After a big wedding, Zhou Chong did not forget the pregnant Wang Jinxuan, in the next few days, he tried to find time to accompany her to have a baby, and Wang Jinxuan also felt her husband's apology, and her heart was also quite moved, after all, in this era, it is also very common for men to have three wives and four concubines, and husbands rarely take into account their wives' feelings, but now Zhou Chong has done it, so Wang Jinxuan also quickly adjusted her mentality, and also took the initiative to interact with Xie Lingyun, after all, only when the family is peaceful, Zhou Chong will rest assured.

Xie Lingyun is also a smart woman, she has long figured out Zhou Chong's temperament, and although Zhou Chong is usually very arrogant, she is even very tolerant of her own women, but this tolerance is also limited, at least a few women in the family can't fight back and forth, so Xie Lingyun also took the initiative to interact with Wang Jinxuan, and the two got along very well for a while.

Seeing that the two women in the family respected and loved each other, Zhou Zhong finally let go of a piece of heart, and then devoted all his energy to the training and the construction of the administration of Shuangyu Port, among which for the management of Shuangyu Port, he mainly expanded the power of the City Shipping Division, so that they not only managed the tax revenue of the port, but also had the function of the government yamen, coupled with the assistance of Jinyiwei, soon Shuangyu Port ended the previous chaotic state, and everything slowly changed to the good side.

Time flies, the spring of the sixth year of Zhengde passed in a hurry, and soon it was the middle of April, at this time, the soldiers on the side of the water division had almost been trained, and one hundred hundred households in accordance with their strict drills, as well as the most difficult big ratio, Zhou Zhong drew five thousand water divisions from it. These sailors, together with the 3,000 Beijing battalions, will be the main force for him to aid the city of Malacca.

For the remaining 5,000 sailors, Zhou Zhong did not let them idle, but divided into several fleets to take turns to go out to patrol, by the way to fight pirates and rescue merchant ships at sea, and the scope of their patrols was no longer limited to the waters near Ningbo, but began to expand outward, as far north as Suzhou Prefecture, and as far south as Wenzhou Prefecture, although it seems that the patrol range is not too large. But this is already the limit of this water division. If you want to expand the patrol area, you can only beckon, but unfortunately Zhou Zhong is short of money now, and the imperial court does not give him the right to recruit troops. So that's all there is to it for now.

After the selection of the sailors in mid-April. Zhou Zhong ordered Shenying to transfer the sailor and Jingying to train together. In particular, coordinated operations at sea must allow both sides to cultivate tacit understanding, but Zhou Zhong does not give them much time. There was less than a month to go, because by mid-May, they were set off.

There is an unnamed island not far from the naval division camp on the east side of Shuangyu Port, and there is a mighty fleet docked next to the island, but there are not many troops on the fleet, and most of the troops have already gone to the island, and I don't know what Lu Dao is doing?

But at this moment, suddenly another fleet came from a distance, only to see that the speed of this fleet was extremely fast, and before the people on the fleet next to the island could react, this fleet had already rushed to them, and then saw that this suddenly killing fleet was divided into two parts, one part quickly grabbed the shore, and then a team of Beijing battalion soldiers jumped off the boat and formed a camp on land to defend, while the other fleet went straight to the defenseless fleet, apparently trying to seize the ship.

It was only at this time that the sneak attack fleet reacted and immediately began to prepare for a counterattack, but unfortunately the sneak attack fleet had already rushed in front of them, and even threw the rope up, so it can be said that there is no other choice but hand-to-hand combat now.

The army on the island saw that their fleet was attacked by a sneak attack, and naturally began to rush back desperately, hoping to return to the ship to prevent the other party from seizing the ship, but the Beijing camp transported by the other fleet of the other party had already held the passage to the port, so they wanted to return to the ship, unless they wiped out all these Beijing camps, but those Beijing camps were well-trained, and for the time being, they only wanted to defend and not attack, and as a result, the troops on the island could not rush through for a while.

The fleet that was attacked by the sneak attack was seriously undermanned, and the entire fleet together was only a few hundred people, but the fleet that attacked them was more than 60 ships, and the number of combatants was more than 2,000.

After eliminating the resistance on the opponent's ship, the sneak attack fleet did not stop, and immediately sent people to reinforce the Beijing camp on land, and for a while, the two teams were all in one place, and began to advance the enemy army on the island step by step, and the number of enemy troops on the island was only more than 1,000 people, where is the opponent of these enemies who are several times larger? Therefore, under the attack of both sides, the army on the island also surrendered to the death, and the side that attacked after the most sneak attack won the final victory.

On a high war ship in the distance, Zhou Zhong and Shen Ying and other generals held binoculars to look at the battle situation in the distance, and when they saw that the army on the island was also wiped out, Zhou Chong finally put down the binoculars and smiled: "Yes, this is what I want, but this is just a drill, when it comes to a real sneak attack, there will definitely be some unexpected situations, you must not be careless!" ”

"Don't worry, Lord Admiral, you must be cautious when you fight!" After Shen Ying and Chang Xiao and other generals heard Zhou Chong's words, they all bowed down and saluted.

After nearly a month of joint training, Shen Ying and they felt that the cooperation between the sailors and the Beijing camp was already good, so Zhou Zhong proposed to do such a simple military exercise, those who were not selected to play the Portuguese who landed in Malacca City, and they will have a strategic exercise in advance, and now it seems that the effect is not bad, but the exercise is an exercise after all, and it can't be fought with real knives and guns, so the water in this exercise is very large, and even a reference is very reluctant, but Zhou Chong in order to boost the morale of the army, So naturally, a few kind words to say.

Next, Zhou Zhong went to the scene of the exercise under the leadership of Shen Ying, praised some outstanding soldiers by name, and rewarded them with money on the spot, after all, the soldiers of this era are not so highly conscious, and if you want people to sell your life to you, then you have to come up with the corresponding reward, otherwise it is nonsense just to talk about the righteousness of the country.

Of course, there are rewards and punishments, for those teams and individuals who did not perform well in the exercise, Zhou Chong naturally criticized it, and also punished several generals who were not in charge of improper command, and even one of the hundred households responsible for the sneak attack was demoted by Zhou Chong on the spot because of the unfavorable operation, it can be said that the punishment is very severe, which invisibly also greatly increases Zhou Chong's deterrence of the army, after all, a general wants to lead the troops, it is not enough to rely on rewards, you must let the soldiers have enough awe for you, In this way, on the battlefield, they did not dare to disobey military orders out of fear.

After the reward and punishment, Zhou Chong asked people to set up a banquet in the military camp, and ordinary soldiers also had large pieces of meat to eat, but now the expedition was imminent, so Zhou Chong only let people prepare a small amount of wine, and everyone had a certain amount of alcohol regardless of whether they were up or down, after all, in a place like the barracks, if they were all drunk, it would not be good.

Compared with other soldiers, Zhou Chong and Shen Ying, Qu Lie, and Chang Xiao were at a separate table, and they were in the handsome hall that had just been built, and they did not drink with other soldiers, mainly because Zhou Chong had something to say, and it was inconvenient for others to hear it, so only Shen Ying and the three of them were invited.

"It's mid-May now, and according to the news I received, the Portuguese will attack the city of Malacca on the first of July, this news is absolutely accurate, and only a few of us know about the entire military camp, I wonder what the generals think?" I saw that Zhou Zhong suddenly said at this time, for the attack time of the Portuguese, he had seen it in the history of later generations, and in order to ensure the accuracy of this time, he also sent spies to Nanyang some time ago, and now it is basically determined that the attack time of the Portuguese has not been affected by his own crossing.

Hearing that Zhou Zhong was so sure of the time for the Portuguese to attack Malacca City, Shen Ying and the others were also overjoyed, after all, knowing oneself and knowing the other party can win a hundred battles, and now that they have mastered the accurate time of the other party's attack, then they have already mastered the initiative in this war.

"My lord, if it is the first of July, then we still have half a month to go, enough for us to rush to Malacca City, and even have time to explore the terrain of Malacca City, but ......" Shen Ying said excitedly at this time, but when he talked about the last day, he seemed to think of something, and his tone was a little hesitant.

"The old general has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak, today I call everyone to come, first, to announce the specific time of the Portuguese attack on Malacca City, and secondly, I want to hear what everyone thinks about this battle, so don't worry about it!" Zhou Zhong also smiled when he heard this.

Since Zhou Zhong said this, Shen Ying also let go of the burden in his heart, and then spoke: "My lord, Malacca City is a subject country of our Ming Dynasty, and our army is going to assist them, so should we notify the other party in advance?" In this way, Malacca City will be prepared so that they will not be caught off guard by the Portuguese, and secondly, it will also allow them to cooperate with us better. ”

Hearing Shen Ying's suggestion, Qu Lie and Chang Xiao also nodded, in their opinion, Shen Ying's suggestion is indeed very good, if they can get the cooperation of Malacca City, then they will be more sure to defeat the Portuguese in one fell swoop, and even it is not too difficult to completely annihilate the other party.

However, after hearing Shen Ying's suggestion, Zhou Zhong sat there with his head down and pondered for a long time, as if he was thinking about something very difficult? After a long while, I saw him suddenly raise his head and say: "This battle is a war between our Ming and the Portuguese, don't pay attention to the Malacca people!" (To be continued......)