Lord of Ming Dynasty

The clippers were moving forward in the heavy rain, avoiding the chasing enemy, the Guangzhou ship clippers, watching the smoke billowing on the distant sea with tears in their eyes, and the explosions, trying to get rid of the enemy, and not entangled with the enemy. It took two days The message was sent to Haomenjing, and then rushed to Jinhua Mansion by Babaili.

Outside the Governor's Mansion, the officials of the Naval Administration quickly sent the letter into the lobby of the Ministry of National Defense and handed it over to the official in charge. The official did not dare to neglect, and immediately got up to send it to Wei Wuji who was resting in the study.

In the small courtyard where Zhang Qiang lived, with a long sigh, the clouds stopped and the rain stopped, and the two hugged tiredly, lying on the bed.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, Zhang Qiang was startled, he glanced at Kong Sizhen, the two of them got up quickly, got dressed, and then the guard outside shouted: "Great Governor, Lord Wei Wuji, please see me."

Zhang Qiang didn't answer, and hurriedly put on his clothes, the two checked each other, and then shouted loudly: "Send him to come in."

Chapter 549 A soldier's bounden duty is war

Wei Wuji walked into the study in a hurry, and saw Kong Sizhen at the corner with scattered clouds and temples, and the flush on his face hadn't receded. Seeing his gaze, his face was flushed immediately, and he was extremely shy, so he quickly hid in the bedroom. When he came in, the warm indoor climate made him feel a little strange. He, who was also a person who had been there, immediately understood what happened here before.

Wei Wuji paused for a while, and immediately waved away these distracting thoughts. He remembered his identity, these things were not in his hands, hurriedly turned behind the screen in the study, and left his back outside the door. I noticed Kong Sizhen who was feeling uneasy.

Before he stood still, Zhang Qiang looked at him with a smile and asked, "What can't you handle, and you want to see me in a hurry?"

Wei Wuji said sternly: "Governor, this matter is really serious. If you don't tell the governor, I will feel uneasy. Once it is mobilized at this time, it will cost the Huaxia Army countless money. One careless It is also possible to lose and be charged with forgetting to start the war."

"Oh——, what is so serious that it makes you so nervous, come to me to say this, come to me to see, which force is so bold, dare to play big swords on our Huaxia Army, I really don't want to live gone."

Wei Wuji hurriedly said: "Report to the Governor, it was Zheng Chenggong's fleet that attacked our supply fleet to Fangcheng Port. Seventeen of the 32 medium-sized merchant ships in the fleet were sunk and fifteen were captured. A medium-sized Fuchuan converted armed merchant ship was sunk, and thirteen Cantonese warships were sunk or captured. Only one Cantonese ship with careful communication escaped and brought the information to our barracks stationed in the trench gate. After some analysis, I felt something was wrong and didn't dare to be good at it, so I had to report it to the Governor."

"Tell me, isn't it Zheng Chenggong's little wealth? Didn't we already know it? Could it be that he dared to beat us with this little wealth?" Zhang Qiang disagreed.

"Oh, Commander-in-Chief, I also thought so at the beginning, but I sat down and thought about it for a while, and after looking through the latest intelligence information from the Ministry of Military Intelligence, I discovered a possibility that Zheng Chenggong is likely to cooperate with the Taixi people. One or two of our thousand-ton ships, and figure out the structure and combat effectiveness of our ships.

I think, with the technology and shipbuilding skills of the Thais, it is very likely that we will be able to figure out our shipbuilding technology and structure very soon. At that time, they will also produce a large number of super large ships, and it will be difficult for us to defend the coast in the future. .

The enemy is likely to assemble a large fleet, land in an unexpected place, or ambush our fleet. In the future, we are likely to be attacked by the enemy, and then the losses will increase. This is simply a blunt knife that hurts but is not fatal , It's very annoying, maybe in the near future it is very likely that we will be exhausted and we will not be able to compete with them. "

"What you said is possible." After hearing Wei Wuji's words, Zhang Qiang felt that his fleet was no longer safe, and the enemy had changed his strategy and tactics. It seems that war always makes both sides of the war progress. It is a catalyst for science and technology. Without war, there will be nothing There are so many kinds of technologies that make people feel that life is better, and they are applied to life to improve people's civilization level and living standards, but the most important thing is that you find that your leading edge is being chased by the enemy little by little, but there is nothing you can do about it. Overtaken by the enemy, defeated, left behind, and reduced to being beaten.

The current Huaxia Army is just like the U.S. Army. It is an overlord who wants to fight whoever it wants to fight, whoever it wants to toss. Today, the various forces in Ming Dynasty are not as powerful, huge, and bigger as the current Huaxia Army.

"What do you think the enemy might do in the end?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Wei Wuji said: "I believe that the enemy is most likely to attack the Fifth Fleet from Xiamen or the Sixth Fleet from Haomen. At present, the Sixth Fleet is sailing on the waterway from Haiphong Port to Jinlong Bay, and the entire The fleet is not complete. There are three first-class battleships in the fleet, and the remaining five ships are docked at Xiangshan, one is repaired at Guangzhou Fu Shipyard, one is stationed at Haomen, and the other two follow the other three second-class battleships. , the three [-]-ton galleons covering them at the first level are sailing on the way to Baodao Baozhong Mansion, to replace the three first-level battleships and five second-level battleships of the third fleet there, stationed Baozhong Mansion."

"Send all the warships to patrol all the patrol routes from the Sixth Fleet to the Third Fleet to see if there is any enemy infiltrating in. Our maritime defense zone is too wide, and there are still many loopholes stretching thousands of kilometers, and our patrols are all It is a site within [-] nautical miles of the coast. For all the small islands and big islands, a patrol team needs to walk for more than half a month on the patrol road, and it takes a month to go back and forth. In this way, one or two patrol teams must be eaten by the enemy, and we If we can’t find it for a while, send all the fishing boats and fast boats out to inspect the coastal defenses nearby and find out the enemy’s hidden fleet in the sea area we patrol, I think he is our enemy.”

Wei Wuji thought for a while and said: "This is not a solution, it's just a passive defense. Why don't we send a note to Zheng Chenggong while looking for Zheng Chenggong's main fleet, and then mobilize the third to sixth fleets to prepare for the battle."

"This is also a method, a preventive measure, and a way to deal with it. Now that our navy has been at peace for a long time, and we haven't fought a big war for a few years, we should pull out and fight the enemy a few times, otherwise we will let go It is easy to be corroded by peaceful life there. If a soldier does not fight, is he still a soldier? The bounden duty of a soldier is war. It is to bring disasters to others, destroy others, and defend our own people. Go ahead and let war bring our worst Destruction, the most arrogant greeting. As a soldier, if kept at home like a woman, it is easy to be raised as a Persian cat, or a spoiled Tibetan Mastiff, a hound should run on the battlefield instead of dying in bed .”

"It is the governor, the Ministry of National Defense must take the governor as the highest leader, uphold the will of the governor, bring war and destruction to the enemy, disaster, let the enemy's people cry, let the enemy's soldiers bleed, we enjoy the honor and the war brings our joy."

"Okay, let's go, send our sailors to find the enemy and annihilate the enemy," Zhang Qiang and Wei Wuji became more and more excited as they talked. The two people who came from the war have not enjoyed such a passionate moment for a long time. .

Just as Wei Wuji withdrew, Zhou Porridge came. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Zhou Porridge say: "Great Governor, Great Governor, it's not good. Zheng Chenggong sent someone to send a letter, explaining that it was not his men who attacked our fleet. Someone pretended to be his fleet, the flag, that was what the general who betrayed him did, my God, I didn't even know that our fleet was attacked by someone, this is simply dancing on the head of a tiger, I am so impatient. "

Chapter 5 Fifty is just a diplomatic game

Take a look at this letter sent by Zheng Chenggong, which is similar to a diplomatic document. The letter is full of sincere words, and he has always claimed that it was not something he did. At the same time, it is stated that they have always been a friendly country with the Huaxia Army. They are the people of the Han Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need to hurt their peace because of an attack.

Zhang Qiang's anger was public, and he was talking nonsense with his eyes open. Since he belonged to him, he had to pay a little price. He actually thought of using a letter like this to cover up the matter, and pretended that the Huaxia Army was easy to bully ?

The Huaxia Army is not the soft bone that has been passed down to future generations since ancient times. The Huaxia Army is the Huaxia Army under the leadership of Zhang Qiang. It inherits the fighting will of Lao Mei and speaks with fists. Zhang Qiang has always trained them with the requirements of the fighting nation, not Confucianism. culture.

Although Confucian culture has a lot of things that can resolve things, ingenious methods and intrigues, there are many positive things, but the Chinese have not learned these things. Instead, they have always been taught that peace is the most important, and then they slap themselves one by one. , Then tell your own people that you must endure, you must endure, endure until your children and grandchildren become my slaves, and do it like cattle and horses.

At that time, if your children and grandchildren want to resist, then come to a vigorous peasant uprising. Doing so is actually doing a self-harming thing.

Others, Laomei, and the West, kicked your door directly, and beat you until you were paralyzed, forcing you to press your fingerprints, robbing your wife, money, and turning back, those bullies continued to persecute and oppress yourself People, Zheng Chenggong is such a person now. He was bullied by others, and he wanted to bully his own people in turn. Is the Huaxia Army still an honest Chinese?

The Huaxia Army is from Huaxia.It is a brave fighting nation, a nation that speaks with fists and feet, and you will be convinced if you refuse to be beaten.

"You don't need to worry about this matter. I have already ordered Wei Wuji to mobilize the navy to find trouble with Zheng Chenggong. Since he wants to play tricks, let's play tricks with them and attack one of their fleets. This time it’s not just the fleet, it’s their navy. If we kill one, let’s see what they say. Oh, by the way, ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to write a copy of this article, and I won’t go out, you Go and explain."

"Well, it's not good. Now our family has a big business and a little bit of damage. It's not good for our reputation. Why don't we give Zheng Chenggong a step down and calm things down for the time being. If it doesn't work, investigate and compensate those lost fleets. Some money and supplies from his family and businessmen, we will deal with Zheng Chenggong after we destroy the Qing Dynasty, we are now fighting on several fronts, and the financial aspect is too much." Zhou Congee somewhat disagreed with this matter.

Zhang Qiang said with a smile: "They are weakening you. It is related to the war. If we indulge them this time, they will attack us next time. Can we bear it? At that time, it will affect our supply to Li Dingguo's department. What's more, Li Dingguo sent Li Chengdong to Burma to avenge Emperor Yongli.

Emperor Yongli is from Daming, and also an emperor of our Han people. If he dies like this for no apparent reason, then even if we unify Daming in the future, we will be surrounded by white-eyed wolves. Do we have to fight against them all our lives?

In future generations, if we are a little weak, and they still don’t climb on us to show off their power, or help other rising enemies to fight us, carve up our children’s land, and kill our children and grandchildren, will we still be able to jump out of the grave to help us? offspring?Once and for all, get rid of these white-eyed wolves around and let them go underground to be ghosts. "

"What's more, Zheng Chenggong is a confidant, just like our Han court outside of Mongolia. Sooner or later we will get rid of them. Treasure Island belongs to our Huaxia Army. We can't only care about the interests of the mainland, but also see that our descendants will be able to survive in the future." A country without a sea is sad. A country that is always harassed by sea enemies will sooner or later, like Ming Dynasty, be attacked and consumed by alien races on the grassland, and will always be destroyed. Don't you think that the China we established will be ruled by foreign races, and the foreign races will perish?"

"It's impossible, but if we launch a battle with Zheng Chenggong now, it won't be in vain to take advantage of Nanming or Daqing. We should accumulate strength and wait for Daqing to destroy Dajin, or after Daqing defeats Dajin, and fight Daqing decisively." If you fight a sea battle with Zheng Chenggong, firstly, Zheng Chenggong has the help of Thai and Western people, and secondly, the naval battle is a protracted battle. The navy has gone to sea for several months without seeing the enemy, but the consumption will continue. Our Huaxia Army now has some savings. , but fighting a war of attrition like this may affect the time for us to unify Ming Dynasty, and the third strategic goal is currently being carried out quite slowly, isn't it because we need to accumulate strength now?"

"I know," Zhang Qiang nodded, "it's easy to take over a territory, but it will take a while to make the territory ours and let the people recognize us. Our current strategy is to lay down a place to digest a place, and finally take over the entire Daming country step by step. .

But Daming is too small, so we need to look farther. To the west, we have a vast land in the west, and there are some alien races. Let's eliminate Zheng Chenggong as soon as possible, and put our energy back on the land, so that we can slow down. Slowly develop westward, compete with those foreign races, eliminate them, and make our future generations bigger. Therefore, fighting Zheng Chenggong is not slowing down the pace, but speeding up the pace. I no longer want to put a large number of troops in the south. "

"By the way, now that Nanming Kingdom has been disabled by Li Dingguo and its military strength has been weakened, and our Feng Wuyu has also stayed in Guangzhou Mansion for a long time, so he went out to do activities and attack Nanming Kingdom. If you provoke something, you have to take responsibility. This time Zheng Chenggong took action against us, which probably means the court of the Nanming Kingdom. You send envoys to threaten them first, make them responsible for the provocation a while ago, hand over 100 million silver, and cede six The county will give it to us."

Zhang Qiang had a whim.

Zhou Porridge opened his eyes wide. He is a good person, but he never thought that Zhang Qiang would make such a thing out of nothing, and actually asked his former allies to cede land to the Huaxia Army for compensation, just because they provoked the Huaxia Army. What kind of logic is this?

Zhang Qiang ignored him, and continued: "If they don't agree, then let Feng Wuyu go out and take down two county towns to see their reaction, if they send troops, continue to fight until they give up.

Then they negotiated a few times, and they got tougher each time. If they procrastinate, they will lay down another county. If they dare to be tough, they will increase the size. Finally, let them sign an agreement to become our vassal state, hand over tribute, property, and silver to us every year and open the port so that our merchants can pass through their territory, otherwise they will fight again.

When they feel that bearing the burden of humiliation and living a stable life is what they should do, willing to be our vassal state, let's stop, this time we must let them know that the Huaxia Army is so unreasonable, anyone who dares to provoke the Huaxia Army All actions will lead to war, if you don't want to fight, make them subdue. "

Seeing that Zhang Qiang's face became more ferocious as he talked, Zhou Porridge felt that Zhang Qiang had become a tyrant, so he left quickly to consider how to do the things Zhang Qiang explained. At the same time, such a big matter must call the cabinet ministers to discuss.

Chapter 551 Sudden Strike

Take a look at this letter sent by Zheng Chenggong, which is similar to a diplomatic document. The letter is full of sincere words, and he has always claimed that it was not something he did. At the same time, it is stated that they have always been a friendly country with the Huaxia Army. They are the people of the Han Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need to hurt their peace because of an attack.

Zhang Qiang's anger was public, and he was talking nonsense with his eyes open. Since he belonged to him, he had to pay a little price. He actually thought of using a letter like this to cover up the matter, and pretended that the Huaxia Army was easy to bully ?

The Huaxia Army is not the soft bone that has been passed down to future generations since ancient times. The Huaxia Army is the Huaxia Army under the leadership of Zhang Qiang. It inherits the fighting will of Lao Mei and speaks with fists. Zhang Qiang has always trained them with the requirements of the fighting nation, not Confucianism. culture.

Although Confucian culture has a lot of things that can resolve things, ingenious methods and intrigues, there are many positive things, but the Chinese have not learned these things. Instead, they have always been taught that peace is the most important, and then they slap themselves one by one. , Then tell your own people that you must endure, you must endure, endure until your children and grandchildren become my slaves, and do it like cattle and horses.

At that time, if your children and grandchildren want to resist, then come to a vigorous peasant uprising. Doing so is actually doing a self-harming thing.

Others, Laomei, and the West, kicked your door directly, and beat you until you were paralyzed, forcing you to press your fingerprints, robbing your wife, money, and turning back, those bullies continued to persecute and oppress yourself People, Zheng Chenggong is such a person now. He was bullied by others, and he wanted to bully his own people in turn. Is the Huaxia Army still an honest Chinese?

The Huaxia Army is from Huaxia.It is a brave fighting nation, a nation that speaks with fists and feet, and you will be convinced if you refuse to be beaten.

"You don't need to worry about this matter. I have already ordered Wei Wuji to mobilize the navy to find trouble with Zheng Chenggong. Since he wants to play tricks, let's play tricks with them and attack one of their fleets. This time it’s not just the fleet, it’s their navy. If we kill one, let’s see what they say. Oh, by the way, ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to write a copy of this article, and I won’t go out, you Go and explain."

"Well, it's not good. Now our family has a big business and a little bit of damage. It's not good for our reputation. Why don't we give Zheng Chenggong a step down and calm things down for the time being. If it doesn't work, investigate and compensate those lost fleets. Some money and supplies from his family and businessmen, we will deal with Zheng Chenggong after we destroy the Qing Dynasty, we are now fighting on several fronts, and the financial aspect is too much." Zhou Congee somewhat disagreed with this matter.