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"The deputy capital is in charge of official affairs, and all of them are handed over to the military division." Before leaving, Zheng Yunming had already made arrangements for the officers and soldiers left behind in Xiangyang City: "The army is temporarily commanded by Wang Deng, and in front of Zhao's envoy, 6 Weng will act as my agent, Ge Gong will be responsible for the whole city to guard and garrison, and Staff Officer Ma will inspect the military camp every night instead of me and preach the truth." If there is a time when the ruling cannot be made, one will wait for the order of the military division. ”

He said to Bai Yijie: "The enemy was frustrated last time, and he will not pay attention to Xiangyang for a while, only need to pay attention to the situation of the outer fortress, in case the enemy returns to Xiangyang in large numbers, send people to Ezhou to report the news." ”

"The lord doesn't have to worry, as long as the lord fights well downstream, the Mongols can't attack Xiangyang wholeheartedly." Bai Yijie said: "The only thing I'm worried about is that the various naval armies don't listen to the dispatch of the lord, if so, they have to go through the path of history." ”

Zheng Yunming shouted categorically: "When do you still have the narrow concept of taking care of yourself? Needless to say, I don't think that the history system will be abolished for private reasons. What he said was very righteous and strict, but Bai Yijie knew that Shi Songzhi's political position was completely opposite to Zheng Qingzhi's, and when the time came, as long as the envoy along the river made a little manipulation, he could make Zheng Xianggong's son have no soldiers.

Zheng Yunming instructed Lai Ruyue again: "During the war, everything is in power, you stay at home with a group of children, don't walk around the street at will, there are naturally Shi brothers on the street to take care of, don't want to go to search for Mongolian spies on a whim to play." ”

Lai Ruyue gently pulled her eyelids with her fingers, gave Zheng Yunming a big look, and then said softly: "I am cautious outside."

Zheng Yunming laughed: "I'm twice as safe outside as in Xiangyang City, the Mongols only know how to fight immediately, and they don't understand the work on the water at all, as long as I stay on the Yangtze River, what can the Tartars do to me?" ”

At this time, he never thought that his navy would also be weak and powerless in the face of the Mongol army who were on a boat for the first time.

Zheng Yunming ordered all the ships to dock at the riverside, and under the guidance of Peng Man and Zhang Xu, they inspected the warships damaged in the battle one by one. In this bitter victory, the new Jing'e naval army suffered heavy losses in its first attack, and the soldiers on the forward water sentry horses were almost completely wiped out except for those who fell into the water, and Peng Man's oars fleet also suffered heavy casualties. The losses were mainly among officers and sailors, and as for the ships, a total of more than a dozen were burned. Although the rest of the warships were captured by the Mongol army, they were immediately recaptured by Zhang Weixiao's counterattack. As for the personnel, there were still three officers and more than 100 officers and men killed in battle, and one deputy general and more than 300 people were wounded. More than half of these wounded soldiers could not return to the battle immediately, although it was not a loss of vitality, but when Zheng Yunming was about to show his strength in Ezhou, the naval army, which was not large in size, would lose part of its combat strength, which would make Zheng Yunming's use of troops even more stretched.

"That's not going to work. The number of troops was far from enough to intercept the Mongol army. When will our big ship arrive? "Zheng Yunming is asking about the water that is responsible for the operation of the large fleet?? The commander of the naval army is Zhang Bo.

Zhang Li's palm pinched a handful of sweat, if Peng Man stabbed out at this time that he went ashore to attend an old friend's banquet without permission, the young general would be angry and behead himself on the spot, but fortunately, he saw Peng Man's face as usual, and he didn't want to sue, and replied cautiously: "The big fleet is practicing in Dongting Lake, and it was originally scheduled to arrive in Ezhou tomorrow, and it will arrive in three days at the latest." ”

Loach boats, sea bird boats, six-car and eight-car large trucks and ships, this is the core combat power that Zheng Yunming relies on, and in this era, the big ship is the advantage and the guarantee of victory. Hundreds of years ago, the Tang Dynasty fought a decisive battle with more than 1,000 ships at the mouth of the Silla Baekchon River and the Japanese island, although the Tang ships were only more than 170, but the ships were tall and the Japanese army could not reach them, and the Tang army condescendingly fired rocket fireballs and burned more than 700 Japanese ships. It shows the victory of the power of large warships, but what the whole country of the Great Song Dynasty and even Zheng Yunming did not notice is that this situation is undergoing subtle changes.

Peng Man suddenly interjected: "The warships are still secondary, mainly because the troops are not enough. ”

"Commander Yang led more than 3,000 officers and soldiers in 6 waters, and I only brought 300 people as the vanguard, and the rest of the people and ships Yang Luo can be transported tomorrow. There's one more thing, you come with me. Zheng Yunming said and turned around and walked towards his boat. Peng Man and Zhang Yu were puzzled, so they had to follow the deputy capital and get on the boat. Zheng Yunming led the two of them down to the middle cabin, which was neatly placed with bamboo generals wrapped in felt cloth and boxes and boxes of various firearms.

"From now on, the proportion of firearms in water warfare should be greatly increased." Zheng Yunming asked: "In all water battles, first shoot with firearms and burn the enemy ships to the ground, what do you two think?" ”

"That's right, if there were firearms to help, even if the Mongols had thousands of ships, our army could burn them at a long distance, but now we can only rely on rockets and oil tanks, and it is very difficult to resist the enemy's thousands of ships." Peng Man also deliberately avoided his defeat, and in the morning he suffered a small loss on the Mongol fishing boat, but at this time he talked about the use of firearms without changing his face.

Zheng Yunming responded: "When I was in Xiangyang, I was worried about not being able to equip the navy with enough firearms because of the tight time. Now that the city of Xiangyang is well defended, I urged the craftsmen of Xiangyang to work day and night to make general cannons and firearms, fortunately, there is no shortage of bamboo, wood, pig iron, and coal used for forging, all because of the effective planning of the military division before the war. Just one thing. Zheng Yunming lightly knocked on a wooden general: "There is a lack of enough saltpeter and sulfur in Xiangyang City, and the entire Jinghu lacks these two things, since the imperial court took away our gunpowder formula and delegated it to the production division and Rong division along the river, these two resources on the market have been simply looted by the army, and now the price of sulfur is three times that of last year, and the price of saltpeter has even risen to ten times!" At present, the merchants of Jiangnan, Quang Nam, and Fujian are all risking their blood to transport saltpeter and sulfur, but one is blocked by war, and the other is immediately looted by the local government and army as soon as they arrive along the way, and there is no time to transport it to Jinghu. ”

"Now you should understand the significance of the hoarding of saltpeter and brimstone before the war." Zheng Yunming asked Zhang Yudao: "The materials hoarded now are used to produce gunpowder, but is it enough?" ”

As soon as Zhang Yu talked about this matter, his voice immediately became louder: "Just collecting these precious sulfur and fire nitrate, but it took us a lot of effort, and the officials also know that saltpeter is not produced locally, and it is all smuggled from Shaanxi and Gansu in northern Sichuan with great difficulty,,,,,,

Zheng Yunming waved his hand: "I don't care, the commander only needs to answer whether the raw materials you have hoarded are enough." ”

"There is a surplus of sulfur, although the shortage of saltpeter is not a big deal, after all, there are methods taught by officials to make up for the shortcomings, although this method is not so good" Zhang Yu exaggerated the action of covering his nose, Zheng Yunming also laughed, but he also knew that as the scale of the war became larger and larger, the supply of saltpeter in the Great Song Dynasty would become more and more tight, and the distribution of saltpeter and war horses showed a striking similarity, that is, it did not favor Jiangnan, but was biased to the northwest, and in the area near the Great Song Dynasty where saltpeter could be obtained, Hedong was the base of the Mongols in the south, and Longnan was in turmoil under the attack of the Mongol army, not to mention the Western Regions, and even the edict of Wokotai may not be useful there.

Zheng Yunming has another place that can ensure an endless supply of saltpeter in the Great Song Dynasty, but it is not yet possible to say that this step is not yet a step, and they still have to endure the unpleasant smell to extract these precious white powders from the dung and urine of pigs and cows.

"It's better to stink than to stink." Zhang Yu frowned and said, "It's just that the troops from all over the country come to borrow it, and I can't stand it." Gunpowder refining is a troublesome thing, and it is even more labor-intensive and time-consuming to prepare and refine gunpowder according to the methods of officials, but the refined gunpowder that is finally produced will be borrowed by Huangzhou today for 100 catties, Jiangzhou for 50 catties tomorrow, and Zhenjiang for 80 catties the day after tomorrow" He shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile: "It is not enough for the craftsmen to work day and night, and the old men from all over the country forcibly came to borrow it." ”

Zheng Yunming stared at Zhang Yu for a long time, and said with a malicious smile: "I think with such a shrewd character as Zhang Weng, he will never watch these precious inventories being carved up by others without leaving some reserves." "There is inventory, but it may not be able to catch up with the needs of officials." Zhang Yu said bluntly: "The officials came to Ezhou after all the twists and turns, not to live here and do nothing, but to fight more than one big battle with the Mongolian army, I am afraid that the gunpowder saved may not be able to support it." ”

Zheng Yunming waved his hand: "Then continue to work overtime and catch up day and night!" How can you fight because of the adverse effects of ordnance! ”

He shouted to Peng Man: "You go and inform the Ezhou Mansion and say that they will move out of a house, and I will set up a gunpowder workshop on the spot, not only to double the production of gunpowder, but also to produce all kinds of artillery bullets." Gather the craftsmen in Ezhou, Yueyang and Wuchang to me, use the division of labor and cooperation, and manufacture in large quantities at any cost. Each craftsman is paid three times as much. In addition, hire more long-term laborers, carry and mix these hard work, don't let the craftsmen do it, let them focus on the most critical procedures! ”

He said to Zhang Yu again: "The war is together, the fishermen brothers should no longer sit back and watch the success or failure as before, you send someone to Dongting to contact, tell everyone to prepare their own boats, and wait for the government to send at any time, don't say anything about the heavy government service, the Tartars are coming, and they can't even save their lives, where is there a chance to complain?" Within three days, I will have 40 Fuyang boats and 100 fishing boats on order, and as soon as the army is out, I will immediately follow the warships to transport grain, grass and ammunition. ”