Lord of Ming Dynasty

The Ryukyu Army and the gathered people of the Nanyang Kingdom had to live in the wild farmland.

The soldiers and horses of the Nanyang Kingdom gathered less than 3 soldiers and horses. All the servants and aborigines fled. Only the Han people could not leave their homeland. The soldiers and horses came back, so they all came back from outside, but there were less than 30 people. There were [-] Han people on Cebu Island. After this battle, some people fled far away, and some He died in the artillery fire of both sides, or was killed by the Thai-Western coalition forces, or was killed by the local aborigines.

The soldiers and horses of the Nanyang Kingdom were not idle either. They asked the Ryukyu Army to borrow [-] soldiers and horses, and Zheng Zhi sent them out to sweep up the indigenous tribes that had helped the Taixi people, and another massacre began.

All the indigenous tribes around Cebu City were wiped out.

The indigenous tribes heading towards Wright Island fled to Wright Island one after another.

The British and Dutch retreated from Cebu.

Instead of sending a fleet to support the Spaniards, they heard the arrival of the Ryukyu Kingdom army and immediately withdrew from Cebu Island.

Zheng Zhi sat in the big tent dejectedly. Zheng Keshuang died a miserable death. He was stabbed more than a dozen times by Spanish soldiers, and all the soldiers around him died in battle.

If he hadn't escaped quickly, he might end up like Zheng Keshuang.

Riding in the chaos, Zheng Zhi, who had already expected to be unguardable, sailed a fast boat from the bay where he was hiding, and took hundreds of his own soldiers to the sea to the Ryukyu Kingdom. He could not return to Australia, because Australia Zheng Jing will not allow his brother who can threaten his throne to live in the world. The Nanyang Kingdom, thousands of miles away, is fine. Zheng Jing can't reach him, but once he goes back, he will be assassinated inexplicably. As a veteran in the struggle for the throne , He knows that going back is death, there is no other way.

Being in exile in the Ryukyu Kingdom is a good thing to be a rich man, and returning to Australia is just courting death.

"What do you do next?" Hong Tianpao asked.

Zheng Zhi shook his head helplessly, "What can I do? You took Little Luzon Island, you took Manila, and I promised you, but I didn't do it. You don't have to admit it, but I also There is nothing that can be used to repay the owed promises, and it is still a question of whether Jubu Island can be kept."

"The Spaniards retreated, as did the Dutch and the British. We not only kept Cebu Island, but also captured the Spaniards' territory. Although Wright Island did not take it back, I believe it will not take long before we can get it back. , you can at least have Cebu Island and Wright Island, if not, I will also give you Mindanao Island, next to Palawan Island, the territory of the Chinese Army, self-protection should be enough." Hong Tianpao said .

"By the way, there is also Gegong Island. Zheng Keshuang is dead, but he is still the property of your Zheng family after all. You can send people to contact the old officials of your Zheng family. With their help, you can accept it smoothly. , where there are 60 to [-] Han soldiers, [-] Japanese servants, [-] Southeast Asian servants, and [-] to [-] Han, Japanese, and indigenous people in Southeast Asia who have been assimilated by us.”

Zheng Zhi suddenly felt a bright light in his eyes. He thought he had only two thousand soldiers, no navy, no soldiers, no property. The original property of the Nanyang Kingdom was transferred by the merchants, most of which were taken away by the Spaniards. , the Dutch snatched it away. Now that I think about it, Zheng Keshuang of Koh Kong Island still has a lot of strength, especially the navy. Although Zheng Keshuang was ambushed by the British and Dutch on the way here, and lost a fleet, but that For the fleet that came to aid, there are at least 100 warships and warships on Koh Kong Island, plus about [-] merchant ships, and Zheng Keshuang still has a mansion, wife and children, property, and now those things are his own up.

As a king, he would not be so pedantic to say that it is not his own, but his nephew's.

9Chapter 17 Annexation

Although the annexation of Zheng Keshuang's forces is a bit unrighteous, Zheng Zhi can't care so much now, and the Spaniards won't give him much time.It has been a week since the recovery of Cebu Island, and the Spaniards who have regrouped or realized their own strength will fight again soon.

Send troops here as soon as possible to know which naval warships are the truth.

Zheng Zhi did what he said, and that night he took [-] warships and [-] warships borrowed from Hong Tianpao, loaded with [-] of his confidant soldiers, and went to Koh Kong Island.

After a small-scale bloody disaster, he successfully took over the rights of Koh Kong Island, and then sent envoys to the Chinese Empire to explain the reason for this action, followed by Hong Tianpao's envoys. After dawn, he brought a load of 130 Japanese servants , all 160 warships of Zheng Keshuang, all [-] warships, and merchant ships purchased from the Huaxia Army Garrison on Koh Kong Island, more than [-] transport ships, and [-] merchant ships left by Zheng Keshuang, left Koh Kong Island.

The entire fleet was crowded with people, and even the mast net ladders were tied to people.

After three days of accelerated sailing, we returned to Cebu Island.

It can be said that the wind and the water went smoothly. This matter was done very smoothly. He obtained a hundred thousand Japanese servants. At least now he has these servants in his hands. It started on the second trip, and the condition he gave to the Huaxia Empire was that Zheng Keshuang's forces would all withdraw from Gegong Island and hand over Gegong Island to the Huaxia Empire.

He believed that the land-loving emperor Zhang Qiang would not want Gegong Island. This outsider's territory closest to his Southeast Asian state must be a nail in Zhang Qiang's heart, and he wanted to pull it out a long time ago. This is because of his sixth brother Zheng Keshuang. He is too docile and loyal, so he can't do it. Now that he is helping the Huaxia Empire, the Huaxia Empire has to thank him. Perhaps from the perspective of conspiracy theory, it might be that some emperor of the Huaxia Empire asked Hong Tianpao to do this. As for the matter, Hong Tianpao grasped this opportunity very well.

With such a mood, he returned to Cebu Island. This time, Koh Kong Island’s grain and supplies were also what he needed. The Dutch and Spaniards took all the food, supplies and wealth that could be robbed from the island. Now the remaining More than 3 civilians, [-] soldiers, and nearly [-] soldiers and horses brought by Hong Tianpao had no food to eat and no place to live. They robbed Zheng Keshuang's supplies to keep their families alive. He believed that if Zheng Keshuang knew about it, he would will be happy.

Cebu Island left 1000 troops from the Ryukyu Kingdom, as well as the hundreds of troops he left behind, and more than [-] newly recruited young men.

Hong Tianpao has brought most of the troops back to Manila Island to clean up the aborigines on the island. If it weren't for these aborigines, the Han people on the island would not be completely wiped out. The [-] Nanyang kingdoms who landed on the island The soldiers and horses would not be completely wiped out, so as soon as Hong Tianpao's army arrived, they immediately began to clean up. Thirty-five thousand troops were released to clean up the entire island.

The port has been cleaned up by the Spaniards, and there is no need to clean it up. What they need to do is to repair the docks, repair the shore cannon fortifications, and then put some shore cannons. The luxurious furnishings of the Governor's Mansion and the wealth inside are all owned by Hong Tianpao.

Hong Tianpao is happy now, with millions of Spanish gold coins, nearly ten million taels of silver, nearly ten million taels of spices, tea, silk, various supplies, and captured French, Dutch, Italians, Swedes captured, this is wealth.

In addition, he also found captured soldiers and officers of the Nanyang Kingdom here. He was not interested in these people. There were about [-] soldiers and horses. He sent them back to Cebu Island by warship.

He is very happy here, the transportation is convenient, and the island is big, much larger than his Ryukyu Kingdom. Compared with his Ryukyu Kingdom, this site has many islands, and management is troublesome. There are many connected sites, and it is easy to manage. The enemy blocked it. On the sea surface, communication can also be done by land, and it is impossible for the enemy's naval guns to cover the entire island from the sea. He likes this place very much.

Although the losses for these two islands were not small this time, 150 armed merchant ships, [-] warships, thirty [-]-ton warships, five [-]-ton warships, and one [-]-ton warship were killed by the enemy. Sunk, and many soldiers were sunk by the enemy without landing on the island, and sank into the sea, but he still felt it was worth it.

"Come here, inform the civil and military officials on the island to come here, and at the same time transfer 100 million Han people to come here. From now on, this will be our island. Our kingdom." Hong Tianpao waved his arms loudly to the following royal guards road.

"In addition, 20 soldiers and horses will be transferred here, and 30 Japanese civilians and 10 Japanese soldiers captured by us will be transferred here. We will build our country here. From now on, the Ryukyu Kingdom will move its capital. Manila."

The master beside him said: "Your Majesty, should we invite the Huaxia Army to garrison?"

Hong Tianpao glanced at him, "Palawan Island has the navy fleet and soldiers of the Huaxia Army. Do we want to invite them here again?"

The master didn't speak, and retreated silently. After going out, he retreated into a hidden place, and said to the soldiers on guard: "Reply to the chief, just say that Hong Tianpao has the heart of disobedience, be careful."

No one knew that the master that Hong Tianpao trusted and followed their Hong family all the time was actually a secret agent of the Chinese Empire's Military Intelligence Department.

Speaking of Zheng Zhi, he was overjoyed when he got the former soldiers and generals of the Nanyang Kingdom released on Manila Island the next day. He was worried that two thousand soldiers would not be able to control Zheng Keshuang's servants and Han soldiers. , and now his own 1 elites have returned, so that his strength has increased again.

It has been two weeks since the Thai-Western coalition forces attacked Cebu Island. Here, Zheng Zhi took Zheng Keshuang's 380 Han soldiers and horses, [-] Japanese servants, [-] Southeast Asian people, and [-] Han people on Koh Kong Island. As well as weapons and ammunition, the artillery was transferred, and there were still a lot left, which could not be transferred in a short while. [-] merchant ships, [-] warships, and [-] armed merchant ships were sent away for the third transfer.

Zheng Zhi and all the soldiers and horses, the people moved back to Cebu City, built simple coastal fortifications, and initially made the people settle down, but the bad news is that the British came, the Dutch and the Spanish People are coming again.

This time, all the enemy's infantry landed on the coast from the southwest, but the fleet was divided into two parts. One part was covered by the British fleet on the landing side, and they attacked again from the port side.

He hurriedly took the fleet away from the port, left some armed merchant ships to fight against the enemy at the port, and at the same time sent a fast boat to ask Hong Tianpao for help.

The enemy is coming fiercely, and it is not something that Zheng Keshuang's warships and warships on Kogong Island he just acquired can deal with.

Ambush in Chapter 948

Gerald Pique and the Dutch Governor Ike came back again with a mighty 150 warships, of which 400 belonged to the Spaniards and more than [-] belonged to the Dutch. The merchant ships basically had no losses, so this time as the main force to attack Cebu Island for the second time, they must take Cebu Island and Mindanao.

Fifty armed merchant ships, thirty warships, and ten warships went to attack the ports and cities of Mindanao, and the rest came to Cebu Island to trouble Zheng Zhi. As for the Hongtian Pao in Manila, the British said they can handle it.

The British left fifty warships to cover the landing and blockade the southwest coastline. The other 180 warships and warships all went to meet the Ryukyu Kingdom fleet that came to aid.

Knowing the strength of the Nanyang Kingdom, the fleets of the Spaniards and the Dutch drove straight in. It was a broken port with no coastal artillery defense. There were only dozens of armed merchant ships in the port. Although I don’t know where the enemy’s fleet went, but They know that the enemy's fleet is only about a hundred warships and warships. Facing a fleet of six hundred behemoths, the fleet commanders of the two countries know that this time they will be sure, but they don't know if they can destroy the enemy's fleet in one fell swoop. Similarly, under such a tight siege, the enemy ran away.

There are 50 warships stretching for 120 nautical miles, and the distance between them is no more than [-] meters. Because there are too many warships, it takes only [-] nautical miles to go around from Cebu Island to Wright Island. Three hours, less than half a day to go back and forth.

Thirty armed merchant ships of the Dutch were at the head, 25 armed merchant ships of the Spanish patrolled and covered on both sides, [-] ships on one side, and fifty merchant ships of the Dutch and [-] armed merchant ships were broken.

Departing in the early morning, the vanguard troops had reached the outskirts of the port by noon, and the troops behind had only set out within fifty nautical miles.

Girard Pick and Dutch Governor Ike are on the battleship, the Dutch flagship is on the Goddess, looking at the peaceful port of Cebu Island in the distance from [-] nautical miles, the port is dilapidated, there is no intact dock, only The wooden plank road built temporarily was used to dock ships. The thirty Dutch armed merchant ships in front had approached the coastline for five nautical miles, and the enemy's shore artillery had not returned fire.

When they reached three nautical miles, the enemy's warships and armed merchant ships rushed out. There were about fifteen of them.

The enemy's armed merchant ships were slow and fell behind. Five warships rushed to the thirty armed merchant ships of the Dutch. The two sides approached a distance of 400 meters and began to fire at each other.

The armed merchant ships of the Dutch here use old-fashioned Portuguese Franco cannons, nine-pound guns, ten-pound guns, and three-pound guns. There are a total of sixteen artillery pieces on board. As the fleet approaches, the Goddess has already left the battlefield eight nautical miles Finally, the entire fleet stopped and spread out, covering the sea as much as possible, and then watched thirty armed merchant ships fight with fifteen enemy ships.

Cannons came and went, the spray from the shells was only five or six meters high, and the width of the spray was only three or two meters. The two sides entangled for a quarter of an hour, and no one hit the other. The artillery hit rate in this era is really too low.

The two sides approached 180 meters away, and bombarded each other with chain bombs and solid bullets. The Dutch armed merchant ship opened the record first. A chain bomb finally hit a warship of the other party in a hundred and ten chain bomb attacks. The mast, the speed of the local warship slowed down immediately, and the mast collapsed, causing the opponent's warship to sway, break away from the battle line, and was besieged by five Dutch armed merchant ships that rushed up. Down, quickly tilted, caught fire, staggered to get away, and then was rushed close by five other armed merchant ships, washed the deck with grape bombs, the whole ship became quiet, and stopped in place.