Jinyi champion

The emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty had to hold another court meeting in Fengtian Hall.

This time Zhu Si's face became obviously tense. He hid in the deep palace for a few days. Like a visitor from outside the sky, he is pushing towards the two capitals step by step, but he is not in a hurry for success.

Wang Shizhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, came forward to report: "Your Majesty, after Di Yi landed, he did not rush to march against our Great Ming Capital. Maybe his commander didn't know where the Great Ming Capital was, or maybe he was short of food, grass and soldiers...We can do that. Start by cutting off the connection between the troops ashore and the fleet at sea."

Now Wang Shizhong can see it too.

A frontal attack would definitely fail. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were sent over, and they were beaten to the point where they could not find their way in an hour.

But the opponent is not in a hurry to advance. Either they don't know that the Ming capital is nearby, or the opponent is not ready yet. Of course, under this premise, they must make good use of the landlord's advantage and engage in some "devious" tactics.

Zhu Sidao: "Da Ming has millions of soldiers. In front of such a group of uninvited guests, he just sits and watches the opponent's provocation. Do you just admit defeat? How many troops do they have? Ten thousand? Can't they use the crowd tactics to pile them up? Even if they have firearms, the ammunition consumes too much Wouldn’t it be like a fire stick after all? Hmph, I believe the consumption can kill them alive!”

Obviously Zhu Si didn't want to accept Wang Shizhong's strategy of using troops.

The other party is obviously a small group of armed forces, and they ran into my Daming's back garden, even at the feet of the emperor of the capital, and let me avoid their edge?

Wang Shizhong looked embarrassed and didn't know how to respond.

In fact, even if Wang Shizhong felt that some clever tactics should be used to fight these enemies, the Ministry of War did not have a specific plan that could be implemented, mainly because the incident this time was too abnormal.

Liu Chun asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, who should lead the troops to meet the enemy?"

Zhu Si glared at Wang Shizhong. It was the best choice to let the Minister of the Ministry of War lead the army, but now Zhu Si was very disappointed with Wang Shizhong. He asked with a dark face, "Is there any news from all the people in the northwest who work hard for the king?"

Yang Yiqing came forward to report: "Three sides, Liaodong and other places are already on the way. The former army of the Xuanfu has arrived in the capital and has been on the battlefield. Now they are gathering the defeated troops. It is expected that the follow-up troops will arrive in the next few days. The minister believes that it is a good strategy to defend against the enemy when we stick to the city and mobilize the soldiers and horses of Qin Wang from all provinces to gather in the capital."

If Yang Yiqing hadn't come out to speak, Zhu Si almost wanted to say, the capital will be handed over to you, and I will go back to Anlu to avoid the limelight.

But he thought again, even if the walls of the acropolis in Tianjin were blown up by those barbarians, don't we have explosives?When Zhu Hao was here, he used it to open mountains and build roads, and the steep mountains were blown flat. Why do you think the court has no chance of winning?
Zhu Sidao: "If you lead the army from Yang Qing's family, and you are also the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Yushi of the Zuodu, commanding the soldiers and horses of the kings from all walks of life... At present, the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized around the capital and can go to fight the bandits can be raised within five days. How much will it come out?"

Yang Yiqing was not surprised that the emperor arranged for him to lead the army. After all, he was the one with the most practical combat experience among the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty. They are all experienced and accomplished.

At critical times, only veterans like him can be of great use.

What Yang Yiqing didn't expect was that the emperor still insisted on sending troops to "death", which would obviously greatly consume the few soldiers in the capital area, and make Daming extremely passive in defense. After all, everyone was dead. defense?

Yang Yiqing said: "Your Majesty, it's better to use all kinds of troops to ambush the bandits on the main road to the capital, use artillery and gunpowder to form a barrier, or build fortresses, or dig trenches, so as to expedite the consumption of ammunition in their hands."

Although the enemy army of unknown origin is powerful, in the eyes of a veteran general like Yang Yiqing who has rich experience in leading troops, this kind of firepower cannot last long.

After the snatching is over, the weapons and ammunition are exhausted, and they will retreat without fighting!

There is no need to send the main force to fight them, or even to confront them head-on. Even if you want to eliminate them and prevent a comeback next time, you should study their origins and intentions after their withdrawal, and figure out their background and the way they make firearms After the method, make a plan.

Zhu Sidao: "The matter of employing troops will be left to you, Yang Qing's family. During this period of time, no matter what the yamen is, you must not leave people at twelve hours a day. Civil servants and generals are not allowed to slack in the slightest. I will summon you at any time!"

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Zhu Si is finally a bit like a responsible emperor.

After being cornered by the invading enemy, he realized that he, the emperor, needs to be responsible for the people of the world and communicate with the ministers. Of course, it was more because his life was in danger, and he had to put on an attitude of advancing and retreating with his ministers, soldiers and civilians. look.

The capital is under martial law.

In order to prepare for the war, in addition to the regular army around the capital, they even began to organize servants to go to the front line for the purpose of building fortresses. Except for the homes of high officials and dignitaries, the common people suffered at this time, and the men of most families were assigned. corvee.

In the direction of Nanjing City, Zhu Hao's troops advanced relatively smoothly.

The whole thing is that now the Ming court doesn't care about Nanjing at all, and it's a bit like letting Nanjing fend for itself, and Zhu Hao's soldiers and horses attacking Nanjing don't have much concern, sending troops is simple and direct, violent advance, no need for halfway Pause, soldiers, horses and food can fully meet the needs.

In just four days, soldiers and horses went to the city of Nanjing.

In the city of Nanjing, [-] to [-] troops have been assembled at this time, but half of them are temporarily recruited. It is false to say how much strength they have. This is related to the fact that Nanjing has not encountered a decent war for many years. The sixth department went to the garrison mansion and then to the guard station below, without any mental preparation, and it was a mess.

The soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing garrison lack clothing and food, and their weapons and equipment are even more uneven. Many guard soldiers have to accept the call with sickles and hoes to participate in city defense. In this critical situation, there are no famous generals who know soldiers to sit in the guard , I am afraid it will be difficult to support.

The siege began.

Simple and brutal.

It was bombing indiscriminately, and the bombing was on the city wall. Instead of going forward to bury explosives, it was directly bombarded with artillery. The shells were all filled with yellow gunpowder. After the explosion, the power was huge. More than [-] shells were fired in one hour. Only on one side of the city wall.

An hour later, the city wall for a mile in this direction was blown flat, exposing the houses in the city.

The defenders in the city had never seen such indiscriminate bombing before, and they were so frightened that many people on the city wall ran away.Fortunately, the bombing was over, and the soldiers and horses outside the city did not take the opportunity to hide and enter the city, but sent out "messenger".

The messenger's skin was yellow-brown, with high cheekbones, deep-set eye sockets, broad nose, and thick lips. He was obviously not a citizen of Ming Dynasty, but an "outsider" who could speak the language of Ming Dynasty.This person entered the city with a scepter, and no one dared to stop him. He passed through the damaged city wall, entered the city, and brought the letter that Zhu Hao had written in advance. Of course, it was not in Zhu Hao's name, but as a descendant of Yin and Shang. , the Huaxia Empire urged Ming subjects to surrender in exchange for peace.

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The war in Nanjing came to an end temporarily after the city wall collapsed.

do not fight!
Zhu Hao's army was stationed in the open area outside the Shence Gate in the northeast of Nanjing City, while the main force of the navy was cruising on the Yangtze River, blocking the Shangyuan Gate and the Outer Jinchuan Gate, as well as several rivers connecting the inner river of Jinling.

At the same time, the troops from the south of Ming Dynasty led by Lu Wan rushed over from Fujian.

Lu Wan assembled more than a hundred warships, and under the supervision of Luo An, the governor of Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi, who served as the supervisor of the army, launched a surprise attack on Zhu Hao's fleet.

But they obviously overestimated their ability to hide their whereabouts.

In fact, Lu Wan's troops have always been under the strict surveillance of Zhu Hao's navy. After the battle, Zhu Hao didn't need to dispatch too many ships, and only sent one ship to fight.

It is a giant steel ship.

This large iron ship is equipped with heavy artillery, and no soldier on the deck can see it. The artillery fires from five miles away. The intensity of the shells obviously exceeds the range of the Ming warship. Once the artillery goes down, the ship will be pierced. The soldiers on board There is only one option to escape by boat, and there is no chance of recovery.

One ship fought against nearly a hundred ships of Ming Dynasty.

When Luo An on the warship behind heard the news, he was very surprised.

Lu Wan also brought him a very bad news: "Commissioner Luo Zhen, based on what I have learned so far, the city wall of Nanjing City has been blown down, and the capital has also been invaded by bandits. The weapons used are unheard of, and they do not harass Common people. Nanjing City has obtained a document persuading surrender, and I have transcribed a copy for you to see."

After Luo An read the persuasion document, his expression was complicated.

The naval battle ahead is still going on, and more than a dozen ships in their fleet have been bombarded and sunk, but they can't even get past that ship within two miles.

The opponent only used one boat to make them realize that this battle could not be fought.

"The boats of the bandits are all made of steel, not just wrapped in a layer of armor. Whether it is fire attack or the shells fired by our artillery, it is difficult to sink them. Right now, I am afraid that they can only go ashore and fight on land. .”

Lu Wan could see that there was no chance of winning the water fight.

It's better to transfer the navy to the shore quickly, otherwise his soldiers and horses will be wiped out at sea.

Luo An said: "Lu Zhongcheng dispatched troops to suppress the Japanese pirates, I dare not ask about the Jinghai matter, you decide on your own."

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Lu Wan immediately changed his tactics and ordered all the ships to turn around and flee to the southwest, heading for the nearest port. He tried to take advantage of his own ship's advantages of being light, driven by sails, and traveling faster, and rushed over to the opponent's giant steel ship. before docking.

But they underestimated the speed of the opponent's steel warship.

Because the iron ship is driven by a steam turbine, its speed is more than twice as fast as that of Da Ming's ship, so that when Da Ming's side hastily turned the ship's bow, the giant steel ship has already approached, and the bombardment continues, and no matter whether it is far Cannons, but medium and short-range artillery, take turns to go into battle.

In terms of range, accuracy, and power, it is far above the artillery equipped on the Ming warship.

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When Lu Wan finally led the fleet into the port and the soldiers of Ming Dynasty landed, the huge steel ship almost sank all the ships of Ming Dynasty on the sea.

In other words, if Da Ming wanted to gather a decent navy to fight, it would be almost impossible to do it within a few months.

And Daming suffered heavy losses.

There are more than 2 horses, and not even half of them are left at this time.

And after the giant steel ship finished strangling the Daming Navy, it turned back directly and quickly disappeared at the junction of the sea and the sky, which made Lu Wan feel a sense of sadness after witnessing all this.