Chapter 350 [The plan in the plan, the last battle] three
Seeing the expression on Tokugawa Ie's face among everyone present, Mu Linfeng felt secretly proud in his heart. He couldn't help but smile, and then held Tokugawa Ie's hand and said, "Madam, you didn't catch a cold, did you?"
Tokugawa Ie quickly said: "Husband, Ie is fine!"
Mu Linfeng nodded slightly, then remembered Tokugawa Ie's words just now, and immediately said: "Mrs. just now said to use canvas?"
Tokugawa Iae immediately said: "Iae I don't know if your Central Plains canvas is like this, but this battleship belongs to our Tokugawa family, so its canvas must be waterproof. Just take off the canvas and cover it horizontally on the ship.
body, then the Musketeers should not be affected if they are under the canvas..."
When Mu Linfeng heard this, he immediately thought that the canvas on the Tokugawa battleships should be the predecessor of the oilcloth in later generations. He couldn't help laughing and said: "That's very good!" After saying that, he immediately ordered the soldiers to remove the sails from the ship and cover them horizontally.
After reaching the bow of the ship, Cai Cai and the others boarded the deck again. At this time, the musketeers on the battleship were already arranged on both sides of the deck.
At this time, Tokugawa Kei asked: "Husband, you said there is still gunpowder, but you don't know where it is?"
Mu Linfeng smiled slightly, then pointed to the side, and saw many soldiers of the artillery crew carrying more than a dozen frames of artillery shells onto the deck. Then the soldiers slowly opened the shells with steel files, and saw some black color immediately appeared among the shells.
The powder is exactly the gunpowder that is most in short supply now. Seeing this, Tokugawa Ie couldn’t help but exclaimed with joy: “So the gunpowder my husband mentioned is here!”
Hong Chengchou said from the side: "Fortunately, Mu Shuai thought of this, otherwise..."
Mu Linfeng waved his hand quickly and said: "Although we have gunpowder, the technique of these muskets is not perfect. This strategy is just a temporary measure. When my warship is trapped by an enemy ship, just relying on these musketeers will
I'm afraid it won't work yet, the enemy ships are all desperadoes, and it will be a matter of time before they rush onto the battleship. Then we will need a group of dead soldiers to fight the pirates naked and wait for other battleships to come to the rescue!"
Upon hearing this, Hong Chengchou immediately laughed and said: "Don't worry, Commander Mu. When it comes to using muskets, my men may be good at using firearms from time to time, but when it comes to naked combat, Hong is confident that none of his men are greedy for life and fear of death!"
Zheng Xing took out a bamboo tube from his sleeve and said to Mu Linfeng: "Mu Shuai, as long as you agree with the code given by Zheng, our Fujian warships can quickly come to support..."
When Mu Linfeng heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said: "Master Zheng, this is the grudge between our Huai'an Army and the Long brothers. If your Fujian Zheng Family Army is involved, I'm afraid..."
Zheng Xing laughed when he heard this, and then said: "Mu Shuai, maybe there is a situation that you don't understand yet. It is well known that the brothers Long Qingfeng and Long Qingyun have enmity with Mu Shuai, but the Long brothers and our Fujian Zheng family
But few people in the world know about our grievances!"
Everyone couldn't help but feel the same after hearing this. They didn't want to have any grudges between the Long brothers and the Zheng family. However, Mu Linfeng suddenly thought about it. The Long brothers were originally pirates, and the Zheng Zhilong family were also pirates. It would be extremely difficult for them to have a grudge.
It's possible.
Zheng Xing saw that everyone was full of surprise and suspicion, and then slowly said: "I wonder if you have heard of the name Liu Xiang? Easy reading on mobile phone: ｗà.1⑹κ.n text version first published"
When Mu Linfeng heard the name Liu Xiangyi, he had never heard of it before. He must be someone who was not very famous in this era, or maybe he just didn't understand it. He didn't expect Hong Chengchou to suddenly say: "Liu Xiang? Master Zheng is talking about the King of the Sea."
Liu Xiang?"
Zheng Xing couldn't help but sneered when he heard this, and said: "What Sea Overlord is, it's just a self-proclaimed name. I think our Zheng Family Army has dozens of gangs on the sea, and Brother Zheng doesn't even call himself Sea Overlord, but this Liu Xiang is.
One of my brother Zheng’s minions has given himself such a name..."
Mu Linfeng thought about it and did not think of the name Liu Xiang. He asked himself that he had been interested in Zheng Chenggong before and had read a lot of information about the Zheng family, but he had never noticed the existence of such a number one person. He asked quickly:
"I wonder who this Liu Xiang is? What is his connection with Long Qingfeng and Long Qingyun?"
Zheng Xing then said: "This Liu Xiang... alas... Zheng also thought he was a good man earlier, and was promoted from a minion leader to the second deal by my brother Zheng, but after my brother Zheng was recruited by the imperial court,
Liu Xiang, who had been with him through life and death, was unwilling to accept it and took his subordinates to Guangdong to continue his plundering business at sea."
"Not only that, Liu Xiang also colluded with foreigners, which posed a great threat to my brother Zheng for a period of time. After Liu Xiang's power rose in Guangdong, the Taiwan Strait became unstable again. At that time, the newly appointed governor of Fujian, Zou Weilian, announced the restoration of
Sea ban, and efforts to prevent me, Brother Zheng, from doing private business with foreigners in Taiwan."
"My brother Zheng wanted to wipe out Liu Xiang. Before that, Li Kuiqi and others who were my brother Zheng's old men also rebelled one after another, but they were all wiped out one by one by my brother Zheng. Liu Xiang also became my brother Zheng's original gang.
The last enemy among the pirates and the most difficult force to deal with."
"Finally one day, my elder brother Zheng and Liu Xiang's fleet encountered each other near Fuzhou, and a bloody battle broke out. The fight lasted from morning to evening, with more than a thousand casualties on both sides. My second brother Zheng Zhihu rushed in despite being wounded in two places.
When he entered the enemy's position, he was entangled with four-claw anchors and iron chains by Liu Xiang's men, and could hardly escape. Later, his subordinates desperately rescued him, but Liu Xiang himself fled southward and has been missing since then..."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but take a deep breath, but Mu Linfeng asked: "Could it be that these Long brothers are Liu Xiang's remnants?"
Zheng Xing nodded and said, "Yes, these Long brothers are Liu Xiang's adopted sons!"
Mu Linfeng said: "I see, but Liu Xiang has already gone into exile overseas. Why is it that the Long Brotherhood haunts the Zhejiang Sea area and was finally recruited by the imperial court?"
Zheng Xing couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this and said: "Zheng also knows this. He only knows that after Liu Xiang fled overseas, a new pirate force appeared in the Zhejiang Sea area, known as the Qinglong Society. Our Zheng family and Japan's Tokugawa
We have always been in contact with each other, but we met the Long brothers several times when we went to sea. The pirates killed hundreds of my Zheng family children. This revenge has never been avenged. Later, I learned that the Long brothers had also been recruited by the imperial court.
I'm afraid I won't be able to avenge this revenge in this life. I didn't expect that the Long brothers would rebel in Jinling..."
When Zheng Xing said this, he couldn't help but glance at Mu Linfeng. Mu Linfeng knew what Zheng Xing meant and smiled quickly: "Master Zheng must have wanted to have breakfast with the Long brothers, and Mu is also an accomplice..."
Zheng Xing quickly raised his hands and said, "Zheng doesn't dare. Zheng knows that Mu Shuai, you rebelled against the imperial court because you were forced by the Long brothers. At first, you had your own intention, but..."
Mu Linfeng laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "But now it is difficult to turn back. And your Zheng family is still the official of the imperial court. With the imperial salary, I am afraid that Mu and the Zheng family will have a battle sooner or later!"
Zheng Xing hurriedly said: "This...actually Brother Zheng doesn't want to be like this. Brother Zheng was filled with admiration when he heard that the eldest son, Chen Hui, and Yang Geng mentioned Mu Shuai, and he has long wanted to get to know Mu Shuai, a heroic figure.
Besides, I heard that you, Marshal Mu, have a close relationship with my two young ladies. If the Zheng and Mu families can turn their feud into friendship, wouldn’t it be a blessing to all the people in the world?"
Mu Linfeng didn't want to be an enemy of Zheng Zhilong in his heart, but now that Zheng Zhilong was an official of the imperial court, and Mu Linfeng was indeed a rebel of the imperial court, I was afraid that this battle was inevitable. Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng couldn't help but sigh.
Zheng Xing seemed to have seen Mu Linfeng's thoughts, and then said: "As long as Mu Shuai is willing, I, Brother Zheng, will definitely write a divorce letter to the court, and my rights will be protected by Mu Shuai. By then, Mu Shuai, you and I, Brother Zheng, will be colleagues."
, then it’s okay..."
Mu Linfeng didn't want to think that Zheng Xing came to this ship and acted as a lobbyist, and quickly waved his hands and said: "Mu has his own plans for his future. Now the Ming Dynasty is also in decay. Now that Mu has come to this point, he is determined not to
I will look back, Zheng Zhilong, Mr. Zheng, Mr. Zheng and Mr. Zheng, your kindness is appreciated by Mu. Although Mu does not want to be an enemy of your Zheng family, if that day comes, Mu will definitely not be merciful. Mr. Zheng, on the other hand,
Bing, please go back and persuade Master Zheng, are you willing to continue following such a decadent court?"
Zheng Xing and Chen Weiwen's expressions changed when they heard this. They thought that even if Mu Linfeng was unwilling to accept it, they would not break up in person, but Mu Linfeng said it so fully that they didn't know how to answer for a while.
Seeing that the situation was a bit awkward, Hong Chengchou quickly smoothed things over and said, "Mu Shuai, Mr. Zheng, these matters can be discussed later, but the most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the Long brothers!