The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 427 Surrounding Wei and Rescue Zhao
On the bow deck of the Shaowu, the flagship of the Daming Navy.

Zheng Chenggong was comfortably blowing the sea breeze with his hands behind his back. From time to time, he raised his eyes to look at the sea area on the west side, and suddenly heard hurried footsteps stepping on the deck.

"Lord Admiral, we have been away from Zhejiang for a few days..."

When he turned his head, he saw Liu Guoxuan saluted hastily, his face was full of anxiety.

"Sightseeing, you were on duty last night, why don't you rest in the cabin at this time?"

But Liu Guoxuan only cared about himself and said: "My lord, then Zheng Zhilong may go south at any time, and my subordinates are watching the stars, but we are far away in the East China Sea at this time!
"Just now I made a bet with Zunhou. He said that we will never go back to defend Hangzhou Bay. I hope your lord will make it clear what to do in the future."

Zheng Chenggong glanced at the endless sea around him, only the 29 warships of the Daming Navy anchored in a circle on the sea.He then nodded and smiled and said, "According to His Royal Highness's wishes, the battle strategy should be announced before going north, but I see that the soldiers are as anxious as you recently. If it is delayed for a few more days, the morale of our army may be damaged. It’s okay to tell everyone now.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sentinel on the mast shouting loudly: "There is a ship approaching from the northwest, the distance is nine nautical miles, and the speed is three knots."

The Daming Navy has already begun to use latitude and longitude to label nautical charts, and it is more convenient to use the nautical mile defined by the one-sixtieth dimension of the earth, so Zhu Linmi simply ordered the navy to use "nautical miles" and "sections" for all purposes. A unit of distance and speed.In this way, it is much more convenient to use the ready-made sailing experience in Europe.

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly raised the binoculars, and soon saw a small soft sailing ship coming head-on, with the blue flag of the Ming Navy fluttering on the mast.

"It seems that Jianlu can't sit still anymore," he turned to Liu Guoxuan and said, "Call all the generals to gather in my cabin, and I will announce the future deployment."

"Yes!"

For the sake of caution, he ordered the herald at the side, "Raise the command flag, and let the front of the Guangzhou Signal be on alert."

"Yes!"

Nearly twenty major navy generals packed Zheng Chenggong's captain's room to the brim.

A military officer tentatively asked, "Admiral, are we going to ambush Jianlu on his way south?"

In recent days, almost everyone has been bored with drifting at sea, and everyone craned their necks when they heard the word "ambush".

Zheng Chenggong smiled and shook his head, "Although we have dealt with Gaha in Qiantang, it is not enough to deal with the main force of the Jianlu Navy right now."

He pointed to the north side of the chart behind him, "Let's go to North Korea first..."

"North Korea?!" Everyone exclaimed.

"But, Zheng Zhilong's warship will go south to Qiantang anytime!"

"My lord, how can you let Jianlu sailors ignore you?"

"If Qiantang is lost, Zhejiang will be in danger..."

Zheng Chenggong pressed his hands together, "The news ship came from the northwest just now. According to the information, Zheng Zhilong had left Beijing four days ago, and it is estimated that the Marine Corps has sailed out of Laizhou at this time..."

Seeing that the generals looked anxious, he no longer kept his promises, and said loudly: "We are going north this time to encircle Wei and save Zhao!"

He then pointed to the vicinity of Shenyang on the sea chart, "We are now supplying supplies near Incheon, North Korea, and then we have been heading west, landing near Dagu, Tianjin, pretending to go straight from Tianjin to Beijing.

"When the Jiankui moved their troops to Tianjin, we returned to the sea, went north to the mouth of the Liaohe River, and went ashore again south of Shenyang to attack Shenyang.

"The captive army gathered in Shenyang for defense, then we went south to Liaoyang, and then boarded the ship again, pretending to attack Jinzhou and Yongping.

"At this time, the Qing army will all go north, and we will return to the sea and go straight to Dengzhou Prefecture in Shandong!"

Although there was no sound in the cabin, the blood of everyone sitting there was surging—Liaoyang was the first capital of the Later Jin Dynasty, and Jianlu called it Xingjing.Shenyang, that was the capital before Jianlu entered the pass, they called it Shengjing.Needless to say, Beijing, the chieftain Shunzhi and Dorgon are living here.

These places are extremely symbolic, and any attack on any of them will definitely cause the entire Qing court to be shaken, and at the same time, it will double the morale of the whole Ming Dynasty.

Recovering Beijing and commanding Shenyang, this is the biggest dream of every aspiring general of the Ming army.Although it is definitely impossible for the navy to take these places, just going to attack and kill some Jian slaves is enough to make the generals present willing to throw their lives away!

"The above-mentioned important towns are all places where the prisoners must be rescued." Zheng Chenggong continued, "From the road, mountains and rivers are separated, and the furthest distance will take at least half a month. But if you go by water, you can arrive there almost on the same day.

"In this way, we only need a small number of elite soldiers. If we harass here and there, the Jianlu will be devastated. He has to garrison troops everywhere, but it is still difficult to defend. When he is helpless, he can only send his navy back to the Bohai Sea. Guard the waterways."

On the map, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Jinzhou, Yongping, and Dengzhou surround the Bohai Sea from north to south, and are very close to each other. However, if you go by land, you have to make a big circle from the west.

"When the Jianlu navy returned to defense, we withdrew eastward to the island near Jinzhou to get food and supplies from North Korea. We could wait for an opportunity to attack the captive ships, and also prevent the main force of the Lu navy from leaving the Bohai Sea for half a step!
"This is the policy of His Royal Highness Assistant Government to encircle Wei and save Zhao."

Shi Lang was the first to react, and clapped his hands and said: "A great plan! Jianlu's lair is unstable, let's see how he dares to rescue Qiantang!"

Zhang Guoxuan couldn't stop nodding, "Your Highness is really talented in strategizing!"

But Liu Guoxuan pondered: "My lord, if the captives divide their troops into two groups, half guarding the Bohai Sea and half saving Qiantang, what should we do?"

Zheng Chenggong immediately said: "Then we will eat the weaker one, which is just right.

"As expected by Your Highness, the captives are bound to panic at first, and they will divide up after they react. Most of the newly built warships at the Fujing Shipyard have already been launched. At this time, with the full strength of the navy, and the half of the captives ambushed, there should be a [-]% chance of winning."

The generals' eyes were full of joy when they heard the words, "Then we are heading north quickly."

"Go, dig out Jianlu's lair!"

"Damn it, if I can go to Shenyang, I can brag to those guys in the infantry for half a year..."

"My lord, order the anchor to be pulled..."

Zheng Chenggong shook his head and said, "Don't worry, it's the south wind in September, we are sailing with the wind, but the captive ship is headed against the wind. If we go directly north, we are in danger of being hit by captives.

"According to His Highness, we will go east to Ryukyu first, and then turn north."

"Ryukyu?" Everyone stared wide-eyed, "Why go to Ryukyu?"

Zheng Chenggong smiled slightly, "Your Highness said, this is called 'Pengci'."

……

The most prosperous port in the southwest of Ryukyu, Naha Port.

This is a transit point for Sino-Japanese trade, and there are a lot of ships passing by every day, and the trade volume is also quite large.

It’s just that Ryukyu was invaded by Japan’s Satsuma clan in the 37th year of Wanli, and was forced to agree to Japan’s control of the Ryukyu army in the [-]th year of Chongzhen and established “Zaiban Fengxing” as a management agency. Since then, Naha has been completely controlled by Japan.

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