"Brother Wenshan, don't you recognize me? I'm Liang Chongru! ”

It was Liang Chongru, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the countries of Europa sent by the Ming Empire and the governor of the Atlantic, who spoke.

He and the Ming Empire's mission to Europe drifted at sea for more than two months on two "New World" class warships, and finally arrived at Yinshan Port on the Mingzhou Continent on the fifth day of the first month of the fourth year of the Heavenly Dao. Then it took another five days to arrive at Shenzhou City, which seemed to be surrounded by hell, from Yinshan Port.

Now drinking chocolate with him in the festival hall of the Governor's Palace, in addition to Yang Aguo of the Mingzhou Great Sect, Liu Minzhong of the Sect in Shenzhou City is Sophia, Chen Chongguan, Niccolò and Matteo, members of the Ming Mission, three people of color and a young major general of the Ming Army. Among them, Niccolò and Matteo were both slaves of Semu, and later taught Latin, the language of the Great Food, and the history of Europa at the Mingdu Tiandao Academy, and not only gained freedom, but also became professors in the academy. This time, it was the identity of an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty who returned to Europe with Liang Chongru and others. It can be said that the clothes are homecoming!

Seeing that there were outsiders present, Wen Tianxiang didn't want to ask anything more, so he had to temporarily suppress his anger, forked his hand at Liang Chongru, and said, "It turned out to be Brother Yifu, I haven't seen him for a long time." ”

He suddenly found that the purple official uniform on Liang Chongru's body and the black veil on his head were both official uniforms of Da Ming Wen officials, and they were also purple robes that could only be worn by officials above the third grade.

"Brother Yifu, you are ......"

Liang Chongru was also looking at Wen Tianxiang, who was also wearing an official uniform, which was a scarlet Song Dynasty civil official uniform.

"Brother Wenshan, I am now the special envoy sent by the Ming Imperial Court to Europa," Liang Chongru pointed to a few people around him, "This is General Chen, and he is the deputy envoy with Liu Ju of Shenzhou City." This is Sophia, the princess of Kievan Rus'......"

Liang Chongru introduced them one by one. Wen Tianxiang could only be patient and meet them one by one to greet them. Meng Qi saw that Wen Tianxiang had suppressed his anger, and changed into a gentleman's appearance. At the moment, he also breathed a sigh of relief - Chen Dexing explained in the secret decree to him that he could not hurt this champion of Wenda.

This rotten Confucian, let's send him out of the country as a gift and let him go to Europa. Didn't he want to go for a long time? Now, there's finally a chance.

Meng Qi saw that Wen Tianxiang and everyone had finished greeting him, and he had already found a chair to sit down. He laughed and said, "Mr. Wenshan, Governor Zhou recently sent a letter from Zama City, saying that the Zama Dockyard has built thirty-two dhows, although they are only small boats with a load of 1,000 stones, but they are quite strong and can be used to cross the ocean. Other than that. The five 'New World' class ships that bypassed Nanmingzhou have also arrived at Zama...... Sailors trained by Governor Zhou were also able to get on board and go to sea. Why don't you leave as soon as possible and take a trip to Europa? ”

This is to drive people out! Hmph, I must have seen his evil deeds here.

Wen Tianxiang thought so in his heart, but nodded stiffly, "Governor Meng, this official does intend to go to Europa, but there is a plague in Zama City right now...... As a shepherd, how can this official leave without permission at this time? ”

Meng Qi said: "Zama City has its own Governor Zhou to guard it. What is the need for a mere plague? Mr. Wenshan, this time the Ming delegation is visiting Europa. It is to aid Europe and resist Mongolia, and the military situation is urgent, and there is no room for delay. ”

"Aiding Europe to resist Mongolia?" Wen Tianxiang was also stunned, didn't the Mongolians tell Chen Dexing to run away? Why did you go to Europa again? This Kublai Khan ran far enough!

Liang Chongru finished the topic and sighed: "Kublai Khan, the thief, ran to the Western Regions and defeated Aruhu of the Chagatai Khanate first. He also took advantage of Hulegu's illness and death to subdue the Ilkhanate, and more than half a year ago, he took advantage of the illness and death of Belge Khan of the Golden Horde, sent troops to Sarai, and defeated Timur, a busy brother. Now that the Ilkhanate and the Golden Horde have been integrated, they will soon be in Europe. I'm waiting if I can't get to Europa early. Seeing the suzerainty of the Ecumenical Church and the Eastern Roman Emperor, I was afraid that the people of Europa would be slaughtered by the Mongols again. By then, tens of millions of people will die......"

Wen Tianxiang looked worried, but thought in his heart: "Meng Qi has killed a lot in Mingzhou, if you count this plague, I'm afraid it will kill more than a million...... Who did the Mexicans and Mayans go to? Chen Dexing? Hmph, maybe Meng Qi, Yang Aguo and Zhou Xiaoqi were ordered by him to kill people with smallpox! ”

Yang Aguo interjected, "The mission will leave for Zama tomorrow, and then go north along the east coast of the Beimingzhou continent, and then cross the ocean. If it's fast, we'll be in Europa in six months. ”

This crossing is actually also a geographical expedition to investigate the east coast of Beimingzhou. In addition to transporting the mission and 5,200 Aztec green battalion soldiers, it is also planned to transport a group of military household soldiers and Indian Eight Banners soldiers who have just been transferred from Daming to establish a colony in Beimingzhou.

"Six months?" Wen Tianxiang heard that something was wrong, "How could it be so long?" Is the Atlantic Ocean as wide? And...... Will the ship be loaded with food and fresh water for 6 months? ”

"It took three months to train before landing in the Europa." Meng replied with a smile, "I still need to build some utensils." ”

"Training?" Wen Tianxiang asked, "What do you train?" ”

"Aztec Green Battalion, of course." Meng Qi said lightly, "This time, a lot of Nanfen steel and arquebuses were transported from the country, and some were just taken for the Aztec Green Battalion soldiers...... It is also good that the Europeans know that my Ming soldiers are strong and strong, so that they don't covet Mingzhou. ”

It's still thoughtful. The strength of the Ming Dynasty in Mingzhou is still very empty, and the army that can really fight is 24,000 Indian Eight Banners and several thousand Aztec Green Battalions. In addition, three or four thousand soldiers were transferred one after another, most of whom were dragged by their families, and the total number was about 8,000. Most of them are placed in Jinshan City, Yinshan Port and Shenzhou City, and the smaller half will be accompanied by some Indian Eight Flags, which will be sprinkled on the east coast of Beimingzhou like pepper noodles. As for Nan Mingzhou, he can't take care of it for the time being.

In such a rich continent, there is only such a small army defense, of course, it is not enough. Although the newly formed Western Fleet had some strength, after all, there were only 5 capital ships and 32 small ships with no cannons. This strength is enough to fight a decisive battle at sea with the Europa. But you can't control the entire Atlantic, the ocean is too vast. 5 capital ships simply can't hold it. If those kings of Europa took a fancy to the wealth of Mingzhou and sent troops to fight for it. Zhongmingzhou can be defended here, but the east coast of North Mingzhou and South Mingzhou, as well as so many small islands in the Mayan Sea, can't really defend it.

Therefore, the solution that came to mind was to show strength to the Europa, and if necessary, pick a country to beat it and stand up!

Be sure to let the people of Europa know that Mingzhou is the Mingzhou of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has enough strength to defend Mingzhou! And not only to defend Mingzhou, but also to throw troops to countries on the European continent. If anyone wants to fight Mingzhou's idea, then they must be ready to be captured by the Aztecs and sacrificed for blood!

For this reason, the weapons and equipment of the Aztec green battalion sent to Europa must of course be fully upgraded, relying on shields, spears, bows and arrows, which are enough to deal with the natives of Mingzhou, and I am afraid that it will not work to fight the Europa. Therefore, it was decided to equip the Aztecs with cuirasses - not all of them had them, only some pikemen and all spear and shield men, and a total of 1,500 cuirasses would be made. Aztecs who did not have a cuirass to use were given leather armor. The same is true for helmets, 1,500 pairs of steel helmets, and the rest are leather helmets, made of Mingzhou bison leather. In addition, 1,000 of the 5,000 arquebuses were to be taken to arm an Aztec musket regiment and eliminate bows and arrows. Because the Aztec archers are all halfway monks, and there are no good bows and strings here in Mingzhou, the archers of the Aztec green battalion are bullying the Mayans, and it will definitely not be easy to use when they arrive in Europa, so let's change it to a musket.

In addition, 5,200 Aztec green battalion soldiers will undergo rigorous training and reorganization. They would form a fortified infantry brigade consisting of a musket regiment, two pikemen, and a spear and shield battalion. There will also be enough Han officers in this army, and Major General Chen Chongguan in the Ming mission will serve as the brigade commander -- look at Mengqi's arrangement, you can see how much authority he has in Mingzhou.

After listening to Meng Qi's adaptation plan, Wen Tianxiang's face turned slightly blue. This is to take away his military power! It's not that Wen Tianxiang is reluctant to give up these 5,200 Aztec soldiers, but he has long regarded these Aztec soldiers as Song soldiers.

Although the Great Song Dynasty has lost its orthodoxy, there are still two remaining veins in the world......

Meng Qi seemed to see through his thoughts, and just smiled faintly, "Mr. Wenshan, this Aztec green battalion is not a Ming army, but a mercenary army from the Three Governors of Mingzhou...... If Mr. Wenshan sent a letter of allegiance to the Queen of Song and asked her to propose it to the saints, it would not be impossible to classify them into the Song army. But for now, this army is going to be handed over to the Atlantic Governor's Palace. ”

The Atlantic Governor's Office was still an empty Governor's Palace, the Governor was Liang Chongru, and the territory was some island in the Atlantic Ocean (excluding the Mayan Sea), a concession on the west coast of Europa, or something -- if it weren't for these 5,200 Aztecs, it would be hard to say whether the land would be rented or not.

Wen Tianxiang gritted his teeth, if he was loyal to Zhao Lin'er, then what was the difference between him and Zhong Daming? The authenticity of this Great Song Dynasty should be "Li Song", right?

However, he can't fight now, after this "undead natural disaster" caused by smallpox, the Tiandao Sect Mingzhou Great Sect already has divine power, who dares to disobey a group of natives? Wen Tianxiang's indoctrination is no match for this smallpox plague! Now that those Aztec Green Battalion soldiers have all converted to the Heavenly Dao Sect, no one has any thoughts of disobeying Meng Qi and Yang Aguo anymore. (To be continued......)