In a short while, Ning Zefeng successfully won the confidence of these people again. His helpless escape turned into the emperor's wise strategy. This was to let them defeat the enemy with their own strengths, in order to fight against the Ming army more effectively and make their due contributions to the future victory of the Great Qi.

The officers' depressed emotions were aroused again. After the excitement gradually became the melody of the Li, Ning Zefeng's heart was finally completely put back into his stomach. It would be the courage of the army. If these officers had no belief in winning, the soldiers would not need to be said.

Even if Ning Zefeng himself has no confidence in the future now, he must look confident.

"Our mission is to try our best to restrain the Ming army's navy and play hide-and-seek with them on the sea, so that they have no intention of going to the sea border of our Daqi. I believe everyone knows that within fifty miles of the coast of the Daqi sea border, a great retreat is underway. This is a huge loss for Daqi. If the Ming army warships are allowed to land on the sea border of Daqi, then in the future when the two armies fight, there will be wars everywhere in Daqi." Ning Zefeng talked happily.

"Commander, if the Ming army ignored us at all and still went directly to our sea fronts to land, what can we do?" An officer raised his own question, "How can we stop their behavior when we fight directly with them?"

"Good question!" Ning Zefeng said: "Stop the enemy, you may not have to fight head-on with the enemy. You must know that the Ming people also have their own sea borders to protect. In the past, the Ming Kingdom had only one treasure spring, but after they annexed Chu Kingdom, were their sea borders fewer than ours?"

The officer suddenly realized: "The commander wants us to harass their seas."

"Yes, this is one of our missions." Ning Zefeng nodded and said, "The current sea border of Ming Kingdom is also very long, and this long sea border will become a place for us to attack at will. Our Daqi coastline is no longer worth protecting, but the coastline of Ming Kingdom is very different. In those places, there are many important towns and any of them that we succeed can make them hurt to the bone."

"What we have to do is to avoid the Ming army's fleet and launch these attacks?" said an officer.

"That's it." Ning Zefeng said: "As long as one success is successful, the Ming Kingdom will have to send a fleet to protect these maritime lines. Then we will at least complete part of His Majesty's entrustment and restrain the other party's maritime power."

"Just just said that this is just one of the purposes?"

"Of course. The second goal is to attack their maritime trade line." Ning Zefeng continued: "A large part of the Ming people's finances comes from overseas trade. This trade line is thousands or tens of thousands of miles long. How can the Ming army protect such a long trade line? Could it be that they can send warships to protect every caravan? If they can really do this, then we can applaud, because their navy will no longer have the power to attack Daqi."

"The commander is right." At this point, all the officers were completely convinced by Ning Zefeng, because what Ning Zefeng talked about at this time was no longer a big reason, but a real and effective goal.

"More importantly, we also need these caravans to ensure our own survival." Ning Zefeng continued to draw a beautiful blueprint for his subordinates." According to the information of our Daqi, Manila has been transformed into their raw material production site and trade transfer station by the Ming people. Many of the things produced there are not in Daqi. For example, rubber, things that we Daqi have always wanted to get but cannot get, such as frosting and sugar, etc. As long as we succeed, we can contribute to the battle between Daqi and Ming. However, Manila's current grain production is seriously insufficient, while Daming transports grain from the local area to sell it. If we can grab these grains, it will not only solve our own food problem, but also cause great problems in Manila. Think about it, if there is not enough food in such a large area, will they still work for the Ming people honestly?"

"The commander said it well, do it, rob the damn thing." The officers began to become furious. They had no strength to deal with the Ming army's warships and had no hope of defeating each other, but is it difficult to deal with the merchant ships and their guards? All they had to do was to avoid the Ming army's warships.

Ning Zefeng looked at the officers under his command with satisfaction and finally became successful in arousing his fighting spirit.

"But everyone, we still have to be at ease next, because we have more important things to do. If we don't do this, we can't attack."

"Please give orders!"

"First of all, we need to have a stable old nest." Ning Zefeng smiled and said, "We have seen this big island where we live. Although it is big and has enough fresh water, we cannot station so many troops and so many warships, so we will divide our troops next. Fan Xin, you will station here next. And I will lead another person to another place. Don't worry about it. In short, we will form a horn with us, cover each other and support each other."

"Affect the order."

"After we have a good home, I will come and tell you a good idea of ​​how pirates fight. This is very different from what I told you before. We are pirates now, so we must have the awareness of pirates."

The officers burst into laughter. The officers had such a sense of humor at this time, which meant that he had the belief of winning, which infected these people without realizing it.

"Commander, I know this method. If you can beat it, you will run away if you can't beat it." An officer said loudly. His words aroused many echoes.

"The general idea is almost the same, but there are still many tricks here, and we need to explain them clearly." Ning Zefeng said with a smile. "Now everyone can go back to their own troops first, soothe everyone's emotions, leave their hometowns, and wander on the sea. It is normal for the soldiers to have uneasy emotions. Tell them that with me, Ning Zefeng, there will be food and fine wine, and even women, there will be some rules and regulations. Now we are not officers and soldiers, so we can change them!"

Amid the laughter, everyone left the cliff with brisk steps, and only Fan Xin was kept. Everyone didn't care. Fan Xin was the second second only to Ning Zefeng in this navy because of his military achievements in sinking the main battleship of the Ming army.

When everyone disappeared from sight, the smile on Ning Zefeng's face slowly disappeared.

Fan Xin looked at Ning Zefeng's emotional changes and asked carefully: "Commander, do you not look optimistic?"

"How can we be optimistic?" Ning Zefeng did not hide his emotions in front of this confidant. "We only have six months of food, but it will take at least two to three months to settle down on these islands, arrange the old nests, and make some necessary preparations."

"We can fish, and I think the commander brought a lot of seeds when he went out to sea, especially when he asked the governor Ding County to ask for a lot of sweet potato seeds. The commander should have his own ideas, right?" Fan Xin said.

Ning Zefeng nodded and pointed to the island under his feet, "I will tell you the truth about this place, but one of our forward bases and a trick."

"Ah?" Fan Xin was shocked.

"Our real nest is not here, but another big island more than 100 miles away. It was a large island I discovered when I was the head of the Ning family, that is, when I was still a pirate. It is located in a secret place. If you want to enter here, you must pass through a large area of ​​extremely complex hydrological waters. There are many dangers in that area. If you are not familiar with the rash entry there, you will inevitably suffer heavy losses. And more importantly, that island is not like the one under our feet. It not only has enough fresh water, but also land suitable for cultivation. Although it is not much, it can also make up for the shortage of some of the food supply.":

"How did the commander discover that place?"

"I'm ashamed to say that this island was accidentally fled there when I was hunted by another group of pirates. However, I was lucky enough to escape my life by chance. The other pirate ships that were chasing me were all buried there. It is said that the cunning rabbit has three holes, and this place is also my backup plan." Ning Zefeng said, "Later, I made some arrangements. Now my personal soldiers have brought their people there."

"The commander is far-sighted and his subordinates admire him."

Ning Zefeng shook his head, "There is no foresight, it's just the consciousness of a pirate. That island is our base camp. This island is big enough, and there is also some land that can be cultivated on the island. In a short period of time, we cannot grow food, but the sweet potatoes, Ma Ling potatoes, are easy to survive, and they are eaten with roots, stems and leaves, which is just for us to make a transition."

Fan Xin nodded slightly.

"This island does not have production conditions, but it is very suitable to be built into a fortress, and it is also a place where we confuse the Ming army. If the Ming army pursues it, it will be a cover." Ning Zefeng said.

"I understand what the commander means." Fan Xin nodded.

"I will leave you two-thirds of the warships and 10,000 soldiers. All attacks on the Ming people will be launched from here in the future. And there will be a refuge." Ning Zefeng continued: "You need to stabilize the situation now and start the construction work here, and I will go to the big island there to arrange it. This will take several months."

"yes."

"But we can't just do these things in the past few months. I think Mingren now knows our movements. Qin Feng naturally wouldn't want to believe me to defect, so they must want to find us. But now there is an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"I don't know what the opportunity is?"

"The Ming people suddenly gave up harassing our Daqi sea fronts some time ago. It was not because they were kind-hearted. The information collected after the funeral showed that they were retracting the warships and modifying them, that is, they installed them into the steam engine artillery warships they are now. Such modifications are naturally not something that can be accomplished in a short time, so the Ming people want to pursue us, and they don't have many fleets they can use."

"Does the commander want to rob Mingren's merchant ships during this period?"

"Yes, we need more food. If we have food, we won't panic." Ning Zefeng said with a bright look.

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