Iron Dynasty

The sound of the waves seems to be able to be uploaded from the sea to the Dengzhou government office, and the vague sound can be heard from time to time.

Rhode's face became more and more ugly because of Xiao Ming's words, so many Japanese pirates were enough to give them a headache, but now Xiao Ming told him that this was only a small part.

During the Japanese turmoil along the coast of the Great Yu Kingdom, the number of Japanese pirates would have even reached 20,000. Xiao Ming told the truth.

Even the allies have no reason to let him send troops in vain, not to mention that the alliance between the two sides is very fragile, how can he increase the bargaining chip of support if he does not talk about the matter so seriously.

Twenty thousand people. Rhode's face turned completely pale, and he said hesitantly, Count Claire asked me to tell His Highness that if His Highness can help us, the Dutch will surely repay His Highness from now on.

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. It is enough to have Rhodes' words. Now saying too much is a threat. He said: We will go directly to Relan Zhacheng, and work with you to drive the Japanese pirates out of Ryukyu.

Thank you, Your Highness. Rhode was overjoyed.

When the two were talking, Lu Fei and Luo Xin looked at Rhodes with a dull expression. If Xiao Ming wasn't there, the two would probably have called the red-haired ghost directly.

After negotiating this matter, Xiao Ming asked Yang Chengye to arrange for Rhodes to rest. After Rhodes left, Lu Fei suddenly gasped, Your Highness, why does this Dutchman look like such a ghost.

That's right, I'm so ugly, I thought it was a ghost when I met him this night. Luo Xin looked undecided.

Don't make jokes. After all, we are about to cooperate soon. Maybe the two sides will also exchange information on military training. You should be more solemn and not so rude. Xiao Ming said.

He understands Lu Fei's character. The biggest thing this big mouth can't control is his mouth. He doesn't want to cause some conflicts between races because of this trivial matter.

Hey, remember. Lu Fei laughed, and he said, In that case, when are we going?

For a few days off, we still have to wait for Yue Yun's fleet and baggage. Xiao Ming said.

The three of them were talking when Yue Yun's familiar voice appeared at the door, and then someone walked in. After he bowed to Xiao Ming, he said to Lu Fei and Luo Xin: Xiaowei Lu, Xiaowei Luo, it's okay to arrive in Dengzhou. It's my place, let's go, I'll invite you two to eat seafood.

Lu Fei was immediately excited, Yue Yun, you are really particular, you are not as stingy as Luo Xin.

Hey, you Lu Fei really went to some mountain to sing some songs, why didn't you say that when you were in Chang'an. Luo Xin was dissatisfied.

Lu Fei looked like he didn't care about him at all, he retreated to Xiao Ming and ran after Yue Yun, while Luo Xin scolded Lu Fei and followed him.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming shook his head lightly, these two guys still did not change.

...

Ryukyu Island was contracted by Michela. This is a bastion building across the sea from Geranja City. After the Dutch came to Taiwan, Geranja City was first built, and then they built it in order to get rice and sugarcane from Ryukyu Island. The second bastion, the city of Mikira.

Through this bastion they controlled the indigenous people on the main island of Ryukyu.

But half a month ago, this bastion was no longer suitable for the Dutch, but became a lair of Japanese pirates. More than 7,000 Japanese pirates gathered in the city of Mikila to eat and drink, and a steady stream of Japanese pirates rushed here. , seems ready to turn the castle into a permanent pirate stronghold.

At this time, on the coast outside Mikila Castle, Sakai was observing the city of Geranja not far away through a telescope. Now in the bay of Geranja, twelve warships appeared in a ring to guard the pier, and their ships did not have any Opportunity to be close to the city of Geranja.

Seven hundred people! Hmph. Sakai snorted coldly, putting away the telescope.

He once warned the Dutch not to establish trade relations with King Qi of the Great Yu Kingdom, but Rhodes and Earl Clare didn't listen at all, and when he infiltrated Earl Clare's office and found the agreement, he was even more furious.

Because in their view, this was a betrayal of the Dutch against Yamada, and after this news was passed back to the Japanese, Yamada gave orders to control the Dutch.

It's just that they underestimated the combat power of these two thousand Dutch soldiers. After losing more than one thousand people, they were forced to evacuate, and then the fleet that reacted even more fiercely shot them, causing them to lose another five hundred at sea. people.

Knowing that this manpower was no match for the Dutch at all, he asked Yamada Daimyo for instructions. In the end, Yamada ordered the Japanese pirates who were loyal to him to temporarily stop looting and attacking the Dutch.

During this period of time, 8,000 Japanese pirates have gathered from the sea, and their warships have reached 50. He is planning to launch a final attack on the city of Relanza.

Wait until 20,000 people are gathered and see how you Dutch escaped from my hands, and this damned country of Yu, you will all be our slaves sooner or later.

While Sakai was observing Geranza Castle, Claire was also observing Mikira Castle.

Now the morale of the soldiers in the city is very low, and it is easy to encounter soldiers who are war-weary when fighting far from their homeland, and the confrontation with the Japanese country has caused many soldiers to lose confidence.

In Dengzhou, they saw the strength of King Qi, and here they were attacked by Japanese pirates. Perhaps in the eyes of the soldiers, they should leave this dangerous place.

Claire also wanted to leave, but as an earl and a member of parliament, he could not choose to leave here, because he risked offending Yamada Daimyo of the Japanese country precisely because he could see that he had more potential with this King Qi, and could also bring benefits to the Dutch. more profit.

Looking at the north, his brows furrowed. He didn't know what happened to Rhodes now, and whether the King Qi of the Great Yu Kingdom would send troops to support him, but now there was no other choice for him.

God bless. Claire only prayed at this time.

...

Dengzhou, after preparing for three days, Lu Fei and Luo Xin boarded the battleship with the Qingzhou Army soldiers. In addition to the fifteen battleships responsible for carrying the soldiers, 50 large merchant ships were also dispatched to transport the soldiers this time.

After all, 10,000 people is a huge number, but it takes a lot of space for the food and grass on the ship.

Therefore, this support was also an extremely expensive operation for Xiao Ming.

Your Highness, please board the ship, said the generals.

This time Xiao Ming also plans to go with him, but his purpose is not to fight, but to establish a supply point along the coast. This is also his plan since returning to Dengzhou.

Taking advantage of this plan to go to the city of Relan, he can implement this plan, whether it is the fief of the King of Wei or the fief of the King of Chu, or Guangzhou, Quanzhou and other places.

For both sea trade and warship cruising, a supply facility is required.