Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 287
The Fujian Metropolitan Commander Si Jinmen Shouyu Qianhusuo is the closest place from Quanzhou Prefecture to Penghu, which is less than three hundred miles away from Penghu.

Originally, this place was a solitary garrison of thousands of households. On the entire island, counting more than a thousand guards and their families, there were only four to five thousand people in total.

However, at this moment, the sea area near the Kinmen garrison of thousands of households is full of warships from the three major naval divisions of the Ming Dynasty.

The huge island is surrounded by large and small warships, and I don't know how many elite guards are gathering on the island in fast boats.

Holding up the binoculars, Taichang silently glanced around, frowning involuntarily.

The defense of this place is not enough!

The original pier of the Kinmen Shouyu Qianhusuo could not berth Longya battleships at all, and the temporary docks could only dock about [-] Spike warships and Canghai ships, and there were no Longya nearby. The place where the giant gunboats such as battleships dock.

Taichang could only order the flagship to drop anchor near the pier, and then stood on the top of the three-story gun tower to scan the surrounding situation with binoculars.

He is almost certain that the Dutchman's first goal must be here.

Because the Fujian Municipal Shipping Department is located in Yuegang on the Jiulongjiang River not far behind the island, and the Nanyang countries, including the Spaniards, who wanted to communicate with Daming in the past had to rush to the Shipping Department here to hand over the documents.

In other words, the only port of Daming familiar to the Dutch fleet coming from Nanyang could only be this one, and other coastal state capitals originally did not receive envoys from Nanyang countries.

The first time people came to attack Daming, they naturally found the most familiar place to attack. Other places, people basically had a black eye, so how could they run to attack.

Therefore, the first goal of the Dutch must be Yuegang, and the location of the Golden Gate Guard Thousand Households is the gateway to Yuegang.

The defense here must be done well!
Taichang scanned the nearby mountains carefully again, then pointed to the two nearest hills on both sides of the port pier and said: "Bo Ya, don't let the elite guards who gathered later let them idle, you order someone to take them in Build a row of forts on each of these two hills, and each side must be able to mount at least fifty medium-sized Thor cannons."

Uh, isn't this planning to cross the sea to Penghu and Dongfan to build the Acropolis?

Why did it start building here!

Sometimes the emperor's thoughts are a bit overwhelming.

Sun Chuanting was stunned for a moment, then bowed his hands and said: "My minister obeys the order."

Taichang then said to Yuan Keli: "Li Qing, after the elite troops of the Tunwei are transported, they will bring over one hundred five-hundred-jin Thunder God cannons and set them up with the forts on the mountains on both sides. At that time, let Yu Zigao lead the Nanyang water The division fleet is here to defend and defend the mouth of the Jiulong River."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Keli quickly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

The gathering speed of the elite guards is still relatively fast. The elite guards in Quanzhou Prefecture can basically arrive within a day, and the elite guards in nearby Zhangzhou Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture can be transferred by fast boats within two or three days. When they are all here, the [-] garrison elite will gather soon, waiting for the westerly wind to blow.

This made it difficult for the sailboat to cross the entire strait in one day with a strong westerly wind, and they couldn't wait for more than ten days.

Fortunately, on the fourth night, a southwesterly wind blew up above the sea.

In the early morning of the fifth day, just after dawn, the elite guards began to board the ship at high speed.

At the beginning, they boarded sailing boats of more than [-] materials, such as black-tailed big boats, Fuchuan, Haicang boats and bird boats.

The number of such sailboats is actually not many, the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy add up to more than [-] ships.

However, the carrying capacity of these two hundred sailboats is truly astonishing. There is no problem loading the [-] guard elites, and they can even load some supplies.

After more than an hour, the sky was bright, and more than two hundred sailboats were loaded.

Taichang raised his binoculars to scan the situation in the open sea, and then ordered decisively: "Send the order, order the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy to set off first."

After waving the flag for a while, Shen Yourong and Yu Zigao immediately ordered without hesitation: "Set sail, set sail."

More than two hundred sailboats pulled up their sails one after another, and the entire port wharf was soon submerged by a forest of sail shadows.

Sailboats filed out one after another and headed straight for the vast sea, followed by countless octopus boats, centipede boats, fire dragon boats, red dragon boats, etc. After about an hour, a continuous dozens of boats appeared in the sea off Zhangzhou Prefecture. Long dragon.

This was the first great migration of the Ming Dynasty across the sea, transporting 12 horses across the sea at one time, such a feat had never occurred in the Yongle Dynasty!

Taichang looked at the fleets of the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy who were leaving slowly, with a hint of fanaticism in his eyes.

This is just the beginning.

In the future, the Ming Dynasty will organize more cross-sea migrations, and not only the elite guards, not only the sailors, but also the common people along the coast will go to Dongying, Nanyang, and even thousands of miles away with the Daming Navy. The Western Ocean, to create their own world!

At that time, Daming's supplies will be abundant, and the common people should be able to live a happy life without worrying about food and clothing.

He secretly sighed for a while, until the dragon-like fleet disappeared on the sea, and then he ordered loudly: "Order the Spike and the wheels to load the elite guards and prepare to set off."

They don't need to worry, because the Dongyang navy is full of ships. If they travel at full speed, it will take less than four hours to travel [-] miles by sea.

In less than an hour, one hundred Spike warships and two hundred chariots were fully loaded with the elite guards.

Taichang gave an order, and the fleet of the Dongyang Navy set off immediately.

A ship traveling at full speed can travel at least fifty miles an hour, and a hundred miles an hour, while a sailboat can travel at most fifty miles an hour when the wind direction is not very straight.

That is to say, even though the Dongyang Navy fleet set off about an hour later, they were able to arrive at Penghu more than an hour earlier.

In less than an hour, they caught up with the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy fleets that set off earlier.

These tens of miles long huge fleet sailed on the endless sea, looking really spectacular.

Taichang held up his binoculars and scanned the magnificent team, feeling even more passionate in his heart.

What about the overlord of the sea?
At that time, I will definitely beat you to the ground!

The Dongyang navy didn't slow down, they just bypassed the tens of miles of the fleet and headed straight for Penghu.

At about [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet of the Dongyang Navy had already arrived in Penghu.

Taichang directly ordered tens of thousands of elite guards to disembark, and You personally went down to make some plans, and then ordered the elites of tens of thousands of guards to start clearing the flat land around the port wharf, and at the same time go to the nearby mountains to collect wood and stones.

The migration of tens of thousands of people is not so simple. Every time they stop at a place, they don't know how many tents and stoves are built.

However, at this moment, the [-] elite guards cannot set up camps, because the luggage of the [-] elite guards, including the supplies to exchange for food in Bengang, are all on the sailboats of the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy.

They can only set up the stove first and prepare the firewood.

The sky gradually darkened, and thousands of cooking stoves were densely set up around the port docks. The fleets of the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy finally came slowly and entered the Penghu Bay.

After more than an hour of busy work, the [-] elite guards got off the ship with tents, iron pots and other supplies, and began to set up camp around the port wharf, burying pots for cooking.

Of course, this is not over yet, Penghu is not the end of this migration, many soldiers just stop here for a while.

The food they carry is enough for a few days.

Next, Taichang will take the Dongyang navy fleet to Bengang to exchange food, and Yuan Keli will take more than a thousand small rowing boats to send most of the elite guards to the planned Dongfan Zhongwei station opposite.

As night falls, the entire Penghu Bay is still brightly lit with torches, and orders are constantly being issued. More than [-] sailboats from the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy are quickly unloading various supplies, while more than [-] ships from the Dongyang Navy are carrying these The unloaded materials are moved to the ship.

The sailboats of the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy no longer need to go east to Dongfan or even Bengang. They only need to wait here for the east wind to blow before they can return.

And the rest is all about the Dongyang Navy and the more than a thousand small rowing boats.

(End of this chapter)