Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1045 Three Way Attack
The expedition fleet went all the way south and soon arrived in Nanyang.According to the order of the imperial court, the fleet stayed in Nanyang for half a month to pay a friendly visit to the Ming people who were doing business and settling in various countries in Nanyang.Needless to say, the fleet was enthusiastically welcomed by expatriates in Southeast Asia. Everywhere it went, local Chinese came to watch the fleet.The six warships also lifted their gun jackets and displayed their main guns squarely in front of the overseas Chinese, which attracted bursts of exclamations.It is not easy for overseas Chinese to survive in Nanyang. The natives in this area are lazier than pigs. They are the most diligent and hard-working people. With these qualities, they can take root, spread their branches and create things with their hard-working hands no matter where they are. Astonishing wealth, however, this ability did not bring them luck, but brought disaster, making them jealous of the natives.Seeing the arrival of the Ming Dynasty's fleet, they immediately felt that they had something to rely on. Many overseas Chinese pointed to these powerful naval guns and proudly said: "The Ming Dynasty's fleet has sailed to the Western Ocean again! We have been looking forward to this day!"

Whenever he went to a place, Yao Chonggu personally went to visit the elders of the local overseas Chinese, talked with them cordially, and told them everything that happened in the country.He said: Daming is no longer the closed country it used to be. In the future, our warships will go to the West more and more frequently. You just live here. Don’t be cowardly when you meet the natives. Do it with them, and the empire will give you back. back up!Probably because he felt that lip service alone was not enough to convince people, he carefully organized a show of force, spent money to buy a scrapped large sailing ship from Xiyi and towed it to the port, and then let a warship face to face in front of tens of thousands of overseas Chinese. The large sailing ship fired.After more than a dozen shells blasted past, the large sailing ship was torn apart, and the fire gushed out from the broken hull like a volcanic eruption, sweeping across the deck, and it was out of control... This scene was watched by two people from Xiyi and Nanyang natives. In this battle, the face is ashen, and the overseas Chinese are also stunned—don't blame them, in this era when solid shot puts and chain bombs are commonly used as shells to sink enemy ships, if they can't be sunk, they will jump on them and fight hand-to-hand. The high-explosive incendiary bomb of acid explosives is simply Zenith Star technology, and they were all frightened by the terrifying destructive power of this explosion!After a while, cheers shook the sky and the earth, and tens of thousands of overseas Chinese shouted loudly: "Long live the Daming Navy! Long live the Daming Navy!"

The enthusiastic welcome and the blazing large sailing ship made the Western colonists change their faces again and again. They realized that their past practices must be changed.This is a warning from the Ming Empire to them. If they continue to bully and humiliate overseas Chinese as they did in the past, I am afraid that these extremely powerful shells will directly hit their warships, hit them, and blow them to pieces. live!

After finishing the visit to the cities inhabited by overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, the fleet continued southward and entered the Strait of Malacca.Yao Chonggu is no stranger to this strait. The last time he led four crew members to search for the fabled Australian continent, he encountered pirates in this strait and lost a ship. It is unforgettable.But this time, when the fleet passed Manchuga, they encountered pirates again——it seemed that the pirates really got involved with them, and they would snatch them once they saw them.But this time the pirates were not as lucky as last time. Why did Yang Menglong send six warships to the west with Yao Chonggu?Just to settle accounts with pirates!Seeing hundreds of pirate ships, large and small, rushing towards them, the six warships rushed forward without saying a word. The 120mm naval guns and 85mm naval guns roared like thunder, with an astonishing rate of fire and even more terrifying accuracy. The pirate ships that were hit, without exception, burst into flames in an instant. I don’t know how many people were flying on the spot. Those who were lucky enough not to be killed also jumped into the sea screaming in the fire. This time the sharks and swordfish in the sea can be a feast for the eyes.The surviving pirates were all frightened, and they turned their bows to run away, but the six warships didn't just stop as soon as they saw it, but they all set sail and chased after them, and they wanted to kill them all!The big ships had been wiped out, and the remaining small ships were not good enough to withstand the shells, so the six warships went on a rampage, smashing the unlucky small ships into two pieces one by one with their rams.Their warships were so fast that the pirates couldn't escape them even with all their strength, and they were finally surrounded by them... That's right, more than 30 pirate ships were surrounded by six warships!The soldiers of the Ming Army pushed the fire-breathing train onto the bow with grinning grimaces, and the steel pipes sprayed out 30-meter-long fire dragons towards the terrified pirates, and the screams of the pirates resounded through the sky...

In the end, only a dozen or so of the thousands of pirates who came to rob were captured by the Ming army, each of them chopped off their right thumbs and put them back.The Daming Navy issued the sternest warning to the pirates in the entire Malacca region through the mouths of the dozen or so dead survivors: If they dare to touch the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty again, what awaits them will be the bloodiest and most ruthless massacre, and they will never Be soft!
This terrible massacre terrified the pirates, and for a long time after that, no pirate dared to touch Da Ming's merchant ships again.

A few days later, the fleet sailed out of the Strait of Malacca and entered the vast ocean.The fleet separated here, Admiral Ren Bao led eight large merchant ships to the Australian mainland. These eight ships not only contained a large number of weapons, crop seeds, supplies, but also thousands of prisoners. These hapless prisoners will become The first group of immigrants to be exiled to Australia.Four more merchant ships headed east along the coastline of the South Asian subcontinent. Their mission was to conduct state visits to South Asian countries, and their final destination was the Ottoman Empire, which dominated the Middle East.These four merchant ships were loaded with exquisite silk, porcelain, handicrafts and tea. Everywhere they went, they stopped to visit the local lords, presented expensive gifts to the lords, and sold the luxury goods they brought. The goods were enthusiastically sought after by countless people, and the natives flocked to buy them, willing to spend a lot of money for a shirt made of silk. The fanaticism made these Ming businessmen and officials dumbfounded, and at the same time they beat their thighs and sighed secretly: I knew these goods It is so popular, we organized our own fleet to explore overseas markets, why bother to let others earn a huge price difference through Xiyi!

In the end, the fleet arrived in the Middle East, docked in Istanbul, and launched a friendly visit to the Ottoman Empire.

At this time, the national power of the Ottoman Empire was at its peak, and the crescent flag was flying in the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. Countless fierce Arab warriors waved the full moon scimitar, and under the guidance of the crescent flag, they shouted "Long live Allah" to Europe. , Asia, and Africa launched rounds of stormy attacks.Apart from Egypt, there is no country worth mentioning in Africa, and Ottoman's expansion to Asia has reached its limit, and Europe has become their key target!
They first eroded the territory of the Byzantine Empire step by step, and finally captured Constantinople, the strongest and "never-falling" city in Europe, drawing a bloody end to the dream of the revival of the Roman Empire that lasted for thousands of years ; Then the crescent flag moved all the way west, and was inserted under the city of Vienna again and again, only one step away from Western Europe.It wasn't until the fierce Ottoman cavalry galloped across the plains of Central Europe, and the Europeans realized that they had done a stupid thing. They sat back and watched the destruction of Byzantium, which made Europe lose an excellent bridgehead to curb the westward movement of the Ottoman Empire. Now they Had to strangle the Ottoman cavalry in the Central European Plain.On the sea, the war between the Ottoman Empire and the city-state of Venice has lasted for more than a century. The city-state of Venice was originally the overlord of the Mediterranean Sea.However, the terrifying national power of the Ottoman Empire made the achievements of the Venetian city-state meaningless time and time again. The Venetians could no longer remember how many Ottoman fleets they had wiped out and how many enemy ships they had sunk. All I know is that no matter how serious the loss of the Ottoman Navy is, it can always make up for it within a year or two. The Venetians have no chance of winning this war!

Although the scimitar was waved again and again to set off a bloodbath on the European continent, but in all honesty, the Ottoman Empire at this time was relatively enlightened. As long as it was not on the battlefield, the Ottomans would appear enthusiastic, cheerful, and generous, just like the cruelty on the battlefield. Bloodthirsty is like two different people.Daming had a good diplomatic relationship with Ottoman, but the diplomacy was interrupted during the Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties. Seeing the arrival of the Daming fleet, the Ottoman Sultan was both happy and surprised, and gave the visiting mission a high-standard reception, and They were allowed to visit the religious schools, mosques and royal library in Istanbul. The Ottomans’ luxurious and elegant buildings and bustling city made the envoys of Ming Dynasty full of praise. Realizing that Ming is not the only one in this world, at least the Ottoman Empire is not inferior to Ming in many fields, even worse!

They submitted letters of credence written by Zhu Yujian to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, expressing their willingness to establish diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire.

The Sudan happily accepted the letter of credence and wrote a reply in person. The two countries resumed their diplomatic relations again, which meant that Ming gained another market with strong consumption power—from then on, Ming merchants could do business freely in the Ottoman Empire , travel, the businessmen of the Ottoman Empire also have the same rights in Daming, which is extremely beneficial to both parties, and both parties are extremely satisfied with it.

However, at the subsequent celebration, something less pleasant happened suddenly.

(End of this chapter)