The Most Powerful Man in the World

If someone else were to run the Ministry of Household, just thinking about the current stockpile and grain of the Ministry of Household would make one's heart beat faster.

Whether it is the emperor or several elders in the cabinet, no one is worried about handing over the Ministry of Household to others, and only the old-fashioned and honest Chen Ding sits in the Ministry of Household, and everyone can rest assured.

Now that Chen Ding has opened his mouth to guarantee the food and grass problem, everyone naturally doesn't worry about other things. What they need to consider is how to deploy troops.

Han Kun, Cheng Xiangwu and other generals in the army were also invited to discuss the matter with Yang Yiqing and several elders.

If this were the case in the past, the power would be in the hands of the civil service group, and any war would have nothing to do with these martial arts.

As a warrior, he has already lost his right to speak in the court, and has become a puppet of the civil service group. Everything is planned by these literati.

However, with the rise of the Wuxun Group, on the court, the civil and military sides have checked and balanced against each other. The strength of Wuxun has already reached a balance with the civilian group. If there is no representative of the Wuxun Group for such an important matter, I am afraid that time will come. The order of the Ministry of War came to the five army governor's mansion, but it may not be able to go down to the army.

The Five Armies Governor's Mansion itself is a means by which Da Mingzi deliberately checks and balances the Ministry of War and civil and military mutual checks and balances. Whether it is Han Kun or Cheng Xiangwu, the military giants, all take temporary posts in the Five Armies Governor's Mansion.

Yang Yiqing looked at Cheng Xiangwu and Han Kun, and said slowly, "Do the generals have anything to say?"

Han Kun and Cheng Xiangwu and the others looked at each other and heard Han Kun smile: "I will trust Lord Shoufu. If Lord Shoufu has any orders, just do so."

In Han Kun's opinion, Yang Yiqing can be regarded as a representative of the Wuxun Group, so he did not say much, and directly expressed his support for Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing looked at several other people, such as Cheng Xiangwu and several martial artists, all of them were like Han Kun, and they were quite convinced of Yang Yiqing.

If it were Chen Ding or Wang Hua who had no military exploits and other elders, I'm afraid Han Kun and the others would not be so easy to talk about.

Yang Yiqing pondered for a while, and quickly ordered his decision. Han Kun, Cheng Xiangwu and others had no objection.

It's just an alien race, and it's still coming from across the ocean, like a rootless duckweed, and no one treats it as a serious problem.

Thinking about it, Daming dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops in succession to conquer Dongying, which was just a short distance away. Even so, they still did not completely pacify the land of Dongying.

In contrast, the power dispatched by Daming is far stronger than the power of these alien races. Whether it is Yang Yiqing or Han Kun, they do not believe that this group of enemies can appear near the capital.

Qingtian Town.

Cheng Yan, who had retreated from the port, gathered a crowd of horses, and he was full of calculations. It was originally a thousand people, but now there are almost [-] people gathered.

This number is quite astonishing. After all, the retreat was chaotic. If it was on other troops, it could not be said that the retreat would have turned into a defeat, not to mention that [-] to [-]% of the troops could be gathered after the retreat, even if It is very rare to be able to gather more than half of the people.

Cheng Yan used the telescopic mirror to look at the neatly arranged groups of alien coalition troops in the distance, slowly marching along with the drum beat.

Generals such as Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong had seen a situation like this in the east, and they had also fought against the musketeers of Portugal and the Netherlands, but Cheng Yan and others had never seen such a situation. Battle ah.

An official of a hundred households looked at the slowly advancing infantry formation in the distance and couldn't help showing doubts: "These people are not stupid, are they arranged so neatly, they are not afraid of being rushed by the cavalry, for the sake of Is it covered by a rain of arrows?"

It wasn't just this one hundred officials who had such doubts, even Cheng Yan looked at the neatly arranged team in confusion.

No matter how perplexed he was, but the enemy gradually came up, Cheng Yan responded calmly and shouted loudly, "Everyone is ready!"

As Cheng Yan's voice fell, he immediately saw arrows and fire cannons locking on the neatly arranged and steady phalanx in front of him.

Chapter Five Hundred and Seventy-First The General Will Die Before The Battle [2 More]

At the moment when this phalanx entered the range, Cheng Yan's eyes flashed with joy, and he shouted: "Shoot!"

As the voice fell, a wave of arrows and the sound of fire guns sounded, and a cloud of gunpowder filled the air, and on the opposite side, the sound of vocal music suddenly changed in the square, and a large shield was standing upright. rise.

With the sound of crackling, most of the arrows were unsuccessful, and even the lead bullets fired by the fire gun hit the shield and it was difficult to hurt the soldiers behind the shield.

After the phalanx, Governor George and Earl Harry rode on high-headed horses and watched the battle between the two sides through a telescope.

I just heard Governor George say solemnly: "Earl Harry, this Ming soldier is very brave, much stronger than the natives we have seen before."

Earl Harry took it for granted and said: "That's natural, don't forget, it was hundreds of years ago that Marco Polo recorded this eastern country in his travel notes, if this country is really as we see it. If the natives were ignorant, how could a splendid civilization be born, such a gorgeous silk, and such a delicate porcelain be produced."

Speaking of which, Earl Harry said with confidence: "Even if this Ming Dynasty is strong, he can't be our opponent."

Whether it is the Netherlands or Portugal, the navies of the two countries have almost never encountered any opponents. The victories of the two countries have already made these people psychologically forge the belief that they will win.

Therefore, after hearing the news that Dalikis was defeated in the battle at sea, Earl Harry's first thought was to join forces with Governor George to mobilize the army.

Portugal had already surpassed the Netherlands during this period, and it was faintly on the verge of becoming the most powerful country on the sea, especially its Armada spread its prestige all over the country.

A squadron was defeated by Yu Daming by accident. At least Earl Harry couldn't accept this defeat.

If it wasn't for the defeat of Dalikis that caused the Portuguese fleet's military strength to plummet on the other side, Earl Harry didn't even plan to unite with the Netherlands and use the strength of the Dutch.

Now the combined forces of the two countries, the army alone has dispatched as many as [-], which has almost emptied [-]-[-]% of the strength accumulated by the two countries in the East over the years.

A rapid trumpet sounded, and immediately saw the large shields parted, and saw the appearance of a captain archer.

There are about a thousand longbowmen in this pair, who have always been in the center of the phalanx. These people have their faces and ears wrapped tightly with cloth, their shoulders are covered with chains, their wrists are protected by leather ropes and leather blocks, and their finger joints are protected. A holster with a dagger and a leather pouch on the belt.They wore all kinds of armor, and some were just a normal layered tights.

The most eye-catching is the long bows on these people. Compared with ordinary long bows, these long bows are very eye-catching, nearly two meters long.

Such a longbow far exceeding a person's height is extremely rare in the East, but such a longbow in the West is very famous, it is the Scottish longbow.

The lethality and rate of fire of the Scottish longbow are extremely amazing. Following the war between Britain and France, the Scottish longbow performed extremely amazingly, and then the Scottish longbow became famous throughout the Western world.

Although Portugal's army is average, but with Portugal's strength, it is not difficult to spend a lot of money to build a Scottish longbow team.

And this Scottish longbow team of nearly a thousand people is one of the thousands of Scottish longbows in the Kingdom of Portugal.

Earl Harry's expedition to Daming this time brought this team, and regarded it as a big killer to decide the outcome of the war at the bottom of the box.

Now that they have seen the bravery of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Earl Harry and Governor George know very well that their biggest disadvantage is that they fight across the ocean. If there are too many casualties among their soldiers, even if they can win a war Victory can only be defeat.

If it is said that the soldiers of Daming would collapse at the touch of a button, then Earl Harry would not be able to use the English longbow, but just looking at the firepower and the distance between the two sides, there was no sign of confusion among the soldiers of Daming, which made Earl Harry realize. The difficulty of the opponent.

Cheng Yan didn't expect these opponents to be so difficult to deal with. Although the fire guns and arrows said they would bring some damage to these soldiers, relatively speaking, these damages were not enough to hurt the muscles and bones, and they could not stop the coalition forces. Keep going.

In the port, Cheng Yan could still choose to retreat, but in Qingtian Town, Cheng Yan had the responsibility of defending the land, and either died in battle or fled.

Cheng Yan was not the one who was greedy for life and feared death. Naturally, he would not choose to escape from battle. Now that he only fought each other, Cheng Yan realized that this enemy who came from nowhere was very difficult.

Taking a deep breath, Cheng Yan suddenly drew his sword in his hand, and shouted at the surrounding soldiers with a long whistle: "All the soldiers, dare to follow this general to kill the enemy!"

"Daming Wansheng, Daming Wansheng!"

Accompanied by a loud shout, a famous soldier's eyes flashed with excitement like a tiger coming out of a box, following behind Cheng Yan and heading towards the front of the coalition army.

At this moment, in the phalanx, the thousands of Scottish longbowmen had already swam to the front of the phalanx. With the sound of drums, the sound of drums suddenly became hurried, and the originally well-equipped soldiers instantly took out the arrows behind them.

A long arrow broke through the air, and suddenly the sky was dark, and a rain of arrows actually covered the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were rushing towards the formation.

Cheng Yan, who was galloping on horseback, was suddenly shocked, and suddenly he saw a rain of arrows covering the square.

"not good!"

Cheng Yan secretly thought that something was wrong, and shouted: "Everyone disperse, disperse quickly!"

At the same time, Cheng Yan turned over on the horse, and the whole person turned from above the horse's back to under the horse's belly at once, puff, puff, the sound of arrows entering the body.

Cheng Yan, whose body was bumpy, only felt that the figure around him had suddenly become sparse, and there was a mournful sound of mourning. What kind of damage did a wave of arrows bring to his men and horses.

Almost a thousand soldiers rushed to the formation, but after a wave of arrows, at least hundreds of soldiers were nailed to the ground by arrows.

Even if the arrow grows a lot more than ordinary arrows, if it is nailed to the ground by such an arrow, it can be said that unless it is fatal, there is only a dead end.

With a long neigh, he saw that there were no less than ten arrows stuck on Cheng Yan's mount. These arrows penetrated into the body, and even the horse that was galloping could fall to the ground.

Cheng Yan's shoulder was directly pierced by an arrow. The moment the war horse fell to the ground, Cheng Yan, who was hiding under the horse's belly, rolled on the spot and rolled out several meters with the arrow on his shoulder. The Portuguese and Dutch coalition forces were only a few feet away.

Holding the arrow stuck on his shoulder, Cheng Yan's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he slammed abruptly.

The flesh and blood on Cheng Yan's shoulders was blurred, the blood stained most of his body red, and he was very embarrassed, so it seemed that Cheng Yan's situation was very bad.

Instantly sealing the acupuncture points on the shoulders, Cheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked up and looked forward, there was a neatly arranged team.

Keeping up with Cheng Yan, the soldiers who were lucky enough to escape a wave of arrows are now only a few dozen people. As for the other soldiers, they just stood there one by one, looking at their companions who fell in front of them in disbelief.

A famous companion was nailed to the ground by a long arrow pierced through his body, especially when the arrow pierced his body and was nailed to the ground, but he did not die on the spot, he could only scream to vent his pain, such scenes It is definitely a great shock and test for the will of the soldiers.

Obviously, these soldiers were stunned for a while. To be precise, they never thought that there were such terrifying arrows in this world.

If it is an arrow such as a bed crossbow and an eight cattle crossbow, that's fine. After all, those terrifying arrows are very difficult to launch, and they are more of a deterrent on the battlefield.

But no one could have imagined that such a long arrow could be so powerful, and its shooting speed would be so fast. As an ordinary soldier, one might not be aware of the pros and cons of this kind of longbow, but its lethality was the most powerful. Intuitive.

Hundreds of companions suffered heavy casualties almost in an instant, and it was reasonable for these soldiers to be restrained. After all, these soldiers were living beings, not puppets who were not afraid of life and death.

The current situation is that dozens of soldiers rushed to the front of the coalition army behind Cheng Yan, and at the same time, a fault appeared behind him. In addition, no other soldiers will be seen.

Cheng Yan and other dozens of soldiers appeared in front of the coalition formation. As the commander of the coalition, he naturally noticed Cheng Yan and others. After all, Cheng Yan and others were so close to the formation at this moment. The effort of one breath can add up swords and swords.

The fire guns were aimed at Cheng Yan and others. When they were locked by the fire guns, Cheng Yan also reacted, his eyes narrowed, and he jumped almost instinctively, and the long knife in his hand slammed violently. wave.

"kill!"

If you want to survive, you can only bury your head and dash forward, rushing into the phalanx to fight hand to hand to avoid the threat of fire guns and longbows.Otherwise, even if he wanted to escape, he would definitely not be able to escape the shooting of the fire gun and the longbow.

Cheng Yan's reaction was very fast, even if his shoulder was injured, but he jumped over a distance of several meters. With a flash of sword light, he saw a few heads fly up and blood splattered. More than a dozen people who witnessed this scene. The soldiers of the coalition army were shocked and looked at Cheng Yan, who was like a bloody man, in horror.

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Almost in the blink of an eye, at least a few soldiers were beheaded by Cheng Yan.

The dozens of soldiers who kept up with Cheng Yan's speed actually reflected that their speed was only slightly slower than Cheng Yan's, but what greeted them was the cruel roar.

The bodies that were rushing forward seemed to be hit hard by heavy objects, their bodies staggered, and they flew out involuntarily.

There were originally dozens of people, and with this roar, [-] to [-]% of them were blown away on the spot.

Only two or three people looked at the soldiers in front of them with lingering fears. In the stunned eyes of these soldiers, the weapons in their hands stabbed into each other's bodies fiercely.

The fire gun itself has a very high probability of misfire. I never thought that these soldiers would survive by the accident of the fire gun.

Seeing this, Cheng Yan's eyes were red, and his mouth was like a wounded beast, and he let out a long howl: "Long live Daming!"

With Cheng Yan's long whistle, he saw Cheng Yan's figure submerged in the square, and immediately saw chaos in the corner of the square.

After all, when these soldiers were personally attacked, many of them didn't even react. Even if they did, it would be a little difficult to use the weapons in their hands to protect themselves or even resist.

An archer holding a longbow can't use a longbow at close range. As for the firearm, facing the splash of blood, it will take time to calm down and aim and then light the match. Cheng Yan was almost killed.

With a puff, a roar was heard, and then the figure who was wanton killing in the crowd froze suddenly, followed by a roar, and blossoming blood flowers bloomed on Cheng Yan's body.

Seeing a Westerner dressed as an officer holding a short-handled musket, the smoke filled with gunpowder, and it was obvious that Cheng Yan died in the other's hands.

The two or three soldiers who were lucky enough to rush into the formation with Cheng Yan were also bombarded and killed on the spot one by one. Before the formation, there was no standing figure at all except for a piece of corpse.

The military formation is like a tight instrument, the formation is tight, marching on the beat of the drums, no matter whether it is impacted or subjected to Cheng Yan's attack, although it is said that some damage and confusion have been caused locally, it is relatively unscathed. Chaos, just continue to move forward as normal.

Hundreds of soldiers in the distance had already lost their minds at this moment, and one by one looked at the square formation that was pressing up like a monster with fear on their faces.

huh huh, huh huh

There was a harsh and heart-pounding sound of breaking through the air, and then I saw a black arrow pouring down like a torrential rain, and the screams were heard incessantly, and it seemed that the earth seemed to suddenly grow long. Out of such a general arrow.