Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 461

Zhuhai Bay, a vast sea area with an area of ​​several thousand square kilometers, is now covered with battle clouds. More than 300 warships of the Portuguese colonists rushed towards the Macau Peninsula aggressively.

They have been entrenched here for nearly a hundred years, and now Li Dingguo wants to clear them out, how can they be willing?Because the Ming army and the southern army were fighting in Guangdong and Guangxi, they had already strengthened their defenses here.

Especially after Edward, the head of the Portuguese colonist stationed in Macau, visited Guangxi, the conversation with Lin Yi collapsed.The Great Ming Supervisor asked a weird question, he wanted to rent their capital, Lisbon, for 100 years, and of course the colonists would not agree!
With Edward's level of vision, he could already see that the leader of the Ming government, although he had not yet officially enthroned and sat in the palace, was called long live by his subjects, but he had the same relationship with Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Tianqi, the carpenter, and Emperor Wanli. Different, from his wise gaze and gentle face, Edward read full of domineering and strong killing intent.

During his trip to Guangxi a few months ago, his experience told him that it was impossible for the Ming supervisor to turn a blind eye like the previous emperors and let them stay in Macau.Because the Ming army was coming fiercely, it had already reached Guangdong and Guangxi.

After he consulted their king, a large number of fleets came from the nearby colonies one after another, and he represented the policy of the Great Portuguese Empire to put pressure on the Ming government. In addition, in order to protect their vested interests, he extended an olive branch to Zheng Zhilong's Great Southern Empire , They want to disturb this sea area, stir up the situation of Ming Dynasty, and achieve the effect of fishing in troubled waters.

In order to achieve this goal, Edward has been very busy during this period of time.Travel between Asia and Europe, and travel between Macau, Fujian, Nanyang and Dongyang in Asia.

Now he has reached an agreement with Zheng Zhilong. In the name of the Portuguese colonial government, he clearly expressed his full support for Zheng Zhilong to jointly deal with Lin Yi's Ming army. They can even directly use the army when necessary.

Edward and Zheng Zhilong hit it off, and Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed. His Southern Army was retreating steadily, and he urgently needed help.

Edward also returned satisfied, but unexpectedly, Li Dingguo stabbed him from behind.They lost their home in Macau.

Because Li Dingguo called Zheng Zhilong's number, Edward was furious. He thought it was Zheng Zhilong who was shaking his wrist with him. He returned to Nan'an halfway and stormed into the palace aggressively to give Zheng Zhilong an ultimatum.

Zheng Zhilong was also furious. While patiently explaining and apologizing to Edward, he immediately ordered Zheng Hongkui, his fourth brother stationed in Guangdong, to lead his troops to attack Li Dingguo.

At this time, Zheng Hongkui was no longer the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. He was also conferred the title of prince by Zheng Zhilong, known as the king of Guangdong. Guangdong was his fiefdom. All the southern troops in Guangdong were under his command, and he was ordered to cooperate with the Portuguese colonists' navy Annihilate Li Dingguo of Macau.

Then Zheng Zhilong and Edward went hand in hand, to deal a devastating blow to Li Dingguo's army, and then to Edward, who still hindered Portugal in Macao for a long time.

Edward rolled his greedy eyes, then nodded his approval, and then learned a lot about Li Dingguo's situation.Because the one who knows Li Dingguo's background best is of course Zheng Zhilong.This time, Portugal obtained information about Li Dingguo from Zheng Zhilong, which is impossible to obtain normally. When they learned that he had only 4 troops and almost no navy, and Zheng Zhilong dispatched 8 troops to fully cooperate with them. It is doomed.

Only then did the fleet come with a plan in mind, and they wanted to teach Li Dingguo a lesson.

In the waters more than a dozen miles outside of Macau, two naval fleets with vastly different strengths encountered each other.They are all Portuguese warships, but a dozen ships versus more than 300 ships, a fraction of the Portuguese colonial fleet, are all outnumbered by Liu Wenxiu's ships.

The disparity in the number of ships between the two sides is second, and more critical is that most of Liu Wenxiu's sailors are just pretending to be numbers. There are more than 6000 sailors, and 1000 have not undergone formal naval drills at all, but were temporarily dragged into battle. Ships, only more than [-] people can be called sailors.

Even these more than 1000 people won ten Portuguese warships this time for my use because of their incompetence. However, in just two days, they have not figured out the advanced weapons of these Portuguese fleets, and they are not proficient in operation.It is the so-called powerful weapon, but it has no combat power.

Therefore, there is almost no suspense in this naval battle.As soon as the two sides came into contact with Liu Wenxiu's navy, they were completely defeated.As a result, the advanced Dutch warships blasted their own dozens of warships into smoke and flames. Liu Wenxiu's navy was in a panic.

It was only then that Liu Wenxiu realized how powerful Portugal was. Portugal was a well-deserved reputation as a maritime power in the world. Although they were replaced by the Netherlands, they were not willing to withdraw from the stage of history, and their strength was still very strong.These mobs of them are simply drizzle.

Even Liu Wenxiu's command ship was shot and caught fire, but now, Liu Wenxiu is willing to go all out. He gritted his teeth and insisted on fighting and not retreating. More than half of the dozen warships have been lost, and the remaining few ships have all been shot When the fire broke out, Liu Wenxiu gritted his teeth and commanded several wrecked ships, braving billowing smoke and flames, and rammed into the enemy ships, preparing to sink with them.

But before approaching the enemy ships, there were a few bangs and booms, and these warships were blown to pieces. Some disintegrated on the spot, some were broken by the middle, and some soldiers on board were all blown up. Die, the wreck is out of control.

Liu Wenxiu's battleship is now riddled with holes, and the ship is seriously tilted and loses power.There was no other way, Liu Wenxiu could only escape by jumping into the water...

So far, the sea battle between the two sides has not been held for half an hour, and it ended with Liu Wenxiu's complete defeat.

This sea area is full of wrecked ships and casualties of the Ming army, and the sea is stained red with blood.

The Portuguese colonial navy clamored, leading the fleet to rush out of the sea area billowing in thick smoke, and approached the shore brazenly.

The general Wang Ziqi who guarded the coast led more than 1 generals, and had already prepared the fort, red cannons, muskets, bows and arrows, to prevent enemy ships from approaching and landing.

But Wang Ziqi did not expect that Liu Wenxiu's six or seven thousand sailors would be scattered so quickly.It seems that these Portuguese navies are worthy of being a maritime power. Their naval strength is too far behind others, and they are not opponents at all.

The colonial fleet quickly approached the coast, and Wang Ziqi ordered the red cannons on the shore to fire.

The warships of the Portuguese colonial navy were also equipped with artillery with a longer range, and they roared towards the shore at this time.In this way, the cannons of the two sides began to bombard each other.

The sound of the cannons was like thunder in the sky, exploding continuously, deafening, shaking the earth.The water column soared into the sky, rising and falling one after another.

In this way until dark, the Portuguese fleet failed to land, and the two sides temporarily ceased fighting.At this time Liu Wenxiu climbed up from the sea, not too bad, not the commander of the cursor, there are twenty or thirty followers around him, these twenty or thirty are the only six or seven thousand sailors left, they don't know how to swim in the water Far away, now finally landed.

After arriving on the shore, including Liu Wenxiu, these people just gasped and panted, and they saved their lives, and they didn't say a word for a long time.

Wang Ziqi hurriedly ordered people to help them down to rest, and quickly treated the wounded.

At the end of the day, Liu Wenxiu and the others suffered heavy losses. The 2 naval division was wiped out, and the soldiers on the shore persisted for a day, but there were thousands of casualties.

How can we go on like this?Liu Wenxiu and Wang Ziqi were frowning.

Before dawn the next morning, the Portuguese colonial fleet launched another fierce attack. Liu Wenxiu and Wang Ziqi personally commanded the battle. This time the Portuguese colonial fleet came even more fiercely, breaking through the resistance of the artillery fire on the shore with a single charge.

And their artillery bombarded the corpses of the soldiers on the shore, and many forts were destroyed and bombed.If it goes on like this, they will definitely not be able to last for a few days.

While commanding the battle, Liu Wenxiu and Wang Ziqi hurriedly ordered people to ask Li Dingguo for help...

The battle on the shore was also very fierce. Zeng De was a fierce general, not to mention Zheng Hongkui. Both of them were generals with high martial arts skills and long-standing enemies. They had very rich combat experience. An attack was launched on Li Dingguo's men.

Li Dingguo originally had only 2 horses and had to divide his troops to resist the enemy. He and Wang Fuchen each led 1 horses.

Wang Fuchen was the first to be defeated and exposed Li Dingguo's flanks to the southern army. At this time, Li Dingguo was fighting fiercely with Zheng Hongkui's tens of thousands of troops. Several generals of the southern army were killed, Zheng Hongkui was furious, he slapped his horse and wielded his knives and went straight to Li Dingguo. The two generals fought together, and Li Dingguo drew out a four-edged silver mace, and the first mace hit Zheng Hongkui's back, and Zheng Hongkui spurted out a mouthful of blood So, he pulled his horse and fled.

Li Dingguo chased after destroying his horse and shaking his halberd. At this time, two generals under Zheng Hongkui rescued Wang Jin and Zhang Cheng attacked Li Dingguo. Dismount and continue to chase Zheng Hongkui.

The Southern Army was immediately defeated.At this time, Wang Fuchen returned from defeat, and Zeng De led his troops to attack Li Dingguo's troops from the flanks. Li Dingguo's troops were in chaos, and Li Dingguo could not retreat. Turn victory into defeat immediately.

Li Dingguo was defeated and returned to Xiangshan, and the Southern Army chased him to Xiangshan.

Just at this time, Liu Wenxiu's urgent request for help arrived. Unexpectedly, his third younger brother also suffered a defeat, even worse than him. Li Dingguo was in a state of desperation. There was no soldier to save them. He had dreamed of Liu Wenxiu's victory before. A part of the soldiers were drawn out to resist the enemy immediately, but now all of them are in vain.The defeat of the navy and the defeat on the shore made matters worse.

Now most of Li Dingguo's 2 horses have also been killed or injured. It seems that this time there is no luck. Li Dingguo calms down and must withdraw from Macau Island, otherwise the entire army will be wiped out.

At this time, someone came to report that the Ming army led by Gao Guiying had taken down Zhaoqing and came straight to Jiangmen.At the same time, Li Yan led a Ming division to Liankeyangjiang, Yangchun and Enzhou counties, and the soldiers had already arrived in Xinning, which is the area around Taishan City, Guangdong Province in later generations.

Li Dingguo suddenly felt the disaster of extinction.Now that we are surrounded by enemies, is the sky going to kill me, Li Dingguo?
Two days later, Zheng Hongkui and Zeng De led the Southern Army from Xiangshan to Macau Island, and Edward's colonial fleet also landed. Generals Wang Ziqi and Wang Fuchen of the Great Western Army were killed one after another. There are 6000 to 4 horses left, and [-] horses are left.

Trapped on the island, his soldiers asked Li Dingguo what to do?Li Dingguo looked up to the sky and sighed: "The only way is to die in battle, apologize to the emperor, and never surrender!"

At this time, tens of thousands of southern troops and Portuguese colonial troops rushed up. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu led five to six thousand troops and began a bloody battle to kill the enemy. The Daxi Army was killed and wounded everywhere.

"Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, you are desperate, surrender quickly, or you will die!" Zheng Hongkui, Zeng De, and Edward shouted at Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu cursed continuously.

"If you are so ignorant of current affairs, we will wipe them out and leave no one behind!" Zheng Hongkui, Zeng De, and Portuguese Edward shouted.

Just as they were annihilating Li Dingguo's troops, someone suddenly reported that tens of thousands of Ming troops had copied the rear routes of the Southern Army and the Portuguese Colonial Fleet from the sea and the shore respectively...

Gao Guiying and Li Yan, who had already captured Gaozhou, had of course been paying attention to the war in Macau, but they received Lin Yi's instructions to stop attacking Li Dingguo and point their spears at Zheng Zhilong's southern army and the Portuguese colonial army.

After the careful deployment of Li Yan and Gao Guiying, they divided into two groups, one led by Gao Guiying to attack the rear of the Southern Army from the shore. Tens of thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry, including Mongolian generals Tieshubuhua, Subutai, and Minminmuter's camel cannon, which can be called a red-clothed cannon that can walk, are suitable for siege and mountain warfare.

The other route is a partial division with a total of 3 horses, led by Li Yan, and his generals include Huang Degong, Zu Keyong, etc.
With the cooperation of the local navy, they captured coastal states and counties all the way.

These two groups of men and horses are like a broken bamboo, invincible.Gao Guiying's [-] troops easily took down Zhaoqing, then went straight to Jiangmen, and then attacked Xiangshan, starting from behind Zheng Hongkui and Zeng De.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind.The Southern Army was caught off guard and immediately suffered heavy casualties.Zheng Hongkui and Zeng De hurriedly sent an order to retreat. In a scuffle, the southern army dropped casualties all over the place, fled in embarrassment, and ran back to Guangzhou via Dongguan.

While the Southern Army was being attacked, the back of the Portuguese colonial army was also on fire.

With the support of the governor of Guangxi, Li Yan quickly collected more than 400 warships, including some fishing boats. Li Yan, Zu Keyong, and Iron Whip General Huang Degong all boarded the ship and personally commanded them. Tens of thousands of sailors boarded more than 400 ships. In order to paralyze the enemy, all the warships were under the flag of the Southern Army.

On the vast sea of ​​Zhuhai Bay, behind the battleships of the Portuguese colonists on the coast of Macau, densely packed Southern warships suddenly appeared. Before the Portuguese colonial navy could figure out what was going on with binoculars, this navy launched a fierce attack.

In terms of equipment and combat power, although this navy is not at the same level as Ji Dong's Royal Navy, but stealing from behind is also very powerful at this time.

A cannon fire set these colonial warships on fire, with thick smoke billowing and water jets everywhere. The few colonial troops on board were in a mess at the time. They hurriedly organized a counterattack, but the two sides did not fight for long before the Ming army ships surrounded them. , followed by hand-to-hand combat on the ship. At this time, the main force of these colonial troops was still besieged and wiped out Li Dingguo on the shore. incinerate.

More than 300 warships were paralyzed at that time, lost their combat power, and became prisoners of the Ming army.

Li Yan, Huang Degong and Zu Keyong led their troops to come ashore.

Suddenly, the Southern Army was in chaos in the rear. Shocking artillery fire came from the sea, and the Portuguese colonial army was also in chaos.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu's men and horses were brightened, and they immediately cheered up and fought the enemy bravely. They killed the southern army and the Portuguese colonial army and fled in all directions.

The Portuguese colonists, who saw victory in sight, could stay here for a long time again. This is really a geomantic treasure, but they didn't expect to be attacked by the enemy in a blink of an eye, and suffered heavy casualties.

After Edward figured out what was going on, he complained endlessly, and quickly led his men to retreat, but there was no way to escape, and the casualties of his soldiers increased exponentially. Finally, he took more than 100 people and fled to the east. On the coast, boarded a small ship and fled to the northern sea...

Li Yan and Gao Guiying joined forces on Macao Island, and tens of thousands of troops trapped Li Dingguo's Daxi Army in it.

At this time, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu have been fighting fiercely for three days and three nights, and now there are only a thousand people left around, and there are still many injured. The think tank Wang Zhaolin and the general Wang Fuchen all died in the chaos, and Li Dingguo was covered in blood. , Liu Wenxiu was also wounded, the 1000 men were in a panic, trapped by the heavy Ming army, and it would take no effort to wipe them out.

Only then did Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu know who saved them, but it was the enemy, and they felt a chill in their hearts, this time there was no way out, but thinking again, they died in the hands of the Southern Army and the Portuguese colonial army. , It is no different from dying in the hands of the Ming army!
They were about to fight each other to the death when Li Yan said, "Li Dingguo, our Lord Supervisor won't allow you to use troops against you. You've got shit luck and you can go!" Then the opponent's soldiers shouted, "Wait a minute! Come on, get out of the way and let them go!"

These Ming soldiers were really obedient, and with a huff, Li Dingguo's men got out of the way.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were stunned, they couldn't believe it was true at this time, and the thousand or so remnants and defeated generals felt that the world was about to fall into a trap.

When Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu took the thousand remnants of the defeated generals out of Macao Island, after tens of miles, they stopped to rest their troops and horses. When they heard that they were going to take a rest, all these generals staggered to and fro, and some of them fell asleep while walking. .

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were also exhausted and exhausted. The two of them fell asleep leaning on the big tree. When they woke up again, more than three hours had passed and it was already dark.Among these generals, a few got up, but they were still listless, and some were still sleeping soundly, some were seriously injured and overworked, and they had no breathing after sleeping...

The two rubbed their eyes and lit a fire.

"Second brother, where should we go next?" Liu Wenxiu asked Li Dingguo.

"I don't know either." Li Dingguo shook his head.

"There is a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Third brother, you and I are better than biological brothers. If you have something to say, say it."

"Let's surrender...the man surnamed Lin is a good man." Liu Wenxiu had been holding this sentence in his stomach for a long time, and finally said it.

Li Dingguo was a little surprised. It turned out that he had this intention in his heart. He had dealt with Lin Yijiu. Lin Yi had already caught him twice. If he wanted to catch him on Macau Island, it would be the third time. Killing him, all these ins and outs, of course he thought about it when no one was around, but as the sole commander of the Great Western Army, he would have difficulty admitting that he wanted to surrender, now it's all right, Liu Wenxiu's intentions are exactly what he wants...

A few days later, Li Dingguo rested his army and brought more than a thousand people to Macao Island. The soldiers of the Ming army guarding the island immediately aimed countless muskets and cannons at them.

"Don't get me wrong, we are not here to fight, we want to see Mrs. Gao and General Li Yan." Li Dingguo shouted.

At this time, Gao Guiying and Li Yan were directing their soldiers to clean up the battlefield, take care of the spoils, and deal with post-war affairs.This battle was very fruitful, annihilating more than 1 southern troops, more than 120 Portuguese colonial troops, and more than 35 enemies together. The Fragrant Hills and other large areas within the territory, as well as the large area, controlled this sea area.More than [-] warships from the Portuguese colonists were seized, of which more than [-] could be used directly, and [-] could also be used with simple repairs.Some can only be used to repair other warships with spare parts.

From the land to the sea, Gao Guiying and Li Yan planned for many days for this battle. The fierce battle lasted for several days, and it took some time to deal with the post-war affairs.

At this time, someone came to report that Li Dingguo had returned. Gao Guiying and Li Yan were taken aback, and asked the reporter in detail. Soon Gao Guiying and Li Yan appeared in the sight of Li Dingguo and others with the generals.

Li Yan said: "Li Dingguo, you dare to come back, why do you want to see us?"

"We want to surrender to Ming..."

When Li Yan heard this, he looked at each other with Gao Guiying and other generals, then nodded, Li Yan said: "It's up to Lord Jian Guo to decide, Daming, you can surrender when you want to, and fight when you want to fight?"

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu blushed, gritted their teeth for the last time, and threw away their guns.

"Come here, we're all tied up, and we're waiting for the order of Lord Supervisor..." Li Yan and Gao Guiying were afraid that they might be cheating, so they gave an order, and the soldiers of the Ming Army rushed over and tied up Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, all the thousand people. Then report to Lin Yixing...

Lin Yi, who was resting in Changguo County, received this report and couldn't help but be overjoyed. The results of the battle in Macau are too impressive. They wiped out so many southern troops, gained such a large territory, expelled the Portuguese colonists, and took back the land. In Macau, the surrender of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, two generals whom he had admired for a long time, was of great significance, even worth the sum of his Jiangyin battle and Zhoushan naval battle.

Lin Yi was overjoyed and immediately wrote instructions on the book, praised Gao Guiying and Li Yan and other soldiers, allowed Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu to surrender, and treated them preferentially as prisoners. As a general, he will be rewarded for meritorious service in the future. The rest of the captives will be reorganized by Gao Duying and Li Yan, and the water army will be trained on the spot. Liu Wenxiu will be responsible for the training. Then rectify the army and horses to attack Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

The notebook was sent out, and Xiaoying saw that Lin Yi was very happy today, and said, "Congratulations to Brother Lin for finally accepting Li Dingguo, and have a drink and dance party tonight."

"Well, that's exactly what I mean. Li Dingguo's talent is not inferior to Shi Lang's, and Liu Wenxiu's talent is not inferior to Li Dingguo's. We have won a large number of advanced naval forces. We also won the Zhoushan naval battle. We should celebrate It's over. It's better to be alone than to be happy, and the whole army is ordered to congratulate!"

Lin Yi gave an order, and the three armies of the Mabu Navy rejoiced, killing cattle and sheep, and rewarding the three armies.

That night, Xiaoying, Zhezhe, and Su Moer gave Lin Yi a sumptuous banquet, and served Lin Yi with wine and vegetables. Xing Wanfang took dozens of women from the women's battalion off their military uniforms and put on dancer makeup to serve Lin Yi. Yi singing and dancing, Sheng Xiao flute pipe, singing and dancing to promote peace...

When Lin Yi’s book arrived in Macau, Guangdong, Li Yan read out Lin Yi’s decree in public. Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and other [-] captives were all released. They knelt down and kowtowed to express their gratitude. Of course, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were most grateful...

At this time, a Japanese fleet arrived at Hongshan Port, Quanzhou, Fujian. After docking, hundreds of Japanese ronin got off the ship, each with a sword and a sword. There were three leaders, one middle-aged, two young, and one A beautiful woman, dressed in black that is particularly eye-catching, hurriedly walked towards the capital of the Great Southern Empire...

(End of this chapter)