Chen Lin just discovered a situation. The location of the cannons on the Jinlu was the same as Yu Dayou's idea. They were loaded with guns on both sides to facilitate concentrating firepower to attack the enemy.
Previously, whether it was the Ming army or the Spanish, they were accustomed to arranging artillery at the bow and stern of the ship, and there were fewer cannons on both sides.
He knew that in this era, the navies of various countries generally arranged artillery at the bow and stern of the ship, even merchant ships.
There is only one type of person who is equipped with guns on both sides, and that is pirates.
The pirates will not rush to the fat sheep from the front, but will use their speed advantage to slowly catch up with the target from the side and then forcefully board the ship.
If you come from the front or back, then the intersection point is only once, the time is still very short, and once you miss it, it will be difficult to catch up again.
Therefore, putting the cannon on the side can allow the cannons on the ship to fire a shot before getting close, causing damage to the enemy ship, and even scaring them out of fear, so it will be easy to operate later.
In fact, most naval generals in this era actually followed the army's combat mode, liked to place cannons on the bow of the ship and bombard enemy warships head-on.
If the enemy cannot be repelled, then take the battle on the side, forcefully land on the opponent's warship, directly capture the enemy, and obtain a complete large ship and supplies on the ship.
As for why Yu Dayou did not have such views as traditional generals, it is due to his influence of his combat experience in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty's battle formations were all traditional battle formations, that is, they responded to the enemy head-on, and evolved into naval warships, which was a traditional model, with cannons arranged at the bow and stern of the ship for bombardment.
However, on the grassland, it is rare for Mongolian cavalry to attack the Ming army formation head-on, and it will only start to hunt down after defeating the Ming army formation.
After the formation of the Ming army, the Mongolian cavalry generally cruised around the Ming army formation, and used arrow rain to continuously attack the Ming soldiers in the army formation, destroying their morale of resistance.
Once morale is broken and a deserter appears, the entire complete Ming army formation will collapse instantly.
Then, they can slaughter these soldiers at will.
The Mongolian cavalry's round-robin tactics had a great impact on Yu Dayou's current naval battle model.
Because the Ming army's military formation was limited by the amount of long-range firepower, it could only target one side or three sides.
After all, if you want to attack all parties at the same time, the firepower will be dispersed too seriously.
Therefore, it will be very passive when facing the Mongolian cavalry.
It is very difficult to change the military formation, and the military formation may disperse if it is not careful.
Therefore, when the Mongolian cavalry swam behind the army, the Ming army was almost unable to counterattack the enemy and could only passively bear the damage.
This is also the reason why the small-scale Ming army formation was simply unable to resist the Mongolian cavalry.
If you care about your head and butt, you will sooner or later be knocked out by the rain of arrows.
Yu Dayou used naval warships to imitate Mongolian cavalry and cruising around enemy ships. At this time, it would be impossible to arrange artillery on the bow and stern of the ship. The firepower was too weak, so the cannons were arranged on the side of the ship to make the strike more powerful.
Of course, this is also the inspiration for seeing the barbarian merchant ships.
Although the barbarian merchant ships also arranged cannons at the bow and stern of the ship, the cannon windows were also opened on the side of the ship, which was a response that had to be made in the face of the pirates' fighting style.
However, in Yu Dayou's eyes, he seemed to see the shadow of cavalry fighting.
At this time, the naval generals of traditional powers in the European continent had just ended the debate on whether the bow cannon needed a longer range.
Yes, in their eyes, if the range of cannons on the warship is long enough, then when approaching the enemy and entering a tragic battle, the bow cannon can fire one more round of cannons is also a kind of damage to the enemy.
In fact, in their combat history, the bow of the ship often only had two rounds of artillery fired, and would immediately enter a tragic battle of the ship.
This is not only because of the limited range of artillery fire in this era, but also because of the slow loading of artillery, it is difficult to continue to attack multiple rounds.
More than 20 years ago, the Venetian Navy Commander proposed in the combat manual for his warship captains that the idea of avoiding attempts to continue shooting at long distances and taking a decisive volley at close range.
But even so, such tactics are also chosen in traditional combat mode.
More advanced, the tactic of making fleets lined up into columns to carry out side gun attacks is actually immature, whether in the Ming Dynasty or in Europe.
Based on the Ming army's huge fleet of lucky ships, in Yu Dayou's combat vision, the gunboats were only composed of similar Ming cavalry, cruising outside the military formation dominated by the Ming army's lucky ships, and carrying out side gun strikes around enemy warships.
In fact, it is the deformation of the cavalry tactics entering naval battles, which plays a role in harassing and sabotaging.
The final victory was the battle between the lucky ship and the enemy ship.
Among them, it was also somewhat influenced by Wei Guangde.
In his letter to Yu Dayou, Wei Guangde proposed to arrange a large number of artillery on the side, which could quickly launch fire strikes on enemy ships.
This idea is very simple, but to become a reality in the current shipbuilding technology, it cannot be decided by just slapping your head, especially the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty.
Faced with the large number of lucky ships in the Ming Navy, it was difficult for Wei Guangde to allow the navy to accept such a tactic.
After all, the structure of the blessed ship determines that it is more suitable for the arrangement of cannons at the bow and stern.
However, even so, Yu Dayou still found a bird boat suitable for the arrangement of artillery on the side among the various ship types in the Ming Dynasty, turning it into reality.
The use of cavalry tactics is also related to the speed of the bird ship.
It should be said that the generals of the Ming army are still very capable of learning.
Chen Lin noticed that more than ten cannons were arranged on the side of the Jindeer that had never appeared before, which reminded him of the gunship plan promoted by Yu Dayou, which was also a keen sense of smell.
"Sir, will the letter of the Queen of England be sent to the capital as soon as possible?"
It was supposed to be reported step by step, and Chen Lin should have handed the letter to Yu Dayou first and reported it to the court.
But now, although Yu Dayou is on a mission to the West, it is estimated that it will take a year to come back at the earliest.
But it’s a bit hot to keep this Chinese book in your hand. You can’t delay it for a year before you send it to the capital.
Rubbing his forehead, Chen Lin finally made up his mind.
Although Chen Lin was very happy to receive the letter from the Queen of England at the beginning, he thought that the Ming Dynasty was famous, even a scorpion island country in the continent knew about the Ming Dynasty, but what should he do now? He has tried his best to do it in the past two days.
"Send a gunship to deliver the letter to Zhejiang and then fly to the capital."
Feeling the importance of this letter, Chen Lin did not choose to send a centipede ship with better speed and adaptability to deliver the letter, but decided to send a gunship ship to deliver the letter.
Using gunships to transmit messages is not only not affected by speed, but the most important thing is safety.
Still the same thing, although the large pirates in the South China Sea have been eliminated, the small pirates still exist, and Chen Lin dared not take risks.
"Yes, the official will make arrangements now."
The general behind him hurriedly bowed.
"Master, there are letters sent in Ganzhou."
Lu Bu quickly walked into the duty room and whispered in front of Wei Guangde.
"Oh, show it to me." Wei Guangde said with his head up.
Lu Bu handed a sealed document to Wei Guangde with both hands, but looked at the seal, covering it with the seal of the Gansu governor's seal, and then he tore open the seal and took out the letter inside.
He took out the letter and just took a look, and Wei Guangde couldn't help but say "huh".
The letter was not written by Hou Donglai, the governor of Gansu, but by Sonangacuo.
A quick browse of the content of the letter turned out to be Nanjiacuo to go to Ganzhou to promote Buddhism. Hou Donglai gave him a grand offering, which made Sonam Gyatso flattered.
Sonam Gyatso then wrote a letter from Ganzhou, expressing his blessings to Emperor Wanli, and hoped to maintain a tribute relationship and was willing to persuade Altan Khan to withdraw from the Qinghai area.
Obviously, Hou Donglai's vision has been realized partly, and Sonangacuo gave good feedback on the Ming court's demonstrations.
In the document, there was also a report from Gansu Governor Hou Donglai. Wei Guangde also glanced at it, and his face looked happy.
After thinking for a while, Wei Guangde took out a note and quickly wrote, "When the canal is working hard, the opportunity to control the captains has emerged. I hope to do my best to guard the battlefield for the court."
After writing a note, Wei Guangde took out another quick ticket, "The monk asked for tribute and was sincere in controlling the opportunity to control the chief of the enemy. He immediately entered the letter and had already received Yu Yun. He returned to the treasury and gave all the things he gave was sent to the inner treasury without looking at it. The sage, gentleness and distant benevolence can be said to be covered without any external one."
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At this moment, Wei Guangde did not have the interest in reading the memorials of various provinces on the case. He picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then put it down.
Thinking about it, I picked up the letters from Gansu and my ticket to get up, and said to Lubu, "I'm going to the Prime Minister here, if I have any questions, I can go there to inform me."
"Yes, Master."
Lu Bu bowed and waited until Wei Guangde walked out of the duty room bypassing the book case, and then he followed him out of the house.
Wei Guangde quickly walked outside Zhang Juzheng's room and said to the clerk at the door, "Get in and report."
"Please wait a minute, Mr. Wei."
The clerk hurriedly bowed and then turned around and walked into the pay room quickly.
A moment later, the clerk came out to invite Wei Guangde to enter, and Wei Guangde stepped into the Chief Auxiliary's room.
"Shan Dao, can you come here if you have something to do?"
Although he knew that Wei Guangde must have something to do when he came here at this time, Zhang Juzheng still said politely.
"Brother, let's take a look first."
Wei Guangde handed the memorial from Ganzhou and the letter from Sonangacuo to Zhang Juzheng, "Shandai has already made a ticket, so uncle and brother can see if it is appropriate."
"Okay."
Zhang Juzheng agreed and quickly looked through the documents in his hand, and his joy on his face gradually became stronger.
"Hou Donglai's plan was successful, and Sonangacuo spoke out. I think Altan Khan, who came to Qinghai, should return to the grassland soon."
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.
"Will the next temple construction be started immediately?"
Wei Guangde smiled and said, "Next year, Sonangacu should go to the grassland to preach Buddhism. The three temples will be built along the way, and the monks selected by the capital will also be sent over there, even though Sonangacucu will enter the grassland together."
The Ministry of Rites had long selected lamas from the capital and sent a batch to the grassland. This time Wei Guangde planned to send all the lamas who were willing to go to the grassland to promote Buddhism.
To be honest, at first Wei Guangde thought that these lamas would not want to leave the prosperous capital and would not go to the grassland to preach.
But what surprised Wei Guangde was that the Ministry of Rites had just conveyed news to the lama temples, but the lamas who signed up to go to the grassland were rushing to register, wanting to compete for this opportunity.
After Lu Bu asked Lu Bu to inquire, Wei Guangde understood why these lamas were left with a good city without waiting, and actively wanted to run to the grassland.
It is not because of preaching, but because I went to the grassland, I had the opportunity to meet the master, that is, Sonangatso.
For Gru disciples, Sonangato's status is undoubtedly the most noble. In the eyes of the Lama, this is the true god living in the world. If he can be blessed by the head, it seems that it is the supreme glory they can get.
Even today hundreds of years later, you can still see believers kneeling and crawling on pilgrimage in Tibet.
The pilgrimage process of kneeling and crawling is called the "eligible gift", which is one of the most devout ways of worship in Tibetan Buddhism.
The worshipper who waits for the tribute usually follows a straight line, kneels down and goes forward, crawls on the ground, stretches his hands forward, and his whole body shows a posture of complete surrender and awe.
During the pilgrimage, they will continue to kowtow and kowtow to express their admiration and prayer for the Buddha and Bodhisattva.
This method of worship is considered the most pious and sacred because it not only requires the worshiper to pay a huge physical and spiritual price, but more importantly, it reflects the worshiper's infinite respect and reverence for Buddhism and sentient beings.
Think about it, there were still such believers when civilizations in later generations were developing highly, let alone now.
Without any worries, Wei Guangde naturally waved his hand and could sign up as long as he was willing to go, but there were too many people and they could not be sent to the grassland at one time.
Now it seems that the opportunity has come. I send these people to the border town and let them welcome Sonangacuo along the way and enter the grassland with him. This can not only show the court's emphasis on Sonangacuo and Glu religion, but also strengthen Sonangacuo's momentum, so that he can quickly increase his influence in the grassland.
Especially after these people arrive at the grassland, their living habits in the capital will have some impact on the Mongolians.
In fact, this gave the monks and Taoists a very high standard of living in the era, and they did not lack the support of rich people.
Without these people, Wei Guangde's plan to promote the temple on the grassland would be difficult to succeed.
However, with these people, they were asked to use the scale of the temples in the capital to require similar temples to be built on the grassland. Once the scale was formed, it would not only consume a large amount of green and strong people on the grassland, but also consume a lot of money.
Zhang Juzheng naturally understood that Hou Donglai and Wei Guangde's plans were in sight, so he could just guide them slowly.
"Okay, all are very good."
Zhang Juzheng said happily that he had read Wei Guangde's votes and didn't think it was anything. Hou Donglai only needed some encouragement. As for Sonangacuo, the court would give some rewards, and then ask Wei Guangde to write a reply letter to Sonangacuo.
"Good loan, since the master is so sophisticated, it is appropriate to ask for some last time.
At that time, you will write a letter to Sonang Gate on behalf of the cabinet, and send a message to Hou Donglai, so that he must make sure to make Sonang Gate go to the grassland next year. ”
After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, Wei Guangde nodded, "Ministry of Revenue, please let me know about it."
"Don't worry, something that can be solved with money is naturally better than bleeding.
The Ministry of Revenue understands this big thing. ”
What Zhang Juzheng said was naturally that although he spent money from the court, he could exempt swords and swords, which was equivalent to saving money for the court, and he would not lose money no matter how he looked at it.
"By the way, Shandai, I have a memorial here, so you can take a look."
After saying that, Zhang Juzheng handed a memorial to Wei Guangde.
Wei Guangde still had a happy look on his face. He took it and only looked at it and changed his face slightly, "Shi Guanmin" (the end of this chapter)