Yang Zhan's original plan was to wait for the follow-up supplies to arrive, and then the main force would go south to cause trouble for the Ruan clan, the rebels in southern Annam, and also to scare them.
The result was good. The Zheng family from the north suffered such a huge defeat. Not only was he not frightened, but he even uttered wild words and threatened him.
Who gives this Zheng family the confidence? Does the jester from such a small area think that he is invincible?
With this in mind, Yang Zhan cut off the two ears of the messenger and told him to go back and tell Zheng that the imperial army had arrived, and there was no room for the rebels to bargain. Apart from unconditional surrender, there was only death!
Later, Ye Bushou, who was sent out, also reported back, saying that the Annan rebels were gathering towards Dongguan and that troops from other places had not yet been seen.
Therefore, Yang Zhan made a decision and sent three steam-armored warships and twenty Fuchuan warships upstream to attack the rebel puppet capital Dongguan.
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Naturally, the rebel Tanma on the bank of the Red River saw this movement of the Ming Navy at a glance, so they immediately reported back to the King of Qingdu.
"There are only more than 20 warships? How dare you come to attack Tokyo?" Zheng Zhao, the king of the Qing Dynasty, couldn't help but get angry. This is too underestimated. After all, the Li Dynasty was once the nemesis of your Ming Dynasty, wasn't it!
Therefore, he immediately mobilized his troops, including the seventy or so warships that fled back, as well as the army that had been deployed outside the city, to give the Ming army a severe lesson.
Among them, it is not that no one has given advice to the King of Qingdu, indicating that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty has a long range. But the key is that in the eyes of the King of Qingdu, the most powerful Dutch artillery cannot be that far, indicating that the Chinese artillery has such a long range.
Yes, these defeated generals must have just thought of ways to escape guilt!
In short, they have a crushing advantage in terms of numbers. If they can't win, then damn it!
After the mobilization of military strength, the Annan rebels finally met on land and sea, under the personal command of the King of Qingdu, about a hundred miles away from Tokyo.
In the upper reaches of the Red River, the dark warships of the Annan rebels were seen all over the river, and on land, by the Red River, there were groups of Annan rebels.
On the other hand, the Ming army on the downstream side only had a total of twenty-three warships. In terms of numbers, they were absolutely overwhelming.
At this sight, the morale of the Annan rebels was greatly boosted!
The King of Qingdu was riding on an elephant, pointed at the battlefield of the Ming Dynasty opposite, sneered and said loudly: "With these few men and horses, each of us can drown them in spitting breath! How dare we talk so brazenly that we want to destroy our Li Dynasty?
Don’t think about it, when they came to attack the Li Dynasty, didn’t they lose their troops and flee in embarrassment?”
When the civil and military officials accompanying him heard this, they all laughed and echoed, "It's really better to be famous than to meet him. Such a small number of people from the Ming Dynasty really almost scared them. Now that seeing is believing, then you can rest assured!"
When they were laughing at the Ming army, the King of Qingdu immediately ordered the land and water armies to attack at the same time. They would tear the Ming army into pieces in one battle, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue and destroy the Ming army at the mouth of the Honghe River!
Originally, he had not thought about attacking the mouth of the Red River. He would at least wait until the reinforcements from the Ruan clan from the south arrived, and then attack from both sides. However, after seeing the scale of the Ming army with his own eyes, he came up with the idea that he could kill the Ming army himself.
Army, if we go back and exaggerate a little more for the Ming army, we can still show off our power to the Ruan family in the south.
However, just as he was giving the order, he suddenly heard movement.
"Boom boom boom..."
The three armored steam warships took the lead and fired their guns first.
The iron bullets roared out and landed on the densely packed naval warships upstream. Sawdust and wood blocks were seen flying everywhere, and at the same time there were panicked shouts from the rebels on the ship. Of course, some unlucky ones were inevitably hit.
Dead.
Just this scene made King Qingdu's side suddenly become silent. Everyone looked at this scene in astonishment, with incredible expressions on their faces.
Previously, the Ming Dynasty's artillery could hit far, but they didn't expect it to actually hit far, far beyond their expectation.
Just as they were stunned and stunned, they heard more violent shelling.
"Boom boom boom..."
This is the Ming warship in the rear using the artillery on the side of the ship to fire at the rebel army on the shore.
Most of the rebels on the shore were cheering for the navy, and the gunners went close to the river to establish artillery positions. As a result, they were suddenly smashed to their knees. Especially the artillery positions were given special attention.
A few iron bullets landed on the artillery position and then began to ricochet, causing immediate casualties.
Perhaps he was brought back to his senses by this burst of shelling. King Qingdu immediately shouted loudly: "Quick, speed up, get closer, get closer, jump on their boat. I don't believe it. There are so many of us, we can't fight."
Win them?"
The messenger rushed to deliver the order, but after the rebel warships on the Red River were once again bombarded by the Ming army from a distance, the timid warships no longer dared to go downstream. However, there were also some warships in Qingdu.
Under the eyes of the king, he did not dare to retreat. Perhaps he had the same idea as King Qingdu, so he risked his life, speeded up, and moved closer to the Ming army warship.
As long as we get close to the Ming warships, there is hope for victory!
During this process, the warships of the Annan rebels experienced several rounds of shelling by the Ming army and lost some warships. The remaining approximately six warships finally approached the Ming warships first.
At this moment, even the King of Qingdu on the shore couldn't help but cheer loudly and speak loudly to let his subordinates remember who these six warships were. They would definitely reward them well and give them promotions later!
However, just as they were cheering loudly, and just as the people on the six rebel warships were about to jump off the ship and fight, they suddenly saw the Ming army's warship. With them, the warship was even taller, and from above
Lost some things on the rebel warship.
Although the King of Qingdu and others couldn't see clearly what it was, they all saw something dark being thrown out by the soldiers of the Ming Army.
What is that?
Just when they had this idea, they saw the six own warships approaching the Ming warships. Suddenly there was smoke rising into the sky, accompanied by sawdust and wood blocks flying around, and the rebel soldiers howling like ghosts.
.
It just happened all of a sudden. Although the hull was not badly damaged, there was basically no one standing on the deck!
What kind of firearm is this?
It's so powerful, it seems to be more damaging than artillery, killing and injuring a large area at once?
Seeing that thing was missing on the Ming army's warship, the surviving rebel soldiers could no longer care about anything else and jumped off the ship one after another to escape!
The six rebel warships turned into warships that no one controlled and sailed down the river.
This scene greatly frightened the rebel warships who wanted to follow up. They got closer and saw with their own eyes how the soldiers on the ship in front were blown up by the unknown firearms.
Ming warships had artillery that could hit so far and they had such powerful firearms for close combat. How could they still fight?
The rebel soldiers were not elite at all, let alone robots. When they realized that the Ming army in front of them seemed invincible, the human instinct to avoid danger took over. No matter whether the King of Qingdu was watching or not, brave
Those of us are already finished. If we don’t run, we might as well be waiting to die!
I saw the rebel warships on the Red River, all scrambling to get away from the Ming warships and fleeing upriver.
The naval army was defeated!
On land, things are actually not much better.
Under the bombardment of the Ming warships, long-range weapons such as bows, arrows, and javelins would not be able to cause any damage to the Ming warships, let alone withstand the bombardment of the Ming army. Therefore, these rebels on the land were also
Stay away from the river bank and hide as far as you can.
Seeing this scene, King Qingdu was stunned.
After he came to his senses, he immediately ordered his men to resist, but then he turned around and ran away.
Of course, the speed on land is faster than that of a ship. King Qingdu ignored his age of more than seventy years and fled back to Tokyo in just over a day over a hundred miles away. His old bones were almost staggering.
Fallen apart.
As soon as he arrived in Tokyo, without even taking a breath, he immediately ordered him to monitor Li Zhenzong's men and coerced Li Zhenzong to go south hunting with him.
When the civil and military officials and powerful gentry in the city saw that King Qingdu had run away with Li Zhenzong, they naturally panicked. They immediately gathered up their entourage and started to escape after King Qingdu.
The entire Tokyo was in chaos before the Ming army could attack.
When the Tokyo officials responsible for staying behind saw this, they abandoned their troops and ran away!
The Tokyo Metropolitan Army was left behind. Under such circumstances, there was no military discipline at all. They took the opportunity to start robbing the rich people's belongings.
In short, it goes without saying that the soldiers and bandits are capable of some things.
Later, when the rebel warships escaped and saw that Tokyo was in such chaos, there was no need to say anything else, so they quickly made a fortune. After all, Tokyo is the capital, and money is indispensable.
Some, after plundering, took a boat to continue upstream. By the way, they could also bring some dignitaries, local tyrants, squires, etc. whom they knew on board to earn money for traveling; some others, just ran away directly from the land.
More places to hide!
That's all. Two days later, Yang Zhan led the fleet to arrive outside Dongguan City.
He looked at the Dongguan City Gate wide open, the Annan people fleeing in all directions, smoke rising in some places in the city, and some abandoned ships parked near the water gate. He was a little dumbfounded by the whole situation.
Aren't they always very arrogant? How come these Annan people are so virtuous?
After fighting for so many years, the Annan people shouted the loudest and escaped the most completely!
Of course he didn't know that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in history were actually similar. The so-called Celestial Empire, when the Western Yi invaded, the wise Empress Dowager Cixi immediately coerced the emperor to go to the Chengde Summer Resort to spend the summer!
History keeps repeating itself, that’s pretty much it!