My Daming New Empire

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Although the Tamerlane Kingdom taboo against Ming Dynasty, they also need a trade channel to do business with Ming Dynasty and get Ming Dynasty porcelain, tea, and silk.

But this time before entering the bay, the former army reported back that the fleet of the Timurid Kingdom blocked the bay and strictly prohibited the Ming fleet from entering.

Zhu Zhan basically came to accompany Zhonghezi on the deck with the sea breeze blowing, discussing whether his condition would hinder his body, and when he heard the news, he immediately lifted his spirits.

"Raise the battle flag, let's fight first!" He clasped his fists at Zhonghezi and said, "Since there is a war, go there first, and talk to the Taoist leader when you turn back."

"Your Highness has already cultivated well, so there is no need to worry. Your Highness, please go ahead, the old Taoist is waiting for the good news."

Zhu Zhanji turned around and left, asking, "Why don't our fleet enter?"

Before the commander who reported the letter could speak, he heard the report from the eunuchs: "Dian Gong Zheng He, please see me..."

"Yangwu Marquis Xue Lu, please meet..."

"Dinghai Marquis Zhu Zhen, please see me..."

"..."

"..."

One report after another, all the senior generals who got the news came to see Zhu Zhanji.

"Xuan..."

When he came to the command cabin on the third floor, Zhu Zhanji was not in a hurry to ask questions. He waited until everyone had arrived before he asked: "In the past, when my Ming fleet came to trade, the Timur Kingdom didn't interfere. Why is this time?" Stop me from waiting?"

"The other party sent a letter of credence, Your Highness, please make a decision."

"Read!"

This letter of credence is full of thousands of words, the main meaning is that the previous fleet was only more than 200 ships and more than 2 people, but this time there are more than 8 people and [-] ships, and Hulumos has no reception capacity.So I hope that the Ming Fleet will only send merchant ships into the Gulf for trade, and they will not stop them.

After Li Liang finished reading, Zhu Zhanji sneered and said, "What do you think?"

Zheng He said: "The tea, silk, and porcelain of my Ming Dynasty are indispensable to the Timur country. Every time they purchase goods from my Ming Dynasty, in addition to their own use, many of them are traded with the Ottoman country to earn money. Take large profits, so they will not let go of this source of income."

Zhu Zhanji added: "I know they will trade with us, I just ask, how should I deal with it?"

Zheng He knew that it was Zhu Zhanji who forced him to express his opinion. In the past, he gave Zhu Zhanji some opinions or suggestions every time, but then every time it was inconsistent with Zhu Zhanji's original intention, so it would be scary if he made too many suggestions. Zhu Zhanji was disgusted.

But as an adjutant, he had to express his opinion, and immediately said: "Since Timur Kingdom knows that nearly 9 people and more than 800 ships have come from Daming this time, of course they will also know that His Highness has come together. If you don’t know, it’s obvious that you despise His Highness. I, Daming, will not be arranged by them, so I should take His Highness’s opinion as the most important thing.”

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Since the other party dares to block, let's fight first. My Ming Dynasty travels freely, and anyone who dares to block will be prepared to be sunk. Zhu Zhen..."

"The end is here!"

"Let the former army raise the battle flag, and I want everyone to sink all the battleships in front that don't belong to me!"

"Yes!"

Zheng He breathed a sigh of relief, what he said this time will not go against His Highness's wishes.

Xue Lu said a little excitedly: "Your Highness, my young army should attack Horumos for Your Highness, and snatch their treasury and dedicate it to Your Highness!"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "The Timurid Kingdom is not the same as Hurumos. Hurumos has the meat on the case and has to follow. Attack the city. However, the young army is ready and waiting for the order to attack the city."

During the Timur period, the capital of Timur was Samarkand.But after his death, because there was no successor, his sons and grandsons fought for the king, and his two nephews also rebelled.

In the seventh year of Yongle, Timur's grandson Khalil was arrested by the rebel generals. The fourth son Shahru took the opportunity to march into Central Asia, expelled the rebel generals, captured Samarkand, subdued the internal strife, and granted Samarkand to his son Ulu Bo.

From then on, the areas under the original Timur Empire, except western Persia, Iraq and Syria, eastern Persia and the middle of the river were all unified by Shahru.

He moved the capital south to Harleh, which is later Herat, Afghanistan, so as to control the Persian area, so the Ming Dynasty was called "Halleh Kingdom".

Today's Baghdad area also belongs to the Timur Empire, but it does not belong to Shah Ruh, but is ruled by his nephew, who just surrenders to him.

The ruler of Hurumos was originally the Black Sheep Tribe of Western Persia. Because it was located at the dividing line ruled by Shahru and his nephew Kumas, it survived. At present, Hurumos has also become their foreign trade port.

Their lord, Saifuddin, is a hard-working and honest man, caught between the two major powers, no one dares to offend, claiming vassalage from Daming, also in order to obtain some supplies through trade.

Zhu Zhanji had learned about the situation here in detail with Zheng He a long time ago, and never thought that Saifuddin would dare to oppose Daming, and now it is not only Shahru or Kumas who are opposing.

If it was Kumas, Zhu Zhanji would not mind going to Baghdad to plunder, but if it was Shahru, it would be difficult.

Because their capital is far away in Samarkand in the river, more than 4000 miles away from Hulumos, and even the new capital, Harleh, is more than 3000 miles away from here. Unless there is a special crusade, he has no time to deal with them here.

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Chapter 41 big win

When the battle flag on Zhu Zhanji's flagship was raised, the battle flags on each ship were raised immediately, and the busiest cargo ships at this time were those who were originally in the middle army. They had to hurry up and retreat to the rear army.

The mouth of the Persian Gulf is about [-] kilometers wide, and the distance between the front army and the middle army is also about [-] kilometers.Within this range, all warships that received the order immediately started a new round of position adjustments, leaving the Timurid warships on the opposite side stunned.

In today's era, almost all naval battles still rely on boarding battles.

Because although there are cannons, the range of today's small cannons is only a few hundred meters. When the two armies are fighting, almost a round of artillery fire has not yet been fired, and the ships of the two armies will collide.

Moreover, although Timur's navy sent [-] ships to block the front, they did not receive an order to go to war with the Ming fleet.

The admiral Amir who led the army to the expedition only thought that blocking the entrance to the sea and negotiating with the Ming Fleet would make the Ming Fleet retreat, and according to their intention, only merchant ships would be sent into the trade.

However, when Qian Zhuang, the commander of the First Fleet in the former army, and Wen Shaofei, the commander of the Third Fleet, saw through the binoculars that the battle flags were raised on the messenger ships that came to report the news, they immediately understood that this is His Highness. Let's talk about it after a fight.

In Bengkulu, he fought on behalf of the navy. Unfortunately, the navy only assisted the army in that battle, and only assumed the duties of transporting troops and clearing the coast.

Looking at Liu An in the young army, Yu Chengdong and the others have made great contributions again, but their naval achievements are only a little higher than Zhima, and their hearts are also extremely unbalanced.

Being ranked as the former army was also because Zhu Zhen deliberately wanted to give them some sweets to compensate them.

Because the former army also assumed the responsibility of surveying the nearby continent during the voyage.As long as the geographical location along the way is surveyed, it will be more or less credited.

What they didn't expect was that they would encounter an interception in Hulumos. This is a battle achievement!

Qian Zhuang is in the First Fleet. He has never been to sea before, but Wen Shaofei is different. He has traveled to the Western Ocean three times with Zhu Zhen and has rich sailing experience.

The Qianfeng Battalion also had Wen Shaofei as the commander-in-chief. Qian Zhuang had no objection to this.Although they are His Royal Highness's pro-military, but the control area is the waters within the territory of Ming Dynasty, the experience of this kind of naval battle is far inferior to that of the Third Fleet.

As soon as the incident happened, Qian Zhuang took the messenger boat to Wen Shaofei's flagship, wanting to see how Wen Shaofei dealt with it up close and gain some experience.

Seeing the battle flag on the messenger ship, Wen Shaofei cheered up, and said loudly: "The messenger, the vanguard battalion raises the side sails to make way for the left and right sides, the first fleet of Xinjiangkou Navy, the second fleet of Dinghai Navy, pull away Keep the distance between the boats, put the rudder two miles forward, and prepare for shelling."

Following his order, the flag bearer on the watchtower on the ship got the order, and started waving the flag on the watchtower, issuing semaphore, and the messenger ships also started to dispatch one by one, conveying more accurate orders to each ship. on board.

The sailors of the Timurid Kingdom saw Daming's ships raising their sails quickly, and thought they were about to attack, so they backed away in fright, preparing to block the route.

Most of their ships are two-headed light cargo ships, but hundreds of years of sailing experience have allowed them to accumulate rich shipbuilding experience. Most of their warships are more than [-] stone.