Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 466 Fire!
Emperor Zhu's pitfalls have always been a series of pitfalls, and they are all naked pitfalls.

For example, Emperor Zhu planned to hold a joint maritime military exercise with the Ottomans. The real purpose of Emperor Zhu was to lead the Ottoman navy to ambush England to support the fleet of the British East India Company. As for intimidating Mahmud II and the Ottoman navy, it can only be considered It's a matter of cuddling grass and beating rabbits, and doing it with hands.

Moreover, Emperor Zhu was not worried that Mahmud II and Alexander would jump out of the pit.

Whether it is Mahmud II, Alexander, George III, or Franz II, they all know very well that the alliance between Ottoman and Tsarist Russia, England, and the Habsburg family itself is because of interests. They are loose and cannot be put on the bright side, and they are full of suspicion and calculations with each other. As long as there are enough interests or threats, their so-called allies may rebel at any time, and they are simply unreliable.

As long as the Ottoman navy ambushed the English fleet with the Tianzi fleet of Ming Dynasty, no matter how Mahmud II explained it, George III could no longer believe everything Mahmud II said, including Alexander and Franz II. The world will no longer believe it.

Because the loss of the English fleet was real, George III had to find a sufficient reason for the loss of the fleet. Alexander and Franz II were pure suspicion.

After carefully calculating the plan to deceive people, Emperor Zhu suddenly ordered: "Send someone to send a letter to the Nanyang Fleet, asking them to separate a fleet to go to Male to ambush, and wait for the fleet from England to support the East India Company to arrive in Sri Lanka immediately. Cut off the retreat of the English fleet."

When Emperor Zhu said this, Zhu Jianying suddenly felt a little confused.

According to Emperor Zhu's original plan, when the Tianzi fleet ambushed the English fleet with the Ottoman navy, it should "accidentally" let an English warship escape, so as to pass the news of the joint military exercise between Ming and Ottoman back to Europa.

If nothing else, the remaining English fleet should be wiped out in the waters near Cape Arsay.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu now said that England will support the East India Company's fleet to reach Sri Lanka?

After thinking about it, Zhu Jianying asked directly, "I heard from you that the old man seems to be planning to spare the English fleet and let them go to Sri Lanka to support the East India Company?"

Emperor Zhu nodded with a smile, and asked back: "Then you might as well guess, why did we do this?"

Classmate Zhu Jianying shook his head slightly and said, "I can't guess what you're thinking, you can't just want to see the excitement of the English fleet and the East India Company, right?"

Emperor Zhu chuckled and said: "As the saying goes, killing people should punish their hearts—England's maritime military strength is not too weak. Although the barbarians of the East India Company are afraid of our Ming Dynasty, they may not be without a trace of luck in their hearts. .”

"So, our plan is to destroy England's fleet supporting the East India Company, wait until they are about to reach Sri Lanka, and wait until the barbarians of the East India Company can see the English fleet before completely destroying it. Cut off all hope of them when they think they can escape."

"In this way, even if the East India Company entrenched in Sri Lanka has any remnants, they will not have the idea of ​​​​resistance, and the follow-up will naturally be left to our Ming Dynasty."

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When Emperor Zhu was still figuring out how to use the Ottoman navy to drive a wedge between the Ottomans and Sand Goose and other countries, and figuring out how to use the English fleet to complete the murderous plan against the East India Company, Howard and Little Wallace, who were far away in Sri Lanka, The three of them, Sergeant and Marshall, have fallen into despair.

That's right, before they could fully implement Emperor Zhu's plan, or see the English fleet destroyed with their own eyes, Howard and the others were already in despair.

Just as Emperor Zhu analyzed, those dwarfs of the Wa Kingdom are really too crazy - as long as someone shouts "For His Majesty the Ming Emperor, onboard", those dwarfs of the Wa Kingdom will risk their lives and launch a charge.

The dwarfs with abnormal brains don't care about their own life and death, but the soldiers of the East India Company who are out for money do care about their own life and death.

As the saying goes, those who are arrogant are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of dying. Those dwarfs who are desperate will naturally be able to press the East India Company soldiers who are greedy for life and fear of death to rub wildly on the ground.

In just a dozen days, the East India Company had already lost most of its defenses. Even if Howard and the others distributed firearms to those miners and offered them heavy rewards, it was useless.

It's not that Howard and the others really expect the Tianzhu miners to defeat the dwarfs of the Japanese country-for Howard and the others, as long as those Tianzhu miners can hold back the dwarfs of our country, it is already a great achievement.

After all, there are tens of thousands of miners, not tens of thousands of pigs. Even if they are allowed to be caught by those dwarfs, they will have to be caught for a while, right?

However, Howard and the others didn't expect how hip those miners were—most of the miners recruited to Sri Lanka by the East India Company were the third brothers of Tianzhu, and the third brothers always liked to engage in non-violent non-cooperation.

When the East India Company distributed weapons to those Tianzhu miners, the first choice of those Tianzhu miners was not to risk their lives to fight the dwarf, but to run away or simply throw down their weapons and start to sit quietly during the war. They were divided, surrounded, and captured by those dwarfs.

In other words, the East India Company dumped a lot of ordnance on those Tianzhu miners, but in the end they all made it easier for the dwarfs of the Japanese country.

What happened next made Howard and Lace vomit blood even more.

The Tianzhu miners who were obedient to the Japanese slaves became very brave when they were recruited by the Japanese slaves and turned around to fight the East India Company.

Faced with such a strange situation, Howard was going crazy: "Can any of you tell me what's going on with those damn diaper heads? Let them go to fight the dwarfs and run away and surrender at every turn. Do we dare to charge forward when we are fighting?"

Asked by Howard, the temporary conference room suddenly fell into a strange silence.

Not to mention that Howard couldn't figure out why, Wallace Jr. and Marshall also couldn't figure out why such a weird situation happened.

Little Wallace said with a gloomy expression: "What benefits can those dwarfs promise them? Freedom? Or money? We have already promised them these things before, and the bounty is still very high."

Marshall couldn't help but echoed: "We even promised them that after defeating those dwarfs, we would let them join England and let them become members of the civilized world, but even so, their performance was still poor, but Under the hands of those dwarfs, he behaved very... um, heroically."

Although it is against his will to use the word heroic to describe the performance of the miners, Marshall now doesn't care to think about any suitable words.

After a slight sigh, Marshall continued: "Mr. Howard, now is not a good time to study those Tianzhu miners—I have to remind you that we have lost too many positions. If the reinforcements cannot arrive within half a month When we arrive in Sri Lanka, we are afraid that we will completely lose our last piece of ground, and at that time, we can only surrender to those short people, or disperse and find ways to escape."

Howard's face suddenly darkened.

As Marshall said, the East India Company had lost too many positions, and there were only a few positions left in its hands.

More importantly, no one knows how long the remaining few positions can last-although Marshall's implication is that it can last for about half a month, but Howard and Wallace Jr. I knew in my heart that the so-called half-month statement was complete nonsense.

If only the few remaining positions can last half a month, then the East India Company would not be able to lose again and again when they first fought against the dwarfs.

After being silent for a while, Howard said: "Don't worry, we have sent the news back to England early, and the reinforcements will definitely arrive within half a month."

However, Little Wallace snorted disapprovingly: "Then within half a month? We have tried many methods, including asking for help from the military base of the Ming Dynasty, including organizing miners, but the final result was One defeat, one defeat, now who can guarantee that we can last another half a month?"

As Little Wallace's voice fell, Howard's face suddenly changed, and he asked: "Little Wallace, what are you talking about? What do you want to express?"

Little Wallace sneered and said: "What can I say? What can I express? In fact, the three of us know very well that with the strength in our hands, it is impossible to last another half a month, and the fleet of England does not It may arrive in Sri Lanka within half a month."

Howard snorted coldly: "And then? Little Wallace, you are questioning the strength of the English navy!"

Little Wallace curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Do I still need to question this? Before His Majesty George III decided to attack France inexplicably, how much loss did the English Navy suffer?"

Speaking of this, Little Wallace quickly said again: "We all know that the reason why those dwarfs suddenly went crazy was completely instigated by the Ming people! So, even if England sent a support fleet, so what? Couldn't the people of the Ming Dynasty be prepared in advance? Can the English fleet defeat the fleet of the Ming people?"

Howard and Marshall were speechless for a moment, and it was not until a long while before Howard asked in a deep voice, "Then what do you think?"

Little Wallace took a deep breath and said: "My idea is to give up Sri Lanka! We still have a few warships in our hands, enough for us to leave Sri Lanka with the remaining soldiers, whether we choose to return to Europa, or simply Finding a place where there is no Ming Dynasty navy to be a pirate is much better than staying in Sri Lanka and waiting to die!"

Howard quietly looked at Little Wallace and Marshall, but saw that Little Wallace and Marshall's faces were full of despair, but their eyes looked at him with hope.

Howard knew very well in his heart that Wallace Jr. and Marshall had been scared by those crazy dwarfs, and they didn't want to stay in Sri Lanka to face those crazy dwarfs.

Including Howard himself, also does not want to continue to stay in Sri Lanka to die.

However, to the disappointment of Little Wallace and Marshall, Howard did not agree with Little Wallace's proposal. He just sighed and said: "Although we still have battleships, what about the supplies? Those dwarfs won't give us The opportunity to evacuate. Also, in this world, where is there no military base for the Ming people?"

Little Wallace suddenly became excited, and shouted: "Then we can't stay here and wait to die! If it is really impossible, we can still surrender to the Chennai military base of the Ming Dynasty! Do you understand surrender! Just raise your hands, We're safe!"

Seeing little Wallace gradually falling into madness, Howard's heart sank, and then he looked at Marshall again.

To Howard's despair, Marshall was nodding!
Marshall said in a low voice: "We surrendered to preserve the fire of the East India Company. This is not shameful-especially the English navy has been severely damaged. It is impossible for them to send many reinforcements to support us."

Howard looked at Marshall, then at Little Wallace, and then at his broken arm. Howard finally discovered in despair that he wanted to surrender in his heart too!
After laughing out loud, Howard shook his head slightly, and said to Wallace Jr. and Marshall: "From now on, I will step down as the general manager of the East India Company. You two should discuss who will take over."

Marshall was taken aback, and asked, "Mr. Howard?"

Howard raised his broken arm and laughed at himself, "I want to surrender too, but the pride of the knights tells me that I shouldn't surrender to the Ming people."

Little Wallace snorted coldly and said, "So, Mr. Howard intends to stay in Sri Lanka and continue to fight those short bastards to the end? Or is he planning to leave Sri Lanka and find a place where there is no Ming military base to become a pirate?"

Howard naturally heard the sarcasm in Little Wallace's words. After all, Howard had already rejected the proposal to leave Sri Lanka to become a pirate.
After shaking his head slightly, the expression on Howard's face has become very calm: "I plan to end my life in order to preserve my dignity - don't worry, I didn't mean to laugh at you, it's just me being a loser , the last resistance against fate."

Howard walked uneasy.

When Howard ended his life, Mahmud II had brought the Ottoman Navy and Imperial Guards to join the Emperor Ming.

To everyone's surprise, the Ottoman Guards actually infiltrated the Ottoman Navy, and then chose to open the film when the fleets of the two sides were about to come into contact!
(End of this chapter)