I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 461: Follow Wang Xuance’s old wisdom

Chapter 490

The sea is like a moody shrew, turning its face whenever it wants. While the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force fleet was busy preparing to deal with the storm, the storm had quietly struck.

The sky didn't look like it was covered by dark clouds, but rather like some mischievous god poured down large buckets of ink from the clouds and then rinsed it with a mop. In a blink of an eye, it was as black as the bottom of a pot, sinking heavily to the surface of the sea. superior.

"Rumble..."

The thunder god's roar shocked everyone's eardrums, and the whip of thunder tore through the dark sky and hit people's heads. The dark sea surface was illuminated by the bright light of lightning, and then fell into deeper darkness.

"Boom... boom boom!!!"

The violent sounds of thunder continued one after another, deafening, and the sky was constantly illuminated by lightning, as if all the lightning in the sky was gathering here.

The sky trembled with the sound of thunder, as if an angry god was standing in the clouds, throwing extremely powerful thunder and lightning one after another at the fleet sailing on the sea.

The sea also went crazy. The wind on the sea changed from a breeze to a strong wind in a short period of time. It pushed the waves with terrifying power to form stacks of wave crests. The group rushed towards the fleet like a charge. The roar of the strong wind and The roar of the waves echoes with the rumble of thunder. The power of heaven and earth is enough to turn the bravest people into cowards!

The powerful fleet had no ability to resist in the face of the storm, and was overwhelmed in the first round. Some warships were even washed up on the deck by the waves, and water was poured in from every place where water could enter, forming a rather spectacular small formation. Fall!

Every plank on every battleship groaned, and the sound of cracking could be faintly heard. Every soldier turned pale with fear, and some even screamed: "We are finished!"

The Indian Ocean seemed determined to give them a blow. The wind was getting stronger and stronger. Even if the fleet lowered the sails immediately, the warships were still running uncontrollably on the sea. At that speed, they could not stop at all.

The heavy rain was pouring down, and there was a vast expanse of white between the sky and the earth. It was impossible to distinguish the east, west, and north. Lightning was lingering in the rain curtain, and the rain also brought electric sparks. No warship could escape its blow.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Zhixiang suddenly realized that the storm seemed to have passed, but the problem was that he did not see a Ming warship in his surroundings.

"Send a signal flare and tell the surrounding warships to move closer to me immediately!"

"Yes!"

"call out……"

A red firework soared into the sky. Warships tens or even twenty nautical miles away should be able to see this movement. However, after half an hour, there was still no reaction.

"What a damn bad start!"

Li Fang discovered that this storm caused varying degrees of damage to sixteen warships of the Da Yuan fleet. As for the Lushun fleet, it was even worse than the Da Yuan fleet, with a total of 21 warships damaged. Fortunately, the problem was not too big. The battleships are being drained, and the damaged battleships are also being repaired urgently.

But the problem is that as the flagship of this expedition to India, Li Zhixiang's ship "Luoyang" battleship has lost its trace.

Chen Dachun's eldest nephew, Chen Fugui, who often cursed, has indeed surpassed Chen Dachun in military rank. He is now serving as the operational staff officer of the large fleet, Lieutenant Colonel.

Chen Fugui said: "We won't be so unlucky, right? In our first expedition, we still want to get off to a good start. If we lose the Navy Commander, then even if we destroy India, we still won't be able to make up for this big mistake!"

Since the establishment of the Ning Haijun Navy, no high-level general has been killed in combat. What's more, Li Zhixiang is still serving as the chief of the navy. His rank is a person who can get the marshal's scepter. What should I do if I lose the navy marshal? Nothing too much.

"What the hell is going to happen!"

Li Fang smiled bitterly and said: "Order all undamaged battleships to disperse immediately and quickly search for the Luoyang battleship!"

However, the problem is that there was no news for one day, and still no news for two days. Until half a month later, there was still no news. Li Fang was desperate. He ordered all the warships to let him, the commander of the fleet, serve as the acting commander and stop Search for the Luoyang and attack India.

So more than 200 warships headed towards India.

However, it was not until they approached the mainland that the Venetian pilots discovered that they had actually lost their way. Originally, the Ming Dynasty's plan was to directly attack Calcutta and Chennai, but it turned out that they had actually arrived in Tamil, southern India.

"It's not considered lost, just make sure it's India!"

Li Fang looked at the dense forest in front of him and said, "Is this place rich?"

"It's not bad, slightly worse than the North!"

"Look for the landing site and prepare to land!"

Navarre is a Tamil, the son of a powerful chief. He has been brave and aggressive since he was a child. He has often gone to the battlefield to fight. He has never stopped the conflicts between his tribe and other tribes. Everyone participated. With his desperate style and brute strength, he became famous at a young age, and no one in the entire tribe dared to mess with him.

In the past few years, both the Tamil Kingdom and the Sinhalese Kingdom were exhausted from fighting. In addition, the European colonists were pressing forward step by step, and they had to join forces to fight against the enemy. However, no war broke out for a year or two, and Pulam Pillai was The tribe also reached a reconciliation with the tribe that had been their enemies. The aggressive Navarre suddenly couldn't find an opponent who could satisfy his addiction to fighting, which made him very depressed.

Just when he was extremely depressed, one of his subordinates reported to him: "Countless large ships are coming and they are starting to land!"

Navarre asked subconsciously: "Is it the white devil?"

"It's different this time! Those people are yellow men with black hair and black eyes!"

“As long as it’s not a white devil!”

Navarre immediately became interested: "Let the warriors from the tribe attack and kill those bastards!"

Apart from the losses suffered by white people, Navarre is not afraid of other people.

So Navarre summoned nearly three thousand tribal warriors and lectured them: "The arrival of the white people has disrupted our lives. They have invaded our land and hunted our tribesmen, young and old, old and children. Don't let go, they are all demons! But we are not afraid of them. Our warriors are more than the grass on the wasteland, the courage of our young men dwarfs the most ferocious beasts, and we have also obtained a large number of sacred horses from the white people. War horses, kill all the intruders.”

"Kill all the intruders!"

More than [-] Tamil heavy cavalry rushed towards the landing site of the Ming Navy.

"Boom boom boom..."

The movement of more than [-] cavalrymen was still very loud, like rolling thunder, approaching from far away. At first, they didn't think it was anything, but when it reached their ears, it was shocking and dizzying.The Ming Navy Army Corps, which was busy establishing a beach position, jumped up suddenly and looked away, only to see a puff of smoke rolling towards this side, coming very fast!

"Whoa..."

A red firework soared into the sky in the distance, which was a signal of the enemy's attack. Seeing this scene, the Ming Marine Corps immediately set up artillery, carried Chongzhen [-]-year-old bolt-action rifles, and began to prepare rocket shells.

"The enemy is coming, prepare to fight!"

The first ones to react were actually the warships that had not yet completed the landing. With the current artillery range of the Ming warships, the beach positions of more than ten miles were within the range of the naval guns.

"boom……"

A four-inch naval gun fired first, and the shell flew out with a piercing scream, hitting the middle of the Tamil cavalry and exploding into a ball of orange-red fireball. Sharp shrapnel flew everywhere at explosive speed, tearing apart the huge body of the war horse. , releasing a large amount of blood, a good horse fell down suddenly, immediately tripping the horse behind it.

Then more naval guns fired shells at the cavalry position. The shells blew up the Tamil cavalry and knocked them off their feet. Unfortunately, the Ming Navy's naval guns fired too hard, and two-thirds of the more than 3000 cavalry were killed.

These Tamil cavalry didn't react. They had no way to retreat now. As long as they retreated, they would definitely be bombarded by artillery. These black-skinned cannons were much more powerful than the white devil's artillery.

"Come forward and chop them to death!"

Navarre also knew that retreating now would be a dead end, and the only way to survive was to continue to move forward.

It's just a pity that at this moment, I saw iron pipes set up by the black trees in front.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

A stream of white smoke spewed out from the mouth of the pipe, and fire dragons roared out. In the blink of an eye, they hit the middle of the cavalry group, making a loud bang and blasting hundreds of cavalrymen.

Navarre was so frightened that he almost cried: "Where did this devil come from!"

At this time, it was finally the Marine infantry's turn to show off their power. They had already aimed their rifles at the cavalry, and then pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang bang..."

Hundreds of tongues of fire shot out at the same time, and a loud noise that was more terrifying than anything they had ever heard shocked many people. The crazy cavalry in the distance seemed to be struck by lightning, and a large cloud of blood mist exploded, rushing towards them. Dozens of horses at the front fell down in one fell swoop, tripping up the cavalrymen following behind. ,

These cavalrymen charged too hard and were packed too tightly. They fell headfirst. It was difficult for those behind to avoid them. They just avoided running into them and were tripped over. Those behind them continued to hit and were tripped over. Turning over, like dominoes, this scene left the Tamil warriors and Navarre stunned!

"Bang bang bang..."

There were not many surviving cavalry, and the horses were fighting, either dead or wounded. The Tamil warriors who were lucky enough to survive looked blankly at the black-clad soldiers in front of them.

"Bang bang bang..."

The Royal Marines of the Ming Dynasty loaded and fired as quickly as possible, and began to deal with the surviving cavalry. At the same time, naval guns, artillery, and rocket launchers smashed out. Every shell landed in the middle of the cavalry group, causing a rain of blood. .

The Tamil warriors were all stunned.

It is a pity that the soldiers of the Royal Marines of the Ming Dynasty did not stop shooting. This is an expedition with no future. Don’t think about the credit. They lost their commander. This is a big mistake. Everyone may be The last campaign was out, so they poured out all their fury on the Tamils.

Naturally, they didn't know that their commander-in-chief was not in serious trouble. Li Zhixiang only had about [-] people around him now, but they arrived in Ceylon. This is a country that is very good at seeking death.

The only country that fought against the Ming fleet during Zheng He's voyages to the West.During Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, there were a few countries that provoked the Ming fleet, but most of them were wise enough to give in immediately after the Ming army became angry and escaped the Ming army's revenge.

Only Ceylon, the unlucky one who provoked the Ming fleet, not only refused to give up, but also went even harder, trying to act like a master in front of the Ming army, but in the blink of an eye, he was beaten into a grandson by the Ming fleet.

200 years later, history repeated itself again. When the Ming Dynasty fleet appeared again in the Indian Ocean, it was Ceylon who was the first to jump out and commit suicide. He also made a new level and offended the marshal of the Ming Dynasty Navy to death. Got it!

Li Zhixiang's ship, the Luoyang, ran aground and was stranded on the tidal flats. All the soldiers were knocked unconscious by the jolt. Before they could react, hundreds of thousands of Ceylonese soldiers rushed directly towards the Luoyang. , relying on the large number of people, they once rushed to a position less than a few meters away from Li Zhixiang.

Li Zhixiang could even smell the stench coming from the mouths of the Ceylon soldiers. Fortunately, the guards around Li Zhixiang were all three-gun soldiers. As guards, they were not only equipped with rifles, but also equipped with two revolvers for self-defense.

The guard troops' long-range strike firepower is seriously insufficient, but they are super powerful in close combat, especially when armed with two revolvers, which can shoot twelve bullets in a dozen breaths.

At least within a distance of thirty to fifty steps, they can do one-on-three, or even one-on-five. If they are dealing with a straw bag army like Ceylon, one-on-ten is not a big problem.

The guards around Li Zhixiang killed more than [-] Ceylon soldiers. Only then did Ceylon realize that they had encountered a problem. Only when they sent a translator to contact Li Zhixiang did Li Zhixiang know that they were in Ceylon.

"Don't you know we are from the Ming Dynasty?"

Li Zhixiang shouted angrily: "Is it okay if you don't know anything?"

"What else do you want?"

Li Zhixiang was so angry that he cursed: "Just wait for me!"

"Commander, a good man won't suffer the immediate consequences. We have few people and can't deal with them!"

Li Zhixiang smiled and said: "You are so young, go and tell those Westerners, tell them that I am the Ming Dynasty who hired them to deal with the Ceylonese people. If you are willing to send troops, I will definitely thank you very much!"

You must know that the so-called explorers in the West are actually pirates. They will only do business honestly when they can't be defeated. After learning that the Ming Dynasty is preparing to take care of Ceylon, they are naturally willing to follow the Ming Dynasty to take care of Ceylon.

Soon, Li Zhixiang was surrounded by more than 400 Westerners and more than 100 Ming merchants. With more than 500 people and more than 300 guards, it was enough to take care of Ceylon.

Li Zhixiang led more than 800 people and fought directly towards Ceylon, leaving not a blade of grass behind.

Therefore, Li Zhixiang became Wang Xuance's second best.

(End of this chapter)