The Shandong army looked out in the camp of the Dongying Naval Division, and saw that there were only five boats on the river, and the other party did not look like they were going to attack the water, so they were a little relieved.

But they wondered why they were so far away, almost a kilometer, but the other party's voice was clearly audible.

Wei Bao then shouted: "Don't panic, I believe you have seen the announcement I issued, I have proper arrangements for you, the imperial court is in financial difficulties, and you can't afford to raise so many soldiers and horses, and I have proper arrangements for the soldiers and generals who have been laid off, and I can give you enough silver and land, so that you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future, and each of you will have an environment to live and work in peace and contentment!" In addition, I will add one more today, as long as each of you now carries 100 catties of grain and grass out, I will count you as having meritorious service, whether you want to continue to retain, or want to get more subsidies for changing jobs, I will give priority. ”

Wei Bao said that, and gave the microphone to a staff officer next to him, and asked the staff officer to take turns to continue shouting.

The officers around President Wei all secretly said, is it useful to do this?

There was no movement at all from the camp of the Dongying Water Division.

Wei Bao didn't know if they heard clearly or didn't hear clearly, or what they were doing?

"Pull the boat over some!" Wei Bao said to Lin Wenbiao.

"If you get over again, you will be within the range of the bows and arrows of the Shandong army, and I am afraid that they will use rockets." Lin Wenbiao said.

"It's fine!" Wei Bao said, and said loudly into the microphone: "Don't be afraid, I am indeed Wei Bao, I leaned over a little, you heard more clearly, I asked you to go to Dongying Daying to see me, you don't dare to go over, I am here in person now, what are you afraid of?" ”

The Dongying Naval Division is not very afraid, five boats can carry four or five thousand people at most, and as long as they do not dock, they cannot charge like infantry.

The Dongying Naval Division Battalion is mainly composed of sailors, with tens of thousands of people, and there are more than 20,000 army forces around it for coordinated defense, and the defensive force is even stronger than that of the Dongying Battalion.

The sailors of the Ming Dynasty have always been very strong, but the Ming court seems to dislike water warfare.

The Daming Navy Division used to be the world's first navy, and its origin was the Chaohu Navy Division, one of the two main forces of Zhu Yuanzhang's department at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

In 1420, during the heyday of Ming Chengzu, the Ming Dynasty had 3,800 ships, including 1,350 patrol ships, 1,350 warships, and 400 large ships and 400 grain carriers stationed at the Xinjiang Estuary base in Nanjing.

250 of them were ocean-going treasure ships, and in addition to a large number of guard and law enforcement ships and herald ships that patrolled the ocean, the famous Zheng He's fleet was actually just a mobile fleet at sea of the powerful Ming Empire's navy.

In President Wei's impression, from the end of the Yuan Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang's battle to cross the river and the Poyang Lake water battle, to Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan, the Ming Dynasty was founded for nearly 300 years, but the Ming Dynasty sailors have never suffered a single defeat.

According to the "Warship" chapter of the "Wubei Zhi" in the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse, as the fortune ship of the Ming Dynasty's naval warship, it is divided into six models from large to small.

No. 1 is called the Daifuku ship, the tower is threefold, the bottom is wide at the top, the head and tail are high, and it can accommodate 100 people, "the draft is too deep, the start and end are late", and the maneuverability is not good.

The second is said to be a small ship compared to the first one, and it is a standard ship that is commonly used. The fortune ship is as tall as a building and can accommodate 100 people.

The bottom tip is wide, the bow is raised and opened, the tail is towering, the draft is about 3.5 meters, the bow is equipped with 1 Hongyi cannon, 6 jack Franc machines, 3 bowl-mouth guns, 20 thunderbolts, 60 nozzles, 10 gun, 500 crossbow arrows, 10 gunpowder crossbows, 300 rockets, 100 fire bricks, and thousands of cold weapons. The crew was 64 people, 9 sailors and 55 fighters.

In addition, there are grass skimming boats, sea boats, and Cangshan boats, which are relatively small, shallow draft, relatively more flexible, and mainly used in offshore waters.

The number of shipboard weapons and ship tools equipped with the Fukufu is very impressive.

1 Dafa tribute, 6 big Buddha machines, 3 bowls, 60 spray cans, 10 beak guns, 100 cigarette cans, 500 crossbow arrows, 10 medicine crossbows; 400 kilograms of crude gunpowder, 100 kilograms of bird gunpowder, 1 bottle of crossbow powder, and 300 kilograms of large and small lead bullets; 300 rockets, 100 fire bricks, 20 artillery, 10 hook sickles, 10 machetes, 20 nail guns, 100 javelins, 20 rattan cards, 5 Ningbo bows, 300 iron arrows, 100 ash cans; 1 large flag, 1 canopy (sail), 1 small canopy, 2 large oars, 2 rudders, 4 tsunas, 6 large ropes, 4 small ropes (each 18 zhang long), 60 fire ropes, 10 ropes, and 1,000 thistles.

Among them, the "Franc machine" is a new type of artillery introduced from the West during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty (early 16th century).

In the second year of Jiajing (1523), the Ming government officially imitated the Buddha Lang machine in Nanjing, called "the great general".

This gun has a high rate of fire and low recoil. It was these firearms that greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Ming ships.

During the Ming Dynasty, Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general, summed up the naval warfare tactics based on many years of naval combat experience, which was quite modern naval tactical thinking, and he believed: "Naval warfare is nothing more than a big ship to defeat a small ship, and a big gun to defeat a small gun; Many ships are better than few ships, and many guns are better than few guns".

This idea has been very modern, the so-called "big ship wins small boat" is to use tall lucky ships to "ride the wind and press down, such as a car running over the mantis" plough sinking the enemy ship, "fighting the power of the ship but not fighting manpower", the so-called "big gun wins over the small gun" is the intensity of the competition, is the method of winning by the quality of equipment, belongs to the main idea of the Western "battle line" tactics, and the "big gun" in the Ming army's artillery is the "big dragon cannon" that "weighs thousands of catties and moves dozens of miles", and its "projectile weight" and "range" It has already interpreted the tactical thinking of the Ming Dynasty Navy that has realized the sacrifice of range to expand power.

In 1521, the Portuguese had occupied the vicinity of "Tuen Mun Island" for several years, and Wang Hong, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao, commanded the naval battle in the Tuen Mun area against the Francois man, known as the Battle of Tuen Mun.

Although the first battle failed, the second battle resulted in a defeat for the Portuguese.

After daybreak, the wind reversed, and the Portuguese barely escaped the pursuit of the Ming army with a strong northerly wind, and fled back to Manraka, which had been stolen.

At this point, China recovered the "Tuen Mun Island" occupied by the Portuguese, and the "Tuen Mun Hai O" and "Kwai Chung Hai O", which were often nuisances.

It was China's first campaign against the Western colonialists, which ended in the victory of the Ming Dynasty.

Later, in 1522 in Xicaowan, Guangdong, there was another naval battle between the Ming Dynasty Navy and the Portuguese Navy - the Battle of Xicaowan, which also ended in the victory of the Ming Navy, and the Portuguese gradually gave up using force to force the Ming Dynasty to switch trade.

In November of the 26th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1598), in the Ming Dynasty's Wanli War to Resist Japanese Aggression and Aid Korea, a large-scale naval battle was fought between the Chinese and North Korean sailors and the Japanese sailors in the waters west of Luliang on the Korean Peninsula, which was known as the Battle of Luliang in history.

In the end, the Japanese fleet was completely annihilated, and this battle dealt a major blow to the invading Japanese army, which caused Japan's national strength to collapse for 200 years, and played an important role in the formation of a 200-year peace situation in Korea after the war.

In the thirtieth year of Wanli, in 1602, the Dutch established the East India Company and began to fight for the Eastern colonies.

In the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), the Dutch fleet occupied Penghu, and the Ming court ordered Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian, to drive the Dutch out of Penghu and launched the Battle of Penghu.

But the Dutch warships blocked the mouth of Zhangzhou, and the Ming naval division could not be dispatched.

In February of the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624), Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian, personally took a boat to Kinmen and ordered the Ming army to cross the sea to recover Penghu. In August, the Ming army divided into three routes and approached Yicheng, and the Dutch were desperate and had to evacuate Penghu, which had been occupied for two years.

The Ming Dynasty won the Battle of Penghu and successfully recovered Penghu.

Therefore, as long as there is a war with people, all firearms are used, and the Daming Naval Division pays attention to the sheer size of the ship, has never suffered a loss.

As far as the five big ships where President Wei is now are concerned, they are all the size of the Dafu ship, but a layer of iron sheet is wrapped around the wooden shell, and then a steam engine is installed, which has a certain advantage in speed and protection over the all-manual wooden sailing ships of the Ming army.

However, the technology superior to Weijiazhuang has just started, although the steam engine has been able to be used in production and life, but the performance has not yet reached the best.

Therefore, the steam engine warships of the Baojun Coast Guard were about twice as fast as the Dafu ships of the Ming Dynasty, and they did not reach the point of appalling.

The treasure army already had artillery, but the range and power of the artillery, which was almost three times that of the smoothbore guns of this era, did not reach the point of appalling.

Therefore, the Coast Guard of the Bao Army could not have the advantage of crushing the enemy ships more than three times the number, not to mention that all the warships of the Dongying Naval Division were all cowering in the harbor and ready for defense.

"Don't come, don't come! Something is said over there, and we can hear it. ”

The generals of the Dongying Navy Division finally opened their mouths when they saw that Wei Bao's ship was about to come over.

Wei Bao liked it when he heard it, but the other party's tone was not harsh, obviously, the resistance was not particularly strong.

"Brothers, I am Wei Bao, the governor of Haiphong, Yamen Zhengsi is participating in politics, and I am your top boss! Don't listen to rumors, I'm not trying to cut off your life, but to better integrate local resources, can I take care of the people, will I not care about your life or death? As for the generals, you don't have to worry, I said that I will give you land and silver as money for your bereavement and reemployment, and you will definitely be able to do it. Wei Bao shouted loudly again: "Especially the brothers of the sailors, our yamen is called the yamen of the governor of coastal defense, and a large number of sailors are needed, and the sailors hardly need to be dismissed, what kind of mess are you following?" ”

The officers and men of the Dongying Naval Division Battalion heard that almost none of the Naval Divisions did not need to be dismantled, and they were all moved.

They had read the announcement issued by Wei Bao, which also said that the naval division did not need to be abolished, and the Yamen, the governor of coastal defense, was originally to be equipped with 10,000 officers and soldiers of the naval division.

Now that Shandong Dongfang Ming doesn't even have 10,000 sailors, not only does he not need to be eliminated, but he may even have to add some people.

All of them were instigated by Liu Yang'ao to confront the Yamen, the governor of Haiphong, and they themselves did not have much opinion.

Now that Liu Yangao is not here, these people can't help but be moved.

"What now? Shall we lower Wei Bao? After all, they eat official food, who will eat it? A sailor general said.

"That's not the case, if we drop Wei Bao, won't we give him all the food? Didn't you sell tens of thousands of troops, don't forget, our fathers and brothers also have a lot of them in the army, everyone is related to their hometowns, villagers and villagers, surrendered Wei Bao, and in the future, Wei Bao will be killed and arched away, the arch is gone, how can we still mix on this ground, "If someone is tempted, someone will oppose it immediately."

"I've said all the good things, why don't you believe me? I am a minister appointed by His Majesty personally, and I am the governor of Haiphong Yamen to participate in politics, you must know that there is no governor in Haiphong Governor Yamen, and I am the person with full power to participate in politics! Now that you are with me, you are my cronies, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future, so report to me quickly! Good days await you. Wei Bao shouted loudly, he was quite happy to say it, and he felt that there was a door.

"Master Wei, it's not that we can't trust you, after all, we didn't know each other before." An older general was mainly responsible for negotiating with Wei Bao.

"Don't you know each other now? I tell you, don't procrastinate, if you miss this opportunity, I tell you the truth, tonight, my men will fight you in a decisive battle, I believe you have seen the strength of my army! I don't want to beat you, it's not that I'm afraid of you, it's that I can't bear it, you are all my brothers! Especially Brother Shuishi, you can't be trained in a year or two, you all belong to the technical arms, and you will be of great use in the future! It's not hard to choose whether you want to enjoy the glory and riches, or if you want to die at night, right? Wei Bao said loudly.

A group of sailor generals of the Shandong Army were discussing, and many army generals next to them were unhappy.

"Master Wei, is it important to be a sailor alone? Our army is a hereditary soldier in this area, and we are deeply favored by the emperor, who do we recruit to provoke whom, why do we dismiss us? An army general said loudly.

"Don't misunderstand your army, I made it very clear in the announcement, and I will give you a bowl of rice to eat! If you want to lie down and wait for the cashier, I can't help it! But you will be compensated appropriately. Think about it, even if you think that you can win the battle if you resist stubbornly, will the imperial court pay you military salaries next? Payroll? It's impossible! So if you don't resist, you have everything, and if you resist, you will have nothing, isn't this a simple truth? Aren't you going to be subjects of the Ming Dynasty? Wei Baoyi said solemnly.

After all, this era is still very orthodox, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and loyalty is the head!

No one dares to rebel casually, unless there is really no way to live.

"Master Wei, how can we believe what you say? You said that you would capture our Dongying camp and take it down, and they were all killed by you! Who knows if you will rebel after we are converted? "The conversation is back to the old ways.

Wei Bao smiled: "Is this good?" You organize people first, carry the grain out, and one person carries a hundred catties of grain, and you will know when you come out, and we can release you and settle you at the same time. ”