Chapter 1342 Nanyang Wind and Rain - Not Afraid of Risk
The man immediately shouted to the soldiers in front of him: "Soldiers, attack Semarang City! The outcome of this battle depends on this!" Then without waiting for the soldiers to react, he turned around and charged towards Semarang City.
go.
"Follow your highness to kill the enemy!" All the soldiers present shouted, and then charged after the man.
Seeing this scene, on a boat that was being shaken by the wind and rain behind these people, a short and stocky man couldn't help but whispered: "What a madman! And such a madman actually became the king of a country.
It also makes me crazy too!"
"Boss, you don't actually need to come with us, just let us drive the boat to send him here." Another man with a scar face in the cabin said casually.
"What if I don't come?" He turned to Scarface and said: "He personally took the risk of being knocked over by the wind and waves and falling into the sea to feed the fish. He took the boat and led the troops to go to war. I was drinking tea on the dock and waiting.
News? When he comes back from Semarang, he won’t hack me!"
"Even if he doesn't kill me, it's enough to let his father talk to me. I would rather fight than have his father talk to me alone."
"If I had known that I would do such a dangerous thing, I would have applied to drive the boat to accompany the third master. At least we wouldn't have to go out in such a big storm. This is because we are lucky, although a few people accidentally fell into the sea to feed the fish.
, but not a single boat capsized, and we finally arrived safely."
Having said this, the man walked to the glass window again, looked at the team that could no longer be seen and could only vaguely hear the sound, and said: "I hope he can win this battle today. I
I feel that with his personality, if he loses this battle today, he will definitely have even crazier ideas in the future, and I will have to take the risk of feeding the fish and send him out to sea next time!"
"Mother Mazu," he turned his head and prayed to the bronze statue of Mazu enshrined in the cabin: "Little man Chen Zuyi, please bless His Majesty the King to achieve a complete victory in his attack on Semarang City! If your wish comes true, I will definitely be here.
Let's build a tall temple in Qian'an City to worship your old man."
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"Faster! Faster!" Zhu Gaoxu kept urging. It was raining heavily now, and his voice could not be heard by all the soldiers; but with his urging, everyone seemed to hear it.
His voice seemed to speed up a little more.
He saw that everyone had sped up a little faster, and those who had fallen down immediately got up and caught up again. He stopped talking, turned his head and looked straight ahead, towards the city of Semarang that was emitting a faint light, and lowered his head.
He said in a loud voice: "We must capture this city!"
Yes, the person who personally led the troops to attack Semarang City in such a stormy weather was Zhu Gaoxu.
Before sending troops to Java Island, he once told Zhu Su, Zhu Mo, Zhu Xianyao and others that his purpose of attacking the Majapahit Kingdom was just to grab some loot from the island, not to destroy the country, let alone
He thought about occupying Java Island, and also explained to them why he did not want to do so: he believed that Yunxi would not let him occupy Java Island.
He did not tell lies to Zhu Su and others at that time, but it was not the whole truth. He was convinced that Yunxi would not let him occupy Java Island, and he indeed did not think about destroying the Majapahit Kingdom, but he also did not think about it.
Like a thief, he stole a few things from the west of Java Island, and then withdrew after Wigrama Vardana led the main army to return to the defense. Not to mention that the wealth obtained in this way was far from satisfying his appetite, and he couldn't even lose face.
.Zhu Gaoxu can fully imagine how the matter will be discussed by his own clan and noble ministers after it reaches the capital: "After Gao Xu/King Su was granted the title of Nanyang, he became more and more stingy, as if he was a scoundrel, taking advantage of others."
When I'm not at home, I go to the front of the house to cause damage, throw a brick, pull out two green onions and so on. It's really embarrassing to the clan/royal family.';
With Zhu Gaoxu's arrogant heart, how could he accept such an argument? Either he would not send troops to attack the Majapahit Kingdom, but as long as he sent troops, there would be a big result.
But because Yunxi would not let him occupy Java Island, he would have to pay a high price by sending troops to destroy Majapahit but would not get much benefit, so he could not lose too much.
Zhu Gaoxu thought about it for a long time but could not think of a good solution. He was worried when suddenly someone claimed to be the envoy sent by Wilabumi. He secretly found his guard and claimed that he had something important to report to him and that he had to speak to him face to face. When he met, the person who claimed to be
The person who was the envoy of Wilabumi asked him to send troops to attack the western part of Java Island, and explained the reason for this request: Wilabumi's plan to send troops to attack Bitter Orange City had failed, and the war had entered a stalemate. And Wilabumi's
It is weaker than Wigrama Vardhana. If this stalemate continues, even if both sides lose the same amount of soldiers, horses, money and food, the damage to Veerabhmi will be greater than the damage to Wigrama Vardhana. So I hope Zhu Gaoxu will send troops to attack Java Island.
In the west, Wigrama Vardhana was forced to ask Veerabhmi to stop his troops.
Moreover, the messenger also said that there were generals in the Vigrama Vardhana army who secretly communicated with them. After learning about the military situation, they would report to him to ensure that Su Fan's army would not suffer losses and could steal many things without being hurt.
Zhu Gaoxu asked at that time: "Since there are generals in Wigrama Vardhana's army secretly communicating with you, why can't you win the war?"
"Your Highness, although there are generals in Vigrama Vardana's army who secretly communicate with us, there are also generals in our army who secretly communicate with him. This way it is even. But Your Highness, there will be no generals in your army who secretly communicate with Vigram.
Mavardana, the information will not be leaked." The messenger replied.
Zhu Gaoxu did not know that this envoy was not actually sent by Veerabhumi, but a private action by his men. As the son of the previous king, Veerabhumi watched the Majapahit Kingdom becoming more and more under the rule of his father.
He is becoming more and more powerful and is almost the ruler of the entire Southeast Asia. He is full of national pride and cannot collude with foreign enemies. However, his officials do not think so much and only think about how to defeat Wigrama Varda.
Let Veerabhmi become the king, especially those officials who come from poor families. Even if it fails, Veerabhmi himself will not be affected. Although he will lose his power and be put under house arrest in Bitter Orange City, he will still live a prosperous life, eat and drink.
Don't worry, if Vigrama Vardhana had never had children, maybe his son could inherit the throne after Vigrama Vardhana's death; people who come from a big family or a big temple are protected by their family and temple, and their lives are safe; but they
If these officials from poor families fail, their whole families will be killed. Even to ensure the safety of themselves and their families, they will do whatever they can to win. Only then did this messenger appear in front of Zhu Gaoxu.
But it didn't matter whether he knew this or not. After Zhu Gaoxu used means to confirm that what the messenger said was true, an idea came to his mind. An army that could severely damage Wigrama Vardhana would not require him to pay too much.
The idea of cost.
His real idea was to first take advantage of the emptiness in the western part of Java Island, send troops to loot, and lure Wigrama Vardana to lead his troops back for reinforcements, and then use the news from the generals in his army who secretly communicated with Veerabhmi to inflict heavy losses.
Or completely annihilate part of the main force of his army.
And this is also good for Zhu Gaoxu. Because Wigrama Vardhana has no children now, according to the inheritance rules, after his death, the throne will be inherited by Veerabhmi or Veerabhmi's children, so the court openly and secretly had conflicts with Veerabhmi
There are many ministers with connections, and not many people who are completely loyal to him. The main reason why Vigramavardhana can securely sit on the throne now is that he has these armies that only take orders from him. Once the army suffers heavy losses, the throne will not be
Stable.
Therefore, after Wigrama Vardhana suffered huge losses to his army, in order to avoid even more disastrous losses and ensure that his throne would not be seized by Veerabhmi, he would definitely offer to negotiate a peace with Zhu Gaoxu. Zhu Gaoxu could take the opportunity to propose harsh peace terms.
, and asked to donate property to him every year like tribute. Of course, there would be no reward in return. In this way, Zhu Gaoxu would be able to collect money every year without having to fight in the future, reaching the highest level of military use as Sun Tzu said.
The enemy's soldiers are conquered in battle, and both face and lizi are gained.
Zhu Gaoxu thought carefully for a few more days and felt that it seemed that he was unable to achieve this goal with the troops he could use, so he sent someone to invite Zhu Su and others to send troops to attack Majapahit. Because Zhu Gaoxu told them at the time that he was just taking advantage of the opportunity.
Taking advantage of the civil war in Majapahit to grab something, the risk was very small, so Zhu Su and others agreed.
After the army landed on Java Island, it was indeed just grabbing things in the west as he said at first. But after the news came that Wigrama Vardana was leading troops to return for reinforcements, when someone proposed to withdraw the troops, Zhu Gaoxu said excitedly: "Ten
Uncle Ninth, Uncle Twenty-one, and Brother Xianyou, we are the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. How can we run away as if we are afraid when we hear that the enemy is coming? Who will be afraid of us in the future? At least give us a fight and let them go.
Only when the Javanese know how powerful we are can we withdraw our troops!"
As soon as everyone heard that what he said made sense, they agreed to fight with Vigrama Vardhana's army. Once the battle started, it was not up to them as to when it would end, especially Xu Zengshou who knew Gao Xu's true thoughts.
They helped each other cheat, and gradually evolved into the current battle situation: the two sides fought fiercely in Bamalan, as if they were going to fight to the death.
At this moment, Zhu Gaojiu received news from the envoy of Wilabumi: Because the losses were too great, Zhu Gaojiu decided to transfer the garrison troops from the rear cities to Bamalan to replace the main army with greater losses; at the same time, in order to ensure that the number of troops on the front line was sufficient
, first mobilize the troops from the rear city, and then send the replacement troops over after arriving at the front line. Semarang City is the city closest to Bamalan except Zhige City. The troops in the city were first mobilized, and there are currently only 3,000 people stationed there.
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Zhu Gaoxu immediately thought that this was an excellent opportunity. Once the city of Semarang was captured, the troops led by Wigrama Vardana were surrounded by Ming troops on the east and west sides, with the sea to the north and mountains to the south. They were in desperate situation. As long as they could survive
He ran out of food, and this battle ended with a complete victory, which was better than he had expected before. He had only wanted to re-invent one, and never thought he would have the opportunity to annihilate all the main forces of Vigramavardhana.
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Xu Zengshou opposed this plan. He said: "Gao Xu, when we came here, we didn't know whether the news was true or false. If it was false, it was a trap set by Wigrama Varda, and all the troops sent out to attack would be wiped out."
Secondly, even if this news is true, he must have spies in our army, and sending thousands of people will definitely be discovered; he must also guess that our army is going to send troops by boat to sneak attack on the seaside city, and he will immediately order to strengthen defenses.
The current ocean current and wind direction are not suitable for sailing from west to east, and the messenger carrying the order must reach Semarang City before our ship, so a sneak attack will be impossible."
"Fourth uncle," Gao Xu said to Xu Zengshou at the time: "Although it is difficult to determine whether the news is true or false, if we capture Semarang City, this battle will be a complete victory. This risk is worth taking!" Rather than continue to wait for a safe news,
When the time comes, he would rather take huge risks.
"As for the second point, since Vigramavardhana will know about it if he sends more troops, then he will have to send fewer soldiers and horses. If he only sends a thousand men, he will not notice it."
"Only a thousand men are dispatched. Is it too little? There are three thousand men in Semarang City. Can one thousand men be defeated?" Xu Zengshou asked doubtfully.
"To be prepared to attack or not to be prepared, a thousand men are enough. Of course, in order to ensure a great victory in this battle, I personally led the troops to attack Semarang City!" Zhu Gaoxu said. In his opinion, he personally led the troops to fight, and the soldiers'
His morale will be boosted and he will be able to exert stronger combat effectiveness. At the same time, the capture of Semarang City is a huge achievement, and he does not want to give it to others, even his own generals. And when he wants to come, even if it is a trap or the sneak attack fails
, he can retreat safely. So he wants to lead the troops himself.
"This is not possible!" After hearing this, Xu Zengshou immediately objected. Seeing that he could not be persuaded, Zhu Gaoxu could only pretend to promise not to lead troops to attack Semarang City in person. But this morning, he pretended to be injured in his arm and went to the tent in the tent.
He recuperated so that he could legitimately not see Xu Zengshou after visiting him once, and then secretly boarded the attack ship. After all, Xu Zengshou's arrival in Su Fan was still short, and the generals did not dare to report to him, but Zhu Gaoxu actually allowed Zhu Gaoxu to successfully board the ship.
The ship.
Not long after the ship went out to sea, it started to rain and the wind picked up. Chen Zuyi, who was in charge of sailing, immediately became worried and asked Zhu Gaoxu to return the entire army and attack Semarang City another day. "Your Highness, sailing in such weather is very dangerous," he said.
Maybe one of the ships will sink, so it's better to go back." He said to Zhu Gaoxu.
But he was rejected by Zhu Gaoxu. In his opinion, this is not only not a bad thing, but a good thing. In such weather, the guards of Semarang City will be more relaxed, and sneak attacks will be easier. As for the risks, the risk of his sending troops this time is huge, how can he
Care about greater risks?
Although Chen Zuyi was very worried, they had already left the port for some time. The wind and rain were so strong at this time that it was risky to go back, so they had no choice but to obey his orders and continue moving forward.
In this way, the fleet carrying a thousand soldiers arrived at the coast in the wind and rain, and Zhu Gaoxu, who arrived safely, landed with 952 soldiers and attacked Semarang City. (To be continued)
