Steel Dynasty - Chapter 428

[Chapter 428 Emergency]

PS: There are only three chapters tonight, and there is another chapter around ten o’clock. I have been staying up late to code, and Snail is really overwhelmed. I have had a headache and fever for the past two days, so I can only continue to write one more chapter. Chapter comes out. Snail remembers that he owed you a chapter last time. When Snail gets better, Snail will make up for it. I’m sorry and please understand.

“Your Highness! Your Highness!”

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

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

Arriving in front of the first-class battleship, Yang Chengye also climbed up. He seemed to be in no mood to care about the battleship but said: “Your Highness, something happened. Fishermen from Dashi Village came to report. They saw a group of strange-looking people while fishing at sea.

“Weird people?” Xiao Ming and Yue Yun were startled, and Xiao Ming asked, “What do they look like?”

“They are all very tall

.

, had red hair, and shot at them with muskets. Three fishermen were injured, and they were wearing tricolor flags. “

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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.

“Your Highness, there is no doubt that they are Dutch.” Yue Yun said nervously: “If they discover our military port, we will be in trouble. The Dutch have just defeated the King of Chu and come to Dengzhou at this time. It must be a bad person.”

Xiao Ming’s face was a little gloomy. The distance from Ryukyu Island to Dengzhou was a full 1,500 kilometers. The Dutch warships appearing in Dengzhou at this time were naturally not for tourism.

There is only one explanation. There is something related to the interests of the Dutch. He believes that the Dutch are not passing by.

“King Chu!”

Xiao Ming read the name softly. Li Wei told him about King Chu’s meeting with the Dutch envoy. He didn’t know what King Chu and the Dutch said, but after defeating King Chu, the Dutch appeared in After arriving in Dengzhou, there must be something fishy about it.

After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Ming suddenly realized that Li Wei had said that the Dutch forced the King of Chu to buy a matchlock gun when they defeated the King of Chu’s fleet. In the past, the King of Chu wanted to buy it himself, but now he was forced. The King of Chu must have told the Dutch. He had cheaper arquebuses to purchase.

At this time, he will definitely tell himself.

After clarifying his thoughts, Xiao Ming said: “Immediately send fishing boats along the coast to detect the situation at sea and monitor the position of the Dutch. Also, few people know the location of the bay, and the Dutch don’t know it either, but just in case. “Yue Yun, you are now leading three warships to guard the outside of the bay.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Yue Yun’s expression turned cold. Now only the three warships are equipped with artillery.

If they were flooded into the bay by the Dutch, the newly launched warships would be completely ruined. For him, these warships were his life, and he must not let this happen.

After arranging these two things, Xiao Ming was no longer in the mood to continue watching the warships. He and Yang Chengye got off the ship together, and while walking towards the shore, he said: “The Dutch and the Japanese have close contacts, and they don’t have to worry about this bay.” “I know, but some Japanese pirates in Dengzhou City are very familiar with it. To prevent accidents, the Dengzhou Army immediately entered the city to defend themselves.”

Ye Qingyun cried bitterly: “Your Highness, these Dutch people have muskets. Now the Dengzhou Army still uses bows and arrows. “

With swords, how can we fight with the Dutch?”

Xiao Ming frowned and said: “I know that you generals have objections to my preference for the Qingzhou Army, but now is not the time to talk about this, and now is not the time to not give you equipment. Muskets, but the production of muskets takes time. After the Youzhou Army, it will be your Dengzhou Army.”

Xiao Ming saw through Ye Qingyun’s thoughts and immediately giggled, “His Highness is really sharp, and he can see the end at a glance. The general thought, OK, as long as His Highness says this, the soldiers of the Dengzhou Army will feel comfortable. The general will call the soldiers into the city now.”

Xiao Ming nodded, but he really didn’t expect the Dengzhou Army to fight. The Dutch are fighting. After all, the Dutch at this stage are not something that the Dengzhou Army can deal with, and Dengzhou does not have cavalry. With infantry against infantry, his plate armor has no advantage.

“Besides that, you immediately send someone to Qingzhou at Xingye and ask Niu Ben to send the Qingzhou Army to Dengzhou immediately.” Xiao Ming continued.

Ye Qingyun nodded and stepped ashore. He immediately urged his horse towards the Dengzhou camp.

Yang Chengye said at this time: “Your Highness, it’s so dangerous to go to Dengzhou now. Please don’t enter the city and stay at the bay. Otherwise, if something happens to Your Highness, I will be blamed for your death.”

Xiao Ming said: “Everything is going on now. It’s not clear yet, don’t be so pessimistic for the time being. The Dutch will be wary if they know that the king has muskets. By the way, where is Dashi Village?”

Yang Chengye said: “Dashi Village is in the opposite direction of the bay, about one mile away from Dengzhou City. A hundred and fifty miles away.”

“In that case, the Dutch fleet should be approaching the beaches outside Dengzhou.” Xiao Ming was a little worried.

This bay is thirty miles away from Dengzhou. It is hidden behind two huge rocks. The two rocks rising into the sky are like the gates of the bay. Speaking of which, this harbor is still very hidden.

After laying out the current priorities, Yang Chengye immediately returned to Dengzhou City. Now Dengzhou City needed him to be in charge, while Xiao Ming stayed in the bay to wait and see what would happen.

Now he can only pray that Chen Qi’s artillery and Qingzhou Army will be in place soon, otherwise a year of preparations may come to nothing at any time.

That night, Xiao Ming stayed at the military port. At noon the next day, news came from the Dengzhou Army’s scouts that the Dutch fleet was docked on the sea just north of Dengzhou City. There were about a thousand people wearing gray military uniforms, carrying Dutch soldiers with musketry arrived on the beach in small boats.

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

“Japanese pirates and Dutch?” The situation that Xiao Ming least wanted to see appeared.

During the colonial era, Western countries could never rule the colonies solely by their own strength, because naturally there were natives in the colonies who were willing to serve as lackeys to assist them in their rule.

This is similar to the rule of barbarians.

The news he received said that the Dutch had a garrison of 10,000, but Xiao Ming guessed that the actual number of Dutch among them would not exceed 3,000.

Now this news proves his suspicion 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 country, and the Japanese country’s urine will definitely make the Dutch happy at this time.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Dutch to appear outside Dengzhou City together with the Japanese pirates.

“Four thousand people.” Xiao Ming calculated the strength of the Dengzhou Army.

Since Jiangjun Port was established here, he has allowed the Dengzhou Army to expand, and now the Dengzhou Army has a total of 10,000 people.

It’s just that now that these 10,000 people are facing off against 4,000 pure firearms troops, Xiao Ming is not confident.

(End of chapter)