103. Avoidance

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The South China Sea was calm in November, and the strong northerly winds were weakened by tropical clouds after crossing the Tropic of Capricorn. biquge.info At this time, a group of ships passing over the coral island scattered the resting seabirds, fluttering as if in protest against these uninvited guests.

"It's boring." Du Hu, who was on duty, looked at the blue sky and white clouds and complained. "I haven't seen any ghosts for more than 20 days."

"Okay, don't roar, if you don't see it, you won't see it, it's better than the last time the Eagle encountered wind and waves." He Tian, who was the captain of the Nikko as the team leader, admonished him in a voiceless voice. "With your patience, when you get the leader, you can't be the captain, and you won't be ashamed when the time comes."

"If you can't be a team leader, you won't be able to be a captain?" Du Hu pursed his lips disapplauded. "Chen Yi and the three of them are still squad leaders, but who can let them hand over the three ships of Flying Eagle, Flying Dragon, and Knight?"

"With your cowardice, can you compare with Sanjie? That is a special case, the three of them were personally taken care of by the commander-in-chief and could not be promoted to the official rank for two years, so they were wronged to take the position of captain as the squad leader. "He Tian obviously has no choice but to go with him." You are optimistic, and when the two years are over, they will go up soon. ”

Du Hu looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water: "It's good to go up, will you vacate the place soon after you go up?" ”

"Vacate? You think it's beautiful," He Tian handed him a cup of tea, this was their previous spoils of war, the goods transported to Batavia in a Guangzhou ship of 800 materials, but He Tian and they captured Taiwan with people and ships on the grounds of being an enemy, according to the rules formulated by Zheng Kezang, He Tian got these as a middle-level commander. "Yu Ke heard that the commander-in-chief has a plan to organize the voyage battalion with a new formation, and then there will be no captain and battalion officer, there will only be the difference between the captain, the commander and the admiral, and the latter two must be built captains, you said that the commander-in-chief attaches so much importance to the captain of a ship, who will let the captain out for you?"

"Does the Commander-in-Chief really mean that?" Du Hu paid attention to it, so much so that he didn't pay attention to the temperature of the tea, and his mouth was burned all of a sudden. "I'm bah, bah, Xiaotian, do you want to burn me to death, there is one less opponent." Du Hu is dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth, and He Tian is too lazy to bother with him. "But there are only a few ships in the Voyage Camp at the moment, so don't all the people who come after have to stay up?"

"You're right, you just have to stay up." He Tian wrenched his hands and counted. "Ma Ying must be in charge of the newly built Flying Sky, and the Flying Eagle, the Flying Dragon, and the Knight are also the three masters, and it is impossible for Yu to let the Sunlight out, so he can only wait for a new ship and appoint a captain, so the chief will choose the best of the best."

"Wouldn't there be no hope for me?" Du Hu was deflated for a while, he was much better than him in the expedition camp, if it was really like what He Tian said, then he would really fall behind Yi Maosheng. "Why am I so miserable," Du Hu muttered. "It's hard to get seniority"

"Don't howl there, if you want to be a captain, you can go back to the Taijiang team, or you can go to the Ryukyu Camp." He Tian deliberately stimulated Du Hu. "Chang Tianyuan is looking forward to someone being able to take his position all day long, Gong Tian may not want to be his deputy battalion officer, you can't keep it in the past and even be promoted to the third level."

"Who wants to be that kind of captain." Du Hu waved his hand, but his face immediately changed. "This matter is not guaranteed," he said very abruptly, and He Tian was also confused by him. "It's really possible, that's right, the next ship is either Gongtian or Chang Tianyuan, the commander-in-chief must have this mind, and he wants to circulate people so that we can compete with each other."

He Tian raised his eyebrows, Du Hu really had some truth in what he said, but he was already the captain, even if Chang Tianyuan and Gong Tian arrived at the Voyage Camp, it would not necessarily threaten his status, so he said with a relaxed face: "Come on, don't fight, how can you show who has the ability and who is the rice bucket." ”

"You are a full man and you don't know that a hungry man is hungry, you are a captain, just watch"

Du Hu was about to say something, but suddenly the lookout post above his head came with a roar of report: "The knight sent a flag, ahead, a large ship with a plywood, a Francophone man, the ship type is unknown, more than 8,000 materials." ”

The two of them were shocked, not to mention more than 8,000 materials, and the total load of the four warships of the whole team was not 8,000 materials, so this can be said to be the biggest threat encountered by the entire expedition battalion, but the relationship between the Franc machine man and Ming Zheng is not hostile, and whether it will fight or not remains to be decided by the commander.

"Quick, send a signal to the rear Flying Dragon and Flying Sky and ask how to deal with it." He Tian didn't dare to slack off, and immediately ordered. "All owners of the ship are ready for battle"

Both on duty and on rest, after receiving the order, they all ran desperately, first tying up the things that were easy to move in the deck and compartments, then cleaning up all kinds of small items that were easy to cause secondary damage in the shelling, then pushing the barrels of this fireproof sea sand up the deck and placing them in the gun compartments, and then placing barrels and boxes of gunpowder and projectiles on the sides of the three inch (6-pound) guns on both sides of the gun, which totaled six - but the gun doors were not opened, because the schooners were sailing in the wind, and the waves were relatively high. Opening it before the war would have caused seawater to seep in, thus fouling the gunpowder.

While the crew was busy, the results of further exploration in front came over: "The Knight confirms, the Franc machine, about 8,000 materials, the Clark type, the single-port gun door 11, and there are several Franc machine fast guns on the upper deck." ”

When he heard that it was a Clark ship type just now, He Tian's face softened, even the news of eleven guns on the single side did not change him, but after hearing that the other party had a Franc cannon on the deck that could quickly fire shotguns, his face slowly sank again: "This battle is difficult to fight, Diao Fight, has the order of the Flying Sky come?" ”

No, the lookout post replied simply, while conveying the final report of the knight to the home team under the banner, at this time Du Hu returned to He Tian's side: "The Clark ship is slow, we can intercept it by the wind, but our three-inch cannon is not powerful enough, it is difficult to sink the other party, but to let the other party go, Ma Ying is reluctant, and it is estimated that he is having a headache because of this." ”

"That's not the point, although we won't jump into the gang, but the Clark ship is big and tall, and the Franc machine man is condescending, and the breech-fire rapid-fire guns on the upper deck can easily kill and injure our sailors exposed on the ship, but if you don't push in, as you said, the three-pounder cannon is like tickling, and even the Wyvern and the flying four-inch (28-pounder) cannon may not be able to pose any threat to the other side." He Tian sighed. "This time, I guess Ma Ying is not willing to take risks."

As he was talking, the order behind him came through the guò banner, and sure enough, as He Tian judged: "The whole team turns and avoids the other party." ”

The alarm was lifted, but Du Hu's face was not good-looking, I believe that this is not Du Hu's alone, looking at the meat in his mouth flying, no one should feel good: "When can we have a big ship of 8,000 materials, don't have 8,000 materials, 5,000 materials, Lao Tzu will rush up and fight with the Francophile." ”

"Don't think about it, it's good that Dongning can build a 3,000-material plywood ship right now." He Tian patted him on the shoulder. "But it's not that it can't be built, but there is no suitable wood, and the craftsmen of Yingguili are gone, and it is not easy for them to build two ships a year in Mayuan, so don't force it, in fact, it's just that the number is enough, and a group of dogs can bite the elephant to death."

"Then we have to change all the cannons, just our small cannons," Du Hu shook his head, the truth of naval warfare in this era is that the ship is bigger than the ship, the more cannons are better than the artillery, and the old yellow calendar of a group of dogs biting elephants to death is no longer a golden rule. "Even if we let us fight, we may not be able to sink it, maybe it will be floating on the sea after a long time of bombing."

"Cai Yi sent someone to meet King Ning Jing?" Zheng Kezhang didn't know about this scene at sea, but Rao was like this, and he was also very angry at the moment. "He really regards himself as the Zhu family, shouldn't he see too much of the Three Kingdoms, think that he is Uncle Liu Huang, and he is going to take the edict of the clothes and belts, do you still want to clear the monarch's side."

Hearing such heart-wrenching words, Zheng Bin's face couldn't help twitching, but the Ming clan has been in Taiwan for so many years, and this is the first time that a vassal has been found to have a private confession, no wonder Zheng Kezhang will be nameless: "Shisun, Cai Yi has already done the matter, so what should I do next?" ”

"Cai Yi's white-clothed army still has many people in the army." Zheng Kezhang said coldly. "How did Yu hear that he has been feeling a little unwell recently, so, Zheng Qing, you can go and visit Yu for you, and pick up two tonic pills from the inner treasury and bring them over," Zheng Bin was full of excitement, Zheng Kezhang This is death. "Tell him to drink it raw and don't infect his family."

"I understand." Zheng Bin didn't dare to stay for a long time, and immediately offered to retire. "I'll do it."

"Don't mess up." Zheng Bin almost weakened his feet, hurriedly retreated, looking at his back, Zheng Kezang's brows tightened. "It seems that Yu's Jinyiwei has to plan early." Zheng Kezhang summoned. "Someone, invite Lord Yu of the Military Lawyer." Soon, Yu Ping appeared in front of Zheng Kezang, and Zheng Kezhang didn't dare to gossip with him, so he asked directly. "Do you know what a factory guard is?" Yu Ping's face was shocked. "Very good, Qing still has some knowledge, and Yu doesn't want to make this decision, but some people just don't stop." Speaking of this, Zheng Kezhang stared at Yu Ping's eyes. "Are you willing to be Lu Bing of Yu?"

Lu Bing is the commander of the Jinyi Guard when Ming Shizong, because he is the relationship between Shizong's nursing mother and son, and then he is favored because he was born in the fire, known as the fire spirit official, and is the only one who died well among the four murderers of the Sejong Dynasty, Yan Shifan once said: "Taste the world's talents, only myself and Lu Bing, Yang Bo for the three", Zheng Kezang's words are tantamount to promising something.

Yu Ping knew that Zheng Kezhang seemed to be in his heart, but if he didn't say a word at this moment, it was estimated that there would be guards immediately, so he weighed it again and again, gritted his teeth, the dead Taoist priest did not die and the poor Dao, and at this time he could only make a knife for Zheng Kezang.

"Minister, the minister will live up to the trust of the grandson!"

"Very good, when you go back, you will set up a separate department in the Military Justice Department." Zheng Kezhang nodded with satisfaction. "However, Yu also knows that all families in Dongning use the family children, and it is very difficult to infiltrate them, Yu will not force Qing to be able to find out immediately, or that sentence, take your time, be steady, Yu is not in a hurry"

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