amaotonovel Chapter 1145 Zhu Su News
Chapter 1145 Zhu Su News
Chapter 1145 Zhu Su News
Zhu Di's eyes suddenly focused, and the aura that suddenly burst out made the atmosphere in the whole hall quiet. However, Zhu Di seemed to have not heard anything, and only looked at the personal soldier who served as the interpreter with a burning gaze.
"Tell me more details. What Ming pirates?"
"Yes." Seeing that Zhu Di attached so much importance to it, the interpreter did not dare to neglect it. He picked up the parchment letter from John and translated it for Zhu Di bit by bit, not daring to miss any details.
This family letter was written by John's father, Philip, Duke of Burgundy, to John. The Duke of Burgundy was the son of the previous French king. Together with his brothers, he actually controlled the power of France through the "Regency Council". He coveted the throne of the King of France. Therefore, in order to strengthen his political influence, he spent a lot of money to help the Holy See call for a crusade, and personally promoted his son to the position of commander of the crusade.
This is a huge investment.
However, the constant setbacks of the Crusaders had caused the Grand Duke's investment to fail. Now, the Duke of Burgundy was eager to preserve the strength of the army he had sent out as much as possible. Therefore, most of the space in this family letter was to advise John not to be too reckless and to preserve his strength. At the same time, he sought to retreat in a decent way and lead the troops back to France.
In order to make John aware of the difficulty of the current situation, Philip, Grand Duke of Burgundy, mentioned in his letter the difficult situation he was facing.
At the end of this paragraph, when Philip mentioned the foreign threats he faced, he briefly mentioned the topic of "Ming pirates". He said in the letter that there seemed to be traces of pirate ships from the Ming Dynasty recently. It is said that the city of Lisbon in Portugal, France's maritime neighbor, was also attacked by Ming pirates.
"Portugal, Lisbon..." Zhu Di's expression became more serious, and in his seriousness, he seemed to be a little excited. He suddenly ordered loudly: "Come here, gather the officials and generals to see me here. I want to hold a military meeting!"
"Also, quickly go get the Kunyu World Map, quick!"
Following Zhu Di's order, this temporary Ming army center started to operate rapidly. Soon, Yao Guangxiao, Zhang Yu, Xu Zengshou and other leading figures of the Ming army hurried to the hall of the castle. Then, three Yan Wang guards came in carrying a thick roll of cowhide.
Everyone consciously vacated the seats in the hall, and Zhang Fu pulled away John who was still standing in the middle in a daze, and then the cowhide was unfolded, and a huge cowhide map appeared in the middle of the hall. Zhu Di pointed at John and said, "Hey, you go to my map."
"Show me where the Nile is."
John was startled, and after listening to the interpreter's translation, he took off his boots and walked forward tremblingly. He stood in this huge map, stunned for a long time, and then he realized that this was a huge map covering the entire world, and his shock was beyond words.
The map was full of Chinese characters that John couldn't understand, but with the help of the interpreter, John still found the approximate location of Fort Beldraig, where everyone was now, with a striking red cross drawn on it. He deduced from this and found the approximate location of France and Portugal, and then found the approximate location of Lisbon, and then pointed it here.
"Here, right?" Zhu Di strode into the map. After John nodded in confirmation, he asked someone to bring a pen, made a mark here, and then looked at Yao Guangxiao.
"Old monk, look here." Zhu Di pointed to the three big words "Falangji" on the map.
"Yes, Your Highness." Yao Guangxiao nodded, and there was a rare bit of excitement in his tone. "This is where the official silver of our Ming Dynasty flowed out!"
It turns out that because of the long distance from Western Europe, China has never known much about the situation in Western Europe. In the Chinese dynasties, France, Portugal, and Spain have always been confused and called "Falangji", "Falanxi", "Flansia", etc. Even in the Kunyu World Map, because of the unclear situation and borders of Europe at that time, when Zhu Su drew the map, he only divided the world according to the world known by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and only roughly marked France, Portugal and other regions as "Falangji".
"What Ming pirates, what official silver? Your Highness, what are you and Master Yao talking about?" Xu Zengshou was a little puzzled.
Facing Xu Zengshou's doubts, Zhu Di smiled and said, "If the old monk and I are not wrong."
"This so-called pirate group, I guess, is my fifth brother's team!"
"He has been missing for several years, and there has been no news... Perhaps, we have heard from him again!"
Zhu Di's words caused an uproar among the generals.
As generals of the Ming army in the Western Expedition, they all knew that in the past, the Fourth Prince, Prince of Yan Zhu Di, and the Fifth Prince, Prince of Zhou Zhu Su, had agreed to march westward to Europe by land and water.
According to the original plan, the King of Yan should delay the main force of the Crusaders, and then the King of Zhou should go to Persia by sea and break into the Byzantine Empire from Persia. Because the King of Zhou did not come, the King of Yan had to recruit a large number of soldiers from vassal states to cooperate in the westward expedition.
Fortunately, the Crusaders were powerful but weak, and the Ming army overestimated their strength. Prince Yan Zhu Di alone had successfully pushed the front line across the Danube. However, Zhu Su remained silent along the way, and this matter was always a thorn in Zhu Di's heart.
Storms at sea are unpredictable. Although the King of Zhou had several sailing experiences, no one could guarantee that he would be able to escape danger at sea. After years of no news, everyone had prepared for the worst.
But now, first they had discovered official silver that was suspected to be carried by the Ming fleet, and then they had detected the traces of the suspected Ming fleet, which was enough to rekindle hope in everyone's hearts.
Zhang Yu, Xu Zengshou and others were all old friends of Zhu Su. When they heard about it, they all stepped forward and volunteered to go and look for the traces of King Zhou's fleet. However, they were stopped by Yao Guangxiao. Yao Guangxiao said, "Don't be impatient. Look at the map first."
"Nersbon is far to the west of Europe, and we are still on the east side. To reach there is tantamount to defeating all the European countries."
"Even if all our soldiers are brave, this is tantamount to death. How can we do this?"
Everyone calmed down and looked carefully at Siben's position. Zhu Di also dissipated his inner ecstasy and regained his rationality.
"This place is indeed far away. If those people are really Lao Wu, I wonder what they have been through to end up there."
"Old monk, what do you think we should do?" Zhu Di asked.
(End of this chapter)