Yan Ji asked curiously: "Is the fleet taking action?"
Yang Peng shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Yan Ji asked in surprise: "My husband doesn't know? Didn't Sister Wang Rong and Commander Wang report it to my husband?"
Yang Peng shook his head and said with a smile: "They are the commander of the water war. There is no need to ask me for instructions on everything. As long as I tell them what to do and how to do it, it is their own business." Yan Ji sighed and said: " How can any king delegate power to his generals like my husband?" Yang Peng chuckled, "The Ming Dynasty does not belong to me alone, so there is no reason to hold on to power! You must believe in everyone, otherwise, many big things will be done. It won't work!" Yan Ji couldn't help but lean into her lover's arms and said softly: "My husband is like a god in the sky! It is really a blessing from God that I can follow my husband by my side!"
Yang Peng smiled, hugged his soft and delicate body, smelled the heart-stirring fragrance, and felt that his soul was floating in the clouds. He couldn't help but said: "Your husband, I am a god, wife, you are the vixen, and we are the gods accompanying the vixen." , that’s really a match made in heaven!”
Yan Ji smiled, rolled her eyes at her lover, and said angrily: "The vixen is not a good person! Then Daji is so bad, if it weren't for her, the Shang Dynasty would not have perished!"
Yang Peng raised his eyebrows, shook his head and said: "The fall of the Shang Dynasty has nothing to do with Daji. She is clearly the bastard King Zhou of Shang. Before Confucianism became popular, no one said that the fall of the Shang Dynasty was caused by Daji. After Confucianism became popular, this bullshit theory came out It's not just the Shang Dynasty. The responsibility for the collapse of the country in all dynasties has been cleared from the king. The concubines and ministers around the king have become the culprits. The kings are all sage and have no responsibility. What happened is like this The whole thing is to create mythical kings, kings, ministers, fathers and sons, so as to turn the world into their private property! If you ask me, Daji is a good woman, but she just married a cruel and tyrannical husband by mistake. In that kind of If she doesn't flatter him around a man, I'm afraid she will die soon."
Yan Ji couldn't help but nodded.
Yang Peng glanced at the stunning face in his arms and said with a smile: "So vixens are good, and my wife is a vixen!" Yan Ji looked at her lover tenderly, and her eyes met with tenderness. The sweetness is all in words.
Yang Peng's heart suddenly moved and he said, "I think I know what Wang Rong, Wang Hai and the others want to do!" Yan Ji looked at her lover curiously. Yang Peng was about to speak when the sound of rapid footsteps came. The two turned to look and saw a female officer from Huaxu running over in a hurry, presenting a note to Yang Peng and saying: "Your Majesty, Dhaka Flying Pigeon" Pass the message.”
Yang Peng took the letter and opened it to read. He turned to look into the distance and said: "The Allied Forces of Heaven have launched an attack on Dhaka."
Attention turns to Dhaka area.
Thugs were raging throughout the Dhaka area, and the local aristocratic forces and their minions who had been suppressed by the Ming Dynasty seemed to have emerged from the ground, killing people and setting fires everywhere to spread rumors. The people were panic-stricken and fled everywhere with their families. After Qinghe County was captured by thugs, many people in the county fled into the nearby mountains.
A young man hurried to the campsite where everyone had taken refuge in the mountains and forests, and said with a panicked expression: "Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, many troops have arrived in Dhaka!" As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately became commotion.
One person said worriedly: "If the Ming army is completely defeated, what will we do?" Another person said in fear: "The nobles will definitely not let us go, they will definitely kill us!" One The young man cursed angrily: "The Ming people are really useless! I thought they were so powerful, but I didn't expect they were defeated so quickly. It seems that the entire Dhaka area is about to be lost!" Everyone started to curse in fear, The scene was suddenly noisy.
After the scolding, the scene fell silent, and everyone looked panicked. These civilians had previously stood on the side of the Ming Dynasty because of the Ming Dynasty's land policy, so they were regarded as traitors by the aristocratic forces. This time the aristocratic forces came back, and these common people were brutally persecuted; they regretted it and wanted to surrender to the aristocratic forces in order to In exchange for their forgiveness, even if he becomes a slave again, it would be better than the precarious life he is living now. But despite thinking like this, he didn't dare to take this step easily. Who knows if the noble gentlemen will forgive themselves? Maybe as soon as I go out, I will be like a sheep in a tiger's mouth and never come back!
There is some desire in the hearts of some people, eager that the Ming army can create a miracle and defeat the enemy to protect the Dhaka area, then everything will be fine. But I heard that not only the Tianzhu army is coming, but also the Celestial Allied Forces from the Western World have landed in Dhaka. With such two powerful forces jointly attacking Dhaka, is it possible for the Ming Army to win? Everyone is filled with despair when they think of this, and feel that the Ming Army will definitely be defeated this time!
At the same time, there was a commotion outside the city of Dhaka. More than 200,000 Heavenly Kingdom Allied Forces were arrayed outside the city of Dhaka. There was a commotion and the soldiers from Western countries were shouting loudly. This is a characteristic of the Western army in this era. There are no battle formations like the Eastern army. They are all in a mess, and discipline is also a problem. The soldiers and officers are shouting loudly to themselves. The army of more than 200,000 was like a sea, its swords and guns were still dry woods, and its flags were like surging clouds in the sky. It was huge and shocking.
Suddenly, a disheveled, majestic coalition warrior wearing chain armor and carrying a warhammer rode out from the army, rushed straight to the city, raised his warhammer and shouted insults. The coalition soldiers burst into laughter, and loud voices came and went.
The translator next to Huyanbixian said to Huyanbixian: "The other party calls us cowards and cowards who only hide in the city wall."
Hu Yanbixian sneered, picked up a strong bow, bent the bow and aimed an arrow at the enemy general who was scolding him happily under the city wall. As soon as he loosened his fingers, there was a loud bang, and the arrow turned into a phantom and flew straight down, hitting the enemy general in the chest. The enemy general yelled and cursed to himself, but his voice suddenly stopped, and his whole body turned backward and fell under the horse. , no more movement! The enemy's laughter gradually dissipated and was replaced by angry yelling.
Hu Yanbixian smiled and said: "The enemy is coming to attack the city, be prepared for battle." All the officers agreed and ran down. Immediately the order was passed on, the swords were unsheathed, the arrows were cocked, and all the armies were ready for battle.
Wuwuwu...dongdongdong...all kinds of miscellaneous war drums and horns sounded loudly outside the city. Thousands of enemy soldiers, under the cover of shields, pushed cartloads of soil and stones towards the city wall. approaching. Since the Ming Dynasty dug a deep and wide moat outside the city wall after occupying Dhaka, the moat must be filled in before the city of Dhaka can be conquered.
Hu Yanbi watched the enemy troops approaching slowly, and soon they were only a hundred steps away from the city wall. He immediately raised his right hand and pressed down. Boom, boom, boom... a huge roar suddenly rang out. At the same time, the enemy troops outside the city only heard a sharp whistling sound going straight to their ears. Before they could react, the crowd was struck by waves of giant blasts. It was smashed so hard that flesh and blood flew everywhere! Immediately, violent explosions sounded one after another, and clouds of fire, smoke, dust and broken branches rose into the air. Screams and exclamations were heard, and the originally very tight troop tide became commotion. "There are cannons on the city wall. If you can't attack, go back!" Someone shouted, and some people began to retreat. Seeing this, those who originally wanted to attack also retreated.
The kings and generals of each army shouted repeatedly, so that the soldiers of each army did not collapse and stabilized their positions at the starting point of the attack.
Philippe, the Grand Duke of France, looked at the city in front of him, frowning, and said in frustration and annoyance: "I didn't expect these pagans to deploy a large number of artillery here!" Marcono, the leader of the Knights of San Marco next to him, said: "Cannon It is too powerful. Even if we can capture the city with such a head-on attack, we will definitely suffer heavy losses!" The nobles and generals argued with each other. Some were frustrated, while others clamored to continue the attack. However, No matter they are frustrated or clamoring, they don’t want to take the lead. In everyone's mind, this battle is for plundering treasures, not for fighting to the death. If you want to fight hard, let others fight for it.
Philip wanted to order the coalition forces, but the kings and nobles of other small countries did not abandon him at all. Who could control the coalition forces of more than a dozen countries? Philip was so angry that he first led his troops to retreat back to the camp. Seeing this, the other armies led their armies back to camp, even if they still had the intention to continue attacking the city.
Philip loudly insulted the kings and noble generals of other countries in his tent, calling this one a pig and that one a waste, looking indignant.
Confidant Charlie said: "Sir, I think we have been deceived by the Pope this time. There is no benefit in the East, but it is full of hardships! His Majesty the Pope wants to expand his influence, but he allows us to act as his cannon fodder!"
Phillip frowned, walked to the chair and sat down.
Charlie continued: "The English fleet is the vanguard of the army. I heard that they fought very hard before! On Kunlun Island, in order to seize such a small island guarded by only a thousand Ming troops, I heard that they fought for several days. We lost thousands of people and finally captured it. The same was true for the subsequent attack on Xiguou Island. If they hadn't taken advantage of the stupid local aborigines, they probably wouldn't have been able to capture Xiguou Island until now!"
Phillip frowned and said, "What exactly do you want to say?"
Charlie said: "Sir, I think this expedition is not worth the losses. It is better to retreat as soon as there is no loss yet!"
Philip hesitated: "If I retreat like this, others will laugh at me as a coward!"
Charlie said hurriedly: "If you lose your troops and lose the battle, you will not only be ridiculed, but you will also lose the power in your hands, which is even worse!"
Philip frowned and shook his head: "No, I can't just retreat like this." He glanced at Charlie and said: "Although what you said makes some sense, it is not entirely correct. The English themselves are only good at water warfare, not land warfare. The difficulty of land warfare does not mean that the enemy is beyond imagination! Besides, just as we will deploy the most elite troops at the most important passes, the troops deployed by the Ming Dynasty on Kunlun Island and Xiou Island must also be their most powerful. Elite troops! According to the Pope, the Easterners believe in 'benevolence and righteousness', are weak in character, and are not good at fighting. Therefore, the Ming army on Kunlun Island and Xiou Island are not only their most elite warriors, but even such elites are in the Ming Dynasty. It should be very rare and precious!"
"Although we didn't achieve much in today's battle, the enemies were all huddled in the city walls. This shows that they were actually very scared and did not dare to go out to fight! They relied entirely on the city walls and those powerful cannons! Huh, to It's not that we don't work together. As long as we attack with all our strength, those cannons will cause us some losses, but they will never be able to stop us. Maybe we have taken down the city wall now!" Charlie felt that what the adults said was reasonable, so he stopped. Persuaded.
Philip frowned and said: "I need to discuss it with the others. Since we are here to conquer the East, we must attack with all our strength as one. How can we all have their own agendas?" He turned to Charlie and said: "Immediately go and make an appointment with the kings for me. , General, sir, come and meet me at my tent." Charlie responded and ran down.
Everyone still had to give Philip the face of the Grand Duke of France. Soon after, kings, generals, and lords from all armies came to Philip's tent one after another.
Everyone looked at everyone else, but no one spoke. Seeing this scene, Philip first broke the silence and said: "Everyone, since we are united to fight against the heretics in the East, we should work together and not be suspicious of each other!"
Marcono sneered and said: "That's true, but it's hard for me to believe other people! Who knows when we Venetian knights are bleeding and fighting on the front line, other people are hiding nearby and waiting for us to defeat the enemy. Pick the fruits of victory!" When he said this, Marcono's eyes glanced at the opposite man who was not tall but very strong and had a curly beard that looked like a dwarf warrior in Western legends. The man's name was Andrew, King of Norway. Speaking of which, let me make a digression. In this era, Norway had just ended its eighty-eight-year civil war. However, although it was an independent kingdom, it was surrendered to the King of England.
When Andrew saw Marcono's appearance, he immediately became furious and shouted: "Marcono, what do you mean? Are you talking about us?"
Marcono sneered: "Why ask if you know!"
Andrew pointed at Marcono and cursed: "What everyone needs to worry about is you Venetians! You treacherous businessmen are not warriors at all, you will only hide behind and take advantage!" Marcono retorted: "You are just northerners. Savage and untrustworthy pirates, everyone who believes in you has been murdered by you! Weren’t you Norwegians the first ones to escape during the day?”
Andrew was so angry that he immediately rushed towards the master. Of course, Marcono would not fail to fight back, and the two immediately started fighting. Some of the others were watching the show with schadenfreude, while others came up to join the whole family and make a lot of noise.
Philip was furious and shouted: "Stop!"
Everyone was shocked. Andrew and Marcono stopped fighting and scuffled, each retreated, but stared at each other angrily.
Philip said angrily: "The enemy is still there, but we actually started making trouble on our own. Wouldn't it be a joke to the enemy! Since we are here, we must defeat the enemy! If we return without success, our dignity will be wiped out!" Everyone revealed it! After thinking about it, I felt that Philip was right. If such a majestic eastward expedition failed without success, wouldn't it be a joke? At that time, I am afraid that lowly civilians and slaves would talk and laugh at him behind his back.
When Philip saw that he had moved everyone, he immediately struck a chord while the iron was hot: "I think our coalition must elect a supreme commander to command the battle!..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone showed disapproval. Marcono said sarcastically: "Does Grand Duke Philip want to be the commander-in-chief again? Even if we Venetians agree, I'm afraid others will not agree! Besides, Philip Your Excellency is only a grand duke, but we still have several kings here! It has never been reasonable for a duke to command a king!" Everyone agreed, saying that Philip could not serve as the supreme commander. Philip did intend to be the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, but he was blocked back before he could say anything. He was depressed and annoyed. He snorted coldly and said: "I don't care about the position of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. I just want to serve our heavenly coalition forces." Just win!"
A tall, thin, zombie-like middle-aged man sneered: "Can we only win if Lord Philip is the commander-in-chief of the coalition?" This man's name is Odin, the younger brother of King Owen of Denmark and the Duke of Denmark. , this time he is the commander-in-chief of the Danish army.
As soon as Odin said this, many people laughed.
Philip reluctantly kept himself from getting angry and said with a cold face: "It doesn't matter if I don't want to be the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. Just ask you to nominate someone. The coalition forces must have a commander-in-chief! As long as you all agree, I, Philip, will never Will object!"
Even though someone proposed that King Andrew of Norway should be the supreme commander, Marcono was the first to object as soon as the words came out. After a fruitless quarrel, it was proposed that Marcono be appointed commander of the coalition forces. Naturally, Andrew was firmly opposed. In this way, everyone was arguing endlessly, and it was impossible to elect a commander of the coalition forces. Seeing that this was not an option, Philip proposed a compromise plan, dividing the coalition forces into four parts and electing four coalition commanders, each responsible for attacking one side of the city, and agreed that whoever attacked the city first would gain the greatest benefits. Everyone felt that continuing to quarrel was really not an option, and they felt that this plan was still barely acceptable, so they all agreed.
Then everyone elected four coalition commanders, Philip, Andrew, Marcono, and the English general John. After the four commanders of the coalition forces are selected, the rest of the matter will be easy to handle. Each army will choose a side according to its own wishes. As for the four attack directions of east, west, south and north, they will draw lots to choose. Everything is in order, and all the armies are ready to attack the city in the coming day.
Early the next morning, trumpets and drums rang loudly in all directions, and more than 200,000 Celestial Alliance troops were divided into four major groups and surrounded the city of Dhaka.
Hu Yanbixian felt that today's enemy's momentum was completely different from yesterday, so he did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly ordered the defenders on the four walls to stand ready.
Immediately, the enemies outside the city came roaring and rushing over, and then the Ming Dynasty cannon opened fire. In an instant, dust rose into the sky in the wilderness outside the city, and body parts and fragments were flying all over the sky. However, this time the artillery fire failed to drive back the enemy troops. They saw the enemy troops charging fiercely with constant artillery fire, seemingly crazy, rushing straight to the moat.
Immediately, arrows fired by both sides flew randomly in the sky, and soldiers from both sides were shot to the ground from time to time. The coalition soldiers relied on shields to cover themselves and kept throwing carts and bags of dirt and rocks into the moat. The water in the moat was splashing everywhere. In addition to the continuous investment of soil and stones, corpses rolled into the river from time to time. The moat was filled up at a speed visible to the naked eye. The fighting continued in this way, and within a day, the source of the moat was cut off, and most of the moat was filled in.
In the evening, the Allied Forces of Heaven stopped their attack and retreated to the camp.
Hu Yanbixian was patrolling on the city wall, looking at the starry bonfire outside the city, and couldn't help but feel worried. The attack of the Allied Forces of Heaven exceeded his previous expectations. He did not expect that the enemy would fill up the moat in just two days. He originally thought that it would take at least three days for the enemy to be able to do it. It seemed that he Some underestimated the enemy's combat effectiveness.
At the same time, in an abandoned courtyard in the city, five people gathered together furtively.
One person said: "The Allied Forces of Heaven are attacking fiercely. The Ming people will not be able to hold on for long!" A person next to him said excitedly: "The time for liberation has finally come, we can take action!" Several other people nodded in agreement. The person who spoke before said: "The Ming Army is very scary, we can't act rashly! We have to wait until the Allied Army of Heaven is about to break the city before we can launch it!" The others nodded, and one person said: "Everything is up to you!" Another person said He said with some worry: "It's just that I don't know where Wu Song's main force is, which always makes people feel uneasy!" The person who spoke first said angrily: "There's nothing to worry about! Wu Song's main force must have gone to the west. You know the imperial army is coming!" Everyone felt that what he said made sense.
The man who looked like the leader said: "When the time comes, I will send someone to inform you. Before then, you must not act without authorization!" Everyone nodded in agreement. The leader said: "We can't stay here for too long, let's go back each other." Everyone agreed, and then left the deserted courtyard one after another.
Early the next morning, the Allied Forces of Heaven continued their fierce attack. The archers were covering under the city, and the assault troops climbed up the city wall along the ladders. There was a roar, and the scene was extremely magnificent. People kept rushing to the top of the city. There were flashes of swords and swords on the top of the city. Soldiers from both sides kept falling from the city walls.
At this moment, a huge commotion suddenly occurred in the city. Huyan Bixian, who was supervising the battle in the west, heard the commotion in the city. He followed the sound and saw many people rushing towards the south gate.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
