At the mouth of the Musi River in the old port, a fleet led by Qu Lie quietly left the area, and then drove east to the northeast of the island of Java. Although he didn't know much about the old port when he left the old port this time, the size of the fleet was very large, the entire fleet consisted of thirty new Warren warships, as well as a huge number of supply fleets, and accompanied by five thousand newly formed marines, which can be said to concentrate the most powerful forces in the entire South Seas of the Ming Dynasty.

Qu Lie, who stood on the bow of the flagship, was in high spirits, because he was the supreme commander of this huge fleet, and the task of this fleet expedition was to destroy the most powerful force in the South Seas that did not belong to the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Danmu Kingdom on the island of Java, which was a dream opportunity for a general, because it not only marked that Qu Lie could use it to make contributions, but also marked the trust of the imperial court in him.

Thinking that he personally commanded a fleet to destroy a kingdom, Qu Lie couldn't help but feel excited, speaking of which, the supreme general of Nanyang should be Shen Ying, but now that Shen Ying is old, he has the heart to cultivate generals like Qu Lie and Chang Xiao for half a year, so he suggested to Zhou Chong to let Qu Lie lead the troops alone, and Zhou Chong finally agreed after thinking about it, so the battle against the Danmu Kingdom also fell on Qu Lie.

However, after Qu Lie was excited, he slowly calmed down, and began to seriously consider the merits of the Danmu Kingdom this time, after all, he was also an experienced admiral, and he understood that the more he was fighting, the more calm he had to be for the generals.

Speaking of which, the rise of the Danmu Kingdom is not very long, probably more than thirty years ago. Tamme Taishou bin Laden in northeastern Java. Pata took advantage of the collapse of the kingdom of Machabacher. The state was founded with the support of Muslim merchants. Claiming to be the Sultan of Danmu, he takes Islam as the state religion, but for other religions, the Danmu Kingdom also has a tolerant attitude.

Bin laden. After Pata established the Danmu Kingdom, he began to expand, and he has been expanding outward almost all the time in the past thirty years, and now the Danmu Kingdom has controlled most of the island of Java, and even extended its power to Jinzhou before. It's a pity that it was defeated by Qu Lie and his people, and since then, the Danmu Kingdom saw that the Ming army was strong, so it stopped expanding, and honestly stayed on Java Island to recuperate, and no longer dared to expand at will.

The capital of the Danmu Kingdom is called Sula, which is located in the area of Surabaya in later generations, and is a very prosperous port city, and nearly half of the production on the entire Java Island is transported through this port, which can be said to be the foundation of the entire Danmu Kingdom. Bin laden. In order to protect Sula's safety, Pata also built a strong navy. Although it cannot be compared with the navy in the Ming Dynasty, it has never had an opponent among the previous Nanyang countries.

This time, Qu Lie's goal is to capture the capital of the Danmu Kingdom, Sura City, after all, it is not only bin Laden. The place where Pata started, and at the same time the foundation of the entire Danmu Kingdom, just occupies this place, so even if it is bin Laden. Pata fled, and they had no hope of making a comeback, which was the conclusion that the Doge's Office had gathered a lot of information before.

Qu Lie was still a little distressed about the attack on Sula, a large-scale port city, because the Governor's Office gave him an order to keep the port of Sura as intact as possible while attacking Sula, after all, it would be a pity if such a large port was completely destroyed in the war. Of course, although Sura is important, but Zhou Zhong does not allow Qu Lie to risk the life of the navy, the premise of preserving Sula is to minimize the casualties of the navy, after all, in Zhou Chong's opinion, no matter how prosperous the port is, it is not comparable to the Nanyang Fleet that he has just formed.

Even if he can't fill it with human lives, and wants to occupy the entire Sura City completely, this is a completely contradictory order, which is naturally a difficult problem for Qu Lie to take care of, so since he just left the old port, he has been thinking about this matter in his heart, but unfortunately until the fleet reaches the sea off Sula, he still has no clue.

The port of Sura is located on the northeast coast of Java Island, a long peninsula called Madura Island just separates Sura from the open sea, forming a natural bay, and at the junction of Madura Island and Java Island, it is separated by a narrow strait, so that ships can travel between the bay and the open sea through the strait, forming a very good natural port.

The warships in the Ming fleet were tall and had a deep draft, and they could not pass through the narrow strait south of Madura Island, so they could only bypass Madura Island from the open sea and then enter the bay of Sura Port. However, what Qu Lie never expected was that just as his fleet was about to bypass Madura Island, a small ship from the South Seas appeared on the sea directly in front of the fleet.

This small boat looks very ordinary, the kind of small boat often used by the Nanyang people, except that this boat is larger than the fishing boat, and it seems to be safer than the fishing boat. Originally, according to the rules of the fleet, when encountering the ships of the Nanyang natives at sea, they were all sunk, after all, this is the Nanyang, and these natives cannot be allowed to leak the whereabouts of the army, but this time the battleship in front did not dare to directly sink the Nanyang ship, but asked Qu Lie to decide in person, because there was a big flag standing on this small boat, and a big Chinese character was written on it - "Shi".

Although I don't understand the meaning of the word "Shi", but since it is written in Chinese characters, then the owner of the ship is likely to be a Han Chinese, after all, there are many Han immigrants here in the South Seas, and Java is the most prosperous island in the South Seas, and there are also many Han immigrants living there.

Qu Lie also felt a little strange when he heard the report of the battleship in front of him, and immediately sent a small boat to contact the other party, but the person who sent Lu quickly came to report, saying that the owner of the small boat in front was indeed a Han Chinese, but a very old woman, who kept saying that he wanted to see Qu Lie.

Qu Lie was stunned when he heard that the owner of the other party's ship turned out to be an old woman, whether it was a pirate or a merchant on the ship, it could be understood, but the appearance of only an old woman was really incomprehensible, and listening to the description of his subordinates, it was still a very old woman, and she still went to sea at such an old age? That's weird.

Things are abnormal, and the other party only has a small boat, so there is no threat at all, so after Qu Lie thought about it for a while, he immediately asked people to pick up all the people on the other party's boat, he wanted to take a look, what are these people thinking?

After a while, all the people on the Nanyang boat were sent to the deck of the flagship, Qu Lie took a look, there were not many people on the other side, only eight dark-faced natives, cowering looked like they should be rowing boatmen, and in front of the boatmen, there was an old woman with crutches in her hand, goosebumps looked extremely old, it was estimated that she was at least eighty years old, and beside the old woman, there was a middle-aged man who looked like a Nanyang native, supporting her.

The shipwrights were directly ignored by Qu Lie, and looked up and down at the old woman at the head, only to see that although the other party was old, he had an extraordinary bearing, standing on the warship and facing himself, the general, without the slightest embarrassment, and even behaved very calmly, which is not something that ordinary people can show. In addition, although the middle-aged native beside the old woman also tried his best to make a calm appearance, Qu Lie could still feel that the other party was a little nervous in his heart.

"Old body to meet the general!" When the old woman saw Qu Lie, she came forward on crutches and saluted him.

"The old lady doesn't have to be polite, I don't know what the purpose of the lady is driving the boat to block the way of the army?" Although Qu Lie felt that this old woman's appearance was very strange, but seeing that the other party was so old and was also dressed as a woman of the Han family, he couldn't help but speak a little politely.

"Hehe, the general doesn't have to be surprised, the old man came alone this time, only brought so many boatmen and a righteous son, and there were no other ambushes, as for the reason why the old man came to the general, it is very important, and please clear a quiet room for the old man, and let the old man explain in detail." The old woman said with a kind smile on her face.

Qu Lie has led the army for many years, so naturally he will not fully believe the old woman's words, but he did not show the slightest on his face, but asked with a smile: "The old lady is a Han on Java Island, I don't know what to call it?" ”

This old woman also saw that the Ming general in front of her was still not at ease with herself, and it seemed that she had to show her identity, so she sighed, took out a seal from her arms and said: "Shi Erniang, the envoy of the old port of Daming, meet the general again!" ”

"Old Port Missionaries?" Qu Lie was also stunned when he heard this unfamiliar name, he didn't remember that there was such an official position in the old port, but fortunately, he had presided over the military administration in the old port for a period of time, and he also knew something about the local history, which also made him quickly think of the identity of this old woman, and exclaimed at the moment: "You...... Are you Shi Jinqing's daughter Mrs. Shi? ”

"Hehe, the old man is the eldest daughter in the family, but there is an elder brother above, according to the rules of Nanyang, others call me Shi Erniang, but according to the rules of our Han people, they all call me Shi Da Niang." The old woman laughed again, in a joking tone, but in an acknowledgment of her identity.

Hearing that the other party confirmed his guess, Qu Lie couldn't help but look up and down at the old woman in front of him with an incredible gaze, if the other party was really Shi Jinqing's daughter, that is, the legendary Second Sister Shi, then the other party was at least more than a hundred years old, and it was really surprising that Qu Lie could see a centenarian in a place like Nanyang with a harsh environment. (To be continued......)