The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 422 Zhu Yuanzhang endured the pain to avoid face pain, Wang Baobao won the championship in the first battle, and Mr. Ye is still as stable as Mount Tai!

"What is he going to do?"

"Look at the ships docked next to each other in the inner harbor. They are all ready for the Battle of Red Cliff."

"He let his handsome ship go straight to the enemy ship in the center of the opponent's center. What on earth was he going to do?"

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Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already taken the monocular telescope, stood on the deck, stood on tiptoes, looked at Wang Baobao's handsome ship, and rushed straight towards the opponent's many ships.

Looking at the scene in front of him, he felt like a general who had fought to one man and charged into the army single-handedly for the sake of his own dignity.

If it were on land, this method of fighting would have only one result.

That is to win the respect of your enemies!
But in addition to winning the respect of the enemy, there is only one incomplete corpse left!
There are strong generals in the world who can monopolize hundreds of people, but there will never be any strong generals who can defeat ten thousand with one.

Let alone human beings, even if ten thousand chickens are lined up to be killed, they can still exhaust a human being to death.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this is true for fierce generals, and so is this advanced giant battleship.

Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's pessimism and worry, Xu Da still chose to remain silent.

He really wanted to support Wang Baobao and say Wang Baobao did a good job, but he also knew that based on the current situation, he couldn't say that Wang Baobao did a good job.

The only thing he could do for Wang Baobao was to remain extremely serious and silent.

Zhu Di on the side, like Zhu Yuanzhang, was not optimistic about Wang Baobao's strategy of fighting alone against a pack of wolves.

But because this strategy, which he was not optimistic about, was only implemented with the permission of his master Ye Qing, he also chose to remain silent.

But at this moment,

Ye Qing, however, didn't even bother to look at the excited pessimist Mr. Guo, and said impatiently: "You said it was very similar to the Battle of Chibi. How come you must lose?"

"Before the results come out, you can put forward your opinions in a fair way, but you can't tell the truth before fighting, like predicting the future!"

"This is not what a qualified general should do!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, although he was angry, he also knew that it was useless to get angry now.

Because on this ship, if Ye Qing really got angry, Zhu Yuanzhang would only end up being thrown off the ship and fed to the fishes.

But the voice in his heart was not lacking at all.

"Can the Battle of Chibi really be the same?"

"I really don't know what kind of ecstasy soup Wang Baobao gave you to drink, and he actually allowed him to take such a risk?"

"Just because he wants to settle with Qian Yuan in his heart?"

"If he loses, you will cry!"

"This man is still young!"

But at this moment, he realized something was wrong.

First of all, what Ye Qing likes to do most over the years is to make things feasible that others think are impossible.

Another thing is that every time he thinks this way over the years, he is the one who ends up hurting.

Zhu Yuanzhang recalled every moment he had spent with Ye Qing over the years, as well as the many losses he had suffered and the many deceptions he had suffered, and his mentality immediately changed.

At the very least, he was willing to refrain from commenting for the time being and read on first.

Just when they were all looking into the distance, looking at the blue army ship that was getting closer and closer to the harbor where the enemy ships were docked, a group of seabirds suddenly flew over the head of the ship where Wang Baobao was.

In the eyes of these condescending seabirds,
Ojiu Bay, within this huge trapezoidal bay, hundreds of warships of various types imitating the Tang Dynasty from the Japanese Kingdom and the Southern Dynasty were all moored along the widest coast.

As for the Blue Army fleet of the Ming Dynasty, except for the handsome ship, the rest of the ships are directly connected in a line with the seaward end of the two peninsulas on the left and right as the base point.

In the eyes of seabirds, it is just a huge dotted line that directly seals this huge trapezoidal bay.

It can be said to be a huge dotted line, or it can be said to be the buoy of a giant fishing net connecting two peninsulas!
If these so-called 'buoys' move forward, the fish in this sea area will suffer!

There was only one giant ship on the enclosed trapezoidal sea area, heading straight from the narrow side of the trapezoid to the bottom of the trapezoid.

And the bottom of this trapezoidal sea area is full of imitated Tang warships from the Japanese and Southern Dynasties!
"Enemy attack!"

"Go back quickly and report to His Majesty the Ghost Emperor that there is an enemy attack!"

"Navy, prepare to fight!"

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Above the wide Ojiu Harbor, on top of a large imitation Tang battleship, the soldiers on duty suddenly roared after seeing this scene.

At the same time, he shouted and waved the triangular flag in his hand.

They don't know anything about semaphore, but they know how to learn it. In order to break away from the international identity of "Chinese disciples", they learn half of it and change half of it themselves.

Although they have learned different things, it is still a semaphore they can understand.

In an instant, the soldiers of the Japanese and Southern Dynasties on the ships docked in the port immediately became panicked.

They were originally unprepared for war, but they had to prepare for war quickly and set sail urgently, so that there was no order of departure from the port at all.

Many ships directly collided with each other before they could completely exit the port.

Fortunately, although it is a wooden ship, it is still stronger than ordinary merchant ships.

But at this moment,

A general wearing an exaggerated helmet and armor and holding a samurai sword quickly rushed onto the handsome ship.

This Japanese Southern Dynasty general with an extremely exaggerated helmet is Chiba Chongwu, the Japanese Southern Dynasty general who was defeated by Xu Da.

In fact, it is very simple to distinguish the level of Japanese generals.

The Japanese country allowed generals to make armor privately, but it had to be in line with their own identity, so they made it as exaggerated as possible when it suited their identity.

In fact, their armor also has shadows of the armor of the Tang Dynasty.

This extremely exaggerated helmet is the folding ear helmet of the Tang Dynasty, but after their own improvements, they changed it into the classic 'Ghost Helmet' in later film and television works!
It stands to reason that as a general, Chiba Takatake should always accompany them as Emperor Kameyama.

But in order to welcome the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty that would arrive at any time, he came here early!

Qianye Chongwu slapped the soldier in charge of the lookout flag message in the face:
"idiot!"

"Is that an enemy attack?"

"Which enemy attack will make other ships stop in the distance, but the admiral's ship comes by itself?" (Admiral's ship: the Japanese name for the navy's commander ship)

"This is our friendly army, the reinforcements we invited. Their commander is here to discuss with us how to jointly deal with the Northern Dynasties!"

The flag soldier covered his face and said aggrievedly: "General, we don't know about this!"

Only then did Qianye Chongwu realize that in order to keep it secret, they did not inform the lower-level generals.

Since they don't know, it can only be regarded as a bad thing done with good intentions.

But even so, if the general slaps the soldier, he can't apologize!

This is the military culture of Japan!
Chiba Chongwu said loudly: "Hurry up and order them all to return to the port and clear a place where the big ship can dock."

"Hi!"

After the flag-calling soldier nodded and bowed, he quickly stood on the command booth and waved flags to both sides.

Just like that, the Japanese soldiers on each ship became angry!

While they were cursing all kinds of things, they asked the ship to return to port!

Qianba Chongwu, on the other hand, led his people to the bow of the deck of their general ship and waved to the approaching Ming Dynasty ship!

His lieutenant's eyes immediately lit up when he looked at the giant ship whose outline could already be seen.

When we parked at the Ryukyu Pier, I just felt it was huge. But looking at the giant ship riding the wind and waves at this moment, they felt lucky and frightened again.

The reason why they feel lucky is that this giant ship with an "iron-armored" appearance and fast sailing is their friendly force.

If you make an enemy of them, you will be smashed to pieces!

And the reason why they feel lingering fear is because the neighbor they are always thinking about actually has such a huge and fast navigation artifact.

And in their hearts, sooner or later they will become enemies of these nautical artifacts, and they must also be enemies of these nautical artifacts in the future.

Fortunately, after this cooperation, they had the opportunity to obtain the construction drawings of this huge nautical artifact.

Of course, they also knew that with Ye Qing's character as a profiteer, he would never give it to them in vain.

But as long as the other party reaches the shore, they will have the opportunity to board the ship, and as long as they get on the ship, they will have the opportunity to become thieves.

In their view, the Marshal of the Ming Fleet had no reason to refuse them from boarding the ship for negotiations. This was basic etiquette of cooperation.

But just as they were making this calculation, a sharp-eyed lieutenant immediately discovered the clues.

"General!"

"Look at the many oars on both sides of them. They are rowing so fast and powerfully. It doesn't look like they are coming into the harbor!"

"Yes, they lowered the sails early. This is a wartime situation!"

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Qianye Chongwu looked at the giant ship that was approaching in a crashing manner, and after listening to the reminders from the lieutenants on both sides, he immediately made a bold guess.

"Could it be?"

"Could it be that the Northern Dynasty also invited reinforcements, not the Ningbo Navy, but the Dengzhou Navy, or the Fuzhou Navy?"

"Our reinforcements haven't arrived yet. Their reinforcements will fight first?"

"But if we come to fight, how can it be possible that the other ships don't move and it's just the handsome ship that charges?"

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Qianye Chongwu had already guessed the truth, but because of the abnormal scene in front of him, he denied the truth he had guessed.

Just when Qianye Chongwu was still analyzing and hesitating, Wang Baobao issued another command.

In the blue army commander's warship booth, Wang Baobao stood in the middle, looking at the Japanese commander's ship, which was getting closer and closer, which was what they called the 'general ship'!
"Pass this Commander's orders,"

"After the enemy's commanding ship entered the range of the main gun on the bow, it immediately opened fire and destroyed it."

"As soon as the hit is confirmed, the left rudder is full, and the twenty Hongwu cannons on the left are all ready to fire!"

The two deputy generals immediately clasped their fists and said, "Yes!"

As soon as the words fell, they each went to give orders.

In Wang Baobao's eyes, all the artillerymen were ready, but they were all squatting under the sealed parapet-style fence. Only the observers came out to observe the range.

Finally, the bow observer confirmed that they were within range of the enemy ship.

This new type of Hongwu cannon, which first appeared in the Yanmen County Arsenal, can shoot more than 1,500 meters on land with stable wind direction.

But on the sea where the wind direction is turbulent and the wind speed is unstable, the effective range is only 1,200 meters.

But in the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, it was already a world-crushing existence.

Furthermore, the opponent's most advanced long-range weapons are ship-based trebuchets with insufficient range and accuracy, as well as ship-based crossbows and artificial arrow rain.

The key is that the farthest range of the crossbow bed they built is less than 600 meters!
The difference between such long-range weapons is just like an adult with long hands beating a child with short hands!

"Fire!"

At the bow observer's order, the four gunners lit the rear fuse at the same time.

The next moment, four round solid bullets trailing black smoke rushed into the air and drew a parabola trailing black clouds.

Since it is a solid bomb specially designed to bombard buildings such as city walls, it does not have the magnificent fiery red clouds of the flowering bomb.

But even so, under the blue sky and white clouds, it is still visible to the naked eye.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Blue Army at the rear looked at this scene, but their expressions were serious and no one spoke.

They knew that these four shells were the signal to start war!

They don't worry about the impact of the attack. With their sufficient ammunition, if it doesn't work once, they can try it a second time!
What they were worried about was that even if these four shells destroyed a ship, what would happen?
If the enemies swarm up, their handsome ship will still be destroyed!
Thinking of this, they didn't know what the marshal who was known as the 'Last Famous General on the Grassland', who was personally named by His Majesty the Emperor as 'the most extraordinary man in the world', and who was also recognized by their Lord Ye, was thinking.

At this moment, on the Vice Admiral's ship, Ye Qing, Zhu Yuanzhang and others just looked at all this seriously, and even Zhu Yuanzhang did not say another word.

It's just that Ye Qing's eyes are different from theirs. Although Ye Qing's eyes are serious, they are not uneasy at all.

But Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were different. All of them frowned.

And above Ojiu Harbor, all the Japanese and Southern Dynasty soldiers on the ships were stunned when they saw this scene.

Only the flag soldier who was slapped by Qianye Chongwu did not have such an unexpected expression.

"Enemy attack!"

"I told you it was an enemy attack, I told you it was an enemy attack!"

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next moment,
Those ship officers and soldiers who had successfully left the port but were called back began to prepare for battle in a hurry while cursing in various ways.

But this time, they were no longer scolding the flag soldiers, but the general who ordered to return.

"idiot!"

"How is it possible, how is it possible?"

"Even if the reinforcements are invited by the Northern Dynasty, how can it be possible for handsome ships to rush over and fight?"

Qianye Chongwu was so angry that his eyes were filled with red bloodshot eyes. His roar expressed his unwillingness, but it was too late.

What he can do now is to say, "Keep the green hills here, and you won't have to worry about running out of firewood."

In other words, it’s better to jump into the sea first and then talk!

Just as they jumped into the sea, four solid bullets, mainly composed of iron and lead, directly hit the bow of the fighting ship.

Due to the influence of wind direction and wind force, the bombardment points of the four shells are also different.

Two shells hit the bow deck and penetrated directly, creating two huge holes.

Two more shells hit directly above the waterline.

The huge hole allows sea water to pour in crazily!
The paddlers, who were composed of slaves, and the whipping slave warriors inside had no time to react before they were knocked around by the water.

Within a moment, the large imitation Tang Dynasty battleship was placed directly on the bottom of the sea.

If the water in the port had not been deep, none of the Japanese soldiers and sailors on the fighting ship would have survived.

The Japanese soldiers on other ships also gritted their teeth with hatred when they saw this scene.

Just after the beginning, the general's ship was sunk?
This is simply the biggest shame for them!

"idiot!"

"set sail!"

"Set sail urgently and prepare for war!"

But just when the ships of the Japanese and Southern Dynasties were scrambling to leave the port,

The Blue Army ship where Wang Baobao is located has completed an emergency turn in accordance with his combat instructions.

The left side of the ship faced them, and the twenty Hongwu cannons on the left side of the ship also faced them! .
(End of this chapter)