Chapter 750: Surprise

The news of the assassination of the envoys of the Ming Dynasty quickly spread throughout the country, and the speed of this spread was beyond everyone's imagination. The Ming Dynasty is now like a real kingdom of heaven, and the majesty of the kingdom of heaven cannot be violated. He sent people to assassinate the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the envoy was a first-rank official of the court and a brother of the emperor. This gave people the feeling of slapping the Ming Dynasty hard. How could it bear it for the Ming court? Therefore, Emperor Jingtai was so angry, although this anger had been previewed many times for Emperor Jingtai.

Gao Qiang court also knew the news of the murder of the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. Gao Qiang court did not attract high attention. In their eyes, this was just an ordinary attack. It was probably the so-called thieves, probably robbing some property, but they did not expect that they accidentally attacked the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. However, the murder of the envoys of the Ming Dynasty was in their own country, and they immediately sent people to investigate the matter. After all, this was related to the court, and they immediately sent people to negotiate in the Ming Dynasty. After all, this involved the diplomatic issues between the two countries.

However, what they never expected was that the Ming army had all begun to prepare for war. At the border, the Ming Dynasty's army had quickly assembled. Soon, more than 100,000 troops had been gathered at the borders of the Ming Dynasty and the powerful borders. Moreover, these troops were definitely the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, with murderous clothes.

In addition to the border, the Daming army also started to move at sea, and warships set sail one after another, heading towards the high-strong sea. In three years, the Ming Dynasty warships had been equipped with many new warships. The maritime trade allowed the court to taste the sweetness. Therefore, in recent years, the court has vigorously developed the navy. Now the power of the Ming navy is among the best in the world. Although Gao Qiang, although he is an ally, has long formulated a plan to attack Gao Qiang, the court will not hand over the secret information belonging to the Ming Dynasty to Gao Qiang. Although Gao Qiang has also been a scholar of the Ming Dynasty to build large warships in recent years, it is a pity that they still have not mastered the warship so far.

The key issue is artillery. In the past three years, Jiang Lang has successively handed over some advanced technologies to the Ming Dynasty. Some warships have been equipped with some post-loaded artillery. This artillery has become the prototype of modern howitzers and is very close to modern artillery. One of the big reasons why Jiang Lang told the Ming Dynasty about these technologies for a while is that he hopes that they will digest these technologies step by step and then form their own knowledge. In this way, they can form a mature knowledge system, and the system they digest can be much stronger than a vigorous imitation, so that they can continue to study on this basis.

On the other hand, the army deployed by the imperial court also began to prepare for combat, and all 200,000 troops had already begun to prepare at this time. On this day, there were only two days left before May 17th.

The large-scale actions of the Ming Dynasty naturally attracted Gao Qiang's attention, and the news soon spread to Gao Qiang's court. They originally thought that this was just an ordinary attack, but they did not expect that it would cause such a big disturbance from the Ming Dynasty. It seems that the Ming Dynasty's army has gathered nearly 300,000 troops. If more than 300,000 well-equipped troops launch an attack on Gao Qiang, then the entire Gao Qiang can't stop it.

Moreover, the most important thing is that this time, the Ming Dynasty did not seem to be doing it. Even if it was doing it, it would not have to mobilize more than 300,000 troops.

The strong court suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. It was obvious that the Ming court obviously did not intend to just do things like this.

At the same time, news about the identity of the envoy was also sent over. It turned out to be the brother of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but the arrows left by the assassin on the scene were actually arrows used by the powerful army.

Gao Qiang's court was shocked at this moment. Everything in front of him was on the surface. Gao Qiang's army assassinated the envoys, but they didn't know which army it was from his own court.

Moreover, for the sake of the present, the powerful court ordered the army to be on guard and on the other hand to investigate, hoping to know who killed the envoy, otherwise a war would probably break out.

However, the war was destined to break out. For the powerful imperial court, no matter how hard they tried, how they sent people to investigate, or how they sent people to the Ming army to explain, this was not what they did, but all this did not work.

In the early morning of May 17th.

The Ming soldiers who were sleeping were suddenly awakened by a burst of horn sounds. When they heard the horn sounds, they certainly understood what was going on. They immediately put on their armor and picked up their weapons to gather.

After a short time, the first team of more than 10,000 people had begun to run and advance. Their target was a high-strength fortress about ten miles away from here. The artillery was the first to take advantage of the darkness, and the heavy weapons such as artillery had all arrived here and entered the preparation for the battle. Because it was night, the artillery fired relatively far away and quietly hid the woods, the high-strength soldiers not far away did not find it. However, due to the gathering of Ming soldiers, the guards on the city walls increased significantly.

Ten thousand soldiers did not know until they arrived here that they would know that the battle tonight was to break through the city in front of them. Without waiting for them to rest, the artillery had already begun to fire.

The rumbling sound instantly broke the tranquility of the night. When the cannons spit out huge flames, they could see red red dots falling onto the city wall that they didn't want to go with their naked eyes. Then, a huge explosion sounded, and the fireballs soared into the air. During the explosion, in addition to the iron filings flying everywhere, there were also those bricks and stones that were blown away. The soldiers on the city wall attacked by these things instantly suffered casualties.

One after another, the shells flew towards the city wall, and huge fireballs rose one by one, illuminating the black night sky. The Ming Dynasty is not as tight as when it was fired in the small mouth, and the ammunition is very sufficient. After all, the battle was relatively concentrated at this time. In order to attack the city, more than a hundred artillery pieces were concentrated. At least half of the shells hit the city wall accurately. The soldiers on these walls were instantly engulfed by flames, or were knocked off the city wall by shock waves and fell to the ground.

The violent explosions came one after another, and the earth seemed to be trembling.

When artillery fire covered the city wall, the Ming soldiers also began to attack. Fortunately, the city did not have a moat. After arriving at the city wall, the Ming Dynasty's artillery began to extend into the inside as before, and the two sides began a fierce battle for the city wall.

On the other hand, all the soldiers who were originally stockpiled in the harbor were gathered at this time, and the huge suspension bridge was also put down. Then 200,000 soldiers quickly left the city. Their target was a city about fifty miles away.

At the same time, at the sea, taking advantage of the night, the two fleets of the Ming Dynasty arrived at the two high-strength harbors. As time came, all the warships quickly leaned forward. The originally closed muzzle had already opened. Then, the warships began to fire, and the targets were those high-strength warships docked in the port. The high-strength warships with almost no preparation were so large that they were suddenly disorganized. Although there were soldiers on the warships and they knew that they had encountered an enemy attack, they could not organize a decent counterattack. Only some warships fired occasionally, but even if they hit the Ming Dynasty warships, the damage caused was minimal.

The warships had almost surrounded the entire port and poured artillery fire towards the powerful warship in front of them. After being shot, the high-strength warships circled one after another. The raging fire reflected the sky red. The powerful navy abandoned the ships and fled one after another. This was their only way out for retreat. At the dock, it was already in chaos. The high-strength soldiers stationed at the dock had begun to defensively move away from the port, but the only ones in their hands were bows and arrows and a small number of muskets.

When the shells were pouring out toward the warships at the dock, the transport ship had already begun to dock. Fully armed soldiers ran out quickly one after another. The first soldiers immediately followed the cover of the local terrain and prepared for the battle. Since they rushed out first, they should have a strange way of protecting them, just as when waiting for the ship, the person who was responsible for the protection was the last person who came up.

The strong generals also understood what consequences would be brought after these people landed, and to repel them, of course, it would be best to attack them while they were stable and drove them into the sea. So they also organized people to launch a counterattack. However, the counterattack seemed a bit pale and powerless. With the cooperation of the artillery and guns of the Ming soldiers, they had no way to move forward at all. After leaving behind the bodies on the ground, they had to retreat. The Ming soldiers did not give them a chance to charge. After landing with enough manpower, they began to take the initiative to attack the high-strength defenders. With the support of artillery fire, they quickly suppressed the high-strength counterattack and began to compete for the city in this harbor.
Chapter completed!