On the third day after Fan Mendy led the Dutch Navy's Second Fleet in Far East Leave Fangcheng New Port, the Tianxiong Army and Guanning Army gathered in Fangcheng New Port, and the Ming army was about to start attacking Annan! The warships of the Beiyang Navy and the Beihai Fleet took turns to enter the dock, and teams of soldiers boarded the warships, food, supplies, and artillery in an orderly manner were slowly transferred to the deck, and even the war horses were not pulled onto the ship.

After half a day, everything was finally ready, and the huge fleet began to slowly sail towards Haifang Port in Annan.

The commander-in-chief of this battle was the chief general of Tianxiong Army and the five-star general Lu Xiangsheng. When he led his army to charge, he was a fierce general who could not be more powerful. But this time it was not just a charge. Why did Zhu Cijiu ask him to command this battle?

The reason is very simple. He is not only a powerful general, but also a Confucian general!

This seems a bit contradictory, and the fierce generals and the Confucian generals are a bit inconsistent, but he is really a Confucian general. You should know that he was from a Jinshi, and he was not from a Jinshi of the Three A, but from a Jinshi of the Second A. The Ming Dynasty had no less than millions of students, and only three hundred Jinshis were awarded in three years. There were less than one hundred people in the First A and Second A. In other words, the Second A Jinshi of the Second A was considered a Confucian elite selected from tens of thousands, so he was first a Confucian general and then a fierce general.

The reason why Zhu Cijiu asked him to command this battle was because he was a civil and military genius. He was not a purely powerful general like Zu Erlangzi Zu Dabi. He was also proficient in military tactics and strategies.

At this time, he was convening three other generals to hold a combat meeting, and the four of them stood in a cabin and discussed around a simple sand table model.

Although Cao Wenzhao was both a five-star general, he had served as a deputy under Lu Xiangsheng and admired Lu Xiangsheng's courage and strategy. Therefore, he respected Lu Xiangsheng very much. At the beginning of the discussion, he asked: "Sir, see how we fight this time."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the sand table, pondered for a while, and then said, "This battle is mainly about stability. According to our troops and equipment, if the Zheng family's more than 100,000 troops face the enemy head-on with us, it will be vulnerable. The only hope they can turn the tables is to use the terrain to launch sneak attacks, so we must be stable. Fortunately, the Dutch fleet has already disappeared, so we basically don't have to worry about naval battles."

Indeed, although Annan also has naval troops, they are all small warships, not even Fuchuan warships. It is a dish in front of the Beiyang Navy and the Beihai Fleet. The only thing to worry about is the Dutch Fleet's Second Fleet. They have fifty super battleships, but now the Dutch have all escaped, and there is no suspense in this naval battle, so there is no need to think about it at all.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw Cao Wenzhao, Huang Long and Yang Geng nodded all the time and had no intention of expressing their opinions. He simply pointed to the sand table model and deployed: "Haifang Port in Annan is a small port, not suitable for large army landings, and there are also a small number of earth cannons, which is a bit troublesome to attack, so I think we might as well land on this small peninsula below Haifang Port, and then turn around to surround Haifang City, so that there will be no damage."

Cao Wenzhao and the other three nodded in praise. Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the sand table and continued: "There is a Haiyang City between Shenglong City and Haifang City. After the sea defense is captured, we will first move northwest and take down Haiyang City, so that there will be no worries. In addition, there is no threat at the sea anyway. Please ask the two generals Huang Long and Yang Geng to support the 5,000 musketeers and help us guard Haifang City and Haiyang City, so that we can concentrate our troops to attack Shenglong City."

Huang Long and Yang Geng nodded quickly to respond. Lu Xiangsheng continued: "Although the road from Haifang City to Shenglong City is plain, there are many woods, so we must arrange enough scouts when we march to prevent ambush and attack. I think this way, anyway, the cavalry will not play much role in siege. So they will simply spread them on the left and right wings of the army, one strand per 10,000 people, divided into ten strands. Search and advance on the left and right. Tianxiong Army is responsible for the left and right wings and Guanning Army is responsible for the right wing. As long as communication is maintained, even if the 100,000 troops in Annan are ambushed and one place, it will be fine. 50,000 iron cavalry on the plain is enough to defeat their 100,000 troops."

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he nodded quickly and said yes. Lu Xiangsheng pointed to Shenglong City on the sand table and continued: "In the end, it is time to attack Shenglong City. There are not many tactics to attack the city. At that time, it depends on who has more artillery and whose soldiers will be fierce!"

When Cao Wenzhao, Huang Long and Yang Geng heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other with a smile, and compared to "King of Yan Lu", I'm afraid there is no one in the world!

The tactics are certain. The Beiyang Navy and the Beihai Fleet are directly attacking the small peninsula south of Haifang City. At this time, the hundreds of small warships in Annan were hiding under the earthen artillery in Haifang Port, trembling. They dared to run out to fight the Ming navy, so the landing process was extremely smooth, without any casualties, and it was more difficult to get the artillery ashore. However, there were many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. It took not much time for people to carry horses and pull 200,000 people to take action. It took only one day for the Tianxiong Army and Guanning Army to complete the landing.

At this time, the Annan army in the direction of the Haifang City had been in chaos. The Annan Zheng family did not expect the Ming army to attack from the sea. Fan Mendi did not realize that the Ming army would use warships to transport the army. The Ming army he saw alone had hundreds of thousands of Ming army. He was transported by warships. When was it necessary to transport it, he thought it was impossible, so he did not remind Zheng Jie at all.

Zheng Jian believed that the Ming army had only crossed 100,000 mountains and attacked Shenglong City from the north. Because it was like this in history, he concentrated all the main forces in Shenglong City. The coastal defense city did not arrange many troops to guard it. Even if the navy and the earthen fortress were less than 5,000 people in total, how could he resist the Ming army's 200,000 army and 200,000 navy?

The next morning, when Lu Xiangsheng organized a large army to attack Haifang City, the spies came to report that the defenders of Haifang City, including the defenders on the fort and the navy at the sea, all fled! Cao Wenzhao immediately proposed to lead the cavalry to pursue and suppress them. Lu Xiangsheng refused without thinking. The so-called "not chasing the enemy" is not advisable. If you are not familiar with the place, it is not advisable to send cavalry to chase and suppress them. If you hit the enemy's ambush, the cavalry will suffer heavy losses. It is better to fight steadily and advance the whole army together.

Lu Xiangsheng was not in a hurry to Haiyang City. He first led the Tianxiong Army into Haifang City. He searched carefully and confirmed that there were no Annan Army soldiers in the city except for civilians. This made Huang Long arrange five thousand naval musketeers to take over Haifang City and the forts on the shore. Then he led the Tianxiong Army, Guanning Army and the five thousand musketeers of the Beihai Fleet to arrange the formation and slowly head towards Haiyang City.

Haiyang City is only a hundred miles away from Haifang City. At noon the next day, the 200,000 army led by Lu Xiangsheng had not yet arrived at Haiyang City, and a spy came to report to him, and the defenders of Haiyang City also ran away!

Lu Xiangsheng still led his army to Haiyang City and searched carefully. Only then did he leave behind the five thousand musketeers of the North Sea Fleet, and then arranged the formation and slowly rushed towards Shenglong City.

There was no enemy situation along the way. The Annan army seemed to have all retreated into Shenglong City, preparing to defend the city to the death and fight the Ming army to the death.

Lu Xiangsheng led his army to walk slowly for two days. At around noon on the third day, he finally arrived outside Shenglong City. At this time, Shenglong City had its gates closed, and the city walls were lined with Annan Army, which looked quite majestic.

Shenglong City is completely imitating the city plan of the Ming Dynasty. It has a city wall and a moat, but the city wall is only five meters high and the moat is only twenty meters wide. Lu Xiangsheng carefully observed it with a telescope and immediately ordered: "Tianxiong Army is stationed ten miles east of the city, the infantry is opposite the city wall, the cavalry is three miles north of the north, the Guanning Army is stationed ten miles south of the city, the infantry is opposite the city wall, and the cavalry is ten miles west."
Chapter completed!