Chapter 809: The Great Empire of the East
The Dongying coalition army wants to use the field encirclement to defeat Li Yang's Dongyang Han army in one fell swoop, this is not Li Yang's idea: since you are arrogant enough to want to eat me, then I will swallow you in turn
Of the 20,000 people in the Dongying array, less than half of the elite were still small, and more than half of them were farmers a few days ago, and they were suddenly stuffed with weapons to fight.
In this kind of battlefield where 10,000 people fight, even if you are cowardly and you cower, before your own army is completely defeated, you can only be wrapped forward by the co-stalk, and then stab your weapon into the enemy, or be killed by the enemy.
Now those peasant soldiers in the Dongying Army feel like this, so the cannon fodder who lack the will to fight can't eat the small piece of Dongyang Han Army in front of them for a long time.
On the other hand, the volunteers are a different scenery, although the number is small, but at least they are equipped with spears, leather armor, shields, and Yan Ling knives, although their positions are compressed smaller and smaller, but their strength is also compressed more intensively, and they do not fall behind in local battles.
After half a pillar of incense, Wuyiwei joined the battle. Li Yang had gradually rushed from the center of the line to the front, the guards carefully guarding their commander, and the ordinary soldiers were all inspired by the heroic performance of their lord.
The personal charm and courage of the commander in the era of cold weapons are often an important factor in whether an army can defeat the enemy, and Li Yang has just brought his personal charm to the extreme, and he has always done it himself, he said that he does not love soldiers like children, but in the minds of all Dakang people and most of the indigenous soldiers, it is indeed their luck to have such a leader who can sympathize with the hard work of soldiers and give soldiers high treatment.
At this moment, seeing the commander moving forward bravely, how can these soldiers not compete for the lead.
The heavy infantry in the plate cuirass was almost invincible, and the panel cuirass depicted the face of a demon, and at this moment it was really like a man-eating demon, and the right wing of Dongying, which was the first to come into contact, collapsed immediately after touching the enemy in a quarter of an hour.
The peasant soldiers threw down their rudimentary weapons and ran backwards. And Dongying's commander has long noticed the situation here, and Dongying's elite soldiers have already replenished the chaotic right flank.
The Dongying miscellaneous soldiers who retreated like a tide touched their elite soldiers, and it was as if they had slapped a rock, and after being killed by more than 20 people who were chopping melons and vegetables, these miscellaneous soldiers knew that retreating was also a death.
So the tide came back after being greatly resisted, which was tantamount to an act of death, but it only consumed some of the physical strength of the Wuyi guards.
The black-clothed guards just leveled their spears and pushed forward, stabbing out a shot from time to time, and a heart-rending scream came from Dongying's array.
Under the command of the banner, the musket team of up to 500 men in the black guard, armed with the latest flintlock muskets, took advantage of the enemy's stray ranks to retreat, and the elite army had not had the opportunity to fill the gap, and opened fire.
The hit rate of muskets without a salvo was not high, and only a few unlucky people in the enemy group were shot, but the deterrent effect of muskets compared to bows and arrows was incomparable, so even the elite army of Dongying had a trace of commotion.
Seeing this situation, Li Yang couldn't help but think that it was also because of the inconvenient land transportation, that more small artillery, that is, the tiger squat cannon similar to the Ming army, was not carried with the army, otherwise it would be spread out in a row, and no matter how strong the military formation was, it would be beaten into a sieve.
The elite of the Dongying coalition had to launch a charge under unfavorable circumstances, and they were indeed considered elite troops, and after starting to run in small steps, these soldiers were able to maintain their formation under the constraints of the generals, and the biggest collision since the beginning of the war was about to begin.
At this moment, on the battlefield that stretched for nearly a thousand meters, the 10,000 people of the Dongyang Han army did not fall behind the nearly 20,000 people in Shangdongying, and the Dongying army did not turn the numerical advantage into victory at all, and the attack in the middle could not open the gap, and the outflanking of the side was blocked by a few small phalanxes of the Dongyang Han army.
On the other hand, the morale of the Oriental Han army became stronger and stronger, especially Li Yang had untied his armor at this moment and personally beat the drums to help.
In the end, the Dongying coalition army could no longer resist the powerful offensive of the Dongyang Han army, and they were defeated and retreated.
Li Yang knew that the time had come to subdue the entire Dongying, so the army pursued all the way, waved north, and finally reached the palace where the emperor was.
In the end, Emperor Dongying was also caught by Li Yang. At this moment, those Dongying people did not dare to resist, and even if there was some resistance force, it was very weak and was suppressed by Li Yang's army.
The curtain of the war with Dongying gradually fell, and the subjects of the original Dongying land gradually got used to the new ruler, the new ruling order, and even the name of Xincheng Miyako made them very comfortable.
In Miyako Liyang, the original shanty houses have been demolished, and the new castle has been rezoned into tofu blocks, and the drainage canals are in order.
Some factories and workshops have also started the construction of new factories in Miyakojo under the instruction of Li Yang, and now the price of materials and labor in Miyako Island is constantly rising, and it is also Li Yang's intention to disperse these workshops, it is one thing to be bigger and stronger, and it is also one thing not to put all the eggs in the same basket.
The wealth plundered from the royal family of Dongying has been sold by auction houses, giving the finances of the Eastern Han Kingdom a little respite.
But then Li Yang's order made the officials of the Ministry of Household and Commerce bitter.
The merchant ships imported from Dakang to the Han Kingdom in the East had to be accompanied by Han slaves or Han people who were willing to immigrate to the Han Kingdom in the East according to the size of the ships, ranging from a few to dozens of them, and these people had to be voluntary, so the Han slaves were either bought from the hands of the people, or they were voluntarily sold into slavery or bought from the gentry.
If it is found that the businessman used violent coercion to kidnap the Dakang people, once it is verified, he will be severely punished.
As soon as this decree, known as the "slave order," was issued, the world shook.
The Oriental Han Kingdom has always been very generous to merchants, and in addition to taking a certain amount of taxes from merchants, it never indiscriminately showdown and donations, compared to many countries that treat merchants as sheep and begin to shear their wool as soon as the hair grows, the Oriental Han Kingdom is really good to merchants.
As a result, the Oriental Han Kingdom also won the title of the merchant's paradise, but this Li Yang did not issue an order, and it was such a heinous decree to issue an order to a merchant.
Slowly, the strength of the Oriental Han Kingdom became stronger and stronger, and the population reached one million people after a few years, although it was still much smaller than that of Dakang, but the strength of the army was not much worse than that of Dakang, especially the naval strength of the Oriental Han Kingdom, which was too powerful, and Li Yang was ready to let the fleet march to the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean for a great voyage.
In the face of the powerful Oriental Han State, the Dakang Emperor, that is, the descendants of Li Yang, also had to treat each other as equals, and established equal diplomatic relations with the Oriental Han State, and since then the entire East has become extremely prosperous, and the two great empires stand in the east of the world at the same time, so that those Westerners have also run over, of course, it is impossible for Westerners to invade, because the civilization and military strength of the East and the West are too different, and those small countries in the West cannot resist even a fleet attack of the Eastern Han State.
Whether it is Li Xiang or Li Yang, they have become saints in the hearts of all Orientals, but they don't know that these two emperors are actually the same person!