Shi Lang's face turned red and said: "I don't have a title, I'm just a small soldier." He didn't know why Liu Ziguang said this, and Jinghaihou thought it was ironic that he had not purged the pirates along the coast of Zhejiang.

"It's okay to hear for a long time, General Shi is resourceful and very good at naval warfare, this time I will go south with this governor to recover Taiwan, and I will definitely be able to enshrine the marquis, worship the generals, and glorify the ancestors." Liu Ziguang always thought about Shi Langxin in the Lu Ding Ji and said that it was really a creation, the main generals of the old collection of Taiwan were all on their own ships, this Taiwan really did not run, history said that Zheng Chenggong was Zheng Sen first recovered Taiwan from the Dutch, and then Shi Lang recaptured Taiwan again from the Zheng family, no matter what, this big island has always been cut off from the west of the 6 lands, Taiwan you will always be China, thinking about it, Liu Ziguang has a reserved smile on his face, with these two generals in charge, the honor of recovering Taiwan this time must be in his own bag。

However, there is also a problem: there is a lack of a commander in the army at the moment, and the generals of the Shanghai Navy who are in his lineage, Wen Getao and Yang Nanzhen, are all small pirates, and the level is not enough, but when he is in charge, Zheng Sen is a good seedling, but his grade is too young.

It is the son-in-law of the Zheng family again, and it is obviously not suitable for an outsider to command the army of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui's official position is not low, not only has rich practical combat experience, but also the martial champion of the new department, but he is a landlubber, and it is even more inappropriate to be this general, the only thing that can be used is the Shi Lang general in front of him, who is not tall, bearded, and full of vicissitudes of life.

According to the archives of the Ministry of War, this naval commander has fought against Haikou in the waters off Zhejiang all the year round, and he has a remarkable record, and he is definitely a rare good general.

"What is General Shi Lang's opinion on the war in the Taiwan Strait?" Liu Ziguang wanted to hear Shi Lang's opinion to see if he was a handsome person who could grasp the overall situation.

"Come on, get the charts." Shi Lang was not in a hurry to say some empty words, and waited for the chart to be brought and laid on the case, and then began to point out the country.

Shi Lang obviously did his homework, and even the charts were different from those under the army, and in many places he made more precise modifications and supplements, and the charts were several small percentages, and the general map was drawn in the center, and the territory of the Ming Dynasty was drawn outside, and there were different countries marked with different colors, and important seaports were also listed separately.

Small-scale charts depict specific waterways, ports, garrisons, reefs, locations, and precise latitude and longitude in thin light brushstrokes to identify directions.

Shi Lang picked up a small wooden stick and pointed to the chart, saying: "To seize Taiwan, you must first take Penghu, and then board from the west coast.6 So the key to victory or defeat is to control the Taiwan Strait, the current of the Taiwan Sea is weird, the weather is ever-changing, and it is not a good field for the boat division to fight, but our army is difficult, and the enemy is even more difficult, because we have the support of Fujian, and their rear bases are too far apart, as long as there is a Zheng army who is familiar with the local sea conditions to join, this battle will be won." ”

"Oh, General Shi has such a chance of winning, doesn't he need to look at his strength to fight?" Liu Ziguang asked in surprise.

"My lord, there is that divine creature in the sky, why worry about the undefeated." Shi Lang pointed to the airship in the sky and said respectfully.

"I have heard for a long time, the heavenly soldiers of Wubo are mighty, and today I can see that it is not true, this thing can be seen hundreds of miles away, and it will definitely be able to show the enemy first, and the opponent will take the lead, and when the two armies and boat divisions are fighting, they can even throw fire in the air, so that the enemy has no power to parry. In this way, will our army not be victorious? Shi Lang said that the head is the Tao, it seems that he must have studied a lot of the battle examples of the Red Shirt Regiment.

"There is a knowledge, the wonderful use of the airship is what you say, but just relying on the things flying in the sky cannot end the battle, and the boat division cannot be idle and watch the excitement, by the way, what is the combat power of General Shi's Zhejiang Naval Division? Let's talk about it. Liu Ziguang was quite satisfied with Shi Lang's answer, and the island of Taiwan on the chart was still drawn with contour lines, and it could be seen that the eastern part of the island was full of mountains, so Liu Ziguang did not ask such a naïve question as why he didn't board 6 on the east coast.

"Boat divisions fight far away by bed crossbows, close by ramming, crushing, fire attacks and jumping gang melee combat, all water battles are here." Liu Ziguang nodded and didn't speak, Shi Lang was encouraged, so he continued: "The Zhejiang Navy Division is mainly based on a thousand steam warships, supplemented by two thousand steam warships, supplemented by two thousand six-masted and 12 sail ships, equipped with weapons, iron arm bed crossbows produced by Liguo Iron Works, and projectile fireballs and other things, when dealing with Xiyi warships, they use such weapons to deal with pirates disguised as merchant ships and fishing ships, and when they use their lives, they have to jump with their lives to fight hand-to-hand. ”

"Although the steamship is small, but it is mobile and flexible, it is not controlled by the wind direction and ocean currents during the operation, so it takes advantage of the big advantage, the disadvantage is that it needs to carry coal, and the coal bunker can only travel 200 miles, and the sail warship does not have this trouble, the fresh water belt is enough, and it has been able to travel for several months, but when encountering the headwind and crosswind, the maneuverability is far inferior to the steamship, so the lowly combat is a combination of the two, the steam ship is used for the enemy's battle, the sailboat helps to carry coal, fresh water, cooperate with each other, and promote the strengths and avoid the weaknesses in order to maximize the effect."

"Yes, this official supervises the southern conquest of Taiwan, it is the opportunity to use people, what General Shi said is very good to my heart, I think you will be the commander of the march on this expedition, and you will do a good job." Liu Ziguang saw Shi Lang talking eloquently, looking confident, and he was a great expert in sailors, so he relieved himself to delegate part of the command to him.

"Thank you, Lord for your support." Shi Lang was moved to bow down, although he, the general soldier, can be regarded as a second-grade senior military attaché, but in front of an important minister like Liu Ziguang, he is still nothing, and he can be appreciated and promoted, which is really a great thing.

Under the leadership of Shi Lang, the southern expeditionary fleet went all the way south along the coastline, and did not stop on the way, adding water and coal, so relying on the supplies carried in the sailboats, the long-distance march was nothing for the majority of officers and soldiers of the naval division, but for the landlubbers represented by Wu Sangui, this period of time was simply the same as the region, and the stomach was still turning over the river and the sea after vomiting clean, as if he wanted to vomit out the internal organs before he was willing。

However, Liu Ziguang and Liu Xiaomei, who are also landlubbers, have no abnormal reaction at all, Liu Ziguang is a special physique, needless to say, Liu Xiaomei is strange, she has never seen the sea, she is obviously very curious about this vast blue world, climb to the top of the mast every day to look at the vista, a look is a day, the fleet is further south, the temperature becomes warmer, from Shanghai when wearing thick cotton clothes, to Fujian waters, in the cabin can wear single clothes, but on the deck is still the sea breeze, the signal soldiers on the airship carefully search the sea surface with a clairplane every day, but nothing but seabirds and waves, due to the intensification of the war in the Taiwan Strait, ZhejiangThe merchant ships of Hainan Zhili have suspended this route and turned to the trade route of the Japanese State, and if the war cannot be ended as soon as possible, the Ming Dynasty will suffer serious economic losses.

Under the blowing of the winter monsoon, the fleet successfully arrived at Quanzhou Mansion. Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan has been waiting in line at the wharf for a long time, Quanzhou is an excellent deep-water port, the Southern Expeditionary Fleet is moored in the port, like a child snuggled in the arms of the mother, the warship will be a thousand pounds of anchor into the bottom of the sea, fix the hull, and then put down the dinghy to send the adults ashore.

Liu Ziguang is wearing a red python robe, wearing black gauze on his head and wearing court boots on his feet, and a jade belt around his waist, he is dressed like a civil official, but he is dressed like a civil official, no matter how he looks at it, he looks like a military general, just say that when the boat leans on the trestle, his old man flew up with an arrow step, and he is more experienced than the old sailors over the years, followed by Liu Ziguang Wu Sangui, Shi Lang and Zheng Jing and others.

On the shore, an old man in a red official robe saw Liu Ziguang boarding the trestle bridge, and hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects, and the complement on his chest should be the highest male Wencan in Fujian.

The official system of the Ming Dynasty is chaotic, a province has a governor or governor, and there is a supervisor or a governor, in general, the governor and the governor are slightly greater than the governor, the governor can dispatch a province or several provinces of military horses, money and food, and the supervisor is half a point higher than the Jingluo in rank, Liu Ziguang patrolled the south of the Yangtze River after the completion of the task, the value of the boat has risen, Zhu Youxiao no longer regards him as a simple martial arts to use in the future, but a soldier who can govern the country and secure the country.

Because Liu Ziguang was young and his qualifications were shallow, the emperor was afraid that those feudal officials who were high in the sky and the emperor would look down on him, so he simply gave him the title of superintendent of the southeast, and with this hat, he could transfer all the soldiers of the naval fleet and the coastal guard, plus his status as an earl and the position of the commander of Nanchang, I believe that he could still calm the scene.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao thought about the officialdom situation on the southeast coast too complicated, Governor Xiong Wencan was still loyal to the imperial court, and had always relied on his meager strength to fight against enemies from all walks of life, ensuring the rule of the Ming regime in Fujian, if it were not for him, I am afraid that the current Fujian would have the surname Zheng.

Quanzhou is not the government of Fujian, but a large harbor city between Fuzhou, Fuzhou and Xiamen, the old nest of the Zheng family, and the reason why the Southern Expedition Fleet chose to enter the port here has a great relationship with the bearded man next to Xiong Wencan.

That person is Zheng Zhilong.