Lord of Ming Dynasty

The sneak attack was successful and the enemy captured nine thousand-ton warships, ten six-hundred-ton warships, thirty three-hundred-ton warships, fifty wounded one-hundred-ton warships, thirty armed merchant ships, and nearly Hong Hongxiu laughed happily with the eighty merchant ships whose integrity rate was close to 30.00%. Although these were behind, they could well make up for the loss of his expedition this time and increase their shipping capacity.

After dispatching these wounded merchant ships, as well as unloading [-] Southeast Asian soldiers, [-] remaining Han soldiers, and various supplies, nearly [-] merchant ships began to return.

Among the returning team was a fleet of armed merchant ships towing wounded armed merchant ships, about [-] ships.

And nearly a hundred of the enemy's [-]-ton warships were captured. All the injured and some war-damaged ships were towed away and returned to New Zealand Island for repairs. This may be the battlefield for the next battle.

In this way, nearly 37 ships were taken, and the enemy's, wounded, and escorting warships were captured. In the end, there were [-] warships, [-] warships, and [-] armed merchant ships left here. It seemed pitiful. But he knew that the fewer soldiers and horses, the easier it is to command when fighting against the enemy's guerrillas. Zheng Jing suffered a big loss and will definitely retaliate again. There must be no fewer warships and warships, but the main battle is on land. , no longer at sea, at sea he has no intention of colliding with the enemy. Of course, if the enemy is too stupid and has a chance to be caught by him, he doesn't mind having another battle of annihilation.

Hong Hongxiu led the fleet to hover around Papua New Guinea for a week, but did not see the Zheng family sending people to retake the island of Papua New Guinea, so he returned with the fleet.

After coming out for nearly two months, supplies were exhausted, he defeated two enemy fleets, seized the island of Papua New Guinea, and made his trade channel close to the Huaxia Kingdom or the north by nearly [-] nautical miles, shortening the voyage by more than ten days. This is a strategic victory for him.

Although he knew that the Zheng family would not give up, he still had to go back to replenish and repair ships, reorganize his territory, and train new sailors and soldiers.

How could a tiny island of Papua New Guinea satisfy his appetite?

What he wants is Australia, Indonesia, and Luzon Island. If he can swallow such a large territory, his great achievements, or his empire is not as small as the Huaxia Kingdom on the mainland.

And here, after the news of the warships of the Zheng family who had escaped desperately was brought to Darwin, Zheng Jing dropped almost all the things that could be broken that could be seen, three hundred merchant ships, more than 300 warships, and a dozen warships , This is almost one-fifth of his sea strength, but he was completely defeated in the first battle. In the end, hundreds of people and a dozen small boats came back. Some land generals and civil servants.

As the older generation, Zheng Chenggong's confidant general and half-counselor, Feng Xin is only about fifty, and he is already old. This is because Zheng Jing slaughtered Zheng Chenggong's children and grandchildren. The only survivors of the naval generals and old brothers, Zheng Jing appointed a new generation of young naval generals. The reason why he survived was that one of his granddaughters became Zheng Jing's concubine. Sun Tzu followed Zheng Zhi before, but later fled back and became a naval commander under Zheng Jing, in charge of a hundred-ton warship. His position was not high, his reputation was not obvious, and he was very low-key.

This time, Zheng Jing found that there was no one who could solve his problems for him, and they had to invite him out because they were submissive. How can he say that he was one of Zheng Chenggong's five tiger generals, and he was also good at strategy.

"Uncle Feng, the Hong family is aggressive now, what should we do?"

"Our warships are old and not many,"

"Most of the new ships are of the [-]-ton class and cannot compete with the enemy,"

"Although we have a large population, we lack soldiers to fight and we don't have much money. In your opinion, what can we do to make us stronger?"

Feng Xin stroked the goatee on his chin, and his face, which used to be fierce, has changed into a little old man's look, as if the wind blows, the fairy wind flutters, and if it blows again, he will be blown away , opened and closed his mouth a few times, sighed and said: "Forget it, you can't let the master's country fall from now on, let the old minister do his best for you again."

Zheng Jing hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Uncle, please tell me, my nephew will definitely obey my uncle's arrangements."

Feng Xin waved his hand, "Don't talk about that, you have two ways to go now, Australia is remote and there are no business contacts, this is a big disadvantage, you have to spread the word, let businessmen come here to trade, and at the same time you have to regain Papua New Guinea, and then seize Sumatra, Indonesia, close to the trade route of the Thais and Westerners. Only by interacting with the Thais and Westerners can they get money, and then hire craftsmen from the Thais and build better ships, and unite with the Thais to control this sea area. Trade routes, to compete with the Huaxia Kingdom."

"The second way, the old man has finally met Zhang Qiang of the Huaxia Kingdom a few times. He also visited Zhang Qiang with the county king before. The old man can talk about peace and ease the relationship with the Huaxia Kingdom, and then reopen the trade route and transfer the iron ore. Guano, fur, trees, etc. are sold in the Huaxia Kingdom, and then buy a good ship from them to increase your strength, but this is a bit difficult for you, because where Zheng Keshuang is, the Huaxia Army does not want to contact you. The cooperation of the Huaxia Army will offend Zheng Zhi, the Spaniards, and other Thai and Western people, and the Huaxia Army will not come to rescue us, we have to rely on our own strength to fight against the other parties."

"Is there any other way?" Zheng Jing put his hands behind his back.

Feng Xin raised his eyes to look at him, and said slowly: "There is another one is to get reconciliation with Zheng Keshuang, get in touch with Zheng Zhi, and then negotiate with the second prince Hong Hongxiu. We are all weak forces, why bother to attack each other? The blows are integrated. Form an alliance, then trade with each other, and then trade with the Taixi people. When the strength grows, they will join forces to attack the Huaxia Kingdom, but I don’t want you to go this way. The Huaxia Kingdom is too powerful, and their king takes ten steps at a time. , I started planning ten years in advance, and now everyone knows that the second prince is just a dog he released to attack the forces of our Zheng family."

"Uncle, which way do you think my nephew should go?" Zheng Jing stopped and turned to ask him.

Feng Xin said: "Which way to go is your business. What the old man said doesn't count. Can you go according to the old man's words? The old man is tired, so send someone to send the old man back home. Today the old man said nothing. As for The future of the Zheng family is all in your mind."

After Feng Xin left, Zheng Jing discussed with everyone, talking in a hurry, but there was no result. Zheng Jing finally said, "Let's go the third way, but Zheng Keshuang is no longer a member of the Zheng family. It’s too close to the Huaxia Kingdom, we will unite with Zheng Zhi, the Spaniards, and Hong Hongxiu to fight back, I want my treasure island, and expel the Huaxia Army.”

An old courtier frowned and said: "Your Highness, the Hong family won't agree, and Zheng Zhi and the Spaniards compete for Luzon Island, and they will kill you to the death. Even if the two families unite, they may argue with each other. You and his brother agreed to you, but will the Nanyang Han people behind him agree? They have a blood feud with the Spaniards, and the Spaniards rejected and slaughtered them several times, and they gritted their teeth in hatred. "

"How do you know if you don't try? Besides, if they dare to talk too much, I don't mind sending people to kill them. As long as Zheng Zhi is benefited enough, he doesn't mind killing those people. Isn't it just some money?"

"As for the Hong family, it's a problem. The second child's mind is unpredictable, it's too ghostly."

Chapter 9 Seventeen: Yanjing Raiders

Zheng Jing was weak, the second prince succeeded in a sneak attack and made a fortune. Zhang Qiang watched the third prince restore the Ryukyu Kingdom. Although the Ryukyu Kingdom was still very weak, they finally saved their lives. Pushing behind the back, because from the beginning to the end, his Huaxia Kingdom garrison did not participate in the entire Japanese rebellion incident, and did not contact even one of the two sides. If the Japanese Qing court is not destroyed, and Japan is not destroyed, he still needs the help of the third prince, Hong Tianpao.

Help him contain the Japanese, the Goguryeo people, and the second prince over there.

"Who is in charge of the overall situation in Yanjing City?" Zhang Qiang asked Wei Wuji who returned from Southeast Asia to perform his duties again.

"According to the news, it was Yu Chenglong and Chen Yanjing who escaped earlier, two Han officials. Except for soldiers and horses, all the Manchus ran to Shengjing. Now they are fighting us to death. The people who are fighting so fiercely are actually of Han blood. Bannermen, and some forced ordinary people.”

Wei Wuji said.

"Is it possible to send people to divide and disintegrate them? After all, they used to be from our Ming Dynasty, they were Han people." Zhang Qiang asked.

"Impossible. We dispatched members of the Intelligence Operations Group of the Ministry of Military Intelligence lurking in the city to inquire at the homes of some officials and test their words. All of them want to be loyal to the country and to their Emperor. As for the Han people, they don't know anything. They are Han people, and they only know that they are from the Qing Dynasty. They gritted their teeth in hatred when they said it in the Ming Dynasty. Most of them regarded our Huaxia Kingdom as invaders, and all of them had relatively hard bones. However, some Manchu soldiers didn’t care. Thinking about surrendering."

Zhang Qiang touched his bald head just shaved, "Damn it, strange things happen every year, especially this year, they are Han Chinese, Han Chinese blood, but they are all fucking dead ducks, they are Manchus, they The kingdom of the world, but they are all thinking of surrendering and fleeing, has the world changed? Or am I out of my wits and unable to keep up with the times?"

"Your Majesty, what did you say? Why can't I understand?" Jin Qi from the Military Intelligence Department asked beside him.

"Busy about your business, don't ask too much." Zhang Qiang waved his hand angrily.

Jin Qi retreated.

"Since everyone wants to be a member of the Qing Dynasty, then I'm not going to be too polite. Have the incendiary bombs we made be shipped to the front line?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Xiao Fei hurriedly said: "It's arrived, but that thing is too dangerous, and it's too bad for peace. It's Yanjing again. If you can use it, please try not to use it, otherwise the people there will hate us for the rest of your life. It's not rated very well."

Zhang Qiang slapped the table, "What's not high, fart, I don't care so much, even if there is a flood behind me after I die, I don't care what happens to me, it's the business of future generations, if they don't have the ability, they just think about it all day The enemy is benevolent, so let the enemy drink their blood, green their hats, don't care about me, the most important thing now is to take down Yanjing, dominate the Ming Dynasty, and let my Huaxia Kingdom become this land as soon as possible If we don’t take down the enemy’s capital in the pass, the people will always have doubts about us, which is not good for our rule.”

Feng Wuyu was dressed in military uniform and stood aside. As soon as Zhang Qiang finished speaking, he immediately interjected: "Yes, there are still a series of old fellows from the Advisory Bureau who are talking about the possibility of the Qing Dynasty's counterattack. We are still not the orthodox kingship. We I agree with His Majesty to use burning bullets to deal with the enemy as soon as possible, even if those people are ordinary people. Anyway, they have become stubborn, and it will be more difficult for us to reform them than Japanese and Southeast Asian indigenous people with mixed beliefs. It is better to send them to hell , let King Yama take care of them."

"Yanjing has to be settled as soon as possible. It has been fighting for more than a year, and it has not been defeated. I am timid. I received a report from Wang Yuqun that there were rangers from the Yarkand Khanate in the northwest. Maybe the Yarkand Khanate What losses did the Qiang Khanate suffer in the west, thinking about the autumn wind blowing on the Mongolian grasslands this year.

Since Genghis Khan and the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols have become less bloody, and they are beaten by the newly-rising Yarkand Khanate every year. In the past, there was a Zhungeer Mongol to restrain them, but since the Qing Dynasty sent troops to help the Mongols After the Zhungeer people were driven to the Gobi Desert further northwest, the strength of Zhungeer became worse year after year.Powerless to contend with the Yarkand Khanate.

In the future, the Yarkand Khanate will also be our confidant’s big trouble. We should make early preparations to wipe out the Qing soldiers and horses in Yanjing as soon as possible, take down Shanhaiguan, and block their way to enter the customs first, so that we can recuperate for a few years. " Xuanyuan Longfei, director of the garrison command, said.

Since his return and the completion of the reorganization of the garrison, he has also often participated in court meetings and decision-making on major national affairs.

After Wei Wuji returned from Southeast Asia, Bagyalu was transferred to Southeast Asia to lead the Mahan Corps, and the remaining Sixth Field Division was incorporated into the Zhaohu Corps.

The Fifth Field Division was incorporated into the Merlin Corps.

The other punishment battalions and the elite militia brigade were all split into the garrison brigade when the garrison brigade was reorganized.

The cavalry division is assisting the Zhaohu Corps to suppress the Mongols on the grassland.

After a great battle, after some reorganization and adjustment, the Corps was left with Merlin Fish Corps, Zhaohu Corps, Zhuge Corps, and Mahan Corps.

The punishment battalion disappeared, the militia elite troops disappeared, the militia disappeared, the Bagyalu Corps, the Fengwuyu Corps, the Xiaofei Corps, the Golden Qi Corps, and the Hukui Corps all became history, and the cavalry became a strategic force. The stage, originally only six cavalry brigades, has now become six cavalry divisions.

The garrison became a reserve and local garrison force, and became the national garrison force, with one hundred and one garrison brigades.

The navy also merged from six fleets into three fleets, the Beiyang Fleet, the Nanyang Fleet, and the Ocean Fleet.

Corresponding to the current First Fleet, Second Fleet, and Third Fleet respectively.

Where there is a garrison brigade, the establishment of the field army can be lowered to specialize in field warfare. Because the nomads on the grassland will be faced in the future, cavalry will become the mainstream of future operations.

The manufacture and application of new warships has greatly replaced the slow-moving situation where hundreds of cannons wasted tonnage and ships. Now only two hundred new warships can replace the previous six thousand outdated warships to cruise the sea area of ​​​​a thousand nautical miles. It can even maneuver to attack the enemy in the sea area of ​​​​[-] to [-] nautical miles.