Chapter 452 The mighty heavenly soldiers come across the sea!
A large number of ships are concentrated in Tianjin Wei Port. Looking around, you can clearly see that there are many ships in Tianjin Wei Port.
There were suddenly so many ships gathered in the port that even a fool could tell something was wrong.
The merchant ships and other ships that originally came to Tianjin Wei to berth could only dock at a remote port in Tianjin Wei at this time. As for the open ports in Tianjin Wei, they were directly taken over by groups of soldiers.
On this day, the people of Tianjin City were shocked to find that groups of people appeared outside Tianjin City. It was so dark that they could not see the edge at a glance.
Many people were immediately stunned when they saw this scene. If they hadn't heard any rumors, they would have been frightened when they suddenly saw so many soldiers appearing outside Tianjin City.
Needless to say, these troops are the elite soldiers carefully selected by Chu Yi who are proficient in water properties.
It is not too difficult to select 50,000 elite soldiers who are proficient in water properties from an army of hundreds of thousands, it just takes time.
Now 50,000 troops have gathered and are rushing towards Tianjin Guard.
Of course, the soldiers appearing outside the Tianjin Acropolis now seem to be a mass of darkness, but in fact they are just vanguards, and their total number is less than 10,000.
But even if there are less than ten thousand people, there are still as many as seven or eight thousand, which is equally astonishing.
All fools know that this expedition to Japan is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for soldiers to gain military honors.
For a soldier, the greatest achievement is to expand territory and leave a mark in history.
This time the imperial court sent a large army across the sea to Japan, which can be said to be the first of its kind in the history of China.
You must know that in the past, Chinese dynasties have expanded externally on land. As for attacking other countries across the sea, this is really the first time.
Especially overseas foreign barbarian countries like Japan, which had never been taken seriously by the Central Plains dynasty in the past.
If the Japanese Japanese pirates hadn't acted too openly, and if Chu Yi knew what kind of harm Japan posed to the Ming Dynasty and even to China, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty would not have thought of sending troops to Japan.
If it were not for Chu Yi's efforts, I am afraid that even if the Japanese pirates really killed the court officials, I am afraid that the civil and military officials in the court would not have thought of sending a large army across the sea to seek an explanation from Japan.
It was precisely because of Chu Yi's efforts that he was able to overcome all opinions and suppress all kinds of opposition in the court, thus promoting the imperial army's expedition to Japan.
Just as Tianjin Wei gathered a large number of ships and vanguard troops, in the capital.
In a majestic hall, Emperor Zhu Houzhao was summoning civil and military personnel to prepare for Chu Yi and a group of generals who were about to go on an expedition across the ocean to conquer Japan.
There are clear distinctions between civil and military officials in the main hall. It can be said that the most eye-catching people in this main hall today are the military generals.
A few years ago, the power of civil servants suppressed the generals. In the court, the generals and nobles were like decorations, with no chance to express their opinions or opinions.
But things are different now. With the rise of martial arts, the right to speak in the court is not inferior to that of civil servants. Needless to say today, it can be said that the military commanders and nobles are all high-spirited, even if they are like the British Duke Zhang Mao, Ding
The Duke and others all looked happy.
Zhu Houzhao picked up the wine glass and looked at Chu Yi and other civil and military officials with a serious face: "Everyone, today I am hosting a banquet for my companions and all my dear friends, please have a full drink!"
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao raised his glass to the crowd and drank it down.
Naturally, all the civil and military officials drank their own drinks quickly, and their eyes fell on Zhu Houzhao. They heard Zhu Houzhao say again: "This second cup is a tribute to the soldiers of the three armies. I hope our heavenly soldiers will arrive in Japan smoothly and win the victory."
At the gate of the capital city, a luanjia was parked at the gate of the city. It was the emperor's luanjia.
The empty space outside the city gate was filled with darkness, and a group of soldiers were ready. These soldiers stood solemnly, looking at the city gate from a distance.
At the gate of the city, Chu Yi was riding on a horse, looking at Zhu Houzhao with a look of reluctance on his face, he smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry about me. I will be back in just a few months."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile when he heard this and said: "I know that Daban never does anything that is uncertain. I hope that Daban can come back victorious as soon as possible!"
While talking, Zhu Houzhao took a glass of water and wine from the tray held by Gu Dayong, then slowly handed it to Chu Yi and said: "My companion, drink this cup to the full, and the army will set off!"
Chu Yi took the water and wine from Zhu Houzhao's hand, then drank half of it in one gulp, then turned around and shouted to the soldiers of the three armies: "Soldiers, your majesty has ordered, drink this cup to the full, and the army will set off!"
As he spoke, Chu Yi gestured to the soldiers with the half glass of water and wine left in his hand, and then drank it all.
With a crash, the officers and soldiers of the three armies all prostrated themselves to the ground. It seemed that they were affected by this solemn atmosphere. The people who were hiding and watching in the distance and the officials at the city gate could not help but follow outside the city.
The tens of thousands of soldiers of the three armies prostrated themselves on the ground.
For a moment, Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao were the only two people standing there inside and outside the city gate.
The wind was blowing and the clouds were flying. Chu Yi swung his big cloak, saluted Zhu Houzhao, turned around and mounted his horse, with his back to Zhu Houzhao, and shouted domineeringly, "Commanders of the three armies, listen to the order, the army is marching!"
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Suddenly, the soldiers of the three armies suddenly stood up and shouted in unison. The shouts of the soldiers of the three armies echoed inside and outside the city gate.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi's figure and the scene of the army setting off with dazzled eyes. He couldn't help but murmured to himself in a low voice: "I have a great companion and such an elite army. There is no place in the world that I cannot go!"
Tens of thousands of troops are setting off, but the movement is not small at all. If you go from the capital to Tianjin Guard fast enough, you can arrive there in one day. However, compared to the army going out, tens of thousands of troops can march dozens of miles in one day, which is quite a lot.
It's not easy anymore.
Three days later, outside Tianjin, the pioneer generals who had arrived first were stationed outside the port.
Suddenly, a burst of fast horses came, and several sentries were seen rushing over. They dismounted from their horses a few feet away and saluted Du Ke, who was the vanguard general: "Report to the general, the army led by the chief general has arrived.
The port is ten miles away."
Du Kenai was a general who rose to prominence during the conquest of the Tartars and was awarded the title of Viscount for his military merits. Because of his outstanding achievements, he came into Chu Yi's sight. This time, he was appointed by Chu Yi as the vanguard of the army.
I don’t know how many people were envied by him.
Everyone knows that being the vanguard general of this army's conquest of Japan is very dangerous, and it is also a position that can gain huge credit.
As long as everything goes well in this expedition to Japan, unless the vanguard general commits suicide, otherwise when the merits are rewarded in the future, the vanguard general will definitely have a lot of credit.
Just like Du Ke, who is now a viscount, it may not be impossible to go a step further and become an earl or even a marquis in the future.
Du Ke arrived at Tianjin Wei two days ago. It can be said that everything has been arranged and he is just waiting for the arrival of the army.
Now that he heard that Chu Yi had led an army to appear outside the port, a bright light flashed in Du Ke's eyes, and he said in a deep voice to the generals behind him: "Follow me and go to greet the general manager!"
Smoke and dust billowed, and the mighty army arrived outside the port of Tianjin City, and Chu Yi and other generals, led by Du Ke, appeared in front of the ships docked in the port.
I heard Du Ke say to Zhu Houzhao: "General manager, there are a total of forty-eight warships, one hundred and twenty troop transport ships, and more than one hundred other ships in the port, which can carry an army of fifty thousand and one month's military supplies."
Arriving in Japan."
Listening to Du Ke's introduction, the generals standing behind Chu Yi looked curiously at the ships in the port.
Although many generals had received the news before the army set off and had a general understanding of the arrangements, it was the first time for many of them to see so many ships gathered together.
If you do the math, the Ming Dynasty used a total of more than 300 ships this time.
These are not just over 300 small ships, but real big ships, just like those troop transport ships. Each troop transport ship can carry as many as five or six hundred soldiers.
Without such transportation capacity, it would be extremely difficult to transport tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Japan.
Nowadays, it is very different. Only hundreds of large ships are needed to transport tens of thousands of soldiers to Japan. Looking at the overseas countries, I am afraid that few countries can compare with the Ming Dynasty in this kind of transportation capacity.
You must know that this is only the war potential of part of the Ming Dynasty recruited by Chu Yi.
Even though the imperial court does not have many ships, it does not mean that the Ming Dynasty really has no ships. If that is the case, no matter how great Chu Yi is, he may not be able to create something out of nothing.
After all, the number of ships controlled by the imperial court cannot be compared with the number of ships controlled by the people. It is like that among the hundreds of ships in front of us, excluding the dozen or so large ships that look brand new at first sight, they are newly launched.
Except for the treasure ship, the rest of the ships were mobilized by Chu Yi.
After all, as Chu Yi vigorously promoted the policy of opening up the sea, great turmoil arose among the people of the Ming Dynasty. There is a saying that those who understand the current affairs are heroes. The Ming Dynasty does not lack those old stubborns who will not hit the south wall and never look back, and there is also no shortage of them.
Those who know the current affairs.
Therefore, when Chu Yi implemented the policy of opening up the sea, it did harm to the interests of a large number of maritime merchants and powerful people, but it also gained the support of a group of maritime merchants.
Even though Chu Yi had started making various arrangements more than a year earlier, there was still a lack of time after all, so there were only a dozen newly launched ships that Chu Yi could recruit this time.
As for the rest of the ships, part of them were Chu Yi's search for the last assets of the Ming Dynasty Navy, and a considerable part of them were prepared for Chu Yi by the maritime merchants who had taken refuge in Chu Yi.
These maritime merchants may not dare to take out the warships in their hands, but this does not prevent them from taking out the merchant ships they have in order to win Chu Yi's favor.
As you can imagine, the merchant ships brought out by these maritime merchants are all large ships with a huge carrying capacity. Whether they are used to transport troops or supplies, they are the best choice.
Standing next to Chu Yi, as one of the generals accompanying Chu Yi on this expedition, Lu Dazhu's eyes flashed with excitement.
He personally visited Chu Yi to beg him, so he was able to get this opportunity to accompany Chu Yi on the expedition. You must know that even Han Kun, who was in charge of the Tengxiang Fourth Guards Camp, did not get the opportunity to conquer Japan. Instead, he was defeated by Chu Yi.
Yi left him in the capital to take charge.
Although Chu Yi said that his thoughts were focused on conquering Japan, this did not mean that Chu Yi was not prepared for any surprises in the capital.
With Han Kun around, the Four Guards of Tengxiang can be firmly controlled by the emperor. Whenever there is a slightest surprise, Zhu Houzhao can mobilize the Four Guards of Tengxiang.
With the current strength of the Tengyang Four Guards Camp, even if the Beijing camp's army rebels, it may not pose any threat.
Lu Dazhu licked his tongue and said to Chu Yi with some excitement: "General manager, can the army board the ship?"
As soon as Lu Dazhu's words came out, all the generals looked at Chu Yi, waiting for Chu Yi's order.
Chu Yi glanced at the large ships in the port, and then glanced at Lu Dazhu, Du Ke and other generals. He only heard Chu Yi chuckle and said: "The army is boarding the ship!"
As the military order was passed on, tens of thousands of troops began to board ships one after another in an orderly manner.
In just half a day, all the tens of thousands of troops boarded the large ships. The process was extremely smooth and there were no problems.
On the vast sea, the sea surface was calm and calm. At this moment, several black spots appeared at the end of the sea level. It didn't take long to clearly see that the black spots at the end of the sea level were several large and small ships.
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But there seems to be something wrong with these ships. There are almost three merchant ships at the front, and behind them are more than a dozen pirate ships flying the skull and crossbones flag.
Gu An's face was full of panic. He urged his men to speed up the boat and try to get away from the pirates behind them. At the same time, he looked towards the pirates behind them who were chasing them.
Gu An never dreamed that the vast sea would be calm and waveless. At this moment, he saw a few black spots appear at the end of the sea level. It didn't take long for him to clearly see the end of the sea level.
The black spots are simply a few large and small ships.
But there seems to be something wrong with these ships. There are almost three merchant ships at the front, and behind them are more than a dozen pirate ships flying the skull and crossbones flag.
Gu An's face was full of panic. He urged his men to speed up the boat and try to get away from the pirates behind them. At the same time, he looked towards the pirates behind them who were chasing them.
