Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 274
In the early morning, before the time of Mao, there was already a glimmer of dawn in the sky, and the entire sea began to slowly turn from black to blue.

Zhang Yuanfang raised his binoculars and slowly scanned the surrounding warships, he couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Fortunately, the formation of the fleet has not been scattered, and no warships have fallen behind.

Even though there was moonlight at night, he could only see the nearby warships. Even with a telescope, it would be blurry at a distance, and he couldn't see the outer warships at all.

Therefore, he was worried all night, for fear that the outer warships would fall behind, or even go in the wrong direction, and get lost in the open sea.

He had never tried such a fleet at night.

However, after trying this time, he gained a lot of experience, because he was thinking about night flight all night.

Now it seems that as long as you drive slowly, it is not impossible to sail on the sea without any obstacles at night, even in the dark night.

Anyway, they use a compass to look at the direction, which is the same during the day and night, and the biggest problem when sailing at night is to confirm the distance between the ships and prevent them from colliding.

There is actually a solution to this problem.

He was standing there meditating with a compass, and the people resting in the cabin below had already got up one after another.

Taichang is used to getting up early, and he will wake up before Mao.

The emperor got up, Yuan Keli, Zheng Zhilong and others naturally didn't dare to sleep anymore, so when they heard the movement from the emperor, they got up and washed in a hurry, and then followed Taichang to the top deck.

They had a good night's sleep, and it was Zhang Yuanfang's hard work.

Seeing Zhang Yuanfang's slightly dark eye circles, Taichang couldn't help but stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder with concern: "Yuanfang, you've been up all night, you're exhausted, why don't you take a rest first?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuanfang said with excitement on his face: "Your Majesty, I'm fine. I thought about it all night, but I came up with a good way to sail at night. From now on, as long as there are no storms and waves at night, even if there is no moonlight, we can fly." Sail on the sea!"

Sailing at sea at night without a little moonlight?

This is not a small improvement for the navy.

Because no matter how slow the speed of the ship is at night, it can travel hundreds of miles by sea. Sometimes the victory or defeat of a battle depends on these hundreds of miles.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help asking with interest: "Oh, what's the best way?"

At this time, even Zheng Zhilong was interested.

Because he hadn't tried sailing at night either.

You must know that sailboats are driven by the wind, and it is not safe when the sea is windy, because the strong wind may turn into a sea storm at any time!

This may be the reason why the previous fleet often encountered sea storms.

There is no way, the ship cannot sail without a sail, and there are no satellite cloud images these days, and there is no way to judge whether it will turn into a storm at sea after the wind blows at sea.

Therefore, the ocean-going fleet composed of pure sailing ships has a high chance of encountering sea storms!
Under such circumstances, naturally not many people dare to drive a sailboat at night.

Just kidding, if you encounter a sea storm during the day, you may still find a way to find a place to hide. At night, the entire sea is dark, where can you hide?
Of course, a steam engine-driven ship is different, because the ship does not need wind to drive it, and the calmer the sea, the more suitable for the ship to sail.

In this case, the chance of the ship encountering a sea storm is much smaller.

As for sailing at night, few people have tried it these days.

Taichang also took the risk because of the moonlight at night, because if he didn't try, Xu Xinsu would probably run away after receiving the news!
Unexpectedly, this test also gave Zhang Yuanfang the experience of sailing at night.

So, how to sail on the sea in the dark night?
Zhang Yuanfang said excitedly: "The last general only thought of it when he occasionally saw some flames lit up on some Spike warships last night. Your Majesty, you don't know how obvious the flames are at night. We just need to hang on each ship. With a wind lamp, all the ships know the distance between each other, so as long as they drive slowly at the same speed, it is basically impossible to collide with each other, and even the formation will not be disordered."

Good way!

Taichang nodded again and again and said: "Well, this method is good, you can try it."

When Yuan Keli heard the words, he also had an idea, and he immediately added: "Your Majesty, we can also equip the flagship with many lanterns for communication purposes. If we can agree on the lantern language in the way of semaphore, we can even be in the dark night. Line up to attack the enemy ships parked on the sea!"

This idea is really good, and even the Daming Navy developed the method of night warfare because of it.

Everyone couldn't help discussing eagerly, and the fleet was also slowly speeding up, heading straight for Nan'ao Island.

In fact, the distance from Jinjiang to Nan'ao Island is only more than [-] miles. If they sail at full speed, it will take more than five hours.

However, they naturally didn't dare to sail at full speed at night, and the fleet used half speed.

So, after sailing for one night, they were still more than a hundred miles away from Nan'ao Island.

At this time, the morning glow of the sky was already turning red, and the warships on the sea were already clearly visible, so they could naturally drive at full speed.

When the time came, the sun had just risen, and they had already arrived at the pier of Nan'ao Island.

Yu Zigao really did not expect that the emperor would rush over with the navy fleet at this time.

Fortunately, he is still quite diligent. Every morning, he will be on time in the lobby of the General Military Mansion Yamen, so at this moment, the generals of the Fujian Navy have already woken up.

Hearing that the emperor led the fleet to come, he quickly led his subordinates to line up on the pier to welcome them.

Taichang didn't get angry immediately, and Zheng Zhilong didn't follow him off the boat either. He calmly led a group of generals to the lobby of the General Military Mansion, took the seat directly, and then pretended to frown and meditate there.

He was actually waiting for everything to be arranged outside.

After a while, Cao Huachun walked in with a team of eunuchs, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, everything is ready."

very good!

Taichang turned his head slowly, stared at Xu Xinsu who was behind Yu Zigao, and said, "General Xu, you are not bad. Not only did you become a naval officer, but you also became the agent of the Dutch, and you can also command all the pirates." , playing tricks on me secretly, you are amazing!"

When Yu Zigao heard the words, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Xu Xinsu with a face full of shock.

He saw Xu Xinsu's expression and understood that this guy is really a traitor!
Because this guy was so scared that his face was bloodless and he was trembling all over.

It's too scary, he still treats her as his right-hand man!

He was so frightened that he shrank to the side subconsciously as if avoiding a poisonous snake.

Xu Xinsu was stunned at this moment.

The emperor actually knew his identity, it's over now!
This hall is full of navy generals, how could he run?
He didn't become a naval officer by virtue of his martial arts, he was just a profiteer, and he couldn't handle any of the naval officers here!

Of course, it's not the turn of the navy general to arrest people by hand.

Taichang then snorted coldly: "Take it!"

Cao Huachun immediately rushed forward without hesitation, and bound Xu Xinsu tightly in two or three strokes.

Taichang glanced around majestically, and then ordered loudly: "Yuan Keli, Yu Zigao, go and bring Zheng Zhilong, and arrest all the pirates under Xu Xinsu's command!"

Yuan Keli cupped his hands without hesitation and said "obey the order", and then strode out.

Yu Zigao was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said "Zunzhi", and then followed quickly.

He really didn't expect the emperor to let him go so easily.

You know, he always takes Xu Xinsu by his side as his right-hand man!
At this time, the fleet of Spike warships and wheel boats had already blocked the entire port, so Xu Xinsu's men naturally couldn't escape.

Yu Zigao was inexplicably shocked, eager to prove that he was not in the same boat as Xu Xinsu.

So, as soon as he walked out of the lobby, he called his cronies without hesitation and ordered them to arrest Xu Xinsu's men on the shore.

And he followed Yuan Keli to the pier, took Zheng Zhilong who had been waiting for a long time, directly boarded his flagship, and immediately issued a semaphore, ordering his clippers to launch a siege to Xu Xinsu's warship.

At this moment, Xu Xinsu's pirates were still kept in the dark, they didn't even know that Xu Xinsu had been exposed.

Moreover, there are not many of them, and there are not many warships, so it is very easy for Yu Zigao to deal with these people.

Taichang stared at Xu Xinsu for a while, and then said coldly: "Detain him, torture him, and see if he has connections with those forces along the coast!"

Now, the traitor hidden in the Fujian Navy was finally eliminated, and he would never be played by the Dutch and other pirates again!

(End of this chapter)