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- Zhao Hongyu left Li Xiang behind, so of course there was someone who wanted to inquire.
Now that Li Xiang has agreed to surrender to him, Zhao Hongyu feels that he should not hide it. There are some things that should be asked.
Although he has captured Kyushu, he is still not very clear about the situation in the East.
Mrs. Wang did provide some information, but the question is, does Mrs. Wang know about Li Xiangduo? Obviously this is impossible. If a person stands at a different height, what he sees and hears will be different.
Under Li Xiang¡¯s command, Mrs. Wang is just the master of a small leader, that is, Liu Dashen¡¯s master.
He doesn¡¯t know many high-level things.
??Especially some respectable people, that is not something he can come into contact with.
Therefore, as the Sea Dragon King Li Xiang who has dominated the Eastern Sea for twenty years, he can provide much more information than Master Wang.
Since Zhao Hongyu wants to go to Daming to handle immigration matters, he must ask Li Xiang to provide this information and intelligence. Only after mastering accurate information can Zhao Hongyu avoid some twists and turns and directly find the right person to do the job.
Mrs. Wang has no way to provide this.
At the same time, although Li Xiang is now in despair, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. There must be a lot of connections in his hands, and this is what Zhao Hongyu does not have and lacks in the East.
Even if the Ming Dynasty gave up on Li Xiang, the relationship in Goryeo can always be used.
" Zhao Hongyu of Goryeo is absolutely eyeing him, and he has no good impression of this country.
Since God brought him to this era, Zhao Hongyu would definitely not feel comfortable if he didn¡¯t use the stick.
At the same time, after the affairs of the Ming Dynasty were settled, the immigrants had to be loaded onto ships from the coast and transported to the Americas. In this way, Zhao Hongyu needs stability at sea.
"And if Zheng Zhilong doesn't kill him, he might become a troublemaker.
Who told him to take Li Xiang in now and make him the admiral of the Kyushu Navy under his command?
I think if Zheng Zhilong knew this news, he would definitely make some trouble.
At the same time, Zheng Zhilong will also order his fleet to test his own capabilities.
In order to cope with the next thing, Zhao Hongyu must get reliable information about his opponent and an assessment of his strength from Li Xiang.
Only in this way can Zhao Hongyu arrange everything before heading to the daimyo.
By then, he won¡¯t have anything to worry about.
After all, this place is far away from the Americas. If you want to get support from the Americas, it will be very troublesome.
Therefore, here in the East, Zhao Hongyu basically has to rely on himself.
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"Old Li, there are no outsiders here, and we are all warriors, so you don't have to be so formal with me." Zhao Hongyu was still not used to the way of speaking in this era.
"The etiquette cannot be abolished, Your Highness."
Li Xiang persisted.
Zhao Hongyu shrugged his shoulders noncommittally: "Well, since you insist, I won't talk about it."
"Let me ask you, how many warships do you still have on hand now?" Zhao Hongyu asked.
Li Xiang pondered for a moment, and then replied: "There are fourteen Ming-style warships, fifty-eight fast ships, and three hundred and ninety chain boats." At this point, Li Xiang smiled bitterly. "This is my last foundation. I don't include the nineteen European warships you gave me, Your Highness."
Zhao Hongyu thought about it and felt that Li Xiang¡¯s foundation was really weak.
Judging from the remaining warships on hand, the only ones that can be used in naval battles are the fourteen Ming-style warships. As for clippers and serial boats, those things are not reliable at all, so they cannot be regarded as combat effectiveness at all.
Of course, this is Zhao Hongyu¡¯s personal opinion. If he said this to Li Xiang, Li Xiang would not agree.
You must know that most of the naval battles in the East are based on boarding battles, that is, boarding battles to seize the opponent's warships. Or simply prevent fire and burn down the enemy's warships.
This method of warfare is somewhat ancient, but it is the mainstream in the East in this era.
It¡¯s not surprising that Zhao Hongyu looks down on him, and in his eyesIn the current time and space, maritime operations have changed greatly.
Basically, the two armies do not need to face each other, but can fight hundreds or even thousands of nautical miles apart. Missiles, airplanes, and submarines were beyond the imagination of people in the seventeenth century.
Therefore, from Zhao Hongyu¡¯s perspective, the tactics of this era are certainly ancient.
Everyone¡¯s thinking is different.
"Your foundation is too weak."
After hearing what Li Xiang said about the power he had now, Zhao Hongyu glanced at Li Xiang and said.
Li Xiang also knows that he is indeed in a bad situation now.
But if he hadn't been in such a miserable state now, he wouldn't have been able to take refuge in Zhao Hongyu so happily.
So, this matter should be looked at from two aspects.
Li Xiang smiled bitterly and said to Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, as you said, I have too few warships on hand that can be used for combat. Otherwise, I would not have been suppressed by Zheng Zhilong and led to many brothers. They all left me."
It can be seen that this incident has been a big blow to Li Xiang.
Zhao Hongyu raised his hand and patted Li Xiang's shoulder to comfort him.
"It's nothing. Thirty years from Hexi to Hedong for thirty years, as the saying goes, things have changed. Don't look at Zheng Zhilong dancing happily now, in fact, in my opinion, it's just the same thing."
Zhao Hongyu has the confidence to say this, after all, he has a cheat that defies heaven.
Only Li Xiang felt that the young crown prince was a little too loud.
Although he knew that the warships under the crown prince's command were very sophisticated, after all, this was in the East.
With just dozens of warships, it would be impossible for Zheng Zhilong to deal with them.
You must know that Zheng Zhilong is now the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy of the Ming Dynasty. Not only can he mobilize the navy in the Fujian waters southeast of the imperial court, his younger brother is also in charge of the Zheng family's pirate fleet.
At the same time, the Nanman people along the coast of Fujian and Taiwan were also bribed by Li Xiang to fight for him.
It can be said that Zheng Zhilong has mastered three powerful maritime forces.
Zhao Hongyu glanced at Li Xiang and immediately guessed some of Li Xiang's thoughts from his expression.
"Old Li, actually you should have some confidence in me. As the saying goes, it's not like a dragon can cross the river. If I didn't have a little confidence, I wouldn't recruit you, right? Don't I know that recruiting you will offend Zheng Zhilong? "
Li Xiang was stunned by Zhao Hongyu's words, and then he thought about it, but remained silent.
"How much is Zheng Zhilong's sea power? I need to know something, and I hope you can tell me without reservation." Li Xiang didn't speak, and Zhao Hongyu didn't bother to guess what he was thinking now.
" Anyway, in Zhao Hongyu's view, as long as he can show his strong strength, then Li Xiang cannot have too many ideas.
At the same time, as long as Li Xiang can achieve a few real victories with his own support and inflict several heavy losses on Zheng Zhilong, then Li Xiang will regain some confidence and at the same time have confidence in himself.
Not to mention little Zheng Zhilong, the British, Dutch and Spanish over there in America were also beaten to pieces by him.
Not to mention Zheng Zhilong.
Zhao Hongyu is not afraid at all.
Of course, he also has such strength.
However, although the maritime warfare methods in the East are different, the number of warships dispatched is also different.
Because there are few people in European countries, a battle at sea is basically a conflict between a dozen ships, which is considered a sea battle. Of course, the exception is a decisive battle involving the power of a whole country, because if it is a decisive battle between two countries with the power of a whole country, then the Europeans can also produce a sea battle involving hundreds of warships.
However, in the East, naval battles definitely involve more ships and more people, which is not something Europeans can compare with.
"Your Highness, of course I won't hide anything. Zheng Zhilong is my mortal enemy. Wouldn't I be a fool to hide it for him?" Li Xiang responded. Then he began to answer Zhao Hongyu's question: "Zheng Zhilong's command is very strong. It can even be said that he is a well-deserved overlord in this sea area."
Regarding Zheng Zhilong¡¯s power, Li Xiang told the truth.
Yes, ever since Zheng Zhilong defected to the imperial court and began to press on him step by step. Li Xiang's strength was weakened in repeated battles, while Zheng Zhilong strengthened step by step.
With Li Xiang now desperate, Zheng Zhilong can be said to be the overlord of the Eastern Sea.
It is no exaggeration to say so.
Although Li Xiang has not been completely eliminated, with the few old, weak, sick and disabled people he has on hand, how can he be Zheng Zhilong's opponent?
The reason why Zheng Zhilong killed Li Xiang at once was actually mainly because Zheng Zhilong was worried that if he killed the big shots in Li Xiang's court at once, Zheng Zhilong would attack him.
Therefore, Zheng Zhilong decided to keep Li Xiang for the time being. He slowly made some people as his backers and turned them into his community of interests.
When everything is settled, we will deal with Li Xiang.
By that time, even if the big guys in the DPRK and China want to burn bridges across the river, it will not be that easy.
Moreover, Zheng Zhilong can also take advantage of this opportunity to continuously transport some weapons and ships from the imperial court to strengthen his Li family organization.
The big guys in the DPRK and China want to take advantage of Zheng Zhilong, but Zheng Zhilong is also taking advantage of them.
¡°Moreover, Zheng Zhilong is not a fool, on the contrary, he is very smart.
"Tell me in detail. I need to know clearly how strong Zheng Zhilong is. How many ships he has and how many people fight for him, I need you to explain clearly to me. Only Only then can I decide how many warships and manpower to replenish for you."
Zhao Hongyu said to Li Xiang seriously.
Hearing what Zhao Hongyu said, Li Xiang felt excited.
Originally, he thought that after he came over, it would be impossible for His Highness to give him any warships to supplement. It is estimated that they will use the warships they have on hand and reorganize them to become the Kyushu Navy.
But it was unexpected. After hearing what His Highness said, I dared him to replenish his warships.
This is a good thing, and Li Xiang will not refuse.
He absolutely hopes that the more warships under his command, the better, because it represents his rights.
Although I have surrendered, I don¡¯t think anyone will object. My rights are getting bigger and bigger. Especially for Li Xiang, the pirate leader, as long as he has greater power, he can also protect his family and brothers, right?
But he also knew very well that his power in the future would definitely have nothing to do with the crown prince in front of him.
"Zheng Zhilong has now joined the Imperial Navy and served as the Navy's chief soldier in Fujian. He has hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, which cannot be underestimated. At the same time, he also spent a lot of money to bribe Donglai, an area along the coast of the imperial court. , the navy in Dengzhou, it can be said that these people will work hard for him. "
hehe!
Zhao Hongyu smiled: "I can't believe that Zheng Zhilong really doesn't feel bad at all when he uses money."
Zhao Hongyu really appreciates this about Zheng Zhilong.
"Because in Zhao Hongyu's opinion, using silver bullets to open the way is the smartest way, especially for a pirate leader who was imprisoned, this move is very clever.
¡°Those people will definitely do things for Zheng Zhilong after receiving the money.
Invisibly, it is equivalent to saying that Zheng Zhilong has expanded his power to the Dengzhou area, which is much better than fighting for his life.
"And those people who accepted the money would definitely be caught by Zheng Zhilong.
Who knows when Zheng Zhilong will use this to blackmail them.
"That's not all. Zheng Zhilong also used money to buy off the Nanman Franji people who were living in Southeast Asia and Taiwan and Fujian, so that they would also fight for him. These guys from the Nanman are not easy to deal with."
Hearing Li Xiang mention the Europeans, Zhao Hongyu just rolled his eyes, because it didn¡¯t matter that the Europeans were defeated.
"These guys from the southern barbarians have more than 70 warships in total, which is quite a force." After Li Xiang thought about it, he sorted it out in his mind based on the information he had learned from the Europeans in the past. After a while, he expressed his judgment.
There are more than 70 European warships, plus more than 100 warships of the Fujian Navy of the Ming Dynasty (not counting fast ships, transport ships, and chain boats), as well as the navy in Shandong, there are at least three to four hundred ships. It's a warship.
Zhao Hongyu had a rough estimate in his mind.
¡°Oh, Zheng Zhilong¡¯s power is quite strong, no wonder he will be so rich in the future.
Just when Zhao Hongyu was thinking about this problem, Li Xiang continued: "At the same time, when Li Xiang defected to the imperial court, he left a backup plan. That is, he divided his Li family fleet into two, and some of them followed him. He defected to the imperial court, and there was anotherOthers continued to do business without capital at sea. And because Zheng Zhilong used his status as the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy to continuously provide warships and supplies to his own fleet, the Li family's fleet has now expanded very much. "
Speaking of this, Li Xiang's eyes dimmed a bit because he thought of what happened next.
"At the same time, during the years when Zheng Zhilong and I were fighting, many people have defected to Zheng Zhilong's side, so now Zheng Zhilong's power is very strong"
After saying that, Li Xiang looked at Zhao Hongyu.
And Zhao Hongyu began to quickly estimate in his mind how much Zheng Zhilong's true strength was.
¡°Damn it, I only have more than fifty warships. Isn¡¯t the number a little small? After all, according to his own estimation, Zheng Zhilong's large warships can reach at least six to seven hundred, not counting those small and medium-sized ships.
¡° If you include those small and medium-sized ships, the number may exceed three or four thousand.
No wonder this guy will be able to monopolize the Eastern Sea Trade Channel in the future, making himself rich as much as tens of millions of taels of silver.
It seems that Zheng Zhilong has now begun preparations to monopolize the East.
When Zhao Hongyu evaluated Zheng Zhilong¡¯s strength, he thought to himself as he thought about the number of warships under his command.
For Zheng Zhilong, Zhao Hongyu actually has no bad feelings.
However, Zhao Hongyu found it difficult to accept that Zheng Zhilong finally took refuge in Boar Skin.
In fact, Zhao Hongyu also understands that Zheng Zhilong¡¯s choice is actually normal in this era.
As long as you think about it carefully, you will understand it.
Zheng Zhilong was just speculating, but the end result was that he was killed by a wild boar skin (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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