Chapter 430: The Impact of the Southern Expedition III

All this constitutes the factor that the Francophone must attack Zhu Houhuang. In their opinion, maybe Zhu Houhuang put too much pressure on them.

They found that if they first reversed Malacca's finances, they had to defeat Zhu Houhuang. Even before, there were precedents, such as the precedent of the Penghu Peace Conference.

They first tasted the sweetness similar to the Penghu Peace Conference in Zhu Houhuang again.

"So, what do you know about the Ming Empire, and how to defeat the Ming Empire?"

Tomei coughed twice and said, "The territory of the Ming Empire is vast, and their area is larger than that of the whole of Europe, but their emperor attaches great importance to the powerful Tartar enemies in the north and has never paid attention to the South Seas. A few decades ago, the Ming Dynasty also had a fleet that had always been powerful, and this fleet was called Zheng He's fleet, because of the huge cost, their emperor at that time burned the drawings. So we don't have to care about the emperor in the north, what we have to care about is Prince Ming Yong in front of us. This king is our enemy, and his back cover is on this island. ”

As he spoke, he opened a map and hung it up.

Tomei leaned in, pointed to the place where Dongyong was, and said, "This is the island." This king is both our partner and my competitor. He is our largest supplier of tea, silk and porcelain in East Asia. It is also our biggest competitor, since King Yong was sealed to Dongyong, he has vigorously developed maritime trade, and participated in the Annan Counterinsurgency War. The prestige of the Ming Empire in Nanyang was re-established, and our trade with the natives of Nanyang was greatly affected. That's not the most important thing, though. ”

Tomei nodded lightly at Penghu and said, "Here, we had an unpleasant contact with King Yong, and for the sake of pricing power, we fought a war with King Yong, so that King Yong was forced to accept our price for Chinese goods. This battle had a great impact on King Yong, and it seems that King Yong regarded that defeat as a very serious shame. Therefore, King Yong vigorously developed the navy, and set up strongholds in Haiphong, Da Nang, Luzon, and Cebu, which can be said to be very close to us. Even we just heard that he was going to meddle in Kuching. It seems to be another attempt to approach Malacca. This war, even if we don't start it, the enemy will start it. ”

Aberqua listened attentively and asked, "What is the current situation?" ”

Tomei said: "The main force of Yongwang's fleet has left Luzon at this moment, it should be between Luzon and Kuching, where has it been?" But I can't be sure. But they will definitely show up in Kuching. Should we ambush the Ming army near Kuching? ”

Aberqua said very wisely: "No, wait a minute. ”

It's not that Aberqua doesn't want to ambush his opponent on the sea, but it's simply impossible, first of all, it's a matter of information transmission. The sea is so vast that it is almost impossible to track, so it is impossible to guess where the fleet has arrived when it leaves the port. Perhaps, at this moment, the fleet of the Yongjun army has arrived in Kuching.

Also, Aberquwe has not been in Malacca for a long time, many of their subordinates are active in the Indian Ocean, and they are not familiar with the hydrology here, so they need to be familiar with it for a while when they suddenly come here.

Aberqua is a veteran, and he has fought a lot, so he naturally has a calm energy.

"How is the equipment of the Ming army?" Aberqua continued.

"That's why it's advisable to strike early." Tomei continued: "The first time I fought with the Ming army, I found that the Ming artillery was not good, but it was only small-caliber artillery, which could hardly damage the ships. But when we were fighting in the Dongyong Sea, we lost a boat, and even the artillery on the ship fell into the hands of the Ming people, the Ming people's heritage is too strong, they copied our artillery, the number is large, and now the firepower of the Ming army is no less than ours. ”

Although Tomei's estimation of Dongyong was a little wrong, it was generally good, and his mistake was that he thought that Dongyong's artillery did not know that it came from Dongyong, but from all over the Ming Dynasty, and it was supplied to the whole country. That's why it's so fast, so much.

didn't know that this was an improvement from Zhu Houhuang.

Aberqua said: "What is the ability of the Ming sailors? ”

Thinking back to the last battle, Tomei said: "Although the enemy's fleet dispatch is a little immature and unsuitable for artillery tactics, it is commendable and fearless of death. It's hard bones. ”

Aberqua stopped talking, but closed his eyes and thought quietly.

"My lord, I don't know how my lord is going to deal with the Ming army." Tomei asked hesitantly.

Aberqua said: "How to deal with it, naturally after cultivating well, a decisive battle to solve all the problems. Aberqua's words revealed a tone of contempt for the Dongyong fleet, and continued: "We must crush our opponents with strength in order to establish our wholehearted prestige in Southeast Asia. Now all you have to do is try to adapt to this side of the sea and wait for the attack. ”

Aberqua knew everything about Malacca and was ready to welcome Zhu Houhuang's arrival.

At this time, Zhu Houhuang also met two different messengers almost at the same time. All from Kuching. They represent the king of Bo Ni and the big mullah.

After reading the letter, Zhu Houhuang felt very interesting, because what the two letters said was exactly the opposite, they were all suing the other party, and all the things of the Zhang family were deducted on the opponent's head.

Zhu Houhuang snorted coldly and said, "Go and call Zhang Han." ”

Zhang Han, as a guard, was in the same boat as Zhu Houhuang. So Zhu Houhuang sent someone to look for it, but in a moment, this person had already come.

Zhang Han bowed when he entered the door and said, "The minister has seen His Highness." ”

"Flat." Zhu Houhuang said without being salty or light: "These two letters." You come and see. As he spoke, he handed the letter in his hand to Zhang Han.

Zhang Han hurriedly stepped forward, raised his hands high, and took the two letters, and Zhang Han saw clearly at a glance. His blood suddenly surged, and when he looked at the two messengers, a cold light erupted in Zhang Han's eyes, as if his gaze could kill the enemy.

Zhang Han forcibly endured his anger and said in simple words: "Your Highness, what they say is all nonsense. King Bo Ni and Muslims are inseparable from each other. ”

Zhang Han, who was angry, even wanted to kill everyone who had anything to do with his father's affairs. So he doesn't care at all about wronging others or something.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Since this is the case, there is one thing to explain to you." ”

Zhang Han said: "The minister will live up to His Highness's trust, and please ask His Highness to command." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Our army has just arrived, and I am not familiar with the water conditions of the port, so I ask you to come here for some guidance. ”

Zhang Han said: "Yes." He paused slightly and said: "Your Highness, although the Chen's family has been destroyed, the Chen's family still has some roots in Boni, and I am willing to fight for the thief for His Highness's vanguard." ”

Zhang Han is not wrong at all. If it weren't for the sudden attack of the big mullah, the Zhang family would have been defenseless, otherwise there would be another battle. The size of the Zhang family is not as good as that of Islam, although it is bound to be defeated, but it will definitely not be defeated to such a point. The remnants of the Zhang family's strength are scattered in Kuching, coupled with the big backer of Daming behind Zhang Han, Zhang Han can pull up an army in an instant. I can't talk about whether the combat power is good, but when I use it as a people's husband, it is more than enough.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Quasi-playing." ”

At this moment, Zhu Houhuang was already thinking about how to deal with the aftermath of Bo Ni.

The little Bo mud definitely can't stop Zhu Houhuang's thunderous blow, but after this thunderous blow, how should Zhu Houhuang deal with the aftermath?

Many people have said that it is not difficult to start a war, but it is difficult to end it.

Zhu Houhuang's general principle for the Nanyang countries is to follow the right path, and if each country really has such and such problems, it will naturally seize its own country and its land, but it will come to those countries that are in peace and keep to themselves. Zhu Houhuang is able to tolerate it within his sphere of influence.

The reason why Zhu Houhuang has such an idea is not that Zhu Houhuang should be a vegetarian all of a sudden. It's the limitations of the times.

After experiencing the Dongyong incident, Zhu Houhuang finally found that immigration is not an easy thing, especially large-scale immigration, and there is a lot of empty land in such a large area as Nanyang, so for a long time in the future, Nanyang will not lack land, but lack of people.