On the bow deck of the Shao Wu, the flagship of the Daming Naval Division.

Zheng Chenggong was comfortably blowing the sea breeze behind him, and from time to time he looked at the sea area to the west, and suddenly heard hurried footsteps on the deck.

"Lord Admiral, we have been away from Zhejiang for a few days......"

When he turned around, he saw Liu Guoxuan saluting hastily, his face full of anxiety.

"Sightseeing, you were on duty last night, why don't you rest in the cabin at this time?"

Liu Guoxuan only said to himself: "My lord, then Zheng Zhilong may go south at any time, and his subordinates are watching the stars, but we are far away in the East China Sea at this time!"

"Just now, I made a bet with the Marquis, and he said that we would not return to Hangzhou Bay. Where will this go from here, I hope that the adults will make it clear. ”

Zheng Chenggong glanced at the endless sea around him, and only the twenty-nine warships of the Great Ming Sailor Division were anchored in a circle. He then nodded and smiled: "According to the intention of His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King, the battle plan should be announced before going north, but I think the soldiers have been as anxious as you recently. If it drags on for a few more days, I am afraid that it will damage the morale of our army, so it is okay to tell everyone at this time. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sentry on the mast shout: "There is a ship approaching in the northwest direction, nine nautical miles, and the speed is three knots." ”

The Daming sailors have now begun to use latitude and longitude to mark nautical charts, and it is more convenient to use nautical miles defined by one-sixtieth dimension of the earth, so Zhu Linmiao simply ordered all sailors to use "nautical miles" and "knots" as units of distance and speed. This makes it much easier to use the seafaring experience that is readily available in Europe.

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly raised the binoculars, and soon saw a small soft sailing ship approaching, and the blue Ming naval weapons on the mast were fluttering.

"It just so happens that Jian Yu can't sit still," he turned to Liu Guoxuan, "Gather the generals in my cabin, and I will announce the deployment thereafter." ”

"Yes!"

For the sake of prudence, he ordered the herald on the side, "Raise the command flag and let the signal front be on guard." ”

"Yes!"

Nearly twenty major generals of the naval division packed Zheng Chenggong's captain's room.

An officer tentatively asked, "Lord Admiral, are we going to ambush Jianyu on the way south?" ”

In recent days, almost everyone has been drifting on the sea to the point of getting tired of smelling, and hearing the word "ambush" has stretched their necks.

Zheng Chenggong smiled and shook his head, "Although we have cleaned up the Kaha in Qiantang, it is not enough to deal with the main force of the Jianyu Water Division at the moment. ”

He pointed to the location on the north side of the chart behind him, "Let's go to North Korea first......

"North Korea?!" Everyone exclaimed.

"However, Zheng Zhilong's warship will go south to Qiantang at any time!"

"My lord, how can you let the Jianyu Water Master ignore it?"

"If Qiantang is lost, Zhejiang is in danger......"

Zheng Chenggong pressed his hands weakly, "The one who came from the northwest just now is the news boat." According to the report, Zheng Zhilong had indeed left Beijing four days ago, and it was estimated that the water division had already left Laizhou at this time......"

Seeing that the generals looked anxious, he stopped selling Guanzi, and said loudly: "We are going north this time to besiege Wei and save Zhao!" ”

He then pointed to the vicinity of Shenyang on the chart, "We are now supplying near Incheon in North Korea, and then we have been going west, coming ashore near Dagu in Tianjin, and pretending to attack Beijing from Tianjin."

"When Jianyu moved his troops to Tianjin, we returned to the sea again, entered the mouth of the Liaohe River in the north, and went ashore again south of Shenyang to attack Shenyang.

"The Zhiyu army gathered in Shenyang for defense, and then we went south to Liaoyang, and then boarded the ship again and feint to attack Jinzhou and Yongping.

"The Qing army will all go north at this time, and we will then return to the sea and go straight to the capital of Dengzhou in Shandong!"

Although there was silence in the cabin, there was blood surging in the hearts of everyone sitting - Liaoyang, the first capital of the Later Jin Dynasty, was called Xingjing by Jianyu. Shenyang, which was the capital before Jianyu entered the customs, they became Shengjing. Needless to say, Beijing is home to the captive chieftains Shunzhi and Dolgon.

These places are very symbolic, and any attack will inevitably lead to a violent earthquake in the entire Qing court, and at the same time will double the morale of the Ming Dynasty.

Repeating Beijing and waving Shenyang, this is the biggest dream of every aspiring Ming general. Although it is definitely impossible for a sailor to capture these places, just to attack and kill a few Jiannu is enough to make the generals present willing to throw away their lives!

"The above-mentioned important towns are all places that must be saved." Zheng Chenggong continued, "From the road, the mountains and rivers are separated, and the farthest point is at least half a month. But if you go by water, you will arrive almost on the same day.

"In this way, we only need a small number of elite troops, and attacking back and forth here will definitely make the Jianyu anxious, and they have to garrison troops everywhere, but it is still difficult to defend them. When he was helpless, he could only transfer his sailors back to the Bohai Sea to guard the waterway. ”

I saw that on the map, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Jinzhou, Yongping, and Dengzhou surrounded the Bohai Sea from north to south, and they were very close to each other, but if they took the land route, they had to go around a big circle from the west.

"When the Jianyu Naval Division returned to defense, we withdrew eastward to the island near Jinju to get food supplies from Korea. You can wait for the opportunity to attack the captive ship, and you can make the main force of the captive water division dare not leave the Bohai Sea half a step!

"This is the strategy of His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King to surround Wei and save Zhao."

Shi Lang was the first to react, stroking his palms and saying, "Clever plan!" Jianyu's nest is unstable, see how dare he rescue Qiantang! ”

Zhang Guoxuan couldn't help but nod, "Your Highness is strategizing, he is really talented!" ”

Liu Guoxuan thought about it: "My lord, if the captives are divided into two troops, one to guard the Bohai Sea and the other to save Qiantang, what can we do about it?" ”

Zheng Chenggong immediately said: "Then we will eat the weaker one, but it is just right."

"As expected by His Royal Highness, the thieves were bound to panic at the beginning, and they will divide their troops after they react, and most of the newly built warships in our shipyard have entered the water. At this time, the Heshui Division went all out and ambushed half of the captured team, and there should be a ninety percent chance of victory. ”

The generals' eyes were full of joy when they heard this, "Then we should go north quickly." ”

"Let's go, dig out the old nest of the captive!"

"Damn, I can hit Shenyang, and when I go back, I can show off with those guys in the infantry army......"

"Your Excellency, give the order to pull the anchor......

Zheng Chenggong shook his head and said: "Don't worry, September is the south wind, we are going with the wind, but the captive ship is against the wind." went directly north, but there was a risk of being bumped into by the captive.

"According to His Highness's wishes, we will first go east to Ryukyu, and then turn north."

"Ryukyu?" Everyone was staring at each other, "What are you going to do in the Ryukyus?" ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled slightly, "Your Highness said that this is called 'touching porcelain'." ”

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The most prosperous port in the southwest of the Ryukyus, the Port of Naha.

It was a transit point for Sino-Japanese trade, with a large number of ships coming and going every day, and the volume of trade was quite large. However, the Ryukyus were invaded by the Japanese Satsuma Domain in the 37th year of Wanli, and in the 4th year of Chongzhen, they were forced to allow Japan to garrison troops in Naha and establish the "Zaiban Prefecture", and since then Naha has been completely controlled by Japan.