Hundreds of ships, large and small, are practicing.
This time it was rare for the imperial court to allocate arrears of pay, and they paid next month's military pay in advance, and they had enough food to eat, and even five pigs.
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Although only the generals could eat meat, the others could only drink some oily soup, which was a rare treatment in recent years.
In addition, the generals also said that if they win this time, they will receive a year's pay!
Can everyone not practice hard?
If the Han soldiers are not satisfied with their pay, they will be invincible if they are fully paid.
The premise is that it is actually distributed to every soldier.
Just like Liaodong, military pay is 4 to 7 million a year.
Calculated at 4 million, 200,000 soldiers can actually be paid.
The problem is that Liaodong only supports less than 10,000 servants with actual military pay.
As for the need for other ordnance, the problem is that there are still a large number of farms in Liaodong, and they do not collect any taxes.
Therefore, the first bad thing about the Liaodong incident was that the generals were greedy and colluded with officials to enrich their own pockets with a large amount of money and farm income instead of using all of it for military training.
Why are they greedy?
Because the Liaodong court did not establish vassal feudalism.
If Shi Zhenyun* is as powerful as Mu Wangfu, he will definitely be able to pacify the Donglu.
The problem is that Liaodong is too close to the capital, and if Zhu Di is killed, it will be impossible to establish the Liaodong vassal town again.
If you don't set up a vassal town, but you are just a general, you may be transferred from south to north. In this case, why do they use the general's salary and farmland income to train soldiers? Why don't they use their own servants as private soldiers? In this case, after being transferred,
You can still carry it with you.
This is not just a casual comment.
Later, bandits were rampant, and 3,000 elite cavalry were transferred to Liaodong to suppress them. The battles were fruitful, but there was no replenishment, and they were finally exhausted.
No one is stupid. If the court does this, then the generals will naturally put their selfishness first.
At this time, Wenrensheng naturally asked these people to practice hard.
"Menghuo oil burns fiercely, but it is easy to burn accidentally. You must pay attention to the safety of storage. The barrels must be prevented from seeping and there must be no smoke and smoke." Zhangzhou Commander-in-Chief Zhou Ming reminded.
He was in the army, and he also knew the power of fire oil. Once it was contaminated, simply throwing water and soil would be useless. It would have to be suppressed with sand and soil bags, and it would take a long time to extinguish it.
"The speed of the boat is still slow. We have to find ways to improve it." Yu Datao, the commander-in-chief of Jianfu, also raised a question after watching the drill.
Wen Rensheng nodded: "I remember there was a kind of car and ship in the south of the Yangtze River, which could be driven by oxen and was very fast, but the reminder was too big and it was not easy to build. Now the only way is to improve the shape of the ship and use longitudinal sails, which can recruit Australian red hair
People help improve.”
"The red-haired people of Australia have always been respectful and took the initiative to pay land rent and trade taxes. They are indeed much better than the red-haired people of Pengdao." Zhou Ming, the commander-in-chief of Zhangzhou, nodded.
He also had frequent dealings with the Australian Red Hair, so he naturally knew that both the other party and the Pengdao Red Hair were red hair, but in fact they were not from the same country.
And there are many contradictions.
They were absolutely willing to help the Ming Dynasty defeat Pengdao Hongmao. This Li Tongzhi seemed to be a civil servant who knew how to fight.
It makes people feel very comfortable to get along with.
"In addition, you can use small boats to carry heavy artillery. After transferring to the big ship, you can blast the gap directly from the back, and then send strong men to throw kerosene bottles to burn the ship from the inside."
"If the ship is burned from the outside, they can pour water on it, cover it with sacks, or push it away with a long pole. If it is burned from the inside, the other party will have no choice but to abandon the ship."
Zhou Ming, the commander-in-chief of Zhangzhou, nodded: "That's good, let's practice more with this method."
"You can also use the small trebuchet on the ship. The small trebuchet can throw hundreds of steps and throw fire bottles in all directions, which can also have a diversionary effect. Of course, this kind of ship is slow and can easily be hit by heavy artillery, so it is only used for diversion.
Deterrence, do not take the initiative to attack."
After the three discussed with each other, Wen Rensheng selected a group of loyal and brave men according to the training process, issued Anjia silver coins, and practiced day and night.
Yes, not only during the day, but also at night.
Because sailors eat more fish, fewer have night blindness.
Sneak attacks at night are also more convenient.
Because you can never fire cannons at night.
Even during World War II, artillery rarely fired at night to attack targets.
The main reason is that it is difficult to observe the other party's losses.
It is difficult to determine the effect of the bombardment and then correct the coordinates.
Of course, using flares is one way.
But small boats can attack at night.
Taking advantage of the bright moonlight, the fireship is the equivalent of a carbon-based navigation torch.
As soon as night comes, the artillery battle between ships from both sides will stop.
This is a common occurrence in battles. The disadvantaged side often delays time until nightfall. There is a saying that it is to escape at night.
Often you can successfully escape from some fast ones.
This training lasted three months.
Of course, the Pengdao red-haired people did not rest. During these times, they contacted the surrounding pirates, spent a lot of money, and hired at least 100 pirate ships.
But the disadvantage is that they still only have 9 main Galenic ships.
If they were on the ocean, they would definitely be able to defeat dozens of naval ships and flee in panic.
But if you are in an offshore harbor, you will face a major threat from fire ships.
There are two ways to attack Pengdao.
One is to spread the word like Wen Rensheng, attracting the enemy to take the initiative to block one's port, and lay an ambush in advance.
The other method is to quietly lead a large number of ships and block the door directly before the enemy has assembled.
If the enemy's big ship is blocked in the harbor, the battle will be won.
If the enemy ship escapes, that's okay.
I was afraid that I would be discovered by the enemy on the way and send a large ship to attack.
The Battle of Liaoluo Bay in history was a successful sneak attack by the Zheng family, blocking the red-haired people's ship and the pirates' small boats in the bay.
As a result, the ship was heavily burned and they retreated all the way.
Now Wen Rensheng is training troops and ships, and the red-haired man will definitely not let him continue training.
It's just that the red-haired people also have internal disputes and disputes.
They are now just a colonial company, focusing on trade.
I don’t want to completely offend Ming yet.
Therefore, we did not use the method of harassing the seashore through hereditary inheritance. Of course, it was really harassing, and the problem was not big.
Because they are sailboats, they rely on wind power all the way north.
Therefore, the maneuverability cannot be compared with the steam iron-clad ships of later generations, so it can be made back and forth within a year.
The number of people is small, so the only threat to the seaside is small-scale Japanese pirates.
At least the Japanese pirates still have a bit of a home field advantage and can keep a steady stream of people coming.
There were only two to three thousand of them, excluding the sailors, and only a few hundred people actually went ashore to fight.
These men may be able to run rampant for a while, but they will be overtaken by the cavalry accidentally.
Because of these days' matchlocks, a large number were needed to restrain the cavalry.
The Ming Dynasty also hired red-haired matchlock soldiers, but it had no effect.
It’s not that they are not strong, but that they are hindered by the comprador class. They are worried that the red-haired people will be rewarded for their meritorious service and thus obtain trade privileges.
As a result, Hongmao was able to trade directly with the imperial court, and they lost the opportunity to be a middleman, so they paid a large sum of money to bribe Shilin Fengfeng, so that this mercenary ended up in vain and wasted.
Otherwise, 4 million taels of silver and hiring red-haired men to fight would definitely be more useful than Liaodong generals.
As for the issue of loyalty, Westerners have long been accustomed to being mercenaries.
Because of their skin color, it is difficult for them to take root in the local area, and it is difficult for them to turn their backs on foreigners.
If you hire fifty thousand red-haired men, no, as long as you hire ten thousand, you can almost deal with the barbarians.
At that time, the Portuguese man Hong Mao was wondering why the rich Ming people were afraid of the barbarians even though the world was relying on firearms to crush the barbarians.
They are not afraid. In order to have trade privileges and to be able to directly purchase raw silk, tea, porcelain... these hard currencies, they actually actively organized a group of 400 people in a small area with a total population of only 10,000 or 20,000 people.
The Musketeers went to the front line, and their morale was high. Everyone dared to fight, including black people, white people, and Ah San...
If they have achievements, rewards, and trade privileges, they will definitely continue to hire mercenaries from the southeast, Africa, and Europe.
You know, that's 4 million taels of military pay.
Enough to employ 100,000 people.
Arquebusiers are just cannon fodder. They don't need armor from head to toe, just a gun.
In fact, the local people, especially the compradors, believe in the red-haired fighting power.
Precisely because they believe it, they have to interfere with it.
Later, they went to war several times and finally proved their strength. Even Emperor Yongli, after seeing the fighting power of the red-haired mercenaries, chose to turn his whole family into believers in God. This is ironclad proof.
You must know that he is the emperor. Even though he is the last emperor, he is still the emperor.
It's a pity that it's too late and Yongli no longer has the financial resources to hire.
Chongzhen, who had the financial resources to hire, encountered various constraints, and he was not determined and could not understand, thus wasting the opportunity.
Wen Rensheng understood this very well.
In fact, Ming Dynasty had too many opportunities to save itself.
However, in a world where one family has one surname, when 95% of people encounter a problem, they first consider whether it can benefit themselves, then the surname, and finally the country and dynasty. No, they will not consider it in the end.
Don't do anything, just rest by yourself.
If the system continues to operate like this, sooner or later it will collapse one day.
Because not many people are willing to think about the big picture first.
Only 5% of the seeds are dormant, waiting for better opportunities to lead people to rise again.
This is the advantage of having more people. If there are fewer people, 5% of the people will easily be wiped out during the massacres over the years and will never be revived.
This is also the reason why small civilizations and small races are easily cut off. It is simple and direct.
After three months, if the soldiers and horses are not yet proficient, continue practicing.
However, a clipper ship has already arrived to report that the fleet of red-haired men appeared in the distance of the port. They watched eagerly and blocked the port.
It seems that the fighter jet Wen Rensheng was looking for has appeared.
However, the red-haired people are also very smart. As the proactive party, they are still five miles away from the port. At this distance, their cannons can hit the port.
But they couldn't be reached at the port.
And it was impossible for the fireship to approach them at this distance.
The opponent can fly the kite by changing its direction.
But of course it is difficult to fly a kite, after all, the wind direction changes at any time.
But the fireship must have suffered heavy losses.
Wen Rensheng would not bet on this trend.
At this time, the two commander-in-chiefs came to him for discussion.
"Now that the red-haired man has taken the initiative to come to the door, should we send envoys to stabilize him first?" Commander-in-Chief Yu Datao was somewhat knowledgeable.
Wen Rensheng understood the other party's intentions and pretended to deceive the other party, saying that trade was possible, and then took the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
"Yes, if we show the enemy weakness and take advantage of the opportunity to make a sneak attack, we can achieve a complete victory." Commander-in-Chief Zhou Ming also said.
"Such deceit will only make the red-haired people dissatisfied, thinking that they have not lost in terms of strength. Sooner or later, they will have to do it again, and they will not be able to leave." Wen Rensheng shook his head.
"What should we do?"
"Of course there is another way, select 50 clippers and 300 sea ghosts, carry gunpowder in bamboo tubes, seal them, and carry pig urine to use as air, quickly go to the sea, sneak in at a distance of three to five meters, and get under the enemy's big ship...
..." Wen Rensheng said.
"This, the enemy is in the open sea, not in the harbor. They can hide." Zhou Ming was a little unprepared.
Wen Rensheng said: "Our clippers can approach from the outside, and then send out water ghosts. The emphasis is on deterrence."
Yu Da Tao heard this and said: "In this case, I will personally take 20 large ships and 50 fast ships to drive away the enemy."
"Then there is General Lao." Wen Rensheng said.
Then the Ming Navy navy began to go into battle in a mighty manner.
These days, the Ming Navy's navy still performs better than most of the battalions.
People rely on the sea to eat, and most rely on smuggling and fishing trade to still have enough to eat.
And it is also very effective at sea.
Wen Rensheng also specially selected loyal and brave men who dared to work hard to gain wealth.
Wen Rensheng had already agreed with them that the deceased would also enjoy the pension from Kuaiji Shipping Company, and from now on the family would have rice, salt and silver available every month.
The reputation of this shipping company is much better than that of the government.
At least most of these water ghosts have heard of this new boat line on the water.
With these rewards, morale is still quite high.
After a long time, the ship's manpower arrangements were completed.
But the red-haired man never fired.
Wen Rensheng understood that the other party did not want to quarrel, but still wanted to rely on intimidation to allow the Ming Dynasty to engage in free trade.
However, what seemed to be a very simple and reasonable request in later generations was treasonous and contrary to ethics under the feudal tribute system.
How can you, a country of barbarians, be able to travel freely to our kingdom?
impossible.
You have to use the tribute system to get trade, and there are limits.
As a result, smuggling has become more popular.
When it comes to smuggling, the red-haired people have many restrictions, and the quantity and quality of the goods they can obtain are limited.
Moreover, Jiangnan maritime merchants would also smuggle it to the island countries themselves instead of selling it directly to them.
Wait until the ship leaves.
Hongmao's five Galenic ships finally raised their battle sails and lowered their speed slightly to ensure the accuracy of their cannons.
However, this is undoubtedly a disadvantage under the Clippers' strategy of choosing close combat.
This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to expel the red-haired people without suffering any big losses.
Western ships of this era had great advantages in the ocean, but their advantages in offshore waters were much smaller.
There are no steamships after all.
Offshore wind is also limited.
The wind force near the shore will definitely be affected. It is affected by the mountains and soil, and the wind changes too much.
Especially at those outlets, the terrain and wind are very complex, and large ships simply dare not enter directly. If they do, they will be besieged to death.
So it is often the world dominated by pirates.
But this time, when the red-haired people came to block the port, they obviously did not have much advantage from the beginning.
It's just that you are in a position where you can easily escape if you lose.
