My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 848 Send Troops

"Your Highness, the immigration resettlement at the Chennai Port is progressing smoothly. Now the area around the port is quite popular. It is estimated that it won't be long before Chennai becomes a good port on the east coast..."

In Shi Zhan's house, Li Qi, who had just returned from Chennai, was reporting to Zhu Zhanhe the immigration situation in Chennai.

"You have done a good job with the immigration matter. After the agriculture in Chennai stabilizes, the follow-up business will have to keep up. After all, there is no business without wealth. Chennai also needs to encourage the development of business and attract some businessmen to invest in building workshops and Shop.”

After listening, Zhu Zhanhe gave instructions again.

"What His Highness said is absolutely true, and I also think so. Therefore, when I met with businessmen organizing disaster victims in Chennai, I also told them about Chennai's encouragement of business, and I hope they can buy properties in Chennai."

Li Qi nodded repeatedly.

"Very good, you are responsible for the immigration matters, I am very relieved!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe also praised again, and then he asked the other party about some immigration situations. Li Qi answered them one by one, and finally withdrew.

As soon as Li Qi left, he saw Zhu Gaoxu walking in. Behind him was an old man with gray beard and hair. It was none other than General Zhang Xing. Because he was old and had high prestige, he was now in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army and the Han Dynasty. military training, as well as the formulation of some strategies.

"Father, General Zhang, why are you here together?"

Zhu Zhanhe hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.

"Your Highness, there is a battle report from Zhang Zhong. He has led the navy to eliminate the pirates around Mufas Port, so I would like to ask for instructions on the next step?"

Zhang Xing then opened his mouth to report that the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion is in charge of the world's troops, and all kinds of military intelligence will also be gathered into the Governor's Mansion. In contrast, the Ministry of War mainly manages some logistics and clerical matters and will not intervene. The management and deployment of the army are obviously different from those in the Ming Dynasty.

"Father, what do you think?"

Zhu Zhanhe did not answer, but asked Zhu Gaoxu.

"I think it's almost time. That boy Zhang Zhong is doing things smoothly, and he is very calm when he arrives in Mufas. In the name of suppressing pirates, he should be familiar with the situation in the Mediterranean. Besides, isn't Venice always urging us to negotiate with us? Do you want to send troops together? Just agree to them and drive the Ottomans out of the Mediterranean as soon as possible and feel at ease earlier."

Zhu Gaoxu directly waved his hand and said, as the emperor, the entire Han army is under his control, so he knows the military strength of the Han better than anyone else. The naval power in Zhang Zhong's hands is enough to sweep the entire Mediterranean.

"Since my father also agrees to send troops, I have no objections!"

Zhu Zhanhe also nodded when he heard this.

It’s time to clean up the Mediterranean, especially the Ottoman forces. Before Mufas came to Han Dynasty, Zhu Zhanhe also promised him that he would first clear out the Ottoman naval forces, thereby damaging the reputation of Murad II and creating a better country for Mufas. Fas created the conditions for his return to the Ottomans, and now is the time to do so.

"Okay, in that case, I will give the order today for Zhang Zhong to contact the Venetians, and both parties will jointly send troops to wipe out the Ottoman navy!"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately agreed.

In fact, with the strength of the Han navy, it is completely possible to destroy the Ottoman navy on its own. However, the Venetians have been at war with the Ottomans for many years and are very familiar with the situation of the Ottoman navy. In addition, as local snakes, the Venetians are more familiar with the sea conditions of the Mediterranean than the Han people. Therefore, Sending troops together with them can also save Zhang Zhong a lot of trouble.

So Zhu Gaoxu gave Zhang Zhong the order to send troops that day, and Zhu Zhanhe also started to get busy. Because the army was going on an expedition, logistics must not hold back. Especially this time the troops were sent, it was related to the interests of the Han Dynasty in the entire Mediterranean, and it was absolutely critical. Nothing can go wrong. Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe personally took charge of logistics, and he temporarily took over the Ministry of War. Orders were issued one after another, and various supplies began to gather at Beizheng Port. They were loaded onto large ships and transported to Port Suez, and then through the canal to Port Mufas.

Half a month later, Zhang Zhong, who was resting in Mufas Port, also received an order from Zhu Gaoxu. This made him very excited. After preparing for so long, the battle was finally about to begin.

"General, that Barcelona is here again!"

Before Zhang Zhong could give the order for the entire army to prepare for war, he saw only one soldier rushing to report.

"You came just in time, I was about to see him too!"

Zhang Zhong laughed and said.

During this period, Venice kept sending people to see him, wanting to discuss jointly sending troops, but Zhang Zhong refused. Firstly, he wanted to familiarize himself with the situation in the Mediterranean, and secondly, he could not send out troops without permission from the court. Now that the court's order finally came, he could give the other party an accurate answer.

So the soldiers rushed away, and after a while, they saw Basa walking in quickly. When he saw Zhang Zhong, he immediately saluted and said: "Greetings to General Zhang!"

"No need to be polite, what's going on with the Ottomans recently?"

Zhang Zhong was not in a hurry to tell the other party about sending troops, but asked about the situation on the Ottoman side.

"General, after we pushed back the Ottomans last time, although they suffered a lot of losses, they quickly recovered due to their national strength. Recently, they organized some warships to harass our maritime trade routes, causing us a lot of trouble. No small loss.”

Barca answered truthfully.

A small country like Venice would suffer a lot from fighting a big country like the Ottomans. Not to mention anything else, the competition in national strength alone would be too much for them.

For example, Venice seems to have a lot of ships, but most of them are merchant ships. They usually transport goods and are not a professional navy. In contrast, the Ottomans are a professional army. They do not need to consider interests, they only need to attack and harass. It would make Venice miserable.

"Don't you guys have a way to deal with this situation?"

Zhang Zhong asked again.

"Yes, there is. For example, the Governor has been actively persuading the Parliament recently to prepare to send out the navy again to attack the Ottoman harbor, forcing their navy to return reinforcements and fight us decisively, and strive to defeat them in a battle, so that we can be stable for a few years. .”

Barca replied again.

However, although what Barcelona said is the truth, it conceals a key factor, that is, the parliament does not support the plan to fight the Ottomans. The previous war has caused them heavy losses. Although they are being harassed now, they can at least maintain business. The benefits are high, so they are unwilling to start the war lightly.

"If you can force the Ottomans to fight, I can send troops to help you!"

Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)