The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 735 Battle of Shanxi
"Ah, yes."

Zhu Linmi couldn't help laughing, she was so focused on putting all the good things in the world into Daming's pocket as soon as possible, but she forgot that the size of the navy is far from enough to support such a huge global strategy.

He waved his hand and said, "I'm the one who is impatient, the matter of Europa and Morriga has to be considered in the long run.

"However, in the future, as the money earned by the maritime merchants will continue to pour into Daming, the shipyard will rush to work day and night, and the navy's warships will increase tenfold and a hundredfold.

"In addition, the Longjiang Shipyard has sent a report that the first batch of two flying shear ships were completed and launched at the end of last month, and they are safe and usable. This kind of ship is extremely fast, and ordinary water bandits can't catch up even if they set up an ambush. Ships go overseas for trade, and merchant ships do not need naval escort."

He looked around at several navy generals, and said earnestly: "From then on, the exchange of goods at sea has been one of the lifeblood of Daming's money, and it is entirely up to the navy to defend it with all its strength. I hope you will do your best."

Several people hurriedly knelt down on one knee, bowed their hands solemnly and said: "The last general will be heartbroken to report to the court!"

After the generals left, Zhu Linmi called Zheng Chenggong alone, whispered something in his ear, and took out a handbook and handed it to him.

The latter couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, carefully put away the secret decree, and bowed: "The final general will act cautiously, and don't let any news be leaked."

"Okay, you go."

……

Shanxi, Nanyang Prefecture.

Under the city of Linfen.

He Luohui used binoculars to look back and forth at the top of the city with a sullen face. Although the soldiers of the Ming army there were dressed in various clothes and stood slanted, what they held were excellent soldiers and bird guns. A cash flintlock.

Moreover, he also knew that there was a cannon every seventy or eighty zhang in the city, and as long as his own troops attacked, those cannons would be pushed to the crenel for bombardment immediately.

In the past few days, he repeatedly sent troops to attack the city, but it was Jiang Xiang's miscellaneous troops who just relied on their excellent firearms and city walls to repel him time and time again.On the contrary, the elite Xiangbai Banners under his command suffered 600 casualties, and Ma Fengzhi's green battalion even killed thousands of people under the city.

He Luohui really couldn't figure it out. It was the same Han people who used to run away as soon as they saw their own army from a distance without even daring to fart.But these people in Linfen City are like elite soldiers who have fought a hundred battles. Although they are not good at using guns, their morale is very high and they dare to fight with their lives.

In the past, the Ming court was corrupt, mediocre ministers were in power, and the country's finances were weak, so soldiers would not want to fight to the death with Jianlu.Today's Ming court is a wise emperor, rectifying the bureaucracy system, caring for the people, and even victorious. The morale of the entire Ming Dynasty is naturally high, and they are eagerly looking forward to the day when the Tartars will be driven out of the Central Plains.

In addition, Jiang Xiang obeyed Zhu Linming's order and copied Huang's family, which ran the slowest among the eight locust merchants. He had a lot of money in his hands and rewarded meritorious soldiers almost every day, so that the defenders of the city saw Jianlu's eyes red — Three taels of silver per head!Can this be fatal?

And what made He Luo angry the most was that he spent a lot of effort to connect with Yang Wei, Jiang Xiang's lieutenant general. It was agreed that Yang Wei would open the gate of Linfen City and enlarge the army to enter the city. .Unexpectedly, when his army reached the city on the appointed day, he suddenly saw Yang Wei's head hanging high, and then Jiang Xiang's ambush soldiers rushed out.

Fortunately, the southerners were weak in battle and could not surround others to death, otherwise his own head might have hung on the head of Linfen City.

He didn't know that Zhu Linmi had long reminded Jiang Xiang to pay attention to Yang Wei, a traitor, so as soon as his people got in touch with Yang Wei, Jiang Xiang had already noticed it, and just decided to plan and led the army to ambush him.

If it was normal, He Luo would rely on his large number of people, build high earth walls outside the city, build siege equipment, and slowly map it out, and at most half a year would be able to wear down the city.

However, the regent previously asked him to quell the Shanxi rebellion within two months, and then station troops in Datong to defend Beijing from the west.

Then suddenly came the news that Shandong fell within half a month, and Shengjing even ordered him to destroy Jiang Xing in early May, so he could only urge his soldiers to attack the city day and night, but he never made an inch.

He was thinking about whether to attack again before dark, when he saw several cavalry galloping from the south, but he couldn't hear what they were shouting.After a while, another officer under his command came to report excitedly: "General, Master Batulu led his troops and [-] Henan soldiers to help out."

He Luohui was also overjoyed.He knew that Batulu was referring to Aobai, this man was extremely brave and good at fighting, he already had 1 troops under his command, plus the [-] Henan troops, he would definitely capture Linfen City with his hands!
(End of this chapter)