Chapter 428 Emergencies

PS: There are only three chapters tonight, and there is another chapter around ten o’clock. The snails can’t stand up to stay up late and code words continuously. I have some headaches and fever in the past two days, so I can only insist on writing another chapter, snails remember I owe you a chapter this time. When the snail gets better, the snail will make up for it. Sorry, please understand.

"Your Highness! Your Highness!"

Yang Chengye trotted all the way towards the first-class sailing warship, with a trace of anxiety on his face.

Xiao Ming and Yue Yun were excited. Seeing Yang Chengye looking at each other like this, they had some ominous premonition in their hearts.

Before reaching the first-class battleship, Yang Chengye also climbed up. He didn't seem in the mood to care about the battleship, but said, "Your Highness, something has happened, and fishermen from Dashi Village came to report that they saw a group of strange-looking people when they were fishing at sea. people, and their ships are somewhat similar to our Galen."

"Strange people?" Xiao Ming and Yue Yun were shocked, Xiao Ming asked, "What do they look like?"

"They were all tall, with red hair, and they were shooting at them with muskets. Three fishermen were injured while they were fishing, and they were wearing a tricolour flag."

"What color is the flag?"

"The top is red, the middle is white, and the bottom is blue." Yang Chengye recalled what the fisherman said.

"His Royal Highness, there is no doubt that this is the Dutch." Yue Yun said nervously: "If they discover our military port, it will be troublesome. The Dutch have just defeated the King of Chu and come to Dengzhou at this time, it must be a bad visitor."

Xiao Ming's face was a little gloomy. The distance from Ryukyu Island to Dengzhou was 1,500 kilometers. The Dutch battleship appeared in Dengzhou at this time, naturally not for tourism.

There is only one explanation, there is something related to the interests of the Dutch, and he believes that the Dutch are not passing by.

"King Chu!"

Xiao Ming recited the name lightly. Li Wei told him about the King of Chu receiving the Dutch envoy. He did not know what the King of Chu and the Dutch said, but after defeating the King of Chu, the Dutch appeared in Dengzhou. There must be some tricks in it.

After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Ming suddenly realized something. Li Wei said that the Dutch forced the King of Chu to buy arquebuses when they defeated the fleet of the King of Chu. In the past, the King of Chu wanted to buy it himself, but now he was forced to do so. It must have been the King of Chu who told the Dutch. He has cheaper arquebus purchases.

At this time, he will definitely speak out about himself.

After clarifying his thoughts, Xiao Ming said: "Now immediately send coastal fishing boats to investigate the situation at sea and monitor the location of the Dutch. Also, few people know the location of the bay, and the Dutch do not know, but just in case. , Yue Yun, you are now leading three warships to guard the periphery of the bay."

"Yes, Your Highness." Yue Yun's expression turned cold, and now only the three previous battleships were loaded with artillery.

If the Dutch fill the bay, the newly launched warships will be finished. For him, these warships are his life, and he must not let this happen.

After arranging these two events, Xiao Ming was no longer in the mood to continue watching the battleship. He and Yang Chengye got off the ship together and walked towards the shore. It is clear, but some Japanese pirates in Dengzhou City are very familiar, and in order to prevent accidents, the Dengzhou army will immediately enter the city to defend."

Ye Qingyun complained bitterly: "His Royal Highness, these Dutch people have muskets. Now the Dengzhou army is still bows and arrows and swords. How can they fight the Dutch."

Frowning his brows, Xiao Ming said: "This king knows that you generals have opinions on this king's preference for the Qingzhou Army, but now is not the time to say this, it is not that we will not equip you with muskets, but the production of muskets takes time. After the Youzhou Army, you will be the Dengzhou Army."

Ye Qingyun smirked when Xiao Ming saw through his thoughts at a glance, "His Royal Highness is really insightful, you can see the thoughts of the last general at a glance, okay, only with His Highness's words, the soldiers of the Dengzhou Army will feel at ease. The soldiers will be summoned into the city now."

Xiao Ming nodded, but he really didn't expect the Dengzhou Army to fight the Dutch. After all, the Dutch at this stage were not something that the Dengzhou Army could deal with, and there was no cavalry in Dengzhou. Infantry against infantry, his plate armor There is no advantage either.

"Besides that, you immediately sent Xingye to Qingzhou, and asked Niu Ben to immediately send Qingzhou troops to Dengzhou." Xiao Ming continued.

Ye Qingyun nodded and went ashore. He immediately urged the horse to go in the direction of Dengzhou Camp.

Yang Chengye said at this time: "Your Highness, Dengzhou is so dangerous now, please do not enter the city, please stay in the bay, otherwise, if Your Highness makes a mistake, the lower official will die."

Xiao Ming said: "Everything is still unclear now. Don't be so pessimistic for the time being. The Dutch will be afraid when they know that this king has a musket. By the way, where is Dashi Village?"

Yang Chengye said: "Dashi Village is in the opposite direction of the bay, about 150 miles away from Dengzhou City."

"In that case, the Dutch fleet should be able to resist the beaches outside Dengzhou." Xiao Ming was a little worried.

This bay is 30 miles away from Dengzhou, hidden behind two huge reefs. The two reefs rising into the sky are like the gates of the bay. Speaking of which, this harbour is still very hidden.

After arranging the immediate tasks, Yang Chengye immediately returned to Dengzhou City. Now Dengzhou City needs him to sit in charge, while Xiao Ming stays in the bay and waits for the change.

Now he can only pray that Chen Qi's artillery and Qingzhou Army will be in place soon, otherwise the one-year preparation may be in vain at any time.

That night, Xiao Ming stayed at the military port. At noon the next day, the scouts of the Dengzhou Army came to the news that the Dutch fleet was docked on the sea just north of Dengzhou City. About 1,000 people were wearing gray military uniforms and carrying Dutch soldiers with muskets took a boat to the beach.

At the same time, about 2,000 Japanese pirates followed the Dutch ashore. Under the guidance of the Japanese, the Dutch were heading towards Dengzhou City.

"Japanese pirates and the Dutch?" The situation that Xiao Ming most wanted to see appeared.

In the era of great colonization, Western countries never ruled the colonies by their own power, because there were naturally natives who were willing to be lackeys in the colonies to assist them in their rule.

This is the same as barbarian rule.

The news he got said that there were 10,000 Dutch garrisoned troops, but Xiao Ming guessed that the real Dutch would not exceed 3,000.

Now this news proves his guess from the side.

This is good news for him, but there is also bad news. Now it seems that the Dutch are focusing on supporting the Japanese, and with the Japanese's urine, the Dutch must be very happy at this time.

Otherwise, it is impossible for the Dutch to appear outside the city of Dengzhou with the Japanese pirates.

"Four thousand." Xiao Ming calculated the strength of the Dengzhou Army.

Since Jiangjungang was established here, he has expanded the Dengzhou army, and now the number of the Dengzhou army is 10,000.

It's just that Xiao Ming doesn't have self-confidence now that 10,000 people are fighting against 4,000 pure firearms troops.