Mystery Makes Me Strong - Chapter 2109

Town Harbor.

Hundreds of ships, large and small, are practicing.

This time it was rare for the imperial court to pay the arrears, and the next month’s military pay was paid in advance, and they were fed again, and there were even five pigs.

Although only the generals can eat meat, others can only drink some oily soup, which is also a rare treatment in these years.

In addition, the generals also said that if they win this time, they will be paid consecutively for one year!

Can everyone not practice hard?

Han soldiers are not satisfied with their salary, but they are invincible when they are full.

The premise is that it is really sent to every soldier.

Just like Liaodong, the military salary is 4-7 million a year.

Counting 4 million, 200,000 soldiers can be paid in real time.

The problem is that Liaodong only raised less than 10,000 servants who paid the actual military salary.

As for the need for other ordnance, the problem is that there are still a large number of farmland in Liaodong, and they do not charge any taxes.

Therefore, what happened in Liaodong was first of all bad because the generals were greedy, colluded with officials, and filled a large amount of money and income from farming, instead of using it for all military training.

Why are they greedy?

Because the Liaodong court did not set up a vassal feudal system.

If it is like Mu Wang’s mansion, it will definitely be able to pacify Donglu.

The problem is that Liaodong is too close to Gyeonggi, and if there is a Zhu Di, it is impossible to establish another Liaodong feudal town if he is killed.

If they don’t set up feudal towns, they are just generals, and they may be transferred from the south to the north. In this case, why do they need the general’s salary and farm income to train camp soldiers, instead of even their own private soldiers? In this case, after being transferred, It can also be carried on.

This is not casual talk.

Later, thieves were raging, and 3,000 elite cavalry were transferred to Liaodong to suppress them. There were many victories, but there was no replenishment, and they were exhausted in the end.

No one is stupid, if the imperial court does this, the general will naturally put selfishness first.

At this time, Wen Rensheng naturally asked these people to practice hard.

“Fire oil burns violently, but it is easy to burn by mistake. We must pay attention to the safety of storage. The wooden barrels must prevent penetration and there must be no smoke.” Zhou Ming, Zhangzhou General Soldier, reminded.

He was in the army, and he also knew the power of fire and oil. Once it was contaminated, it would be useless to simply splash water and soil. It takes a long time to suppress it with a bag of sand.

“The speed of the small boat is still relatively slow, and we have to find ways to improve it.” After watching the drill, Jianfu General Soldier Yu Datao also asked a question.

Wen Rensheng nodded: “I remember that there is a kind of car and boat in the south of the Yangtze River, which can be stepped on by cattle and has a faster speed, but the warning is too big, and it is not easy to build. Now we can only improve the shape of the boat and use vertical sails to attract Australian red hair people to help improve.”

“The red-haired people in Australia have always been submissive. They voluntarily pay land rent and trade taxes. They are indeed much better than the red-haired people in Pengdao.” Zhou Ming, the chief soldier of Zhangzhou, nodded.

He has also dealt with Australian Hongmao a lot, so he naturally knows that the other party and Pengdao Hongmao are both Hongmao, and they are not from the same country.

And there are many contradictions.

They are absolutely willing to help Daming repel Pengdao Hongmao. This Li Tongzhi seems to be a civil servant who knows soldiers very well.

It’s quite comfortable to get along with.

“In addition, small boats can be used to carry heavy artillery. After transferring to the big ship, blast the gap directly from the back, and then send wrestlers to throw kerosene bottles to burn the ship inside.”

“If the ship is burned from the outside, they can pour water on it, cover it with sacks, or push it away with a long pole. If it burns from the inside, the other party has no choice but to abandon the ship.”

Zhangzhou General Soldier Zhou Ming nodded: “Well said, let’s use this method to practice more.”

“There is also a small trebuchet on the ship, a small trebuchet, which can throw hundreds of steps, throw fire bottles from all sides, and can also play a diversionary effect. Of course, this kind of ship is slow and easy to be hit by heavy artillery, so it is only used as diversion. Deterrence, not aggressive.”

After the three of them discussed with each other, Wen Rensheng selected a group of loyal and brave men according to the training process, issued Anjiayinliang, and practiced day and night.

Yes, not only during the day, but also at night.

Because sailors eat a lot of fish, there are few night blindness.

It is also more convenient to sneak attack at night.

Because it is absolutely impossible to fire a cannon at night.

Even during World War II, artillery rarely fired at targets at night.

The main reason is that it is difficult to observe the other party’s losses.

It is difficult to determine the effect of shelling and then correct the coordinates.

Of course lighting flares is one way.

But small boats can attack at night.

Taking advantage of the bright moonlight, the fire boat is equivalent to a carbon-based navigation torch.

At night, the artillery battle between the ships of both sides will stop.

This is a common thing in battle, and the disadvantaged side often delays the time until night falls. There is a saying that it is to escape at night.

Often can successfully escape some fast ones.

This practice lasts for three months.

Of course, the Pengdao red-haired people did not rest. During these times, they contacted the surrounding pirates, scattered a lot of money, and hired at least 100 pirate ships.

But the downside is that they still only have 9 main Galen ships.

If they were on the ocean, they would definitely make dozens of naval ships flee in embarrassment.

But if it is near the harbor, it will face a major threat of fire ships.

There are two ways to attack Peng Island.

One is like Wen Rensheng, who let out the wind to attract the enemy to take the initiative to block his own port and lay an ambush in advance.

The other is to lead a large number of ships quietly, and block the door directly before the enemy has assembled.

If the enemy’s large ships are blocked in the harbor, the battle is won.

If the enemy ship runs away, that’s fine.

The fear is that in the middle of the journey, the enemy will find and send a big ship to attack.

In the historical battle of Luoluo Bay, the Zheng family succeeded in a surprise attack, blocking the big ship of the red-haired man and the small boat of the pirates in the bay.

As a result, the big ship was burned badly and retreated all the way.

Now that Wen Rensheng is training soldiers and boats, the red-haired man will definitely not let him continue his training.

It’s just that there are disputes and disputes among the red-haired people.

They are now just a colonial corporation with an emphasis on trade.

He didn’t want to offend Daming completely.

Therefore, the method of hereditary harassment of the seaside was not adopted. Of course, it is really harassment, and the problem is not too big.

Because they are sailing ships, they rely on wind power all the way north.

Therefore, the maneuverability cannot be compared with the steam iron armored ships of later generations, so it is only possible to make a round trip within a year.

The number of people is small, and the threat to the seaside is nothing more than small Japanese pirates.

At least the Japanese pirates still have a little home court advantage, and they can keep coming.

There are only two to three thousand of them, and the sailors have to be removed, and there are only a few hundred people who actually go ashore to fight.

These men may be able to run wild for a while, but they are accidentally beaten by the cavalry.

Because of the large number of matchlock guns these days, it is only possible to restrain the cavalry.

The Ming Dynasty also hired red-haired arquebus soldiers, but it didn’t work.

It’s not that they are not strong, but that they are hindered by the comprador class. They are worried that the red-haired people will be rewarded for their meritorious service, and then get trade privileges.

As a result, Hongmao was able to trade directly with the imperial court, and they lost the opportunity to be a middleman, so they paid a lot of money to bribe Shilin etiquette, so that this mercenary died without a problem and wasted in vain.

Otherwise, for 4 million taels of silver, hiring a red-haired man to fight would definitely be more useful than a Liaodong general.

As for the issue of loyalty, Westerners have long been used to being mercenaries.

Because of their skin color, it is difficult for them to take root in the local area, and it is difficult to turn the customer into the main.

Hire 50,000 red hairs, no, as long as you hire 10,000, you can almost deal with barbarians.

At that time, the Portuguese red hair wondered why the world was crushing the barbarians with firearms, but the rich Ming people were afraid of the barbarians.

They are not afraid. For trading privileges, to be able to directly purchase raw silk, tea, porcelain… these hard currencies, they actively organized 400 musketeers with a population of only 10,000 to 20,000 people. The team went to the front line, and the morale was high, everyone dared to fight, there were blacks, whites, and Ah San…

If they have achievements, rewards, and trade privileges, they will definitely continue to hire mercenaries from the southeast, from Africa, and from Europe.

You know, that’s 4 million taels of military pay.

Enough to employ 100,000 people.

Arquebus soldiers are cannon fodder. They don’t need armor all over their bodies, just a gun.

In fact, the locals, especially the compradors, really believe in the fighting power of the red hair.

It is precisely because they believe that they want to obstruct it.

After several battles, they finally proved their strength. Even after Emperor Yongli saw the fighting power of the red-haired mercenaries, he chose his whole family to become Catholics. This is the iron proof.

You must know that he is the emperor, even though he is the last emperor, he is still the emperor.

It’s a pity that it’s too late, and Yongli has no financial resources to hire him.

Chongzhen, who had the financial resources to hire him, was hindered by various constraints, and he was not determined and could not understand it, which led to a waste of opportunities.

Wen Rensheng understood this very well.

In fact, Daming had too many opportunities to save himself.

However, in the world of one family and one surname, when 95% of people encounter problems, they first consider whether it can be beneficial to themselves, then they have a surname, and finally they consider Guochao, no, they will not consider it in the end, it is what Don’t do anything, rest by yourself.

If the system continues to operate like this, sooner or later it will collapse.

Because not many people want to think about the big picture first.

Only 5% of the seeds are dormant among them, waiting for a better opportunity to lead people to rise again.

This is the advantage of more people. If there are fewer people, 5% of the people in the massacres over the years will be easily killed and will never be revived.

This is also the reason why small civilizations and small races are easy to cut off, simple and direct.

After three months, soldiers and horses are still not proficient, so continue to practice.

However, a fast ship has come to report that the fleet of red-haired people has appeared in the distance of the port. They are watching and blocking the port.

It seems that the fighter Wen Rensheng was looking for appeared.

However, the red-haired people are also very smart. As the active attacking party, they are still five miles away from the port. At this distance, their cannons can reach the port.

The port can’t reach them.

And it is impossible for the fireship to approach them at this distance.

The opponent can fly the kite by turning around.

But of course it is not easy to fly a kite, after all, the direction of the wind changes at any time.

But the fireship must have suffered heavy losses.

Wen Rensheng would not bet on the direction of the wind.

At this time, the two chief soldiers approached him to discuss.

“Now that the red-haired man came to the door on his own initiative, shall we send envoys to stabilize him first?” Yu Datao, the commander in chief, was quite knowledgeable.

Wen Rensheng understood the other party’s intentions, pretended to deceive the other party, said that he could trade, and then took the opportunity to attack.

“That’s right, show the enemy our weakness and take advantage of the opportunity to make a sneak attack, and we will win a big victory.” Chief Soldier Zhou Ming also said.

“Such deceit will only make the red-haired man feel dissatisfied, thinking that he has not lost in strength, and will have to start again sooner or later, and will not leave.” Wen Rensheng shook his head and said.

“Then what should we do?”

“Of course there is another way. Select 50 fast boats and 300 water ghosts in the sea, carry bamboo gunpowder, seal it, carry pig urine bubbles, use it as air, quickly go down to the sea, sneak in three to five meters, and get under the enemy’s big ship… “Wen Rensheng said.

“Here, the enemy is in the open sea, not in the harbor. They can hide.” Zhou Ming was a little pessimistic.

Wen Rensheng said: “Our clippers can approach from the outside, and then send water ghosts, the focus is on deterrence.”

Yu Datao heard the words: “So I will personally bring 20 large ships and 50 fast ships to drive away the enemies.”

“Then there will be General Lao.” Wen Rensheng said.

Then the navy of the Ming army began to fight mightily.

In this year, the navy of the Ming army still performed better than most battalions.

Relying on the sea to eat the sea, most of them rely on smuggling and fishing trade, and they can still have enough food.

And it is also effective at sea.

Wen Rensheng also specially selected loyal and brave men who dared to fight for wealth.

Wen Rensheng has already agreed with them that the deceased will also enjoy the pension from Kuaiji Shipping Company, and the family will have rice, salt and silver available every month in the future.

The reputation of this shipping company, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com is much better than the government.

At least most of these water ghosts have heard of this newly emerging boat company on the water.

With these rewards, morale is still quite high.

After a long time, the ship was manned.

And the red-haired man never fired.

Wen Rensheng understood that the other party did not want to tear his face apart, but still wanted to use deterrence to allow the Ming Dynasty to conduct free trade.

However, what seems to be a very simple and reasonable request in later generations, under the feudal tribute system, is treasonous and unethical.

You are a country of barbarians, how can you freely come and go to my celestial dynasty?

impossible.

You have to use the tributary system to get trade, and there are quotas.

As a result, smuggling has increased.

As for smuggling, the red-haired people have many restrictions, and there are restrictions on the quantity and quality of the goods they can get.

Moreover, Jiangnan maritime merchants will also smuggle to the island countries themselves instead of selling them directly.

Wait until the ship leaves.

Red Hair’s five Galen ships finally raised their battle sails and lowered their speed slightly to ensure the accuracy of the cannon’s hit.

However, this is undoubtedly a disadvantage under the Clippers’ strategy of choosing close combat.

This is why the Ming Dynasty was able to expel the red-haired people without suffering a big loss.

Western ships in this era have great advantages in the ocean, but the advantages in the offshore are much smaller.

There are no steamships after all.

Offshore winds are also limited.

The wind force on the coast will definitely be affected, with the influence of mountains and soil, and the wind changes too much.

Especially those estuaries, where the terrain and wind are very complicated, big ships dare not enter directly, and will be besieged to death if they enter.

So it is often the world of pirates.

But this time, when the red-haired people came to block the port, they obviously didn’t have much advantage from the beginning.

It’s just in a position where you can escape easily if you lose.