Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 413 Mercenaries

After more than a month of training, the navy officers and soldiers have produced more than [-] sets of short-sleeved military uniforms, and the army is finally ready to go to war.

Early in the morning, more than 90 sailors and [-] elite soldiers of the Shenji Battalion gathered at the port of Armed Forces City, waiting in formation, and the remaining [-] infantry also lined up outside the port.

Taichang directly boarded the high platform built next to the pier, offered sacrifices to the three animals, and then took out the sacrificial text and began to read.

This link is essential, because he has to let the soldiers understand why they are fighting and why they want to beat others.

Fortunately, there is no need to find any excuses to beat the Netherlands, they just need to be beaten!
Although the Netherlands is known as the hegemony of the sea, it is actually just a small country.

Such a small country of Quer came to attack Daming several times, who could bear it?

He counted the intrusions of the Dutch, and finally exhaled and shouted: "The Great Tomorrow will come to the country, how can we allow the barbarians to invade, go to the European continent, and destroy the red-haired fan!"

Millions of soldiers immediately followed suit and roared:

"Go to Europe and destroy the Hongmao Fan!"

"Go to Europe and destroy the Hongmao Fan!"

When the Dutch heard this, they were probably going to pee in fright, because there are not so many people in their entire country!

If these more than one million Ming troops really rushed to Europe, they would definitely be wiped out!

Of course, Taichang's goal this time is only Batavia.

As for Continental, it will go sooner or later, but not now.

Just as the roar of millions of soldiers stopped, more than [-] sailors and [-] elite soldiers of Shenji Battalion began to board the ship at high speed.

In fact, one hundred thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion can hold twenty Aegis ships.

Originally, he could bring more troops with him.

However, after all, this trip was Daming's first expedition across the sea for more than [-] miles, and most of the waterways had never been traveled by them. Moreover, it was uncertain what would happen if they actually encountered a storm at sea.

Therefore, Taichang still decided to bring only [-] infantry this time, and put them all in Aegis ships.

This can at least ensure that the infantry carried by the navy ship will not be blown into the water like dumplings by the storm when encountering a storm at sea.

Anyway, the East India Company didn’t have many troops in Batavia. According to the captive Dutch navy general, their own navy, army and mercenaries totaled less than 2 people. It was enough to bring [-] infantry. .

As for the remaining 90 infantry, it is not too late to send ships back to pick them up according to the subsequent expansion.

The speed of the people on the Aegis ship is quite fast. It may take less than a quarter of an hour for five or six thousand infantry and sailors to rush in through the more than ten hatches of each Aegis ship.

Seeing the speed, Taichang hurriedly explained a few words to Xu Guangqi, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and others, and then took Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and several staff generals to the flagship.

About a quarter of an hour later, the twenty Aegis ships had indeed closed their hatches, declaring that everything was ready.

Taichang immediately waved his hand and said decisively: "Let's go!"

The flagship quickly left the pier, followed by Aegis ships and Dragon Fang warships one after another, and thousands of Spike warships approached slowly on both sides.

The combination of ships will definitely not be able to enter the dock, because more than ten Spike warships are connected to the sides of the Aegis and Dragon Fang warships, and the width has already exceeded the distance between the two docks.

Therefore, both the Aegis ship and the Dragon Fang battleship must leave the dock before they can be combined with the Spike battleship.

The sailors and soldiers have been practicing the process of merging and dismantling the ship for more than a month, so it is naturally very quick.

At this moment, there is no need to stop the Aegis Ship, the Dragon Fang Warship, and the Spike Fang Warship. All the ships only need to keep driving at a low speed at the same time, and they can be combined while moving.

The Aegis ships and the Dragon Fang warships just left the port one by one, and the Spike warships approached quickly, and then there was a burst of deceleration, parallel, and connection, and the operation was smooth and smooth.

The Daming Navy Fleet is like a giant dragon that keeps growing in size, getting wider and stronger, the scene is truly spectacular.

In less than half an hour, the ten-mile-long dragon completed the fusion, and then gradually accelerated, heading straight to the south.

The route from Wubei City to Batavia is more than [-] miles, and it is impossible to reach Batavia in one step.

Because the entire fleet has more than [-] troops, the consumption of food and fresh water is quite astonishing.

The food is good. Thousands of ships, large and small, can carry more than [-] troops with food for several months.

Fresh water is not enough, and the water tanks on thousands of large and small ships in the entire fleet are all filled, which is only enough to consume more than [-] troops for more than ten days.

So, they had to make a resupply trip midway.

And this supply point, Taichang, was directly set at the Guangzhou Zuowei of the Guangdong Metropolitan Command and Envoy, which is opposite to Macau, which was leased by the Portuguese.

There is the mouth of the Pearl River, so there is not much fresh water.

Moreover, Guangzhou Zuowei is right in the middle of the route from Wubei City to Batavia. After the supplies are finished, they will be able to drive to Batavia within ten days.

The first half of the route was along the coast of Daming, and they didn't have to deliberately leave the coastline too far, and it was impossible for a sudden sea storm to blow near the coast, so they didn't encounter any sea storms during the first half of the voyage.

The dragon-like fleet sailed south for about eight days, and Guangzhou Zuowei arrived.

The Ministry of War has already written a document to build a large port here. At this moment, there are already fifty or sixty large and small piers protruding densely along the coast, which looks spectacular.

Taichang gave an order, so the ships immediately began to disintegrate, and in less than half an hour, thousands of ships docked at their respective ports.

At this time, he was staring at the small fishing village next to him with binoculars, lost in thought.

That's where the Portuguese rented out.

Because the Portuguese helped Daming purchase Franco cannons in the last years of Wanli, and they also sent people to help Daming train a large number of artillerymen.

However, he is about to go to war with European countries at this moment, no matter how embarrassing he is, he has to be expelled!
Otherwise, wouldn't it have planted a huge hidden danger in the mainland of Ming Dynasty?

He was frowning and meditating there, when Sun Chuanting suddenly whispered behind him: "Your Majesty, Guangdong Chengxuan Political Envoy Zuo Buzheng Lin Yuan led a group of officials to welcome him at the pier. Would you like to meet them?"

Hearing this, Taichang thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "Well, I happen to have something for him to do."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and led Sun Chuanting and others to the pier.

At this moment, Guangdong Chengxuan Political Envoy Secretary and a large number of officials from the Guangzhou government are waiting in line on the pier.

Taichang didn't say anything to the other officials. After paying respects, the monarch and ministers called out Lin Yuan and said, "Go and refund the rent to the Portuguese, and let them move out within three months."

what?
Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment, but still cupped his hands and bowed: "My minister obeys the order."

The huge naval fleet of Ming Dynasty must have been seen by the Portuguese too. Such a huge naval fleet is beyond the reach of the popular maritime overlord Netherlands, and of course the already outdated maritime overlord Portugal cannot do it.

Taichang thought that people shouldn't dare to talk too much, so they should just get out of the way.

Unexpectedly, that afternoon, when he was discussing how to attack Batavia with Sun Chuanting and others, Qin Yiming, who was in charge of guarding the port, ran over in a hurry, bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the general manager of the Guangdong Municipal Bureau of Shipping brought a Portuguese ask to see."

This is strange, the Portuguese dare to come to him?

He thought for a while, and said lightly: "Bring it here."

These guys are afraid that they don't know how terrifying the Daming Navy battleship is from a distance, so let them take a closer look. Anyway, as long as they don't see the steam engine, they will be fine.

Soon, the Shibo Secretary brought a tall and strong Portuguese over.

Taichang asked directly: "Why do you want to see me?"

Nashi Bosi quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is the Portuguese mercenary leader De Sierra. He once led people to drill our Ming's gunners. Now he heard that Daming is going to withdraw the Portuguese stronghold here. , so I beg the officials to bring them here and ask the emperor if they can be hired again to serve the Ming court, because they don't want to go back to Portugal."

These guys don't even want to go back to their country!
What is going on here?
Daming has an army of more than two million at the moment, do you still need any mercenaries?
(End of this chapter)