"How is the situation in the city?"
In the Ming army camp in the north of Haiyang, Zhu Bomu was studying the sand table in the open-air camp on the north bank of the Red River. Shen Lian, who had just entered the tent, shook his head and said,
"Just as we expected, there are no cannons in Haiyang City. There are many catapults on the city walls, which were basically built in the past few days.”
"Yes, today is already the 12th day since we left the camp. We must take down Haiyang City today.”As he said that, Zhu Bomu turned to look at the commander of the three thousand camps beside him and ordered,""Tell the navy to beat down all the Jiaozhi soldiers on the wall of Haiyang City!”
"I'll do it now!" The commander of the 3,000-strong camp cupped his fists and immediately stood on the commander's platform, waving his flag.
"Beep ~" When the Ming soldiers a hundred steps away saw their commander waving the flag, they immediately blew the wooden whistle in their mouths and waved the two flags in their hands to inform the soldiers a hundred steps away.
Just like that, with the sound of a wooden whistle, about fifteen minutes later, Zhu Bomu's order was transmitted to the mouth of the sea more than ten miles away.
Zheng He, who was standing on the boat, turned the telescope in his hand and saw the soldiers waving the flag on the hill. Then, he put down the telescope and turned around to shout,"Pass down my order. Other than the treasure ship, the other 36 ships will sail into the Red River and bombard Haiyang City!”
"Roar!"
The soldiers roared, then lowered the hard sails and used the sea breeze as a driving force to move. After entering the Red River, the soldiers on the second floor began to move the oars and put away the hard sails.
The Jiaozhi Yoked that were recruited from the shore exerted all their strength. Tens of thousands of Yoked forcefully pulled thirty-six large ships into the Red River basin, and they were heading north!
Seeing the boat trackers move, Zheng He walked to the shore to check the speed of the boat. Then, he turned around and continued to give orders,"Herald! Waving the flag, he told Wansui and Jiaozhi that they still needed an hour to reach the battlefield!”
"The Jiaozhi Navy will reach Haiyang County in an hour!”When the herald at the bow heard Zheng He's words, he immediately repeated it and began to wave the flag in his hand!
When the Ming soldiers on the ground saw this scene, they blew their wooden whistles and waved their flags. Just like before, they walked back step by step.
"Reporting ~~~ Jiaozhi Navy Commander Zheng He has sent a report. The navy's 36 warships will arrive at the battlefield waters in 35 minutes!”
As the commander of the three-thousand-man battalion returned on horseback, he told Zhu Bomu and Shen Lian the time. Zhu Bomu stopped looking at the sand table and took the telescope from Shen Lian to look at Zheng Jun in Haiyang City.
Through the Thousand Li Mirror, Zhu Bomu saw that the Zheng Army on the city wall had started to move. They were moving stone bullets, preparing fire, black oil, and other defensive equipment.
"The Haiyang Zheng Army is defending the northern city wall. There are about 1,000 of them. Tell the navy to bombard the Haiyang East Gate at the crossroad!”
Zhu Bomu looked at Haiyang City in the Thousand Li Mirror and started to give orders. After the commander of the three thousand camps heard it, he immediately sent someone to pass the message. Zhu Bomu turned to look at Shen Lian and said,"
"Tell the Embroidered Uniform Guards in the city to immediately head to the Haiyang Prefecture Treasury after the west city is breached. Do not let the Haiyang garrison burn the food supplies inside!”
"Understood!" Shen Lian bowed his head and ordered his men to release the messenger eagle. Through the angle and number of circles the messenger eagle flew in the sky, he told the Jinyiwei in Haiyang City what they should do when the time was up.
The three sides of the ocean were surrounded by natural rivers. The largest river in the north was the Red River, which was the one hundred zhang long river in front of Zhu Bomu and the others.
Haiyang was stuck in the middle of the Red River's triangle, and the east gate was less than two miles away from the depths of the river.
At this distance, catapults and ballistae couldn't hit it at all, but the Ming army's naval cannons could easily hit the eastern city gate.
"Order the entire army to prepare to gather at the riverbank and board the ship at any time to cross the river and attack Haiyang City!”
"Understood!"
On the battlefield, Zhu Bomu's orders were given out one by one, and were executed perfectly by the system main city soldiers. The 1,000 soldiers just had to guard the supplies behind them.
Zheng Shan, who was a branch of the Zheng Family, looked at the Ming army that had moved and called out to the soldiers on the north wall to prepare the city defense materials.
"The Ming army is on the north bank of the Red River. Once they cross the river, they can only bring scaling ladders and not charging chariots, well fences, or siege towers! Listen to me! After the ladder hooked onto the parapet, they immediately poured oil on it and lit it up!”
"This Ming army doesn't have heavy artillery, so we don't have to be afraid of them. The city gates are filled with sand bags. As long as the city gates are guarded, Haiyang City will be safe!!!”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Before Zheng Shan could finish his words, the Ming navy that had arrived at the crossroads had already begun to bombard Haiyang East City.
It was fine for a cannon that weighed more than ten kilograms to hit the city wall, but if it hit the city wall, it would not stop suddenly. Instead, it would jump a few times on the ground. Anyone who was touched by it would be injured and crippled for life.
"Pass down my order. The six boats will continue north to bring the army across the river. The remaining warships will continue to attack Haiyang County!”
"Roar!"
Zheng He's orders on the warships of the Jiaozhi Navy caused countless people to sing loudly!
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