Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 256

South China Sea, west of Dongsha Islands, Beiweitan area.

The Dutch reinforcements sailed northward from Batavia, and more than a dozen warships sailed quickly through the wind and waves to Dongfan Island to assist Kuiyi in the battle.The fleet had just passed the Dongsha Islands, and suddenly encountered a strong enemy near Beiwei Beach.

There are many warships on the sea ahead, at least 150 warships.At the beginning were more than 30 ships flying the flag of the Kingdom of Portugal, and the warships parked behind raised the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty.

The Dutchman panicked and was also dumbfounded. The shock and confusion in his heart need not be less than Zheng Sen.What's the matter?

It turned out that after Li Cunming regained Haojingao, he had been paying attention to the situation in Dongfan Island.A few days ago, when he heard that Zheng Sen had captured the city of Proventia, he was wary of the Dutch reinforcements coming to disrupt the situation, and kept sending ships to the south to investigate. As expected, he learned that Batavia had sent a fleet.

Li Cunming decided to stop this Dutch reinforcements. First, it could ease the situation in Dongfan Island and trap Kui Yi to death;

The Dafu boat that Li Cunming was on was located in the middle of the army. He looked at the Dutch fleet from a distance, and said to Du Chen beside him: "We have reached an agreement to carry out in-depth cooperation. I have shown the greatest sincerity. Now It's your Portuguese turn."

"We Chinese value credibility the most. When you surrender, you need to submit a vote. Du Chen, kill these Dutch people, and it will be your vote!"

After listening to Li Leisi's translation, Du Chen said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we will not let you down!"

Then he waved his hand and shouted: "Attack!"

The Portuguese and the Dutch already had enmity, and the enemies were extremely jealous when they met.Du Chen commanded his more than 30 warships to rush out, and fired bombardment without saying a word.

Li Cunming sat down on a chair in his spare time. There was a table on the deck with a chessboard on it. He beckoned and said, "Chen Yuanyuan, come and play chess with me."

Chen Yuanyuan sat on the opposite side, but turned her head to look at the battlefield. Seeing the water column rising and the shells flying, she frowned and said, "Your Majesty, please be careful and go back to the cabin. I'm worried that the shells will fly over..."

Li Cunming interrupted her with a wave of his hand, and said with a smile: "If Du Chen can't even take down these ten or so Dutch warships, and let the shells fly to my boat, he can pack up and go back to his hometown in Portugal. I don't care." Cooperate with trash! Alright, let's play chess, I will teach you a new way of playing chess, called backgammon."

Then he calmly explained the rules of backgammon to Chen Yuanyuan, and played two games with her. Chen Yuanyuan quickly mastered this new way of playing.

She laughed happily: "The rules of backgammon are simple, and the result will be won or lost soon. I like this way of playing!"

"Playing chess is a game after all. The best game is that the rules are simple, but the way of playing is ever-changing. In fact, Go is the most in line with this principle. It is simple and unfathomable, and it should be the same when governing a country." Li Cun Mingdao.

Chen Yuanyuan played several games in a row and lost all of them, so she greeted Xia Wanchun and said, "Master Xiao Xia, come and play backgammon with me. I can't beat Your Majesty, it's boring."

"I'm not young..." Xia Wanchun stood at the bow of the ship, staring at the battlefield without looking back, "Your Majesty, the Dutch warships are huddled together and it is difficult to move. I think Du Chen's victory is in sight!"

The Dutch ships were very large, but the water near Beiwei Beach was not deep, and the strong ocean currents from the south made it difficult for the Dutch warships to huddle together and move.

In this case, the gunners on the ship were unable to conduct precise shelling, and all the shells fired flew over the heads of the Portuguese army.

When the Dutch army was in chaos, the Portuguese fired violently, and the artillery caused great damage to the huddled Dutch fleet.Among them, the hull of Kekeken, the largest flagship of the Dutch, was punctured, causing serious water leakage.

At the same time, Du Chen ordered the small ships to sail over at high speed, surrounded the Dutch fleet, and began a boarding battle.

Li Cunming could roughly judge the battle situation through the sound of cannons and gunshots. He looked up at Shi Lang and said, "General Shi, cheer for Du Chen!"

Shi Lang understood the emperor's intention and first asked the soldiers to beat the drums.Drums rang out, rumbling over the cannon.He also signaled more than a dozen warships to dispatch, pretending to sail to the battlefield.

The Dutch had already been battered, and they still found it difficult to deal with the Portuguese. Suddenly they heard the thunderous drums and saw the Ming army fleet approaching.

Because of serious water leaks, the Kekeken moved slowly, and fell far behind. Suddenly, a shell flew and smashed into the cabin.There was a huge explosion on board and the ship sank.

The explosion and sinking of the Kekeken completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the Dutch, and they ran away like a bereaved dog.

Du Chen led the fleet to pursue, and Ming Jin returned after a while.

Seeing Li Cunming, Du Chen smiled wrinkled all over his face: "Your Majesty, the Dutch army suffered a disastrous defeat in this naval battle. They lost 5 warships and hundreds of people died. They were unable to go north to support Kuiyi in a short time. Haha, I am Portuguese. Having had enough of the oppression of the Dutch, I finally feel proud!"

Li Cunming smiled and said: "Congratulations! Du Chen, we Chinese have a saying that it is better to tie up enemies than to settle them. What does it mean? It means that if you have too many debts, you will not worry about it, if you have too many lice, you will not be afraid of being bitten, and if you stand in the water, you will not be afraid of the sky." Let it rain. Now that you have made a bloody feud with the Dutch, do it again!"

Chen Yuanyuan almost couldn't hold back her laughter, she thought to herself that His Majesty is really too bad, it should be because enemies should be resolved rather than knotted, and he bullied Du Chen, a foreigner who doesn't understand Chinese.

Du Chen really foolishly said: "Yes, your Majesty is right! Your Majesty, should we go to Dongfan Island to attack Zeelandia City?"

Chen Yuanyuan finally couldn't bear it anymore, she lay down on the table and laughed.Xia Wanchun walked over and said, "Stop laughing, be serious! Come, I'll play chess with you."

Li Cunming walked to the bow of the boat, looked at the Dongsha Islands, and said loudly: "Shi Lang, send people to the island and plant our flag of the Ming Dynasty."

Shi Lang personally led several small boats, sailed to the Dongsha Islands, landed, and planted the flag.

And engraved words on a rock: "December 19, [-]th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor came here, and Shi Lang was ordered to leave a sign on the island as a commemoration."

After Shi Lang came back, Li Cunming ordered: "Soldiers, turn the bow and head towards Dongfan Island!"

The fleet turned around and headed north, the Portuguese were still in the lead, and the Ming Dynasty navy was postponed.Two days later, the fleet was very close to Dongfan Island, and the mountains on the island could be seen from a distance.

When Zheng Sen received the news, he was extremely surprised and sighed: "Chongzhen's behavior is difficult to predict. Why would he help me block the Dutch reinforcements? Now the situation on Dongfan Island is even more chaotic, and the four forces are competing here. How should I deal with it?"

(End of this chapter)