The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"No, just stick to the dock.

If an attack comes from the other side, you must defend the ferry with all your strength and not take even one step back. "

Li Ruzhang's order undoubtedly pushed his guerrilla battalion to the front line. The guerrilla general did not believe that his previous words were false, and the Lujiang City garrison on the opposite side rebelled and surrendered to the enemy.

Thinking of this, his face turned pale instantly.

His position, with Lujiang City supporting him in front, was naturally quite safe, but now the situation was different.

Maybe in the afternoon, the rebels from the opposite side will come over.

"Major General, you have seen me here. With just a few people, in such an important position, can I withstand the attack of the rebels on the opposite side?

When will reinforcements from the direction of Baoshan City arrive?

Otherwise, we will never be able to hold the ferry. "

The guerrilla was also furious and said hurriedly.

No matter what the final result is, put the difficulties out first. If you can hold on, you will definitely run away.

Just as the guerrilla general was complaining to Li Ruzhang at the dock, the ship carrying the Xianfu family had already docked on the opposite side.

"Come quickly and help."

The leading servant stood at the bow of the ship, looked at the familiar guard, and shouted hurriedly.

"Brother Zhang, you're here."

The dock guards were all soldiers around Xian Gui, so they naturally knew some of the powerful servants in Xian Gui's mansion. They came over to say hello immediately, and did not forget to call the man to the gangplank for the people on the boat to disembark.

The leading servant is Zhang San. Because he has been with Mr. Online for a long time, he still has a lot of say in the house.

"Well, if you have any horses, prepare a horse for me quickly. I want to go to the city to report the news."

Zhang San looked back at the empty river. The Ming army on the other side did not pursue him. That was okay, but the news had to be reported to his master immediately.

Baoshan City already knew that something happened in Lujiang City, and the Ming army would definitely not come to intercept and kill them.

Although he didn't know what happened in Lujiang City that attracted Zhui's attention, he had done a great job in bringing the masters of the Xian Mansion back safely, but he had to go to the master's house to show off and ask for points first. award.

"Yes, yes, I'll call someone over right away."

When the guard leader heard that he wanted a horse, of course he agreed wholeheartedly.

"Hey, madam, the young master is also on board."

At this time, Xiangui's wife and son also came out of the cabin and stood on the deck waiting to disembark.

Naturally, the soldiers of the Xian Mansion were no strangers to them, and their current attitude was even more respectful.

In fact, they originally had carriages and horses, but in order to cross the river quickly, they didn't need any of these things and threw them directly on the other side of the river.

The dock is not far from Lujiang City. After the horses arrived, other servants were arranged to escort the family members of the mansion. Zhang San got on the horse and ran towards the city.

Ordinarily, if nothing else happened along the way, they should have returned here around noon today, so Xian Laosan was still sleeping with the beauty in his arms at the house, and did not come to the dock to pick her up at all.

Who would have thought that they would be discovered and the army would be sent to intercept them.

When Zhang San appeared outside the house, he scared Xian Laosan, who was still sleeping, half to death.

"What's going on? Where are my sister-in-law and my wife-in-law?"

Not even bothering to put on his clothes, leaving the soft jade and warm fragrance in his arms, Xian Laosan got off the bed and hurriedly opened the door. When he saw Zhang San, he asked.

"Third Master, my wife and young master are both on the pier. It's a dangerous journey, wuwuwu."

After saying this, Zhang San started to cry, but he still didn't forget to tell his credit first.

"Cry your ass and cry your ass off."

Hearing that his family was fine, Xian Laosan was not so flustered. He yelled at Zhang San, then softened his tone and continued to ask: "Nothing happened along the way, right?"

"Third Master, we were fine at first, but we didn't expect that after we turned back and bypassed Baoshan City, we were discovered by the Ming army for some reason.

In order to ensure the safety of my wife and young master, while we fought tooth and nail to protect our wife and young master, we could only throw the few carts of property on the road so that those Qiu Ba could rob them and buy time for us to escape. "

Zhang San said with tears.

"All those carts of stuff were lost?"

Xian Laosan felt a pain in his body. Those three cars were made of gold and silver and were worth a lot of money.

"Is everyone okay?"

However, Xian Laosan still knows that money is an external possession. Compared with his son, his wife is actually not that important, let alone money.

"The madam and the young master are all fine. They were just a little frightened."

Zhang San quickly wiped away his tears and said.

"Okay, I'll reward you well later. You arranged to set up a car and go to the pier to pick up people."

Xian Laosan knew that the person was fine, so he put his heart into his stomach.

If money is lost, it is lost. When the army of Burmese King Mang Yinglong captures Baoshan City, there will be a chance to get all those things back.

Besides, the supplies hoarded outside the city are worth a lot of money as long as they can be sold.

"Go and set up the car. Master, I need to freshen up."

Xian Laosan ordered.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

Zhang San stood up hurriedly and said.

Xian Laosan was getting ready to go out, but he didn't forget to pass the news to his eldest brother Xian Gui.

As a result, they were stopped by people around Xian Gui before they left the house, and Zhang San was brought to Sui Gui.

After some inquiries, Xiangui immediately made arrangements.

The first thing is to cut off the connection with the riverside. The twenty or so boats moored at the dock must be controlled, and the Ming army on the east coast must not be allowed to spread the news.

After all, there are still troops loyal to the Ming court in Lujiang City, but they are scattered and arranged to defend the north and south gates.

These generals must be dealt with today.

Xian Gui has already thought about summoning them at noon and taking them down directly. Those who resist will be killed on the spot.

Second, we must contact the Burmese army as soon as possible and report the situation here to the Burmese king.

Xian Gui has received news just now that the main vanguard of the Burmese army seems to have arrived. Today, the Burmese army camp outside the city is too lively. There is smoke and dust in the distance to the west of the city. Obviously, a large army is approaching.

Outside the city of Pegu in the south of Myanmar, it is already cold and windy, and murderous aura is everywhere. Teams of Ming troops have already lined up outside the city, ready to fight at any time.

In front of the four square teams, six red cannons were moved to the front and set up, and the black muzzles were aimed at the low city walls of Pegu City.

Although the enemy's walls were easy to climb, Yu Dayou did not intend to do so and took the ant-like siege method to capture Pegu City.

Admittedly, this expedition to Myanmar had the intention of using the Feilong Kingdom rebels as cannon fodder, but he did not intend to consume them in vain.

Before seeing Toungoo City, I didn't know what the big city looked like. If it was the same as the cities protected by tall walls of the Ming Dynasty, then it would be time to use them.

Therefore, Yu Dayou would not waste these troops.

For the city in front of him, the best way is to directly bombard the city gate tower with artillery, and directly lead the army into the city through the gap.

"Hehe, Marshal, it's almost done, and all the troops have been deployed."

Deputy General Wang Zhao rode a horse and followed Yu Dayou. He was originally arranged to command the navy, but Wang Zhao also wanted to see the first battle of landing, so he did not return to the warship, but followed him to the outside of Pegu City.

Fortunately, it was not far from the sea, so Yu Dayou did not force him to go back to the ship to watch.

The Ming navy has sent patrol boats to the direction of Mawlamyine and Dagon to monitor the military situation on the sea.

Moreover, with the strength of the South China Sea navy, to be honest, Yu Dayou is not worried about what the Burmese army can do with those broken ships.

Myanmar has no navy at all, only some small patrol boats operating near the port.

It is just wishful thinking to fight a naval battle with the Ming army.

In fact, in this era, if the European naval power is not taken into account, only Japan has a military force that can barely be regarded as a navy around the Ming Dynasty. The Korean navy is not worth paying attention to, but just a few dozen broken ships.

Inheriting the system of the Ming Dynasty, Korea also established a navy, but Korea learned all the good and bad of the Ming Dynasty, and did not pay enough attention to the navy. This is also the reason why Japan can easily transport more than 100,000 people ashore without encountering fierce resistance when entering Korea.

The Korean Peninsula is mountainous in the north and flat in the south near the sea, which is suitable for marching. Japan's original offensive plan was a ground attack, and the navy transported food and supplies along the coast to support the army.

Facing the Japanese navy that served as a transport team, the Korean navy was completely vulnerable.

Letting Wang Zhao take charge of the navy was actually more about worrying about the Portuguese involvement than worrying about Myanmar's actions.

During the few days of rest in Pegu Port, Yu Dayou already knew that the Burmese king Mang Yinglong had a good relationship with the Portuguese. Earlier, Mang Ruiti had established trade relations with the Portuguese for more than 20 years.

During this period, Mang Ruiti and Mang Yinglong also bought some firearms from the Portuguese.

It's just that the Portuguese asked for too high a price, and the number of firearms purchased by the Burmese army was very small, almost negligible.

However, even with limited firearms, Mang Yinglong also took them to participate in the battle to conquer Siam, and it is said that they performed well.

Not only that, it is said that Mang Yinglong also hired a Portuguese mercenary from Shalian when he went to the Ming Dynasty. The number of people was about two or three hundred, with three cannons.

The Portuguese cannons mentioned by the Burmese people, after Yu Dayou learned about it in detail, were actually just small bronze cannons, but for the Southeast Peninsula, they were indeed cannons.

Moreover, if this kind of small cannon is bought in Japan, it is said that they call this kind of small cannon a national collapse, which indicates the power to destroy a country.

In fact, the so-called national collapse in Japan at this time is strictly speaking more like a mortar, which is similar to the tiger squat cannon, but a cannon with a larger caliber, or a flamethrower.

According to Japanese historical materials, Kenshin Uesugi's retainers developed a cylindrical firearm called "Yamaguchi-ryu Sacred Artifact Cannon", the original is still preserved, but it is just a simple cannon similar to the matchlock gun.

They enlarged the caliber of the iron cannon and made it with different calibers, and the Japanese also called the small stone fire arrows "fire arrow tubes".

In fact, the so-called Kunibo is a short-barreled projectile weapon with a large caliber and a short range. It is loaded with iron sand, gravel and other ammunition. Although it looks similar to a mortar, it plays a role in killing people. It is somewhat similar to China's earth cannon and pine tree cannon.

Now Japan still has performances of releasing large guns. This large gun is actually a small "fire arrow cannon", which can barely be regarded as a small Kunibo.

It is said that in November 1586, Shimazu Iehisa personally led 2,500 soldiers and horses to besiege the Nibujima Castle where Otomo Sorin lived in seclusion.

Although Nibujima is a strong city surrounded by water, it seems extremely vulnerable in front of the Shimazu army that swept across Kyushu.

Fortunately, the Nibushima Castle was equipped with the most advanced cannon of the Otomo clan, the "Kokubeng". Although the elderly Otomo Sorin was in seclusion, he showed his heroic qualities at this critical moment.

Faced with the fact that the number of soldiers in the castle was limited and the morale of the Shimazu army was high, Otomo Sorin ordered Takemiya Yoshizane to fire the "Kokubeng" placed in the castle.

After a cannon shot, the Shimazu army fell into chaos.

It was precisely because of the difficulty of attacking the Nibu Usuki Castle and the fighting of the Otomo family generals that the Otomo family waited for the arrival of the Kyushu expeditionary army of the Toyotomi family.

With such a relationship between Myanmar and the Portuguese, Yu Dayou had to consider whether the Portuguese would secretly support Myanmar. Although Mang Yinglong was not in Toungoo City and it was difficult to reach any agreement with the Portuguese, he had to guard against their intervention.

In fact, if the Portuguese were determined to intervene and assembled more than ten armed merchant ships nearby, it would be enough for the Ming navy to drink a pot.

After all, the Ming Dynasty had too few gunboats and could only win by relying on the advantage of numbers and using traditional tactics.

Although this style of fighting has been proven to be effective, and the two naval battles during the Zhengde period proved the results, Yu Dayou did not want his carefully trained navy to be consumed.

"Then let's start."

After hearing Wang Zhao's words, Yu Dayou looked at the Ming army in formation and finally spoke.

As he gave orders, the military flags behind him began to shake rhythmically, and began to give orders to the Ming army in front.

Soon, the small flags on the artillery formation also began to dance, as if in response.

As the gunners were busy, the small flag officers holding the small flags in front of each cannon waved forward, and the gunners finally ignited the fuse.

"Boom boom boom"

After six deafening cannon shots, the tower of the south gate of Pegu City was suddenly filled with smoke, and rubble flew everywhere, blowing the Burmese army standing on the top of the city ready to resist the Ming army's siege to the ground, and immediately chaos broke out.

When the smoke cleared, three gravel pits appeared on the city wall, which were the impact points of the three cannons, and two tall battlements were knocked down. The chaos on the tower just now was caused by this.

"The Ming army is mighty, and the Ming will win"

Seeing the results of the six cannons, several soldiers in the Ming army square formation under the city shouted excitedly.

It is difficult to directly blow down the low city wall with cannons, but it is obviously effective to hit the city gate tower.

As long as the tower is knocked down and the city gate is open, they can enter the city from here, which is much safer than climbing the city wall.

The Ming army did not have the habit of capturing prisoners to attack the city during the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. Although such tactics seem vicious, they were very effective when used by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

Not only can it hit the enemy's morale, but it can also consume the enemy's defensive materials and deter the enemy.

This is also the reason why the Mongols must first capture a large number of people outside the city as the vanguard to climb the city when they have to climb the city as a method of breaking the city.

"Keep firing."

Yu Dayou looked at the result of the first bombardment. It seemed that one shell missed the target. It might have flown into the city wall or hit the base of the city wall. Anyway, it was unclear where it hit.

He gave a faint command.