Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 224 The Queen’s craftsmanship is still as good as ever
  "Tiande, once the ship goes to sea, anything may happen. Natural and man-made disasters, no one can predict it. Therefore, this expedition may not even allow the body to return to its homeland, so Tiande, you must think carefully." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly.

Zhu Yuanzhang will do everything he can to make everything clear.

Xu Da looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a serious face and smiled.

He did not directly answer Zhu Yuanzhang's words, but looked at Zhu Xiang aside and asked: "Your Majesty, you just said that His Highness the Second Prince will be my soldier next, which means that in this expedition to Japan, His Highness the Second Prince Are you going to participate too?”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes, I want the second child to practice under your hands."

"Your Highness, the Second Prince, is not afraid. How could I shrink back? I have been in the army for half my life and have been through all kinds of storms. How can I still be afraid of mere Japanese pirates?" Xu Da sat down with a smile, stretched out his hand to tear off a roasted goose leg, and fiercely I took a big bite and my mouth was full of oil. "The Queen's craftsmanship is still as good as ever."

Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed when he saw this scene.

It has to be heavenly virtue!

At the court meeting on the second day, Zhu Yuanzhang directly issued an order and agreed on the Ming Dynasty's expedition to Japan.

Led by Xu Da, he dispatched 1000 troops and more than [-] warships in total.

After all, the purpose of sending troops this time was just to occupy the silver mines of Izumo Country, not to conquer the entire Japanese island.

This scale is completely sufficient.

These newly built warships of the Ming Dynasty are not only well-made, but also equipped with the latest artillery produced by the Yangzhou Arsenal.

This can be said to be the first expedition of the Ming Navy since the founding of the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to it, and the court also worked intensively.

All major departments worked closely together and cooperated in a tacit understanding.

No one dared to touch Lao Zhu’s brow at this time.

On the seventh day of August in the seventh year of Hongwu, Ningbo Port.

Warships were lined up neatly in the sea outside the port. On the treasure ship in the center was the flag of the Ming Dynasty and the flag of Xu Da himself.

port.

Zhu Yuanzhang and hundreds of officials came to see Xu Da off in person.

"Your Majesty, I am leaving now."

Xu Da was wearing armor that he had not seen for a long time. Not far behind him stood a row of soldiers wearing armor, waiting for Xu Da to board the ship.

"Tiande, don't have other thoughts about this battle."

Zhu Yuanzhang took his old brother's hand and said with a smile: "I know that I have been panicking all these years. When we get there, we can fight how we want. Don't worry, just let us fight! It's best to attack the Japanese island directly. Beat it down!"

"His Majesty."

Hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Xu Da's expression was a little complicated.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's last words were in a joking tone, after all, these [-] people were fighting against the Yun Kingdom's troops, but since he could say it like this, it meant that he really didn't care about this matter now.

Xu Da's expedition this time was destined to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty.

If he comes back with a great victory, he will have accomplished something that even the ancestors of the former Yuan Dynasty could not do.

With such great achievements, he will probably be crowned king by then.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew this, and Xu Da also knew it.

It was precisely for this reason that Xu Da, the military god of the Ming Dynasty, stayed away from the frontline battlefield because he had reached the point where he could not be sealed.

If it were Zhu Yuanzhang before Yang Xian presented the world map, he might be very concerned about this matter.

Xu Da may really be locked up in the capital for the rest of his life.

But now, after seeing the sea of ​​stars in front of him clearly, Zhu Yuanzhang's vision and structure suddenly opened up.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heroic spirit in his heart. It's like adding fuel to the fire.

Compared with these days and countless nights, I studied the world map alone in Yangxin Hall and secretly formulated the grand blueprint.

It doesn't matter whether he can be granted the title of King with a different surname or not.

What's more, the first prince with a different surname was given to his brother, so Zhu Yuanzhang would have no objection.

"Brother, don't think about what you have and what you don't have."

"How many fierce battles have you Xu Tiande fought in your life? Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, and how many enemies have fallen into your hands, including Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, and Yuan Dadu. You are worthy of being a king!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words are tantamount to making it clear directly.

"You are the military god of the Ming Dynasty. It is a waste of your talents to bow down in the court. There will be countless battles for you to fight in the future, as long as you can still fight by then. We will wait in the capital this time The news of your victorious return will give you a solid kingship and shut up those civil servants!"

Xu Da's eyes flashed, and he felt that Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him seemed to have changed.

Emperor Zhu disappeared, as if the big brother from back then was back.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, Xu Da was able to keenly detect the changes in Zhu Yuanzhang.

The thoughts become more and more deep and unpredictable.

When the heroes were given great titles.

The second brother, Tang He, only lost one marquis in the end.

No one knows what Zhu Yuanzhang is thinking in his heart. He is moody. Even he, Tang and the two sworn brothers of Zhu Yuanzhang are the same. Sometimes, even Xu Da will feel scared.

But Zhu Yuanzhang, standing in front of him at this moment, exuded that kind of ambition.

It seemed to take Xu Da back to the time when Zhu Yuanzhang and his twenty-four generals from Huaixi left Haozhou alone to conquer the world.

Xu Da also had a smile on his face.

"I will definitely fulfill my mission!"

Xu Da said and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang, then turned and walked towards the treasure ship in the port.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the shore of the port, watching the warships sailing into the distance, and finally disappeared completely from sight.

On the second day at sea.

Xu Da saw a small group of Japanese pirates on the sea.

He held the navigation telescope specially made by Yang Xian in his hand and saw these Japanese pirate ships from a long distance away.

The Japanese pirate ships are all small boats, and there are only a dozen or twenty people on board at most.

As for the Japanese pirates on the opposite side, because they were so far apart, they didn't realize that something was wrong.

When the distance was slightly closer, some black spots appeared in their field of vision, and these black spots continued to increase.

The Japanese pirates rubbed their eyes with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Anyone with sailing experience knows that these black spots seen on the sea represent ships.

But there are so many black spots in front of me that it is impossible to count them at a glance.

what is happening?
  The Japanese pirates could not figure it out no matter what. They must know that the direction in front of them was the coast of the Ming Dynasty.

After the Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban, no ships were allowed to go to sea. Where did the ships come from?
  But soon, they knew the answer.

When they got closer, these Japanese pirates saw majestic warships appearing in their sights.

On these warships, the flag of the Ming Dynasty is fluttering in the wind!

(End of this chapter)