Daming Crazy Emperor

263 Sea Battle
Denglai Shuicheng, the Yamen of the Governor of the Navy.

Taichang stared at the huge map on the table, frowning.

This is the coastal defense map of the southeast coast that he asked Yuan Keli, the newly promoted governor of the Navy, to prepare, that is, the layout of the capital guards along the coasts of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong.

There are not many sea defense posts on the picture, and there are even more thousands of defense posts that are independent of the guard posts.

From Jinshanwei at the junction of Nanzhili and Zhejiang Chengxuan Zhengshisi to the south, Hainingwei, Linshanwei, Guanhaiwei, Changguowei, Haimenwei, Songmenwei, Panshiwei, Jinxiangwei, Zhendongwei, Pinghai Wei, Yongningwei, Zhenhaiwei, Jieshiwei, Nanhaiwei, Guanghaiwei and so on.

There are more than [-] coastal defense posts in the three southeastern provinces alone, and there are even more coastal defense posts with thousands of households.

Daming really worked hard to implement the sea ban. Almost every prefecture and county in the southeast coast has a sea defense station or a thousand households guard station.

The question is, why are pirates still looting everywhere as if they were in no man's land?
Taichang frowned and looked at it for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Li Qing, what happened this time is quite strange, so many pirates went ashore to plunder, why didn't one of them touch the Coastal Defense Station and the Thousand Households Guarding Station?" What do you think is going on?"

Uh, this is hard to say!

Yuan Keli glanced at Taichang secretly, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the pirates on the southeast coast are different from those in other places. They can be called pirates or merchants. Originally, they were all violating the sea ban and selling goods secretly." Private goods strategy, so they think of themselves as maritime merchants. It’s just that the court calls them pirates regardless of whether they are maritime merchants or pirates. This time the emperor fully lifted the sea ban, and they have no huge profits to sell private goods. I think , This is the root cause of their crazily going ashore to plunder."

He seemed to be answering a bit out of question, but Taichang understood it.

The reason why these pirates went ashore to plunder did not meet the people of the Coastal Defense Station and the Thousand Households Station was because they had their internal support on the shore!

Because they sell private goods also have to have a purchase channel!

There have never been any pirates going ashore to plunder before, at least not in the past few years.

This proves that their private goods were not stolen, but bought from some people along the coast.

Hearing this, Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked in a deep voice: "Who do you think their inner circle should be, local tyrants and squires along the coast?"

Yuan Keli nodded repeatedly and said, "It's possible that local tyrants, merchants, local officials along the coast, and even people from the Coastal Defense Station and the Qianhu Office."

This is really a big trouble!

It seemed that he had to find out why pirates kept appearing along the southeast coast.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then sighed slightly: "Forget it, let's not talk about this, do you think we can win the big and small pirate ships in the hands of those pirates with one dragon tooth warship and one hundred wolf tooth warships in the past?" ?"

Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong glanced at each other, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I really can't say that, it depends on whether these pirates are good at naval warfare.

Duke Yu Wuxiang once said that the way of naval warfare is nothing more than using a big boat to crush a small boat, using a big blunderbuss to fight a small blunderbuss, and outnumbering the few.

Now, although we have a relatively large number of artillery, the big ships do not form an overwhelming advantage, while the pirate warships have an absolute advantage in number.

If Weichen commanded seven or eight hundred or even thousands of large and small warships to besiege a Dragon Fang warship and a hundred Spike warships, the chances of winning were still very high. "

Look no further, these pirates are definitely good at naval warfare.

In history, Zheng Zhilong was an invincible existence on the southeast coast and even in the southeast sea. Could this guy not be good at naval battles?

Alas, this guy doesn't know how to persuade him to surrender.

Originally, I wanted to give him a bad word first, don't run over and be beaten by others instead!
Taichang was rather depressed and said: "You mean, with the current strength of the Daming Navy, you may not be able to defeat these pirates, right?"

Yuan Keli pondered for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why I said that commanding seven or eight hundred or even thousands of large and small warships to besiege a Dragon Fang warship and a hundred Spike warships has a good chance of winning.

They were nothing more than relying on the large number of warships, seizing the opportunity, and gathered together to fight chaotically.

Because no matter how powerful the artillery is, it needs a certain distance to give full play to its advantages. If you are surrounded by other people's warships for close combat, you can't bombard randomly. In that case, the random bombardment will even destroy your own warships.

And regardless of the size of the ships, they are all made of wood, and they are afraid of fire. Once people post them, they will definitely be rained down by rockets, kerosene, torches, firewood, gunpowder cans, etc. No ship can Withstood this fire attack!
Longya warships can't do it, and barbarian gunboats can't do it either. "

When Taichang heard the words, the scene of thousands of large and small warships fighting in chaos could not help appearing in his mind.

That scene was too scary, surrounded by densely packed warships, it was impossible to tell the enemy from us, no matter how many artillery pieces there were, we couldn't bombard them randomly!
If you really let people surround you, the boats and gunboats will have to kneel!

There is no need to doubt this, because in history, the Daming Navy relied on this tactic to defeat the fleet of the Dutch, the overlord of the sea.

Thinking of this, Taichang couldn't help sighing: "Then what do you think we should do? Shall we wait for the first half year, when the first batch of Dragon Fang warships are built, and the number of Spike warships is enough, before going to encircle and suppress pirates? "

Yuan Keli quickly shook his head and said: "That's not true. I feel that the wheeled ships can also be used. We only need to bring two hundred wheeled ships, and then match them with enough sailors, and then match the sailors with enough Even if the pirates have thousands of large and small warships, they will not be able to surround us."

This is no problem!

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "That's all right, just send two hundred wheels and steamers over, and tell me how many guns you need."

The number of sailors must be enough at this moment, because Yuan Keli has mobilized [-] sailors to practice here. If the original [-] sailors are added, there are now [-] sailors in Denglai Water City. Soldiers.

As for muskets, it’s easy to say, originally he wanted to equip the imperial army with enough muskets first, and then equip the sailors, because he believed that naval battles were still dominated by artillery.

Now that Yuan Keli said that he needed muskets, it would be the same to equip the sailors first.

Yuan Keli reckoned for a while, and then calculated carefully: "If the wheeled ships are to guard the periphery, each wheeled ship must be equipped with at least [-] musketeers, and if the Spike is to prevent others from approaching, the last It’s good to be able to match thirty musketeers. Calculated in this way, there are nearly [-] sailors and [-] muskets in total.”

It turned out that there were less than ten thousand muskets in all.

Taichang said without hesitation: "Then equip every sailor with a musket, so that when the enemy warship approaches, the sailor who steers the ship and the artillery can only stare blankly."

When Yuan Keli heard this, he couldn't help bowing his hands and said: "The emperor is wise, in this way, our chances of winning will be even greater."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "That's it, we must mobilize two hundred wheels and ships as soon as possible. I order the muskets from Wubei City tomorrow, and we will set off in three days."

This one.

Yuan Keli couldn't help admonishing him: "Your Majesty, sea battles are dangerous, and my humble servants have the courage to ask the emperor to sit in the capital, and my humble servants can lead the navy fleet to go there."

Sigh, you don't know, recruiting Zheng Zhilong is the key this time, otherwise, these pirates might not be wiped out for ten years!
Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "There is no need to talk about this, this time I have to go, you should prepare quickly."

When Yuan Keli heard the words, he could only cup his hands helplessly and said: "My minister complies with the order."

(End of this chapter)