In the spring of the nineteenth year of Zhengde

Several Ming fleets conquered overseas lands, and each place, the imperial court would send out the royal family relatives who had been waiting for the reward as soon as possible.

Since Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, there have been many royal clansmen, but there are not too many who are really qualified to be divided overseas, but even so, there are now no less than 100 large and small feudal countries.

Of course, the fiefs of those princes are naturally larger, and although the royal clansmen such as the county kings after the demotion also have fiefs, the size of the fiefs is obviously much worse.

Originally, Zhu Houzhao had been hesitant to seal these county kings, but after discussing with Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and other important cabinet ministers, Zhu Houzhao made up his mind and sealed them all.

On the one hand, Zhu Houzhao needs these people to go out and completely occupy the land that has been seized, and on the other hand, it is also to completely remove these royal clansmen who have become the cancer of the Ming Dynasty from the Ming Dynasty in a gentle way.

Zhu Houzhao can even imagine that if the problem of the royal family cannot be solved, even if there are no natural or man-made disasters, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty alone is enough to drag the Ming Dynasty to death.

Since there is a large amount of land overseas, and these royal relatives are extremely cooperative, why not take the opportunity to send these people overseas.

Anyway, the basic plate of the Ming Dynasty has been laid down, and the vast land is not as big as possible, if you only occupy the vast land but do not govern it well, it will only become a burden on the imperial court.

The most important thing is that through the measure of separation, Zhu Houzhao has gained an extremely large amount of luck, and a steady stream of luck has gathered, which is the fundamental reason why Zhu Houzhao insisted on sealing.

It's just obvious that with a large amount of land being occupied, the new luck has slowed down a lot, which is naturally the more luck the better, for Zhu Houzhao, who is bent on getting enough luck.

The reason for the slowdown in the increase of luck is very simple, it is nothing more than that the territory that can be occupied has been almost occupied, plus several fleets that have gone out, whether from generals or soldiers, in the process of foreign expansion in the past few years, from the initial enthusiasm to the current dullness and even boredom, it can almost be said that the speed of external expansion of several fleets is several times worse than that of one of them.

In fact, this is also a normal situation, and it is not easy for Yu Dayou and others to maintain enough passion for several years.

On the one hand, the mentality of the non-commissioned officers has gradually changed, and on the other hand, with the expansion of foreign countries, the logistical supplies that each fleet can get are getting less and less, and the time is getting longer and longer, which also limits the combat effectiveness of several fleets to a certain extent.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about Yu Dayou's fleet, this fleet can be said to be the first of several fleets to go to sea, and it is also the strongest fleet.

Under the leadership of Yu Dayou, this fleet has fought against maritime powers such as Spain and the Netherlands more than once.

In the West, when it comes to the Ming fleet, those countries can be said to be both afraid and afraid, and the fall of the Kingdom of Spain really frightened many countries.

Several countries along the Mediterranean coast were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, completely suppressing the Western countries.

Originally, Spain, Portugal, and the Empire on which the sun never set were fighting each other openly and secretly because of their maritime interests.

However, as Spain was gently bulldozed by the Ming Dynasty, the Western countries led by Portugal and the Sun Never Setting Empire suddenly raised their vigilance, although they were shocked and frightened by the Ming Dynasty, but it was obviously unrealistic to want these countries to surrender obediently.

Yu Dayou and others pushed sideways on the Mediterranean coast, and every time they destroyed a country, it was an irritation to the remaining countries.

In less than half a year, an alliance born to fight against the Ming fleet was completely formed.

Dominated by maritime powers such as the Empire, Portugal, and the Netherlands, more than a dozen large and small countries united together to counter the atrocities of the Ming Dynasty.

Every time a country is destroyed, Zhu Houzhao can get a lot of luck, so Zhu Houzhao even personally sent an edict to Yu Dayou and Xu Tianzuo, the commanders of the fleet.

With the secret decree of the Son of Heaven, Yu Dayou, Xu Tianzuo and others did not hesitate to destroy the country, destroy the country, plunder, pat their butts and leave, select a target, and continue.

Under this set of procedures, even if those targeted countries try to confront, but where is the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, it is easy to be bulldozed and the country is ruined.

The appearance of the alliance was expected, and it was even a little later than Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong expected.

In fact, in Yu Dayou's opinion, as long as they continue to toss in the West, sooner or later they will unite the remaining countries, which is an instinct, unless they can stop and not continue, the key is that they are willing, and the Son of Heaven is not willing.

The big ships sailed on the sea, and the eye-catching sun and moon flags showed the identity of the fleet, and it was the Ming fleet that set off stormy waves in the west.

Led by Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou and others, and then looking at the battleships one by one, almost all the warships of the Ming fleet were dispatched, and just looking at the posture, you can feel the pressure of a mountain rain coming and the wind filling the building.

On the flagship, Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou and more than a dozen other civil and military officials stood on the deck, looking at the sea area ahead.

I heard Qi Jingtong say to Yu Dayou: "Marshal, this time the Western coalition forces are pouring out, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with." ”

Yu Dayou squinted his eyes, and said with a bit of coldness in his expression: "Even if it is difficult to deal with, then it must be on, even if it is defeated, we will fight, we are not afraid of failure, Your Majesty will continue to send a large army, but the Western coalition forces are not defeated, they have already gambled on all their net worth, once the bet fails, the Western coalition forces will fall into a situation from which they will never recover, at that time, whether it is the Netherlands, Portugal or the empire where the sun never sets, these countries are like our back garden, let us enter, loot." ”

There is no need for Yu Dayou to explain, Qi Jingtong, Yue Buqun and others are very clear in their hearts, that is, this battle is very important.

There are no countries in the West that have the ability to confront the Ming Dynasty, but if they are scattered, it will take a lot of time and energy to push them over one by one.

After all, just avoiding a fight is not something that Yu Dayou and they can afford.

Although most of the materials needed by the fleet can be supplied in the countries they occupy, such as the barrels, guns and even shells that need to be replaced, these need to be transported across the ocean from the Ming Dynasty and thousands of miles away, so Yu Dayou They can't afford to spend it at all, and they are not afraid of hard against hard, but they are afraid that these countries will avoid fighting without fighting.

The emergence of the coalition forces did not have the reason that Yu Dayou and them were behind the scenes, at least Spain was breached, and it is said that there is no problem at all to take the opportunity to directly attack Portugal.

However, after Yu Dayou, Jiao Yuan and others discussed, they did not turn around to deal with Portugal, but launched a crazy offensive against the large and small countries on the Mediterranean coast.

Under the threat of the Ming Dynasty, these countries naturally gave up their hostility and discord with each other and united together.

The strength of the Western countries is different, but no matter what, the strength of the coalition forces also accounts for most of the strength of the entire Western countries.

Gathering the strength of all countries, the strength of the coalition fleet was almost like a balloon frenzied expansion, and there were thousands of warships piled up, with more than 200,000 soldiers.

With so many warships and horses, it can be said that except for the Ming Dynasty, no other country can make up the pot and sell iron. But for the more than a dozen countries of the alliance, it is really not that difficult for everyone's forces to concentrate together and make such a big battle and momentum.

Not long ago, the alliance even dared to take the initiative to issue a war letter to the Ming fleet, which was simply the first time, which showed the strength of the alliance, and even made these people suppress the fear of the Ming fleet in their hearts.

Scottish seas

With the fall of Spain, the Kingdom of Portugal was the strongest at sea, and compared with Portugal, which was almost equal to Spain at its peak, the Netherlands was the first to rise as a sea coachman.

However, the empire on which the sun never sets is the latecomer, and it has shown great maritime power in the alliance, almost on a par with Portugal.

In order to compete for the dominance of the alliance, the Empire of the Sun Never Sets and the Portuguese Empire did not know how much they had fought overtly and covertly.

If this were not the case, I am afraid that the combined fleet would have already completed the assembly, and it would have already taken action against the Ming fleet, and it would not have been delayed until today.

Even so, the alliance still did not elect a real leader, but instead strangely formed a situation dominated by the two kingdoms of Portugal and the empire on which the sun never sets.

There is a saying that there must be an injury when two tigers fight, since there is the first position, who wants to honestly occupy the second, if it is really a lack of strength, then it is okay, the strength of the key second is not worse than the first, why can't you fight for it.

The deployment of the alliance army this time is indeed huge, and thousands of warships are pressed in black, which is an extremely rare scene in human history.

However, if anyone can look closely, they will find one thing, that is, these thousands of warships are almost clearly divided into two parts.

Needless to say, this is the result of the rivalry between the two countries, and the alliance army has also invisibly split into two parts.

Whether it is the Sun Never Sets, the Empire or Portugal, in fact, after gathering the strength of more than a dozen countries in the West, they no longer take Yu Dayou's Ming fleet to heart.

Although the Aketo fleet is said to be very strong, no matter how strong it is, can it still be stronger than the strength of the coalition forces? In the hearts of most people, as long as the coalition forces come out, the Ming fleet will inevitably be destroyed.

The sea area chosen by the two sides is this Scottish sea, which can be said to be in the hands of the alliance army, although it is said that Yu Dayou's fleet is not very careful in his heart, but in order to prevent accidents, the coalition forces still chose the place of engagement in the Scottish seas.

Above the sea, the alliance army laid out two distinct teams, facing each other from afar.

The sea is calm and the weather is definitely the best for engagement.

When black spots gradually appeared on the horizon, both Portugal and the admirals of the empire on which the sun never set were shocked.

Led by Portugal and the Empire, each of them gathered some countries, and these generals saw the Ming fleet coming slowly, and their hearts naturally became nervous.

After all, the Ming fleet is famous, how can it be said that it doesn't care if it doesn't care.

When the coalition forces saw the Ming fleet, the Ming fleet didn't notice the two distinct naval teams on the opposite side.

When they saw the two distinct navies, on the flagship, Yu Dayou and the others did not have the slightest look of surprise on their faces, but showed a little smile that was really like this.

Anyway, they have also gained a firm foothold in the west, although there are many Yi people who are hostile to the Ming Dynasty, but there are more Westerners who choose to surrender, it is conceivable that in this case, if Yu Dayou and they don't even know the filth within the coalition army, then it can only be said that they underestimate the ability of Jinyiwei.

You must know that under the leadership of Yue Buqun, Jinyiwei developed Jinyiwei to the west, absorbed a considerable number of Xiyi people into Jinyiwei, and completely mastered the situation of the alliance army at once.

Yue Buqun stood aside, stroked his beard, and sneered with a bit of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth: "These Yi people are really dying without knowing it, in this case, they don't forget to fight, tsk, what kind of self-confidence is it that makes them not take us to heart." ”

Hearing this, Jiao Yuan smiled and said: "Lord Yue, don't look at them, there are thousands of ships, among which there are almost hundreds, almost several times more than us, if it were you, would you think that there would be any accidents with such a strong force?" ”

Yue Buqun looked at the clearly divided coalition fleet in the distance with disdain, and sneered: "If there is no bullshit fighting for power within the coalition forces, maybe we have to deal with it cautiously, but Portugal and the empire on which the sun never sets are almost completely turned against each other, and in the next big war, it would be strange if they could work together." ”

Yu Dayou on the side just looked at the coalition forces opposite with a solemn expression, no matter how Yue Buqun and Jiao Yuan ridiculed and despised the coalition forces between their words, but as the commander-in-chief, Yu Dayou must remain calm enough.

When the Daming fleet gradually stopped, the coalition forces on the opposite side were stunned at first, and then they set sail and took the initiative to come towards the Daming fleet.

You must know that the person in charge of the coalition is very worried that the Ming side will not accept their invitation to fight, so he uses extremely provocative words in the war book.

Obviously, the coalition forces were worried in vain, Yu Dayou and the others did not even have the courage to fight a war, and when the coalition forces calculated the Ming fleet, Yu Dayou and others were not taking the opportunity to calculate the Western coalition forces.

As for the final victory, it depends on who is better on both sides.

At the same time that the Atlantic Ocean is about to break out in the largest naval battle in human history, in the vast northern land of the Ming Dynasty.

Crossing the northern grasslands, an elite army of tens of thousands of people set out on the grassland on the orders of the Son of Heaven a few years ago.

In the early years, Tatar and Warat almost became the henchmen of the Ming Dynasty, and even the change of Tumubao, even the Ming Emperor fell into his hands, which shows how much the power of Warat and Tatar has grown to the grassland.

However, the Tatar War, which was almost at its peak, was broken by Chu Yi and cut off the claws that stretched out to the Central Plains.

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has gradually disintegrated the alliance between the tribes on the grassland in the form of economic plunder, and now the tribes on the grassland are busy raising sheep and cattle, busy providing wool, beef and mutton for the merchants of the Central Plains, where is there still the effort to risk their lives to invade the Central Plains.

If the tens of thousands of troops were placed in the heyday of Tatar and Warat, I am afraid that the tens of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty would not even be able to penetrate into the grasslands, but now they are directly pushing the grasslands, and the army is directly into the heart of Europe thousands of miles away.

However, the Ming army, which had wiped out no less than dozens of large and small tribes and principalities, ran headlong into the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which was in the midst of high-speed external expansion, after crossing the Ural Mountains.

From a small principality to the largest in the world, the Grand Duchy of Moscow is now definitely in its most expansive period.

It is conceivable that when a big battle between the armies of the two sides came down, not only the commander-in-chief of the Grand Duchy of Moscow was shocked, but also the general Lu Dazhu, who led the expedition.