Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 412 The Bright One, The Sun and the Moon

Zheng He left, together with Wang Jinghong.

Today's Ming Dynasty is really different from before. Zhu Zhanhe still remembers that when Zheng He sailed to the Western Ocean, the entire fleet consisted of more than 151.18 ships, among which the scale could reach 61.6 meters in length and 63 meters in width. There are [-] ships.

The general fleet is composed of horse boats, horse boats, warships and Zheng He's handsome boats. All around are warships carrying firearms. From the outside to the inside, there are warships, horse boats and boats. The center is Zheng He and handsome boat.

With such a scale, it is already invincible in this world. It can be said that it is completely equivalent to driving an aircraft carrier fleet to knock on your door in later generations, telling you that we are friends, right?
Zhu Zhanhe vaguely remembered that there was a record in the history books: For some reason, wherever he went, although he could not understand the language, all countries were warm and friendly.

Whether this record comes from "History of Ming Dynasty Zheng He Biography", "Western Fan Guozhi", or "Yingya Shenglan", Zhu Zhanhe doesn't remember clearly, he only remembers this sentence.

At that time, Zhu Zhanhe just took it as a joke. After all, it is really fun to say that you drive an aircraft carrier fleet to your door to make friends, but now that he has experienced it himself, he can only sigh.

But now, Daming's sea power is even closer.

This voyage can be said to have used almost all the sea power of the entire Ming Dynasty, including Zhu Zhanhe’s accumulation in Xiangzhou Mansion over the years, and the rest is only enough for war supplies and backups to prevent accidents. .

The two fleets that set off this time, Zheng He's fleet did not have much change, but the number of ships in the fleet has increased from more than 290 to more than [-], which can be counted as [-] ships .

From this point of view, it seems that there is not much change. After all, it has been dormant for more than ten years, and after Wu Wang's lineage took control of the imperial court, the increase of less than a hundred ships has been exchanged. This is indeed a bit small.

But in fact, there were two fleets that went to sea this time. In addition to Zheng He's fleet, there was also Wang Jinghong's fleet.

Wang Jinghong, who followed Zheng He back then and could only act as a deputy, is now serving as the commander of the ocean alone.

In terms of scale, Wang Jinghong's fleet and Zheng He's fleet can be said to be exactly the same. The number of ships is slightly more than [-], and the number of warships is relatively large, and the number of ships is correspondingly reduced.

This is also normal. After all, Wang Jinghong's voyage is to pass through the doorsteps of the kingdom of Aragon, the Kingdom of Castile, and the Kingdom of Grape Sprouts. He also got the English Channel to block the English.

Compared with Zheng He, Wang Jinghong's fleet has relatively more combat missions and a higher degree of danger. Such adjustments are inevitable.

However, in addition to blocking the English Channel and stopping the Englishmen going south, Zhu Zhanhe also gave Wang Jinghong the task of doing business.

Now money is not so important to Zhu Zhanhe, but he still needs food, and business, besides food, can help Zhu Zhanhe achieve other goals.

For example, spreading something across the land of France or even England.

It can be regarded as laying the foundation for the future.

In any case, this trip to sea can be said to be shocking, far beyond the world's cognition, and even more beyond people's cognition than the treasure fleet in the Yongle period.

Exceeded to what extent?

Probably because the Suez area could no longer accommodate so many ships, so that Zhu Zhanhe could only let Zheng He's fleet and Wang Jinghong's fleet set off separately.

One departs from the Mediterranean coast in the Suez area, and the other departs from the south coast of the Asia Minor Peninsula, which is the easternmost sea area of ​​the Mediterranean Sea.

As for how such a huge two fleets passed through the Tunis Strait between Sicily and North Africa, how they passed through the Strait of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean Sea, and how to deal with the possible maritime attacks from the Kingdom of Grape Sprout and other countries, that is Zheng He and Wang Jinghong. thing.

In terms of naval warfare, Zhu Zhanhe didn't have much experience, let alone such a large-scale naval warfare experience, but Zheng He and Wang Jinghong had wiped out pirates and the country of Mount Ceylon when they sailed to the Western Seas in their early years.

In this aspect of experience, Zhu Zhanhe thinks he is not as good as the two of them.

Zhu Zhanhe has one advantage, that is, he never pushes Lai to dictate what he is not good at, and he is more willing to leave things to professional people.

Because he knows very well that doing so can be more efficient.

In any case, almost half of the Yongle Dynasty's effort was poured into it, coupled with the accumulation of Zhu Zhanhe's ten years of dormancy, the huge sea overlord that was finally created finally set sail at this moment.

Constantinople.

Zheng He and Wang Jinghong, one set off from the Suez area, and the other set off from the bay on the south coast of the Asia Minor peninsula. Zhu Zhanhe in Constantinople could not see them from this cape.

Even if the size of these two fleets is the largest in the world, even the combination of all the ships of other countries may not be as large as the fleet of the Ming army this time.

After all, the treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty was a sea giant with a length of more than 150 meters, a width of more than [-] meters, and a displacement of more than [-] tons. The Magellan fleet, which completed the so-called circumnavigation of the world a hundred years later, was no more than [-] ships long or short. rice.

However, knowing that he couldn't see it, Zhu Zhanhe still stood on the cliff on the coast, looking at the west from a distance, as if he was trying to see through the mist on the sea that fleet that would shock the world.

"Your Highness, it's cold, it's time to go back."

Zhu Sanfeng, who had been following Zhu Zhanhe not far away, waited for a long time before speaking.

Zhu Zhanhe sighed softly, took a last look at the west direction with some nostalgia, turned and walked towards the gate of Junbao.

In fact, at this moment Zhu Zhanhe has not realized how far he has gone.

If Zheng He's fleet successfully reaches America, whether it is North America or South America, Ming Dynasty will truly reach the level of the so-called empire on which the sun never sets in history.

The three continents of Asia, Europe, and the United States span all the longitudes of the entire earth, which has basically reached the level of the so-called empire on which the sun never sets.

but……

If he knew, Zhu Zhanhe might be a little excited, but it was only a little excited, because he knew very well that there is still a difference between the sun never setting and the sun never setting.

The nominal never-setting sun is not worthy of praise, only the substantive never-setting sun is barely enough.

Besides, the bright ones are the sun and the moon.

In the history of Ming Dynasty, because of the so-called Confucianism Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism, because of the so-called heart of benevolence and righteousness, the Heavenly Dynasty ascended to the kingdom, and gave up the opportunity to start the age of great voyages in advance.

Now, he's just making up for it.

……

Papal State, Rome.

The news of the Daming Fleet’s oceangoing fleet cannot be concealed from anyone at all, firstly because Zhu Zhanhe didn’t intend to hide it at all, and secondly because the scale of the fleet is really too big to hide it even if he wants to .

What's more, the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire have been staring at the Ming army.

Therefore, after receiving the news of the Deming Fleet going overseas, Martin V, Sigismund, and Francesco immediately gathered in Rome to discuss countermeasures.

Perhaps it is inappropriate to say the distance, because Francesco did not come on his own initiative, but was called by Martin V and Sigismund, and he himself did not want to come.

Because he knew very well what Martin V and Sigismund called him to come over at this time and after the Ming army made such a big move.

There is only one possibility, that is, they think that Daming sent out all the ships on this voyage, even if they didn't send out all the ships, it would definitely have a great impact on the sea power.

Calling Francesco at this time is nothing more than taking advantage of this opportunity to send troops to Daming.

"I advise you to give up this unrealistic idea."

In the secret room under the Roman church, Francesco unconsciously knocked on the table while persuading Martin V and Sigismund.

"A person who can fight all the way from the far east to our doorstep, and has fought continuously for 18 years, do you think he would make such a low-level mistake?"

"Yes! You can think that he is playing tricks and pretending to be a tiger, but why is there no possibility that he will do the opposite?"

Martin V and Sigismund looked at each other when they heard the words, and both saw hesitant expressions on each other's faces.

Facts have proved that there is no such thing as a perfect person in this world, and everyone has flaws of one kind or another. In terms of ruling and fighting, there is no one in the East and the West who does not make any mistakes.

Martin V and Sigismund made the mistake of being a fan of the authorities.

In just two years, the entire Balkan Peninsula could be said to have fallen, and all the waters on the western side of the Mediterranean Sea have been reduced to a paradise for the Ming army, where they are rampant.

Such a huge loss was something that Martin V and Sigismund had never tasted before. This bitter fruit called failure was a bit too bitter in taste, making them eager to spit it out and taste something sweet.

This is true.

Zhu Zhanhe did not send all the ships out for the sake of the so-called face issue. In the past 18 years, he has done more than just fight and kill people in Japan, Indochina, and Delhi Sultan.

If a future environmentalist sees what Zhu Zhanhe has done in the past 18 years, especially in the past few years after he got the blueprint of the treasure ship, he will definitely scold Zhu Zhanhe for fishing in the dry lake and destroying the environment.

However, Zhu Zhanhe didn't care.

In his view, as long as there are desires and enemies, it is necessary to exchange the environment for development, otherwise it will only make you fall further and further behind, the beatings you suffer will become more and more painful, and you will eventually go down that road Use the environment for the road of development.

I have to leave anyway, so why not leave sooner?If you leave early, you can still walk in front of everyone, at least you don't have to be beaten.

Therefore, the two ocean-going fleets of such a large scale did not appear out of thin air, but at the cost of a large number of forests.

Similarly, this also allowed Zhu Zhanhe to leave enough sea power.

If they really thought like Martin V and Sigismund and took advantage of this opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the western part of the Mediterranean Sea occupied by the Ming army, then they really fell into Zhu Zhanhe's trick.

Luckily for them, however, Francesco was still awake.

But for Zhu Zhanhe, this should be regarded as a pity. After all, what he is most confident at this time is not the army on land, but the fleet at sea.

If Martin V and Sigismund lost their minds because of their eagerness to win, then the Ming army might have entered Rome.

It's just that there is nothing if about time.

(End of this chapter)