Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

The Ming Navy is divided into three major systems, namely the Yellow Sea Navy, the East China Sea Navy, and the South China Sea Navy.

Just look at these broken names and you will know that they were given by Zhu Ming himself.

For example, the Yellow Sea was not called this before. In the Song Dynasty, according to the different colors of the sea surface, the large area of ​​the Yellow Sea in later generations was called the Yellow Water Ocean, the Black Water Ocean, and the Green Water Ocean.

The Ministry of War and the Privy Council both have naval-related departments and rooms. The current head of the navy is Ying Xuan.

There are also several major factions in the naval system.

The first is Zhang Guangdao's early Hanjiang Navy, the second is Li Bao's early Shujiang Navy, and the third is the Jingjiang Navy established by Zhu Ming to recruit Ying Xuan. These three navies also incorporated Zhong Xiang's Dongting Lake Navy and the Poyang Lake Navy of the former Song Dynasty, forming a huge Jianghan Navy system.

In the north, there are the Yellow River, Huai River, and Grand Canal naval systems. One is from the Jingwei naval system recruited by Yang Zhi and Li Yanxian, the second is from the Shandong and Huainan naval systems recruited by Zhang Shuye, Zhang Tong, and Fang Mengqing, and the third is from the Central Plains naval system recruited by Zhu Ming himself.

As the situation stabilized, these inland naval forces underwent large-scale disarmament and reorganization.

Many naval officers and soldiers were transferred to the Caojun system, and those who were too weak were directly laid off. Only a small number of naval forces were retained to suppress smuggling and bandit suppression, but they were assigned to the provincial command offices for management.

The truly elite inland naval backbones were sent to recruit the coastal naval forces of the former Song Dynasty, and the prototype of the Ming Dynasty Navy appeared.

The Yellow Sea Navy is headquartered in Dengzhou, Shandong, and has branches in Haeju, Iwami Port, and Tsushima Island in Korea.

The East China Sea Navy is headquartered in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, and has branches in Fuzhou and Taiwan.

The South China Sea Navy is headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and has branches in Jiaozhi and Jambi.

This time, the South China Sea Navy was dispatched. The Guangzhou headquarters ships went straight to Coconut City (the new capital of Sunda Kingdom), and the Jambi branch ships attacked the outer port of Padjadjaran (the old capital of Sunda Kingdom).

Maharaja wanted to retreat to the mountains and then summon local troops to defend the king?

He thought too much.

Not only was he suddenly attacked by the Ming Dynasty, but his son who was left in the old capital was also beaten!

Zhu Xiaozhong, the adopted son of Emperor Zhu, was already the general of Guangdong and the Marquis of Hanzhong at this time.

He first followed Ma Kuo to the mission to Yelu Dashi, and then led the army to seize Iwami Silver Mine, and then went to Seljuk for a tour, and made Ceylon a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. He can be regarded as a man of many merits, and is proficient in overseas landing operations.

Zhu Xiaozhong ordered: "The enemy troops in the port have fled. All cavalrymen will land first and go directly to the south of the castle. If the defenders in the castle want to run, immediately find an opportunity to launch an attack. If there is no opportunity, we must delay the enemy and wait for our main force to reinforce."

This time, there were only 500 Guangdong cavalrymen, but the main war horses were carried with 800 horses to prevent the war horses from getting sick during the voyage and affecting the battle.

A middle-aged cavalry general named Ding Wenbing immediately drew his sword and shouted, "Follow me!"

Ding Wenbing was born in Longxi. His father was a horse thief before, and later followed Li Yanxian to start an army. Ding Wenbing, who was less than 20 years old at the time, also joined Li Yanxian's troops. Although he had never performed amazingly, he played all the games in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, and Liaodong.

He is now the deputy general of Guangdong.

Led by Ding Wenbing, the 500 cavalrymen quickly passed through the dock area, then through the streets outside the castle, and went around to the southwest of the castle.

There was also a guide in the team, a spy from the Military Intelligence Department who was sent to Coconut City to investigate the case last year. He was responsible for guiding the cavalry in the direction of advance.

The states on Java Island had no cavalry units and had never fought against cavalry!

Maharaja thought that it would take a long time for the Ming army to land, and it would naturally take even longer for the Ming army to catch up. While he ordered the garrison to evacuate, he even had the leisure to run away with the royal family and some of the property.

Run away by boat!

In addition to the geographical advantage of maritime trade, the reason why Coconut City can become a major port is that it has many rivers, which can transport goods from the inland of Java Island to the port.

In later generations, the nearby swamps were drained and many small rivers were formed. The number of rivers connecting the city even increased to 13. But those rivers were polluted, and the residents in the city were seriously short of water. They could only draw groundwater for drinking, causing the entire city to sink continuously, and then causing floods every year.

The city with 13 rivers is short of water. Indonesia's governance ability is really awesome!

However, members of the royal family of Sunda Kingdom boarded the boats one after another, and moved large and small packages of treasures onto the boats. More than 20 inland boats left from the water gate in the south of the castle.

However, the army of Sunda Kingdom walked along the river.

Because the Ming army came too suddenly, most of the inland boats were in the river section near the port, and there was no time to get them back.

"The Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming!"

The soldiers of Sunda Kingdom who had already left the city suddenly exclaimed.

Maharaja had just left the castle by boat. His boat was full of treasures. The only people accompanying him were his beloved concubine and youngest son, as well as some boatmen and inner court attendants.

"How did they come so quickly?" Maharaja was completely incomprehensible.

He had lived for more than 50 years and had never seen cavalry so far, and he didn't even know what a war horse looked like!

The so-called Javanese horse in later generations was actually a breed of horse bred by Dutch colonists on the island of Java.

However, Ding Wenbing led the cavalry around the castle and saw that two enemy troops had already left the city and marched along the river in a long line. He immediately ordered the messenger to blow the attack horn: "Attack from the waist!"

The Javanese soldiers marched in a long line, and it was the first time they faced cavalry, and they were in the state of abandoning the city and moving. What could their reaction be?

Faced with the charge of 500 cavalrymen, a large number of Javanese soldiers turned and fled, and many even jumped directly into the river.

Maharaja, who was so arrogant that he didn't take the Ming army seriously, had just left the city with the royal fleet when he saw his army was in a state of panic.

"Charge over, row over!" Maharaja shouted.     The Javanese army on the shore had all fled. Ding Wenbing sent 100 cavalrymen to chase and kill outside the city, and sent another 200 cavalrymen to chase the fleeing soldiers into the castle, and the remaining 200 cavalrymen stood by the river and shot.

The royal fleet of Sunda Kingdom sailed upstream, and the boatmen rowed frantically, but were always chased and shot by the Ming cavalry on the shore.

At this time, 20 to 30 small boats unloaded from the Ming ships sailed from the port into the inland river at a high speed. Their route was in another river. When they chased here and found something wrong, they actually docked and towed the boats up.

Then, the "marines" carried the boats and ran, turning to the river where the enemy was in the posture of sailing on land.

At this time, the Sunda royal fleet had been chased away by the cavalry.

After the marines' boats were launched again, they kept approaching at a speed visible to the naked eye. Their boats were extremely fast, and the Sunda royal family's ships were carrying a lot of treasures, so it was impossible for them to run very fast.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Several strong crossbows shot out grappling hooks and accurately caught three enemy ships in the rear. At the same time, the Ming army on the boats also started firing muskets.

In a blink of an eye, one enemy ship after another was captured.

The enemies on the ship, regardless of gender, age or young, were all killed, because there was no time to slowly receive prisoners, and they had to chase the enemy ships ahead.

Maharaja soon fell into despair and no longer had any arrogance. He ordered in fear: "Stop the ship, stop the ship, we surrender!"

What combat power can an army on a small island have?

Historically, Kublai Khan's Yuan army was defeated on Java Island, purely because he was stabbed in the back by his own younger brother.

At that time, a powerful country appeared on Java Island. It not only expelled the Srivijaya forces, but also sent a fleet to expedition to Sumatra Island, trying to completely eliminate Srivijaya. As a result, the army was on an expedition abroad, and the nobles at home rebelled.

The king's son-in-law failed to suppress the rebellion and was chased by the rebels all the way. He hid in a small place to build Majapahit City. This person asked Kublai Khan for help, claiming that he was willing to pay tribute and offer a princess.

Kublai Khan had long wanted to take over Java Island, so he sent 1,000 warships, more than 10,000 crew members, and 5,000 soldiers. After landing on Java Island, the Yuan army was invincible and defeated a total of more than 100,000 enemy troops.

On the day when the Yuan army was at the gates of the city, the king who was in power surrendered directly.

The Yuan army was all floating, because the army on Java Island was too rubbish, and more than 100,000 people were defeated by their 5,000 soldiers many times. The local forces on the island and the forces on the surrounding islands also paid tribute to the Yuan Dynasty.

What else is there to worry about?

At this time, the founder of Majapahit, the son-in-law of the former king who failed to suppress the rebellion. He invited the Yuan army to Java to suppress the rebellion, but attacked the Yuan army without any warning!

On the way back from the victory of the Yuan army, this guy suddenly launched an attack.

The Yuan army did not even wear armor, and was defeated due to negligence. After breaking through the siege, the casualties were counted, and the casualties rate exceeded 70%!

Moreover, the Java fleet also raided the Yuan fleet, seized many large ships of the Yuan army, captured thousands of Yuan army crew members and craftsmen, and obtained China's advanced shipbuilding and navigation technology.

Majapahit dominated the South Seas, and did not dare to confront the Majapahit navy head-on until Zheng He sailed to the West.

Zheng He could only divide and win over. It took him several years to unite the small countries in the South Seas and establish several overseas bases. Using military, diplomatic and economic means, Majapahit was forced to surrender.

Maharaja was escorted back to the castle, and Zhu Xiaozhong had already led his army to occupy it.

"General of the Celestial Empire, spare my life. I will never dare to attack Mataram again!" Maharaja burst into tears.

Zhu Xiaozhong threw out a stack of counterfeit banknotes with four corners cut off: "You are so brave!"

Maharaja was stunned. He thought that he had violated the will of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty many times and had attracted the Ming army by constantly attacking Mataram. Unexpectedly, the real crime was printing counterfeit banknotes.

Zhu Xiaozhong said: "Your Majesty has ordered that Maharaja be beheaded directly when he is caught. All male members of the royal family of Sunda, regardless of age, will be beheaded, and their heads will be sent to the states in Nanyang to let them see the consequences of counterfeiting Ming treasure notes! Sunda royal women will be sold to overseas Han people as wives."

The translator did not speak again.

Maharaja did not understand what Zhu Xiaozhong said, and he was still kowtowing and begging for mercy. In a blink of an eye, a soldier took him away and dragged him to the gate of the castle to be beheaded.

A few more soldiers came running: "General, the Zeng family has escaped. According to the native servants of the Zeng family, they fled to the forest in the south, and they are now being pursued with all their strength."

Zhu Xiaozhong said: "Send another 500 people to search. By the way, the cavalry can also pass through."

The Han people who lived in Coconut City to do business all hid in the house during the battle, and a few unlucky ones were killed by artillery shells by mistake.

At this moment, the Han people took to the streets one after another, and even offered wine and food to entertain the troops.

One after another, the Sunda royal men were dragged to the gate of the castle and beheaded. Those who were killed on the boat while escaping were also dragged over and beheaded.

The general in charge of the execution said to the Han merchants who were watching the fun: "Sunda has repeatedly disobeyed the emperor's orders and attacked the Ming vassal state of Mataram without reason. I won't talk about these. The king of Sunda actually forged Ming treasure notes. Those counterfeit notes have been found in several provinces across the country. Those who forge treasure notes will be executed along with their entire family. Even if they hide overseas, they will be sentenced to death! Behead!"

After hearing this, many Han people finally understood why the court sent troops, and they also understood the court's determination to crack down on counterfeit banknotes.

How terrible.

A country was destroyed just because of counterfeiting treasure banknotes!

"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

"Long live your majesty!"

I don't know who took the lead in shouting, and all the Han people present cheered.