The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 564

In the face of nearly a thousand warships of the Yuan army, Li Beiyang's eyes were always focused on the three main warships of the Yuan army. Although these three warships were incomparable with the giant ships of the Shenzhou, they were among the warships of the Yuan army. Stand out from the crowd.

The most important thing is that one of the warships is the flagship of the Yuan Army Navy, which is the ship where Liu Zheng is.

After another round of artillery fire, all three ships were out of combat, and a fire was already burning on one of the warships, and it was getting bigger and bigger.Seeing that they couldn't break out of the encirclement, the three warships chose to flee back at the same time.When the remaining warships of the Yuan army saw their flagship retreating, they immediately turned their bows and turned to return.

Li Beiyang looked at the dozens of small warships of the Yuan army rushing out, sneered, and ordered: "The order goes on, the left wing and the right wing each send a hundred fast warships to chase after the enemy fleeing east, and the rest of the warships chase westward." In one go, they wiped out the Yuan army's navy in Bohai Bay."

The lieutenant general at the side hesitated for a moment and asked, "My lord, do you want to chase after the enemy's base?"

"That's right, Liu Zheng's behavior is abnormal today. If I'm not wrong, it should be that the Central Northern Expedition Army led by the emperor has already attacked most of the capital. Then Liu Zheng is worried about being attacked by the enemy, so he ignores the fact that his power is far inferior to our army's disadvantage. Forcibly break through."

"Yes, my lord."

Under the suppression of the artillery on the giant ship, the long-range weapons on the Yuan army's warships were useless at all. Although the artillery's hit rate was very low, the morale of the Yuan army's navy was low, and they didn't even have a thought of resistance. They just retreated unilaterally , these Yuan army navy officers and soldiers wished to return to the camp immediately, and then abandon the boat and flee ashore.

Quite a coincidence, when night fell, the Song Army in the capital city happened to hit a mile in front of the Yuan Palace, and the Song Army navy led by Li Beiyang also happened to capture the Yuan Army's naval base.

The Yuan army soldiers in the base only resisted a little, and without the command of the commander, they quickly chose to surrender.After inspecting the three main warships and Liu Zheng's command post on land, it was already late at night, but Li Beiyang did not find Liu Zheng's trace. The Yuan army on the flagship agreed that Liu Zheng was not on this flagship. The naval generals of the Yuan army did not know which warship their commander boarded, let alone whether they were alive or dead.

For Li Beiyang, this should be the only regret.Sitting in Liu Zheng's command post, Li Beiyang said to Ouyang Jianqing, the commander of another giant Shenzhou ship: "General Ouyang, expand the search area, and at the same time, report the naval victory to the emperor."

Ouyang Jianqing was stunned: "My lord, where is the emperor now?"

"It should be in the capital city." Li Beiyang smiled, "If not, just let the messenger go south along the road."

"Yes, my lord."

Early the next morning, I stood in a hidden residence more than a mile away from the Imperial Palace, raised my binoculars, and looked towards the Imperial Palace. "Although the outer walls of the imperial palace of the Yuan Dynasty are imposing, they are much inferior to the city walls of the capital. They will be destroyed by our army's artillery in a short time." I said while watching.

"Your Majesty, it will only take three days at most. Do you want to destroy the palace walls in one go?" Lu Wenhuan asked.

"No need." I thought for a while and said, "General Lu, the normal attack time of one and a half hours is sufficient for bombardment today."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Gongsun Xiaochen, send an order to let Wu Jiu and other [-] surrendered troops carry out a sweeping search of the south of the city with one box of troops to see if there are any people in need of rescue or the remaining Yuan troops."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Gongsun Xiaochen left, Lu Wenhuan said: "Your Majesty, according to what the people rescued by our army said, there are not as many Han people in the capital city as imagined. The land is the land of the Liao Kingdom, and although it was taken back by our dynasty, it was occupied by the Jin people more than 100 years ago, so the people from the original Jin Kingdom were the majority, and the Han people only accounted for about [-]%.

I nodded and understood what Lu Wenhuan meant: "General Lu, start shelling."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The number of artillery pieces transported into the city has reached 31. Following Wanyan Tianlei's order, the artillery battalion, which had rested for several days, started shelling again.

The more and more experienced artillery battalion soldiers fired shells into the gate of the palace and the walls on both sides.

"Accurate, more and more accurate." Fang Ling praised, "This first round of shelling almost all hits."

"This is inevitable. After countless actual battles, the accuracy of the artillery battalion is already very high in this kind of close-range shooting."

"Brother, the distance between the artillery and the city wall is more than 300 meters, so it's still close?"

"Of course, it is normal for future artillery to have a range of more than 1000 meters."

"Is it so exaggerated?"

I smiled: "Don't talk about 1000 meters, [-] meters is not impossible."

Fang Ling stuck out his tongue and said with a smile, "Is it possible for [-] meters?"

"Ling'er, how do you know?"

"Brother, you said that bragging is not against the law, so you can brag casually, one hundred thousand meters, one million meters."

The intercontinental missiles of later generations can shoot [-] kilometers away. If I say it, Fang Ling will definitely think that I am enough to blow the sky to pieces.

As expected, after more than an hour, the walls of the imperial palace were already full of cracks.

After the bombardment stopped, Wanyan Tianlei entered the hut where I was and said, "Your Majesty, according to today's shooting frequency, the city wall can be destroyed the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, General Wanyan, order the artillery battalion to stand in full force. If the Yuan army doesn't move, our army will also rest."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wanyan Tianlei continued, "Your Majesty, thank you at the end."

"Thank you?" I froze.

"Your Majesty, many of the people in this metropolis are from the Kingdom of Jin. Your Majesty, regardless of past suspicions, will also help. I will thank you for them at the end."

"I see." I said with a smile, "General Wanyan, aren't they also my people?"

In the evening, just after dinner, I received a battle report sent by Li Beiyang: Yesterday, our army fought a decisive battle with the Yuan Dynasty Navy and completely defeated it, and landed in Bohai Bay last night. Liu Zheng's whereabouts are unknown, and the statistics of the battle situation are still being counted.Please let the emperor instruct me on the next move of my navy.

"Okay, okay." I smiled, "The navy of the Yuan army has disappeared. Pass the order, and the navy will rest on the spot."

Almost at the same time, Kublai Khan also learned the news that Liu Zheng's entire army was annihilated. Although this was already in his expectation, he did not expect that his navy was vulnerable and was defeated by the Southern Dynasty in just one day. The navy was wiped out.

Kublai Khan was so depressed that he didn't even eat dinner. He just sat alone in the study and told the guard at the door that no one was there.

When Yue touched the bag, there was a voice outside the study: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

The irritable Kublai Khan was about to get angry, but he still heard the voice of Njiya, the supreme shaman: "My lord, please."

Cai Enjiya said after entering, "I have seen the emperor."

"My lord, please sit down."

Cai Enjiya smiled, sat opposite Kublai Khan and said: "Your Majesty, during the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago, there was an emperor named Li Longji whose capital was once captured by the rebels from Anlu Mountain. I could only escape to the middle of Sichuan, but in the end I still gathered all kinds of troops and defeated the rebels. The Southern Dynasty, which confronted our army, also had the shame of Jingkang. The temporary defeat is nothing. Our army has more than ten troops in the east and west. Thousands of soldiers are far away in the Western Regions, and there are also tens of thousands of soldiers near Shangdu, so I suggest that the emperor can avoid their fronts first, return to Shangdu, and then regain their strength."

Kublai Khan shook his head and said, "My lord, as the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, how can I retreat back to Shangdu? Such things are not my fault."

"Your Majesty, there is an old saying among the Han people that if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about no firewood. In the past, Xiang Bawang was a personal hero and killed himself in Wujiang, so that the Great Chu was not there. Liu Bang endured the humiliation. Only then did the Han Dynasty prosper. Today, the emperor is wise and mighty. In time, when our dynasty's firearms are fully developed, we will be able to compete with the Southern Dynasty again." At this point, Enjiya's expression became solemn, and he continued, "Your Majesty, how can personal honor and disgrace be compared with our dynasty's foundation? How about a comparison?"

Kublai Khan had a thought, and after thinking for a while, he said: "My lord, there are nearly 3000 musketeers in our dynasty, and we should fight against the southern dynasty."

Cai Enjiya sighed and said: "Your Majesty, even if our musketeers in the court can be one-to-two, but the southern dynasty has more than [-] musketeers, plus artillery and shells, our army is still at a disadvantage. There is no doubt that he will be defeated. Moreover, although the real gold prince returns to Shangdu, the prince is gentle by nature, and he is actually the king who guards the country, but not the one who opens up the territory. Once the emperor and the capital live and die together, the Western khanates will definitely take the opportunity to revolt , At that time, my Mongolia will be in chaos, maybe, maybe it will go back to the past."

"My lord, allow me to think more."

"Okay, Your Majesty." Cai Enjiya said resolutely, "If your Majesty decides to live and die with Dadu, then Yin Shenzun, Fang Chenqian and I will look for an opportunity to assassinate Zhao Yu in the Southern Army camp."

"No." Kublai Khan refused without hesitation, "Your Majesty, you and Yinshenzun are the pillars of our dynasty, and there are many masters around Zhao Yu. Although the three of you work together, the chances are great, but even if Even if the assassination is successful, it is very difficult to get out of the body. If there is any mistake, it will be a real collapse of Mount Tai for our court. Besides, there is no need to assassinate Zhao Yu at this moment. When he returns to the palace, he will not be surrounded by the army. , there will be more opportunities.”

"Your Majesty is right, and opportunities always exist." Cai Enjiya said with a smile on his face again, "Your Majesty, for the Yuan Dynasty, you and I are indispensable. Please think twice, and put your personal reputation in your mind." In the end, national interests come first. I estimate that the walls of the imperial palace will be destroyed by artillery from the Southern Dynasties in the future, and tomorrow night will be the last chance for our army to retreat."