A Dream of Red Mansions: the Strongest Playboy

At this time, Spain used a large three-masted sailing ship, usually with two or more decks, with a towering bow and stern deck, commonly known as the Spanish galleon.The ship is loaded with different weapons according to different functions, including cannons, long cannons, and rotary cannons, which are very powerful.

Jia Baoyu, who knew the strength of the Spanish fleet, understood what kind of defeat Shi Lang would encounter. At this time, only the British, Portuguese, Dutch, and himself could compete with Spain's maritime power. Everything else is irresistible.

Let's say that Shi Lang, who led the fleet all the way south, has traveled for more than ten days and has come to the South China Sea, which is very close to Luzon Island. At this time, Shi Lang is already in a state of extreme confidence. Shi Lang In this life, I have fought pirates, the Ming Dynasty navy, and the Qing Dynasty navy, but I have never fought against foreigners.

So Shi Lang didn't know what the Spanish fleet looked like. He wanted to come, the Qing Dynasty was so powerful and there were so many warships, and if he wanted to come to a small country like Spain, there were probably only a few warships.

With this thought in mind, Shi Lang ordered a rapid march. He wanted to defeat the Spaniards as soon as possible, so that Emperor Yongzheng would know that Shi Lang was still the navy master, and he wanted to make the Qing Dynasty really value him.

After continuing to drive at high speed for a few days, the Qing Dynasty navy had arrived near Luzon.

The adjutant hurriedly ran into the cabin and told Shi Lang, "General, we have already arrived near Luzon Island. If we go further, we may be discovered by the enemy. Should we attack directly or rest in place?"

Shi Lang asked, "Do you have any suggestions?" The adjutant was a Manchu bannerman. Shi Lang knew that Yongzheng was still worried about him, so he appointed this Manchu adjutant to restrain him at certain times.So Shi Lang asked him patiently.

The adjutant also has the arrogance of the people and the inability to fight against the water, so he said carelessly: "General, it is better to directly order the navy to attack Luzon Island. Unprepared"

Although Shi Lang felt that something was wrong in his heart, he thought that it was just some small details and it was not important, so Shi Lang also agreed with the adjutant's battle plan.

While ordering the adjutant to prepare, Shi Lang walked out of the cabin and came to the deck to personally command the battle.After only an hour of sailing, he saw Lu Song's coastline in the distance. Shi Lang was also excited, and he could crush the enemy immediately.

He ordered loudly: "The whole army is ready to meet the enemy, using the shuttle-shaped tactics, the big boat is in the middle, the small boat guards the two wings, and they all give me a hard fight!"

Just when the Great Clearwater Army arrived near Luzon Island, the Spaniards had already discovered their traces, and the sentinel hurriedly reported the news to the Spanish commander-in-chief, Waldsi. Admiral Waldsi was a nobleman in Spain. The command to invade Luzon Island was won by Wadsey using the power of his family.

Chapter 416 The Qing Army Collapses!Terrible scene! 【6】

In the eyes of the Spaniards, although the Qing Dynasty was powerful, the navy was not very good. In the eyes of the Spaniards, this conquest of Luzon was really a beautiful task.There are no powerful enemies, and treasures and beauties can be obtained at will, which is a rare good thing.

After hearing the report of his subordinates, Wadsey laughed and said: "The stupid Qing army finally appeared, watch me beat them to the knees and beg for mercy, go, pass my orders, and gather to prepare for battle."

The Spaniards who received the order quickly landed on the ship and quickly got ready at their respective positions, and then Wadsi also landed on the warship and ordered: "All preparations, line up to attack"

The Spanish fleet sailed out of the harbor and headed for the Qing soldiers.When there were still three miles away from the Qing army, Wadsi could vaguely see the figures of the Qing soldiers. At this time, the Spaniards had used a simple single-hole telescope made of frosted glass for naval battles, so Wadsi was able to stay in Sanli. ~ See the Qing army outside.

Wadsey ordered: "The gunners are ready, and when the Qing army enters the range, they will fire with me, and smash them fiercely." Then he smiled again. "Sure enough, the information is correct, the naval strength of the Qing Dynasty is too bad, and it is now Still using this kind of backward small sailboat, this kind of boat is only used by poor fishermen in our country, this time the Qing army will lose-"

When the Qing army was still two miles away from Spain, they could only vaguely see the outline of the Spanish fleet, but could not see it clearly.There is no way, although there are telescopes donated by foreigners in the Qing Dynasty, but they are still placed in the imperial study of Emperor Yongzheng, how can they be used for war.

The fleets of both sides are slowly approaching, and the war is about to break out.When there was still 500 meters away, the Qing Dynasty Navy thoroughly saw the appearance of the Spanish fleet on the opposite side.Suddenly all the naval officers and soldiers were stunned: I saw more than a hundred huge three-masted sailing ships from Spain quietly lining up on the sea, covering the sky and the sun, like giant beasts; on the other hand, the ships of the Qing army were all It is a weak small and medium-sized sailboat, and it is hardly worth mentioning in front of the Spanish galleon.

A panic was brewing in the hearts of the Qing officers and soldiers, and everyone panicked. How could they have seen such a big ship?

Shi Lang was also a little overwhelmed, but he still forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and shouted to the soldiers: "This is just a cover-up for the enemy. Otherwise, in a small barbarian country like Spain, how could such a large ship be built."

The soldiers felt that what Shi Lang said was reasonable, and their morale lifted a little.

When the ship traveled to a distance of 400 meters, the Qing army completely entered the range of the Spaniards, and the range of the 50-pound shell of the Spanish cannon was 400 meters.Wadsey smiled grimly: "The gunner is ready, aim at the big ship of the Qing army, and launch it."

With an order, hundreds of artillery shells flew towards the Qing Dynasty navy with a roaring whistle. Nearly half of the shells hit the sea, but also half of the shells hit the ship. Suddenly the Qing army suffered heavy losses. A large warship was directly penetrated and sank slowly into the water. The officers and soldiers on board jumped into the water crying; another warship was also hit, but fortunately, only the first class was damaged, not broken. Cabins; other small and medium saw boats and boats were knocked down by dozens in just one encounter.

Shi Lang was shocked and said: "This barbarian is so powerful, how can it have such a long range and such a strong formidable power. Although there are hundreds of warships in this southern expedition, but according to this style of play, I'm afraid In just a few rounds, all our warships will be scrapped."

So Shi Lang hurriedly ordered: "Order all the warships to disrupt the formation, evade flexibly, and do not gather together to meet the enemy's artillery. All the warships speed up and travel within our range, and it is our warship's turn. Brilliant"

The heavy losses in the first round cast a haze on everyone's hearts, but at this time there was no turning back, so at this time, everyone rushed straight to the Spanish Navy with all their strength.

Finally, the Qing army brought the Spanish ships into its attack range, but in the process, the Qing army once again lost a large bird ship and nearly a hundred small ships.

Seeing that his own weapons were finally able to function, Shi Lang shouted with a red face: "Artilleryman, hit me hard, so that these barbarians can see the power of our Great Qingshui division."

The soldiers also loaded the artillery and cupping cans according to the words, and fought against the Spaniards. The water warfare weapons of the Qing Dynasty basically followed the Ming Dynasty, and they were also mixed with hot and cold weapons.There are not many types of hot weapons in the Ming Dynasty, mainly shotguns, small artillery, explosive cupping and so on.It is conceivable that the accuracy and power of the small artillery and cupping are definitely not strong. One round out, more than half of them were hit in the water. Although the rest hit the Spanish ships, the effect was unsatisfactory. It only caused damage to the deck, the side of the ship, etc.The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, Shi Lang's complexion turned completely pale, and he saw that there were still many battleships on the sea. During this round of shelling, only one ship was hit at the bottom of the ship and sank in the water. ; and several other ships with their sails broken and unable to move, but still on fire.

That's why Shi Lang's eyes were full of despair. How could he fight? The enemy would suffer a heavy loss if he hit him, and a single blow from himself would be ticklish for the enemy.

He didn't know that the Spanish commander-in-chief Valdesi was also furious: "What is going on? Why do we lose a warship against such an enemy!" In his opinion, to fight an enemy like the Qing Dynasty, it is There should be no losses, causing the current situation, which is simply a shame for him.

Immediately afterward, Wadsey ordered: "Continue fighting for me, don't let one of their warships go, and let those stupid Qing Dynasty people know what despair is."

Chapter 417 It's embarrassing to be slapped in the face if you pretend to be forced!

Seeing such a situation, Shi Lang knew that he had underestimated the enemy after all, and now there is only one way to retreat, and he can still save a little of his living strength, otherwise he will be annihilated.I had to give it painfully: the order for the entire army to retreat, Shi Lang's order was in line with everyone's wishes, and the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty suddenly turned around and scrambled to retreat towards the road they came from.

Wadsey saw the Qing army's intention to retreat, so he laughed and shouted: "Heroic soldiers, the stupid Qing army is about to escape, everyone speed up the boat, be sure to wipe them all out, for the honor of the empire, Go!"

The Spanish sailors howled excitedly, eager to fly the boat and chase the Qing army away.The Spanish ship was much superior to the Qing army, and naturally it was much faster. It was chasing the Qing Dynasty navy along the way, and the Qing Dynasty soldiers had been beaten without temper. He was rushing with his head buried in it, and he wished that he could fly back with wings.

After half a day of chasing and escaping, Shi Lang has gradually approached Guangzhou, and at this time Wadsee also decided to give up chasing, after all, his own people have been chasing for half a day, and most of the sailors are exhausted. The only foreign trade port of the Qing government, so the defense force is still very strong, and its own maritime strength is very strong, but it may not necessarily win the Qing army on land, so Wadsi wisely retreated.

Even so, Wadsey still won a big victory this time, and returned to Luzon Island proudly.On the other hand, when the navy of the Qing Dynasty led by Shi Lang escaped back to Guangzhou, there were only dozens of small boats and the big boat Shi Lang was on.

Shi Lang almost burst into tears when he saw this scene. Emperor Yongzheng was afraid that he would not bypass his defeat this time.After calming down a bit, Shi Lang ordered: "The fleet goes north to the Fujian Navy along the coast, and must not stay in Guangzhou. If those foreign merchants and traders see us like this, our country of Qing Dynasty will lose face completely. ."

When the ship arrived in Fujian a few days later, Shi Lang, the Marquis of Jinghai, lost to the Spaniards and suffered heavy losses.

Yongzheng sat in the main hall, holding the battle report and the letter of guilt written by Shi Lang. Shi Lang described in every possible way how strong the Spanish fleet was and how backward his own fleet was.However, Yongzheng had never been to sea in his life, nor had he ever seen a boat larger than a bird boat, so he didn't believe Shi Lang's words at all.

I saw his eyes were red, and he threw the battle report away with trembling hands, and said, "Excuse! Damn rubbish, shameless Chinese dog, who still tells a lot of lies when he loses, and actually can't win against barbarians, such rubbish should really be killed, Kill it!"

His words "Han dog" made the expressions of the Han ministers headed by Zhang Tingyu in the hall changed, but they dared not to speak out. This is the sadness of the Han ministers in the Qing Dynasty.

I saw Yongzheng turn his head and stare at Hongli, scolding: "You idiot, look at the person you recommended, what else do you have to say?"

Hongli hurried out of the queue, knelt on the ground, and returned: "Emperor Ama calm down, please listen to the words of the son, this Marquis of Jinghai's strength in naval battles is obvious to all, and he fought very well in the first battle to recover Taiwan Island. It went well, but now I have managed to clean up a few barbarians but have returned with a big defeat, there must be a reason, and my son hopes to give Jinghai Hou another chance to let him repent of his merits."

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Tingyu, also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, if Shi Lang is to be blamed at this time, it will inevitably make people feel resentful, and it will also damage the morale of our army. Besides, among our generals, I am afraid that only the Marquis of Jinghai is the only one. Can you do this?"

Hearing what Hongli and Zhang Tingyu said, Yongzheng calmed down his anger a little and said, "Since Hengchen said the same thing, then I'll give Shi Lang another chance and pass the order on, ordering Shi Lang to take the blame and make merit, regroup, and be sure to take it within seven days. Go down to the Spaniards, or you will definitely be executed."

What Yongzheng said above the court quickly reached the ears of other people in the capital. On that day, the King of Beijing and the Prince of Jin, Hongshi, came to the Jia Mansion together to find Jia Baoyu, and as soon as they met, they said to Jia Baoyu, "Brother Baoyu. You really are far-sighted, fortunately, Brother Baoyu didn’t listen to us that day, or else they would enter Shi Lang’s army, and today would be miserable, and if they fail to keep things in place, they will be held accountable.”

Baoyu also laughed and said, "The two princes are joking, why am I looking far ahead? It's just that I'm not very concerned about Shi Lang."

Prince Jin asked: "Brother Baoyu, what do you think of Shi Lang's guilt? Can it succeed?"

Jia Baoyu replied, "I don't know about it. I think there should be no problem. It's useless to talk more at this time. The two princes should just wait for the result quietly."

Wang Yunli of Beijing replied: "Brother Baoyu said yes, let's go back and wait and see the result."

It is only said that the emperor Yongzheng's order, the flying pigeon, passed the book into Shi Lang's hands, and he saw what Emperor Yongzheng said: The Spaniards must be captured within seven days, otherwise they will be executed.Suddenly his face turned pale, and after suffering defeat, he deeply knew that the Spaniards were unparalleled in their maritime strength, and that the warships of his own could not be beaten. It is impossible to escape the end of the whole army.

Now in 2.2, Shi Lang was in an awkward situation. He was in a dilemma. He no longer knew what to do.If he fought, he had absolutely no hope of winning; if he did not fight, he was afraid that Emperor Yongzheng would not let his family go.

Shi Lang sighed for a long time now, not knowing what to do. Just when Shi Lang didn't know what to do, Hu Xueyan appeared, and he personally found Shi Lang.

"Who are you, who sent you, and why are you looking for this official?" Shi Lang asked, looking at the man in front of him.The man came to him late at night and said that he would definitely want to see him, so he let him in.

Chapter 418 Shi Lang's Mutiny!Chinese people kill Manchu!

"Marquis Jinghai doesn't care who I am and who I am sent by, I just want to ask Marquis Jinghai, you must be in a dilemma now, if you go to war, you will be defeated twice; if you don't go to war, The emperor will punish you for the crime of negligence and negligence. No matter what the result is, I am afraid that Lord Shi will not escape death. Not only is Lord Shi going to die, I am afraid that your son will also be buried with you."

This is Hu Xueyan, who was sent by Jia Baoyu, who gave him a special task.

"Who is your Excellency? What do you mean when you say this? What do you want to do?" Shi Lang couldn't help but ask again and again. What the man in front of him said was what he was thinking. Shi Lang was puzzled, not knowing what the man said. What is the purpose of these words.

Hu Xueyan replied again: "Jing Haihou doesn't care who I am, I can only tell you that there is a great force behind me, and I was ordered to show you a way to survive." He paused and said: "I Let me tell you bluntly, we can help the adults to escape, and we can also rescue your son who is far away in the capital, of course, I need the adults to help me do something."

Shi Lang was obviously stunned, and said in disbelief: "You said you could help me escape? It's absurd for you to say that. If I call the soldiers in now, you won't be able to escape."

How could a shrewd and fox-like businessman like Hu Xueyan be frightened by Shi Lang's words, he replied: "Humph! Master Shi is not so stupid, is it possible that if you catch me, you will be able to escape the end of being beheaded in the end? "

Shi Lang was completely silent. He knew that Hu Xueyan was telling the truth. After a while, he asked, "How can I trust you, and what do you need me to do?"

Hu Xueyan smiled, he knew that Shi Lang was completely moved, and he said, "It's very simple, we need you to hand over all the Fujian navy masters, and by the way, write a memorial for me to the emperor, then we can make sure you and you The son survived safely. As for whether you believe it or not, with all due respect, do you still have a choice?"

Shi Lang had no objection to this. After all, the situation was exactly as he said. If he believed, he would still have a chance to survive. If he didn't, he would be dead.So Shi Lang asked, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

So the two conspired in Shi Lang's study all night, and in the second half of the night Shi Lang summoned his confidants to conspire, and no one else knew about it.

In the early morning of the next day, Shi Lang summoned the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy and said, "Our army suffered a disastrous defeat in the first crusade against the Spanish barbarians. This officer deeply reflected on the reason for the defeat, in addition to our warship being inferior to the enemy's, there are more important reasons. The only point is that we marched in a hurry, did not formulate a good battle plan, and went to fight the enemy in a daze. Let’s go, this time we will depart from Guangzhou, and now, all the officers and soldiers will rest and set off at noon.”

When the officers and soldiers heard Shi Lang say this, most of them sneered. After all, everyone had seen such a powerful warship.But there is no way, if you say no, you will be beheaded on the spot.So I had no choice but to go back and prepare to leave.

At noon, Shi Lang led the fleet and set off. He led the fleet for several days. When approaching Guangzhou, he ordered the sailors: "The fleet is heading in this direction and docked on this island. We will Our fleet rests there for a while, everyone has a good rest, we will not fight fatigue battles." The direction Shi Lang pointed was the direction of Hong Kong Island.

The fleet moved forward for an hour and stopped at the south bank of Hong Kong Island. Just as the soldiers were about to disembark, everyone was stunned-the Qing army fleet was surrounded by ships like Spanish warships at some point in time. Ordinary giant warships, even bigger than that.

The soldiers of the Qing army were terrified, thinking that the Spaniards were calling. At this moment, Jia Baoyu, who had already arrived at any gate, stood on the bow and said with deep inner strength: "Everyone is quiet, we are not Spain. People, I am Jia Baoyu, the first-class general who conquered the west, but at the same time, I am also a Han. Most of the brothers in the navy are also Han. I must not be willing to sacrifice my life to the Manchu Tartars. The Spanish fleet has You have seen how powerful it is. I am afraid that you will go this time. How many people will be able to come back alive? And my fleet is the fleet that can compete with the Spaniards. You only have two choices now, one is to surrender I, then avoid death, the second is to continue to beat the Spaniards, and then all die."

The air was quiet for a while, and gradually someone whispered: "The grandfather of the country is right, why do we Han people want to die for the Manchu Tartars? Why don't we work with the grandfather of the country, and we can make a name for ourselves in the future."

Hearing the sound getting louder and louder, the adjutant Manren panicked and was about to yell at the soldiers. Who knew that Shi Lang, who was standing beside him, suddenly raised his knife and chopped off the adjutant's 940 head, and shouted loudly. : "My minister, Shi Lang, Admiral of the Navy, is willing to surrender to the lord of the country, kill all the Manchus, and restore our Han people."

Seeing that Shi Lang had already acted, several of his confidants pulled out their knives and killed the Manchu generals around him, and then said, "I am willing to surrender to the prince of the country, kill all the Manchus, and restore our Han people." As for the soldiers In China, there were not many Manchus. After all, the Manchus were naturally good at horseback riding and not good at water, so the soldiers of the navy were mostly composed of Han Chinese.

Seeing that all the superiors had surrendered, the remaining soldiers threw away their weapons and surrendered. Jia Baoyu, who accepted the surrender, smiled and said to Shi Lang, "Master Shi knows righteousness.

Shi Lang also said: "Grandpa Guo has won the prize. I wonder when my family will be able to send it?"

Jia Baoyu replied: "Don't worry, Lord Shi, I will do what I promised, and soon you and your son will be able to reunite. Of course, please also ask Lord Shi to send the memorial we agreed to before to the emperor."

A day later, Emperor Yongzheng, who was far away in the capital, received the so-called "memorial" sent by Shi Lang.

Chapter 419 The Qing court discussed the court and was ordered in danger! 【3】

It is said that Emperor Yongzheng saw the memorial written by Shi Lang, and Longyan was furious, and immediately called Prince Bao Hongli into the hall, and summoned his ministers to come to discuss countermeasures.

As soon as Emperor Yongzheng saw Hongli, he got angry and threw the memorial written by Shi Lang directly on Hongli's face, scolding: "You bastard, look at the good deeds you have done, and see for yourself what is written here. ."

Hongli was hit directly in the face by the memorial, but he didn't dare to hide.He hurriedly picked up the memorial, and he also wanted to know what was written on the memorial, which would make his father Huang Longyan furious.It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, at first glance, it makes Hongli half to death, especially the sentence "I am ashamed of His Royal Highness Hongli, the treasured prince who recommended Weichen", no wonder Yongzheng will spread his anger on himself.

I'm afraid it was Shi Lang's words that reminded Yongzheng: This Shi Lang was recommended by Hongli.Of course, Yongzheng selectively forgot the fact that he was optimistic about Shi Lang at first.

Beijing Wang Shuirong and Jin Prince Hongshi, who were standing in the main hall, were already happy at this time, and they were naturally very happy to see their opponent Hongli shriveled. If things go on like this, between Hongli and Hongshi The scale of the gap between the two will gradually be leveled, and Hong Shi, who was originally unpopular with Yongzheng, will gradually improve his status.

And the old minister Zhang Tingyu and others naturally have no taste in their hearts. They are firmly on Hongli's side. Now that Hongli has been scolded, they have a hard time.

I saw Yongzheng sitting on the main hall still full of anger and asked: "You renegade son, now you tell me what to do, the navy of the Fujian Navy has been exhausted, where is there any teacher to fight?" If you can't think of a way, you don't have to be the prince.

Hong Shi, who was below, was elated when he heard that: If this Hongli is no longer Prince Bao, can this throne escape his own hands?He looked at Hongli with high expectations, and hoped in his heart that he would not be able to say a word.

Hongli was indeed dumbfounded at this time. What should he do this time? There was only an empty shell left in the navy of the Qing Dynasty, and even Shi Lang, the famous navy general, could not do anything about it. Could he be able to do it himself?But he had to rack his brains to think, after all, it was related to whether his position was stable or not.He turned around and looked around, everyone avoided his gaze, for fear that he would call him.

Suddenly, Hongli saw a person, which made him annoyed, it was Jia Baoyu who was snickering.As the king of Doluo County, Jia Baoyu is naturally qualified to go to the court to discuss matters.I saw that Baoyu still seemed to be mocking Hongli and winked at Hongli, then raised the corner of his mouth and smiled at Hongli.

How could Hongli bear such ridicule, and he immediately became wicked and courageous, thinking: If I don't want to be this treasured prince, I will drag you into the water.So Hongli turned around to face Yongzheng and said, "Report to Emperor Ama, my son will recommend someone again, and my son will ensure that this person is more capable than Shi Lang to deal with the Spaniards.

"Come and listen"

"My son recommends Duke Duoluo, Duke Rong, Duke Jia Baoyu of Ningguo, Jia Baoyu made outstanding achievements in the first battle against the west, and defeated the attacks of rebels several times, and even succeeded in beheading Nian Gengyao when he failed Luo Bu Zangdan Zeng even made thousands of musketeers in the Raksha kingdom buried in Xining, and finally forced Arabutan to surrender, becoming the youngest iron hat king since the founding of our dynasty. I believe that King Jia Jun will definitely be able to make this kind of thing happen. The victory continued, driving the Spanish Redhead out of Luzon.