Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Duolong, what do you think of this matter?" Kangxi directly named Duolong who stood at the back and had nothing to do with himself.

Duolong had nothing to do in the past few years, either training those Han servants, or training those Goguryeo servants. The trained soldiers and horses were taken away by Obai, or by the people of the capital, and they guarded the area of ​​Baoding Prefecture, Hebei Province by themselves. He didn't dare to go forward, and he didn't dare to retreat. He was frightened by the Huaxia Army.

He is the recruit director of the Qing Dynasty, plus Oboi's logistics minister, Oboi often spit on his head, Oboi has become domineering in the past few years, it is because the whole Qing Dynasty has only Oboi in recent years People are fighting, and the Dajin Kingdom is weak. Even with the continuous support of the Huaxia Kingdom, they cannot defeat the more and more courageous Oboi.

Hearing Kangxi calling him, he immediately stepped out, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think that it is not appropriate to use swords. Behind Lu is the Huaxia Army, so it is better not to provoke the Huaxia Army. Lord Ye Bilong and Lord Su are right. At present, the Huaxia Kingdom does not want to start a war with us. We should not take the initiative to provoke a war, otherwise there will be endless troubles. What I mean is to solve the Dajin Kingdom first, and wait for the Dajin to be wiped out. We have a long-term plan before we talk about it."

Kangxi is so angry, the generals who lead the troops are so weak, how can he expand the territory in the future.

Yao Qisheng stood up, "Your Majesty, it is impossible for the Huaxia Kingdom to attack us at present. I heard that it was not they who obeyed the Huaxia Kingdom to attack Jeju Island, but the third prince Hong Tianpao. If we go to fight the third prince , the Huaxia Army may not help the third prince."

Zhou Peigong also stood up to support Yao Qisheng. At this time, Sukesaha and Ye Bilong came out to oppose. The division starts from Bohai Bay, Duolong, you can choose [-] Han army flags, [-] Goguryeo soldiers, [-] Mongolian soldiers, and send troops to Jeju Island. You must fight for me. As for your position, let Suo Etu do it .”

Don't mention how aggrieved Duolong is, there is no pressure to ask him to fight Lu, but he doesn't know if the Huaxia Army will contribute if he fights Lu, and if that bastard Shi Lang will help him, Jeju Island is in the sea No matter how many soldiers he has, he is still a landlubber. If there is no success of the navy, his group of landlubbers will probably be beaten into the sea. He doesn't want to go swimming in the sea.

But Kangxi’s orders he had to listen to, they were imperial edicts, Kangxi’s behavior was different from Shunzhi in the past, Shunzhi needed princes to sign the order before issuing imperial edicts, but Kangxi is young and energetic now, his words here are imperial edicts , Those ministers of military aircraft and auxiliary ministers are just rubber stamps.

Who told him to be unlucky, if you don’t do this thing, you can’t do it, if you do it, you may die when you don’t do it, if you don’t do it, you will be dragged out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded immediately, and you have to come back to let Kangxi take a look at it, and then find a random place to throw it away .

So in the spring of [-], under the cover of Shi Lang's naval fleet, Duolong went down to attack Jeju Island.

At this time, there were already 36 Japanese captives on Jeju Island, [-] Lu nationalist servants, [-] Lu Han soldiers, [-] thousand-ton warships, [-] [-]-ton warships, and five thousand-ton warships. Ten [-]-ton Daifuku ships were used to transport food supplies to and from the island, and then transported from the island to Matsue County, China Island, Japan.

From where it was transported to the battlefield of China Island in full swing.

At this time, the Shimane County of China Island has been completely occupied by the Ryukyu Kingdom of the third prince, and the 50 troops that the Japanese besieged Kitakyushu Island were dispersed. Kong Youxing also led [-] troops, and [-] militiamen landed on China Island. When they arrived in Hiroshima County, they fought with the troops that were continuously reinforced by the Japanese.

The enemies in Hiroshima County were besieged by troops from two directions, and the Neihe Bay was also besieged by the navy of the Shikoku Prefecture. It was as miserable as it was, and the Tokugawa Ietsuna Shogunate did not want to give up China Island, so they continued to send troops I came here and wanted to stabilize this area. Although the Japanese lost so much gold and silver due to the retreat of the Taixi people, their strength was greatly damaged, and their guns could not help them, but they still stubbornly used their lives to maintain the front line. flinch.

However, they have not yet reached the point of desperation. Qing cavalry, reinforcements from Goguryeo, and Qing weapons are still being delivered in a steady stream. They still have the support of Qing, and Kangxi of Qing also knows that if Japan is lost , Then they will be threatened by the Kingdom of China, so they refuse to give up Japan, and continue to recruit the people of Goguryeo to protect the Japanese from the guns, and at the same time send Mongolian cavalry across the sea to help the Japanese.

It was a happy thing for the Japanese to attack Jeju Island by the Qing Dynasty. For this reason, they also gave the three obsolete [-]-ton armed merchant ships left by the Dutch to the Qing Dynasty to help the Qing Dynasty attack the third prince's troop carrier.

Chapter 777 New Ship Trial Successful

"The Qing Dynasty has sent troops?" Zhang Qiang learned the news from the new warship on trial voyage, which was already on its second trial voyage.

The first trial voyage did not install artillery, it was just an empty ship, plus some mobilized military cadets and some old sailors to adapt to the new ship, and also to see the capabilities of the new ship, as well as whether there are any differences in the experimental water leakage and various sea conditions. Where I got used to, this voyage took one and a half months, almost sailing from Hangzhou Bay around Baodao Prefecture, and went to the Nanyang Malacca sea for a circle.

At the same time, five 36-ton warships, six 36-ton warships, and 180 [-]-ton warships from the First Fleet were also sailing. After passing through the defense area of ​​the Second Fleet, two more ships were added. The [-]-ton warships arrived at the defense zone of the Third Fleet, and five [-]-ton warships joined in. The Fourth Fleet had [-] [-]-ton warships joined in, and arrived on the Annan Sea. Two [-]-ton warships joined in.

Fifth, the battleships of the Sixth Fleet are the oldest, and the tonnage is not large. Most of them are [-]-ton warships. The smaller the ship, the faster the speed. It is enough to keep up with the speed of six knots. Compared with the slower and slower speed of the thousand-ton warships of the Huaxia Kingdom, the speed of these small ships is not bad.

Some can run at a speed of seven knots, and 180 tons can run at a speed of eight or nine knots, which is equivalent to the speed of a bicycle.However, the average speed of a sailing boat is only equivalent to the normal walking speed of a person, and the slightly faster speed is only the running speed. Now it is equal to the speed of riding a bicycle. Of course, it is not a fast speed. compared.

The ship has been improved a lot after the sea trial, and the corresponding tonnage has increased a lot, and it is now close to [-] tons.

Because it is the product of the combination of a clipper ship and a Galen ship, it does not have the usual speed of 10 to [-] knots of a clipper ship, let alone the speed of [-] to [-] or [-] knots when the wind is the fastest, but it can maintain a personal Usually the speed of [-] knots, when necessary, the speed of [-] to [-] knots is not bad.

This is a new ship, of course the speed is faster. After some years, the speed will definitely slow down, but no matter how slow it is, it will definitely not be slower than the speed of the previous new ship. The fastest speed of the Huaxia Army is faster.

In the past, the fastest speed of the new ships of the Huaxia Army was only [-] knots. The speed of the big ships was [-] knots. It reached a speed of twelve knots, but with the size of a small boat, the speed of twelve knots was out of control. Apart from falling apart, the ship would be destroyed. The boat is drifting in the wind and waves, so the fastest ten knots of the boat is the limit.

In order for the boat to have sufficient speed, the hull must be strong, conform to all structures of wind mechanics, and must be of appropriate weight. The structure of a wooden boat must not be able to resist the structural imbalance caused by the shock caused by the violent wind speed.

In order to take care of the hull, the new ship sailed at an ordinary speed of 13.5 knots in the early stage, and in the later stage, the maximum speed was tested, and the maximum speed reached 10 knots. The stable sailing can be carried out at a speed of 8.5 knots, and the final average speed reached [-] knots. speed.

The second trial voyage added more buildings, artillery, cables, masts, sails, and was fully armed. The maximum speed also ran a little over 12 knots, and the average speed reached 8 knots.

This is more than half the speed of the original ship.

This warship was finalized, but Zhang Qiang listened to the conscripts’ opinions and reduced 10 cannons, reduced ammunition reserves, and reduced the iron protection on some non-critical surfaces, which increased the average speed of the entire ship to nine knots, and improved the stability of sailing. At 10 knots, sailing with full sail downwind can reach a speed of 14 or 5 knots, which is already considered a remarkable speed on current sail warships.

The reduction of 10 cannons is equal to the reduction of 270 crew members. The original [-] and [-] crew members now only need to use some ships, sailors, gunners, and soldiers, which can reduce the weight of the ship even more. The empty space can carry a lot of cargo. Compared with the [-]-ton special warship's load-to-weight ratio, it can also ensure that the ship can sail far away without supplementing food and fresh water.

Although the firepower has been reduced, there are still a terrifying 85 cannons, which is almost the same as the number of cannons of the third-tier battleships that have been built in the West.

Moreover, the lower hull reduces the windward side, making it more flexible and faster. As long as there is no wind, the two sides will bombard each other at a very close distance. The new warship is not inferior to the enemy's super warship. This kind of warship is equipped with as many as 110 artillery pieces, has seven decks, and has a tonnage of more than 3000 tons.

However, the new warship has another disadvantage. The mast is too high and there are too many sails to hang. The Chinese are used to combining Chinese and Western styles, so there are soft sails and hard sails. Temporary operations require high technical requirements and relatively high requirements for personnel coordination and management. .

Moreover, due to the reduction of armed personnel and sailors, it is impossible to get too close to the enemy when fighting, otherwise the enemy will jump into the gang. There are more than 700 people in a ship, and you can take people in the early [-]s in a ship. next to you.

Of course, I believe that there are not too many such opportunities. The Huaxia Kingdom will not give such opportunities to the enemy. Some of them are caused by slack and careless personnel, or the consequences of a commander who is like a pig.

Standing on the deck of the fully armed new-style warship on the second trial voyage, Zhang Qiang looked at the calm sea with a telescope, but his heart was churning. The Qing Dynasty actually sent troops to Jeju Island. When did the Qing Dynasty become so aggressive? ?

But no matter what, Zhang Qiang didn't want to intervene in this battle. Anyway, it would not affect the Huaxia Kingdom. Launching the final counter-offensive, they just relied on their strength and defensive lines to defend the Shikoku Mansion, and the enemy had nothing to do with him. Recently, the Japanese had mobilized a large number of troops to stop the leak in order to deal with the third prince’s landing on China Island behind his back. The Japanese on Shikoku Island The military strength is only 20 troops, and the military strength of the second prince is only 30 troops.

The two sides have killed and injured more than 60 people in Denios County. Of course, the Japanese will die more, because they are the main attackers. Certainly more than no less attacking side.

"Has the second prince not made up his mind to leave yet?" Zhang Qiang asked.

The attendant of the Ministry of Military Intelligence behind said: "According to the latest information, the second prince and the others are planning an action to resist the Japanese. Last time they resisted the Taixi people, but they failed to capture the boat. The Taixi people have gone away. They just killed some Taixi people. , seized a few Japanese sloops, and caused a lot of trouble with the Japanese, if they didn’t want them to fight us, the Japanese would have attacked them long ago.”

"Find someone to contact the second prince and the others. If they want to leave, we will provide ships to take them away. We can't wait any longer. Let's reduce some opponents first. Tell the second prince where he wants to go, and we will send him there Where, we must not embarrass them, but the ship fare has to be paid, no matter if they use Huaxia yuan or gold, silver and jewelry, it is fine, if it is not possible, handing over their troops to Prime Minister Yan is also considered as the ship fare."

Chapter 778 The Second Prince Uprising 1

The second prince is not living comfortably these days. Ever since the Japanese became tougher and forcibly took over their fight against the other side, their life has become more and more difficult day by day.

If they hadn't still had tens of thousands of Han Chinese supporting them, and if they hadn't still held [-] Japanese servants in their hands, they would have been chopped up by the Japanese and fed to the fish. Gold and silver, furs, life and death, Japanese swords, silver fans, tatami mats, and Japanese women repaid the debts owed by the second prince, and the Japanese were regarded as the same as the second prince because they had supported the second prince. The Taixi people intensified their extortion, and even took away the prisoners they had obtained from the battle between Shikoku Island and Xinlu Prefecture before leaving.

The Thais have four [-]-ton merchant ships, armed merchant ships, two Dutch caravel merchant ships, two British Galen sailing ships, and hired four [-]-ton Daifuku that the Japanese bought from the Qing Dynasty. In addition to nearly [-] trainers and soldiers of the Japanese troops who were used to train and educate the second prince, the ship also took away [-] captives and [-] women, as well as the gold, silver and goods they paid for.

The Japanese also don’t want to offend these Taixi instructors, so they can only pay them according to the compensation, the remuneration of the instructors and the remuneration for the weapons and ammunition that the Taixi people handed over to them when they came. What about new weapons and ammunition?

It took the six ships 65 days to bypass Baodao State, ventured back to the South China Sea from the Pacific Ocean, rested on a small island in the South China Sea for a week, threw the dead into the sea, washed the ship boards, and waited. After the wind direction changed, they continued to go out to sea by boat and reached the Indian Ocean. The British turned back to India, and the Dutch turned to Batavia. The whole journey lasted 181 days.

When we returned, there were nearly 4000 people on board, and 800 people died. At this time, sailing is almost the same as stepping into the area with one foot. If they can pass through the Baodao Strait, the voyage will be shortened by nearly half. When driving close to the shore, the wind and waves will be smaller. In case of strong winds, you can find a harbor on the shore to shelter from the wind. However, the Huaxia Navy has blocked the entire coastal waters of the mainland and patrolled thousands of nautical miles. They are full of people and goods, and they must not Fighting recklessly with the Huaxia Army Navy can only take a long way.

Of course, the deaths and injuries of this team are actually related to the current second princes, that is, forcing the Japanese to pay the second princes for the money they bought weapons and ammunition and the money for the training of instructors, and the Japanese continue to use this as an excuse The excuse is to force the second prince to pay more. The Japanese people in the second prince’s territory have been ruled by the second prince for a long time. Han officials, at the same time sold the Han people to them as slaves.

The second prince and the little prince are all hot-tempered, not to mention they still have soldiers and horses, even if they don't have soldiers and horses, they can't cooperate well with the Japanese, so the two sides have been fighting back and forth for more than half a year, and at the same time He also stumblingly cooperated for more than half a year, fighting against the soldiers of the Four Kingdoms under the command of Prime Minister Yan and Zhao Hui.

The second prince and the little prince who were already familiar with Zhao Hui and the others were very cunning. Their soldiers already had some experience in charging. They rushed out and knew where to hide. Then rushed out and followed behind, so amidst the sound of crackling gunfire on the opposite side, the Japanese cannon fodder in front fell to the ground trembling all over, and the one behind saw that something was wrong, and immediately lay down on the ground again.

Seeing my comrades-in-arms, my compatriots, where the Japanese soldiers danced ballroom dances, and then fell to the ground like rags to die, while the defense line on the opposite side was not shaken at all.

But on the opposite side is not only a volley of guns, but also artillery. Even with experience, who knows whether Amaterasu is defending these rebellious or authentic Japanese soldiers, so every charge always has Then some soldiers from the Four Kingdoms died unfortunately, but most of them were Japanese. They wanted to open a gap from the Four Kingdoms to completely defeat the landing troops and people of the Huaxia Kingdom.

After two months of such days, although the Japanese had sufficient troops and broke through to the positions of the Huaxia Army of the Shikoku Prefecture many times, they underestimated the soldiers of the Shikoku Prefecture. Some of them with big knives and spears can fight them desperately in their own positions, and they can still beat them out.

In the past two months, 20 cannon fodder, 60 militiamen, and [-] regular army soldiers have died on the side of the Shikoku Mansion. More than [-] artillery pieces have been damaged, and the position has been forced to shrink and retreat ten miles. However, the enemy suffered a lot of casualties Yes, the [-] troops of Japan and the Second Prince of Shikoku, most of them are Japanese soldiers, and a small part are the troops of the Second Prince.

The second prince's troops suffered more than 5 damage, 8000 people died from cannon fodder, and more than 1000 Han people died. The number of people who fled also increased. Of the 40 people who went to the Japanese side, 4 People, more than 1 people escaped, and thousands of others were harmed by the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese people who shared the same hatred had a bad impression of the Japanese soldiers. They chose to stand with the second prince, so the second prince finally gained He commanded the loyalty of about 33 Japanese people, more than the population he had sworn to when he ruled Japan previously.

When he ruled Japan, he conquered more than 300 million people by force. Later, the number of people who fled from Kagoshima and Kyushu Island reached more than 400 million. However, there are not many people who are truly loyal to him. They are all forced Yes, the only ones who are really loyal are the [-] Japanese soldiers he recruited at the beginning, and the family members of the servants. The other Japanese people are watching the fun.