Lord of Ming Dynasty

Du Ge crossed his hands and pursed his lips, "Prince, you can guard Palawan Island for us near Palawan Island. I took the fleet to the sea to block the enemy's reinforcement fleet. This happened. With Zhang Qiang's character, he will definitely not let it go, and will definitely mobilize the main force of his Third Fleet. Maybe they don't know our specific strength.

Therefore, I need to lead all our warships capable of fighting to stop them. The Spanish fleet will go with us. The warships are for sale. The Third Fleet of the Huaxia Army now only has [-] warships and warships. It is impossible for them to transfer all of them here.

Maybe 240 to 270 ships will be dispatched. That kind of strength is the same as our current strength. We have 180 warships and warships here, plus 230 British ships, a total of [-] ships. Where does the Spaniard have [-] ships? , In addition to the fifty armed merchant ships of the fifty Huaxia Army Navy that Zheng Zhi promised to distribute to them, there are also [-] ships.

In this way, our two armies have [-] ships. If we use a sneak attack, um, prince, you still have to send more than a dozen ships to follow us and lure them in front, or they will know that we are hostile to them, and the Spaniards are also hostile. , at least not friendly, you hold them with a dozen ships, we can arrive in about an hour, and then surround them left and right, so that we can annihilate them at sea. "

The eldest prince looked at him, but he secretly despised him in his heart. He was still afraid that we would sneak attack on your Palawan Island, so we would weaken us.

But it doesn’t matter if you have a dozen or so ships. If you want to capture your island, I will directly dispatch troops and drown your people with infantry. Now there are more than 3 people in your army, because they want to show Zhang Qiang of the Huaxia Kingdom, so they stay here. After leaving the western part of Luzon Island, there were still 1 people fighting on various islands in Borneo, and 5000 people were imprisoned by the Dutch on Koh Kong Island, playing bitter tricks.

The current Palawan Island has only [-] troops, and it is still scattered on various nodes on the island. If I want to land, I only need to transport my troops and militia servants by boat to capture your Palawan. Looking at the island, but it's not good for me, it's just a small island.

The eldest prince nodded to Du Ge, and glanced at Zheng Zhi. Zheng Zhi didn't look at him at all. In Zheng Zhi's eyes, people who failed in this kind of struggle didn't deserve his respect. He was very interested in Du Ge. The rebel generals of the Huaxia Kingdom have the temperament of a leader.

The eldest prince was secretly angry, but there was nothing he could do about it, because it was Zheng Zhi who contacted them, the two losers, and gave them opportunities and assistance, and by attacking the Spaniards, they won the support of the Han people on Luzon Island, and their strength was greatly improved. expanded.

Compared with Zheng Zhi, a vigorous young man, these people are already old, middle-aged, and even said that he is already in his twilight years.

None of his sons can succeed him, they are all dandies, which annoys him, even if they conquer thousands of miles, so what?

Should a few scholars be allowed to rule?

He is an example of a scholar who ruled the Lu Kingdom. As a result, he was driven away by the third child who had a personality. Brothers are all killed.

On the other side, the second prince was also watching coldly how the conspiracy against the Huaxia Dynasty was going on, but he didn't say anything. He was much smarter than the boss. Chinese people are generally stupid and filial, the second is shrewd, and the third is a thief. in this way.

His son was not as calm as he was, so the little prince asked eagerly, "What about us?" With just this sentence, the second prince felt that his son had fallen behind, and he put himself in a subordinate position. Is this still the temperament and shrewdness that a contender for hegemony should have?

Du Ge glanced at the second prince who hadn't spoken all this time, and then said: "The fleet of your father and son is going to the waters of Jinlan Bay to intercept the Fourth Fleet of the Huaxia Kingdom. The garrison squadron of the Third Fleet is here. You use tricks on the way to see how many ships of the Fourth Fleet of the Huaxia Army Navy can be killed. The second prince hides behind for more than ten miles, and waits for the little prince to fight somewhere. After seeing through, you rush up and surround them."

After he finished speaking, the commander of the Spanish fleet, Francis Drake, who had been silent all this time, asked: "Du, we suffered heavy losses in yesterday's battle. How many Chinese navy warships will you give us after the war? We trade?"

Du Ge said: "Colonel Drake, everything will be there, we know that you have suffered a lot this time, don't worry, we will supply you, isn't it just five 180-ton armed merchant ships, seven 500-ton armed merchant ships, A [-]-ton warship? The thirteen [-]-ton warships we gave you to the Huaxia Army Navy have already been given to you. Before that, you also got [-] million Huaxia Yuan from Zheng Zhi. The cost of dispatching troops, this should be enough, right?"

Drake smiled and said, "Du, we need to get more, and our loss is huge. The empire has never lost so many warships at once."

The British Tim laughed and said, "We British have sunk nearly a hundred of your Armada's warships at once."

"You," was about to get angry, but was stopped by Major Morgan, and Drake sat down angrily.

Du Ge comforted: "Forget it, we will compensate you after the war. The trade of the Huaxia Kingdom and the various warships of the Huaxia Kingdom Navy will give priority to supplementing you Spanish and British, okay."

The two Thais nodded in satisfaction.

They don't care about other things, and they don't even want to take the lead in this conspiracy, but just want benefits. The interests of the British are in India. They came out this time to play soy sauce. They can get dozens of warships. Surprisingly, in Nanyang, the main competitors are the Dutch and the Spaniards, as well as Du Ge and Zheng Zhi in front of them. Their usual style is that they do not participate in complicated battles, but like to provoke and gain the benefits of fishermen.

After the meeting, everyone began to prepare for action in accordance with the resolution.

Over there, it was just dawn, and Zhang Qiang woke up from his sleep. They sailed for a period of time at night, and found an anchor near a small island for the night. The next day, at dawn, the fleet found that they had almost arrived at the Fourth Fleet of Cam Ranh Bay. So I started to drive to the Fourth Fleet.

Two hours later, they encountered the patrol team from Cam Ranh Bay, thirteen thousand-ton warships, five six-hundred-ton warships, fifteen three-hundred-ton warships, and three 180-ton warships.

Zhang Qiang learned that the Fourth Fleet had left one-fifth of the fleet warships, and led more than 200 warships and warships to Qiongdao to carry out his orders.

Zhang Qiang immediately asked a 180-ton warship to go back to convey the order, and asked them to send seven thousand-ton warships, ten [-]-ton warships, and fifteen [-]-ton warships to escort him, and he was going to the station of the Fifth Fleet .

In this way, Zhang Qiang has 28 thousand-ton warships, sixteen eight-hundred-ton warships, five six-hundred-ton warships, thirty three-hundred-ton warships, and three 180-ton warships.

This is a very powerful fleet.

Zhang Qiang did not mobilize [-]-ton warships, and the base also needed to leave some combat-ready backbone forces to protect and patrol the coastline.

Two hours later, Zhang Qiang waited for the battleship he needed, then turned around and went to the base of the Fifth Fleet.

A day and a half later, Zhang Qiang arrived at the base of the Fifth Fleet, but there were only some old-fashioned warships patrolling here, and the warships of the original fleet were all gone.

By asking the remaining officers and soldiers of the fleet here, the new warship was not tricked by the enemy to go out with Liu Taiyun to destroy it, and Pei Lan who came later took over the fleet and took the fleet out to find himself.

Unfortunately, they don't know where they went. The vast sea, any circle has hundreds of nautical miles. Even if they know that Peilan will definitely follow the route from Saigon to Qiongdao to find themselves, if they go out to find themselves now, it may be difficult to find them. superior.

They took away twenty [-]-ton warships in the base, which could barely keep up with the minimum cruising speed of the new warships, which was eight knots.

Chapter 8: Meeting the Second Prince Again

The little prince still has more than 30 armed merchant ships, more than 40 warships, and more than 20 warships.

Where does the second prince have more than 100 ships? This time they dispatched in full force. The two discussed it. The little prince led some armed merchant ships that were not seriously injured in the front, and the second prince led a large force behind. One hundred and seventy eighty ships.

In a day and a half, they came to less than [-] nautical miles in the waters near Saigon. Because the Fifth Fleet was almost completely destroyed, there were no patrol ships in these waters.

Maybe there are still some ships in the port, but facing the huge Chinese Navy with more than 200 ships, they must be huddled in the port and dare not fight.

Hong Hongxiu said to the little prince: "Take thirty armed merchant ships to lure them. We will lay an ambush thirty miles away from you. Today's weather is not very good. It is impossible for them to see the sea beyond thirty miles. If they see the enemy , try to lure them, if they take the bait, you signal, I lead the fleet into the enemy's port, I heard there are many good things here, population, weapons, cannons, more funds, we can rearrange our family."

The little prince said to Hong Hongxiu: "Father, I know, I will do it. Just wait and see, we will kill all those Chinese bastards."

"Hey, what a Chinese bastard, aren't you a descendant of China? Remember that no matter where we go, we are all Han Chinese and descendants of China. We must not forget our identities. Although we are in trouble, we must remember Our roots are in that land."

The second prince angrily corrected his son's thinking, and slapped his son loudly, hoping to wake him up.

The little prince complained in a low voice, "We are already Lu people. Now that the Lu country has perished, we ran to a broken island in Borneo in the South Sea. What kind of Han people, what kind of Huaxia, are we still human?"

The second prince shouted at him angrily: "Get off, go to Saigon port quickly, or I will skin you."

Reluctantly, the little prince disembarked the ship with emotion, took a small boat to a thousand-ton warship, and got angry at his subordinates, "Let's go, let's go, the port of the Huaxia people was blown up."

An hour later, within [-] nautical miles, [-] ships suddenly sent back news that they spotted the Fifth Fleet patrol ship.

The little prince was very happy, "Catch up and sink it."

There is one patrol boat, which is one of the three 180-ton pathfinding boats that Zhang Qiang placed in front.

Thirty armed merchant ships, plus a thousand-ton warship, chased the patrol boat with all their strength. An hour later, they ran twelve nautical miles, and the patrol boat plunged into the clear fog in the distant sea.

The little prince shouted loudly: "Don't let it escape, chase, chase quickly."

Lei Gang, the general beside him, said: "Your Highness, we are too far away from your father's large army, at least 25 miles away. The sailors on the watchtower can't see fifteen nautical miles away, if we are too far away from the prince's ship, if something happens, we may not be able to wait for their support."

The little prince glared, "Is it yours or mine?"

Lei Gang lowered his head, "Your Highness is in charge, the last general dare not replace His Royal Highness in making decisions."

The little prince glanced at him, Lei Gang couldn't order to pursue him.

The 31 ships quickly got into the fog and passed through a piece of blue fog. The front view was fairly good, and the [-] ships chased the patrol ship of the Huaxia Navy in a zigzag shape.

The second prince's fleet in the distance was hidden behind the blue mist, and they didn't notice that they had turned.