Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 699, like a broken bamboo

East of Annan, south of Guangxi, and west of Hainan in the Beibu Gulf, today is a rare good day, the wind is sunny, the sky is clear and cloudless.

On the sea surface of the Beibu Gulf, the sea was calm, and more than [-] huge ships formed an incomparably huge fleet, which set off from the Beihai Port and headed straight for the Red River Delta.

"Hundreds of boats compete for the flow, eagles strike the sky, fish fly in the shallow bottom, all kinds of frost compete for freedom, feel melancholy, ask the boundless world..."

Standing on the deck, looking at the mighty fleet in front of him, Liu Jin couldn't help but recited the poems of the great men of later generations, and immediately recited them unconsciously.

But when he read the question about the boundless land, Liu Jin turned off the fire all of a sudden, and he absolutely couldn't read the latter part of who is in charge of ups and downs, otherwise he would be dead.

"Liu Jin, this poem is not bad, what about the next part?"

Zhang Mao, who heard the wonderful part, saw that Liu Jin still had no words, and felt extremely uncomfortable. His heart was like a cat's paw scratching. He always felt uncomfortable, so he couldn't help asking.

"Can't think of it."

Liu Jin touched his head in embarrassment and said.

"Good words~"

Wang Shouren savored carefully, and immediately couldn't help admiring.

Combined with the mighty fleet in front of you and the seagulls soaring in the sky, it is very consistent.

"It's just a pity that there is no later part."

"Ahem, just talking nonsense, talking nonsense."

Liu Jin smiled awkwardly.

"Report~"

"An Nanguo fleet is found ahead!"

At this time, someone hurried over and asked Zhang Mao for instructions.

"Sink them all!"

Zhang Mao gave the order very decisively.

"Boom~"

Not long after his order was issued, the rumble of shelling could be faintly heard from the sea ahead.

There are [-] large ships, dozens of them are exclusive warships of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty, and all the other ships are merchant ships. Each ship is fully loaded with personnel and supplies, and the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty leads the way.

On the sea only a few tens of miles away from the boats Liu Jin, Zhang Mao and others were on, the Royal Navy fleet of the Ming Dynasty was constantly bombarding.

Annan's fleet, it was said to be a fleet, but there were only a dozen small ships, and at this time, they were like small flames in a storm, fleeing desperately on the sea.

"Boom~"

As the shells landed one after another, huge water columns rose up around the dozen or so small boats.

The artillery attacking them was really too much, too dense, like rain, the water column rising from the sea caused the originally calm sea to set off billowing waves.

"Quick~Quick~"

"Go back quickly and report to the king, the Ming people really launched an attack from the sea."

On more than a dozen small boats, the Annan people rowed desperately and fled desperately.

The Ming people actually launched an attack on Annan from the sea this time. It is conceivable that once this huge fleet appears in the Red River Delta, the entire Annan will be defeated quickly.

Most of Annan's troops were deployed to the Shiwanda Mountain in the north, and the core Red River Delta area was almost undefended and empty.

"Boom~"

However, before they had run far, dense shells covered them, and soon, a dozen small boats were all sent into the sea under the stormy artillery fire.

"What a terrible artillery!"

On a big ship, Sanada Nobumori couldn't help but widen his eyes, witnessing the scene in front of him, he was deeply shocked.

The attack of the Royal Navy of Ming Dynasty was really terrifying.

On the battleships, rows of cannons on the side opened fire at the same time, billowing white smoke shrouded the sea, under the attack of shells like raindrops, everything seemed so fragile.

"It's no wonder Daming is not afraid that our Wa and North Korea will be unfavorable to them. Facing such terrible artillery, what can swordsmanship be, no matter how good it is?"

"No matter how good the armor is, under the attack of such artillery, I'm afraid it will be crushed into meat."

Sanada Shinshou finally understood why Wa Kingdom lost to Daming, and the defeat was so complete. Facing such terrible artillery, who can resist it?

"Very fortunately, our country of Wa is now a vassal state of Daming, and our allegiance is to the emperor of Ming, and we are fighting for the crown prince of Ming!"

Then, Sanada Nobuyuki couldn't help feeling rejoicing in his heart, rejoicing that he was fighting for Da Mingzi.

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The mighty fleet hardly encountered any trouble along the way, and arrived at the Red River Delta very smoothly.

In the northwest of the Red River Delta, on the right bank of the Red River, Thang Long City, the entire Thang Long City was in complete chaos at this time. They were horrified to find that an extremely large fleet suddenly appeared on the vast sea. The child appeared on the surface of the sea and occupied the entire sea surface, scaring some people who went fishing to disembark and ran back desperately.

"Boom~Boom~"

Before the Annan people in Thang Long City could react, the large ships on the sea began to slowly turn around, aiming sideways at Thang Long City.

Then, accompanied by rumbling roars, bursts of white smoke rose up, and shells flew towards Shenglong City rapidly.

At the same time, on the sea surface, one after another large ships were constantly docking. From these large ships, a large number of Ming troops began to land. The army was surrounded.

After the second round of bombardment, the low city walls of Thang Long City were knocked down by terrifying artillery, and the Wan Ming Army took down this important town in the Red River Delta almost effortlessly.

After those Shenglong cities, the Ming army began to get busy quickly, moving down buckets of cement, and quickly built simple docks and ports to facilitate the berthing of ships and loading and unloading of goods.

Attacking Annan is different from conquering the Wa Kingdom. Wa Kingdom only needs them to surrender, so they can quickly gather troops to attack the core of the Wa Kingdom.

Annan, this time is to completely destroy Annan and restore Ming Dynasty's rule in Annan.

So it’s not just about simply letting Annan surrender. According to the plan formulated by Zhang Mao, Liu Jin, and Wang Shouren, everything in the entire Annan Houli Dynasty must be completely destroyed. It can facilitate the subsequent rule of Ming Dynasty.

The reason why they didn't rush to attack Annan's Tokyo (Hanoi) was mainly to give Annan some time to mobilize all the troops stationed in various places, and then wipe them out in one fell swoop, and the world will be settled in one battle.

Rising Dragon City is not far from Tokyo, only [-] miles, this area is flat Red River Delta area, there is no danger to defend, and it is very easy to kill.

The mighty army began to keep busy, building the port and building the port. At the same time, with [-] people as an army, each army quickly attacked various places around Shenglong City.

Wherever they passed, it was like wind and clouds, and the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves. In just a few days, the entire town at the mouth of the Red River Delta fell into the hands of the Ming army.

It was simpler and easier than imagined. The defense here was too weak. First came a round of artillery fire, and then the musketeers pressed up, and easily captured these areas near the Red River Delta.

In Annan's Tokyo Imperial Palace, Li Hui felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, walking up and down anxiously.

He has already received the news that the Ming army really launched an attack from the sea. In just a few days, the Dongdu County, the core of Annan, has almost fallen into the hands of the Ming army. Feng pointed directly at Tokyo.

"Everyone is talking about what to do now?"

Li Hui walked back and forth anxiously, quickly stopped and looked at the courtiers below and asked.

"Your Majesty, I thought that Daming just came here to teach us some lessons this time, and they didn't really want to destroy us Annan, so, take advantage of this time, send a mission to apologize to Daming."

Right Prime Minister Wu Shilian stood up and said that in his opinion, Daming was annoyed by Annan's side, so he would send a large army to expedition against Annan.

As long as Annan pleads guilty to Daming and expresses that he will not provoke Daming in the future, he feels that Daming will retreat soon. After all, Annan is a tasteless place for Daming, otherwise he would not have given up on Annan before. Therefore, there will be no Houli Dynasty.

"But what if Daming doesn't retreat?"

Li Hui thought for a while and asked again.

"We can also take this opportunity to delay the time. As long as we delay for a while, Annan's army can be mobilized from the north. Now our defense in Tokyo is empty. If they directly kill them, we will definitely not be able to defend them."

"But as long as our army is mobilized back, even if we can't defeat the Ming army, we can still hold on to the city and drag the Ming army down."

"The Ming army worked hard on an expedition, and the food and grass must not be sustainable. When the time comes, we send people to attack their rear and burn their food and grass, and the initiative will return to our hands."

"At that time, we might be able to annihilate these Ming troops in one fell swoop."

Wu Shilian said very confidently.

After listening to his words, everyone nodded their heads. Wu Shilian was not wrong. He just made judgments and deployments based on past experience. This strategy can also be said to be quite feasible.

An Nanguo needs time now, it needs time to dispatch the army from the north back, Tokyo's defenses are empty, once the Ming army directly attacks, it will soon fall completely.

As long as they can delay for some time, the initiative will return to their hands.

"Good~"

When Li Hui heard this, he frowned and loosened his brows. He thought for a while and said, "Wu Shilian, you are the one to negotiate. Bring all the gold, silver and jewelry from the treasury. No matter what method you use, at least hold me back tomorrow." Army five days, as long as five days, the army can be dispatched back from the north, and then we will settle accounts with these Ming troops."

　Some book friends said, why didn't they attack from the sea before?This question is very simple, just like why the mite Qing did not attack Beizhili from the Bohai Sea in history. Without powerful ships, the sea is a natural moat, but once you have ships, you can often attack your core directly~
　　
　
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