Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

The Qing Dynasty was a false alarm, but the situation in Annan was on the verge of breaking out. After several months of gathering troops, Lord Zheng of Beihe had assembled [-] soldiers and more than [-] elephants in Thang Long. [-] soldiers were summoned. Including the main elite soldiers accompanying the Southern Expedition, the total strength of Beihe's dispatch this time has exceeded [-].Fastest novel update

However, the Beihe side did not launch the war first. Guangnan Ruan Zhu, who had already gathered more than 1 troops in the main camp [Note [-]] Fuchun and the old camp Aizi, except for one of the troops to guard the coastal fortress, the rest of the troops were stationed in Hengshan. The first line of the Great Wall.Since Guangnan is farther from the front line than Beihe in the southern expedition, the Guangnan people who mobilized and arrived at the front line first will naturally not wait behind the Great Wall and wait for their opponents to attack, so they take the initiative to attack. The only option for Guangnan people.

On the first day of September in the first year of Taishun, Hu Zhaoan, Beihe's new pilgrimage envoy in Guangzhou, reported to Ming and Zheng that Guangnan had invaded the frontier.On the same day, since the Beihe army had not yet gone south, Zong Youfang, the messenger of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Thang Long, wrote to Maying, the admiral of the Western Fleet of the Zheng Navy of the Ming Dynasty, asking him to dispatch warships to protect the city of the treaty port.

Given that neither Zheng Kezang nor the Privy Council had any instructions on intervening in the civil war in Annan, Beihe had no intention of imploring Ming Zheng to join the war, so Maying only dispatched a fleet of warships to cruise in the ocean south of Rongshi to intercept possible water from Guangnan. division.

"I really don't understand what the admiral is thinking." Looking at the green line not far away, Du Hu, the ship commander and fleet management officer of the first-class cruise ship [Minjiang], complained. "Only being a thief can't prevent a thief. Cruising, cruising, isn't this torturing us? It's better to just wipe out the navy in Guangnan."

"Speaking of which, the small boats in Guangnan are indeed not our opponents, and we don't need the entire fleet to attack. I guess our four boats alone are enough." Sitting next to him is Chang Tianyuan, the first-class praise painting sent by the admiral's office, In terms of official rank, Chang Tianyuan, who was a fourth-rank Yunqi Lieutenant, was also the superior of Du Hu, a fifth-rank Wuqi Lieutenant, so Du Hu's command was restricted by him. "But for one thing, Brother Jiuying can't act presumptuously without the orders of the king and the Privy Council. Two things, we directly wiped out the navy in Guangnan to benefit Beihe. Only fools can do things that are not beneficial. .”

"Okay, old cat Chang, you say I'm a fool." In fact, Maying, Chang Tianyuan, and Du Hu were all Jiayin students, but they had the same relationship with Maying, who was ordered by Zheng Kezang and became the governor and admiral early in the morning. Different, Chang and Du's official positions belonged to the trend among the Jiayin students of the water and land divisions, so they were less restrained with each other and spoke more casually. "I also said you were a drunk cat."

"You are a fool." Chang Tianyuan scolded with a smile. "You know how to fight and kill all day long, and you need to use your brain when doing things. The king obviously wanted Beihe and Guangnan to restrain each other. You injured Guangnan in one go. How will this play continue in the future."

"You're just bluffing me, thinking I don't know," Du Hu curled his lips. "The main forces of Guangnan and Beihe are on the shore. It would be better to destroy the Guangnan navy and force them to die on land."

"Say you're stupid, but you still don't admit it. Have you seen the sailors from Guangnan these days?" Chang Tianyuan asked himself. "No, they are smart. They dare not touch us on the water. They are all huddled in the port. If you want to destroy them once and for all, you have to take down the Tuodangang (Da Nang) fort first, and use a wooden boat to go to the stone fort. Knock hard, I think you really burned your head."

"Can't a wooden boat smash against a stone fort?" Du Hu asked rhetorically. "According to what you said, we will stay away from forts in the future, so how can we land?"

In addition to worrying that the generals will use military power to misbehave, Zheng Kezang also maintains a high degree of concern about the military's combat power. He once said that if there is no war for three years, an army will degenerate. The scale of the division is getting bigger and bigger, and it can be said that it is temporarily invincible in East Asia. However, with the disappearance of several possible opponents, the fighting will of some naval commanders seems to have become conservative, far less active and friendly than before. Aggressive now.

Of course, Du Hu, who is speaking now, has not completely faded his blood as a front-line commander: "Don't forget, the cannons of Tuotanggang are just the old cannons of Frangji, and the forts of Dagu and Tanggu are the one hundred thousand catties newly cast by the Tartars. Cannons, I dare not even touch Tuodang Port, how can I touch the Tartars in the future."

Maybe he felt that his words were a bit serious, so Du Hu then lowered his voice: "I think Lord Zheng will ask us to escort his fleet to land sooner or later. Instead of being embarrassing and conspicuous in front of outsiders at that time, it is better to practice now. The big deal is that there will be more people on board." It’s just a hole to go back and repair, but if you don’t punch it, how do you know if it will work.”

Chang Tianyuan is also a ship commander. Although he is sitting in the office and buried in his official documents, the enthusiasm of the man at sea has not completely cooled down. Therefore, when Du Hu said this, he also burst into blood: " Isn’t it just to build a fort, let’s do it, at most, we will cut it first and then play it, and then we will be demoted a few ranks, to be honest, I’m really tired of sitting in the office, so I just come down to operate the boat again!”

Now that the decision has been made, Chang Tianyuan immediately calculated: "There are four ships from the Qiongjia team on the line between Tuotang Port and Hoi An. Although there are no cruisers, there are eight first-class and second-class cruise ships in total. The Tuodang Fort is enough."

Zheng Jun's first-class cruise ships are currently equipped with eight thousand three-masted schooners as standard, with a total of four-inch [Note 2] twelve short guns, fourteen three-inch long guns, and a deck for firing shotguns to counter enemy boarding. Eight light mortars; second-class cruise ships are equipped as standard for 160-material schooners, and are equipped with eight four-inch short guns, twelve three-inch long guns, and six deck mortars; therefore eight first-class, second-class There are at least [-] cannons when the cruise ships are added together, which is already quite a terrifying force in this era.

"Qiong Jia team, Xiao Wei?" Du Hu laughed. "I'm afraid this kid has held back for a long time. He knows that he can fight a battle, and he may be more diligent than us." Now that the idea has been made, the flag was sent out immediately, and then led by the [Minjiang], four cruise ships They lined up in a single formation, and headed toward the southern waters. "Old cat, look, these guys are pretending to be ignorant." Du Hu said that it was the other three ship commanders. "If something happens, you and I will bear it."

"There is no reason for you to say that. Didn't I just say that I am ready to change this official clothes? Why are you cowardly?"

"I'm scared?" Du Hu's eyes immediately stood up. "If you don't inquire, who is Du Huhu? His teeth are like gold envoys."

"Then how much do you have?" Chang Tianyuan glared at Du Hu. "Master Ship Commander, your task is not to grind your teeth with me!"

"You really have the temper of a Shangguan," Du Hu said with a half-smile. "Don't think that you come from the admiral's office and there are five people and six people. I tell you, here, I am the leader of the team."

"Don't worry, no one is robbing you of command, but you can still show your prestige here."

When Du Hu heard this, he looked at Chang Tianyuan suspiciously: "Old Mao, please explain clearly what this means."

"What do you mean?" Chang Tianyuan smiled. "Your name is Wei Fa, Xiao Wei is true, but he is also an officer now, why should he obey your command, only the officer." Chang Tianyuan puffed out his chest. "Only if I rank higher than you, it is reasonable to command the two teams together. Therefore, I must command the battle to enter Tuotang Port."

"What!" Du Hu turned pale with shock. "You dare to take my command." Du Hu quit. "What an old cat, just pushing back and forth, but now he's ungrateful, I'm not finished with you"

Leaving aside the bickering between the two on the [Minjiang], the war between Annan and Annan was in full swing.Just as Du Hu and his party were cruising outside Rongshi Port, the first batch of Lord Zheng's army that went south had already fought against the army of Lord Ruan who invaded north.

In view of the fact that Lord Ruan's troops are equipped with more matchlock guns provided by the Portuguese, the Beihe soldiers who only have simple swords and guns are not opponents at all. One side also lost a hundred people at most.

Of course, Beihe's statistics do not reflect this, because there are too many fleeing peasants and soldiers sneaking back to their hometowns, and some even died of tigers, wolves, snakes and ants on the way back because they mistook the mountains and forests.

The good days of the victorious Guangnan Army did not last long. Just the day before the fleet commanded by Du Hu and Chang Tianyuan and the Qiongzhou A Corps commanded by Wei Fa met in the sea off Hoi An, the late Lord Zheng The army finally arrived.Facing Lord Zheng's army dozens of times larger than his own, the Ruan army, which thousands of Lord Ruan used to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm, did not dare to respond to the enemy, so they gave up the occupied land and slowly retreated to the front line of the Great Wall, leaving only A mess laughed at Zheng Gen's incompetence.

The reason why Lord Zheng’s army arrived late was because of the slow speed of the heavy artillery provided by Zheng in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the rivers and rivers in Annan territory from west to east seriously hindered the army from going south. Although Zong Youfang also suggested that Lord Zheng send it by sea The army went south as soon as possible, but Lord Zheng didn't have so many sea boats, and Lord Zheng was worried that so many troops were out of control, so the Beihe army could only move southward at a slow pace, wasting a lot of rations.

"What? The military attache of the messenger of the Ming Dynasty asked to accompany the army to watch the battle? We have already chased to Guangping!" Because it was a battle of the whole country, and because the son was still young, Zheng Gen, who was worried about losing his military power, personally restrained the troops from going south. It was he who revisited the old place, but he was not sure of winning the first battle, and he still had a headache about the requirements of Ming Zheng's envoy. "Your Excellencies think it's a good answer."

How to answer, there seems to be no precedent for a third-party spectator on the battlefield in the history of East Asia, but Ming Zheng is strong, and the main government cannot refuse at all, so after repeated discussions, the result can only be agreed.

"Then let the envoys come together." Zheng Gen made the final decision helplessly. "Just stay by Gu's side and watch the battle, at least nothing will happen." Zheng Genqiang insisted. "Besides, if Zheng Jun can defeat the Qing Dynasty, his fighting power may be extremely strong, so Gu might as well ask for advice nearby."

[Note 1] Zhengying: The Zhongxing Li Dynasty set up thirteen roads in Annan, of which Zheng Lord had eleven, and Ruan Lord only had two of them. Establish a three-level administrative system of battalion, state (town), and county to show an equal share with Zheng Zhu.

【注2】四寸：明代一尺为307厘米。四寸约为1228mm，换算炮弹重量约为48磅。三寸炮约为921mm，换算炮弹重量为22磅。

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