Chapter 135: The Battle of the Waves on the Sea of the Duke of Wei (I)
The surrender of Akashi Michitomo made Wei's father-in-law more familiar with the Murayama Akiabe in the Ryukyus, and also strengthened his father-in-law's determination to achieve a great victory.
The father-in-law has always been obsessed with cutting more than a thousand ranks, and he called Shi Dezheng and Shen Yourong, as well as the new deputy commander of the United Fleet, Hou Anzhi, to explain his intention to send troops to the Ryukyus.
"Michitomo Akashi has confessed that the Japanese shogunate did have an attempt to invade our Ming Dynasty, and that the occupation of Taiwan by the Murayama fleet was to carry out this attempt. The art of war is cloudy, and the enemy must be outside the country, so we think that we must send a combined fleet to carry out a general attack on Ryukyu Murayama Akiyasu, so that we can cut off the claws of the Japanese shogunate to invade our country. At the same time, it is also possible to prepare for an expedition to Japan based in the Ryukyus. ”
After Gonggong Wei finished speaking, he looked at the three senior generals of the Combined Fleet in white uniforms in front of him. Just a few days ago, according to the request of Gonggong Wei, Shangyi sent a batch of navy general's uniforms to the Zhongzuo Institute.
The uniforms of these admirals are mainly white, supplemented by brown and blue, and are divided into military uniforms, combat caps, and leather boots. Among them, collar badges and badges are prominently displayed on formal wear, which are used to identify the identities of officers and soldiers. According to the requirements of Wei Gonggong, all officers of the navy with more than 1,000 households should wear this new style of general's uniform and wear swords.
At the same time, it also put forward a requirement, that is, it is best for officers and men to have short hair, or even bald heads, so that not only can personal hygiene meet the standard, but also reduce the time spent on hair trimming on weekdays. However, this request has not been implemented for the time being, because Grandpa Wei himself is a little reluctant to give up on his hair.
Although Shi Dezheng and the three of them were puzzled as to why Gonggong Wei had to wear white military uniforms, the combined fleet was nominally subordinate to the pro-army of the Ming Emperor, and Gonggong Wei was the commander and eunuch of the Qincha Admiral, and the three of them were at the helm of the combined fleet, so they accepted this new military uniform even if they were puzzled.
Not to mention, after wearing this new military uniform, the whole person is much more energetic than before, and because of the existence of cockades, collar badges, and copper buttons, the identity of the general is clear at a glance, and he can effectively command the army in wartime.
Drawings of the uniforms of officers and soldiers below 1,000 households have already been released, and because the Shangyi Supervisor has just set up a factory in the Special Administrative Region, he is familiar with the shortage of workers and fabrics, so he will have to wait until the beginning of spring next year to supply them.
"What do you think?"
Gonggong Wei wanted the support of these three people, and with their support, the combined fleet could directly start moving. After all, the father-in-law of the command of the combined fleet has already been relinquished, so even if he makes a show, the father-in-law has to pay attention to the three representatives of the military forces of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces in front of him.
Shen Yourong agreed with his father-in-law's analysis and agreed with the attack on Murayamabe of the Ryukyus, believing that as long as Murayamabu was in Ryukyu, Taiwan would be in danger of being invaded. Even if Murayamabe knew that the Ming Dynasty had already entered Taiwan and did not dare to invade again, the other party was stuck in the Ryukyus, a key point of maritime trade, which also had a significant impact on the maritime industry.
The so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers.
If we don't solve the problem of the Murayama Department, which one will be taxed by the merchant ships coming and going?
Shi Dezheng hesitated, because nominally he was the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang army and the commander of the combined fleet, but in terms of specific actions, he had to obey the orders of the governor of Zhejiang, and the exaltation was to listen to the Zhejiang party forces led by Shen Yiyi, the prime minister of the four Ming Dynasty.
Although the general is not subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, Shi Dezheng still does not dare to easily agree, which is not as good as Shen Yourong. Hou Anzhi's situation is the same as Shi Dezheng, and he was also appointed by Huang Chengxuan, the governor of Fujian. Huang Zhongcheng did not agree to launch an attack on Japan when he was in the center of the left office before, and how could he Hou Anzhi dare to support Wei Gonggong.
Gonggong Wei still did not succeed in persuasion, although he was a little disappointed, but the old man was not discouraged. He has sent an urgent secret revelation to Beijing, as long as the silver woman can impress the emperor, an edict ordering war will be a matter of course, and they will not be afraid of doing it when the time comes. This father-in-law just kept instilling the intention of fighting against the Japanese army, so that Shi Dezheng and Hou Anzhi could be mentally prepared.
Whether to attack the mountains of Ryukyu Village was temporarily put on hold, and the father-in-law Shindeaki Akashi Michiyu and other Japanese soldiers surrendered, knowing that there were no Japanese in Taiwan, so he issued the No. 2 order of the base camp on the 23rd, ordering the combined fleet and the Ming Emperor's personal army guards division to gallop from the Zhongzuo to Penghu on the 25th, and then land in Taiwan from Penghu.
Order No. 2 specifically states that once the imperial army lands in Taiwan, the imperial army will be set up in Taiwan, and the defense and clearance work on the island will be entrusted to the Taiwan garrison division.
In that year, Shen Yourong once led his troops to land in Taiwan, and he wrote to the imperial court to request that a government and county be established in Taiwan, but to no avail. Therefore, when he landed in Taiwan this time, he was particularly concerned about whether or not to include Taiwan in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Wei Gonggong proposed whether the Imperial Army Command Department was a temporary military organization or a permanent organization responsible for military and civilian affairs.
Hou Anzhi is also concerned about the future issue of occupying Taiwan, but it is not at the same point as Shen Yourong's concern, Shen is concerned about whether the Ming Dynasty can permanently govern Taiwan from now on, rather than letting it go as before. Hou Anzhi was concerned about whether Taiwan was administered by Fujian.
This issue is very important to Fujian, and Fujian Governor Huang Chengxuan intends to use Taiwan as a treasure land for the poor people of Fujian to resettle and reclaim.
Huang Chengxuan plans to relocate hundreds of thousands of coastal Fujian people to Fujian, so that on the one hand, it can reduce the pressure of fewer people in Fujian, and on the other hand, it can obtain a piece of land for the people of Fujian to live and reproduce. Maritime merchants and Hermes-Epitek who traveled to and from Taiwan had confirmed that Taiwan could grow rice on a large scale, and that there was also a large amount of sugar cane, and that it was properly managed, and that Taiwan's rice and sugar had increased greatly and greatly increased the income of the Fujian Domain.
Therefore, if Taiwan is assigned to the Imperial Army's command and envoys, it will have nothing to do with Fujian, and then the Fujian side will mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians for the joint forces of the three provinces and requisition a large amount of money and grain.
In this regard, Gonggong Wei first clearly told Shi Dezheng and Shen Yourong that Taiwan will be permanently garrisoned in the future and will always be governed by the Ming Dynasty.
Secondly, he wrote eight words to ask Hou Anzhi to hand over to Huang Chengxuan, and the eight words are "shelving disputes and developing together".
Good things may really be grinding, just when the Combined Fleet was sharpening its knives and preparing to land in Taiwan, there was another demon moth on the Zhejiang side.
To be precise, Murayama Qiu'an seemed to be afraid that Grandpa Wei would not beat him, so he took the initiative to cooperate.
Just when Akashi Michito's side had just surrendered, Murayama Qiu'an sent his subordinate Taoyanmen to bring three warships, and more than 100 Japanese soldiers invaded Zhejiang, breaking a warship of Dinghaiwei in Zhejiang, killing more than a dozen Zhejiang soldiers.
Subsequently, this group of Japanese soldiers fled to the coast of Changle, Fuzhou, and captured more than 20 people. It's just that when this group of Japanese soldiers sailed into Dongsha Baidogao, they suddenly ran aground on the reef because they didn't know the water situation, so they had no choice but to set up a shed here to live temporarily, wanting to seize the passing ships and return to Ryukyu.
Zhejiang Dinghaiwei reported the news of the invasion to Hangzhou, and Changle also reported the news to Fuzhou. As a result, because I didn't know the details of this group of Japanese invaders, the news gradually became distorted, and finally evolved into more than 10,000 Japanese invaders in the southeast.