At this time, among all the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Sheng was undoubtedly the most beautiful general.
He is over thirty years old, tall, with a tiger's back and bear's waist, and has a symmetrical and upright face. His skin is naturally light in color. Compared with most of the martial arts and great men in the army, he looks cleaner and tidy.
Because he was born with a handsome appearance, Liu Sheng was also very careful about his words and deeds, and had a somewhat elegant temperament.
Under Liu Sheng's humble surface, people always feel a kind of restrained arrogance.
He would occasionally say a few words and sigh at some truths in front of the military men; it made everyone half understand and felt that it was unfathomable.
Now he was standing on a sand boat, staring at the undulating sea.The bright red cloak roams in the wind.
From Songtai River Estuary (near Haifang City today) to the Majiang River Estuary of Qinghua Prefecture, the sea route is about 300 miles, and the voyage is only a few days.Liu Sheng guessed that the fleet was almost at the place.
As the eunuch Hou Xian said, the prodigal son on this section of the sea was not big, and everyone went smoothly along the way.
It was Liu Sheng’s first time to go out to sea on a boat, and he felt a sense of novelty, so he often watched from the side of the boat.
His expression was calm, but he just pretended to be calm; as a nobleman who reads and reads, of course, he could not experience something new and was ecstatic.
This is not the first time that Liu Sheng has seen the sea.I saw that the sea and sky in the south seemed to be brighter than the north, and it looked very beautiful when the wind was calm and the waves were quiet.
However, when Liu Sheng really arrived in the sea, he felt that it was not as beautiful as it looked; just a little slight wind and waves could make the boat bump.
The power of the sea and the feeling of being unreliable from all sides can quickly make people feel awe.
Fortunately, the fleet sailed near the sea, and you can often see the coastal land in the west with your eyes during the day, which makes people feel much more at ease.
Fleets going to sea generally choose to sail near land, rather than easily heading towards endless places; I am afraid that no one is not afraid of the sea.
At this moment, a navy general came up and clasped his fists and said: Master, look at the movements in the sky. There may be a gust of wind and waves in a while, or it may rain.Ask the commander to leave the side of the ship, sit in the cabin, or find a place to lean on.
Liu Sheng nodded. He had no experience in navigation, so of course he would follow the advice of the navy soldiers.
He looked back and then turned around and walked straight into the cabin.
At this time, some sailors were pulling the rope (pulley set) and lowering the hard sail on the mast.
In the cabin, Liu Sheng sat down on a chair, leaning against the wall of the boat, and had been nailed to death on the spot with nails, which was very stable.
Sure enough, not long after, the hull's ups and downs became more and more intense.
Liu Sheng grabbed the armrest of the chair, otherwise he would have been rolling around in a mess in the cabin.
The boat with bumpy rises and falls makes people worry about whether the hull will fall apart.
There was a huge noise outside..., and the sound of waves and rain swept across the entire sea roughly.
At this time, almost no one could walk or even stand on the ship. Only those experienced navy soldiers could continue to move on the ship.
They were as clever as monkeys, and they found a place to borrow force with their arms and moved around the wall of the ship.
However, the most violent gust of wind and waves lasted for a short while, and soon the bumps became smaller.The rain has been falling for a long time.
There is no land in the west!A sentence came from outside the cabin.
Liu Sheng asked: What's going on?
The guards beside him immediately went outside the cabin to inquire.
After a while, an eunuch walked in, shaking his fists and saluted, saying: Don't worry, marshal.According to the chart, there is a bay north of the Majiangkou in Qinghua.Therefore, when we get here, we have to change our direction and go westward. Out of the bay is Majiangkou.
Liu Sheng nodded and asked: When will we arrive?
The eunuch said: I will report to the commander, I will definitely arrive at Majiangkou within today.He paused for a moment and said, there is a deep-water haven in Chameng and Hoi An. Since the Song Dynasty, our coastal merchants often do business and have been moored there, and later named "Xinzhou Port" (Danang).In the waters north of Xinzhou Port, a large number of Han merchants have been traveling for at least hundreds of years. We are very familiar with each other and will never make any mistakes.
When Liu Sheng heard this, he felt even more relieved.
The eunuch was very excited and talked about things that were not related to this battle. Xinzhou Port is the best port in Annan and Chameng. The bay is blocked by mountains and forests, and the wind is calm. The sea water in the port is very deep, and the largest pointed boat is also unobstructed.
Persians, dark merchants and Han merchants from Western countries would choose to dock here whenever they came to the south; Chameng State set up an official government, which not only collected taxes on the ships, but also taxed shops in the port, making a lot of profits.Before that, the Chen Dynasty of Annan Kingdom used troops to Chameng Kingdom many times, so he envied this place; so when the Ming Dynasty in Yongle was in the early Ming Dynasty to conquer the Hu family of Annan Kingdom, the King of Chameng worked very hard to help the Ming army.The deep grudge between the two countries is not a matter of one or two years...
Liu Sheng said: After returning to the capital, I will report these things to the emperor, who may be interested.But this time we won’t go to Xinzhou Port, we only go to Majiangkou, with the purpose of attacking Qinghua.
yes.The eunuch bent down and bowed.
The eunuchs were right. That afternoon, nearly 200 warships of all sizes and types of warships in the Ming Navy entered Majiangkou one after another.
On the surface of the Majiang River, sails covered the water, as if blocking the entire river. The scene was very grand.
Liu Sheng's troops had more than 20,000 people, and decided to land on the south bank of the Majiang River.Because Qinghua is also located on the south bank of the Majiang River, and there is a pier at the mouth of the river, which is also located on the south bank.
That pier could not satisfy so many people landing. The Ming army needed to use a flat-bottomed sand boat to rush directly to the shallows and land forcibly.
When the court planned the strategy of a surprise attack on Qinghua, it also considered this point, so the sea ships and Fujian Navy mobilized were mainly sand ships.
The warships commonly used by the Ming army's navy were not only sand ships, but also broad ships and blessed ships, both wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and they were afraid of stranding; only sand ships were not afraid of.
Several sand boats carried infantry and cavalry first rushed to the shallow water.
After people used bamboo poles to explore the depth of the water, some people jumped straight into the river and waded on the water. Some transferred to small boats and rowed to the shore, and even the war horses went up.
After the infantry and cavalry got ashore, they immediately searched deep into the land to inquire about the enemy's situation.
Liu Sheng was still on his ship, holding the railing and looking at the scene on the land.
This place is very close to the sea surface, and the water may be salty, because Liu Sheng found that there was a section of the beach by the river that had almost no plants and trees.
The further away is lush and lush, full of woods and weeds, and some village houses are looming among the plants.
There is only a village and town on the other side of the pier, and you can vaguely see a few people.In addition, looking from the river, only Ming army infantry and cavalry were left on the land.
Two broad ships docked at the Muzhu Wharf next to the village and town, and more Ming soldiers lined up and disembarked from the ship, and many were still holding horses.
The land gradually became lively, but it gave people a sense of peace because there were no enemy troops and no conflict.
After a long time, someone came to the beach and shouted at the flagship in the river: The scout has not seen the enemy, nor has he seen the enemy...
A flag on the flagship shook at a certain rhythm for a while to respond.
Liu Sheng also heard the screams of the scout team with his own ears, and ordered: All ships landed one after another.After the soldiers arrived ashore, they immediately built ditch wall fortifications and established military camps.
The personal soldiers clasped their fists and said: I got the order!
After a moment, the flag band on the warship blew the trumpet sound, and several flags shaking repeatedly.
Some warships in the distance also sounded the same trumpet, and the simple military orders of the Central Army were conveyed throughout the river.
Liu Sheng couldn't wait to order the ship to arrive at the dock. When the two wide ships left, he immediately boarded ashore.
The officers and soldiers who had just landed were a little confused. Some people seemed to be unacceptable to the navigation and were lying on the side of the road and vomiting constantly. The nauseous sound sounded very uncomfortable.
On the contrary, Liu Sheng, who was on a sea boat for the first time, had nothing to do after getting off the boat.
The Ming army sent people to the villages and towns and drove away the remaining villagers.
However, in accordance with Liu Sheng's order, the soldiers gave the villagers some well-made fishing nets, cloth, copper coins and other things as rewards for requisition of the house.
Before the war in Beijing, Emperor Zhu Gaoxu repeatedly reminded the soldiers not to rob and not to unhelp the local natives.
(Even if you want to plunder the necessary military supplies, you should proceed in an orderly manner and reduce destruction. You cannot steal all the things from the people and cannot survive.)
Liu Sheng was very accepting of the emperor's imperial edict.He felt that he was leading the righteous king's army, and of course he could not do those dirty things, so as not to lose face.
The minions sent by Hou Hai, a member of the army, took the opportunity to take the translator to the villages and towns to promote the right and wrong words.
Regardless of whether the natives were literate or not, the officials also sent out some paper documents; some even pretended to be enthusiastic and helped the villagers push wooden carts.
That scene made Liu Sheng think of the deceptive cult activities in the local area, and he also persuaded him as soon as he saw others.
The riverside was covered with sand boats, and more and more soldiers were trying to get ashore, either wade or rowing boats back and forth.
Some lighter Hongwu cannons were also first carried to the shore. The Hongwu cannon (mortar cannon) had a large muzzle, but the cannon body was thinner and the weight was lighter. On the contrary, the Hanwang cannon with a small muzzle had the smallest Xuan font and weighed thousands of pounds at any time, and it had to be transported to the dock with a car.
The two personal soldiers carried a roll of map and pulled it away in front of Liu Sheng.Liu Sheng once again confirmed the location and terrain of Qinghua City. He walked along the river from the mouth of the Majiang River and could reach Qinghua City within dozens of miles.
The rebels obviously did not expect that the Ming army would drive straight into its nest from the sea.If there is no enemy on the Majiang River, it makes people speculate that the rebels did not deploy the river defense in advance.
After a sudden surprise attack, Liu Sheng also wanted to start marching into Qinghua immediately.
However, the army must land on countless ships and rectify the number; it must transport military supplies, grain, military ordnance and ammunition, and establish military camps and warehouses on the shore, which will take at least a few days to achieve.
Liu Sheng had no choice but to order the scouts to inquire about the military situation in Qinghua City, while waiting for the army to rectify properly.
He is over thirty years old, tall, with a tiger's back and bear's waist, and has a symmetrical and upright face. His skin is naturally light in color. Compared with most of the martial arts and great men in the army, he looks cleaner and tidy.
Because he was born with a handsome appearance, Liu Sheng was also very careful about his words and deeds, and had a somewhat elegant temperament.
Under Liu Sheng's humble surface, people always feel a kind of restrained arrogance.
He would occasionally say a few words and sigh at some truths in front of the military men; it made everyone half understand and felt that it was unfathomable.
Now he was standing on a sand boat, staring at the undulating sea.The bright red cloak roams in the wind.
From Songtai River Estuary (near Haifang City today) to the Majiang River Estuary of Qinghua Prefecture, the sea route is about 300 miles, and the voyage is only a few days.Liu Sheng guessed that the fleet was almost at the place.
As the eunuch Hou Xian said, the prodigal son on this section of the sea was not big, and everyone went smoothly along the way.
It was Liu Sheng’s first time to go out to sea on a boat, and he felt a sense of novelty, so he often watched from the side of the boat.
His expression was calm, but he just pretended to be calm; as a nobleman who reads and reads, of course, he could not experience something new and was ecstatic.
This is not the first time that Liu Sheng has seen the sea.I saw that the sea and sky in the south seemed to be brighter than the north, and it looked very beautiful when the wind was calm and the waves were quiet.
However, when Liu Sheng really arrived in the sea, he felt that it was not as beautiful as it looked; just a little slight wind and waves could make the boat bump.
The power of the sea and the feeling of being unreliable from all sides can quickly make people feel awe.
Fortunately, the fleet sailed near the sea, and you can often see the coastal land in the west with your eyes during the day, which makes people feel much more at ease.
Fleets going to sea generally choose to sail near land, rather than easily heading towards endless places; I am afraid that no one is not afraid of the sea.
At this moment, a navy general came up and clasped his fists and said: Master, look at the movements in the sky. There may be a gust of wind and waves in a while, or it may rain.Ask the commander to leave the side of the ship, sit in the cabin, or find a place to lean on.
Liu Sheng nodded. He had no experience in navigation, so of course he would follow the advice of the navy soldiers.
He looked back and then turned around and walked straight into the cabin.
At this time, some sailors were pulling the rope (pulley set) and lowering the hard sail on the mast.
In the cabin, Liu Sheng sat down on a chair, leaning against the wall of the boat, and had been nailed to death on the spot with nails, which was very stable.
Sure enough, not long after, the hull's ups and downs became more and more intense.
Liu Sheng grabbed the armrest of the chair, otherwise he would have been rolling around in a mess in the cabin.
The boat with bumpy rises and falls makes people worry about whether the hull will fall apart.
There was a huge noise outside..., and the sound of waves and rain swept across the entire sea roughly.
At this time, almost no one could walk or even stand on the ship. Only those experienced navy soldiers could continue to move on the ship.
They were as clever as monkeys, and they found a place to borrow force with their arms and moved around the wall of the ship.
However, the most violent gust of wind and waves lasted for a short while, and soon the bumps became smaller.The rain has been falling for a long time.
There is no land in the west!A sentence came from outside the cabin.
Liu Sheng asked: What's going on?
The guards beside him immediately went outside the cabin to inquire.
After a while, an eunuch walked in, shaking his fists and saluted, saying: Don't worry, marshal.According to the chart, there is a bay north of the Majiangkou in Qinghua.Therefore, when we get here, we have to change our direction and go westward. Out of the bay is Majiangkou.
Liu Sheng nodded and asked: When will we arrive?
The eunuch said: I will report to the commander, I will definitely arrive at Majiangkou within today.He paused for a moment and said, there is a deep-water haven in Chameng and Hoi An. Since the Song Dynasty, our coastal merchants often do business and have been moored there, and later named "Xinzhou Port" (Danang).In the waters north of Xinzhou Port, a large number of Han merchants have been traveling for at least hundreds of years. We are very familiar with each other and will never make any mistakes.
When Liu Sheng heard this, he felt even more relieved.
The eunuch was very excited and talked about things that were not related to this battle. Xinzhou Port is the best port in Annan and Chameng. The bay is blocked by mountains and forests, and the wind is calm. The sea water in the port is very deep, and the largest pointed boat is also unobstructed.
Persians, dark merchants and Han merchants from Western countries would choose to dock here whenever they came to the south; Chameng State set up an official government, which not only collected taxes on the ships, but also taxed shops in the port, making a lot of profits.Before that, the Chen Dynasty of Annan Kingdom used troops to Chameng Kingdom many times, so he envied this place; so when the Ming Dynasty in Yongle was in the early Ming Dynasty to conquer the Hu family of Annan Kingdom, the King of Chameng worked very hard to help the Ming army.The deep grudge between the two countries is not a matter of one or two years...
Liu Sheng said: After returning to the capital, I will report these things to the emperor, who may be interested.But this time we won’t go to Xinzhou Port, we only go to Majiangkou, with the purpose of attacking Qinghua.
yes.The eunuch bent down and bowed.
The eunuchs were right. That afternoon, nearly 200 warships of all sizes and types of warships in the Ming Navy entered Majiangkou one after another.
On the surface of the Majiang River, sails covered the water, as if blocking the entire river. The scene was very grand.
Liu Sheng's troops had more than 20,000 people, and decided to land on the south bank of the Majiang River.Because Qinghua is also located on the south bank of the Majiang River, and there is a pier at the mouth of the river, which is also located on the south bank.
That pier could not satisfy so many people landing. The Ming army needed to use a flat-bottomed sand boat to rush directly to the shallows and land forcibly.
When the court planned the strategy of a surprise attack on Qinghua, it also considered this point, so the sea ships and Fujian Navy mobilized were mainly sand ships.
The warships commonly used by the Ming army's navy were not only sand ships, but also broad ships and blessed ships, both wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and they were afraid of stranding; only sand ships were not afraid of.
Several sand boats carried infantry and cavalry first rushed to the shallow water.
After people used bamboo poles to explore the depth of the water, some people jumped straight into the river and waded on the water. Some transferred to small boats and rowed to the shore, and even the war horses went up.
After the infantry and cavalry got ashore, they immediately searched deep into the land to inquire about the enemy's situation.
Liu Sheng was still on his ship, holding the railing and looking at the scene on the land.
This place is very close to the sea surface, and the water may be salty, because Liu Sheng found that there was a section of the beach by the river that had almost no plants and trees.
The further away is lush and lush, full of woods and weeds, and some village houses are looming among the plants.
There is only a village and town on the other side of the pier, and you can vaguely see a few people.In addition, looking from the river, only Ming army infantry and cavalry were left on the land.
Two broad ships docked at the Muzhu Wharf next to the village and town, and more Ming soldiers lined up and disembarked from the ship, and many were still holding horses.
The land gradually became lively, but it gave people a sense of peace because there were no enemy troops and no conflict.
After a long time, someone came to the beach and shouted at the flagship in the river: The scout has not seen the enemy, nor has he seen the enemy...
A flag on the flagship shook at a certain rhythm for a while to respond.
Liu Sheng also heard the screams of the scout team with his own ears, and ordered: All ships landed one after another.After the soldiers arrived ashore, they immediately built ditch wall fortifications and established military camps.
The personal soldiers clasped their fists and said: I got the order!
After a moment, the flag band on the warship blew the trumpet sound, and several flags shaking repeatedly.
Some warships in the distance also sounded the same trumpet, and the simple military orders of the Central Army were conveyed throughout the river.
Liu Sheng couldn't wait to order the ship to arrive at the dock. When the two wide ships left, he immediately boarded ashore.
The officers and soldiers who had just landed were a little confused. Some people seemed to be unacceptable to the navigation and were lying on the side of the road and vomiting constantly. The nauseous sound sounded very uncomfortable.
On the contrary, Liu Sheng, who was on a sea boat for the first time, had nothing to do after getting off the boat.
The Ming army sent people to the villages and towns and drove away the remaining villagers.
However, in accordance with Liu Sheng's order, the soldiers gave the villagers some well-made fishing nets, cloth, copper coins and other things as rewards for requisition of the house.
Before the war in Beijing, Emperor Zhu Gaoxu repeatedly reminded the soldiers not to rob and not to unhelp the local natives.
(Even if you want to plunder the necessary military supplies, you should proceed in an orderly manner and reduce destruction. You cannot steal all the things from the people and cannot survive.)
Liu Sheng was very accepting of the emperor's imperial edict.He felt that he was leading the righteous king's army, and of course he could not do those dirty things, so as not to lose face.
The minions sent by Hou Hai, a member of the army, took the opportunity to take the translator to the villages and towns to promote the right and wrong words.
Regardless of whether the natives were literate or not, the officials also sent out some paper documents; some even pretended to be enthusiastic and helped the villagers push wooden carts.
That scene made Liu Sheng think of the deceptive cult activities in the local area, and he also persuaded him as soon as he saw others.
The riverside was covered with sand boats, and more and more soldiers were trying to get ashore, either wade or rowing boats back and forth.
Some lighter Hongwu cannons were also first carried to the shore. The Hongwu cannon (mortar cannon) had a large muzzle, but the cannon body was thinner and the weight was lighter. On the contrary, the Hanwang cannon with a small muzzle had the smallest Xuan font and weighed thousands of pounds at any time, and it had to be transported to the dock with a car.
The two personal soldiers carried a roll of map and pulled it away in front of Liu Sheng.Liu Sheng once again confirmed the location and terrain of Qinghua City. He walked along the river from the mouth of the Majiang River and could reach Qinghua City within dozens of miles.
The rebels obviously did not expect that the Ming army would drive straight into its nest from the sea.If there is no enemy on the Majiang River, it makes people speculate that the rebels did not deploy the river defense in advance.
After a sudden surprise attack, Liu Sheng also wanted to start marching into Qinghua immediately.
However, the army must land on countless ships and rectify the number; it must transport military supplies, grain, military ordnance and ammunition, and establish military camps and warehouses on the shore, which will take at least a few days to achieve.
Liu Sheng had no choice but to order the scouts to inquire about the military situation in Qinghua City, while waiting for the army to rectify properly.
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