I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Everyone discussed fiercely, and finally set the tone of water warfare.

On land, their disadvantage is too great. So they pinned their hopes on defeating the Wu army on the water. As long as they defeated the Wu army's navy and snatched or destroyed Wu's ships, the Wu army could only stare at Jiujiang.

Jiujiang and Hukou County to the east are separated by the exit of Panyang Lake.

It is impossible to bypass Panyang Lake and fight Nanchang first from the south. Detours will add heavy logistical burdens and risks to Wu Jun. The combat effectiveness of the logistics force is incomparable with the main force, and the Qing army can send ships to attack the logistics line of the Wu army at any time.

At that time, if the logistics line is broken, the Wu army may collapse because of the lack of food, and the Qing army can really laugh at that time.

In short, fighting along the Yangtze River, where the water network is dense, is absolutely impossible without ships. When the navy is defeated, the Wu army can only retreat.

It is precisely because of this weakness that the Wu army has this weakness that many generals of the Qing army pin their hopes on the navy.

However, the navy of the Qing Dynasty was actually not very strong, and the main force of its navy was almost all green battalion soldiers. The Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were mostly landlubbers.

In order to strengthen the power on the water, Luck Dehun has ordered the requisition of ships on the river.

At the same time, the army went south with the fleet to garrison Jiujiang, an important military town and a water transportation hub.

The Qing army's actions were so big that it was naturally impossible to hide from He Tengjiao from Hunan. He arranged a lot of spies in Wuchang, Wuhan.

"The Qing army is building ships, and the army is going south along the river. It is suspected that it has returned to Jiujiang. What is the situation?"

He Tengjiao asked.

"Could it be that Wu Changqing started attacking him?"

Yan Qihuan said.

In fact, this is not difficult to guess at all. Wu Changqing, who has occupied Nanjing, will either attack from the west to occupy places such as Anhui and Jiangxi, or cross the river north and hit Beijing all the way.

Compared with crossing the river north, it is obviously more secure to first pacify the south and relieve the rear threat, which is more in line with the way of using troops.

Therefore, Wu Changqing's attack on Luck Dehun is an inevitable event, it is only a matter of time.

Now, Luckett is sending heavy troops to Jiujiang as if facing a great enemy, obviously to guard against Wu Changqing. Apart from guarding against Wu Changqing, no one else deserves such caution.

"Hahaha, that's what he deserves, and now it's his turn to have a headache."

Zhou Daqi laughed and said that in the past few months, they were chased and beaten all the way by Luck Dehun.

And now, it was finally the Qing army's turn to catch fire in the backyard, and they could just watch the fun while schadenfreude.

With Wu Changqing's containment of Luck Dehun, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief and take the time to integrate the army.

Previously, he took over Li Zicheng's remaining army in one go, and the number of troops increased sharply, but the combat effectiveness did not improve. Many of Li Zicheng's army were scrawny refugees who had no military training at all, and most of their physical conditions did not meet the requirements.

These people must be eliminated, and they will waste military rations if they are useless.

"I heard that there is a new type of fire gun in the Wu army. It has an extremely fast rate of fire and amazing power. They relied on this weapon to defeat the main force of the Qing Dynasty with a force of 60,000 in Danyang in Nanzhili. horrible."

He Tengjiao sighed with emotion, if his troops were so capable, he would have fought in Beijing long ago. When he was at his peak, he had nearly 400,000 troops.

Unfortunately, it's all rubbish and trash.

Now after several wars, his troops have shrunk to 150,000, of which only 60,000 or 70,000 are elite veterans, and the rest are old and weak who need to be eliminated, as well as some timid slickers.

This kind of slicker fleeing after a fight will not only fail to contribute to the army, but will greatly damage the morale of the army.

Soldiers are more valuable than quality, not more. After accepting Li Zicheng's troops, He Tengjiao deeply understood the essence of this sentence.

"Maybe we can go to him and buy a batch of new firearms to imitate and improve our army's combat power..."

Yan Qihuan suggested.

However, he was interrupted by Zhou Daqi before he could finish his words: "Don't count on this, Wu Changqing now obeys King Lu, but Lu supervises the country, and we obey the Longwu court, and we are not a family. It would be good if people didn't come to beat us. , and want him to sell weapons to us, how is that possible."

"King Lu and King Tang are not all Ming Ming. By increasing our strength, we can also help them contain the Qing army in the rear and share their pressure. It's a big deal that we need to pay more. Anyway, we still have to give it a try."

Yan Qihuan did not give up, and never forgot about the Suifa gun.

"It's still possible to try, it's the best if you can, and there's nothing to lose if you don't."

He Tengjiao also had a bit of fantasy. After all, everyone was of Han nationality, and they were all fighting against the Qing Dynasty together.

Thinking of King Lu and King Tang, He Tengjiao felt unhappy again. He is here desperately for their old Zhu family and the Qing army, but as a result, the descendants of their old Zhu family are all vying for the throne, which is really absurd.

In Shaoxing, Zhu Yihai also learned of Wu Changqing's big move, and the army was advancing westward.

Before the change, Wu Changqing went to fight the Qing army to regain his homeland, he must be very happy. But now, he knows Wu Changqing's ambitions. He no longer hopes that Wu Changqing will win. He hopes that Wu Changqing and the Qing army will be defeated, so that they will have a chance to rise in chaos.

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Their strength is so weak that even Liu Hansan can't handle it, but it can't stifle their ambitions. Zhu Yihai is still fantasizing about dominating the world.

In history, he was beaten by the Qing army and fled to the Zhoushan Islands, but he still did not give up. He still wanted to rise again on the territory of several islands and overthrow the Qing Dynasty.

There is also Zhu Yujian who has a similar idea with Zhu Yihai. After he learned the news of Wu Changqing's westward advance, he immediately announced that he would go to Ji'an in person, organize an army to go north, and seize the territory around Nanchang.

Because of his affection, he is not good at attacking Shaoxing and Hangzhou now, so he can only go north from Jiangxi to seize territory.

If he can grab Jiujiang, it will be very beneficial to him, so that he can go down the river at any time and wait for the opportunity to occupy Nanjing.

Although he knew it was difficult, fantasies always had to be there, in case there was an opportunity, for example, the Qing army and Wu Changqing were both lost, for example, Wu Changqing suddenly died of smallpox, and for example, Wu Changqing died in bed because he was addicted to female sex.

In troubled times, anything can happen, and Li Zicheng didn't die accidentally.

As long as Wu Changqing dies, his chance will come.

Zheng Zhilong was naturally unhappy that Zhu Yujian wanted to go to the expedition in person, but he had no way to stop it. At most, he had to not send his own soldiers to support him.

Zhu Yujian gritted his teeth with hatred, but he couldn't do anything about Zheng Zhilong. He could only rely on the ministers who supported him to gather a force of 15,000 people to Jiangxi.

Along the way, relying on the name of the emperor, and then recruiting some troops, at that time, there will probably be 20,000 to 30,000 people.

The number is not small, but the combat effectiveness of this kind of makeshift army is a big question mark.

In short, anyone who knows a little about the military is not optimistic about Zhu Yujian's personal expedition.

However, Zhu Yujian insisted on doing this. He used military exploits to establish his prestige and majesty.

Continuing to be subject to the Zheng family as he is now, he sees no hope.

Among the people of the old Zhu family, Zhu Yujian is still a bloody person.