"He wants to come to Poyang Lake?" When Wu Sangui heard this, he immediately snorted coldly, "He wants to be Zhu Yuanzhang and let the old man be Chen Youliang?" There are no doors! ”

Shang Shuying smiled and nodded: "That's it. His sailors did not fight in the Yangtze River at all, although the main galleon was large, but there were no oars, only sails, and they were all large sea ships rented from Zheng Jing. ”

As soon as Xia Guoxiang, the left governor of Wu Sangui's navy, heard this, he immediately raised his spirits, "No oars? How is this used in the Yangtze River? What should I do if there is a headwind and no wind? ”

And Hu Guozhu, the right governor of the navy, was still a little worried, "Maybe he is ready to take advantage of the favorable wind to enter the army, right?" Although it is not very convenient to sail in the Yangtze River, the big ship is very strong and can be loaded with many cannons! ”

Wu Sangui nodded, glanced at Shang Shuying again, Shang Shuying said with a smile: "Although the main force of the Ming army is a large sea boat, which is inconvenient to use in the Yangtze River, the fast crab boat they act as an auxiliary has more than ten or twenty long oars, and the hull is thin, which can not only gallop in the Yangtze River, but also drag their big boats. ”

"What? Small boats tow big boats? ”

"Can you drag it?"

Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu were both surprised.

"If you can drag it, you just can't drag it fast." The answer to this question was Lin Xingzhu, the former commander of the Navy Division, who was a pirate, the old Zheng family, "The boat floating on the water looks quite heavy, but it is not heavy to pull up." ”

"I know this, this is called buoyancy," Wu interjected, "that is, an object immersed in a stationary fluid is subjected to a buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid discharged by the object. This is one of the three laws discovered by Mr. Archimedes, a great Confucian who studied the way of nature in the West, and it is found in the natural science textbooks of the Restoration School and the Lecture Martial Hall. ”

Of course, the Restoration School and the Lecture Hall set up by Li Yat-sen are connected to China and the West, and the most basic disciplines are Neo-Confucianism, arithmetic, naturalism, geography, history, and martial arts.

In addition, the Restoration School and the Lecture Hall also offer different professional courses.

The Restoration School specializes in law, accounting, French, education, etc., and is basically a school for training officials and teachers.

The specialties of the lecture hall include infantry, cavalry, artillery, construction (engineer), baggage, military industry, shipbuilding, navigation, naval gunnery, and survey.

The level of these two new-style schools is definitely not very high by the standards of later generations, and their development is also very slow. In particular, the Restoration School has opened two schools in Nanjing and Guangzhou, and the two schools together have less than 1,000 students, and they are divided into preparatory departments and first, second, third, and fourth grades, and they are also divided into graduates of the four major majors.

There are only two branches of the school, but there are more "full-school students" in the school, almost 2,000, but there are ten majors in the school, and there are not many people in each major, and the supply of graduates is also in short supply.

However, there are many "short-term training classes" in the Restoration School and the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and after three months and six months, you can go to become an official and lead a soldier after so-so training.

Wu Sangui also knew that Li Zhongshan's new-style schools were doing very well, so he went on to ask Wu Shifan: "Shifan, did the textbooks of the martial arts hall teach how to use small boats to drag big boats to fight?" ”

Although the textbooks of the lecture hall were not sold on the market, Wu Sangui still had a way to make some of his detailed work, and after he got it, he asked people to copy it to Wu Shicong, Wu Shifan, and Wu Shijue to ponder. It's called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent!

"That's not true," Wu Shifan shook his head, "Sun Er feels that dragging the big boat with a fast crab boat is just a helpless way. If he really wants to march by water, he still has to pick a tailwind. ”

Lin Xingzhu reminded: "Your Majesty, the Zheng family's latest warship is called the Lao Lock Boat, which is to use the Western hull and our Chinese hard sails. The Western hull is high, and the bow and stern have a bow and stern, which is very advantageous when charging in close combat. In addition, the hull of the Western warship is sturdy, which can carry a large number of guns, and long-range artillery battles are also very powerful.

If these old lock ships are allowed to seize the opportunity of the tailwind to attack our sailors, our building ships may not be opponents! ”

"How can the building ship not be able to beat those Western sea ships? There are guns, cannons, and trebuchets on the ship! ”

"That's right, the building ship is specially built for the Yangtze River water battle! Mr. Lin, at that time, you also said that this kind of building ship was very powerful! ”

When Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu heard Lin Xingzhu say bad things about the building ship, they were not happy at that time.

Because these building ships were built by the two of them in Xiangyang and Jingzhou, each building ship is like a small castle, not much smaller than the Zheng family's old lock boat. And the building ship can also be equipped with cannons! However, there are many long oars on both sides of the ship, so the cannons can only be installed in the bow, and the number is naturally not as large as the guns of the old lock ship.

And the building ships have not only artillery, but also an ancient weapon - trebuchets! Or the counterweight trebuchet designed by Wu Shifan using the principle of leverage. It's still pretty impressive!

Listening to what Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu said, Lin Xingzhu didn't know how to refute the manufacture of building ships for a while, and he was indeed in favor! And he couldn't think of a more suitable warship for rampage in the Yangtze River than the building ship?

But the problem is that the old lock ship is a gunboat!

A boat with more than twenty or thirty cannons can be fitted, and a dozen on one side can also be loaded. Make thirty or fifty lines, lined up, and face the enemy on the side side, that is hundreds of cannons!

How do you let the building ship fight?

When he didn't know how to fight, Wu Shifan next to him thought of Zhao'er, and he thought about it: "What Mr. Lin means is that the old lock boat of the Ming army is very powerful when it is downwind. Dozens of large sea ships rushed over to fire cannons, and our building ships were indeed difficult to resist. But if we have a good wind, it won't be difficult to deal with these old lock boats. Mr. Lin, that's what you mean, right? ”

"Yes, yes," Lin Xingzhu said, "If we have a good wind, then we can set the boat on fire with the wind!" But. The method of setting fire to a boat is better only in narrow waters. If we let the warships of the Ming army rush into Poyang Lake, stay in the middle of Poyang Lake, and wait until the wind is favorable to attack our water camp, we will not be able to do it. There are a lot of cannons on this old lock ship, and there are thousands of cannons on dozens of ships, even if they are guns on one side, there are hundreds of them together! ”

"Then you can't let them into Poyang Lake!" Wu Sangui's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Li Zhongshan wants to fight with me in a big battle at Poyang Lake, but I don't let him get his wish. I won't let him enter Poyang Lake, I'm going to block him outside Poyang Lake, let him stand on the shore of the fort, and come to the iron cable and pontoon bridge at the mouth of Poyang Lake! Mr. Lin, what do you think of my approach? ”

Lin Xingzhu hurriedly picked up his thumb and said, "High! The emperor is really high! ”

Wu Sangui smiled slightly, indescribably proud: "I am now surrounding Nanchang, holding the entire Jiangxi, and there is a Huguang granary behind me!" I can afford it. Li Yat-sen wants to fight for as long as he wants, and I will accompany him!

On the other hand, Li Zhongshan, his rear is not very stable! Sun Jiqing of Guangxi has taken refuge in me, Guangdong has been attacked on both sides, and the nobles will be able to invade Guangdong in a few days, as long as Guangfu returns to me, I am not afraid of not being able to defeat the Ming army.

In addition, Wu Xuanye of the Northern Qing Dynasty has also mobilized the army of the Southern Expedition, and he will soon come south to avenge his cousin Geng Jingzhong! At that time, I will go down the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River, and Wu Xuanye will take the north of the river along the canal. There is no way out of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Speaking of this, Wu Sangui's face suddenly sank again, his two old fists clenched tightly, gritted his teeth and said, "Wait until the Ming Dynasty is destroyed. I sent troops to Makubu Mountain to avenge Emperor Chongzhen! ”

Ah, destroy Daming first, and then avenge Chongzhen?

The courtiers of the Great Zhou at the bottom didn't know how to shoot Wu Sangui's ass for a while? That's a genius idea, isn't it?

Seeing that it was a little cold at the bottom, Wu Sangui's face gradually sank, but Wu Shifan reacted the fastest, and hurriedly shouted: "Grandpa Shengming, destroy the Ming Dynasty first, it is the righteousness to dominate the world, and then kill and rebel, and avenge Chongzhen is a small section. The emperor's grandfather has both righteousness and subtleties, and he is really the first perfect person in ancient and modern times! ”

Wu Sangui is satisfied now, this grandson's sycophant is level! He nodded and said, "That's what I thought! He said to Shang Shuying again, "Shuying, since Li Zhongshan won't kill you, then you should work hard a little more and take my war book to Nanjing." Let Li Yat-sen hurry up to the decisive battle in Hanpokou. He's going to be late, and his father Li Fuchen will have to eat human flesh! ”

"Yes!"

Outside the mouth, the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, the grassland of Jinlian River.

At this time, it is the time when spring returns to the north, and the grassland is full of vitality and all things are competing!

In the most fertile grassland at the northern foot of Yanshan, a large number of large and small yurts appeared, and herds of cattle and sheep were flowing on the grassland, which was a thriving scene.

In the middle of these yurts, there is a particularly huge gold-roofed tent, and in front of the tent are nine white threads symbolizing the supreme power of the Great Mongolian Kingdom!

In this golden-domed tent, sitting at this time is naturally the Enkh Amgulang Khan of today's Great Mongolia, Aixin Jueluo. Wu. Xuanye!

And in front of Xuan Ye, there was a young man in filial piety clothes kneeling, it was Yue Le's son Plug Leng E, this Seleng was here to report Kangxi's funeral, and at this time he was still crying and crying about how his Lao Tzu died tragically!

Your Majesty, the flintlock pipers of the Ming army are really amazing! They formed three columns and threw the whole cavalry of my Amma off their horses with a volley of muskets! I, Amma, were not spared, and I was shot and killed! Your Majesty, that Emperor Geng knew that I was loyal to Amma, so he gave me the nickname of 'Wuzhong' before he died."

Kangxi nodded, "Then Yue Le will be Yue Wuzhong in the future."

"Your Majesty," Seleng wiped his tears from his forehead, "You mean, our Daqing also gave me Amma's nickname Wuzhong?" ”

"Huh?" Kangxi was stunned, he was speechless, Yue Le was the Yue Wuzhong of Dajing, he was loyal to Dajing after all. But how could the Qing Dynasty give him the nickname Wuzhong?

He has all gone through the Qing, Ming, and Jing dynasties, can this also be regarded as loyal?

"Brother Huang, although Prince An has gone through three dynasties, he is not sorry for our Qing Dynasty, he is still loyal!" It was Prince Chang Ning who spoke.

Although Kangxi has always been worried that Chang Ning will usurp his throne. But isn't the Qing Dynasty now united? So Kangxi could only temporarily put away his thoughts of killing Chang Ning, and this time he also took him to the grassland to meet the new leader of the Northwest Oirat Alliance, Galdan, this Galdan finally killed his father-in-law, Ozirtu Khan, and became the leader of the Oirat Alliance.

However, Galdan will not be satisfied with an alliance leader, but wants to go further and become a Khan!

And because Galdan is not a descendant of the Golden Family, it is still a little difficult to become a Khan, specifically, there are three routes for him to become a Khan, one is to convene a Kuritai Conference and elect a Great Khan; the second is to ask the Great Lama of the Snowy Region to seal a little Khan; The third is to invite Enkh Amgulang Khan of Great Mongolia to love Xinjueluo. Wu. Xuan Ye sealed a little sweat.

It is definitely the most ideal to choose the Great Khan, but Galdan also knows that he is two pounds, so he doesn't want to do this for the time being. Then all that remains is to invite the Great Lama of the Snowy Region and Wu Xuanye to seal Xiao Khan.

And in order to make this little Khan more colorful, Galdan is ready to let Kangxi and the Great Lama come together to seal it. There is both imperial power and divine power, double blessing!

And Kangxi also hoped to increase his authority as the emperor of the United States by alliing with the Mongol tribes and canonizing a small Mongol khan.

After all, he is not willing to be an emperor of the United States who is restricted everywhere for the rest of his life!

But it is not easy to establish this prestige, Kangxi still has to clamp his tail and be the emperor now, so he can only nod and say: "Chang Ning, you are right Prince An is still loyal to the Qing Dynasty, so he will be called Wuzhong, and he will be King An Wuzhong in the future!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" Seleng hurriedly kowtowed in thanks.

Kangxi asked again: "Seleng, who do you think will win the battle between Wu Sangui and Li Zhongshan?" ”

"Your Majesty," said after thinking for a while, "the slave thinks that Li Zhongshan's Lu Shi can beat Wu Sangui, but the water master is not easy to say."

"What? Is Li Zhongshan's Lu Shi so strong? Kangxi was taken aback.

"Very strong indeed!" Seleng thought for a moment and said, "If Wu Sangui is defeated by Poyang Lake, then the next one will be unlucky."

He said half of what he said, but what it meant, Kangxi already completely understood.

If Wu Sangui is finished, Daqing will be unlucky next!

He thought about it, and then said to Prince Gong Chang Ning beside him: "Chang Ning, do you think we should send troops to Xuzhou now?" ”

"Your Majesty," Chang Ning said, "we are all ready, and there are already 100,000 troops assembled on the Shandong side, isn't this for the southern expedition?" ”

It turned out that the Council of Ministers of the Qing Dynasty had already decided to send troops to participate in the battles of the Great Zhou and Ming Dynasty. And everything has already been prepared, and the troops have been mobilized. Now there is a commander of the three armies - the princes and Zhongtang of the Qing Dynasty are now very modest, no one is willing to take the initiative to ask for help, and even Kangxi is busy with the affairs of the north.

Kangxi nodded, "Yes, this is indeed the fifth brother who is preparing for the southern expedition, the foolish brother wants to wait for Galdan in the Jinlianchuan grassland, and this joint Galdan is related to whether we can defeat the Rakshasa State to recover the lost territory of Baikal and restore the Siberian Khanate!" This is more important than going south to help Wu Sangui fight. Why don't you work hard and go to Shandong to be a general! ”

"Brother."

Chang Ning wanted to refuse this dispatch, but Kangxi didn't wait for him to say it, so he raised his hand to stop him: "Chang Ning, I know that this battle is not easy to fight. But I didn't have to fight, and I could beat the side drum for Wu Sangui. As long as the dispute between Wu and Li can continue, our good life can continue! ”

"The subordinate brother understands, and the subordinate brother receives the order!" Prince Gong Changning is not easy to shirk now, and it seems to be good to be a soil emperor in Shandong. What if there is a chance? If he can make a great achievement, maybe the Council of Ministers will elect him as emperor!

Of course, he is not for himself, but for the sake of the family to be a father and son, a brother and a brother. On Yingtai Island, there is a father and son who hug and cry every day!

"General, General Kangxi issued an edict in the Jinlianchuan grassland, appointing Prince Gong Chang Ning as the general and leading 200,000 troops to the south!"

Nanjing, the General's Mansion, Li Zhongshan, who was in the capital hall with a group of high-ranking staff members holding a small wooden boat model and comparing the tactics of the naval army on the table, suddenly heard the shouts of his brother Li Zhongzheng.

He just smiled coldly, dropped the wooden model in his hand, and said to the people around him: "Kangxi himself is not coming, send his brother to die, it seems that there will be no big trouble on the northern front, we just want to concentrate our forces and storm Jiujiang Fucheng and Hukou to open up the waterway from west to Huguang in one fell swoop!" General Ben wants to see, does Wu Sangui still want Wuchang Mansion? ”

(End of chapter)