Chapter 85 The Prince’s Decision

When the prince heard Zhang Mao say this, he felt reluctant to leave.

After Zhang Mao was with the prince for so many years, the prince has become accustomed to it.

Since studying in the main hall, Zhang Mao has been his right-hand man. This time, Zhang Mao went out to generals and soldiers, and the prince felt a little reluctant and uneasy.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he found that there was no one under his command who could replace Zhang Mao.

In fact, if the Ming Dynasty commanded the troops, if the generals who were alone on land could catch a large number of them. Even if there were many generals who were not visible and did not leak water, they would have been born with many battles at a glance.

Absolutely trustworthy.

In ancient times, the best way to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army was to fight often, and the army that had just won the battle was the strongest combat effectiveness.

Afterwards, it slowly declined.

And now this is how the Ming Dynasty is.

Although twenty years have passed since the decisive battle with Wasai, the generals in the court are now middle and low-level officers who fought with Wasai at the time. These generals have war experience and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army can also be maintained, but it is not as good as when they just won.

But there is no trustworthy person in the naval battle.

The only one who can choose the prince is Zhang Mao.

The prince thought about it and took a long sword from his side. He said, "Tingmian, you know this long sword. It was given to me when my father taught me to practice swords when he was a child. Today I will lend it to you and send orders to the upper and lower troops in the army. Your order is my order. Anyone who does not obey the order will hold this sword and kill it."

Zhang Mao was moved in his heart, knelt down and took it with both hands, saying, "I must not accept your entrustion. No matter what the situation in Nanyang is, I dare not say that I will protect the old port here, but there is absolutely no problem in safeguarding the Nanyang Guard."

Without further ado.

Zhang Mao was about to catch up with the last monsoon and prepared for three days almost day and night. He prepared 20,000 naval forces, more than 50 large and small ships, sailed and sailed directly across the South China Sea and headed straight for the Nanyang Guard.

Although it is smooth sailing, it will take three or four days to arrive.

Not to mention, Zhang Maomen who were heading south quickly.

News from Nanyang continues to ferment in the Ming Dynasty.

On the one hand, the prince informed all parties of this news, such as Wang Ying from Quanzhou, and more importantly, the location of Zhu Qizhen in Nanjing.

Wang Ying did not need any notification, because Wang Ying knew about this matter only a little later than the prince. Although Quanzhou was not the largest port in the Ming Dynasty, the Fujianese's network of relations on the sea was no worse than the official intelligence network of the imperial court.

Almost at the same time as Wang Ying received the news, he submitted a memorial to the prince and requested to attack in advance. The purpose was not for the Nanyang Guard, but to avoid the worst outcome.

As a result, the imperial court lost all its foundation in Nanyang, and it was necessary to choose another place to settle down.

Wang Ying's choice is Sulu.

In ancient Philippines, it could be divided into three countries: Ma Yi, Luzon and Sulu.

The development of ancient Philippine civilization was a little later than that of other Southeast Asian countries. The southern part of the Philippines was far more developed than the north. Sulu was located in the southern part of the Philippines, near Boni.

There are still records of war between the two countries in history

The reason why Wang Ying was so anxious about Sulu was because Sulu was also a country that believed in Hui and Islam.

Because Sulu was a small country, he was always close to the court. Even during the reign of Emperor Taizong, King Sulu did not want to return to his country at all, so he asked to attach it many times.

The relationship between Sulu and the court has always been good.

But this is before.

Before this, Wang Ying did not expect that the thick eyebrows and big eyes would betray the court. Now, Wang Ying is suspicious of anyone. No matter what changes Sulu happens, the court will control Sulu and prepare to attack Boni.

The prince naturally approved it.

He then made his own decision to change the Nanyang plan and wrote a letter to Zhu Qizhen.

When Zhu Qizhen received the detailed changed Nanyang plan, it was already the spring of the 45th year of Orthodox.

Although the spring snow has not yet melted, there is a hint of spring, and the east wind has not arrived yet, but the north wind has not had much time.

What Zhu Qizhen saw was not just the prince’s memorial.

Although it has been more than two months since the Mantaojia Shock Change, the impact on the Ming Dynasty has just arrived.

The biggest impact is the severance of the Chinese and Western waterways.

As mentioned earlier, the largest market in the world today is the internal market of the Ming Dynasty. But it doesn’t matter if the trade between the East and the West is no longer important. You should know that the trade of several Southeast Asian countries is the foundation of their founding, just like the sacred and sacred.

He relies on geographical advantages and enjoys commercial trade and becomes a regional power.

The goods from the Strait of Malacca to India and Arabia are still the largest foreign market in the Ming Dynasty. I wonder how many people are consuming the benefits of this line.

Now, on this route, the port that can be called the throat is full of prickly, that is, Malacca, which rejects Chinese ships. It will naturally affect a considerable number of people.

This effect is fermenting.

Zhu Qizhen still doesn't know when it will really break out.

However, Zhu Qizhen knew that it would definitely explode.

To be honest, Zhu Qizhen still has some expectations for this kind of outbreak.

If the Ming Dynasty could change the Shilin public opinion because of its interests and support foreign wars, as long as this precedent was set, the valve of the Ming Dynasty's maritime expansion would be opened in the future.

Although almost everyone knows that this result was due to Zhu Qizhen's intention, and this result deeply hurts their interests.

But most people dare not take a look at each other, and can only vent their emotions on the Masaga.

First, it is Zhu Qizhen's authority and cannot be shaken at all. Second, what is there to oppose Zhu Qizhen? The best way to face losses is to open the waterway as soon as possible.

So they can only support the war.

If a considerable number of interest groups can benefit through war, then Zhu Qizhen will not work hard to find a way to promote the next war.

Cats who taste the fishy smell will naturally find fish to eat.

Zhu Qizhen was waiting for the explosion of this force, and then looked at the prince's new plan.

The prince's new plan changed the plan to send troops in the second half of this year, and also changed the plan to conquer the sea and advance by water.

The offensive target of the East Road was determined by Boni, while the offensive target of the West Road was changed to the Mantaojia.

Needless to say, how to attack the East Road, there is a detailed explanation of the plan presented to the prince by Wang Ying before, but the attack plan of the West Road is to directly attack the Malay Peninsula. Attacking Beida Nian and other places in the northern part of the Malay Peninsula, after the army gained a foothold on the Malay Peninsula, it transported food by water, and the army crossed the mountains in the center of the Malay Peninsula and headed straight to Malacca.

This plan was proposed by Mao Rui, which is quite a bit avoiding the real and making the false.

After all, Mao Rui could not command naval battles. As long as he found a way to replace naval battles with land wars, no matter how many warships the full spears are, Mao Rui attacked the full spears from land. What should he do?

As for resistance on the road?

hehe.

Mao Rui never cared about it.

Even the infantry of Watshu was vulnerable before the infantry of the Ming Dynasty, let alone a mere country of egg-burning.

Mao Rui’s biggest concern is that the climate in Southeast Asia will trigger a large-scale plague.

Therefore, we must avoid midsummer. It is not that there will be no action this year. The task in the first half of the year is to attack the New Year area of ​​Peking University and gain a foothold here. After avoiding the hot summer, we will advance south.

Zhu Qizhen did not agree with the prince’s plan.

In fact, he was quite satisfied with the prince's decision.

In his opinion, there are veteran Wang Ying on the sea and Mao Rui on the road. They are all long-time generals. The plans they proposed may not be able to win big, but it is difficult to lose big.

Don’t show off Zhu Qizhen’s military qualities.

So, Zhu Qizhen followed everything and wrote some words of relief to make the prince calm. After all, if he becomes the emperor in the future, there will be too few such unexpected things.

After reviewing the prince's memorial, Zhu Qizhen saw again that there was only one joint memorial in Beijing's left-behind cabinet, which was to urge the emperor to return to Beijing. It was even said that the people in Beijing were panic, and some people were rumored that the emperor wanted to move the capital. My ministers were at a loss and asked His Majesty to return to Beijing to face it.

After reading this memorial, Zhu Qizhen had already had a personal name in the cabinet and said in his heart: "When did you go back to Beijing? You can't do it if you don't go back."
Chapter completed!