Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Du Ge, do they know that we have developed a new warship?" Zhang Qiang raised his head and asked.

Milin shook his head, "According to the intelligence analysis, they don't know yet. The main reason is that our new warship is similar to other ships if we don't observe carefully. If we don't fight, they don't know how powerful this new ship is." Great, even if they know about our new shipbuilding, we originally built a lot of new warships and warships every year to supplement the navy, and our navy is expanded almost every three years, they can't be so careful Note."

Zhang Qiang stood up, "Well, I hope they don't notice us, and send the squadron of the Third Fleet stationed here, and I will follow them to see where the battle is."

Milin said nervously: "Your Majesty, you don't need to take risks, do you? How about I go and have a look?"

Zhang Qiang shook his head, "No need, sit here and pay attention to the battle between the Zheng family and the Spaniards. Report anytime."

Milin said: "Your Majesty, there is a newly-launched Huaxia, you can travel on that ship, and we will send five thousand-ton warships, two eight-hundred-ton warships, and six six-hundred-ton warships to accompany you. ?"

Zhang Qiang thought about it, he is not a powerful traverser against the sky, his own safety still has to be considered, Du Ge rebels have more than 200 sailors, and he travels on a new Huaxia battleship. There are many warships and warship protection, but you can still run if you can't fight, um, yes, "That's how it is arranged."

A day later, Milin asked the warships dispatched by the Baodao Squadron of the Third Fleet to form a squadron, and the five [-]-ton warships brought by Zhang Qiang were also incorporated into the squadron, which was personally commanded by the commander-in-chief of the Third Fleet.

Boarding the Huaxia 310 ship, Zhang Qiang successively received several pieces of information about other battlefields from Jin Qi.

Bagyalu, who took over Xiao Fei's regiment, quickly attacked, quickly defeated Shang Kexi's Qing army, blocked the border with Gansu Prefecture, then turned around and attacked Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui's cavalry and infantry attacked together, but Xuanyuan Longfei was behind him. The two field brigades supported by the Corps were wiped out in less than a few days, and the Bagyalu Corps swept across Shaanxi Prefecture. Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi led the defeated soldiers out of the Gobi Desert, and returned from the Gobi Desert to Datong, Shanxi Prefecture. At this time, the Xuanyuan Longfei Corps had completely occupied Yulin and Yulin, extended to the Mongolian border, and confronted the Qing army across the Yellow River.

Bagyaru still brought his own corps to collect the remnants and defeated generals in the territory, and the follow-up troops from Henan Province continued to enter Shaanxi Prefecture, and Shaanxi Prefecture Dading.

After the third prince regained Jeju Island, he vigorously developed construction, allocated population, and at the same time developed maritime trade with the Huaxia Kingdom. For some reason, he hooked up with the Spaniards again and reached an agreement with the Spaniards to develop trade.

Regardless of the situation in Japan.

For the maritime trade of the Huaxia Kingdom, Zhang Qiang endured him for the time being, and now he has no experience to touch the third prince, and the third prince is relatively honest now, using their taxes to continuously repay the debts of the Huaxia Kingdom.

Over there, under the strong suppression of the Second Guard Division, Sishan Prefecture has become more obedient. Sishan Prefecture is on the right track, with a population of 200 million, and 800 million of them are immigrants from the core area. The new generation of young people, the others are Japanese, natives of Southeast Asia, and the captured soldiers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty who were naturalized, as well as the remnants of the Qing army and the remnants of the He Tengjiao tribe of the Yongli Daming who stayed behind to hide in the mountains.

There are still some remnants of the Dashun Army's west road troops, who are now thrown into the prison camps and go to develop Sishan Prefecture.

As the commander of the third Guards Brigade, Shu Yousi controls everything there.

Where is martial law enforced.

After all, outside the Sishan Prefecture, there are also the Kangding area of ​​the Western Regions and the rebellious Yarkands, Qinghai-Tibetans, Semu people of the Western Regions, etc.

Looking at the information, Zhang Qiang lamented that there are more and more affairs in the Huaxia Kingdom, and the situation is becoming more and more complicated. It seems that the unification of the Huaxia Kingdom is irreversible, but in fact, the Huaxia Kingdom is growing into an uncontrollable behemoth , He didn't know how long he could control this behemoth. Even if there was a system, the system could not replace humans to control the entire kingdom.

Du Ge's rebellion is a detail of the collapse of the entire kingdom system. How many people can keep their original intentions when wealth is about to come?

You Haibo has betrayed his original intention first, then Du Ge, who will be next?

There will be fewer and fewer wars, at least in the territory of the Huaxia Kingdom, but what should the heroes and generals who have fought for 20 years do?

Many of them have climbed to the peak of their abilities. Could it be that when the Huaxia Kingdom was unified, was the beginning of the Huaxia Kingdom's decline?

The core area of ​​the Huaxia Kingdom, such as Jinhua Mansion, has been away from the war for at least 18 years, and it has become degenerate there. Scenes of when the West Lake dances and dances are often seen.

Xuanyuan Longfei and Bagyaru are already accomplished veterans, how will they be arranged in the future?

Wei Wuji has reached the peak of his credit and status, how can he arrange them?

After the war is over, do these soldiers who are used to fighting and killing have to follow the old path of generals in Chinese history?

What about those civil servants?

Jin Sheng and You Haibo assisted him almost at the same time, Yu Haibo died, Jin Sheng was sent down, but is Jin Sheng really satisfied with being sent down?

Does he not want to continue as Deputy Prime Minister, or Prime Minister?

Zhou Porridge has spent so many years in the position of prime minister, does he just want to be the second in command to assist him?

In peacetime, a sumptuous dinner will only be prepared for those who want to be officials, but it will not be enjoyed by those heroes who have come out of the war. They may not be willing to be lonely, and they may have greater ambitions.

"Your Majesty, it will take us three days to reach the waters of Qiongdao, and the afternoon of the fourth day to arrive at Saigon Port, where the Fifth Fleet is stationed. Why don't you go back to the cabin to rest first?" the guard asked.

Chapter 8 The Roaring Sea

"Okay, I'm going back, you watch, let everyone be vigilant, the Du Ge rebels are not ordinary rebels, they know our Huaxia Kingdom better, don't be attacked by surprise." Zhang Qiang said to the guards around him.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we have sent six [-]-ton warships to guard and protect the fleet within a radius of [-] nautical miles. In some cases, they will use semaphore to convey signals, or use sounds and lights to convey signals. Carrier pigeon." The personal guard comforted Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang nodded and said nothing. This was the only thing Dahai could do.

He used all the means he knew to spread news across the sea in the Huaxia Army.

Zhang Qiang nodded and went down.

The fleet also sailed west as expected.

On the third day of the voyage, they still did not reach Saigon. The fleet sailed at a speed of six knots for three days but only sailed [-] nautical miles. Even smaller.

And there are still more than 600 and nearly [-] nautical miles to Saigon.

It will take three more days.

In the evening, the wind picked up and the speed began to increase. The speed of the entire fleet reached eight knots. These are new ships seven years later. Basically, they can run at eight knots, and some can run at nine knots. knots, but ten knots is their maximum speed. In strong winds, they can reach twelve knots, but relatively speaking, they are about to disintegrate. The shipbuilding timber of Huaxia Navy is not completely dried. The lifespan is not as high as the service life of Taixi boats, which is about 8 years, or less than 20 years. If it is not properly maintained for more than ten years, it will disintegrate in a strong wind. Because the air is not dry enough, the boards will start to swell after absorbing water. Deformation, the consequences are serious.

The Huaxia Navy has no time to wait, so all the ships start to build after one or two years of air drying, so the longest service life is only about 20 years, and some are stronger for 25 years. The ships that Zhang Qiang sold to the third prince are basically 25 years The ships that could not be reached, the first wave of naval battles, made people unable to fight. After several times in a row, the third prince finally got ships that were more than seven years old. Badly damaged.

Most of the ships that Zhang Qiang sold to Zheng Keshuang were from 21 to 11 years.When Zheng Zhi came, there were no boats under 11 years old, only ten years old, and a batch of ships were transferred from the merchants before they were stuffed into him for more than 20 years. Yes, Zhang Qiang wanted to trap the Zheng family.

Because the money they gave was not enough, either they owed money on credit or bought it cheaply, how could Zhang Qiang not cheat them.

If there are still people who want to buy it, Zhang Qiang doesn't mind selling them all the patrol boats that were previously acquired by the Coastal Naval Guard, that is, the former City Ship Division.

Sell ​​old boats to the Coast Guard.

"Your Majesty, do we have to sail at night? We can find a place to anchor overnight, and the boat may run aground at night." The commander of the fleet said to Zhang Qiang.

"No, I want to go to the Fifth Fleet early, let's go, be careful, we trust you." Zhang Qiang said to the fleet commander.

In the early morning mist, the entire fleet sailed for nearly 11 nautical miles in the fierce sea wind at night. When the wind was the strongest, it could reach force seven, allowing the entire fleet to reach a speed of [-] knots per hour. At such a speed, all the people on the ship worked together and fought all night, and just fell asleep for less than an hour.

Six thousand-ton warships, eight eight-hundred-ton warships, fifteen six-hundred-ton warships, and a new 780-ton warship, Huaxia 310, broke through the fog and appeared on the sea less than [-] nautical miles away from Saigon.

Commander-in-Chief of the Third Fleet, Pei Lan, stood at the bow of the ship and loudly issued instructions to the crew, "Order all ships, with Huaxia No. 310 as the flagship, to guard the left and right, and send [-]-ton warships to scatter for ten nautical miles to search the ocean, and pay close attention. Surrounding movements, the enemy cannot rush to the front of the Huaxia, maintain a speed of six knots, and aim at Saigon."

The bell was ringing from the bow and mast, and it was the beginning of a new day for the crew members. Soon, the crew members who had just fallen asleep rubbed their sleepy eyes again and walked to their posts in the atmosphere of cursing and wiping the deck. Cleaning the deck, tidying up the cables, the kitchen began to prepare food, and the cries of chickens, ducks and pigs were heard endlessly behind the ship deck, and rows of crew members opened their hearts and poured their dicks into their bodies heartily facing the slightly undulating sea Excess moisture, and that's just spectacular.

They didn't go to the toilets at the bow and stern, but they had to solve the problem on the side deck of the ship. Perrin didn't care about their boldness at all. Anyway, there were no women on the sea, and no one would be shy.

Perrin boarded the foremast observation pocket and looked around with binoculars. Three of the fifteen six-hundred-ton warships turned and left the brigade. One headed for Luzon Island in the northeast direction of the tail of the fleet, and the other headed for Haiphong Port, where the Fourth Fleet was stationed. Then, the other boat accelerated towards Saigon ahead.

The three ships were getting farther and farther away from the range of ten nautical miles he ordered. The other twelve six-hundred-ton warships were separated into three ships, and the three ships were guarding the four sides of the fleet, about five nautical miles away from the fleet.

Just breaking free from the morning fog, this formation and search method must be available. Who knows that the enemy will not rush out of the morning fog on the other side and directly break into the center of the fleet?