Wang Xi's ship sank, leaving the remaining warships in a state of chaos and no command.

In the eyes of the members of the White Lotus Sect's Flood Banner, how could a large warship of 1,000 tons not hold out for a few hours? Although the damage caused by the solid shells to the warships was strong, it did not sink two battleships in half an hour.

In fact, the main reason for this effect is that the Pacific Fleet has adopted a combat plan of word tactics and word tactics, hitting all the side firepower of a team and striking one of the opponent's warships, so that the firepower has increased more than ten times, and the number of shells hit has increased by a large margin, resulting in the result that the 1,000-ton warship was quickly damaged and sunk.

After the two lead ships of the flood flag were sunk, the second warship of the two teams raised the flagship command flag and acted as the commander of the mission.

However, with the command of the flagship, the White Lotus Sect Flood Banner Naval Army could not change the passive situation in front of him. After the First Squadron of the Pacific Fleet turned right to seize the prefix of the enemy fleet, as it sank the two head ships of the enemy fleet, the First Squadron quickly made a 90-degree turn, took the "" line, and turned around to continue to seize the prefix of the enemy fleet.

Because the Flood Flagship is not as good as the Pacific Fleet, it is so glued that it will be very difficult to escape. Facing the first team's "" coquettish tactics head-on, there was nothing to be done, and the head ship was repeatedly violently destroyed, either losing its combat effectiveness or being sunk.

And facing the second and third teams of the Pacific Fleet on both sides, they were also unable to break through.

Because once you rush towards the second team or the third team, it is equivalent to giving your head to the other party again, and with the previous teaching, it would be a fool to go over and send it to death.

But if you don't break through, it's also death to keep consuming poison like this. Because the ships in front of them were sunk by the first team one after another, it was only a matter of time before it was their turn.

No one will watch and wait for death, when the fifth row of battleships took over the command of the flagship, the ten warships behind no longer listened to the command of the flagship, and suddenly turned into birds and broke through on all sides.

The 2nd and 3rd warbands concentrated their broadside guns and opened heavy fire, trying to control the opposing side and force the opposing side to retreat. Unexpectedly, the other party already knew that he would be sunk sooner or later, so he rushed out regardless of it.

Since the opponent no longer marched in line, the second and third teams could not concentrate ten ships to attack one of the opposing ships. Five enemy ships rushed straight towards the second team, five broke through to the third team, and the remaining two flagships continued to stupidly attack the first team head-on.

Ten battleships broke through with five enemy ships at the same time, and could not concentrate all their firepower, so they had to block one enemy ship in a group of two nearby battleships.

Although the firepower was divided into five parts at once, the firepower was still higher than that of the enemy. The Flood Flag ships had two guns fired at the breakout, while the Pacific Fleet's Dolphin-class cruisers had twenty-two guns on the side of the cruisers. Two against one, still a huge advantage of forty-four guns over two guns.

The key is that the naval guns of the Pacific Fleet are rear-loading guns, and the average degree of 10,000 shells per minute is far stronger than that of the Flood Flagship in two minutes. Therefore, the blow to the breakout of the flood flag ships should not be underestimated.

At 5:35 p.m., the first team used the "" tactic to steadily occupy the prefix of the enemy's two flagships and sink them in one fell swoop. At the same time, the 2nd Sentai sank two enemy ships that broke through, crippled one, and broke through two enemy ships. The 3rd Sentai sank an enemy ship, crippled an enemy ship, and broke through three enemy ships in a small way.

On the flagship of the fleet, Shi Jianfei was very satisfied with the results. The Third Sentai was ordered to pursue the three enemy ships that had fled to the southwest, and the Second Sentai to pursue the two enemy ships that had fled to the northeast. After sinking the two enemy ships that were damaged on the sea, the first team turned south and helped the third team pursue the enemy ships.

"It's Qizhou Ocean in front of you!"

Shi Jianfei put down his clairvoyant eyes, turned his head to look at Shen Yangwei, and asked puzzledly, "Qizhou Yang?" ”

"That's right! Seven states of the ocean! Shen Yangotter nodded and said, "A place where the sea conditions are very complicated and dangerous!" ”

Qizhou Ocean, as the name suggests. Refers to the sea area located between the southwest of the Taiwan Strait and the northeast of Hainan Island. Qizhouyang Islands is located in the northeast of Hainan Island. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Kyushu and Kyushu Yang. Since the Song Dynasty, Qizhouyang has been a necessary place to pass through from Quanzhou to foreign countries.

Qizhou Yang is known for its danger, "Since ancient times, Zhou Shiyun: "Go to be afraid of Qizhou and go back to Kunlun." ”

Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty sent the general Shi Bi to conquer Java in the year of porridge and crossed the Seven Continents Ocean. In the first year of Yuan Chengzong Yuanzhen, Zhou Daguan, a native of Wenzhou, Xijiang, was ordered to go to Zhenla with the mission, take the sea route from Wenzhou to open the ocean, pass through Qizhou Yang, occupy the city, Zhenpu, cross the Danyang to Angkor and land.

The reason why it is dangerous is mainly because this area is a passage for the ocean air mass to ascend 6 and 6 and go north, and it is a necessary passage for tropical storms, typhoons, and hurricanes to pass through in normal times. Since there was no weather forecast in ancient times, and I didn't know when bad weather would come, countless merchant ships, warships, and scum ships sank here every year.

The Pacific Fleet rarely takes this unsafe route, and the Pacific Trading Company even bypasses this sea area and takes the route between Taiwan and the Philippines.

"There shouldn't be any hurricanes this season!"

Shen Yangwei said: "Maybe! There is no need to worry about other sea areas, but this sea area is not daring to pack tickets! ”

Shi Jianfei looked at the battle horn in front of him, and the first and second battle teams were tightly pressed against Yao. Ten battleships drove the enemy ships forward towards the four hills of their own pre-position, and then attacked with artillery.

Because the enemy ships were already slower than the Pacific Fleet's warships, and the heavy shelling they encountered when they broke through just now, the hull of the ship was damaged and the losses were huge. In this way, the third team killed two enemy ships in succession in half an hour.

The last enemy ship still staggered into the Qizhou Ocean, and the third team followed up, and the first team saw that the overall situation had been decided, so they waited.

At 6:05, the 3rd Sentai sank the third enemy ship and returned triumphantly.

At this time, a strong wind suddenly rolled up on the Qizhou Ocean, and the waves climbed higher and higher.

The third team hurriedly left and joined the first team.

"See!" Shen Yangwei smiled and said: "Speaking of strong winds, there are strong winds, let's hurry away from this water!" ”

Shi Jianfei shrunk his neck and pouted, "It's really evil!" ”

The first and third teams returned north and met the second team on the way. As a result, the second team sank an enemy ship, captured the remaining enemy ship, and captured more than a hundred White Lotus Sect members.

"The Headmaster is paying attention to the affairs of the White Lotus Sect, so it's better to arrest them back and ask them to understand!"

As a result, the Pacific Fleet successfully eliminated Wu Liuqi's naval army and cut off the main force of the White Lotus Sect's flood flag, which was a heavy blow to the arrogance of the White Lotus Sect.

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In the Jinghai Marquis Mansion in Beijing, Deng Haonan was already very shocked after receiving the news that the Chao Gang Su Li and others had brought concubines and a large amount of silver to join the White Lotus Sect. However, knowing that the White Lotus Sect was huge, it was already preparing to start an incident, which was even more of an earth-shattering event.

At present, the war in the north of the Ming Dynasty is not endless, and if there is another large-scale rebellion in the south, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Di Haonan thought about it in silence, and only hated that he didn't have an encyclopedia, and there were any large-scale rebellions in the south at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he had to use the power of the Military Intelligence Bureau, plus the relevant information obtained from Dongchang, to comprehensively analyze the scale of the White Lotus Sect's uprising.

For this reason, Wang Zhaoyang, head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, rushed back to Beijing from Liaodong and personally reported to Deng Haonan on his work.

"How's the situation in Liaodong?"

"Liaodong is normal, the military and government are stable, the people are stable, the industry is growing steadily, and the people live and work in peace and contentment."

Na Haonan nodded, and asked again: "Is there any movement on the Huang Taiji's side?" ”

Wang Zhaoyang replied: "Huang Taiji has not yet shown his head, and the 20,000 horse infantry soldiers under Mao Wenlong's department have already arrived in Haizhou Wei!" ”

Na Haonan snorted coldly and said: "Next to Haizhou Wei is the Liao River, and above it is the Liao River Loop, if I guess correctly, if Huang Taiji arranges ambush troops, it must be in the Hetao Plain." Wang Zhaoyang nodded and said: "Huang Taiji is estimated to give Haizhou Wei to Mao Wenlong, let Mao Wenlong be careless, and continue to go north to Liaodong Town." Mao Wenlong was so overjoyed that Haizhou Wei definitely thought that the Huang Taiji army was outside, and no longer made any doubts, and went north to recover Shenyang in one fell swoop. ”

"Once Mao Wenlong advances lightly, Huang Taiji will definitely not let Mao Wenlong come back alive this time!"

Na Haonan sighed and continued: "Once Mao Wenlong's army is defeated, we will immediately occupy Gaizhouwei. ”

Feng Shaoyan, who was listening, said: "It's a pity that Yuan Chonghuan saw through the key! It's a pity that I can't lead him out this time to fight with Huang Taiji! ”

When Yuan Chonghuan was mentioned, Deng Haonan's teeth were itching. He never expected that the Ningyuan Mutiny in history was two months ahead of schedule, and it was a bureau deliberately set up by Yuan Chonghuan in order to avoid sending troops.

700,000 taels of silver were wasted, and Yuan Chonghuan was cheapened for nothing, which made Deng Haonan's heart very unbalanced.

As soon as he mentioned it, he was angry, and Di Haonan simply asked something else.

"Mao Wenlong is alone, and this time it is estimated that Huang Taiji will be completely annihilated. The three families fought against Huang Taiji, and there were only two left, so we had to eat the 40,000 Mongolian cavalry and 20,000 Han troops left by Huang Taiji by the Yalu River. ”

Wang Zhaoyang replied: "Minister Liu Hu has already formulated a plan, they will train the reorganized servant army of the North Korean army, and then secretly send them to the west bank of the Yalu River, let them fight with the 40,000 Mongolian army, and then the black armor elite cavalry will detour from the upstream to behind them, and drive them down the Yalu River in one fell swoop. ”

"Hmmm! Good strategy! Deng Haonan nodded and added: "You go back and tell them, you must grasp the time well, and you must do it when Huang Taiji is trying his best to eliminate Mao Wenlong, and you must be fast, otherwise when Huang Taiji returns to the army to rescue, the situation will be complicated!" If I don't know, my 20,000 heavy cavalry will be explained! ”

Wang Zhaoyang nodded yes, and then said: "The three-legged triumph in the north is a foregone conclusion, and the south has been pacified, but the remaining Beiyang sailors don't know when the adults will start!" ”

Na Haonan thought for a while and said, "The trade of the Lu Gang has been completely suppressed by us, and basically their business is bleak now, and they are no longer financially worried. It's just that, after all, they are the sailors of the imperial court, and if I attack them, it will inevitably cause panic in the imperial court. On the other hand, the Beiyang sailors are not worried, and keeping them can give the court peace of mind, so why not? ”

"Your Excellency!" Feng Shaoyan said: "The Beiyang Naval Division is insignificant, and it is not enough to affect the plan of the Lord to dominate the Far East. Now, the White Lotus Sect is about to start an incident, and it can be said that the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and adults must plan in advance! ”

"White Lotus Sect!"

Di Haonan talked a few times about the White Lotus Sect, and it seemed that there was no success for Deng Hao, and there were two Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong who were in the late Ming Dynasty, but the other rebels didn't know.

However, current intelligence shows that the White Lotus Sect's uprising will be quite large, far stronger than the strength of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng when they first started the incident. Not to mention the 100,000 members and millions of believers of the White Lotus Sect, the 50,000 disciples of the Chao Gang brought by Su Li alone should not be underestimated.

Don't look at these 50,000 people who can't defeat Deng Haonan at sea, but they are more than enough to deal with the weaker Ming army when they reach 6 places. Xu Hongru's first uprising failed, because his subordinates were all rabble at that time. Now that he has retrained his disciples, no matter how poor the 100,000 elite disciples are, they can withstand the combat effectiveness of the 50,000 Ming army.

In turn, the main forces of the Ming army were pinned down in Liaodong and Shaanxi, as well as the nine towns of the Great Wall, where could they send troops to quell the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect? Do you count on the guards everywhere?

Na Haonan shook his head, the regular army is so weak, not to mention the army of the local guard. I know that the composition of the Ming army's army is either criminals or people who are matched, and in general, prisoners account for fifty percent. These people don't help the rebels rob the common people, so they can still be expected to fight?

Wang Zhaoyang said: "The news I got from Xu Long is that Wei Zhongxian has a close relationship with the White Lotus Sect, and the White Lotus Sect has infiltrated the key points of various organs of the Ming Dynasty under the cover of Wei Zhongxian. Although the eunuch party was cut off, because the court officials were afraid of offending people, many eunuch members did not condemn or fell lightly, these people are a huge hidden danger! ”

Deng Haonan nodded, although he thought that there was no large-scale rebellion of the White Lotus Sect in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, but it was better to believe it than not, and it was necessary to take precautions.

"Do you know where the White Lotus Sect's concubine nest is?"

Wang Zhaoyang said: "According to the analysis of our intelligence stations in various places, plus the news obtained from Dongchang, it is believed that Xu Hongru's White Lotus Sect is basically active in the basin south of the Yangtze River, and the old nest is judged to be in Jiangxi, but the more accurate location is unknown!" ”

Deng Haonan said: "Xu Hongru was in Shandong last time, and he was only called king, and he was exterminated before he could claim the title of emperor. This time, he must have planned for a long time, and chose to start an incident in a place where the imperial court army could not reach him, and where the local people hated the imperial court

Then, Fei Haonan asked: "Which place in Jiangxi has been the hardest hit in recent years?" ”

Wang Zhaoyang replied: "In the past few years, Jiangxi has been most severely affected by the three counties of Anyuan, Changning and Longnan in the south of Ganzhou Prefecture, and the common people have rioted several times. However, they were all suppressed by Hong Zhanzu, the governor of Jiangxi. ”

Na Haonan asked again: "Have the guards and troops in various prefectures in Jiangxi been transferred?" ”

Wang Zhaoyang replied: "Yang He, the governor of the three sides, requisitioned part of Jiangxi's troops to suppress bandits, and Governor Hong Zhanzu withdrew part of the troops of Ganzhou Prefecture and Nan'an Prefecture in the poor areas of Jiangxi in order to protect the rich areas of Jiangxi

Na Haonan thought for a while and said, "The lair of the White Lotus Sect must be hidden in the Ganzhou Mansion!" ”

Feng Shaoyan asked, "But Ganzhou Mansion occupies half of Jiangxi's area, and it is still too difficult to find a White Lotus Sect nest. ”

Wang Zhaoyang suddenly said, "Aren't there two White Lotus Sect dignitaries imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department? At the beginning, the adults interrogated a lot of inside information, but now we have not received any valuable information from them." When Na Haonan heard this, he immediately coughed lightly.

"That interrogation of the prisoner must also be targeted, some strategies can only be tested once, and if there are more, they will not be effective!"

Wang Zhaoyang naturally didn't know how Di Haonan interrogated him, but Feng Shaoyan knew the inside story. This way of trying the case is really not very good, and it is a little dirty, and he doesn't dare to mention it.

"Hasn't anyone been to the prison of the Criminal Department lately to rob prisoners?"

Feng Shaoyan replied, "Lord Qiyu." It's been very quiet lately, and the other party doesn't seem to care. ”

Deng Haonan nodded and said, "It seems that I have to add some material to them, this Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family are better to slaughter it as soon as possible, this is a good opportunity to make a big reputation!" ”

Then he said: "For the affairs of the White Lotus Sect, pay close attention, the focus is still on Liaodong, and let others be anxious about domestic affairs first!" I'll go to the court immediately and light a fire, let them be nervous, save them from the front and the rear! ”

After Wang Zhaoyang's report was over, he returned to Liaodong. Feng Shaoyan continued to operate a domestic intelligence network to collect information from all sides.

Deng Haonan naturally went to the cabinet to light the fire first, and told the White Lotus Sect that the incident was about to happen to Wang Qia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the other four cabinet ministers. Sure enough, everyone was taken aback when they heard this. Especially Wang Qia, his face was pale, if this made the White Lotus Sect rebel, the court would not be in chaos!

Therefore, Wang Qia, in accordance with Deng Haonan's instructions, strengthened the control of various health centers in Jiangxi, and notified the governor of Jiangxi to take precautions as soon as possible. At the same time, the military department drew troops from the surrounding provinces of Jiangxi to secretly defend.

After Deng Haonan lit the fire for the cabinet, he went to Zhu Youxiao to join Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, and accused him of not governing the army strictly, causing trouble for the Ningyuan mutiny, and squeezing out his colleagues Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao, intending to form a party. Zhu Youxiao was furious when he heard this, and ordered Yuan Chonghuan to be removed. Unexpectedly, Gu Bingqian brought a large number of imperial historians to sponsor him, and Yuan Chonghuan was cheeky enough to plead guilty. As a result, Zhu Youxiao only cared about smoking a lot of cigarettes, and the matter was over. Three packs of books and four have just been spoken. ８。 Close your nose and stop F