The Sultan was overjoyed and said, "Speak quickly."

The general said, "When the change is to be changed, the Ming people come far away, and there is not much supply. As long as we reward the rivers and coasts, the Ming army cannot get ashore. After a long time, they will go back by themselves. Then we will find a way to make peace."

When the Sultan heard this, he frowned slightly and glanced at these people, but saw the people below avoiding his gaze one by one. He immediately understood that this method might be the best method.

It’s just that it’s impossible for the ship to float on the sea all the time, and there will be problems of one kind or another over time.

Even though the Ming army now has an island as its garrison, what can be solved is the water source problem.

The rest of the ammunition, grain, and other supplies must be transported from the rear.

How long can the Ming army last?

One month, two months, three months?

It's going to leave after all.

However, in this way, Alagan, which is mainly trade, will be closed for several months.

In Sultan's mind, this is all money. It's money, it's money.

But now, is there any other way?

there is none left.

Sultan said: "Just follow this method, mobilize all the people and slaves to build fortifications at all costs, and block the Ming army at sea."

At this moment, Chen Rui was also on the offshore island and convened various ministries to discuss the war strategy.

Alagan is a place that even the intelligence network of the Dongchang Jinyiwei cannot cover.

So the most important thing Chen Rui did on the offshore island was torture the prisoners.

Under severe torture, news about Chittagong came to Chen Rui one by one.

A map just drawn was laid on the table. Chen Rui summoned the generals to come and sighed and said, "This battle is not easy to fight."

Chittagong is a natural good harbor, to be precise, a natural river port. There is a river north of Chittagong, and this river Chen Rui is directly named Jitta River.

Chittagong is sixteen miles upstream from the mouth of the Chitta River.

With these sixteen miles, you can perfectly avoid storms. After all, in this era, the sea ships are not too big, and there is no need for too big ports.

Moreover, this Jida River is not a big river like the Yangtze River and the Ganges River. Such rivers have extremely large estuaries. Not to mention sixteen miles inward from the estuary, it is also a vast river surface that can be arranged.

But the estuary of this Jida River is not wide, and the closer it goes, the smaller it becomes. When it reaches sixteen miles, it is only more than one mile wide.

Although the Ming Dynasty warship was not a style battleship of more than 100 meters long, the cap was thirty or forty meters. Such warships were not easy to deal with in such a river.

Perhaps some people thought about it. One mile is five hundred meters, and this mile is more than five or six hundred meters wide. The length of this ship is only thirty or forty meters. Why can't this wide river channel work?

If you are just sailing, don’t be so wide, you can enter even if you are even narrower.

But military operations are not enough. Not to mention anything else, ships are not vehicles, and if you turn around, you will need a lot of space. Not to mention that the water here is unknown.

I don’t know if there will be any strange water feelings like Annan Bai Tengjiang.

If the fleet goes deeper here, it is easy to be attacked by fire attack ships.

However, if you don’t enter here, the Ming army’s artillery will definitely not be able to bombard the castle in Chittagong within a distance of sixteen miles.

The entire fleet had only more than 10,000 people, and there was no damage in the previous battle. However, in this way, the army would suffer a lot of casualties.

After all, although Chittagong cannot be called a heroic city, it is at least a castle with a wall.

If you cannot directly shell the Chittagong Castle, you can only win the land battle.

The navy was not very adaptable to such wars.

Just as they were discussing what to do, someone suddenly came to report it, but the ship that was going out to investigate had only new discoveries.

They found the Arakans preparing fortifications in an intense manner.

There are mainly two items.

The first item is to build a city wall one or two miles inside the coastline to prevent the Ming army from attacking.

The reason for this was that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty had a profound impact on them. They could not figure out the range of the cannon and could only retreat as much as possible.

The second item is to place wooden fences in Jida River.

This action was like the Annan Navy nailing wooden stakes under the Baiteng River.

The only difference is that this water condition is better than that of Bai Tengjiang.

You should know that Chittagang, a natural port, does not require dredging and has a water depth of six or seven meters. Such a depth is enough to dock most ships in this era.

Therefore, the wooden fence should be longer and exposed to the water.

The reason why it is exposed to the water is easy to remove.

After all, Alagan is different from Annan.

Annan has very low dependence on sea trade. For the sake of war, he would rather block Baitengjiang and not pass by any ship. However, Alagan is a sailing country and its dependence on sea trade cannot be lifted at all.

If this river is blocked.

Alagan is probably going to move the capital. Change to a place where he can sail as the capital.

Therefore, they must think of cleaning the fence after the war.

However, even so, Chen Rui was extremely troubled by it.

As the Arakans analyzed.

As a navy, the time to stay above the sea is limited.

Of course, the Ming army has now used Yangon as a material transfer station. If the materials are transported from Yangon to here, Chen Rui is enough to block it for a long time here.

However, now the Ming fleet is maintaining the connection between the army and the South China Sea, and the bulk of the materials must be supplied to the prince's main force, so it is impossible to distribute them to him.

Chen Rui estimated that the materials on the ship and his spoils would last for three to five months. Of course, just food could be maintained. If there were several wars in the middle, gunpowder and artillery shells would not be maintained.

"Marty, now we have to prepare for the war and the peace." Huang Xiaoyang said: "We still have a chance. Once the enemy's fortifications are completed, we will have to retreat."

As Wang Ying's old subordinate, Huang Xiaoyang's status was much worse than before after Wang Ying's death. He could only be the deputy general of Chen Rui, who was younger than him.

There is no way to do this either.

Although Chen Rui was young, Ping Jiang Bo had been passed down for five generations in his Chen family, and he had a noble status for generations and was born with a high starting point. If Huang Xiaoyang had not had Zhu Qizhen's opening of the sea, he would have been a big pirate who was circulating in Guangdong.

Now I have also made an earl, but compared to the network of relationships, the value is much higher than that of Chen Rui's Marquis Pingjiang.

Chen Rui pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "I want to fight quickly and decide quickly. Now I can take a risk and take advantage of the fact that the enemy's fortifications have not been completed, and rush into the Chitta River and bombard Chittagong Castle."

"Once you enter the river, you can only advance but not retreat, and the situation is hard to say."

"I need a leader of the death."

The Jida River is not wide and there are too many ships sent, which is useless. Instead, it occupies limited space, making the fleet unable to respond flexibly.

Of course, Chen Rui's decision also left a way out for himself.

He can bear the consequences of at least failure.

As mentioned before, the Pingjiangbo family started from Chen Xuan's mission to Pingjiangbo for his merits of governing the canal during the Yongle period. Now it has been five generations.

Relationship networks are spread throughout the government and the country.

Although some warships were damaged, although it was a bit bad in the Ming Dynasty's foreign war's success, Chen Rui had the confidence and ability to cover up these things.

There will be no substantial punishment, nothing more than punishment for silver, demotion from officials, etc. For Chen Rui, he will be back after taking some time.

This is the difference between people.

For some people, a defeat is enough to make the rest of their life have nothing to do with military power. It is not easy for a defeated general to make a comeback.

If Wang Ying was not necessarily the first time the navy was founded, Bai Tengjiang's defeat would be enough for him to sit on the bench for the rest of his life.

But for some people, this is not the case.

It’s nothing more than a three-glass of wine, so I won’t be able to use it as an example.

After hearing this, Huang Xiaoyang immediately said, "Marty, I am willing to lead my troops straight into Chittagong."

Huang Xiaoyang knew that this might be his last battle in this life.

Whether it is because of his age or his backstage.

After Wang Ying died of illness, Huang Xiaoyang lost his backstage and his status declined sharply. In addition, Huang Xiaoyang is old and is nearly seventy years old. Where can I have the chance to wait for the next war?
Chapter completed!