Chapter 76 Ships and Cannons
The Black Flag raiding team once again stepped out of the old forest.
What was different from the previous ones was that this time the raiding team gathered the strength of all the savage Jurchen tribes in the entire southern region of the north bank of Heilongjiang.
Moreover, due to the high armor rate among the Jiannu army and the harvest from previous plundering, the two main plundering forces this time each have about two hundred soldiers, including cotton armor.
Leather armor, the armor armor rate of the raiding team reached an astonishing 50%!
When compared with Jiannu's army, this team can be considered an elite force except for the lower proportion of firearms and the gap in fighting will.
Of course, the biggest change in the raiding team this time was that Zhu Youjian had maps of the Liaodong region for reference.
There is no need to search as hard as before and try your luck.
Now that map is printed in Zhu Youjian's mind, and it will be taken out from time to time to compare with another map, and some of the locations marked on it will be compared.
The two previous plundering roads are definitely no longer viable.
They have all been plundered, and it would be strange if the generals did not organize a security force to come out of Niulu or the city nearby.
Not to mention that outside the main road created during the first large-scale robbery, there might be those Jiu slaves who retreated to guard it.
"Did you take it off during the ship repairs?"
"It doesn't take time to make hot dishes! This, this wild vegetable bibimbap? Come on, let's eat some. This is the chef's exclusive secret recipe. Keep the good things for yourself! Talk while eating."
You Shoulong said in surprise: "If we board the ship and hijack it after it is completed, not only will we get eleven cannons, but we will also get the ship that went south along the coastal road as your Majesty said!"
"No, Wuerte seems to be talking about occupying the city. We are going to seize the land of the people who built the state!"
Therefore, Zhu Youjian turned his attention to a somewhat unique place name on the map he had memorized in his mind.
"But this will affect the seaport plan. His Majesty wants to establish long-term contact with the Ming Dynasty through North Korea. If this warship is robbed, how can we gain a foothold in North Korea?"
It happened that a warship was in urgent need of repairs in recent months and was docked at a dock near Pyongyang City, North Korea, two hundred miles south of Yangde County, and this warship had artillery on board."
"Let's just grab the boat!"
"What is this? Feeding the animals?"
The Jin Yiwei chuckled and took a few more mouthfuls of rice, chewed it quickly and swallowed it before replying: "Who said the cannon was on the ship?"
But Sun Qin was not a big talker, so everyone looked at him again.
Sun Qin grinned and gave the answer first: "The warship needs to be disassembled and reinstalled a lot to repair the deck. Naturally, there will not be many soldiers left on the ship. And that warship has been repaired in Pyongyang harbor for more than two months. Recently,
Reports say that the deck repairs are nearing completion, and all that remains is to hoist the main sail and re-hoist the cannon into the inner cabin. It will be completed in five days at most, and after the completion inspection, the soldiers will not board the ship for another two days."
During the discussion, one of the Jin Yiwei raised objections to leaving.
"With the warship, it can also be used as a cargo ship. The trade routes with Black Flag Castle will be much more frequent."
"Chengchengcheng! Sir, please come in first and sit down!"
Hearing this, all the royal guards could not help but be puzzled for a moment, and then a few people's eyes lit up!
"You mean!"
".Too."
The Jinyiwei took a few bites of the bibimbap, and then opened his mouth while the Jinyiwei waiting around looked at him.
Hearing this, a guard in Jinyi frowned and said in surprise: "Snatch the cannon on the warship?"
"really!?"
"really!"
If there were only fifty North Korean soldiers, they would be able to seize the cannon with all their strength, which is really a 10% chance.
"North Korea was defeated by the slaves a few years ago, and all the country's artillery and weapons were confiscated and exploited. So on the first day I searched through official documents from various towns and cities and found nothing. The only record on the land that cannons still exist is
The royal capital of Joseon.
Sun Qin cleared the food in the bowl in a few strokes. He lightly hammered his chest twice to help him swallow. Then he stroked his beard and said, "The cannons that were dismantled from the ship will naturally be transported by ship."
"It's better than robbing the royal city of Joseon."
The other Jin Yiwei were immediately delighted.
The Korean cook nodded and went to pour tea.
"Plunder the city? Is it the city the women were talking about?"
It was definitely not possible to attack the royal city and seize the cannon, so the clues we had searched for before arriving here came to an end and were blocked! But when I was looking for official documents, I paid attention to the sea!
This is incredible. Although the North Korean land army was routed thousands of miles away during the "Bingzi Rebellion", the navy was also routed to some extent, but a large number of naval warships still remained.
"Then, those people from the Zheng family who stayed in North Korea before, should we contact them?"
But the problem is that the cannon won't follow them.
You Shoulong still didn't believe it, and was about to speak again to make sure, but Jin Yiwei across from him pushed him away: "Come on, come on! I'll explain it in detail! But you have to let me coax it down first! Grandpa, I will go out for three days and nights to climb this mountain."
He lay down and stole chickens and dogs without saying a word! I ate all the dry food in the first two days, but due to language difficulties on the second day, I didn’t even eat a grain of rice!”
The only pity is that these cannons are a bit small, but there is a large flange machine from the Jiajing period in it. Although it is not as good as the Hongyi cannon, it is still useful."
Ninggu Pagoda.
"How to transport?"
Since it was a robbery, it was natural to pick out the weakest parts of the slaves and bite them like before, so that they could easily eat the flesh and blood and better support themselves.
"Hey!"
"Okay, I acted cheaply and ended up living like this. It's okay. Go get me a cup of tea. Tea, do you understand me?"
After a while, the cook brought a bowl over.
"Exactly! The inner and outer decks of the ship were in decay, soldiers would turn to powder when they stepped on them, and there were wood stabbings that could hurt people. The bases of the cannons were corroded, so all eleven cannons were dismantled and stored in the harbor. Watchers
There were only about fifty soldiers.
(During the Jiajing period, French cannons were imitated and improved on a large scale, and they were divided into small, medium and large types according to their calibers, of which small and medium-sized guns were most frequently cast.)
Hearing this, all the royal guards also nodded secretly.
"Are you really 100% sure?"
You Shoulong asked the key point: "Even if it is being repaired in the dock, it is still half in the sea. How can it be the 100% you said?"
You Shoulong greeted him politely, and other Jin Yiwei also went to the cook of Li Shijin's house to order something to eat first.
The other Jinyi didn't care.
"Just be careful. In the vast sea, as long as our identity is not exposed, it will be okay even if we take the cannon and destroy the ship."
"After going south, why not leave it in the Ming Dynasty?"
"But in the name of the Zheng family, they are old pirates anyway."
Thanks for the reward ‘but for the rest of my life’
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Chapter completed!