Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 451 Report to the base camp, what a great victory! (I wish you good flowers, a full moon, reunion, and a happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

"Replacing troops with water?" Bumbutai nodded happily: her grandson finally learned his lesson and was able to do the unethical thing of digging the Yellow River. It seems that there is still hope for the Qing Dynasty!

"Your Majesty, do you want to flood Xuzhou? Xuzhou has a large population, right?" Yang Xiaomi raised his eyebrows, as if he couldn't bear it.

"I haven't decided where to flood it yet," Kangxi said with a smile. "In short, there is a big flood waiting for Li Zhongshan. When Duanping of the Song Dynasty entered Luo, the Mongols dug up the dam of the Yellow River, led their troops with water, and flooded The Song army's food route caused the Song army to enter Luo without food. In the end, almost the entire army was annihilated. The Huaixi elite that had been accumulated for many years was also destroyed. The death of the Southern Song Dynasty in Mongolia can be said to have started from the Duanping flood. rise!

Although the Mongols were not honest in what they did to drain the Yellow River, didn't Kublai Khan finally destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and dominate the world?My Mongolian Khan position can be traced back to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Using the method of removing the Yellow River embankment to deal with the Han people is also the ancestral method! "

"That makes sense!" Bumbutai said with a smile, "Tachar, who fought against the Yellow River to flood the Song army, was one of the ancestors of our host Mongolia!"

The grandfather of Tachar was Genghis Khan's younger brother Temuge Orchijin, while the Horqin tribe came from Genghis Khan's other younger brother Hesar. Both brothers were sealed in the eastern part of the Mongolian steppe, forming the so-called host Mongolia.As for the various tribes in the host Mongolia, there had been long-term intermarriage and intermarriage. Judging from the blood relationship, this Tachar was probably one of the many ancestors of Emperor Kangxi.

Kangxi added: "No matter whether Li Zhongshan started in Henan and then Shandong, or went all the way north to Beijing, his way back was always in danger of the Yellow River flood. As long as the Yellow River flooded, his dozens of people would be destroyed." It is impossible for the entire army of ten thousand to retreat! This Yellow River water is our northern Hu people’s court’s last trump card to stop the Southern and Northern Expeditions!

As soon as the Yellow River overflows, I will lead my troops south to have a showdown with Li Zhongshan! "

Speaking of which, Kangxi was so proud!

He has worked hard to learn bad things in the past few years, and finally reached the point where he has achieved great success. He has reached the point where he has greatly lacked great virtues. Not only has he mastered the method of "replacing soldiers with water", but he is also ready to put all the blame on Prince Gong, Chang Ning, and all bad things are wrong. Chang Ning did it, and Kangxi was a "great and upright" saint!

"Your Majesty," Empress Yang suddenly interrupted, "Since the water of the Yellow River has such miraculous effects, why didn't Emperor Yuan Shun block the Yellow River to resist Zhu Yuanzhang's army?"

"That's not because the Yuan Dynasty was fighting among its own people, and no one cared about the Ming army's Northern Expedition!" Kangxi said quietly, "But our Qing Dynasty is now monolithic and the queen, don't you think so?"

Hearing Kangxi's words, Yang Xiaomi felt a chill running down his spine - the news that Yang Qilong handed over Fuquan's savings to the French mission for them to take back to Europe has now reached Kangxi's ears.

This matter made Spain, the Netherlands, and England, the loyal allies of the Qing Dynasty, miserable. 1000 million taels of silver were transferred out of Yang Qilong's bank and bought a bunch of porcelain, silk, sugar, etc. from the Ming Dynasty. Tea and other things, when it comes to Europe, it can be 5-10% profit!
Most of these tens of millions to [-] million profits were given to Louis XIV. Louis XIV took the money and sent hundreds of thousands of troops. Not long ago, he marched into Rome to help the Catholic Church!Now both Spain and the Netherlands are in danger.

If Spain and the Netherlands cannot be defended, there will be no "great powers" to help the Qing Dynasty.

Without Li Qingqing's guidance, it might be over!
What made Kangxi even more angry was that Yang Qilong's behavior also greatly strengthened Fuquan's strength!What is he trying to do?Do you want Fuquan to call back?

So Yang Qilong has stepped on Kangxi's bottom line this time. No matter how good Yang Xiaomi's body is, it can't offset her brother's behavior of colluding with the enemy!

Of course, now is not the time to abolish Yang Xiaomi. Now we still need to stabilize Yang Qilong!

"Well," Yang Xiaomi knew that Kangxi's words meant something, but she was unable to resist now, so she could only act obediently and willing to be beaten and punished. She nodded and agreed, "What the emperor said is absolutely true." , Now our Qing Dynasty is indeed monolithic, and Li Zhongshan who dares to conduct the Northern Expedition at this time is indeed seeking death."

Kangxi smiled and said: "Queen, this time I will lead the expedition in person, who will stay behind in the capital?"

Yang Xiaomi quickly shook his head and said softly: "Your Majesty, I want to be with the Emperor."

Bumbutai smiled and said, "Xuan Ye, just take Xiaomi and send troops together. I'll keep an eye on Beijing for you!"

Kangxi smiled: "Then there is Madam Laohuang."

September 1683, 9, Hangzhou Bay, waters near Zhapu Town, Pinghu County.

In the distance, on the sea near Yuyao County, there was a faint sound of cannons. After dozens of miles, it was like rolling thunder on the horizon.This is the small ship of the Spanish Armada harassing and attacking Zhougang and Linshanwei below Yuyao County.

The Spanish admiral who commanded this landing operation, Admiral Pedro de Zabala and the Japanese mercenary general, was the adopted grandson of the Kasuga Bureau and the nickname of Ietsuna's predecessor. Because his father died for Iemitsu, he brought his own Hota Masatoshi, a veteran of the shogunate who has the halo of the second generation of Tadashi and also made contributions to the succession of Tsunayoshi, after repeated research, finally formulated a plan to feign attack on Yuyao by Zhou Gang and Linshan Guards, and surprise attack on Zhapu Town below Pinghu County. "Genius Plan".

According to this plan, a dozen light ships of the Dutch East India Company flying the Spanish "Neckland" flag will arrive in the waters near Yuyao County before the large fleet, and use naval guns to bombard the coastal towns of Zhougang Town and Linshanwei. , attracting the main force of the Ming army in Zhejiang to support Yuyao, and on the sea forty or fifty miles to the north, the main force of the Spanish Armada, and a fleet carrying a landing force of three brigades, totaling 15000 Japanese mercenaries, It has arrived on the ocean outside Zhapu Town with murderous intent.

This is an unprecedentedly powerful fleet, covering dozens of transport ships, like a floating city on the sea shrouded in darkness.When the time finally reached the early morning of September 9, this fleet, consisting of a total of 30 warships, gunboats, and 55 armed merchant ships, had already approached the coastline.The entire fleet began to circle in the sea while rearranging their formation in the dark.

The high quality of the Spanish and Dutch sailors was undoubtedly revealed at this time. Under the order of Admiral Zabala, the entire fleet was launched. Large warships of levels one, two, three and four were active in the "Big Trumpet" area of ​​Hangzhou Bay. , to protect the landing fleet from attacks by large Ming army ships that may be hiding in the Zhoushan Islands or Wusongkou.The armed merchant ships transporting troops, under the cover of two to three hundred-ton gunboats, headed for the shallow water area, followed by the fleet transporting military horses, supplies and artillery.In addition, some gunboats were placed near the entrance of the Qiantang River to prevent the Ming army's small ships from pulling fire boats out of the Qiantang River to cause trouble. At this time, don't dare to be careless!

At this time, there was a little light on the sea, and several light gunboats with shallow drafts further approached the coastline near Zhapu Town. These light gunboats also towed sampans full of Japanese mercenaries that had been dropped from armed merchant ships. Board - these are the first suicide squads to land!Their mission is to test the defense of Zhapu Town. If there is no large Ming army garrison in Zhapu Town, then the surprise attack will be considered a success!

The success of the surprise attack means that the five-way war against the Ming Dynasty by the eight-nation coalition forces of the "Qing Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Japan, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the Holy Roman Empire" has officially begun!

Yes, it is the "Eight Countries". Although there are eleven countries in the Anti-Ming Alliance, Sweden, Denmark and India are just temporary. Persia, which was once a member, was defeated by the Great Zhou Dynasty, that is, Chagatai Khan. China had already withdrawn from the attack, and Denmark, which was still a maritime power, took over. However, Denmark, like Sweden and India, had no interests in East Asia, so it did not really send troops.

Among the eight countries that sent troops, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and the Holy Roman Empire were all just interested. The British sent two armed merchant ships of the East India Company to the offshore waters of the Ming Dynasty to engage in zero-dollar purchases, and the Holy Roman Empire sent some army officers to The Japanese served as consultants and helped them train Japanese mercenaries, while Asan from India sent a pair (one male and one female) of elephant soldiers to Malacca.
Therefore, the main forces in the Eight-Nation Alliance are still the five countries of Qing Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Japan, Spain, and the Netherlands!

When the Spanish Armada and the transport fleet carrying Japanese mercenaries began to land, on a hidden observation deck on the highlands of Jiulong Mountain near Zhapu Town, Li Zhongzheng and Yao Qisheng were holding telescopes and looking through the misty sky. In the brightening sky, I observed the warships and armed merchant ships that were losing the cover of night.

“I guessed it, it’s really Zhapu!”

Li Zhongzheng put down his telescope and asked Yao Qisheng beside him with a smile: "Xizhi, can the evacuation of Haishachang, Guangchen Town and Pinghu County begin?"

Yao Qisheng did not answer directly, but asked instead: "Youjun, do you really want to let them enter Pinghu County? That is a county!"

Li Zhongzheng smiled: "Xizhi, it is said in the art of war that if you are reluctant to let go of your children, you cannot trap the wolf! If we are reluctant to part with a county, how can we trap the main force of the Japanese pirates?"
The main force of the Japanese pirates cannot be trapped... Where can they go in this thousands of miles of sea territory?We only have six divisions of troops at hand. How can we be foolproof if we want to defend from Fujian to Jiangsu?Instead of setting up defenses everywhere and being weak everywhere, it is better to gather forces and fight the enemy decisively on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay! "

This Li Zhongzheng is indeed a "Zhongzheng"!

His anti-Japanese strategy and the location he chose for the decisive battle were all very "righteous"!

And he also likes "micro-management". Today, in the "Zhapu Anti-Japanese War", he will personally engage in "micro-management". After Li Zhongshan left Nanjing, he "left behind" and should be in charge of Nanjing. , centered command.But he couldn't stay idle. Li Zhongshan crossed the river, and he handed over the responsibility of staying behind at the General's Palace to Li Laishun, the cavalry director. He took Yao Qisheng, who acted as the left military division of the General's Palace, to Zhejiang, preparing to personally command the resistance. Japanese!
As for his anti-Japanese strategy, to sum it up, it is "lure the Japanese to penetrate deeper, trap the Japanese and fight for reinforcements"!

In order to perform the trick of luring the Japanese pirates well, he even personally arrived at the "No. [-]" possible landing point of the Japanese pirates that he drew lots, which was Zhapu Town, and personally prepared a little surprise for the Japanese pirates and the Spaniards.

At this time, a "sea and land amphibious ambush" had been prepared near the Zhapu Town Pier. Eight 8-pound cannons were ambushed on land, all arranged in carefully camouflaged artillery bunkers.The black muzzle pointed toward the sea, waiting for the Western gunboats to approach.

At the Zhapu Town Pier, Li Zhongzheng also arranged a fire ship disguised as a merchant ship and a crab boat used for charging!

These fast crab boats are equipped with ramming horns, which can easily knock over the Japanese sampans!According to the plan drawn up by Li Zhongzheng himself, he was to take advantage of the heavy artillery fire on the shore and the chaos after the fireship was released, use the high speed of the crab boat to launch an impact, knock over some small boats carrying Japanese pirates, and then withdraw northward to Haiyan County.

Such an attack would probably make the Spaniards and Japanese pirates angry, but it would not be enough to make them retreat. After they landed, Li Zhongzheng arranged a battalion of army troops and thousands of militiamen in Zhapu Town to fight. Retreat and lead the landed Japanese pirates step by step to Pinghu County.

In addition, Li Zhongzheng will also let people leave considerable property and a considerable number of worn-out weapons and armor in Zhapu, Haishachang, Guangchen Town, Baishawan and Pinghu County. In short, it will definitely make Japanese servants who do not have much practical experience The soldier leaders had enough "accomplishments" to brag about in the success reports they received from the Edo base camp.

According to Li Zhongzheng's estimation, once the group of Japanese pirates knew that Pinghu was rich in oil and water, they would definitely place heavy bets. At that time, he would mobilize three divisions to surround Pinghu County and the Japanese pirates would be trapped!

I have to say that this "Zhongzheng"'s "micro-operation" level is quite good. After all, he is an officer who specializes in "micro-operation"!I wonder if his opponent is willing to cooperate?

The first batch of small sampans carrying Japanese pirates have landed on the beaches on both sides of Zhapu Town!
What awaited them was sparse gunfire, the shots were inaccurate and caused almost no casualties. They were obviously all meant to scare people!

On the Spanish first-class battleship and the flagship of the Spanish Armada, the "Virginia de Concepcion", the Spanish Admiral Pedro de Zabala was frowning, not knowing what was going on. While he was thinking about something, he suddenly heard Hotta Masatoshi shouting excitedly: "Onboard! The surprise attack is successful! The surprise attack is successful. The Japanese samurai have landed on the land of the Ming Dynasty!"

He was shouting in Japanese, so Admiral Sabala naturally couldn't understand him, but he could still understand what was going on from the other party's excited tone.
The Spanish admiral quickly raised his binoculars and looked toward the shore, and saw several eye-catching torches swaying on the beach near Zhapu Town in the early morning darkness!
This is a sign of successful login!
The defense of Zhapu Town is indeed very sparse, otherwise the probing Japanese pirates would have become gods by now!
Admiral Sabala finally relaxed his brows and loudly ordered: "Transfer! Zhapu Town must be captured before noon!"

The transport ship carrying the Japanese pirates had already arrived near the coastline, surrounded by some vigilant patrol gunboats, and small sampans were lowered from the big ship one after another.In the dim light of the early morning, Japanese mercenaries wearing black military uniforms and pointed high hats were seen crawling down the rope net.These heavily armed infantrymen carrying heavy luggage were clumsy and would fall into the water if they were not careful. Therefore, the armed merchant ships were able to furl their sails, lower their anchors, and fix themselves on the water, while the escorting gunboats We also had to lower the sails and anchor together.

At this time, the entire landing fleet is most vulnerable!
Suddenly, a rocket soared from the Jiulong Mountain in the highlands near Zhapu Town, and then exploded in the air with a bang. Then, near the Zhapu Town Pier, several groups of fire suddenly flashed out in the darkness, followed by eight dull cannon sounds!
The Japanese pirates who were transferring trains all broke into a cold sweat when they heard the thunderous sound: Baga!Very bad, this is a Ming army bombardment!

(End of this chapter)