I'm really not the carpenter emperor

He was beaten so badly that he fled back to Pinghaiwei, with more than [-] casualties, and more than [-] ships sank, but no one was hurt at all. No one could accept this result.

The theme of the court meeting on the second day was undoubtedly this matter.

It's very strange, talking about sending troops to deal with Jurchen or Mongolia will always cause disputes in the Manchu Dynasty, but once it faces the West, the entire court is surprisingly united.

Because the slap of the Dutchman was actually a severe slap on the faces of all civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty.

After the news came out, the streets and alleys of the capital were also full of words. Many people were saying that the imperial court spent millions of taels of military expenditure on the navy every year, and this was the result in exchange?

There is also the Ordnance Department, which also allocates at least several million taels a year. What about the improvement of ordnance?What about the change in combat power?

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne of Kowloon, could tell that everyone standing on the Huangji Hall was burning hot.

"What do you think I should do?"

Wang Qia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, came out first: "Your Majesty Qizuo, Yuan Keli has supported Denglai since the second year of Tianqi. The military expenditure of the Denglai Navy almost exceeds the sum of the military expenditures of other provinces. Now, it is time to see if it is useful. .”

Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also came out and said sonorously:

"Exactly, the Denglai Navy spends tens of millions of military expenditures every year. Now the Fujian Navy is unable to resist the fleet of the Hongmao Fan. The imperial court needs to send the Denglai Navy south to appease the hearts of the people!"

As he spoke, he snorted coldly:

"If the Denglai Navy is not against Hongmaofan, in Yichen's opinion, Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, will not have to do so, and the military expenditure of the Denglai Navy should be suspended for a while!"

As soon as this remark came out, it was approved by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao's words reached Zhu Youxiao's heart. From the second year of Tianqi to September of the fifth year of Tianqi, it has been more than three years. Denglai Navy has spent more than tens of millions of taels of silver?

If this is not enough to compete with the Dutch fleet, there is no need to participate in the great voyage itself.

"What Aiqing said is very much in line with my wishes." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said:

"Decree to Yuan Keli, ordering him to lead the Denglai Navy, go south to retake the chicken coop, and drive Hongmaofan out of the land of Ming Dynasty!"

"It's also for the Spaniards to see that the enemy they can't win, Ming can win!"

All the ministers knelt down one after another, shouting into pieces.

"Your Majesty Shengming!!"

……

After the Pinghaiwei navy was defeated by the Dutch fleet and lost control of Jilong Island and Xiaoliuqiu, the news really shocked the entire Ming Dynasty.

People in many places are talking about it, and some people have doubts about the combat effectiveness of the Daming Navy, and feel that so much military expenditure should not be wasted on the Navy.

The Fujian Navy, which was once again defeated by the Dutch, is now completely unable to hold its head up.

Navy generals and schools across Fujian, including Fujian General Yu Zizao, are on the cusp of the crisis, and many people reviled them.

A few days later, a shocking news came out.

After the defeat of the Pinghaiwei navy, Wang Xian, the general of Pinghaiwei, felt sorry for the cultivation of the court and the trust of the coastal people day and night, so he committed suicide one night.

After that, the morale of the Fujian Navy became even lower.

Soon, news came that the Dutch were building a fortress in chicken coops, and sent a fleet to block the waters near Doro Bay.

This move almost paralyzed the commerce and trade along the coast of Fujian.

Along the coast of Fujian, there was also panic. Navy officers and soldiers did not dare to set sail, and caravans did not dare to go to sea. Even the most basic operations against pirates had come to a complete standstill.

Within a few days, another news ignited the last enthusiasm of the Fujian Navy.

The Denglai navy funded by the imperial court is about to move to the south. Many people have heard about it for a long time. The navy built by Yuan Keli costs more than 1000 million taels of military expenditure every year!

What kind of concept is this? The military expenditure of the Denglai Navy is almost the sum of the salaries of the Nine Frontier Army!

Now, the whole world is looking forward to the strongest navy of Ming Dynasty.

The burden on Yuan Keli's shoulders was heavy, and all the officers and soldiers of the Denglai Navy knew what hope they were carrying now.

The Dutch are coming aggressively, and they have just defeated the official formation of the Spanish Armada in the Spice Islands. Everyone knows that this battle will not be so easy.

……

Shandong, Denglai.

Penglai Water City has been vigorously developed since the second year of Tianqi, and has become the largest naval port in Shandong and even the whole country.

In fact, Penglai Water City is not the port of Penglai City. It is located on the east side of Danya Mountain in the northwest of Penglai City.

Song Shuijun built a water village here, but it was used to dock warships.

In the ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da found that the location was excellent, not to mention the wide field of vision, which was also conducive to defense and large-scale docking of warships.

After asking Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions, Xu Da personally operated the sword and led the navy officers and soldiers to build the water city on the basis of the original Song Dynasty sword fish village.

Since then, Penglai Water City has become the first military port of the Shandong Navy.

After the construction of successive dynasties, when Zhu Youxiao first came to the throne in the last year of Wanli, the total area of ​​Penglai Water City was 27 square meters.

The layout of the water city was also custom-made by Xu Da. It is wide in the south and narrow in the north, forming an irregular rectangle.

Since the second year of Tianqi, the imperial court began to vigorously develop the navy, and the Penglai Water City has been expanded repeatedly under the hands of Yuan Keli. The current total area has nearly doubled that of the expansion at the end of Wanli.

Yuan Keli led the officers and soldiers of the Denglai Navy, and successively added water gates, breakwaters, flat wave platforms, piers, lighthouses, city walls, enemy towers, forts, moats and other harbor buildings and coastal defense buildings.

The current Penglai Water City is a solid sea fortress.

Moreover, Yuan Keli also plans to build forts and military ports every few miles along the coast of Penglai Water City. The coastal forts will extend all the way from the port outside Penglai City to form a large-scale naval base around Denglai.

Of course, to realize this blueprint, 1000 million taels per year is not enough.

Having said that, since the imperial decree was issued from the capital half a month ago, the warships of the Denglai navy scattered all over the place began to gather towards Penglai one after another.

Up to now, the water city is surrounded by ships and flags that block out the sun.

Not only that, the warships and officers and soldiers of the Tianjin Navy also gathered together. In this official battle against the Netherlands, the national prestige of Ming Dynasty must be played!

Chapter 6 The Dutchman is Stupid

Yuan Keli's tenure to Denglai for three years, it can be said that the effect is remarkable. In the world, there is no military town that has changed more than the southeast of Denglai in these three years.

Yuan Keli expanded the land to build the city, recruited and resettled a large number of refugees and refugees, stationed troops on the islands, advanced the sea defense step by step, and assisted Mao Wenlong, so that Nurhachi had no gaps to drill, and curled up on the spot without looking west.

During Yuan Keli's tenure, the city's farmers, industry and commerce also lived and worked in peace and contentment.

There are waterside pavilions along the coast of Denglai, and the sound of singing and music lasts all night. Some people even describe the two places of Denglai under Yuan Keli's rule as follows:

"At the top of the peak, there are smoke piers, garrison fields and farm screens, facing each other everywhere. There are countless merchant ships and warships moored near the shore."

In the Ming Dynasty, there were [-] governors of Denglai before Yuan Keli, and he was the most accomplished and the only governor of Denglai who was listed in the Dengzhou Famous Eunuch.

Yuan Keli created Penglai Shuicheng's most prosperous period, and the governor of Tianjin, Bi Ziyan, praised his achievements more than once.

The so-called Fudeng has been for several years, there is no beacon in the sea, and there are drums in the pavilion.

However, although Zhu Youxiao knew it in his heart, he never once rewarded Yuan Keli in the current dynasty. The reason is naturally that until now, the Denglai Navy has not conducted such an up-and-coming battle.

Yuan Keli trained as a navy, and during the past three years, he kept asking the court for funds to build warships, add a large number of forts along the coast, and build a water city, which gradually became a corner with Penglai.

The so-called chess spread, spread the beacon, nothing more.

Denglai became the most important naval base in the country, and Yuan Keli was based in Penglai, which ensured the safety of the Bohai Sea and laid a solid foundation for Xiong Tingbi to recover the whole Liao Dynasty.

Sit in Denglai, support the Liao army, control the Dongjiang River, prepare troops and horses, and prepare for the battle.

This is the summary of Yuan Keli's three years, but it is far less than one ten-thousandth of what he has done.

Xiong Tingbi in Liaodong, Yuan Keli in Southeast, and Zhu Youxiao have been following a strategy since the beginning of their crossing.

At least until now, this strategy has been correct.

During these three years, Yuan Keli's method of training the Denglai navy was different from that of other navy.

Yuan Keli still used Qi Jiguang's military training purpose, that is, the navy first learned the land warfare method, and led the officers and soldiers of the Denglai Navy to train on flat ground for a year.

A year later, that is, the third year of the apocalypse, the officers and soldiers of the Denglai Navy officially started boarding drills. Of course, whether such training methods are effective or not still needs to be tested in actual combat.

First look at the strength on paper.

The Denglai Navy deserves to be the number one combat force deliberately cultivated by Zhu Youxiao. At present, there are more than [-] warships of all sizes!

That's right, you heard it right, the warships of the Denglai Navy are now calculated in units of "thousands"!

As for the number of officers and soldiers of the Denglai Navy, it is also the largest among all provinces. At the end of the fourth year of the apocalypse, the number of officers and soldiers of the Denglai Navy had reached more than [-]!

I am afraid that the Dutch have never seen a navy of this scale in their life.

In the imperial court, Yuan Keli had the full support of the current emperor Zhu Youxiao, the Shufu Wei Guangwei, Jinfu Bi Ziyan and other important officials.

Under his command, Yuan Keli restrained generals such as Dongjiang Mao Wenlong, Jinmen He Huchen, Dengzhen Shen Yourong, Laifu Zhang Pan, etc., their morale doubled and their hearts returned.

Zhu Youxiao delegated power to Yuan Keli, and ordered him to praise the military affairs of the Eastern Expedition, prepare troops to defend the sea, and all the crimes of responding to soldiers, horses, money and food, expropriation and dispatch, and prevention and suppression should be attributed to the manager.

In the past three years, Yuan Keli did not disappoint.

He strategized, restrained the mighty general Mao Wenlong, commanded the general Shen Yourong and Zhang Pan to attack the islands in the Liaohai Sea, and the battle line stretched for more than a thousand miles. He helped Liao governor Xiong Tingbi defeat the Jin army many times.

It can be said that the Liao Army, the Denglai Navy, and even the current Dongjiang Army are complementary and indispensable.

The so-called prosperity of the southeast has not been seen in 100 years.

Right now, the Denglai navy is gathering in the water city, big and small warships, yellow dragons and blue sparrows, end to end, with thousands of oars and thousands of sails, covering the sky and the sun!

On September 21st of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Penglai Water City, Jiehai Governor's Mansion.

The so-called governor of Jiehai refers to Yuan Keli who served as the governor of Denglai since the second year of Tianqi. This is the title spontaneously given to him by the Denglai navy.

Yuan Keli raised his account and summoned the generals to make the final mobilization before moving south.

He looked around at the generals, held his breath, and said slowly:

"Everyone, Hongmaofan invaded Ryukyu and bullied me too much!"

"I joined the Lai Navy, and spent a lot of military expenses over the years. If I don't show off my military power in this battle and repel the invading enemy, how can I face His Majesty's trust for many years?"

"Everyone, this battle is about the fate of the country, so don't be careless!"

Shen Yourong was a famous coastal defense general in the Wanli Dynasty. He made outstanding achievements in Liaodong and Southeast China repeatedly, and even led his troops to aid North Korea, shining brilliantly.

Shen Yourong is 63 years old this year, Tianqi returned to his hometown for the elderly in three years, he could have taken care of his life, but when he heard that there was a war, he immediately put on his armor and went out to lead the old army, following under Yuan Keli's tent.

After listening to this speech, he suddenly felt a surge of emotion, and said: "Please tell the governor, Lian Po is old, and he can still fight!"

Yuan Keli still respected Shen Yourong, and he didn't put on any airs of being an official, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Why should the old general come back?"

Shen Yourong sneered, and said:

"Back then, the big and small Ryukyu were the last generals to recover from the Dongying people. Now that the red-haired fan has invaded the chicken coop, I will lead the army south and hide back in the country!"

"Old General Gao Yi!" Yuan Keli exclaimed.

Zhang Pan, the commander-in-chief of the Laizhou Prefecture, was originally a scattered man from Liaodong. His whole family was murdered by Jiannu, and he fled to Denglai. Seeing his bravery, Yuan Keli single-handedly promoted him to his current position.

Zhang Pan has deep-rooted hatred for Jiannu, and is even more grateful for Yuan Keli's kindness. Of course, he also knows that he is now the commander-in-chief of Daming.

Zhang Pan came out and said: "The imperial court has an order. If I go to the Lai Navy General School, I dare not fight!"

Yuan Keli nodded, then turned around and said solemnly:

"In this case, everyone, order all the ministries, and move south with me to assist the Fujian Navy to repel the Hongmaofan fleet!"

"Follow the military orders!"

Everyone said together.

……

Since the First World War in Doro Bay, the Dutch have blocked the coast of Fujian for more than a month. Before the merchants said anything, the fishermen along the coast couldn't bear it.

They make a living by fishing. They haven't been in the sea for so long, and their homes are already sitting on empty mountains. They have nothing to do but risk their lives to go fishing.

And the Dutch really didn't take Daming's life seriously. Even if they found a fishing boat that was not a threat, they would fire without hesitation, pointing and laughing at the fishing boat that was scattered in the sea.

The Fujian navy couldn't bear this kind of criticism from the public and the pressure from the officialdom, so it had no choice but to bite the bullet and drive out of the military port for escort patrols.

In order to protect fishing boats and merchant ships, the Fujian navy had many conflicts with the Dutch fleet near the territorial waters. Of course, they did not win, it was a series of failures.

Commander Yu Zizao also personally organized a large-scale counterattack, but the firepower of the Dutch fleet this time is simply too strong.

In the largest counterattack, the Fujian navy not only failed to break through the Dutch fleet's blockade of the coast of Fujian, but also suffered a big loss, abandoning more than [-] warships and fleeing.

In just over a month, Daming's losses in Fujian were already astronomical!