The city of Hangzhou in the Ming Dynasty surrendered to the Li family. When the capital of the Ming Dynasty fell, when Emperor Chongzhen died for his country, and when people all over the Yangtze River were in panic and everyone was in danger, they surrendered directly to the Li family fleet and hung a Li family on the city head. Word banner.
In fact, at the beginning, after the Li family fleet entered the Qiantang River, it frightened the few Ming naval forces in the Qiantang River water village and the turbulent government on the spot, so much so that they refused to believe it. That was the fleet of the Li family, and they even refused to believe that there would be an eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty named 'Zhu Ainao' in the fleet.
So, after a certain lawless little girl ordered the outer wall of the Navy's water village to be demolished with cannonballs, and threatened to bombard the city, the person who didn't know whether it was the county magistrate or the prefect finally had to be willing to believe it. The Li family fleet had to go out of the city to the dock to greet the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, the second daughter of Emperor Chongzhen who died for her country, and announced that Hangzhou had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty power where the princess belonged, which was under the name of the Li family fleet, and was willing to obey the princess orders and so on.
Little Annie didn't care about what the officials of the Ming Dynasty were thinking or preparing to do, and she didn't want to care about it, because after handling the goods and briefly replenishing supplies, she was already preparing to do something of hers. Let's get down to business.
"Expel the intruders and restore the Ming Dynasty?"
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"No!"
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"Big Beard, I don't want to play that boring game of recovering lost territory and driving out thieves with you!"
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Therefore, when the bearded captain approached Anne, the chief admiral of the fleet, and asked her to directly send troops, that is, to send some of the sailors on the ship to go ashore with muskets and cannons to protect the princess and the city of Hangzhou, she flatly refused.
"That's too troublesome. I'm going to the West now and I don't have time to play with you here!"
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The reason why Annie stayed here in the East China Sea for so long was just to eliminate the Japanese pirates who came to the island, so as to show a certain hateful Sister Li how powerful they were, and to prove that those bad guys left them in There are so many mistakes in Hangzhou.
Now it's good, the Japanese pirates are over, and the Japanese country has signed an exclusive trade agreement with the Li family's fleet. Now it's time for her to go south to the West, and then find the hot sister Li Huamei to play with. How can she continue to delay? Here in Hangzhou, accompany these boring guys to play that boring war game?
Besides, she is not from the Ming Dynasty. What does Admiral Anne have to do with her as long as the Ming Dynasty dies?
Moreover, she is not familiar with the hot Princess Zhu Ainao of Changping!
The other party didn't say a word to her during the few days they were on the ship. She kindly rescued them, gave them food and drink, and even sent them to Hangzhou. She was already very nice and easy to talk to, so how could she still keep talking to them? Go up and help them more?
"Admiral!"
"If there is nothing you can do, then forget about it. Of course, I don't have to force myself to do things that are beyond my ability. But now, we are waiting for the Li family's fleet to have strong ships, strong guns, strong troops and strong horses. It is a great time to take advantage of this opportunity to make achievements. How can we stop eating because of choking? Are you going to do that thing of abandoning the good and pursuing the bad?”
Obviously, the bearded captain strongly disapproves of sailing to the Western Sea now, because he can sail to the Western Sea at any time. But now, if he misses the good opportunity in front of him and comes back when the situation completely collapses, then it will really be a disaster. It’s over!
But there was no way. He didn't have the final say on the Li family's fleet. He had to convince the little girl in front of him. Otherwise, if the other party gave an order, no matter how unwilling they were, they would have to just raise the sails and turn around and leave.
"It just doesn't work!"
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Anne turned her face directly to the side and rejected the other party's proposal because she just didn't want to play that kind of war game. Besides, she really didn't know how to arrange troops. She would only order people to go in a swarm. charge.
"Grand Admiral..."
"Grand Admiral..."
With a ferocious bearded face, the captain surnamed Li quickly turned to the other side and begged with that tangled and vivid expression, almost kneeling down on Anne's head and crying loudly. .
"Well……"
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"Well, let's see. Ten ships is indeed too many. It would be troublesome to supply supplies if there are too many people on board. I might as well leave you with thousands of musketeers and five ships. The freshwater fortress city and the garrison inside are also Everything is under your control, and the ten large ships parked in the port are also left to you to find ways to recruit crew members. They only took the Xiang Feihu and four other ships to Nanyang, what do you think?"
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Anne's decision to go to the West must not be changed. No one can persuade her. She just goes her own way and is so stubborn!
However, considering that it was indeed a big trouble for her to bring ten super battleships and so many musketeers, and those musketeers were a bit messy on the ship, and there were very few opportunities to use them, so she decided to :
In addition to the necessary sailors and gunners of her own five ships, she simply mobilized all the useless musketeers and the marine cannons piled in the warehouse, leaving only a thousand or eight hundred people for emergency response. .
That way, she can set off lightly, bring more supplies, and then be able to last longer at sea, without having to worry about which port to go to for supplies all day long.
"this!"
"But……"
The bearded man was stunned. Originally, he just wanted to plead with Anne, the great admiral, to stay and help. But now, according to her, she actually wanted to leave the fleet and some soldiers to herself and let herself take full command. ?
Thinking that he could directly lead five fully manned super battleships and manage the entire fortress in Xiaoliuqiu, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
You know, there are ten of the same giant battleships and more than 10,000 elite musketeers in the Tamsui Fortress, as well as a large number of firearms and cannons, and even steel plants and weapons workshops. If all of these are If it were under his control, God knows what he could do with those resources?
"Stop it!"
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"It is now announced: Big Beard, you are the admiral of the Li family fleet stationed in the East China Sea!"
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"Now the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese sea area are all under your control. You have to do business and make money here, and protect our trade ports, that's about it!"
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"You can consider other things by yourself, let's just decide happily!"
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Anne did not bring out so many ships and people to protect those ports and fight wars. She just prepared them so that she could have fun and do whatever she wanted.
Now, since she has finished causing harm to this place and there is no hostile fleet here, of course she will go south to find that guy Li Huamei and cause trouble to other places.
As for what’s going on here…
Let's leave it to this bearded guy for the time being. These guys can do whatever they like, as long as they can complete the minimum tasks assigned by her.
"yes!"
"Yes!!"
"Don't worry, Grand Admiral. If you can't manage this area and guard the port, Mr. Li will tear off his head and give it back to you!!"
After hearing what little Annie said, he knew that he had become the Li family's admiral in the East China Sea and was fully responsible for all matters here. Then the bearded man was excited and quickly understood what he could do with this, so he straightened up. He knelt down on one knee towards their great admiral and gave a solemn military salute.
With so many resources, he is naturally confident to make the Li family caravan bigger and stronger. It is nothing more than patrolling the routes and attacking other caravans and some pirates who are roving to commit crimes. That is not too difficult. .
For the rest, he still has enough strength to do something else, even more than what the Grand Admiral said!
"OK!"
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"Go and make arrangements quickly. There are four other battleships on the Xiang Feihu that I want to take away. Except for the sailors and artillerymen, you should dispatch those useless guys first. They don't need them to go to the West. That’s a lot of manpower!”
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Anne has actually discovered a long time ago that these super battleships have too many cannons and are too powerful. If there are ten ships, they can have 1,200 cannons lined up to fire at the target. Then Is it really a little too crazy and a little too wasteful?
And if it were streamlined by half, there would still be six hundred cannons that could fire in one direction at the same time, which seemed to be enough to deal with threats in most situations.
Therefore, seeing that the bearded man in front of her was so reluctant to go to the Western Ocean with her Admiral Anne, she had no choice but to split up the fleet. She only took the flagship Xiang Feihu and four other battleships to go south to find Li Huamei and the others. Guys can.
"Here!!"
Seeing that Admiral Anne had already decided, the bearded man did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly agreed, and then started to get up excitedly and get busy.
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On March 19, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the intruder Li Zicheng captured Beijing.
It is reported that Emperor Chongzhen ordered all the concubines in the harem to commit suicide. Empress Yi'an Zhang and Empress Xiaojie Zhou committed suicide. Later, Emperor Chongzhen beheaded his two daughters with his own hands. Princess Zhaoren was killed, and the eldest daughter, Princess Changping, Zhu Yunuo, died with her hand. His sword-blocking arm was cut off, but he survived.
Later, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in Meishan. The eunuch Wang Chengen, the scholar Fan Jingwen, the imperial censor Li Banghua, the minister of household affairs Ni Yuanlu and other officials all died calmly and martyred their country. The Ming Dynasty was declared destroyed.
However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Ming Empire was basically declared extinct after the death of the emperor and his family, most of the places that were harmed by bandits were the northwest and northern Zhili, including the capital, while Jiangnan and southern Zhili and other places Even if they haven't been poisoned yet, there are still many clans in South Zhili and they are all ready to make moves, so a certain newly appointed Admiral Li in East China Sea started to take action.
He transferred thousands of marines from the five battleships that Admiral Anne wanted to take away and took over the city of Hangzhou directly by force. He also added some additional sailors and strengthened supplies. He even provided supplies to the five ships. The warehouse was filled with a large amount of silk, tea, porcelain and other in-demand supplies purchased from Hangzhou. After struggling for nearly seven or eight days, the preparations were finally completed.
On April 8, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, five huge ships were lined up in the Qiantang River outside Hangzhou Port. Admiral Anne Hastur of the Li family fleet was finally going to lead five scissor-type super battleships. The fleet formed went to the Western Ocean.
"Admiral Li!"
"We don't understand. Aren't you the admiral of the East China Sea of the Li family? Why did you let that foreign girl take away those five giant gunboats?"
"Look, so many cannons would scare a person to death. If we could keep a few more cannons, wouldn't the intruders and slave-builders be scared out of their wits?"
Watching the five giant ships in the Qiantang River in the distance begin to raise anchors and sails, and slowly accelerate towards the East China Sea under the influence of current and wind. A certain old eunuch standing in the crowd of farewells watching the fleet leave, finally He couldn't help but whisper with regret to the bearded captain, the current admiral of the East China Sea of the Li family.
"Father-in-law!"
"She is the Grand Admiral of our Li family fleet. I am just the Admiral stationed in the East China Sea appointed by her. Not to mention that she wants to keep those five ships. As long as she gives the order, our remaining five ships and these people will be They all have to be evacuated!”
Looking at the other five giant ships anchored in the deep water bay not far from the Hangzhou Pier, and then looking at the strong and elite soldiers standing nearby with long swords and flintlock muskets on their backs, they were Captain Beard sighed.
"ah?"
"We can't withdraw! We absolutely can't withdraw!"
Hearing that the bearded man wanted to evacuate the ship and soldiers, the old eunuch panicked decisively.
You know, here in Hangzhou, they are not familiar with the place, and the only people they can trust and rely on are the fleet and soldiers of the Li family in front of them. Once the people of the Li family withdraw, I am afraid that some people will not be able to rely on them. He knows how to use different methods to eat people like him and the princess!
He has lived for so many years, what kind of intrigues in the palace has he not seen? Therefore, he is not stupid and knows who to trust and rely on at this time.
Now that the Ming Dynasty is dead, all he wants is to take good care of the princess, prevent her from being bullied by outsiders, and then he can have a good death. How can he dare to have too many other thoughts?
"I didn't say I wanted to withdraw!"
"but……"
Looking at the Li family fleet getting further and further away in the distance and getting faster and faster, the bearded man couldn't help but feel a little regretful, and his eyes began to become a little dazed.
To be honest, if Ming Dynasty hadn't died suddenly, I'm afraid he would definitely not have asked the Grand Admiral for those things, and then he would definitely not be disliked by the other party and stay. In that case, I'm afraid now, he can also In that fleet that sailed south to the Western Ocean and continued to traverse the four seas, right?
"That's it!"
"Father-in-law, let me tell you that tomorrow, my fleet will set sail for Xiaoliuqiu. The round trip may take about half a month or a month. I will leave before dawn tomorrow, so you don't have to come to see us off again."
Thinking of the fortress in Xiaoliuqiu and the ten unmanned warships, Big Beard felt that he had to make arrangements early.
Perhaps, he could allocate two-thirds of the skilled sailors and artillerymen in the current fleet, and then send some musketeers who had gone to sea with them to fight Japanese pirates to serve as trainee sailors and artillerymen. He would definitely be able to do it quickly. Just launch those ten warships and have a certain combat effectiveness, right?
That way, he would have fifteen battleships under his command, enough for him to do some of the crazy things he wanted to do.
"ah?"
"Are you going to Xiaoliuqiu?"
"no!"
"Our family and the princess will also go with us!"
Hearing that the bearded fleet was also about to leave, the old eunuch panicked again and hurriedly pulled on the bearded man's clothes to indicate that they were also leaving.
"ah?"
"It's not like we won't come back. Besides, there are five thousand musketeers from my Li family guarding Hangzhou. What are you afraid of?"
The bearded man felt a little baffled.
"we……"
"Our family wants to see your fortress and big ships in Xiaoliuqiu!"
"Just tell me whether to give it or not!"
"this……"
"All right!"
"It's up to you, go ahead!"
"But at 12:00 tomorrow, I will be boarding the ship and getting ready. If you want to go, it's better to be earlier?"
"Yinshi?"
"Then there's no need to wait for tomorrow, our family and the princess will board the ship in the afternoon!"
How could the old eunuch, who was afraid that the bearded man would leave him and others behind, and who was also frightened, dare to stay longer on the shore when the fleet was not around?
Therefore, he hurriedly made a decision and planned to take the princess to the boat early to wait. As for what the local officials would think after they left, how could he control so much?
"Fine!"
The bearded man thought for a while, feeling that having a princess around would make many things he could do much more convenient, but in the end he did not say no.
but……
What he didn't know was that when he arrived at Xiaoliuqiu and Danshui Fortress, the old eunuch saw those giant ships, the fortified city, the towering stone walls, fortresses and countless shore-based cannons with terrifying muzzles. No matter what, he refused to leave.
Of course, those are all things for later. The bearded Admiral of the East China Sea must not have expected such a thing, and a certain bad little girl who is cheering to sail to the West on the flagship of the Xiang Feihu, the Admiral, also Don't even know.
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