Chapter 199: Pearl River Sailor
Damn, I was deceived by the pigtail play and the Qing history called the beast again! Wang Xinyu scolded in his heart. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Braided drama and Qing historians said that the eight-faced Guanyin was Wu Sangui's concubine, and that was completely to discredit Wu Sangui, no matter how ridiculous Wu Sangui was, it was impossible for Wu Sangui to accept Yizi's daughter as a concubine. In fact, the eight-faced Guanyin was later married to Guo Zhuangtu's son. Wu Sangui died of illness, and after Cai Yurong invaded Yunnan, he forcibly occupied the eight-faced Guanyin. Later, Kangxi learned that Cai Yurong was hiding Wu Shun's granddaughter and wanted to punish him. Cai Yurong was so frightened that he hanged the eight-faced Guanyin, who was two months pregnant, but he still did not escape Kangxi's punishment and was dismissed and sent to Ningguta.
And in this time and space, two and a half years ago, Cai Yurong had been killed by the Qiongzhou Army in Zhejiang, and it was impossible for Cai Yurong to lead troops to attack Yunnan again.
Wang Xinyu, who has very bad historical knowledge, knows that Wu Sangui has a granddaughter who is very beautiful, and a few days ago he was still thinking that if Wu Sangui came to marry, he could still consider it. But he didn't know that Wu Sangui's granddaughter was the eight-faced Guanyin.
"Only ten years old?" Hearing that Wu Su was only ten years old, Wang Xinyu was taken aback. Isn't this a trap for little Lori? I'm twenty-three years old, isn't that to blame?
"You can make a marriage contract first, it will take at least more than a year for you to take Huguang, right? By then, she will be twelve years old and will be able to marry. Fang Guangchen said with a smile.
Twelve years old, still a little younger, listening to Fang Guangchen say this, when Wu Su got married, twelve years old was still a virtual age, and that age was just a primary school student, which made Wang Xinyu feel a little guilty.
Fang Guangchen saw that Wang Xinyu's face was cloudy, and knew that he was hesitating, so he continued: "Actually, Miss Wu has always admired General Wang!" Do you remember when you signed an agreement with our Pingxi Mansion three years ago? ”
"Naturally remember!" Wang Xinyu nodded.
Fang Guangchen said with a smile: "General Wang gave some Taixi glass mirrors and some pearls at that time, saying that it was a gift to the Pingxi Palace. When the prince got the gift, he rewarded it to General Wu Guogui. The general took it home, and Miss Wu loved it very much, especially the Tessie glass mirror. Later, I heard that this Tessie glass mirror was made by General Wang himself, and Miss Wu has always wanted to see you. ”
It sounds like she's holding a lollipop to trick Lori. But since Wu Sangui is so enthusiastic about stuffing little Lori into himself, it's embarrassing to refuse again, so it's hard to accept it. Anyway, Wu Sangui's army is also in his own recruitment plan, Wu Sangui is old, and he is addicted to loving the special offerings of the Eight Banners, and he has no more years to live. If Wu Sangui's life is too long, he still has a way to control him, as long as he adds a little material to the newly sent Eight Banners special offerings, Wu Sangui will become seriously ill and die if he smokes a few more times.
So Wang Xinyu agreed: "Yes!" The king of Pingxi intends to marry, but this vassal can't ask for it! ”
Fang Guangchen said: "I can't finalize my decision to come here, and I have to wait for a certain person to report to the prince after returning to Yunnan!" ”
"When Mr. Fang went back, he told the prince that he was very grateful to the prince for his love! I hope the prince will hurry up and abandon the darkness and turn to the light! Otherwise, it will be difficult for the clan to explain to others. Wang Xinyu said.
Fang Guangchen arched his hand: "I must tell the prince when I go back!" I believe that the prince understands the righteousness and will definitely choose as soon as possible! ”
After finishing speaking, Fang Guangchen took his leave and planned to rush back to Yunnan. Wang Xinyu didn't keep much, anyway, it was better to let Fang Guangchen go back as soon as possible, and let Wu Sangui decide as soon as possible. If Wu Sangui can make the right choice, then let him live a few more years and die in the end; If it is Wu Sangui's first rat at both ends, then let him end it in advance. As long as Wu Sangui dies, the Pingxi palace in Yunnan will be a plate of scattered sand.
If Wu Sangui dies, looking at the current situation, it is unlikely that the Qing court will let Wu Yingxiong go back. Wu Sangui's second son, Wu Yingqi, is also an incompetent person, and his talent is far inferior to Wu Yingxiong.
As for agreeing to the marriage, Wang Xinyu also followed Wang Yuyou's proposal. Because it is impossible for Wu Yingxiong to go back, Wu Yingqi cannot control the situation, and Wang Xinyu can control Wu Yingqi with the help of Wu Sangui's grandson-in-law, and control the elite soldiers of Pingxi Wangfu in his hands.
There are many good generals in Pingxi Wangfu, Gao Dejie, Ma Bao, Wu Guogui, Xia Guoxiang, Wang Pingfan, etc., and Liu Xuanchu, Wang Shirong, Fang Guangchen, etc.
On his side, he won over Zheng Cong, accepted Wang [auxiliary] ministers, and incorporated Geng Jimao's generals, and the generals and strategists combined could only barely be on par with Wu Sangui's talents. Wu Sangui's subordinates are indeed full of talents, especially Gao Dejie and Liu Xuanchu, if it weren't for Wu Sangui's stubbornness and disobedience, the Qing Dynasty is estimated to have been overthrown by Wu Sangui. If it weren't for Wu Sangui's illness and death, Kangxi would definitely not be able to defend against Wu Sangui's attack.
The army of Pingxi Wangfu can set off a big storm just by virtue of Yunnan and Guizhou, which also shows that Wu Sangui's subordinates are full of talents, of course, it is also related to the corruption of the Eight Banners Green Battalion of the Qing Army.
"Report to the commander! Tang Wei is back! "There are soldiers outside to report.
"Hurry up and let him in!" Wang Xinyu knew that Tang Wei must have something important when he came. Now the war against Guangdong has reached the most critical moment, but the Dutch have come to stir up the situation!
Tang Wei walked into the hall, and after saluting, he took out the flying pigeon biography sent by Li Kaishi from his arms: "Handsome! This is the news sent by Xiangshan! Before the red-haired ghost attacked Xiangshan Ao, he sent people to Xiangshan! Please take a look! ”
Wang Xinyu took the small note and opened it to see that it was written in small block letters the size of a fly's head, which roughly stated that the Portuguese in Macao had blocked the attack of the Dutch, and the Dutch had come to Xiangshan to ask the Qing army to send troops. However, the main force of the Qing army had already gone to Guangzhou, so the Dutch wanted to find someone to bring water into Guangzhou to get supplies.
In the letter, Li Kaishi proposed that he could introduce the Dutch into the shallow waters of the Pearl River and let the Dutch fleet run aground!
As long as the Dutch fleet ran aground, the Qiongzhou Army's Marine Corps special operations team would have the opportunity to sneak attack and capture a few Dutch battleships, preferably a few battleships.
After reading the letter, Wang Xinyu raised his head and asked, "Let him act according to this plan!" Do you have enough people over there? ”
Tang Wei replied: "Emperor Hu De, they haven't come back yet, and there are not enough people here, and they still need to borrow people." ”
Wang Xinyu nodded: "There are a hundred people here in this domain, all of them will be brought to you!" You quickly take someone back to Xiangshan, and then contact Li Kaishi to coordinate how to act! If it was Emperor Hu Dedi, it would be the best they could get! Your boat heads south and fires a few more fireworks signals at night. ”
"No!" Tang Wei retreated.
Wang Xinyu then sent an order to Gao Shiwen to take a hundred Marine Corps special combat members to take Tang Wei's catamaran and set off immediately to Shangchuan Island. At the same time, another catamaran clipper that had come down from Shanghai also happened to arrive at the port of Zhangzhou, and was also sent out to the South China Sea to find the clipper boat that Hu Dedi was riding.
In this era, communication was extremely inconvenient, and the flying pigeon could only communicate on the shore, and could not communicate between ships and ships, and the reliability of the flying pigeon transmission was not high, and only a few of the dozens of pigeons released could fly to the destination.
In order to ensure that he could contact Emperor Hu Dedi and them, Wang Xinyu had to use two valuable catamaran clippers to search, which did not necessarily guarantee that the clippers on which Emperor Hu Dedi was riding would be intercepted and taken to the mouth of the Pearl River to carry out the mission. After all, the ship that Emperor Hu Dedi and his people were on was not necessarily bound for the Pearl River estuary, but probably sailed for Fujian after passing Luzon, so it would be even more difficult to get in touch with them.
Tang Wei's catamaran sailing boat departed from Zhangzhou and sailed to Shangchuan Island with the help of strong winter winds.
In winter, the northwesterly wind blows on the sea, creating a headwind with a high angle of attack for catamaran clippers sailing from the northeast to the southwest. The integrated silk Eucommia ulmoides rubber canvas is full of wind power, bulging, forming a pressure difference between the two sides of the sail, and propelling the boat at high speed with the principle of aerodynamics.
However, theoretically, the maximum speed of the catamaran galleon can reach 34 knots, and the actual sailing speed is 24 knots, and the maximum speed can reach 27 knots, which is already a very amazing speed in those days, and the real daily speed is 2,000 miles!
From Zhangzhou to Shangchuan Island, the sea voyage distance is about 300 nautical miles, and it can theoretically be reached in one night. However, considering the constant adjustment of the ship's course, as well as the speed of the wind, the change of wind magnitude and the change of wind direction, the speed of the ship sailed fast and slow, and it took eighteen hours to arrive.
Gao Shiwen, Zhang Shibiao and others disembarked at Shangchuan Island, and Tang Wei's catamaran continued to sail south to find the clippers that Hu Dedi and his companions were on.
It was already dark, and Gao Shiwen could not cross the sea to Xiangshan at dawn, after all, the waters west of the Pearl River Estuary were controlled by the Dutch fleet, and except for the catamaran clippers, which could pass through, other ships could not pass at all. And the catamaran can't go to Xiangshan to dock, otherwise it won't be equivalent to telling the Dutch: Xiangshan has our people active, you come and fight!
In the evening, Gao Shiwen took a small fast boat from Shangchuan Island and rowed to Xiangshan, a hundred kilometers away.
There are no typhoons in winter, but there are strong winds and waves. This small fishing boat turned into a small clipper boat sails very rough at night. After an overnight voyage, before dawn, the small ship with a displacement of less than fifty tons sailed into the port area of Xiangshan.
All the special combat teams of the Qiongzhou Army shaved their hair in order to facilitate their movements. In peacetime, in the Ming army's own area, the braids were broken up and knotted into a bun, and then the scarf was worn. When they went to the area occupied by the Qing army, the special combat team removed the bundle of hair and tied it into a pigtail. Before leaving, Gao Shiwen did not have a little inch of hair on the top of his head, and in order to be able to blend into the Qing army area, the position of the inch hair was also shaved clean, which was completely dressed as a money rat tail.
The Qing court stipulated very strictly, the position of hair should not be greater than the size of a copper coin! Everywhere else, shave your hair clean. Otherwise, if it is not standard, it is likely to be pulled and beheaded.
In their own area, the special combat team members generally do not shave their hair, and only shave it clean when they are on duty.
Gao Shiwen and deputy captain Zhang Shibiao went ashore at the Xiangshan Wharf, and Li Kaishi, who had already received the news from the flying pigeons, led a group of officials to catch the fishing boats and cargo ships that were checking the entry and exit at the wharf. In Xiangshan County, because Yao Qisheng secretly helped, some of the officials here were members of the Heaven and Earth Society.
On the code, Li Kaishi took Gao Shiwen and Zhang Shibiao into the entrance of the Xiangshan Tiandi Hall.
At this time, although the Tiandihui was the intelligence system of the Qiongzhou Army and the Fujian Army, there were still many gang organizations under the Tiandihui, and the famous Hongmen was also established, becoming a large-scale gang organization that could compete with the Cao Gang.
Cao Gang, also known as the Green Gang, homonym Qing Gang. Because the Cao Yun Gang was a legal gang organization of the Qing court, the Cao Gang supported the Qing court. At that time, the three major gangs, red, white and green, and red were Hongmen, that is, the Heaven and Earth Society were formed; White is the White Lotus Sect, and Qing is the Green Gang. The three major gangs are evenly matched, and the White Lotus Sect has a tendency to move closer to Hongmen in secret.
The White Lotus Sect has the closest relationship with the Hongmen, and Wang Xinyu's power was able to penetrate into the north, and the White Lotus Sect actually played a great role in it.
"You're finally here!" After walking into the lobby, Li Kaishi arched his hand.
Gao Shiwen bowed his hand and saluted back: "A total of a hundred brothers came, and they were all waiting on Shangchuan Island. Brother Shibiao and I came here to discuss matters. ”
To divert water to the Dutch, it must be diverted, to lead the Dutch to shallow water and run aground. However, the specific place to be led requires the cooperation of locals who are familiar with the hydrological situation of the Pearl River.
Four years ago, Wang Xinyu's navy entered the Pearl River, destroyed the Qing army's Guangdong naval division, and bombarded the city of Guangzhou, exposing the members of the Tiandihui in the Pearl River Valley. After being exposed, the members of the Heaven and Earth Society had to drag their families and retreat to Qiongzhou, and there were only a few members of the Heaven and Earth Society left in the Pearl River Valley. But after four years of development, Li Kaishi has developed thousands of people, many of whom are fishermen who fish in the Pearl River and are familiar with the hydrological conditions here.
The Qing court was also recruiting the Pearl River Sailors, and after the original Guangdong Sailors were wiped out, the Qing Dynasty was embarrassed to call itself the Guangdong Sailors, so they could only call the Pearl River Sailors.
In fact, it's just the Pearl River sailors, can they still go to sea? And also did not have the guts to go to sea.
In fact, the Pearl River sailor is similar to the fishermen, originally a group of fishermen, four years ago after the heaven and earth meeting, Shang Zhixin and Wu Liuqi "recruited" some fishermen to join the sailor. However, the Heaven and Earth Society did not give up this opportunity, and many people infiltrated into the Pearl River Water Division.
Because the sailor was completely wiped out under the city of Guangzhou, the Qing court was not optimistic about the sailor. Anyway, there was not much military salary allocated above, and the only little military salary was eaten by Wu Liuqi and his group of subordinates. The Qing court imposed a sea ban again, the merchant ships outside could not enter, and the Pearl River sailors did not dare to go to sea, and the soldiers below were so poor that they could not open the pot, so they could only fish with the navy warships for a living.
There is not much difference between a naval warship and a fishing boat, except that a few bird guns or even muskets are added to the fishing boats, and on larger boats, there may also be bowl-mouth guns or small Franc machines.
On weekdays, the soldiers of the Navy Division made a living by fishing, and occasionally went to suppress the river bandits. It is unthinkable to go to sea to suppress pirates, and once you go to sea, you don't know whether to suppress pirates or be suppressed by pirates.
Although this sailor is very dilapidated, at this time, it is necessary to borrow the tiger skin of this sailor. In fact, it can't be regarded as tiger skin at all, at most it can be regarded as cat skin. (To be continued.) )