380 tortoiseshell boats
Zhang Dingguo originally had some complaints, but at this time, when he heard that the group leader seemed to care about him, his mood was slightly better, and he carefully looked at the handwriting displayed.
"If you are in Hong Chengchou's army, you can find Lu Ruipeng, the commander of Dongchang; If it is a white pole army, you can find the general Zhang Fengyi, and her husband is Ma Xianglin. After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he thought for a moment and added, "I'll ask both of them to say hello to you, they are both in the group." ”
Zhang Dingguo was very surprised, but he didn't expect that among the people who were chasing the rebels, there were actually two people in the chat group. For some reason, when he thought of this, he suddenly felt a little intimate.
After a while, I saw Lu Ruipeng chatting with him privately: "Little brother, listen to the words of the group leader, if you have anything to do, just come to me, just say that it is my distant cousin!" ”
Just finished the private chat here, Zhang Fengyi's private chat was also lost: "If you can leave the thief, it's best to leave as soon as possible, sister, how about I send you to study?" ”
Zhang Dingguo looked at the two private chats, did not move for a long time, and did not reply.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about him anymore, because Gao Yingyuan had just chatted with him privately and told him that there were reinforcements from Jianyu. However, not all of them are elite, there are many people from ethnic minorities in Liaodong, and not all of them are young and strong.
It seems that Jianyu's troops in the hinterland of Liaodong should have been almost transferred, right? Emperor Chongzhen thought in his heart, and first sent a message to Liu Wang's family, asking him to tell Sun Chengzong that the army had gathered almost 20,000 people on Mang Gurtai's side, and asked the front to pay attention to the movements of Jianyu.
After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen's mind turned to the Korean Peninsula, and he didn't know where the main force of Jianyu had gone? If the main force of Jianyu is besieging Namhansan Fortress, then Lu Xiangsheng can set off.
As he pondered the situation in North Korea, far away on Phi Island, although the cold wind blew the flags and hunted the flags, there were many people gathered in a simple dock not far from the pier. Among them, there are Xu Fuzuo, the actual ruler of Phi Dao, Chen Jisheng, the deputy general of Phi Dao, the highest official rank, and the people of the North Korean sailors. They were all very interested, looking at the bow ship in the dock that was about to be launched.
In front of them is Li Zhiqi, a thief who once roamed the seas. I saw him pointing at the ship with his finger, with pride on his face, and said loudly: "The conditions here are simple, but this warship that I have transformed dare to say that it is invincible in this sea area!" ”
Everyone saw that the outside of the ship had been transformed by him into four layers of protection. They are broken nets, raw cowhides, and wet quilts, and another week back to hang the water urn.
Li Zhiqi proudly introduced: "My ship, guns can't enter, fire can't burn, and the battle at sea is invincible." And this ship is high, condescending to the enemy ship, with obvious advantages. To tell you nothing, this is one of my capitals across the sea! ”
He is right, on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, he and Zheng Zhilong are competing for hegemony. He just relied on this kind of big black boat to make Zheng Zhilong eat flat many times. In the last battle, Zheng Zhilong first poached his general Zhong Bin, took away a large number of ships, and then united with the Dutch in Taiwan to completely defeat him.
However, hearing him say this, Li Jinlei, the general of the North Korean naval division, was a little unconvinced, and he could also speak Chinese, so he said loudly to Li Zhiqi: "I also have a boat in North Korea, called a tortoiseshell boat." In the naval battle with the Japanese invaders, he once showed his might. Compared to the bow in front of me, hehe......"
Although it is not explicitly stated, the implication is still obvious, that is, this big black ship is not as powerful as a tortoiseshell ship. It was only because Li Zhiqi was the commander of the sailors of the Heavenly Empire that he didn't say it directly.
When Li Zhiqi heard this, he immediately looked at him, but said with disdain in his eyes: "Do you think Lao Tzu has never heard of tortoiseshell boats?" ”
The other Ming army generals who were watching were a little bit of a big deal, and they immediately started to coax, asking them to compare and divide the winners and losers. The reason for this is that one side is a North Korean, and the other side is a pirate, and they do not identify with this sailor commander in their hearts.
When Li Zhiqi heard this, he suddenly became energetic, waved his hand to make them quiet, and then looked at Li Jinlei and asked loudly: "Okay, then let you say it yourself, you can exchange me for a tortoiseshell boat?" ”
Li Jinlei didn't expect him to ask such a question, and he suddenly felt a little difficult to answer. If you answer less, you won't think that the tortoiseshell ship is powerful, but if you answer too much, what is the face of the generals of the upper country? He hesitated for a moment, then estimated and said, "You should be able to win the two bows!" ”
When Chen Jisheng heard this, he couldn't help but say loudly: "Oh, the tortoiseshell boat is one and two, it's so powerful!" ”
When Xu Fuzhu and the others heard it, they laughed, just to see the lively mentality.
It was said that the big black boat couldn't beat the tortoiseshell boat, and it was still a two-to-one ratio, so it stands to reason that Li Zhiqi would be annoyed. But the fact is completely opposite, he didn't care at all, and after the laughter of the onlookers was a little quieter, he said to Li Jinlei: "Okay, Lao Tzu asks you, how much does it cost to build a tortoiseshell boat, and how long will it take to build it?" Let's estimate the cost of Lao Tzu's big black boat, and how long it will take to build it? ”
"......" When Li Jinlei heard it, he was immediately stupid, he didn't expect Li Zhiqi to compare these two aspects. Needless to say, the tortoiseshell boat is definitely not as good as the big black ship!
Seeing that he couldn't speak, Li Zhiqi continued: "Moreover, as far as your kind of tortoiseshell boat, the boat that can deal with the Japanese arquebus is okay, but if you want to go to my Daming to visit, you will definitely not meet it." Just this big black ship, not to mention the Hongyi cannon, just the general cannon can be. You told Lao Tzu, can the tortoiseshell ship withstand the artillery bombardment? ”
One of the most important methods of attack of tortoiseshell ships is to ram and sink enemy ships. But if you get so close, you can hit a large-caliber gun without aiming. It's so close to bang, it's weird if it's okay!
Who knew that this was not over, so he heard Li Zhiqi continue: "Also, in naval warfare, whoever discovers the enemy first and attacks first will have the advantage. Your tortoiseshell boat is a tortoise with an iron back, is it easy to look? ”
Although some of the words were not very understood, Chen Jisheng and the others could hear it to some extent, and it seemed that this tortoiseshell ship actually had a lot of problems.
"Also, how much supply can a tortoiseshell ship carry? How long can you stay at sea? After Li Zhiqi said this, he snorted and ignored Li Jinlei who was stupid there. Looking at his modified big black boat, he shouted loudly and commanded over there.
As one of the most powerful people at sea, he certainly knows something about ships at sea. He also knew about the tortoiseshell boat that North Korea thought was very powerful, but he did not build it. It's because this tortoiseshell ship is good against the warships of the original Japanese Invaders, and it can't be used on the side of the Ming Dynasty at all.
It is also because of this that the North Korean tortoiseshell ships were no longer used after the Battle of Luliang, and finally eliminated.