1847: The sea is big
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Sitting at the top of the high cliff, with two legs hanging outside the cliff, Ning Zefeng watched sadly as the tide surged in waves, slapped him heavily on the cliff wall under him, and then crashed into large pieces of scattered water droplets, falling back to the water surface, becoming a part of the retreating tide, until it was pushed up again by a new tide, repeating the previous process.
He felt that his destiny was like this.
He was once full of energy, but just when he felt that he was about to reach the peak of his life, he was thrown down hard, lost everything, and became a pig raised in Yuejing.
A few years ago, he was brought to Qi by Cao Hui. He was refreshed and thought that the second spring of his life had arrived. In the past few years, he really got up earlier than a chicken and slept later than a pig. He pounced on the construction of the Great Qi Navy day and night. Seeing that the Qi Navy, who had nothing, became stronger day by day, and his heart was more eager to take back the humiliation of the past.
But in the end, the desperate facts were placed before them without any mercy.
No matter how hard he tries, failure is still expected.
Six warships destroyed hundreds of Pattaya warships, something he could not even imagine. In fact, he knew very well about the past situation in Manila's waters. Many island countries there may be really weak, but the power possessed by island countries like Majila and Pattaya cannot be easily defeated.
But his younger brother, the man he had never looked down upon, actually defeated Pattaya with six warships and forced a landfall in Manila.
Of course he didn't think it was Ning Zeyuan's credit.
If he had been with Ning Zeyuan, he would have done better than him.
Thinking of this, he felt even more sad. He couldn't help but look up at the sky and tore open his clothes angrily and beat his chest hard.
What causes you to lose is not your own talent, but your own luck.
God has never been on his side.
His personal soldiers looked at Ning Zefeng behind him with some concern, and approached Ning Zefeng step by step carefully. They were really worried that their master would be unable to think about it for a moment, so they jumped down from the high cliff and ended up.
After the time when the wolf howl, desperately hit his chest and tearing his hair a stick of incense, Ning Zefeng finally calmed down slowly. This made the soldiers who had already reached up breath.
After venting, Ning Zefeng regained his calm again. However, when he turned around, his red eyes and wolf-like eyes made even the personal soldiers who had been with him for many years burst into cold air from the bottom of his heart. This look was no longer human-like. It was like a man-eating beast staring at them.
"Go and notify General Fan Xin and the others to come over and discuss it." Ning Zefeng didn't know how terrible his expression was at this time. He tried his best to command his subordinates in a calm voice.
To be fair, Ning Zefeng does have the temperament of a hero and skillful person. When the Ning brothers fought against each other, he could gain the upper hand and let his son turn a blind eye to his behavior. He was also cruel enough. When he was supposed to kill his brothers, he did not hesitate at all. He could tolerate it and was raised by Ning Zeyuan as a pig in Yuejing City, he really regarded himself as a pig that could eat and sleep, and he made himself unrestrained in just two years. But once he took off the cage, he could immediately revive his ambitions. In a few months, he reduced all the fat meat he had raised over the years. Jia Fangzhou, who witnessed all this, was both admired and shocked.
Ning Zefeng acted decisively and ruthlessly, but he did not lack the means to gather people. Generals like Fan Xin were all cultivated after he arrived in Qi State, but these people became his most loyal support. This time, these generals followed him to the sea without hesitation.
With the sailors, warriors, and 30,000 troops, if they were pulled to Manila, they would not have the power to fight with Manila. If all of these people went ashore, they would have a greater chance of survival, but Ning Zefeng whistled, and these people followed him to sea without complaint.
If Ning Zeyuan's success is based on the success of the system, then Ning Zefeng completed these things entirely with his own personal strength. It was not unreasonable that Ning Zefeng could win when the Ning brothers fought.
I can only say that people like Ning Zefeng are really unlucky. Of course, people like him cannot be honestly a loyal subordinate and lackey of Qin Feng when Qin Feng was still nothing. Only Ning Zeyuan was desperate and could he defect to Qin Feng, who had just risen.
As time goes by, the situation of the two brothers has undergone earth-shaking changes. Ning Zeyuan is now the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, and has a powerful fleet that can be called "a storm of the world without an opponent", while Ning Zeyuan is now defeated back to the starting point and becomes a pirate.
Although he now has more warships and warriors than in the past, his form is much more dangerous than before. Being a pirate is not something you can do casually. You can grab things at sea, but these things cannot be eaten or drunk, and they need to be sold to become money and grain. This requires a complete set of corresponding systems on land. The Ning family in the past naturally had them. Whether in Quanzhou or Manila, they had the ability to realize these things, but now, these no longer exist.
The food, drinking, defecation and urination of more than 30,000 people is a terrifying number.
Qi State will definitely give some support, but these support is limited. At least, his warships will become fewer and fewer, and Ning Zefeng can imagine these. Because next, it will be a long-term game of cats and mice, and in this game, he is the mouse in a weak position. Not only should he avoid the pursuit of Ming people, but he should also do his best to survive.
Thinking about the speed and combat effectiveness of Mingren warships, even people like Ning Zefeng also feel that the future is extremely dark. Head-on battle is basically impossible. Next, he will restore his true nature as a pirate.
When dozens of senior generals appeared on the high cliff, Ning Zefeng had completely recovered his calmness, well-dressed, and even had a smile on his face. The personal soldiers who went to send the order saw Ning Zefeng's appearance, and looked at the person who was staying here with inquiry, but got nothing.
"Everyone, do you think we are at the end of our journey?" Ning Zefeng looked at his generals. Even a general like Fan Xin who had sunk the new Ming army warship, he could clearly feel the heavy dusk energy on his body at this time.
All the generals smiled bitterly.
Ning Zefeng laughed loudly. In the confused eyes of the generals, Ning Zefeng pointed at the hundreds of warships gathered on the other side and said proudly: "Everyone, we still have hundreds of warships, and we are still 30,000 soldiers who dare to fight. The battle has just begun! What's wrong, do you think we will definitely lose now?"
Fan Xin is Ning Zefeng's most respected general. At this moment, his face was bitter: "Commander, our enemy is really too powerful."
Ning Zefeng did not refute, but nodded instead: "The Ming people are indeed powerful. When we were still the Navy of Qi, we were likely to be unable to fight compared to them, but now we are no longer considered Navy of Qi, so the situation is very different."
"The commander, the last general thinks that we are still considered the navy of Qi." Fan Xin refuted Di Ning Zefeng with a rare sentence.
Ning Zefeng was not angry, but nodded in agreement: "In the bottom of his heart, of course we still think that we are the navy of Qi. I mean, when we have this name, we need to fight for the security of the sea border of the Great Qi, and we cannot let the Ming people fight on our sea borders at will, but now, we no longer need to do this. His Majesty the Emperor has wise and given us great freedom. In the future, we will lose this burden, so we will have to fight against the Ming people."
"Is this different?" asked a general.
"How can it be the same?" Ning Zefeng laughed and said, "In the past, we confronted Daming Mingming's carriage and horses. Tell me, what would we do if the Mingren wanted to fight the Crab Bay Navy Base?"
"Of course, we must fight to the end even if we know we are defeated." The general who just now replied with his head held high.
"That's it. We know we won't, we have to do it. The result is that we will be killed by them." Ning Zefeng said, "But now, what will we do if we know we won't?"
"Run!" A general said embarrassedly.
"Well said, just run!" Ning Zefeng laughed, stretched out his hand and patted the general's shoulder heavily: "If you can beat it, fight, run away if you can't beat it, accumulate strength, seize the opportunity, and do one vote if you can. At this time, the Ming army is in the light, and we are in the dark. Everyone, do you know how big the sea is?"
Everyone nodded repeatedly.
Ning Zefeng shook his head and said, "No, you don't know. Since the day we became an army, we have been suppressed by the Ming people. You have never even been to the deep sea and have been circling on the sea front of Da Qi, for fear that you will be caught by the Ming people's warships when you go a little further. The sea is so big that it is far beyond your imagination. To give a simple example, if the sea is only as big as Qi, then the Qi country in reality is only as big as Crab Bay. Tell me, is it much easier for us to avoid the Ming people's fleet?"
Everyone's breathing sound became heavy.
"Everyone, His Majesty the Emperor asked us to go out to sea, not to trap us and die, but to give us a way out and give us a broader stage for us to use our means. You have never been a pirate, but I am a pirate family. In the first half of my life, I was playing hide-and-seek with the government army. The navy in Manila was much better than these pirates back then, but I was still fooled by me." Ning Zefeng laughed proudly. "But I didn't expect that after so many years, I would play hide-and-seek with the Ming army again. It's unknown who will win!"
Chapter completed!