Chapter 657 The Baizhang altar rises from the ground [2 more]
The most important thing is that Lu Dazhu's bravery is highly admired by the soldiers. Seeing Lu Dazhu standing in front of the enemy, the army that was slowly retreating in an orderly manner suddenly stopped, then all changed directions, and then returned again with great momentum.
There was no sign of retreating at all.
Seetel couldn't help but frown when he saw this, obviously he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty could actually enforce such orders and prohibitions.
Originally, the army was in the process of retreating. As long as there was a little confusion, it would not be easy for the army to stop, let alone like now, it would leave as it pleased and stay as it pleased.
Frowning, Shettel raised his hand to signal the army to stop. Noticing Shettel's gesture, the sound of the trumpet blown by the messenger changed. The soldiers of the Second and Sixth Legions were slowly advancing.
It stopped.
There was a somewhat indifferent smile on the corner of Lu Dazhu's mouth. He looked at Sheter from a few dozen feet away. Lu Dazhu smiled at Sheter and said: "Sheter, Lu's strategy is not as good as yours, but the soldiers under Lu's command are not as good as yours."
But it will not disappoint Lu."
Perhaps Lu Dazhu would make some wrong decisions, just like Cai Cai, but these elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could make up for some of Lu Dazhu's wrong decisions at any time with their own adaptability.
Shettle could obviously tell this from the reactions of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, so he ordered the army to stop chasing.
Glancing at Xie Teer lightly, Lu Dazhu waved his hand and said slowly: "Let's go!"
I saw a general rushing out from the Second Army Corps, shouting: "Leave Commander Alyosha behind!"
"Leave the legion commander behind!"
Immediately, all the soldiers of the Second Legion started shouting, and they were ready to rush into battle if they had any disagreement.
At this moment, just looking at the enthusiasm in the Second Army, even Shettel's intervention may not be able to appease it.
Lu Dazhu laughed, flicked his spear, and instantly flew away the charging general of the Second Army.
There was a hole as big as a fist in a vital part of his body, and blood was pouring out. It was obvious that this general had lost his life in one blow.
However, this time, two generals rushed out. Looking at their posture, it was clear that they were not afraid of death and would rescue Alyosha no matter what.
When Lu Dazhu saw this, he said to Cheng Yu beside him: "Good nephew, just return Alyosha to them."
Cheng Yu shook the flagpole suddenly and saw Alyosha flying out, wrapped in it.
With a pop, one of the two generals actually caught Alyosha and flew out at the same time.
"Legion Commander, Legion Commander..."
They shouted Alyosha's name, but unfortunately no matter how hard they tried to shake Alyosha's body, there was no reaction from Alyosha.
One of the generals who was vomiting blood slowly stretched out his hand to check Alyosha's breath, but found that Alyosha was not breathing.
"ah……"
The two generals obviously did not expect that Alyosha was already dead. In despair, the two generals who reacted yelled and rushed towards Lu Dazhu, who had already walked several feet away with his back to them.
Shettel instinctively shouted: "Come back!"
It's a pity that it was a step too late after all. After Shetel finished speaking, the two generals who rushed forward retreated at a faster speed, fell heavily to the ground, and fell next to Alyosha's body, convulsing.
After a few moments there was no movement.
All the generals of the Second Army had gathered around Alyosha's body. Their eyes were red, and they were about to rush forward, but at this moment Shetel shouted: "Give it to them all."
I stop."
At this moment, only Sheter, the commander of the army, could suppress these generals. Otherwise, these generals would go crazy under the impact of the news of Alyosha's death.
"Commander of the Sheter Corps, Commander of the Alyosha Corps... he was killed!"
"You want to avenge Commander Alyosha!"
Sheter tried his best to appease the generals, and looked at Lu Dazhu and the Ming army in neat formation with complicated expressions.
If possible, Shettle would definitely lead an army to catch up, but the previous reaction of the Ming army made him realize that this time they had met their opponent.
Whether it was in terms of military discipline or the strength of its soldiers, the Ming Dynasty was no worse than them, which made Shettel feel an inexplicable pressure.
I thought that this battle could be won easily, but I never thought that not only did I not win a big victory, but I paid a heavy price, with more than 5,000 or 6,000 casualties, and even the commander of the army, Alyosha.
The armies of both sides retreated several miles each, and the two armies were separated by more than ten miles, each licking its wounds.
In this battle, not only the Second and Sixth Army suffered heavy losses, but the Ming Dynasty also suffered heavy losses. After all, there was not much difference in strength between the two sides. If they could fight with 1 to 2 casualties, that would already be a huge advantage.
Squatting guns are cheaper.
Nearly three thousand soldiers are buried here. This is definitely Lu Dazhu's biggest injury since his expedition.
At the same time that the Ming Dynasty and the Grand Duchy of Muscovy were fighting on the side of the Ural Mountains, an unprecedented naval battle in the waters of England finally broke out.
Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun, Qi Jingtong and others were all ready to fight.
Although its own equipment is advanced, the size of the coalition formed by the navies of Portugal, England and other countries is simply too large.
The lessons learned from the fall of Spain directly awakened the countries along the Mediterranean coast, large and small, and these countries united to form a huge maritime fleet.
Thousands of warships almost exhausted the naval power of all countries. Even if so many ships were stationary on the sea, they would not be able to be sunk in a short time.
Even with the reinforcements gathered, Yu Dayou only had more than 200 warships, and only a few hundred other ships. However, these ships were mostly auxiliary ships and actually did not have much combat effectiveness.
The naval battle broke out just like that. Although there was a big difference in the number of ships between the two sides, the generals headed by Yu Dayou did not have the slightest fear. On the contrary, they were extremely excited and eager to try.
The entire sea area was plunged into smoke, and cannonballs shot through the air one after another, either hitting the ship or splashing water in the sea.
Explosive bombs have been researched by the coalition forces. After all, there are real objects, so it is not a problem to develop them based on the real objects.
Of course, compared to the Ming Dynasty, which had been studying explosive bombs for more than ten years, the coalition forces that had just been involved in the explosive bombs not only did not produce many explosive bombs, but even the power of the explosive bombs was not half as powerful as the Ming Dynasty.
Even so, the coalition forces regard it as a treasure at the bottom of the box and rarely use it. Most of the time, it is loaded with solid bullets.
Capital
The capital city in the north was currently covered with heavy snow, and the huge Forbidden City was even covered in heavy snow. As far as the eye could see, it was completely snow-white.
Zhu Houzhao, who was wearing a fur coat, was standing on the highest balcony in the Forbidden City. Next to him were Shao Yuanjie and the eunuch Wang Zheng.
The snow was falling heavily. Zhu Houzhao stared at the flying snow with his thoughts flying. He suddenly looked back at Master Shao Yuanjie and said slowly: "Master Shao, do you think it is possible for me to ascend like my great companion?"
Shao Yuanjie paused slightly while stroking his beard, took a deep breath, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, the next generation of saintly kings, will surely achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven if their merits and deeds in the world are perfect in the future!"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing when he heard this. While laughing, he said to Shao Yuanjie: "But it's hard for the real person."
Shao Yuanjie said with a serious face: "I am just answering His Majesty's questions truthfully."
With a slight smile, Zhu Houzhao looked a little solemn, turned around slowly, looked at the white scene between the sky and the earth and murmured softly: "Hurry, the altar should be completed in a few days...
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Wang Zheng standing aside looked very calm, but his heart was not at peace.
From Wang Zheng's point of view, his Majesty's behavior is becoming more and more mysterious, making it hard to see through.
Just like now, both he and Shao Yuanjie could hear Zhu Houzhao's murmuring clearly, but they couldn't figure out what the profound meaning was in Zhu Houzhao's words.
It is said that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Although Zhu Houzhao was not a moody tyrant or a murderous person, Wang Zheng could not figure out Zhu Houzhao's thoughts.
Subconsciously looking into the distance, I saw a huge thing standing between heaven and earth outside the Forbidden City. It was a huge altar.
Such a huge altar is really astonishing, especially since this altar is hundreds of feet high, hundreds of meters high. How can this not be frightening?
Ever since this altar was ten feet high, it had become an eye-catching symbol, even attracting the attention of countless people in the capital at that time.
Not only those in the capital, but also the common people and businessmen outside the capital were extremely surprised by that altar.
Day by day, the altar was raised day by day. It caused a sensation when it was ten feet high at the beginning, but now it is almost a hundred feet high. On the contrary, there are fewer people coming to watch.
Amidst the heavy snowfall, the sky and the earth were filled with snow. However, at the top of the towering altar, there was a group of people busy building the altar.
If there are people in the world who see such a group of people, I am afraid they will show a look of astonishment, because all of these people are notorious murderers in the world.
For a period of time, rumors circulated in the Jianghu that it was the Jin Yiwei, and Dongchang was cleaning up the Jianghu and arrested quite a number of people in the Jianghu.
I'm afraid no one would have thought that these captured Jianghu people were not beheaded, but instead were reduced to labor in building altars one by one.
