Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 75
This time, the south wind is strong, howling day and night!
Eight large boats and dozens of small boats galloped towards the unsuspecting Phi Island.

Phi Island, founded by Dongjiang General Mao Wenlong, was occupied by the Ming Dynasty ten years ago, and the fighting has never stopped.After that, it became the sphere of influence of the Qing Dynasty, and there has been no large-scale battle for five or six years.However, the Qing Dynasty paid more attention to this island than imagined. Not only did it send [-] sailors, but also a Zheng He treasure ship and ten red cannons on the island.

These things are like atomic bombs in modern society, they don't have to be used, they are there as a deterrent.The name of Phi Island has penetrated into the surrounding sea area countries, and no one dares to think about it.

In addition to the strong national power of the Qing Dynasty, there is another important reason, because the general who defended the island was Huaishun King Geng Zhongming.This person has experienced many battles, especially proficient in water warfare.

Phi Island is located at the mouth of the Yalu River. It is long and narrow from east to west, about [-] miles long and more than ten miles wide. It is covered with bare bedrock, which is not suitable for farming and has no vegetation.

The Qing army did some simple processing on it, built a lot of houses and tents to garrison troops, and there was nothing else before that.It is publicized that there are 7000 troops on Phi Island, but in fact there are not that many. There are only [-] to [-] permanent troops. However, in the event of a war, naval troops can be transferred from other surrounding islands at any time, with a total of more than [-] people.

At this moment, the mansion of Marshal Pidao was brightly lit. Geng Zhongming entertained several soldiers who had returned from the front line, and said, "The emperor attacked Jinzhou all the way like splitting bamboo, and the city has been besieged for more than a month. The Ming army should not last long, right?"

One of them reached out his hand to take a big glass of wine and drank it down, saying: "I heard that there are rebels in Ming Dynasty, wars are raging in Shanxi and Henan, and the imperial court's soldiers and horses are not enough, so Jinzhou has been unable to send reinforcements for a long time. Now, your majesty is wise and powerful, and his virtue shines in all directions, I am afraid that it is possible to take down the capital of the Ming Dynasty in one go."

The other person was so drunk that he dared to say anything, and said bluntly, "Don't think about it for a while, the capital has [-] cavalry from the Ming army in Shanhaiguan. Besides, the attack on Jinzhou this time can't be said to be smooth sailing. We suffered a lot in the Daling River military camp before."

The original story of how Zhu Changyuan defended the city with the power of the demon god was told.

Geng Zhongming smiled and said: "I've heard about this too. Speaking of Zhu Changyuan, he can be considered a talent. Not only did he defend a small military settlement with 400 men, but he also broke out after His Majesty rushed eastward to Jinzhou. , and even robbed one of our treasure ships, and then took advantage of the momentum to take down the Sun Moon Island in the south where the pirates were entrenched."

"This person is not simple!" Several people who had fought face to face with Zhu Changyuan all gave a thumbs up.

Geng Zhongming smiled lightly in his eyes, drank a few glasses of wine, and said with some contempt: "It's just playing with an axe. If it's for defending the city, I might not be able to reach it. A pirate, if you say it lightly, it’s conceited, if you say it seriously, it’s arrogant, without self-knowledge!”

"Oh!" The general put down the cup in his hand, squinted his eyes and said, "My lord, don't underestimate this guy, he is really extraordinary!"

Geng Zhongming laughed, "Hahaha, no ordinary people, nothing more than cheating the treasure ship by opportunism, and then relying on the strength of the treasure ship, they captured Sun Moon Island by the pirates. You may not have heard that those pirates finally turned back. The water almost killed him, and finally Zheng He’s treasure ship was burned by those pirates, what a pity, what a pity!”

"My lord thinks that this person is not good at naval warfare?" the general asked after drinking another glass of wine.

Geng Zhongming shook his head, "The guys he fought with were all pirates, just a bunch of ragtags. To destroy them, I only need a thousand sailors. To be honest with the two brothers, because of the sensitivity of this island, my brother I've been coveting all day and dare not move my mouth, now it's all right, I'm planning to give him a probing attack in the next two days. Hahahaha..."

Geng Zhongming only knew the general idea of ​​Zhu Changyuan's attack on Riyue Island, and some not-so-specific details, but he could see clues from them, and concluded that Zhu Changyuan was a talent because he didn't understand water warfare.

Does Zhu Changyuan really understand water warfare? Nonsense, of course a rookie doesn’t understand, what he relies on is nothing more than those things transported from modern times.But these are enough.

Words against pirates!

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Ships of all sizes went smoothly, and within a day they arrived at the defense area of ​​Phi Island. Looking forward from the sea, a small black island was impressively visible. Behind the island was a vast land. inside.

Here is the mouth of the Yalu River.

Zhu Changyuan ordered people to stop the sails, and the sea was endless, blue and magnificent like gems.

Small battleships appeared from the back of the island, which was also expected. After all, a large group of people broke into a military important place. It would be too fake if others didn't notice it at all.

It was about ten o'clock in the morning, and the navy warships on the opposite side came out from behind the island one after another. Not long after, a large ship also slowly entered Zhu Changyuan's field of vision.

The people on the other side rely on the power of humans and animals to move against the wind from north to south. The speed is extremely slow, but it is very regular, which is different from the pirates I saw before.

It's a tough fight.

Zhu Changyuan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the opposite side. What he needed was such a hard battle. The purpose was not to win, but to consume the enemy to the maximum and find out the details of the enemy.

The big ship on the opposite side also broke down and stopped. A tall general with an iron hat on his head stepped out from the wide deck, less than a mile away from Zhu Changyuan's ship, but it was impossible to hear his shouting.

"General, this guy is Geng Zhongming. He used to be under Mao Zongbing, and he was a brave general." Yan Hong pointed to the iron hat general standing on the bow of the ship, and said.

Geng Zhongming?Hehe, Zhu Changyuan sneered in his heart, isn't he the traitor who was named King Huaishun by Huang Taiji?

Similarly, behind Geng Zhongming, a general leaned against him, pointed at Zhu Changyuan and said, "Your Majesty, the man standing at the bow and wearing Tsing Yi is Zhu Changyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Dalinghe Army."

This person was in Huang Taiji's army some time ago, participated in the military operation to besiege Zhu Changyuan, and knew him too.

"I saw it, but I didn't expect to be so young. Hehe, this way, I'm more confident that I can disperse his warship in one round." After speaking, he suddenly raised his voice, and said to the army behind: "Brothers, It’s been a long time since I’ve had meat, listen to my orders later, and let those women across the street taste our power.”

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)