"What? My father-in-law wants to save Almeida? Why is that?"
"Yes, Mr. Guo, the enemy's civil strife is exactly what we want to see. The more chaotic they are, the better, so we can take advantage of it."
"My lord, are you infatuated with that foreign girl? Do you care about her beauty? This is not possible. If you want to play with a foreign girl, just stay with her and play with her. Don't be bewitched by her."
"That's it, that's it. Go and save the enemy. What's going on?"
On the deck of the Star, all the generals were arguing. When they heard Zhang Yanling asking for everyone's opinions, more than half of the generals raised objections.
"Feng Mazi, what nonsense are you talking about? How dare you be rude to the Duke? Are you feeling itchy?" Chen Shi couldn't stand it any longer and pointed at Feng Mazi's nose and yelled.
Feng Sihai looked at Zhang Yanling's gloomy expression and knew that he had gone too far. He said that the Duke was lustful, which was an insult to the Duke in person. So he knelt down and kowtowed to apologize.
"My lord, I am not insulting you by holding such a low position. In our minds, my status as lord is unattainable, and we all admire you. But I hope you will think twice about this matter. If you go to save the enemy, I really can't think of it.
My brother on the Xuanfu was killed in the last naval battle
More than 20 people are still buried on the hill above. Yesterday I went to pay homage to them. The Francois are our sworn enemies. How can we go to save Almeida?
?How to live up to the spirits of the fallen soldiers in heaven?"
When Feng Mazi said this, everyone nodded and agreed in their hearts.
Zhang Yanling was already a little annoyed, but after hearing what Feng Mazi said, she became even more angry. These guys were engaging in moral kidnapping and got it on themselves. It seemed that they valued sex over righteousness. These guys have been a little nervous recently, and she treated them too badly.
You have become friendly. Rough people like Feng Sihai should not be too disrespectful to them. They have to be beaten from time to time to be obedient. Otherwise, sooner or later, they will jump on your neck and shit.
But before that, the truth still needs to be made clear.
"Feng Sihai, and you guys, are you just one-minded? Can't you think about things in a different way?" Zhang Yanling shouted in a deep voice.
Everyone looked at Zhang Yanling blankly, waiting to hear what Zhang Yanling said.
"I just want to ask, what is our goal? Who can answer me?" Zhang Yanling shouted.
The generals were silent.
Zhang Yanling sneered and asked Tan Changshun who was standing aside: "Changshun, do you know?"
Tan Changshun raised his chest and said: "Open up trade routes, establish port strongholds, dredge sea routes for our Ming Dynasty maritime trade, protect our country, and strengthen our country and enrich our people."
Zhang Yanling nodded and praised: "That's right. Everyone, you are worse than a boy. Changshun knows our goal clearly and clearly. What about you? It's not that you don't know our goal, you just get excited and fight.
, the blood rushes to the brain, and everything is forgotten. The purpose of our coming out is very clear, and everything is for this goal and actions around this goal. Achieving the goal is victory, not anything else."
The generals frowned and said nothing, thinking secretly.
"We have fought and died, and we will always be enemies? We will fight to the death? We will not be able to cooperate. Throughout the ages, how many wars have our Central Plains dynasty fought with the surrounding foreign races? It's not just a fight that stops, but the Zhao'an that should be ordered, the peace should be reconciled.
In marriage, should we cooperate? If you think so, then we should fight to the death? There is a saying
It's called 'There are no permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only eternal interests.' This is not entirely true, but it is not completely unreasonable. If you don't know how to adapt and compromise, and you will only fight and fight until death, then
It’s a vendetta, a personal act of gratification, and it’s not good for doing great things.”
Zhang Yanling snorted, paced the deck with his hands behind his hands, looked at the surging sea in the distance, and continued in a deep voice: "I can understand your feelings. We have lost many brothers in battle, and they are buried in this foreign country.
I can understand that you cannot accept cooperating with the enemy and want to avenge them. Am I, Zhang Yanling, an unreasonable person? But why did they die? We need to understand. Their
They died not because of personal grudges, but also because of our lofty goals. The thing that can really let their souls rest in peace and make their blood not shed in vain is not to kill others, but to complete our goal. Capture the port of Malaka
, occupy this strait. Only then will their deaths be meaningful. Only then will their deaths be worth it. If you fight against the Francois just for the sake of temporary anger, that is a narrow sense of loyalty."
The generals smacked their lips one after another, somewhat understanding what the Duke meant. The meaning of revenge has two levels, one is to kill the enemy, and the other is to achieve the goal. The former is satisfying, but the latter is more important.
"You all look so indignant, as if I, Zhang Yanling, are indifferent to the life and death of my brothers. But if you are in my position, you will know that some things are not as simple as fighting and killing. Besides, in the future, you will all have to take charge of your own affairs. If
Still don't understand something
If there is no structure and vision for things, and if you don’t know how to reconcile and compromise, it will be difficult to hold a big position in the future. I don’t want the people who follow me, Zhang Yanling, to be a group of reckless people who don’t have any brains. If they don’t make progress, let alone follow me, Zhang Yanling, in the future.
I have fought in the North and I can't afford to lose that person."
"My lord, I..." Feng Mazi smacked his lips and shouted.
Zhang Yanling waved his hand to interrupt him and said in a deep voice: "Of course, the purpose of rescuing Almeida this time is not to show sympathy for her. It is to divide the enemy. There is a conflict within the enemy. This is of course our opportunity. Do you think we should ignore him?
, but I think it needs to be managed. Once they complete the handover, they will be a monolith again, and we still can’t bite it. So, taking advantage of this moment to save Almeida will actually divide them. The two
When tigers fight, it is certainly a way to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. But if one tiger is going to die, the remaining tiger will also come to eat people. Why not save the dying tiger, maybe it will bite us for us.
The other one. Not to mention, I have obtained the guarantee from Miss Helena. I will not be afraid that Almeida will not listen to my mercy. All in all, I did this to achieve the purpose of occupying this place, not to pity her. If I like that
Foreign girl.”
When everyone heard this, they all shut up and stopped talking. It seemed that the Duke of Guo had indeed thought clearly about this matter. They were too hasty to object to this matter.
Feng Sihai murmured: "I know I have made a mistake because of my humble position, please punish me."
Zhang Yanling glanced at Feng Sihai and said: "Feng Mazi, you are brave in fighting, which I commend, but what you just said was disrespectful to me. I can't spare you. We are brothers and comrades-in-arms, but at the same time, there are also
There are distinctions between superior and inferior. If you disrespect me, you are guilty of a crime. You should be punished. If anyone comes, pull him down and beat him with ten army sticks."
Everyone was stunned.
Zhang Yanling frowned and said, "What? Are you disobeying me?"
Chen Shiyi shouted: "Pull it down and beat it."
Two personal guards pulled Feng Sihai aside, pushed him down on the deck and beat him with a crackling sound. Even though Feng Sihai was beaten with a baton from the Tenth Army, even though his skin was rough and his flesh was thick, he was so painful that he could not stand up.
"Feng Sihai, are you convinced? Is it right for me to hit you?" Zhang Yanling looked at Feng Sihai and said.
"A humble position deserves death, and a humble position deserves a beating." Feng Sihai said.
Zhang Yanling said: "This punishment is for being rude to you, not for giving you opinions. I do love beauty, but you can't say that I ignore my brotherhood for beauty. You are an insult to my character. I
I will punish you. Do you understand?"
"I understand the humble position." Feng Sihai said hurriedly.
Zhang Yanling said: "Can you still attend the meeting? Do you want to go to heal your wounds?"
Feng Sihai hurriedly said: "It's okay to be in a humble position, I can still persist."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "That's good, I still have important military orders to announce."
Everyone immediately cheered up, wondering what military orders the Duke had to announce.
"Everyone, we have always fallen into a misunderstanding. We are too obsessed with fighting at sea. This is really stupid. We thought that our warships were invincible, so we thought about conquering our opponents at sea and defeating them from the beginning. However,
In the battle at Furong Cliff, we did not achieve our goal, but fell into an embarrassing situation. We were in a dilemma of either withdrawing our troops or sending more warships. Thinking about it now, it is really ridiculous." Zhang Yanling said loudly.
Everyone was very surprised when they heard this. Could it be that the Duke of Guo thought of some clever plan?
"Everyone, this is directly connected to the port of Malacca. A seaside road leads to the port of Malacca. And we have two thousand war horses accompanying us. Although hundreds of horses have died, there are at least 1,500 available. We have
Five hundred blunderbuss, and eighty portable French cannons. Excuse me, why don't we attack from land? Hahahahaha." Zhang Yanling laughed.
Everyone was shocked at first, and then in an uproar. Yes, this is simply stupid. It is obvious that we can attack on land, but we all forgot about it. It is really ridiculous to blindly think about the decisive battle at sea and get stuck in the dilemma.
"Currently, our armored ships have been damaged. Only four of them can currently go into battle, and the rest need to be overhauled. In this case, why should we stick to naval battles? So, my idea is to approach the Malacca harbor with four invincible warships.
on the sea surface, luring the opponent to attack. At the same time,
We used 1,500 cavalry to raid Manraka and capture their home base. There are many warships from the Francois, so we may not be able to win the battle on the water for the time being, but our cavalry will be difficult for them to match. I think we will win this battle.
What do you think?" Zhang Yanling said loudly.
The generals were astonished. This plan was so wonderful. Originally, the main force was naval battles, but now the naval warships became decoys for feint attacks. After attracting the opponent to go to sea, the cavalry raided the Malacca harbor and destroyed their nest in one fell swoop. This plan
It's absolutely doable.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not very good at sea battles and did not have much confidence. But getting ashore and riding horses was another matter.
"That's great, that's great. Finally, we don't have to stay here to repair the ship, and we can launch an attack. The Duke of Guo is really a god in this world, and I know that you must have countermeasures even though I'm in a humble position." Feng Mazi jumped up and drove away, completely ignoring it.
I had been beaten with ten army sticks before, and now my buttocks were still bruised and swollen.
Wang Hong, Zhang Yin and others also smiled and nodded. It is true that their thinking was limited and they did not even think of doing this.
"So, should Almeida be saved? It seems that there is no need to save him." Zhang Yin said.
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "Of course we have to save him. If we save him, we may be able to win without fighting. If that doesn't work, we will launch an attack. Just be prepared with both hands and don't put your hope in others. Send the order and be ready to march immediately."
The horses were pulled ashore, and they were run and ridden to get used to it. All the cannons were wiped and checked, and ammunition and other items were prepared. Three days later, we set off on both land and water."