The formation of the navy is not an overnight thing, and Zhu Cijiong just said hello to Zheng Zhilong today and asked him to hand over the naval power that he had already agreed to, as for the specific establishment of the navy, it will be a matter of the year later.

Today, Zhu Cijiong's main purpose is to arrange the dispatch of troops to India, and he then said: "Well, let's talk about these after the New Year, I want to send an expeditionary army to Goa in a few days to help Count Shiwila resist the army of the Mughal Empire, how many men and horses can your fleet transport at one time?" ”

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but get excited when he heard this, the emperor was going to fight that place, which would undoubtedly be of great help to his business in Nanyang, he quickly calculated, and then said excitedly: "Your Majesty, if you are going to send a legion over, then Weichen can barely do it by gathering all the ships." However, that is not very safe, after all, some small and medium ships cannot withstand too much wind and waves at sea, if you want to be insured, you must use large ships, in that case, you can only transport forty or fifty thousand horses. ”

The whole legion is being sent over? This is not necessary, Zhu Cijiong doesn't want to fight with the Mughal Empire now, to put it mildly, a few years ago, when the Ming Dynasty did not have new muskets and artillery, it was not necessarily as powerful as the current Mughal Empire, and now even if there are muskets and artillery, it is a bit unrealistic for a legion to overthrow a powerful empire.

Besides, muskets and artillery consume ammunition, and his current sea power is basically blank, so he can only rely on Zheng Zhilong's fleet to transport troops and ammunition, and it is better to say that as long as he is not an idiot, he will not come to rob. It's hard to say about transporting ammunition, don't look at Zheng Zhilong's coaxing saying that the Dutch are afraid of him, that is no huge benefit, there is no need for people to mobilize a large army to fight him, really let them know that you are transporting weapons and ammunition of hundreds of thousands of people, you see if they come to rob it!

Zhu Cijiong's idea was to send people over to help Shi Vera gain a foothold first, and then find the best time to clean up the Mughal Empire and seize the colony when the sea power was strong. So he said directly: "You don't need a reorganized army, forty or fifty thousand horses are about the same, you immediately send someone to inform, let all the big ships under your command assemble at Tianjin Weixin Port from the second day of the first month, and once they are gathered, I will send 50,000 troops to Goa to support Count Shiwila." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he smiled and said: "Hehehe, this is not necessary, the big ship Weichen basically brought it, and it was parked in Tianjin Weixin Port, after all, the sea is not very safe now, and there are many people who want to trouble Weichen, so Weichen has to bring tens of thousands of horses every time he travels to rest assured." ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, okay, you Zheng Zhilong, you dare to quietly take tens of thousands of horses to wander around my capital. However, it was just right to come and send it by himself, so don't go back, he immediately said: "Well, it's just right, I'm also going to train the navy after the year, these you bring these must be experienced sailors, just stay in Tianjin Weixin City and set up camp, you just bring some cronies and retinue back, anyway, when the time comes, there will be my army to protect you, and you don't have to worry about security." ”

Zheng Zhilong is also very single, since he has promised to hand over the military power, he is not twisting and pinching, and directly agrees very happily, Zhu Cijiong was very happy for a while, and he actually ran over with Zheng Zhilong to tease the child.

In order to praise Zheng Zhilong for handing over the military power, Zhu Cijiong deliberately teased: "Xiaoqi Zaemon, when you grow up, I will recruit a large army for you and form a shogunate to unify Dongying, okay?" ”

Kochizaemon was naturally very interested, he patted his little hands and said in a milky voice: "Okay, okay, I want to be the shogunate, and I want to unify Dongying to play." ”

Everyone naturally burst into laughter, but Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he was so excited that he almost spilled all the wine. His youngest son is a child's words, and his words naturally have no credibility, but the words of another child are not necessarily joking, because you have no jokes!

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Happy days always pass quickly, and the New Year has passed in a blink of an eye, and on the second day of the first month, Zhu Cijiong summoned Qin Liangyu, Sun Yuanhua and Song Yingxing to discuss the matter of sending troops overseas. There is no way, he can wait here, but Shivera can't wait there, if he doesn't send reinforcements quickly, if the city of Mysore is lost at that time, it will be a big trouble, you must know that it is more than twice as difficult to attack the city as it is to defend it.

said that it was a discussion, but in fact, Zhu Cijiong had already made a final decision, and summoning them over was just to arrange the dispatch of troops.

First of all, 40,000 musketeers and 10,000 artillery soldiers of the First Army of the Guards were transferred to form the First Army of the Expeditionary Force, and the rank was directly the first-class legion, and the sun and moon were awarded the sun and moon dragon flag. Luo Siwei didn't have to come back for the time being, and was directly promoted to the deputy general of the First Army of the Expeditionary Force, with the rank of chief soldier.

Then, Song Yingxing was ordered to prepare 10,000 Type 24 flintlock pistols and 100 Type 518 howitzers, all equipped with a base number of ammunition, which were brought by the First Regiment of the Expeditionary Force to Kong Dede.

Finally, Zhu Cijiong inquired about the inventory of bullets and shells, and then ordered all the officers and men of the expeditionary force to gather ten bases of bullets and shells and take them to Goa.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, everything was ready, Zhu Cijiong personally sent the army to Dongdaying, that is, Tianjin Weixincheng, in view of the long name of this city, Zhu Cijiong simply named it Dongdaying, echoing Zunhua Beidaying.

This time, not only to send the first army of the expeditionary force to go out, but also to send Zheng Zhilong, the king of Zhennan, back to Jinling, so even the queen mother of the two palaces came with the car, and when Zheng Zhilong's family was about to board the ship, the queen mother of the two palaces hugged Xiao Qizaemon and cried that called a sparse ah, they are all about to be in their thirties, the days in the palace are too boring, and it is not easy to have such a cute child to play, but they are going to leave after two days, how can they be willing.

The Tian Chuan clan was also reluctant to Zheng Chenggong, and the two mothers and sons were also crying in a hug on the side, but Zheng Zhilong was not bored to stay on the side, he had to call Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, Zheng Cai and other cronies and generals to the side for a good education, what to be loyal and patriotic, what to kill the enemy bravely, what to protect success, a group of cronies and generals were there like a row of quails, nodding constantly, the picture is called a weird.

Zhu Cijiong didn't have time to enjoy this picture, he was calling Hou Shilu, the commander of the First Army of the Expeditionary Force, to tell him carefully.

It is inevitable to pay attention to maintaining the image of the Ming Dynasty, the expeditionary corps must first ensure the correctness of thought, he has ordered Wu Meicun to print more than 50,000 copies of the holy oracle booklet he issued last time, and the soldiers of the expeditionary force have one copy, the Ming Dynasty is not a den of robbers and bandits, colonization is the trend of the times, and it has to be for, if you don't go, others will go. But colonization is not a return to the primitive beast nature, at least human nature still has to be talked about, he doesn't want thousands of years later, when others mention the Ming Dynasty, that gang of robbers, that gang of bandits, that gang of inhuman beasts or something, there are many people who are shameless and act unscrupulously, but the Ming wants face.

Of course, he not only explained this, the expeditionary corps also had to ensure the strategic correctness, now is not the best time to attack the Mughal Empire, what he meant, this time Hou Shilu led the expeditionary corps to help Shi Weila and them hold the city of Mysore, hold Karnataka, and first keep the iron ore supply of the Ming Dynasty.

As for Conde and Svera's side, he also asked Hou Shilu to bring a verbal agreement, which probably means that the south of Goa will belong to Portugal, and the north of Goa will belong to the Ming Dynasty, and for the time being, the Ming will not launch an attack to the north, they can develop to the south and occupy the entire southern half, and the Ming will help him hold the Mysore line.

After all, the southern half is a vassal state of the Mughal Empire, not their homeland, and they will not raise the strength of the whole country to fight hard only in the south. If Comde and Schwila are insatiable and insist on fighting north, provoking the Mughal Empire desperately, then I'm sorry, the Ming Dynasty will not accompany him, and he can only withdraw his troops.

The reason why Zhu Cijiong chose to fight the north is because of his considerations, because the north of the Mughal Empire is bordered by the south of the Ming Empire, and his east is basically a vassal state of the Ming Empire, and the west is a country established by the descendants of the Mengyuan Empire, that is to say, as long as the Ming Dynasty defeats all the remnants of the Mengyuan Empire, it can surround the Mughal Empire on three or even four sides, making them defenseless.

Moreover, after defeating the Mughal Empire, it is equivalent to connecting South Asia into a large area, all under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, so that it is much easier to defend. If there is a piece in the east and a piece in the west, it will be impossible to defend, and because of the geographical distance, they will never return to their hearts, and in the end they will still have to fight for independence, which is equivalent to wasting decades or even hundreds of years of hard work.

As for why not fight the Mughal Empire now, there is no navy, and the inconvenience of ammunition transportation is one aspect, and more importantly, the current Mughal Empire is too strong, and the colonial countries in the later period know that they only bully those indigenous countries or powerful countries that have declined or even fall apart, and there is really no hard work against a strong country.

Like the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which is on the edge of the great powers, from the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century, during this colonial period, which great power dares to fight his idea, not that he can't beat him, there must be one or two countries among the great powers that can beat him, but so what, try your best to fight a strong country, beat yourself to five points and seven wounds, and then be bullied by a weaker country than yourself?

The so-called taking advantage of your illness will kill you, when you are strong, although I am stronger than you, but even if the two strong collide and win in the end, they will definitely be bruised all over the body, and when the time comes, surrounded by a group of strong men, I don't know if I can save my life.

Portugal and Spain are obvious examples, they were the first two countries to colonize, and they should be the two most powerful countries, and the result? Portugal can be said to have a big belly and a small belly that directly burst itself, and Spain is also desperate, he wants to fight anyone, but the more he fights, the weaker he gets, and finally he was overturned by his little brother Netherlands!