The mysterious world: Start working hard from the beggar camp!

Chapter 533: The Aristocratic Alliance is too early to rejoice, Sun Chuanting's plan takes effect
"Grand Commander, His Majesty has sent an urgent military order!"

"It's marked as urgent, so it's obviously a very serious matter!"

Zhou Sanba, the core general of the Yongwei Camp, came leaping over with a small bamboo tube sealed with vermilion lacquer at both ends and reported to Zhou Yuji in a hurry.

Their army cavalry battalion was composed of 400,000 elite cavalry soldiers, each with two horses.

Due to the shortage of war horses and spirit beasts, the two main legions of the imperial court, Zhou Yuji and Sun Chuanting, only have this many cavalrymen combined.

The remaining 1.6 million soldiers are all infantry, and now they are heading south with the navy fleet.

As for the imperial army's march southward this time, the treasure ship they boarded was commanded by 300,000 imperial naval officers and soldiers led by Lu Jiude, and the number of psychic cannons they were equipped with was quite considerable.

The Southern Ming court actually had no shortage of master craftsmen capable of building psychic cannons, and they were willing to serve the court as long as they could receive sufficient compensation.

The Ming Dynasty lasted for thousands of years and was the most legitimate unified dynasty in history. Although the people had been living in poverty for a long time, the people's hearts had never completely collapsed.

In the Southern Ming Dynasty, the vast majority of people still believed that the imperial court was the orthodox one, and that all other forces were traitors.

This has long been the will of the people.

After Emperor Chongzhen went on a killing spree in Jiangnan, he obtained a huge amount of money, supplies, and top-level spiritual materials through large-scale confiscations and exterminations of families. Naturally, he was able to hire many master craftsmen at high salaries, and he also had enough spiritual materials and money.

During this year and more, these master craftsmen led thousands of craftsmen under them to build thousands of psychic cannons and tens of thousands of psychic crossbow carts for the imperial court.

This is also the main reason why the court's ability to capture cities and territories increased significantly after reorganizing the five major legions.

After all, for a fortified city, the power of psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts, as long as they are large enough to launch concentrated fire attacks, is no worse than any military killing formation today.

Having plundered numerous aristocratic families and wealthy merchants, Emperor Chongzhen currently has no shortage of magic cores, soul beads and other spiritual crystal stones, which are enough to unleash the power of the large number of existing spirit bird cannons and spirit crossbow carts.

"Oh?"

Zhou Yuji's face became solemn. He quickly took the small bamboo tube handed to him by his deputy general Zhou Sanba, opened the red lacquer seal, took out the secret letter and began to check it.

"it is good!"

"These traitors have finally been fooled and are seeking their own death!"

Seeing what the secret letter said, the enemy's reaction was exactly the same as his own pre-war sand table simulation, Zhou Yuji was overjoyed.

As a veteran of the battlefield, how could he not know that destroying the enemy in the wild is much easier than siege warfare?

Even if the battlefield was on the banks of the Grand Canal, it wouldn't make much difference.

This is the world of cultivators, and the abilities of the warriors are far beyond what the soldiers of the mortal empire can match.

What's more, they have the blessing of the magical military killing formation. With the elite level of their own soldiers, they form a formation to attack the enemy fleet. They can easily fight on the river for more than half an hour.

He didn't believe that the enemy could stop the siege of his own soldiers!

Moreover, a total of four million soldiers were dispatched by both sides for this battle. For such a large-scale war, the situation had already become inevitable from the moment the two sides were about to come into contact, and it was impossible to turn around and escape easily.

Otherwise, once the enemy pursues relentlessly, the fleeing party will die a more miserable death.

There is no way. There are too many soldiers participating in this war, and it is extremely difficult to command and dispatch them. Only by acting according to the originally formulated strategies and tactics can we avoid causing huge chaos.

"Congratulations, Grand Commander, you are about to achieve a great achievement!"

"Once we destroy this huge coalition of aristocratic families, we will be able to eliminate at least 30% of their war potential. Those aristocratic alliances that are in disarray will no longer be able to confront our army head-on. The plan to retake Jiangnan will be very smooth!"

Zhou Sanba, who was standing by, was also very excited.

He was able to stand out among the millions of soldiers in the Brave Guard Camp, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

When it comes to the ability of marching and fighting, even if he is not as good as Zhou Yuji, he can easily defeat all the main generals of the Jiangnan Aristocratic Family Alliance. Naturally, he has foreseen that victory is in sight.

"Not bad!"

Zhou Yuji nodded in agreement and said, "In about an hour, the battle will begin on our designated battlefield. Even if we cannot eliminate all the enemies this time, we must eliminate a large part of them and completely break their courage and backbone to resist the imperial court!"

"In my opinion, these Jiangnan family alliances are completely overestimating themselves!"

"They think they can fight against our imperial court with their endless money and food supplies. They are totally foolish!"

"Sanba, go and inform the soldiers immediately to speed up the march."

Zhou Yuji immediately gave the order, "Our cavalry cannot keep up with the speed of the large fleet going downstream. We must hurry up and take advantage of the time when the large fleet slows down to reach the ambush site as soon as possible, hide our traces, and then, when the battle begins, quickly attack from behind the enemy fleet and catch the enemy off guard."

This large cavalry army chose to act separately from the large fleet, not because they had too much to eat, but because they had a secret combat mission.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be more economical and time-saving if we all just took the treasure ship and sailed downstream together?
The purpose of the 400,000 cavalry troops led by Zhou Yuji and marching along the coast was not only to clear out the enemy's military camps along the west bank of the Grand Canal, but also to launch a surprise attack on the enemy.

After the large fleets of the enemy and ours started fighting, they would attack from the river bank behind the enemy fleet, which would definitely give the enemy a surprise.

"Yes, Grand Governor!"

Zhou Sanba immediately took the order and left, conveying Zhou Yuji's order to all the soldiers in the army.

A moment later, 400,000 imperial cavalry soldiers began to accelerate their advance and galloped towards the designated battlefield.

……

"Master!"

"A large fleet of ships from the imperial court has been spotted ahead!"

A level five peak powerhouse who was riding a level five spirit bird and was in charge of observing the fleet above the fleet, controlled the spirit bird to dive down and reported to the commander-in-chief Xie Youming.

Since they learned that the imperial court had several level six spirit birds accompanying the army and responsible for patrolling in the sky, these scouts did not dare to get too close to the enemy fleet. They were unable to grasp the latest movements of the imperial army in time, and the intelligence they obtained was somewhat vague.

However, they did not know that on the battlefield, any negligence could lead to fatal consequences.

"However, the imperial fleet sailing downstream did not sail deep into the Grand Canal as we expected, but instead sailed towards the west bank of the Grand Canal."

"The other party's speed is not fast either, just a little faster than the normal speed of the treasure ship."

This son of the Xie family was a loyal general trained by the family. He continued to report, "According to the speed at which the enemy and ours are moving, at most half an hour will pass before the two armies meet on the river!" "The number of the enemy's treasure ships is about 300, as the previous intelligence said."

"Among them, there are eight top-quality treasure ships, forty-six high-quality treasure ships, and the rest are all medium and low-quality treasure ships."

"The army on board looks so densely packed, even if there aren't 2 million of them, it's pretty close."

"Their flagship, the Great Treasure Ship, is sailing in the front and center of the fleet. We can see the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flags. Emperor Chongzhen is most likely on the flagship, the Great Treasure Ship."

He spoke quickly and clearly, and quickly reported the latest military intelligence.

"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Youming nodded solemnly and gave the order, "Pass my order. All the treasure ships in our fleet will slowly transform into battle formation and maintain a uniform speed!"

"Once we are thirty miles away from the enemy fleet, the entire army will accelerate and charge!"

"Notify everyone to prepare for the concentrated fire attack from the ship's psychic cannons and crossbow carts!"

"In this battle, we will win with more people than fewer. We will definitely win in the end. We will try to defeat the enemy in one battle, and maybe even kill the tyrant here!"

In order to take the initiative to attack this large fleet, Xie Youming risked his life and property.

With the attitude of "success or die", he was determined to win back a game and reverse the current unfavorable situation.

Otherwise, once the imperial army captured Suzhou, the Xie family would be doomed and the fleet would be destroyed soon.

The biggest weakness of aristocratic families is that their industries are too concentrated, and it is very difficult to relocate far away to avoid war. It is a typical case of losing both the people and the land while keeping the land.

Therefore, in the late Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao was able to easily wipe out most of the aristocratic families in the country and almost uprooted all the aristocratic families in the world.

This is the law of history and the inertia of history, which cannot be reversed by human power.

"Yes, eldest son!"

The representatives of the masters from the aristocratic families around them received orders in unison, dispersed, and made final preparations before the battle.

About a quarter of an hour later, the super-large fleet formed by the alliance of Jiangnan aristocratic families and wealthy merchants, which was still in a somewhat chaotic state, finally completed the transformation of its battle formation. It spread out in nine horizontal rows on the river and quickly approached the location of the enemy's large fleet.

The speed at which the two large fleets were moving towards each other was faster than most people imagined, especially these powerful treasure ships.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the silhouettes of both fleets became vaguely visible, and then became clearer and clearer.

"These imperial navy fleets are indeed a new army!"

Holding a telescope obtained from overseas trade, Xie Youming looked at the imperial fleet slowly moving toward the river bank and snorted disdainfully, "This kind of rookie is so cautious even when operating a treasure ship, what can he use to fight us?"

"Fortunately, I was a little worried before, wondering if the other party had some conspiracy or some special trump card!"

It was not until he saw the rookie appearance of the imperial fleet that Xie Youming finally put his worries to rest. With a strong sense of self-confidence in his heart, he shouted, "Pass on my military order, all ships, prepare to fire at the same time!"

"First, focus your fire on the hundred or so enemy ships in the front. Try to fire two salvos at once to destroy the protective light shields on their ships!"

"First collect some interest and break the enemy's morale!"

Xie Youming knew clearly that in any war, taking the first city and giving the enemy a warning would have a huge effect on boosting the morale of his own soldiers.

In a large-scale super war, high morale of either side will increase the chances of winning by at least 30%.

So there is nothing wrong with his command.

The number of their treasure ships and psychic cannons was nearly times that of the imperial court's fleet, giving them a huge advantage in this naval battle.

If they still cannot defeat the enemy in this way, it would be better for the alliance of aristocratic families, wealthy merchants and tycoons to disband immediately and go home to sleep.

"Dong dong..."

Following Xie Youming's order, the war drums on the large treasure ships of the Southern Family Alliance's fleet sounded loudly.

The inspiring sound of war drums indicates that an unprecedented inland river battle is about to begin!

This large-scale naval confrontation involving a large number of aristocratic families and the imperial army can be said to be the first of its kind in history.

The outcome of this naval battle will directly determine the future victory or defeat of both sides, and its importance is unprecedented.

"boom!"

"Rumble..."

Both sides quickly came within the effective range of the psychic cannons within fifteen miles, and almost simultaneously ordered their own treasure ships to launch concentrated fire attacks!

In an instant, on this river bank, dense and dazzling psychic shells shot out from the dark barrels, bombarding the formation shields of the large treasure ships in the front rows of both sides, causing waves of ripples!
The start of a war is a decisive battle, and this life-and-death artillery battle has opened a splendid prelude!

From the continuous artillery fire, it can be seen that although the hit rates of both sides are similar, the Southern Family Alliance has the advantage in the number of artillery pieces, so it naturally quickly gained the upper hand!

After just one round of ten waves of concentrated fire attacks, the large fleets of both sides closed to within three miles, greatly increasing the power of the psychic shells soaring out from the ships.

If nothing unexpected happens, after the next round of ten waves of concentrated fire attacks, the more than one hundred treasure ships in the front row of the imperial court will undoubtedly have their protective formation shields broken through, and then be sunk one after another on the sea!

"it is good!"

"Hahaha……"

Xie Youming, who was standing on the bow of the Xie family's top-quality treasure ship, was overjoyed when he saw this and couldn't help but cheer loudly, "Keep attacking fiercely!"

"The outcome of this battle is already decided. It would be unjust if the imperial fleet did not flee in defeat!"

"Let this incompetent emperor Chongzhen experience the pain of being defeated and fleeing. How painful it is!"

"If he's unlucky, he might die here!"

With a beaming smile on his face, he did not notice that at this moment, on the river bank, several elite cavalrymen of the imperial court, who had activated their killing powers, appeared silently. They transformed into four gigantic divine beasts and leaped over, rushing straight to the rear of the enemy fleet!
These huge mythical beasts were as fast as lightning. They rushed to the surface of the river before the enemy soldiers discovered them, leaping across the waves, full of murderous intent!
The variables of this decisive battle have finally arrived. Apparently, the soldiers of the Southern Family Alliance were too happy too early!
The military killing array composed of 100,000 elite soldiers and the concentrated fire attack launched by them were simply not something that any large treasure ship could withstand.

Even a top-quality treasure ship is no exception. It cannot withstand even one critical hit and will be sunk on the spot!
And this level of military killing formations were commanded by Zhou Yuji himself, and there were as many as four of them!
(End of this chapter)