Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun was actually a farming war interest group. Ning Haijun's first battle was to fight the bandit Qin Wu. No, it was actually Cheng Shijie who took advantage of Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu's dissatisfaction with his predecessor Qianhu's high hopes. General Wang Wang and his extortionate extortionate money.
From that time on, whether Cheng Shijie suppressed bandits, launched the Dengzhou Mutiny, or quelled the Kong Youde Rebellion, crossed the sea and stormed southern Liaoning, the Battle of Haizhou included going south to attack Zheng Zhilong, storming Daguan, Luzon and Badawi Ya, the benefits of these wars are far greater than the expenditures. It can be said that through each war, the Ning Navy becomes stronger and stronger.
It’s just that this time the ship capsized in the sewer. After taking down Tsushima Island, the entire island and the entire city of Tsushima were turned upside down. Counting all the scraps and scraps of metal, the following materials were seized: rice, two hundred and twenty Three stones and five buckets, various miscellaneous grains and old grains, totaling more than 36,000 stones. Such grains are not even qualified to feed livestock in Liaodong.
As for value? almost none.
There were two to three thousand pieces of various weapons, armor, and broken copper, worth less than twenty thousand taels of silver. As for other supplies, they only had sake that could be put down the throat, and some copper coins, Wanli, Chenghua, and even Zhengde, totaling Of the 260,000 pieces, only more than 18,000 taels of silver were seized, plus a batch of gold and silver jewelry.
How to calculate it? The entire seizure of Tsushima Island was less than 50,000 taels of silver. But the problem is that Cheng Shijie did not count the food, drink and food of 50,000 to 60,000 troops in this battle, nor the depreciation and maintenance costs of 500 to 600 warships and transport ships. Not counting the cost of maintaining the weapons of 50,000 to 60,000 men, Cheng Shijie spent tens of thousands of taels of silver even on the first round of bombardment on Zuma Island.
However, the materials seized were less than one-third of the money for artillery shells. If the cost of sending all the troops was included, the seizures were less than one-tenth. Fortunately, most of the casualties were Koreans, otherwise it would have been a huge loss.
Cheng Shijie said with a wry smile: "It turns out...it turns out that the so-called Hatamoto samurai are poorer than the beggars in our country? No wonder Taizu listed Xiaoli as a country without conquests, a hellish place where even ransacking homes would make losses, so whoever beats the idiot is stupid. "
However, after a moment, Cheng Shijie was puzzled. In his childhood, he was still a land of silver. The shogunate supported 80,000 banner warriors for many years. His family should be very good. How could he be so poor?
Li Zhixiang asked: "Commander, who did you hear say that you were very rich in your childhood?"
"I always thought they were rich!"
Cheng Shijie was naturally embarrassed to say that he had been misled by the information reports of later generations. He thought that the samurai of the samurai of the samurai were very wealthy and lived a prosperous life, and the shogunate of the samurai of the samurai who had supported 80,000 banner warriors for many years was even more wealthy...
There are many extremely high evaluations of Xiaoli in later generations. The mainstream evaluation is that during the Warring States Period, there were sixty-six countries in the country, with a total of more than 23 million shi.
Li Zhixiang coughed and said: "Commander, according to the information that I know, Xiaoli is not as rich as you think, Marshal. It is true that Xiaoli produces several million taels of silver per year, but most of this silver is It flowed into the Ming Dynasty through Hongyi, but very few actually flowed into the people of the early days. Therefore, when the shogunate paid salaries to their samurai, they rarely gave out silver or copper coins, and they used brown rice to offset the salary. "
"brown rice!?"
"It is indeed brown rice. An ordinary warrior can receive ninety kilograms of brown rice every month. These ninety kilograms of brown rice are the entire source of income for their family."
"No wonder they are so poor. With such a stingy boss at the stall, it's impossible not to be poor!"
The ancient history of Xiaoxiaozhi is a tragic history. They have spent more than two thousand years telling the world what "there is no most tragic, only more tragic".
The characteristic of this ghost place is that it has many mountains and little land, and the land is barren. Agricultural production is greatly restricted. It is really difficult to have a full stomach... If you don't have a full stomach, all the technology and culture will be in vain. In my childhood, there was a lack of iron ore resources, the area of arable land and output have not been increasing, there was a lack of advanced technology, and there was a lack of...
In short, everything is lacking in the small days, except for volcanoes, earthquakes, typhoons and plagues. Until the Ming Dynasty, Xiaori still did not have its own currency and could only obtain copper coins through trade with the Ming Dynasty. The entire Xiaori women were polarized.
The Edo side was extremely prosperous, with dignitaries and ministers singing about the wind and moon all day long, expressing their love for the mountains and rivers. Merchants gathered together, and goods such as bronze mirrors, silks, and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, and spices from Europe flooded the market. The samurai wore a long Samurai with one or two swords strutted through the city, coupled with exquisite pavilions and temples, beautiful landscapes, and colorful cherry blossoms like snow, the entire Edo was like a paradise on earth.
But outside of Edo, it was a completely different world. The daimyos in various places were divided into one party, and there were as many bandits as a cow. The farmers with yellow faces and skinny muscles worked hard and endured a tax of up to 70 to 80%. They could not fill their stomachs without rest all year round. You have to take bamboo knives and spears to help out, which is hell.
In the early days, the shogunate had 80,000 highly skilled warriors, and these warriors were the foundation of the shogunate. However, when they were young, samurai did not engage in agriculture and business. They spent all day practicing martial arts or killing people. The salary issued by the shogunate was their only source of income. The most terrible thing is that these guys all received extremely high salaries! It is not difficult to imagine how difficult it is to raise so many warriors who only eat and do nothing.
Naturally, the shogunate, who was equally arrogant, could not afford so much money to pay these warriors, so they could only use rice to offset the salary. Don't underestimate rice, it's a luxury item for most people.
Not to mention the ghost place of Tsushima Island, how much property Cheng Shijie could copy here would be a ghost!
When the robbery reached the beggar's den, Cheng Shijie was greatly depressed. He dejectedly led the troops on board the ship, left, and left Tsushima Island to the Koreans to slowly torture them. Anyway, after admiring the "wonderful" performance of the North Korean sailors on the dock of Tsushima Island, he no longer had any hope in the combat effectiveness of the North Korean sailors. It was just a joke to bring such pig teammates to attack the four major islands in his childhood. Come on, you just stay in Tsushima and take your time.
Hearing that Cheng Shijie was leaving, Jin Zidian hurriedly caught up with him: "Commander, where are you going?"
"Kyushu Hakata Bay!"
Jin Zidian broke into a cold sweat instantly: "Commander, please think twice! Meng Yuan's two expeditions against Japan both ended in a disastrous defeat at Hakata Bay!"
"That's because they are so stupid. The warships they built are just rubbish. They don't even know the sea conditions before they cross the sea for an expedition. If such idiots don't die, who will?"
Cheng Shijie cast his gaze towards the distant sea with a ferocious expression: "But now that I'm here, they won't have such good luck! Kamikaze? I want to see if their kamikaze still works and can they still bless them." These short winter melons!”
It was at Hakata Bay that the Yuan army landed on Kyushu during its two expeditions against Japan, and an unprecedentedly fierce and fierce battle broke out with the young samurai who were waiting for them.
Although the warriors were extremely fierce and tenacious in their childhood, they were defeated step by step under the combined attacks of multiple arms of the Yuan army. In the end, even the elderly and children joined the battle. If there were no accidents, a terrible massacre would have been waiting for the small day, but the accident happened. A fatal typhoon struck and sank a large number of warships. The supplies of the Yuan army, together with the warships, were washed into the seabed by huge waves. The morale of the Yuan army was in chaos after losing supplies. The Japanese army took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and the troops who landed were almost wiped out.
If this happened once, it was a coincidence, but the results of the two Meng Yuan expeditions were all the same. This gave Xiaoli the confidence to think he could compete with that big country in the east for the first time in two thousand years. That battle was regarded as a miracle. The mysterious "divine wind that protects the country" is whistling in the dreams of people living today, and it lasts for six hundred years.
"Commander, the foreign minister has to remind you that Hakata Bay has always been the focus of Xiaori's defense. There are many fortifications built by Xiaori on the coast after the Imjin War to defend against possible attacks by the Ming Dynasty, and the Kyushu samurai are The most fierce and tenacious group of warriors in the whole life, it is really not a smart choice for the commander to land here and confront them head-on!"
"The simple and effective way of fighting head-on is what we Ming people are good at, isn't it?"
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said: "People in Xiaori have been bragging that the samurai in Xiaori is the best in Kyushu and the samurai Kumamoto in Kyushu is the best. I want to see how fierce and tenacious this samurai in Kyushu who dares to claim to be the best in Kyushu is!"
Jin Zidian sighed: "Actually, if you want to compete with Kyushu warriors, you have many choices. There is really no need to fight them to the death in Kyushu..."
"We Ming people have a habit of getting up wherever we fall! We made a big mistake here three hundred years ago, so of course we have to get our face back here!"
Li Zhixiang had to remind Cheng Shijie: "Commander, the one who is in trouble here is the Yuan Dynasty and has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty!"
Cheng Shijie glared at him fiercely: "Who said it has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty? The Ming Dynasty replaced Meng Yuan and became the master of the land of China. We must accept everything left by the previous dynasty, whether it is glory or shame, we must carry it with us. ?”
The first person to recognize the legitimacy of the Yuan Dynasty was Zhu Yuanzhang. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's parents died of starvation during the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and he actually had a certain degree of hatred towards the Yuan Dynasty, as a qualified ruler, he could only recognize the legitimacy of the Yuan Dynasty. Accept everything from the Yuan Dynasty openly.
Of course, just like the Marshal's Office for Zhengdong established during the Yuan Dynasty, it became the Nurgan Dusi in the Ming Dynasty. The DPRK established the Wusizang and Duogan Guard Commanding Departments and the Orisi Military and Civilian Marshal's Office.
The same is true for Cheng Shijie. If he does not recognize the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty, his actions in Luzon will not be legal. But the problem is that if he recognizes the Ming Dynasty, he will have his own legitimacy.
Jin Zidian could not persuade Cheng Shijie. In fact, let alone Jin Zidian, even if anyone came over, they would not be able to persuade Cheng Shijie. Even the King of Heaven could not stop Cheng Shijie.
So, under Cheng Shijie's order, the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Fleet sailed toward Hakata Bay in Kyushu.
"Little devils, you have always attacked us and robbed us. Now, uncle, I have brought an army of more than 50,000 to attack your home. We have not forgotten everything you have done. Now, pay off your debt!"
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In fact, Tsushima Island is not far from Hakata Bay. When the Ming army and the Korean army massacred Tsushima Island, some fishermen came over in shock and brought back the little days when the Ming army and the Koreans collaborated to invade Tsushima. Bad news for the island.
The Satsuma clan headed by the Shimazu family was the ruler of the Kyushu region. During the Tokugawa shogunate period, the current lord of the Satsuma clan, Shimazu Iehisa, was originally one of the great names of Kyushu. The Shimazu family was the seventeenth generation head of the clan. , that is, during the period of Shimazu Iehisa's grandfather, Shimazu Takahisa, the battle to unify Kyushu began. Later, Toyotomi Hidetomi entered the army in Kyushu, and the Shimazu family and the Tokugawa family stood together and won the Battle of Sekigahara. Therefore, the Shimazu family changed from the daimyo of Kyushu to the lord of Satsuma Domain in Kyushu.
Although Shimazu Iehisa is still the head of the family now, he is already in his sixties. In fact, the affairs of the family and the feudal lord's mansion are handled by his second son Shimazu Mitsuhisa.
Shimazu Mitsuhisa was confused for a moment: "Did the Ming and Korean people take the wrong medicine? How could they reach Kyushu if they were fine?"
No one could answer his question, so he hurriedly sent out three small boats to conduct reconnaissance. The report he received was that the Ming army had indeed attacked, and their goal was very clear, which was to come towards them. There were also many warships, as far as they could tell. We saw more than thirty ships!
Now Shimazu Mitsu couldn't calm down for a long time: "More than thirty warships dare to come to my territory to make waves? They are really courageous!"
Therefore, Shimazu Mitsuhisa decisively dispatched his own navy, a fleet of more than 600 warships, ready to tear the Ming army into pieces!
As for the naval battleships of the Dojin family, they are not even comparable to the 400-material gunboats eliminated by the Ning Navy. No matter how bad the 400-material gunboats are, they still have a displacement of more than 100 tons, and they are also equipped with four to eight bowl-mouth blunderbuss or tiger crouching cannons. , has certain combat effectiveness.
But the problem is that the naval battleships of the Shimazu family are not even small boats. Zheng Zhilong was very dignified in his childhood, especially in Satsuma Domain, where his status was that of an honored guest, because Zheng Zhilong had the absolute strength to crush Xiaoli. If Zheng Zhilong deploys one-third of his total strength, Jiuzhou can change hands.
For the small days at that time, making an artillery was too luxurious. It required a lot of iron and cannonballs. But for an island country with limited resources, it was more willing to use its limited iron resources to manufacture itself. Good at knives.
The Shimadzu family's more than 600 battleships only have 68 guns over six pounds, which is slightly more than a giant shark-class battleship of the Ning Navy. As for combat effectiveness, it is a matter of personal opinion and wisdom. thing.
When the Shimazu family's navy saw those hill-like battleships in sight, they were desperate: "Which bastard reported that the Ming army only had more than thirty battleships?"
The Ming army did have more than thirty ships, and this was just one of the fleets. When he was a child, Cheng Shijie mobilized the First Fleet, the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet of the garrison. In addition to the Second Fleet garrisoned in Malacca, In addition to not moving, three of Ning Haijun's four fleets were dispatched.
Cheng Shijie looked at the little devil's warships, which were rushing over in dense numbers, and said angrily: "What a bastard, you only sent these rotten fish and shrimps here to disgust me!"
"Commander, have you ever thought that this is the main battleship in your childhood?"
"What?"
Cheng Shijie was stunned: "How is this possible?"
"Nothing is impossible. Have you forgotten that in the Myeongryang Sea Battle, North Korea dispatched 13 turtle ships and defeated 330 small warships!"
Cheng Shijie has seen the so-called turtle ship, which has a displacement of between 250 tons and 320 tons, which is not even as good as Ning Haijun's Sea Wolf-class battleship.
"Commander, how should we fight now?"
"Use rocket launchers, rocket launchers are cheap!"
Cheng Shijie now feels as helpless as the beautiful country used to do. Taking missiles worth one million US dollars and building a shabby tent will result in a loss no matter how you calculate it.
Ning Haijun's cannonballs are expensive, about fifteen taels of silver each. Solid cannonballs are cheap, but they have all been eliminated. To sink a warship, on average, it takes dozens of shells, which costs hundreds of taels of silver.
"Commander, the general has an idea!"
"What?"
"Just hit it with the boat!" (End of Chapter)
