Chapter 388: Smoke and Waves (I)
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"This is a good thing, Your Highness really has great powers," Zhang Gui looked at the long cylinder in his hand and couldn't put it down, "From ancient times to the present, the two armies have clashed with each other, and if you want to find each other as soon as possible, you can only rely on a pair of naked eyes, and now with this clairvoyance, you can make a response before the enemy." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½foβ
Ye Yingwu said lightly: "There is only one clairvoyant in the world, I am just lending it to you now, after pacifying the South Seas, this clairvoyant will naturally be exchanged for me, not to mention anything else, if there is any accident in this clairvoyant, it will not be solved by the twenty boards." β
Zhang Gui was stunned, subconsciously straightened his waist, and his buttocks, which he had no feeling anymore, somehow hurt again at this time. Hurriedly nodded: "Your Highness can rest assured, such a good thing is hard to find, and the last general will cherish it." β
Stretching out his hand to hold on to the railing, Ye Yingwu pointed to the vast sea and sky in front of him and said: "Don't worry about clairvoyance, this is already the thirty-fifth day of going to sea from Yazhou, except for a pause in Zhancheng, there has been no rest, and it should not be far from Bo Ni." β
Nodding, Zhang Gui said in a deep voice: "Before the Bo mud ships came to the Song Dynasty, it would take about forty days at sea, but my Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding technology is much higher than that of Bo Ni, so thirty-five days is about the same." Yesterday I saw a few islands at sea levelγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
"Your Highness, General, Island, there are two large islands in the distance!" A sergeant shouted from the mast.
Ye Yingwu and Zhang Gui were both stunned, Zhang Gui quickly picked up the clairvoyance, and as soon as Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand, Xiaoyangzi had already unfolded the chart. Although China has not set foot in China for thousands of years, after all, it is also the only way for merchant ships to come and go, so the Nanyang nautical charts printed by the city ship division have more detailed marks for the surrounding islands.
Looking at the routes of the past few days, Ye Yingwu has marked them on the chart, but after all, there are no satellites or other advanced surveying and mapping instruments in this era, and the islands and waterways on the chart are only drawn based on the experience of many years of navigation merchants, so Ye Yingwu can only judge the general direction by memory. After departing from Yazhou, the fleet went south to the Hengshan and Champa areas, and then turned southeast, and now its location should be at the junction of Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines in the future.
"The forward fleet is the same as the chart we use, and at the end of the city, the general also asked General Bai that what he went this time was the channel taken by the forward fleet, and the place marked by General Bai when he left was also in front." Zhang Gui said in a deep voice, "It is in the strait in front that the forward fleet has lost more than half. β
Ye Yingwu slowly clenched the railing: "Aiqing, do you say that there will still be an ambush ahead?" β
After a moment of silence, Zhang Gui nodded: "This strait is the throat of entering and exiting Bo Ni, even if there is no ambush, the Bo Ni people will try their best to defend, and they also understand that once we break through this strait, there is only a dead end waiting for them." β
Patting Zhang Gui on the shoulder, Ye Yingwu walked towards the shipbuilding: "Order, raise the flag of the general!" β
"Your Highness!" Zhang Gui, Xiao Yangzi and the others all looked at Ye Yingwu in surprise.
Ye Yingwu is the monarch of the Ming Dynasty and the symbol of the Ming Dynasty's imperial power, once Ye Yingwu's general flag is raised, it is easy to attract the attention of those barbarians, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be any accidents when the time comes.
Ye Yingwu glanced back at them and didn't say anything.
A large red flag with a gold rim slowly rose against the wind, and all the sailor warships surrounding the flagship erupted in a wave of cheers at this moment. Because this is the first time they have seen the Ye Zi General Banner of His Royal Highness King Ming, it is said that all those who fight under this banner will be invincible.
From Xiangyang all the way to Nanjing, where the leaf flag flutters, it is glory and victory!
"Long live my king, long live, long live!" The ships erupted in earth-shattering cheers, and the drums of war rang out with the thump.
"Da Ming Shui Master, forward!" Ye Yingwu stood on the ship's tower with his head held high, and the huge sea ship was chopping the waves at his feet, "Pass my order, the left and right flotillas will immediately shell the island, the rear flotilla and the flying clipper boats will seal the mouth of the strait, and the Chinese fleet will press the formation!" β
Zhang Gui and other generals saw Ye Yingwu personally commanding, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts, after all, His Royal Highness's ability, everyone sighed to themselves, with Ye Yingwu's command, as long as they went all out according to the order: "The ministers obey the order!" β
"Jiang Tie, Wu Chucai!" Ye Yingwu then shouted loudly.
"The last general!" The two hurriedly stepped forward.
Ye Yingwu pointed to the island in front of him: "Wait a while, the naval fleet will open fire, these barbarian monkeys will definitely react, you are optimistic about which direction on the left and right sides is weak in the counterattack, lead the hundred battles to clear a path, and a certain will mobilize the army and warships to fully support you." β
Rows and rows of warships spread along the sides of the island, and the soldiers on the ships pushed the thunder cannons and bed crossbows at the island.
When the distance got closer, it could be found that the traces of the last fierce battle had not been erased, not to mention the countless missing woods on the island, and even the traces of the land being burned black, apparently that place had been visited by the Flying Thunder Cannon.
On some bare rocks and cliffs, people can still be seen running back and forth, and it is obvious that the people on the island are also very alarmed by this huge fleet of sailors.
After all, they had suffered heavy losses when dealing with only twenty warships before, not to mention the huge fleet that was now presented on the sea, stretching from the bottom of the island mountain to the end of the sea and sky, and the huge sea ships covered the sky and the sun, even some people who begged for a living at sea had never seen that there were warships of such size and size in the world.
Listening to the shouts on the island, Wang Da, who was in charge of commanding the left flank fleet, smiled coldly, Da Ming is not so easy to provoke, especially when you have the blood of Da Ming Erlang on your hands. With a fierce wave of his hand, Wang Da roared angrily: "Fire!" β
The drums on the warship were pounding, and the flying thunder cannons and bed crossbows showed the world their powerful destructive power.
If the previous twenty warships were just breaking the trees on the island, then the salvo of hundreds of warships gathered on one island was enough to cut off the entire island.
Standing on the warship, you can clearly see as if there is a gust of wind whistling from the sea, whether it is a low shrub or a towering ancient tree on the island, it has been uprooted in this wind, the sky is full of flying dust, splashed branches and leaves, and of course, countless severed arms and stumps, groups of ragged people came out of the woods, but they were quickly swept to the ground by the wind.
As for the trebuchets that hide in the shade of the trees, they are already in pieces.
Explosions echoed across the mountains, and the entire island was shrouded in blood, fire, and blood.
The panicked barbarians ran towards the top of the island, perhaps in their eyes, only the highest and safest place. But the thick arrows from the wind did not allow them to come near the top of the mountain. The giant arrows shot from the bed crossbow pierced the chests of one barbarian after another, and the blood flowed down the cliffs, because there were too many people who wanted to climb up, crowded on several roads, so some of the giant arrows could even penetrate seven or eight barbarians before stopping, rolling down the cliffs with a string of corpses into the sea.
"Closer, bombard!" Wang Da didn't have a smile on his face, he just gave an order coldly.
is that he and Zhang Gui are arrogant and confident, but they have made mistakes that they will never forgive in their lives; It was also in this place that the twenty warships led by Bai Nutao encountered an enemy several times their size, and even if they saw through the ambush, there was only one possibility of defeat; It was in this place that thousands of Ming soldiers were killed in battle, more than half of the fleet in the front compartment was lost, and Tao Qi also became the first commander of the Ming Dynasty to be martyred.
This is the place where the blood and tears of the Ming soldiers are condensed, and it is also the place where he is ashamed.
Today, we must use the blood of these barbarians to wash away the shame!
The ships in the front row were quickly reloading with explosives and arrows, while the ships in the back had rushed out of the gaps in the front rows of ships, getting closer and closer to the island, and the firearms and crossbows on one side were ready to fire. This was a thorough practice of skillful tactics in the last battle of the estuary, and under the anger of the sailors, it exerted a shocking power.
The warships on the sea were meticulously turning and shelling, everything was like flowing water, and at this moment it seemed that the entire Yizhou Naval Division had become a terrible killing machine, and what they wanted to do was to completely raze the island in front of them!
Patches of woods had been completely lifted, smoke and dust were flying all over the sky, and on this side of the island facing the fleet, there was no green to be seen, and even the people who had been running in panic could not be seen.
The sound of drums came from behind him again, and three clippers sped in front of the left flank flotilla, rushing towards the island.
The Bo Muddy Division warships on the other side of the strait obviously realized that something was wrong, and wanted to rush out along the strait, but instead of flowers and applause, they were greeted by the Daming Navy Division warships that lined up in an arc and blocked the entire mouth of the strait.
Looking at the Bomud warships that wanted to withdraw from the strait in a panic through the clairvoyance, Zhang Gui said lightly: "In hindsight, it's too late, and the battle is in chaos, but it's just self-destruction!" β
Needless to say, the warships in the rear compartment that had been waiting at the mouth of the strait opened fire at the same time at this moment, and their vitality was not inferior to that of the warships in the left and right compartments, but the first salvo hit the warship that rushed to the front with fire, and the whole strait was full of undulating columns of water, and the waves roared and beat the rocks on the shore.
The entire strait has been locked to death, and the people outside can kill them at any time, but if the people inside want to get out, it is not so easy!
"Your Highness, look!" Zhang Gui suddenly discovered something, and hurriedly handed the clairvoyance in his hand to Ye Yingwu, "The barbarians on the island seem to have put up a white flag!" β
Ye Yingwu frowned: "White flag?!" β
Through the clairvoyance, as Zhang Gui said, because the firepower of the warship on the right side is not as fierce as that on the left side, a few people can be vaguely seen running on the island, and a white flag on the top of the mountain can be clearly seen.
"Finally, you can't hold it anymore?" Ye Yingwu said coldly, "Tell the warship on the right compartment that the ceasefire will take a quarter of an hour, if there is no response on the island, then continue to fight, and the left compartment does not care about the battle situation on the right, and take the island as soon as possible!" β
On the island on the left, the entire beach as far as the eye could see, smoke billowed from the ground, and the ground was full of large craters that had been blown up, and mutilated corpses were scattered around the craters. Trampling a broken banner under his feet, Jiang Tie held the Pu knife: "Hundred battles, on!" β
"This time, the water master is on fire." Wu Chucai stepped on his feet, the soft ground was a little sunken, and it was no longer clear whether this was once land or rock, and the flying thunder cannon of the sailor had erased all traces of life and obstacles that could be used as a basis on the island.
This may be the crudest and most wasteful way to do it, but it's also the easiest way to do it.
"It's not just that the water master is on fire, even His Royal Highness King Ming, isn't he angry that day." Jiang Tie raised his head and looked at the somewhat desolate island, "If you are any person, there is no need for your subordinates to show mercy, the soldiers of the Yizhou Naval Division are also the sons of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also the robes of our Hundred Battles, they died in battle, and we need to have this responsibility to avenge them." β
"White flag!" Wu Chucai suddenly discovered something, and pointed to the top of another island, "The barbarian monkey actually put up a white flag. β
Jiang Tie was stunned, and at this moment, several soldiers ran over quickly: "Qiqi two generals, there are hundreds of barbarian monkeys behind the mountain, and they have surrendered now." The head of the capital sent me back to ask the two generals what to do. β
"Surrender?" Jiang Tie and Wu Chucai glanced at each other and couldn't help frowning.
Wu Chucai slowly clenched his fists: "Lao Jiang, this island is surrounded by our people." β
Jiang Tie glanced at the sailor with some disdain: "These guys do have two brushes on the water, but when it comes to going to the island, the only one His Highness can rely on is our Baizhan Capital, who dares to send these people who eat and drink in the water." By the way, why are you asking thisγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
While striding forward, Wu Chucai sneered and made a heavy slashing gesture.
Jiang Tie smiled, stretched out his hand and patted his partner's shoulder: "Okay, Lao Wu, a young man who was thin and weak at the beginning, and now he has finally fallen into the same situation as us people, it's really sad." β
"Fuck you, when has Lao Tzu ever been soft-hearted." Wu Chucai roared with a gloomy face, "Go, tell you all heads, ask him that eye saw these barbarians surrender, a group of people who have turned into foreigners, where do they know how to surrender, don't let him be confused!" β
Several soldiers were taken aback, but they were able to enter the hundred battles, they were all the elite of the Ming Dynasty, in other words, they were all out-and-out killing embryos, not to mention that they had not yet avenged the sailors and soldiers, and the brothers rushed to the island, not even a ghost was seen on this side, and on the other side, there were only about 100 people left and shouted surrender, and the knife in this hand was won without blood, and it was called a victory, so since the two generals had already given the order, the brothers had no need to hesitate.
These barbarians have the blood of our sailors on their hands, and they can't keep them!
"Your Highness, look, the island on the left has been occupied by us." Zhang Gui said with some excitement.
The Daming Dragon Flag was already fluttering on the top of the mountain, and Ye Yingwu nodded, after all, the entire island was about to be cut off a layer, if it couldn't be won in a hundred battles, it would really be worthy of the title of "Daming Guard". The flotilla on the right compartment did not fire again, and a small boat floated from the sea.
"Your Highness, there is a crossbow on the island on the right who claims to be the prince of the Boni Kingdom, and he has come to ask for surrender." One of the heads walked briskly up to the ship's building.
"Prince? Casting a crossbow? Ye Yingwu raised his eyebrows, "Interesting, then let him come up, I want to see what moths this Bo Ni Country wants to come up with." β
Before the words fell, a middle-aged man who was dressed far differently from the Central Plains shrunk his head and walked to the bottom of the steps of the shipbuilding, and before he saw Ye Yingwu, he had already turned over and knelt on the ground: "The prince of the Boni Kingdom Shi crossbow, knock on the Heavenly Empire, long live the Great Emperor, long live the Great Emperor." β
Ye Yingwu touched his nose, the Great Emperor of the Heavenly Empire is really a strange title, but he also knows that these barbarian countries look at the Central Plains like looking at heaven, and there is no politeness at the moment: "Get up." β
Shi Xuan followed the sound and saw the young man standing next to the railing in a black background gold dragon robe, and a touch of surprise appeared on his face, obviously he didn't expect that the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty would be so young, but His Majesty the Great Emperor Tianwei was not something he could stare at wantonly, and hurriedly lowered his head again: "Bo Ni did not accept the king, and actually attracted the emperor to lead the heavenly soldiers to crusade, and the minister changed his mind and became a new man, and now he has detained the father of the minister and the messenger from Zhenla, and led the whole country to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. I hope that His Majesty the Emperor of the Heavenly Empire will be able to remember the villains without remembering the villains. (To be continued.) )