Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 51 Return to Beijing
Taichang slowly put down the telescope, a hint of admiration appeared on his face.

Zhang Yuanfang was really brave, and he was in a state of no one in the chaos of the army, and he chopped Chen Yirui with one knife.

Everyone is a commander, and they are all recruited by the government to lead the troops. The kung fu is actually not bad, but Zhang Yuanfang's kung fu is much better than Chen Yirui.

This is also a talent!
There is definitely no problem with the loyalty of the people from the British government. Over the years, the British government has never been arrogant or arrogant. It can be said to be quite reliable.

Such a person can be recruited into the Praetorian Guards first, trained, and then let him lead the troops after the Praetorian Guards are trained and formed, and he will definitely be a rare tiger general by then.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to Zhang Miaoling and said, "Miaoling, how is it, do you want to go back to the capital?"

When Zhang Miaoling heard the words, she couldn't help but nodded again and again: "Think, think, Your Majesty, don't you know, my little baby is almost three years old, I haven't seen my grandparents yet, I really want to take him back to my parents. Look at it, but the capital is too far away from here, it takes several months to come and go, and Yuanfang can't leave, so I don't dare to go back alone."

Ugh, that's a lot of talk.

However, I like it, those stuffy gourds in the palace can suffocate people to death!

Tai Chang nodded and said with a smile: "That's fine, you will go to Nanjing with me first, and then I will take you back to the capital. Yuan Fang will temporarily serve as the commander of the right guard of Tengxiang, and will give him a promotion when there is a chance. General, general, what do you think?"

When Zhang Miaoling heard the words, she couldn't help cheering and said, "Okay, okay!"

The Suzhou Guard rebels have been wiped out, and it's time to go back to Nanjing to deal with those traitors.

The question is, how do you get rid of these traitors in one go?

You can't just ignore it and kill all the officials in Jinling City!

Taichang looked at Zhang Yuanfang, who was instructing his men to clean the battlefield, and slowly fell into contemplation.

Early the next morning, he recruited Zhang Yuanfang to the commander's yamen study, and said straight to the point: "Where is the military order issued to you by the Nanjing Military Department, bring it here and show it to me."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanfang quickly took out the key, opened the bookcase beside him and rummaged through it.

This is his study, and important documents are naturally stored here.

After a while, he took an official document and handed it to Taichang respectfully.

Tai Chang took the official document and glanced at it, a sneer appeared on his face.

Sure enough, the Nanjing Military Department, the Nanjing guarding eunuchs, and the Nanjing garrison rank and file signed everything.

Very good, you all want to kill me, don't you?

I'll shoot you!

He nodded slightly, folded the official document in half, shoved it into his arms, and then said lightly: "This is useful, you don't need to keep it, anyway, you didn't go to sea. By the way, how many Zhenhaiwei are operated by manpower. , a boat that can go upstream?"

This is more.

Zhang Yuanfang thought for a while, and then introduced: "Zhenhaiwei is equipped with [-] wheeled boats, [-] Cangshan boats, [-] centipede boats, [-] fire dragon boats, and [-] mother and daughter boats. These are all possible. It is operated by manpower and goes upstream."

So much, it should be enough.

In fact, these are not big ships, and the largest of them is only [-] ships, which is much smaller than the lucky ship of [-], and it is even smaller than Zheng He's treasure ship.

Historically, the shipbuilding capabilities of the late Ming Dynasty had been severely degraded. The giant Zheng He treasure ship could not be built at all, and there were not many large ships of good fortune. Small warship.

Despite the small size of these small boats, their combat effectiveness is not bad at all. Even if the Ming Dynasty was weakened to the point of dying, he used these small boats to defeat the then maritime hegemons, the Netherlands and Portugal.

The reason why the Daming navy was able to win was that there were many ships.

These days, steam power has not yet appeared. The flexibility and movement speed of sailboats in naval battles cannot be compared with these small boats. As long as the small boats can lean up against the gunfire, the building ships and the gunboats have to kneel, because the boats these days are all made of wood. Yes, at one point, dozens of ships' firewood, tarpaulin, gunpowder, etc. surrounded a building, and the gunboat burned violently, and it would sink!

Of course, small boats also have their shortcomings, that is, they cannot sail in the ocean, and can only fight in the coastal waters. If they are too far from the coastline, a slightly stronger wind can blow the entire naval fleet. In a storm at sea, the entire army will be wiped out, and there is no possibility of survival.

Therefore, even if Daming's ability to fight in the near sea is strong, it is useless, and it is simply unable to reach the colonial fleets in the western and southern oceans, and even Dongying can't beat it.

Of course, Taichang didn't want to rely on these boats to go to sea for hegemony, he just wanted to go to Jinling by water.

How many people can these ships carry?
Taichang thought about it for a while, and then asked: "How many people can these ships carry in total?"

Zhang Yuanfang counted with his fingers, and then carefully said: "It can carry more than [-] people."

It should be enough, because Zhenhaiwei is the coastal defense station near the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Of course, the speed must be fast. If those traitors transfer the warships from the coast guard station in Zhejiang, it will be troublesome.

Taichang thought about it again, and then asked, "Where are these ships now?"

Zhang Yuanfang said without hesitation: "They are all parked at Liuhebao Military Port."

very good!

Taichang ordered decisively: "You immediately select two thousand elites, and more with mules and horses. Prepare to travel lightly. We will set off for Liuhe Fort tomorrow morning."

Zhang Yuanfang quickly cupped his hands and said, "Follow the order."

But he didn't leave immediately, he hesitated for a moment, then blushed, and asked carefully: "Your Majesty, do they want to bring Miao Ling?"

Oh, almost forgot about this.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Of course, take it with you, you go and let Miaoling and the others clean up, you don't have to come back when you go, Zhenhaiwei will send another person to guard from the five army governor's office, you can follow me back to the capital. ."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanfang couldn't help but excitedly cupped his hands: "Wei Chen understands, Wei Chen retire."

In the early morning of the third day, a group of more than [-] people drove all kinds of mule carts and horse-drawn carriages all the way to Liuhe Fort.

Along the way, Wu Wan'er snatched Zhang Yuanfang and Zhang Miaoling's precious sons, held them in her arms, and teased them fondly, like her own baby.

When Taichang saw this, he couldn't help but be greedy. The school and the inspector were both in their teens, and they were too old to tease. When they were young, he was not in the mood to tease. It would be great if Wu Waner could give birth to a baby. The harem was lively.

The two were teasing the little baby, and the time passed quickly. That afternoon, Shen Shixu and his party arrived at the Liuhebao Military Port.

When Taichang got off the boat, he was stunned.

There were more than [-] large and small warships parked in the entire military port. The densely packed ones looked really spectacular, especially the lucky ship as tall as a castle tower, which looked really majestic.

It is a pity that the lucky boat is a sailboat, and it is only equipped with a few artillery pieces, so it does not play much role in naval battles.

Alas, the building ship and gunboat do not know when it will be built.

Tai Chang sighed slightly, then waved his hand decisively: "Get on the boat, get ready to go."

In order to avoid accidents, he prepared to rush on the road day and night. Anyway, these warships were equipped with a lot of soldiers, and they took turns to operate, and there was no problem.

He didn't dare to wait any longer. If he waited for the gang of traitors to transfer the warship, it would be dangerous and startling every step of the way.

(End of this chapter)