What Zhu Yijun gave to Yin Zhengmao was not only the construction method of Pingyi Gun, but also a telescope made in a simple optical laboratory.
This handheld telescope is a stable, portable ten-fold telescope. This is not because Ming Dynasty did not have the ability to manufacture telescopes with higher magnifications.
The forty-fold telescope placed in Wenchang Pavilion of the Quanchu Guild Hall, the one in Wuying Building in Beitucheng, was twenty-fold, and the telescope in the darkroom laboratory specially used for stargazing by the little emperor was fifty-fold, Qintian The telescope is a forty-fold telescope.
The reason why we chose ten times is the result of many experiments.
The higher the magnification of the telescope, the darker the image. Although the magnified image is larger, the field of view will become extremely narrow and it will be difficult to focus the image. At the same time, any slight tremor will cause the image to be inconsistent. Stablize.
Yin Zhengmao's usage is at sea and on the battlefield. Dark images, narrow fields of view, and vibrations will cause the failure of high-power telescopes. Ten times is the result of practice, and this multiple is just right.
Zhu Yijun also sent four bottles of Guojiao, which has a common name, Diguashao. This is a high-quality spirit that is generally used for navigation.
At sea, mixing strong liquor with collected fresh water can effectively reduce the number of illnesses. This is a sailing secret often boasted by red-haired sailors.
In the Ming Dynasty and the Yongle period, it was no longer unusual for strong liquor to be mixed with fresh water on ships.
Regarding the distillation of high-strength spirits, the distillation and separation technology is not a new technology. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were already mature distilled liquor technologies. By the Ming Dynasty, distilled liquor even developed into two schools, the North and the South.
Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica clearly recorded: Put strong wine and grains into a steamer, steam it, and use a vessel to collect Dettol. All sour wine can be steamed and burned.
Zhu Yijun provided all the support he could to Yin Zhengmao's Luzon campaign.
After Yin Zhengmao gave a detailed explanation, he took a boat to Nan'ao Island on the second day.
On August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, 150 boats in Nan'ao Island Water Village began to set sail.
The main battleship of the Ming Dynasty is a 400-material battleship, which is eight feet, six feet and nine inches (about 27 meters), and the width of the ship is about 1 feet and 7 feet (about 5.2 meters). It has two masts and a load of 400 materials. There is a long building with a war shed, and there are windows on the side walls of the war shed for launching attacks with spears, arrows and crossbows.
If you are attacked, you can close the windows. The planks on the windows can protect you from arrows and small pebbles. A high-rise gazebo at the stern can be used to watch the enemy.
Even this slightly pitiful warship, a warship with only two masts and smaller than a three-masted sail, is already the best warship in the Ming Dynasty.
A battleship refers to the flagship that a general rides on. Among the 150 ships, there are only two such battleships.
The battleship mainly relies on ramming, fire attacks and hand-to-hand combat. There is only one large general cannon on the front deck, and on both sides of the ship, there are four bowl-mouth blunderbuss, which are a type of melee shotgun.
There are also four 200-material warships, about six feet, two feet and one inch (about 19.3 meters) long, about one foot, three feet and four inches (about 4.1 meters) wide, with two masts and a load of 200 materials. This kind of ship is A kind of oar sailing ship. In order to protect the soldiers rowing the oars, there is a oar compartment on the ship, which is a boat that can be rowed. The warship is equipped with a kind of shooting pole, which can use heavy objects to destroy enemy ships.
The largest ship in the Hong Mao Fan has about two thousand ships. It has four masts and seven sails. It has a majestic overhanging forecastle, stern tower and deep cargo hold. It has two decks and the entire ship has more than fifty Armed with more than three hundred soldiers and sailors, the cannons roamed the sea and were invincible.
The artillery on the ship is also diverse, whether it is a heavy main battle artillery loaded in the front and aimed at destroying the ship; or a small artillery loaded in the breech and aimed at killing people; they are all daunting existences.
Those long-barreled heavy guns called Hongyi cannons have a barrel of more than eight feet, a six-inch bore, and fire more than twenty-five kilograms of solid bullets. They look like crouching guns when placed on the bow of a ship. Monster-like.
It only takes a few shots to destroy a ship.
During Deng Zilong's investigation, he estimated the power of heavy artillery, which was able to effectively damage enemy ships within a range of at least three hundred steps (about 400 meters).
This type of battleship is called Galese, and it can be called a sea monster.
Fortunately, this kind of behemoth on the sea, a warship that can effectively damage enemy ships at a distance of three hundred steps, has not been deployed to Luzon.
Yin Zhengmao could actually wait. After the Ming Dynasty had thoroughly understood a series of old cases such as Zheng He's mission to the water, he could design and build a ship that could at least be called a battleship, and then go to Luzon to conquer the Hongmao Fan. , this was originally Yin Zhengmao's plan. He trained those recruiting bandits on Nan'ao Island and waited for the construction of the ship.
But the news brought back by Deng Zilong made Yin Zhengmao have to eat this bowl of rice with uncooked rice.
Because during the investigation of Deng Zilong's landing on the island, he discovered that the red-haired gangsters were building the Galese battleship, which was regarded as a glorious battleship by the red-haired gangsters.
In the fifth year of Longqing, in the Battle of Lepando, the Red Mao Fan relied on the Galese warship to defeat the arrogant Rumi Kingdom (Ottoman Empire), destroyed more than two hundred warships of the Rumi Kingdom, and captured and killed Rumi. The secret country has more than 90,000 soldiers, establishing the hegemony of the Red Mao Fan in one fell swoop.
Whether it was Francisco, the Governor of Luzon, the commander-in-chief Gaudí, Le Bisari, or the red-haired beauty Loriane, they always puffed up their chests without hesitation when talking about this victory.
In Luzon, in the castle and shipyard in Manila Port, the Galese battleship is being built, and it will be completed before March next year. Deng Zilong saw with his own eyes that the battleship's keel and corresponding artillery were being built.
This kind of giant sea beast cannot help the Hong Mao Fan go deeper into the inland, but it can completely control the sea routes and the entry and exit of the seaport. It also means that the Hong Mao Fan can move from any point along the long coastline. Attack the Ming Dynasty.
This threat was absolutely unacceptable to Yin Zhengmao, so he set out.
Yin Zhengmao's fleet sailed extremely smoothly on the sea. The route from Guangzhou Dianbai Port to Luzon was extremely mature, and it was able to recruit enough sailors to sail across the ocean.
After a long twenty-five-day voyage, when they arrived at Pansilan, a seaport on the southwestern coast of Luzon, the Ming Dynasty's fleet of one hundred and fifty ships, seven escaped and three sank. These escaped and sunk ships were all from Lin Fengjun. .
One hundred and forty ships remained.
The place where Yin Zhengmao led his troops arrived was called Ban Silan.
This place was not originally called Bansilan, but Miyan.
The red-haired guard at Miyan Port was named Sashiluo. When the Ming Dynasty ship arrived, Sashiluo immediately retreated towards Manila after a slight resistance.
At this time, two voices also appeared in the fleet.
"After more than twenty days of sailing, we need to rest and recuperate before marching to Manila to eliminate the Red Haired Bandits in Manila in one fell swoop." General Liang Shouyu expressed his opinion. After a twenty-day voyage, everyone It was very sleepy, especially for the pirates who came to recruit them. After repairing, they continued to attack.
Deng Zilong said with great disapproval: "The enemy's general has escaped, which will definitely alert the Red Mao Fan army in Manila. The soldiers are very fast. If we take a rest, we will miss the fighter plane. At this time, we should immediately set sail and attack the Hong Mao Fan." , catching him off guard."
"The Red Mao Fans have no attachment to these lands at all, so they retreat at the first touch. Their foundation is the castle standing in Manila. If the castle is there, everything is there. If the castle is not there, everything will stop."
"As long as that castle is there, no matter how much land we occupy, once the red-haired troops in Manila are supplied and the galleons return, they will immediately cut off our harbor and eat away at our army in Luzon bit by bit. Only Capturing that castle as quickly as possible is the key to victory."
Zhang Yuanxun looked at the Kanyu map and said, "I think what Deng Zilong said makes sense."
"Is it possible that my men are no longer able to fight anymore?" Lin Afeng whispered: "Everyone knows that after more than 20 days of sailing, they are no longer able to fight."
The three thousand Zhejiang soldiers are still vigorous and vigorous, but the more than five thousand pirates are already hanging on and have no fighting power at all.
"That's what I mean, we can't fight anymore." Liang Shouyu expressed his thoughts. The Zhejiang soldiers can still fight, but the pirates have no morale to speak of. The next step is to attack the enemy. Without cannon fodder, how can we attack the enemy?
There were only 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers in total, and they were elite and attacked the enemy. The casualties suffered by the Ming army were unacceptable.
Yin Zhengmao said: "Lin Afeng, you and your troops will start unloading the ship immediately. It must be completed within two hours and built on the spot. After two hours, all the boats in the water village must set off with my ship."
"Deng Zilong, you take a thousand men and fifteen ships as the vanguard. Now set sail immediately and raid the Manila harbor."
"Liang Shouyu, you lead a thousand men and fifteen ships to support the Horns. Once Deng Zilong's troops are unable to capture the port, immediately support them. If there is a sign of defeat, immediately go to support them."
"Commander Zhang, with a thousand men and ships, suppresses the castle, supports the port ships and sergeants. He must stop the enemy's reinforcements before Deng Zilong captures the port. If he is unable to do so, he will be in charge of the rear."
"lets go."
Yin Zhengmao directly began to give orders, and he personally led the troops to fight. He had done many deductions in Guangzhou before, but he realized that he might be wrong. The opponent was weaker than he thought. Of course, it might also be from the two countries. This difference occurs due to different fighting methods.
How could you run away from a fight?
The pirates under Lin Afeng crashed their boats into the coast, jumped off the boats, and rushed forward with howls. The red-haired bandits fired three muskets into the sky and retreated.
Even before the Zhejiang soldiers were dispatched, Miyan Port had already fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty. The enemy's will to resist was no longer weak, but a mob that could be defeated in one blow.
Yin Zhengmao decisively adjusted his previous battle plan. He had previously planned to break through Miyan Port, rest for three days, and then attack Manila step by step. But now Yin Zhengmao chose a radical style of play.
Yin Zhengmao waited for two hours. Lin Afeng and his men completed the task as scheduled. The time came in the afternoon, and Yin Zhengmao set sail to the sea and headed for Manila.
Deng Zilong, Liang Shouyu, Zhang Yuanxun and others have already taken the lead and have even started fighting with the red-haired men in Manila.
The moonlight was bright and clear. When Yin Zhengmao arrived, it was already night and Deng Zilong had completely occupied the harbor.
Yin Zhengmao took out his telescope and observed the battlefield. The small boat was sailing on the sea. This was his own eight-oared fast sentry ship. The sentry ship shot arrows and nailed them to the target illuminated by the torch. The commander passed the news to In the hands of Yin Zhengmao.
Yin Zhengmao looked at the sea, and one of his staff read by the flickering fire: "General Deng took the harbor, killed twenty-eight enemies, burned five enemy plywood ships, captured one plywood ship, and defeated the barbarians. There were more than fifty small boats, and some armor, swords, compasses, and charts were taken and kept."
Yin Zhengmao's telescope looked at the harbor. The battle in the harbor was coming to an end. The fire spread and the five plywood ships lit up the sea like five large torches.
The plywood ship, also known as the Caravel sailing ship by the red-haired people, is a three-masted ocean-going sailing ship with a load of about two hundred materials. It is considered a type of armed merchant ship.
There are a total of five plank roads that go deep into the sea, and each of them is occupied by Zhejiang soldiers. On the plank roads, there are only sporadic gunshots and the aftermath of the battle. Deng Zilong is still searching for enemies in the harbor, and the Red-haired Fans have raised a lot. Japanese, black bandits, and desperadoes are all targets of pursuit.
The staff continued: "General Zhang led his troops to intercept the reinforcements of the Hongmao Fan. The enemy tried to get out through the water gate, but was blocked by General Zhang and could not get out. Then he tried to support the seaport from the camp three times from the land. None of them could make it and were blocked from going back."
Yin Zhengmao looked at the camp, which was coated with a pure white silver film by the moonlight. On the walls of the camp, firelight shone, and people occasionally flashed by. At the water gate, two fighting boats worth 200 materials were seen. , lying in front of the water gate, and Zhang Yuanxun and his thousand sergeants have already completed the defense. If the red-haired men want to go out again, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Some Luzon people rushed out of the city gate, seemingly trying to break through Zhang Yuanxun's blockade, but were blocked by arrows and fire blunderbuss.
"What are the casualties?" Yin Zhengmao asked in a low voice.
The staff quickly said: "General Deng Shen led three people dead and five wounded. General Liang Shen is still holding down the battle and there are no casualties. General Zhang led five people dead and twelve wounded."
Yin Zhengmao discovered that Zhang Yuanxun and Deng Zilong had completely controlled the situation, so it was Yin Zhengmao's turn next.
"There is only one hard nut left, the strong fortress that the Red Haired Fan relies on for survival." Yin Zhengmao waved his hand and said, "Let's get started."
Yin Zhengmao specially prepared a big surprise for this camp. From the moment Deng Zilong reported the enemy's situation, Yin Zhengmao was thinking about this red-haired fan's greatest confidence, how to quickly attack this seemingly unassailable castle.
The method given by Yin Zhengmao is called one force to defeat ten groups.
An hour later, Deng Zilong and Zhang Yuanxun joined forces and began to attack the camp. However, in this attack, the thunder was loud and the raindrops were light. The firecrackers, artillery, and bows and arrows kept firing. The firecrackers and artillery fire slowly None of them rang.
When Commander-in-Chief Gaudí saw that only bows and arrows were shooting into the city, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Le Bisari next to him: "It's just like the attacks of the indigenous people we encountered in the past. They were afraid of the castle's artillery and stopped, but We want to break through this place again, because all the wealth is hidden under our feet.”
"Although they had some firearms, they were just ordinary pirates."
After seeing that there was no fire outside the city, Lebizali said with a smile: "The commander is very right. Their attack has begun to weaken now. We can choose to have a drink and then have a good sleep. Wait until After dawn, when they are most exhausted, launch a counterattack?"
"Maybe find a beauty?"
Gaudi laughed a few times, shook his head and said: "Lolian has sold her soul to that man since she met the oriental man. Maybe she can't find a beauty. But it's a good idea to have a drink. She came from Mexico." A batch of sugar and wine, under the sweet taste is alcohol that directly touches the soul."
Francis stood on the city wall, looking at the arrows that kept falling into the city, hiding behind a few shield soldiers, and said angrily: "I don't know where the pirates came from, so rude! Commander and deputy commander, you guys Tomorrow morning, we must drive them into the sea!"
Francis left the city walls and prepared to return to his governor's palace for a good night's sleep.
No one has ever breached their fort. Since the beginning of navigation, this kind of fort with irregular city walls, parapets, moats, gentle slopes, and water gates to ensure supplies has never been breached by the indigenous people.
Francisco, Gaudí, and Le Bisari judged the pirates outside the city to be Japanese pirates. Some Japanese pirates had iron cannons, which were very backward firecrackers.
After the three people left, the Red-haired Guards became more and more lazy. After so many years, if the natives could break through this kind of fortress, why would they, the Red-haired Fans, roam the world?
Almost no one noticed that the two fighting boats blocking the door were slowly towed away under the cover of night.
Two boats were replaced and the water gate was blocked again. Then the crew seemed to abandon the two boats and jumped into the water one after another and swam to the shore. This created the illusion that the pirates just wanted to use the boats to block the water gate. It's like living in Shuimen, not letting the people inside out, and just plundering and leaving.
There was a loud noise, like a thunderbolt from the blue, and the thunderous roar spread farther and farther. Fire exploded from the two ships, and the earth shook violently. The fire was as dazzling as a bright moonlight, and a huge circle was formed on the water. The pit, and then the water began to flow back quickly, stirring up water splashes more than four feet high. Ganoderma lucidum-shaped smoke slowly rose and billowed after the explosion.
Amidst the roar, the gate of the water gate and the city wall were completely shrouded in flames, then suddenly exploded and slowly collapsed.
The shock wave caused by the explosion spread out in all directions, and even Deng Zilong's hat, which was nearly a hundred steps away, was knocked over to the ground.
"Is Yin Butang playing so big?" Deng Zilong took off the cotton plugs in his ears, looked blankly at the rising smoke column of Ganoderma lucidum, and muttered to himself.
Yin Butang prepared a way to defeat the enemy. The two ships were filled with gunpowder and sent over. The trick of blowing up the water gate directly made Deng Zilong stunned.
This kind of fighting method is really too extravagant. Deng Zilong has never fought such a luxurious battle!
"How about preparing tampons in advance?" Zhang Yuanxun was also amazed. Yin Butang was simply using money to attack the enemy.
One force can bring down ten.
Yin Zhengmao, the culprit of all this, put down the telescope in his hand, took off the cotton in his ears, and said calmly: "Order the attack."
The drums were beaten and the troops were sent out. The Ming army took over the formation and began to attack. The red-haired soldiers seemed to be stunned. Facing the approach of the Ming army, they did not fire cannons or cannons.
Deng Zilong and Zhang Yuanxun led the Zhejiang troops and entered the unassailable castle without any hindrance, and the killing began.
There is no mercy in war. Killing the enemy is the greatest respect for the enemy.
In the early morning of the next day, the sun still rose from the east, and the morning glow sprinkled on the water, scattered by the waves, making the waves sparkling.
Deng Zilong also ended the fighting in the camp and began to check his trophies. All armor, swords, compasses, charts, ship logs, muskets, artillery, etc. were all retained. The sergeants were cutting their heads on the battlefield.
Deng Zilong captured the commander-in-chief Gaudi, who knew Deng Zilong and became angry when he saw Deng Zilong. He drew his sword and asked for a duel, but Deng Zilong put him down in one turn. Zhang Yuanxun captured Francisco, the governor of the Luzon Governor-General, and Liang Shouyu pursued and escaped. Le Bisari, deputy commander-in-chief.
Deng Zilong also captured a person, Luo Lian. When this woman saw Deng Zilong's face, she was particularly surprised. This man in Manila, who was suave and charming with the charm of an oriental gentleman, was actually a military general.
Yin Zhengmao stood in the morning sun, and the golden-red rays of sunlight shone on his cloth armor. He looked at the buildings of the City Hall and the Governor's Palace, and kept nodding his head and saying: "These are quite exquisite buildings."
On the square, there is a group of statues with different expressions and high morale. Between the stone pillars of the statues, there are iron fences. There are a few words engraved on the nameplate. Tongshi said it reads: Giants and Gods battle.
Through the iron fence, you can see the gate of the city hall inside. There is a huge emblem on the gate. It is a family emblem, representing the royal family of Dafo Langji. Yin Zhengmao has seen that emblem on the rial silver coins, and on the huge Under the family emblem are the emblems of several subordinate countries. The general manager is not sure what they mean.
Unlike the sharp edges and corners of the Ming Dynasty, this place is full of various curves, lines with just the right proportions, semicircular arches, and elements of various columnar compositions. The building complex with the dome as the center is indeed very exquisite.
"The only regret is that there is a lack of a place to take a bath." Yin Zhengmao said with a smile to Deng Zilong who came to him.
Deng Zilong nodded with approval and said: "Indeed, what should we do next? We completed the work that we originally planned to do for five months or even a year in one day to break through this fortress."
Among all Yin Zhengmao's plans, there were even plans for defeat, but there was no plan to break through the camp in one day. All of this happened so fast that Deng Zilong was confused.
"The first thing we have to do is to repair the water gate." Yin Zhengmao pointed to the blasted water gate and said, "Everything else remains as usual."
"Is everything as usual?" Deng Zilong asked with a puzzled expression.
"Yes, do nothing first. Change does not happen overnight." Yin Zhengmao said quite accurately: "We have to adapt to everything here, and everything here has to adapt to us. This camp is very good, and it is ours now. , Hongmaofan’s way of ruling, we will not move for the time being until we find a better alternative.”
"I overestimated the strength of the Hongmao Fans. To be more precise, I overestimated the combat power of the Hongmao Fans who came across the ocean. They are about the same strength as Lin Afeng's subordinates."
From the perspective of a winner, Yin Zhengmao objectively evaluated the red-haired fan's combat effectiveness, which was no different from that of a pirate.
Yin Zhengmao further explained: "The red-haired fans who came to Luzon were all desperate people who went to sea to make money. Most of these red-haired fans were criminals, tenants, or desperadoes who wanted to make a fortune."
"They came here to seek wealth because they had no better way. They have no cohesion to speak of, let alone combat power. It's just because the overseas barbarians like the King of Luzon have no way to break through their fortress. .”
"That's why they lost so easily, carelessness and arrogance."
"Same as our Ming Dynasty."
Deng Zilong said uncertainly: "Same as us?"
Yin Zhengmao smiled and said: "Yes, just like us, we are negligent and disapproving of the enemies coming from the sea. We have the mentality of a celestial kingdom and treat them as one and the same."
"It's okay, it's not too late."
Zhang Yuanxun also finished handling the prisoners of war and came towards the Governor's Mansion.
After Yin Zhengmao visited the city hall and stepped into the Governor's Palace, he looked at the sea with a frown, and said calmly and confidently to Zhang Yuanxun and Deng Zilong: "The war has just begun."
The breach of Manila Castle was just the beginning of the war. The unwilling Hongmaofan would never let the seaport they had operated for more than ten years be handed over to others, even if this place itself was a tributary country of the Ming Dynasty, even if this place, the Ming Dynasty Tomorrow morning, during the Yongle period, the governor of Luzon was appointed.
To deal with robbers, use the robber's logic.
Liang Shouyu, who had been chasing after him, returned at noon. Lebisari, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Mao Fan, was beheaded by the formation. Liang Shouyu failed to capture the opponent. The opponent fought and retreated. His will to resist was extremely strong, so Liang Shouyu had no choice but to kill them all. Kill.
And the guard Sa Shiluo who escaped from Miyan Port was the next target to be eliminated. These red-haired gangsters must be wiped out one by one. After Sa Shiluo learned that Manila Castle had been breached, he immediately joined forces with Lu. The Song army wanted to take back the territory that belonged to them.
The coalition of Hongmao Fan and Luzon people led by Sa Shiluo did not cause much trouble to Yin Zhengmao. The Ming Dynasty's southern troops recruited the Anhai bandits, making them somewhat stronger.
The battle continued, and the deck ship loaded with various trophies slowly left the Manila port, escorted by a battleship and two fighting ships, and headed towards the Ming Dynasty.
The return route of the plywood ship this time is not to Guangzhou, but directly to Keelung. Because of the Kuroshio, it only takes four days to get to Keelung, and then to Songjiang Prefecture. This journey only takes a short time. For fifteen days, the Kuroshio Current was indeed a river in the ocean, flowing down very fast.
It took fifteen days to get from Songjiang Prefecture to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. It was already late October when the good news was rushed back to the capital.
This good news came so suddenly that even Zhu Yijun was not prepared.
"Called Yuanfu to come over and play." Zhu Yijun said excitedly: "I thought Yin Zhengmao could win, but Yuanfu thought it was difficult for Yin Zhengmao to win, but Yin Zhengmao is still Yin Zhengmao, and he really won."
The Spanish army in Luzon itself was not very strong, and they fought back and forth with the unstrengthened Lin Afeng. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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