Daming Military Empire

Chapter 635 The prince arrives, allies welcome

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the last day before the New Year’s Eve, from New Kyushu in the north to Jiugang Chengxuan in the south, and from Chengtian Mansion in the east to Kandahar in the west, the entire Ming Dynasty was full of joy. Everyone is busy posting Spring Festival couplets and making special purchases for the Spring Festival.

Even most of the vassal states have inherited the customs of the Ming Dynasty, and every family is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and there is joy and celebration everywhere.

However, at this time, the Eurasian City at the entrance of the Eurasian Canal has no festive atmosphere at all. It doesn’t mean that they will not celebrate the New Year when they are alone overseas. Last year, there were lights and festoons here, and it was very lively, but this year’s situation is different. , the anti-Habsburg alliance launched a surprise attack on the allies. As the Ming army base closest to the European continent, the soldiers here cannot celebrate the new year.

At this time of day, the soldiers of the Ming army stationed in various bastions suddenly swarmed out of the bastions and rushed to the port in a neat queue. All merchant ships from various countries were expelled to the north bank of the canal, and the entire port was severely besieged. Strictly.

What is this Ming army going to do?It’s fine if you don’t rest during the Chinese New Year, and you even go to the port to blow the air, isn’t it sick?

Of course they are not sick. The port is blocked because some important people are coming. This is not the South China Sea Fleet Commander Zheng Xing, the Wuwei Army Commander Li Mingfu, the Grand Vizier Suyman of the Ottoman Empire, the Portuguese Prime Minister Shivela, and the Spanish Admiral All Ocundos stood respectfully at the port, waiting for the arrival of this great man.

This formation is really a bit scary, so many dignitaries from the Habsburg Alliance of Daming greeted them together, could it be that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire came here!
Naturally, it was not His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, but his younger brother, the son of Prince Zhennan, and Admiral Zheng Chenggong of the Navy.

Just after noon, a black line suddenly appeared on the sea in the distance. Slowly, this black line became thicker and thicker. The black line looked away.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of exclamation on the north shore, and as the telescope passed, the exclamation became louder and louder, and finally even suppressed the sound of the waves.

Everyone knows that the black line on the sea means that a large fleet is approaching, but unexpectedly, the scale of this fleet is so large, you can see from the telescope that there must be no less than a thousand ships coming, and all of them are warships !

There are four ridiculously large warships at the forefront of the fleet. Looking at their size, everyone on earth knows that they are the Fuchuan giant ships of the Ming Empire!

These merchants have heard some time ago that Spain, Portugal and other European powers have joined in the fight, and they have suffered a big loss, and they are all beaten out of the sea. Everyone is guessing whether the Ming Empire will send troops to help.

Some people guess that the Ming Empire will not care, because the navies of Spain and Portugal have been disabled, which proves that the naval strength of other European powers is not weak. Yes, who would put themselves in for the sake of an ally?

Some people also speculated that the Ming Empire would take care of it, because His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire was known as a kind person, and he had nothing to say to his allies. Now that his allies were being bullied, he would never stand by and watch.

Well, the latter part of the people guessed right, because the fleet of the Ming Empire has already arrived, but they did not expect that the Ming Empire would send so many warships, more than 1000 warships, which are probably all the warships of the Ming Empire. To help his allies, he sent all the navy here. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire is really a good man!
Did Zhu Cijiong send all the warships over?Of course not, he only sent three fleets, [-] super battleships, and [-] ships, which were armed blessing ships of the Daming Royal Shipping Company, used to transport the army and supplies.

According to Zheng Chenggong's tactics, he didn't need too many troops in the early stage, so in the end Zhu Cijiong only transferred the Beiyang Navy, Nanyang Navy and Donghai Fleet to support this time, and the army only sent three legions, namely the Guanning Army. , Dongjiang Army and Dingliao Army.

Zheng Chenggong was leading generals such as Huang Long, Zheng Zhihu, and Cao Wenzhao to stand on the bow of the Chenggong ship and look ahead. Seeing that the port was approaching, he immediately ordered: "Order, all super battleships and armed blessing ships will sail into Eurasia." The canal, in a single formation, stops along the right side of the canal, and all the treasure ships enter the port with the flagship."

The flag bearer behind him began to wave the command flag, and the flag bearer on the mast immediately played the same flag to inform the warships behind, and the order was quickly passed on layer by layer. Soon, the fleet was divided into two, and the four giant treasure ships went straight to the port. The other warships began to line up in single file and entered the canal.

Now merchants who like to watch warships are blessed. Ming army warships pass not far in front of them one by one, neatly and continuously.

Those who were interested even began to count one by one, wanting to see how many warships the Ming army had sent. This count would take at least a few hours, but they were not bored at all, and instead followed the people around them. There was a lot of discussion and excitement.

In the port, Shivela and Ocundo were equally excited. Here comes the support of the Ming army, and it is not perfunctory at all. The densely packed warships told them that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire really did his best this time. I'm here to help!

The giant treasure ship finally docked, the hanging ladder was lowered, and Zheng Chenggong led a group of senior generals slowly towards the pier. The momentum was not even inferior to Zhu Cijiong, but no one at the port shouted long live.

Shivira knew that the young man in front of him was the closest brother of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire treated him even more favorably than Prince Xin, his uncle. It can be seen from his position that he is less than 20 years old. He became the Grand Admiral of the Navy of the Ming Empire at the age of [-], holding the most powerful navy in the world. Who can compare with this trust in the Ming Empire!

Facing such a favorite of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, who could even be said to be the No. [-] figure in the Ming Empire, Shivira's talent for sycophancy was revealed again. Li Mingfu and Zheng Xinggang had just met Li Mingfu and Zheng Xinggang, and he immediately leaned forward and respectfully He gave a boob salute respectfully, and then flattered: "His Royal Highness, long time no see, thank you for leading the army to come to support, we will never forget His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire and your kindness."

This guy's flattering skills are getting better and better. Zheng Chenggong smiled when he heard this, and even stepped forward to hold his hand and said kindly: "Count Shivela, long time no see, our emperor said , The Ming Empire will absolutely keep its promises, abide by the covenant, and help its allies, that's what it should be, you're welcome, you're welcome."

Later, Suyman and Oquendo were taken by Shivela, and they had to follow them respectfully, complimenting them and thanking them again. Daming, the leader of the allies, became more and more confident.

(End of this chapter)