Win the Ding 1617

After the battle, Liuluowan became an inner lake for the South Central Army from the east of the Managa Strait.The navy of the Dutch East India Company, which was decimated in this battle, had to retreat to the city of Chikan in Dayuan and the city of Batavia in the Java Islands. Taking advantage of the victory and pursuing, the Dutch's power in the East Asian waters was wiped out.

Fortunately, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty were just busy presenting the inscriptions, asking for merit, asking for rewards, appointing officials, and promoting officials.I was so busy that I only forgot the four words "pursue victory and pursue pursuit".

However, amidst the panic and panic among the people of Western countries, the fleet of the Nanzhong Army sailed back to its home port.

"Auntie!"

As light as a little swallow, Xiao Huamei rushed into the back house with her arms outstretched. Behind her, Taoist Liu Guidan didn't see how fast she was walking, but actually stayed close to Xiao Huamei, only one or two steps away. away.

I haven't seen them for more than a month, and the stomachs of Yanmeier and Meishan are getting bigger and bigger. Xiaohuamei looked at the girls' stomachs very curiously, "Aniang, are there younger brothers and younger sisters inside?"

"Yes! Tell me, do you like the younger brother or the younger sister?"

"Erya likes it all! Brothers and sisters!"

Taoist Liu Guidan stood in front of the wives, still looking cold and indifferent to answering, and single-handedly said, "Liang Tianzun, I have met some wives." [

"Miss, who is this?" Mei Shan was a little surprised when she saw Liu Guidan's strange dress, but she was full of love for Xiao Huamei, and couldn't help asking.

"Madam don't bother to ask. I will be the next monk. I have some fate with the eldest lady. She calls me master a few times, so I want to teach her something. It's not just about strengthening the body."

"Master, please help my mother to see if it is the younger brother or the younger sister?"

On the way back, Xiao Huamei was already overwhelmed by Liu Guidan's inadvertently revealed ability.

"This? That's fine too! Madame. Hold out your hand, please."

Seeing the look of anticipation in the eyes of this disciple in front of him, Liu Guidan couldn't bear to refute her face, and carefully examined the pulse conditions of sisters Yanmeier and Meishan.

"Congratulations to the two ladies."

After finishing speaking, he took Xiao Huamei's hand, "Take me to see your house." He walked away, leaving Yanmeier, Meishan, and Shilin there in a daze.

On the other hand, the women on the side reacted quickly, and hurriedly knelt down to congratulate Yanmeier and Meishan. "Just now the female Taoist priest said to congratulate the two wives. Doesn't that mean that the wife and the third wife are pregnant with the young master?!"

"I hope so! The old man doesn't have many heirs, I hope I can give birth to a son this time." She prayed secretly in her heart, but Yan Mei'er's expression remained normal.

"Go to the front and have a look. If the master is not busy with business, please ask for instructions and see how to eat dinner tonight."

After a while, the woman who went forward to inquire about the news and asked the guard for dinner came back.

"The master is discussing matters with all the adults in front. I am afraid that he will not be able to finish the official business in a short while. Let the wives and Hu Ji have dinner first. There is no need to wait for him."

strangeness.Come back after winning the battle, and still have a lot of business to do?Too busy to go back to the inner house and have no time to eat?Yan Meier was puzzled, but at dinner, when her daughter gave her mother, a few aunts and younger brothers one by one the spoils she had shared, she immediately felt quite proud.

"Calculate, if we send [-] troops, about [-]% of them are musketeers. The rest are swordsmen. There are also more than a thousand mules and horses, more than a hundred artillery pieces, and at least one month's supplies and medicines are carried in battle. How many ships are needed Assure?"[

In the meeting hall, Shou Han posed a difficult problem to the civil and military officials.

After returning to Hue, he ignored the fruits of victory and left the troops to Chu Tianlei and others to manage.Zhang Xiaohu was handed over to Bao Zhongchen of the Law Enforcement Department for custody.Shou Han immediately convened a civil and military discussion.When I came up, I threw this problem to everyone.

If there is only one mathematical calculation problem, even a student in the school can easily calculate it.However, this is undoubtedly the next step of the master's strategic conception, how can this be taken lightly?

So according to the division of labor of each department.Start counting.

A musketeer must carry at least 150 rounds of sub-drugs according to the combat standard of a month, and more than [-] rounds of medicines as forward supplies, and at the same time, spare firearms as replacements.

The artillery team, even carrying ammunition and propellant charges according to the standard of the eight-pound gun, is also a massive number.

What's more, the fodder and transport capacity required by the more than a thousand mules and horses are needed.

Through the artificial insemination and breeding of imported horses, and the continuous introduction of sons and horses from the Tianzhu area, the entire Fulang mountain area has become a large ranch for the South China Army.Thousands of horses can be provided annually for troops and civilians.As a result, the maneuverability of the cavalry and artillery units of the South China Army was greatly enhanced.However, if these horses are transported by sea, each horse needs at least three tons of transport capacity, and these hybrids of Arabian horses and fruit horses are used to eating corn grass-based concentrate feed, so they must carry forage. It is the so-called fodder for the soldiers.

"We calculate the daily consumption of horses, at least dozens of catties of hay a day. If you add soybeans and other concentrated feeds, it will be a huge number."

Therefore, more than [-] mules and horses alone need more than [-] tons of transportation capacity, which is the entire transportation capacity of several big blessing ships.Counting the huge amount of forage and fodder, wouldn't it take more than ten big blessing boats to guarantee these more than a thousand mules and horses?

"Besides, we don't know where the destination of this battle is? Without a destination, it's hard to calculate the voyage and time, so let's start with the amount of medicines and supplies carried for a month and the figures consumed during the journey."

Several staff officers dropped the pencils and rulers in their hands, stood up straight, and expressed their opinions.

"My lord, what are you going to do?"

Ordering these people to retreat to eat first, Pei Lin and Uncle Fu accompanied Shou Han to drink tea and rest in the study, waiting for the kitchen to bring the dinner for the three of them.

Shou Han pulled off his turban angrily, and threw it aside. He didn't expect that the action of a mere five thousand soldiers and horses would be so difficult!Why are other people's expeditions across half the world effortless?When it came to me, it was difficult?

"Have you read all the Tang newspapers?" Shou Han yelled out without thinking.

The two important ministers exchanged glances with each other, and both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

In the five and six years of Chongzhen, the mainland was also considered to be unlucky.

First, in the fifth year of Chongzhen, Kong Youde and others rebelled in Wuqiao, and under the support of Geng Zhongming, they conquered Dengzhou.Then, the peasant army invaded Shanxi from Shaanxi, wandered around, and conquered prefectures and counties again and again.

The Yellow River burst again in the Mengjin area, causing huge disasters. The imperial court was unable to carry out disaster relief activities, causing the victims to be displaced in all directions, and turned from disaster victims to refugees.The common people were forced to become rogues who looted everywhere to survive and eat.

In December of the fifth year of Chongzhen, under the command of Zhu Dadian, the Ming government army surrounded Dengzhou and built a wall to encircle Kong Youde's rebels. On the terrain with three sides facing the mountains and one side facing the sea, a [-]-mile-long fence was built. wall.Both east and west ends reach the sea.The ministries will divide the area and defend in sections.Kong You German army was compressed in this narrow area and could not go out, so they could only use their own artillery superiority to suppress the official army.Li Jiucheng, the leader of the rebel army, went out of the city to fight the Ming army, but was beheaded by the Ming army.Kong Youde was about to give up Dengzhou and escape to the sea, but was intercepted by the navy of the officer Gong Zhengxiang and other troops in Haikou.Although Kong Youde defeated the Ming army and captured Gong Zhengxiang, he failed to achieve his goal of escaping at sea.

In the past year, there has been a series of mixed news.

The peasant army known as the bandits crossed Shanxi to the present-day Hebei area, where it was then called Zhendingfu.Zhaozhou, Xishan, Shunde, Zhending and other places were successively conquered.In the Wu'an area, Zuo Liangyu's army was defeated.This later Zuo Ping thief was suppressed by the thief at this time.

After a long period of siege, Kong Youde's rebel army ran out of food, and the outer city of Dengzhou was captured by the participating generals Wang Zhifu, Zu Kuan, and guerrilla Liu Liangzuo. Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others fled.Dengzhou was recovered by the army.This rebel force appears to have been suppressed by the military.

However, the peasant army fleeing in Hebei, Henan and other places was a losing streak of the official army.Although Zijinliang, the early leader, was shot and killed by the Deng Qi Department of the Sichuan Army in Jiyuan; however, Yang Yuchun, who was chasing the Peasant Army in Lin County, was ambushed and died in an ambush.The rebel army used its flag to lure and kill other officers and soldiers, and the Sichuan army was defeated. The famous chieftain Ma Fengyi was also defeated by the peasant army in this battle.

While Emperor Chongzhen was busy dealing with the enemies inside the pass, Hou Jin who was outside the pass also came to cheer him up.Under the leadership of Kong Youde and others who had already surrendered to the Jin Dynasty.He captured Lushun with a partial division and defeated the Huanglong Department of the Ming army stationed here. Huanglong himself committed suicide.

By the way, everyone knows that.Kong Youde's troops were built by Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua and others, with Western firearms as their main combat weapons. These rebels defected to the enemy's country and brought a complete set of artillery for Houjin. Craftsmanship and artisans, as well as artillery combat techniques.From then on, artillery was no longer the magic weapon for the Ming army.And Xu Guangqi's own death in the sixth year of Chongzhen may not have nothing to do with this matter.

"My lord, seeing that the inland soldiers are in trouble, Baoding, Henan, and Shanxi are besieging the bandits on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the slaves outside the pass are making a big mess. Do you intend to serve the king?"

"Not bad!"

After hearing Pei Lin's words, Shou Han leaned his head on the bamboo recliner, and tilted his head back very comfortably.

"Now our army covers an area of ​​thousands of miles from south to north, from west to east, with more than [-] armored soldiers, and no less than a million soldiers who have been trained and ready to be mobilized at any time. Why should my lord work hard for the king? Just go north and take the throne." !"

Although Fu Bo is old, he is still passionate like a young man.

"Can't!"

The two were almost in unison against Forber's proposal.

"Just now I asked the people from the military division, household division, battalion office, arsenal, etc. to calculate that the soldiers and horses going north will be used when they serve the king at the right time! Unexpectedly, it will cost a lot of money."

"King Qin? Your lord means that there will still be troubles in the city of Beijing? But I read in the mansion newspaper that although there are rogues in various places, the officers and soldiers are still able to pursue and suppress them. Jian slaves outside the pass are only active at the entrances of the Great Wall." .It may not be possible to break through the side wall and enter the customs to plunder, let alone make any plans in the capital."

Shou Han didn't take Fu Bo's words seriously.

"Don't forget the Jisi Change in the second year of Chongzhen. Jiannu was led by Mrs. Hong to rob the capital."

"But that time it was led by Yuan Ni Chonghuan!"

Fu Bo still stubbornly believed that the siege of the capital was just an accident.

Seeing the old man's gray beard curled up, Shou Han and Pei Lin couldn't help arguing with the old man again. Wouldn't it be a sin if he got angry?

"My lord, from my subordinate's point of view, I can order Yousi to prepare for the matter of going north to serve the king. The so-called preparations. Food, weapons, supplies, ships, and horses. All must be prepared slowly." Pei Lin began to play The role of He Mui mediates the conflict between the two.

"Our army's new victory in front of us is a time when morale is high and the army is eager to fight. It seems that we should use troops in several places!"

Although the places Pei Lin pointed to were not Batavia, the old den of the Dutch, they were also places where Han Nianzi was guarded.

"A few days ago. A sign was sent from Haojingao, and the Portuguese there announced that they would join the Reconstruction Army and belong to the command of Gonzalez."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Shou Han was very surprised. Before that, he had sent someone to Macau in the name of Gonzales, asking the Portuguese there to accept the command and dispatch of the Rejuvenation.Unexpectedly, he was politely dismissed by those guys.what is it today?

"Two reasons. First, shortly after my lord led the boat division to the north, Alfonso and others sent a good news. They have basically controlled the Goa area and are searching for the remaining forces there."

Hearing this, Shou Han couldn't help snorting, these guys.It took a long time to take down a city of Goa, and bought two [-]-pound mortars from myself to blast the city wall of Goa.

"I then ordered envoys to go to Macau to publicize this good news. I think this good news destroyed the first line of defense of the Portuguese."

"What about the second?"

"The second is the battle of Nan'ao Island, my lord, which completely wiped out the Dutch's sea power. From then on, if the Portuguese want to do business on this sea, they can only rely on us or Zheng Zhilong."

"So. Then they announced their attachment to the restoration?"

"That's right, they are very clear that the lord supported and supported the rebellion. If they join the rebellion, they will be able to come and go freely in the waters under the jurisdiction of our South China Army."

I have to admit that the Portuguese's move was indeed very clever.Politically, he declared that he was a part of the revival, and he had no loss at all, and he didn't have to go to India to fight, just make money in Haojingao.Just enjoy life.

"Gonzalez sent people to say that they have gone deep into the inland area to purchase cotton, wheat and other supplies for our South China Army, and a batch of horses, gemstones, gold, etc. have also been shipped with the ship. What they mean is that they plan to invite the Lord Then give them a batch of weapons, and after they get a foothold in Goa, they will march west."

"Xiangxi? Where is it? Is it really possible to fight back to his Portugal?"

Today's European continent is full of wars. Gonzalez's team of thousands of people will soon become cannon fodder when they arrive in Europe.

After searching on the map for a while, Peilin's fingers found a location on a certain continent, and tapped vigorously.

"It's here!"

The location Pei Lin points to happens to be today's Madagascar Island.

It is almost across the entire Indian Ocean from Goa and Ceylon, which was sold to the South China Army by the Japanese.On the outside of the African continent, there is an island more than a hundred miles away from the coastline.

"Nonsense! What can there be here?! Also, if you want to attack here, where are the ships crossing the sea? Where are the soldiers?! Where did they come from?!"

In Shou Han's impression, Madagascar is a resort, but it doesn't seem to have much strategic significance.

"Instead of trying to attack here, I might as well kill all the Spaniards in Luzon and the senior officials, and bring Luzon into our army's territory, so that Zhang Cheng can be the prefect of the Luzon government. We offer gold, silver, copper, sugar cane, and some teardrop trees by the way!"

Nearly ten years have passed since the last attack on Manila, and Shou Han has changed from a young man to a man in his thirties.Do you want to revisit the old place?

According to the news that Zhang Cheng, who was colonizing Cotton Island, continued to send back, as the European war continued, the Spanish galleon that was almost once a year in previous years had not brought silver and gold from the Viceroyalty of Peru for two years. Most of them were used as military pay to recruit soldiers and buy weapons.There are only a few hundred Spanish soldiers in Manila right now.

How can such a troop configuration be able to withstand the Nanzhong Army who lives in the old place and revisits?When the Nanzhong Army was still a fledgling boy, he resisted with all his strength. Now that the Nanzhong Army has grown into a burly man, it is even the Spanish girls in Luzon who resist. Since they have no strength to resist, then Enjoy more than your eyes!

Going south, hooking up with those passionate Spanish girls is a foregone conclusion.

Whether to go west, to that magical resort, Shou Han is very conflicted.

"There is no need for our army to send a soldier, a ship, and a cannon. It is enough to pay the rehabilitative army salaries and weapons. They have incorporated thousands of soldiers from the former Spanish Empire in Goa, and now they have nearly [-] soldiers and horses. If The military pay is sufficient, and they can recruit local natives as soldiers here, and they can get tens of thousands of soldiers. And here," Pei Lin's index and middle fingers crushed the island of Madagascar on the map, and the island on the paper was crushed by him. Press down and let out a painful groan. "It's still a barren land. The country, the city, the people and the beasts live together. Only gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, coal, etc. are abundant, and there are also minerals that can be refined into iron and steel. The gems in the mountains are everywhere. All, the field is full of vanilla sisal and other things. According to Gonzales and others, if the vanilla produced here is spun with cotton yarn, the woven cloth will have a strange fragrance. A piece of cloth can be worth dozens of Pieces or even hundreds of bolts of cloth!"

From this point of view, it seems that expanding to the west is also achievable.For raw materials, for plunder, no, more possession of raw materials and market share, for industrial and product upgrading.This military aid for rehabilitation must be paid.

The next thing is much simpler.

Shouhan captured thousands of captives on the sea surface of Nan'ao Island, and recruited more than 3000 sailors on the island, which greatly alleviated the problem of insufficient manpower of the Nanzhong Army's navy.In addition, there were hundreds of Dutchmen who were captured by Zheng Zhilong and the South China Army. The corpses of the rest of the Dutch were used for reward.

Regarding the use of these people, Shou Han also has his own ideas.

Most of the Dutch who were able to escape from Zheng Zhilong's arsonist boat in Liuluowan under Zhang Xiaohu's intensive artillery fire were relatively skilled. Even if they were not skilled enough, they were lucky.

Since it took a lot of effort to replace them from Zheng Zhilong's hands, they cannot be raised with rice for nothing.Even if you can't continue to go to sea, you can throw it into the Naval Academy and pass on your decades of sailing experience and experience to novices.Or go to various technical departments and workshops to contribute professional knowledge, such as shipbuilding, such as the manufacture of sailing ropes, etc.

At this time, sailors basically had no national concept, especially the Dutch. During the 30-year war, the Dutch sold weapons and food to the enemy, and sold them to whoever gave the money.

As a result, the navy began to expand.