We're going to the sea!

When he received the good news from Keelung, Zhu Mingzhong's expression seemed quite calm, and even when he saw the death of Shi Lang mentioned in the good news, his heart did not have the slightest wave.

Because he knows that it's just the beginning.

This naval battle with the Qing Navy Division was ostensibly a battle between the Loyal and Righteous Navy Fleet and the Qing Army's Navy Division, but in fact it marked the end of the old Navy Division and the rise of the new fleet.

One thing is for sure, now the Loyal Righteous Naval Fleet has grown. Although it is still a certain distance from a real navy, at least from now on, this navy has gone to sea.

"After a while, if you count the days, they should have already set off!"

Qian Lei looked at Jing Luo and said softly.

"According to the report, all the damaged warships will be repaired within 20 days, and once the warships are repaired, the fleet will set off, and maybe, now they have passed through the Taiwan Strait!"

Qian Lei's words made Zhu Mingzhong nod, and then said.

"Well, after passing through the strait, although it is a headwind sailing, it is estimated that it will be able to reach the South China Sea in a month at most, and you can dock in the middle to get a supply, and then Malacca, after passing Malacca, all the way north, and then you can reach Myanmar, and then you can go from ......"

Yangon, it seems that it does not exist now, according to Thomas et al., there are only some fishing villages along the coast of Myanmar, and there are no cities, after all, historically, Myanmar is not a necessary place on the shipping route, European ships can sail directly to Malacca and other places after being supplied in Indian strongholds or colonies, without sailing into Burma, and because of this, Myanmar has no other output except rice, so that it is just a "blank" in the Age of Discovery.

"Then you can go all the way up the Irrawaddy River to the capital of the Burmese, and if they refuse to return it to Your Majesty and the imperial court, then the city of Ava will be completely razed to the ground!"

Zhu Mingzhong sneered, his eyebrows even twitched slightly, his order to Wang Anmin was very simple - welcome back the holy car, if the Burmese block it, then there is no need to worry about anything else, you can slaughter the city, you can bombard, in short, for the Burmese, there is no need to be soft.

The reason why such an order was given is that Zhu Mingzhong will not forget the "curse of water" in history, and the Burmese must pay the price for their "treachery", and even now, they have to pay the price for their "great disrespect".

"It's a pity, this time, our purpose is to welcome back the imperial court, if not......"

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong glanced into the distance, and then sneered.

"Even if you wash the blood of Myanmar again, you can't understand the hatred in the heart of this official!"

Although he didn't understand why Jinglu was so hostile to the Burmese, Qian Lei knew what it meant to "kill chickens and show monkeys", after all, in this Ming catastrophe, all the southwestern Zhuyi showed "great disrespect".

"What Jing Luo said is extremely true, when he expells the Qing captives one day, it is not too late to teach them a lesson, if this southwestern feudal state is not punished, how can he understand the wrath of my Chinese thunder!"

Nodding, Zhu Mingzhong didn't continue to say anything, but just asked seemingly casually.

"Now, what's going on in the north?"

The anger against Myanmar is only because of the hostility to its "treachery", and for Jiangbei, the most important thing now is the north, or the Qing captives.

"Back to the scriptures, it seems that the chief has no intention of going south so far."

When mentioning the Qinglu chieftain in Jinan, Qian Lei's tone was slightly puzzled, after all, now, the Qinglu behaved too strangely, they were not in a hurry to go south, which was obviously wrong with the original judgment of the Qinglu, originally speculated according to the character of "Shunzhi", thinking that he would definitely go south in a hurry after the spring, but who would have thought that he was still stopping in Jinan now, and did not see the slightest action to go south.

"It's more beneficial for us if he doesn't go south now, after all, we also need time to train and make weapons and equipment!"

Sometimes, Zhu Mingzhong found that his luck seemed to have been good, if Dasu's southward movement was not dragged down last year, it was not known who won and who lost in the battle of Suqian last year, and now, Shunzhi is also stuck in Jinan, and he also has time to recruit recruits and train troops.

As long as there is another month or two, those recruits will be reborn, and at that time, even if Shunzhi leads 300,000 troops, what can I do?

Luck!

Is it luck?

Yes and no.

The reason why Dasu did not dare to go south quickly was because he was afraid of the prestige of Zheng Chenggong's army of more than 100,000 troops, and he was afraid that when his troops were insufficient, he would rush south and be defeated by Zheng Chenggong, so he would wait until several armies gathered before he dared to go south. As for the reason why Shunzhi was stagnant, it was because after the defeat of Dasu, the generals in the army did not dare to go south alone, and the ministers of the court did not dare to put him in danger, and they even hindered his personal expedition to the south.

It is this series of reasons that caused Fulin to have to train in Jinan while waiting for the "opportunity", but this opportunity is actually long gone!

When did the Qing army go south?

Although he knew that with the recruitment and training of hundreds of thousands of new conscripts, the most dangerous moment had passed, but the pressure caused by the assembly of hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in the north was still like a thorn in his heart, so that Zhu Mingzhong had to deal with the pressure from the north cautiously.

"According to the information currently available, although the Qing chieftain Fu Lin advocated going south, he was tied to the ministers of the court, and the ministers of the court did not mean that he was in danger, and he did not have the original sharpness, so his stagnation in Jinan should have a lot to do with the current rumors of his mother's fornication palace that are circulating in various places......"

When mentioning this matter, Shi Lei couldn't help but glance at Jing Liu, whether it is "The Secret History of Concubine Zhuang" or "Addendum", it is all from after Jing Liu, according to Jing Liu, it is to make the other party stink from the reputation, and make it smelly, only in this way can the so-called "orthodox" status of Qing Yu in the north be fundamentally shaken.

And it turns out that this strategy is effective, not only effective, but can even be said to be effective, after the "Secret History of Concubine Zhuang" and "Supplement to the Secret History of Concubine Zhuang" became popular in the north, not only caused turmoil among the people of the Manchu people in Beijing, but even the scholars in the north had many people who were ashamed of their fornication and came south to join the Ming Dynasty. In Shi Lei's view, the biggest role of these two books is to tell the world how absurd and extravagant the Manchu barbarians were, and even if they advocated "Chinese education", they were just wearing a layer of skin.

Even together with the worship of Confucius, it is just Hong Chengchou and the invitation on the bed, his mother is so promiscuous, as the emperor's blessing, how can it be the Ming monarch, as for the "Great Qing Kingdom", how can it be the "Lord China".

"That's good......"

Zhu Mingzhong nodded, for the role of scripts such as "The Secret History of Concubine Zhuang", he just reported the attitude of trying, but he didn't expect the effect to be so significant, perhaps because people in this era have not experienced the "war propaganda" hundreds of years later, and in the face of all-round "three-dimensional public opinion attacks", they can only passively respond to and even receive, plus people always have a little curiosity about the secrets in the palace, so it is natural to get twice the result with half the effort.

"This book, you can make persistent efforts, you can compile some more books, and introduce some Qing prisoners and important ministers in it, so as to make the story more exciting!"

Looking at Shi Lei, Zhu Mingzhong continued to instruct.

"Four stones, what is the most important thing now? It is to find a way to create turmoil within the Qing captives, as long as they are plunged into internal turmoil, so that they will not go south, so as to buy time for us. ”

Using despicable means to achieve noble goals, perhaps this kind of means seems quite despicable, but Zhu Mingzhong doesn't care, as long as he can hit the enemy.

"However, after the strategy, now that Fan Wencheng and the others are preventing the Qing chieftain from going south, if he kills Fan Wencheng and the others in a fit of anger because of the anger caused by the book, who can stop him from going south at that time?"

Shi Lei's reminder made Zhu Mingzhong slightly stunned, this is indeed a problem, those "erotic stories" in the book really hit the morale of the Qing prisoners, and indeed shook the so-called "orthodoxy" of the Qing prisoners, but if Fu Lin killed people in a fit of anger, those Hanchen who did not want to be in danger were killed, then I am afraid that things would be more difficult to do.

"One year!"

After a moment of silence, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Shi Lei and said.

"I still need a year now, as long as there is no major war this year, after a year, Jiangbei can mobilize at least 200,000 troops to the north, and at that time, no one can stop our footsteps, but if the Qing captives go south, then ......"

Although he was not afraid of the Qing army going south, for Zhu Mingzhong, it was not in his long-term interests to fight with the Qing army now.

Defending the north and attacking the south is a strategy agreed upon in Nanjing, and it is also in line with the interests of Jiangbei at the present stage. If Fulin goes south, it is very likely to lead to the collapse of the current situation - if Fulin is defeated, it is a question of whether to take advantage of the situation of the Northern Expedition or stop at that time?

If you take advantage of the Northern Expedition, when the time comes, even if the loyal and righteous army hits the city of Jingshi, what will happen?

At that time, in the case that the Yongli Imperial Court did not welcome back, and the Jingshi and Nandu had all recovered, in the predicament that they could not leave the palace and stand on their own, once Zheng Chenggong set up another vassal king, how should this situation be cleaned up at that time?

One year!

In order to avoid the emergence of various variables, Zhu Mingzhong needs to fight for a year! It will take him a year to prepare!

"After all, none of these variables are acceptable to us, Sishi, you have to find a way to make some articles on the Jingshi side......"