As a generation of emperors, especially the dynasties that have controlled the great dynasties over the years, he is no longer the ignorant son of heaven who was forced by a lot of civil and military forces in the past.

Zhu Houzhao may not have noticed any flaws in the statement made up by Shao Yuanjie at that time, but after Zhu Houzhao completely calmed down, Zhu Houzhao could not realize that Shao Yuanjie's so-called theory of the ascension of the imperial road was just an unrealistic fantasy.

If it was someone else, he might have given up directly, and might even be angry with Shao Yuanjie, but Zhu Houzhao did not anger anyone after realizing this, but tried to find a way to realize Shao Yuanjie's statement.

It can even be said that Zhu Houzhao's thoughts have gone beyond Shao Yuanjie's previous statement.

In Zhu Houzhao's mind, he naturally can't fly up to the whole country when he soars alone, of course, Zhu Houzhao is naturally very clear about the difficulties.

But looking at the altar in his hand, Zhu Houzhao's eyes flashed with hope.

This altar is something left to him by Chu Yi, such an altar can only be used once, which means that he only has one chance, so in the past few years, Zhu Houzhao has not only been working hard to plan the luck needed to activate the altar, but also perfecting the thoughts in his heart.

In the past, when he was with Chu Yi, Chu Yi also joked about some absurd stories intentionally or unintentionally, and among some of the stories told by Chu Yi, there was a saying that the world was soaring.

If this were not the case, it would be absolutely impossible for Zhu Houzhao to move Zhu Houzhao by the ascension of the imperial road that Shao Yuanjie said at the beginning.

The Imperial Road Ascension and the World Ascension both involve one point, that is, a large amount of luck.

It was precisely the altar that Chu Yi left him that could use the power of luck to change the heavens and the earth.

Zhu Houzhao obviously found that since the fleets he sent were expanding overseas, his own luck had risen very quickly, especially the establishment of the vassal states one by one, which had made his luck soar.

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao realized a shortcut to collect luck, to destroy the country, and to seize the luck of a country.

With millions of luck, Zhu Houzhao is obviously not satisfied, otherwise, Zhu Houzhao is afraid that he will not urge Wang Yangming to send a large army to occupy the western land.

After all, thousands of miles away, even if it is divided, Zhu Houzhao doesn't care too much, but in order to collect luck, let alone thousands of miles away, even if it is far, as long as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can arrive, then everything is not a problem.

With the implementation of the will of the Son of Heaven, the originally silent Daming sailors gathered again, and a huge overseas feudal state appeared, which naturally gave birth to countless business opportunities, causing many maritime merchants to frequently go to sea for trading.

In this case, a large number of ships were built, which naturally made the Ming shipbuilding industry show a terrible prosperity, and a large number of craftsmen participated in it, and ships with different functions were built.

The new warships that Chu Yi supervised and built at the beginning have now been updated for three generations, and it can be said that each generation is more advanced than the next.

The huge battleship is much better than the original new warship, both in terms of hull and gun power.

With the affluence of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of War built more than a dozen of the latest warships at a time, and now the third generation of new warships has been launched.

With more than a dozen warships as the core, hundreds of warships and numerous auxiliary ships, it is like a huge sea monster.

In order to implement the will of the Son of Heaven, the Ming Dynasty directly dispatched hundreds of large ships to assist in transporting materials, carrying tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and went straight to the west with the fleet composed of the latest warships of the Ming Dynasty.

The Strait of Gibraltar is an important port connecting the Mediterranean Sea, and it can be said that if the countries bordering the Mediterranean want to go to sea, they must pass through the Strait of Gibraltar.

It can be said that no matter what the force, anyone who can occupy the Strait of Gibraltar, even if it sets up checkpoints to collect taxes, can get rich.

As maritime hegemons, Portugal and Spain are naturally very close to the Strait of Gibraltar, so wars have broken out between the two countries in order to compete for the Strait of Gibraltar.

However, in the end, Spain overwhelmed Portugal and took such an important strait, which can be called the throat of Western countries, in its hands.

The Strait of Gibraltar can be used to blockade the Mediterranean countries in the Mediterranean, which is not only an important maritime trade port, but also has extremely important military significance.

In the course of hundreds of years, there have been more than one or two major battles just for the sake of fighting for such a strait.

A hundred years later, as a rising star, the Sunset Empire fought a war with Spain, and finally forcibly took the Strait of Gibraltar as its own, and even forced Spain to cede the Strait of Gibraltar to the Sunset Empire permanently.

Even in later generations, no matter how much Spain protested and tried, the empire did not cede the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain.

It is conceivable that in such an important strait port, Spain will inevitably garrison heavy troops, and it can even be said that almost more than 30% of Spain's navy is stationed in the Strait of Gibraltar, just in case.

On this day, as the governor of the Strait of Gibraltar, Duke Rose held a meeting in the governor's palace, and looked solemnly at the military and political forces present.

The expressions of the military and political dignitaries were also extremely solemn, because not long ago, they received a news that the Ming fleet, which had been wandering like a ghost in the Atlantic, had actually appeared outside the Strait of Gibraltar.

As one of the strongest naval powers in the West, Spain fought more than once in the confrontation with the Ming fleet, so it knew the strength of the fleet led by Yu Dayou and Yue Buqun.

Many overseas colonies were lost, and the Kingdom of Spain was naturally clamoring from top to bottom to gather forces to teach the Ming a lesson.

After all, Spain is now at the peak of its national strength, defeating the Netherlands and Portugal and becoming the number one maritime power.

Although it is said that the title of the first maritime power will be taken away by the empire on which the sun never sets in the future, but now compared to Spain, it is indeed a western maritime power with strong self-confidence.

Even in this case, when these gentlemen mentioned the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, they all showed solemnity, jealousy, and even hatred one by one.

Duke Rose's voice fell, and he heard a naval admiral suddenly get up and say: "Duke, the Ming people are simply too deceitful, and it is not enough to take away many territories of our Spain overseas, and if we lose it, we Spain can't afford to lose, but now they have appeared outside the Strait of Gibraltar, what do they want to do?" ”

"General Levy is right, the Strait of Gibraltar is the lifeblood of our Spain, and there is absolutely no room for error, and the appearance of the Ming fleet outside the Strait of Gibraltar is absolutely ill-intentioned, and we must not underestimate it."

One soldier after another expressed their attitude, even those consuls were silent, they naturally did not want to see the outbreak of war, after all, once the war broke out, it would inevitably affect the shipping of the Strait of Gibraltar.

You must know that this strait alone collects tens of thousands of taels of silver in a day, and it is conceivable that once a major war breaks out, it will inevitably affect the trade of the Strait of Gibraltar.

This loss is just to think about it, and these consuls must be heartbroken.

Duke Rose glanced at the silent archons, and said with a gleam in his eyes: "If you have no other opinions, then this Duke will give an order!" ”

Suddenly, everyone looked at Duke Rose, although there was some speculation in their hearts, but when Duke Rose spoke, everyone was shocked.

"Rectify the men and horses, and we must destroy the Ming fleet in one battle to defend the interests of our Spain!"

In order to prepare for the big war, the Duke of Rose immediately transmitted the news back to the kingdom, and although the King of Portugal and a number of government officials were shocked, all of the requests of the Duke of Rose were all agreed.

A large number of material resources were continuously transported to the Strait of Gibraltar, and 10,000 soldiers were stationed in the Strait of Gibraltar, plus the original 3,000 soldiers in the strait, and now there are 13,000 soldiers stationed in such a strait as the Strait of Gibraltar, and if you count the navy soldiers, there are almost 30,000 soldiers and horses.

Spain has millions of nationals, and there are only more than 100,000 soldiers, and being able to draw out such a large number of men and horses is already the limit of what Spain can deploy in a short period of time.

The actions of the Spaniards were naturally seen in the eyes of Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun and others on the sea, and above that flagship, in addition to Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun, Jiao Yuan and others, there were also several white-skinned, blonde-haired Westerners.

Needless to say, these people are Westerners who are intimidated by the powerful combat power of the Ming Dynasty, and at this moment, several Xiyi are pointing to the Strait of Gibraltar and facing Yu Dayou and said: "General, this is the Strait of Gibraltar, which can be said to be the throat of the Mediterranean countries, and controlling the Strait of Gibraltar directly chokes the exit of the Mediterranean countries to the sea." ”

These Xiyi's speech is very vague, and obviously their pronunciation is not standard, but it is not easy to speak a Ming official dialect.

However, Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun and others have been adrift overseas for several years, but they have learned several barbarian languages, and even talking directly to Westerners is not a problem.

Coughing lightly, Yu Dayou looked at the port in the distance, and then listened to these Xiyi people introduce the importance of this strait, Yu Dayou and Yue Buqun couldn't help but take a few more looks.

You must know that at this time, Yu Dayou and others broke into the sea off the Strait of Gibraltar, and they really had the idea of occupying such a port.

After all, along the way, the ports seized from the hands of the Xiyi people are not one or two, otherwise, their supply alone is a problem, so whenever the supply of the fleet is less than half, they will choose a port of the Xiyi people to occupy and replenish the supply.

At the beginning, Yu Dayou and the others really regarded the Strait of Gibraltar as an ordinary port, but now when they realized the importance of this port from the people of Xiyi who took refuge in them, whether it was Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun, Jiao Yuan and others, they all realized a question: If they appeared here, would the Spaniards go crazy!

The Spaniards are naturally crazy, they can lose anywhere, but the Strait of Gibraltar cannot be lost, if the Strait of Gibraltar is lost, it is not as simple as losing face, and more importantly, if you lose a flowing river of gold, the king will not agree, and the people will not agree either.

One after another warships sailed out of the harbor, and hundreds of warships appeared on the surface of the sea.

Even Yu Dayou, Jiao Yuan and others, who had fought with the Xiyi people more than once, were faintly shocked when they saw this momentum.

It can only be said that this time the reaction of the Spaniards was too great, you must know that when they attacked those ports in the past, many times, the Xiyi people guarding those ports did not even have a trace of resistance and directly abandoned the ports and fled.

As for the fact that so many soldiers and horses were gathered at once like this time, it is really very rare to even take the initiative to attack.

"Withdraw!"

Yu Dayou gave an order very decisively, and saw that the ships turned around and left, without the slightest hint of nostalgia.

By the time the Spanish Navy arrived at the sea where the Ming fleet was located, the Ming fleet had already escaped more than ten miles away.

Seeing that they could not catch up, the desolate sound of horns and the flag of retreat were hung on the flagship, and the Spanish army, which had been rushing with momentum, slowly retreated into the port.

At the same time, Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun and others were watching every move of the Spanish Navy with the help of a clairvoyant mirror.

"Good guys, these Xiyi people are too sensitive, they have gathered so many soldiers and horses here at once......"

Looking at Yu Dayou's eager look, Jiao Yuan on the side coughed lightly and looked at Yu Dayou and said: "General Yu, don't go to war with it, after several major battles, there are not many shells in stock on the ship, and at most they can support two or three naval battles, and even a big battle of this scale, I'm afraid one naval battle is not enough to support ......."

Hearing Jiao Yuan say this, Yu Dayou couldn't help frowning, as the commander of the army, he put more of his mind on commanding the army, as for logistics, Yu Dayou didn't think much about it, but handed it over to Jiao Yuan to deal with.

No one knew the situation of the entire fleet better than Jiao Yuan, so when Jiao Yuan opened his mouth to mention the issue of cannonballs, Yu Dayou was like a frosted eggplant, and the whole person wilted a lot when he landed.

As a soldier, Yu Dayou thinks more about how to fight and kill, and as for logistics, he has a headache when he thinks about it.

Staring at Jiao Yuan, Yu Dayou said: "We have carried so many shells, and Your Majesty has sent a fleet to transport a large number of shells, why are there not enough shells all of a sudden?" ”

Jiao Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "General Yu, don't forget, even if you replenish more materials and artillery fire, you can't help but be consumed by the big battles again and again." ”

Yue Buqun coughed lightly on the side and said to Yu Dayou: "General Yu, what Master Jiao said is true, our supplies and artillery are running out, I'm afraid we can't withstand the consumption of a huge naval battle!" ”

Taking a deep breath, Yu Dayou couldn't help but look at Jiao Yuan and said, "Master Jiao, when will the supplies from the imperial court arrive?" ”

Jiao Yuan shook his head and said: "Jiao doesn't know, it's really thousands of miles away, we don't know when the supply fleet of the imperial court will be able to arrive, especially now that we have penetrated into the heart of the West, even if we have wiped out a lot of Xiyi strongholds in the coastal zone along the way, but it is impossible to eliminate all the hidden dangers, in this case, the supply fleet of the imperial court may not be able to come smoothly." ”

Glancing at the port, Yu Dayou said unwillingly: "Damn, if you give General Ben enough supplies and shells, Yu will have to take this port!" ”

In the harbor

In a stone hall, headed by Duke Rose, dozens of admirals gathered together, compared to the previous solemn expressions and depressing atmosphere, this time the hall was very relaxed.

The faces of the admirals were filled with excitement and joy.

General Levy tasted the wine in the wine glass, and said with a little disdain: "I thought that the Ming people were so cruel and difficult, but I didn't think that they were also bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. ”

"Hahaha, everyone, have a drink together, long live the Kingdom of Spain for our victory!"

"Long live the Kingdom of Spain for our victory!"

A famous general raised his glass and shouted in unison.

Duke Rose, who was sitting at the top, said with a bit of pride on his face: "This Duke said that he is just a wise man, and he is not the opponent of my Spanish Kingdom!" ”

"The duke's reputation is far and wide, and the Ming people flee from the wind!"

General Lévy suddenly got up, raised his glass and said to Duke Rose, "Lord Duke, the last general has requested to pursue the Mingren fleet, and this Mingren fleet must be left behind. "Long live the Kingdom of Spain for our victory!"

A famous general raised his glass and shouted in unison.

Duke Rose, who was sitting at the top, said with a bit of pride on his face: "This Duke said that he is just a wise man, and he is not the opponent of my Spanish Kingdom!" ”

"The duke's reputation is far and wide, and the Ming people flee from the wind!"

General Lévy suddenly got up, raised his glass and said to Duke Rose, "Lord Duke, the last general has requested to pursue the Mingren fleet, and this Mingren fleet must be left behind. General Levy suddenly got up, raised his glass and said to Duke Rose: "Lord Duke, the last general has requested to pursue the Ming fleet, and this Ming fleet must be left behind." ”