Chapter 503: The Unification of the Ming Dynasty (Finale)

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Wei Malang's assistant Van der Laan was so frightened that he immediately called on the soldiers and horses and warships that could be mobilized, while blocking Lin Yi's fleet on the coast and nearby seas, and on the other hand, he sent people to Chiji City to deliver a message to Wei Malang, not so much a letter as a request for help.

Because he knew that the power of the Ming Dynasty's giant aircraft carrier battleship Yangwei aircraft carrier formation, the Zhoushan naval battle was a bloody lesson, and in the waters near Fujian, their prime minister Wei Malang led tens of thousands of world-class warship formations, that is, he was frightened and fled and did not dare to fight. Today, how can a total of dozens of warships, four or five thousand soldiers and horses resist the enemy?

Vanderland was really scared, panicked, his shoes ran away, his voice was hoarse, and he was almost out of shape.

Hongmaozi is worthy of being the number one power on the sea, and Vanderland also has some organizational ability, and it only took half a day to organize more than 60 warships of various kinds in a place dozens of miles near Chichicheng, and the batteries on the shore are all ready, but he still has no idea in his heart, so he hopes that Wei Malang will quickly transfer some of the sailor battleships in the Penghu naval battle, and it is best that the Governor and Hetok and Mingweis can come.

Early in the morning of the second day, the rumbling of artillery rang out......

After Lin Yi destroyed one of Hongmaozi's strongholds, the fleet led by him circled the island from the sea near the coast. In one breath, the battle line was advanced by more than 160 miles.

The battle lasted more than two hours, and when the sun set and night fell, Lin Yi had to find a place on the beach and order the fleet to temporarily dock for rest and replenishment.

Although so far, the naval warships and more than 10,000 accompanying generals still maintain a record of zero casualties, but the journey from Fujian to the sea for hundreds of miles, and then fought for half a day, the consumption is very large, rest and replenish is necessary, sharpen the knife and do not mistake the woodcutter.

Dozens of warships of the Ming army temporarily docked on the shore, and the generals of the naval division battalion temporarily set up camp in the village.

Then set up a makeshift tent and start burying the pot to cook.

After dinner, take stock of the results.

Along the way, a total of more than a dozen fortress batteries on the shore were destroyed, more than 30 ships of various kinds were destroyed and damaged, including more than 20 naval warships, and eight merchant ships were captured. More than 300 Hongmaozi were captured, mainly merchants.

Lin Yi did not kill all of them, except for the stubborn ones, all these people were imprisoned, and in the future, they would be sent to prisoner of war camps for reform, so that they could taste the taste of enslavement.

After Lin Yi rescued them, he gave them some goods and money, which was counted as relief for them, or as the wages they deserved for the coolies of the red hair, and they were all dismissed and returned to their hometowns.

Of course, these expenses come from the captured Hongmaozi merchant ships and captives, Hongmaozi's merchant ships, on the warships, there is silver for food and drink, of course Lin Yi will not be polite, these Hongmaozi looted people's fat and people's ointment, take them and use them casually, and they can be regarded as taking them from the people for the people.

Since they were enslaved by Hongmaozi, they have worked more tired than livestock, eaten worse than pigs, and they did not dare to think about their wages and silver, and it would be good to live without freezing and starving.

Now Lin Yi not only rescued them, but also gave them finances and let them go home for reunion, for them, this is really a living bodhisattva who saves suffering.

Therefore, these people knelt on the ground, and immediately cried, thanking the prisoner and worshipping the Ming Emperor.

Then Lin Yi got a lot of useful information from these captives and the Gaoshan people, and the intelligence about Hongmaozi and the Dutch East Magical Kingdom Company in Taiwan was of course of high value.

After timely rest and replenishment, on the second day, Lin Yi's ship formation of tens of thousands of men and horses was in good spirits again, and the soldiers were full of food.

Leaving a few warships and hundreds of Ming soldiers here to guard the prisoners, Lin Yi continued with the ship formation.

The further you go, the more gentle the terrain becomes, and there are fewer hills and ravines. But the forts and batteries of the red-haired people in front became dense.

Several more Hongmaozi batteries were destroyed, and the battleship formation sailed forward for more than 30 miles, when someone suddenly came to report that a large number of Hongmaozi battleships had been found in a bay in front of them, and there were several large batteries on the shore.

Lin Yi took out the drawings, which of course were obtained from the captured red-haired people and the enslaved local residents, and according to these information, Lin Yi temporarily drew a strategic topographic map, on which important fortresses and other military strongholds, including key locations such as Chichicheng and Geranza City, were marked.

At this time, Lin Yi opened the drawings and saw that this place was not far from Chichicheng City and Relanza City, only fifty or sixty miles, and it was time for a big battle. The Hongmaozi used Western firearms, and their artillery and muskets should not be underestimated, and some strategies must be emphasized.

Lin Yi found that the terrain in this area was also suitable for shore operations, especially the marines could land here.

Lin Yi ordered the women's battalion and the guard battalion to abandon the ship and go ashore here, deal with the strategic stronghold of Hongmaozi on the shore of the island, and cooperate with the formation of naval divisions and warships.

After receiving the order, Xiao Ying Zhe Zhe Su Moer set off with more than 400 female battalions, and Zhang Hua also went ashore with more than 1,000 soldiers and half of the guard battalion.

Now Lin Yi is only escorted by Ma Luan and other hundreds of brocade guards, and after adjustment, these hundreds of people have all boarded Yang Wei and the giant ship to guard Lin Yi's side.

Then the land and water advanced, and the Ming army continued to push the front forward.

About half an hour later, the Ming army's naval warships took the lead in firing, and the 70 red-coated cannons on the battleship Yangwei let out an earth-shattering roar. Immediately afterwards, dozens of ships accompanied by escorts, red-coated cannons and jack franc machines opened fire one after another.

Dozens of warships organized by Vanderland were suddenly beaten, and the sea was in shambles, with thick smoke billowing and flames flying, and the sea was full of red-haired dead and wounded, and blood stained the sea water.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of battleships of the red-haired man were defeated, and Vanderraan, who was in charge of the command at this time, was furious, why didn't so many batteries and so many red-coated cannons on the shore of the island not fire?

In fact, he was mistaken, just when the formation of the giant ship Yang Wei was fighting fiercely at sea with the Hongmaozi naval warship, the women's battalion and the guard battalion had already started from the shore. In particular, these female battalion soldiers have now been trained to be capable of amphibious operations. Both in the water and on the shore, a real elite of special fighters.

Therefore, they rushed over unconsciously, and the Hongmaozi forts on the shore were destroyed or controlled in an instant, and there was almost no suspense in musket shooting, bows and arrows, and hand-to-hand white-knuckle battles, all of which were controlled by the Ming army, and some of the cannons were destroyed and lost their combat effectiveness.

The officers and men of the women's battalion and the guard battalion jointly attacked more than a dozen batteries in this area, and the Hongmaozi batteries on the shore were paralyzed, and they had no time to take care of themselves, where could they still fire at the Ming warships on the sea?

Vanderlaan finally fled in disarray, and fled back to Chichicheng with the remnants of the defeated army.

At this time, Wei Malang of Red Embedded City was furious, and Vanderland was scolded for being a bloody sprinkler here.

Immediately afterwards, Vanderland suggested that Wei Malang quickly transfer the sailors in the Penghu area, and then let the red-haired soldiers guarding the two cities go out of the city, attack back and forth, and annihilate all the Ming and Ming troops.

"Stupid pig!" Wei Malang glared, "What if the Ming army wants to come and loot these two cities?" ”

Then Wei Malang and Van der Laan with four or five thousand red-haired soldiers will stick to the two cities, not daring to fight, as for the Ming army on the shore and the naval battle on the Penghu side, they can only resign themselves to fate......

Seeing the red-haired man fleeing in embarrassment, and the red-haired man guarding the castle did not dare to come out, Lin Yi had a bottom in his heart, and it would be easy to do now. Immediately leave 2,000 naval warships to garrison this generation to control the red-coated cannons on the shore to prevent the red-haired men of Chichicheng and Geranza from coming out to make trouble.

Then Lin Yi personally led the Yangwei and more than 20 naval warships, a total of more than 6,000 sailors, to the waters of Penghu......

100,000 Ming army sailors and more than 10,000 sailors of Hongmaozi's fleet, in the waters of the Penghu archipelago for two days, and finally Hongmaozi's main battleship was bitten by Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang's fleet, and finally in the case of paying dozens of casualties of dozens of warships, Hongmaozi's Hetok was surrounded by the Ming army's warships, and when the firepower and musket ammunition were basically exhausted, Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang commanded countless small boats to drive over, and countless iron hooks were thrown out, hooking this giant ship, making him unable to move.

Then these Ming soldiers attacked the battleship with fireships and rockets, and soon, the main battleship of the third class of Dutch Hongmaozi, which had flaunted its power in the East and South Seas for decades, was burned.

Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang had just breathed a sigh of relief when they received a report that the number one ace naval battleship of the Kingdom of Great Netherlands, the Mingweis, had copied their rear route and fought with Liu Guoxuan's fleet on the left flank, and Liu Guojun suffered heavy casualties.

Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang immediately led the naval division battleships to support Liu Guoxuan, the main battleship of the Mingweisi was indeed powerful, and it had destroyed more than a dozen naval warships of the Ming Dynasty.

Just as Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang and Liu Guoxuan were about to use the same tactics to trap the Mingweisi battleship, the Yangwei battleship arrived, and Lin Yi ordered them to retreat immediately.

Zheng Chenggong and their sailors retreated, and the governor on the ship Mingweis, Yu Yi, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally defeated the Ming army, and he immediately ordered to pursue the victory and completely destroy the Ming army's sailor fleet.

But before they could chase a mile, a giant ship appeared in his telescope lens.

In the midst of the consternation, the giant ship Yang Wei took the lead in firing, and several heavy shells hit the Mingweis, and there was chaos on the battleship, the red hairs were blown away one after another, one of the three sails was blown off, and the hull was seriously tilted.

But the Minwes also fired at the Yangwei, and its firepower was also very powerful, and during this time he also fired several red-coat shells, which also hit the Yangwei, and the hull caught fire, and three masts were broken.

However, the Yangwei still had 7 masts, which were not affected at all, and the fire at the stern was quickly extinguished, and the 3,000 soldiers on the ship and hundreds of Jinyi guards, under the leadership of Lin Yi, continued to approach the Mingweis.

The Minwes didn't look like an opponent, but fled.

Two more heavy shells flew in, boom and boom, the hull was hit again, the Minwes was completely paralyzed, lost its combat power, and finally put its head into the sea, its butt up, and finally the giant ship disappeared on the surface of the sea.

After the end of the Penghu naval battle, the Ming army quickly occupied the Penghu Islands in a unified place, and the red hairs on the shore were completely annihilated, and then they sailed to the main island of Taiwan, and after landing, 100,000 Ming troops surrounded the Red Embedded City and the Relansha City.

Wei Malang and Vanderland in the city saw that the two cities were less than 5,000 soldiers, and the rest of the red hairs were all wiped out, and the battleships were gone.

Their only hope now is that their Greater Dutch Kingdom will be able to send a rescue force, and maybe they will be able to give them a chance to survive.

However, in the waters around Xiamen Island, hundreds of naval warships from the Netherlands who came to support were beaten and fled in embarrassment by tens of thousands of Ming naval divisions led by Liu Wenxiu and artillery fire from the shore......

Therefore, a few days later, Wei Malang and Vanderland obediently took these four or five thousand soldiers out of the city and became prisoners of the Ming army.

Wei Malang, the general director of the Dutch East Magical Country Company in Taiwan, his assistant Vanderland, and four or five thousand Hongmaozi became prisoners of the Ming army, and the Ming government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over the treasure island of Taiwan.

Lin Yi rested his soldiers and horses here and came out of the list to settle the people. More than 10 days later, Shi Banlang was left with 10,000 troops and more than 300 warships stationed in Taiwan, waiting for call.

Then Lin Yi led the remaining Yangwei sailor fleet of 100,000 Ming troops to return to Fuzhou from Taiwan with thousands of Hongmaozi captives. These red-haired prisoners of war were soon put into concentration camps, where they were subjected to labor to reform the coolies, and let them also taste the taste of enslavement, which is called the treatment of others in the way of others.

At this point, the war in southern Xinjiang was completely over, and the affairs of the millions of Qin kings around Fujian returned to various places, and then Lin Yi took the standard battalion, the guard battalion, the musket battalion and the women's battalion, and the invincible Ying and other 100,000 troops, left Fuzhou, passed through Nanjing, and returned to Yanjing, the capital division of the Ming Dynasty.

Along the way, everywhere, local officials, governors, yamen and ordinary people, thousands of empty alleys, greeted the triumphant return of Lin Yi, the Ming Prison State.

When I arrived in Beijing, the official road was full of Ming troops, and the common people greeted each other in the empty alleys, all wanting to see the dignity of this eunuch again, and the civil and military officials and the prince headed by the cabinet Gao Hongtu went out of the city to greet each other.

Lin Yi returned to the long-lost Beijing to go north to Beijing, and a few days later, the first assistant of the cabinet and the crown prince Zhu Qiliang, the eunuch of Dongchang and the head of Jinyiwei, jointly proposed to Lin Yi that he should ascend the throne and sit in the palace.

Lin Yi laughed, Lin is the prince and the prince, if the world is calm today, the four seas are unified, the prince has become an adult, Lin has completed the mission of supervising the country, and the one who ascends the throne and sits in the palace should be His Royal Highness the prince.

The prince was flattered, beads of sweat on his face oozed out, he knelt on the ground, said that he didn't dare to obey his fate, and kowtowed vigorously.

In the end, under Lin Yi's order, Eguanbo brought the prince in a dragon robe, and on the dragon chair, Lin Yi became the first assistant of the cabinet, the doctor of Guanglu, and the three princes and three solitary ones.

A few days later, Lin Yi took Xiaoying, Zhezhe, Su Moer, and Xing Wanfang to play in the imperial garden, and the prince came to see Lin Yi: "Father, my Ming war has been peaceful, and a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived, and the plan for governing the country and the state will be settled?" ”

Lin Yi pondered: "We should recuperate, develop production, reduce rent and service, benefit the people, punish corruption, recommend virtuous people, and do more things to benefit the people, so that the Ming dynasty can last for a long time." ”

"Thank you for your advice...... the prince turned around respectfully after giving his salute......