Daming pirates

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had a total of eighty-three general officers. These were formal officers. Ordinary people did not even have a chance to meet them. In the Ming Dynasty's military system, being able to serve as a guerrilla was quite impressive.

Now, the military rank awarded to them by Yu Xiaotian is basically at the guerrilla level, which is already very good. They have not thought about it yet. Yu Xiaotian will give them a rank that can be compared with the chief military officer or deputy general.

With their military rank, they are happy to be able to become guerrilla-level officers.

And according to Yu Xiaotian's arrangement, they felt that there was still room for advancement in the future. As long as they worked hard with Yu Xiaotian, sooner or later, they would be able to become general-level officers.

Some people have even seen a hint of Yu Xiaotian's ambition from this military rank system. General and general are the positions of the Minister of War. Could it be that one day Yu Xiaotian also wants to ascend the throne and claim the title of facing south and facing north?

Will he become the emperor? If so, then these people will have become the first people to follow the dragon. Will they not have glory and wealth by then?

So everyone was secretly happy and immediately expressed their support for the military rank system "invented" by Xiaotian.

After talking about the military rank system, Yu Xiaotian re-divided the naval fleet.

The navy has been divided into three fleets for the time being. They are fleets, not fleets anymore. Although their warships still look very crude, the largest warship is just the three-masted fortune ship that captured Chu Cailao.

Well, the full-load displacement is only about 400 tons at best. It seems a bit ridiculous to call it a fleet. Even if it is barely called a fleet, it is still a monkey version of the fleet. In later generations, it can be called a boat at best, and even ships are not.

Can't reach the edge.

Even the displacement of the 037 prototype gunboat of the Chinese Navy in later generations is more than 400 tons and nearly 500 tons. The displacement of the development missile boat has almost reached 600 tons, which is about 570 tons, which is larger than their current largest.

The warships are even bigger.

However, although it is a bit ridiculous to call it a fleet now, Yu Xiaotian believes that it is better to put up the air first. After all, although their warships are a bit shabby compared with the fleets of later generations and the current Western maritime powers, in China

Along the coast, his warships are quite powerful.

So he still insisted on changing the name of the fleet to a fleet, so that he would be the commander-in-chief of the fleet instead of the fleet commander! To a certain extent, he used this name change to satisfy his own vanity.

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As for the First Fleet, it is still dominated by the fleets under his direct jurisdiction, and it is impossible for him to directly manage the First Fleet for a long time. The First Fleet was handed over to Liu Yidao as the permanent commander-in-chief of the fleet.

The original Second Fleet and Third Fleet were renamed the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet. The commander of the Second Fleet was Ma Xiao, but the chief officer of the Third Fleet was replaced by a Cyclops. Hu Chengbu

He then served as the commander of the Third Fleet and was appointed separately, and Luo Xianbin changed to serve as the deputy commander of the second fleet. The third fleet promoted a captain from the original first fleet to be the deputy commander. This person was named Han.

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Han Xian has not shown much prominence in the past two years. He has been working under Yu Xiaotian. He served as the captain of a lucky ship in the first fleet. Now he has grown into an experienced young old sea dog, and he is

One of Yu Xiaotian's most trusted subordinates and the first person to follow Yu Xiaotian.

Han Xian was just a little pirate at the beginning, but now he has grown into a strong man with a decisive and murderous temper, and is highly regarded by Xiaotian.

During this fleet adjustment, Han Xian was finally promoted and became the deputy commander of the Third Squadron, and he also fully entered the senior leadership of the Sea Wolf Navy.

Relatively speaking, the First Fleet is the strongest, the Second Fleet is second, and the Third Fleet is currently the weakest.

However, the previous areas of responsibility of the three fleets will be re-divided this time. The future area of ​​responsibility of the First Fleet is temporarily designated as the southernmost area to Quanzhou Bay and the northernmost area to the Huangqi Peninsula in the northern part of the Minjiang River Estuary.

All belong to the area of ​​responsibility of the First Fleet, which is also the current core control area of ​​the Sea Wolf. It is mainly responsible for defending Nanri Island, Tamsui City and controlling the warships stationed in the Taiwan Strait, Tamsui and Keelung Fort. They are also temporarily included in the First Fleet.

Jurisdiction.

The Second Fleet's area of ​​responsibility starts from Quanzhou Bay and advances southward. The specific area of ​​responsibility is currently uncertain. Their main task is to operate south of Quanzhou, especially in the southern area of ​​the Taiwan Strait. The ships take turns heading south.

That is to say, the coast of Guangdong can be explored as far as Qiongzhou, which is Hainan Island. Smuggling activities are carried out in this area. To put it bluntly, it is mainly responsible for robbing and escorting the merchant fleet of sea wolves heading south, and is responsible for attacking those who dare to attack the waves.

Merchant fleet robbed fellow travelers.

The Third Fleet is currently the weakest. They are mainly responsible for the waters north of Funing Prefecture. They can temporarily reach as far as Shanghai County in Songjiang Prefecture at the mouth of the Yangtze River. They launch smuggling operations in the north to protect the navigation safety of the Sea Wolf Merchant Fleet heading north.

, attack some colleagues who do not listen to Sea Wolf's orders, and gradually expand Sea Wolf's sphere of influence and influence, but will not launch large-scale attacks on the coast of Zhejiang for the time being.

Moreover, Yu Xiaotian officially designated the location of the Second Fleet as the center-left base that they have not yet controlled, which is Xiamen Island.

The reason is that this time the government will be unfavorable to him, Yu Xiaotian, so he will no longer be polite to the government. The Zheng Yiguan in the old time and space history is now out of date and has become a bandit who went to Guangdong. So

Let him continue on the path that that guy has not taken before!

Zheng Yiguan seized the land of Jinxia because he saw that Yuegang was the only seaport in the Ming Dynasty. He repeatedly attacked Haicheng and occupied Zhongzuo Suo in order to force Tonghai merchants to trade in Weitou Bay under his control.

Collecting taxes enabled him to continuously obtain huge amounts of funds to support his small dynasty of the Zheng family.

To be honest, Yuegang is not a trading port with very good conditions. The water depth there is insufficient, so it is difficult for large ships to berth, and it is located within the mouth of the Jiulong River. It is not suitable as a large-scale trading port at all. However, the reason why the Ming Dynasty only opened Yuegang

As a sea-connected trade port, firstly, the Ming Dynasty was light on commerce and did not value sea trade. Secondly, it was forced to open a port under pressure. Yuegang happened to be easier to control because of its poor terrain, so it was chosen.

The port shall be regarded as an open port.

But in fact, this is of no use. Pirates regard this place as a fat place and come to hang out when they have nothing to do. In history, Shanghai Cheng has been raided by pirates many times and was burned down many times. However, it was also destroyed by merchants.

After reconstruction, it was not until Zheng Zhilong took control of Xiamen and Weitou Bay that merchants were prohibited from entering and leaving Yuegang, and Yuegang quickly declined.

Now that Zheng Yiguan has been driven away by Yu Xiaotian, he can no longer gain a foothold on the coast of Fujian, let alone go and occupy Xiamen Island. In this case, Yu Xiaotian will naturally no longer be polite to the Fujian government and let go.

With such a big piece of fat, he would naturally eat it in his mouth.

As long as he solves the Fujian navy this time, he decides to capture Xiamen Island, completely seal the mouth of the Jiulong River, and eat this big piece of fat. Anyone who wants to conduct overseas trade in Yuegang in the future, then I'm sorry.

Don't go to Yuegang, just go to Weitou Bay on Xiamen Island to trade. Then there will be a steady flow of money for him. The maritime trade along the coast of Fujian will be controlled by him.

It's just that Xiamen Island has not been captured by him yet, so the Second Fleet is still staying on Nanri Island for the time being. After occupying Xiamen Island, the Second Fleet will move there and use it as a base for the future.

To the advance base along the coast of Guangdong.

The station of the Third Fleet has also been officially determined to be Shuangfeng Island this time. However, Shuangfeng Island is currently just a temporary station. After all, Shuangfeng Island is just a small island. When he gets into trouble next time, he plans to move it to Shuangfeng Island.

The Third Fleet continues to push north. The Zhoushan Islands are a good choice. They can directly control and threaten Suzhou and Hangzhou, the most fertile land in the Ming Dynasty. They can also easily control the Yangtze River Estuary. If necessary, they can even directly control the Yangtze River from the Yangtze River.

Entering the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, threatening southern Zhili.

When Yu Xiaotian thought of this, he was shocked. He had never thought of it like this before, but now as his strength increased greatly, he found that he was thinking further and further.

All of his plans were overturned, and he even began to consider whether the next step should be for him to participate in the struggle for hegemony on the mainland in these troubled times.

Although the Tatars seem to be very powerful, in fact, the Tatars only have a small number of people. The reason why they entered the country and conquered the world was actually because Li Zicheng helped them a lot. In addition, the Ming Dynasty was hard to come back, and the officials fell in love with each other, and one after another happened.

Only with the help of Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other traitorous warlords, as well as the help of a large number of traitors, they were able to conquer the world.

If this were not the case, with their small population, they would be jumping around outside the customs at best, and they would not even be able to get in from Shanhaiguan.

In the past, Yu Xiaotian was still very afraid of the officers and soldiers, but now after looking at the current level of the officers and soldiers, as well as the level of these officials of the Ming Dynasty, he no longer paid much attention to the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Even if he now

He pulled his soldiers out and placed them in the wilderness to confront the official army and even the Tatar soldiers head-on. As long as the strength of the two sides was not too disparate, he was fully confident that he could win.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian's heart began to grow bigger and bigger. The idea of ​​simply occupying a Taiwan island and becoming king, and surviving in troubled times, was no longer his goal at this time.

However, he has not talked about this matter with anyone for the time being. He is just thinking secretly about what to do next. He doesn't want to be too ostentatious for the time being. After all, the Ming Dynasty has just entered the era of troubled times, and Emperor Tianqi is still alive and kicking.

Playing in the palace of the capital

The capital accumulated over hundreds of years in the Ming Dynasty has not been completely exhausted. He is now showing off to the world, saying that he wants to compete in the Central Plains. Many people will probably think that he is crazy, and he even invited the Ming Dynasty court for nothing.

If there is a violent rebound, then it is not worthwhile.