Chapter 153 What will Tartars do when they are hungry?
For Zhou Shixiang, the pie fell from the sky, and it was like a sleepy person who had a pillow.
More than 600 large and small warships, more than 10,000 elite Zheng Army naval divisions, dozens of officers skilled in water warfare, hundreds of light and heavy copper and iron cannons, and countless gunpowder and firearms. It can be said that this fleet is already the largest navy in Asia and a navy that can cross the sea, not just in rivers.
The navy that Zhou Shixiang had always dreamed of was sent to Feng Xifan with bloodless sword.
No one knows better than Zhou Shixiang what the navy means to the future, to China, and to the Han people.
The navy, who had made every attempt to capture the civil war, returned to him like this, so how could Zhou Shixiang not be ecstatic?
With this navy, Zhou Shixiang could not only completely conquer Jin Xia, but also follow the efforts of the country's surname in his previous life to regain Taiwan, but also go north to defeat the pitiful navy of the Qing Dynasty, and then continuously transfer troops, horses, money and grain to Liaodong, implement the strategic idea of blocking the retreat route of Manzhou and capturing all the old and young Manzhou in one go. With this navy, Zhou Shixiang could also let his subordinates truly feel the foreign land marked on the map and seize the opportunity in the future.
More importantly, with this navy, Zhou Shixiang could satisfy the desires of his subordinates.
This desire is greedy and a robber-like desire, but it is not shameful, because the nation has its own interests, and people also have their own interests.
If we want to make ourselves live well, then someone will inevitably be in bad life.
Even though he was a human being for two lifetimes, Zhou Shixiang never thought about the harmony of the world. In his eyes, it was enough for the Han people to live a good life, and even if they became robbers, they would do whatever they could.
A person does not consider himself or his own nation, but rather considers others and foreign races. Is this person still a human?
History tells Zhou Shixiang that the heroes of the Han people have never been saints. The world they care about is the world of the Han people; the people in their hearts are their compatriots.
The reason why the Han people have been able to reproduce to this day is only because this nation has countless heroes who care about the nation itself, rather than saints who cut their flesh and feed their wolves.
Zhou Shixiang only wanted to be a simple person, so he had to do the right thing, just like he vowed to exterminate the Manzhou clan.
If you want to be a robber, you must have a long sword that is sharp enough.
The navy is this sharp sword.
With this long sword, Zhou Shixiang can make the compatriots on the brink of death live a good life, and can make those compatriots who can't eat a piece of meat in their entire lives know the taste of meat.
This long sword can even revenge him!
Zheng Mingjun and Zheng Zhangxu made great contributions, and Feng Xifan made even more contributions.
If you have a high level of merit, you will be rewarded if you have a high level of merit.
Zhou Shixiang was generous and awarded the reward, and appointed Zheng Mingjun as Duke Dinghai. Zheng Zhangxu inherited the Marquis of Jianping of his father Zheng Tai, and also granted Feng Xifan, who made great contributions, to Simingbo. He was given the military flag of the "Donghai Navy" and Zheng Mingjun as the chief town of the navy, Zheng Zhangxu as the deputy town, and Feng Xifan as the ambassador of the Navy and commander of the Tongdu. Zhoushan was appointed as the garrison of the East China Navy and ordered the acting governor of Zhejiang Chen Jiande to lead civil and military officials to Zhoushan to resettle the navy. The Zheng army navy generals who joined Zheng Mingjun's uncle and nephew were awarded rewards, and all the officers and soldiers should be rewarded.
Zhou Shixiang did not obey Gui Yongzhi's advice and transferred Zheng Mingjun's uncle and nephew and Feng Xifan from the navy, and also entrusted him to pay a high position to completely control the navy by promoting reputation and suppressing the real situation. This method has been done by many kings, princes, generals and ministers in ancient times, and it has indeed been effective, but it is not confident. Zhou Shixiang disdains this because he is not a king or a warlord with excessive selfishness. He has his demeanor, his mind, his knowledge and vision.
Don’t doubt the employer, don’t doubt the person.
Zheng Mingjun's uncle and nephew and Feng Xifan took the initiative to vote, which has shown their attitude. Moreover, they are the best navy generals of this era. The soldiers died for their confidants. No matter what their motivation was for the vote, everything they did was in line with the interests of Zhou Shixiang, so they should use them greatly to let their talents and abilities truly be displayed on the stage of this era.
As for whether Zheng Jing, who had lost the "leader of the navy, could still fight Zheng Xi, Zhou Shixiang no longer considered it. He only formally sent envoys to Zheng Xi's army in the name of the court, acknowledged his title of Prince Fujian, and used Zheng Sen's legacy as a basis to denounce Zheng Jing for violating human ethics in the name of the court, and allowed Zheng Xi to recruit him. He believed that Zheng Xi would be a smart person, and Zheng Xi's subordinates would make wise choices. Zheng Jing, under the betrayal of "internal and external troubles", would choose? As long as he was not a fool, Zhou Shixiang had no intention of letting the blood of the country die.
The siege of Fuzhou continued. Zhou Shixiang's arrival did not accelerate the death of the Qing army in the city, and completely freed them, but made them even more tormented.
Fujian was originally barren, and more than ten years of war had already left Fujian full of devastation. Before the Taiping Army entered Fujian, Zheng Sen had been surrounded by Fuzhou for several months. After Zheng Sen cleared the siege and evacuated, Dasu took the opportunity to send troops to plunder money and food, but his income was very small.
Nowadays, an isolated city, an isolated city in the vast ocean, has long since lost food.
Fuzhou has been out of food for half a month.
Surrounded by a group of generals, Zhou Shixiang came to the trench. He looked at the capital of Fujian and the city that looked like it was deserted from the outside.
His thoughts returned to Xinhui a few years ago. How similar was the situation at that time and now. The only difference was that there were more Manzhou people in the city.
"Don't let a person leave the city or not to let a grain of rice enter the city." Zhou Shixiang's military order was effectively implemented, which means that a stunning scene was happening in Fuzhou City.
"What will Tartars do when they are so hungry?"
Zhou Shixiang turned around and looked at Suna, Hu Qili, Zhu Tong and other generals.
Suna stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Report to the Grand Marshal, the Tartars will naturally eat people if they are very hungry." The "Tartars" sounded so hateful and so natural.
"Then let them eat."
When he turned around again, Zhou Shixiang's eyes were extremely gloomy.
In the city, the Qing army was indeed eating people.
Chapter completed!