Win the Ding 1617

In the 27th year of Ming Hongwu (AD 1394), Dongguan Shouyu Qianhu and Dapeng Shouyu Qianhu were established in today's Bao'an, Guangdong Province, under the jurisdiction of Dongguan County.In order to become the outer guard of Humen and the screen of the provincial capital.In the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1573), the imperial court separated part of Dongguan County and set up Xin'an County, with the meaning of "reform and reform, turn crisis into peace". It was expanded on the site of Dongguan Shouyu Qianhusuo, and established Xin'an County, Xin'an County includes today's Shenzhen and Hong Kong

Hong Kong Island, which faces the county seat across the sea, has always been a shelter for fishermen to go fishing, and some smugglers and pirates will also stop here for a short time.Either add fresh water vegetables, or leave after completing the transaction here.Xin'an County is also well aware of this, but it adheres to the principle that more things are worse than less things. As long as the pirates don't go ashore to interfere with plundering, everyone will live in peace.

However, from the first year of Chongzhen, this desolate island began to become lively.I don't know where the rich merchants came from. They bought land and built houses here, set up storage and warehouses, dredged waterways, and built wharves.Immediately afterwards, countless large ships shuttled back and forth, unloading boatloads of rice, sugar, refined salt, ironware, and cotton cloth from the boats, and carrying away boatloads of people, or other things, even those who looked like Waste tea oil dry,

When Xin'an County tried to send people to the island to find out, the magistrate's parents in his hometown had a letter from home, claiming that the money sent by the people had been received, and the silk, pearls, corals and the like had also been received. .The letter also said that the shrouds sewn for parents with silk and satin from the South China Sea were very decent.The second elder is very pleased.

Seeing this letter from the family, the magistrate of Xin'an County is like a deflated ball. They sent you money and gifts to your hometown, which is the first half of the so-called "before the soldiers". is the subtext.

"If you plan to ruin my business, I have prepared all your parents' shrouds!"

As a result, Xin'an County counted the silver delivered according to the month with peace of mind, and watched helplessly as one after another red single boat sailed from the Pearl River Estuary to Hong Kong Island, transporting boat after boat of goods to Guangzhou.Even more distant places.

but.Since September this year, it seems that the autumn wind has picked up, and large ships from the South China Sea have come to Hong Kong Island and set up camp here.It seems to be plotting something big.Looking at the white sails covering the sky and the sea in the distance.Xin'an County couldn't help feeling uneasy.I kept praying to all the gods, "Don't let these pirates come ashore to cause trouble! They stay there if they want to stay on the desert island!"

Facts have proved that it seems that the gods of all walks of life have heard the prayers of the magistrate of Xin'an County.

"It's a nice bay. What's its name?"

On the beach of Hong Kong Island, Shou Han took his daughter Hua Mei's little hand, and left a series of large and small footprints on the beach, followed by Hua Mei's laughter like silver bells.

"My lord, our current place is called Liyumen by the locals. The water here is deep and the harbor is wide. It is an excellent passage for our sailors to enter and exit."

Zhang Xiaohu, the left-wing commander of the navy who is familiar with the hydrology and geography of this area, used the saber at his waist as a pointing tool to introduce the geographical environment here to Shouhan and Huamei.

On the fifth day of September, the left wing of the navy stationed in Yulingang lifted the anchor, and came east to the anchorage selected by the guards to gather and stand by.After arriving, they quickly blocked the waters in this area. Ships can go south, but it is absolutely impossible to go north.

On the ninth day of September, Shou Han led the practice fleet, with Chang Sheng as the flagship, and more than [-] large and small ships arrived at Hong Kong Island. Led by the pilot ship sent by Zhang Xiaohu, they entered the bay along the Lei Yue Mun Channel berth.

This time, Shou Han did not bring too many Lu Ying with him, only two sentry guards and a battalion of Xuanwu soldiers. However, what surprised everyone was that they could hardly hold the telescope in their hands. Miss Huamei brought it out.

"My lord, you dote on the eldest lady too much? This is a war, not a tour. How can a nine-year-old girl be on a boat in a sea full of gunfire?"

Slander is slander, surprise is surprise, everyone still has to admit this status quo, besides, since Shou Han has taken charge of the family business, isn't that incident shocking at first glance?But isn't that incident extremely beneficial to the development of the South China Army?

"Forget it! Mazu is also a woman, maybe the eldest lady is the reincarnation of Mazu!" Some people remembered the legend about Shou Han who was chosen by the emperor, and found a way for themselves.

The seabirds fluttered around a small boat, trying to get some food from it. Next to the small boat, a few sailors were cleaning the prey from the fishing net one by one on the reef by the sea, preparing to use it as raw materials for dinner.

"What kind of fish did you catch?"

Guided by Huamei's cheerful footsteps, Shouhan and his party came to these sailors.

These sailors are young people from Chu Tianlei who practiced the fleet, and they were quite nervous when they first saw Shou Han and Zhang Xiaohu with two stars on his cuffs, "I have seen the Lord, I have seen the Commander!"

"The boat is small, so I can't go out of the bay. I can only go to the small islands of Qingzhou and Xiaoqingzhou. I caught some groupers, yellow croakers, crabs, shrimps, etc. Add food to the brothers at night!"

"It's a pity! It would be great if it was a big ship. We met two dolphins and saw a group of whales. If the big ship goes out to sea, we can shoot a cannon and hunt a few of them. The whole army will have fresh whale meat to eat!"

Several sailors were relieved from the initial tension, and began to talk about their experiences of fishing in the sea.

The waters here happened to be located near the migration route of whales. A few sailors met those giant beasts on the sea by chance. However, if they wanted to hunt them, they didn't have the ability.You can only play some grouper, shrimp and crab in the water.

"The seabed here is mostly rock bottom, less sediment, no silt in the channel, wide and deep water surface, regardless of rain or shine, ships can enter and exit freely. There are three bays and two typhoon shelters that can provide shelter for ships. The Lei Yue Mun in the east and the Kap Shui Mun in the west are the two passages entering and leaving the harbor. The harbor is surrounded by the mountains on the opposite bank of the Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island. The terrain surrounding the harbor is surrounded by mountains, even if there is a strong wind on the sea. In addition, the climate here is warm and humid, and the port does not freeze all year round. Our military ships, large and small, can come in and out at will all year round. It is very convenient for the army to go south."

As the highest figure of the South China Army on the ground in Guangdong, Li Peiting has arrived here since the beginning of September to welcome the arrival of the fleet.as a landlord.He also put a lot of effort into the anchorage chosen by Shou Han, and he talked about it in detail.

"Where is Yashan?"

Shou Han suddenly said such a nonsensical remark.

Immediately, Li Peiting, Zhang Xiaohu, Chu Tianlei and others present felt a little strange, why did the lord ask about that ominous place at this time?

"My lord is talking about the cliff mountain where 'Zhang Hongfan destroyed the Song Dynasty here'?" Although he is a dude, he is concerned about things like historical classics.Li Peiting is much better than Zhang Xiaohu and Chu Tianlei, who only succeeded in literacy in the South China Army.

"Not bad. Here it is."

"It's not too far away. It's just on the ground of Xinhui in the northwest. Yashan, because there is Yashan in the east and Tangpingshan in the west. It extends into the sea, like a half-open door, like a door closing the water mouth, so it's called Yamen. This place is only a hundred miles away from Xinhui County. In the past, the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty fought against Zhang Hongfan for the last time, until they were defeated. , My Taizu Emperor Gao raised a three-foot sword, started in Huaisi with commoners, and drove north to Mongolia."

"As far as the founding emperors of the past dynasties are concerned, there is nothing more dignified and upright than my great ancestor emperor Zhu Yuanzhang!"

Listening to Li Peiting's eloquent narration, Hua Mei blinked her small eyes a little puzzled.

"Second uncle, why do you say he is the most upright?"

"Missy, the founding emperors of all dynasties, or when the world was in chaos, stood out from the crowd, wiped out the princes and seized the world. Or conspired to usurp the land of other people's orphans and widows. Only Taizu, from a beggar The monk started his business step by step, drove away the aliens who stole the Central Plains, and then became the emperor."

Hua Mei blinked her eyes as she listened to the story told by the uncle in front of her who loves to dress up, loves Huayi and beautiful clothes, and even likes to make her face look good. Suddenly, a shocking question popped up in her little head. .

"Second Uncle, when will Daddy be the emperor?!"

These words made people speechless.Although it is a childish speech, it is too shocking.

"When I heard stories from the old people, when it comes to this naval battle, it is said that the commanders of both sides are still a family?" Zhang Xiaohu began to interrupt, trying to change this awkward and tense atmosphere. God knows if someone taught the eldest lady , Use the mouth of the eldest lady to tempt everyone?

"Yes! Yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!" Everyone hurriedly echoed as if they had woken up from a nightmare.

"The commander-in-chief of the Yuan army is Zhang Hongfan, who is known as Jiubadu, and the commander of the Song army is Zhang Shijie." Shou Han relieved everyone. "Both of them are Han people from Zhuozhou, and they are both the so-called Han sons of the Liao region, because the Song Dynasty never had jurisdiction over the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. There should be a relationship between the two."

"Then, how was the naval battle that year carried out?"

Li Huamei was indeed the one who caught boats and cannons when she was catching Zhou, and she has always been very interested in things at sea.She didn't care about hearing about the kinship relationship between Zhang Shijie and Zhang Hongfan, she just wanted to know how the great war went on.

In early February of the second year of Song Xiangxing, the Naval Battle of Yashan broke out on the sixth day. The opposing Song and Yuan sides invested a total of more than 600 troops and used more than [-] warships.It can be described as an unprecedented naval battle!

It's just that Song Jun was at the end of his rope, and he happened to meet Zhang Shijie, a commander who was good at commanding horse and infantry soldiers.He moored the Empress Dowager Xie and the little emperor's boat in the middle of the cliff mountain sea, and with this as the core, he formed various ships into a boat village, and the outermost part was the navy's warships that shuttled back and forth as guards.

Zhang Hongfan started his battle on land first.He ordered Li Heng, a member of the Xixia Party, to cut off the land water source of the Song army and cut off the fresh water supply of the fleet.After the Song army cut off the water for several days, the Yuan army rushed into Yamen with a fireboat as the guide when the sea was at high tide.

"As I said just now, the Song army used ropes to connect all the big ships into a stronghold, just like Cao Cao's chain link technique in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Although this method made the fleet stable and able to resist wind and waves, the ships could not move because of this. Passively beaten. Although the Song army is said to be 20, the Yuan army is more than [-]. It seems that the Song army has a slight advantage in terms of strength. But most of them are officials at all levels, court ladies, eunuchs, military dependents, and ordinary people. They can really go to battle to kill the enemy. There are tens of thousands of people, and the water source has been cut off for several days. People can barely survive without food, but they will soon lose their combat effectiveness if they do not drink water.”

Hua Mei picked up a branch floating from the sea, and stroked on the beach. Soon, a very immature and clumsy picture appeared on the beach.

"Father, Second Uncle, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Chu, isn't that what it looks like?"

On the wet sand, there is a square in the middle, with a Song character written in the middle.Surrounded by some small circles and squares.It represents the warships of the Song Army guarding the periphery.Not far away, two squares protruding obliquely from the side are drawn, representing the two gates of Yashan.

Outside the mountain gate.It is another huge square, with a character in the middle of the square, which means that this is the fleet of the Yuan army. Before that, there are signs of triangles, "This is the fire ship and warship of the Yuan army!"

"It's clear that I put myself to death!"

Li Huamei has a small mouth, expressing contempt for Zhang Shijie, the commander of the Song Army more than 200 years ago.

Zhang Xiaohu and Chu Tianlei looked at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes. "Is this something a nine-year-old girl can say?"

On the one hand, to make Li Huamei happy, and on the other hand, to hear the little girl's knowledge about naval warfare, Zhang Xiaohu deliberately bent down and squatted in front of Li Huamei, "Miss, do you know what we are doing here?"

"Know! Fight!"

"Now that you know, tell me, how should we fight this battle?"

"Uncle Zhang, you are the commander of the left wing of the Navy, why are you asking me?" Hua Mei proudly glanced at Zhang Xiaohu's scarred face, her face was tense, her eyes were full of pride look.

"Uncle doesn't know! That's why I asked you!"

Chu Tianlei, the commander of the training fleet, also came to make fun of him. Seeing the smiling face of the guard, Pei Ting ordered his soldiers to fetch some matzas and sat on the beach to listen to Li Huamei "teaching" how the two navy generals should fight at sea. .

"If it were me, I would definitely not be a turtle in a urn in Xinhui. No matter how good the terrain is, it is not prepared for the navy. The best place for the navy is to be able to set sail and attack the water surface. Otherwise, why? Sailor?!"

"Even if the fleet is stationed here, it is better than all nesting in that cliff. At least there is still water here. It will not let everyone die of thirst. If something happens, just lift the anchor and raise the sails! Like the uncles in the battalion, they are infantrymen on board and don’t know much about water warfare. The soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty have been in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, so they are naturally familiar with water skills. Why should they abandon their strengths and use their weaknesses to touch the strengths of others? It’s just that there are many soldiers, and they are still waiting for work. At this time, they don’t think about how to break out of the siege, but instead wait to die in this dead place. Isn’t this dizzy or what?!”

"Just for this, the Zhao Guan family of the Song Dynasty deserves to be like this!"

Hearing Xiaohuamei's immature but firm voice, Zhang Xiaohu couldn't help but put away his underestimation, and continued to ask in a soft voice.

"Miss, let me ask you, what do you think our sailors have compared with others, for example, Zheng Zhilong's sailors, and Dutch Red Maoyi's sailors, what are their strengths and weaknesses? How can we maximize our strengths and avoid weaknesses?"

"Father! Look at Uncle Zhang! He always asks me! How did he become the commander of the left wing of the navy?!" Xiao Huamei acted coquettishly to everyone.

"It's okay! Just say it. If you say something good, this little six will be convinced. When you grow up later, Dad will let you be the commander of the fleet! Command dozens or hundreds of warships!"

Li Shouhan, whose mind is full of place names and figures related to the land under his feet, such as the Twelve Young Boys in Temple Street, Causeway Bay, and the tiger in Tsim Sha Tsui, just said something casually.

"It's settled!" Hearing what Shouhan said, Hua Mei ran to Shouhan with a smile, and hooked Gou Shouhan's finger with her delicate little finger, "The pull hook is hanging for 100 years and cannot be changed! Whoever changes is the winner." puppy!"

"The Dutch's plywood ship is said to be fifty feet long, six or seven feet wide, and has three floors inside. Each floor is equipped with cannons facing outwards. It can penetrate the city of Cracked Stone and shake for dozens of miles. It is similar to Dad's flagship. , but according to people who came back from Manaca, the gunpowder used by the Dutch in Batavia is far inferior to our gunpowder, and the gunpower is not enough."

"The Dutch are superior in that they have a large number of sailors, who are proficient in water skills and skilled in ship control. These people came to China from tens of thousands of miles away, and their navigation skills are naturally advanced. This, the Dutch are better than us, and our sailors are all one. One was cultivated. And those red-haired ghosts are almost adult men who are qualified sailors."

"What makes us better than the Dutch is that Dad built more cannons than them, and the gunpowder can be shot farther than them. Moreover, each captain has a telescope, and the ship uses semaphore during the day and lights at night to communicate smoothly."

"Besides, our artillery has been cultivated by my dad for many years, spending countless manpower and material resources at no expense on money and food. I don't know anything else. I only know that the uncles on the Changsheng can fight in one breath. After finishing a salvo, the entire process of loading and launching can be completed within 1 minute."

"This is the training standard of the whole army, it's all the same!"

Shou Han saw his precious daughter talking eloquently in front of everyone. Although some words were not so fluent, it was extremely rare for a nine-year-old girl!He has already seen shock, astonishment, shame and many other expressions in the eyes of Zhang Xiaohu, Chu Tianlei, Li Peiting and others.

"There are two other things that the uncles have not noticed."

Seeing the change in the way others looked at her, Xiao Huamei proudly straightened her back and stood upright in front of everyone.

"One is the reading, literacy and arithmetic that my father has promoted in our South Central Army for many years. If officials at all levels want to be promoted, they must be able to read, write documents, and calculate. Right now, the gunner on the Changsheng can The protractor and quadrant on the bow can calculate the distance between the ship and the target through the difference between the different angles displayed on the bow and stern, and then calculate the shooting parameters according to the close position wind speed, etc., one shot can be worth dozens of Dutch guns !"

"What about the other one? My lord's ship is the elite and the best of the whole army. You can't treat a good player on one ship as a good player for the entire fleet!" Pei Ting consciously hit Xiao Huamei's enthusiasm.

"Second Uncle, Dad still has a trump card! I just won't tell you!" Xiao Huamei was also not to be outdone, she pouted her bright red mouth and sneered back.

These words aroused Li Peiting's curiosity. Although he didn't serve in the army, his son's temper gave him an almost morbid habit of searching for strange things and loving new things. Listening to Xiao Huamei, It seems that Shou Han has come up with something new.He couldn't help but move his index finger, looking forward to it.

"I won't tell you! I'm anxious to kill you!"

Xiao Huamei hid playfully behind her father and made a face at Li Peiting.

"Good Erya, tell uncle, uncle will buy you dolls and nice clothes later."

"Erya has it! It's not rare!"

Xiao Huamei firmly resisted the sugar-coated bullets sent by Li Peiting with ulterior motives.

"Then!? Then, when you grow up, how about second uncle giving you a boat bigger than Changsheng? Think about it, bigger than Changsheng! There are hundreds of cannons on the boat, That one volley is spectacular!"

This seems to hit Xiao Huamei's vitals. This little girl has always liked the giant warships on the sea. Li Peiting also said that he would give her one that was bigger than the Changsheng and equipped with dozens of cannons. How can a nine-year-old child resist the big boat at the door?

However, Xiao Huamei is also quite educated. She turned her head and looked at her father with a pair of dark eyes, trying to get some advice from Shou Han.

Shou Han seemed to be interested in his daughter's school entrance exam. He just looked at Xiao Huamei with a smile in his eyes, but he didn't have any information that his daughter was trying to get.

Unable to get support from her father, Hua Mei had to make a painful decision on her own, "The master in the school said that the family is a father and son, and the affairs are a monarch and a minister. A Niang also told you that you are not allowed to ask for other people's things when you go out. I can't do it for myself. The boat broke Father's military orders!"

That night, Li Peiting, who never kept a diary, opened a delicate notebook, dipped it in ink, and wrote a few lines on the notebook.

"It's a pity that she is a daughter. If she is a man, the lord's great career must be inherited by this son. However, the majesty of the horns has already been revealed." (To be continued...)