Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 573 The United Army
In fact, the nearest place from Luzon to the mainland is not Jinling but Fujian, and the defenses there are relatively weak. If Wang Wenyan directly sends troops to Fujian, it will not only depend on the First World War, but at least it will disrupt Ye Xun's deployment.

But Wang Wenyan also has his difficulties. The most important point is that his men are too complicated.

There are Japanese pirates, Luzon natives, and red-haired ghosts, etc. Just imagine if these people are allowed to act recklessly in the mainland, even if they finally win the world, they will definitely become eternal sinners who will be scolded by future generations.

Scholars value reputation the most.

You must know that Wang Buyi's reputation is not for nothing, just as he did not directly attack Fujian, he also had no choice but to send troops this time, because he already felt the threat from Ye Xun.

Due to geographical limitations, apart from commerce and trade, Luzon could not develop military force at all, and the reason why Wang Wenyan chose there was to avoid Ye Xun's eyes and ears.

The first point is that Wang Wenyan is very self-aware, knowing that Luzon's poor place can't compete with the Central Plains.

On the second point, Wang Wenyan has also been very successful. So far, no one knows that he is the boss of the Xingming Chamber of Commerce, except for a few Donglin bosses in Jiangnan, including a few high-ranking officials in Beijing.

When Ye Xun led the fleet to sea, the United Nations fleet assembled by Wang Wenyan had quietly arrived in the southern waters of Donggang, waiting to go upstream from the mouth of the Yangtze River at any time and attack Jinling.

It has to be said that the route chosen by Wang Wenyan and the others is relatively reliable. If they go inside the Donggang Strait, they are likely to be dumped by Ye Xun's fleet.

As the leader of an army, it is a good thing to be cautious, but being too cautious is a problem, and he is leading such a joint motley army.

The calm weather made it possible for Ye Xun's fleet, and it also made it possible for Wang Wenyan and the others.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the fleet had arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The officers and soldiers of the Daming Coastal Defense Inspection Department here had already been bought by the Donglin Party members. After Wang Wenyan and the others arrived, they changed from Daming officers and soldiers to leaders of the rebel army.

It's just that before the fleet entered the Yangtze River waterway, the commanders of each ship began to fight among themselves.

In the entire fleet, Wang Wenyan can only control about one-third of his subordinates, and the other pirates, ronin, red-haired ghosts and others are bound by a covenant.

Not only that, but Wang Wenyan also promised generous rewards to these people. Otherwise, how could these people rush to die when they knew that the Ming Navy was powerful?

The Shuai Chuan is a large ship with thousands of materials, and there are several cannons bought from the red-haired ghost. It looks like that, but its power is far inferior to the red-haired ghost's own battleship.

The reason for the internal strife is very clear, that is, after these people realized that the water was not good for them, they refused to move on, and planned to go ashore to plunder.

In fact, it is no wonder that these people are making trouble. Although the water surface of the Yangtze River is wide enough, it is obviously not comparable to the sea. After these warships enter the Yangtze River channel, if the Ming army seals the entrance to the sea, then these people are no different from turtles in an urn.

More than a hundred warships of various types are moored at the mouth of the sea, and the scene is quite spectacular.

On the main ship, Wang Wenyan sat on the main seat with a sinking face.

Wang Wenyan is in his 50s, and because of the benefits of maintenance and the unique temperament of a scholar, he looks like he is in his 30s.

On the left side of Wang Wenyan are the two captains of the red-haired ghost. Their faces seem to have grown all over their faces. Johnson is as fat as a pig with only one eye, and Marshall is the other one who looks like a flagpole.

In this era, people called red-haired ghosts by the Ming Dynasty included a wide range of people, including the Dutch, the British, and the Spaniards, and the two old brothers were the two captains of the British East India Company. They brought three Arming merchant ships and assisting punches is only one of their goals. It is true to test the strength of the Ming army.

On the opposite side of the two foreign devils, sitting on a chair about the height of the table is Zijiro, the leader of the ronin, and the other is Du Bantian, the leader of pirates active in Nanyang, who is dressed in Ming Dynasty.

These people have been on Wang Wenyan's main ship for a while, strictly speaking, they have been arguing for a while.

The language barrier, get together to talk about their own, squeak, like a rat fight.

Thanks to Wang Wenyan's self-restraint, otherwise he would have been driven mad by these people. Even so, he already had the idea of ​​killing them all afterwards.

"Snapped!"

A slap on the table finally silenced the few people temporarily.

"Everyone, I have already said before that our dispatch of troops this time is an act of justice. As long as we succeed in taking Jinling, you will all be my most honored guests of Ming Dynasty. Who will attack you at that time?"

"Everyone should be regarded as a master of the Ming Dynasty. You should understand the principle of capturing the thief first. If you just look at the small profits in front of you, not only will you not become our friends, but you will not gain anything back."

Johnson shrugged his shoulders and said in blunt Chinese: "The channel ahead is too narrow. If the enemy fires at us from both sides, we will become the target of water activities. Then the sea exit will be blocked again. I can't think of any other way to escape."

Zijiro smirked and said, "Because the one surnamed Ye hasn't come back, let's get a vote and leave."

Du looked at Wang Wenyan, whose face was becoming more and more ugly, and said, "How about we send some warships to accompany Mr. Wang to attack Jinling, and the rest of the ships will guard the estuary. In this way, no matter whether we win or lose, we will have a way out." Return"

Du Bantian is a Han Chinese, and he is also the most thoughtful person. If he can support Wang Wenyan and the others to succeed, he can get rid of his identity as a pirate, and even become the commander of the Ming Navy. It is not impossible.

After listening to Du's words for a long time, Johnson and others nodded in agreement.

By now, Wang Wenyan could also see that these people were determined not to move on, and even said that they were going to pick up ready-made ones.

The total number of these chaotic miscellaneous troops is more than 1, so Wang Wenyan does not approve of the division of troops. Now that these people can't be pointed out, we can only pray that Jinling will succeed.

Sometimes the ideas of these scholars are really naive. In their thinking, King Xin is orthodox. As long as King Fuxin succeeds to the throne in Nanjing, scholars and common people in the world will look forward to the scenery.

But they didn't know that Ye Xun's two visits to the south of the Yangtze River had been subtly removing the influence of the former emperor and his son in the hearts of the people. Not to mention Wang Wenyan and the others couldn't succeed, even if they succeeded, they would still be beaten by everyone.

After all kinds of persuasion to no avail, they had no choice but to agree to the plan of these people, and then everyone discussed what ships to send and how many people to send to Jinling, etc., and then they were ready to disperse.

Although there was someone leading the ship, it was night, and sailing at night was very dangerous. Wang Wenyan was not afraid, but the problem was that he couldn't command other ships.

Before everyone reached the cabin door, someone outside suddenly shouted: "My lord, the fireworks from the direction of Jinling are coming!".
(End of this chapter)