Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 180 Destroy the Dutch Expeditionary Force

On the ninth day of May, under Zhu Youjian's painting cakes and chicken blood, there were [-] sailors in the three guards of the navy, driving [-] ships with a gross tonnage of up to [-] tons, and gathered more than [-] heavyweights. The artillery fleet went south.

Behind them, there are various merchant ships full of livestock.

These merchant ships will go to the south of the Yangtze River to sell livestock, and then take the silver to Huguang and Jiangxi to buy grain, and then transport it to Ryukyu Prefecture.

At the same time, Haojing (Macau) in Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province was also attacked.

The expeditionary force led by the captain of the Dutch expeditionary fleet, Lei Jiesen, arrived in the waters near Haojing. At the same time, 2 warships of the British East India Company and 2 British armed merchant ships came quickly after receiving the news, and participated in the siege of Haojing. fighting.

However, due to the uneven distribution of spoils between the Dutch and the British, the British led the fleet to evacuate Haojing the next day.

But even so, the Netherlands still gathered 13 large and small warships and 1300 soldiers.

The Dutch began their first bombardment that day and stormed the St. Francis Fort south of Haojing, but to no avail.

But the Dutch saw the emptiness of the Portuguese and the Ming Dynasty's forces near Haojing, so they boldly went to war on the next day for further action.

Hu Yingtai, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who was fighting guerrilla warfare in Liguzhou and An Bangyan, could only send [-] troops back to defend Guangzhou after receiving the [-]-mile rush from Guangzhou.

For a while, the coastal areas of Guangdong and Fujian in Daming encountered varying degrees of airway blockage.

"Take advantage of the fire to rob, and take advantage of the small ones! You are worthy of being an overseas bastard!"

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu You yelled loudly, although Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian Maritime Merchants did not pay much taxes to Daming, but after all, it was the common people of Daming.

Right now, the red-haired barbarians are being bullied to the doorstep, and it is too unreasonable not to beat them.

In just one month, more than [-] merchant ships in the three provinces were besieged, and Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Haojing, Xiangshan and other places were all bombarded to varying degrees.

As a result, the cabinet began to pay attention to the affairs in the south, and Ye Xianggao even handed over the memorial and the battle damage to Zhu Youxiao.

It was his submission that made Zhu Youxiao so angry after seeing the casualties.

Facing the emperor's anger, Ye Xianggao bowed and said:
"Long live, Penghu is the gateway to Zhangquan, and Beigang (one of the names of Taiwan) is the lips and teeth of Penghu. If Beigang is lost, the lips will die and the teeth will be cold. Penghu is worrying, and Zhangquan is also worrying."

"Hongmaoyi only has more than [-] people, and more than [-] warships cut off the sea routes between Guangdong and Fujian. What is Nan Juyi doing?" Zhu Youxiao's face was so dark that he could drip water.

Helpless, Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch on duty today, could only remind in a low voice:
"Long live, you asked the governor of the South to prepare stone bombs and gunpowder, and wait for Deputy General Shen and General Huang to go to suppress the rebellion..."

"Huh? I got dizzy from work." Zhu Youxiao didn't hide it, he admitted his problem decisively, and then asked:
"Where did Shen Yourong and Huang Long arrive?"

"Long live back, I just arrived in Songjiang five days ago, and it is estimated that I will arrive in Fujian in a few days."

At the same time Liu Ruoyu responded, Ye Xianggao also said:

"Long live, Hongmaoyi is just a clown. Right now, we should pay attention to the affairs of the Southwest."

"Although the jumper is far away, he will be punished, but what Ye Ge said is true." Zhu Youxiao stated his position, and then continued to ask Ye Xianggao:
"How about the recruitment of soldiers and horses in the Southwest?"

"Long live back..." Ye Xianggao bowed in response, then took out a memorial from his sleeve and said:

"The Southwest pays a lot of money. On the second day of March, under the escort of Hong Fangyu, the commander of the Baotao Guard, the various ministries were dispatched, and each ministry also recruited a lot of soldiers and horses."

"I just want to ask Long Live, should there be a limit on the number of soldiers and horses in each department?"

"Huh?" Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned and took the memorial, and after opening it, he understood why Ye Xianggao said that.

[Sun Chuanting, the governor of Bijie and Chishui, recruited [-] troops, and after the recruitment, there were [-] people in the headquarters.Hong Chengchou, a soldier in Chongqing, recruited [-] soldiers, and after the recruitment, the headquarters has [-] soldiers, Hejiang...]

A series of names and numbers of recruits, the most notable of which are Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, Cao Wenzhao, Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin and others who have a close relationship with Zhu Youjian.

Sun Chuanting had [-] troops, Hong Chengchou [-], Yang Wenyue [-], Wu Aheng [-], Qin Liangyu recruited a lot of troops in Zunyi, [-] in the headquarters, and Ma Xianglin recruited a lot of troops, reaching [-].

Cao Wenzhao was probably the slowest recruiter among all the ministries, because he chose to recruit and purchase more than [-] Tibetan guards and slaves from the chieftain of Duogandu Sige Wanhu, and finally reached the strength of [-] troops in three battalions .

In addition, Du Wenhuan also added soldiers and horses, and with the recruitment of soldiers, the strength reached [-], and Zhu Xieyuan also expanded his headquarters to [-].

Hu Yingtai recruited [-] Yao soldiers and [-] Zhuang soldiers in Guangxi, and restored [-] troops.

As for Mu Zeng, he did not expand his army, but accepted the silver taels, and obeyed Zhu Xieyuan's command honestly.

Seeing this situation, Mu Changzuo and Mu Qiyuan, who had been stagnant, felt pressured, so they had to lead their troops to Pu'an Prefecture in Guizhou to confront the local rebels.

Looking at it this way, the allocation of more than three million taels of silver directly sent out an army of [-] in the southwest, plus the original old soldiers, and the Three Guards under Sun Yingyuan's current command, the total is [-] There are more than [-] auxiliary soldiers and more than [-] auxiliary soldiers, making a total of [-] troops.

The [-] troops encircled and suppressed the rebels with less than [-] troops. If it weren't for the high mountains and dense forests in Guinan, it is estimated that the rebels would be wiped out by the end of the year.

The problem now is that the [-] troops still have to wait for the local manufacture of armor and weapons supply, and it is best to wait until after the autumn harvest before dispatching troops.

As for why they waited until after the autumn harvest before dispatching troops, the reason was also very simple.

First of all, if Nurhachi sends troops, it must be during the autumn harvest.

If the Southwest sends troops before the autumn harvest, the imperial court will face attack from two directions.

The method of defending and attacking at the same time sounds good, but the court's finances cannot support it.

Therefore, it must be determined that Nurhachi will not send troops, so that Zhu Xieyuan can organize a large army to encircle and suppress.

As for why Ye Xianggao said to limit the number of troops, he was vaguely reminding the emperor that someone's military power seems to be too heavy.

Such a reminder was naturally out of good intentions, and Ye Xianggao didn't have the intention to provoke the two brothers, but just reminded him as a courtier.

Zhu Youxiao was not angry, he thought about it carefully, and only then realized how much military power his younger brother had.

Shangzhi Sixteen Guards, Twelve Arch Guards, Shanxi Outer Twenty-Eight Arch Guards, Liaodong Outer Twenty-Eight Arch Guards, Daning Three Guards...

In addition to Sun Chuanting, Wu Aheng, Qin Liangyu, Hong Chengchou, Ma Xianglin, Yang Wenyue, Cao Wenzhao and other seven people from the southwest, the number of soldiers and horses is close to [-]...

How many soldiers and horses did Ming have?Judging from the current situation, the total is only about [-].

In other words, the number of soldiers and horses related to his younger brother reached two-thirds of the dynasty.

In this way, it is not difficult to see why the two brothers are doing things more and more smoothly now.

Because civil servants are really afraid of them...

Leaving nothing else aside, what would have happened in the past, such as the Yellow River bursting its embankment and the Shandong earthquake?It's nothing more than another Huaibei famine.

But why didn't so many disgusting things happen in these two disaster relief efforts?It's not because there are soldiers and horses there every time there is a disaster relief.

Sun Yingyuan, Tengxiangwei and Wuxiangwei were responsible for the Yellow River's embankment breach, and Baotaowei of Hong Fangyu in the Shandong earthquake.

No one would reveal their clues when both of these two soldiers and horses participated in disaster relief, because the same thing that caused political defeat due to poor disaster relief, the Huaibei Great Famine was enough.

Officials from Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and Donglin did not show their feet in the disaster relief work. It can even be said that the internal fighting between the two factions has begun to ease.

They are not stupid and have discovered who the real enemy is.

In just two years, the imperial power has swelled to such an extent that even they need to bow their heads.

"..." Zhu Youxiao was silent, not because he was worried that his younger brother had too many troops, but because he was recalling the factional struggles among civil servants during this period.

It seems that since the beginning of the year, the frequency of party disputes among civil officials has decreased, and the frequency of mutual attacks and impeachments has also decreased.

So, what is Ye Xianggao reminding?Remind my younger brother to have too much military power?no!He was reminding himself that it's time to be more careful.

"I understand what Ye Ge said. I will think about King Qi's military power."

After Zhu Youxiao sorted out everything, he opened his mouth to see off the guests.

Ye Xianggao didn't know whether the emperor understood, anyway, he had already done what he should do, so after bowing, he withdrew.

Zhu Youxiao looked at his leaving back, and his face became a little ugly.

Such a change made Liu Ruoyu next to him lower his head, not daring to speak casually.

After a while, Zhu Youxiao suddenly said: "Ask someone to sort out the content and objects of impeachment by civil officials every quarter since September of the first year of Taichang."

"Slave obeys the order..." Liu Ruoyu felt that the moment Zhu Youxiao spoke, the hairs all over his body stood on end.

From September of the first year of Taichang to the present memorial, this is a huge project, but if the emperor speaks, it must have a deep meaning.

Thinking of this, Liu Ruoyu sent someone to the Rites Supervisor to inform Wang Tiqian, and Wang Tiqian quickly informed Wei Zhongxian after learning the news.

Everyone didn't understand what the emperor wanted to do, but the first thing to do was to sort out the memorials that were not good for them.

They are sorting out the memorial, and the battle in the south is also in full swing.

In the early morning of the ninth day of June, perhaps because of the typhoon season, the sea is full of fog.

In such foggy weather, it was rare for Reyes Zorn not to attack Zhangzhou and Quanzhou.

At the moment, they are building forts in the bay of the main island of Penghu, but due to insufficient materials, they are waiting for the Batavia merchants to deliver the materials.

"Damn the weather, I originally wanted to go to the Spring City of the Ming Dynasty to continue the shelling, so that the officials of the Ming Kingdom would submit!"

On a construction site on Penghu main island, the chief mate of a warship was talking about his thoughts. Reyes Zorn next to him heard the words and immediately said with a smile:
"En Zuos, the weather is too bad. Ming Kingdom has been shelled by us for a month, and there is no movement at all. It must be because of fear."

"The three warships that fled into Zhangzhou last time have not dared to come out."

"Speaking of those three warships, Ming is indeed a coward. With such a large warship and such a large population, they dare not come out to fight."

En Zuosi laughed, but they didn't know that while they were laughing, something was rapidly approaching Penghu in the thick fog.

Reyes Zorn and Nzos were working with a big smile, and in the dense fog, on the temporary wooden lighthouse at Jibei Island in the northern part of the Penghu Islands, a Dutch soldier looked at the sea and seemed to see a glimmer of light in the dense fog. fire.

"Huh? Did I read it wrong?"

The soldier took out his binoculars and tried to search for the flash of fire in the thick fog, but the next second he stopped searching and jumped out of the wooden lighthouse.

"Boom boom boom!"

The dull artillery sound fired the first shot of the Battle of Penghu, a thunderous sound erupted, and stone bullets the size of a human head were shot out, and hundreds of them flew in just a moment.

Most of them were empty, and only one hit the lighthouse, but this one broke the lighthouse in the middle, and the whole lighthouse collapsed instantly.

"Beep!"

"Assault! Get on board!"

Reyes Zorn and the others who heard the sound of the cannon dropped the tools in their hands and hurried to the beach down the mountain.

At the same time, in the dense fog, large ships poured out from six directions of the Penghu Islands.

Consisting of six large ships of [-] materials, ten ships of [-] materials, ten ships of [-] materials, more than [-] heavy cannons, and more than [-] sailors, the Ming Fleet appeared on the sea.

What they represent is the largest fleet in East Asia at this time.

"Don't miss a single enemy ship, sink them all!"

On the deck of one of the [-] large ships of the two divisions in the northern part of Jibei Island, a veteran with white hair and beard was wearing paper armor and ordered the entire fleet in an orderly manner.

His eyes were still on Jibei Island, and after a quarter of an hour, he saw a warship with more than a thousand materials sailing out from the back of Jibei Island.

"Sink it!"

Without too many orders, Shen Yourong just said such a sentence lightly.

But with just such a sentence, a fleet composed of a large ship of [-] materials, two ships of [-] materials, and a large ship of [-] materials laid the ship across the sea, revealing nearly forty people on one side of the warship. Cannon.

"Light it up... let it go!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Forty [-]-jin and [-]-jin stone bullets were fired, and within a distance of less than two miles, they hit the tiny thousand-material Galen ship like a torrential rain.

"Oh*! Withdraw to the main island of Penghu!"

After looking at the size and artillery of the Ming army ships in the binoculars, the captain of the Galen ship roared in a broken voice.

But after hearing a "bang", most of the more than forty stone bullets fell into the sea, and only one stone bullet hit the Galen ship, but what is desperate is that this stone bullet hit the main mast!

The mast was snapped in half and then began to topple.

The speed of the Galen ship began to slow down due to the break of the main mast, and the hull also began to tilt in the direction of the falling mast, unable to make a correct counterattack.

Like bereaved dogs, they can only flee to the island desperately.

But what they didn't know was that flags and warships of the Ming army appeared everywhere in the east, west, and south, and they were surrounding the Penghu Islands at an extremely fast speed.

"Retreat! Order all warships to retreat!"

Facing the desperate firepower and tonnage, Reyes Zorn knew that he had kicked the iron plate and had no intention of fighting back. From the moment he saw the artillery on a [-]-fuel warship, he knew that he had to leave The battlefield is over.

"Damn Lei Jiesen! He actually told me that Ming Kingdom Fujian doesn't have any effective counterattack force! Go fuck yourself!"

He was cursing the Dutch colonel Lei Jiesen who was still attacking Hao Jing, and everyone on the ship was also cursing him.

As the captain, he came to invade without knowing the Ming country's sea power.

Keep your eyes open!What is that on the sea?It was a warship of about [-] tons, and it could sink them even by ramming them!damn it!
"Boom boom boom!"

"My God! It's the sound of a thirty-pounder!"

Hearing the muffled gunfire, Reyes Zorn was completely desperate. He actually heard the sound of a [-]-pounder gun on the Ming Sea in the Far East?
"Holy Mary, O God, Allah, please protect me..."

At this moment, Reyes Zorn, who doesn't believe in any gods, began to pray, praying to all the gods he remembered in his life.

But the so-called Allah could not bless him, because when he took the main ship and took two [-]-ton Galen ships to escape around the main island of Penghu in advance, he saw a scene that made him suffocate.

On the sea of ​​dense fog, a suffocating fleet appeared in three directions, southwest, southeast, and south, and surrounded them.

"Pass down the order of the king of Qi, beheading a Hongmaoyi, reward thirty taels, capture a person alive and reward forty taels, wipe out the Hongmaoyi, each person in the whole army will reward ten taels of silver!"

On the six thousand material ship, looking at the red-haired barbarian warship that was desperately trying to escape, Huanglong drew his sword high and encouraged the soldiers around him.

Hearing these soldiers rewarding silver, their eyes turned red almost instantly, and blood rushed to their heads.

"Fire the gun!"

Huanglong swung his sword and pointed at the three warships that were trying to escape. With his sword swing, the gunners who were waiting for the rabbit began to light the matchlocks.

The matchlock of "嗤嗤" was burning, and then burned into the medicine room. With a "bang", like a thunderbolt, thick smoke enveloped the deck, and dozens of stone bullets also hit the three warships at the same time.

However, I don't know if Reyes Zorn's prayer had an effect, or his luck was better. None of the stone bullets hit the three warships, which made everyone who was only concerned about escaping breathe a sigh of relief.

But without waiting for them to breathe a sigh of relief, the fleet double-teamed from the other two directions began to show their power.

The second round of shelling, which was more intensive than the first round, broke the mast of the [-]-ton warship among the three warships and hit the hull.

"Colonel! The Zoye was hit and lost power, unable to run."

"Colonel, the Finale was hit by two shells, and the airtight compartment was flooded!"

For a moment, an atmosphere of despair shrouded the main ship Tangley, and Reyes Zorn even panicked and said:

"Order them to counterattack and cover the main ship to escape from the encirclement."

"**! Reyes! Are you crazy?" Hearing this order, the first officer next to him went straight to grab Reyes Zorn's collar.

"Damn it, what can I do? Jon, don't you see what kind of big guy they are over there? They have thirty-pounders! Damn it!"

Reyes Zorn yelled and tried to fight back.

But there was no time to wait, and before he could punch, the three fleets fired separately. At a distance of one mile from the three sides, the Tangley and the two Galen ships behind it were sunk almost instantly.

The hull of the ship was blasted by stone bombs the size of a human head, and the exploded pieces of wood became an existence that easily took human life.

Reyes Zorn was lucky to escape the sawdust, but he lost his footing and was thrown off the deck and fell into the sea.

The breastplate on his chest and the cotton armor inside became deadly, causing him to sink continuously into the deep sea.

Fortunately, a sail rope that fell into the sea saved him at this time. He grabbed the sail rope and kept climbing up.

It's just that when he rushed out of the water, the first thing he saw was not thick fog, but a tall ship heading towards him.

"Oh!"

The muffled sound made people's eardrums hurt. Three warships of [-] materials from the Ming army rammed into the Tangley, and with just one impact, the low Tangley was knocked out of fine cracks.

"Hey! We surrender!"

Some Dutch officers who could not find Reyes Zorn ordered people to raise their hands and wave the white flag.

After Huang Long saw this scene, he immediately raised his hand and said, "Stop!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone stopped what they were doing. Only the gunners of the three guards of the navy came to the side of the ship holding their rifles, ready to pull the trigger at any time and shoot the Dutchmen on the deck.

"Can't surrender! Are you crazy?!"

Reyes Zorn seized the opportunity, grabbed the sail rope and climbed to the deck. The fleet officer who heard his voice was also dumbfounded.

They looked for this guy for a long time just now, but he didn't respond with a word, making people think he was dead in battle.

Now that everyone has surrendered, he said he can't surrender?
"They don't understand us, take this opportunity to go on their decks, sneak up on them and take a big ship."

Reyes Zorn pretended to throw up his hands in surrender, but spoke to everyone.

"Mr. Huang, they are phoning surrender."

On the deck, a white and clean scholar in Taoist robes suddenly spoke, causing Huang Long to stare:
"You still dare to feign surrender? Fortunately, I brought the people from the Siyi Pavilion!"

The Siyi Pavilion was established in the fifth year of the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty to specialize in translating the languages ​​of the border minorities and neighboring countries. Whether Cao Wenzhao went south or Jin Yiwei went out of the fortress, they all brought scholars from the Siyi Pavilion to act as translators.

Reyes Zorn thought that Huanglong and the others couldn't understand what they said, but he didn't expect Huanglong to bring the people from Siyi Pavilion.

"Fire the gun!"

"Pip..."

As Huanglong knew what Reyes Zorn was thinking, he immediately ordered to fire the gun.

Thousands of musketeers on the three six-thousand-material ships fired immediately, condescendingly killing a group of Dutch soldiers on the deck.

After the killing, Huang Long took the lead and led the short soldiers to the deck, and captured a group of Dutch soldiers who were lying on the ground and howling.

At the same time, Shen Yourong from the north also commanded the sailors of the other three fleets to defeat and capture the remaining four small Galen ships.

The Battle of Penghu started within half an hour, and ended with the capture of the entire Dutch Expeditionary Force...

(End of this chapter)