Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1072

"I didn't expect you to conquer such a huge country so easily."

Catherine watched the merchant ships loaded with trophies and beautiful white female slaves set off from the port one after another, sailing towards the Strait of Malacca, and said to the stinky Yang Menglong with emotion.She is really emotional, India, the legendary golden country, the area of ​​this country is almost the size of the whole of Europe——Europe excluding Russia is only a pitiful 500 million square kilometers, so Napoleon did not fight until he reached After Russia, I was shocked to find that the world is so big.For Europeans, it is almost an impossible task to conquer such a huge country. India is not the American Indians who are still in the stone age. They have tens of millions of people, rich iron ore and superb With the advanced smelting technology, countless powerful warriors and huge war elephants, the poor power of the Europeans really can't handle it.But Yang Menglong did it. He only took more than 1 people, and he conquered India in just a few months, broke through the capital of India, plundered countless property and beauties, and left swaggeringly, as if India was his back garden. They come and go as they like, which makes Catherine amazed.

Yang Menglong said proudly: "What is this? What is India for? It is used to be conquered. Even the Afghans have conquered India. I have no reason to be inferior to the Afghans, right?"

Catherine scolded with a smile: "I just praised you a few words and you turned your nose up to the sky, right?"

Yang Menglong said: "My name is frankness!"

Catherine said: "Frank your head!" She tidied her long hair that was blown by the sea breeze, and asked a little puzzled: "By the way, you have won a big victory, why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue and occupy the whole of India? You don't look like a short-sighted person." Man, why give up such a favorable moment and retreat just to plunder Derry?"

Yang Menglong sighed: "I also want to occupy the whole of India in one fell swoop. The problem is that I only have such a small number of people in my hand, but India has tens of millions of people. What is the difference between spreading such a small number of people and dripping soy sauce into the sea? We can only occupy Bangladesh first." , a large number of immigrants to Bangladesh, and when the immigrants have a firm foothold, they will gradually expand to the whole of India!"

Catherine was startled: "What you want is not to conquer India and make India a vassal, but to completely occupy this land and turn this land into the homeland of your people!?"

Yang Menglong said: "Yes, our ancestors have always done this. Otherwise, where do you think our territory, which is twice the size of Western Europe, came from?"

"So what are you going to do next?" she asked.

Yang Menglong said: "The king of Nepal has sent an envoy to contact me and expressed his willingness to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. I plan to arm the Nepalese people and let them go to war with the Indians and occupy the Indian lands. We just need to provide some weapons in the back." .”

Catherine said: "You are treacherous!"

What responded to her was a series of smug laughter.

Nepal is adjacent to India, and separated from Bangladesh by the narrow Siliguri Corridor. The Ming army invaded India on a large scale and broke through the city of Delhi. Of course, it is impossible for Nepal to be ignorant of such a big event.For thousands of years, India has immigrated to Nepal countless times with armed forces, and it has made Nepal miserable and occupied a lot of land in Nepal. Now that India is in great trouble, Nepal will naturally not be polite to them. Jun expressed his willingness to surrender to Daming, as long as Daming can help him regain the land occupied by India.The Nepalese were really impatient. Before the Ming army could reply, they mobilized the national army. More than 2 Nepalese youths took to the battlefield with wooden shields and scimitars for harvesting rice!Yang Menglong is naturally happy to hear about this kind of thing, he can instruct his younger brother to beat up his opponent, and he is watching melons on the sidelines, why not do it!
So Catherine called him insidious, which is absolutely right.

Just like this, they chatted one after another, enjoying the sea breeze, admiring the sea view, and enjoying this relaxed atmosphere. Both Yang Menglong and Catherine were in a happy mood.

Suddenly, Yang Menglong was attracted by a ship rushing into the port. He pointed to the ship and said to Catherine: "Catherine, the ship from your hometown is here. Look, the golden lion flag!"

The Golden Lion Banner is the national flag of the Venetian city-state.

Catherine was taken aback, and turned her head to look, but no, a golden lion flag fluttered on the mast of that ship.She was a little puzzled: "Venice city-state ships rarely enter the port here, why did this ship come here?"

Yang Menglong said: "Then I'm afraid you have to ask the captain."

Catherine said: "I'll go and have a look!" She stood up and lifted her skirt, walked quickly to the trestle, took off her white gauze hat and waved to the oncoming big boat.The sailors on the ship also saw her and cheered loudly. The ship soon approached the trestle. The tall and thin captain jumped onto the trestle and looked at Catherine. Countess Luo, I have found you!"

Catherine looked at him... Well, he was about 35 years old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, blond hair, and a thin face. There was a wound on his left cheek. It was this wound that added a bit of roughness and danger to him. Breath, this is obviously a very capable naval officer, and the captain of a merchant ship does not have such a temperament."Are you from the Navy?" she asked.

The blond man said: "Yes, I am Siegfried, the captain of the USS Marius. The countess must have never heard of my name, but I already know the countess's name."

Catherine was unmoved by this flattery, and her brows frowned: "The Mario is the main battleship of our navy. As a captain, you have a heavy responsibility, but you traveled thousands of miles to Asia on a merchant ship." Come on...is something wrong in Venice? Tell me quickly!" At the end, her voice trembled slightly.

Siegfried smiled wryly: "Nothing can be hidden from the extremely intelligent Countess..."

Catherine didn't have the patience to listen to his nonsense: "Stop talking nonsense, tell me, what happened in Venice?"

Siegfried took out a letter and said, "This is a letter written by the consul, and he wants me to hand it over to the countess personally." He took out another letter, "This is also a letter written by the consul, but it's just an entrustment. The Countess handed it to the Emperor of China! We had four ships when we set out. We fought with Arab pirates, Southern European pirates, and ruthless winds and waves along the way. Finally, we arrived in Asia, and only this shabby ship was left. Merchant ship... Fortunately, Countess, you happened to be fighting in India, saving us thousands of sea miles. Otherwise, I don't know if this merchant ship can survive until I hand over these two letters, which are related to the life and death of Venice. In your hands!”

Catherine was a little shocked: "What happened?"

Siegfried looked sad: "The Ottoman Empire navy once again launched a large-scale attack on us. Of course, this is nothing. We have not fought the Turks less, and we have long been used to it. The most terrible thing is that Europe betrayed us." We, during our bloody battle with the Turks, the navies of France, England, and Holland suddenly dispatched and attacked us!"

Catherine was stunned, and smiled wryly after a long time: "They can't repay the loan again, are they going to use force to force us to write off the loan?" This kind of thing has happened several times, and almost every time they always get what they want, Venice is just a city-state, There is no way to compete with these behemoths.

Siegfried gritted his teeth and said, "No, it's different this time. They didn't try their best to force us to write off the accounts. They...are determined to destroy us!"

Boom!

A violent thunder exploded without warning, deafening, Catherine's body trembled violently, almost falling down.Her ruddy complexion turned pale, her hands holding the two letters trembled slightly, her body wobbled, and she might faint at any moment.

I can't believe it!
More terrible news is yet to come:

"They were fascinated by the wealth and territory of Venice, and launched a jihad against us! The most terrifying thing is that Genoa, Naples, Milan, Turin and other city-states have also joined their camp, and now we have been isolated by the whole of Europe We can't resist the attack of the whole of Europe. The consul asked me to take these two letters and rush to the east. He wrote the cause and effect of the incident clearly in his letter to you. As for the other letter, he asked you to forward it to Emperor Ming's distress letter!"

(End of this chapter)