Beiyang new warlord

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"How did Lord Yuan gather troops here?"

I always come in a hurry with inside news, how do you know?And looking at this posture, he knew it earlier than Mao Jue! Not to mention Mao Jue, Adelena, Wen Meng, Kong Youde and a large group of Dongjiang generals were all curiously looking over.

However, Lao Yuan swallowed a piece of pickled radish slowly, and then said in a serious manner.

"General, you ordered His Excellency Inoue Fuji to form a navy. There is a shortage of navy in Japan, and some fled to Zhoushan. The Ryukyu Matsuura party ronin are willing to obtain the status of samurai retainers, so I recruited them. Originally, this year, I planned to collect them after the spring plowing. Soldiers went north to attack the rebellious Tokugawa family, but the Ryukyu ronin returned, and the pirates in the South China Sea seemed to gather in the north, so Toyotomi Sheguan had to give the order of the Kyushu guard first!"

"Now the samurai from various families gathered in Kyushu, which has reached 5 people, including 1 from Toyotomi's family, and the rest of the troops gathered at the Great Wall of the border to guard against the Tokugawa family!"

"The general's Dongjiang cavalry team is also deployed at the border. Before the spring plowing is completed, the Tokugawa family dare not use force with the Toyotomi family!"

There are already 5 people gathered here. Although the fighting power of the Japanese is similar to that of the orcs in the Lord of the Rings, they are still large and powerful. In addition, the Kyushu defense outside has been opened, so I don’t worry about being attacked by Zheng Zhilong. Mao Jue, who had just vomited blood, immediately vomited blood again with Yuan Chonghuan's next words.

"General, in order to guard against pirates, Kyushu recruited [-] farmers to build various customs defenses to assist in guarding. The spring plowing has been neglected. This year Kyushu's rent and tax revenue will not be available this year. Moreover, all the famous people are actively sending troops, and I hope that the Sheguan will help them!"

Originally, if we started a war with Mao Wenlong, we wouldn’t be able to plunder anything. Mao Jue had to make this first-level contribution by himself. This Yuan Chonghuan’s strategic vision is really good. Mao Jue's expected income would also be cut by more than half.

Sakhalin Island is also in the stage of spending money, and it also costs money to form a new corps. Now Japan still has to spend money here. The eight years of Chongzhen is really a prodigal year!

Chapter 3. The Dragon King of the North Sea Calls on the Dragon King of the South Sea

Fortunately, Mao Jue can afford it even with such a lot of trouble!

The most profitable business in the world is the one that costs nothing. In the past three years in the Wa country, Mao Jue has made no less than ten million taels.And the business is getting bigger and bigger. The Liao goods collected from the Yalu River side market are resold to the south of the Yangtze River, and then the silk, cloth, white sugar and other southern goods from the south of the Yangtze River are sold to the grasslands of Liaodong, and there is also an income of three to four million taels a year.

Emperor Chongzhen raised taxes to death, making the world like boiling water. After layers of exploitation, the amount of silver that was put into the warehouse was 500 million taels, plus about 2000 million taels of grain. Mao Jue, a small Dongjiang, was unremarkable , the income brought by business is enough to reach a quarter of that of the Ming Empire.

But even so, Master Yuan's words still made Mao Jue so painful that he didn't say a word for the whole meal.

The treatment is really different. Every time Mao Jue came to Nagasaki City, the Dongjiang army landed from the left and right bays, and he had to dig a moat fortress and live outside the city. But this time, the men from Dongjiang encountered an unprecedented situation. Enthusiasm, this one has just landed from the port, and was invited by the retainers in the city to the barracks that had been prepared in the city. Here, hot water is boiled, hot rice balls are wrapped with kippers, and Japanese cigarettes are specially sold. Pay a few dollars, and there are petite and lovely Japanese girls and well-dressed shrine maidens to choose from. In short, this small treatment has caught up with the US troops stationed in Japan in later generations.

Tossing until midnight, the army who had been floating on the sea for several days fell asleep comfortably, but the castle tower where the command headquarters is located was still brightly lit. Around a map of Kyushu Island, Yuan Chonghuan talked eloquently, with his arms drawing strokes on the map from time to time All of a sudden, including Mao Jue, more than a dozen big names and dozens of Dongjiang military officers watched with frowning, especially Mao Jue himself, frowning from time to time, making the atmosphere extraordinarily dignified.

It has to be said that Yuan Chonghuan really did his homework. He memorized almost all the ancient books on the Kyushu offensive and defensive battle of the Kamakura shogunate last time.

"General, gentlemen, the identity of the South China Sea pirates who attacked this time is now clear. The South China Sea pirates, Fujian navy guerrilla Zheng Zhilong colluded with the Dutch red-haired barbarians from Xiaoliuqiu to attack our frontier. He is a sea lord, with tens of thousands of bandits under his command, he has been accustomed to naval battles for a long time, and his combat power is not bad, and he also has the sharp artillery fire from the Dutch red-haired barbarians, making him unstoppable."

"However, Zheng Zerui is sharp. After all, it is an expedition of labor division. He came from far away from the south of the Yangtze River. The lone army goes deep and supplies are not easy, just like Fan Wenhu of the Jiangnan army in the Hong'an battle. Therefore, my strategy is the core of this battle. It’s a solid wall and a clear field.”

"His Excellency Shimadzu Mitsuhisa, the Rusatsuma clan's soldiers and horses did not move, and they defended Kagoshima to the death. The coastal villages retreated [-] miles behind. Bandits went ashore to plunder."

"The thief Zheng Zhilong has been in Nagasaki for a long time, and his main attack direction must be Nagasaki, Fukuoka, and Hakata Bay. The main force of our army should also be deployed here. The samurai of Mr. Kuroda Toshinaga's family will guard against the front of Hakata, and we will follow Dongjiang soldiers and horses. The samurai of the Toyotomi family headquarters guard against Kashi Island, Takashima, Mori Hideo led the Mori family samurai to Nagato Kanda, and each department relied on the defense of the Yuan invaders to ensure that the Zheng bandits invaded our territory one by one! It will be delayed until June and July. When the kamikaze rises, the bandits Zheng will be defeated without a fight!"

"Hay!"

Following Yuan Chonghuan's arrangement, more than a dozen Japanese daimyos were applauded one after another, and the excitement and admiration of each of them was beyond words. The kamikaze more than 300 years ago helped Japan defeat the Mongolian Empire, the conqueror of almost the entire world. , This influence led to the fact that during World War II, the most elite air force of the Japanese devils was named the Kamikaze Special Forces. These Japanese people have a unique belief in Kamikaze, and they firmly believe in it.

But this arrangement made Mao Jue's brows twitch one after another. Yuan Chonghuan's arrangement is not incomplete, with defenses everywhere, relying on the Yuan Kou breakwater that has been repaired in the past two months, to keep the enemy away from the beach On top of that, the defense seems well established.

But the problem is that when Mao Jue arrived, he faced such a similar formation, and during the second battle of Nagasaki, the Tokugawa shogunate was deployed in Nagasaki, and the defense in Iki was even tighter, with a total of [-] troops. The Japanese warriors were also equipped with a large number of large cannons, but they still didn't block him, Mao Jue?

Mao Jue didn't know Zheng Zhilong's firepower, but this old guy already had the Christian name Nicholas, and he must have spent a lot of time hanging out with Westerners. The prototype of the Hongyi Cannon was a ship cannon, could he not have one?It doesn't need much, as long as there are ten Hongyi cannons, it is enough for the so-called Yuan Kou breakwater, which is only one meter high, and the stone wall is less than half a meter, and the Japanese warriors guarding behind can drink a pot.

Moreover, according to the archaeological investigation of Mongolian shipwrecks in later generations, the reason why the Mongolian fleet suffered such huge losses in the typhoon was not that the so-called kamikaze was so invincible, but that the Mongolian warships were too scumbag. In order to maintain balance, almost all countries A sharp-bottomed boat, equipped with a strong keel to withstand strong winds and waves.However, most of the Mongolian warships salvaged by archaeological research in later generations are flat-bottomed boats, and in archaeological research, the mast layout of Mongolian warships is extremely unreasonable, and the center of gravity is too high. Such ships can also run inland rivers and sail in the sea. , is pure courting death.

Considering the historical environment at that time, this situation is not surprising. The Mongols have always been domineering and ordered Goryeo to build [-] ships within two or three years. , in this case, it is no wonder that it is not shoddy.

But who is Zheng Zhilong?How many years have he been running in Southeast Asia? If he was driving a broken ship similar to the Mongols, he would have drowned long ago. It’s not that he has never encountered the kamikaze Mao Jue of the Japanese country. When he retreated in August and September last year, he also came with a typhoon. There was an unexpected encounter, the result?The loss was so low that the chief mate didn't even bother to remember it.

After all, it is offshore, not the dangerous Bermuda or Japan's Dragon Triangle. There are too many places to shelter from the wind, and the advancement of shipbuilding technology has also made ships more and more wind-resistant. The typhoon can't do anything about it, what should Zheng Zhilong do?

Yuan Chonghuan is not a mediocre general, but unfortunately, his vision is still limited to this era, limited to land warfare.

Don't talk about him, just Wen Meng, Kong Youde and several Dongjiang generals nodded along. Among the group of people, only Adelaine was similar to her, her eyes were full of doubt and opposition.

The foreign girl did not live up to Mao Jue's expectations. Just when Yuan Chonghuan was still vigorously arranging every detail of the troops, her sharp voice suddenly interrupted the tranquility of the entire council hall, causing everyone to look sideways at him. on her.

"Why don't we use the navy to defeat these pirates?"

"Baga, Ouma yo wow"

Not to mention women in Japan, the status of the world in this era is very low, and she suddenly interrupted. After the shock, several big names who were not open-eyed were already swearing, and the messy Japanese abuse made the venue even more chaotic. Another guy came up trying to rip Adelaine out.

Seeing that the slap was not lifted up, the loud slap sounded first, Inoue Teng, who had suffered a disadvantage, slapped a few big mouths, and in the crackling sound, the little daimyo whose head was hot was slapped first. On one side, the other eyes were also grinned, and half of their faces were swollen.

But don't look at Inoue Fuji's stone height is not high, but he is Mao Jue's confidant, the admiral of the Western Kingdom, equivalent to the genealogy of the Tokugawa family in the Eastern Kingdom, even if they are whipped, they dare not speak out , I can only bow my head and apologize endlessly.

All the daimyos who participated in the battle of Osaka knew Adelaine's weight, but Yuan Chonghuan was also sent by Mao Jue to Japan to be the overlord. Seeing Adelaina actually refuted Yuan Chonghuan, Dongjiang seemed to have started an internal strife , Maori, and Kuroda looked around in disbelief.

Maybe he has done too much in the past six months, and Yuan Chonghuan once again regarded himself as the uncompromising governor of Liaodong. It was not until this time that he saw that Mao Jue's face was not good-looking, and his face was also ugly. This is right. Mao Jue clasped his fists heavily.

"General, do you think the subordinate's deployment is inappropriate?"

Exactly the same question as Adelaine asked, Mao Jue also asked in a sharp and even a little annoyed voice.

"Why don't the navy beat them?"

When the Nagasaki Castle was disturbed, the killer whales killed in the South China Sea in the vast Pacific Ocean did not stop swallowing and siphoning for a moment. On the first day of April, it was the same day as Western April Fool's Day. The flag with Ming characters and the big flag with Zheng characters floated over the Ryukyu Palace.

Similar to Mao Jue, the Ryukyu Kingdom is also a good place for the Zheng family. The Ming people are so arrogant these days. As long as they use the banner of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is a dog, the Ryukyu King has to come to greet him, let alone a dog. Carrying more than 200 warships and more than 4 mercenaries, Zheng Zhilong, the leader of the South China Sea, filled the southeast coast of Shuri Castle, the capital of the Ryukyu King, with a mighty fleet.

Especially the three giant ships in the center of the entire fleet. The largest one is more than 130 meters long, and the two next to it are also more than [-] meters long and tens of meters wide. They have two rows of eight sails and nine giant masts. The poop of the ship is three stories high, and it looks like a city on the sea from a distance.

Zheng He's treasure ship, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, was once so big. According to Zheng Zhilong's financial resources and strength, it seems that he revived Zheng He's treasure ship in this era.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong was only in his early thirties at this time. Not to mention the middle age, it was also the time when the Dragon King of the South China Sea was most ambitious. He sat in front of the poop with a chair with golden feet. The bandits and generals are lined up on both sides, and below them are the big and small pirate leaders. This breeze is like a king of the sea.

Accompanied by him, the King of Ryukyu who came on the boat in person looked like a great eunuch, almost kneeling on the ground in a timid manner.

"The little king of the lower kingdom pays homage to the general of the heaven!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't bother to speak. Hearing the Ryukyu king's greeting, his younger brother Zheng Zhibao snorted.

"My brother is the Ming Dynasty Fujian Xunyou who took care of Zhen'an to fight against captives and guerrilla fighters. The world's most respected general came here to fight against bandits. Rucuoer is a small country. Quickly prepare food, grass and fodder for the army, so there must be no mistakes!"

It’s really good to brag about. Zheng Zhilong, a guerrilla in coastal defense in Fujian, was blown like the title of the emperor, but he does have the capital to brag. There are more than 4 seamen and mighty warships. When the soldiers came, they could only do chores for Zheng Zhilong. This Ryukyu country has a population of only about [-], so how can there be a Ryukyu king?

However, the Ryukyu king almost didn't cry when he heard that he needed food and grass supplies. The old man really knelt down, raised his hands sadly, and yelled in Ryukyu dialect.

"Great General of the Celestial Dynasty, the General of the Celestial Dynasty has placed tens of thousands of troops in our country one day, and our country has exhausted the power of the country to supply this army of the Celestial Dynasty. There is really no spare power to supply the General's army! "

The last time Mao Jue used Amakusa Shiro's Shimabara Kazuki to severely damage the Kyushu army of the shogunate. After using them, he threw them away like trash, and left them in Ryukyu. He didn't expect to make a contribution here. They first Like locusts, they have almost eaten up the Ryukyu Kingdom's stockpile, and there is nothing left for Zheng Zhilong.

Moreover, the tens of thousands of troops even frightened Zheng Jun, and Zheng Zhilong's general, Zheng Jing, couldn't help screaming in shock.

"Leader, the guy surnamed Mao in the north has tens of thousands of troops here! You must be alert! The last general is willing to lead the army, first break his surname Mao for a while! Please order the leader!"