Chapter 105 Let the Qin Navy shock the world [Subscribe]
Half a month later.
Wang Ben also led the jungle army and many captives from the Baiyue tribes and Fang countries to return in a mighty manner.
Ying Zheng specially held a grand commendation ceremony for Han Xin and Wang Ben, the two super commanders, and many generals who made great contributions in the war to conquer Baiyue.
Han Xin was very happy to get the first merit.
Although he followed the war god Wang Jian to fight in the north and made many military achievements, the Battle of Baiyue was the first battle in the true sense of Han Xin!
The significance is extraordinary!
Wang Ben was also quite convinced by Han Xin. The other party was really a god of war, and he was not as good as Han Xin!
In addition, Ying Zheng ordered Han Xin and Wang Ben to disrupt and mix nearly 50,000 captive soldiers from Baiyue into the jungle army of Daqin, and conduct strict training and running-in.
After the army rested for a month, it was ready to set off to conquer many small kingdoms in Southeast Asia and open the passage to the Maurya Dynasty in South Asia.
The passage connecting ancient India and China passes through Myanmar.
In ancient times, Chinese merchants who wanted to send goods to India, or Indian merchants who wanted to sell goods to China, all used the Myanmar passage as a transit station.
If the Qin army wanted to conquer the ancient Indian Maurya Dynasty, it had to open up this passage in Myanmar and firmly control it.
In the future, the food, baggage, soldiers and other supplies provided by Xiao He must be transported through the Myanmar passage.
According to what the gentleman said, Southeast Asia was still very backward at the moment, with only some scattered tribes existing, which was much weaker than the Baiyue countries and tribes, and there was no comparison at all.
Later, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, etc., were established hundreds of years later.
Within this month.
Ying Zheng issued an edict to merge the Baiyue countries into the Great Qin Empire and set up four counties: Minzhong County, Nanhai County, Guilin County and Xiang County.
Ying Zheng also transferred a group of civil officials from the Qin Dynasty to the four counties as chief officials, and the rest of the officials were appointed by a large number of talented people in the four counties.
Civil and military divisions.
Ying Zheng sent two generals, each with 20,000 troops, to station in the four counties of Baiyue. They were not under the management of the county governors, but directly obeyed the court.
Since the 50,000 elite native soldiers in Baiyue had been mixed into the Great Qin Jungle Army, and the leaders of the Baiyue tribes and states had died or migrated, they were no longer able to fight back.
The population of Baiyue was originally small, and 50,000 elite soldiers were almost the limit they could mobilize.
40,000 troops were enough to maintain order in the four counties of Baiyue.
In order to enable Baiyue to integrate into the Great Qin as soon as possible, Ying Zheng also gave many policy appeasements and implemented a conciliatory strategy.
For example, he exempted taxes for five years; distributed high-quality potato and sweet potato seeds to each household; and built a large number of schools to teach Baiyue children to read and write for free; encouraged merchants from the Central Plains to trade in the new four counties, etc.
Ying Zheng managed the four counties of Baiyue as a local area, not a colony.
He believed that by promoting the planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes in Baiyue, coupled with the influence of the Central Plains culture, it would take only a few years for Baiyue to be integrated into Daqin and truly become a part of Daqin.
By then, the population of Baiyue will continue to increase and become rich.
It is also worth mentioning that after Daqin conquered the entire territory of Baiyue, the system also rewarded Chen Qilin with 5,000 Tiandao points.
This reward is quite generous.
With a large amount of Tiandao points, Chen Qilin was naturally very happy.
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Ying Zheng, Chen Qilin and his party came to the seaside!
Yes, they were going to take the navy boat led by Tu Sui to the ancient Indian Maurya Dynasty.
It is more comfortable and faster to take a boat than to take those high and dangerous land routes.
Ying Zheng ordered Han Xin, Wang Ben, Peng Yue, Zhang Han, Zhao Tuo, Ren Xiong and other generals to lead a million troops to conquer Southeast Asia and enter the Maurya Dynasty from the land.
Before leaving, Ying Zheng had already made arrangements. After opening the passage to the Maurya Dynasty, Ren Xiong led 20,000 jungle troops to conquer the entire Southeast Asia.
The rest of the army continued to be led by Han Xin, Wang Ben, Zhang Han, Peng Yue and other generals, and went straight to the Maurya Dynasty.
To conquer a small Southeast Asia in the wilderness, Ren Xiong's 20,000 jungle troops are enough.
Ying Zheng didn't want the army to waste time here.
Ying Zheng also left an imperial edict. After Ren Xiong conquered the entire Southeast Asia, he ordered Ren Xiong to be the general to sit in Southeast Asia, and then dispatched some capable officials from the court to govern.
Ying Zheng planned to set up three counties in Southeast Asia, namely Myanmar County, Thailand County, and Malay County, and incorporate Southeast Asia into the localized management of Daqin.
In the near future, the entire Southeast Asia will also be rejuvenated because of the Qin Dynasty.
...
At this moment.
Chen Qilin, Ying Zheng and others came to the coastal dock.
It was discovered that a mighty fleet had docked here. Ten treasure ships were like giants on the sea, towering over the vast ocean, making people excited. The rest of the thousands of Fu ships were also neatly arranged and majestic!
On each ship, the black dragon flag of the Qin Dynasty was flying, fluttering.
Ying Zheng looked at the Qin Navy and couldn't help but praise:
"The Qin Navy is magnificent!!!"
Chen Qilin looked at the huge fleet and felt a rare excitement.
This was his first close visit to the Qin Navy, which was built according to the design drawings of the Ming Dynasty Navy ships, and it was also his first time to see the famous treasure ship up close.
The treasure ship was a huge wooden sailing ship, like a modern small aircraft carrier, 148 meters long and 60 meters wide.
The ship has four floors, nine masts and twelve sails, and the anchor weighs several thousand kilograms. It takes two or three hundred people to set sail... It is not an exaggeration to describe the treasure ship as a giant on the sea.
Chen Qilin looked at the Qin Navy in front of him and couldn't help but think of the Ming Navy.
The Ming Navy was the world's number one navy at that time. It reached its peak during the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. It had 3,800 ships, of which 250 were ocean-going treasure ships.
The famous Zheng He fleet was actually just a mobile fleet of the powerful Ming Empire Navy.
The total size of the Ming Navy was equivalent to 10 Spanish Invincible Armadas.
From Zhu Yuanzhang's crossing of the Yangtze River and the Poyang Lake Water Battle at the end of the Yuan Dynasty to Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan, the Ming Dynasty was established for nearly three hundred years, but the Ming Navy never suffered a defeat.
Even at the end of the extremely corrupt Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty Navy still defeated the powerful Dutch fleet in the Battle of Penghu and the Battle of Liaoluo Bay...
Unfortunately, ancient Chinese military has always focused on land warfare rather than naval warfare, so the glory of the Ming Dynasty Navy was submerged.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?" Ying Zheng saw that the gentleman was in a daze and couldn't help asking.
Chen Qilin came back to his senses and smiled: "Nothing, I just thought of something. I hope your majesty can make the Great Qin Navy shock the world!"
"Sir, don't worry, my Great Qin Navy will not disappoint you!"
Ying Zheng took Chen Qilin's hand and said heroically: "Sir, let's get on board and go to conquer the Maurya Dynasty!"
Chen Qilin nodded and followed Ying Zheng towards the most majestic and magnificent main ship, the treasure ship.
Swish!
Tu Sui led 100,000 Daqin navy soldiers, kneeling on the deck, shouting in unison:
"Welcome Your Majesty, Sir, to board the ship!!!"
The shouts of 100,000 people gathered together, resounding across the sea and sky, making people excited!
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