Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 742 Hongyi people please surrender, compensation of up to 300 million taels of silver!
What is more with less,
what intrigue,
The battle between the army is to decide the outcome head-on.

The quality of soldiers, the quality of equipment, the military quality of generals, and sufficient logistics are the keys to decisive victory on the battlefield.

The same is true of naval warfare.

The reason why Qi Mingguang chose to fight head-on is also because the conspiracy and tricks have no effect on such a sea battle with 4 to 300 people and more than [-] warships.

The Hongyi people have more sea battle experience than the Daming Navy, and their crews and sailors have more experience than the Daming sailors, and they are more adaptable to the wind and waves at sea. Constant sea battles have sharpened their mentality and quality, allowing them to withstand the sky full of artillery fire and remain calm Clean the gun bore, load the gunpowder shell, and then aim and fire.

Since the experience is not comparable, since the quality is not high enough, then use other things to make up for it.

The Daming navy has more warships than the Hongyi pirates, has more sophisticated firearms, has advantages in numbers and equipment, and has the Weiyuan, a big killer that is enough to make the final decision.

Then, as long as this battle is a head-on collision, it is impossible for the Daming Navy to lose!

Just like what happened in front of you, the Clippers and Dafu boats of the Daming Navy kept hunting and besieging the warships of the Hongyi people, while the Weiyuan rushed forward with its guards, destroying the enemy's formation with a brutal collision, Then what greeted the Hongyi people was the inevitable defeat.

The cloak on Qi Mingguang's shoulders fluttered under the sea breeze. On the cloudless clear sky, the sun shone on the sea and reflected on the water, on the boat, and on the iron armor.

The front line of the Hongyi people was completely defeated, and their warships began to flee in panic. The Daming Navy is pursuing the victory and burying these warships in the Java Sea with absolute strength.

Boom boom boom boom!
A series of cannons sounded, and inside the gun bay of the Weiyuan, the cannons protruding from the gun positions blasted out the shells. Hit by several explosive bombs, amidst the sound of the explosion, flames shot up from the sky. After the shock, the four-masted ship immediately slowed down. Its hull cracked, and one mast fell straight down into the sea, splashing water The salty and wet wind and rain fell on the broken deck, extinguishing the hope of the Hongyi people trying to escape.

A long snake piercing the pattern of a long snake with bared teeth, with a strong steel prismatic armor-piercing cone, pierced through the air, pierced through the air, and directly sank into a red barbarian warship that was trying to escape, and then exploded. The stern of its hull was blown apart, and sea water poured in from the rupture at the stern of the warship, dragging the speed of the warship slower and slower until the hull was flooded with water and had to abandon the ship and surrender.

"Such firearms are indeed powerful weapons for breaking formations. It would be great if the court could equip more of them."

Hearing the lieutenant general's emotion, Qi Mingguang was proud of his prestige in this battle, and explained to the lieutenant general with a smile: "Don't look at the long snake's powerful arrows, but these are specially modified for naval battles. Didn’t you see that they were fired at close range? These are said to be using the latest delayed fuze from the general workshop, so they can be detonated after submerging into the enemy’s warship.”

"But this technology still has flaws, and the time is too short. If the distance is farther, these rockets will explode in the air."

The lieutenant general sighed: "The imperial court has more and more firearms, and they are becoming more and more powerful. I heard that His Majesty and Yuanfu intend to expand the number of firearms in the general to more than [-]%. In the future, there may be fewer and fewer real swords and guns."

Qi Mingguang used to be a general in Laizhou commanding the court navy, and now he is the admiral of the new army. With his official rank of third rank and the special location of Laizhou Bay, he knows a lot about the situation.

For example, the new army is constantly banning the guards. Infantry such as sword and shield soldiers and pikemen are being replaced by musket pawns. After a few months of training, musket pawns can go into battle to kill the enemy, and they are easy to train into an army, and the battle loss rate is also low. It has fewer spearmen than sword and shield soldiers, but kills more enemies.

What's more, with the advancement of the imperial court's industrialization, it is too easy to make excellent firecrackers on the assembly line.

There has always been news in the army that if the guns hadn't been improved to the satisfaction of the court, the pawns with the new guns would have replaced the traditional infantry long ago.

This is why there will be gossip that firearms will account for more than [-]% of the army in the future, and the remaining [-]% will naturally be cavalry.

Shaking his head, these things have little to do with their navy. The navy's main focus is on long-distance strikes. Heavy artillery, gunfire, and all kinds of firearms are the main combat weapons of the navy. Whoever seems to be fine will play with you Jumping gang battles, when two ships meet and bombard with muskets is the kingly way.

Looking at the Hongyi people's warships fleeing aimlessly, Qi Mingguang grinned: "Chasing, not a single ship will be left behind, and all of them will be sunk!"

So, on the vast sea of ​​Southeast Asia, in the past, they were arrogant and domineering. This city charged some protection fees, and the Hongyi people who were mercenaries in that country were out of luck.

Their warships were sunk in batches, and the remaining Red Barbarians and pirates were running for their lives, as if something terrible was chasing them.

At the beginning, these small countries in Southeast Asia didn't know what happened. It wasn't until the merchants sent back the news from Ming that the countries knew that Ming had waged another war. This time, it was against the Hongyi people who occupied Southeast Asia!

Previously, An Nanguo relied on its southwest location, high mountains, and poisonous rainforests, and thought that Ming could not deal with them, so it brazenly invaded the southwest of Daming, but failed to take down even half of Yunnan Province, and the countermeasures of the Ming court came.

These countries in Southeast Asia have also seen the subsequent results. Annan, who was once powerful and was called the tyrant in Southeast Asia, with hundreds of thousands of troops, fell instantly.

Just as during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor Yongle issued an edict ordering 30 Ming troops to secure the South, and now the Emperor Qi of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict, and the Annan Kingdom was once again subjugated and turned into a blessing of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Annan's death was relatively clean this time, and all the royal family and nobles became prisoners, and their heads were beheaded in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Since then, these small countries in Southeast Asia and the former vassal states of Ming have looked at Ming in horror. They suddenly remembered the fear brought about by Ming's arrogance to Asia during the Yongle period, the valiant warriors who conquered all kinds of wars, and those who ran across the ocean. The Invincible Fleet, the giant dragon of Ming Dynasty woke up again. The last time it woke up was during the Wanli period.

But now, when the Ming Dynasty fought Liaodong, it was nothing to flatten the grasslands. It was the destruction of Annan and the sailors going to Nanyang that made all the countries tremble.

On the small sea in Southeast Asia, whether merchant ships or naval divisions from various countries, they all saw that the fleet of the fearful Hongyi people who had been rampant had been destroyed in pieces, and the Ming Dynasty king's division was hanging. The warships with the flag surrounded and suppressed these Hongyi people's warships in all directions, and sent these Hongyi people's battleships to check and balance Nanyang into the bottom of the sea with cannons and terrifying firearms.

This time, the countries in Nanyang completely remembered the majesty of the kingdom of heaven, and the Daming Navy, the iron-clad ship Weiyuan with a black and huge body like a hill, took many lucky boats to cruise in Nanyang to clean up the remaining enemies, which scared all countries trembling. Sincerely and fearfully.

Daming is too big, and the small countries can't conquer a remote province of Ming with all their strength. Daming is too strong, with countless population and resources, and an unrivaled army.

Take a look at this warship made of steel. Its huge body of more than 40 feet from the beginning to the end is even bigger than the previous treasure ships. The towering volume is like a small island on the sea.

It is so rampant, so powerful and fearless, the so-called cannons of the Hongyi people can't harm it at all, and the so-called solid ship groans and shatters under its terrible crushing.

At this moment, the countries in Nanyang understood that the era when Ming ruled Nanyang was back.

So various small nations sent their envoys to the Weiyuan to express their country's surrender to Daming to Qi Mingguang. They sent their own small fleets to clean up the warships of the Hongyi people behind the Daming navy. .

Qi Mingguang, who originally brought only 210 warships to Nanyang, was surprised to find that his fleet had doubled in size, and the extra warships were all vassals sent by these small Nanyang countries.

The warships of these small countries also flew the flag of Ming Dynasty, followed the powerful navy of Daming to show off their might, beat the dogs in the water together with Daming, and beat up the Hongyi people severely.

The Hongyi people looked at all this in horror and despair, watching their powerful fleet sinking into the bottom of the sea, watching their colonies welcome resistance everywhere, they were afraid, and their ships could be rebuilt if they were lost, but if these colonies Lost with the city, they are really rootless.

In order to avoid the coming destruction, the Hongyi people had to send someone to Qi Mingguang to beg for peace.

"Red barbarians, do you want to talk to the governor?" Qi Mingguang looked suspiciously at a Nanyang man who was the envoy in front of him.

The Nanyang man nodded: "General Shenwei, I convinced those Hongyi people. They knew they were wrong and were willing to offer a tribute. I hope the general will not attack again."

Right now, the Daming navy has wiped out the Hongyi people's fleet in Nanyang, not counting the destruction of the Hongyi people's warships with artillery, and captured a large number of Hongyi people.

It can be said that Hongyi people are already short of manpower in Nanyang. After all, qualified fighters need to be trained.

Without the fleet, the aborigines in various colonies began to rebel. The only troops they had were not only used to defend the city and stabilize the mood in the city, but also to put out fires and suppress those rebellious aborigines, and to resist Ming's attack.

The Hongyi people have more than enough heart but not enough energy, they finally understand that the majesty of Ming Dynasty is not something they can provoke.

Look at these small countries. In the past, they were called obedient, allowing them to tax and squeeze, and the merchant ships of these small countries had to pay tribute to the Hongyi people. The Hongyi people had a large colony in Nanyang, driving the aborigines to build Cities were built, and a large number of Hongyi people lived in them.

If Ming really wanted to launch a land attack, how many troops could Da Ming mobilize by relying on the Southeast Asian peninsula?
The Hongyi people dare not imagine.

They only know that Daming has more than 3000 million households, a huge population of more than 5000 million, and there are millions of standing soldiers and horses alone!
Take a look at this Daming navy that destroyed their powerful plundering fleet, more than 200 warships, and 2 Daming soldiers.

Is it too much?

For Daming, which has millions of standing troops, it is simply insignificant!
Although the Hongyi people don't know that the current Daming navy is no longer the powerful navy with more than 3000 warships of various types in the Yongle period. People are very aware of the terrifying background that Daming possesses.

All kinds of terrifying and advanced firearms, if it means that in the early Yongle period, the Eastern and Western firearms were still on par with each other, and in the Jiajing Wanli period, the Taixi firearms were ahead of the East, then in the Apocalypse period, the firearms of both sides returned to the same level again, and even Ming was still ahead!

Clean and agile, aggressive like fire, just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, the powerful privateer fleet was wiped out by Da Ming.

terrible!

The Hongyi people, that is, the Netherlanders, they gave in, they regretted it, and they wanted to make peace with Daming.

The Hongyi people wanted to negotiate a peace, but Qi Mingguang did not dare to negotiate a peace.

In the 260 years since the Ming Dynasty, Guo Zuo has played games with enemies from all sides. He has succeeded, failed, and even lost the entire army. The loss of one army and one place is even more visible.

But Daming never had a peace talk.

The Ming Dynasty had all kinds of stubborn illnesses, all kinds of problems, the literati were arrogant and arrogant, and the country was wronged by empty talk, and the generals were starving for nothing, drinking the blood of the soldiers and abandoning the military, all of which were there, but the backbone of the Ming Dynasty has always existed.

Hit the enemies you can beat, delay and run away if you can't beat them, and try to find opportunities to start over!
In short, Ming never negotiated peace with the enemy.

There is no marriage between the Han and Tang Dynasties, no old coins of the Song and Song Dynasties, no marriage, no cede land, no compensation.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is in the midst of ZTE, the rulers are sages and ministers are worthy, and the generals are desperately trying to seize the opportunity to expand the territory for the imperial court. Now you want peace talks?

Qi Mingguang was very disdainful: Hongmaoyi?You deserve it too!
"Da Ming will not negotiate peace with any enemy, and tell the Hongyi people that they have no other choice unless they surrender!"

"If they don't surrender, Da Ming will beat them to surrender!"

Facing the powerful Qi Mingguang and the crisis situation in various colonies, the Hongyi people finally couldn't bear it and surrendered.

The Hongyi people not only returned all the looted silk, porcelain, and tea, but also paid Qi Mingguang a large sum of compensation as the economic loss and military expenses of Daming during this period.

This sum of money is as high as 300 million taels!
This is not counting the various harvests on those Hongyi people's warships!

Counting the gold and silver treasures on those Hongyi people's warships, the gold and silver alone is no less than 500 million taels!

This harvest surprised Qi Mingguang.

Surprised by the harvest, he immediately issued a strict order that all ships were strictly prohibited from hiding and confiscating, and all proceeds were handed over to the main ship. He knew very well that there would be no one under the control of so many harvests.

But Qi Mingguang knew better, and it was even more impossible for the navy's gains to be hidden from the court!

Do you really think there is no Jinyiwei in the navy?

The harvest of millions of taels of silver, as well as a large number of silk tea and porcelain, many cannons and guns, and tens of thousands of Hongyi people were captured.
I am definitely famous in this battle, and Shengshang and Yuanfu will not treat me badly.

The current Ming Dynasty is not the previous Ming Dynasty. Before the Tianqi Dynasty, or after the three elite battalions of the Ming Dynasty were buried in Zhuqi Town of Mingbao Zong, the treatment of the generals in the Ming Dynasty plummeted, and they were always suppressed by the civil servants.

This situation has never changed. It is normal for military generals to be suppressed, discriminated against, and ignored. Regardless of military generals being knighted, the official position is generally higher than that of civilian officials. These are useless.

Until the second year of the apocalypse, the current emperor supported Zhang Xiangye to implement the new policy, organize and train the new army, legislate to ensure the status of generals, separate civil servants and generals, so that generals can have an independent status, and generals can get the honor and respect they deserve.

From then on, the Confucian gentlemen of the old Donglin Party could no longer suppress or command generals, and the generals who led the new army all the way to fight and kill were even less likely to talk to those so-called honest gentlemen.

As for whether the Confucian gentleman can make the emperor change his mind?

Just kidding, the foundation of the emperor is not a gentleman at all.

The new party and the new army are the foundation of the emperor.

Otherwise, why would the emperor be able to offend the civil servants and the landlords and gentry by promoting equal distribution of the land and paying the grain as a whole? Isn’t it because the civil officials and the landlords and gentry did not listen to the emperor at all and wanted to manipulate the emperor to limit the imperial power as before?
Therefore, in the Apocalypse Dynasty, military merits would not be invaded and ignored by civilian officials. The imperial court valued military merits and generals. As long as you made meritorious service, you would definitely be rewarded.

Of course, you can't violate military discipline.

This is also the reason why Qi Mingguang wants his subordinates to strictly observe military discipline and strictly prohibit embezzlement of money.

He has gained too much in this battle, and even with these captures in hand, his merits will continue to rise. Feng Bo is stable, and now the core stratum of the new army is opening to him. Big?

After issuing the military order, Qi Mingguang wrote a battle report and sent the clippers back to the imperial court to report, and then sent the gold and silver goods obtained to the Chinese army, and the staff officers counted and calculated the harvest, and then contacted small countries in Nanyang to appease their emotions. Disband the warships they sent to assist Daming.

As for how many gold and silver treasures these small countries robbed the territory of the Hongyi people in the process, he didn't care.

They ate meat by themselves, and these shy little countries could not refuse to drink a bowl of soup. After all, they were under the banner of coordinating with the master of the king, and each of them claimed to be a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty.

How to deal with these foreign countries is not something that he, a third-rank navy admiral, can decide. The imperial court did not give him this authority at all. His mission is to fight and win.

When Qi Mingguang's battle report was sent to the capital by the Clippers, Daming was boiling again!

"Have you heard? The imperial court attacked the Hongyi people in Nanyang, not only captured tens of thousands of Hongyi people, but also got millions of gold and silver!"

"It's more than that. I heard that there are mountains of tea, porcelain, silk and satin. If these are sold in Western countries, they will cost countless money!"

"It is said that Nanyang is rich, and now I have seen it. How long have these Hongyi people been in Nanyang? There are so many gold and silver treasures. In my opinion, the imperial court should have gone to Nanyang long ago!"

"That's right, I heard that the small countries in Nanyang are all very rich. How much does it cost!"

The common people talked a lot, the merchants were pleasantly surprised that the business channel was opened up, and the civil and military officials of the imperial court were aware of the unexpected surprise!

Millions of gold and silver!
Lots of tea china and silk!
After all the civil and military officials calculated, they couldn't help being surprised: Is this land of Nanyang so rich?

(End of this chapter)