Lu Ming

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Next, Zhao Tieguo began to complete the second task: spreading the words of immigrants.

"Here, this is Tie Ting Braised Beef Canned."

"Haven't you seen a buffalo? Have you ever eaten beef when you grow up so big? Take it and pour it into the pot!"

"I am the deputy company commander now... that is, a hundred households, and I actually receive 5 taels of silver a month."

"What, deduction? Ah bah! I don't even look at the amount of silver in Cao Dashuai's family, there is gold in it!"

"Since I have been with Marshal Cao, my monthly salary has not changed once I have paid all the expenses!"

"Look at this woolen cloak, look at this coat, look at this musket, and this cowhide outfit!"

"Hey, Marshal Wen Long is good at everything, but he is a bit poor! To kill a tartar, you still need money first!"

"What, can I take care of you? What kind of bullshit is this? They are all brothers who have lived and died together. Can I not take care of you with the iron pot?"

"Let's go, let's go when you turn around. First go to Tianjin to raise fat for a few days. Brother, I have someone in Tianjin. Take all my mother and daughter with you. Brother will take care of you on the ship!"

"Cao Dashuai's family has a great career, not to mention that the whole military family is in charge of food and drink, even if Dongjiang's whole gang, old and young, have gone, they can't afford him!"

"Don't worry, we are all fellow villagers, can fellow villagers cheat fellow villagers?"

In this way, on the beach, a group of Dongjiang "villagers" like Zhao Tieguo naturally formed "stove propaganda points" around them.

In the cold winter wind, the steam rolling over the big iron, the heat of the food in the bowl, accompanied by the fiery language of the "Dongjiang fellow"... The aborigines on Guanglu Island, while eating big mouthfuls, their mood became warm-blooded , no longer numb.

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At the same time, in the exclusive wooden house of the island owner Mao Chenglu, an important meeting that will determine the future is also going on.

Speaking of which, in the current environment, this table is not considered low-end.On the long square table made of old wood, there is ginseng, deer's leg, bear's paw, and tiger meat—anything that Koreans have, it's available here.

In other words, snakes have snake paths and cats have cat paths.Dongjiang Town has not been able to eat enough money allocated by the imperial court for a long time, so it has become an important financial channel for the various ministries of Dongjiang to maintain the border trade with the North Koreans.

But this is also the way to die.Mao Wenlong has been fighting with the imperial court for a long time on the matter of secretly engaging in border trade, and there have been many disagreements during it.After Mao Wenlong's accident, the court remained silent, and the border trade issue was definitely one of the important reasons.

Of course, since it is a dinner party, there are not only Korean things on the table, but also all kinds of food brought by the traveler: canned meat, canned vegetables, and even bacon dishes made by the chef of the Dengzhou restaurant. table.

However, in the face of such a sumptuous banquet of northern and southern dishes, no one moved their chopsticks at the moment.All the participants held their breaths and listened to Zhang Zhongqi, the protagonist, speak with eloquence.

"Let me make it clear first: Da Ming's army leaders in the north, big and small, have as many soldiers as there are, if not a hundred, there are eighty. The reason why my commander-in-chief chooses you to be friends and brothers is not because of your strong strength and ability. It will come in handy... just pure respect for the heroic spirit of everyone who has fought bloody battles with Jiannu for many years."

After Zhang Zhongqi's opening sentence, he thought about it and added: "Well, this is righteousness. Although my commander-in-chief is rich and powerful, he still needs to respect the righteousness of the barbarians."

After saying this, Zhang Zhongqi picked up the wine bowl on the table, waved his hands and said, "Come on, everyone, let's pay respects to Marshal Mao and the countless brave men who went to the disaster in Dongjiang Town, and drink this wine to the full."

The generals were also very excited when they heard the words.Thinking about my family's hardships and persistence over the years, and today being recognized by powerful colleagues far away in the south, everyone couldn't help but feel excited, and they picked up their wine bowls one after another to clean up.

After a bowl of wine, the atmosphere improved a lot, and then all the ugly and good things were said.

"I will unload a total of 60 tons this time...50 catties...according to the old scale, it is [-] catties of grain."

"From now on, Guanglu Island will be built as a maritime military supply base, and the annual military grain storage must not be less than 500 tons. In the future, barracks and cave warehouses for storing grain and weapons will be built here. When the base construction is completed, there will be more There will be a large amount of food supplies transshipped from Tianjin."

Even though it is thousands of miles away from the old nest, the strength displayed by the crossing forces today has completely crushed all the Dongjiang generals.

So when Zhang Zhongqi said these words, his tone was very formal, similar to the tone of his superiors explaining his work, and he didn't ask Mao Chenglu and others for their opinions at all.

After all, the two sides have now exposed each other's foundations, and the stalls on the traverser's side have been rolled out, so the natives must not be allowed to bargain on the general layout.

But fortunately, the natives don't intend to bargain... Such a tyrannical force will go to Guanglu Island to accumulate grain and soldiers. This is great news for the hungry and frightened Dongjiang people.

"I will stay in the Beijing-Tianjin area all year round. On the Guanglu Island side, I will leave a management and communication team to guide the work."

This is also what the title should mean.If someone throws such a large amount of investment here, someone must be sent to control it, and the generals have no objection.

"Generally speaking, in the next few years, you don't need to wait for the big fanfare to do anything. General Mao, you can concentrate on training your troops at ease. Whenever you need military supplies, Tianjin will supply them secretly. Don't make any noise."

"Chenglu knows, knows!"

At this moment, Mao Chenglu could only nod his head.Don't worry about anything, someone pays for him to support his own soldiers, is there anything better than this?

"As for the old and the weak in Dongjiang, they will move away one after another in the future."

"My commander-in-chief is from the north. The brothers went to the south to support the commander-in-chief. The commander-in-chief likes it very much, and he will use it sooner or later!"

When Zhang Zhongqi said this, his face became cold and hard: "There is no excuse for this one!"

The generals of Dongjiang knew that this was digging everyone's corners.But things have come to this point, and they can't afford to support so many family members. If they refuse the rich man to send food to attract people, they will not only turn against the rich man, but also those family members.

So after finally weighing the pros and cons, Mao Chenglu and the others slowly nodded.

After the key point was clarified, Zhang Zhongqi's face became brighter, and his words turned into comfort: "Everyone, don't worry, now that everyone is included in the 'system', we still have to take a long-term view. After following my family's commander, in the future The benefits will show up over time."

Stretching out a slap and five fingers, Zhang Zhongqi finally concluded: "Five years, let's put our heads together for five years. After five years, two to three thousand tons in the south...well, the million-material transport ship will be produced in batches." , The construction of the coastal logistics chain is completed. By that time... hum."

When Zhang Zhongqi said this, he turned his palm into a knife, and chopped it from left to right on the old wooden table in front of him: "At that time, the army will float northward, and the capital, Shanhaiguan, Jianzhou... and further north, it will be Raksha people, people from the east, North Koreans... We will take revenge one by one, one by one, and we will be happy with each other!"

After saying this, Zhang Zhongqi finally picked up the wine bowl again, and asked with a smile: "Everyone, what do you think? Can you conspire with my commander-in-chief?"

"It's done! My lord, I'm waiting for you brother, this time I'll fight with the commander-in-chief!"

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The northern sub-rudder based on Guanglu Island was established with the collision of several wine bowls.

And Zhang Zhongqi and the others lingered in Guanglu Island for a few days after arranging the big event.Finally, after all the prepared materials were unloaded, the fleet loaded the indigenous immigrants on the spot, and then went straight across Lushun to the mouth of the Liaohe River.

Today's Lushun is garrisoned by Huang Long, the new commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town.Since this person was an airborne official sent by the imperial court to replace Mao Wenlong, he was extremely unpopular with Dongjiang generals.

In addition, between Huanglong and Sun Yuanhua of Dengzhou, they also turned their faces against each other because of Kong Youde and others' defense, and there were bullets.So this time when we went to Liaohe, the cross-travelers didn't plan to visit Huanglong in Lushun. After all, the melon fields and plums were troubled now, so it's better to stay away from trouble.

However, as expected, when the fleet arrived at the mouth of the Liaohe River, they found that the sea near here was indeed frozen—the Liaohe River was completely frozen in the cold winter of the Little Ice Age.

In this way, some people who were originally going to sea to deal with errands now feel confident: the sea is frozen and the fleet cannot approach, so the brothers had to go back home... It's not that our army is incompetent, it's really too cold!

On the way back, the fleet stopped by the sea outside Tianjin and put Zhang Zhongqi in the car first.After that, the fleet turned around and headed south, swaying, and returned to Dengzhou after more than ten days.

In this way, the vigorous "Second Going Northward to Resist the Tartars" came to an end.The gaze of the traverser, after briefly moving to the north for a period of time, the focus quickly shifted.Leave Daming's mess behind and clean it up by himself.

Chapter 594

January 1632, 1, the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month.

For travelers from another time and space using a new calendar, a new year has begun.

In the new year, it seems that everything is going well: the new society is thriving, there are countless major events waiting to be accomplished every day, and the travelers are making history every day.

For the Ming court in the far north, the twelfth month of the Lunar New Year is about to usher in the "difficult fortunes of the country"-the Zu Dashou Department who was trapped in the Dalinghe Fort in Liaodong was already more than a month ago. With all ammunition and food running out, Kaesong surrendered.

Although Zu Dashou single-handedly fled back to the Daming-controlled area after the incident, this is no longer important: the last field army of the Ming Dynasty was wiped out by Jiannu, and the Ming court, whose strength and spirit were completely destroyed, lost forever Strategic initiative.

So this twelfth lunar month, the so-called sad year is true: the court is really difficult.

The emperor not only had to deal with the mess left after the big defeat outside the pass, but also faced the increasingly aggressive peasant uprising in the north: the peasant army composed of more than 20 people from Wang Yong, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, etc. up the climate.Those generations sometimes scattered and sometimes gathered, and repeatedly attacked cities and lands around Shanxi, once breaking through Daning, Xizhou, Zezhou, Shouyang and other cities, exhausting the imperial army and terrifying the entire court.

But the good thing is that Emperor Ming is not fighting alone.At this very moment, in a foreign land in the far south, there is also an imperial court, which has experienced several difficulties and hesitated several times in this twelfth lunar month.

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"All are there, ten rounds are fired at a constant rate, ready to... release!"

The crude casing copper wire + simple magnetic horn sound transmission system makes the human voice echoing in the gun cabin extremely distorted, and it is also accompanied by the sound of low-quality electric current rattling.

But none of these factors can affect the accurate transmission of orders.

Standing next to the iron loudspeaker, the on-site commander who heard the order for the first time, after visually observing that the artillery positions were ready, he slammed down the small flag in his hand and blew the copper whistle in his mouth at the same time.

In the long cannon cabin, there was a deafening roar.Accompanied by repeated loud bangs, was a cannon whose door was pushed back to the guide rail by the recoil.At the same time, muzzle smoke began to fill the cabin, and visibility decreased a lot.

But the smoke quickly escaped through the convection portholes.Professional gunboats are designed specifically for these problems.If today's external convection environment is not good, you can also turn on the negative pressure exhaust fan to assist in exhausting smoke.

While exhausting the smoke, wearing earmuffs, a short, stocky artillery squad composed of all "third-class disabled" was shouting loudly and nervously carrying out the artillery reset work.

Even if the three-layer gun deck, which tends to cause the ship's center of gravity to become unstable, is abandoned and improved to a double-layer gun bay equipped with heavy guns, it is still a ship cabin after all, and the height and space are limited, so the gun crew members are all dwarfs.

The dwarf battery is an essential "part" of a sandwich battleship.

The British Empire was facing the pressure of competition from all kinds of hooligans at sea, so it did everything it could.In the Imperial Fleet, underage minors were used all the year round as gunpowder transporters running up and down.

But looking to the future, the traversing forces have nothing to contend with, so there is no such thing as "child soldiers" in the fleet.Right now, all minors in the control area must receive compulsory education, and there is no need to carry gunpowder barrels on battleships, or go to textile factories to quickly consume their lives.

Fortunately, the average size of indigenous people in this era is generally low, and adults of 1.5 meters abound.After the navy recruits "qualified" gun crew soldiers, after training and supplementing nutrition, these people will become short and sturdy "professional" sergeants.

At this moment, the combat tasks of professional sergeants are very heavy.

The 24-pound forged long-barrel heavy gun has a total weight of more than 2 tons.Even if there is an advanced slide rail system for braking, it still requires a lot of chemical energy from the gun crew and skilled operating procedures before the cannon will return to the firing position again.

Next came another round of mechanical clearing + charging.

The good thing is that this time because it is firing at a constant rate, the gun crew is not in a hurry.Everyone slowed down and used the least labor-saving way to do the preparation process that has been trained countless times.

Not long after, the muzzles of ten 10-pound heavy guns protruded out of the porthole again.The gleaming gun barrel and the suddenly quiet gun cabin brought a strong murderous aura of instant boost.

It took less than 10 seconds for all the gun positions to be ready, and the call that the lower gun compartment was ready came from the big iron horn next to the commander.Less than half a minute later, the familiar electric current microphone of the bridge fire control officer issued an order again: "Allow shooting!"

"Boom..."

The double-layer gun deck, with a total of 20 24-pound heavy guns on one side, roared again.

The cast iron shells pushed out of the barrel by the high-temperature gunpowder gas are full of power at this moment.The seemingly dark iron ball has actually raised its temperature and become scorching hot.

One of the iron balls, after being ejected together with 19 companions, soon merged with 22 of the same type fired from another warship.After flying over the water surface of the Red River for nearly 1 kilometer, everyone entered the airspace of the destination of this trip: a city with a strong Chinese style.

After crossing the thick city wall outside the city, most of the kinetic energy of the iron ball has been lost, and the parabolic trajectory drawn by it has become more and more obvious when falling.Afterwards, after flying for nearly 2000 meters, the kinetic energy of the iron ball was finally exhausted, so it slammed into a courtyard in the east of the city leisurely.

This courtyard is paved with blue bricks and covered with blue tiles. It is square and neat. At first glance, it looks like a home for wealthy middle-class people.

For some reason, there was no one in the courtyard at this moment.

The next moment, the iron ball bounced into the backyard.Although it seemed to be slowing down and without any kinetic energy, after a loud "bang", the iron ball smashed through the wall of the firewood room without any hindrance.Finally, after traveling a distance of 2000 meters, the standard 24-pound cast iron shell produced by the distant Yizhou Metal Casting Factory plunged into the pyre and did not move.

It's not over yet.

Three or four minutes later, in the firewood room that had been quiet for a long time, there was suddenly a slight "beeping" sound... Looking carefully, it turned out that a bundle of straw in the firewood pile turned green for some reason. cigarette.

Next, the green smoke became more and more intense, and soon turned into thick white smoke: the firewood stored in the firewood room was burned.

Ever since, the fire gradually became bigger and bigger, until it burned through the firewood house, and began to transfer to other surrounding houses.

At this time, the original white smoke has long been transformed into thick black smoke, and with the help of the visible wood everywhere, the black smoke rises into the sky.Anyone can see that there is a fire here and rescue is needed to put it out.

However, when the camera is zoomed out, it is discovered that this big city with many buildings and houses is already full of fires and corpses everywhere, like a hell on earth.

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The southbound large fleet led by Cao Chuan (pseudo), the loyal and brave uncle of the Ming Dynasty, has stayed in the delta area of ​​the lower reaches of the Red River for more than half a month.

In fact, as early as a month ago, the Grand Fleet arrived at Hongji Port.

On the same day, after the special meeting to deal with the situation in the north ended, the cabinet immediately issued a list of the personnel of the southward fleet according to the spirit of the meeting.

In addition to Zhang Dongdong who must set off with the ship, there are also many naval personnel, and there are also some idle travelers who are planning to go to the Indochina Peninsula for inspection.

The large fleet was quickly formed.

Since it is the first time to step out of the "national gate" in the real sense, and it is obviously responsible for combat missions, this southward fleet is quite powerful.It includes not only the two main battleships "Zhenman" and "Fuyuan", but also more than 20 various secondary battleships.

Traveling through the crowd this time, it can be said to be the best of the best.

In addition, accompanied by the Southward Fleet, there are also a large number of civilian transport ships of various types.

After that, some ships were hastily gathered at Baietan, and after performing in front of the natives of Guangzhou, the fleet set off.Along the way, the fleet stayed outside Lingdingyang for 3 days because of the need to meet ships from all over the world.

When the large fleet was finally assembled, they pulled anchor and set sail. The first stop was Qiongzhou.

After demonstrating their strength to the people of Qiongzhou, leaving behind a number of transport ships to unload building materials and various grains and groceries, the Southward Fleet officially went southward, which can be regarded as going out of the country.

It's a pity that the southward fleet didn't move three feet after leaving the country.First, they conducted continuous exercises in the Beibu Gulf for several days, and then they all went to Hongji Port, which is under construction.

At this point in time, it is late November, and the rainy season in Annan is over.

Next came the meat of the show: the large fleet stationed in Hongji Port not long ago actually detected traces of the mobilization of Annan's army with a number of no less than 20000 on the shore.

Therefore, the Marine Corps carried by the Grand Fleet, in cooperation with the "security" force of Hongji Port, was led by the crossing officer himself, and adopted the method of night attack + storm attack, and broke up the forward force sent by the Zheng family to find out the details in one fell swoop. It only took one night to wipe out 800+ enemies.

Immediately afterwards, after leaving a large number of manpower to assist in the defense of Hongji Port, the Southward Fleet went straight up the Red River on December 12st with all its main forces.

Because there are many red sand shale formations in the river basin, the water is red, so this big river originating from Yunnan and ending in the Beibu Gulf was called "Red River" in ancient times.

And the Red River Delta in the lower reaches of the Red River is where the Shenglong Mansion, the capital of Annan Kingdom, is located.

On the morning of December 1631, 12, a giant ship from downstream suddenly appeared on the surface of the Red River outside Thang Long Mansion.Before the bewildered Thang Long Mansion sent envoys to negotiate, the imperialist fleet, which had already emitted billowing black smoke, foreshadowed an ominous omen, and despicably fought undeclared war. The cannon fire that represents death.

Caught off guard, Thang Long Fu City suffered a total of more than a thousand shells that day, and the people's lives and property suffered huge losses.