Chapter 618
: Stealing a chicken will not lose rice
"Chop land compensation?"
This word is so fresh, and this is the first time that Yu Qian and Zheng Chenggong and others have heard of it.
Since the founding of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty established a system of disagreement, no compensation, and no tribute.
It can also be said that from then on to now, since more than two hundred years of history, no matter how cowardly the emperor is, he has strictly enforced this rule.
Even if the emperor was captured, none of them negotiated compensation with their opponents to cede land, and they did not use women to exchange for peace.
The vassal states and vassal states in the history of the Ming Dynasty also voluntarily belonged and voluntarily paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
Even at such a heyday when Zheng He went to the West, the Ming Dynasty did not force them to pay tribute and surrender.
But today the emperor actually asked to sign an unequal treaty with the four Western countries, demanding that they pay compensation for land cedes.
The emperor's thought immediately made the generals confused again, but soon came back to his senses, and a burst of warm applause suddenly broke out in the scene.
Once upon a time, the Ming Dynasty was so powerful that it could even allow other countries to cede land and pay compensation.
More than a year ago, the Ming Dynasty was still full of bandits, and they captured the entire area outside the Great Wall, threatening the country and territorial integrity of our Ming Dynasty at any time.
The emperor's words made the Ming soldiers present excited, and they immediately wanted to carry guns to the battlefield.
Yu Qian, Zheng Chenggong and other generals all bowed to the emperor and shouted:
"Your Majesty is wise, long live my emperor!"
Zhu Youjian raised his hand:
"You all have a flat body!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The generals retreated to both sides, and Zhu Youjian suddenly remembered another thing:
"Yu Aiqing, please do not send Cruise's confession for the time being. Wait until the combined fleet of England and Portugal is defeated."
Yu Qian hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed:
"Abide by the order"
Zhu Youjian immediately reminded the generals present that the war was not over yet.
Zhang Shantang had just joined the Ming Dynasty's officialdom and was not very familiar with the situation of the Ming Dynasty's Navy and Huangming Island.
He was worried about the safety of King Ding, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed:
"Your Majesty, I heard that the combined fleet of England and Portugal was going to attack Huangming Island. Should we immediately shoot the fleet to support Ding King?"
Zhu Youjian said confidently:
"It's okay, Huangming Island cannot be broken by just nine sailing warships, so I don't need to worry."
Before Zhu Youjian finished speaking, a Jinyiwei hurried in and bowed to Zhu Youjian:
"Your Majesty, General Huang Fei asks for a visit."
"Oh, I must have come to support Luzon. Unfortunately, I came late. I missed a big battle and called!"
"Abide by the order"
The Jinyiwei ordered the order to exit the hall, and soon Huang Fei walked into the hall.
"See Your Majesty."
Zhu Youjian nodded slightly:
"Why did my dear come to Luzon and what was the situation in Ceylon?"
Huang Fei bowed and replied:
"Report to your Majesty, General Yan Yingyuan learned that the joint fleet was attacking Luzon, and immediately sent someone to inform the ministers to come to Luzon for support."
But another fleet suddenly appeared in Malacca.
When Weichen passed by the Malacca waters, he found that the battle had begun.
Weichen immediately commanded the warships to support Malacca, and joined forces with Yan Yingyuan, Li Ying and external defeated the invading enemy.
Huang Fei's words surprised everyone present. They did not expect that there would be a fleet of people attacking Malacca.
Zhu Youjian was also surprised and asked hurriedly:
"How much damage is in Malacca, are there any casualties? Can you tell me who attacked Malacca?"
Zhu Youjian asked several questions in one breath, and Huang Fei hurriedly replied truthfully:
"Report to your Majesty, Malacca is as solid as a rock under the command and defense of Yan Yingyuan. Not only is it not destroyed, it also sunks two opponents' warships. The fleet attacking Malacca is the combined fleet of England and Portugal."
Huang Fei's words made Zhu Youjian feel thousands of grass and mud horses galloping past.
"I'll go, the English and Portuguese warships that left the joint fleet changed their course halfway to attack Malacca. Fortunately, Yan Yingyuan was there, otherwise he would be caught off guard."
The fact is just as Huang Fei said. The English are really cunning. They know that they are not strong enough and dare not go to Huangming Island at all.
As the location of the Ming Dynasty's South China Sea Protectorate and the Asian freight center, Huangming Island must have heavy troops to guard it.
They had only five warships and four armed ships in total. If they wanted to eat Huangming Island, the English thought it was a fantasy.
Besides, even if I was lucky enough to take down Huangming Island, it would only be a wedding dress for the Netherlands.
So after discussing with the Portuguese warship commander, they decided to attack the nearest Malacca.
Malacca is located in the Strait of Malacca and is the main throat from Asia to Europe.
Once Malacca is taken, England and Portugal will jointly own it.
At this time, the British Empire was still very weak and had no choice but to choose to attack.
But what they didn't expect was that they actually met a ruthless man in the little Malacca.
In history, Yan Yingyuan was able to defend Jiangyin for 81 days when facing hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the east.
And kill more than 70,000 Eastern Capitol soldiers and more than a dozen Eastern Capitol generals. Can he care about a small fleet?
When Yan Yingyuan got the joint fleet ready to attack Luzon, he was ready to fight, just to prevent foreign devils from attacking.
As soon as the English and Portuguese warships approached the Malacca waters, Yan Yingyuan received the news.
He immediately led the military and civilians in Malacca City to board the fort to prepare to give a heavy blow to the joint fleet.
This small joint fleet arrived at the shore of Malacca in a fierce manner and immediately set up a battle formation.
At first they did not intend to bombard the city with gunfire immediately, and were preparing to persuade the Ming army to surrender, and it would be best to control Malacca without a shell.
But as soon as he shouted a few nonsense, Yan Yingyuan gave the order, more than 20 generals of the three turrets were vented out of anger at the English and Portuguese warships.
The huge shells shot down from a high point and directly sank an English warship and an armed merchant ship.
In total, England had only five warships in Asia. One was suddenly sunk, which scared Major Ball hurriedly sent a order to return the salute.
However, the Malacca turrets were built on high places, and the range of the shore cannons was farther than that of the English naval cannons, so they had no choice at all to the turrets.
Seeing that the shore defense cannons on the Malacca Fort began to vent their anger, he had to send an order to retreat.
But just as I sent an order to retreat, I immediately heard the roar of a giant cannon from behind.
"Come on, what happened?"
"Boom..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Before Ball finished speaking, a shell pierced through the side of his battleship and landed directly in Ball's commander, crushing more than a dozen English soldiers on the spot.
The Spanish colonel looked back at the stern of the gradually sinking warship, and he knew that the warship would soon break from the middle.
Once the entire warship sinks, they will all be swallowed by the vortex.
In helpless
But just as I sent an order to retreat, I immediately heard the roar of a giant cannon from behind.
"Come on, what happened?"
"Boom..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Before Ball finished speaking, a shell pierced through the side of his battleship and landed directly in Ball's commander, crushing more than a dozen English soldiers on the spot.
Spanish colonel looked back at the stern of the battleship
Chapter completed!