Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 195

At that time, the sun was approaching the West Mountain, and the sunset glow covered most of the sky, and the entire Yangtze River seemed to be dyed red.

Hundreds of warships, flying the flag of Ming Dynasty, rammed their horns ferociously, revealing incomparably terrifying strength.

The cannons, revealing the black muzzles, looked extremely shocking.

The soldiers and horses in Zuozhen had to bite the bullet and had to use their warships to face the battle head-on.

early stage.

Taking advantage of more than a year of training, the Zuo Army fought against the Qin Army with ease. Although it was at a disadvantage, it did not show signs of decline.

But after the mid-term, the Qin army didn't talk about tradition, and directly used artillery and muskets.

This made the left army, who was accustomed to fighting on the springboard and trying to counterattack by using the superiority of numbers, suffer a lot.

Compared with the sea, the Yangtze River is relatively narrow, and the advantages of artillery are extremely obvious.

Not long after the ships approached, they were bombarded.

"Boom--"

With the sunset, the Yangtze River turned blood red.

Countless ship boards scattered, and a large number of left troops were forced to fall into the water.

"Get them up!"

You Shiwei opened his eyes wide, grinned, thought over and over again, and then said.

He remembered what the King of Hanyang said before leaving, that this battle was to frighten Nanjing and win people's hearts.

The generals on the deck were all surprised.

"Controlling, taking these people, wouldn't it be food for nothing?"

Bai Wang was puzzled, he didn't have a good impression of Zuozhen soldiers and horses, they were more like bandits than their intruders.

"There is a lot of land vacant in the Huguang area, and the Military and Political Department needs to build a military station, which just needs manpower."

You Shiwei said in a deep voice, and gave a suitable excuse.

The generals nodded reluctantly.

It makes sense to please the Military and Political Secretary and the King of Hanyang.

As a result, just after saving a few thousand people, the dozens of warships in the back row could no longer restrain their panic about the artillery, and turned their heads to surrender.

As a result, the Jiujiang water battle, which was second only to the Poyang Lake water battle during the founding period, and the battle of more than [-] people, was almost completely over in less than an hour.

It ended with the surrender of the left army navy.

And Zuo Liangyu, together with a group of generals, stood at the head of Jiujiang City, watching their own defeat.

"The Qin army is really hateful, there are so many artillery."

Ma Jinzhong gritted his teeth.

Today's artillery is used in infantry, and the cost is too high, and no one can play with it.

No one expected that the Qin army would place artillery on the ships.

The way of thinking is different, how did the springboard beat the artillery?
Without seeing the sea ships of the Xiyi people, no matter how hard they think, they can't face the refitted warships.

In this way, they can only be beaten to pieces.

Facing such a situation, Zuo Liangyu was not as irritable as before.

Standing tall and looking far, he has already understood that this war is a subversive battle, and he will not be wronged if he loses.

Having said that, he still boosted morale: "There are still tens of thousands of people in Jiujiang City, enough food and grass for two months, and the hinterland of Jiangxi behind, we will never lose."

"I have sent people to the court to find Governor Lu, and I will never condone the Qin army."

Immediately, Zuo Liangyu endured the heartache and handed out 50,000 taels of silver, barely boosting morale.

Huang Shu, the supervisor and censor at the side, sighed and said, "Two days ago, the imperial court has now appointed He Tengjiao as the governor of Huguang. I am afraid it is to restrict the king of Hanyang."

"You mean, shake the mountain to shake the tiger, and kill the chicken to scare the monkey?"

Zuo Liangyu was taken aback for a moment, but suddenly realized.

"My uncle, I actually became that chicken!"

Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu couldn't restrain the fury in his heart anymore: "If he takes it, I will give it to him. A king of Yu, who has been tossing about for two months and made me suffer. What a bunch of bastards."

The generals under his command couldn't help complaining, this is really an unwarranted disaster.

He looked down on the Nanjing court at first, but now he is becoming more and more alienated.

However, this explanation made their thoughts of escaping from Jiujiang less and less.

If you stick to Jiujiang, there is still the imperial court to ease the trouble; once you escape, you will have to deal with both sides, and you will really be doomed.

With this in mind, the Qin army took over the captured navy in an orderly manner, and calmly gained a firm foothold on land.

After working until midnight, You Shiwei met Zuo Liangyu's special envoy - Huang Shu.

As the censor of the supervising army, Huang Shu previously served as an official in Kaifeng. He was forced to take the blame for the crime of digging the Yellow River and suffered impeachment, all supported by Zuo Liangyu.

It can be said that both he and Zuo Liangyu were damaged, so they had to come.

"General You, Zuo Hou is willing to give 100,000 taels to reward the army."

"Reward the army?"

You Shiwei smiled: "Isn't it because you want me to withdraw?"

"The general's eyes are like pearls!" Huang Shu laughed awkwardly.

"A mere 100,000 taels, are you begging?"

You Shiwei got up violently, and said coldly: "Without the military order of King Hanyang, I will never retreat."

Huang Shu's face was stiff.

"However, if Zuo Hou gives up Jiujiang City, there is some discussion."

How could Huang Shu agree to this condition?

Now that Zuo Liangyu's vitality is seriously injured, he might not even be able to defeat the imperial court.

As a member of the Donglin Party, Huang Shu certainly understood that Zuo Liangyu was a dog of the Donglin Party, an unruly dog.

Once it has no use value, it will definitely be eaten up and wiped out, and he will also be unlucky.

So, back to the original point.

Qin Jun was also unambiguous.

After finishing the military stronghold overnight, they began to besiege Jiujiang City.

Moreover, the implementation of human heart warfare.

Ordinary people and merchants are allowed to come and go, but Zuozhen soldiers and horses are not allowed to come and go.

In this way, Jiujiang has no shortage of food and clothing, and the remaining left army is imprisoned.

Usually outside the city, but now forced to shrink back inside the city, the Zuoying, whose military discipline was lax, couldn't bear it, and took action one after another.

Now, the people in the city used all means to flee out of the city.

Zuo Liangyu let it go. With fewer people, he would have a lot of extra food and it would be easier to stick to it.

Instead, because the people left the city, they plundered a lot of gold and silver.

This siege lasted seven days.

Qin Jun was waiting for the arrival of the red artillery, while Zuo Zhen was waiting for the court's rescue.

Finally, on the eighth day of November, the newly appointed governor of Huguang, He Tengjiao, and the governor of Jiangxi, Lu Daqi, led tens of thousands of people to Jiujiang to help in the battle.

For a while, it seemed that there were three pillars.

And seeing the reinforcements from the imperial court, You Shiwei was happy:
"It's finally here, and I'm not in vain for my painstaking efforts."

"Take out our red-clothed cannons, and let the people in the court open their eyes."

Whoa!
Ten huge red cannons, with their icy barrels, swaggered out outside Jiujiang City.

Just like what Zuo Liangyu said, kill chickens to scare monkeys and knock mountains to shake tigers.

However, killing chickens from a long distance is not as effective as watching them from a close distance?

You Shiwei knew the civil servants best, each of them seemed like Zhuge Liang was alive, but ninety-nine out of ten people would be scared out of their wits in case of danger.

The reason why he kept Jiujiang City was to let the imperial court truly see how powerful it was.

Now, the opportunity has come.

　sorry for being late

　　
　
(End of this chapter)