Chapter 336: A Treasure from a Hundred Years Ago
The attack on Treasure Island can be regarded as the first battle of the naval army, and it is of great significance.
Yu Mingjun wrote the whole process of this battle to Liu Xia after the battle, and he did not miss anything at all. At the same time, the surrendered general Li Dazhui was affirmed. The veteran general Bai Menghu was also praised. Although hundreds of soldiers were killed in the first battle of the navy, they gained valuable experience. Especially between ships at sea.
This time, the navy won a great victory, and captured all the pirate leaders and pirate leaders in the surrounding waters, most of whom were outlaws, so it was quite difficult to capture them alive. They are not afraid of death, and often fight to the death after killing a few enemies to earn their lives.
White Shark was in charge of landing on the coast at the time, so he engaged the enemy first. The soldiers of the White Shark Guard are all selected from various legions, which one is not experienced in a hundred battles? Although their combat effectiveness on the sea is greatly reduced, once they land on land, they will be like fish in water, and their combat power will soar. At present, the White Shark Guard is being cultivated as a marine corps of the navy.
The biggest loss in this battle was the newly formed Nu Haiwei, and most of the Nu Haiwei's troops were new recruits, and their combat effectiveness was not strong. Although it was the last to land on the island, it had the highest mortality rate. Together, there were more than 3,000 pirates on the island. Due to the shelling and arson of his ships anchored in the harbor by Li Dazhui, all of them were burned. These people simply can't leave Treasure Island half a step.
When the sky is dark on the fifth day, it is dusk time. The two guards took complete control of the island. More than 1,000 pirates were captured. The remaining 2,000 were destroyed. After that, Yu Mingjun took the old nests of those pirates one by one and intercepted a large number of gold, silver and jewelry, which were all looted by these pirates. A lot of things that have been lost for a long time have reappeared in people's field of vision.
In one of them, Yu Mingjun was found in a pirate den and obtained a chest made of copper, which was locked and locked. I don't know what is in it, but it looks very valuable, and Yu Mingjun is more like knowing what these pirates put in it.
"Could it be the jade seal of the country?" This thought suddenly appeared in Yu Mingjun's mind.
Legend has it that the jade seal handed down from the Qin Dynasty was exiled to Mongolia after the defeat of the Yuan Dynasty, and it is said that the Mongols gave it to Huang Taiji. However, this claim is not credible. As for where the jade seal of the country has gone, no one knows. It has become a mystery for the ages. And the Ming Dynasty has also become a great dynasty without the jade seal of the Heshi Bi heirloom country, which seems to be a bit unjustifiable.
"Get an axe and smash this lock open!" The lock on the copper box had obviously not been opened in a long time, and it was stained with patina.
"Be careful, don't break what's inside." Yu Mingjun looked at it a little nervously.
One of the guards walked up to the copper box with an axe in hand. Sweat oozed from his nervous forehead. Yu Mingjun asked the guards to cordon off the surrounding area, and no one was allowed to come in.
"Forget it, I'll do it." The guard looked at Yu Mingjun's nervous appearance towards the copper box, and he was obviously a little afraid that he would mess things up, so he didn't dare to start. When Yu Mingjun snatched the axe and hammer from his hand, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.
I saw Yu Mingjun swing his axe and hammer and smashed it on the rusty lock, only to hear the sound of 'bang', and as soon as the axe hammered down, the lock fell to the ground in half. Yu Mingjun immediately looked at the copper box happily. However, before, he transferred the guards to the outside defense, and together with Bai Menghu and a few others, he opened the copper box. However, to Yu Mingjun's disappointment, there was no jade seal of the Heshi Bi heirloom country that he guessed, nor gold and silver jewelry, nor antique ceramics in this copper box. It's a roll of paper.
Yu Mingjun picked up a piece of paper, only to see a complex hull structure painted on it, Yu Mingjun became more and more excited, and kept flipping through the paper in the copper box. The previous disappointment had long since vanished, and now there was excitement on his face.
"It'sβit'sβ"
Yu Mingjun has never been so excited, he is a general who is known for his calmness. can see Yu Mingjun's unspeakable moment of excitement, basically can't see it. This made Bai Menghu next to him very puzzled. What exactly is written on these papers? Without Yu Mingjun's order, he Bai Menghu didn't dare to go up and check without authorization.
"General? Generalβ" Bai Menghu shouted a few times carefully, waking up Yu Mingjun, who was indulging in joy.
"General, this isβ" Bai Menghu said, pointing to the yellowed paper inside the copper box.
Yu Mingjun smiled: "This is a good thing, definitely a good thing." β
"This is the shipbuilding drawings handed down during the Yongle period! There are various ways to build ships, including the treasure ships on which the Three Treasure Eunuchs traveled. β
You know, now the biggest problem faced by the Pingbei army is that it can't build a big ship, although Liu Xia convened the world's excellent craftsmen to build ships, but at this moment because there are no drawings, so the largest ship built is only twenty zhang. The length of Zheng He's treasure ship is forty-four zhang long and more than ten zhang wide. It was simply an aircraft carrier of that time. The level of construction can be described as superb.
"Didn't these drawings say they were destroyed?" Bai Menghu looked at the box of drawings suspiciously, and muttered.
History records that after the death of the Yongle Emperor, the Xuande Emperor let Zheng He make one last voyage. It didn't take long for the ministers to destroy the drawings under various names.
Yu Mingjun said: "It should be that some people at that time couldn't bear to destroy these crafts, so they secretly hid them." For some reason, he ended up in a pirate's den. The pirates probably didn't think they were using these things, so they casually threw them in their warehouses. If we give these drawings to the shipyard and let them manufacture according to the drawings, we will definitely be able to build a large number of large warships, which is really timely rain! β
When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed. Bai Menghu said: "If there are enough warships, the combat effectiveness of our naval army will definitely increase, and it will not become a burden in the eyes of others." "The establishment of the navy army has reduced part of the funds of other legions, which makes some people dissatisfied, and they naturally dare not say anything to Liu Xia, so they spill their anger on the navy.
"You keep these drawings carefully. Take it all away. Then inform the prince. β
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When Yu Mingjun commanded the naval army to achieve victory at Treasure Island, Li Dingguo in the south was attacking Guiyang, although Ma Bao was defeated by Li Dingguo, but he relied on the fortification of Guiyang's city to block Li Dingguo outside Guiyang for several days.
At the same time, Wu Sangui, who was far away in Wuchang, had also sent his eldest son Wu Yingxiong to Kunming with gold, silver, jewelry and beauties. Wu Sangui's 'sincerity' obviously moved Sun Kewang. Sun Kewang also thought that Wu Sangui would join forces with him, but what he didn't expect was that Wu Sangui actually sent his crown prince over. If he detained or killed him, it would definitely be a heavy blow to Wu Sangui. However, this also better shows Wu Sangui's sincerity. This made Sun Kewang feel very valued.
Since the state of Chu recognized his title of King of Qin and rewarded him with the entire territory of Yunnan, Sun Kewang, he had to take on this responsibility. Sun Kewang even agreed to Wu Sangui's joint strategy. Every day, he eats and drinks well, entertaining Wu Yingxiong and other people.
Immediately, Sun Kewang began to gather troops and horses to attack Li Dingguo's control in Yunnan. Li Dingguo's attack on Wu Sangui basically took all his troops away, and there were almost no troops in the city under his rule. What's more, there are many local ethnic minority Tusi in Yunnan, and these Tusi support Li Dingguo, so they were slaughtered by Sun Kewang. Suddenly, the whole of Yunnan became a land of blood.
Li Dingguo, who was attacking Guiyang, was shocked when he heard that his rear was actually attacked by Sun Kewang, he knew that he and Sun Kewang disagreed, and he did not expect that Sun Kewang would take advantage of the danger.
This made Li Dingguo angry, and he was ashamed of the people of Yunnan who supported him, many of whom died because of him. However, since he had already attacked Guiyang, it was not so easy to go back.