Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 386 Decisive Battle with Zheng's Pirate Group

The cold sky began to snow again, and the undulating Waixing'an Mountains were like a giant white dragon straddling the boundless land.

And Longshanwei was located at the foot of the boundless snowy Outer Xing'an Mountains, with its back against the mountains and the undulating hills in front of it. For the cavalry, this was not a good battlefield.

If the cavalry wants to attack, they can only charge from the bottom up, and the work done will be greatly increased, and the effect will not be obvious. On the contrary, if the cavalry defending the city charges down, it can get twice the result with half the effort.

It's not that the Cossack cavalry didn't understand this truth, but now they had to attack Longshanwei.

Because Mao Wenlong and the people of Daming are so ruthless, they hardly have any survival materials left by these Cossack cavalry, not to mention food and water resources, even the trees for heating are almost cut down, Jinguang Cossack cavalry is not afraid It was severe cold, but they were human beings, not bodies made of iron, and they would also die of freezing or starving to death.

However, in Longshanwei, the stronghold of Ming Dynasty, all kinds of smells of fish and meat wafted, and at night, you could even see the fire in the city. It was not a fire, but the firewood stored in Longshanwei. Burning hot water night and night to keep the officials and people in Longshanwei warm.

Yes, although Longshanwei is just a newly built small town on the border of Daming, its urban construction is at the forefront of Daming and even the whole world, because it is one of the only few in Daming equipped with city-wide heating. supply system town.

The reason why there is a large heating supply is because there is a large amount of wood accumulated here, which is not burned in vain.

In the city, there are delicious chicken, duck and fish meat, as well as spring-like bonfires and houses, but outside the city are desolate and lonely snow fields and howling wild beasts.

Forgive the Cossack cavalry for knowing that siege warfare is the most unfavorable way of fighting for him, but it also tempts him to try his best to take down Longshanwei, otherwise they will either starve to death here, or drag the tired Putting aside his ambition and hatred, he obediently returned to the Raksha Kingdom.

Orkney is obviously unwilling to let this empire from the south occupy a fertile land, and he has already learned that there is also the only ice-free Hong Kong Temple Street in this area that is also controlled by this southern empire.

If he didn't capture these two important places, what his Cossack cavalry would get would be nothing more than a vast uninhabited land, with nothing but wild beasts and boundless snowfields.

On the contrary, one of these two important places locks the gate of the land of fish and rice in the south, and the other is the only outlet to the sea, which is the two most important gateways in East Siberia. It can be said that only by waiting for these two places is equivalent to obtaining the entire East Siberia.

However, the current city wall of Longshanwei is not so easy to attack. Although the city is not as large as the capital or even Shenyang, which is still called Shengjing City in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, the city's strength can be described as solid. Because the city body here is newly developed by the Royal Academy of Engineering, which uses bamboo strips and steel bars as reinforcements to pour concrete with cement and gravel.

The thickness is even more than half a meter, which not only ensures that the interior of Longshanwei is warmer than the outside world, but also ensures that such a city will be easily bombarded by enemy artillery inadvertently.

Therefore, for the Cossack cavalry who only needed capable horses and sharp knives, it was undoubtedly extremely difficult to break through this fortified city.

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The situation is always changing. Daming, who originally thought that he could compromise a little interest and temporarily calm the north for a period of time, never expected that it would now be a confrontation between the Cossack cavalry and Mao Wenlong.

At least until the weather gets warmer and the snow and ice disappear, the Cossack cavalry will no longer attack Longshanwei and Temple Street rashly, although they can easily occupy more than two-thirds of the territory controlled by the Ming Dynasty. Expanding without any substantial gains.

However, fortunately, in a short period of time, there will be no more large-scale wars between the two sides.

Daming can still focus on the south, that is, to encircle and suppress Zheng's pirates.

The coastal guerrilla harassment tactics of Zheng’s pirates did cause a lot of trouble for the Ming court, but now with the establishment of local self-protection groups such as the chief ministers, prefectures, prefectures, counties, and towns of the Imperial Guard, the entire southeast coast It has become an iron net that can be alerted at any time to respond at any time. The difficulty of coastal raids and harassment has increased, prompting Zheng's pirates to make the scale of pirates who plundered the coast larger, but the bigger the easier it is to be discovered.

After a month of searching and reconnaissance, the imperial court finally discovered the assembly point of Zheng's pirate group on the southeast coast, and the three main fleets of the imperial court immediately gathered here.

As the blockade along the coast of Daming became more and more stringent, and the cost of guerrilla tactics began to increase, Zheng's pirate group did not dare to fight the imperial court any longer, and had to use all their strength to fight a decisive battle with the imperial court's main fleet.

Naval battles are no different than land battles, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a pool. Before this ocean age has fully arrived, any fleet can find a good natural harbor without an owner on any land, especially as the mighty Zheng Zheng As far as the pirate group is concerned, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as the "Sly Rabbit and Three Caves".

Therefore, now that the main force of the Zheng Group can be forced out, it is already half the victory for the Ming court.

Only by annihilating the ships that the Zheng Group relies on for survival and the tens of thousands of pirates who are familiar with naval warfare, can this super pirate group that gathers in the Western Pacific Ocean and seriously threatens Daming's ocean business be completely eradicated.

Gu Sanmazi was very excited at this moment. As the commander-in-chief of the former enemy and the commander of hundreds of ships in the three main fleets, this was the largest naval battle he had ever commanded in his life.

So he had to take it seriously, not to mention that his enemy at the moment was once the overlord of the sea that he couldn't even imagine - Zheng Zhilong!

Zheng Zhilong was also looking at the fleet of the imperial court opposite. He did not dare to underestimate Gu Sanmazi, a new rising general in naval warfare, because his two brothers were all in the hands of this person.

Zheng Zhilong even regretted that he had never met Gu Sanmazi.

There are too many ships, and the entire vast expanse of sea is crowded. The towering sails are blowing under the gust of wind, making a sound of wheezing, like ghosts and gods howling wolves, and seabirds are tearing and screaming. They seem to have Guessing that this place will become a Shura field, he desperately wants to leave here.

The Guards soldiers and pirates who participated in this naval battle also held their breaths. The countless ships that could no longer be seen in front of them, and even many ships that towered in front of them like mountains, brought them not only shock, but also a life-and-death decision. pressure.

Countless short flags are flying back and forth, countless white phosphorous bombs rush into the sky, and sometimes dull drums can be heard. These are the sounds brought by various orders when they are conveyed. They are just like the wailing of ghosts. Tighten one's heartstrings.

(End of this chapter)