"The emperor is here, the emperor is finally here......"

Fan Mingchen suddenly couldn't control it and cried loudly.

The island of Ceylon is isolated overseas, thousands of miles away from the Ming mainland.

It would take at least two months to set off from Tianjin, and more than a month even if the steamer was moving at full speed.

The soldiers stationed there have relied on the belief in their hearts to persist to this day, and they believe that the emperor will definitely come.

Yes, definitely!

In the face of the hungry wolf-like Ottomans, they gave a strong response, and there were dozens of battles large and small, countless dead and wounded, even if the island ran out of ammunition and food, they were still struggling to support.

The front team was killed, the rear team was on top, the soldiers were killed in battle, and the people were on top......

They shed too much blood, but never shed a single tear.

Now that reinforcements have finally appeared, this iron-clad man can no longer control it, and completely release the depression in his heart.

Zhang Mao patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Ceylon Island is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor will not forget it." ”

Fan Mingchen choked up a little, wiped his tears, and couldn't stop nodding.

Zhang Mao asked again: "Nanhaiwei sent intelligence, saying that Peng Envoy is on Ceylon Island, what is going on?" ”

"Oh, that's ......"

Fan Mingchen sorted out his thoughts for a moment, and then said: "Since I learned the news that Peng Envoy's fleet was seized by the Ottomans, my father began to organize troops to rescue, the Ottomans originally wanted to negotiate, but they didn't expect our army to suddenly kill, the other party was not well prepared, and Peng Envoy led people to resist, and they rescued people from inside and outside. ”

"Although people were rescued, most of the ships were still detained, and the combat effectiveness was seriously damaged, and more importantly, the food on the island was limited, and suddenly there were 2,000 more people, which became more and more tight."

"The Ottomans suffered a great loss, so they gathered their forces to attack the island of Ceylon, and my father immediately organized the soldiers to build fortifications and sent people to Nanhai Wei for help."

"In just two months, the Ottomans organized dozens of large and small attacks, all of which were beaten back by us, it stands to reason that they are long-range operations, and under such consumption, logistics supplies must not last long, what I didn't expect was ......"

Speaking of this, Fan Mingchen couldn't help but sigh and continued: "These people turned to attack the Tik Kingdom on the other side of the strait. ”

"The Tik Kingdom has done some business with us, and its weapons and equipment are relatively backward, but it is rich in grain, and after being occupied by the Ottomans, it is equivalent to solving the supply problem and continuing to besiege the island of Ceylon."

"Last night was a decisive battle, if you hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid the whole army would have been wiped out."

Zhang Mao listened silently, and then said: "Don't worry, our fleet has brought grain, and another special grain fleet will depart from Jiaozhi, and it will arrive in half a month." ”

Fan Mingchen nodded and said, "As long as the siege of the Ottomans is lifted, the food problem can be easily solved." ”

At this time, two soldiers hurriedly walked in with a stretcher.

"General, we've found Master Peng!"

Zhang Mao and Fan Mingchen hurriedly got up to see, the person on the stretcher was Peng Qing, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty patrolling the sea, at this time his body was full of blood stains, his hair and beard were all burnt and pasted.

"Master Peng!"

Zhang Mao shouted cautiously, but saw Peng Qing slowly open his eyes, revealing a relieved gaze.

"You're here......"

"Here we come, here we come!"

After Zhang Mao finished speaking, he immediately ordered the military camp to come for treatment.

After a while, the military doctor reported: "Fortunately, it's just skin trauma, not internal organs, just rest for a while." ”

Zhang Mao was relieved at this time, and at the same time, he couldn't help but be afraid, even Peng Qing joined the battlefield, which shows the danger of last night's battle, just as Fan Mingchen said, almost all the troops were wiped out.

If you come a day late, the consequences are unimaginable!

Peng Qing seemed to have lost his strength, closed his eyes, and asked, "Mingchen, how is your father?" ”

Fan Mingchen hurriedly replied: "Still in a coma." ”

"General Fan has been guarding the old man last night, otherwise, the old man's life would have been gone."

Fan Mingchen was silent, because this was the duty of his father and son, and there was nothing to say.

Zhang Mao came forward to inform the emperor that he had led a large army to go on the expedition.

After hearing this, Peng Qing said slowly: "This time it is all thanks to the old man, I didn't expect the Ottomans to be so wolf-like, he was a mother, he was fine when he went, and when he came back, he suddenly turned his face, and alarmed the emperor, it was really ...... The old man is really damned......"

Zhang Mao was a little puzzled and asked: "The Ottomans and I, Daming, have always had well water and no river water, why did they suddenly turn their faces?" ”

"It's not that these dogs are open to money, and they see that the old man's fleet has brought a lot of gold and silver, as well as all kinds of precious stones and precious spices...... In short, it's all good. ”

Zhang Mao said angrily: "Dog things, rob them clearly!" ”

"Who's to say it isn't?"

Peng Qing's eyes were full of resentment, and he said: "When the old man went to sea last year, the Ottomans had just replaced the Eastern Romans and occupied the Persian Gulf region. ”

"This year is the same, the old man also prepared two large ships of porcelain, tea and silk and other goods for them, and the price is also reasonable, I didn't expect that these dogs forgot their righteousness, and saw that the old man carried a lot of gold and silver back to China, and moved greedy."

"It's also to blame the old man for not taking precautions in advance, careless!"

After listening to Peng Qing's story, Zhang Mao roughly sorted out the ins and outs of the matter, sorted out a note at the moment, and sent a clipper to the large army.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen's large army had just arrived in Nanhaiwei and was making its final rest.

"What does the royal brother think?"

Zhu Qiyu personally accompanied him and patrolled around Nanhaiwei.

"Well, good job!"

Zhu Qizhen praised again and again, and it can be seen that the little brother is now quite good at managing overseas, and he is doing it well.

This is the famous Malacca, and it is no exaggeration to say that whoever controls the strait controls the world's trade routes.

"According to the meaning of the imperial brother, the younger brother has formulated a set of navigation procedures, for the passing merchant ships, according to the size of their hull carrying tariffs, the tax rate of cargo ships in different countries is also different, where my Ming vassal country, the tax rate is relatively low."

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "Just do it, I will make an alliance later, and those who are willing to join my Daming allies will be discounted, and it doesn't matter if you don't join, you will be charged normally, as for those who are looking for trouble and doing things, don't let them pass directly, take a detour!" ”

Zhu Qiyu's heart moved, and he saluted: "Brother Huang is wise!" ”

"Your Majesty, Ceylon Island Urgent!"

Yuan Bin hurried over, holding a letter in his hand: "Zhang Mao has arrived on Ceylon Island, urgent report!" ”

(End of chapter)