Taichang slowly lowered the telescope, and a hint of admiration appeared on his face.

Zhang Yuanfang was indeed brave. She was like entering a no-man in the chaos army. She chopped Chen Yirui with one knife.

Everyone is the commander, and they are all recruited by the Duke's Mansion to lead troops. The kung fu is actually not bad, but Zhang Yuanfang's kung fu is much better than Chen Yirui.

This is also a talent!

It is certainly no problem for those who came out of the Duke of England to be loyal. Over the years, the Duke of England has never been arrogant and acted recklessly. It can be said that it is quite reliable.

Such a person can recruit him into the Imperial Guard first and train him. After the Imperial Guard is trained and then let him lead his troops to fight. At that time, he will definitely be a rare tiger general.

Thinking of this, he turned to Zhang Miaoling and said, "Miaoling, how about it, do you want to go back to the capital?"

When Zhang Miaoling heard this, he couldn't help but nodded repeatedly and said, "I think, I think, Master, don't you know, my baby is almost three years old and has never seen his grandparents yet. I really want to take him back to see him for my parents. However, the capital is too far from here, and it takes several months to come and go. Yuan Fang can't leave, so I dare not go back alone."

Uh, I'm talking a lot.

However, I like it, those stingy gourds in the palace can suffocate people to death!

Taichang nodded and smiled and said, "Okay, you go to Nanjing with me first, and then I will take you back to the capital. Yuan Fang will temporarily serve as the commander of the right guard of Tengxiang. When you have the chance, you will be promoted to the general, general, etc. What do you think?"

When Zhang Miaoling heard this, she couldn't help but cheer and said, "Okay, OK!"

The Suzhou Guard Rebels have been eliminated, and it is time to return to Nanjing to deal with the traitors.

Question, how can you catch all these thieves in one go?

You can't ignore it and kill all the officials of all sizes in Jinling City!

Taichang looked at Zhang Yuanfang, who was commanding his subordinates to clean the battlefield, and slowly fell into deep thought.

The next morning, he recruited Zhang Yuanfang into the study of the commander's yamen and said straight to the point: "The military order issued by the Nanjing Ministry of War is here to show me."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanfang quickly took out the key, opened the bookcase beside him and started rummaging on it.

This book is his study, and important official documents are naturally stored here.

After a while, he took a document and respectfully handed it to Taichang.

Taichang took the official document and glanced at it, and a sneer appeared on his face.

Sure enough, the Nanjing Ministry of War, the Nanjing eunuchs, and the Nanjing garrisons were all signed and detained.

Very good, you all want to kill me, right?

I will attack you!

He nodded slightly, folded the official document in half, stuffed it into his arms, and then said lightly: "I am useful, you don't need to keep it anymore. You haven't gone out to sea anyway. By the way, how many ships can be driven by human power in Zhenhaiwei that can move upstream?"

This is more.

Zhang Yuanfang thought for a while and then introduced: "Zhenhaiwei is equipped with twenty wheel boats, twenty Cangshan boats, twenty centipede boats, forty dragon boats, and forty mother and child boats. These are all things that can be operated by manpower and go upstream against the current."

So much should be enough.

In fact, these are not big ships. The largest wheel boat is only 400 materials, which is much smaller than the lucky ship with one or two thousand materials. Compared with Zheng He's treasure ship, it is even more small.

Historically, the shipbuilding capacity in the late Ming Dynasty had seriously deteriorated, and the giant Zheng He treasure ship could not be built at all, and the number of large lucky ships was not large. Most of the Ming Navy equipped them were small and medium-sized warships with less than 500 materials.

Although these small boats are small in size and combat effectiveness are not bad at all. Even if the Ming Dynasty was so weak that it was about to perish, it had defeated the then sea overlords of the Netherlands and Portugal with these small boats.

The reason why the Ming Navy was able to win was because there were too many ships.

Steam power has not yet appeared in this day, and the flexibility and movement speed of sailboats in naval battles cannot be compared with these small boats. As long as the boats can move up with gunfire, the gunboats on the tower ships must kneel down, because these days, the ships are made of wooden, and they can be caught at a slightest point. Dozens of ships' fireworks, oil cloths, gunpowder and other ships burned around a tower ship and the gunboats will sink!

Of course, small boats also have shortcomings, that is, they cannot sail from the ocean, and can only fight in the near-shore. If they are too far away from the coastline, a slightly stronger wind can blow the entire navy fleet into pieces. If they encounter sea storms, they will be wiped out and there is no possibility of survival.

Therefore, no matter how strong the Ming Dynasty had near-shore combat capabilities, it was useless. It could not reach the colonial fleets of the Western and Southern Oceans, and even Japan could not fight.

Of course, Taichang didn't want to rely on these small boats to compete for hegemony on the sea, he just wanted to go to Jinling by water.

How many people can so many ships carry?

Taichang thought for a while and then asked, "All these ships can carry a total of people?"

Zhang Yuanfang calculated with his fingers, and then said carefully: "It can carry about 2,000 people."

It should be enough, because there is a coastal defense center near the estuary of the Yangtze River. The other garrisons are all landslides, with no warships, and more than 2,000 people. Basically no one can mess with them on the river.

Of course, the speed must be fast. If the thieves transfer the warships from the coastal defense center in Zhejiang, it will be troublesome.

Taichang thought about it carefully and then asked, "Where are these ships now?"

Zhang Yuanfang said without hesitation: "Everyone is parked in Liuhebao Military Port."

very good!

Taichang ordered decisively: "You immediately select two thousand elite soldiers, equipped with more mule carriages, and prepare to move quickly with light gear. We will set off tomorrow morning and go to Liuhebao."

Zhang Yuanfang hurriedly bowed and said, "Abide by the order."

But he did not leave immediately. He hesitated for a moment, then blushed and asked carefully: "Master, do you want to bring Mioling and others with you?"

Oh, I almost forgot about this.

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Of course, you can take it with you. You will not have to come back now. Zhenhaiwei will ask the Five Army Governor's Office to send another candidate to guard the guard. You can follow me back to the capital."

When Zhang Yuanfang heard this, he couldn't help but bow excitedly and said, "I understand, I will leave."

Early on the third morning, more than 2,000 people drove all kinds of mule carts and horse carriages, and rushed straight to Liuhe Fort.

Along the way, Wu Wan'er actually snatched Zhang Yuanfang and Zhang Miaoling's baby son, held it in her arms, teasing her with love, as if she was her own baby.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but be jealous. The school and the inspector were both in their teens and were over the age of being able to tease. When they were young, he was not in the mood to tease him. If Wu Wan'er could have a baby, it would be lively in the harem.

The two teased the baby, and time passed quickly. In the afternoon of the same day, Shen Shixu and his group arrived at Liuhebao Military Port.

When Taichang got off the boat, he was stunned.

More than 200 large and small warships were parked in the entire military port. The dense and spectacular look, especially the blessed ship as high as a city tower, which looked really majestic.

Unfortunately, the lucky ship is a sailboat and is equipped with only a few cannons, which does not have much effect in naval battles.

Alas, I don’t know when the tower ship can be built.

Taichang sighed slightly, then waved decisively: "Go on the boat and prepare to set off."

In order to avoid accidents, he planned to rush on the road day and night. Anyway, there were many soldiers on these warships, so he took turns to operate, without any problem.
Chapter completed!