Please ask me to be the emperor

"General, the water city is ahead, let's say goodbye for now!" Fatty Zhang followed his deputy Huang Sunmao for a day and then entered the waters near Penglai Water City. Huang Sunmao was worried about being discovered by Denglai Navy, so he warned him in advance. road.

"Okay, I'm just waiting for the good news from Deputy Ambassador Huang. I wish you all the best in advance!" Fatty Zhang said with an arched hand.

The two of them had decided on their plan, and soon Fatty Zhang got off the battleship, transferred to the dry ship, and headed northeast of Penglai Water City.

Not long after, several dry ships of the rebel army sailed near Shuicheng. Fatty Zhang looked up and looked south, and was immediately startled.

Why?

It turns out that this water city is located on the east side of Danya Mountain and was built near the sea. It was originally a sword fish village in the Song Dynasty.

In the ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Shuicheng was built. During the Tianqi period, Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, trained his navy here and established a force of about 50,000 elite troops on land and water.

It is a pity that after the Denglai Rebellion, the vitality of Denglai Town was seriously damaged and it is no longer as prosperous as before.

However, the facilities that have been built over the years are still there.

Fatty Zhang looked up and saw that the water city was surrounded by mountains and rivers and was well-proportioned. Enemy towers and fortresses covered each other, and it was unknown how many Hongyi cannons were concealed.

On the east side of Danya Mountain, there is a breakwater extending, on which a section of city wall and a solid enemy tower are being built.

This section of the city defense and the defense system on Danya Mountain complement each other, like a crocodile that spreads out, trying to choose people to eat.

And deep in the mouth of this blood bank, there is a strong and narrow water gate. This must be the entrance and exit of the Ming Navy.

When the fat man saw this, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

Although he didn't understand what "crossfire" meant, he could feel the rigorous defense of this water city just by looking at this series of settings.

Seeing this, Fatty Zhang couldn't help but feel a shadow cast over his heart.

"What are you doing?" Just as Fatty Zhang was carefully observing the water city's defense facilities, several boats suddenly came up and blocked their way.

Fatty Zhang couldn't help but be stunned. He quickly signaled his soldiers to prepare for battle, and turned to look at the envoy Huang Sunmaodao and said, "What is going on?"

"It's just maritime patrol!" The man responded, but he was afraid of causing trouble and quickly shouted outside, "This is Deputy Huang's personal property. Who dares to stop it?"

Sure enough, after hearing this, the man on the boat couldn't help but apologize, turned around and left.

"What is going on?" Fatty Zhang couldn't help but feel more and more strange when he saw that this man could defeat the enemy with just one word.

"General, you don't know something. There is a lot of wealth on the sea. Anyone who goes to sea will benefit." The man hesitated for a moment, thinking that this person would be indispensable in the future, so he couldn't help but explain quickly.

"Some private goods may be included, or some trophies may be transported, just to name a few. It's just a bad rule on the water!"

"Bad rules on the water?" Fatty Zhang was originally a thief, so he didn't understand what he meant.

To put it bluntly, these people are actually using the public service for personal gain, or they use official ships to do some personal business, or they simply start a maritime smuggling business.

In the past, everyone turned a blind eye and closed one eye.

Naturally, hello to you, hello to me, and hello to everyone.

However, it was precisely because of this group of people that they were able to muddle through.

Seeing the Ming Navy's navy fooling around in this way, the fat man's mind, which was originally influenced by Penglai Water City, gained another three points of confidence.

"Okay, let's go!" Following Fatty Zhang's order, these dry ships slowly left Penglai Water City and arrived at the northeast corner in a short time.

Fatty Zhang saw that this place was remote and unprepared, so he quickly got off the boat.

As soon as his foot touched the ground, his somewhat anxious mind became calmer.

At the same time, the soldiers who disembarked with him also breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that he and his soldiers were all from Yansui. Although they had also been on boats, they also received certain water training after arriving in Tianjin.

However, they are still good at riding and shooting, but they are inferior to boats.

Although they seemed confident all the way, it was their first time to go out to sea so far away, and they felt really guilty.

Now that I can keep my feet on the ground, I am no longer afraid even if I encounter thousands of troops.

"Quick, hide them all, wait for the news!" Fatty Zhang saw the soldiers getting off the boat one after another. He shouted and ordered, "The spies quickly investigate the situation nearby and report to me as soon as possible!"

After all the soldiers disembarked, the spies explored the nearby situation. They came over and waited for a stick of incense. Suddenly they heard only one cannon shot, and then chaos broke out in the southwest direction of Shuicheng, with the sound of artillery and gunfire coming continuously.

"What's going on? Did the Ming thief come out of Dengzhou Mansion?" After a while, the spy ran back quickly, and Fatty Zhang asked quickly.

"The situation is a bit not good. I didn't see the Ming army fighting out of Dengzhou Mansion. Instead, I saw a fight in Penglai Water City!" The spy couldn't help but stammered.

"A fight started? Didn't you set a fire?" Didn't they agree to trick the water door into opening, and then let the fire boat go in first, and burn all the fire for him?

"I don't know, but I didn't see any fireworks!" the spy shook his head.

Fatty Zhang was stunned when he heard this. He turned his head and looked to the southwest. Sure enough, he saw a clear blue sky with no trace of black smoke on it.

"Oh no, we have been fooled by Huang Sunmao's grandson!" Everyone couldn't help but talk about it.

"No, if you were fooled, there shouldn't be sounds of fighting and artillery coming from the water city!" Fatty Zhang thought for a moment.

"Unfortunate things happen all the time in the world. It must have happened to Huang Sunmao. It seems we can't count on them!"

Don't tell me, Fatty Zhang's guess was pretty accurate.

It turned out that after Huang Sunmao saw off Fatty Zhang, he took a moment to wait and then led the navy towards Penglai Water City.

Not long after, they encountered a Ming military sentry ship.

Then Huang Sunmao "falsely claimed" that he had suffered a defeat, and returned to plead guilty to Chen Hongfan, the commander-in-chief of the coastal area.

The sentinel boat saw that half of his ships were missing, and without doubting his presence, he quickly led them to Penglai Water City.

When we arrived at Shuicheng, the city gates were wide open, and small boats were used to clear the way, followed by war ships.

Just as it happened, who would have thought that at this critical moment, a cannon shot was suddenly heard, and a patrol ship that had just entered suddenly turned its guns and fired at the fleet.

Before anyone could react, they heard someone shouting on the boat: "Huang Sunmao has rebelled, Huang Sunmao has rebelled, come back this time and prepare to seize the city!"

It didn't matter if he shouted, the whole water city suddenly became chaotic.

It turns out that this water city is divided into two parts, the inner and outer parts, with Shuimen as the boundary.

Outside is the Bohai Sea, but inside is a harbor where ships can be berthed and training can be carried out, called "Little Sea".

The main warships of the Denglai Navy are all anchored in this small sea.

According to Huang Sunmao's original plan, after being tricked into entering, a sudden attack by a fire ship would definitely turn the small sea into a sea of ​​fire.

Who would have thought that everything was going smoothly, but suddenly something like this happened.

It turned out that the person who was yelling was none other than Wang Gueryi, who had suffered a tragic defeat.

This king of guerrillas originally had two thousand soldiers under his command, but in the battle at Dagukou, Fatty Zhang burned them all and almost reduced them to a bare commander.

For suffering such a big loss, he did not blame himself, but instead blamed Huang Sunmao, the deputy military commander, and Fatty Zhang, the commander-in-chief of the rebel army in Tianjin.

According to common sense, since he has no soldiers or generals, nothing can be done wrong.

But no one expected that this guy, out of his desire to express his anger at others, would definitely get nothing out of him if he defected to the rebels and had no soldiers or generals.

Instead of doing this, it is better to counterattack, make a great contribution, and regain the trust and support of the coastal commander Chen Hongfan, so he suddenly launched an attack.

It didn't matter that he made an attack, which immediately caused the Ming army to forcefully close the water gate.

The water gate was already very narrow, so it didn't matter if it was closed, it immediately cut the navy under Huang Sunmao into two sections.

One section is blocked in the "small sea" and the other section is blocked outside the water gate.

As luck would have it, those who were blocked in the "small sea" were Bai Yongfu, Deputy General Liu, and General Wu Shen.

These three people were in a panic. When they saw something was wrong, they made a decisive decision and immediately launched a counterattack.

In this way, the two sides fought together in the narrow space of the "small sea", and only saw the other navy's confused faces.

"Quick, please come over, Mr. Chen. What's going on?" Everyone didn't know what was going on and couldn't help shouting.

It didn't matter what they yelled. Bai Yongfu immediately came to his senses. He also quickly asked his soldiers to shout: "Wang Guerba colluded with the 'shun thieves' and ruined two thousand soldiers!"

Sure enough, the shouting didn't matter, the chaos suddenly became more chaotic, and the entire Penglai Water City turned into a mess.