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Fan Chao got up and kicked over the stool, and left with one sentence: "Before tonight, everyone has one. Write the post-war summary report and hand it in!"

Seeing Fan Chao striding away, Zhang Ruifeng smiled awkwardly: "You don't need to be like this. Although General Fan speaks heavily, he is also worried about our safety. Haha, it's okay. We will fight next time and discuss it with General Fan. .”

Except for Zhang Ruifeng, no one spoke.

The scene was dead silent, awkward for a long time, Zheng Dayong finally calmed down, stood up and said: "I am at fault for this battle. It is true that I have been living in Nanjing for several years. I have never had the opportunity to fight for meritorious service. This time I am eager to do meritorious service, regardless of the consequences. If you were fighting in the country, it is impossible to enter the city in this battle. First, the city is well-managed, and the number of enemy troops is unknown, and it is not known whether the enemy has firearms. It can collapse. In order to let the guards take credit, I did not let the navy cooperate at the first time. The correct combat plan is to mobilize the army to surround the city when it is known that the city is an enemy, and then let the navy immediately fire. In this way, the enemy can be wiped out , and not in any danger of its own."

Zheng Dayong was brave in battle and extremely military minded, so he was arranged by the emperor to lead the guards to go to sea.

The reason why he has a brain twitch is that he is eager to make contributions, the second is that he underestimates the enemy, and the third is that he does not want the navy to share the credit.Being scolded head-on by Fan Chao, although he was unhappy, he was really woken up by the scolding.And I also feel a little scared, in case the enemy army in the city really has a large number of fire forces, the troops entering the city must be in danger.

The commander of the emperor's personal guards took the initiative to publicly admit his mistakes, which surprised Zhang Ruifeng and other civil officials, subconsciously thinking that Zheng Dayong was suppressed by Fan Chao.

Lu Tianxiang also stood up: "Since General Zheng is reviewing his own mistakes, I will also review. I made two mistakes. First, the enemy's cavalry was not damaged. I shouldn't have taken twenty or thirty cavalry to Pursue an enemy ten times larger than yourself; secondly, when fighting, I shouldn't go alone. My status is special, and if there is an accident, it will implicate everyone. If the enemy doesn't mess up its own position, we can win this battle , and will inevitably suffer heavy losses. I will not take risks alone in the future, nor will I lead troops to chase the enemy without authorization.

"Then let me talk about it too." Shi Lang stood up.

This kind of post-war summary meeting has been handed down since the Jiangxi period, and anyone who has been a soldier must be familiar with it.Even the civil servants present found it difficult to understand why they were still criticizing themselves after winning the battle.

However, with the self-examination of many generals, they quickly revealed that a lot of mistakes had been made.

Zheng Dayong said: "Record it all, and I will sort it out and hand it over to General Fan."

Cai Yuncheng, who had never fought before, suddenly said, "I have something to add.'"

"Mr. Cai, please speak." Zheng Dayong said.

Cai Yuncheng's status is very low, he is not even a bachelor of Qintian Academy, but a graduate student of Jinling University, and he is affiliated with Qintian Academy with his tutor.

Cai Yuncheng said: "Generals, you have all been on the battlefield for a long time. Why did you make so many mistakes today? I think it has something to do with sailing at sea. Everyone has a good temper after floating in the sea for a few months, and I am the same. I quarreled with Brother Pan over a trivial matter. I guess it was because I was stuck on the boat for a long time, and I was already bored, so I wanted to find something to do.'

When these words came out, everyone thought about it, and found that they were impulsive, and their personality was much more irritable than before going to sea.

Moreover, it is easy to do things.

In today's war, military officers at all levels can be said to be collectively above.

Cai Yuncheng said: "I suggest that every time you sail for a period of time in the future, you should stop at the shore to relax. From top to bottom, you should take turns to go ashore to rest. Soldiers are bored traveling, and they should go to brothels. But as far as I know, the port Most of the brothels have venereal disease, which is very dangerous. We can organize some activities so that everyone can have fun and relax."

"That's a good idea," Zheng Dayong said, "every time after disembarking, let some soldiers be in charge of guarding, and some soldiers will engage in military competitions. Wrestling competitions, weight-bearing running competitions, etc., are all existing in the army. Skills. Everyone can sign up and participate on behalf of their own department. They can select the champion, the second place, the top five, and the top five. Above five tops, there will be rewards. The champion's brigade will have extra meals for three days! In this way, there will be tricks , You can watch even if you don’t have a game, and you won’t suffer from problems caused by sailing for too long.

A Guangxi military officer said: "It's comparable to boxing!"

"That would be too bullying. Who will compete with you Guangxi soldiers?" said a Guangdong military officer.

Another officer from Shandong stood up: "Comparison is comparison, who is afraid of whom?"

The two Datong divisions from Guangxi brought in the "Ang Fist" practiced by the wolf soldiers due to the large number of Zhuang soldiers.

Angquan, Muay Thai, and Burmese boxing, these three boxing styles should all come from the same source.The chieftain of Tianzhou in the Ming Dynasty listed Angquan as a military boxing. After improvement, it is more systematic than Muay Thai and Burmese boxing.In addition to bare-handed boxing, there is also a method of fighting with weapons, which quickly spread among the Guangxi wolf soldiers.

Today, the Datong armies in Guangxi and Yunnan have introduced Angquan as a military boxing.

The specific feature of Angquan is that compared with Muay Thai, it has more elbows and knees, while its legs are far less than Muay Thai--legs are rarely used in combat, and if you fall, you will have to use your legs.

wait to die.

When Zheng Dayong was in Nanjing, he had seen the high fists of Guangxi soldiers. He shook his head repeatedly and said: "Your kind of punches are either elbows or knees, which often hurt muscles and bones. After a punch, you either lie down one or two. All of them. It's too dangerous to fight in the ring.

The officer from Guangxi said: "When punching, you can wear protective gear and wrap your head with cotton cloth. And set some rules, no hitting the crotch, no hitting the throat.

Zheng Dayong thought for a while and said, "Go down and figure it out yourself, and come to me when you're done."

Sergeant clubs, sergeant games, and boxing competitions just appeared in the Datong Army.

As for Fan Chao, after receiving the post-war summary report in the evening, he breathed a sigh of relief after reading it. He finally curbed his arrogance.At the same time, it has also mastered the right to speak of the missions, and it is no longer that the missions can't control anything after they go ashore.

This is the role of the veteran, and Zhao Han did not arrange it randomly.

Only experienced generals can suppress that group of young people.The admirals left by the Zheng family are not good, and they don't care about their words. Only Fan Chao who came out of Jiangxi can.

"General, Madam Lu and Ambassador Zhang, sent someone to invite you ashore to discuss matters." The adjutant came to report.

Fan Chao suddenly smiled. In the past, he would not have been invited.Those young people, once they landed, didn't discuss with themselves, and they didn't know what the hell they were doing.

"Have you prepared a horse?" Fan Chao began to put on airs.

The adjutant said: "There are horses, and Empress Lu sent someone to send the horses, and the general asked the general to ride into the city to discuss matters."

Fan Chao said quite proudly: "Very well, let's go, let's go to the city to have a look."

Chapter 744 [Accept slaves]

"Master Hou, please take a seat!"

"Don't dare, my lady please, Ambassador Zhang please."

Self-satisfaction is self-satisfaction, and demonstrations are demonstrations. In fact, Fan Chao is extremely compelled, and dare not sit in front of Lu Tianxiang and Zhang Ruifeng.

After everyone was seated, Lu Tianxiang said, "Ambassador Zhang, let's talk."

Zhang Ruifeng turned to Fan Chao with a smile on his face: "It's like this, General Fan. The local cavalry who defected on the battlefield learned that we would leave, and more than 20 people asked to follow, willing to bring their horses to help us fight. In addition, they are still in the city More than 200 slaves were found, and these slaves also asked to come with us. What is General Fan's opinion on whether to take these people in?

Fan Chao said: "You can choose some good war horses to take away. You don't want people, and you don't want bad horses. It's a waste of food to stay on the boat. As for the slaves, how can this small ruined city support hundreds of slaves? "

Zhang Ruifeng explained: "These slaves are one of the sources of wealth for this city. The lord of this city is called Zayed. I will send cavalry from time to time, go out with pirates, and plunder people and property along the nearby coast. Persia The remote coastal areas of Hechawoer were also the target of their looting. The population was looted back, divided into several classes, and sold to the Portuguese at different prices, and sometimes to the Dutch.”

"It turned out that the fight today was a human trafficker." Fan Chao finally figured out why this big city was able to support three hundred cavalry.

Cai Yuncheng interjected: "Uncle, I think that the cavalry should not be taken in, but these slaves should be rescued. They are in a miserable situation. If they are not rescued, they will inevitably be sold into slavery. Even if they are released, they will not be able to go back to their hometown. Bring them on board. In order to ensure military discipline and prevent men and women from being dirty, those female slaves can be arranged to serve on the mother ship. Those lottery slaves can also stay on the mother ship to serve. "

Cai Yuncheng was born in poverty, and he has great sympathy for these slaves.

At the same time, he couldn't understand the imperial concubine going to sea.Taking advantage of this opportunity, more women and lots were stuffed on the imperial concubine's boat.

Fan Chao was surprised: "Among those slaves, there are lottery people?"

Zhang Ruifeng explained: "The slaves here are mainly sold to the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Portugal. The three countries prefer to buy black slaves for working slaves, but hundreds of slaves can't be sold for a good price. Therefore, as long as they are young, their appearance is slightly correct. Yes, they will be trapped and sold again, and the price can be doubled immediately. These drowned slaves were sold to India by Europeans, and the Mughals and other Indian states were used to buying lots of people to act as eunuchs.

This is completely treating people like animals, and how to make money.

Moreover, the person in charge of cutting off the slaves was actually a lieutenant in the city.The main job is to deceive horses, and the part-time job is to deceive people. If the infection becomes inflamed and dies, it is a normal business loss.

Fan Chao thought for a while and said: "Let's stay here. The women and the lottery are all under the orders of the empress. The rest of the men will be assigned as handymen on other ships, which can be regarded as replenishing the fleet in advance.

The fleet has already begun to reduce its personnel, because it is seriously ill and it is not suitable to continue to sail. Three stayed in India and one stayed in Persia.Arrangements have been made, and officials from both countries will take care of them and take them away when the fleet returns.

We were lucky along the way and did not encounter severe storms, otherwise the sailors would have suffered too many casualties and had to be recruited halfway.

Lu Tianxiang had no objection to being forcibly stuffed in the boat, but only asked: "How to deal with the prisoners of war?

Fan Chao said: "This is overseas. Your Majesty let us decide for ourselves. The principle is not to slaughter wantonly. Those prisoners of war can cut off their thumbs so that they can no longer hold weapons. In this way, there will be no more killings, and it will also be possible. To the effect of punishing and standing up. As for the thief chief, he must beheaded!

The next day, prisoners of war one after another, including the infantry in the city, were lined up to cut off their thumbs.

Most of those infantry were civilians in the city.

After being cut down, the main young and strong laborers in the city can no longer do heavy physical work that requires hands.This city is almost abolished.

Every family wailed, every household cried bitterly, their wives and children cried together.

All the grain, gold and silver hoarded by Zayed were carried onto the ship by the Datong Army.Although he is a poor ghost, it is better than nothing. After all, selling slaves is quite profitable, and he will not be so poor that he runs rats in the warehouse.

Sixteen of the captured Arabian horses were selected and taken away, and the rest were given to the local cavalry who had turned their backs and made meritorious deeds.

Rest for a whole day, ready to go.

Most of the more than 200 freed slaves were Persians and Afghans, and there were also a few Arabs.They were suddenly free, and grateful to the Chinese, washed and went to work in new clothes.

These slaves have no concept of a country.

Even Persian slaves, because they came from the peasant class, had little sense of identity with the Persian royal family.Whoever feeds them, they will work for whom.With a little better treatment, the loyalty will increase gradually.

"Da da da da!"

Just as everyone boarded the boat, four Arab cavalrymen caught up.

Lu Tianxiang had already boarded the ship, and when she saw this, she said to the female officer beside her, "Go over and ask, what are they doing here?

The female officer of the Imperial Horse Supervisor came back soon and reported: "These four riders said that they have no family members and asked to follow us to the sea. They are willing to swear allegiance in the name of Allah. General Zheng is willing to take in these foreign riders. Ambassador Zhang does not care, General Fan Let me ask your mother for instructions.'

"Since General Zheng is willing to accept it, let's accept it." Lu Tianxiang said.

The road ahead at sea is unpredictable, and no one knows when they will be in danger. It is not a bad thing to accept a few who can fight.

The capital of Oman, Muscat.

It is only [-] miles away from Sohar, where a battle has just been fought, and it is only a short journey by sea boat.

Said I was very happy at this time, and he was thinking about annexing Zayed.Unexpectedly, Zaid's cavalry, as well as the pirates attached to Zaid, came to take refuge in him.

"It was the Chinese who attacked Sohar, not the damn Portuguese?" Saeed confirmed.

A cavalry leader replied: "Great Imam, the Chinese are very cruel. They come in big ships, have a strong army, rush into the city and kill everyone they see. Loot our property and burn our houses, please The Imam has avenged us!

Said I's prestige has already spread all over the coast of Arabia.

Whenever there is an attack by Portugal, the tribal leaders will come to ask for help, and Said will help whenever he can.The tribes that receive help will basically declare their allegiance, so Said's territory will grow rapidly.

Faced with these cavalry who came to seek refuge, Said did not fully believe it.

He is not only the military leader of Oman, but also the most respected religious leader in the entire Arab region.He had read ancient notes and knew that the Chinese had come to Oman and that they were fair trade and not aggressive.Arab merchants returning from the east

People also say that China, Portugal, and the Netherlands are enemies, and the enemy of an enemy should be a friend.

To appease the cavalry, Said called his confidant and told him: "Take a team of cavalry and go to Sohar to find out the news. Don't conflict with the Chinese and see if the situation there is true. If Zai If Germany takes the initiative to attack, but the Chinese only counterattack passively, then get in touch with the Chinese and invite them to visit Muscat.

But the confidant said: "Regardless of the real situation, we can go to fight the Chinese. They come from afar, and there will not be too many troops. As long as we win the heathen, no matter what country the opponent is from, your prestige will increase again. Will you There are more and more tribes admiring your prestige and coming to serve you."

"madness!"

Saeed scolded: "So many countries are hostile to us, only the UK is willing to be friends with us. How can we make enemies indiscriminately in such a bad situation? As long as you are willing to be friends,

Seeing that he has goodwill towards us, no matter what religion he believes in, he can work together.A man's mind should be broad, like the sea.From the Hajar mountains flow many rivers.No matter where they originate, no matter which direction they flow, they will eventually flow into the sea! "

After rubbing left and right, they were all convinced, and felt that their Imam was extremely wise.

Before the person who inquired about the news came back, the Chinese envoy arrived.The Arab cavalry who had taken refuge, landed with the translator and entered Muscat to explain the situation.

When he heard that Zaid set up an ambush first, Said believed most of it, because he knew Zaid's style.

He asked carefully: "Have you turned to the Chinese?"

The leader of the four cavalry said: "The Chinese masters are merciful. After they won, they only killed Zaid. The rest of the captives just cut off their thumbs. They moved away Zaid's belongings, but did not loot the city, nor Burn down houses. They are not like Portuguese robbers, so we will follow. Merciful master,

He will never treat his subordinates harshly, and deserves our allegiance to the death. "

Saeed nodded and said: "Don't loot the city, don't burn down the house, such a person is worth making friends, at least he won't stab you in the back. Have they all left? Didn't they stay to occupy Sohar? Build castles like in Portugal?

The surrendered cavalry said: "No, the Chinese masters are going to Europe, they are the emissaries of the Chinese emperor, and have no intention of capturing any cities.

"Follow me out of town to welcome guests!"

Said has a very heroic personality. He went to the port to meet the Chinese mission in person without confirming the information, and he was not afraid of being hacked by the Datong Army on the spot.

Lu Tianxiang learned the lesson from the previous time, when encountering such a small country, she simply refused to disembark and show her face, and entrusted all diplomatic tasks to Zhang Ruifeng.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Saeed asked, "Have China and Portugal ever fought?"

Zhang Ruifeng replied: "A seaport city in China has been occupied by Portugal for nearly a hundred years. His Majesty the great emperor took back that seaport and expelled the disobedient Portuguese."

Saeed said happily: "Your emperor is the same as me. The Muscat castle here was built by the grape people, and I personally led the troops to take it back. But there is one bad thing, the Chinese emperor is too kind. , to deal with the ferocious Portuguese, they should all be killed, not just expelled.'

"That's true." Zhang Ruifeng didn't bother to argue, and went along with this person.

Saeed said again: "Guests, please go to the castle to enjoy delicious food. But your soldiers, I can't provide food, you need to buy food yourself. I just recovered here for two years, and there is not enough food, so I can only neglect Chinese guests."

"It's okay, we also brought a gift for you."

The communication between the two sides was surprisingly smooth, and diplomatic results were quickly reached.

Arab merchants from Oman will be able to trade freely in Palembang in the future, and they will have priority in replenishment compared to European merchants.

And Seif I was willing to send envoys to accompany the Chinese mission all the way south.The Arabs along the coast of East Africa will give Saif face and receive the Chinese missions as distinguished guests-many black countries in later generations, the coastal areas are occupied by Arabs.

Controlled by humans, and colonized by Portugal at the same time.

Chapter 745 [Wreck and Drift]

"Hurricane! Hurricane!"

"Find a port to dock!"

"Where's the Portuguese navigator? Ask him if there's a port nearby!"