At this time, the difference between smart people and ordinary people is revealed.
If you are an ordinary person and you are really in a hurry, you still have time to worry about other things!
But at this time, Ruan Fulin ignored his own matters and continued to stride into the lobby while asking doubtfully: "It seems that there is really something going on here?"
As soon as Anders heard this and saw his posture, he felt uncertain and became even more panicked. He quickly followed Ruan Phuc Lin into the lobby. At the same time, he hurriedly explained: "It's just people from my country visiting. Then What else is important?"
When he heard this, Ruan Fulin had already entered the lobby, and sure enough he saw a strange Xi Yi inside, who had already stood up from his seat.
"We have a guest here, why don't we introduce him?" Ruan Fulin asked immediately with a smile on his face.
When Anders saw it, he had no choice but to say: "He came from Hao Jing'ao..."
Seeing that this Annan man could speak Portuguese and was very powerful when walking, and even Anders was careful to deal with it, the guest immediately understood something in his heart, and with his mind racing, he took over Anders' words and said: "Hello! My name is Johnson, and I am a Frenchman from Hao Jing Ao. I came here this time to tell Anders something."
Anders was a little stunned after hearing this, thinking to himself, don't really say it, are you crazy?
When Ruan Fubing heard this, he secretly thought that something was indeed going on, so he stood still, his expression unchanged, and asked, "What's going on?"
He knew that Hao Jing'ao was in Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, coming from Guangdong, don't have any conspiracy!
"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty captured two despicable people alive on the battlefield in Yunnan, named Carlos." Johnson said with a little anger on his face, "He took them to Haojing'ao to demand an explanation, and let us The Francois explained the compensation, and also executed Carlos in front of us. This matter is very important, so I came here to tell Anders!"
Upon hearing this, Anders immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly echoed: "Yes, yes, that's it. The Ming Emperor is really too powerful."
After saying that, he went to the table, picked up something, showed it to Ruan Phucin, and said at the same time: "This is Carlos's relic."
Ruan Phuc Bin certainly knew that Carlos and others brought the Hongyi cannon to support Sa Dinh Chau. In fact, it was they who came forward to persuade the Folangji people to send people over. Moreover, the leader was still one of his tribesmen, and now there is no news.
At this time, when he heard this, he immediately "understood" in his heart that Anders' unnatural expression turned out to be because of this.
Regarding the strength of the Ming Emperor, he had actually come to a conclusion before. If they were not forceful, they would definitely not issue such an imperial edict to wipe out all the forces in Annan in one fell swoop. As long as you are a little smart, you will use the strategy of distant friendship and close attack to defeat them one by one.
Therefore, Nguyen Phuc Bin was not surprised at all that the Ming emperor would also be aggressive in front of the people of Phuc Lang.
Thinking of this, he was secretly happy. The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom had won several battles and had his tail raised to the sky. He actually thought that he was invincible and wanted to offend everyone?
So, he pretended to be indignant and said: "This is unreasonable. This Ming emperor is really bullying people too much!"
When Anders heard this, he glanced at Johnson, and then quickly echoed: "Yes, yes, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty really deceived people too much!"
"Our country and your country have always advanced and retreated together!" Ruan Phuc Bin said to Anders sincerely, "Now that the Ming emperor has bullied him, he cannot tolerate it. In this way, our country will make peace with the northern court and send troops to deal with the Ming army together. . I hope your country will also show courage, as always, use your artillery and guns to help us, how about it?"
After asking this question, he looked at Anders's expression and immediately added: "As long as we defeat or even capture the Emperor of Ming Dynasty alive, we can not only avenge the previous revenge, but also make Ming Dynasty agree, and there are more places We can allow you to stay. If the Ming Kingdom does not agree, how about we attack the Ming Kingdom and force them to agree?"
"Of course, the imperial court also has Hongyi helping them. Even if you Folangji people don't want to help, their guns and artillery are enough. But our country has cooperated with you for many years, and we don't want to give up all the benefits to Hongyi. How about it? , do you want to consider it?”
After Ruan Phucin finished speaking, he looked at Anders sincerely, with a look of consideration for Anders.
This man was also a man, and he immediately took advantage of the situation and changed his mind when he came over. Instead of sacrificing the interests of his own country, he went along with the flow and used a pie from the Ming Dynasty to seduce the Francois.
After hearing this, Anders turned to look at Johnson. He didn't know how to answer.
He had just finished chatting with Johnson and learned about the agreement given by the Ming Emperor. Although he did not believe that the Ming Emperor could fight all the way to Hoi An, or that he fled back to China, would the Ming Emperor still pursue him? Going to Portugal? But he also knew the temptation of the agreement to Portugal. He couldn't afford the gamble. If he escaped back, the king would give him to the Ming Dynasty, which would be terrible.
On the contrary, if he atones for his crime, then he will also have a share of the credit for Portugal's huge interests.
He was thinking this, and when he was about to speak, Johnson was already anxious and said to Ruan Phucin first: "Don't think about it, of course. You don't know how hateful that Ming emperor is. Now he not only ordered to demolish our Hao The wall that Jing'ao managed to build with great difficulty was made to compensate us, otherwise the expulsion would be a trivial matter, and we might be like the Red Barbarians in Taiwan who were wiped out by the Ming Dynasty's troops."
Ruan Fu-bin is not clear about the situation of Hongyi in Taiwan. But he could tell that it wasn't a good thing.
At this time, his focus was on whether the Franji people agreed or not. If he hesitated, he would have to offer a higher price to attract these Westerners who came from afar and only had money in their eyes.
As a result, this man from Haojing'ao, Fo Langji, agreed first. From this, it can be seen that the Ming emperor was so powerful that he felt a little crazy.
No matter how powerful your Ming Dynasty is, if you offend all the forces, haha, just wait for your own destruction!
When Anders heard that Johnson agreed on his behalf, he quickly followed up and immediately expressed his determination to avenge Carlos.
As a result, Ruan Phuc Bin and Fo Lang Jiguo "hit it off" and immediately began to discuss the relevant details.
Time was running out, so Ruan Phucin hurried back with Anders' reply. Johnson also immediately rushed back to Haojing'ao to inform the Ming Dynasty of the news he had obtained, which would further demonstrate the Portuguese's friendly attitude.
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Zheng Zhe in the north has received replies one after another.
From Nan Ruan's side, because he had sent the crown prince, he was of sufficient weight and had already received a reply. He agreed to his proposal to unite to deal with the Ming Emperor's personal expedition, and would soon send troops from all over the country to the north to join Zheng's army. However, they still have another request, which is that the Lord Ruan who was made king by the Northern Dynasty must be hereditary and have the same status as the King of Qingdu.
As long as Li Zhenzong is in control and can wait until the war is over, no matter how many promises he makes, he will regret it just because he wants to. When the time comes, finding any fault at will and then accusing him of treason will be a matter of lip service.
The cunning Zheng Jie agreed to Ruan Fulan's request without hesitation.
On the other side, Mo Jingyu from Gao Ping also responded, which was a bit unexpected for him.
The reason why the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty said that he would go to Annan to quell the rebellion was because the Mo family of Gaoping betrayed Annan and dedicated Annan to the Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty in the name of the entire Annan. Logically speaking, this kind of traitor might use this relationship to please the Ming Emperor.
After all, Gaoping's situation is different from theirs. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not think that Gao Ping was rebellious, but said that he was incompetent in governance and punished him. Although I don’t know what the crime will be, it is impossible to behead him!
The only explanation is that Mo Jingyu from Gaoping was greedy for glory and wealth and had certain ambitions. He did not want to be jailed for this. He made this decision after seeing the Ming Emperor being so powerful and arrogant.
To be honest, Zheng Zhi actually looked down upon Gao Ping's military strength. If he hadn't been worried that attacking Gaoping would eventually lead to the Ming Dynasty sending troops, he would have already destroyed Gaoping before he destroyed the Ruan family.
Now the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was about to attack Annan, but the attack was so fierce that Zheng Zhi was under too much pressure. He had to suppress his thoughts first and thought of uniting all the forces that could be united to defeat the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty first.
Therefore, he accepted Mo Jingyu's reply and reconciled the two parties first. He also made Mo Jingyu king in the name of Li Zhenzong, which was also hereditary.
In this way, under the strong pressure of the Ming Dynasty, the forces on the Annan side, including Mo Jingyu's Mo Dynasty, the northern and southern forces of the Later Li Dynasty, and even the Dutch and Portuguese Western barbarians, all put aside their opposition to each other. They unite to fight against the Ming Emperor's personal conquest.
Zheng Zhi's forces have a population of about 2 million, while Ruan Fulan in the south controls a population of about 600,000 to 700,000. Mo Jingyu's side only has a population of about 200,000. The troops they put out, they did the best they could, and they were limited by the population limit they had.
Zheng Zhi mobilized the regular army, the so-called imperial army, totaling nearly 150,000 people. There are also 500 elephants and 500 boats. Ruan Fulan's side only had 50,000 horses, 100 elephants, and no navy. Mo Jingyu also sent the largest force, a total of 20,000 troops.
There is no news from the Netherlands or Batavia, so there are only about 500 people on the Annan side, and the Portuguese only have 200 people. Although they don't have many troops, they all have muskets and artillery.
In this way, Annan gathered a total of 220,000 troops and mobilized civilians. It can be said that they were truly the most powerful soldiers to deal with the Ming Emperor's personal conquest.
With the assembly here completed, Emperor Chongzhen led the army and approached Annan.
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