Qiming 1158

Chapter 700 Mingzhou Navy was wiped out
While Li Bao was wrestling with the soldiers of the Ming army, the others on the boat were also fighting for their lives amid the loud explosions.

They were gradually covered with flaming ships, and it was unclear whether it was from the Ming army or the Song army.

Many warships were burning violently, and the thick black smoke obscured the sky, so that the light from the sky that had just lit up could not pierce the thick darkness.

The cruelty of war, even the light of the sky can't be pierced, is evident from this.

In the end, the Ming army navy fought more and less. Song army warships were sunk one by one, captured one by one, and burned down one by one. Song army sailors died either on the boat or in the water. Still dead on the shore, burnt to death.

The Ming army became more and more brave, and several ships surrounded a Song army warship, including Li Bao's flagship.

The flagship slowed down because it crashed into a Ming army warship, and was soon targeted by more Ming army warships, approaching. Ming army warships scrambled to fight against Li Bao's flagship, either besieged, or simply After the gang jumping operation, more and more Ming soldiers rushed to Li Bao's flagship and fought desperately with the Song soldiers on board.

It can be said that these Song soldiers are both heroic and tenacious. They are tenaciously fighting against more and more Ming soldiers, tit for tat, without flinching, and their fighting strength is also bursting with the desire to survive.

It's a pity that the two fists can't match the four hands. In the face of this increasing number of Ming soldiers, the soldiers of the Song army are gradually exhausted, unable to continue fighting, and finally die one by one.

Either he was pierced in the chest, or his body was cut off, or his head was chopped off, and he lost his life. In the end, Song Bing on the flagship was wiped out, and only Li Bao, who was covered in blood, was still wielding a knife. .

The soldiers of the Ming army gradually surrounded Li Bao, who was stubbornly resisting. Li Bao turned a blind eye and slashed at all the Ming soldiers he could see.

In the end, Li Bao didn't even have the strength to swing a knife, and the soldiers of the Ming army saw his extraordinary costume and knew that it was a big fish, so instead of killing him, they surrounded him and tried to capture him alive.

Everyone knows that the level of credit for killing an enemy general is different from capturing an enemy general alive.

Looking at the Ming army soldiers in a circle around him, Li Bao realized that all the soldiers around him had been killed and he was the last one.

Li Bao hated, grieved, and blamed himself.

He hated the cruelty and cunning of the Ming army, grieved the death of his subordinates, and blamed himself for his incompetence.

If I could think about it a bit more, notice the movements of the Ming army, and realize that the Ming army might attack Dinghai port from the land to break the deadlock, maybe the ending would not be like this.

But now it is useless to think too much, there is no if in the world.

The Mingzhou navy is over, the gate of Suzhou is opened, Lin'an is in danger, the emperor is in danger, and the Song Dynasty is in danger.

But he suddenly remembered that he had promised Yue Fei that no matter what, no matter how difficult it was, no matter how difficult it was, he would kill thieves for the country, no matter what.

Only now, he is finally coming to an end.

The original Yue family army no longer exists, the old army is scattered, the death of death, the retreat of retreat, the only one left of the generals who continue to serve in the army after Yue Fei's death, and if he ends here, then the Yue family army is really no longer exists.

Li Bao recalled his life with all kinds of emotions.

After a while, he sniffed, reached out and wiped his face, looked up at the soldiers of the Ming Army who surrounded him, and heard the sound of flames burning wood in his ears.

He knew that these Ming army soldiers wanted to capture him to make military exploits, but he, Li Bao, would not have been a prisoner of the Jin people back then, and naturally he would not be a prisoner of the Ming people now.

"I know what you want, but I didn't bow to the golden thief back then, and I won't bow to you now. There are no cowards under General Yue's subordinates. I, Li Bao, also followed General Yue, so I am definitely not a coward!"

He shook his body, barely stood up, then put his hands on the knife and took a few breaths to calm his breathing.

"Put down the knife!"

A Ming army officer roared.

Li Bao gave him a contemptuous look.

"I said that I didn't bend my knees back then, and I won't bend my knees now. Take my corpse for credit!"

Li Bao sneered coldly, and slashed himself with a knife at a lightning speed.

His movements were fast, to the point that the soldiers closest to him were too late to stop him.

Li Bao's body swayed a few times, then fell softly to the ground, twitched a few times, and stopped moving.

Li Bao's death was, of course, the end of the Mingzhou Navy's annihilation.

On the sea where black smoke covered the sky and the sun, the Ming army navy achieved a complete victory in the battle against the Song navy, completely destroying the Mingzhou navy.

In this battle, the Ming army captured more than 110 warships of the Song army and captured more than [-] Song sailors.

At this time, it was April [-]. The Ming army had not yet crossed the Yangtze River at this moment, and the navy had completely wiped out the main naval forces of the Southern Song Dynasty, opening the Suzhou Ocean Passage, which could directly threaten Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, considering that he had only [-] troops in his hands, it was certainly a lore to use in water battles, but it was slightly insufficient in land battles.

Nonetheless, if strategic deterrence can be achieved, it might be possible to coordinate the army's actions, making Song Ting's defense collapse faster.

As he said, Kong Zhende reorganized his army after his great victory. On the morning of April [-], he led the main force of the navy and began to march towards Lin'an, preparing for a wave of strategic deterrence against the Southern Song Dynasty.

After eliminating the Mingzhou navy, the Ming army navy in the Suzhou Yang area has been unimpeded and unstoppable, and there is no need to worry about logistical problems.

First, they were on the water, and second, they captured Dinghai County by defeating the Mingzhou navy.

Kong Zhende led the navy all the way to Lin'an through Suzhou Ocean, and it was also a process in which the news of the demise of the Song army's navy and the opening of the water portal was continuously passed on to Lin'an.

The two sides moved forward at almost the same time, Kong Zhende did not stop, and the news did not stop passing through the post system.

So almost on the evening of April [-], the news of the annihilation of the Mingzhou navy and the great victory of the Ming navy was rushed to Lin'an.

In the early morning of April [-]th, Kong Zhende led the main force of the Ming army navy to the Hangzhou Bay area, and found a team of warships that Song Ting was preparing in the waters of Hangzhou Bay, which seemed to be used to expand the naval force. of.

Of course, needless to say, Kong Zhende gave an order, and the Ming army sailors swarmed up, using both long-range and short-range strikes. It took one morning and one noon, and the Ming army navy wiped out all of them. There were about 200 warships. The ship's new navy has not yet been completed.

The road to Lin'an suddenly became clear. As long as Kong Zhende was willing, he could lead the navy soldiers to land and go to Lin'an to attack the imperial capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, this choice is not very realistic for Kong Zhende, because according to the information, the number of the forbidden army in Lin'an Sanya is about [-], and he only has [-] sailors.

Still, he wasn't going to sit here and wait for the Ming army to arrive, and he decided to do what he could.

For example, by blocking the Hangzhou Bay and capturing the merchant fleet to attack the maritime commerce of the Southern Song Dynasty, obstructing the maritime trade operations of the Southern Song Dynasty, thereby hitting the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Jiaxing Prefecture, north of Hangzhou Bay, was an important salt-producing area in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Sailors could not fight against Lin'an's [-] Sanya Forbidden Army, but by attacking a Jiaxing prefecture, destroying the salt-producing areas of the Southern Song Dynasty, and destroying the official salt system, they could also gain a favorable position for the smuggling of salt from Ming to the Southern Song Dynasty.

When the garrison was in Haizhou, Kong Zhende also heard that the Southern Song Dynasty restricted the import of private salt in the Ming Kingdom by cracking down on the private salt dealers in Chuzhou, thus affecting the financial revenue of Daming. He was very dissatisfied with this and decided to take this opportunity. Violently clean up the Southern Song Dynasty.

As soon as he said it, Kong Zhende first sent ships from the water to block the way of sea ships from Suzhou Ocean to Lin'an, and then sent a fleet to search and capture the merchant fleet of the Southern Song Dynasty in the entire Suzhou Ocean area.

When they saw the merchant fleet, they rushed up to capture them without saying a word. People caught them, and all the goods became trophies, in order to deter the maritime trade routes of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The other is to send people to land and destroy several large salt fields in the coastal area of ​​Jiaxing Prefecture, arrest salt workers, and destroy institutions, so as to destroy the official salt system of the Southern Song Dynasty and make it face the dilemma of lack of official salt.

Even if they can't attack Lin'an directly, they still have to make Song people feel unbearable!
(End of this chapter)