"What? What... He, he actually wants an orphaned grandson, is he crazy?"

After Zhu Cizhao listened to Wei Qingshan's report, he didn't react for a long time.

What's wrong with Li Jicheng? Why didn't he let Ming Dynasty enter the Indian Ocean? Besides, Ming Dynasty didn't stop him from robbing India! He has robbed others several times in the past two years. Did Ming Dynasty interfere? Ming Dynasty's Malacca Has the fleet been dispatched? None! The Ming Dynasty did not even impose an embargo on Burma, nor did it launch an attack in the direction of Yunnan.

It's completely a "you grab what's yours, I don't care about anything" attitude.

Even when Li Jicheng's army came to New Ryukyu Island to ask for money, Zhu Cizhao also gave it... Of course, he gave less but earned more. The general ledger was profitable, and he earned quite a lot. Therefore, he will not recruit the Malacca fleet to ruin everyone's financial resources.

Moreover, in Zhu Cizhao's view, Li Jicheng's navy was not very powerful at all. Most of the galleys were rags captured from the Kingdom of Arakan (built by Portuguese craftsmen), and the sailors who drove them were also foreign. The senior sailors are either Dutch, Persians, Portuguese, or other Westerners. The lower-level sailors are either Arakanese or Kyrgyzstan. Only the "fighting soldiers" (who are also responsible for suppressing the sailor rebellion) are Dashun's own people. .

As for those new "Hai Chuang Wang" type ships, they were just Dutch engineers who copied the Ottoman Empire's galley gunboats and then built them for Li Jicheng at the shipyard in Mrauk U (the Portuguese helped Araghan) on the coast of India. They are just warships that run rampant along the coast of Myanmar. The ships are good, but they are not enough to look at next to the Ming Dynasty's "Malacca" - the Malacca has a much larger tonnage and more artillery, and they all have a longer range of 12 pounds. Long gun (cannon). If the two meet at sea, the "Malacca type" has a high probability of winning...

A navy of this caliber still dares to challenge the Great Tomorrow. Isn't he crazy?

Zhu Cizhao still didn't give up, "Shopkeeper Wei, have you told him, can I give you money?"

"I told you, I don't want it!" Wei Qingmu spread his hands, "I don't even want to quote the price... I want the prince to hand over his grandson!"

"Humph!" Zhu Cizhao's face turned pale - his grandson was his lifeblood!

He is not Zhu Cihong or Zhu Cijiong. He has many sons and grandsons sooner or later than he can remember their names. He is just such a grandson... a single seedling!

"Set up rockets, ask for help!" Zhu Cizhao said with a gloomy face, "If I don't show off my power, the man named Li really doesn't know how powerful he is!"

Of course Zhu Cizhao is powerful. The Western Army has 5,000 warriors! Moreover, he also has the power to mobilize the armies of the 12 principalities of Nanyang and the Kingdom of Siam. If fully mobilized, he can pull out 20,000 to 30,000 people - despite the small number, But these are elites who have adapted to fighting in the Nanyang region.

Fighting in the Nanyang region does not mean that you have to be brave enough to fight hard, have strong martial arts skills, and be skilled in battle formations... Those are of course very important, but it is not as important as epidemic prevention! Especially in the rainy season in Nanyang ( It is the rainy season (now is the rainy season) and when you send out troops, the probability of an epidemic among the troops is extremely high. Once the epidemic spreads, tens of thousands of troops can be defeated by you.

The Western Army of the Ming Dynasty, which has been fighting in Nanyang for a long time and has suffered enough from epidemics, has long summed up a set of methods to prevent diseases and epidemics. Sometimes they themselves will "poison" the enemy. Once the war lasts for a long time, " Plague General" will be on their side...

In addition, Temasek Island also has a powerful Malacca fleet!

...

"Boom boom boom..."

As more than a dozen Tianzhu rockets (a large rocket introduced from India, which played a big role in the Southeast Asian operations and could scare the enemy's elephants) were shot into the air, then exploded into the sky.

It turned into a ball of fire.

"One, two, three, four..."

Li Jicheng, who had already climbed to a high ground outside Shin-Shuri City, looked at the rockets exploding in the sky. He counted them at first, but when he saw the rockets exploding in the sky, he stopped counting them and turned to face him.

Military advisor Song Yaowen said: "It seems that Zhu Cizhao has been angered this time... If we can't win this battle, it will be hard to see each other in the future!"

Song Yaowen smiled and said: "We can definitely win it. Dutch Navy Admiral Leut has already patted his chest, as long as we can lure out the Malacca fleet!"

Your Majesty, if we want to invade Tianzhu in a big way, we can't ignore the head and the back... We must nail the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in Malacca. Otherwise, if we go to Tianzhu in front, they will stab Burma behind.

Aren’t we the pioneers of ‘Pioneers for the King’?”

It turns out that Li Jicheng’s Eastern Expedition was just a trap to deceive people!

His real goal is to fight into India - although he has fought there several times and obtained a small base, he has not achieved his long-cherished wish to become an Indian.

Due to his many invasions of India, Li Jicheng has gradually fallen in love with the traditional culture of India - the caste system is so reasonable! Anyone who breaks in can directly ride on the poor people in India and dominate. And the caste system in India is very reasonable.

The working people also recognize this, but whoever wants to attack them and refuse to let them act like cattle and horses will not agree.

The Dashun Dynasty suffered this loss several times before entering. They wanted to win over the poor people in India... They preached about the coming of the King Chuang and the abolition of castes. In the end, no one responded at all, and he was regarded as a big evil person -

-Look, even the untouchables are not being pawned. This is really bad.

Later, because he became familiar with the Indian beauties (all of high caste) who were robbed from the harem, he really understood the traditional Indian culture. Li Jicheng was already very confident in being a good Indian...

"That's right..." Li Jicheng squinted his eyes, "Commander, do you think the Dutch are really reliable? There are also some Dutch in Batavia who followed the Ming Dynasty!"

"It's just a hedging bet," Song Yaowen smiled, "The Portuguese probably have this wishful thinking in mind too!"

Li Jicheng snorted: "One is more deceitful than the other... Military advisor, when can you get on the ship and leave?"

"In 10 days," Song Yaowen said, "In 10 days, we will be able to pile up the fortress. Then the Dutch merchant ships will come to pick up the emperor and leave first, leaving us with the fleet to wait for the Malacca fleet of the Ming Dynasty to come.

....."

Li Jicheng nodded, "Okay...strategist, you must be careful, don't let the Ming Dynasty navy sink your ship."

"It's okay," Song Yaowen said with a smile, "Well, there are many ships... The King of Haichuang can run fast, and those Arakanese will die if they die!"

...

Temasek Island, Nanyang Temasek Island, Admiral of the Malacca Fleet of the Ming Dynasty Navy.

"What? Xianwu, what are you talking about? Li Jicheng personally conquered New Ryukyu? Do you want us to use the west entrance of Malacca as the boundary to prevent us from entering the Xiaoxi Ocean? We also want King Luo to hand over his grandson as a hostage... Is he sick?

Are you confused? Why would you make such a ridiculous request?"

The one who was speaking was Admiral Shi Lang of the Malacca Fleet. Because the Little Western Fleet was only in preparation and had not yet been formally established, the person in charge of the maritime affairs of the Ming Dynasty's Little Western Fleet was still Admiral Shi Lang of the Malacca Fleet. He and the Western Army's Military Envoy Zhu Cizhao were in charge of the sea, and the other was in charge of the maritime affairs.

In charge of land, he was one of the two Ming officials in the direction of the Indian Ocean.

The Dashun State was one of the main opponents of the Ming Dynasty in the Indian Ocean direction - in the Indian Ocean direction, the Ming Dynasty's ally was the Indian Timurid Empire, and its enemies were French India, the Dutch India Trading Company, and the Dashun Empire.

In addition, Britain and Portugal have remained neutral for a long time...until recently Portugal was divided because the king left Goa. Now Goa is controlled by the Portuguese royal party, while other Portuguese strongholds in the Indian Ocean are controlled by the "regent party"

"control.

Because he has been in charge of Indian Ocean affairs for a long time, Shi Lang, who has served as the admiral of the Malacca Fleet for many years, has some understanding of the internal situation of Dashun. He knows about Li Jicheng's illness and the murder of Sun Kewang's father and daughter... and he also knows about Zhu

Cizhao's new Liuqiu Island always spends money to avoid disasters.
Chapter completed!