At the same time, a dozen round-bottomed galleys suitable for sailing in offshore shoals broke through the morning sea fog and landed on the tidal flat at the entrance of the Johor Strait with a roar.

The style of these round-bottomed galleys is somewhat similar to that of the Arakan sailboats. They have two masts with low freeboard and can be used with oars and sails. They are very suitable for activities in shallow water areas. For the Ming Dynasty, which has a long coastline, this type of sailboat is suitable for offshore use.

The mobile ships are very practical. They are not only the main ships of the Naval Admiralty Division (equivalent to the coast guard) of the coastal provinces, but also the Ming Navy, which is mainly responsible for performing tasks in the open sea, is also equipped with a large number of such ships with a load capacity of dozens or hundreds of tons.

There are as many as three to four hundred small two-masted boats!

There are three main functions of this kind of small boat in the Ming Dynasty navy. One is to serve as a mortar gunboat - the explosive shells used in ships have actually appeared a long time ago, but before the emergence of wooden tube fuses and wooden ammunition holders, the explosive shells could not be carried on large ships.

, you can only board small gunboats. In this way, even if there is an accident, the loss will be relatively small. However, heavy cannons cannot be mounted on small boats, so you can only mount mortars.

This kind of small boat equipped with large-caliber mortars is of course useless in a fleet battle, but it can be used to bombard enemy coastal cities and harbors.

The second is to serve as a escort ship in the decisive fleet battle to prevent the opponent's arson ship or mortar ship from approaching.

The third is to serve as a landing ship. Just like now, carrying the benevolent and righteous troops of the Ming Dynasty to the beach of Johor!

The battalion officer of the 1st Battalion of Duke Daimei Nian'an's Guards, the old and highly moral Yamamoto Shigesumi, is now aboard a 70 to 80 ton (dwt) ketch. As soon as the bottom of the ship touches the beach,

He was the first to jump from the deck into the waist-deep water. He was seen wearing a faded red cloth jacket, a pair of shorts, a breastplate over the jacket, and a helmet on his head.

, there is also a white background flag on the back, with four big characters on it - Teacher of Benevolence and Righteousness!

This is a true teacher of benevolence and righteousness!

The battalion of officers and soldiers who followed Yamamoto off the boat were all short Japanese samurai. This group of islanders can tolerate seasickness better. Even after drifting for more than 2,000 miles at sea (they set out from Nakhon Si Thammarat), they are still able to fight seasickness.

Be energetic and engage in the landing battle.

Oh, it should be a landing... because there is no battle.

"The 1st Battalion of Ren'an! Organize the company into a team and form a square formation!"

Yamamoto Shigesumi raised a samurai sword and shouted at the top of his lungs, his old eyes full of tears. Because in front of the beachhead, it was quiet and peaceful. There were no fully armed Johor soldiers, only large coconut groves.

He looked back and saw that the fog on the sea had almost dissipated, and the figures of the Ming Dynasty ships carrying out the landing mission were clearly visible. A medium-sized "prefecture-level" hard-sailed gunboat (bird ship type) was cruising around the periphery.

, the larger Pacific sailing ship (also a hard sail) is being transferred, and large numbers of soldiers are climbing down the rope net and onto the small sampan - not all landing troops can take the light galley and go directly to the beach.

After all, the number of this kind of light galleys is limited. There are only more than thirty ships that follow the landing fleet south, half of which are used on the north shore of the Johor Strait, and the other half are used to dilute the beaches of Masik Island.

At this time, except for these Ming army gunboats, transport ships and landing sampans, there were no other ships on the sea!

The raid on Johor seems to have been half successful!

Yamamoto Shigesumi did not know that this seemingly clever roundabout landing actually hit the enemy's heavily fortified fist. In Johor City, about 130 miles away from the landing site, Johor, Aceh, and Perak were stationed at this time. , 13,000 elite warriors from the four sultanates including Pattani, and 3,000 to 4,000 mercenaries (mainly indigenous) from the East India Company who came from Malacca Fort.

And at the mouth of the Klang River, 900 miles away, there is a powerful Dutch fleet hidden!

As the assault force in this landing operation, Yamamoto's Nian'an 1st Battalion and the Yixing 1st Battalion belonging to the Yixing Public Guards Regiment had already completed the beachhead assembly at this time and formed eight companies on the beach. phalanx.

These eight companies are all "red iron artillery troops", with three rows of flintlock guns and one row of long guns. Most of the soldiers are samurai from Japan.

In order to motivate them to fight hard, Emperor Zhu has issued a lot of titles of viscount, baron and knight - the worst is a knight, who can own a fief of one mile square, which is 400 acres.

At this time, Yamamoto was already standing in front of the four-company phalanx of Ren'an's 1st Battalion, and began to issue orders loudly: "The first company, the second company, occupy the woods directly in front, then cut down the trees, set up roadblocks, and dig trenches , prepare to hold on!

The third and fourth companies followed their officers and searched due north... Remember, we are all teachers of benevolence and righteousness. We must practice benevolence and righteousness. Without orders from our officers, we are not allowed to kill indiscriminately! No! Let’s grab it!”

"Hai!"

A group of warriors who had long been unable to hold back their murderous intent responded loudly, looking really benevolent and righteous!

...

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Dashun, it was the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the Chinese Valentine's Day, Mrauk U City.

Inside and outside the palace, the battle has ended and has been hastily cleaned up. There was once a dense pile of corpses outside the palace wall where the fierce battle took place. Now they have been removed as much as possible. The corpses inside the palace wall have also been cleaned up. With one blow, they were all taken out of the city and buried. However, the bullet holes and traces of smoke on the palace wall could not be covered up for a while.

Dashun's Renyi Division is now the master of Mrauk-U City. The battle to raid Mrauk-U started three days ago. It first started on Poki Island at the mouth of Mrauk-U River, which is the gateway to Mrauk-U City. There are Western-style fortresses and forts built on the island, and they are also guarded by elite Portuguese mercenaries.

Li Jicheng knew that it would be difficult to seize Poki Island by force, so he used a trick to let several Arakan sailing ships go ahead and pretend to run aground near Poki Island to attract the Portuguese, and then suddenly launched an attack and disarmed them. Led by this group of Portuguese, Dashun's soldiers raided and captured the fortress and fort on Poki Island. The whole process went very smoothly, and not even a single cannon was fired. Therefore, Mrauk U City did not know that the disaster had come!

What followed was a raid, targeting the dam on Mrauk U River.

The reason why Mrauk U City in the Kingdom of Arakan is difficult to attack is not only because the castle is extremely strong and a large amount of granite was used in its construction, but also because water attacks can be used when the enemy besieges the castle!

The location of Mrauk-U Castle may have originally been a wetland or lake, with an altitude slightly lower than the nearby river. The Arakanese built a dam to block the incoming water, drained the wetland, and built Mrauk-U on a platform in the center of the wetland. city.

Once the dam is dug, the river water will flood around Mrauk-U City and turn it into a city in a lake. Of course, there will be no way to attack it. The reason why Mangshui Ti defeated Mrauk-U more than a hundred years ago is because there was no

The controlled dam was flooded by the defenders.

So seizing the dam is the second key to conquering Mrauk U!

Because the defenders of the dam were completely unprepared, the raid went very smoothly! After a short but fierce battle, the dam fell into the hands of Dashun's heavenly troops.

However, the battle on the dam still alarmed the defenders of Mrauk U City. The general who defended the city panicked and ran into the palace where a wedding was being held, reporting the bad news that "the Mughals are coming" - and the general did not

After understanding the situation, I thought it was Aurangzeb who was calling!

King Sengtuo Tammo had no choice but to interrupt his wedding, go into battle under the adoring eyes of his new wife Li Anna, and lead his troops out of the city to fight Li Jicheng!

But the defenders of Mrauk U who have not been in battle for many years (although Aurangzeb is very scary with his bared teeth and claws, he has not yet freed up his hands to fight against Arakan), how can they be the opponent of the battle-hardened Dashun soldiers?

They were severely defeated, and the two to three hundred Da Shun dead soldiers who stayed in Mrauk U City to "protect the princess" also launched an attack in the city.

As a result, King Sengtuddamo, who was defeated miserably in the field battle, could not even defend the city, and could only rely on the palace wall to carry out desperate resistance. However, by now he had deeply realized his mistake, was moved by Dashun's benevolence, and decided to join the glorious army.
Chapter completed!