Mongol?

Zheng Jiangong listened to the words of the Sasu Sheng family, and he felt a little like he had traveled through time and space!

But he quickly understood what was going on.

"It was Spain and Qing Guo who did it!" Zheng Jiangong shook his head and said with a smile, "The Spaniards pulled the Qing Kingdom and our Ming Dynasty as enemies, but they were unwilling to play their own signboards, so they used the name of Mongolia...... The emperor of the Qing State has a little blood of the Mongolian golden family, and the Mongolian tribes in the south and north of the Mo sent a great khan to the emperor of the Qing State, which is also a bit related. ”

Sasu Mori asked: "Then why did you Ming use the name of our Japanese country to fight against the Qing and Spaniards?" ”

Zheng Jiangong said with a smile: "We borrowed the name of Japan to fight the Spaniards...... As for the reason, of course, it is the same as the name borrowed by the Spaniards from Mongolia. ”

"Why is that?" The Sasu Mori family still didn't understand, "Why are you doing this?" ”

Zheng Jiangong said: "Of course, it is to avoid a full-scale war...... Both the Ming and Spain were very powerful and vast countries, and neither country was able to occupy the other's homeland. And there is not only a conflict of interest between the two countries that must fight a war, but also a common interest that requires the maintenance of a semblance of peace. For the sake of the interests of both sides, the Ming and Spain could only fight a fake war in the Pacific. ”

Zheng Jiangong has also improved!

These days he is also making up classes, but not in the cram school of the Prince of Condé, but by the captain of the "Flying", David Murphy. Jones made up lessons for him and a group of middle and senior officers of the Ming Navy, not only to make up for navigation and tactics, but also to make up for the international situation and concerns of the West.

The politics of war continues, and the sea connects the whole world, and it is not good to be a naval admiral if you do not understand the world and international political situation.

Therefore, Zheng Jiangong now knows why Spain wanted to intervene in the Ming and Qing wars, and at the same time try to avoid a full-scale war with the Ming Dynasty.

Because intervening in the Ming and Qing wars could delay the rise of the Ming Dynasty, and it could also obtain high profits from the trade of furs, pearls, and arms with the Qing State.

And the Ming Dynasty was one of the most important trading partners of the Western powers - now the trade between the East and the West is mainly supported by silk, porcelain, spices, and cotton cloth. The trade line is actually a circular circle, and if any one of them goes wrong, the other parties involved in this "circle" will suffer losses.

Therefore, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Britain, which made high profits in the trade between the East and the West, would not allow Spain to completely block the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty. Even the Italian and German merchants, who stood behind the Spanish world empire, would not have supported cutting off trade – they needed raw silk imported from Spain from China!

Therefore, Spain will not engage in a full-scale war with the Ming until it is absolutely necessary!

And Da Ming ...... Again, they don't want to fight a full-scale war.

The reason is very simple, you can't reach it on land, you can't beat it at sea!

Before the Ming navy could really grow, the Ming court had to control the scale of the war with Spain. If he really annoyed Philip IV and threw two 1,000-ton ships to the western Pacific, then the life of the Ming Navy would not be easy.

"The old man of the Sasu family," Zheng Jiangong said with a smile, "You will live in Yupu City for a while, and then send someone to escort you back to Japan when the official asks for an order." ”

What the? Do you want to ask for a decree on this matter?

The Sasu Mori family was a little anxious, "Where is Fuzhong Castle ......?"

"Elder Sasu, don't worry, this officer will personally lead the fleet to expel the Mongol fleet there."

After saying this, Zheng Jiangong ordered the left and right to escort Sasu Sheng's family to rest...... Don't go anywhere, just get some rest!

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"Vice Admiral Qiong," Zheng Jiangong said the situation reported by Sasu in Chinese, and then asked David. Jones said, "The Spaniards were in the port of Itsukuhara on Tsushima...... It was a very narrow port, with an entrance of only about a mile, and there was no large battery cover. We can block it first, and then attack it with fireships! ”

David. Jones was a tall, scruffy-looking red-haired Dutchman, with a somewhat hideous face, always a fierce glint in his eyes, and a penchant for beating and scolding the crew, which was disliked by all the Westerners on the Flying.

However, he was a very good captain, very knowledgeable, very good at seamanship, and very good at naval warfare. And as long as he gives enough money, he is also willing to pass on his knowledge to Chinese students like Zheng Jiangong...... In addition, his language talent is very good, and he has not been in China for too long, and he can already speak a little Chinese.

"Let's stop the Spaniards first!" David. Jones replied with a smile, "With the Flying Ship here, defeating the Spaniards is not a problem, but their Admiral is not a fool either, so it will not be easy to catch them...... This time, we dispatched seven soft-sail warships, including the 'Feixiang', 'Dingyuan', 'Zhenyuan', 'Ningyuan', 'Pingyuan', 'Zhiyuan', and 'Anyuan', to try our luck. Even if you can't catch it, it doesn't matter, it's just a military training.

Naval warfare is something that you can't learn well in the classroom, you have to go to sea to go through the wind and waves, you have to chase the enemy on the sea, and you have to grow up on the battlefield filled with gunpowder! ”

This senior naval officer is right, the outstanding naval officers in these years have all been trained in practice, and what they learn in the classroom is just an introduction.

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"Admiral Ao, we have to leave Tsushima Island!"

At the same time as the seven sailing ships of the Ming Navy sailed out of Yupu Harbor, Baturud Velasco, the first in the Pacific, had already smelled danger.

It's not that he knows the prophet, it's that he knows his fleet is in danger at all times!

The Ming Navy's "Flying" is a monster in the western Pacific - this is an 800-ton warship, and before joining the Ming Navy, it was an active warship of the Dutch Provincial Navy. Moreover, many officers and senior sailors of the Dutch Navy were hired by the Ming to operate the "Flying...... It is no exaggeration to say that this "Flying" alone is enough to take out five armed Galen ships of the Mongolian Navy! The latter is nothing more than a medium-sized armed merchant ship, which is not at all a match for 800-ton warships.

So when de Berlasco learned of the existence of the Flying, he wrote a letter of help to the Indian House in Madrid, hoping to get a warship of the same class.

Otherwise, Spain would have had the upper hand in this "fake Pacific War".

"Okay," Ao Bai smiled and nodded, "This official will let people carry all the goods on the ship!" ”

"It's too late," De Bellasco shook his head, "let's let Vice Admiral Shang stay in Fuzhong City with half of the Jianrui battalion." We took 500 people on 5 soft sailboats...... The bird boats and sand boats also stayed in Tsushima, and they could go to the waters between the north and south islands to take refuge. ”

"Is it that urgent?" Ao Bai smiled, "This Fuzhong City is very strong, and the port outside is also narrow, as long as you put a few cannons on the battery near the entrance, you can be foolproof." ”

"No...... De Bellasco immediately shook his head and said, "Yanyuan Harbor can't hold it at all, and we should concentrate all our limited forces in Fuzhong City." But we must leave, and we must not let the fleet take risks...... Let's bring that Zong Yizhen with you. We're going to sail around Japan and send Muneyoshima back to Edo by the way. ”

"Send Soyoshima back to Edo?" I didn't understand, "Why?" ”

"Of course, it's to promote the opening of Japan!" De Bellasco said to Aobai, "This is an order from the court of our Žesbania...... Our King believed that the impetus for the founding of Japan would be conducive to spreading the Gospel of God.

And given the ambitions of Japan more than 50 years ago, once the country is founded, it will soon become a strong opponent of the Ming Dynasty in the Eastern Sea! ”

It turns out that the Spaniards also know how to play big chess, but I don't know if the Tokugawa shogunate will view the two headaches of the spread of Catholicism and the founding of the country in this way?