"Can the Pearl move?" Tao Min was greatly surprised by the news, "What about No. 777, can it also be moved?" ”

"I really don't know. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Tao Gong replied, "According to the news that our people came back from Taiwan, the Pearl emitted a lot of black smoke, and it seems that it should be fueled by coal, and I suspect that Yulin Bay has made something like a steam engine." ”

"Yulin Bay really has a steam engine?" Tao Min remembered the Mini bullet that Fan Wencheng had shown him.

"Brother, I'm afraid it's not just a steam engine." Tao Gong added, "The news also said that during the naval battle, the Pearl could reach a maximum speed of nearly 20 knots, which was about the same as the original speed. However, if it is only powered by steam, it should not reach a speed of 20 knots. ”

"Verse 20." Tao Min muttered to himself, "If it's true, do they have diesel?" ”

Tao Min muttered here, and suddenly stood up, "Brother, you come with me." ”

Tao Gong didn't know what his brother was going to do, so he obediently followed Tao Min to a secret room. Tao Min took out a piece of information from a small locked box in the secret room and looked at it silently.

After looking at it for a while, Tao Min suddenly stomped his foot: "Alas, it was my negligence, it was my negligence." ”

"Brother, what are you negligent?" Tao Gong didn't know what his brother was talking about.

Tao Min handed the information to Tao Gong: "This was sent back by Xie Tian a few days ago, and I didn't pay attention to it." Now it seems that Yulin Bay should have gone to Yanchang County to look for oil, and according to the description in the intelligence, they drilled oil wells in Yanchang County. ”

"Brother, things are in trouble." Tao Gong said anxiously after reading the information, "If they really have oil, they can control the whole of Southeast Asia if No. 777 can move." ”

"Don't make a noise yet, let me think about it." Tao Min turned around a few times in the secret room, and suddenly smiled again, "Hehe, Yanchang County is in Yan'an Mansion, Shaanxi, and Li Zicheng is there." ”

"Brother, what does this have to do with Li Zicheng?" Tao Gong felt that his brother's thinking was jumping a little fast.

"You don't know about it." Tao Min took out another piece of information from the small box, "I don't know what the specific situation is, but now it is rumored that Yulin Bay killed Gao Yingxiang, but Zhang Hai personally killed him, and Zhang Hai is now a general." ”

"That's interesting." Tao Gong asked, "Brother, do you want to use Li Zicheng to Yanchang County to deal with Yulin Bay?" ”

"Yes, if Yulin Bay is really allowed to develop oil in Yanchang County, then we can't stop them at all. Don't forget, it's not just a matter of two ships, both ships have generators. Once they have plenty of fuel, God knows what they're going to do. ”

After Tao Min finished speaking, he took out the Mini bullet that Fan Wencheng gave him: "Look at this, this should be a Mini bullet." According to Azig, the Yulin Army now has a gun that can shoot more than 300 meters, and I suspect they have made a rifled gun. ”

Tao Gong felt a little chill in his heart when his brother said: "Brother, then what should we do?" ”

Tao Min asked rhetorically, "What is the purpose of your return from Nanpu this time?" ”

"I just wanted to come back and talk to you. Wang Zhaoxing of Dengzhou also went to Taiwan with 4 warships, and Dengzhou is now empty. We also have four warships in Nanpu, can we take the initiative to attack? ”

"You're going to Dengzhou?" Tao Min didn't answer his brother's question, but walked to the front of the map and looked silently, pointing at it with his finger from time to time.

Tao Gong waited for a while and didn't see his brother speak, so he couldn't help but ask, "Brother, what do you mean, what should we do?" ”

"Tao Gong, come here." Tao Min called his brother to him, pointed to the map and said, "This is the situation now. It is divided into seven forces, which is quite a bit of the flavor of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. ”

"Brother, which 7 forces, are there so many?"

"Yulin Bay, Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong." Tao Min snapped his fingers and said, "Huang Taiji, we, Westerners, Li Zicheng, there are a lot, and they happen to be the Seven Heroes of the Warring States." And that's not even counting North Vietnam and South Vietnam. ”

Tao Gong touched his head: "It's quite a lot." ”

"Here's how it goes." Tao Min continued to analyze, "Yulin Bay, Chongzhen, and Zheng Zhilong are considered an alliance, and they control several points in the Ming Dynasty, Taiwan, Hainan, and Vietnam, as well as Singapore. We are an alliance with Huang Taiji, with Korea, Mongolia and Northeast China in our hands. Westerners occupied Nanyang, and Li Zicheng wandered around Shaanxi. Although the Yulin Bay Alliance is the strongest, they made one of the biggest mistakes, starting an all-out war with the other three when the internal situation is unstable, while we have never clashed head-on with the Westerners and Li Zicheng. ”

"So the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Tao Gong kind of understood what his brother meant.

"Not bad." Tao Min nodded, pointed to the map and said, "Westerners will definitely not withdraw from Taiwan willingly, and Li Zicheng will definitely find Yulin Bay to avenge Gao Yingxiang, this is our opportunity." ”

"Brother, what do you want to do?"

Tao Min lowered his head and thought for a while: "I have a preliminary plan, send someone to contact the Westerners and Li Zicheng, and we want to establish a solid alliance with them." Zheng Zhilong will definitely run Taiwan in a short time after conquering Taiwan, and we can suggest that the Westerners attack Singapore or Vietnam with all their might, so as to attract all the fleets in Yulin Bay. On the other hand, if we unite with the Westerners to take Japan, Japan will always be included in our sphere of influence. ”

"Aren't you going to Dengzhou, going to fight Japan?" Tao Gong asked.

"Yes, Dengzhou is of little use to us, but the effect of defeating Japan is obvious to us." After Tao Min finished speaking, he asked, "How is the new Korean army being trained, and how many artillery and muskets do we have now?" ”

"I don't know how many there are here in Shengjing." Tao Gong replied, "But we have also been mining and smelting iron in North Korea for a while, and you know this. North Korea now does not count the 20,000 new troops you took away, and there are about 25,000 troops, and the flintlock muskets are close to 10,000. There were fewer guns, less than 10, and the rest were equipped on battleships. ”

"Brother, it's been a lot, it's a lot." Tao Min calculated in his heart, "Shengjing's new Korean army and firearms can't move. You give me 3,000 guns and 6 guns and send them to the planning city. ”

"Brother." Tao Gong didn't understand, "Are you going to send firearms to the Mongols?" ”

"Nope." Tao Min shook his head, "It's not for the Mongols, I'm going to give it to Li Zicheng, so that he can take Yanchang County with these firearms." ”

Tao Gong's mouth is big, and he wants to say something but he doesn't say it.

Tao Min smiled and patted his younger brother: "You don't have to have this expression, we must give Yulin Bay a fatal blow now, otherwise we will definitely not be able to keep up with their speed." We have to do three things at present, first, I will suggest that Huang Taiji attack the Ming Dynasty again next year and go straight to his Jingshi; second, let Li Zicheng attack Yanchang County with all his strength and destroy their oil wells, and it is best to let Li Zicheng establish a base area and control Yanchang County; Thirdly, we and the Westerners will go all out to take Japan, preferably Singapore at the same time. All actions must start at the same time, and only by advancing in three ways can Yulin Bay not be able to take care of each other. ”