A Dream of Red Mansions: the Strongest Playboy

"Yes, this plan is feasible," Jia Baoyu praised. "When the time comes, we will see your outstanding performance, Sanbao"

"Master, rest assured, the Three Treasures will live up to their trust."

Sixth shift, the old pig is working hard!Please everyone!

Chapter 423 Morale is like a rainbow!Winning streak!

After Jia Baoyu heard Zheng He's plan, he immediately felt that it was feasible, so after discussing the implementation of the plan with Zheng He in detail, the real body left Hong Kong Island.

And Zheng He led the fleet to leave Hong Kong Island immediately after Jia Baoyu left Hong Kong Island.

At this time, Jia Baoyu's personal armament was already very powerful. He had nearly 17 warships on the island, all of which were unified standard sail battleships. This kind of ship was used by the United Kingdom between the 18th and XNUMXth centuries. Yes, it took more than a hundred years to be replaced by new warships.

In the same way, the British also used this kind of warship to defeat the Spanish fleet, which has the name of the invincible fleet at sea, so at this time Jia Baoyu used the sail battleship to fight the Spanish, there is no problem at all, as long as With proper command, you can definitely win.

At this time, Jia Baoyu's real body returned to the Qing army's warship. Since the green navy navy in the Fujian navy was already led by Shi Lang, all of them surrendered to Jia Baoyu, so the rest of the Fujian navy was basically They are all Manchu sailors, and Jia Baoyu has made up his mind to sacrifice all of them in exchange for the victory of the 12th Sea Battle. Anyway, they are all Manchus, and he has no psychological burden.

This can't blame Jia Baoyu for being ruthless. After all, he is not my race, and his heart must be different. Jia Baoyu, a conspiracy of the country, cannot be merciful.Furthermore, this is also a necessary condition for the implementation of the strategy.

Moreover, after traveling for a few days, the fleet has gradually approached Luzon Island. Jia Baoyu immediately ordered: "All warships stop and rest, and check the integrity of artillery and ammunition."

At the same time, he said to the Qing officers and soldiers: "This battle against Luzon Island will definitely be a arduous battle. This general does not know how many of you will be able to come back alive; nor do you know this war. Whether we can win or not; I don't even know if I can go back alive. But what I know is that we have the mission given by the emperor this time, we must win, and to put it nasty, if we fail, Even if someone can go back alive, there will be no good end! I say this to you to tell you the current situation we are facing, and I hope that you will not hesitate to sacrifice your life and move forward bravely, and you must teach the Spaniards a lesson. "

When the soldiers heard Jia Baoyu say this, the scene fell silent. I don't know how long it took, and some officers and soldiers raised their weapons and shouted, "I would like to listen to the command of the general and attack the intruding enemy." They also figured it out. Yes, if you can't win against the Spaniards, with the character of Emperor Yongzheng, he will definitely not let himself go. It's better to fight with the Spaniards, anyway, you can win a good reputation.

I just heard the soldiers shouting: "I am willing to listen to the command of the general, and beat the enemy that comes."

Seeing these soldiers react like this, Jia Baoyu smiled with satisfaction, and finally raised the morale of these people, so that it could cause more damage to the Spaniards.Although Jia Baoyu felt a little unbearable in his heart, this was only a fleeting thought, and in a flash, Jia Baoyu put it behind his head again. Those who have become emperors must not have the kindness of women.

Jia Baoyu immediately pressed his hands, motioned everyone to be quiet, and said, "Thank you for trusting me Jia Baoyu so much, now I order the fleet to be divided into two or three, with me in the center, the warships on both sides are scattered, and don't give the enemy a large area of ​​artillery. The opportunity to kill; the big ship I am in will attract the enemy's fire, and the small ships on both sides will take the opportunity to rush to kill the enemy, and hurt the Spaniards at all costs"

When the soldiers heard Jia Baoyu's talk of using his big ship as a firepower attraction, their morale increased even more.

Immediately, the fleet, led by Jia Baoyu, slaughtered the Spaniards in a mighty manner.

At the same time, the Spanish commander-in-chief Valdesi also received news from his subordinates that it was the Qing Dynasty who called again.Wadsey laughed and said: "Haha, Daqing's stupid pigs with pigtails, can't they be beaten? They are not self-sufficient and want to provoke us again, this time I won't let them go, I If they want to hit the land of Qing Dynasty directly, their navy is so poor, and the army must be so vulnerable."

The generals standing around Wadsi all laughed and said: "This time we are going to taste what it is like to be a woman in the Qing Dynasty." Several Spanish generals looked at each other and laughed wickedly.

Wadsey laughed for a while and said, "Okay, stop laughing, everyone will prepare, and we will entertain this Qing guest from afar."

All the generals said: "Follow the order" and then the Spanish fleet went to intercept the fleet of the Qing Dynasty navy.

The boat traveled only ten miles, and already saw the navy of the Qing Dynasty.Wadsey smiled contemptuously and said: "Haha, it's the same rotten fleet as last time, and it's not as large as last time. The ruler of Qing Dynasty, is his brain broken? Just these ships, still 397 is not enough for us to shoot down."

The order said: "Speed ​​up, and be sure to sink them in one round for me."

Jia Baoyu had already discovered it when the Spaniards arrived at the battlefield, and then Jia Baoyu ordered: "We are approaching the coastline of Luzon Island, the Spaniards may appear at any time, everyone is ready."

As the two armies gradually approached, the Qing army was gradually able to see the Spaniards, and many Qing troops gasped, but because Jia Baoyu had boosted morale before the war, the soldiers still mustered up their courage , keep driving forward.

Finally, the Qing army's warship entered the range of Spain. Sure enough, Jia Baoyu's plan worked. The firepower of the Spaniards was directed at the big ship where Jia Baoyu was. The Spaniards also knew that the only big ship in the middle was the The main general's warship, so he intends to directly destroy the morale of the Qing army.

As for the artillery fired by the Spaniards, the officers and soldiers carried out Jia Baoyu's orders very well. The warships in the middle dodged desperately, while the warships on both sides rushed forward regardless, only to enter the range. , the Qing army's warships are lethal.

Chapter 244 The decisive battle against Spain, a great victory!

Although Jia Baoyu worked hard to reduce the loss of his own warships, the gap between the two armies was too great.In just one round, the Qing army had lost nearly ten warships. Of course, this was much better than when Shi Lang led the army.

The distance between the Qing army warships and the Spanish warships is constantly narrowing. After paying nearly half of the cost of the warships, the Spanish warships finally entered the range of the Qing army warships, and the morale of the Qing army soldiers was boosted. , the gunners set up their turrets and aimed at the Spanish warships, while the sailors continued to approach them.

Between the Spaniards and the Qing soldiers, the artillery bombardment between you and me began. The whole sea was filled with smoke. Generally speaking, the losses of the Qing army's warships were much higher than that of the Spaniards, but the losses of the Spaniards were actually not small.

The Spanish commander-in-chief Valdesi said with a livid face: "Damn, we have already lost more than ten warships. We only lost one warship in the last fight against the Qing army. Now that we have fought fewer enemies, how can we lose more? already?"

The lieutenant next to him also said with a bad face: "This time, this group of Qing soldiers do not know what medicine they took wrong, they would rather fight their warships and die, and die with us, and even see that the ship is broken. We just hit it directly, although our warships and weapons are stronger, but we can’t stand these Qing troops fighting like this.”

Wadsey said angrily: "Damn the Qing army, beat me hard, kill them all, I want them to be wiped out."

At this time, there were only a dozen pitiful warships left in the Qing army, and there were not many officers and soldiers in the navy. It's a pothole made by artillery.

At this time, an adjutant rushed forward to report: "General, our artillery ammunition is running out, should we evacuate or what should we do?"

Jia Baoyu said indifferently: "Don't retreat, order all the warships to charge with me, fight at close range when all the ammunition is finished, and then use the warship to ram them, we will not lose if we hit them, this king promises, If this king can return to the court alive, all of you will be meritorious servants! Raise the prestige of our country, today!"

The soldiers had no way out at this time. When they heard Jia Baoyu say this, they gritted their teeth and tried their best.

At the same time, Jia Baoyu's real body returned to his fleet, leaving only his clone on the Qing fleet, Jia Baoyu said to Zheng He: "Sanbao, you can prepare to encircle the Spanish warship, and immediately set off for the Spanish fleet. Get close, being careful not to let the Spaniards spot it.

When the last Qing warship is destroyed, the Spaniards are the most slack, so we will attack them and catch them off guard.”

At this time, the Qing warships were basically invisible on the sea, and there were still three or five sporadic ships, as well as the large ship where Jia Baoyu was.At this time, the Spaniards can also be regarded as heavy losses. They brought out XNUMX warships and left nearly ten warships to guard Luzon Island. After a lot of consumption by the Qing army, only more than XNUMX remained. A total of nearly thirty warships were lost.

At this time, Wadsey was so angry that he was about to lose his footing. His country was not rich in the first place, and he took the line of elite soldiers. It was distressing to lose a ship or even a crew member.

All the Spanish crew were immersed in the war, and no one found that there was another fleet that had bypassed the battlefield and arrived behind the Spanish fleet.

Just when Jia Baoyu's battle fleet arrived a mile behind the Spaniards, Jia Baoyu ordered the fleet to slow down, making sure there was no loud noise, and quietly set up cannons to aim at the Spaniards.

Then Jia Baoyu's clone on the battlefield shouted: "Soldiers, it's time to be loyal to the country, everyone rush." ​​Under the leadership of Jia Baoyu, the Qing army rushed forward with their boats.It was this last wave that completely scrapped the three warships of the Spanish fleet, and the price was the annihilation of the entire Qing army navy.

Seeing that all the Qing army warships had been wiped out, Wadsey breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he couldn't bear the anger and said: "The Musket Team, go search for the Qing army pigs on the sea, kill them all for me, we don't want them. A prisoner. Also, go find me the leader of the Qing army in this battle, I want to see who is so powerful and caused me such a loss."

After that, Wadsey sat down on the deck. He was really exhausted. Except for the Musketeer team, everyone else was like Wadsey, either sitting or lying on the deck.

At this time, Jia Baoyu's warship was getting closer and closer to the Spaniards. Seeing that the time was ripe, Jia Baoyu gave an order, only to hear hundreds of artillery fire all at once. Since they were relatively close, the accuracy was very good. Ship, Spain has suffered heavy losses, nearly XNUMX warships were directly sunk, and slowly sank into the sea.

The Spaniards who were immersed in the last war did not know what happened, and many soldiers had even fallen asleep.Suddenly hearing the sound of guns, most of the people were stunned and had no idea what was going on.

Wadsey even said: "Who is firing guns here? Do you want to die?" It wasn't until he felt his ship swayed violently that he realized something was wrong, and hurriedly got up and shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack! "

However, most of the people still failed to react, and they were sent to the Hall of Hell by artillery.

By the time Wadsi reorganized the team and everyone returned to their respective posts, Jia Baoyu's fleet had fired four or five rounds of artillery, and Wadsi was already stunned. The Spanish ships on the sea were no longer there. Moreover, Jia Baoyu's fleet has formed a circle of encirclement on the Spanish fleet.

Wadsey closed his eyes in pain and despair. He knew that he was finished. He only had less than twenty warships left, and the enemy had formed an encirclement. After a long battle, his warships lost their ammunition. There are not many reserves, and the warships large and small have already been damaged, and they can't escape no matter what.

In the eyes of Westerners there has never been sacrifice and death, and they do not approve of fearless sacrifice.So, Wadsey surrendered resolutely, only to see a white flag raised from Wadsey's ship.

Chapter 425: Yongzheng Slaps the Face

Not to mention how happy Jia Baoyu was on Luzon Island, only that Emperor Yongzheng in the capital was anxiously waiting. On the one hand, he did not know what was going on with Jia Baoyu, and on the other hand, Yongzheng was also worried about his military spending. worry.

At this time, Yongzheng's treasury was almost exhausted. The Qing Dynasty's treasury revenue was only XNUMX million taels per year, and Emperor Yongzheng's own annual expenses needed to consume a considerable part of the treasury, plus Nian Gengyao After repeated expeditions to the west, there is basically no money in the treasury.

Ever since Nian Gengyao and Jia Baoyu fought off Luobu Zangdan together, Emperor Yongzheng has been raising taxes to subsidize military use. All the silver in the treasury has been used up in previous years. It has nearly doubled, and there are complaints everywhere.

Yongzheng also knew the situation of the people at this time. He also felt helpless. The common people were suffering, but he had to maintain the majesty of the Qing Dynasty. In contrast, his own face was more important.As long as Jia Baoyu wins this war, the crisis he faces can be solved in a thousand ways.

Of course, Yongzheng didn't have much confidence, so he waited so anxiously at this time. Even Emperor Yongzheng often lost his temper in the palace for no reason. As long as palace maids, eunuchs, etc., did something wrong or did something that was not as good as Yongzheng's. In his mind, he would beat and scold him at every turn, or even pulled him out of the palace and stabbed him to death.

This time, Empress Yixiu was slaughtered, and Emperor Yongzheng often lost his temper at her.

This is actually attributable to Jia Baoyu. He planned to turn Emperor Yongzheng into a eunuch, and also planned to hide all the concubines such as Zhen Huan and Yuanchun at home, so that the concubines with surnames in the palace were left with Ye Ye. Empress Henara Yixiu, Emperor Yongzheng was upset and did not scold her for scolding anyone.

At the same time, Hongli, the Prince of Bao, who was sentenced to face the wall and thought about it at home, was in a completely different mood from his emperor Ama. After thinking about it in Hongli, Jia Baoyu had dragged on for such a long time and there was no good news from the capital. He must have been arrested. The Spaniards didn’t need anything, so Hongli was also in a dark mood at this time. He wished Jia Baoyu fled back in embarrassment. Although he might lose the title of prince, he was fortunate to have eliminated Jia Baoyu as an opponent. Jing Wang Shui Rong and Jin Prince Hong Shi are just dead bones in the tomb, how can they win against themselves.

Just when Emperor Yongzheng could no longer bear Jia Baoyu, he completely lost confidence in Jia Baoyu, determined that Jia Baoyu had been defeated, and was about to order Jia's residence to be inspected.

Jia Baoyu's battle report and Valeja's letter of thanks have arrived in the capital one after another. Yongzheng was in the court at this time, and he was going to send someone to check Jia's house.

I saw Yongzheng say: "Hmph, this Jia Baoyu has been around for dozens of days, why hasn't there been any movement yet? Could it be that he was afraid of the Spaniards like Shi Lang and fled in embarrassment?"

Seeing that Emperor Yongzheng was already worried about Jia Baoyu, Wang Shuirong of Beijing hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Report to the Emperor, naval battles are no better than land battles, and it is normal to travel at sea for dozens of days. Fighting with the enemy, so naturally there is no good news."

Prince Jin Hongshi also stepped forward and said: "Huang Ama, Uncle Wang is right. King Jia Jun is not familiar with naval battles, so he must be familiar with it. Besides, he has to receive merchant ships from Guangzhou, so it must take time."

Yongzheng still had a bad expression, and said, "Is the military spending for him to be familiar with naval battles?"

Zhang Tingyu stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that King Jia Jun has lost in all likelihood. After all, it will only take about XNUMX days from here to Luzon Island at most, and it will take XNUMX days at most to receive merchant ships. It's been XNUMX days now that we can fight with the Spaniards, and according to common sense, King Jia and the Spaniards have already decided the winner."

Yongzheng nodded in approval, and said, "Heng Chen's analysis is good. It really is the words of the old minister to seek the country. It seems that this Jia Baoyu has also escaped, and this Jia Fuzhen can't let it go."

At this moment, an anxious shout came from outside the hall: "Report to the emperor, there is news from King Jia Jun ahead, and the war has been decided."

Emperor Yongzheng jumped up from the dragon chair excitedly and took the battle report from Jia Baoyu, only to see Jia Baoyu writing on the paper: "Report to the emperor, Wei Chen encountered a large number of Spanish enemies in the area of ​​Luzon Island. , the Spanish warships are powerful, the firepower is fierce, and they fought fiercely with our army, and our army suffered heavy losses..."

When Yongzheng saw this, he was already furious and scolded: "So Jia Baoyu, our army suffered heavy losses, which means that he lost? He also made an excuse to say that the warship is powerful and the firepower is fierce, it is useless."

Prince Jin Hongshi asked timidly, "Huang Ama, did King Jia's battle report say this?"

Yongzheng sneered and said, "Humph, what else can I say?" As he said, Yongzheng opened the battle report and continued to see "Ran Weichen did his best to fight with the Spaniards, and finally, under the blessing of the emperor's Hongfu Qitian, Your Majesty, although our army suffered heavy losses, it still defeated the Spaniards, slaughtered all the Spanish invaders, lived up to His Majesty's request, and successfully restored Luzon Island."

When Yongzheng saw this, his sneering face suddenly became exciting. He never expected Jia Baoyu to say that he had suffered heavy losses first, and then said that he had defeated the Spaniards.The scene suddenly became awkward.

The ministers below also didn't know what happened. Why did the emperor suddenly stop talking. At this time, a minister from the Hongli side stood up and said: "Emperor, since that Jia Baoyu has been defeated, he must be given a big one. The punishment cannot be easily let go of him."

Yongzheng suddenly found an opportunity to go down the stairs and cursed at the minister: "You idiot, now that King Jia has defeated the Spaniards, I just don't have time to award the reward, how can I punish King Jia, an ignorant idiot, get off"

The minister who was scolded was completely stunned and had no idea what was going on. Wasn't this the defeat of Jia Baoyu that the emperor himself said just now?But the minister didn't dare to talk back or explain anything, so he could only retreat to the Highness in a sullen manner.

Chapter 426

To say that Yongzheng's face is too thick, he said just a few seconds ago that Jia Baoyu was defeated, and now he immediately changed his mind.But the civil and military officials have thoroughly understood this style of Yongzheng, so everyone is not surprised at all.

I saw Zhang Tingyu immediately stood up and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, the emperor Hexi, the king of Jia Jun is indeed beyond ordinary people, and both land and sea battles are invincible. I have such a god of war figure in Qing Dynasty, it is the Qing Dynasty. Fu ah, it is also a blessing general sent by God to protect the emperor from the sky."

Yongzheng immediately laughed and said: "Hengchen is really saying that the old minister wants to seek the country. It is really a blessing for me to have a general like Jia Baoyu." Then he turned around and said: "Su Peisheng, go to Prince Bao's mansion quickly, Call Hongli to me, this time he has made a contribution, it's good to recommend it!"

The following Wang Shuirong of Beijing and Prince Jin Hongshi saw that Yongzheng was still praising Hongli, and they also pouted to express their helplessness. It seems that the emperor's heart is still towards Hongli, but there is no way. For the two of them, it is still Jia Baoyu. Being safe is more important.

So they both stood up and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, now that the Spaniards have been defeated, the four seas are serving, and the eight directions are shaking. I am well-known in the world, and the power of heaven has completely made the four barbarians fear. From this point of view, this kind of achievement is even greater. Yu Kai, your majesty is my first-class Ming monarch of the Qing Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration to call him the first emperor of the ages, but he is worthy of Yao and Shun.”

Even the civil and military officials can't stand this flattery.

However, Emperor Yongzheng just did this, he laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha, a small achievement is not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning Yao and Shun."

When the ministers saw that the emperor, who was so excited about his achievements, immediately understood the emperor's intentions, they bowed together and said, "Your Majesty is an emperor through the ages, but he is worthy of Yao and Shun."

Emperor Yongzheng smiled happily, and at this moment, Hongli came in and asked, "I don't know what happened to the emperor, but it has something to do with Jia Baoyu's southern expedition?"

Emperor Yongzheng was happy at this time, and smiled: "My son is right, guess what the result is"

At this time, Hongli did not notice that Yongzheng's tone was very happy. He was already immersed in his imagination of Jia Baoyu's fate after the defeat.

Emperor Yongzheng saw that Hongli was standing there with a sluggish expression and was not moving, and suddenly said unhappily: "Hongli, I asked you something, guess what the result is?"

Prince Bao Hongli heard that Huang Ama's tone was not very good, so he strengthened his thoughts even more, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Emperor Ama calms down, it's because the servants don't know who they are, and they chose Jia Baoyu to preside over the southern expedition by mistake. The minister is willing to accept the punishment, I only hope that the emperor will not forgive Jia Baoyu who has lost the battle, and he must be punished for his crimes, who will make him lose my face."

The civil and military officials were suddenly in an uproar, such a treasured prince Hongli, how stupid?Standing behind Yongzheng, Su Peisheng was speechless in his heart: Seeing how calm this Prince Bao looked along the way, he thought he knew everything, but it turned out that he didn't know anything.