In late September of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen and the first year of Tianshou, the Empress of the Ming Dynasty.
Li, the Admiral of the Navy of the Ming Dynasty and the Admiral of the East China Sea, who was worshiped as the Great General of the Ming Empire, the Commander of the Beijing Guard and the Governor-General of the Five Armed Forces, led five thousand elite musketeers of the Li family equipped with flintlock Miner rifles and ships unloaded from the battleships. With more than a hundred cannons and more than 30,000 auxiliary troops of all kinds, they fought against the intruders at the gate of Xi'an, his private city of Dashun.
At this time, the puppet Dashun rebel army, which had been defeated in Huaiqing and Pingyang, stayed behind closed doors and made preparations in advance to clear the country. It seemed that they wanted to use this to force back the incoming Ming army?
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At this time, in the imperial palace in Xi'an City, Li Zicheng, who claimed to be the emperor of Dashun Kingdom, was wearing golden armor, sitting high on his throne and looking at the generals present in silence.
Looking around, the generals of the Dashun Kingdom standing on both sides below his throne include: Yuan Zongdi, the general of the right camp, Liu Fangliang, the general of the left camp, Liu Zongmin, the Marquis of Ru and the governor of the left, Li Laiheng, Tian Jianxiu, and others. In addition to them, there were other generals from the Dashun Kingdom.
Right now, they are discussing a good strategy to retreat from the enemy here in the palace!
but……
The firearms of the Ming army were so powerful and sharp that they could kill people from thousands of steps away. Thousands of people fired a volley at the same time. The sound was so terrifying that no one or even a horse could get close?
In addition to the terrible firecrackers, the Ming army's cannons were also very terrifying!
Because their shooting range is said to be several miles and they are extremely accurate?
Therefore, although the generals of the Dashun Kingdom were determined to kill the enemy, they were unable to save their lives. In the end, there was no good solution except being trapped in the isolated city of Xi'an and having to follow the strategy of clearing the country with strong walls.
"Tell me everything!"
"Say it!"
"What should we do next?"
"Is it possible that I am going to be trapped alive in this city of Xi'an by the Ming army of only 30,000 to 40,000 people?!"
Previously, after being defeated at the hands of Wu Sangui and Jiannu at Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng hurriedly proclaimed himself emperor in the Forbidden City, and then fled all the way back to Xi'an, back to his base camp.
From then on, he began to regard himself as the emperor, and he usually used words such as "I" to show his identity.
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"..."
Upon hearing Li Zicheng's question, the ministers of the Dashun Kingdom looked at each other. In the end, Liu Zongmin stood up and saluted and said slowly:
"His Majesty!"
"Xi'an City's city defense has been renovated and operated by us for many years. The walls are high and the trenches are deep. It is not something that only 30,000 to 50,000 people can attack."
"Besides, we have all harvested the grain from the nearby autumn harvest and food from the villages and towns in advance and transported it to the city. This time the Ming army came from afar, and they will definitely not be able to bring much grain and grass. In addition, the Northland has experienced a lot of damage in recent years. If there is almost no harvest, the material will definitely not last long!”
"If you think about it, it could take as long as three or two months, or as little as half a month. The Ming army will be unable to survive and will definitely retreat!"
"By then..."
"I'll wait for a while and then go out of the city to cover up the killings. Maybe I can gain something?"
Liu Zongmin shook his head and said.
Anyway, in his opinion, the city of Xi'an is definitely not that easy to break. After all, there are nearly 100,000 defenders in the city. Although it is definitely impossible to win in a field battle, he also dare not go out to fight with the Ming army in the past. They were fighting against very different enemies, but if they were to defend the city, it would definitely be no problem in his opinion.
Even if you put yourself in their shoes, if it were Liu Zongmin who led the Ming army of 30,000 to 50,000 people, there would basically be no good way to deal with the towering walls and deep trenches of Xi'an City.
"What General Quan said is true!"
"That's right!"
"Your Majesty, don't disturb us. We just need to stay in the city and enjoy the food and drink. Let the officers and soldiers attack us!"
"That's right! I'm afraid of him!"
"Yes!"
"As the saying goes, Sun Tzu's Art of War goes like this: if you are ten, you are to surround an enemy; if you are five, you are to attack it; if you are twice as many, fight it; if the enemy is small, you can fight it; if you are small, you can escape; if you are weak, you can avoid it. Therefore, the enemy who is small is stronger than the enemy who is large. Captured by the enemy?"
"Now our Dashun country has at least three times the number of troops defending the city as the Ming army, and we have a strong city to back it up, but he only has more than 30,000 people to attack. What can he do to me?"
"Okay! The right general said it well!"
"Also! Winter is about to begin in the northwest. Let's drink spicy food in the city and let those Ming soldiers drink the northwest wind outside and freeze them to death!"
"Hahaha!"
After Liu Zongmin finished speaking, soon the right camp generals Yuan Zongdi, left camp generals Liu Fangliang, Li Laiheng, Tian Jianxiu and others all started laughing loudly and talking to each other. As they discussed, the solemn atmosphere just now disappeared in an instant.
Although they are indeed a little afraid of the Ming army, and even more afraid of the other side's terrible fire cannons, but now they are defending the city, they can just hide behind the city wall. No matter how sharp and powerful those Ming army fire cannons are, The city must always be attacked, and the siege must always be close. When the time comes, once the opponent approaches the city wall, even if their defenders change one by one, they will be able to defeat the mere 30,000 Ming troops in a few days. Would you like to change it?
"..."
Li Zicheng said nothing. He was not as optimistic as his confidants.
However, after a round of ridicule and discussion by Liu Zongmin and those fools, his face finally looked a little better, and he became more confident in defending the city of Xi'an.
"Well?"
"What's the matter?"
"Did the Ming army attack the city?"
Suddenly, Li Zicheng turned his head and looked at the palace door, because at this time, he saw a general rushing in here quickly.
"Report!"
"Your Majesty, the officers and soldiers outside the city sent us a letter!"
As he spoke, the lieutenant general handed over a document that he held in his hand, but he still seemed unable to change some verbal habits, so much so that he subconsciously thought that the Ming army was an official army, and he was still so used to it. Addressed sexually.
"read!"
His face condensed, but Li Zicheng had no intention of having someone submit it to him. Instead, he motioned to the general to read it out directly.
"this……"
It's a pity that the general suddenly became a little hesitant and embarrassed. He took the letter but did not open it. Instead, he looked around, not knowing what to do.
Because, he doesn't know a few big characters at all!
The reason why he ran back to report the letter as soon as he got the letter from the Ming army under the city was because he wanted to increase his presence in front of their King Chuang, the current Emperor of Dashun, so that he could simply It's just in the emperor's heart. It's really difficult for him to read it out.
"Bring it here!"
"Get out of here quickly!"
Liu Zongmindao obviously saw the embarrassment of the general, so he simply walked over, snatched the letter from the other party's hand, and then motioned to the other party to retreat quickly before the emperor became angry.
"Well……"
"His Majesty."
"That's what it says in the letter..."
After reading the contents of the letter and then looking at Li Zicheng on the dragon throne, after a moment of hesitation, Liu Zongmin had to grit his teeth and read out:
"Xin Cheng Chuang, a thief...the leader of the thieves, Li Zicheng..."
"Have you ever heard that after you entered the capital, you plundered 37 million ingots of silver and 10 million ingots of gold from the palace? The ingots were all 500 taels, and they were engraved with the word Yongle?"
"I also heard that since you entered the capital on March 27, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, you began to torture Ming officials and ransack their homes everywhere. It was stipulated that the stipend should be '100,000 for the middle hall, and 70,000 or 53,000 for the imperial robes of the ministry. Ten thousand, Taoist officials, fifty-three thousand, Hanlin, thirty-two thousand, and subordinates, each numbering in the thousands."
"Therefore..."
"I now order you to open the door and surrender, and hand over ten million ingots of silver and ten million ingots of gold within three days. The ingots are all five hundred taels, and there must be no mistake!"
"If not, when the city is breached in three days, it will be the time for you to be beheaded!"
"The Great General of the Ming Dynasty, the Commander of the Beijing Guard and the Governor-General of the Five Armed Forces, the Admiral of the Navy of the Ming Dynasty, and the Admiral of the East China Sea Li..."
After reading, Liu Zongmin subconsciously touched the cold sweat on his forehead.
Because he knew that this letter of persuasion to surrender was meaningless. Although they did obtain a lot of gold and silver when they were in the capital, most of those things had been distributed long ago, and now they could easily take them even if they wanted to. Not so much!
Besides, those Ming soldiers looked down upon people too much. They didn't even start fighting, but asked Dashun to surrender and pay compensation. May be accepted.
Boom! !
"You will make preparations when you go back. In three days..."
"Just let him attack the city!"
As expected, Li Zicheng slammed the table and stood up from his dragon chair with a sullen face. Then he said this expressionlessly and walked away bitterly.
Three days later...
Li, the admiral of the Daming Navy and the admiral of the East China Sea, led the army to attack the east gate of Xi'an.
More than a hundred cannons fired at the city gate and wall of the east gate for more than an hour. Under the fierce bombardment of a large number of explosive and solid bullets, 'the city head was a sea of fire, all humans and animals were turned into powder, and the defenders suffered casualties. It was so tragic that there were few people at the top of the city.'
Subsequently, the city gate and the city wall near the city gate collapsed. Immediately afterwards, under the cover of precise shooting and fierce volley fire from the Li family's musketeers, 20,000 Ming army auxiliary soldiers swarmed in without encountering any effective resistance. In less than half a day, the city of Xi'an was declared broken. Li Zicheng, the king of the rebels, led tens of thousands of defeated troops to flee in embarrassment, passing through Lantian and Shangzhou, passing through Wuguan, and retreated into the Xiangyang area.
Subsequently, the message that the Northern Ming government troops destroyed the puppet country and regained Tongguan and Xi'an in a battle quickly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the Nanming government was in an uproar after receiving the message and intelligence, and the world was also shocked!
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However, the Li family fleet and admirals in Europe or the New World of America were not aware of the changes in the Ming Empire at this time.
For example, right now, in the huge bathtub of the Mediterranean, five huge ships of the Li family fleet led by a certain bad little girl, the Grand Admiral, are slowly sailing on the sea of the Mediterranean.
The fleet just set off from Istanbul three days ago and is now sailing in the direction of Athens. Because of the headwind, the speed of the fleet is not too fast. It is estimated that it will take at least one or two days to reach Athens, which is also in the Ottoman Empire. Greek ports under imperial control.
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"Uncle First Mate, why do you look so unhappy?"
Song Yifeng, who was tiptoeing out of the captain's cabin of the Xiang Feihu, not daring to disturb the sleep of a naughty little girl, the admiral, saw at a glance the ship's gangster who was supporting one side of the ship on the deck, with a gloomy expression on his face. The first mate had no idea what he was looking at or thinking about.
"Did that pirate Azisha do something wrong again?"
Therefore, subconsciously, Song Yifeng asked and began to search the deck for the figure of Azisha, the female pirate who had always been dishonest and had never given up the idea of escaping and causing trouble.
Soon, she saw that the female pirate was washing Song Yifeng's clothes and socks at the bow of the ship. However, she didn't know whether she washed them with fresh water or secretly washed them with sea water.
"no."
"only……"
"The Grand Admiral insists on cooperating with that Ottoman. I'm always a little worried."
"well……"
Four days ago, their Grand Admiral agreed to the request of the Ottoman Navy Commander-in-Chief Hedem Afomedo Pasha at the banquet and prepared to join forces with the other side's navy to fight against the forces gathering at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. The Spanish Armada.
Originally, that should be a good thing, but for some reason, when the first mate thought about it carefully after he came back, he always felt a little worried, so that he looked so depressed these two days.
"Worry?"
"Why?"
"Isn't that a good thing?"
Song Yifeng was a little confused and didn't know what the other party meant.
Anyway, in her opinion, it would be great if someone came to her door willing to send people and ships to go with them to find trouble with the Spaniards.
"That's good, but..."
"I always feel that the Grand Admiral will be deceived by that cunning Ottoman this time!"
"I estimate that the Ottomans are not really willing to confront the Spaniards as they said!"
Shaking his head, the first mate spoke solemnly with a somewhat solemn expression.
"ah?"
"No way?"
Blinking, Song Yifeng didn't know why the other party was so worried.
"well……"
"I have some doubts. I always feel that they have made it clear this time that they want us to be the vanguard and cannon fodder. Let us first go and consume the Spanish fleet in the Strait of Gibraltar. Then, he and the fleet of Pirate King Hayreddin will take the opportunity to fish behind. Profit?"
"If that's the case, the Ottoman Empire might have the final say in the Mediterranean from now on."
"Second Admiral, you also know that we don't have that many manpower to intervene here in the Mediterranean for the time being. It is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, and our fleet is very small. Even the trading stations in Africa are maintained by the manpower of Nagopur. "
"!!"
"That……"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Song Yifeng had never thought about these complicated things. Anyway, she, a female Taoist nun who grew up in a mountain village and only knew how to practice Taoism, would definitely not understand.
"I don't know either!"
"well……"
"I hope the Grand Admiral has a plan?"
As he said that, the first mate glanced worriedly in the direction of the still closed captain's cabin door.
He doesn't have any good ideas at the moment. After all, they always have to confront Spain, otherwise, they won't be able to get out of the Mediterranean!
"plan?"
"impossible!"
"No way!"
"Uncle First Officer, let me tell you, Admiral Anne never makes any plans. You should give up on that as soon as possible and think of a solution first!"
Song Yifeng, who had eaten, lived, and slept with Annie for so long, had already had a deep understanding of that terrible little girl, the Chief Admiral. Therefore, she was sure and certain that the expectations of the first officer in front of her were something she hoped for. It must be impossible for a little girl to think of a good idea or something!
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In the captain's room, a troubled little girl seemed to vaguely sense that someone was talking about her or saying bad things about her. However, she didn't mind. She just murmured and rubbed her eyes, then pulled the quilt and continued to sleep. Gone to sleep.
After all, it is already late September, and winter will soon snow. The autumn wind is bleak, and the weather is extremely cold. When the weather gets cold, it’s time to sleep!
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