Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 380 The Problem of Exterminating Zheng's Pirates

Although Zhu Youxiao said so, in fact, moving to the sea is useless now. After all, if you want to move all the coastal people on such a long coastline to the inland, there is no huge project that cannot be completed in one or two years. There will be even greater public grievances. Since these guards who have broken military discipline can't even help the Imperial Guards to drive away pirates and plunder the coast, let alone be able to communicate well with the people and make the people willing leave home.

What's more, Kang Mazi, who should have some genes in Huang Taiji now, has done this in the original history, and it caused public resentment. Of course, Zhu Youxiao can't do this, and he can only order him The guards tried their best to destroy the pirates who looted the villages and towns along the coast, and at the same time ordered Lu Xiangsheng, Gu Sanmazi and Qin Botong to find the whereabouts of the main force of Zheng Zhilong's fleet as soon as possible, so as to prevent the coastal areas of Daming from being harassed by pirates for a long time.

But sometimes the changes in the war situation are so weird. When Zhu Youxiao thought that his court did not have enough naval power to destroy Zheng's pirate group, he was able to rely on his advanced steam-powered warship and Gu Sanmazi, who was known by the original history. The forgotten general defeated Zheng's group twice in a row through flexible tactics, which made Zheng Zhilong have to stay dormant for half a year, and did not dare to turn against the court until Ming completely controlled Macau.

But now, when Zhu Youxiao thinks that his court has established three navies, and the number of naval officers and soldiers who have participated in actual combat has a relatively large number, and there is an outlet to the sea, plus he has 900 million on his side. The logistics support in the rear of the square kilometer is completely capable of a decisive battle with Zheng Zhilong, not to mention that Zhu Youxiao now has excellent naval officers in his hands, in order to completely eliminate Zheng's pirates before the apocalypse 12 Question, he directly ordered Lu Xiangsheng, Qin Botong, and Gu Sanmazi to be fully responsible for commanding the war to wipe out the pirate Zheng's group.

Qin Botong is Gu Sanmazi's old partner, and his mind is as flexible as Gu Sanmazi's, and he has experience in cooperating with each other tacitly. The commander of the Horqin Department, and he was also in charge of commanding the war against the entry of Tartars before, so he already has rich experience in coordinating and deploying command.

What's more, Lu Xiangsheng himself is very capable, which has been proved by history. Moreover, he is one of the rare civil servants who can tolerate and get along well with military commanders, so he is fully responsible for the campaign against the extermination of Zheng Zheng. The war of the Pirate Group is very appropriate. After Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Nanjing, which is now the temporary headquarters of the five provinces, he directly delegated power to Gu Sanmazi. Gu Sanmazi was responsible for the specific tactical arrangements, and he, the top person in charge, was only in charge of coordination. .

It can be seen that Lu Xiangsheng is a very broad-minded and generous person, and he knows how to use it. He knows that Gu Sanmazi is the one who can deal with pirates the most, so he simply gave up the war to Gu San without hesitation. pock.

Zhu Youxiao was also very pleased with this after learning about it from Jin Yiwei. At least the three sea warriors he formed now can cooperate tacitly. As long as the general and He Chou can't wipe out Zheng Zhilong's pirate group! ~
However, having said that, neither Zhu Youxiao nor Lu Xiangsheng and others thought that Zheng Zhilong would use such a trick, that is, to use the guerrilla tactics of sending multiple small groups of pirates to harass the coast of Daming continuously, so as to make the The rear of the Ming Dynasty is difficult to be peaceful, and at the same time, the logistical advantages cannot be fully realized, so that the current Ming court did not take advantage of the first confrontation with the Zheng Group.

Instead, Zheng's group sacrificed some pirates, many of them hired Japanese pirates, Westerners, and other aboriginals in Southeast Asia to plunder a large amount of war resources, including population.

This made Zhu Youxiao feel very depressed. Although he was in the Forbidden City, he couldn't sleep peacefully. He paced back and forth in the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace all day long. What makes Zhu Youxiao feel headache is that Zheng's pirate group has too much influence in the Western Pacific area, which makes him almost have his own stronghold in this area, making it difficult for the Ming Navy to find this Zheng Zhilong's main force is located, and where is his real strategic point.

Moreover, in this way, a state where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light is almost formed. Lu Xiangsheng stated in his reply to Zhu Youxiao that now they want to find the main force of the Zheng Group for a decisive battle as soon as possible, but are also worried about their own situation. Bian was too aggressive and fell into the siege of Zheng's pirate group when a certain fleet was alone, which made Saarhu appear again at sea.

Therefore, generally speaking, the Ming court's war against Zheng's pirate group has reached a stalemate, and it is still passive.

This made Zhu Youxiao have to admit the fact that in actual wars, the outcome cannot be determined in advance by comparing the military strength of the enemy and ourselves at the beginning. For example, the current battle between the Ming court and the Zheng Group is profound. illustrates the point.

However, the arrow has to be launched, in order to completely solve the Zheng's pirate group, so that Daming's advanced productivity can create more wealth for Daming, it is necessary to fully occupy the rights and interests of the sea trade, this war must be fought, not to mention Now, in order to completely solve this matter, Zhu Youxiao has put the entire Ming state machine into operation, and a large amount of material and financial resources have been concentrated in the south. If this war is not fought, then Da Ming will waste a lot of war costs for it. .

"Your Majesty, this is the memorandum that Lu Ge Lao has just urgently submitted back. In order to find the main force of the Zheng's pirate group as soon as possible, so as to solve the problem of coastal people being plundered by pirates countless times, Gu Sanmazi has personally commanded the South China Sea Fleet. It is said that Zheng Zhilong has a close relationship with the Japanese shogunate and many daimyos, and it is very likely that Zheng Zhilong’s old nest is no longer in the chicken cage area, but in Japan’s Honshu Island.”

After hearing Li Mingrui's report, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "You don't have to go so far to look for it, and you don't need to worry about where Zheng Zhilong's lair is, just tell Lu Xiangsheng that since there are so many pirates who have harassed the people along the coast of Daming countless times, , it means that there must be a concentration of these pirates on the nearby islands, and now we have to find this place and find an opportunity to take them all together. As for Zheng Zhilong's lair, as long as the coast of Ming Dynasty is calm, there is plenty of time to go one by one. clean up."

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, before he had time to rest, Mao Wenlong's memorial also arrived at Zhu Youxiao from the Outer Xing'an Mountains.

After reading Mao Wenlong's report, Zhu Youxiao was naturally shocked. He didn't expect that he hadn't wiped out the cunning shark in the south, but the big bear in the north had arrived in East Siberia first. The rule of marching in the Kingdom of Sha is generally to let the Cossack cavalry be the vanguard to occupy first, and then directly establish an administrative system here, and migrate the serfs to farm here, so that these uninhabited lands are completely included in the territory of the Raksha Kingdom.

And now, since the Cossack cavalry has come to East Siberia, it means that the entire Waxing'an Mountains and Miaotun area controlled by Ming Dynasty will also be attacked by the Cossack cavalry, and Mao Wenlong is undoubtedly a very vigilant and capable minister. Before the Cossack cavalry really started to attack the Waixing'an Mountains controlled by Ming Dynasty, they realized what kind of enemy they were facing and asked the court for help in time.

But in fact, the Ming court has no time to take care of the situation in the far-off Siberia in the north. The elites staying in the north have to be on guard against Jiannu and guarding the capital. In addition, Zhu Youxiao still doesn’t want to deal with Zheng’s situation without completely solving the problem. At the same time, the pirate group provoked a great enemy in the north, so Zhu Youxiao knew that he could not and could not directly declare war with the Raksha Kingdom, so he had to order Li Mingrui to draft an edict and inform Mao Wenlong, so that Mao Wenlong could decide all military and political important matters by himself. You can also choose to negotiate with the Raksha State, and you can make a compromise, but you must ensure that Daming's existing control area will not be lost.

Mao Wenlong was quite helpless after receiving Zhu Youxiao's order. He naturally knew that the court was in a difficult situation, but he had to admit that he would be forced to rely on only [-] Dongjiang soldiers and a guard army of no more than [-] horsemen. The third cavalry brigade is really difficult to deal with the main force of the Cossack cavalry.

However, no matter how difficult it was, Mao Wenlong didn't dare to disobey Zhu Youxiao's will. He had to find a way to inflict heavy damage on the Cossack cavalry as much as possible when the Cossack cavalry entered the Waxing'anling area, thereby forcing the Cossack cavalry representing the Raksha Kingdom Accept the peace.

There is no need to worry about interpreters. Back then, His Majesty Zhu Youxiao established an interpreter center in the Imperial Academy to train such professionals who are proficient in foreign languages. When Mao Wenlong and others entered North Asia, he knew that he would have to contact the Raksha Kingdom in the future, so he brought such interpreters all the way, and many of these interpreters were Jinyiwei, because Jinyiwei was mainly responsible for the collection of foreign military intelligence, so the foreign language homework of Jinyiwei But never dared to fall.

In fact, the current Cossack cavalry came from the Ural Mountains. They didn't know that not far from them was the actual control area of ​​an ancient empire in the east, that is, the Ming Empire, and the south of the control area was slightly warmer. It is a fertile plain, and in the pass, it is a highly developed and extremely rich area of ​​civilization, so they still marched in the same way as when they entered Central Siberia in the past.

The sentinel cavalry of Ming Dynasty who were discovered and brutally killed by these Cossack cavalry caught their attention. They did not expect to meet a cavalry with considerable combat effectiveness in the far east, because in this small-scale contact battle, his Cossack cavalry unexpectedly There was a rare three-to-one casualty ratio, that is, six sentry cavalry were killed under their hands, but the Cossack cavalry also lost two.

This made the Cossack cavalry very curious and excited, because as long as this cavalry has such combat effectiveness, it means that this place is not a bitter cold place that no one cares about like Eastern Siberia, but a rich place with certain wealth.

Therefore, the Cossack cavalry can't wait to gallop towards the Outer Xing'an Mountains. They are eager to rob this area, because according to the rules of their Raksha Kingdom, the wealth obtained from the plunder will be their own, which makes these people While the combat effectiveness of the Cossack cavalry has become very strong, it has also shown its greed to the extreme.

However, Mao Wenlong had already deployed three lines of defense in the Outer Xing'an Mountains, and he had deep artillery fire. In addition, he had mobilized the local and immigrated people to carry out a strong wall and clear the field. Therefore, if these Cossack cavalry wanted to easily crush Daming here The control area in the area is not an easy task.

The Cossack cavalry headed by Barutloskif first attacked the Longshanwei in the actual control area of ​​the Ming Dynasty in the Outer Xing'an Mountains, but as soon as they charged, Mao Wenlong was the first to order the Ming army to send gas to anesthetize the enemy. The marching order is especially true for the Cossack cavalry, which needs to be in battle formation.

In this way, before many Cossack cavalrymen had time to slash the knives in their hands at ordinary people, they were dizzy and had tears in their eyes when they were stimulated by the gas.

At this time, the Third Brigade of Cavalry of the First Army of the Imperial Guard also rushed over first, and took advantage of the fact that most of the Cossack cavalry lost consciousness due to the gas gas, and slashed at these arrogant Cossack cavalry with their swords.

It didn't take long for these Cossack cavalry, dozens of the Cossack cavalry who rushed to the front, became the ghosts of the third brigade of the Imperial Guard cavalry in such a daze.

However, when a gust of wind blew by and the gas concentration decreased, the Cossack cavalrymen began to regain consciousness and prepared to rush directly to the third cavalry brigade of the Praetorian Guards. The third cavalry brigade of the Praetorian Guards suddenly withdrew from the scene. This made these Cossack cavalry feel very puzzled, but they still rushed towards this side. However, what they did not expect was that when they entered the defense circle of the first line of defense, there were suddenly countless shells like pouring rain poured down on the Cossack cavalry.

Immediately, the entire cold Siberian grassland began to rumble loudly, and countless Cossack cavalrymen became the targets of Ming's shelling before they had time to draw their swords and pretend to be aggressive.

After the artillery attack, the Cossack cavalry was even more annoyed, and rushed directly towards the periphery of Longshanwei, but at this time, Mao Wenlong had already let the Ming army led by himself start using firearms, and successfully used firearms to cause all these annoyances. And the massive casualties of the Cossack cavalry who lost their minds.

And these Cossack cavalry did not expect to encounter such a strong opponent in the far east, so they had to suspend their attack, and began to consolidate the existing control area, and also started construction and the several guards that Daming is currently rebuilding. confrontation.

However, these Cossack cavalry did not know that the main energy of the empire was now in the south, so he chose to negotiate with Mao Wenlong first after suffering some casualties.

(End of this chapter)