Smuggling Daming

At the mouth of the Musi River in the old port, a fleet led by Qu Lie quietly left here, and then rushed eastward all the way to the northeast of Java Island.Although not many people knew about him when he left the old port this time, the size of the fleet was very large. The entire fleet consisted of [-] new Warren battleships and a large number of supply fleets. In addition, there were [-] newly formed ships accompanying him The Marine Corps can be said to have concentrated the most powerful troops in the whole of Nanyang in Ming Dynasty.

Qu Lie standing on the bow of the flagship is in high spirits, because he is the supreme commander of this huge fleet, and the mission of this fleet is to destroy the last power in Nanyang that does not belong to Ming Dynasty, that is, the light power on Java Island. Mu Kingdom, this is a dream opportunity for a general, because it not only symbolizes that Qu Lie can use this opportunity to make contributions, but also symbolizes the court's trust in him.

Thinking of himself personally commanding a fleet to destroy a kingdom, Qu Lie couldn't help feeling excited. Speaking of which, the highest general in Nanyang should be Shenying, but now that Shenying is getting older, he intends to train people like Qu Lie and Chang Xiao. He was a general for half a year, so he suggested to Zhou Zhong that Qu Lie lead the troops alone. After Zhou Zhong considered it, he finally agreed, and the battle against Danmu Kingdom fell to Qu Lie.

However, after Qu Lie got excited, he calmed down slowly and began to seriously consider the advantage plan for Danmu Kingdom this time. After all, he is also an experienced admiral, and he understands that the more he is in battle, the more important he is to be a general. The more you have to be calm, if you just hold your blood and think that the opponent will be captured without a fight if the army is overwhelming, you will definitely suffer a big loss.

Speaking of which, the rise of the Danmu Kingdom was not very long, probably more than 30 years ago.Raden Pata, the indifferent prefect of northeastern Java, took advantage of the collapse of the Marabash Kingdom.Founded with the support of Muslim merchants.Claiming to be the Sultan of Danmu, he regards Islam as the state religion, but the Kingdom of Danmu is also tolerant of other religions.

After Raden Pata established the Danmu Kingdom, he began to expand. In the past 30 years, he has been expanding outwards almost all the time. Now the Danmu Kingdom has controlled most of Java Island, and even extended its influence to Jinzhou there.Unfortunately, it was defeated by Qu Lie and his men. From then on, the Danmu Kingdom stopped expanding when they saw Daming's military strength. .

The capital of the Danmu Kingdom is called Sura, and it is probably located in the Surabaya area of ​​the later generations. It is a very prosperous port city. Nearly half of the production on the entire Java Island is transported out through this port. It can be said that the entire The foundation of Danmu Kingdom.In order to protect Sura's safety, Raden Pata specially built a powerful navy.Although it cannot be compared with the navy in Ming Dynasty, among the previous Southeast Asian countries, it has never had an opponent.

The goal of Qu Lie this time is to capture Sura City, the capital of the Danmu Kingdom. After all, this is not only the birthplace of Raden Pata, but also the foundation of the entire Danmu Kingdom. Ta escaped, and they had no hope of making a comeback. This was the conclusion reached after the Governor's Mansion collected a lot of information.

Qu Lie was still a little distressed about the attack on Sura, a large port city, because the Governor's Mansion gave him the order to attack Sura and at the same time keep the port of Sura intact as much as possible. After all, such a large It would be a pity if a port was completely destroyed by war.Of course, although Sura is important, Zhou Zhong does not allow Qu Lie to risk the life of the navy. The premise of saving Sula is to minimize the casualties of the navy. It can't compare to the Nanyang Fleet that I just formed part of.

It is a completely contradictory order for Qu Lie to occupy the entire city of Sula even if he cannot use human lives to fill it. This is naturally a difficult problem for Qu Lie to take care of. So since he just left the old port, he I have been thinking about this matter in my heart, but unfortunately, until the fleet reached the sea off Sula, I still didn't have any clue.

Sula Port is located on the northeast coast of Java Island. A long peninsula named Madura Island just separates Sula from the open sea, forming a natural bay, and at the junction of Madura Island and Java Island. , but is separated by a long and narrow strait, allowing ships to travel between the bay and the open sea through the strait, forming a very good natural port.

The warships in the Ming Fleet were tall and had a deep draft, so they couldn't pass through the narrow strait south of Madura Island, so they had to bypass Madura Island from the open sea before entering the bay of Sula Port.But what Qu Lie never expected was that just as his fleet was about to circle Madura Island, a Nanyang boat appeared on the sea directly in front of the fleet.

This small boat looks very ordinary, it is the kind of small boat that Nanyang people often use, but this boat is bigger than a fishing boat, and it looks safer than a fishing boat.Originally, according to the rules of the fleet, ships that encountered Nanyang natives at sea would be sunk immediately. After all, this is Nanyang, and these natives should not be allowed to reveal the whereabouts of the army, but this time the warships in front did not dare to directly The sinking of this Nanyang small boat was to be decided by Qu Lie himself, because there was a big flag on the small boat with a big Chinese character-"Shi" written on it.

Although I don't understand the meaning of the word "Shi", but since it is written in Chinese characters, the owner of the ship is probably a Han. After all, there are many Han immigrants in Nanyang, and Java is the most prosperous island in Nanyang. There are also many I heard that some time ago, there were Han people from Java relocated to Malacca and Old Port.

Qu Lie also felt a little strange when he heard the report from the battleship ahead, so he immediately sent a small boat to make contact with the other party, but the person he sent quickly came to report, saying that the owner of the small boat ahead was indeed a Han, but a very old man. The old lady kept saying that she wanted to see Qu Lie.

Qu Lie was taken aback when he heard that the ship owner of the other party turned out to be an old woman. No matter if there were pirates or businessmen on board, it was understandable, but the presence of an old woman alone was really puzzling. A very old woman, going to sea at such an age?This is so strange.

Things went wrong, and the other party only had a small boat, so there was no threat at all, so after thinking about it for a while, Qu Lie immediately asked people to take all the people on the other party's boat. He really wanted to see if these people were fighting what idea?

After a while, all the people on the Nanyang boat were sent to the deck of the flagship. Qu Lie took a look and saw that there were not many people on the other side, only eight dark-complexioned natives. It is a boatman who is rowing a boat, and in front of the boatman, there is an old woman with crutches in her hands. She looks very old with goose skin and white hair, and she must be at least 80 years old. Beside the old woman, there are A middle-aged man with the appearance of a native of Nanyang supported her.

Those boatmen were directly ignored by Qu Lie. He looked up and down at the old woman in charge, and saw that although the other party was old, she had an extraordinary bearing. Standing on the warship and facing his general, he didn't even have the slightest expression of embarrassment. , and even acted very calmly, which is not something ordinary people can show.In addition, although the middle-aged native next to the old woman tried his best to look calm, Qu Lie could still feel a little nervousness in the other party's heart.

"The old man pays homage to the general!" After seeing Qu Lie, the old woman leaned on a cane and saluted him.

"Old lady, you don't need to be too polite. I wonder what Madam's intention is to block the way of the army?" Although Qu Lie felt that the appearance of this old lady was very strange, but seeing her age, she also looked like a man. She was dressed like a housewife, so she couldn't help being a little more polite when speaking.

"Hehe, don't be alarmed, general. This time, I came here alone. I only brought a few boatmen and a adopted son with me. There was no other ambush. As for the reason why I came to find the general, it is of great importance. Please tell me Come out of a quiet room and allow the old man to explain in detail." The old woman said with a kind smile on her face.

Qu Lie led the army for many years, so naturally he would not fully believe the old lady's one-sided words, but he didn't show anything on his face, but asked with a smile: "The old lady is a Han Chinese on Java Island, I don't know what to call her?"

The old woman could also see that the Ming general in front of her was still worried about her, and it seemed that she had to reveal her identity, so she sighed, took out a seal from her bosom and said: "Da Ming Old Port Consolation Envoy Shi Er Niang, I will pay my respects to the General again!"

"Comfort envoy of Jiugang?" Qu Lie was stunned when he heard this strange name. He didn't remember that there was such an official position in Jiugang, but fortunately he had presided over the military administration in Jiugang for a period of time, and he also knew something about the local history. He quickly thought of the identity of this old woman, and immediately exclaimed: "You...you are Shi Jinqing's daughter, Mrs. Shi?"

"Hehe, I am the eldest daughter of my family, but I have an older brother. According to the rules of Nanyang, others call me Shi Erniang, but according to the rules of our Han people, they call me Da Niangzi." The old man The woman smiled again, although the tone was joking, but she admitted her identity.

Hearing that the other party confirmed his guess, Qu Lie couldn't help but look up and down at the old woman in front of him with an incredible gaze. If the other party is really Shi Jinqing's daughter, that is, the legendary second sister Shi, then the other party is at least Qu Lie was extremely surprised to see a centenarian in such a harsh environment as Nanyang. (To be continued..)