Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 618
"Compensation for ceding land?"

This word is so new, it is the first time Yu Qian and Zheng Chenggong have heard of it.

Since the founding of the country by Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty has established a system of no marriage, no compensation, and no tribute.

It can also be said that in the more than 200 years of history from then to now, no matter how cowardly the emperor is in power, he has strictly enforced this rule.

Even if the emperor was captured, none of them negotiated compensation with their opponents to cede land, let alone exchanged women for peace.

The vassal states and dependent states in the history of the Ming Dynasty also belonged voluntarily and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty voluntarily.

Even in the heyday of Zheng He's voyages to the West, Ming Dynasty did not force them to pay tribute.

But today the emperor actually asked to sign an unequal treaty with the four western countries, asking them to pay compensation and cede land.

The idea of ​​the emperor made all the generals look dumbfounded, but they soon came back to their senses, and there was a burst of warm applause at the scene.

Once upon a time, Ming Dynasty was so powerful that it was able to make other countries cede territory and pay compensation.

More than a year ago, the Ming Dynasty was still full of rogues, and the Eastern Captives also occupied the entire area outside the Great Wall, threatening our country and territorial integrity at any time.

The emperor's words made the soldiers of the Ming army excited, and they immediately wanted to carry their guns to the battlefield.

Yu Qian, Zheng Chenggong and other generals all bowed down in front of the emperor, shouting:
"Your Majesty Shengming, long live my emperor, long live!"

Mrs. Zhu Youjian raised her hand:
"You Aiqings are flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the generals retreated to the sides, and Zhu Youjian suddenly remembered another thing:

"Yu Aiqing, don't send Cruy's confession for now, wait until the combined fleet of England and Portugal is defeated."

Yu Qian hurriedly cupped his fists and cupped his hands:

"According to the purpose"

With one sentence from Zhu Youjian, he immediately reminded the generals present that the war is not over yet.

Zhang Shantang had just joined the officialdom of Daming, so he didn't know much about the situation of Daming Navy and Huangming Island.

He was worried about the safety of Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong, so he hurried forward and bowed to salute:

"Your Majesty, I heard that the joint fleet of England and Portugal is going to attack Huangming Island. Should we immediately send the fleet to support King Ding?"

Zhu Youjian said confidently:
"It's okay, Huangming Island is not something that a mere nine sailing warships can break through. Ai Qing doesn't need to worry."

Before Zhu Youjian finished speaking, a Jin Yiwei hurried in and bowed in front of Zhu Youjian:

"Your Majesty, General Huang Fei seeks an audience."

"Oh, I must have come to support Luzon, but it's a pity that I came late and missed a big battle, Zhao!"

"According to the purpose"

Jin Yiwei led the order to leave the hall, and soon Huang Fei walked into the hall.

"See Your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly:

"Excuse me, why did Aiqing come to Luzon, and what is the situation in Ceylon?"

Huang Fei cupped his hands and replied:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, General Yan Yingyuan learned that the United Fleet is attacking Luzon, and immediately sent someone to inform the minister to come to Luzon for support."

But another fleet suddenly appeared in Malacca.

When Weichen passed by the waters of Malacca, he found that the battle had already started.

Weichen immediately commanded the battleship to support Malacca, and joined forces with Yan Yingyuan and Li Yingwai to defeat the invading enemy in one fell swoop.

What Huang Fei said surprised all the generals present. They did not expect that there would be a fleet attacking Malacca.

Zhu Youjian was also surprised, and hurriedly asked:

"What is the extent of the damage in Malacca? Are there any casualties? Does Ai Qing know who attacked Malacca?"

Zhu Youjian asked several questions in one breath, and Huang Fei hastily replied truthfully:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, under the command and defense of Yan Yingyuan, Malacca was as solid as a rock. Not only was it not damaged, but it also sank two warships of the opponent. The fleet attacking Malacca was the joint fleet of England and Portugal."

Huang Fei's words made Zhu Youjian feel like thousands of grass and mud horses galloping past.

"I'm going. The English and Portuguese warships that left the United Fleet actually changed their course halfway to attack Malacca. Fortunately, Yan Yingyuan is here, otherwise they might be caught off guard."

The facts are just like what Huang Fei said, the English are really cunning, they know that their strength is already weak, and they dare not go to Huangming Island at all.

As the residence of the Imperial Guard of the South China Sea of ​​the Ming Dynasty, and also the freight center of Asia, Huangming Island must be heavily guarded.

They had a total of five warships and four armed ships, and they wanted to eat Huangming Island. The English thought that was a fantasy.

Besides, even if they were lucky enough to win Huangming Island, they would only make wedding dresses for the Dutch people.

So after discussing with the Portuguese warship commander, they decided to attack the nearest Malacca.

Malacca is located in the Strait of Malacca, which is the main throat from Asia to Europe.

Once Malacca is taken, it will be jointly owned by England and Portugal.

At this time, the British Empire is still very weak and can only choose to attack.

But what they didn't expect was that they actually met a ruthless person in Little Malacca.

In history, Yan Yingyuan was able to hold Jiangyin for 81 days in the face of hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the East.

And he killed more than 7 soldiers of the Eastern Captives and a dozen generals of the Eastern Captives. Can he care about a small fleet?

When the United Fleet was ready to attack Luzon, Yan Yingyuan was ready to fight, just to prevent the foreign devils from attacking.

As soon as the English and Portuguese warships approached the waters of Malacca, Yan Yingyuan got the news.

He immediately led the army and civilians in the city of Malacca, boarded the fort and prepared to deal a severe blow to the United Fleet.

This small combined fleet came aggressively to the coast of Malacca and immediately set up a battle formation.

They didn't plan to bombard the city immediately at first, they planned to persuade the Ming army to surrender first, and it would be best to control Malacca without spending a single shell.

But as soon as he yelled a few nonsense, Yan Yingyuan gave an order, and more than 20 Shenwei generals from three forts spewed anger at the English and Portuguese warships.

A salvo of huge shells condescendingly sank an English warship and an armed merchant ship directly.

England had a total of a thousand people and five warships in Asia, and one of them was sunk suddenly. The frightened Major Bauer hurriedly sent an order to fire back.

However, the Malacca forts are all built on high places, and the range of the shore artillery is farther than that of the English naval guns. They have nothing to do with the forts.

Seeing that the coastal defense artillery of the Malacca Fort began to spew anger again, he had to send an order to retreat.

But just after the order was sent to retreat, the roar of the cannon was heard from behind.

"Come on, what's going on?"

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

Before Bauer could finish his sentence, a shell penetrated the side of the battleship he was on, and landed directly in the commander Bauer, crushing a dozen English soldiers to death on the spot.

"Major, something is wrong. There are three giant Ming ships behind our fleet, and they are firing at us."

At this time, the watchman ran in to report in a panic.

Bauer was shocked:

"What? How is this possible? The Ming warship should have a decisive battle with the United Fleet in Luzon."

Seeing that the major didn't believe it, the soldier stomped anxiously:
"Major, if you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself..."

"Rumble..."

Another shell bombarded the English battleship, blasting a big hole in the deck of the battleship.

"Quickly withdraw..."

(End of this chapter)