Zhu Yujian is not talking nonsense.

In fact, because Zhu Yujian was the first vassal king to respond to Emperor Chongzhen's transfer, and he was also the most active vassal king to go to sea, Emperor Chongzhen gave Zhu Yujian preferential treatment in many things.

For example, when it came to marching and fighting, Emperor Chongzhen not only personally took Zhu Yujian to analyze the battle situation when he was in Shaanxi, but also specially asked Batel, Liu Xingzuo and others to guide Zhu Yujian.

On the battlefield, it is often those who do not take their lives seriously who survive, and those who are timid and afraid of death are often the fastest to die.

If you don't take your own life seriously, it is even less likely to take other people's lives seriously.

The more afraid they are of death, the more likely they are to die early, and if they want to survive, Murphy's Law will definitely teach them to be human beings.

Zhu Zhuohong also knew that what Zhu Yujian said made sense, but he was a little unhappy in his heart.

Zhu Cunji nodded and said in agreement: "What Uncle Wang said is very true, after all, the sword and gun have no eyes, if you are afraid, you will be scared by three points first, and you can only make one percent of the strength." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Cunji changed his tone again: "It's just that I don't need to be in the battle formation in person, I just need to use good people." ”

Zhu Yujian glanced at Zhu Cunji approvingly, and said: "Cunji is right, as long as the vassal king uses the right person, he doesn't need to charge the battle himself." Even if you charge into battle in person, there are guards on the left and right to protect you, how can it be so dangerous?

Besides, since you and I are clansmen, there are times when we can't sacrifice for the country. ”

A sentence of sacrifice for the country was spoken, and Zhu Cunji and Zhu Zhuohong's faces twitched.

The dog emperor moved the seal as soon as he said it, and the three of them came to sea.

Not to mention how many sins he suffered before, how much gold and silver he lost, at least this little life was almost thrown at sea.

If this is not a sacrifice for the country, is it only a sacrifice if you throw away your life?

Anyway, Zhu Cunji and Zhu Zhuohong feel that their lives are very expensive, and this world of flowers is also very good, at least there are beautiful little ladies, so it is not cost-effective to lose their lives like this.

Zheng Zhilong also thinks so.

Don't look at what Zheng Zhilong said when he comforted Zhu Yujian and the three vassal kings just now, it seems that it is not a big deal, but in fact?

If a person drinks water, he knows whether he is warm or cold.

Before the dragon sucked the water, Zheng Zhilong ordered to run to the south.

In fact, the fleet carried out this order perfectly, and ran south with the help of the strong wind, and finally ran to the damn unknown.

If under normal circumstances, by calculating the speed, you can calculate how much you have run, but this time the pit is not only wind, but also waves, and in the end, not to mention where you ran is not clear, and you can't even count how far you have run.

What makes Zheng Zhi's head hurt the most is water.

Half of the water you bring with you is enough to drink for a while, but if you can't find land, you will have to drink all this water sooner or later.

What happens when you drink it all?

Do you drink seawater? The more you drink, the faster you die.

What's even more fucking is that apart from being able to make out the direction by leaning on the sun, the whole sea looks fucking the same on all sides, which side is north? Which side is south?

Zheng Zhilong even doubted that his people had been sailing in the direction of the sun, and would run to Zizhu Island, where Guanyin Bodhisattva lived in the South China Sea.

When salvaging the tail ship that was overturned by the dragon's water absorption, Zheng Zhihu also came to Zheng Zhilong's flagship from the second fortune ship.

And the first sentence Zheng Zhihu asked made Zheng Zhilong angry: "Big brother, where are we now?" ”

Squinting at Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhilong said angrily: "You ask me, who am I going to ask?" You'll have to ask the dragon just now about sucking water, and ask him where he got us! ”

Although Zheng Zhihu was simple-minded, he was not stupid, so he smiled and replied: "Big brother, don't be annoyed, isn't the little brother also anxious." ”

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong's face was better, Zheng Zhihu asked again, "Big brother, where are we going next?" ”

Zheng Zhilong snorted angrily and said, "I don't know! I can't even figure out where to go now, how to get there? Anyway, we just ran all the way south, and then we went back to the northwest. ”

Zheng Zhihu was curious: "Shouldn't we go north directly and then go to find supplies?" ”

Zheng Zhifeng, who also came from another ship, said with a smile: "What we are going to is India, and if we go north, we will go to Nanyang Zhufan?" What's the use of that? As for supplies, there are no ships on this sea? ”

Hearing Zheng Zhifeng's words, Zheng Zhihu knew what this guy wanted to do.

Now that his brothers are Daming sailors, they can be called pirates if they don't rob at sea?

There are so many ships going to Daming by the Western barbarians, just get a few to rob and then destroy the corpses, who knows that their brothers did it?

The vast sea can cover up all the sins that should not appear in the world.

Zheng Zhihu, who felt that this matter was reliable, simply responded: "That's it, I'll do it." ”

Zheng Zhilong snorted and said, "Make a fart, now let's scoop up the brothers on the tail ship first, and then talk about how much you can save." ”

That being said, even Zheng Zhilong himself didn't have much hope - this time the dragon was so fucking ferocious that he didn't even know where the tail ship was, so he could only rely on the floating objects and corpses floating on the sea to confirm the approximate location.

The final result was actually similar to what Zheng Zhilong expected, the entire ship was photographed in the sea, and the stern ship did not survive at all.

Of the 1,120 men and 300 sailors, not a single one survived.

Only a few hundred corpses have been salvaged, and not even a single shadow has been found.

In fact, the significance of salvage is not very great. At sea is different from on land, if a body is found on land, it can be cremated and the ashes can be brought back.

But what about at sea?

If you have to take it back for burial, it will basically rot and stink, and it is more likely to breed plague.

Therefore, no matter what the reason is, these corpses are also to be buried in the sea.

Unless there is land not far away, it can be cremated in time.

Zheng Zhilong thought about it, let's do the math, even if he keeps sailing north, it is estimated that it will take four or five days to see the land.

And at this time, the weather is as hot as a dead dog, and the corpses of these brothers will have one to see when the time comes?

By the time the sun was setting in the west, it was almost below sea level, and the entire sea surface was dyed golden, and it looked extremely magnificent.

Who would have thought that a few hours ago, a large ship of more than 1,000 people sank on this sea, and no one survived?

The power of heaven and earth, even Si, is unspeakable, unfathomable, one thought of life, one thought of death.

The men who searched for the tail ship also returned to Zheng Zhilong, and found nothing except the 769 corpses recovered.

Or maybe there were still some planks of the ship, and there were no more left.

Taking off the helmet on his head, Zheng Zhilong sighed deeply and ordered: "Prepare white silk, wrap the corpses of the brothers, and come as soon as the governor goes." ”

These brothers are all going to be buried at sea, and now they are salvage, and they will eventually sink into the sea.

It's just that there are three vassal kings on this ship, so for this funeral, you still need to ask the three vassal kings for instructions.

After all, these brothers also died for the sake of these three vassal kings.

After arriving at the cabin where Zhu Yujian was, Zheng Zhilong briefly told Zhu Yujian and the three of them about the matter, and then asked for instructions: "Now that the bodies of these brothers have been salvaged, how to deal with them, I have to ask the three princes to show me." ”

If it is said that from the perspective of titles, Tang King Zhu Yujian and Qin King Zhu Cunji are undoubtedly the two highest, as for Qing King Zhu Zhuohong, although he is also a word king, he cannot be compared with Tang King and Qing King.

However, the title of Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, is high, and his rank is the uncle of the king of Qin and the king of Qing, so among the three, it is headed by Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang.

After listening to what Zheng Zhilong said, Zhu Yujian said: "After all, these soldiers are for state affairs, I don't know if they can all be salvaged and brought back for burial?" ”

Zheng Zhilong arched his hand and said: "Back to the prince, now that the weather is hot, it will be four or five days away from landing at the earliest, and there is really no way to bring it back for burial." In addition, those brothers who can't find it really can't find it. ”

Zhu Yujian hummed and said: "Since this is the case, then follow General Zheng's wishes, and this king will also send off the soldiers." ”

Zhu Yujian did not go directly to the deck, but ordered the little eunuchs to prepare pen and ink, and after writing a sacrificial text, he took Zhu Cunji and Zhu Zhuohong to the deck.

At this time, the soldiers on the flagship deck were busy removing the identification tags from the hundreds of corpses, and at the same time wrapping the corpses in white cloth.

The funeral was simple.

There were no sacrifices, only salutes. The chord windows of the nine ships opened, and together more than 200 guns rang out one after another.

See off the Heroic Spirits.

Then, after a simple but solemn ceremony, the seven hundred and sixty-nine corpses were sunk into the sea.

Zhu Yujian opened the sacrificial text, and even the little eunuch was useless, so he read it directly: "On July 15 of the second year of Wei Daming Chongzhen, the Ming overseas advance army was capsized by a dragon at sea and capsized a ship, 1,400 soldiers were killed, Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Cunji, the king of Qin, Zhu Zhuohong, the king of Qing, and the officers and soldiers of the navy sacrificed on the sea, saying:

Alack!

Expedition overseas, expand my territory. The road is ragged to open the sea.

The cause of the founding of the country is only difficult. The first to encounter a strong wind, the country is in trouble.

The wind is strong and the tide is strong. Blue blood for thousands of years, Yi Fan Weiyang.

Ossification into iron, monument into mounds. Inspire Houkun and expand the territory.

The South China Sea, the rain and thunder, the soul of the Ming Dynasty, the eternal town of all countries.

The pregnant one returns, the green mountains are full of flowers, mourning my heroic soul, and worrying about the frost.

In the sky for the dry, in the ground for the kun, never forget, the national Kunlun.

The sky is cloudy and weeping, and the four seas look around and are plain.

Today, I tell the heroic spirit, Hu will not return?

This heart is not muddy, the animal is the ceremony, the god has knowledge, and I am fragrant.

The spirit is not ambiguous, come to taste it. Woohoo lament, Vovi Shang feast! ”

After reading a sacrificial text, Zhu Yujian, who already had tears in his eyes, put the sacrificial text on the torch and lit it, and threw it directly into the sea, shouting: "Lord Dragon!" Is the sacrifice of my Ming soldiers still delicious?! ”

Zheng Zhilong also shouted: "Heroic Spirit! Return! Heroic Spirit! Return! ”

The people in the entire fleet, except for the naval force, which is a non-commissioned officer of the South China Sea Fleet under the command of Zheng Zhilong, the rest are all recruited by Zhu Yujian, the late Zhu Cunshu, and Zhu Zhuohong in Shaanxi.

All the way from Shaanxi to Songjiang Mansion, training along the way, training along the way.

If it is said that ordinary people like the reserve people have not yet shown much affection, but these soldiers who are ready to fight with real swords and guns, Zhu Yujian does not dare to say that he knows everything, but most of them have some impressions.

Now that I have fed the fish like this, how can I not grieve in my heart?

Zhu Yujian is like this, and the other feelings that are mixed up together on weekdays are even more sad.

Zheng Zhilong shouted out the return of the heroic spirit, and the other soldiers shouted together, and for a while, the shouts of the return of the heroic spirit sounded neatly on the nine lucky ships.

After paying tribute to the soldiers on the stern ship, the sky was completely dark. Sailing at sea, if it's just a ship, you don't have to worry too much about how you run.

But a fleet of nine warships like this is different.

At this time, it is not the later generations, there are all kinds of messy means in the later generations, there are satellites in the sky, and there are various positioning systems between ships, and what does the Ming Dynasty have?

Torch.

During the day, they can rely on flags to send messages to each other or something, and at night, except for relying on the faint light of the fire to see their position clearly, there is basically no way to do the rest.

And what happens when two large-tonnage and fully loaded fortune ships collide together at night?

Anyway, Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to take this risk.

Worried that there would be wind and waves coming again, Zheng Zhilong also did not dare to engage in methods such as iron cables, so he could only order someone to summon the ships to stop and drop the ropes, and then sail north after dawn.

It's just that when the sky is dark, the fleet of Zheng Zhilong and his party headed towards the north.

At sea, it is almost impossible to encounter two dragons in the same place to absorb water, and Zheng Zhilong is still well aware of this.

The immediate priority now is to run north as soon as possible and find a piece of land as soon as possible.

It doesn't matter if you find a country or a small island, find a way to replenish the fresh water and food on the ship.

Although the two ships loaded with grain, water, weapons and ammunition did not suffer much damage, the entire fleet was a few thousand men.

The food brought by each fortune ship is only enough for one or two days, and the supply ship is supported by death, that is, many of them should be used for two or three days.

When all these things are eaten and drunk, what will happen to the thousands of people?

It's okay to say that the food is good, after all, it's the sea, and there are fish things, you can catch them no matter how you catch them, and no one came to Zheng Zhilong to collect taxes and fines or something.

But the fresh water is gone, but it's really gone.

If you really get to that point, don't talk about overseas openings, just wait for death!