When Wei Ming came to Guangzhou, there was no grand welcoming ceremony. He didn't even enter the city of Guangzhou, but went directly to the naval barracks. When he entered the handsome account, Lu Xiangsheng was lying on the sand table studying something. The soldier below was about to call for Lu Xiangsheng, but was stopped by Wei Ming. When I came to Lu Xiangsheng and looked at the sand table he built with cement, sand, and water, it seemed that the same thing was still going on. There are many small boats on the sand table. The boats representing the navy of the Ming army have advantages over the boats representing the Dutch in terms of hull size and quantity. I don't know what makes Lu Xiangsheng frown like this.
"Who let you in?" Lu Xiangsheng frowned and shouted angrily when he felt someone around him. When he saw Wei Ming, his face paled suddenly, and he quickly got up from the sand table. He didn't even know where he put his hands. Seeing him hesitating, Li Zicheng smiled happily beside him. Lu Xiangsheng glared fiercely and didn't know how to repent, but still went his own way. It's not easy to see Lu Xiangsheng deflated. This is not an easy task. Li Zicheng is going to write a big book about this, so that he can laugh at Lu Xiangsheng in the future, and let him put on a stinky face and show him to sleep. !
"It's okay, look at you. After all these years, how can you get better and better. Do you remember the crazy energy when you saw me?" Wei Ming hammered Lu Xiangsheng's chest. With a fist, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head with a wry smile, thinking about his behavior back then, it was really unbearable to look back.
"Master Hou, why are you here, don't tell me before you come, I'm so welcome to the whole team!" Lu Xiangsheng scratched his head and said.
"Come on, what are those vain doing, don't need to. Tell me, what is the situation that makes you worry like this?" Wei Ming sat on the main seat unceremoniously, and Lu Xiangsheng quickly poured the tea. Li Zicheng and Lu Xiangsheng, who are beside him, are overwhelmed. Seeing Li Zicheng smile very happily, nothing happened, Cao Wenzhao wanted to laugh too, but Li Zicheng kicked him as soon as he opened his mouth.
"It's not big or small." Li Zicheng said, staring at his bull's eyes, and Cao Wenzhao shrank his head. It was indeed a bit debauched these days. He didn't dare to do this when he was in the Liaodong Army. Otherwise, board spanking is light.
"It's like this. Originally, our navy didn't fear those little broken ships of the Dutchman. Even if they all drive over, he will eventually be confident that they will be wiped out here with one-third of the Guangzhou navy. But They don’t confront us at all. They always harass the Penghu Islands and make us very annoying. If this continues, the army will be worried!” Lu Xiangsheng said with some distress.
"Then you don't know where their nest is?" Wei Ming said strangely.
"Hey, I knew it, but I don't know it now." Lu Xiangsheng shook his head with a wry smile.
"What's the matter? Are they not in Taiwan?" Wei Ming asked strangely. In memory, the Dutchman should be there!
"Originally, they were there, but now they are no longer there. At the end of the day, I think that my navy is strong and unmatched by the Dutch, and Taiwan is my Daming land. How can I allow others to build cities and build stockades? So he sent troops to destroy it. But, not only did the Dutch not get rid of the Dutchman, and I don’t know when the Dutchman learned how to make our mines. Our army was unprepared. Two ships were sunk and three were injured. Fortunately, they were all small boats. It’s not a big problem. After entering Taiwan, the original Dutch residence was already empty. But when I wanted to go deeper, I was strongly resisted by the indigenous people. They are all people of our ethnic group, and they will never To start, I had to retreat and wait for the Dutchman to take the initiative to attack, and then look for opportunities to defeat him." Lu Xiangsheng said with a miserable expression. Wei Ming nodded, knowing Lu Xiangsheng's feelings very well. It was obvious that the Dutch knew they were out of control and wanted to fight guerrilla. While the Ming Dynasty’s rule over Taiwan was loose and collapsed, it is excusable for people not to accept you now.
"Speaking of which, it is still possible for the Dutch to be in Taiwan?" Wei Ming said.
"It's possible too. It's just that the general sent troops to search around Taiwan and did not find the Dutch ship. The final thinks that this is unlikely." Lu Xiangsheng did not say enough, and Wei Ming also felt that since the ship was huge Team, then the possibility of the Dutch in Taiwan is unlikely. Where else can they go? Shaking his head with a wry smile, the world is so big, if the Dutchman deliberately hides in the sea to prevent the Ming army from finding it, it is really not ordinary difficult to find it in this era without radio. Forget it, they will always come out. Reassured about this matter, after thinking about it, he said to Lu Xiangsheng, "By the way, has someone named Xu Xiake come to you?"
"Oh, Lord Hou, you mean that minister of imperial envoys! He came to me and brought hundreds of people with me and went to Taiwan. A few days ago, he also sent back a letter saying that he had a good time in Taiwan, and The indigenous people get along very well. Moreover, this place in Taiwan is indeed a good place. He has prepared a letter to his Majesty to establish a chief envoy here. Even if the chief envoy fails, at least the state government will be opened.” Lu Xiangsheng said.
"Okay, that's good." Wei Ming said. He was really afraid that Xu Xiake would be dismissive of Taiwan, and if he said two unpleasant things in front of the emperor, then he would be amused.
"Okay, since there is nothing to do, you can prepare here. I drove for several days, and I was tired, so I went to rest first. By the way, pay close attention to the movements of the Dutch and don't let them take advantage of the loopholes. .
Wherever they hide, there will be big moves lately. "Wei Ming thought of the letter that I didn't know if it was credible, and said. It's better to protect yourself than to be caught off guard.
"No." Lu Xiangsheng saluted and prepared to quit.
"Okay, the handsome account is still yours. I will go out and build another one by myself. Now the navy is still in charge of you." Wei Ming patted Lu Xiangsheng on the shoulder and said. Lu Xiangsheng was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. He understood what Wei Ming meant. The emperor’s imperial decree has not yet arrived. Although Wei Ming is an admiral of the Ministry of War, it is not good to go directly to the place to mobilize the army, and it is easy to be grasped by others. If you get pitted more, you will naturally become more and more careful.
After waking up, it was dark early. Hearing the messy talking outside, Wei Ming got up and walked to the door of the tent, only to hear the sound of people talking outside.
"Hey, have you heard that there is a fight in Fujian."
"What is fighting? Who are you talking nonsense?"
"Nonsense! I heard about it when I was passing by the handsome accountant. The handsome guys are all throwing cups there, can this thing be fake? Now there is a war. The Dutchman finally came up. Grandma's. After holding back for so long, I can finally do a good job!"
"Really? Did you hear exactly where it was?"
"Where else can I be? The center left office (now southwest of Xiamen Island). Although the Dutch are not very good, there are not many people in the center left office! There are only more than 2,000 people in total, 40 or 50 small broken ships, I It seems that you can’t resist the Dutch. At that time, it’s time for us to show our talents. Get ready, brother, the treatment of our navy is very good, and it is the top ranking in the whole Ming Dynasty. If you are in Guangzhou Water If you can climb up inside the division, then you will get ahead. It is not a problem to seal your wife's shadow." The two soldiers looked forward to a bright future. Wei Ming didn't want to be disturbed, but there was a clay pot at his feet that was kicked by Wei Ming. Turned over, the two guards shut up quickly. Weimin coughed twice, walked out of the tent, and waved to the two trembling soldiers, meaning that I didn't hear anything just now, you continue.
When I came to Lu Xiangsheng's handsome tent, I didn't know if he was excited or angry when he saw the boy there, his whole body was shaking. Both An Bangyan and She Chongming are here. Now An Bangyan and She Chongming have clearly become the capable staff of Lu Xiangsheng. Of course there was Wei Ming's reason for this, but it was also inseparable from the efforts of the two people. It is not in vain that Wei Ming got them out of the prison.
"What's wrong? Have you figured out a solution?" Wei Ming walked in, and the three of them hurriedly saluted.
"Basically, it has been confirmed. According to the report from the Center-Left Institute, the Dutch sent hundreds of warships to attack. I don't think there will be so many. They may be so scared to say so. . But now the center-left station is still in our hands, so don’t worry about that. I am going to send General An Bangyan to lead two treasure ships, five big blessing ships, plus all kinds of large and small ships, totaling one hundred. Go and explore the bottom." Lu Xiangsheng said.
"How to get to the bottom?" Wei Ming asked.
"Just go and see what the Dutch guys mean. If there is really their main force, then pester them, and then send a large force to surround them and annihilate them. And if they just come to harass, there are not many ships, Then just destroy them directly.” Lu Xiangsheng said.
"What if the place is going to fight for aid?" Wei Ming said.
"Master Hou, a hundred boats are definitely a lot. Even if they fight for aid, a hundred boats will definitely have the power to fight." After speaking, Lu Xiangsheng still felt that he hadn't made it clear and added: "If you are on the frontal battlefield If you go up, I believe that a hundred ships will be enough to wipe out the other party."
"Okay, do as you think." Wei Ming nodded and said.