Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Scatter, scatter, break out on your own." Shi Lang asked the messenger to use semaphore to notify the troop carrier and the escorting Fuchuan Guangchuan to break out of the encirclement.

In four hours, two [-]-ton warships came again and wiped out all the two-masted armed merchant ships. Although they also suffered heavy losses, with one mast destroyed and the canvas full of holes, they still gave Daqingshui The division caused heavy damage, five Dafu ships were destroyed, and the rest fled.

In the afternoon of the battle, less than [-] troop carriers successfully landed, and they put down [-] Koguryo officers and soldiers, [-] grains, [-] artillery shells, and less than [-] Mongolian cavalry.

The ten Dafu boats staggered back to the port, and put down some cannons, some generals and officials of the Qing Dynasty, and a thousand loads of grain and grass.

Fifteen ships from Guangzhou came back and put down 1000 soldiers from the Green Battalion of the Qing Dynasty, 1000 seriously injured sailors, and [-] loads of musket bullets and ammunition.

A captured 180-ton warship came back and landed directly on the beach, severely damaged.

Shi Lang came back. His [-]-ton warship had its mast down, and it was pulled back by drifting and the boats on board.

But Shi Lang was very happy, because they almost wiped out a squadron of the third prince's Ryukyu Kingdom Navy.

According to what he saw and learned, all the warships of this squadron were sunk, one of the 180-ton warships returned, two of the [-]-ton warships returned, and all the others were sunk.

He sent ten Guangzhou boats to the war zone to capture those navy officers and soldiers and rescue his own officers and soldiers who fell into the water.

So far, he has led the navy to wipe out about half of the enemy's Jeju Island naval squadron, 180 warships of 36 tons, five warships of [-] tons, ten warships of [-] tons, and eight There were three hundred-ton warships and seven thousand-ton warships. Although the enemy still had more than a dozen thousand-ton warships, the escorting small warships were almost wiped out.

In the early stage, he also captured more than 20 enemy warships under 180 tons. Although he took out and destroyed ten of them this time, he still had five [-]-ton warships and twelve [-]-ton warships.

He has already figured it out, reorganizing the fleet in a few days, ten Dafu ships, fifteen Guangzhou ships, five 180-ton warships, twelve [-]-ton warships, plus his Dutch [-]-ton ship He has found a way to counter the enemy fleet, and took a batch of cannon fodder to destroy the enemy's squadron.

Chapter 784 The Angry Third Prince

Hearing that his Jeju Island squadron had been disabled, the third prince was furious and shot several servants and maidservants one after another. His side is still like an independent kingdom, and his place is different from that of Xinlu Mansion and Siguo Mansion. Self-government, although it is under the control of the Huaxia Kingdom in name, it is actually the Hong Kong of the later Huaxia Kingdom. They have their own code of conduct, their own rulers, and their own people, and they are not all about China.

And in order not to carry too many heavy burdens, Zhang Qiang actually does not want his Ryukyu Kingdom. The Xinlu Mansion has not yet digested it, and Shikoku Island does not want to digest it for the time being. As a window to the outside world, the Ryukyu Kingdom will still allow them to exist. , although this kind of existence may endanger the Huaxia Kingdom in the future, Zhang Qiang is not prepared to overthrow the rule of the third prince right now.

So the third prince is actually a weak Hong Chengchou Ming regime.

The Jeju Island squadron of the third prince originally had only 36 thousand-ton warships, eighteen 180-ton warships, 45 six-hundred-ton warships, eighty [-]-ton warships, and [-]-ton warships were sent to Songjiang Prefecture as Where the guards work, there are [-] and fifty sixty-ton warships running on both sides to transmit messages and protect the warships.

This is the establishment after the third prince increased the number of troops in the Jeju Island fleet twice.

But these warships have lost five thousand-ton warships, four 180-ton warships, eleven 180-ton warships, seven [-]-ton warships, thirty [-]-ton warships, and eight [-]-ton warships. Twelve [-]-ton warships and ten [-]-ton warships.

If you add the warships that sank due to wind, waves and old ships, they lost at least one-third of the warships, two-thirds of the warships, patrol boats, and transportation ships. This is the most unbearable loss since the third prince fought Japan. He bought these warships from the Huaxia Army. Each time he had to give the Huaxia Army 22 Japanese civilians, as well as some Japanese gold, silver and supplies they looted from Shikokufu Island, as well as the items they seized from destroying the prince. s things.

It is estimated that it will take a year to pay off all the debts. The Huaxia Army has already obtained 1000 million supplies, gold and silver, and a population of 100 million Japanese. They almost moved all of Tottori County near Matsue Prefecture to make up 100 million yuan. The population of Japan is [-], and the population and materials of Tone County are still being transported. The things and resources harvested are not enough to repay the Huaxia Kingdom.

All their warships and warships were given or bought by the Huaxia Kingdom, and they can only produce transportation ships with a maximum of [-] tons.

The third prince looked at his confidant master: "How is the second child? Have you withdrawn?"

Master carefully said with a smile on his face: "Withdrawal, 210 Japanese people, [-] Han Chinese and Japanese servants, loaded with [-] ships supported by the Chinese Kingdom, and nearly [-] more The warship went to the direction of Malacca. People from the First Fleet of the Chinese Army escorted them through Jinling, and then people from the Second Fleet took over. Then people from the Third Fleet took over from Baodao State and escorted them to Qiongdao State. , People from the Fifth Fleet escorted them all the way across Luzon before returning to the Spanish territory, and the spy we dispatched only got away and returned three days ago to report."

The third prince walked around in the palace, listening to his report, "In this way, Shikoku Island is considered controlled by the Huaxia Army?"

"Yes, Your Highness, Shikoku Island now has 30 Han Chinese and 80 Japanese people, a total of 120 million people. Zhao Hui commanded more than 60 troops, and Kong Youxing's troops have all retreated to Xinlu Mansion. After resting, the civilian husbands and native soldiers there also retreated to Xinlu Mansion. In the future, it will be the territory managed by Prime Minister Yan and Zhao Hui, and will no longer have anything to do with Xinlu Mansion. Feng Quan will only manage his Xinlu Mansion. "

"Where is our military strength?" The third prince asked.

The master said: "Originally there were [-] troops, including the peasants, the servant army had a total of [-] troops. Later, when we were preparing to open up the second battlefield before the war, where did we send [-] regular troops and [-] servants? Thirty thousand civilians, these people are still waiting for your arrangement in the barracks, whether they are lying on the ground, occupying them, or withdrawing them, Prime Minister Yan is giving food and grass every day, and replenishing weapons and equipment, and he has not treated us badly."

The third prince pointed at him, "Designate to send 1 regular troops back, [-] to garrison Amami Island, [-] to garrison the main island, half of the civilians will come back, [-], and then [-] of them will be sent to these two teams." Troop training, and then be incorporated into these two troops. Others, send the navy fleet of the island to take them to Jeju Island. Where the enemy will increase troops, we will also increase troops. Those people are all sent to the Huaxia Kingdom. Let these Han prisoners of war go to the hard labor camps of the Huaxia Kingdom to suffer and suffer. They can also pay back some of our debts, but the price has to be increased. After all, these people are Han people, aren’t they? Japanese."

The master said happily: "That's very good. Where we captured nearly 50 Japanese soldiers and civilians, and several thousand Han Chinese. If we can defeat the enemy's troops sent to the island, we can save at least 100 prisoners." To [-] million in arrears, so that we owe less and less to the Huaxia Kingdom.

But Your Highness, why not even withdraw the troops of the Songjiang Mansion to Jeju Island for defense. Now the Huaxia Kingdom just mentioned it, and didn't ask us to give them Jeju Island. If we occupy it, it will be ours.

If we can win this time, we will have a springboard to attack Goguryeo. This position is very critical. It can not only attack Japan, but also threaten Xinlu Prefecture, and also threaten the Huaxia Army’s balcony and other places. If we go north, we can directly use the navy We can't raid their Jinzhou Bay if we can't attack Qing's courtyard and other places. "

The third prince glanced at him, "You can, the Qing army is no better than the Japanese. The Japanese are still in the primitive era and the era of enfeoffment, but we are already in the era of guns and artillery. The Qing army has more than a dozen With years of experience in guns and artillery, our cannon fodder can't even make a splash.

The Qing Dynasty now has 500 million Han Chinese. If they defeated the Dajin Kingdom, they would have 800 million Han Chinese, 600 million Mongols, 1000 million Manchus, and those who fled into the mountains. There are at least 100 million real people, how many of us are there?

There are no more than 30 Han people on the island, and no more than 30 indigenous people. In addition, our current regular army has 12 soldiers and horses, and the Japanese servant army has 10 people. 30 million people, 120 million people, you let me hit the Qing Dynasty with nearly 120 million people, are you brainwashed? "

The master was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground, and he knew it too well, but what he wanted to say was to scare him, and then he made a fortune and left. He didn't intend to say that he would completely confront the Qing Dynasty, but now he dared not argue. This one is left, and this one's domineering is not something he can provoke. If he doesn't agree with him, he will be pulled out and beheaded. How can he make ends meet.

"Go out and order the navy to get ready. Are there still Portuguese? Don't they always want the latest artillery from the Huaxia Army? Tell them to attack once. Ten of the latest artillery from the Huaxia Army. The Huaxia Army singles out a flintlock. Thousands, at most three thousand can be given to them, if not, let them go."

Chapter 785 New Ship Finalized Production

The third prince is busy dispatching. Zhang Qiang has already returned to Jinling Mansion. He is really not in a hurry about how Jeju Island will be. The troops withdrawn from Shikoku Island can rest and train the newly recruited Han militia team while stationing. , and then mobilize the troops behind to enrich the strength there. Now Kong Youxing has broken through Hiroshima County and hit the Okayama line. Although it is half of China Island, it can also cover Shikoku Island on the flanks, at least on the land border. , There is no need to worry about the development of Shikoku Island.

Shikoku Island itself also has some sailors, which were mobilized later. There are not many troops. There are only [-] warships, plus some fishing boats and merchant ships hidden in the inner bay of the original Shikoku Prefecture. There are also nearly a hundred ships. Some of Ma's armed merchant ships have also temporarily stayed there, there are nearly [-] ships.

The general operation is fine, they resist it, and then the naval squadron of Xinlu Mansion and the patrol fleet of the First Fleet will arrive there soon, and the enemy dare not land from there.

As long as Shikoku Island holds the line of defense facing Japan, then there will be no worries about safety.

Now it is Kong Youxing confronting Japan, Xinlu Mansion is busy developing, while the Four Kingdoms Mansion is defending against the enemy, while rectifying order, taking prisoners, and accepting immigrant people.

There's basically nothing going on here.

Of course, you still need to worry about the matter of the third prince. They are fighting the Qing Dynasty's battle in Jeju Island in full swing. Both sides have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the island. Reporting capacity management has reached 60 people, such a small place, 60 people, the supply alone will consume both sides.

But now the main battlefield of the two sides is at sea. Since Shi Lang wiped out a squadron patrol of the other side a few days ago, both sides have become much quieter. The loss of the Qing Dynasty is actually greater than that of the third prince. The naval battleships of the Qing Dynasty are relatively backward. The tonnage is small, the artillery fire is small, but the number is large, but this also makes them feel distressed when they lose once. The last time they lost more than 300 warships of various types.

The soldiers who landed on the island were so hungry that they had to dig fortifications desperately to defend the positions from two to three sides. It was the same with the third prince. The Qing Dynasty occupied Jeju County facing Goguryeo. Faced with the complex mountainous terrain in the center of the island, they need to guard against the enemy's attack from the beaches on both sides, and also guard against the enemy's attack from the front, desperately building fortifications and deploying troops.

Both sides can't wait to dig their trenches under the nose of each other, and then draw out their daggers to fight each other hand-to-hand.

The soldiers on both sides shot at each other with bows and arrows across the trenches. Of course, it was impossible to hit each other. The two sides fired at each other with matchlock guns, and the casualties were similar. However, the Qing army took some advantage in comparison. After all, the Han people's comprehension ability and ability to endure They are higher than the Japanese and native cannon fodder. These soldiers of the Qing army have fought against the Dajin and the Huaxia Kingdom for more than ten years. Even some newly recruited Han army banner soldiers have been trained for more than a month. , even if they have no combat experience, they are much better at shooting than cannon fodders who have only participated in hand-to-hand combat.

Now, although Shi Lang desperately sent reinforcements ashore, their navy still couldn't compete with the third prince's navy. Small boats and small cannons, even though their big blessing ships had the same tonnage as the third prince's Ryukyu Kingdom navy, they were not With the same artillery position, how can the Dafu ship withstand the recoil of dozens of artillery firing together?

Many big blessing ships did not cause casualties to the enemy, and they fell apart first. After that, no one dared to install many artillery pieces on them. There were only [-] artillery pieces in the area, and they had to be scared. The keel of the ship is broken first, and the consequences are basically the same as being hit by enemy artillery. Even if these lucky boats have good watertight cabins to separate them, they will immediately become a target for a large ship floating on the sea. If you fire again, they will sink .

Shi Lang has done his best. Now he is taking the naval warships that are constantly being produced to deal with the navy of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but he can't get any results. The navy of the Ryukyu Kingdom from the Huaxia Kingdom is too powerful. After supplementing The navy will come out with five thousand-ton warships, escorted by a large number of hundred-ton warships next to them. The thousand-ton warships are equipped with more than 80 artillery pieces, and one side fires more than 40 artillery pieces at a time. How much can this cover? The boat sank.

The two sides have fought several times around Jeju Island. In the end, they lost [-] fishing boats, [-] small warships of more than ten tons equipped with a three-pound gun, [-] Guangzhou ships of [-] tons, and [-] Two-masted armed merchant ships, fifty Dafu ships, thirty Daguang ships, seventeen [-]-ton armed merchant ships sold to them by the Taixi people, and two [-]-ton armed merchant ships bought from the second prince. battleship.

The loss was huge. They lost again the navy that was re-established by the Great Clear Water Division that was wiped out by the Huaxia Kingdom last time.

He had only one Dutch Caravel 180-ton armed merchant ship, two Portuguese 180-ton armed merchant ships, a British [-]-ton galleon, and five Spanish [-]-ton galleons. Lun sailing boats, plus the number of medium-sized blessing boats less than a hundred, be careful of blessing boats, small Guangzhou boats.

This time they once again covered more than 20 centipede ships to deliver food to the island. Last time most of the food on the island was sunk in the water by the navy of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The officers and soldiers on the island could not maintain enough food and their morale was low. Unable to fight.

For this reason, he could only secretly send a small amount of food up.

But they were unlucky this time. They met the Portuguese warship sent by the third prince, and they were going to attack the seaport in Bohai Bay.

In a sea battle, Shi Lang left many warships and grain transporting ships to escape again. The Portuguese ships did not chase after them, but disappeared into the darkness and headed for the port of Bohai Bay when the darkness came down.