In the north of Hangzhou, in the yamen of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, the governor Zhu Su looked at the map with a solemn face.

His eyes fell on a seemingly inconspicuous island - Ningbo Shuangyu Island.

Shuangyu Port is located between Fodu Island and Liuheng Island, and its geographical location is extremely special.

Because of its unique geographical location, Shuangyu Port has become a stronghold of the Francois and the Wakos, and the long-term operation has made this place like an independent small kingdom.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Zhu Kun.

He secretly vowed to take this port where the pirates were entrenched by pirates.

In order to accomplish this goal, it is natural to build a strong army.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the warships were basically four or five hundred official ships, and the sea ships that originated in the Yuan Dynasty were all flat-bottomed, and the wave-breaking performance was not good.

Zhu Kun ordered people to design and build a new kind of lucky boat.

His requirements for this kind of lucky ship are very detailed, and the characteristics of the final product are very obvious.

It is as tall as a building, can accommodate a hundred people, its bottom is sharp, its top is wide, its head is raised and its mouth is open, and its tail is towering. Set up three floors of the building on the top, its side are all guards, protect with thatched bamboo, erect such as a wall, its sail mast two.

The middle is four floors, and the bottom layer is uninhabitable, but the earth and stone are solid to prevent the trouble of light drifting;

The second floor is the resting place of the soldiers, and the cabinet is hidden, and it must be climbed down the ladder;

The third layer is set up on the left and right sides of the water gate, the water tank in the middle, is the place where the sail cooks are also, the front and back are set up with wooden blocks, tied to brown cables, and the lower blocks are all used in this layer;

The uppermost floor is a terrace, which must be climbed from the third floor of the ladder, and the wings on both sides are like railings, and people lean on it to attack the enemy, and the arrows and stones and artillery are all overlooked.

When the enemy boat is small, the plough sinks, and the enemy is difficult to attack on the back, and the weapon of naval warfare is also.

In essence, the Fuchuan is also a type of building boat, but there are some differences, the Fukubune is powered by sails, while the Fukubune relies on oars.

Therefore, the fortune ship is more suitable for sea navigation.

Of course, the ship was also equipped with a large number of firearms for battle.

In addition to the lucky boat, Zhu Kun also ordered people to rush to control the Guangzhou boat.

The Guangzhou ship is larger than the Fu ship, and its firmness is far from it, the cover of the wide ship is made of iron and wood, and the Fu ship is just a pine and fir and the like, if the two ships are impacted in the sea, the Fu ship is broken, and it cannot be the strength of the iron force.

If the ship is broken, it must be repaired with iron and wood, and it is difficult to continue, and its system is narrow and wide, like two wings, it is stable in the Caspian Sea, and it is shaken in the outer ocean.

The cost of shipbuilding is twice as much as that of the ship, and its durability is also excessive, the ship is made of pine and fir wood, the catalpa insect is easy to eat, it is often necessary to burn and wash, after eight or nine news, it is embarrassing to be stormy, the iron power of the ship is strong, and the catalpa insect is also difficult to eat.

In addition to recruiting large warships such as Guangzhou and Fuchuan, Zhu Kun also ordered people to rush to make Haicang ships. It can be seen as a small fortune boat, which has the advantage of being fast spinning.

This kind of boat has a draft of about seven or eight feet, and can be driven by the wind.

As for the smaller Cangshan boat, its head and tail are wide, and the sail and oar are used at the same time, and the wind is smooth when the sail is blowing, and the wind is swinging.

Its oars are set up on both sides of the boat after the waist and a half, five branches on each side, each branch two jumps, and two jumps per jump.

The square oar is not used, and the board brake is on the jump, and the jump head is often exposed.

Its system is divided into two layers, the lower layer is made of stone, the upper layer is the battlefield, and the middle layer is down the ladder, and the couch is in the Yan.

Its sails and lower trees are all on the battlefield.

Cover the humble narrow in the wide, the blessing ship and the wide sand boat, with it to rush the enemy, quite convenient and fast, Wenzhou people call Cangshan iron.

With these various types of warships, Zhu Kun has a lot of confidence, and he feels that it is time to fight with the Franc machine man and the Japanese Kou.

When Zhu Kun was planning the battle plan, his own soldiers came to report that Xu Yan, a student from Dinghai County, asked to see him.

Although Zhu Kun was preoccupied, he still asked his soldiers to bring Xu Yan to see him.

After a short time, Xu Yan was taken to the front of the house.

"Late to meet the minister."

Zhu Kun's promotion from governor to governor has Xu Yan's great contributions, how can he not know?

Zhu Yan took a step forward, helped Xu Yan up, and said: "Xu Xiaoyou is out of sight, the official said that you can call each other after people." ”

Xu Yan didn't even dare to say it.

Zhu Yan smiled and said nothing, and motioned for Xu Yan to sit down.

After the two of them sat down, Zhu Kun asked, "Xu Xiaoyou is in such a hurry to come to the official, but there is something important?" ”

Xu Yan hurriedly said: "Lord Qi Ministry, I heard that Lord Ministry planned to attack Shuangyu Island, so I came here to ask for advice. ”

Zhu Su bowed slightly.

Zhu Kun's desire to attack Shuangyu Island is naturally not a secret thing, and there are countless warships entrenched in Panshiwei Port at this moment, and it is not surprising that Xu Yan, who is a native of Ningbo, learned of this news.

"The Francophile is entrenched on this island, ignoring the law of the Ming Dynasty, if the official turns a blind eye, how can he be worthy of the saint, how can he be worthy of the people of Zhejiang."

"Lord Ministry."

Xu Yan slapped a sycophant, and he didn't hide it when his heart came.

"I wonder how Lord Butang wants to attack Shuangyu Island?"

"Naturally, the sentry horse ship was sent to lure the enemy first, and the thief ship was lured out of the port to fight."

Although Zhu Kun was born as a civilian official, he also studied the art of war very well.

In his opinion, if the Francophiles resolutely shrink in the port and do not fight, it will be very difficult for the Ming army to break through Shuangyu Port.

Xu Yan nodded.

"What Lord Ministries said is very true. In order to conquer Shuangyu Port, it is necessary to first control its north-south waterways. Later Sheng suggested that the lord of the ministry could divide his troops, lure the enemy into battle, and while the main fleet attacked the main port, and sent two other divisions to block the north and south waterways to prevent the thieves from escaping. ”

The reason why Xu Yan suggested this is because although the Ming army won a complete victory in the naval battle of Shuangyu Port in history, many Japanese robbers took advantage of the chaos to escape, and after recuperation, they made a comeback.

Of course, he knew that it would be impossible to accomplish it in one battle, but it was still possible to block the shipping lanes as much as possible and eliminate the pirates.

Zhu Kun was silent.

If Xu Yan was just a descendant who could recite poetry and lyrics, of course he would not listen to Xu Yan's advice here, and would even directly order someone to blast Xu Yan out.

But when he inspected Dinghai County, Xu Yan left a deep impression on him.

The article "Strategies for Rectifying Coastal Defense" gave Zhu Kun a great inspiration and enabled him to have a clear idea when rectifying coastal defense.

First, it is necessary to take charge of military power and clarify the functions of each division.

Second, it is necessary to establish a system of armor protection to strengthen the people's ability to defend themselves.

Third, strictly cut off the supply of Japanese and Franco-engineers.

Fourth, recruit soldiers and warships.

Many of these are Xu Yan's ideas, and Zhu Kun only improved them slightly.

It can be seen that Xu Yan is a very thoughtful offspring, and it is because Zhu Yan decided to listen to his suggestion to attack Shuangyu Port.

Xu Xiaoyou continued.

After receiving Zhu Kun's affirmation, Xu Yan was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Shuangyu Port is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the Lord of the Ministry wants to take this port at a small price, the only way is to outwit it." ”

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