The third father-in-law is so enthusiastic, of course Xie Hong will not be insincere and benevolent. 【Reading.com】

So, a month later, Zhengde and his party boarded the ship at Dagu Port and began their journey to the south, with one less person in the team. The sense of existence of the third prince is still quite strong, and without such a person who is a fighter and a gas bag, Zhengde is slightly unaccustomed, but the excitement brought by going to sea for the first time quickly dispelled his unpleasantness.

"Haha, there are still birds flying on the sea, wow, it looks fat, it's very useful, take a bow and arrow, shoot a few down, just at night for a tooth sacrifice!" After getting on the boat, Zhengde jumped up and down and never idle, and finally ran to the deck to sell for a while, but for some reason, he became interested in seagulls again.

"Ahem, second brother, seagull meat is not delicious at all, it can't be compared with seafood, let's eat some normal supper, such as lobster or sea cucumber or something, let me tell you, sea cucumber has many functions, and it can be ......"

None of the people who can shoot arrows are not suitable for sailing, Yu'er is too, and so is the second brother, all of whom have shown unusual interest in seagulls, probably because they see something that can fly, so their hands itch, right?

"That's it, that's ......" Zhengde put down his bow and arrow with some disappointment, but his mood quickly rose again, because he had a new discovery, he pointed to the stern of the boat, and shouted: "Wow, what a big fish, this must be delicious, quick, turn the boat around, ready to open fire and blow up the big fish!" ”

"......" Xie Hong looked at it and was even more speechless.

"Second brother, that's a dolphin, you can't eat it, well, it's not a question of whether it's delicious or not, that fish is a good fish, okay, I'll tell you a story, it's the legend of Mazu...... If you must eat big fish, let's go back to the country to catch whales, the fish is bigger, or sharks are also made, shark fin is very delicious......"

Xie Hong felt that he had become an encyclopedia of the ocean, and he explained all the way that this was called a hard work. However, seeing Zhengde's happy appearance, he was also a little relieved, not counting the legendary Emperor Jianwen, the young man in front of him should be the first emperor in the history of China to go to sea, right?

At the end of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yu, the king of the Song Dynasty who was carried by Lu Xiufu and jumped into the sea, should not be counted, and the Battle of Yashan, in the face of the pressure of the Han annihilation of Zhang Hongfan, the Song army could only respond with remnants, and finally ended in a fiasco. The heroic feelings in it are certainly admired by future generations, but after Yashan, there is no China, but it contains endless pathos and desolation.

History, after all, is determined by victory or defeat, and only the winner has the qualification to write history.

Now guarding the Great Tomorrow are 50 steamships of more than 1,000 tons, and on top of the ships, there are many cannon barrels, showing their grandeur! In the South China Sea, there are more ships of all kinds waiting to join the royal sailors, which are the invincible sailors of the Ming Dynasty, and they live up to their name.

No force can stand in front of this force, and this force will lead the Ming Dynasty to the vast ocean, bringing glory one after another! After the official completion of the sailor, the first one to bring the sacrificial flag was the Triple Alliance of the European continent!

Nowadays, starting from Lushun and Tianjin, all the way to Fujian, Guangdong and Qiongzhou, all over the coastal areas of Daming, large and small ports have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Quanzhou are all trade distribution centers like Tianjin, and most of the rest are transit ports like Weihaiwei.

With these ports, the royal sailors did not need to worry about fuel problems, sailed at full speed, and arrived at the port of Xinzhou from Tianjin in less than a month.

"See Your Majesty's ......" here to greet Wang Hai and Zheng Long, the work of the Governor's Palace of Luzon has been on track, knowing that the great war is imminent, and it is also the arrival of the royal driver, Wang Hai not only led the fleet of the Governor's Palace to pour out, but also brought the fleet of the Sulu State by the way.

The navigation skills of the Arabs are still good, and as their descendants, the sea ships of the Sulu country are quite good in the South Seas. They were brought here on the one hand to strengthen the combat power, and on the other hand, to prevent the backyard from catching fire.

"How's the state of the full thorn? It can't be that it's already lost, right? Even if he didn't see the team pulled out by Wang Hai, from the seemingly respectful but worried looks of the two, Xie Hong also saw the problem, so he immediately thought that the situation might be a little bad, and the worst problem he could think of was this.

"That's not true, but it's ......" Zheng Long shook his head with a heavy face, although it was not the worst, but in his opinion, the current situation was not much better than the fall of Manga's thorns, he said in a slurred voice: "After the negotiations, Xifan immediately started to prepare for war, and in the past few months, dozens of naval battles have been fought near the waters of Nanwuli......

He glanced at Zhengde with flickering eyes, and then whispered to Xie Hong: "Master Hou, the port is windy, why don't we go to the Governor's Mansion and talk." While speaking, he also gave Xie Hong a look, obviously, he wanted to put aside Zhengde and report to Xie Hong alone.

"It's not cold here, it's okay, just say it here, I'll listen." Zhengde loves to mess around, but he is not confused, and now Xie Hong is gradually fooling him, where can Zheng Long hide this little bit of caution? The young man's expression is still faint, but there is a majesty revealed, which makes people feel intimidated.

"Yes...... Back to Your Majesty, "Zheng Long didn't dare to slack off, Xie Hong didn't have the intention of arbitrarily exercising power, although he was a confidant, he didn't mean to set up the emperor, he wanted to avoid it, just because he was worried."

"Just as Hou Ye expected in advance, the gunboats of the West are indeed unique, our old ships have fallen in front of them, and there are many defeats in naval battles, and even if they win, most of them are disastrous victories......

"Wait," Xie Hong frowned, and said suspiciously, "Didn't I tell Yang Min before, don't fight with Xifan on a large scale before the main sailor arrives?" If they have invaded Manga, it would be better to say, but Nan Wuli ...... Isn't that out of the strait? ”

In the area of Banda Aceh in later generations, in the northern tip of Sumatra, there is already a considerable distance from Mankasa, and it is the first stop from the Indian peninsula in the east.

"During the negotiation, Brother Yang retold the emperor's will, needless to say, the people present did not need to say, and those who were later relayed were also enthusiastic, so ...... When they got the news that Xifan had established a bridgehead in Nanwuli, everyone said that they could not be allowed to stand in peace, and although the fleet directly under the governor's palace did not move, the maritime merchants were all ......"

I'll wipe it, what did the second brother say? actually created so many angry young people to come out, almost messing up my brother's arrangement, Xie Hong wiped his sweat and asked very depressedly, "Then how is it now?" ”

"The losses are relatively large, coupled with the news from the Xifan captives, although everyone's morale has not collapsed, but they also have a sense of jealousy, under the constraints of Brother Yang, these days, the situation has eased a little."

"What's the news? Is it military intelligence? Zhengde asked.

"Yes, it is said that the other side is assembling a fleet, and by the time they got the news, they had gathered nearly two hundred gunboats, and by now, the number should be only a little more, and I heard that they have mobilized all the fleets in North Africa. Their ships do not have steam engines, but they are not inferior in size and number of guns to our ships, and they are far more numerous than ......."

Zheng Long looked at the harbor with a worried face, the fifty ships of the Royal Sailor looked so mighty and majestic, but when he thought that Xifan could actually assemble more than two hundred gunboats, he felt that the Royal Sailor seemed very thin.

There are many other types of ships on this side of the South Seas, and there are many of them. However, none of the ships were equipped with cannons, and except for the flywheel battleship, which could pose a threat to Zephan with its superior movement power and incendiary bombs, the rest of the ships had to fight hard.

Hard fighting has no future, and the Battle of Arthur has proven this. It's just a matter of losing something, with the current spirit of the Ming Maritime Merchants, they will not retreat because of this, but the problem is that the emperor is coming, if the holy driver has some accidents in the vicious battle, then there is no way to die.

This is not unfounded, the artillery battle is different from the past broadside battle, and the possibility of an accident is too high.

Wei Chen and the others discussed it, and felt that it was better to simply give up the full thorn, put Xifan in, and then take advantage of its unpreparedness to fight back by land and water. Anyway, the Japanese soldiers and horses have already broken through Siam, so let them divide half of the soldiers and horses to go south. Wang Hai and the others didn't stare dryly, they discussed a strategy to lure the enemy in.

This is not a good way, the total strength of the West is not much, if it is stationed in Manga, it is rushed by the Japanese Ronin from the land, and the Ming army cooperates at sea, and it is indeed possible to fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy.

"The two of them have the same idea as Ben Hou, but the problem is ......" Xie Hong shook his head and chuckled: "Hehe, if they are really stationed in Manga, they may find flaws, and then take precautions in advance." ”

"Flaws?" Wang Hai was stunned, but Zheng Long was thoughtful.

"The fortress full of thorns is fake, and it was originally meant to lure the enemy deeper. The forces of the Xifan people have been entrenched in the Tianzhu area for a long time, and if there is a tug-of-war with them there, it will be our labor expedition, and the location is advantageous to them, so I thought of such a way, I want to lure them over, and wait for the labor to gather and annihilate them. ”

“…… No wonder Brother Yang has been refusing to retreat, I just say, he is not the kind of pedantic person. Zheng Long slapped his thigh and suddenly realized.

Finding that the situation was unfavorable, he had already sent a message to Yang Min about the strategy of luring the enemy into depth, but the other party refused to comply, he originally thought that the other party was reluctant to give up the fortress. Now I know that Yang Min's reluctance to the fortress is real, but the reason for his reluctance is that he guessed wrong.

"Gather and annihilate? Master Hou, I'm only afraid of ......" Wang Hai peeked at Zhengde, gritted his teeth and said: "Let's let Weichen be the vanguard, consume the strength of the West first, and the royal sailor will press the formation in the back, and when the West is exhausted, it will be broken in one blow!" ”

The old ships were not helpless against the gunboats, but the damage ratio was too great, but Wang Hai had now gathered all the flywheel battleships, and with the cover of other ships, he thought that he should be able to consume more than half of the strength of the West. Then the steamer will appear again, which can not only defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, but also ensure the safety of Zhengde.

"No need, I'm with the soldiers, and we'll beat the West to pieces together." Zhengde waved his hand in high spirits, and shouted loudly: "Order to go down, repair in Xinzhou Port for a day, and then the whole army will go south, and the troops will be full of thorns, and fight to the death with Xifan!" ”

Xie Hong took the lead and bowed, and said in a loud voice: "The ministers obey the order." ”

(To be continued)