Chapter 754: Expedition to the South Seas

On the second day of the second month of the third year of Jiajing, the dragon raised its head, and in this drizzly and hazy spring ploughing festival, Xu Jin landed on Hong Kong Island. This cosmopolitan city, known as the Pearl of the Orient in later generations, is now just a desert island, and after this great war, it is full of desolation, the residual smell of gunpowder in the air has not completely dissipated, and there are large and small craters everywhere, as well as destroyed fortifications.

Xu Jin, accompanied by the generals, inspected the island, and climbed to the top of the Taiping Peak to look at the bay where Victoria Harbor is located.

The generals couldn't help but look at each other, they naturally couldn't understand the mood of Xu Jin, the traverser, at the moment, and only thought that the handsome man was overjoyed for a while and went crazy. Fortunately, Dashuai returned to normal after singing this strange tune, his appearance is still so handsome, his eyes are still so wise, and his temperament is still so elegant and calm.

After Xu Jin sang the song "Pearl of the Orient", he felt refreshed, his thoughts were extremely accessible, and he pointed to the blue bay under the mountain and said loudly: "Go to the fucking Victoria Harbor, it will be called the Oriental Pearl Port in the future, our Ming harbor, and the Ming Dynasty will let the Quartet come to congratulate!" ”

The corrupt and incompetent late Qing government ceded it to the British, and it took 55 years for Hong Kong to return to the embrace of the motherland. After more than 50 years of colonial rule, until today in the 21st century, there are still some Lane (Harmony) independence elements who do not recognize themselves as Chinese, which shows the depth of colonization on the Chinese people.

But it doesn't matter, there will be no concessions, no Victoria Harbour, no Queen's Road, and even no Manchu regime. Xu Jin confidently waved his fist at the sea!

Although the generals didn't understand why Xu Jin was suddenly so excited, the kind of spirit that he exuded from his body to point out the country, the generals still felt it deeply, and they all cheered up, and subconsciously roared: "The dignified Ming wants to let the Quartet come to congratulate!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help laughing, and simply sang the whole song "Serving the Country with Loyalty": "The wolf smoke rises, and the rivers and mountains look north." The dragon rolls, the horse neighses, and the sword aura is like frost. The heart is like the water of the Yellow River, twenty years, between vertical and horizontal, who can resist? Hatred, long knives, how many siblings are loyal to their souls...... The dignified Ming wants to let the Quartet - come to congratulate! ”

The melody of "Serving the Country with Loyalty" and the proud lyrics instantly sang to the hearts of these battlefield fighters, which aroused a strong resonance, and they were so excited that they actually howled with ghosts and wolves (all fucking out of tune).

After singing the song, the generals looked at each other and laughed heroically, looking at Xu Jin like a pack of wolves looking at their wolf king. Yu Linsheng's goods were even more induced, and he said loudly: "It's so fucking happy, I really want to fight, who dares to fight with a certain family?" ”

"I'll do it!" Xie Erjian said lazily.

"Rub, forget it!" Yu Linsheng immediately coaxed.

The generals immediately burst into laughter, Xu Jin couldn't help but talk about fighting alone, no one among the generals was Xie Erjian's opponent, that Hosokawa Wushu could compete with the second brother-in-law, but unfortunately it was abolished now.

After coming down from Taiping Mountain, Xu Jin came to an open space in front of a fortress, where more than 1,000 Westerner captives were all held, and more than 300 captured artillery pieces and more than 4,000 arquebuses were neatly stacked in the nearby open space, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

"Hey, Xu...... Let go of me, Master Xu, can we talk again! One of the foreigners in the group struggled to his feet and shouted loudly, and it was Pires.

Xu Jin motioned for his soldiers to bring Pires over, who fell into the sea yesterday and almost drowned, at this time he looked quite haggard, so cold that his snot was dripping to his lips, and he said with a cold shiver: "Lord Xu, I think we can talk about it again." ”

Xu Jin shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Your Excellency Pires, wake up, what qualifications do you think you have to talk to me now?" ”

Pires' eyes darkened, he really didn't have any bargaining chips to talk to Xu Jin now, so he said in a begging tone: "Xu, let us go, we can give a ransom, how about a hundred taels of silver?" ”

Xu Jin shook his head and said, "One hundred taels was yesterday's price, and now, I have one thousand taels of silver!" ”

Pires's face turned green, there were more than 2,000 Westerners captured before and after, one thousand taels of silver, that is, more than two million taels of silver, and he couldn't help but say loudly in anger: "Xu, you devil, there is a reason that the price will increase tenfold in one day, Xu, you are an insatiable vampire." ”

Xu Jin shrugged his shoulders and said: "Now it's one thousand taels of silver, and when the official takes the Strait of Malacca, it is estimated that the price will increase." ”

Pires was shocked and said, "Oh my God, you still want to attack Malacca City?" You're crazy, you can't get away with it. ”

Xu Jin smiled calmly: "Then let's ride a donkey to watch the play - we'll see!" ”

After Xu Jin finished speaking, he turned around and walked away, Pires shouted in despair: "Xu, you won't succeed, don't blame me for not warning you, if you dare to attack the city of Malacca, just wait to withstand the monstrous wrath of the governor of Abul, no, no, no...... You will never succeed and you will regret it! ”

"What the hell is Governor Abel? It's amazing! Qi Jingtong couldn't help asking.

Xu Jin smiled lightly: "Abel is the governor of the Portuguese colony in India. ”

The generals couldn't help but look at each other, confused.

Xu Jin explained: "The Franco-Romans occupied certain areas along the coast of Tianzhu and settled there to colonize Tuntian, and the supreme military administrator who managed these areas was the Governor of Abul. ”

The generals couldn't help but suddenly realize, and Wang Zhi said in admiration: "The marshal is really well-informed, I don't know how much military strength the governor of Abel has?" ”

Xu Jin sneered and said: "Westerners come from thousands of miles away, although they have colonized Tianzhu, they will not have more than 10,000 troops, of course, this does not include slaves." ”

"I'm here, it's only 10,000 people, and I think it's such a powerful character!" Yu Linsheng snorted disdainfully, what is 10,000 troops, that is, the strength of the two guards of the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Jin's face sank, and he said solemnly: "Westerners can cross the ocean, naturally they have their advantages, if it weren't for the isolation, our army may not be able to successfully take Hong Kong Island." We are not arrogant, but we must not be arrogant. ”

Yu Linsheng's face turned red, and he hurriedly said: "The handsome man has learned a lesson, and his subordinates should remember it." ”

Xu Jin nodded, Yu Linsheng, this kid is brave and full of momentum, but his character is a little reckless, and it is also good for him to learn a lesson in the battle of Hong Kong Island this time, and then sharpen it, he is a fierce general.

"General Yu, how many Western ships do we have?" Xu Jin turned to Yu Dayou and asked.

Yu Dayou heard the string song and knew the meaning of elegance, and replied: "There are twelve bows that are slightly damaged, and they can be used with a little repair, and the damage is more serious, but there are nine bows that can be repaired, which should be enough!" ”

Xu Jin nodded approvingly and said: "Very good, the soldiers are very fast, repair the damaged Western ships as soon as possible, Commander Wang, you lead the fleet to Guangzhou Mansion to transport supplies, and you will be responsible for the logistics in the future." ”

Wang Zhi said awe-inspiringly: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

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On February 18, the third year of Jiajing, at the wharf outside Nantou City, the 21 repaired six-masted ocean-going warships lined up on the sea surface of the Pearl River estuary, and the shadow of the flag and sail covered the sky and the sun.

A point general platform was temporarily erected on the wharf, and Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang, was dressed in military uniform, standing on the platform majestically, and the generals were stubborn and stubborn, and stood in front of the stage with high morale.

Xu Jin took an arrow and shouted: "Where is Yu Dayou?" ”

Yu Dayou stepped out of the ranks, landed on one knee and said loudly: "The last general will listen to the order!" ”

"This commander has appointed you as the commander-in-chief of the South China Sea, and from now on, he will lead a large army to the South Seas to exterminate the Franco-Ranga people who occupy my Ming subordinate country, and raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty, there must be no mistake!"

"The last general will be ordered, and he will live up to the order of the commander." Yu Dayou took the arrow and returned to the team.

Xu Jin took out the second arrow and shouted: "Cen Lan, Xie Erjian listens to the order"

"The last general!" Cen Lan and Xie Erjian hurriedly stepped forward.

"Cen Lan, this commander ordered you to be the general of the South China Sea, Xie Erjian to be the deputy general, and the wolf soldiers to be the second route army, and then to answer the general army of Yu. Make no mistake! ”

Cen Lan and Xie Erjian agreed awe-inspiringly, and took the order to retreat into the team.

Xu Jin pulled out the third arrow and shouted, "Wang Zhi! ”

"The last general will obey the order!"

"This commander ordered you to be the transfer envoy of the South China Sea Capital, responsible for the material and logistics supply of the army, there must be no mistakes!"

"The last will be ordered!"

"Yu Linsheng, Xiong Bai, Wang Duo, the three of you are guerrilla generals, responsible for escorting grain routes along the coast."

"The last will be ordered!"

Xu Jin finished assigning the task in an orderly manner, and finally shouted: "Sacrifice the flag and send troops, the Ming Dynasty wins!" ”

"Daming Wansheng !!!"

In the earth-shaking shout, the "Xu" character handsome flag and the Xuanhuang regiment dragon flag were sacrificed and waved in the wind in the port outside Nantou City.

Next, the 5,000 Yiwu troops led by Yu Dayou took the 21-bow Western six-masted ship and took the lead in raising the sails and setting sail. It is worth mentioning here that the current Yiwu army is also fully equipped with muskets, because the more than 4,000 arquebuses captured were all allocated to the Yu army.

Immediately afterwards, the wolf soldiers led by Cen Lan and Xie Erjian also set off, and it was the turn of the supply fleet led by Wang Zhi.

Although the Ming fleet of this expedition to the South Seas was only 15,000 people, and the combat troops were less than 10,000, all of them were iron-blooded elites, and the firepower was so powerful that it was perverted, and the Franc machine artillery alone reached 800, and seventy percent of the personnel were equipped with muskets.

There is no doubt that this fleet is estimated to be the strongest fleet in the world at present, so Xu Jin is not worried at all, if he has such an advantage, Yu Dayou will not be able to win Malacca City, then he will be worthy of the title of a generation of famous generals.

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