armyinform Chapter 582: The Rich Coastal Clan Dare To Lie To Us, Kill It!
Chapter 582: The Rich Coastal Clan Dare To Lie To Us, Kill It!
Chapter 582: The Rich Coastal Clan Dare To Lie To Us, Kill It!
"His Majesty!"
"According to the Jinyi Guardian in the Chen family, except for those who are officials and study in the Imperial Academy, none of the Chen family's children have gone to sea."
While Shen Ruliang and Li Fei were complacent about the burning of the Penghu military granary, while Zhu Yijun ordered Qi Jimei to lead his troops to Wengyuan, Guangdong, Zhang Jingxiu hurriedly continued to report to Zhu Yijun about the situation of the Chen family.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun looked at Tian Yi: "Where's Dongchang?"
"Dongchang has not received any secret reports that the Chen family's children have moved or transferred their property."
Tian Yi replied at this time.
then.
Zhang Jingxiu took out a private letter and said: "In addition, Uncle Weng Yuan replied to the minister, but he did not take the route of the official post, but asked a friend to forward it, so it was delayed for some days, and what Weng Yuanbo said in the letter This statement is not so much a promise to the minister as it is a promise to your majesty, so your majesty please take a look at it!"
"His Majesty!"
"In fact, although Weng Yuanbo has bad deeds, it is not unfaithful or unwise. It is just that he may be greedy for big things, and he does not hesitate to play with the hearts of the world in order to make great achievements and gain big profits."
Zhu Yijun took the letter, read it carefully, then raised his eyebrows slightly and said:
"Excessive!"
"Don't take back the order given to Qi Jimei! No matter how honest the Chen family is, they have to put on a show for others to see!"
After Zhu Yijun said that, he laughed.
"In addition, we must strictly investigate the leakage of water from the Penghu granary. If these people think that I can't challenge Lu Song, then I can't let them live too peacefully!"
Zhu Yijun continued to give instructions.
"Yes!"
……
Lingayen Bay, Hawksbill Harbour.
"You don't want the court to challenge Luzon, so you have tried everything possible to defeat Luzon this time, but you still don't understand Your Majesty!"
"In fact, the more you don't want His Majesty to do a certain thing, the more His Majesty will do it. Therefore, if you know Your Majesty well enough, you will know that if you can't win Luzon this time, His Majesty will only use a bigger The price to recover Luzon!"
"Who will bear the price?"
"Could it be Xiaomin, of course not!"
"At that time, it will have to be us coastal clans! And no one can afford that price, unless you really want to rebel, and you really have the courage to overthrow the Great Ming Dynasty!"
"So, don't underestimate the determination of today's emperor, and push him into a hurry. He may give up the position of emperor, and he will turn the world upside down."
Chen Lin looked at the seaport in front of which the outline of the land was increasingly emerging, and said to Li Wenhe who was about to be ordered to go here in the name of a merchant ship.
talking.
Chen Lin couldn't help but think of the incident when Zhu Yijun coerced and lured them to massacre them in the palace and forced the emperor to kill Zhang Juzheng's civil servants.
From that moment on, he clearly realized that the current emperor is not an emperor who is willing to compromise.
"Master Du, now I am a person who is determined to serve the country, and I have made a clean break with them!"
Li Wenhe said something solemnly after hearing what Chen Lin said.
Chen Lin smiled because of this, and then patted him on the shoulder:
"Then go! Once you capture the tortoiseshell city gate, you will burn the smoke!"
"Yes!"
Next, Li Wenhe really went to Hawksbill Harbor on an armed merchant ship that was changed from a warship, and hundreds of knife and axemen selected from Chen Linbiao's battalion disguised as his slaves also followed him. go.
And after Li Wenhe arrived at Tortoiseshell Port, Lada, the captain and commander of Xiyi who was stationed here, did not doubt it. After the tea and porcelain were moved down, Li Wenhe was allowed to live in Turtle Harbor.
But in the early morning of the next day, Li Wenhe really took the tortoiseshell city gate with a hundred knives and axes, and lit thick smoke to tell the Ming army fleet at sea.
After the Ming army fleet learned of Li Wen and the gate of the Hawksbill Harbor, they immediately braved the wind and waves to break into the Hawksbill Harbor.
Seeing this, the Xiyi soldiers on the high platform in the city quickly informed Lada of the situation.
After hearing this, Rada woke up quickly, and then saw a large number of Ming army warships approaching his Hawksbill Harbor covering the sky, and was shocked for a moment: "The hateful Easterners lied to us, they lied to us, these bright The army did not go to Maris, but came to Hawksbill Harbor, my God, I have five hundred soldiers here!"
"Captain!"
"The city gate was taken by the Orientals who came yesterday!"
Rada was on the verge of despair.
But at this time, a second lieutenant officer under his command ran to him with his injured arm and reported another bad news to him.
"Isn't Li Xianggong here to do business?"
Rada couldn't help asking, and then quickly understood: "We were deceived by the Orientals, hurry, hurry, go to Manila and tell the governor immediately, those wealthy families in the Ming Dynasty did not really forgive us, but deliberately lied to us. We were fooled, none of these damn heretics can be trusted!"
boom!
boom!
boom!
At this time, the Ming army had already begun to fire artillery to attack the city. A large number of infantrymen also boarded the wave boats and invaded Tortoiseshell Port over the mountains and plains.
In less than half a day, Tortoiseshell Port was completely occupied by the Ming army, and Lada and others were also captured.
"Wang, Second General Zhang!"
"The end is here!"
As soon as Chen Lin arrived at Tortoiseshell Harbor, he issued a new order, and first named Wang Rulong and Zhang Shijue, the two commanders-in-chief: "According to the scheduled opportunity, you will immediately lead [-] troops each to outflank Manila!"
"Yes!"
Then, Chen Lin ordered Deng Zilong: "After a day's rest, the old general will continue to take the lead in sending the fleet to Manila!"
Deng Zilong also said yes.
Then, Chen Lin looked at the other generals and said: "Except for General Qi who stayed at the tortoise shell, and the guerrilla Mao Guoqi led troops to attack Bangala City, the rest, although the governor will start the day after tomorrow, the navy will change to small boats, and the horse infantry will advance along the beach. Go hand in hand, use Taizu's tactics of beating Chen Youliang back then, and let the twenty galleons added by Xiyi become ours!"
"Yes!"
Qi Jin and others immediately agreed.
Wait until the third day.
When Li Wenhe and Chen Lin came to Manila together, they saw Ming army soldiers and horse infantry marching southward from the east and west directions of Hawksbill Harbor in the northwest of Luzon Island. There were so many cannon carts that you couldn't see the head or the tail, and the rows of advancing gunners seemed to be continuously spit out by the gate of Hawksbill Harbor. A large number of Ming army banners densely formed a forest. Under the sea breeze, it is even more flying.
at the same time.
A large number of Guangzhou ships are also heading south along the coastal and offshore areas. The ships are full of Shenhuo crows and rocket slippers, as well as ship-borne large copper cannons.
The Spanish governor of Manila, Louis, was surprised when he learned that the Ming army occupied Hawksbill Harbor first.
"We were deceived. The Ming army did not come directly to Manila, but allowed the Ming army to land in advance. Now it is difficult to fight! The key is not just the naval battle!"
Archbishop Lei Weili couldn't help but said with a depressed face at this time.
Louis, on the other hand, was sullen and kicked Du Gongyan, a representative of the southeast coastal clan who had smuggled in, to the ground on the spot. He drew his knife and pointed at him and asked:
"You coastal clans dare to lie to us?!"
Du Gongyan begged for mercy with a look of panic on his face: "I don't know either! It was Li Wenhe, the staff member next to Chen Lin, who said it himself, and I didn't expect it to be like this!"
"what!"
As soon as Du Gongyan screamed, his head flew off.
then.
A bloody human head rolled to the ground.
Louis then withdrew the bloody knife and ordered the entire main force of the Spanish infantry to immediately go north to recapture Hawksbill Port, because he did not want the Ming army to have a foothold in Luzon.
However, the main force of the Spanish infantry was led by Aguna. Just one day after departure, Deng Zilong's advance fleet arrived in Manila Bay.
Louis hurriedly dispatched his Spanish fleet to meet.
"These warships are galleons dispatched by our Armada. Even if these Ming troops take the lead, they cannot win the naval battle."
Louis also said to Lei Shuli because of this.
Lei Weili said: "Let's not underestimate them. Last time they came to pick up people, the size of their warships was not small. Besides, don't forget our disastrous defeat in the English Channel."
"It's okay, I will personally command the naval battle!"
"Manila will be left to you to stay behind."
After speaking, Louis personally led [-] Spanish galleons to dispatch, and began to face the advance fleet led by Ming veteran Deng Zilong.
And Lei Boli led the remaining Spanish infantry and the mercenary infantry composed of Japanese and natives to stay in Manila.
War is imminent!
At the beginning.
Deng Zilong and other Ming army navy officers and soldiers were quite shocked when they saw twenty giant Spanish galleons coming through the waves.
In particular, the big mast covered with soft white sails surrounded by white clouds, like a big whale out of the water, splits the red sun from it, which makes people feel awe.
"You lead the big ship to stay, turn the bow of the ship, and fight with the cannon from the side. I will lead the small boat to rush forward and attack the side of the ship with the cannon!"
"If you are too badly damaged, don't even think about fighting. Retreat quickly and arouse your arrogance!"
At this moment, Deng Zilong gave orders to Chief Soldier Ji Jin.
Ji Jin couldn't help saying: "The old general stays behind on the big ship, let the boy go!"
"Where are you going! The guns on the giant fanship have no eyes, and you are still young, so stay behind!"
After Deng Zilong said this, he jumped onto the boat and ordered:
"Raise the yellow flag, the commander of each ship, sail forward quickly!"
After Deng Zilong said, dozens of single-deck bird ships from the Ming army suddenly launched an attack on the Spanish Armada like arrows flying off the string.
"These Chinese are indeed as cunning as the Anglo-Saxons!"
Seeing this, Louis guessed the Ming army's intention and said: "Prepare the side cannon! Sink one ship and reward fifty pieces of silk and twenty slaves!"
Kaka!
As a result, the side cannons of the galleons of the Spanish Armada began to be pushed out of the holes, and the dark muzzles began to appear on the sea.
boom!
At this time, the small warship sent by the Ming army was directly embedded in the flanks of the sailing ships of the Spanish Armada.
After the Ming warships were embedded, the Spanish artillery began to spit bombs frantically. Many Ming warships were bombarded as soon as they entered, and the hulls were cracked and sawdust flew across. into the sea.
At the same time, Xiyi soldiers frantically fired heavy matchlock guns, and many Ming army officers and soldiers were shot on the spot, bleeding a boat.
But the Ming army also began to beat drums and fire cannons. Amidst the thunderous drums, the Ming Qi bronze iron core cannons began to roar, hitting the Spanish galleon and directly breaking a large hole in the hull.
Then, the Ming army's rocket slipped over with a large amount of kerosene, and ignited the interior of the Spanish sailing ship on the spot, causing the people inside to scream continuously. Many Xiyi ran out of the ship hole with fire and jumped directly into the water .
There are also a large number of sacred fire crows flying all over the sky, like black bats, wrapping around the white soft sails of the Spanish galleon to kill.
Just like in a game of Go, the black and white sides are fighting, and the fighting is very tragic.
Moments later, the raging fire spread from the mast to the hull.
Although the clumsy Spanish galleon was huge, it was difficult to turn around. Seeing this, Louis simply ordered the big ship not to turn around, but concentrated all his troops on both sides, and risked being burned to death, condescendingly shooting the Ming army.
A large number of Ming troops suffered casualties as a result, and numerous corpses were found on many ships.
General Manager Shen Yourong couldn't help shouting to Deng Zilong: "Old General, the bandits have not been fooled, and they seem to be fighting to the death, destroy us first, why don't we withdraw?!"
"Remove what!"
Standing on the boat, Deng Zilong let out a loud shout, letting the silver beard under his chin fly in the wind, and shouted: "Fight back! Bring up the big wind-chasing blunderbuss and shoot!"
"Yes!"
Many sailors on board the Ming army hurriedly carried up the big wind-chasing blunderbuss invented by Zhao Shizhen.
The Big Chasing Wind Gun is a heavy matchlock gun called Yingyang Gun in history. It is almost the same as a cannon. Because it needs two people to carry it to fire, it was also called a gun in history. It was very popular in the eighteenth century.
The big chasing gun, that is, the gun, is so powerful that it can kill a large number of Spanish soldiers across the board.
For a while, the two sides killed each other with heavy casualties.
However, due to the limited investment of the Ming army's naval forces, and the fact that they are fighting away, unlike offshore warfare, they are more willing to fight to the death in order to protect their hometown, so many Ming troops mostly hid in the cabins and shot blindly in the end. The lower position, so after a large number of elite casualties, it gradually became exhausted.
Seeing this, Louis was overjoyed. While ordering people to extinguish the fire on the white sail, he directly ordered to form a death squad to jump off the ship and fight the Ming army. However, some Ming army warships couldn't bear it for a while and began to run back.
Seeing this, Deng Zilong wanted to grit his teeth and ordered: "Fight my banner and rush deeper to reduce the pressure on other places and boost morale!"
"Old general! This..."
Shen Yourong couldn't help shouting.
Deng Zilong said: "Follow orders!"
Shen Yourong had no choice but to say yes, and then ordered people to raise the "Deng" flag.
Louis narrowed his eyes when he saw this, and immediately pointed to Deng Zilong's boat and said, "Concentrate on that bright boat!"
for a while.
Many Spanish artillery and guns aimed at Deng Zilong's boat. While the pressure on other open ships was greatly reduced, the fire pressure on Deng Zilong's boat was doubled.
The entire hull seemed to be in a turbulent sea for a while, and it seemed that it would sink in a moment.
boom!
Suddenly, a cannonball flew directly over, hit the back of the boat, bounced up and hit Deng Zilong's chest, knocking Deng Zilong away on the spot.
"Old General!"
"Old General!"
"Old General!"
……
On the spot, Chief Shen Yourong and the officers and soldiers on board were all dumbfounded, and they all shouted after a while.
Louis smiled smugly when he saw this.
As for the Ming army.
Seeing this, Huang Da, a sailor soldier who volunteered to join the army, immediately jumped into the water to search for Deng Zilong who was hiding in the huge waves of gunpowder smoke and flames. Many other navy officers and soldiers also forgot to fight and jumped into the water one after another.
Seeing this, Shen Yourong shouted on the spot: "Don't save! Don't shout!"
Seeing this, Shen Yourong simply drew his saber and slashed at a soldier who was about to jump, slashed him, and shouted: "Whoever jumps and shouts again, behead!"
In this way, the soldiers of the Ming army resumed the battle sequence and continued to fight against Xiyi.
Shen Yourong also ordered not to take down the "Deng" flag.
Because of this, Louis put away his smile, and pointed at Shen Yourong: "That young general of the Ming army is quite calm! These Ming soldiers are also quite well-trained, pass on the order, don't underestimate the enemy, and continue to jump off the ship for a decisive battle!"
boom!
Sudden.
As soon as Louis' words fell, his boat shook violently.
Then, Louis raised his eyes and saw more divine fire crows flying over like covering the sky and covering the sun, and landed on his galleon.
Louis couldn't help but look back and saw a large number of Ming army boats coming over the sea, coming from the direction of Manila.
"Manila!"
"My Manila was captured by another Ming army?!"
Louis was shocked.
He hurriedly picked up the Ming-made high-definition binoculars obtained by smuggling, and then he saw that on the land of Manila Bay, there were already a large number of Ming army cavalry taking advantage of the flat land of the beach, rushing into his artillery camp on the shore in a team, and slashing wildly. Kill the family members of the mercenaries living along the coast.
The shadows of knives kept coming, like snow.
At the same time, a large number of Ming army infantry appeared in lines on both sides of the strait and were forming formations to attack Manila City.
On the sea, a steady stream of Ming army boats emerged from the land on both sides of the coast. The boats were filled with Ming army soldiers holding sacred fire flying crows.
Louis took a few steps back and murmured, "The main force of the Ming army's navy has already gone behind me!"
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