The west and north of Penghu Fengju City are near the water, so in addition to Lu Tingwan and others using rockets and other radiation operations, they really can't completely annihilate Hongyi at one time, and the national forces in the Far East also have shortcomings, and not everyone is good at water warfare, which is the idea of Van Dijk, who escaped from the South China Sea and entered the territory of Sumatra.

Despite the fact that there were only a few captains, dozens of sailors, and less than a hundred soldiers, a governor and two colonels did not despair, and returned to the city of Malacca on the eastern shore of the strait with hope, ready to replenish their supplies there and join their forces for another battle.

Speaking of which, these Westerners really have a kind of "tenacity that can't be killed", for example, after several defeats and several failures in China and the United States, they still don't give up, and they are stunned to rely on that "fanaticism" to brutally and bloodily exterminate the civilizations of China and the United States, as well as countless indigenous people in North and South America, and now Van is like this, but unfortunately he ran into Jia Cong!

Van Biya was very miserable, one of his eyeballs was shot in the war, and he was unwilling to do so with resentment: "The Far Easterners are more conservative, and they are all hateful diehards!" Mr. Governor, I am sure that Jacques will not come, nor will he dare to come. ”

"Even if we come, we are not afraid! Most of the Far Easterners are incompetent! The neighboring state of Siam could not control Manraka, and the Portuguese first occupied this place, and then we took it gloriously, which can be described as three changes of ownership. ”

Mattheis said angrily: "The Strait of Malacca is a major communication route and an important route between the West, Arabia, Tianzhu and the Far East, which is roughly equivalent to the English Channel, oh, the Strait of Hormuz is more appropriate than it, they are the lifeline of the East and the West. With this stronghold, we can make a comeback. ”

In fact, as they say, if it goes smoothly, the return to the city is no less than the Noah's Ark guided by God, a light in the darkness, and at this moment they mustered up the last courage to approach the light of hope.

The land of hope is calm, the Malacca route has always been like this, there are few strong winds and waves, but close to the equator, it is hotter, but Van Dyck still maintains the usual vigilance and reminds: "The captains of the ships are careful to run aground, God always does not give us a perfect Garden of Eden, and the calm Malacca, which seems to be safe, is the easiest to run aground." ”

This is the experience they have had for a long time, and Mattheis sternly rebuked his superiors: "Our Governor, we should not complain, we should repent, especially to God. ”

Van Dyck was furious, but he didn't answer, Van Biya shook his head, although they are all religious, but many Westerners are also indifferent to God and ignore it, even many clergy, and Mattheis belongs to the pious category, otherwise he would not have taken a name from the Bible.

"I see the light." Van knew that it was not the time to fight in the nest, and when he saw the sun, their city was far away, everyone cheered up, got off the boat and went ashore...... Hope this time is safe! ”

"The light is here." The combination of Chinese and Western Malacca city gives people a unique experience, when they go ashore, before reaching the city, on the side of the official road erected by the stone monument of the three treasure eunuchs, they suddenly met a group of people in strange costumes, neither Westerners, nor Chinese, they wear gold and silver, black and yellow skin, but the dress is quite similar to the ruler of Dashun, the head of the man is tall and horse, obviously the person in charge, he said with a happy face: "This king has come to recover my lost land!" ”

"You...... You ......" Van Biya exclaimed, "King Manraka? Aren't you a legend of exile in Sumatra in the West Bank? Besides, it's ridiculous that it's the Portuguese, not us, who are forcing you to go! ”

Mattheis's face was gloomy: "No wonder there were no pirates ambushing us all the way, so you brought someone back earlier?" But we can beat you all over the ground to the teeth! ”

The corners of Van's mouth twitched slightly, and his thoughts turned: "The king of Manraka is said to be really dead, but it is not surprising, it is a scam, when Manraka broke away from Siam, he secretly contacted the great powers of the Far East, and wanted to make friends from afar and attack closely, is it ......?"

……

A few days later.

Inside and outside the city of Malacca, there are all kinds of military flags of Dashun, intertwined with colors, tens of thousands of Chinese cheers and inspire, the relics left by Zheng He here many years ago have been redecorated, there are Chinese Guandi Temple, China Mountain, and Western churches and government halls, so it is a real combination of Chinese and Western, of course, the main group of people is Chinese.

The city gate was hung by a new executioner with the heads of the old executioners Van Dyck and Van Biya, and in addition to this joy, the people were also desolate, because they were facing the reconstruction after the war.

In an attic with cornices and walls at the foot of the Chinese mountain, Jia Cong and the ministers will celebrate their exploits, push the cup for the lamp, staggered, exotic beauties sing and dance, Ding Qisheng smacked his lips and said: "This battle sailed to Manrakalai, and finally learned a lot of maritime experience, but the battalion soldiers who sacrificed my two Guangzhous will be counted down, there are also thousands, and the wolf soldiers are also, some of them are not suitable for water warfare, and are only good at mountain and jungle warfare." The Governor and Governor Hong converged, the city of Manlaga was recovered, and Penghu was also recovered by the Governor, but the losses were calculated, including military salaries, grain and grass, and it was always difficult to explain to the imperial court, and it was inevitable that he would be impeached. ”

Jia Cong looked upstairs and downstairs, there were actually no major twists and turns in the first battle in Malacca, in addition to improving firearms, it was also a victory piled up with human lives and logistics, he didn't have too much psychological burden, and he sneered: "In the twentieth century, 20 million starved to death, which time did the domestic war not kill a few million?" Compared to them, I'm a kid. ”

"Heroes don't die in vain, let's also engrave an inscription here. As for the safety of our stay in the imperial court, the two governors, the tariffs have been managed as a whole, and they will not take a penny or silver from the imperial court, and they will definitely be able to bring a few million back at this moment, and it is not a lie to say ten million taels in a few years. The so-called economic and economic use, the commercial tax is raised, and the land tax can be reduced, how much can this improve the current situation of the domestic people? If our goods are shipped to the West, why worry about not making the country rich and the people strong in the future? Jia Cong shook the wine lightly and toasted King Raga with a glass.

Lu Tingwan has a sad face, the difference with the battalion is that the son under his command is really from her hometown, the epidemic, the battle, the loss of more than half, hearing this, the face is a little softened, the king of Manlaga shrank in fright, like a little daughter-in-law with low eyebrows, carefully returned the wine: "Lord Governor of the Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty, the Shun Dynasty, the ancestors of the little king worship Miri Sula and his descendants, have always respectfully accepted the title and reward of the kingdom, and today it is even more with the help of adults, recovering the land, reascending the throne, and submitting to the throne as a sign of obedience, Xiao Wang asked for permission to go to Beijing with the adults to pay tribute. ”

"Well said, well said." Jia Cong smiled and nodded, King Manraka was overjoyed, the wine was half-drunk, and the ministers were intoxicated, suddenly, Liu Ting nodded slightly, his hand rose and fell, and everyone was shocked back to their senses by a hot blood.

Ding Qisheng and Hong Jing, two big people who had experienced strong winds and waves, stomped their feet and shook Fujian and Guangdong, and suddenly opened their mouths wide, including Lu Tingwan for some reason.

The two guards beside King Manraka, as well as the downstairs, were immediately put on the neck by Jia Cong's own soldiers, except for the slight sound of the knife, the entire mountain, only the remaining banner hunting, and no other thing was heard.

And the king of Manraka, who was quite respectful at the wine table before, rolled a human head into the table and became a strange appetizer.

"This ...... What does this mean, Master? Ding Qisheng said in a trembling voice: "I am a state of etiquette, and since the king of Manlaga has surrendered again, we should not be dishonest with others, otherwise what is the difference between it and the barbarians?" ”

"General soldier Liu, what crime did King Manraga commit? Why did you kill him? Jia Cong put one foot on the railing, as if he had not instructed him at all.

"Lord Governor, the two Governors, please let the last general know, the Lord Governor coordinates the five provinces, it is the emperor's Qincha, and the Governor of Fang Cai Ding also said that he is a barbarian, and the Governor patrols on behalf of the Son of Heaven, why doesn't the king of Manlaga kneel down? And talk at the same table? Where is the surrender? ”

Liu Tinghong Zhong Da Lu scolded sharply: "How can King Manraka be the loyal king of my Dashun? Since he was sealed by my Dashun, this place is my country's land, why did his ancestors lose their land three times? Repeated surrenders? I know that I don't take Dashun in my eyes! And why can't this fang be culled? ”

The two governors were shocked, although they had a sense of wanting to add to the crime, but what Liu Ting said was indeed reasonable, the king of Manraka was just using their army repeatedly, and who would surrender who would in the future, but ...... Jia Cong's approach is really not in line with the three views of Dr. Dashunshi...... Because Dashun is not afraid to kill, but a high-minded attitude, disdainful to kill, it is this disdain that hurts themselves.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Lu Tingwan clapped her palms, her eyes shining.

"Mr. Liu has made great contributions." Jia Cong nodded solemnly, bent down and wiped the blood on his boots distressedly, although his tone was light, but it was extremely heavy: "Governor Ding, Governor Hong, you also said that someone in the imperial court will impeach, then, General Liu and Commander Lu are temporarily sitting in Malacca, it is the most suitable, I have asked for them to be knighted, and Ai Shuangshuang, I have added a general position, but I can command 3,000 troops, sitting in Penghu, what do you think?" ”

Under the rough appearance of Hong Jingda, the internal organs in his heart were tumbling: "Jia Cong did this, and it was obvious that he was not subordinate, but ...... With the strength of the sea as a backup, even if it is the prince, no, if the emperor wants to move him, he has to weigh it. If we don't disagree, then we're going to go on the thief ship with him, well, what's the matter? ”

Ding Qisheng couldn't help but tremble, they were both shocked by Jia Cong's ruthless and resolute means, this is really a young man's means? And at present, the most capable and dangerous soldiers are under the command of Jia Cong, and the officers and soldiers of both of them have also suffered heavy losses, and besides, Liu Ting is not under the control of their four provinces, but brought by Jiangbei, is this a righteous teacher of the imperial court? Seeing that he is going to become Jia Cong's private soldier! In the end, Qianxiang, Nanyang, and Malacca are all gathering places for the main Chinese army, and foreigners are actually only a minority compared to them.

"Master Overseer is wonderful! This is an unprecedented effort to expand the territory, and we admire it! Set for the adults to express good words and ask for credit! The two governors looked at each other, and their words and smiles were invariably bitter.

"It's all your own people, so you don't have to be polite." Jia Congpi smiled and didn't smile, so he killed many birds with one stone, half coerced and half lured, and pulled two big men on the thief ship, he looked at the rolling sea from afar, full of pride, and said in his heart: "Malacca, Malacca, the lifeline of the East, remember the modern life in the previous life, this place is also rampant piracy, and the wolf ambition of the US imperialists harasses and curbs the rise of China under the banner of humanity...... In this time and space, it is impossible, and the lifeline can only be firmly held in the hand, even if it is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, it is not hesitated! ”

……

Half a month later.

The mast of the coastal sailing ship was erected high in the wind, the rope was pulled up, the sail was swollen, Jia Cong stood proudly on the bow of the ship, and he really had the courage of Cao A to hide the red cliff and the world, and Mattheis, who had survived and contacted the West Head Office, replied respectfully: "Sir, there is a war on the Dutch side, and the Cochin head office has retreated and withdrawn many people, and within a few years, the Netherlands will not be able to make a comeback, but will guard against the British, this is all God's favor Mr. Jia Doushi!" You're the chosen one! ”

Jia Cong kept the life of this faithful believer of Christ, which is naturally of great use, he values not religion, but their culture and science, he thinks that taking a few missionaries back, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, in fact, the impact of the missionary on Shunguo at this time is negligible, but science has made many scholars interested and study, which is a good phenomenon and good signs. In addition, according to his overseas personal observations, British industrialization is close at hand, how can Shunguo be left behind?

Bidding farewell to Jia Cong, Liu Ting looked at the busy business transportation at the wharf, as if he saw boxes of white silver, and was very happy: "I, Liu Ting, also have a party today!" Hahaha! Sixty thousand miles of land! Almost twice as much as the country of Akane! The husband should be like this, Lao Tzu can also sit as a toast-like soil emperor! ”

"Rough man!" Lu Tingwan rolled her eyes: "You think too simply, I can't take care of Miao Village on weekdays, and you also know the situation in Malacca, people from all kinds and countries live together, there are pirates, natives, and foreigners' strong ships and cannons, do you really want to consolidate this place?" You can't do it in your lifetime. Besides, can you resist Jia Cong? He is another invading army, and if you want to spend money in vain, you have to trade with the mainland, can you leave him? We can't drink water without the well diggers. ”

Liu Ting's heart sank, he was a soldier ruffian, he made money in Jiangbei, and did not hesitate to make fake money privately in violation of the order, what Jia Cong valued him was that he could fight and make money, thinking about it now, wouldn't it be as Lu Tingwan said? Jia Cong left him a lot of questions, and restrained him one by one, Liu Ting's eyes flashed, and he laughed and said: "General Lu is too worried, I am not as ungrateful as a scholar, how could I lose the kindness of Lord Jia?" I'm not doing this for me, I'm making money for the adults and the country's court, and sharing the urgent needs. Next, you and I should work together to divide and conquer! ”

The sailboat gradually drifted away, and finally became a speck and disappeared, and on the boat, Ding Qisheng said embarrassedly: "Master Inspector, uh...... This, there is a matter that is quite urgent, when the official came, the inland post station courier shop 800 miles of urgent report, is to say that the Governor Ling Zun first-class general, Enhou Gong has been terminally ill, that is a few months ago emergency report, now I am afraid it has been ...... Alas, it's better to go back to the court as soon as possible to do the things that are worrying......"

"Father!" Jia Cong took the paperwork, and before Ding Qisheng finished speaking, he ate some mustard from overseas tribute with water, and immediately tears and snot flowed together, Jia Cong disregarded his manners, knelt down to the north, his body trembled, and cried loudly: "Children are not filial!" But the treasury is full in the front, the word loyalty is in the front, and after the child turns Fusang again, he will return home and keep filial piety, and never ask about the world again...... cough cough cough ...... Children are not filial! Father! ”

said that he rolled his eyes and "fainted from crying".

Hong Jing's face was shocked: "Adult's Day mourning, this heart of loyalty and filial piety can be learned from heaven and earth!" ”

Ding Qisheng was deeply moved, and said in his heart: "Jia Cong is really a filial son, and it is not without merit, so we are much more relieved to enter his camp like this!" ”

Mattheis was so struck by the fine traditional virtues of the Far Eastern countries that he was speechless for a long time.

Only Devine pursed her lips and smiled, Jia Cong, who was carried into the cabin bedroom, opened her eyes immediately after leaving, but the grief in her heart was honest, of course, there were some tastes and feelings, and he couldn't tell the reason. However, it is undeniable that he can't wait to return to Yanjing to regain the old country, and take care of the military affairs here.

He was looking forward to it.

At the same time, the results of the battles in Penghu, Malacca, and Manila, with the return of the army and the re-operation of the caravans, spread like a tsunami and hurricane in one port and island after another.