Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 280 Daming’s Population Exceeds [-] Million

Without the threat of the Ottoman navy, Wang Baobao personally led more than 1 Mongolian troops across the strait and set foot on the land of the Ottomans.

Sultan Murad I immediately led an army of [-] from Bursa to stop the Mongols.

Behind Murad I, there are nearly 10 follow-up troops gathering.

All Ottomans believed that it was impossible for the Mongols to defeat their great Sultan Murad I on land.

Anatolia, city of Shkoderi.

More than 1 soldiers have surrounded this small coastal town.

Wang Baobao rode a steed, standing on a high hillside, overlooking the city not far away.

The city of Shkoderi is very small. Although it is relatively solidly built, it cannot stop the artillery of the Mongolian army at all.

After all, the city wall of Shkoderi City is very high and its own weight is also very heavy. As long as the lower part of the city wall is violently bombarded with artillery, the city wall can collapse due to its own weight.

However, Wang Baobao only ordered to surround the city wall, and did not intend to attack the city.

"Teacher, report back from the scout, the Ottoman barbarian army has already been dispatched, and we are still about two hundred miles away!"

General Hao Hai riding a black horse came to report.

The Oirat cavalry in the Mongolian Yuan army can be described as the ceiling of light cavalry combat power, and the local Ottoman cavalry is not an opponent at all.

In the area of ​​more than 100 miles nearby, there are already horses of the Oirat cavalry all over the place.

"Okay, I'm not afraid of them coming, I'm afraid they won't come!"

When Wang Baobao heard the news, he showed a relaxed expression.

The land of the Ottomans is full of valleys and hills. If you rush to attack deeply, you will be extremely vulnerable to ambushes.

Moreover, the current Mongolian Yuan army is very dependent on the artillery accompanying the army, and is unwilling to walk those rugged mountain roads.

Wang Baobao's plan is to come to a siege to fight for aid.

After receiving the news of the Ottomans' march, Wang Baobao left only a small number of soldiers and horses to monitor the city of Shkoderi, and led the main force to intercept the Ottoman army.

The Ottoman cavalry soon encountered the Mongolian Oirat cavalry.

As the elite light cavalry of both sides, the battle process was very different.

The Oirat cavalry not only retains the tactics of the traditional Mongolian cavalry, but is also generally equipped with a copycat version of the Daming musket. It is not too easy to deal with the Ottoman light cavalry.

After several battles, the Ottoman light cavalry lost hundreds of people, while the Mongolian Oirat cavalry lost only a dozen people.

Such a shameful record made Sultan Murad I furious.

He personally led [-] Ottoman cavalry to pursue the Mongolian cavalry, trying to save his lost face.

However, under the leadership of Haohai, the cunning Oirat cavalry did not give the Ottomans a chance to fight at all.

After several pulls, the Ottomans' anger was completely ignited.

"Allah is above!"

"Under the witness of Allah, I must kill these cunning Mongolians!"

Sultan Murad I ordered the Ottoman army to advance at full speed.

On a plain, the Mongolian Yuan army led by Wang Baobao was ready to attack.

The Mongolian Yuan army carried a large number of spears to resist horses, and soon set up a solid defensive position on the ground.

Facing the menacing Ottoman army, Wang Baobao led the Mongolian Yuan army to adopt a strategy of feigning defeat.

Not long after the two sides fought, the Oirat cavalry led by Haohai appeared to be invincible, and soon 'fleeed' from the battlefield to the left and right.

Upon seeing this, Sultan Murad I was immediately overjoyed.

Determined to make these cunning Mongols pay the price, they sent elite cavalry in pursuit.

The Mongolian Yuan infantry led by Wang Baobao retreated steadily and retreated to the defensive positions that had been prepared.

Murad I led an Ottoman army of tens of thousands, and launched a pursuit behind Wang Baobao.

When Sultan Murad I led tens of thousands of Ottoman troops to follow, he found that the Mongolian Yuan army had stopped fleeing and began to try to fight back, and he immediately showed a smug smile.

"These stupid Mongols, with such a small number of people, dare to resist my army?!"

Murad I immediately ordered to set up a formation, ready to go all out and completely defeat these Mongols who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth.

The Mongolian Yuan army led by Wang Baobao was only 5000 people, but facing the Ottoman army of more than 2, it did not panic at all, but calmly began to prepare for the battle.

The commander of the Ottoman army, Murad I, laughed angrily when he saw this, "These Mongols don't know how powerful our Muslim fighters are. I must skin them alive with my own hands!"

As he spoke, he immediately ordered the army to prepare for an all-out attack.

It's a pity that Murad I ignored an important issue, that is, the Mongols' perfect defense was not so easy to deal with.

When the Ottoman army began to attack, the Mongolian Yuan army was already ready to meet the enemy, and they had already made defensive fortifications and preparations, and launched a counterattack immediately.

The [-] Mongolian Yuan troops in the fort launched a strong defense with the cooperation of six [-]-type artillery.

Boom boom boom!
With the bombardment of the Mongolian army's artillery, the Ottoman army rushed forward and killed and injured hundreds of people immediately!

Although the tiger fighters of Murad I were brave and good at fighting, they could hardly resist the artillery counterattack.

Murad I was beaten into a daze, he had no idea that this would happen.

The Ottomans in Anatolia are very backward in technology.

They had seen gunpowder weapons before, but nothing of this magnitude.

Now the artillery of the Mongolian Yuan army is so powerful that all the Ottomans are at a loss, and even the pace of attack has stagnated.

"Damn it, hurry up and continue the attack. They only have a few cannons, and they can't stop us at all." Murad I roared, and immediately let the Ottomans charge forward again.

However, the Meng Yuan army was still not afraid, and still used artillery to fight back!
The Ottomans fell into a bitter battle again, and people kept falling, but Murad I was determined and continued to send soldiers forward to attack.

Facing the crowd tactics of the Ottomans, Wang Baobao immediately ordered the artillery to be replaced with shotguns for close combat!
Boom boom boom!
Thousands of shotguns were like a rain of dead iron, instantly stirring up blood mist among the Ottoman soldiers!
"Ah!" There were screams one after another. Under such intensive artillery fire, even the Ottoman warriors couldn't bear it, and fell one by one in a pool of blood.

When Murad I saw this, his eyes widened immediately. He didn't expect the firepower of the Mongolian Yuan army's artillery to be so powerful!
"Sudan, what should we do now?" the subordinate asked nervously.

Murad I was silent. He couldn't imagine that the Mongols had so many firearms.

"Rush again!"

Murad I gritted his teeth and gave the order to continue the attack

It's a pity that Murad I just ordered that the Mongolian Yuan army launched another violent shelling!
"what!"

Another crowd turned on their backs!
Murad I took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Continue to attack, we don't believe that they can maim everyone!"

It's a pity that at such a short distance, the power of the Mongolian army's firearms quickly defeated the attacking Ottoman army!
"How could this happen!" Murad I was stunned.

He didn't expect that his army would be defeated in a short time!
Murad I was not reconciled, and he led his soldiers to continue the attack again.

Unfortunately, the result is still the same as before.

Under close combat, the Ottomans couldn't bear a volley of Mongolian army artillery, and hundreds of people fell to the ground, and many more were killed on the spot!

The Ottomans are doomed to lose this battle!

"Sudan, what should we do now?" asked one of his men.

"Damn it, what else can I do, withdraw! Quickly withdraw!" Murad I cursed angrily, and wanted to turn around and run away.

At this moment, Murad I suddenly heard a cry of killing from behind, and then saw many Mongolian cavalrymen on their left and right sides killing out at the same time.

"not good!"

Murad I's face changed drastically, and he quickly turned his head to look behind.

Thousands of Mongolian Yuan cavalry, holding high the golden cross banner with white background and black border, came out.

Murad I panicked. He never expected that the Mongol cavalry would go and come back!
Obviously, this is a trick of the Mongols!
Daming, Hongwu eight years.

Suzhou.

As the richest city in the south of the Yangtze River, Suzhou has doubled in size in the past two years.

The original city is no longer enough.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Han took the initiative to create a city without city walls for Suzhou.

You know, only Yingtianfu in the whole world has a city layout outside the city wall.

Now Suzhou also has such a layout, which is equivalent to demonstrating the unique status of Suzhou.

The common people and businessmen in Suzhou are quite satisfied with this status.

Zhu Han has also become the new God of Wealth among the Suzhou population.

A garden manor on the outskirts of Suzhou.

The whole garden is exquisite and unique, showing the noble taste of the garden owner everywhere.

Accompanied by a group of beauties who are fat, swallows and thin, Zhu Han took a stroll in the garden comfortably.

This manor is officially the property of Shen Wansan, a great businessman in Suzhou.

As a well-known wealthy businessman in the Yuan Dynasty, the history of Shen Wansan's family's fortune did not come from making friends with Zhu Yuanzhang like in the playbook.

Shen Wansan's family has already had strong strength, and the small half of the entire Suzhou industry has the shadow of Shen Wansan.

For such a huge business family, Zhu Han had already persuaded his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang to win over it, providing a lot of financial resources for the rise of Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, every time Zhu Han came to Suzhou, he basically stayed at Shen Wansan's house.

"Your Highness, there are a group of Slavic dancers brought in by Persian merchants in the courtyard. They are best at Huxuan dance. Would you like to watch them?" A fat man following Zhu Han asked with a smile.

His face couldn't hide his flattery, although it was a bit greasy, it wouldn't make Zhu Han feel uncomfortable.

This person is Shen Wansan's eldest son, Shen Jin, who is also the helm of the Shen Wansan family in Suzhou today.

As for the Patriarch Shen Wansan, he was not in Suzhou at all at this time.

Daming gained a new colony in Tianzhu, which solved the problem of pirates and midway supply points in one fell swoop.

Knowing that this was a huge business opportunity, Shen Wansan formed the Shen family merchant fleet to go to Tianzhu for a personal inspection.

"Don't watch it, I'm tired of being a Slavic girl every day!" Zhu Han said with a curled lip.

In his previous life in modern times, Zhu Han coveted those blond and blue-eyed Slavic horses. Now there are seventy or eighty Slavic female slaves in the palace of the King of England alone, which has long lost the novelty.

What's more, for the Slavic female slaves brought in by Persian merchants, Zhu Han had always personally checked and selected the first-hand goods, and those who were not needed would be publicly sold and auctioned to the Shen family and other rich merchants or nobles.

The Slavic female slaves of Shen Jin's family are of the quality that Zhu Han picked out, so naturally they are even less interesting.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about it anymore. I came to Suzhou this time not because of the beauty, but because I have something to do with you!" Zhu Han came to the gazebo in the garden and said slowly after sitting down.

Upon hearing this, Shen Jin immediately regained his spirits.

Zhu Han is the God of Wealth that the merchants of the entire Ming Dynasty agree on!

No matter what kind of business it is, as long as the British King Zhu Han makes a move, it will definitely become the most profitable business.

Whether it was selling tea horses to Wusi Tibet in the northwest, or purchasing female slaves from Koryo and Japan, all of them created a large number of rich people.

"Thank you, Your Highness, villain!" Shen Jin immediately knelt on the ground to thank you.

Zhu Han immediately wondered, "What are you doing, why are you thanking me?"

"His Highness has spoken, it must be to make the villain rich!" Shen Jin continued with a flattering expression.

Zhu Han waved his hand and asked Shen Jin to get up and answer, "Your Shen family is so rich, you can just make money by lying down."

Shen Jin laughed twice, and said a few words to Zhu Han not to dare.

Every time he faced the King of England, Zhu Han, Shen Jin was really full of sincerity and fear.

Especially recently, several Confucian families in the south of the Yangtze River that have been passed down for hundreds of years were all accused by the court of confiscating their homes, and all of them were exiled to the wild Yinzhou to eat bark.

This frightened Shen Jin and the others.

Those Confucian aristocratic families wanted connections, fame, and good land, but they were easily confiscated and exiled by Emperor Hongwu and the King of England.

Compared with these Confucian families, businessmen like the Shen family have nothing but money.

Therefore, Shen Jin was naturally afraid of offending His Highness the King of England, so that he would also be exiled and ransacked his home.

"I'm not joking, but I know that your Shen family is rich, so I want to draw you to start a new business with me!" Zhu Han said.

"What kind of business does His Highness plan to do, the villain must do his best!" Shen Jin said hastily.

It has been a habit for thousands of years for the imperial court to exploit and squeeze merchants in the name of doing business, and Shen Jin is not the kind of idiot who wants money but not life.

"To do business together is not to go to war, and you don't need to obey orders, but let's discuss together." Zhu Han said with a smile.

I am now in a high position and weight, and often a casual sentence is enough to have a huge impact.

Zhu Han was not surprised by Shen Jin's cautious attitude in front of him.

"What business does Your Highness plan to do?" Shen Jin asked hastily.

Zhu Han smiled, waved his hands to make all the servants and maids retreat, and then said to Shen Jin: "This king is asking His Majesty to open a bank!"

"A bank? Your Highness plans to open a silver building?" Shen Jin immediately thought of the silver building where gold and silver utensils were made.

(End of this chapter)