Chongzhen Chat Group

Zhang Dingguo had some complaints at first, but when he heard that the group leader seemed to care about him, he felt a little better and looked at the displayed handwriting carefully.

"If you are in Hong Chengchou's army, you can ask Lu Ruipeng, the Dongchang fan; if you are in the Baigan Army, you can ask General Zhang Fengyi, and her husband is Ma Xianglin." After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he thought for a moment and added, " I asked them both to say hello to you, they are both in the group."

Zhang Dingguo was very surprised. He didn't expect that among the people chasing the rebels, there were actually two people from the chat group. For some reason, when he thought of this, he suddenly felt a little warm.

After a while, Lu Ruipeng was chatting with him privately: "Little brother, listen to the group leader, if you have anything to do, just come to me, just say he is my distant cousin!"

The private chat here had just ended, and Zhang Fengyi's private chat was also thrown over: "If you can leave the bandit, it's best to leave as soon as possible. Sister, how about I send you to study?"

Zhang Dingguo just watched the two private chats, without making any movement or reply for a long time.

Emperor Chongzhen no longer cared about his affairs, because Gao Yingyuan had just chatted with him privately and reported that there were reinforcements from Jianlu. However, the Jianlu who came this time were not all elites. There were many people from the Liaodong ethnic minorities, and not all of them were young and strong.

It seems that Jianlu's troops in the hinterland of Liaodong should have been almost mobilized, right? Emperor Chongzhen thought in his mind, and first sent a message to Liu Wang, asking him to tell Sun Chengzong that nearly 20,000 troops had been assembled at Manggurtai, and he asked the front to pay attention to the movements of Jianlu.

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts turned to the Korean Peninsula. He didn't know where the main force of the Jianlu forces was. If the main force of Jianlu was besieging Nanhan Mountain City, then Lu Xiangsheng could set off.

When he was thinking about the situation in North Korea, far away on Phi Island, although the flags were rustling in the cold wind, many people gathered in a simple dock not far from the dock. Among them were Xu Fuzuo, the actual leader of Pi Island, Chen Jisheng, the highest-ranking lieutenant in Pi Island, and people from the North Korean Navy. They were all very interested, looking at the bow boat being prepared to be launched in the dock.

In front of them is Li Zhiqi, a great thief who once roamed the sea. I saw him pointing at the ship with his hand, and with pride on his face, he said loudly: "The conditions here are simple, but the bow warship I modified is invincible in this sea area!"

Everyone looked and saw that the outside of the ship had been modified by him to have four layers of protection. There are broken nets, rawhide, and wet quilts. The other week is to hang a water urn.

Li Zhiqi proudly introduced: "My ship cannot be penetrated by gunfire or burned by fire. It is in an invincible position in sea battles. Moreover, this ship is high, and it has obvious advantages against enemy ships from a high position. To be honest with you, this is One of my strengths across the sea!"

He was right. On the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, he and Zheng Zhilong were the only ones competing for hegemony. He relied on having such a big black boat to defeat Zheng Zhilong many times. In the final battle, it was Zheng Zhilong who first poached his general Zhong Bin, took away a large number of ships, and then united with the Dutch in Taiwan to completely defeat him.

However, after hearing what he said, the North Korean naval general Li Jinlei was a little unconvinced. He could also speak Chinese, so he loudly said to Li Zhiqi: "I also have a ship in North Korea, called a turtle ship. In the past, I showed great glory in the naval battle with the Japanese pirates." .Compared to the bow in front of me, haha..."

Although it was not stated explicitly, the implication was still obvious that the big black ship was not as powerful as the turtle ship. It was only because Li Zhiqi was the naval commander of the Kingdom of Heaven that he did not say it outright.

When Li Zhiqi heard this, he immediately looked at him with disdain in his eyes: "Do you think I haven't heard of turtle-shell ships?"

The other generals of the Ming army who were watching seemed a little bit indifferent to the excitement, and they immediately started to boo, asking them to compare and decide the winner. The reason for this is that one party is a Korean and the other party is a pirate. They do not agree with the naval commander in their hearts.

When Li Zhiqi heard this, he immediately became excited. He waved his hand to ask them to keep their voices down. Then he looked at Li Jinlei and asked loudly: "Okay, then let you tell yourself. How many bows of mine can you get in exchange for the bow of your tortoise-shell ship?" Black boat?"

Li Jinlei didn't expect that he would ask this, and it was a little difficult to answer. If you answer too few questions, you won’t think the turtle ship is powerful. But if you answer too many questions, what will be the dignity of the generals? He hesitated for a moment, then made an estimate and said, "We should be able to defeat both bows!"

When Chen Jisheng heard this, he couldn't help but said loudly: "Oh, the turtle-shell boat beats two, it's so powerful!"

Xu Fuzou and others laughed after hearing this, just like watching the excitement.

Li Zhiqi was said to be annoyed that a black ship could not beat a turtle ship, and the ratio was two to one. But the fact was completely opposite. He showed no concern at all. After the laughter of those onlookers subsided, he said to Li Jinlei: "Well, I want to ask you, how much does it cost to build a turtle-shaped bow ship? How long will it take to build it? Can you estimate the cost of this big black boat like me and how long it will take to build it?"

"..." When Li Jinlei heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded. He did not expect that Li Zhiqi would compare these two aspects. Needless to say, a tortoise-shell ship is definitely not as good as a big black ship!

Seeing that he was speechless, Li Zhiqi continued: "Moreover, a turtle-shell ship like yours can deal with the Japanese pirates' boats with matchlock guns, but if you go to visit my Ming Dynasty, you will definitely not encounter any good ones. Just this big black boat Ships, not to mention Hongyi cannons, just general cannons are enough. Tell me, can a turtle-shell ship withstand the bombardment of artillery? "

One of the main attack methods of turtle ships is to ram and sink enemy ships. But if you get that close, the large-caliber artillery can hit it without aiming. Just a blast from such a close range, it’s no wonder that nothing happens!

Who knows that this is not over yet, but Li Zhiqi continues to say: "Also, in sea battles, whoever discovers the enemy first and attacks first will have the advantage. Your turtle-shell ship has an iron back, is it convenient for a lookout?"

Although they didn't quite understand some of the words, Chen Jisheng and the others could somewhat tell that this turtle-shell ship actually had a lot of problems.

"Also, how much supplies can the turtle-shell ship carry? How long can it stay at sea?" After Li Zhiqi said this, he snorted and ignored Li Jinlei who was just there. Looking at his modified big black ship, he shouted loudly and commanded over there.

As one of the best people at sea, he certainly knows something about ships at sea. He had also learned about the tortoise-shell ships that North Korea thought were very powerful, but he did not build them. It is because this turtle-shell ship was good against the Japanese pirate warships, but it was completely useless when used in the Ming Dynasty.

It is also because of this that North Korea's turtle ships were no longer used much after the Noryang Sea Battle, and were eventually eliminated.

Thanks to Boring Passer 08 for the tip!

PS: The turtle-shell ships of later generations were probably built by the Koreans on an overhead basis. The actual turtle-shell ships were not that powerful, at least the Japanese have never admitted it.