"Water instead of soldiers?" Bumu Butai nodded with satisfaction: her grandson has finally succeeded in learning badly and is able to do the unethical thing of digging the Yellow River. It seems that there is still hope for the Qing Dynasty!

"Your Majesty, do you want to drown Xuzhou? Xuzhou has a large population, right? Yang Xiaomi frowned, as if she was a little unbearable.

"I haven't thought about where to drown yet," Kangxi said with a smile, "Anyway, there is a big flood waiting for Li Zhongshan. When the Song Dynasty entered Luo, the Mongols dug the dam of the Yellow River, led the troops with water, and flooded the grain road of the Song army, causing the Song army to enter Luo, and finally almost the entire army was wiped out, and the elite of Huaixi that had accumulated for many years was also destroyed. The death of the Southern Song Dynasty in Mongolia can be said to have started from the Duanping flood!

Although the Mongols did not do a good job of digging the Yellow River, didn't Kublai Khan finally destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and dominate the world? My Mongolian Khan can be traced back to the origin, and it also comes from the Mengyuan Dynasty, and the method of using the Yellow River embankment to deal with the Han people is also the ancestral family law! ”

"Makes sense!" Bumu Butai smiled and said, "Tachar, who broke the Yellow River and flooded the Song army, is still one of the ancestors of our host Mongolia!" ”

This Tachar's grandfather was Genghis Khan's younger brother Temuge Chijin, and the Korqin tribe was born from Genghis Khan's other younger brother Hesar, both of whom were sealed in the eastern part of the Mongolian steppe, forming the so-called host Mongolia. And the host Mongolian tribes have been intermarrying for a long time, and they are close to each other, and they are looking for it from blood, and this Tachar is probably really one of the many ancestors of Emperor Kangxi.

Kangxi said again: "Regardless of whether Li Zhongshan first went to Henan and then Shandong, or went all the way to the north and came straight to Beijing, his back road is always under the danger of the Yellow River, as long as the Yellow River floods, it is impossible for his hundreds of thousands of troops to retreat!" This Yellow River water is the last hole card for our northern Hu court to block the Southern and Northern Expeditions!

As long as the Yellow River floods, I will lead my troops south to fight Li Yat-sen! ”

Speaking of which, Kangxi is called a proud one!

He has worked hard to learn bad in the past few years, and finally reached the point of great success, and has reached the situation of great lack of great virtue, not only cultivated the method of "replacing soldiers with water", but also prepared to blame Prince Gong Chang Ning for bad things Chang Ning did it, he Kangxi is the holy monarch of "Wei Guangzheng"!

"Your Majesty," Empress Yang suddenly interjected, "Since the water of the Yellow River has this miraculous effect, why didn't Emperor Yuan Shun decide the Yellow River to resist Zhu Yuanzhang's army?" ”

"That's not because of the Yuan Dynasty's own people fighting around, and no one cares about the Ming Army's Northern Expedition!" Kangxi said quietly, "But our Daqing Dynasty is now a monolithic queen, do you say yes?" ”

Hearing Kangxi's words, Yang Xiaomi had a chill down his spine - the news that Yang Qilong handed over Fuquan's deposit to the French mission to bring them back to Europe has now reached Kangxi's ears.

10 million taels of silver were transferred out of Yang Qilong's bank, and a bunch of porcelain, silk, sugar, tea and other things were bought in the Ming Dynasty, and when they arrived in Europe, it was 5-10 profits!

Most of the profits from tens of millions to 100 million were given to Louis XIV, who took the money and exploded hundreds of thousands, and a while ago he came to march into Rome and support Catholicism! Now both Spain and the Netherlands are in jeopardy.

If Spain and the Netherlands were not protected, there would be no "great powers" to help the Qing Dynasty.

Without Lieqiang, the clear finger may be over!

And what made Kangxi even more angry was that Yang Qilong's behavior also greatly strengthened Fuquan's strength! What is he trying to do? Want Fuquan to fight back?

So Yang Qilong has stepped on Kangxi's bottom line this time, no matter how good Yang Xiaomi's body is, it can't offset her brother's behavior as an enemy!

Of course, now is not the time to abolish Yang Xiaomi. Now we still need to stabilize Yang Qilong!

"Well," Yang Xiaomi knew that Kangxi's words meant something, but she was powerless to resist now, so she had to be well-behaved and obedient, and she nodded and echoed, "What the emperor said is extremely true, now that I am a monolith in the Qing Dynasty, Li Yat-sen dares to go on a northern expedition at this time, and it is indeed a death." ”

Kangxi smiled and said: "Queen, this time I will drive the expedition again, who will stay in Beijing?" ”

Yang Xiaomi hurriedly shook his head and said softly: "Your Majesty, the concubine body wants to be with the emperor."

Bumu Butai smiled and said, "Xuan Ye, you will take Xiao Mi to send troops together, and I will watch it for you here in Beijing!" ”

Kangxi smiled: "Then there will be Lao Huang Mama." ”

September 30, 1683, Hangzhou Bay, waters near Zhapu Town, Pinghu County.

On the sea near Yuyao County in the distance, there was a faint sound of cannons, and after dozens of miles of transmission, it was already like rolling thunder in the sky. This is a small ship of the Spanish Arma harassing and attacking Zhougang and Linshanwei below Yuyao County.

The Spanish admiral who commanded the landing operation, Admiral Pedro. Morality. Admiral Zabala and the general of the Japanese mercenaries, the adopted grandson of the Kasuga Bureau, and the former surname of Ietsuna, because his father died for Iemitsu, he has the halo of the second generation of loyalty, and he also made contributions to the succession of Tsunayoshi, after repeated research, finally drew up a "genius plan" to feint Zhou Gang and Linshanwei in Yuyao and surprise attack Zhapu Town under Pinghu County.

According to this plan, more than a dozen light ships of the Dutch East India Company flying the Spanish "neck land" flag would rush to the waters near Yuyao County before the Grand Fleet and bombard the coastal Zhougang Town and Linshanwei with naval guns, so as to attract the main force of the Ming army in Zhejiang to support Yuyao, and on the sea forty or fifty miles to the north, the main force of the Spanish Invincible Armada, as well as the fleet of the landing force carrying three entire brigades and a total of 15,000 Japanese mercenaries, had already arrived on the sea off Zhapu Town with murderous spirits.

This is an unprecedentedly powerful fleet, covering dozens of transport ships, and in the sea covered by darkness, like a floating city. By the time the time finally reached the early hours of September 30, the fleet, consisting of 55 warships, gunboats, and 45 armed merchant ships, was already close to the coastline. The entire fleet began to circle around the sea while feeling dark and regrouping.

The high quality of the Spanish and Dutch sailors was evident at this time, and under the orders of Admiral Sabala, the entire fleet was set into action, and large warships of the 1234th class were active in the vicinity of the "Big Horn Pass" in Hangzhou Bay to protect the landing fleet from the attack of large Ming ships that might hide in the Zhoushan Islands or Wusong Pass. The armed merchant ships transporting troops were under the cover of gunboats of two or three hundred tons, and headed for the shallow water, followed by the convoy carrying military horses and artillery.

In addition, some gunboats were placed near the entrance of the Qiantang River, so as not to let the small ships of the Ming army pull the fireboats out of the Qiantang River to make trouble. At this time, don't dare to be a little careless!

At this moment, the sea was a little brighter, and several light gunboats with a relatively shallow draft approached the coastline near Zhapu Town, and these light gunboats were dragging sampans full of Japanese mercenaries that had been lowered from the armed merchant ships—these were the first daredevils to land! Their task is to test the defense of Zhapu Town, if there is no large Ming army stationed in Zhapu Town, then the surprise attack will be considered a success!

And the surprise attack succeeded. It means that the "Great Qing Dynasty, Great Zhou, Japan, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Britain, Holy Roman Empire" and other eight-nation coalition forces of the five-way war of the Ming Dynasty officially kicked off!

Yes, it is the "Eight Kingdoms", although there are eleven countries in the Anti-Ming Alliance, but Sweden, Denmark and India are just a scene, and Persia, which once joined, has long since withdrawn because it was attacked by the Great Zhou, that is, the Chagatai Khanate, and has been replaced by Denmark, which is still a maritime power, but Denmark, like Sweden and India, has no interests in East Asia, so it has not really sent troops.

Among the eight countries that sent troops, Britain, Portugal, and the Holy Roman Empire also only meant it, the British sent two armed merchant ships of the East India Company to the Ming Dynasty offshore to make zero-yuan purchases, the Holy Roman Empire sent some army officers to the Japanese as advisers to help them train Japanese mercenaries, and the Indian Asan sent a pair of elephant soldiers (one male and one female) to Malacca.

Therefore, the main force in the Eight-Nation Alliance is still the Qing Dynasty, the Great Zhou, Japan, Spain, and the Netherlands!

When the Spanish Armada and the convoy carrying Japanese mercenaries began to land, on a hidden lookout on the Jiulong Mountain Heights near Zhapu Town, Li Zhongzheng and Yao Qisheng were holding binoculars and observing the warships and armed merchant ships that were fading away from the cover of night through the bright sky.

"I guessed that it was really Zhapu!"

Li Zhongzheng put down the binoculars and asked Yao Qisheng beside him with a smile: "Xizhi, the evacuation of Haishachang, Guangchen Town and Pinghu County can begin, right?" ”

Yao Qisheng did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Right Army, do you really want to let them into Pinghu County?" That's a county seat! ”

Li Zhongzheng smiled: "Xizhi, in the art of war, it is reluctant that the child can't trap the wolf!" If we are reluctant to give up a county, how can we hold the main force of the Japanese invaders?

Can't hold the main force of the Japanese robbers...... Where can they go to this 10,000-mile sea frontier? We only have six divisions of troops at hand to move, and if we want to defend from Fujian to Jiangsu, how can we be foolproof? Instead of fortifying everywhere and being weak everywhere, it is better to gather forces and fight the enemy in a decisive battle on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay! ”

This Li Zhongzheng is really a "Zhongzheng"!

His anti-Japanese tactics and the decisive battle locations he chose were all very "neutral"!

And he also likes "micro exercises", today's "Zhapu Anti-Japanese War", he is going to personally go into battle "micro exercises" After Li Yat-sen left Nanjing, he was "left behind", and it stands to reason that he should sit in Nanjing and command in the center. But he couldn't stay idle, Li Zhongshan crossed the river with the front foot, and he handed over the errand left behind by the General's Mansion to the cavalry director Li Laishun on the back foot, and he took Yao Qisheng, who acted as the left army division of the General's Mansion, to Zhejiang, ready to personally command the anti-Japanese army!

As for his anti-Japanese strategy, to sum it up, it is the eight words of "luring the Japanese to go deeper, and entrap the Japanese to help"!

In order to perform the scene of luring the Japanese well, he even personally arrived at the "No. 1" of the possible landing site of the Japanese pirates he had caught by lot, that is, Zhapu Town, and personally prepared a little surprise for the Japanese pirates and the Spaniards.

At this time, an "amphibious ambush" has been prepared near the wharf in Zhapu Town, and 8 18-kilogram cannons have been ambushed on land, all of which are arranged in carefully camouflaged artillery bunkers. The muzzle of the black hole pointed at the sea, just waiting for the Westerners' gunboats to approach.

And on the wharf of Zhapu Town, Li Zhongzheng also asked people to arrange a fire ship disguised as a merchant ship and a fast crab boat used to fight!

These fast crab boats are fitted with ramming angles that can easily knock over the small sampans of the Wakos! According to the plan drawn up by Li Zhongzheng himself, it was to take advantage of the heavy artillery fire on the shore and the chaos after the fireboats were released, use the high speed of the fast crab boats to launch an attack, knock over some small boats loaded with Japanese pirates, and retreat north to Haiyan County.

Such a surprise attack would most likely make the Spaniards and the Japanese invaders angry, but it was not enough to make them retreat in the face of difficulties, and after they landed, Li Zhongzheng arranged a battalion of army and thousands of militiamen in Zhapu Town, and they would fight and retreat, leading the landed Japanese to Pinghu County step by step.

In addition, Li Zhongzheng would also let people leave considerable property and a considerable amount of dilapidated weapons and armor in Zhapu, Haishachang, Guangchen Town, Baishawan and Pinghu County. In short, the Japanese mercenary leaders, who did not have much actual combat experience, will definitely have enough "achievements" to boast about in the good news of their Edo base camp.

According to Li Zhongzheng's estimate, once those gangs of Japanese invaders knew that there was a lot of oil and water on this side of Pinghu, they would definitely place heavy bets on it, and when the time came, he would mobilize three more divisions to besiege the Japanese in Pinghu County, and the Japanese would be trapped!

I have to say that the level of "micro-manipulation" of this "Zhongzheng" is still quite good, after all, he is an officer who specializes in "micro-manipulation"! I don't know if his opponent is willing to cooperate?

The first batch of small sampans loaded with pirates have landed on the beachheads on both sides of Zhapu Town!

What awaited them was the sparse sound of gunfire, which was not accurate, and there were almost no casualties, and they were obviously all scareless!

On board the Spanish 1st class battleship and the flagship of the Spanish Armada, the "Santa Maria de Concepción", the Spanish Admiral Pedro . Morality. Admiral Sabala was frowning, not knowing what to think, when he suddenly heard Hatita Masatoshi shouting excitedly: "Onboard! Surprise attack successful! The surprise attack was successful. The samurai of Great Japan have landed on the land of the Ming Dynasty! ”

He shouted in Japanese, and Admiral Sabala naturally couldn't understand it, but he could still understand what was going on from the other party's excited tone.

The Spanish admiral hurriedly raised his binoculars and looked ashore, and saw several eye-catching torches dangling on the tidal flats near Zhapu Town in the early morning darkness!

This is a sign of a successful landing!

The defense of Zhapu Town is really very loose, otherwise the tentative wouldn't have become a god by now!

Admiral Zabala finally stretched his brows and ordered loudly: "Transfer!" Before noon, the town of Zhapu must be occupied! ”

The transports loaded with the pirates had already sailed to the shoreline, surrounded by vigilant gunboats, and small sampans were lowered from the larger ships. In the light of the early morning, Japanese mercenaries wearing black uniforms and pointed hats were seen crawling down the rope nets one after another. The infantrymen, who were heavily armed and carrying heavy baggage, were clumsy and would fall into the water if they were not careful, so the armed merchant ships had to collect their sails, lower their iron anchors, and anchor themselves, while the escorting gunboats had to lower their sails and anchor with them.

At this time, it is the time when the entire landing fleet is at its most vulnerable!

Suddenly, a rocket rose from Jiulong Mountain, a high ground near Zhapu Town, and then exploded in the air with a bang, and then near the wharf of Zhapu Town, several fires suddenly flashed in the darkness, followed by eight dull cannon sounds!

When the Japanese who were changing trains heard this thunderous voice, they all broke out in a cold sweat: Baga! It's a big deal, it's a Ming army shelling!

(End of chapter)