The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 316 The Influence of Xuande's Border Reduction

Li Dingguo nodded and said.

"can!"

"Habaidu can try to recruit them, and can report to the king for the food, grass, ordnance needed!"

"I will try my best to provide it!"

For Habai, Li Dingguo is still at ease.

As a Manchurian, Habai betrayed the Qing Dynasty and wanted to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

It can be regarded as completely cutting off his own way of retreat, and he has no other choice but to follow Daming all the way to Hei.

Perhaps in the Ming army, other parts of the soldiers and horses were desperate and chose to surrender to the Manchus.

For the sake of face and to show that they are firmly established in the country, the Manchus are orthodox in the world.

It is very possible to order to forgive these Ming troops!

Most people are sentenced to exile on the frontier at best!

Certainly not all of them will be killed!
But Habai's department is an exception!
If they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, there is no need to doubt that the Manchurians would definitely kill all the Manchurians who dared to betray the Qing Dynasty, leaving no one behind.

Han people hate traitors, and Manchus also hate traitors!

In order to keep their base of the Manchurian Eight Banners from appearing traitors, the Manchu Qing absolutely could not show any mercy to Habai and others.

Ha Bai clasped his fists and left, and Li Dingguo wrote a report on the battle at his desk.

After the eloquent report was written, Li Dingguo ordered people to send it to Luzon quickly.

Prepare to ask for credit for the soldiers under your command!
……

The sea is wide and endless!
On the blue sea, sparkling, the clouds in the sky cast large shadows on the sea.

Zhu Hongyu stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the flat and wide sea.

Just feel at ease!
Very happy!

The sea breeze with a slight smell of the sea, like a sympathizer's caress, gently brushed his cheeks, which was extremely comfortable.

Like emotion, like nostalgia, Zhu Hongyu said.

"The last time my navy from the Ming Dynasty arrived in the Banten Sultanate, it must have been during Zheng He's voyages?"

"200 years ago, my Ming fleet was ahead of the world, sailing across the sea, the farthest it ever crossed was Malacca, the entire Indian Ocean, and traveled as far as the bones."

"It's unexpected, but now I was bullied to the door by a group of foreign barbarians!"

"Although I don't want to admit it, Yang Yi has indeed surpassed my Ming Dynasty in terms of sailing and shipbuilding, and there is something worthy of my Ming Dynasty's learning."

"The 200-year sea ban has made me fall behind Yangyi. It's really bad to be complacent!"

Zheng Chenggong echoed from the side.

"What Your Highness said is true!"

After nearly a month of sailing, the Ming fleet was not far from Dutch Batavia.

Calculated according to the voyage, if there is no accident, the Ming army will reach the sea off Batavia in three days!

Zhu Hongyu continued to complain.

"They all say how good the rule of Renxuan was, the people lived in peace, and all businesses prospered."

"But the decline of my Ming Dynasty also started when Xuande shrank back and gave up the strategy of the grassland and Annan, and stopped voyages to the West."

Xuande's shrinking of borders directly wiped out the territory that Emperor Yongle had conquered for most of his life.

Like a dagger at the heart of the prairie, those guards that went deep into the prairie were surrendered by Xuande!

As a result, the Wala people grew bigger on the grassland little by little, and there was a civil fort change that overturned the Ming God of War!
The 50 elites of the Ming Dynasty's Beijing camp were wiped out, the nobles lost their power, and the civil service group grew bigger...

The Ming Dynasty completely started to play with Wen Tian and Wu Wu, and lost the motivation to expand and enterprising.

Abandoning Annan, Old Port and other places made Daming lose its bridgehead for expansion in Nanyang, and directly closed the door of Daming facing the sea.

The next sea ban even shut the windows!
Although in the short term, Xuande's border reduction did ease the financial pressure on the imperial court, allowing the people to recuperate.

But in the long run, how short-sighted is Emperor Xuande's actions?

If Emperor Yongle knew what his good grandson did, he might crawl out of the grave in anger and whip him!
Zhu Hongyu dared to complain about the shrinking of Emperor Xuande's side, but Zheng Chenggong did not dare, so he could only be silent on the sidelines.

Seeing this, Zhu Hongyu laughed, and changed the subject.

"Lao Taishan must have some understanding of the history of Western countries!"

Zheng Chenggong nodded in agreement.

"Yes Your Highness!"

"Especially the history of colonial expansion of Western countries, hearing it, makes people shudder!"

"The barbarism and cruelty of his actions are no different from those of animals!"

"Its colonial fleet burned, killed, looted wherever it went, and slaughtered the local people at every turn."

"Human trafficking, genocide..."

"Then spread its Western cult and destroy the local civilization!"

"Every time the old minister thinks about this, he feels a chill down his back!"

Being able to say this shows how strong the faith of Zheng Chenggong, a so-called Catholic, is!

Zhu Hongyu said with a solemn expression.

"Now the colonization of these foreigners has reached Nanyang. If I, Daming, can't cheer up, I will actively deal with it."

"The consequences could be disastrous!"

"Today's world is a world of great contention. The original Confucianism's gentleness, courtesy, and frugality are extremely important!"

"Now this world is a cruel purgatory Shura field, which cannot tolerate any warmth and kindness!"

"We must fight, we must expand, we must take up our swords and guns, and be ready to meet powerful enemies at any time!"

"Don't fight now, stand still now, wait until someone else's butcher's knife hits your head, if you want to fight again, it will be too late!"

"Da Ming must never give up on the ocean!"

"Danger comes from the ocean, opportunity comes from the ocean, wealth comes from the ocean, the future of the country and nation also lies in the ocean!"

"Now, driving the Dutch out of Nanyang and recovering Manjiga is the first step for my Ming Dynasty to go to the sea!"

When Zheng Chenggong heard the words, he knelt on one knee and said with a plop.

"The old minister is willing to be the king's pioneer!"

"Develop and expand Nanyang for me!"

Zhu Hongyu hurriedly lifted his old Mount Tai and said.

"Lao Taishan is the humerus of the country, so there is no need to be polite!"

At this moment, the watchman on Zhu Hongyu's ship rang the alarm.

Dangdang!Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang!

The siren sounded when the target was found, the sea wind became stronger, and the sails fluttered, bringing the warship a faster movement speed.

Zhu Hongyu picked up the binoculars and looked in the direction where the enemy came.

The quality of telescopes in this era is not very good, and the lens is not clear enough. Due to technical defects in polishing, when looking at distant scenery, it will be distorted.

But in this era, there are only such technical conditions!
Zhu Hongyu has no choice!

A huge fleet appeared at the end of Zhu Hongyu's sight.

The tricolor flag hangs high, and the snow-white sails seem to be connected with the sea.

The black hull is also quite conspicuous, and the sound of horns is faintly heard on the sea.

That's the Dutch fleet in Batavia!
The Ming army sent troops from Luzon, and the huge fleet rushed towards Batavia aggressively. The momentum along the way was so loud that it couldn't be concealed at all.

The Dutch had countless merchant ships in Nanyang, and it was easy to grasp the whereabouts of the Ming fleet.

Before the Ming fleet was about to reach Batavia, it was a normal operation to send out its own fleet to intercept it.

As the distance between the two sides continued to narrow, the atmosphere on a calm sea began to become more and more depressing.

The cloud of war is getting thicker and thicker!

……

Zhu Hongyu stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the Dutch fleet in the distance.

The Ming army's kitchen was ordered to prepare a fire for cooking, and the army began to prepare for battle.

(End of this chapter)