On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Midyear Festival, it is advisable to go on an expedition.

Chen's fleet finally reached the Lion Kingdom at the entrance to the Straits of Malacca, which is later known as the island chain south of Singapore.

The Lion State is an island nation and a small country that occupies a larger part of the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula and the Bera Islands at the entrance to the Strait.

Chen Kan sent envoys to requisition a port on the Bola chain as a temporary station, and ordered them not to pass on the news that the Ming fleet had reached the entrance to the strait to anyone.

The Lion Kingdom has no choice, and the Ming Dynasty, Sumatra, and Manraka can't afford to provoke them.

But Chen Kan's fleet is outside the country and can destroy the country at any time, so they can only choose to suffer this loss.

Zhang Dong led the guards to quickly set up a wooden house on the island to serve as Chen Kan's temporary command post.

Chen Kan convened more than 1,000 senior generals in the army and announced the strategic deployment of Nanyang.

Previously, only Song Qing and Chen Kan's personal guards knew the news of Chen Kan's preparation to divide the troops, so when he announced the strategy of dividing the troops in public now, it immediately attracted a wave of opposition.

Both Tan Cong and Dou Xing felt that this matter was too risky.

The thousand households under his command are also opposed, and half are in favor.

But...... Chen Kan called them this time only to announce his decision, not to ask for their opinions.

So in the face of Tan Cong and Dou Xing's opposition, Chen Kan turned a deaf ear and only issued a military order to divide the troops.

Song Qing played a good role of praise, when Chen Kan announced the division of troops, he pretended to be dead, but the moment Chen Kan issued the military order, he took it faster than anyone else.

Tan Cong and Dou Xing looked at each other, and a flash of anger after being deceived suddenly flashed on their faces.

Tan Cong stiffened his neck and said, "Marshal, since you and the marshal have both decided to divide the troops, why do you have to convene the last general and others to discuss?" ”

Chen Kan smiled slightly, looked at Tan Cong and asked, "Commander Tan, are you planning to disobey military orders?" ”

Chen Kan's tone was calm, but there was murderous intent in his eyes.

Tan Cong suddenly couldn't help but beat a spirit, and suddenly reacted that the person in front of him was a ruthless person.

So, he relented, retreated into the line and began to load the quail.

Tan Cong was stunned, Dou Xing naturally wouldn't insist anymore, so he had to show a helpless smile and arch his hand: "The last general will be sent by the marshal." ”

"Good!"

Chen Kan nodded with satisfaction.

The reputation he has built up in Daming for so many years is not for nothing, at least in terms of the dictatorship of cadres, it has a very good effect.

Because Chen Kan is different from other masters, he can really kill.

Other generals may still worry about this and that, but Chen Kan will not.

At the beginning on the grassland, Cheng Feng, as his confidant, would still be slapped by him, not to mention Tan Cong and Dou Xing, two temporary subordinates.

If they are unwilling to cooperate, Chen Kan does not mind changing the two lieutenants.

It just so happens that he has not killed anyone since he went to sea to establish national prestige.

However, since they are interested, Chen Kan will not embarrass them.

Glancing at the generals in front of him, he pulled out an arrow from the table and shouted, "Song Qing listens to the order." ”

"The last general!"

Song Qing took a step forward and gave his hand in response.

Chen Kan said: "Give you 3,000 men and horses from your headquarters, go deep into Sumatra and feint to attack the capital of the country, Bolimbang, and give you 120,000 bullets, 9,000 grenades, and 2,00......0 servant troops."

Song Qing took the arrow and said respectfully: "The last general will get the order!" ”

Chen Kan continued to give orders in an orderly manner, even though Tan Cong and Dou Xing were unwilling, but this time Chen Kan personally led the team, and they couldn't help but cooperate fully.

After all, this time it is still necessary to implement lightning tactics, but if there is any mistake, their fifteen thousand people will stay on the sea forever.

"Woo~"

The horn sounded, and Song Qing broke away from the fleet with his three thousand men.

It's that the servant army behind him has a lot of complaints, they are here to ask for help, not to help in the war.

But when Song Qing exchanged a few words with Masako Gomatsu, her originally dissatisfied face suddenly became excited.

Looking at the change in this woman's expression, Song Qing couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

He just promised that Masako Gomatsu could take all the wealth in the city after he conquered Bolimbang.

But...... If only they were alive then!

Song Qing set off, and Chen Kan still needed to wait for news at sea for the time being.

Song Qing didn't have wings after all, and when the news of his attack on Bolimbang reached the strait, Abi Zhen would bring troops back to help, and it would take about ten days to do so.

And Zheng He, who was on the other side of the strait, learned that the news of Abizhen's withdrawal would not be much worse than Chen Kan in terms of time.

Regardless of whether Zheng He arrived in Malacca first or Chen Kan arrived in Malacca first, under the condition of being covered by artillery fire, it would not be a big problem to stop the tactics of Manraka's sea of people.

As soon as the two fleets converge, it will be the day when Bairi Missoula goes to Daming to dance.

But before that, Chen Kan still needs to think about how to continue the plan against Nanyang.

The plan on the Liaodong side was going well, and the Jurchens had successfully occupied Korea and were encroaching on the Japanese mainland at a whirlwind.

When the Jurchens completely occupied Japan and killed the people of the Wa Kingdom to almost the end, the Ming Dynasty could take advantage of the situation to send troops and take over these two territories from the Jurchens under the banner of avenging their younger brother.

However, the current situation in Nanyang is completely deadlocked.

Originally, Chen Kan hoped that Sumatra and Manchuria would continue to fight to unify the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and then secretly urged the victors to march towards the Southeast Asian Peninsula in the north.

In the end, Nanyang was unified to compete with the Ming Dynasty, and finally these places were brought under the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Chen Kan made a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that Abi Zhen would choose to join forces with Bairi Missoula against Zheng He, not to mention the truce between the two countries, and forced Zheng He to temporarily lie dormant on the other side of the strait and wait for rescue.

In a sense, this is also a manifestation of Abizhen's heroic talent.

After all, not everyone has the courage to attack the bearer of these things after seeing the power of the cannons.

After pondering for a long time, Chen Kan still had no clue.

After all, the situation in Nanyang is much more complicated than in Liaodong.

After all, there is only one country in Liaodong, North Korea, and the composition of the ethnic group is relatively pure, either Mongols or Jurchens, or Koreans.

The South Seas are not a complete piece of land, but a huge chain of islands.

There are hundreds of countries on these islands, some of which are occupied by a few thousand people who can claim to be a country.

There is a sea in between, and if you want to conquer another country, you have to take a boat.

But some of the islands don't have any resources worth fighting over with the great powers of the South Seas.

As a result, these countries in the South Seas are not very aggressive.

The situation is very similar to that of the Western Regions during the Han and Tang dynasties.

The Western Regions is also composed of many small countries, a city is a country, and there is a desert barrier between countries.

With such a loose country, it is difficult to give birth to a hegemon-level power.

Take Manraka and Sumatra as examples, they are the most populous land in the South Seas, the largest land area, and occupy the Strait of Malacca, the choke point of the sea, and are well-deserved maritime powers in the South Seas.

But it is only a strong country, and it is more than a step away from a hegemon-level power.

It is only a little stronger than the small countries on the Southeast Asian peninsula, but it is also very limited.

Chen Kan didn't know about these things before he came to Nanyang.

He only knew that the situation in Nanyang was complicated, but he never thought that it would be so complicated.

If he had come to Nanyang earlier, Chen Kan would not have chosen to copy Liaodong's strategy of killing people with a knife to drive tigers and wolves to Nanyang.

Because, there is simply no possibility of success.

It's hard to see that Zheng He can still hold on to the sea for so long, honestly following Chen Kan's plan.

Chen Kan pondered for a whole day, and it was not until late evening that he woke up with the sound of Zhang Dong pushing open the wooden door, and he came back to his senses.

"Master Hou, it's time to eat!"

Zhang Dong held the tray in his hand and put a meal in front of Chen Kan.

Chen Kan nodded, absentmindedly eating the contents of the plate, but he was still thinking deeply in his mind.

Zhang Dong stood aside, and when he saw Chen Kan's absent-minded look, he couldn't help but ask, "Master Hou, but what's the trouble?" ”

Chen Kan nodded subconsciously and shook his head subconsciously.

But Chen Kan's actions aroused Zhang Dong's curiosity even more.

It's just that Zhang Dong is a qualified personal guard, and he should never ask too much, this is the only way for him to be valued by Chen Kan all the time.

Therefore, despite the curiosity in his heart, he still did not continue to speak, but was just ready to wait for Chen Kan to eat something good to clean up the mess.

Chen Kan didn't say much, and ate while thinking about various possibilities.

The demeanor is focused and serious, so serious that even the various heavy spices in the dishes are eaten into the stomach.

Zhang Dong wanted to speak and stopped, and wanted to remind him several times, but he couldn't bear to disturb Chen Kan's thoughts.

Finally, after Chen Kan ate several mouthfuls of air in a row and didn't taste anything, he was shocked to realize that there was no food in the bowl.

Chen Kan put down his chopsticks, suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Dong, and asked, "Zhang Dong, you said, I want to eat fatty big fish, but big fish don't want to grow fat, what should I do?" ”

The me in Chen Kan's mouth is the Ming Dynasty, and the big fish is the South Seas.

Da Ming wanted to eat Nanyang, but the fish in Nanyang was too thin to eat.

Chen Kan didn't expect Zhang Dongneng to give any useful answers, he just wanted to ask.

Sure enough, after listening to Chen Kan's question, Zhang Dong's face suddenly showed a look of bewilderment.

After a while, he cautiously asked: "The big fish that Hou Ye said does not want to grow fat, is it because the big fish is unwilling to eat the bait, or does the owner not feed it to eat the bait?" ”

This question was asked at a high level, and for a while, Chen Kan didn't know how to answer.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Kan groaned: "The big fish is too lazy to eat bait. ”

Zhang Dong nodded as if he was there, and continued to ask: "Is it because all the big fish don't want to eat the bait, or is it just that they don't eat a certain one?" ”

"Huh?"

As soon as Zhang Dong's words came out, Chen Kan's eyes suddenly lit up.

Then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he muttered to himself: "Big fish don't eat bait, don't eat bait, don't eat bait, what should I do, what should I do, what should I do?" ”

Zhang Dong didn't hear what Chen Kan was talking to himself.

But this did not prevent him from saying the next answer, he looked at Chen Kan and continued: "If you don't eat a kind of bait, then change to another bait, but the premise is not to let the big fish know that you want to eat it, if the big fish still doesn't eat it, and then continue to change the bait, there is always one that can make the big fish eat fat." ”

Chen Kan couldn't stop nodding, and the arc of the smile on the corner of his mouth became bigger and bigger.

When Zhang Dong's words fell, Chen Kan couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, yes, changing a kind of bait, such a simple thing, why didn't Ben Hou think of it?" ”

Chen Kan's sudden laughter made Zhang Dong stunned for a moment.

He knew that what kind of fish and bait Hou Ye asked just now would definitely not be a simple fish, but Chen Kan didn't elaborate, and he wouldn't ask in detail.

After all, his advice can help Master Hou, so he is very happy.

After the fun, the mess that should be cleaned up still has to be cleaned up.

Honestly put away Chen Kan's dishes and chopsticks, and seeing that Chen Kan fell into contemplation again, Zhang Dong didn't say much, and quietly withdrew from the room.

As soon as Zhang Dong left, Chen Kan impatiently found the chart and began to study it.

Zhang Dong's words provided him with a new idea, and that was the bait.

At the beginning, Chen Kan ignored this problem, and simply thought that he only needed to provoke a fight between all parties, and Daming would be able to benefit from the middle.

But now that I have an idea, the way of looking at the problem is deeper.

The reason why the Jurchens were instigated by Chen Qia to march into Korea and Japan was because Chen Qia found bait for them that met the taste of the Jurchens.

Founding.

The Jurchens wanted to establish a state, but Liaodong was too cold and the environment was too harsh for statehood.

So they had a reason to occupy the Korean Peninsula and the Wa Kingdom, because they needed a place with a warm climate to establish their kingdom.

But Nanyang is different.

Sumatra and Manraka had no reason to invade the smaller neighboring states, because they were already the most powerful countries in the South Seas, and they had no interests in the surrounding countries.

So when Zheng He was there, he was still able to rely on one mouth to provoke a war between the two countries.

But as soon as Zheng He left, they immediately ceased fighting.

and also teamed up to start targeting Zheng He.

The reason for the current situation is that the two countries have found that they will not gain much from fighting like this.

When Zheng He was there, they fought, and with Zheng He to provide them with support, they could get tangible benefits.

Zheng He is gone, no one has given them benefits, and if they continue to fight, they can only end up losing both.

Therefore, they simply made a truce and joined forces to jointly seize Zheng He's fleet and divide the goods equally.

Of course, there is also a very important reason that Nanyang is far away from the Central Plains, and there is no idea of great unification, and there is no saying since ancient times.

Once the root of the problem has been found, the next step is to prescribe the right medicine.

Since Nanyang does not have the idea of great unification, why not let Nanyang have this idea?

Sumatra and Manraka felt that it was not good for them to fight, so why not make it good for them to fight?

And Chen Kan's desire to achieve this goal is also very simple, even so simple that the Ming Dynasty only needs one sentence to make them have to wage war with the outside world.

That's the economic blockade!

The Ming only needs to let it go, and no caravans of the Ming Dynasty are allowed to trade with these two countries, nor are all the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty allowed to trade with these two countries.

can achieve the goal.

And the reasons are all ready-made, the two countries blocked the strait without authorization and brazenly attacked the Ming fleet, which was provoking the majesty of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty wants to impose an economic blockade on these two countries.

The two countries of Sumatra and Manraka made their fortunes on the straits and commerce.

If there were no one to do business with them, the extravagant life of the powerful in their land would not be sustained by the little taxes paid by the destitute people.

And they have become accustomed to the caravans that come and go from place to place, bringing them all sorts of good things.

They are also accustomed to the convenience brought to them by various good things.

They don't need to develop domestic resources, they don't need to farm, they just need to be sexy every day.

And without these things, will the elites in the two countries, who are accustomed to a life of luxury, accept such a gap?

Apparently not.

No, what should I do?

There are two choices, either develop the country and find a way to be self-sufficient, or start a war and go to other countries to rob it.

So many small countries in Nanyang can trade normally with other countries, but just the two of them can only watch, others don't sell things to them, and their things can't be sold.

Can their hearts be balanced?

As long as they start a war against these small countries in the South Seas, it is not up to the two countries to have the final say on when the war will end.

Because when the time comes, they will see that those small countries are no longer something they can bully at will.

They had advanced weapons, and they had advanced ships.

And the rest of the small countries, when they find out that the so-called great power of the South Seas is so vulnerable?

They will feel that the two great powers occupy too much territory, and they will feel that the right to collect taxes in the strait should be divided equally.

And once the situation develops like this, how can Manraka and Sumatra tolerate that they have not eaten meat and have become wealth boys themselves?

Then the situation in the South Seas will suddenly become either the east wind overpowering the west wind or the west wind overpowering the east wind.

No matter which gust of wind becomes the final winner, Chen Kan's goal can be achieved.

Because with the spread of war, the idea of great unification will definitely be deeply buried in the hearts of every Nanyang native.

Speaking of these things, Chen Kan has seen them too many times in later generations.

In the game between the great powers and the great powers of later generations, the economic blockade is only the foundation.

The end result of the game is that Central Asia is reduced to a wasteland.

But these things that were familiar in his previous life, Chen Kan didn't expect it before.

If it weren't for Zhang Dong who provided him with ideas at a critical time, I'm afraid that he would still be thinking about how to drive the wolf and kill people with a knife.

After clarifying his thoughts, Chen Kan suddenly began to reflect on himself.

His pattern is still a little smaller, he can only see a certain chess piece, but he never thinks that all countries can become chess pieces.

has been stuck between Manraka and Sumatra, which really shouldn't be the performance of a traverser.