In the Wenyuan Pavilion Council Hall, several pavilion elders gathered together, Wang Yanduan sat in the middle, waved his hand and said slowly: "The East China Sea Division has dispatched seven gunboats to the south to support, but it still hasn't defeated the two at sea, it seems that it is difficult for us to end this big battle in a short time from the sea." ”

Chen Bangyan said: "What does the prison mean is that in addition to dispatching the sailors, he also intends to dispatch the land divisions to fight? ”

Wang Yan nodded, "The enemy army has approached Zhenla, and wants to kill all the way to Zhancheng and drive our forces out of Nanyang." If the city is occupied by the enemy, the three kingdoms of Guangnan will be unstable, and the price of rice will soar in the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Kingdom of Chenla is a vassal of the country, then our dynasty will send troops to block the enemy outside of Chenla, and then gather the armies of the Three Kingdoms of Guangnan, Champong, and Guangdong, defeat the enemy, and then take Malacca by land. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yan stopped, he glanced at everyone again, and saw that everyone was looking at him intently, and then he continued: "The Netherlands and Spain came from the sea, and if they want to drive the two out of the South Seas, they must choke the throat of Malacca. As long as Malacca is taken, the Dutch in Java and the Spaniards in Sulu will have nothing to fear! And as long as I take Malacca, my Ming warships can crisscross the entire Western Ocean, and include Tianzhu, Tianfang, East Africa and other places visited by the Three Treasure Eunuchs into my Ming Dynasty's trade territory, and expel Xiyi from the Western Ocean! ”

Several people listened to Wang Yan's meaning, as if they wanted to restore the influence of the Ming Dynasty on the West, re-enter the West, and establish a trade system dominated by the Ming Dynasty, supplemented by Nanyang, India, the Middle East, and East Africa, and expelled Xiyi from this system to curb the rise of Xiyi.

This is actually to restore the situation of the world before the Great Voyage of the West, but the first step to do this is to take Malacca.

The following cabinet elders discussed for a while, and Chen Bangyan hugged his fists again and said: "The intention of the prison country, this war is not only to take Malacca and drive Xiyi out of the South Seas, but also to compete with Xiyi for the control of the West Ocean, and the war is afraid that it will be protracted." ”

The Chinese civilization is not a very aggressive civilization, and it should even be said that it is a civilization that loves peace very much, and for China, the fewer wars the better, and the shorter the duration, the better.

With the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, if it wants to develop west of Malacca and drive Xiyi out of the West, I am afraid it will take at least thirty or forty years.

"Not bad!" Wang Yan looked at Chen Bangyan and nodded, "If the situation is today, Xiyi is rising rapidly, and our dynasty must deal with it early." Now one Dutch and Spain are so troublesome, and if we wait for the other Westerners to surround us, it will be too late. I thought that my Ming Dynasty must have a long-term goal, that is, to go to the West again and expel Xiyi from our power, and for this goal, even if we fight for a hundred years, we must continue to fight. ”

Su Guansheng bowed slightly, "Everyone, with Meng Yuan's lesson, we should be vigilant and prepare early, we can't wait until we get to the door of our house and borrow the enemy from all sides before we react." Didn't the Southern Song Dynasty be trapped and die in Jiangnan back then? I agree with the opinion of the prison state, first defeat Malacca, then purge the Xiyi in the South Seas, and finally compete with the Xiyi for the West! ”

Su Guansheng was in the palace that day, and when he saw the rise of these Xiyi, he felt that they were very similar to Meng Yuan, and even more terrifying than Meng Yuan.

Because the Mongolian Yuan had no culture, although they conquered many countries, they did not turn these countries into Mongolia, but the Mongols who went there finally became people from those countries and were integrated by other people's cultures.

In addition to destroying the country like the Mongols, these Xiyi have their own culture and their own thoughts, which is a bit terrifying.

They not only destroyed other people's civilizations, but also instilled their things into others, not only by force, but also by ideology, making people feel that they are superior to others and represent civilization.

Su Guansheng also paid attention to the recent controversy over the "Earth Circle Theory", although the voice of resistance was very loud, but after Su Guansheng specifically understood Bai Yingli's words, he had already concluded in his heart that what Xiyi said was probably really right.

This made Su Guansheng feel a little afraid in his heart, he couldn't let this kind of opponent get close to Da Ming, and he had to contain them before they became stronger.

Wang Fuzhi also nodded, his thoughts were basically the same as Su Guansheng's, "I also agree, my dynasty must go to the West again, even if it is a hundred years, we must fight!" ”

Su Guansheng and Wang Fuzhidu agreed, and several other people had some doubts about fighting for such a long time, but saying that they would fight for a hundred years or decades was actually just an exaggeration.

Wang Yan saw that several people bowed slightly, and did not mention other opinions, so he said, "Then let's talk about the first step now, how to win Malacca!" ”

Chen Bangyan stood up, "Jian Guo, the current situation in the South Seas, the Three Kingdoms of Guangnan and Zhenla are on the side of my Ming Dynasty, the southern countries of Malacca, Sulu and other countries are on the side of the two Yi, Siam in the middle is now yielding to the Netherlands, and Donghu is taking the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. The plan of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was to ignore Donghu who was fishing in troubled waters, stabilize him, and then gather a large army and go all the way south to capture Malacca. The concentration of troops in Liangyi is less than 20,000, and I will transfer a town of men and horses, plus the soldiers and horses of the subject country, to make up 50,000 or 60,000 people, and directly push Liangyi into the sea. ”

Naval battles need warships, sailors need to be trained, the Ming Dynasty may not be able to get together many men and horses for a while, but land warfare is different, there are nearly 300,000 elite soldiers who have just finished the Northern Expedition, and the shrimp soldiers and crab generals who fight small countries in the South Seas are not yet captured.

Listening to Chen Bangyan's words, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies did not formulate any plans, it just relied on the elite of the Ming Army to push flat, but this is the way of playing of a big country, who let the Ming Dynasty have more soldiers, more money, and thick thighs.

Wang Yan nodded, "Okay!" Just do this, transfer the first part of Zhongyi Town, and the first part of Chen Youlong, they are all familiar with mountain and forest operations, let Li Dingguo as the main general, Chen Youlong, Liu Wenxiu as deputy generals, in the conscription of the three kingdoms of Guangnan and the army of Zhancheng, as soon as possible to reinforce Zhenla. In addition, in terms of the Ministry of Engineering, it is necessary to build additional gunboats for the naval division, and at least 30 gunboats will be built and delivered to the naval division every year. In addition, in shipbuilding, do not rest on your laurels, in addition to finding a way to copy the treasure ship, the Ministry of Industry must also improve shipbuilding technology. ”

Several cabinet ministers immediately stood up and saluted, "We will obey the orders of the prison country!" ”

This is tantamount to setting the strategy of the South Seas, first taking Malacca, cutting off the connection between the Dutch and the East India Company on the coast of Ceylon and India, and then relying on the national strength of the Ming Dynasty to speed up the construction of warships.

After Nanyang's strategy was set, Wang Yan immediately asked again, "Chen Qing, what has happened in the Jin Kingdom recently?" ”

Chen Bangyan stood up and arched his hand: "Back to the prison country, according to the detailed information, the Jin country is now doing three major things, the first is to strengthen Tongguan and other important passes, the second is to train the army in Tuntian, and the third is to prepare to march west to defeat Yaerqiang!" ”

Wang Yan frowned when he heard this, the matter of Nanyang diverted some of the energy of the Ming Dynasty, and it seemed that the Jin State was ready to deal with the attack of the Ming army.

Although Wang Yan is ready to return to the West, restore the glory of the Three Treasures Eunuch, and prepare to compete with Xiyi at sea, it does not mean that he has forgotten the Jin Kingdom.

The Jin State belonged to a young country, which was often vigorous and full of vitality, and if it was not destroyed as soon as possible, it would inevitably become a major problem for the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Yan pondered for a moment and said: "The Jin Kingdom is going west to manage the Western Regions, as expected by Lone, it is now September, the weather is getting colder, and it is difficult for our dynasty to send troops to contain it. Our army is resting, and there are few soldiers in the north and many soldiers in the south, so it is not suitable for fighting in winter, but we can't watch the Jin country grow like this. ”

Wang Yan paused, pursed his lips and thought for a moment, and then said, "The Jin country is in danger of mountains and rivers, and it is difficult to attack from the front. King Liping had already built two cities in Qinghai, and he could order him to increase his encroachment on Qinghai and attack the Jin Kingdom from the right side of Long. After the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Mongol tribes on the steppe, in a state of leaderlessness, thought that they would strengthen the appeasement, so that the Mongols who took refuge could threaten the Hetao and make the Jin State vulnerable on three sides! ”

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