The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 386 The identity of the unknown ship

The navy sank an unidentified armed ship at sea?

This news aroused Jiang Chuan's interest, even more attractive to him than the navy's capture of Gao's party.

"Tell me about the specific things." Jiang Chuan stopped the centurion again.

The centurion said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the general is not very clear about the specifics of this matter. I just heard that the navy sailed south along the coastline for half a day after leaving the mountain and seaports. At Haikou, I encountered a suspicious ship. At that time, the navy sent a semaphore to order the ship to be inspected. Unexpectedly, the ship fired at the navy. The navy fired back and sank the ship. More details will not be known at the end.”

Jiang Chuan knew that he was just a messenger and couldn't ask too many details, so he asked him to go down to rest.

He paced back and forth in the yard, thinking about it for a long time, thinking of two possibilities for this matter.The first is that this is a pirate ship.

There have always been pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, even among the Japanese pirates there are many pirates of the Ming Dynasty.

When pirates generally act, they will first send out their pioneers to patrol the waterway to investigate, and once they find a passing merchant ship, they will report back and notify the large army to come and act.

This ship is most likely the spy ship of the pirates.

The second possibility is naturally the pirates.

According to the news that Bai Jinxiu just said, there are Japanese pirates in Yuezhou and Wuzhou, and the base camp of these Japanese pirates is at sea.Now I heard that Li Zicheng's grain and other goods were hoarded in Jinan and transported through the canal.

Since it was discovered near the mouth of the sea, it is very likely that the advance ships sent by these Japanese pirates planned to enter the canal from the mouth of the big river upstream, and there may be the main force of the Japanese pirates in the follow-up.

Once the advance ship finds out clearly, the follow-up main force will also come upon hearing the news.

After thinking about it, these two scenarios are the most likely.

I didn't expect the navy to make meritorious deeds just after entering the water. This is really a coincidence.But the only worry now is not knowing the battlefield strength of these potential enemies.

The warships of the Navy are ordinary armed transport ships. Although each ship is equipped with twenty cannons, these are small cannons with a short range, low power, and poor accuracy. The main function is actually to transport troops and Transporting baggage, etc., so the robustness of the hull is a bit worse than that of a real warship.

Such a navy has an advantage when encountering those merchant ships or armed merchant ships of almost the same tonnage, but if they encounter those real battlefields, they will be at a disadvantage.

Of course, as a navy produced by the base, the biggest advantage is that the speed of launching the warship is unparalleled.Even if I can't beat you alone, I can still use the advantage of numbers and implement wolf pack tactics.

If the enemy lost a warship, it would not be able to make up for it in a short period of time, but the navy of the Jiang family army could do it. Three ships were launched every day, so the loss could be made up quickly.

Although I don't know what the upper limit of warship manufacturing is, the current upper limit and manufacturing speed are enough to deal with these pirates or Japanese pirates.

After thinking about these things, Jiang Chuan felt relieved and put the matter aside for the time being.

He called Li Jian, the Chief Sima of the Chinese Army, and asked him to send someone to send an order to Bai Mu, asking him to keep half of his troops and patrol the canal with the navy, intercepting the grain and grass ships of the Dashun Army brought from the south of the Yangtze River, and then Take the other half of the troops to escort Gao and others back to Tianjin Wei.

In addition, send a group of messengers to Shanhai Port and order the remaining sailors to cruise and patrol the sea near Shanhai Port after launching. If any unknown ships are found, their flags will be displayed and they will be inspected.

Those who refuse to accept the inspection can be fired and sunk immediately.

In addition, send a group of people to Shanhaiguan to send a letter to Hu Zongxian, telling him the progress of the war, and at the same time, make them ready to accept the prisoners.

There are now 10,000+ prisoners of the Dashun Army in Jiang Chuan's hands.If these people were not diverted and resettled in time, Jiang's army would not be able to move forward.

Li Jian took the order and quickly went down to make arrangements.

Jiang Chuan thought about it, and then asked Bao Yazi and Yang Chuliu to find Di Qing, Bai Shan and Shan Jia. Now is the time to discuss the next task.

Not long after, the three arrived one after another. Jiang Chuan first talked about the meritorious service of the navy and the capture of Gao and others, and the three were also overjoyed.

"My lord, Mrs. Gao has been captured, how will my lord deal with Mrs. Gao and others?" Di Qing asked.

"Gaoshi voluntarily surrendered, and Bai Mu has promised to save their lives, so let's do this. The king has sent someone to send an order to Bai Mu, and asked him to bring someone back to Gaoshi and others tomorrow. I will talk about other things when I come back. " Jiang Chuan said in a deep voice.

Seeing what Jiang Chuan said, the others stopped talking and started discussing the next step.

"My lord, now that Li Zicheng's South Army has been defeated, and the Tianjin Guard has also fallen into our hands, Li Zicheng's remaining West Army may not be able to continue besieging the capital." Bai Shan said in a deep voice.

"That's right, if it's not bad, Li Zicheng lost his army and lost his general, his wife fell into our hands, and his strength was greatly reduced. It was a time when morale was low. Not only was he powerless, but he probably also had no intention of attacking the capital. The general thought that Li Zicheng might quickly attack the capital." Withdraw our troops and return to Shanzhou to preserve our strength, so as to make a comeback." Di Qing nodded and continued.

"Since this is the case, then there is nothing to discuss. Let's take troops to the capital, and then let the little emperor thank the lord." Shanjia said loudly.

After pondering for a while, Jiang Chuan said: "Li Zicheng is nothing to be afraid of. Your analysis makes sense. As long as Li Zicheng is clear-headed, he knows that he has lost the strength and the best time to besiege the capital. If he is smart, the current It is the best way to retreat back to Shanzhou. After all, Shanzhou is his lair, and it is a land surrounded by fortresses, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is very suitable for him to lick his wounds and accumulate strength again."

"Now there are two problems that need to be resolved. If these two problems are not resolved, we will not be able to go to the capital with peace of mind." Jiang Chuan paused for a moment and said in a deep voice.

The three of Di Qing glanced at each other, and Bai Shan said, "My lord is worried about the captives and the fact that Jinan Mansion is still in the hands of the Dashun Army?"

Jiang Chuan nodded: "Yes, we marched too fast, and the Dashun army was defeated even faster. As a result, the number of captives now exceeds our current strength. If these captives are not diverted and disposed of as soon as possible, the food consumed every day will It's an astronomical number."

　There are two chapters in a row, and there is another chapter behind.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)