However, Sun Chuanting's expression was still serious. After thinking for a while, he reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I think that the imperial court's current response strategy needs to be adjusted. It is better to take the initiative and defeat them one by one than if they are prepared."
Let’s attack us together!”
Emperor Chongzhen smiled after hearing this and immediately said to him: "What Sun Qing said is reasonable. There are still several situations that I haven't told you yet!"
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he was a little surprised and immediately asked: "Your Majesty, please give me some instructions!"
Emperor Chongzhen did not answer immediately, but asked Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch on duty, to take out a map of East Asia and hang it on a screen. Then he walked down in person, pointed at the map, and explained: "Nowadays, the most important thing is to
The enemies that need attention are mainly the three countries, Mongolia, Jianlu and Japanese."
"The Mongolian tribes are mainly divided into Western Oirat Mongolians, Mobei Mongolians and Eastern Mongolians. Among them, the Eastern Mongolians suffered a lot in the battle in Jizhou. The Tumut tribe was also raided by the Qin border troops and was also weak.
.Moreover, Shanhaiguan now sent Mongolian soldiers back to lurk last year.”
"The Oirat Mongols have divided their forces at this time. Their khans led the elites to conquer Qinghai and Tibet, and it is impossible to participate in the war with the Ming Dynasty. And the remaining Oirat Mongolian tribes actually have disputes with the Tsarist Empire. Can the Jianlu
Finally, through mediation, they reached an agreement, which is hard to say!"
"Mobei Mongolia and Oirat Mongolia have enmity and have been attacking each other for many years. Now Oirat Mongolia is the winner, but as mentioned just now, Oirat Mongolia has divided its forces. Whether Mobei Mongolia will respond to Jianlu's invitation to attack the Ming Dynasty is also unknown.
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"On the Jianlu side, they moved all the Han people to the north to open up wasteland and farm in this area. In addition, hundreds of thousands of young Koreans were also moved to this area to farm. It can be seen that they wanted to get rid of food.
Constraints. For this reason, I gave them the cement formula and asked them to speed up land reclamation, construction of water conservancy projects, paving roads and building bridges..."
At this point, Emperor Chongzhen saw Sun Chuanting's expression of shock. He wanted to speak, so he stretched out his hand to stop him, and then said: "My intention is to let them develop Liaodong first, and then I will pick the peaches when they are ripe."
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Hearing this, Sun Chuanting's expression became even more serious. He couldn't help it anymore and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is raising a tiger's risk! If the war does not go well, Jianlu's strength will definitely increase greatly!"
Seeing Emperor Chongzhen trying to explain, he felt that Emperor Chongzhen might not understand how dangerous this kind of playing with fire would be, so he quickly continued: "Your Majesty, there is an old saying that soldiers are fierce before there is a war.
We can win with 100% certainty. Such as the Battle of Feishui, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, etc., they are all unexpected battles! Not to mention, there are Japanese troops beside Jianlu now, and even more
It cannot be taken lightly..."
Listening to these words, no matter what tone Sun Chuanting used or how serious he said, Emperor Chongzhen always smiled and remained unmoved.
Seeing him like this, Sun Chuanting became more and more excited. However, suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he immediately thought, hadn't Emperor Taizu appeared? Is there any treasure in the emperor's hand that can contact Emperor Taizu?
?Seeing that the emperor is so calm, maybe he still has some cards in his hand?
Thinking of this, he suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, changed his tone, and asked with a little curiosity: "Is it possible that Your Majesty still has a trump card?"
Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised to see that he could think of it. He still trusted Sun Chuanting very much, so he nodded and said: "Yes, in fact, there is another force that has formed an alliance with Jianlu, Japan, etc., but I have not announced it.
Jianlu and Japanese have not announced it..."
Sun Chuanting was surprised when he heard this. Since it had not been announced, how did the emperor know about it? How could the party who had not announced it be the imperial court's trump card?
He thought curiously, Emperor Chongzhen saw it, and without trying to quell his appetite, he said to him: "This force is the Denglai Navy Zheng Zhilong. He is following my order and pretending to form an alliance with them. He is their
Internal response.”
"..." Upon hearing this, Sun Chuanting was speechless.
Denglai Commander-in-Chief Zheng Zhilong formed an alliance with them and treated them as internal collaborators, but in fact, they were the emperor's internal collaborators. How could this be such a complicated relationship?
How is this done?
He was a little confused. Based on his own thinking, he quickly reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, since this Zheng Zhilong is so important, how to ensure that Zheng Zhilong will not really become their internal spy? You must be on guard against others!"
Fortunately Zheng Zhilong is not here, otherwise, he would probably scold Sun Chuanting, an old man!
But we can’t blame Sun Chuanting, because Zheng Zhilong was born a pirate!
Seeing Sun Chuanting's cautious look, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile and said to him immediately: "Of course I know this! Not to mention anything else, it's just that the strength of the imperial court is not what it used to be. You led the main force of the imperial court back to the north.
In addition to strengthening the strength of the north, the strength of the imperial navy is even more invincible. Then Zheng Zhilong is the most discerning and will not fail to see the situation clearly!"
Sun Chuanting listened carefully. He had no doubts about the first half of what Emperor Chongzhen said. This was why he wanted to return to the north after he was eager to resolve the war in the southwest. However, he still had doubts about the second half of what Emperor Chongzhen said.
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Isn't that right? I heard him ask Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that Zheng Zhilong's navy is very powerful and is the best in the Ming Dynasty? There are also Japanese navy who are also very powerful. If they join forces,
Can the imperial navy also win the battle with its strength?"
Emperor Chongzhen smiled and nodded, and said confidently: "You have been in the southwest for the past two years. I don't know the specific situation. I can tell you first. Now the imperial court has two shipyards that are renovating the original warships.
To become steam-armored warships, they were built by Tianjin Shipyard and Nanjing Shipyard."
After a pause, he continued to introduce: "Among them, Nanjing Shipyard started construction later, but a month ago, eight No. 1 Fortune Ships had been renovated and delivered to the Luzon Expeditionary Force. And Tianjin
At the shipyard, not only are there nearly fifty steam-armored battleships that have been modified by the No. 1 Fu Ship, but even Feng Zhou has been modified."
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting still had doubts, and immediately asked: "Your Majesty, is this steam armored warship really very powerful?"
He left the capital very early, first went to fight in Kaifeng, then led his troops south to drive away the bandits, and at the same time tidy up the place. Now he has returned to the capital, and has not visited the steam armored warships.
However, hearing the name, it sounded like it was very powerful. And considering the armor, flintlock guns, artillery, gunpowder, etc. produced by the War and War Bureau, he still had some confidence.
But after all, it was a military and national event, and imagination alone would not do. And there was no doubt that the opponent was powerful in the navy. Therefore, Sun Chuanting still wanted to confirm how powerful this steam armored warship was!
Emperor Chongzhen liked introducing these new achievements the most, and he did not find it annoying. He replied to Sun Chuanting's question: "Let me put it this way. Before I met with Zheng Zhilong for the first time, I first let him see what was still under experiment.
Steam-armored warship, he became very obedient and has been cooperating with the imperial court!"
Sun Chuanting was very surprised when he heard this, and then confirmed: "Is this kind of steam-armored warship really invincible? It has no weaknesses that can be exploited by the enemy?"
As a military commander, I always feel a bit unreliable. No matter how good the weapons are, they have to be good people. For example, firearms, the flintlock guns in the hands of the imperial officers and soldiers today are indeed very powerful. However, if it rains, the last
It is best to avoid fighting, as the power will be greatly reduced.
After hearing what he said, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and admitted: "Of course there is a weakness, that is, the current steam-armored warships are paddle-wheel driven and are modified from Fuchuan, so they are not particularly suitable to be used as mainstream warships in the future."
Hearing this, Sun Chuanting's expression changed, but before he said anything, Emperor Chongzhen continued to say to him: "But transforming the existing Fu Ship into a steam paddle-wheel warship is the simplest thing, and it is also to cope with the situation."
This is due to the current situation. At present, these modified warships are enough. Song Qing has begun to build the next generation of truly invincible warships at sea!"
"Invincible warship at sea?" After hearing this, Sun Chuanting was very sensitive to this word. He always felt that it was too exaggerated. How could there be an invincible warship at sea? Don't let the subordinates brag to the emperor, right?
"It's the power of science and technology. Once a generation difference is formed, you will be invincible!" Emperor Chongzhen said this. Seeing that Sun Chuanting seemed a little confused, he felt comfortable and immediately explained calmly, "It's like the enemy is made of stone.
The spears are ragged and have no armor; but we use flintlocks, steel spears and the like, and we wear steel armor!"
This metaphor is very vivid, and it explains what generation difference is at once. If this is really the case, then it is really invincible!
After understanding this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but said with great joy: "Then what will this next generation of truly invincible sea warships look like?"
Seeing the expectant expression on his face, Emperor Chongzhen felt inspired and replied: "It is a real steel warship, not a wooden ship covered with iron. In addition, the appearance of the ship is no longer a lucky ship.
It is a battleship style that is truly used for combat. The most important thing is that the driving method of the battleship is no longer a paddle wheel, but a propeller hidden in the water!"
As he told Sun Chuanting before, he started to transform the existing Fuzhou ship into a steam paddle-wheel warship, which was for emergency use. The main purpose was to deter Zheng Zhilong, a sea tiger; the second purpose was, of course, to deal with North Korea.
The navy and the Japanese navy are the main enemies of the Ming Dynasty at present.