Rise From the Humble

"Faced with the Japanese Japanese who are about to plunder Xu Hai, General Yu thinks how should Zhejiang respond?" Zhu Pingan asked.

"From what I will learn about Japanese pirates, Japanese pirates are accustomed to dividing into small groups, especially when looting. In order to expand the scope and results of looting, Japanese pirates often disperse and loot with a small number of troops, but they cooperate with each other. It seems that They are scattered, but often small groups of Japanese pirates work together to set up ambushes and make detours. When our troops attack, they are often surrounded and defeated by Japanese pirates. This time, the Japanese pirates in Xuhai will definitely do the same, divided into dozens of Japanese pirates with varying strength. "

"Currently, to be honest, our Zhejiang Health Center cannot stand a fight, so we can only hold on and take the initiative, without intending to seek death."

"The general thought that he could order the people in the villages and towns in northern Zhejiang to temporarily move to walled cities for temporary refuge, and ask the guards to assist in defense. The Japanese pirates plundered people in search of money and had no chance to take advantage of them, so they moved to other places."

Yu Dayou replied matter-of-factly, suggesting that people from all over northern Zhejiang should flee to walled cities for temporary refuge.

"That's all we can do now." Zhu Ping'an nodded, called the clerks, and asked them to quickly draft a document and send it to all parts of northern Zhejiang.

"This can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. It will make the Japanese pirates even more arrogant. If we want to cure the root cause, does General Yu have any good strategies?"

After Zhu Ping'an finished arranging things in northern Zhejiang, he asked again.

"Going back to the headquarters, based on someone's immature opinion, we must first train the troops, eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled in the guard posts, select young and strong people to enrich the guards, and step up training of the troops, so that we can have the strength to fight; then, someone thinks that the key to eradicating the Japanese pirates is On the sea but not on the land.”

"As for being at sea or not on land, I asked General Yu to speak." Zhu Pingan was very interested in this and asked Yu Dayou to speak.

Yu Dayou cleared his throat, "First of all, Japanese pirates come from the ocean. If we can intercept the Japanese pirates on the sea and keep them away overseas, then there will be no Japanese trouble on land."

Zhu Pingan nodded. What Yu Dayou said makes sense. If the Japanese pirates are eliminated on the sea, there will be no Japanese pirates inland.

"Secondly, Japanese pirates plundered the inland. Their advantage lay in warships. When Japanese pirates landed and invaded, in addition to the warships parked at the seaside, they often left warships in the sea to support them. In this way, they could attack from all directions when they advance and attack when they retreat. The boundless sea. Battleships, this is their advantage, but it is also their disadvantage. If they can destroy the Japanese pirates' warships, they will destroy the Japanese pirates' retreat, and the Japanese pirates will have no way to escape on the sea. Deploy heavy troops along the coast to drive the Japanese pirates into the sea. Surround and annihilate them.”

Yu Dayou continued.

Zhu Pingan nodded. Yes, the reason why the Japanese pirates are so elusive is that their warships can help them retreat back to the sea at any time. If their warships are destroyed, then the Japanese pirates can be shut down and beaten.

"Of course, in order to control the Japanese overseas and destroy the Japanese ships, we must have an elite navy. At present, our navy is still too weak. At present, our Jiangnan navy is mainly composed of the deputy commander-in-chief of Jianghuai, Linhuai Marquis. The Jianghuai naval force was inferior to the Japanese pirates in terms of both ships and soldiers, and was transferred to Yingtianxie by Governor Zhang Jing. At present, I only have a naval force under my command in Zhejiang, with only more than ten large and small ships, and only It can carry a thousand naval troops, but its strength is far inferior to that of Japanese pirates. It can only fight against small Japanese pirate fleets. When encountering large-scale Japanese pirate fleets, it can only avoid their sharp edges."

When Yu Dayou said this, he sighed.

If you want to control Japanese pirates overseas, you must have an elite naval force. However, the Ming Dynasty currently lacks naval forces. The only navy is the Jianghuai Navy of Marquis Linhuai. Its combat power is far inferior to that of Japanese pirates, and the navy under Yu Dayou is even worse. Jianghuai Navy

Therefore, Yu Dayou's idea of ​​​​conquering Japanese overseas is just a beautiful vision and cannot be realized.

"General Yu, I heard that you are good at water warfare. If you were asked to organize an elite navy army, would you be able to do it?"

Zhu Pingan asked.

"Back to the headquarters, it's difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. At present, there are no ships, no people, no ordnance, and no food and salary supplies. How can we organize and train?"

Yu Dayou spread his hands with a look of embarrassment.

"What about the rice? Can you make a big meal?!" Zhu Ping'an looked at Yu Dayou with burning eyes.

"Of course you can. If not, please behead someone." Yu Dayou replied decisively, with a look of confidence on his face.

"Very good. General Yu, if you were asked to organize a navy, how many meters would you need?" Zhu Pingan asked again.

"Currently, I only have more than ten large and small ships under my command, which is far from enough. To organize a navy that can compete with Japanese pirates on the sea, at least ten large ships and thirty small and medium-sized ships are needed! In addition, there are It is necessary to equip the ship with artillery, the more the better. Naval warfare is different from land warfare. The more guns on the ship, the better, and the larger the caliber, the better! Only in this way can our navy have an advantage in naval warfare. "

"In addition to ships, we also need to recruit 3,000 fishermen as an army. The existing navy is as unusable as a garrison. We can only recruit fishermen and retrain them to become a navy that dares to fight and can fight."

"Ship maintenance requires silver, at least a hundred taels of silver per month. Three thousand fishermen need food and wages. Calculated at one stone per person per month, three thousand dan are needed per month and 36,000 dan per year."

"It is best to equip one-third of the cannons, and each ship must be equipped with at least two artillery pieces. The more, the better."

Yu Dayou listed them one by one and finally sighed, "However, these conditions are too difficult to achieve. Let's not talk about anything else, just food and salary. The imperial court has not paid salaries for three months, and there is already a local guard in eastern Zhejiang. The soldiers mutinied and defected to Wang Zhi because the imperial court was in arrears with food and wages."

"Food and salary are not a problem. In the past few days, I have made up for the food and salary owed by the imperial court to the various guards." Zhu Pingan said.

If you want the horses to run, you have to give them grass. In the current war, the food and wages of the various health stations must be sufficient.

When leaving Suzhou, the fellow villagers in Suzhou donated 50,000 taels of silver and 50,000 shi of grain and grass; his father-in-law gave another 100,000 shi of grain and grass, which was enough to pay salaries to various health stations.

"Lord, have you ever heard that the imperial court will reissue food and salary?" Yu Dayou was startled.

"General Yu doesn't need to worry about where the food and salary come from. In short, I will make up for the food and salary of each guard station within three days. Of course, it must be based on the actual number of soldiers in each guard station." Zhu Pingan waved his hand and said.

"Thank you, Lord, for supplementing the food and salary. The morale will definitely increase." Yu Dayou said happily.

"In addition, I will give you an additional 10,000 shi of food and 30,000 taels of silver. You can recruit 3,000 fishermen immediately when you return. In one month, I will give you 12 large blessing ships and 30 small and medium-sized blessing ships. From today on Now, I will appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang Navy, responsible for the training of the Zhejiang Navy! General Yu, do you dare to accept the appointment?"

Zhu Pingan looked at Yu Dayou with burning eyes.

"Dare! General Yu Dayou is willing to die for you! With the support of Lord Butang, General Yu will definitely be able to train an elite navy that will not fall into the name of the Zhejiang Army! If not, General Yu will cut himself off without you taking action. A human head!”

Yu Dayou stood up from the table, bowed with fists firmly on his face, and issued a military order.