Above the Thames River, thick gunpowder smoke continued to dissolve into the rain and fog in London. Cannonballs roared in the sky, and then hit the tall buildings and castles in London.
The whole of London fell into chaos. Countless people were scurrying around like headless flies. From time to time, unlucky people were smashed into pulp by artillery shells. Buildings continued to collapse. Many ancient buildings
It became devastated in the flames of war.
The Spaniards, who hated the English pirates, were constantly venting their anger. Warships lined up on the Thames River. On both sides of the warships, cannons poured out fire all the time.
At the same time, the Spanish also began to land in a planned way, quickly forming an encirclement around London, intending to surround the entire London.
"Go straight to the Tower of London!"
Compared with Spain's determination to bloodbath London, Tian Erniu's goal is much clearer.
After a bombardment, Tian Erniu and Jiang Liang commanded the army to quickly attack the Tower of London. The Tower of London is the seat of the British royal family. It must have the most wealth. At the same time, the King of England is also very likely to be there.
it's here.
"Tap tap~ tap tap~"
Groups of Ming troops were dressed in neat uniforms, marching in neat steps, and their voices were very neat and clear. They were passed around the streets of London, causing every Londoner who saw the Ming troops to hurriedly hide.
With almost no resistance, Tian Erniu successfully reached the outskirts of the Tower of London and this huge castle. Of course, it is right next to the Thames River and is very close.
"Blow it up for me~"
Tian Erniu looked at the Tower of London in front of him. They were all castles built of stone. They were very strong. It seemed that it would not be an easy task to attack them.
"General Ming Guo, our King would like to have a talk with you!"
However, before Tian Erniu could take action, King Henry VII of England had already arrived at the Tower of London with his only remaining men and sent a message.
"What to talk about?"
Tian Erniu looked at the British people on the castle, smiled and asked.
"There is no enmity between us in England and your country. As long as the general is willing to withdraw his troops, our king is willing to pay you a large sum of money."
"Let's talk about the amount first. If it's too little, I won't be interested."
When Tian Erniu heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.
Is this European mentally ill? This has hit home, and he still wants to use money to bribe himself, and in front of so many people. Even if it is a gold mountain, he would not dare to take it.
.
"We are willing to give the General £20,000!"
"Approximately how much silver is twenty thousand pounds?"
When Tian Erniu heard this, he thought about it and asked Jiang Liang beside him.
"Twenty thousand pounds is almost equivalent to fifty thousand taels of silver."
Jiang Liang thought for a while and said: "It's a bit troublesome here in Europe. I can't calculate the various currencies very accurately. They are just worthless anyway. The British are very poor, and their annual fiscal income is not very high."
Not more than a hundred thousand pounds."
"It's only fifty thousand taels of silver, and I'm sending it to beggars~"
When Tian Erniu heard this, he couldn't help but cursed and said to the people around him: "Blow me hard and blow open the gate of this castle."
"Yes~"
As Tian Erniu's order was issued, the order was quickly conveyed to the Ming warships on the Thames River through semaphore soldiers. Suddenly, the artillery on the warships were all aimed at the Tower of London.
Along with the rumbling sound of artillery shelling, cannonballs carrying terrifying energy continued to bombard the Tower of London.
"shit~"
"These shit-like Ming people~"
Henry VII, who was on top of the castle, couldn't help but curse while hurriedly avoiding the cannonballs.
He didn't understand why he was willing to give the other party a huge fortune of 20,000 pounds, but the other party responded directly with artillery fire.
You must know that the annual income of the British royal family is only about 50,000 pounds or 20,000 pounds, which is already a huge wealth.
Of course he didn't know that tens of thousands of pounds of wealth was nothing to Tian Erniu. You must know that the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire gave Tian Erniu hundreds of thousands of gold and silver every year.
Two, plus the various industries Tian Erniu has invested in, he can easily earn millions of dollars in this year.
I really don't take a few taels of silver seriously.
"Your Majesty the King, run away quickly. If you don't leave, we won't be able to leave~"
The ministers under Henry VII said anxiously that the Ming Dynasty's artillery was terrifyingly powerful. The Tower of London Castle was attacked by intensive artillery fire. The originally beautiful royal castle suddenly became a mess. Fortunately, the castle was still strong.
It wasn't smashed open all at once.
"No, I want to fight these bandits together with my people!"
Henry VII said very stubbornly that he was actually an accomplished gentleman who had defeated his competitors many times and had considerable experience in commanding operations.
"Boom~"
However, just as he finished speaking, there was a deafening and terrifying noise, the ground shook violently, and a wall of the Tower of London Castle was directly blown down.
"Kill!"
Ming soldiers carrying muskets rushed in like a tide along the gap.
"Bang~"
Accompanied by intensive gunfire, the British royal soldiers who tried to block the attack were like waves of wheat falling in the wind. Under such a sharp musket attack, there was no way they could resist for long.
The number of people is too small, and there is a huge difference in equipment. More importantly, they already know that failure is inevitable, and their will to resist is weak.
"Haha, move all the things that can be moved here for me, and destroy everything that can't be moved."
Tian Erniu was like a bandit leader, walking in the Tower of London very easily and giving orders at the same time.
"Tsk, tsk, you are so poor~"
"There's nothing good at all."
"I remember when we first attacked the Royal Palace of Luzon, there was gold and silver everywhere, and pearls, agates, and emeralds could be seen everywhere. I didn't expect that the Royal Palace of England would be so shabby."
While Jiang Liang was carefully looking for valuable things, he couldn't help but shake his head.
As expected, he is a famous poor man in Europe. The King of England is really too poor.
"Perhaps we should loot the palace of King Louis XII of France. At least we can gain something."
Jiang Liang shook his head and said.
Inside the Tower of London, there were gunshots and fighting sounds everywhere. The remaining English Royal Guards were no match for the army led by Tian Erniu. In less than an hour, the entire Tower of London fell to Tian Erniu.
Cow's hands.
Henry VII and many English nobles and ministers wisely surrendered to Tian Erniu.
"It is the King of England, and I want to see your general."
Henry VII was a strong resister, because at this time several soldiers were preparing to tie him up with ropes. He felt that this was the greatest insult to himself. Even if he surrendered, he was still the king of England and should receive due treatment.
of hospitality.
"Take all these paintings and everything back, even though they don't look very good."
Tian Erniu was looking for valuable things in every hall, but he was quite disappointed. Even the paintings hanging on the walls, judging from the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty, these paintings did not have the slightest artistic conception, but in the spirit of Sanguang
The policy still needs to be brought back to add to the collection of the Great Tomorrow.
Soon someone came to report to Tian Erniu about Henry VII's request to see him. Tian Erniu became interested when Newton arrived, and came to a lawn. The entire lawn was very large, and there were many English nobles, ministers, and the royal family.
All the members and so on are gathered here.
"I want to see your general~"
Henry VII looked at the brutal Ming soldiers around him and kept roaring angrily. He didn't want to be tied up and taken out in bunches like the slaves. If that happened, he would rather die here.
"You want to see me~"
Tian Erniu looked at Henry VII in front of him. He was relatively thin and not tall.
"General Daming, I am the king of England. Behind me are the royal family, nobles and ministers of England. We have surrendered to you. You cannot treat us like slaves."
"I demand to be treated as I am."
Henry VII looked at Tian Erniu in front of him and said angrily.
"Do you know what it means if a king surrenders in our east?"
Tian Erniu looked at Henry VII in front of him. He was such a tough-talking duck. He was already a prisoner. How could he be pretending to be cool?
"What does it mean?"
Henry VII calmed down and asked calmly.
"Means death!"
"In our east, if a monarch surrenders, it means death and no longer being a monarch."
"In our Ming Empire, the best way to capture the other party's slaves is to sell them as slaves. I think you should be able to sell them for a good price."
Tian Erniu smiled and said, "Pretend with me, you are already a prisoner, what kind of courtesy are you talking about, bullshit, if you are not retained, you are still useful, now you will be sold directly to the Golden Continent, over there in the Golden Continent"
Many farms, plantations and the like should be happy to purchase these slaves from Europe.
"No, no~"
"You can't do this~"
"Killing us will not do you any good. Keep us and we can discuss peace talks. We are willing to use ransom to redeem our freedom."
When Henry VII heard that he was going to be sold as a slave, he immediately panicked. If he was sold as a slave, he could imagine his miserable life in the future.
"This is wrong. Be honest with me. If you don't let me, I will hand you all over to the Spaniards. I think they will be very happy to send you to the guillotine."
Seeing that he was submissive, Tian Erniu nodded with satisfaction, and then couldn't help but said: "You poor guy, I guess you can't squeeze much money out of it."
