The Ming Dynasty court was paying attention to Nanyang. Although it was said that Portugal was just a small overseas country, Zhou Chong and others knew that Portugal's maritime strength was also amazing. Although the Ming Dynasty's navy made rapid progress, if you were not careful, there would be

Possibility of defeat.

It is precisely because of Zhou Chong's words that the court was worried about the war situation in Nanyang. After all, with the development of maritime trade in recent years, the important position of Nanyang has been highlighted, especially the rich products in Nanyang, and more

It has a huge attraction to the Ming Dynasty, so no one wants to see that Nanyang is in trouble now.

However, compared to those uneasy ministers, Zhou Chong lived a more leisurely life because he knew that there would be no trouble in Nanyang. After all, his hard work in the past few years has not been in vain. Not to mention anything else, Malacca alone

The two Nanyang squadrons stationed with the old port are not vegetarians. Unless the Portuguese can send more than 60 warships at once, they will not be able to defeat Malacca. According to Zhou Chong's understanding, the Portuguese are in the Indian Ocean.

The naval strength has never exceeded thirty warships, so he is not worried at all.

But not worrying is one thing, and the arguments in the court are another. The reason why he made the situation in Nanyang so serious was that he had two plans. The first is to let the court consider losing Nanyang.

The serious consequences brought by it. After all, the Ming Dynasty did not make much effort to include Nanyang into territory. Zhou Chong and a group of people were all working, so for the court, it was too easy for Nanyang to get it.

, and things that are too easy to get will not be cherished. We can take this opportunity to let them understand the importance of Nanyang.

In addition, the situation in Nanyang is a bit serious. In the future, Wang Shouren and others defeated the Portuguese. This will make it difficult for them to make contributions, and in the future, the rewards from the court will be even heavier. The methods of seeking credit by frontier ministers are commonly used by the means of seeking credit.

This was learned by Zhou Chong from Shenying.

Wang Shouren and the others really lived up to Zhou Chong's trust. Two months after receiving the news of the Portuguese invasion for the first time, war reports came from Nanyang again. The first time they sent was a document to report victory, and Wang Shouren personally took charge of Malacca.

The Strait of Malacca almost wiped out the invading Portuguese fleet, including sixteen of which were sunk and six surrendered, and only three Portuguese warships fled back to Goa, India with injuries.

Zhou Chong was a little unbelievable at first about the results reported by Wang Shouren. After all, the Portuguese are not weak. Although Zhou Chong believed that Wang Shouren and others could repel the opponent's attack, it was difficult to wipe out the Portuguese warships like last time.

But unexpectedly, Wang Shouren actually gave himself a surprise. Only three of the twenty-five warships escaped. This was a very brilliant battle result. However, the detailed battle report has not been sent yet, so Zhou Chong didn't know that Wang Shouren and the others were.

How did you fight?

A few days later, the results of the battle written by Wang Shouren were finally sent over. This time, the Sihai Governor's Office dispatched two fleets, namely the Nanyang squadron led by Qu Lie and Shen Zhou, one to lure the enemy and the other to cut off the Portuguese retreat.

, an ambush was made in the narrowest section of the Strait of Malacca. As a result, the Portuguese fleet could not advance or retreat, and finally under the attack of front and back, the entire fleet finally collapsed.

However, the Portuguese were still very tenacious. Even if the fleet was dispersed, most of the warships still chose to fight to the end. It is estimated that this is the same as Zhou Chong captured the Portuguese before, but in the end he refused to let Portugal redeem it.

They used it as slaves, and as a result, the Portuguese soldiers still chose to resist to the end even though they knew they were unable to defeat. After all, even if they died in battle, they were better than being slaves for life.

It is precisely because of this that the last sank of Portuguese warships reached sixteen, and the remaining six warships were beaten and lost their ability to resist. In the end, they were captured by the Ming Dynasty. As for the remaining three

It was under the desperate cover of other warships that they rushed out of the encirclement and fled back to India.

This naval battle that took place in the Strait of Malacca is called the "Malacca Battle" in history. This is also the first real naval battle between the East and the West. In the last battle in Malacca, Zhou Chong mainly relied on sneak attacks to seize the Portuguese.

The real decisive battle of the warship is on land, so it is not considered a Shanghai war at all.

The Navy Battle of Malacca ended with the victory of the Ming side, but with this brilliant result, the two Ming Nanyang squadrons participating in the battle also paid a considerable price. After all, this is a real battle after the Nanyang Fleet was formed.

Naval battle, so Qu Lie and Shen Zhou both regarded this naval battle as a test of themselves. After the naval battle began, both sides used their greatest strength to fight head-on. As a result, out of the fifty warships that participated in, ten warships were used.

It was sunk, and the twelve warships were severely damaged and had to be pulled back to the shipyard for overhaul. The remaining dozen warships were also traumatized to varying degrees.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty won the naval battle in the end, and it was fighting at home, so although the warships sank a lot, most of the soldiers on the sunken warships were rescued. Therefore, although the warships suffered great losses, the personnel were

The losses were not much, which was also a blessing in disguise. Moreover, after actual combat inspection, these soldiers will definitely be able to improve themselves in the future and become elite troops in the Ming Navy.

When Zhou Chong received the war report from Nanyang, he was overjoyed for a moment. After destroying the Portuguese fleet, there was no Portuguese army in India. Next, Wang Shouren and others sent troops into the Indian Ocean.

To completely occupy there, several port strongholds on the coast of India needed to be completely occupied by Portugal, so the Portuguese had to withdraw from India.

"That's great. This battle has brought about the morale of our Ming Dynasty. Wang Shouren and Shen Ying both need to be rewarded!" In the leopard room, Zhengde patted the war report from Nanyang with an excited expression.

"Brother, the reward is second. Now most of the Portuguese power in India has been destroyed by us. The strongholds in India are in the weakest period, which is just a good opportunity for us to send troops to pick the fruits.

Controlling several ports in India will not only benefit our maritime trade, but also earn greater benefits. For example, ivory, gems and other commodities in India are very popular in our Ming Dynasty!” Zhou Chong

He said with a smile that he had long been envious of the interests of India. Not to mention anything else, just a Sri Lankan gem gave him enough reason to send troops.

Zhengde is not a bully master either. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he is known as the lord of the world, but he has been provoked by the Portuguese several times. This is simply an invasion of the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhengde has no good feelings for the Portuguese. Now

He also said with great joy when Zhou Jin knocked down Portugal's stronghold in India: "Okay, that's what it should be. I will issue an order to Wang Shouren and the others, so that they can do it as much as possible, and I'll forgive him for being a little bit.

Portugal can’t make any big waves!”

After praising Wang Shouren and Shen Ying, Zhengde did not forget the contributions of this younger brother in Nanyang. After all, Wang Shouren and others used to take action with Zhou Chong, and Zhou Chong made an indelible contribution to Nanyang's current situation.

So after Zhengde praised Wang Shouren and others for a few words, he also rewarded Zhou Chong with the court. However, Zhou Chong was already the prince, so he could only reward more property and land. Zhou Chong did not refuse this. After all, if he did not accept it, he would not accept it.

If it were the case, Wang Shouren and others would not dare to accept it.

"Second brother, although Wang Shouren and his team fought well this time, you have always been responsible for the Nanyang side, especially now that they are going to send troops to India. I am worried that Wang Shouren and his team do not have experience in this area, so the Nanyang side is in trouble.

Brother, you have to worry too much. If you have any ideas, just ask Zhang Yong to draw an imperial edict to send it over so that they will not do good things into bad things!" Zhengde suddenly spoke at last.

However, Zhou Chong smiled bitterly when he heard this. Zhang Yong was the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Silijian. Zhengde's imperial edict was issued from him. However, the only person who could make Zhang Yong issue the imperial edict was Zhengde, but now Zhengde has taken this

Power has also been given to myself. Although it is just a matter of the Southern Ocean, it is too shocking.

"Brother, I will naturally pay attention to Nanyang. If you have any ideas, I will discuss with you in time. If the emperor thinks it is feasible, it will not be too late to ask someone to write an order at that time. There is no need to ask me to find me.

Zhang Yong drafted an order again." Zhou Chong refused helplessly, let alone he could not agree now, even if he did not know the greatness of the world, he would probably soon lead to the impeachment of the censor led by his father-in-law Wang Lun. He did not want to be with him

Those censors who were dedicated to leaving their names in Qing history competed in the arena.

Seeing that Zhou Chong was unwilling to directly interfere in the government affairs, Zhengde smiled and said, "Second brother, what else can we have to do with brothers? Your words are mine. Anyway, my father only has two sons. Look, I am busy with government affairs every day.

After busying, you don’t even have a rest time. As a younger brother, you should share a little bit of it for your brother!”

Zhengde is becoming more and more shameless now. He is indeed busy, but he is busy playing around, such as Zhou Chong's billiards and feather tables. Zhengde plays almost every day, and there is one that has developed.

Football that has become rugby is Zhengde's favorite. He formed a royal rugby team with Jiang Bin and others. It is said that he has played in military academies without any opponents. If he had not had a special identity, Zhengde probably had brought the rugby team to Beijing City.

Rugby game.
Chapter completed!