The Ming army broke through the south fort on the west bank in one fell swoop, and then left only a small number of soldiers and horses in the first place, and the army and fleet went straight to the north fort on the west bank.

As soon as the seriously wounded Cross fled back to the North Fort with the remnants of the defeated army, he received an urgent report from the sentry, and the Ming army was approaching the city. Regardless of his injuries, Cross immediately led his officers and soldiers to defend the city. Immediately, I saw the Ming army of water and land sweeping out. A moment later, the Ming warships lined up on the nearby water and bombarded the city walls, while the infantry troops approached the city and directly threatened the castle. This set of attack routines is exactly the same as the previous attack routine of the capture of Nanbao.

At the same time, there were constantly rout soldiers who escaped from the South Fort and fled to the North Fort gate, shouting to open the door. In view of the previous lesson, where did Cross dare to open the city gates. However, in this way, the morale of the officers and soldiers in the castle was greatly damaged.

The Ming army attacked by land and water for a day and a night, and the city wall of Beibao had been shattered by the fierce artillery fire of the Ming Dynasty, and the defenders had suffered a lot of losses, and they only felt that they could not support it.

At noon the next day, while continuing to bombard the city wall with warships, the Ming army suddenly stormed the west gate with an elite infantry. The attention of the HRE officers and soldiers was on the east and south, and they were completely unwary of the enemy army attacking the west, and they were caught off guard and attacked by the Great Ming Rui in one fell swoop! The army in the city was in turmoil, but Cross was still unwilling, and the overseers defended it! The Ming army broke through the city defense from the south and east and attacked the castle! The elite of the Ming Dynasty attacked the castle on three sides, the strong generals and soldiers marched forward bravely and were invincible, the HRE army was defeated and retreated, Cross tried to forbid it, but he couldn't hold it at all, and was coerced by the rout and escaped from the castle from the north gate where there was no Ming army! The North Fort on the West Bank was taken by the Ming Army! At this point, the four fortresses guarding the Suez Canal were occupied by the Ming army, and the Ming army could enter Cyprus with confidence.

The Ming Dynasty only let the army rest for one night, and the next morning they left the Suez Canal and headed straight for Cyprus.

On the way, I received a message from the English fleet, and I learned that the English fleet had already broken through the Strait of Gibraltar and was approaching Cyprus. The purpose of sending this flying pigeon letter, in addition to informing them of their own situation and inquiring about the situation of the Ming army, was to make an appointment with the Ming side to attack Cyprus together.

After a little discussion with the generals, the Ming replied to the English fleet with a flying pigeon that his side had broken through the Suez Canal and would arrive in Cyprus in five days to attack Cyprus, and asked them to join him and attack together.

After this flying pigeon biography was issued, Yang Peng discussed the details of the attack on Cyprus with the generals.

Wang Hai frowned and said: "We only know a general situation in Cyprus, and the specific situation is completely unclear!" Attacking in this situation is a little overwhelming! ”

"There are two seaports in Cyprus, the southern one is a commercial one, and the northern one is so far we don't know the specifics. Merchant ships must not be approached, and the enemy fleet must be hiding in that harbor. We can concentrate our forces on attacking the North Harbor and ignore the South Harbor. Wang Hai said to Yang Peng: "I think so too." ”

Yang Jing said with a grin: "It's easy for me to see this matter!" Your navy will attack from the water, and our army will attack from the land, so let's attack by land and water, and keep and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor! ”

Everyone laughed, and Yang Peng said: "The situation in Cyprus is not the same as the Suez Canal. Then he frowned and said: "The most troublesome thing now is that we don't know the situation of the defenders in Cyprus at all, and we don't know the specific arrangement of the forts. Glancing at everyone, he said, "This battle will definitely not be easy!" It's going to be a tough battle! No one should take it lightly! "All the generals agreed together.

Yang Peng said to Wang Hai and Wang Rong: "You immediately send a clipper to send a few clever soldiers up." The big war is about to begin, and I don't like the fact that I'm in a state of being in the dark. Wang Hai and Wang Rong clenched their fists and promised.

After the meeting was dismissed, the generals left, and only Yan Ji stayed. Yan Ji Dao; "Husband, in the past, if you didn't know the specific situation of the enemy, you would never send troops! But this time, why was the husband so anxious to march with the English? ”

Yang Peng shook his head and said, "I'm also forced to do this!" The situation forced it to be so! Seeing that Yan Ji still looked like she didn't know what was going on, she grabbed her slender hand and said, "There are some things that you will understand in the future." Yan Ji nodded and said with a smile: "In short, the husband's decision must be wise!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, "That's not necessarily. Your husband and I are not immortals, and sometimes we make mistakes. ”

The Ming fleet cut through the waves and headed straight for Cyprus to the north. Some friends may not know exactly where it is in Cyprus, so I will briefly introduce it. Cyprus is located on the eastern side of the Mediterranean, in the midst of the now chaotic region of Syria, just north of the Suez Canal.

The Ming fleet approached Cyprus a few days later, and then marched along the western coast of Cyprus towards its northern port. Although Cyprus is an island, it is not small, with an area of almost 10,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to more than a quarter of Taiwan.

The Ming fleet is marching towards the North Harbor. At this moment, the sentinel ship that was exploring the way ahead suddenly reported that the cannon was rumbling in the direction of the North Harbor, and it seemed that a big battle was going on.

The generals were surprised, and Wang Hai said angrily: "What the hell are these Englishmen doing?" Why didn't you wait for us to arrive and attack alone? ”

As she spoke, a carrier pigeon flapped its wings and landed on Yan Ji's arm. Yan Ji immediately took off the bamboo tube on the carrier pigeon's feet, released the carrier pigeon, and handed the bamboo tube to Chen Xiao.

Yang Peng took the bamboo tube, took out the handbook, read it, and said to the generals: "This is a letter from the English asking for help." ”

Yang Jing laughed and said, "These fools really deserve it!" ”

Wang Rong asked, "Your Majesty, are we going to save them?" ”

Yang Peng said: "That's for sure. Although these people don't do things authentically, they are allies after all, and we can't die without help. Then he said to Wang Hai Wang Rong: "Pass the order, and the army will speed up!" The two of them clasped their fists and promised. Immediately, the banner representing the full-speed rush to the battlefield rose from the dragon boat, and the ships of the fleet immediately pulled up their sails and accelerated forward.

Yang Peng stood on the platform on top of the dragon boat and looked at the sea ahead. Yan Ji stood beside Yang Peng and asked puzzledly, "Since the strength of the English fleet is inferior to the other party, why didn't you wait for us to arrive and launch an attack alone?" ”

Yang Peng smiled coldly and said, "They thought that there was an opportunity, so they wanted to use their own strength to defeat the HRE Navy. However, the defeat of the HRE Navy is only one of their goals, but I am afraid that the biggest goal is to take the HRE Navy by surprise and then capture their warship. In this way, the size of their English fleet will definitely surpass that of our Ming navy. The English thought that in this way, they would still be the supremacy of the seas. ”

Yan Ji couldn't help but say angrily: "These people are really villains! When they were still fighting against the enemy together, they were actually thinking about so many calculations! ”

Yang Peng smiled and gloated: "But they miscalculated this time!" Stealing chickens doesn't make rice, and they also made wedding clothes for us! ”

Yan Ji smiled and said: "This is called the snipe and clam competing for the fisherman's profit!" ”

Yang Peng laughed.

After half a day's journey, the fleet turned over a cliff that extended to the sea, and suddenly opened up in front of it, only to see countless warships clashing back and forth on the sea, the sound of cannons was earth-shattering, and the water column on the sea seemed to be boiling. Many of the wrecked ships were half-sunk in the sea, with only a half-section of mast or a section of the bow exposed. The battleship with the double-headed eagle battle flag has formed an encirclement of the battleship with the lion's head battle flag. The two-headed eagle is the symbol of the HRE, and the lion-headed banner is the symbol of the English. The English fleet desperately broke through in the encirclement, but the HRE fleet was incomparably powerful in firepower, constantly sinking the English ships in the sea, and the many breakout attempts of the English failed in many times.

Seeing the scale of the HRE fleet, Yan Ji's face couldn't help but change, and she exclaimed, "The HRE fleet is so huge!" ”

Yan Ji said Yang Peng's heart, although Yang Peng had an estimate of the size of the Shenluo fleet in front of the station, what he saw in front of him still far exceeded Yang Peng's estimate, the scale of the Shenluo fleet was so huge, in terms of fleet size alone, I am afraid that it was equivalent to the sum of his own fleet and the England fleet.

These thoughts only flashed in Yang Peng's mind, and he immediately ordered the standard-bearer to hang out the flag of an all-out attack. I saw the red offensive flag raised in the dragon boat, and the Ming fleet immediately divided into three fierce enemy fleets. When the Shinra fleet saw the appearance of the Ming fleet, it had already adjusted its deployment and faced the Ming fleet with a main fleet. On the side of the English fleet, seeing the arrival of the Ming fleet, it couldn't help but boost its morale, and immediately concentrated its forces to break through to the west.

I saw the water column on the water surface soaring into the sky, the artillery fire was rolling, the three fleets were exchanging fierce fire, and the whistling shells were flying all over the sky!

The fleet led by Wang Rong relied on the powerful power of the ironclad warships to make the front all the way, and all the enemy ships that clashed with it were bombarded into the sea by fierce artillery fire. Seeing that the HRE fleet was torn open by the Ming fleet along the way.

At that moment, the horn sounded loudly on the coastal hills, and a black fleet reflecting a metallic luster was seen sailing out of the harbor. Yan Ji, who was standing beside Yang Peng, saw it, and couldn't help but shout: "Huh! They also have ironclad battleships!? Yang Peng frowned.

I saw that the ironclad fleet rushed towards the ironclad fleet led by Wang Rong. When he landed, he blocked the momentum of Wang Rong's fleet, and the ironclad battleships of the two sides exchanged fire fiercely at close range, and the whistling cannonballs smashed on the ironclad with a loud bang!

The tripartite fleet was inseparable, the Ming fleet was difficult to crush the HRE fleet, and the HRE fleet was difficult to continue to encircle the English fleet, and was highlighted by the English fleet.

Yang Peng saw that the English fleet had broken through, and immediately ordered the fleet to retreat south. The English fleet saw that the Ming fleet was retreating southward, and had no intention of fighting, so it hurriedly followed the Ming fleet and retreated south together. After a period of pursuit, the HRE fleet stopped and returned to the port.

Yang Peng led the fleet back to a bay in the southwest of the island of Cyprus and stopped. Immediately, Yang Peng convened a meeting of the generals of both sides.

As soon as Yang Jing came up, he unceremoniously said to the English generals: "You want to monopolize the benefits, but you were almost slaughtered, you really deserve it!" The English generals were depressed, but could not refute it.

England's Admiralty Nelson said to Chen; "Your Majesty, we don't want to monopolize any benefits, but we just want to take advantage of the opportunity to raid! ……”

Yang Peng waved his hand and said, "You didn't do anything wrong. I don't want to talk about these past things anymore. Nelson couldn't help but feel broken for Yang Peng's mind. Yang Peng glanced at Nelson and said, "Since you have come first, you must know more about the enemy situation than we do, you know what you said." ”

Nelson couldn't help frowning and said, "The strength of the enemy navy is far beyond what we believe, but I didn't expect them to gather so many warships!" I've heard that there is another military port to the east of this port that we didn't know about before, and there are a lot of warships in it! ”

Yang Jing and the others were taken aback, Yang Jing glared and shouted, "Be good!" And ah! How many warships are there in the HRE! ”

Yang Peng asked Nelson, "Is there anything else?" ”

Nelson shook his head and said, "That's all I know. ”

Yang Jing said loudly to Yang Peng: "Big brother, I don't think you can beat them by relying on the fleet, they have too many warships!" This time it's up to us Army! ”

Everyone was moved, and they couldn't help but look at Yang Jing. Yang Peng smiled: "This sentence is very smart! But at the moment on the island of Cyprus, we do not know the situation of the enemy army......"

At this moment, Yan Ji walked in quickly. It was the first time for Nelson and the others to see Yan Ji, and they were all stunned, knowing if they thought they had seen an angel?

Yan Ji hurriedly walked to Yang Peng's side and whispered, "Our fine work has sent information. He then handed a letter to Chen Xiao.

Yang Peng took the book and read it. Everyone looked at his face, but there was no clue on his face.

Yang Peng put down the handbook and said to Nelson: "There is news from the details of our infiltration into Cyprus. The first is the enemy's navy, the scale of the HRE navy is much stronger than we think! You only know two military ports, but in fact HRE has three military ports in Cyprus, and the number of warships is probably twice as large as the warships of our two warships combined. When Nelson and the others heard this, their faces changed greatly, as if they had suddenly been blown up by thunder overhead, and they were dizzy.

Yang Peng continued: "In addition, there are more than 50,000 troops on the island of Cyprus, equipped with a large number of artillery, guarding various key points. ”

One of Nelson's generals, Horatio, frowned and said, "In this case, the army will not be able to use it!" ”

Yan Ji frowned and said, "Husband, the situation of the enemy army is far beyond our imagination, how should this be?" ”

Yang Peng said to Nelson: "What does Your Excellency Marshal say?" ”

Nelson frowned and said, "The enemy army is so strong, not to mention their reinforcements, it is the forces on this island of Cyprus that will destroy us!" The situation has changed, and the original plan is obviously no longer feasible, and we have no choice but to retreat! ”

Yang Jing glared and shouted: "This is about to escape, it's just a coward!" These Englishmen were all able to understand Chinese, and they were greatly annoyed when they heard this, and they all held down the hilt of their swords and glared at Yang Jing angrily. Yang Jing was not afraid at all, but was very excited, clapped his big hands, and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" Want to do it with me? It couldn't be better! ”

Yang Peng said to Nelson: "Although this brother of mine doesn't speak very well, there is no need to use a knife!" What's the matter, it's even more difficult for you to want to fight with our Ming people here? ”

Nelson turned his head and shouted at his generals, "Don't be rude! Although the generals were angry, they all let go of the hilt of their swords.

Nelson bowed to Yang Peng; "Your Majesty, the situation has changed greatly, and I have decided to lead our English fleet to retreat at once. If Your Majesty's Ming Army wants to stay, we naturally can't interfere, but please don't interfere with us. ”

Yang Peng said: "Please." ”

Nelson bowed slightly to Yang Peng, greeted his generals, and a group of people left.

Yang Peng and the others walked out of the cabin and stood on the side of the boat, only to see the small boat carrying Nelson and others sailing away from the dragon boat and drifting away.

Yan Ji said to Yang Peng: "Husband, should we also retreat?" ”

Yang Jing immediately shouted: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be afraid! With us, we can defeat the HRE army! There is nothing to gain, so wouldn't it be a joke to retreat! ”

Yang Peng looked at Yang Jing and said angrily: "Fighting on the battlefield and fighting for national interests is not your own face!" Yang Jing pursed his lips, but he didn't dare to refute the eldest brother's words. Stretched out his right hand and gently pulled Wang Hai.

Wang Hai immediately clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that in this situation, he can only retreat. Yang Jing was taken aback, and shouted angrily: "Wang Hai, do you really want to run away so much?" Wang Hai shouted: "You black guy don't talk nonsense!" Now the situation is unmistakably here! Even if our army is united with the English army, we can only fight to a draw with the fleet of one of its military ports, and if the Shinra fleet of the other two military ports arrives, what will be the result for us? Besides, now that the English fleet has retreated, there is no chance of victory for our family. If you don't retreat at this moment, will you bury the Imperial fleet here? ”

Yang Jing pointed at Wang Hai's nose and scolded angrily: "You coward! I'm scared, but I'm looking for excuses! ”

Wang Hai couldn't hold back his anger, took a step forward, and shouted: "You Hes, don't deceive people too much, others are afraid of you, but I'm not afraid of you!" Yang Jing immediately rolled up his sleeves and scolded: "Okay, look at how your black grandfather teaches you!" ”

"Enough!" Yang Peng roared angrily.

Yang Jing and Wang Hai couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts and stopped arguing.

Yang Peng looked at the two of them and said angrily: "You two are the main generals of the army, but you are arguing, what do you look like!" ”

Wang Hai hurriedly apologized. Yang Jing muttered: "Where is there a quarrel, only a fight can make a mess." Everyone couldn't help laughing, Yang Peng glared and shouted: "You black guy, shut up for me!" Yang Jing immediately closed his mouth.

Yang Peng said: "The current situation is too far away from our previous predictions! The strength of the HRE Navy is far beyond our imagination, and there are ironclad battleships! The original plan is clearly no longer feasible! Therefore I decided to retreat! ”

Yang Jing looked very unwilling, but this time it was the eldest brother who said that he was retreating, so Yang Jing didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

Yang Peng glanced at everyone, "Immediately send the order, the fleet will set off, and withdraw to the Suez Canal first." The generals clenched their fists and promised.

The English fleet was the first to retreat, and the huge fleet headed straight to the west. Soon after, Yang Peng's fleet also set sail and returned to the Suez Canal along the path it had come.

The army retreated to the Suez Canal fortress, and soon after came an urgent report that more than 100,000 cavalry were rapidly approaching from the east and west. Yang Pengjun immediately boarded the ship and entered the Red Sea along the Suez Canal. Soon after, more than 100,000 Shinra cavalry rushed to the bank of the Suez Canal, but at this time the Ming army was no longer there.

The Ming army entered the Red Sea and then retreated to Kunlun Island. The so-called Kunlun Island, friends who have read the above will not be unfamiliar, it is an island at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden, and it is the forefront of the western maritime territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Kunlun Island was once lost, but was later recovered by the Ming Dynasty. Now, after several rounds of reinforcement and construction, today's Kunlun Island is no longer what it used to be. With 5,000 defenders arranged, nine forts condescending, more than 200 cannons on nine forts, and pits and horses all over the island, the entire Kunlun Island has now become a fortress.

As soon as the army retreated to Kunlun Island, Yang Peng immediately made arrangements and transferred 5,000 marines of the main fleet to Guan Ping. Guan Ping was the commander of Kunlun Island, and was fully responsible for the defense of Kunlun Island. While transferring 5,000 marines to Guanshun, Yang Peng also dismantled two or three hundred cannons from the gunboats and transported them to various parts of the island to strengthen the firepower of Kunlun Island. After doing this, Yang Peng led the fleet to retreat to Xiou Island in the east. At the same time, the flying pigeon biography on the large-scale expansion of the ordnance field to further increase the production capacity of warships and expand the scale of the naval army has been sent to the hands of the Bianliang cabinet.

Yang Peng and his entourage stopped at Xiou Island, and Yang Peng ordered the main fleet to be stationed on Xiou Island in order to support Kunlun Island at any time.

At this moment, a flying pigeon passed the book to Yang Peng's hands. Yang Peng unfolded it and read it and said to everyone: "This is a battle report about the English fleet. The English fleet failed to exit the Strait of Gibraltar in time and was cut off by tens of thousands of HRE troops. Then the HRE fleet caught up with them, and in a battle, the English fleet was almost wiped out! Except for Nelson and others who rushed out of the Strait of Gibraltar with a few warships, the rest of the warships and officers and men were either killed or captured! The fleet of England was completely annihilated! ”

Yang Jing gloated and said: "This is the end of escape!" The more you run, the faster you die! ”

Everyone automatically filtered out Yang Jing's words. Wang Rong looked at Yang Peng and said with some concern: "The Shenluo fleet has been annihilated, so it is even more difficult for the fleet, and the next target should be us!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.