The Zheng He smoked billowing smoke and rushed straight to the port.

The guns on both sides of the ship began to fire back frantically, and the shells bombarded everything in the harbor as if they didn't want money.

In comparison, the Eastern Romans fought back palely and weakly.

Under the intensive fire bombardment of the Zheng He, the port of Negombo has turned into a sea of fire.

The rest of the ships followed, attacking the warships anchored in the harbor.

The Eastern Romans' defenses were all concentrated in the port of Calamba, and the Ming fleet was like a tiger rushing into a chicken coop, doing whatever it wanted, and barely encountering decent resistance.

Grilut watched from afar as his battleships were sunk one by one, and his heart couldn't help but bleed.

However, looking at the towering steel beast, it seems that everything is understood.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Charlemagne's golden griffon fleet had been so completely defeated.

At the same time, I understand why Wells would say that God has forsaken us.

Yes, God forsaken us!

Even according to the plan, when the Ming fleet attacks the port of Kalamba, he leads the Condor fleet to raid from behind, I am afraid that the outcome will still be the same.

With the firepower of the Condor fleet, it will only give people an itch at most......

The Ming army's attacks continued, and the port of Negombo had become a living hell.

The few forts that were the first to be destroyed.

There are some batteries, but the tragic thing is that the range of these batteries is so short and weak that you can't even touch the shadow of the ironclad ship.

As far as the eye can see, there are flames everywhere.

The navy of Eastern Rome originally thought that it would be a naval battle, but after being bombed by the Ming fleet, no one dared to venture on the ship at all, and could only watch as the warships were sunk one after another.

The battlefield has become a one-sided situation, and it has completely become a unilateral artillery catharsis of the Ming army.

After about half an hour, the shelling finally stopped.

The shore was already in shambles, and the Ming army laid down the clippers and began landing operations.

Li Zhen's ship walked at the forefront, and behind him, the 3,000 battalions were already hungry and thirsty, and before the landing ship could dock, they couldn't wait to kill it with their rifles.

They didn't even need to assemble, they just broke it up into pieces, and launched a carpet search of Negombo Port as a team.

The docks were already in shambles, littered with the wreckage of blown buildings and charred corpses, with the occasional panicked handful.

The expedition of the Ming fleet to the sea is basically the personal show of the ironclad ship, the indestructible armor, the indestructible artillery, in this era, is undoubtedly the existence of crushing all warships.

The 3,000 battalions have long been suffocated on the ship, and since the establishment of the new 3,000 battalions in Tumu Fort, it can be said that they are invincible and invincible, but they have never been like this time...... No fight!

Seeing the ironclad ship rampage, destroying all living forces, he could only watch.

After going ashore, Li Zhen was like a tiger coming down the mountain, rushing all the way to kill.

The poor Eastern Roman navy, having just been baptized by artillery, had no choice but to surrender except for a few lucky ones, who hid in the corners and picked up a life, and were immediately pointed at the head with guns pointed at them.

The battle soon ended, and Zhu Qizhen disembarked and walked through the devastated harbor, with a stone fortress in front of him.

This place has been controlled by 3,000 battalions, Li Zhen stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, I caught a few prisoners, it is said that there is a general, and he ran away!" ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said: "These people are not particular, they just start fighting and run, at least resist it!" ”

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I also caught a Han man." ”

"What?"

Zhu Qizhen was puzzled: "This place is thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, how can there be Han people?" ”

Li Zhen continued: "The emperor will definitely not guess that this person is ...... It is the son of Zhang Shiying, the commander of Qiongzhou Wei, Zhang Jin! ”

Zhu Qizhen suddenly realized, no wonder when he copied Zhang Shiying's house, he couldn't find his son when he dug three feet into the ground.

It turned out that this guy had been prepared for a long time and sent his son to the Eastern Romans.

At this moment, a sentence suddenly appeared in his mind: good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and heaven is a good reincarnation; If you don't believe it, look up, the sky has spared anyone.

Eat things inside and outside, you should cut off your children and grandchildren!

"Bring it here, I'll judge it myself!"

"Yes!"

Moments later, a fair-skinned, emaciated young man was escorted in.

"Get on your knees!"

Li Zhen was about to stretch out his foot to kick, but the man had already pouted, sat down on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Sinner Zhang Jin knocks ...... Knock on the ...... The Emperor ......"

Zhu Qizhen scolded with a smile: "Dog, do you still know that you are guilty?" ”

Zhang Jin's expression now is difficult to describe, it stands to reason that his home has been raided, and the nine clans have been punished, so he should be sad, but he wants to cry but can't cry in his heart.

Because his body is out of control......

Zhu Qizhen asked, "I don't know something, when did you come here?" ”

Zhang Jin's lips kept trembling, and she wanted to speak several times, but she couldn't speak.

Li Zhen was annoyed, slapped it, and said angrily: "The emperor asked you!" ”

Zhang Jin's cheeks were swollen after being beaten, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and he finally spoke: "The criminals are on the emperor's ironclad ship...... The ironclad arrives in ...... When I arrived in Qiongzhou......"

Zhu Qizhen recalled that he rested in Qiongzhou for three months and in Maxi Island for another month, and according to the time, the goods arrived on Ceylon Island for at least two months.

"Have you been here before?"

"Back to ...... Back to the emperor, have you been here...... Been here once......"

Zhang Jin tried to control his body, but he still couldn't help but tremble.

It was a visceral fear because he had foreseen his end.

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Tell me, what do you know?" ”

Zhang Jin raised his trembling hand, wiped his sweat, and asked boldly: "The sinners tell the emperor everything they know, and beg the emperor to ...... Leave a whole corpse for the sinners......"

Zhu Qizhen smiled: "This reason is not excessive, let's say, what do you know?" ”

Zhang Jin swallowed his saliva, and then said, "The father of the sinner......"

Speaking of this, he subconsciously raised his eyes for a moment, and then continued: "...... fornicated with the Eastern Roman foreigners, did some smuggling business, and ...... also leaked the drawings of the Ming ironclad ship, which is really a crime that deserves death, and there is more than enough to die......"

To this day, my father can't get used to it, and he scolds when he should scold.

The whole clan is buried, and he can't escape death, what else can't be said!

"About a year ago, the convicts had come to Ceylon with the Eastern Roman fleet and had learned some of their language, and these foreigners were not good at attacking people, so they sometimes had to play the role of advisers and help them come up with ideas, and at that time, the Eastern Romans had just arrived on the island of Ceylon......"

Zhang Jin unreservedly told about his past experience.

At that time, Ceylon was still the territory of the Sinhalese Kingdom and the Tamil Kingdom, and although the Eastern Romans had advanced weapons, it was not easy to take the island in one fell swoop.

The war lasted for half a year, and the territory actually controlled by the Eastern Romans was only one port.

Charlemagne and Prussia, who went on expeditions to the East, won one island after another, and Prussia even opened the checkpoint to enter the Ming Dynasty and smuggled frantically for profit.

Since the war on the island of Ceylon did not go well, the Eastern Romans even had the idea of changing positions, since the island of Ceylon could not be attacked for a long time, and the east was victorious, why not move to the east?

However, Zhang Jin's arrival changed all that.

In fact, Zhang Jin was just a messenger sent by Zhang Shiying to show his loyalty.

Roughly speaking, I sent all my sons, is it sincere enough?

However, when he stumbled upon a roadmap for operations and couldn't help but make a few suggestions, things began to look different.

You must know that since the Xia Dynasty Shang, the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the most important thing in the land of China is military wizards.

Later generations casually read a few books on the art of war, and even read a few histories to see how their predecessors fought wars, and their strategic thinking has far surpassed that of Westerners at that time.

Some of Zhang Jin's inadvertent points were like divine help in the eyes of the Eastern Romans.

What is the combination of vertical and horizontal, wooing this, suppressing that, and then getting rid of this......

Fighting a war is not a rush forward, such as building barrages, cutting off the enemy's water sources, and setting fire to mountains...... Stratagems emerged one after another, and the tide of the war began to tilt in favor of the Eastern Romans.

Zhang Jin was also made an earl, and was personally awarded the title by Queen Dosia.

It's just that he really didn't want to stay here, so he found a reason to go back.

Until that day, the ironclad suddenly appeared, and he knew that everything was over.

The father took a risk, and finally ended up dead without a corpse, and the nine clans were all punished......

Zhang Jin fled overnight, sailed westward without even stopping at the island of Ceylon, and continued westward, all the way to the island of Ceylon.

As a result, what awaited the news was the annihilation of the Golden Griffon fleet.

Ceylon began to prepare for war, and Zhang Jin, as the chief staff officer of the Eastern Romans, naturally had to make suggestions from it.

However, the ironclad has reappeared!

In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and intrigues are meaningless......

Zhu Qizhen almost heard it, so he asked, "In this way, are you guilty?" ”

"Guilty!"

Zhang Jin lowered his head and replied honestly: "The criminals first fornicated with the Eastern Romans, and then ...... With the emperor as an enemy, the mantis arm is a car, and he can't measure himself......"

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "For the sake of your truthful confession, I can't bear to kill you, so let's give me a reason not to kill you!" ”

Zhang Jin's body shook, raised his head and said, "Your Majesty said this...... Seriously? ”

Li Zhen stood beside him and shouted: "Bold, the emperor's golden mouth, how can there be child's play?" ”

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "I will only give you one chance, and if the reason is sufficient, I can spare your life." ”

Zhang Jin's eyes rolled sharply, as if he suddenly thought of something, and said, "Sinners...... Knowing some clues may be helpful to the emperor! ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Let's talk about it, are these clues enough to change your life!" ”

Zhang Jin nodded again and again, and then said: "Your Majesty, Prussia of the Eastern Romans was the first to come to Daming, starting from Qiongzhou Wei, and opened up a lot of checkpoints, which involved a lot of gold and silver transactions, all of which were unsightly!" ”

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and said, "Go on!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Jin saw that the emperor was interested, and a glimmer of hope suddenly rose in his heart.

"In fact, a year ago, along the coast of Fujian, some businessmen began to bring their families and families to the sea, bringing a lot of gold and silver to the sea, just because many of their businesses were smuggling, and if they were found by the imperial court, they would definitely confiscate all their family property, so they transferred their property in advance, in order to facilitate the escape."

"Are these people you talking about related to the rebellion of Qiongzhou Wei?"

"Relevant!"

Zhang Jin hurriedly replied: "Most of those merchants colluded with the Eastern Romans, and with the protection of the Qiongzhou guard, they could smuggle goods unscrupulously. ”

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "There are really some, it's just ...... It's not as exaggerated as you say, there are about a dozen, and the gold and silver involved...... I can't remember, it must have been more than a million taels. ”

"No, they must have run away!"

Zhang Jin shook his head vigorously and said, "The businessmen involved in smuggling, large and small, add up, there are not a hundred, but also eighty, how can there be only a dozen?" Also, their business starts with hundreds of thousands of taels, and if you add up all the businessmen, there will be at least 10 million taels! ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said angrily: "Doesn't it mean that tens of millions of taels of silver have been lost overseas from Daming?" ”

"Your Majesty, the criminal minister...... Know where these people are! ”

Zhang Jin was prostrate on the ground, and at this moment, he suddenly saw the hope of living.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and said, "If what you say is true, as long as I can recover this silver, I can save you from dying!" ”

"Sinner...... Thank you! ”

Zhang Jin was so excited that he was about to cry, it was too difficult to punish the sins of the Nine Clans, and he could still pick up a life!

"Your Majesty, the minister still has something to explain!"

Zhu Qizhen raised his eyebrows and said, "Say!" ”

"The sinners also know about the fortifications and troop deployment of the Eastern Romans!"

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen hesitated.

If this is true, the rest of the battle will be very smooth.

But what if it's fake?

This is a war, not a child's play.

To catch a smuggler, it is best to catch it, and it doesn't matter if you can't catch it, at most, you can put in some manpower and material resources, and there will be no loss.

However, fighting a war is different.

One wrong decision will kill a lot of people.

It can even affect the trend of the entire battle situation.

Seeing Zhu Qizhen's hesitant appearance, Zhang Jin knew it in his heart, so he said: "The emperor descended from heaven to send divine soldiers to expedition against barbarians, and the criminals are willing to be the vanguard and go into battle to kill the enemy!" If you die in the border field, you will be buried with a horse leather shroud! ”

Zhang Jin is also fighting, if you don't believe me, then I will go to the front line, and if I want to die, I will die first, so it's always okay!

Zhu Qizhen secretly pondered in his heart, looking at his appearance, it didn't look like he was acting.

Although the ironclad ship is invincible, it is only confined to the water, and it is impossible to run on the ground with the ship.

After the landing operation, the biggest problem was that the terrain was unfamiliar.

If there really were a map of the deployment of the Eastern Romans, the battle would have been much easier.

In that case, why not give him a chance?