I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The Wu army and the Qing army fell into a confrontation in Jiujiang, and the battle between the two sides in Jiujiang was also known by spies from various forces.

Yueyang, He Tengjiao Department.

A tired scout was helped into the council chamber by two soldiers and was given a few sips of water.

"How's the situation in Jiujiang?"

He Tengjiao hurriedly asked that he was paying attention to the war in Jiujiang during this time.

"Reporting to my lord, the Qing army was defeated in Jiujiang, the 20,000 naval forces were completely wiped out, and the army lost more than 10,000 people. It has already withdrawn into Jiujiang City, and it seems that they want to defend Jiujiang. And Wu Changqing's army conducted a siege, After that, the attack was temporarily stopped, and it seemed to prepare siege equipment."

The spies' words made everyone smile. The defeat of the Qing army would be of greater benefit to them, and they could even take the opportunity to capture Wuhan.

The areas in Wuhan are also plains, and they are all grain-producing areas.

Corresponding to Suhushutianzu is Huguangshutianzu, among which Huguang refers to the area of ​​Hunan and Hubei.

In ancient times, the importance of grain-producing places was far greater than that of seaside cities.

If there is food, there will be a population, and if there is food, the army will be expanded.

"This Wu Changqing's troops are really powerful. They actually shrunk the Qing army into the city and gave up their horse and archery."

Yan Qihuan said with emotion that in their battle with the Qing army, they were always defending the city and did not dare to go out of the city to fight the Qing army in the field, because the Qing army was too powerful.

And now, it was finally the Qing army's turn to hide in the city, and the real feng shui took turns.

"Wu Changqing's army was as powerful as we expected, but when did their navy become so powerful, they actually wiped out the Qing's navy."

Zhou Daqi said with emotion.

"It was the Dragon King's help. It is said that during the naval battle, Wu Changqing's navy appeared a fleet that could go upstream without sailing or paddling. The Manqingshui Army thought that the enemy was helped by the Dragon King, so they were defeated. . In addition to finding out the news, my subordinates also bought two treasures from a deserter."

The spy reported the report, and at the same time asked someone to fetch the flintlock gun and grenade that he brought back.

He spent a lot of money to buy this from deserters of the Qing army. At that time, the war was extremely chaotic, and some equipment of the Wu army was also seized and robbed.

And among them, there was a clever deserter who took this thing with him when he fled.

Dragon King help?

He Tengjiao was a little displeased when he heard the words. Those who had studied would naturally not believe those ghosts and gods. Therefore, he was very dissatisfied with the vague information of the spies.

From the spies' words, he only learned that Wu Jun had a special kind of ship, which was obviously not enough.

"This is the most crucial weapon of the Wu army. They call it a flintlock gun. Its rate of fire is five times that of an ordinary fire gun. This is called a grenade, which can be thrown into the distance by hand. Professionally trained soldiers can throw five or six. Zhang Yuan. After igniting this lead for a while, the gunpowder inside will explode, and the fragments will be enough to seriously injure soldiers within a radius of several feet."

The spy introduced these two weapons. Of course, he also learned this information from those deserters.

When Yan Qihuan heard the words, he immediately wanted to pass the flintlock gun and looked at it carefully.

On the other hand, Zhou Daqi was studying the grenade and wanted to understand the mystery.

Unfortunately, just looking at the surface, they can't see anything.

When everyone came to the courtyard, He Tengjiao asked the spy to test the flintlock gun.

Although the spy was not trained, the operation was not very skilled. However, its loading speed is still visible to the naked eye, which directly saves the step of loading gunpowder, because the bullet and gunpowder are already loaded together.

"Immediately summon the skilled craftsmen in the city, and we must imitate these two weapons. The first craftsman to imitate them will be rewarded with five thousand taels of silver."

He Tengjiao made a rare heroic move and promised a big reward.

The secret of Wu Jun's power lies in these two weapons, and he is already imagining the scene after his army is equipped with these weapons.

After arranging the imitation, Yan Qihuan proposed to raise troops immediately and take the opportunity to capture Wuhan.

Anyway, now Luckedhun is in a state of scorching, and he must be unable to take care of Wuhan. They just need to defeat the local garrison, and places like Wuhan will fall into their hands.

This suggestion was finally adopted by He Tengjiao. He was unwilling to stay in Hunan all the time, and wanted to occupy more territory and expand his strength.

Nanfeng is a small town in the south of Fuzhou, Jiangxi.

At this time, Zhu Yujian's army was attacking this small town. As early as when the Wu army was advancing westward, he had already begun to act.

However, because the mountain road was not easy to walk, until Wu Jun hit Jiujiang, they still only arrived in Nanfeng, not even Fuzhou, and there is still a long distance from Nanchang.

This made Zhu Yujian very anxious, and he wanted to capture Nanchang before Wu Jun. At that time, he can use the name of the emperor to deter Wu Changqing's troops from daring to attack him.

If the Wu army occupied Nanchang first, they would definitely not give up their territory.

The sites around Nanchang are regarded by Zhu Yujian as the foundation of his rise and he attaches great importance to it.

At this time, the march was not going well, he was quite anxious, and even went directly to the Central Army to supervise the battle in person.

However, with no cannons and only a few arquebuses, their siege method was still very primitive ant-attached siege, which was very disadvantageous.

Moreover, the quality of their army was inferior to that of Fang Guoan, Zheng Zhilong and others. Most of them are recruits or old and weak, not many elites.

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A small county town had blocked them for three days.

On this day, Zhu Yujian once again received a secret report from the spies, saying that the Wu army had forced the Qing army into Jiujiang City, and it seemed that they were preparing for a general attack.

This made Zhu Yujian even more anxious. If Wu Jun took Jiujiang, there would be nothing to stop them from going south to Nanchang.

At this moment, Zhu Yujian wished that the Qing army could rise up and defeat the Wu army.

For the sake of profit, he put all the alien races behind him at the moment.

For him, if he can't get this world, then it doesn't matter who the world belongs to.

"Order Huang Shanling to step up the siege. Nanfeng must be captured within two days. At the same time, I will send He Tengjiao my word to send a force to Nanchang to join our army."

He Tengjiao is now loyal to Zhu Yujian, so Zhu Yujian has the right to command He Tengjiao.

However, this is theoretical, and whether it can be adjusted in practice depends on He Tengjiao's choice.

If He Tengjiao is loyal enough, then there is no problem.

But if He Tengjiao is not happy, there are many excuses.

For example, from Hunan to Nanchang, the mountain road is not easy to walk, the food and grass are not enough, the army's salaries are not enough, etc. These are all good excuses.

Given the current situation in the world, He Tengjiao disrespected orders, and Zhu Yujian could not help him.