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Chapter 283 Small fish eat big fish

He Bingwen smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Cheng, it's not a joke to marching and sending troops. It's decided to draw lots...........

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "Since marching and fighting are not a joke, I am a woman and not a general in the army, how can I get the idea?"

He Bingwen was speechless and had to smile bitterly, "Did Master Cheng blame me for shirking responsibility when it comes to trouble? If you want to fight, there are similarities between the various types of troops and generals in the land and the specific tactics are also included in the navy generals, so why should I worry about it?

It's true.... Mr. Yang often said that wars must be fought for wars, and we cannot be happy for a while. But Mr. He is in a war and is a layman when talking about the government. Therefore, I can't be sure whether this battle should be fought, when to fight, and to what extent. Mr. Cheng has always followed the Governor and knows the thoughts of his master, so I sincerely ask for advice."

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "I would have finished saying this a long time ago. Then I will serve as a counselor to any adult today and give you an idea. Judging from what Adni said, the Flang machine we call is not one country, but two. Now, the Flang machine, the Flang machine of Luzon, the Flang machine of Manta, and the Flang machine of Macau are all from one country, and we don't know what their relationship is.

Second, Western pirates have the support of the court, and even... Some regular troops actually do pirate transactions, so we don’t know what the identity of the pirates and pirates are.

Therefore, we cannot speculate whether the smuggling merchants will react to the 'pirates' and whether it will destroy the current temporary stalemate. After all, no matter how many enemies are killed on the battlefield, it will not be a reason for the country to make grudges. However, because the smugglers used grudges to assassinate a corrupt official, they killed more than a thousand women, children, young and old, and could not occupy a word of truth."

Cheng Qiyun glanced at General He and saw that he was obsessed with hearing, she continued: "But on the other hand, the Folang Ji people who occupied the Montsaka would never give in without force, so this battle with them was decided. He saw the strength of the Ming Navy and was willing to give up the idea of ​​robbing and do business with the Ming Dynasty in a regular manner in the future. From this point of view, he didn't have to be too polite to them."

"However, they are now the overlords of the sea, and they have taken the lead in the ocean line from the west to the east. They have taken the lead and grasped the hands. If the Ming Dynasty wants to develop maritime transportation, they must face their existence. The two countries are thousands of miles apart, and if they really get into each other's evil, because the front line is long and the road is long, no one has the ability to hurt the other party's roots. The continuous war is useless and financial resources, and maybe other countries are asking for fishing in the waters. So why bother?

"So..." Cheng Qiyun picked up the tea and smiled and said, "So this battle is learned. It must be painful and afraid of him, but it cannot form an puzzling hatred."

He Bingwen thoughtfully after hearing this, pondered for a while and said, "Mr. Cheng means. This battle still needs to be fought, but he just needs to kill as little as possible to leave room for future rebirth."

Cheng Qiyun said happily: "That's right!"

When Adni heard that more than half of the island were women and children from the country of Folang, he couldn't help but feel compassion and took the opportunity to say, "It is difficult to defeat the soldiers without fighting, but it is not difficult to minimize casualties. They fled in a panic, with few artillery on the ship, and there were many women and children. The combat power was difficult to guarantee.

If we lead their warships away during the war, and the transport troops take advantage of the empty island on the island, cut off the retreat of the warships, and take the women and children on the island as hostages, and announce that once the surrender is surrendered, the court will be relieved, and I hope they will no longer have the determination to burn together."

General He lit up his eyes and said with a smile: "Mysterious, I built a plank road openly, secretly crossed Chen Cang, took hostages, threw a rat and were afraid of weapons, and finally used a strategy to attack the heart. Miss Adni's plan is very wonderful."

Adni smiled guiltily. This plan was not what she thought of, Da.

When Gamma's fleet attacks indigenous tribes, this trick is often used because of the limited force of the fleet.

They relied on their sharp firearms and used a force to lure the native soldiers away. Then, the other lurking troops took the opportunity to attack their tribe, and then threatened them to surrender after holding the women and children hostages.

But... the result of the forced surrender of the natives is often that young and middle-aged people with combat effectiveness are massacred. "Falling lightly" is always empty talk. If their troops are not enough to control the entire tribe, massacre becomes an inevitable means.

Cheng Qiyun said again: "Just just saw several generals interviewing warships outside, and they were mentioning the tactics of using small boats to fight large boats and many boats to fight few boats. The combat power of this Folang robot is limited, so we mainly rely on forced landings. It is not advisable to kill and kill lives in large quantities. It is just for the fleet to use them to try out this tactic."

He Bingwen smiled and said, "Do you talk about Peng Shark's 'Five-point Plum Blossom Formation'? Um..." He thought for a moment, spread his eyebrows and said, "Okay, that's it! Come on, beat the drum and gather the generals!"

"Serafer, this is not a solution. We should risk escaping to Mantaga. Although there is a stop to the Ming Navy, we will be safe as long as we rush over. What should we do now? Standing here, I can see the land opposite, and the Ming Dynasty court will definitely send troops here."

A blond man shook his head impatiently and said, "Pires, stop complaining. The people in Mantaga are a group of pirates. We have never dealt with each other, so maybe they are still some Spanish."

The short musket swayed on the belt around his waist. He tore a stem of grass, and his leather boots climbed to the top of the cliff with lush weeds, and forked his waist and gasped for a few breaths: "Even if they were Portuguese, they were just a group of hooligans, prisoners, and robbers.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty might cut off our heads as punishment, but when they fell into the hands of these pirates, they would sink all our men into the sea, then snatch all our gold coins and play with our women."

He shrugged and said, "Dear Pires, if that's the case, I would rather fall into the hands of the Ming people than be dismantled by the pirates' double-edged axes and thrown into the sea to feed the fish."

He said, walking to a rock on the edge of the cliff and sitting down.

Under the cliff is the blue sea, which is clear like a piece of beautiful jade, striking the ground on the rocks, and the white one is like lilies adorned with beautiful jade, and the waves push white lines out, like beautiful patterns.

He put his elbows on his knees and held his forehead irritably, and the sea breeze blew his hair, as upset as his mood. Pires, a red-haired man in his forties, patted comfortably on Seraph's shoulders, and sat down beside him.

The seagulls flew low and heard a cry. Pires muttered in a low voice: "We only carry enough food for seven days. The news of the killing of the horse examination officials must have been reported to their government. I don't think they will sit idly, they have to think of a solution."

The Makao he mentioned was Macau. When they first came here, they went to the island to ask the people who were incense in Mazu Temple to ask the name of the place. The people mistakenly thought it was the name of the temple. They replied "Maga". These Portuguese who did not understand the language decided that this place was called "macan". Although they now know the real place name here, they are used to calling it by Makao.

"I know. It is safer to escape to Luzon now, but it is hard to say whether it can hold a foothold. In addition, the Mermaid was severely bombarded and had to be stopped at the port for maintenance. The most unfortunate thing is that we still have three merchant ships that have not returned. We hurriedly escaped from Makao, and we may be separated from them."

Seraph stood up excitedly, spread his hands and shouted, "My God, those are the three cargo ships I just invested in to build. They will not get the news and will be confiscated by the Ming army when they return to Makao. Damn, my ship, my ship, my ship!"

His last sentence, "Boat" suddenly rose octave, like a ghost cry, which scared Pires and said quickly: "Serafer, calm down. Calm down. The Chinese said: "Stay the green mountains are there, and you are not afraid of burning firewood." As long as we gain a foothold in Luzon, the ship will still have as much as we want."

Seraph pointed at the sea like a ghost, and continued to shout with his eyes: "Boats, so many ships! My God is the Ming army's warship!"

Pires turned his head in shock and looked at it. There were indeed dozens of warships sailing towards the sea. The sails were spreading and sailing through the wind and waves. Pires couldn't help but change his face and screamed strangely: "God, there are so many ships! Hurry up, escape immediately!"

Serafer looked closely and narrowed his eyes and said, "It's all small boats, no large warships. We can't run away from it in terms of speed. We can kill them with our firepower. Come on, go down the mountain and let the warships leave the port, and be blocked in the bay and be finished. Sink them and sank them. Before they send a large fleet, we can still have enough time to repair the 'mermaids' and then escape to Luzon. Go quickly, Pires!"

At the beginning of the crisis, the desperate nature of two speculative smuggling merchants was aroused. They hurriedly went down the mountain to recruit warships to go out to sea to fight. When they raised their anchors and sailed slowly out of the bay, the same number of flat-bottomed sand ships appeared behind the Ming army warships. They turned halfway, taking advantage of their characteristics suitable for shallow water and reefs to approach one of the coasts of the reefs in the Wuzhou Islands. The Portuguese warships that were turning out of the bay did not find this other enemy at all.

This group of Portuguese had five warships, but the Mermaid was seriously damaged during the escape and was being shut down on the shore for repair. There were only four warships left. In addition, there were two armed merchant ships equipped with four guns. With the strong and powerful ships, they faced the Ming fleet in a geese-wing shape.

The blue sea was surging. Although there were many Ming warships on the opposite side, they were obviously small warships. According to their understanding, each warship in this area was equipped with two artillery pieces, and the firepower in this area was obviously not in their eyes. Therefore, the "Pirate King" who acted as the vanguard did not wait for the cooperation of the two-wing warships, so he accelerated his speed and rushed towards the Ming fleet, hoping to bear the brunt of the brunt of several Ming ships and defeat the Ming warships from its momentum.

The white-haired shark stood at the bow of the ship holding the side of the ship, and Han Wu and another navy general stood next to the helm. This battle was the first time that many ships with weak firepower were fighting against dense but relatively small enemy ships. It was a technical war. Just in case, navy generals like Han Wu who became monks who became half-time monks with an attitude of learning and observation, and handed over the official command power to veterans with a skilled naval battle experience.

Peng Shark narrowed his old eyes and watched the movements of the enemy ships. The large warship in the center broke away from the winged fleet and suddenly advanced without the cover of the two-wing ships. It immediately attracted his attention.

The main sail of the enemy ship fell down the ground. Seeing this, Peng Shark immediately ordered: "The enemy ship is going to attack, the ships are separated and cut and encircle!"

The huge hull of the enemy ship slowed down, and the hull began to tilt, and the row of densely surrounded guns had already exposed the first muzzle. However, the experienced shark Peng issued a dispersed order as early as the opponent put down the mainsail. The boat was maneuvering and flexible, and it fully played its role at this time.

The huge ship was slowly moving to the attacking position, and the Pirate King was shocked to find that the Ming army warships that were marching in jagged shapes on the opposite side had already divided into two teams to drive left and right, and a wide open water in the middle was completely given to them. The Pirate King, whose hull had completed the horizontal attack, had to re-adjust the position.

But taking this opportunity, four small Ming army warships came from the bow and stern towards it as if crazy. At the same time, the Ming army warships divided into two wings dispersed again. Two teams turned into four teams, and four teams turned into eight teams. Each team consisted of four to five ships. Using the sudden insertion and flexibility of the hull, they avoided the key points of the Portuguese ship's side cannon while trying their best to approach them.

"Boom boom boom", the Portuguese ships that arrived later opened fire first, and the artillery fire stirred up water columns at the sea. However, due to the avoidance of the Ming warships, the vanguard warships had been penetrated into the Portuguese camp, making their artillery unable to fire without any scruples, and the harm caused was limited.

With a "bang", a Ming army's clutch was attached to the "Pirate King". The huge hull of the "Pirate King" shook. The sailors grabbed the battle axe and muskets and rushed to the side of the ship, lay on the gang of the ship to shoot and throw weapons at the boat.

But they were surprised to find that the Ming army was wearing helmets and holding rattan cards, and they did not try to board the ship. They did not have hooks and sickles, and they threw the hooks onto the side of the ship. There was only a sound of "dongdong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong" and then the Ming army left the warships like cowards and jumped into the water and swam desperately into the distance.

I don't know what was piled up on the ship, and the fire spread instantly, and the fire ship was close to the "Pirate King" like a maggot with bones. It was okay to go on the ship, and the fire continued to burn. The sharp-eyed sailors found that the Ming army used the "Boat Nail Gun" to nail more than a dozen iron ropes to the "Pirate King"'s board, so the sailors had to curse and throw down their swords and guns to get the fire-extinguishing equipment.

But at this time, several other Ming ships approached. They used a large number of burning firearms, rockets, spray drums, fireballs, fire caltrops, smoke balls, cigarette cans, etc. Although they did not cause too much damage to the Portuguese ship, they also made a mess, making the sailors overwhelmed. Because the ship was close, although there were only two artillery guns on the Ming army ship, they fought in circles, and the Portuguese warships were huge and the targets were obvious, so the damage should not be underestimated.

An armed merchant ship was hooked by a Ming warship, and the cannons on the ship lost their function. Four ships hooked the merchant ship with hook ropes, and soldiers began to climb up the ship. Another ship was swimming and suppressing the firepower on the ship with muskets and bows as a cover.

"Oh no! Fighting like this is like an ant eating an elephant. Our firepower advantage is not available at all!" Serafer, who was careless for a moment, was shocked and immediately sent all warships to escape from the battle and get rid of the Ming army's siege, so that he could reopen the battle formation and attack with long battles and cannons.

The Portuguese warships forced a breakout, but a big hole had been burned on one side of the ship's side. At this time, the waves on the sea were not high, otherwise the wind would cause huge waves and water would rush into the cabin. Another ship, the Seram, also dragged the fireboat, and thick smoke emitting from the buttocks of the ship followed him and fled.

In addition to the Ming army's self-immolation fireboats, three other were destroyed by their warships. Judging from the casualties of the troops, the Ming army had more, but two of the four Portuguese warships were damaged, which was a loss they could not afford.

The Pirate King gathered the warships and re-arranged the attack formation in horror. They only had five ships left. After repelling the Ming army's three attacks, the general Portuguese merchant ship was finally rushed onto the ship by the Ming army. When Seraph ordered the fleet to get rid of the battle circle, the ship was still parked in place to fight for control. Now it seems that it had been completely occupied by the Ming army because it also joined the Ming army's battle formation and formed an attack formation to itself.

The troop transport ship had quietly approached on the other side, and a large number of infantry waded on the water. Because the Wuzhou Island was too large, the Portuguese did not arrange guards on this side, sent to explore the terrain and explore the enemy's situation to search for nearly three miles of mountain roads, but found no suspicious traces. They had already rushed back to report.

Peng Xiaoyang showed off his strong muscles, carried a ghost-headed sword on his shoulders, and ordered the infantry to clean up the formation with a stern face. Adni stood side by side with him in a sensual manner. She was wearing a full set of bright silver fish scale armor, and the silver helmet on her head was shining, but she did not hold a sword, and only two short muskets were inserted on her belt.

Her ground armor is actually not made of iron, but paper armor. It is so light and easy to do. He Bingwen and Cheng Qiyun were both determined not to allow her to fight. Both of them knew the importance of Yang Ling, but Adni insisted on coming. Besides, he wanted to find someone who was proficient in Folang's words and could quickly gain the trust of women and children on the island and comfort them. In the end, the two had to agree and secretly instructed Wu Hanchao and Song Xiaoai to protect her safety.

At this time, Song Xiaoai was squatting beside her with a smile. She couldn't help but look at Wu Hanchao retching there. While pounding Wu Hanchao's back, she smiled angrily: "Mr. Peng said that this sea boat is not as stable as the inland official boat. You are asking you to sit down and stand up, hehe. Wudang's thousand-pound penetration can hold your feet, but it can't hold your stomach, right?"

"Vomit~Vomit~, damn girl, be gentler. Vomit~~, why are you okay?"

"Hehe, I haven't taken the boat, but it's all right, I don't know," Song Xiaoai covered her mouth and smiled.

"General Wu is okay? Otherwise, let him stay for a while and we will take the army there," Adni said with concern.

Wu Hanchao stood up with a wry smile, shook his head and said, "I'm fine, prepare to set off, I can keep up."

Just kidding, he was responsible for protecting Adnie, so how could he stay here? Slowly speaking, Adni is an extremely important figure in improving Ming arms. He was careless just as the Governor's fiancée.

The Ming army set out along the winding coast, with archers and musketeers in front and swords and shields in back. There were no heavy infantry or equipment in the army.

The Portuguese camped on one hillside in the sun, leaving sixty guards holding weapons in the camp tent. In addition, the sailors on the Mermaid were stepping up repairs, and they were all soldiers who could participate in the war at any time. The others were wives, children and slaves of these Portuguese smugglers.

Since there was a war at sea, although there was no situation in the war, the families in all places stood on the shore and looked into the distance with concern. When the Ming army appeared from behind them, no one noticed it. In the end, the sailors on the boat discovered that the Ming army was approaching quickly and shouted hurriedly.

The panicked women and children screamed and scattered, while the soldiers grabbed their weapons and looked for cover. The sound of muskets came one after another, and there was smoke on the coast. Two Portuguese people suddenly stood behind the rocks in front of them. Several archers hurriedly took arrows and aimed at them. Only two "bangs" sounds were heard, and the muskets in the hands of the two Portuguese people had already flew out from a distance.

Adni squatted back to the stone with two smoked muskets, and only showed a pair of beautiful big eyes staring at the battle situation ahead. She was about to reload ammunition when the two Portuguese people who were stunned were shot through their bodies and fell down. Adni frowned and shouted, "Don't kill those who have lost their weapons, try to capture them alive!"

At the same time, she raised her voice and shouted loudly to the opposite side in Portuguese. However, even though she could understand her language, the Portuguese people were willing to believe it, and they still relied on the rock bunkers everywhere and fought stubbornly. However, they could have too few soldiers on the battlefield. Apart from the hillside where the stalemate was fighting, the Ming army had already scattered and captured women and children fleeing everywhere, and soon formed a four-sided encirclement. The Portuguese counterattacked by the Ming army's bows and arrows and muskets were getting weaker and weaker...

On the sea, the two sides started a confrontation again, and the Portuguese from afar began to strike with fierce artillery fire. However, after just the first round of competition, the Ming army had some experience in the cutting and siege of plum blossoms, and the hull was more flexible and the angle was more tricky.

The Ming army warships, which seemed to have no formation, were in groups of four or five. Each had its own targets and were interspersed and detoured. The shells exploded into water columns around them, and the flexibly and quickly moved them to minimize the heavy bombs. They were aiming at the same time, and they approached with artillery fire. After losing three more warships, they formed a combined encirclement again, just like a group of crazy little piranhas staring at a sea shark with fangs and sharp teeth. But they had nowhere to put their mouths on, attacking unscrupulously.

The main warships of the Portuguese were filled with dense artillery fire. Once the warships of both sides formed a mixed formation, they could not form an effective blow at all. The situation was like a giant waving his fists and fighting a ball of air, and Seraph was about to be mad.

At this moment, a series of dense explosions came, and the explosions were both dense and violent. Seravo looked at the explosion in horror, and saw a series of fires still ringing continuously. The smoke was rolling on the 'Maria' and the flames were blazing.

With another series of dull explosions like a string of thunder, the entire ship broke into two pieces from the middle, and the sea water quickly poured into the belly of the boat. The two cut-off ships were pressed into the middle, and the bow and stern raised high. Some sailors who were lucky enough to not be killed were screamed and jumped desperately into the sea from the boat.

The battle seemed to stop at this moment, and everyone was looking at the giant ship that was fifteen feet long and three stories high and sinking into the sea inch by the explosion, watching it being surrounded by thick smoke and fire. Finally, someone exclaimed: "God, the gunpowder depot of 'Maria' was hit, and it was sunk!"

The Ming army's warships also temporarily stopped attacking. The gunners on the five small boats besieging the Maria were confused and did not know who fired the shells so coincidental that they hit the ammunition depot of the enemy ship, and so as to sink the behemoth.

Under normal circumstances, even if the giant ship was parked there and allowed their artillery fire to attack, they might have shot all their shells. The enemy ship might not be able to sink. The probability is too small, so the Ming army navy was stunned there in ecstasy.

The desolate conch roar woke both sides of the battle. Pires looked in dismay and saw a small merchant ship swaying towards the battlefield, with a dazzling white flag hanging from the mast.

The ship was getting closer and closer, and everyone could clearly see that there were more than a dozen women, elderly people and children standing on the bow. Behind their ground was the Ming soldiers with distinctive armor, swords were unsheathed and bows were wound.

The Portuguese fighting spirit quickly disappeared, and although they also fought, they were not real warriors. The sinking of the Maria, the heavy damage of the Pirate King, and the fact that Shanghai Island has been occupied and the wife and children have become prisoners made these desperate smugglers feel timid.

Serafer noticed that the soldiers looked at him with hesitation, especially when the Portuguese family at the bow shouted, "Put down the weapons and surrender, the Ming court will deal with it leniently," the weapons in many people's hands had slowly dropped.

Seraph knew that the situation was hopeless, and his ship had been poured into some sea water by the rising waves in the fierce battle. The hull was a little tilted. He staggered to the side of the ship, and after a while he shouted, "Cut down the flag and we surrender!"

His subordinates immediately executed the order without hesitation. Serafer looked south of the sea and squeezed a smile on his face that was even worse than crying: "Maybe...Pires is right to the ground, if I had escaped to Mantaga..."

When Yang Ling secretly returned to Fuzhou City, he heard rumors on the streets that the army had won another great victory and captured a large number of ghosts. Both men and women described the situation where the prisoners of war had just been taken to Fuzhou City. Yang Ling didn't know what big thing happened, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.

If he made mistakes when he was away, as the head coach, he would undoubtedly bear all the blame. Yang Ling found out that the foreigners had been taken to General He's military camp, and without even returning to the Governor's Mansion, he hurriedly passed through the city and headed straight for the camp.

Yang Ling rushed into the tent and saw two blond and blue-eyed men standing in the tent at a glance. Two other people stood beside him. It seemed as if they had just been pulled out of the coal pile. The white eyes of his eyes were particularly obvious. Yang Ling was stunned and shouted in surprise: "Black man?"
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