect his judgment, so as to let Jianlu consume resources on the navy.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen actually had another plan, and he didn't tell Zheng Zhilong, because there was no need for that.

He looked at the Jiangnan side, who resisted the inspection of the government and gentry's preferential exemption quota, and who had gold and silver at home but still wanted to default on taxes?If there is such a person, let Wu Zhong visit.

If this kind of person dared to fight against the court for profit, he would definitely not be able to resist the temptation promised by Huang Taiji.If there is a big business to do and a big profit to make, it is hard to believe that this kind of person will not take the bait.

As long as he boarded Wu Zhong's boat, he would become the second merchant of Jin Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen didn't mind, so he would kill pigs again.

In the Hall of Martial Arts, the monarch and his ministers talked happily.But suddenly, the smile on Zheng Zhilong's face disappeared again, showing a trace of worry: "Your Majesty, although this plan is good, the general thinks that there are still details that are not right!"

"Oh, what's wrong with the details?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard it, and immediately asked with a concerned expression.

Zheng Zhilong hesitated a little when he heard this, but he quickly replied: "Your Majesty, the last general has a little reputation in the sea, so the last general is worried about the people on Jianlu's side. Some people have heard of the late general's reputation. If you know that it is the last general who is leading the navy, you will know for sure that with the strength of Liaodong Jianlu, no matter what, it is impossible for me, Ming Dynasty, to be my opponent!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile.

Zheng Zhilong was the pirate king of this period. It was he who unified all the pirates, brought them under his command, and relentlessly exterminated them. In this way, he was able to earn more than 1000 million yuan in a year just by relying on the flag.It would be strange if Emperor Chongzhen didn't consider this detail!

Seeing the emperor's smile, Zheng Zhilong thought that the emperor was a bit disapproving, and felt that he was bragging for himself, so he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, it's true. There are even Koreans in the fleet under the last admiral. All North Koreans, In Japan and other places, if their ships want to go south to do business, they must get the approval of the last general. This... means the last general. Although Jianlu is in Liaodong, he may still have heard of the last general's reputation. Even The last general guarantees that there is no possibility of leaking from the navy, but if the Dongjiang army goes ashore to participate in the battle, it is very likely that the news will be leaked, and it is the last general who leads the navy."

"Zheng Qing misunderstood!" Emperor Chongzhen laughed after hearing this, "Of course I believe your statement, but it doesn't matter. If the Dongjiang Army joins the battle, even if Jianlu knows at that time, it doesn't matter."

Speaking of this, he thought of something, then smiled and said to Zheng Zhilong: "Come on, follow me to the three camps, let Qing see something."

The emperor's thoughts are unconstrained, just now he was talking about Jianlu, why did he take himself to the three camps to see things in a blink of an eye?Zheng Zhilong was a little puzzled, but since the emperor had already said it, he had no choice, so he immediately followed Yujia to the three camps.

He didn't take a closer look at the three major battalions under the Yumajian when he was in Jinan Mansion.Therefore, this time, following Yujia into the barracks, he naturally took a good look at it.

Needless to say, Zheng Zhilong could spot the elites of the three major battalions at a glance, and the local army was nothing to compare with. They were much better than the bandit army that was being trained under Governor Lu's command.

Normally speaking, this is for sure.After all, those bandits were captured by the three battalions.

However, during Zheng Zhilong's stay in Dengzhou, he saw with his own eyes that the bandit army had undergone great changes under the training of Governor Lu.Therefore, he thought at first that it should be similar to the three battalions.

But unexpectedly, the result was still not as good as it was.Obviously, while the bandit officers and soldiers are improving in training, the three major battalions are not resting, and they are also making progress.

Zheng Zhilong observed silently while walking, and he also found several unusual ones, at least not seen in Fujian.

It is the car that the soldiers of the Panshi Battalion are training. There are various shapes and artillery on it. Some are advancing rapidly, and some are quickly connecting the cars to make a defensive posture.The mixture of cavalry, chariots, and infantry opened Zheng Zhilong's eyes when he saw it for the first time.

In the training ground of the hussar battalion, which is rarely seen in Fujian, teams of cavalry are organized, or charge, or harass, or practice riding and shooting.

Finally, he followed Shengjia to the training place of the Yongwei Battalion. Most of them are practicing long-range weapons here. There are groups of soldiers, even spearmen, equipped with bows and arrows. In a short period of time, all the arrows in the quiver were shot out.There is no emphasis on accuracy, only speed.

Zheng Zhilong saw that it really felt like the rain of arrows covered the sun.Looking at the densely packed arrows in front of these soldiers, he could feel that if the enemy wanted to rush into this spearman, they would at least suffer heavy casualties.

However, from this point of view, Zheng Zhilong can also estimate that such training consumes a lot of supplies every day. It seems that the emperor also spent a lot of money in order to train a strong army that can really fight against Jianlu of.

Looking at it, he almost didn't realize that the emperor had stopped.

Following the emperor's gaze, he saw about ten teams of soldiers from the Yongwei Battalion, ten people in each team, shooting "bang bang".

At first, Zheng Zhilong couldn't see clearly because of the smoke.But he always felt that something was wrong.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew away some of the rising gunpowder smoke, and he suddenly realized that something was wrong, because these soldiers were not holding matchlock guns, but self-generating firecrackers!

Speaking of this self-generating firecracker, Zheng Zhilong, as the pirate king of Ming Dynasty, naturally someone had contributed to him.

He also played with it, but he didn't think it was practical and the cost was too high, so he didn't care.

But when Zheng Zhilong saw it at this time, he immediately felt that this self-generating firecracker was different from the ones he had played with.These ten teams will always be soldiers, shooting in turn, almost achieving uninterrupted shooting.Just imagine, if the power of this self-generating firecracker is as great as that of a fine arquebus, how can the enemy on the other side rush over?The rain of arrows over there just now always stops sometimes, but the shooting of this self-generating firecracker can last for a long time without stopping!

At this moment, he immediately remembered that if these self-generating firecrackers were also equipped on the warship like this, wouldn't it be possible to inflict a lot of damage to the enemy at once during the gang battle, and then in the gang battle? , it will be much easier.

These soldiers who are being trained are all subordinates of Lu Da, the commander-in-chief of the Yongwei Battalion.Emperor Chongzhen nodded at him.

Therefore, Lu Da immediately issued a military order, telling those soldiers who were shooting to stop training and stand in line.The targets in the distance were also taken by someone specially assigned for them.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to Zheng Zhilong: "These are self-generating firearms improved by Biqing of the Military War Bureau. I call them flintlock guns. The power has reached the requirements in "Ji Xiaoxin Book". It's around 80.00%. You can go and see the power of this flintlock gun yourself."

Bi Maokang's improvement is mainly on the trigger.In fact, the most important part of the flintlock is the bolt.

The flintlock gun that Zheng Zhilong saw was quite different from the one presented to him by others before.Needless to say, he was greatly surprised by the results of his viewing.

Overjoyed, Emperor Chongzhen poured cold water on him and said: "The most difficult thing about this kind of flintlock gun is that the main spring on the gun must have enough strength to ensure the possibility of sparks after firing. I would rather the production of this kind of flintlock gun be slower, but also ensure the success rate of firing sparks. Therefore, the current output of these flintlock guns is still very low."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help being a little disappointed.Because he knew that if the output was not high, it would definitely not be equipped for his navy.

Sure enough, I heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to say to him: "However, I can allocate three hundred self-generated guns to Lu Qing, one hundred of which will be used for training, and the other two hundred will be used for war. After the production of flintlock guns increases, I will equip all of them, whether it is the army or the navy."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed, and before he had time to speak, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "I just lack time, as long as I can hold back Jianlu and give me more time, then this kind of flintlock gun can be made more. Some, our Ming army will be even stronger."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong finally understood that the purpose of the emperor's bringing him here was not to give Governor Lu three hundred flintlock guns, but to let him see it with his own eyes. What a big improvement.

After thinking about this, Zheng Zhilong immediately said that he would definitely give Jianlu hope.

In fact, this point really requires him to deeply understand it.Only in this way can Zheng Zhilong grasp the proportions when he fights with the Jianlu navy in the future.

After that, Emperor Chongzhen asked someone to bring another thing, a ball framed in a rattan frame.Zheng Zhilong looked at it, and he probably saw that it was also a gunpowder weapon.However, he didn't know what it was.

He heard Emperor Chongzhen introduce it to him: "This thing is the enemy of thousands of people recorded by Kaiwu Division Song Qing in "Tiangong Kaiwu". It is very useful in the defense of the northern city. I asked them to test it for you. Let's see, sir, can it also be used for jumping gang battles after the approach of the warship?"

When Zheng Zhilong heard that there were good things for him, he immediately looked forward to it, and after seeing what was going on with this ten thousand enemy, he was overjoyed immediately, and played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this ten thousand enemy is indeed usable. After the boat approaches, let the powerful men set fire to the ten thousand enemies and throw them on the opponent's boat, which will definitely disturb the opponent, not only kill and injure the enemy, but also greatly reduce the enemy's morale."

"Oh, that's good!" Emperor Chongzhen said happily when he heard it, "Then think about it again, in view of the situation you think, whether it is necessary to improve this enemy of ten thousand people, I will let you change the military battle bureau, Call back to Qing for some trials."

This is to lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade. If you are a pirate yourself, you may do these things.Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed and quickly agreed.

So, when Zheng Zhilong returned to Dengzhou, he brought back [-] flintlock guns, [-] enemies, and ten flintlock instructors, that is, soldiers from the Yongwei Battalion.

When he returned to Dengzhou, it was already mid-February in the 13th year of Chongzhen.At this time, Emperor Chongzhen learned through eavesdropping on the seeds that Wu Zhong from Liaodong, with his subordinates, left Jinzhou by boat and came to Daming.

Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help thinking in his heart, has this Wu Zhong betrayed him?
(End of this chapter)