Isles of Scilly.

Zheng He's fleet did not move in the direction of the islands of Ireland and Great Britain that they saw, because years of seafaring experience had taught him that such large landmasses generally had indigenous peoples.

Just like the people he met on his trip to the Americas.

Therefore, driven by experience, Zheng He chose to find smaller islands to station, and there were no islands around here that could be stationed.

Northward? No way.

Now it is autumn, and winter is about to begin, and now the vicinity of the island of Great Britain has begun to get cold, and there will even be occasional snowfall under the power of this giant beast during the Xiaoice period, so even if there are inner and outer Hebrides in the north, Zheng He did not go north.

To the south, there are the Scilly Islands and the Channel Islands, where Wang Jinghong's fleet was stationed.

"So......" Zheng He frowned and looked at the charts on the table in front of him, subconsciously rubbing the monoculars in his hands.

"Jing Hong, he is heading northeast, in order to enter the back of the enemy, so as to achieve the effect of intimidating the enemy?"

"It's more than that." The prince who was reporting to Zheng He bowed slightly.

"The king commanded the envoy to go to the northeast this time, firstly, to intimidate the enemy, and secondly, to make up for the problem of grain and grass that had been stationed here for a long time."

"Originally, we could have asked the Kingdom of France to provide them with the consumption of our fleet indefinitely, but the Kingdom of France is already on the verge of collapse at this moment, and Commander Wang thinks that it is not very appropriate to do so."

"It is true that we do not need to take care of the feelings of the Kingdom of France, but the royal commander said that they are very good forwards, and if they can be preserved, it can reduce the considerable difficulties for us to fight in this land in the future."

"In addition, we also have supplies from the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile, but if it is according to the original agreement, these two supply lines will not be enough for us to consume."

"In addition, Commander Wang thinks that these two are not fools, and will provide us with our needs infinitely, after all, they are just separated from us."

"For these reasons, Commander Wang finally made the decision to go northeast into the inland sea on the chart."

"This way, we can make up for the part of the supplies we lack by fighting and fighting, and secondly, we can also put tremendous pressure on the enemy behind the enemy's back, so as to reduce the burden of His Royal Highness the Prince on the frontal battlefield."

"For now, it is still effective, not only the Holy Roman Empire, but even the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland have been fully contracted, so that General Zhu on the frontal battlefield successfully took the Golden Horde and the Grand Duchy of Mosk."

"Hmm......" Listening to the words of the prince's guard, Zheng He's brows furrowed, and his hands were still unconsciously rubbing the monocular.

"Something seems to be wrong......

Zheng He looked at the Kingdom of England and Denmark, Norway, and Sweden marked yellow on the map, and frowned.

This chart was given by Zhu Zhanyan, and a simple mark was made on it.

Blue represents a country friendly to the Ming Dynasty, whether it is not as strong as the Ming Dynasty and is forced to be friendly, or because of the greed for tea, silk and other commodities and grovel to the Ming are marked blue.

The yellow represents non-friendly countries, and there is no business relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and the most important thing is that there is a certain strength of the country.

However, because it is marked yellow, it means that the degree of danger is not high, if Daming is prepared, it is unlikely to overturn, but if it is a sneak attack or ambush, it may cause greater losses.

There are also those that are marked in red.

In fact, the red mark does not mean that the strength is too strong and dangerous, but there are many situations in it.

For example, the Holy Roman Empire, which was the most formidable enemy the Ming encountered after entering Europe, was marked red, although it was somewhat loose internally.

Another example is the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile.

These two countries have been allied for a relatively long time, and both have relatively strong maritime forces, so they are marked in red.

In addition to the above two cases, there is another one, which represents the country of the Grape Bud.

The strength of the Grape Bud Kingdom is actually not strong, let alone compared to the Ming Dynasty, even the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile can destroy him at will, although there will be some trouble.

Therefore, the reason why the Grape Bud Kingdom is marked red is not because of its strength, but because of the country's historical development.

As the first world empire in the history of the world, and it was also one of the first countries to develop navigation, it was marked red because Zhu Zhan Yan emphasized that it should be eliminated as soon as possible in order to prevent it from becoming large.

And now, Zheng He looked at the kingdom of England, the kingdom of Denmark, the kingdom of Norway and the kingdom of Sweden marked in red, and he had some enlightenment in his heart.

These countries just enclose the Baltic Sea, and not only that, even if they go out of the Baltic Sea, the two necessary routes into the Atlantic Ocean are surrounded by countries marked yellow.

"So be it." Thinking of this, Zheng He turned his head to look at the prince guard.

"You send someone to send a letter to His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, requesting the mobilization of a batch of firearms and white phosphor eggs."

"First, I see that the ships left here by the Wang Commander may not be enough, so I plan to stay here temporarily, anyway, I haven't gained much from this trip to the sea, and staying here can be regarded as a bottom-up until the Wang Commander returns."

"Second, I think that the Holy Roman Empire has now been forced into a corner, and it is likely that there will be a possibility of dogs jumping off the wall, and the consumption will definitely be not small at that time, and the consumption of food and other products can be replenished on the spot, but gunpowder and white phosphorus eggs can't."

"In these three years, when the king's envoys return, it is estimated that it is also time to make a move against the Kingdom of England and block the English Channel."

"Commander Wang made this trip to the northeast, to cross two narrow straits, it is very likely to have a slight conflict with the other party, and it is estimated that some ammunition will be consumed, so it can be regarded as a rainy day."

"Yes!" The prince guard bowed and said yes, then looked up at Zheng He slightly and asked.

"I wonder if Commander Zheng has any other orders, or ideas?"

"Not yet." Zheng He shook his head and stretched out his hand to signal his guards to put away the chart.

"In terms of overall strength, we are stronger than the enemies around us, and we are not alone, although the Kingdom of France is temporarily using us, it will still fight with us before the English are driven away."

"Besides, the Kingdom of France doesn't have any sea power, so it's unlikely that it wants to kill us, and even if it does, it won't be too big."

"As for the last Holy Roman Empire......"

Speaking of this, Zheng He looked at the southeast direction and said meaningfully.

"I'm afraid that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World will be enough for them to take care of themselves, and they won't have time to think about how to deal with us."

"The villain will retire first." After listening to Zheng He's words, the prince guard bowed down and retired.

Although Zheng He was a eunuch and a crippled person, he was ...... in the Ming Dynasty At least in the army, no one will look down on Zheng He.

Zheng He had led a horse for Emperor Taizong in the early years, and had also made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, if he hadn't been selected by Emperor Taizong as the commander of the ocean-going treasure fleet, I am afraid that this eunuch Zheng He would not be what he is now, but a eunuch general.

Besides, on the way to the West, Zheng He also destroyed the country in a serious way, and the mountain country of Ceylon was destroyed by Zheng He's ocean-going treasure fleet.

Therefore, under the premise that there are no generals, no one will disobey Zheng He's orders, not to mention that people are not wrong.

……

In this way, the plan, which had been postponed for more than half a year, was restarted at this time in such a situation, and even the executor of the plan was changed from Wang Jinghong to Zheng He.

But they're not alone.

Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Mogilev.

This is the central tributary of the main stream of the Dnieper, the second largest river in Eastern Europe, and it is also the farthest place that Zhu Sanfeng can go to at present.

Further on, the native territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, there would have to be far more wars than before.

After destroying the Grand Duchy of Mosk, Zhu Sanfeng only went west after a simple rest and came to Mogilev.

To the east of Mogilev, it was actually the domain of the Grand Duchy of Mosk, but in name only, and in fact it had been usurped by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania while the internal chaos of the Grand Duchy of Mosk broke out and the power struggle broke out between Yuri and his brother Vasily II.

Later, the Ming army advanced eastward, Wang Jinghong's fleet also entered the Baltic Sea, and the defense line of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was fully contracted, and the place that had just been occupied was naturally spit out.

Further west, across the Dnieper, it would be the area of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, both nominally and practically, and the resistance it would encounter would certainly not be on the same level as before.

"I wish the general." Chen Mao walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and came behind Zhu Sanfeng.

"When are we going to march west?"

"Three days later." Zhu Sanfeng gave an answer very plainly.

"Three days?" Chen Mao was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask much.

The most taboo on the battlefield is that Yang Feng and Yin are violated, plus Chen Mao has just been transferred, and he was still a general of Zhu Zhan's hostile forces before, so at this time, Zhu Sanfeng's decision cannot be questioned.

Even if he's not questioning, he's just curious.

"Three days later, the army marched out, all molded gold, and the destination was Minsk." Although Chen Mao didn't ask, Zhu Sanfeng still explained.

Because she knew that Zhu Zhanyan was very short of people now, she still wanted to help Zhu Zhanyan fight for a few available talents if possible.

"Jane Xiao's letter has been delivered, and when it was sent, that is, ten days ago, he was in Vladimir, and his destination was Brest."

"The letter from ten days ago, we will open it three days later, plus it will take seven days on the road, which is enough for Jian Xiao to break through the border line between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland, and rendezvous with Wang Jinghong's envoys on the northern coast."

"At that time, we will work with the soldiers led by Wang Jinghong's command to surround Vilno and implement the plan of extermination."

Wang Jinghong?

Chen Mao was very keenly aware that Zhu Sanfeng only said in the end that he and the troops led by Wang Jinghong would jointly encircle and suppress the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but he did not mention Jian Xiao.

In the end, he led the soldiers, Chen Mao quickly figured out the thoughts of Zhu Sanfeng and Jian Xiao.

In order to prevent the Kingdom of Poland, a fraternal ally of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from sending troops to help, after all, the relationship between the two can be said to be cold, and if one dies, the other will not be happy.

(End of chapter)