The Spaniards in this world established a so-called Armada at sea, but their naval warfare thinking was very different from that of the British who defeated them decades later. They still stayed at the stage of medium and short-range fire attacks, and then rammed or jumped into groups. Therefore,
It was not originally equipped with long-range artillery.
And the Spanish sailing ship that attacked tonight had no intention of directly destroying the enemy ship.
Because there is cargo on board.
Mingren promised them that not only could they kill the Chinese captain who was meddling in Luzon Island and rescued women, children and many men, but they could also share the goods on the ship.
The artillery attack ended quickly as the ship got closer.
On the Ming Dynasty patrol ship diagonally behind the Spanish sailing ship, Li Guozhu stood next to Cai Feng, deputy envoy of the Fujian Sea Patrol, and said flatteringly: "Daotai, the French cannonballs are very accurate. They destroyed the small boat and damaged the big ship, but it should be
The silk and tea leaves in the big ship would not be harmed. This time, Yan Siqi sold half of the spices and bought enough goods from Fujian merchants. Even if it is divided among the Frankies, I, the little man, can at least trick the Taoist.
Ten thousand taels of silver."
Cai Feng snorted softly in his nose: "What a good accuracy. I think the Frankies are reluctant to use their good guns and expect us to go up and take people. It's a beautiful idea. They want revenge and pay, so they have to give
I will do my best in a down-to-earth manner!”
"Hey, good, what Daotai said is right," Li Guozhu agreed hurriedly, "Our ship will sail alongside them, and then we will attack them from left to right to seal the boat."
Cai Feng still said coldly: "If you join the gang later, don't expect our brothers on the patrol to rush in and kill people. Whether you have internal strife or grudges, or the Frankies take revenge, Yan Siqi and the heads under him will...
You go and chop it down, then bring it back to me."
"Of course, of course, the military men who patrol the sea route cannot work. But the credit for suppressing the Japanese must belong to Daotai."
"Stop talking nonsense," Cai Feng interrupted Li Guozhu, turned to the helmsman, and commanded, "Can you fucking watch? You are still heading towards the boat. Didn't you see that the boat has stopped moving, and there will be a birdman? Turn over.
, after the Frankies hit the big ship a few times, we will pick up the strings on the other side!"
"Yes, yes, sir, you little fool."
The helmsman quickly complied.
His surname is also Cai, and he and several other sailors are all confidants from Daotai.
Now that it is still in the New Year, they follow Cai Feng out to do private work, and they have no complaints. After all, the court has been in arrears with wages for more than half a year. If Mr. Cai did not support them like servants, their wives and children would have died long ago.
I starved to death.
However, they have never needed to fight at night like they do today, their eyesight is really not up to par, and they don't have the clairvoyance tubes that the Frankies say they have.
"Bang, bang."
In front of the open boat, the Spanish sailing ship blocking the way of the sealed boat opened fire again.
The helmsman heard that the foreign monkey used only a firecracker this time. It must be because the distance was too close and he was afraid that if Feng Zhou was sunk, he would not be able to grab the goods in time.
Almost at the same time, the ship patrolling the sea route came out of the huge shadow of the sailboat, and its bow continued to deflect, preparing to attack Fengzhou together with the sailboat.
Helmsman Cai suddenly felt his vision suddenly brighten. Dozens of torches and lanterns on the sailboats and boats illuminated the decks and sides of the ships that had become a battlefield as bright as day.
The helmsman couldn't help but instinctively squinted his eyes.
When he opened it again, he was stunned.
"Tao, Master Daotai, this, this is the imperial court's ship!"
Other sailors had already shouted out in panic.
Cai Feng, the deputy envoy to the sea route, had already retreated with his soldiers, preparing to release the side of the ship so that Li Guo could help them pick up the strings and join forces.
But I saw at least twenty or thirty young and strong men on the deck of Fengzhou. Some were holding muskets, some were drawing bows and arrows, and there was even a tall man holding a silver gun, jumping and running on the swaying side of the ship.
, as if walking on flat ground, the spear head was as sharp as lightning, stabbing three or four Frankies who were about to join the gang.
Who is that if not Ma Xianglin?
Cai Feng's eyes widened and he could clearly see Ma Xianglin, the dragon flag hanging high in the air, and the three words "Weaving Bureau" on the surrounding lanterns.
He was shocked and angry. He grabbed Li Guozhu, who was about to throw the grappling hook, and cursed: "Damn it, tell me, what's going on?"
Li Guozhu was also stunned.
impossible.
Yan Siqi clearly parked his boat on this deserted island in Penghu and changed it to a sand boat to have a tryst with that shady woman. He saw it with his own eyes four or five hours ago, and acted out the plan with Xunhaidao.
The two men's boat was forced to return to Penghu.
If he hadn't wanted to please the Frankie people who couldn't enter the Fujian coast and spread the news about Cai Feng's annihilation of the Japanese king of the Yan family, why would he have gone back and forth like this? At sea, he had found an opportunity to stab Yan Siqi, the man whose father wanted to pass on the mantle.
The so-called adopted son is just over.
But now, why did a large group of people appear out of thin air?
Weaving Bureau?
Li Guozhu knew that this was the imperial court's yamen.
No, it's more powerful than the yamen, it's too supervisory.
Why did the Weaving Bureau get involved?
In the light of the fire, Li Guozhu saw more clearly that the Fengzhou in front of him was not the Fengzhou that Yan Siqi brought to Nanyang to run goods.
Suddenly, Li Guozhu's eyes lit up, he pointed at the big man wielding a Japanese sword and was fighting a fierce battle with a Frankie man and said: "Master Cai, that, that is Yan Siqi! That's right, that's right."
"That's right!"
Cai Fengyang looked furious, but he was quickly planning in his heart. He had a short knife in his sleeve, so he should suddenly burst out and stab Li Guozhu.
But there are still eight or nine pirates brought by Li Guozhu on the ship, and he has almost the same number of servants. He may not win in a fight, so just forget it. As long as one of them shouts "Cai Daotai is colluding with the Frankies", Ma Xianglin will definitely
You can also hear it. Besides, how could Ma Xianglin not understand the previous behavior of the patrol ship?
Cai Feng had dealt with Ma Xianglin before. Despite his young age, this boy was ruthless and shrewd. He was really not a native of the wild southwest who had never seen the world.
I just don’t know if the old fox Eunuch Liu is also on Fengzhou.
Or, he might as well join in the killing of Li Guozhu and the Frankies. Anyway, there are only these three ships in the vast sea at this moment...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cai Feng's hesitation, the vicious and cruel Li Guozhu, had already figured it out before him.
We must force these fourth-grade officials to kill the people in the Weaving Bureau and silence them. Otherwise, Cai Feng may break the alliance before the battle, and in turn, kill himself with the Jin Yiwei of the Weaving Bureau.
Li Guozhu didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately threw the grappling hook with all his strength. With a clang, the iron hook caught the vertical girder of the boat on the opposite side.
His men followed suit, and then they all used their arms and put their feet against the deck, shouting wildly.
Chinese ships and Spanish ships jumped gangs in different ways. Li Guozhu adopted this Chinese pirate combat method and quickly shortened the distance between the two ships.
Everyone threw away the throwing ropes again and replaced them with scratching hooks on slender wooden poles. They stretched forward and tried to hook the bottom edge of the vertical truss.
"The leader of the Weaving Bureau, Tong Wa, killed Yan Siqi, the eunuch, and the spear general! The three heads were worth one thousand taels each, and the rest were two hundred taels each! Kill them!"
Li Guozhu shouted with red eyes.
With a "dang" sound, a young man on the sealing ship straightened up, raised his Japanese sword high, and blocked the hook that Li Guozhu stretched out.
"Li Guozhu, you actually betrayed your eldest brother, Mother Serin!"
Zheng Zhilong's eyes widened in anger, he gritted his teeth and pressed hard against the iron hook, then swore a curse word in southern Fujian.
At this time, the main battlefield of Fengzhou was on the other side of the ship's side. The Spaniards who kept jumping gangs restrained Ma Xianglin, Yan Siqi, their men and the Jin Yiwei led by Liu Shimin. There were only Zheng Zhilong and three or four other sailors on the ship's side.
In a few seconds, a strong man on Li Guozhu's side had grabbed the side of the boat where he was missing. He shouted loudly and jumped to the side. He raised his knife and rushed over to chop Zheng Zhilong's head.
"Uh, ah!"
However, after he had only taken a few steps, he screamed, his knees buckled, and he fell forward. The Japanese sword fell on the deck, and he covered his thighs with both hands.
Zheng Haizhu emerged from the cable on the side of the ship, holding a Muramasa sword in both hands. The blade was stained with blood, but it still shone with a cold light.
It was given to her by Yan Siqi in the evening.
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After Zheng Haizhu and Yan Siqi climbed up the ladder and escaped to Fengzhou, Zheng Haizhu briefly told Eunuch Liu and Ma Xianglin that he was a fellow villager of Yan Siqi and was doing business with him privately. This time, Yan Siqi met Frankie in Luzon to save his compatriots.
People are enemies. It is very likely that the Fujian Patrol Channel was bribed by the Frankies to rob and kill Yan Siqi at sea.
Liu Shimin saw that this girl was deliberately showing her intention to protect her childhood sweetheart, but a thought flashed through her mind. Should she hand over Yan Siqi to the Frankies? He and Ma Xianglin could escape safely. The girl named Zheng would probably cry a lot.
How else.
But the arrogant Frankies finished firing the cannons and smashed the stern of the boat. After rushing over, they ignored the dragon-shaped flag and continued to shoot the people on the boat with their blazing guns.
He also broke two masts and beat a Sichuan soldier under Ma Xianglin until he was bloody and bloody. A piece of his intestines flew into Liu Shimin's face.
A Jin Yiwei from the Weaving Bureau also had half of his head blown open and fell to the ground in a very miserable condition.
Ma Xianglin regarded his followers as flesh and blood brothers. His eyes were splitting in an instant. He roared angrily and picked up a spear. He was not afraid of the power of Frankie's firearms. He jumped directly onto the side of the ship and took advantage of the spear to block Frankie.
Gay people jump into gangs.
Liu Shimin's guards who were good at operating fire blunderbuss immediately pulled out their iron flashes, stuffed their blunderbuss into them, and fired at the sailor in Frankie's boat. The other two who were holding blunderbuss also did not include the lake, and aimed at a
The one who has already jumped to the gang is a shot.
Yan Siqi saw that the soldiers of the Weaving Bureau had joined the battle with all their strength, so he and another Jinyi guard protected Zheng Haizhu and Liu Shimin to the small watchtower at the stern of the ship.
Half of the staircase had been destroyed by artillery fire, but the pillars supporting the round platform on top were still intact.
"Go up and hide!"
Yan Siqi didn't have time to say anything, so he turned back and rushed into the battle formation.
Zheng Haizhu saw that the stairs were no bigger than a palm, so she didn't waste any time. She asked Liu Shimin to go upstairs and asked the guards in golden clothes to guard under the pillars, while she got into a pile of cables a few steps away.
Therefore, the knife that appeared halfway and cut across the legs of Li Guo's assistant came out.
Once Zheng Haizhu made the first kill, he no longer trembled like he did when he was in the gangster's den.
She, a Caigua with no experience in fighting or swordsmanship, was guided by her brain's survival instinct, causing her to rush directly to the wailing sailor with a broken leg, and stabbed his still intact upper body without any hesitation.
The Muramasa knife was so sharp that perhaps the second and third knife pierced a large blood vessel near the heart. The blood rain hit Zheng Haizhu's face like hot water sprayed from a shower head.
Zheng Haizhu swallowed a small mouthful of blood uncontrollably. The strong fishy smell immediately made her retching, and she jumped away with a scream of disgust.
Then, the soaring adrenaline caused her to rush to Zheng Zhilong's side, and they were back to back with him, holding out the not-so-long Muramasa sword in front of him, panting and retching several times.
"Sister Azhu, don't hold the knife like this. The handle of the knife protects your heart, and the blade protects your head. If the opponent comes with a knife, just smash it away. Put the knife away, and be careful of him sweeping his legs."
Zheng Zhilong said loudly, his calm voice also a kind of comfort.
From the figure of Zheng Haizhu stumbling towards him with a knife in hand, Zheng Zhilong could tell that she was definitely not a Lianjiazi.
But there is a saying that goes, "People are as cruel as mothers, and ghosts are as cruel as babies."
The young man Zheng Zhilong was extremely confident in Sister Azhu's cruelty just moments ago. In the simplest words, he first told her the key points of self-defense and counter-attack.
At this time, several of Li Guozhu's minions had landed on Feng Zhou's deck, but instead they left Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Haizhu behind and went straight to kill Yan Siqi and Ma Xianglin.
After all, the heads of a young man and a young woman together are only worth four hundred taels of silver.
If you stab Mr. Yan or any of the spear generals, you will get a thousand taels of silver!
Li Guozhu did not blame the brothers for being greedy for money.
Only those who are greedy for money would help him accomplish what he did today. As for the brat opposite him who was confronting him, how could he not be able to deal with him?
Li Guozhu suddenly turned his wrist and pressed his toes against the hull guard plate, but the hook was pulled back.
Zheng Zhilong felt a sudden pressure on the knife, thinking that Li Guozhu was going to press the iron hook forward, so Zhengye pressed his Dantian with a breath to give strength to his arm. As if his opponent was cheating, he rushed forward violently, his center of gravity was unsteady, and he stumbled, causing him to fall behind him.
Zheng Haizhu was also leaning sideways on the deck.
Before the two of them could get up, Li Guozhu laughed evilly, threw away the useless scratching hook, picked up the Japanese sword that was more suitable for close combat, rushed up the side of the ship, and jumped onto the deck of Feng Zhou with a long stride.
"Little beast, little bitch!"
Li Guozhu swung his sword and was about to cut him, but was blocked by a guard in uniform who came out of the diagonal stab with his sword. The two of them immediately fought together.
Suddenly, there was a bang from the nearby building, and the round platform was blown into powder.
Zheng Haizhu was shocked. He looked back and saw smoke emitting from a small Frankie cannon on the boat patrolling the sea route.
Cai Feng, deputy envoy of the Fujian Sea Patrol, raised his head slightly and looked at the smoke-filled watchtower.
He had just huddled behind a few sailors named Cai, staring around looking for Liu Shimin.
Finally, I saw a vaguely crowned man wearing a hat on the round platform.
Recalling that Liu Shimin brought in the first batch of Dutchmen a few days ago without telling him and made a big deal with them, Cai Feng had realized that if he could not handle the Spanish's secret exclusive territory in Yuegang, sooner or later he would have to
Something happened.
Let's just take advantage of the chaos and get rid of this damn eunuch tonight.
Cai Feng gritted his teeth and made a decision.
However, after firing a cannon, he was about to order his sailors to join the fight when a sharp arrow roared towards him.