Yuan Dynasty court.

On the Golden Palace.

The golden house with big red round pillars. It is carved with a celestial dragon that wants to fly. The yellow golden body was showing off his might, but he didn't bring this emotion to the face of the emperor who was now sitting in the upper hall.

Most of the ministers in the two rows were gloomy and miserable, and they all looked at the emperor who was rubbing his temples in front of them with a sad face. I'm worried that if I'm not careful, I will be separated from myself if I get a black gauze hat on my head.

Heaviness. Coiled in the sky above the main hall.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair with one hand on his head, his black hair hanging quietly at his side. The silk is entangled, like a thousand inseparable troubles.

Among the ministers standing on either side, only two were in the first place. Looks just right! One of them is the great general - Amway. He was in charge of almost all the military power, and at this time, he lowered his head and looked at his toes. I don't know what I'm thinking.

And the other one is the prime minister - the article. He is also the head of the hundred officials. His hair had been rendered snow-white, and his face had aged a little from the torture of time. In the year of the sixtieth year, he still assisted the emperor who was still a little immature.

At this point, he stepped forward. said in a voice of vicissitudes: "Tell the emperor!" Jiqing has been attacked head-on by Zhu Yuanzhang, please tell Your Majesty! Is it offensive or defensive? ”

The emperor opened his mouth and did not say anything. The general Amway ignored the courtesy of the ministers and shouted loudly: "Of course it is guarded!" Just kids! How can you provoke General Ben? ”

"But Jiqing is also the imperial land!"

"So what? Now many rebels! Could it be that Ben Shuai still has to crusade one by one? ”

"Enough!" The emperor in a high position is angry! A slap hit the armrest. In an instant, the palms of the ten fingers that did not touch the spring dew were red through half the sky!

The courtiers on both sides stood in the middle in an instant, and knelt down in unison. If the two sides do not help, neither side will be offended.

The emperor who was sitting tall saw that his brows were slightly furrowed, and a drop of crystal sweat crossed his forehead. Xiao Haruko, the chief eunuch and confidant on the side, saw his master sweating in pain when he saw his sharp eyes! That distressed!! He suppressed his emotions. walked in front of the emperor and blocked the emperor's painful face without a trace, bent over, and said slowly in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty! Are you okay? ”

The emperor suppressed the feeling of Su Su numbness coming from his hand. said in a calm voice: "With the intention of the general, retreat from the dynasty!" ”

"Congratulations to my king!"

When he dispersed, Amway glanced at the article proudly. Then he left under the flattery of the crowd.

The article shook its head thoughtfully.

At this time, it was already 1355 AD.

In August of Jiqing was already under the indifference of the emperor. The fighting began to intensify.

In 1355, Zhu Yuanzhang led his large army to start a crusade against Jiqing, but Jiqing has not received any strong support, Zhu Yuanzhang began his first crusade in August, but the other side has many ships and advanced, Zhu Yuanzhang has not been able to get any benefits.

In the same year, the fifteenth year, and it was also September 1355, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give up, and after the previous tentative attack, Zhu Yuanzhang sent all his troops to the river, ready to fight Jiqing head-on.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, at the moment the emperor and the imperial court do not care about this place at all, there has been no increase in troops and no good generals here, if you don't capture it as soon as possible, in case someone preempts it, it will be more than worth the loss.

Zhu Yuanzhang let all the small boats be lined up, several large ships have been installed on a few simple artillery, he looked at the thousands of small boats under his command, although the ships are small, but the number of ships is expensive and fast, the enemy is only a hundred or so warships, he will definitely be able to break them in one fell swoop.

And at this time, the opposite camp is also in full swing, and Zhu Yuanzhang has put on such a large formation, it is difficult not to make people nervous.

The battle began soon, Zhu Yuanzhang's boat was very sharp, different from the battle of the previous month, this time the number increased several times compared with the last time, the enemy's artillery did not have time to bombard, and the area of the boat was too small, it was difficult to hit at all.

However, although it was, the huge power of the artillery could often overturn the ships on the side, and coupled with the rapid water of the Yangtze River, the role of the small boats was reduced somewhat.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who thought that he could break through smoothly, found that when his boat approached the other party, his boat was greeted by a rain of arrows, and under the protection of the boat without much shelter, countless soldiers died one after another, and many boats were also hit by fire oil and rockets.

Zhu Yuanzhang's big ship was also sunk in the artillery confrontation because he was outnumbered, which made Zhu Yuanzhang even more annoyed.

In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang could only withdraw again, and this time the battle ended in failure.

The following year, that is, in 1356 AD, after the first two defeats, Zhu Yuanzhang finally reorganized the sailors again, and once again prepared to forcibly attack Jiqing.

First of all, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew that his small boat was indeed not conducive to fighting with those regular big ships, although the battle of small boats can occasionally start the role of surprise soldiers, can cause some trouble to the enemy, but if the battle is relatively delayed, then the disadvantages of the small boat are very obvious, obviously, the small boat can not carry a lot of things, and can not carry many materials, protracted war is obviously very disadvantaged.

Moreover, the Yangtze River is fast, and the waves are strong and the wind is strong, so small boats are easily affected by it, and it is not a big trouble at all.

And placing flammable items on top of the boat to burn people by the wind to help the fire is also very effective in actual combat, and it is difficult to play a role, if you keep doing this, it is just equivalent to consuming your own boat and money.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been trying to make up for the last failure this year, he has sold a lot of his things to build ships, and he has indeed built more than a dozen relatively unsuccessful large ships, but they have not yet been applied to actual combat.

However, in this way, his long-range firepower has been enhanced, although he can't confront the enemy yet, but at least he can hold on to the enemy locally, and he won't be the same as before, and the embarrassing scene of the enemy firing and watching me appear again and again.

And those small boats, Zhu Yuanzhang is even more whimsical, he tied all the small boats to the bow and stern of the chain, connected to each other, but it is easy to disassemble.

What is the purpose of connectivity? All the small boats were chained behind the big boats, so that the chains, which were two or three meters apart, would not seem so huge from a distance.

Then the boat was uniformly covered with a huge tarpaulin, and the thick tarpaulin obviously would not be pierced by ordinary arrows.

If the enemy's artillery is going to attack, these tarpaulins can also make the people in the boat the same life-saving things, at least if they don't get killed, cover their heads and leave some space in the water to breathe, so there are many small holes in the cloth.

Although it is easy to encounter the enemy's fire attack by doing this, after experiments, Zhu Yuanzhang found that in fact, the fire attack may not really be effective. And once those small boats are on the side of the big boat, they can first come out to test it, the chain can let the enemy see the momentum of Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and once the small boat enters the close battle, it can give full play to the speed advantage, the chain will not let the small boat be overturned or scattered by the waves of the cannonballs and the original rapids of the Yangtze River, and the formation can be kept relatively intact.

And these ideas were all Chu Liuyan, and she has been following Zhu Yuanzhang to give him advice.

Last time, Zhu Yuanzhang suffered a big loss because he underestimated Jiqing's defense business, this time he sent a fine work to investigate, and finally found that the last battle victory made the generals over there very proud, just repaired the original infrastructure, all the fortifications did not have any substantial increase, and there was no improvement in quality, all the warships were just a few, basically not added, at most only repaired.

There are large and small rebels everywhere, and Jiqing has always been relatively comfortable, and it is obvious that the life of the generals there is very comfortable.

Jiqing must be attacked, if you can't attack me, Zhu Yuanzhang won't go anywhere!

Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind so much, he was determined to attack to the end, and completely bet on it.

After analyzing many situations and forms, coupled with the fact that he was proud of losing the war last time, Zhu Yuanzhang understood a truth, that is, the truth that arrogant soldiers will be defeated.

If you want to attack the enemy, you must first show the enemy to be weak, otherwise the enemy will not let down his vigilance.

After Zhu Yuanzhang knew this, he ordered some people who were more familiar with water and placed them on several newly built ships.

But the ships had an empty shelf with nothing in them, only one of them had a cannon and only two shells.

Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates couldn't understand what Zhu Yuanzhang was going to do, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew that for those who achieved great things, some sacrifices were necessary.