Ask for flowers......

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Mendoza and Gaspar had suffered losses at the hands of Fujian maritime merchants and Zhejiang pirates, so they were wary of landing and plundering, and at this time they did not have much goods to sell that the Chinese were interested in, so they did not approach the Zhejiang sea, and did not dock when they approached the Fujian sea, and planned to directly cross the Dayuan Strait (that is, the Taiwan Strait) and take advantage of the monsoon to trade on the Nanyang islands they were more familiar with.

Anthony was supposed to go back to Fujian when he got on the ship, and when the ship was close to his hometown, of course he went to ask Mendoza to let him get off the ship, but where was Mendoza willing to let him go? Anthony has a weak temperament and has no idea, so he neither dares to force it nor has no way, so he has to go.

As they passed through the middle of the Strait of Dayuan, they encountered two two-masted offshore ships, which were also heading south, and because they were slow, they were overtaken by Mendoza's Golden Dog, and Mendoza, seeing that they were not well armed and had a thief again, ordered an attack. One of the ships fled, while the other was captured.

The ship was loaded with some worthless cargo, but there was a lot of clean water, and there was a lot of food, and it was evident that it had not been at sea for long, and at the time of the surrender there were twenty-five sailors on board, and Mendoza, seeing that the ship was dilapidated, consulted with Gaspar for a while, and decided that they wanted things instead of ships, and they had already recruited enough sailors on the five islands, so they decided not to even men.

None of the sailors of the Eastern tribes knew about the decision of the Franc Man, not even Anthony, let alone those who were captured.

That night, when the cargo and water of the captured ship were moved to the Golden Dog, Gaspar suddenly ordered a fire, and when the Chinese sailors on the Golden Dog found out, the captured ship was already full of fire, and dozens of Chinese on board were running and shouting, and some even jumped into the sea in a hurry.

The style of this group of Franco-pirates had already been seen by the sailors of all the oriental tribes who had come all the way from India and the South Seas, but the sailors who had just been recruited from the five islands could not help but be terrified when they saw it, and Antony had a big quarrel with Mendoza when he found out, and shouted: "God will punish you!" God will punish you! "But the poor yellow man has nothing else to do but this empty curse. He looked at his compatriots who were either dead in the flames or dead in the sea rowing the cross, but what was the use?

Anthony didn't notice it, and at this time, Dongmen Qingzheng was silently watching him not far away. Before this incident, Dongmenqing also admired Anthony very much, because this devout Crusader was not only smart, but also kind, not only often interceding when the sailors of various ethnic groups in the East were abused by the Franco, but also often contradicting Mendoza and Gaspar, which made Dongmenqing feel that Antony was quite brave. But after this incident, Dongmen Qing's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Anthony, and he suddenly found that Anthony's kindness was not of substantial help to solve the plight of sailors of all ethnic groups in the East. Looking at the flames on the sea and listening to the wailing in the wind, Dongmen Qing violently ripped off the cross on his chest.

A figure approached quietly, it was Li Chun. He had learned a lot of Chinese from Chen Baifu in the past few days, and then he quietly asked: "Big brother, do you want to ......" Dongmen Qing had already shook his head and gestured for him to go back to sleep.

After Li Chun left, someone behind him suddenly sneered: "You are really affectionate and righteous!" At the beginning, this kid was burned, and you jumped out desperately, and now dozens of Fujian people are burned, why don't you say a word? ”

Dongmen Kei didn't need to look back to know that it was Sato Hideyoshi, and he ignored him and went back to sleep in the cabin. Some Chinese sailors gnash their teeth when they see him like this, thinking that this guy has become a complete minion. But these sailors are only angry and worried.

Most of the sailors in this fleet were Orientals, but there was a considerable gap between the East China Sea tribes and the natives of the South Seas. More than half of the sailors of the two ships together have Chinese ancestry, but even the Chinese sailors have been divided into seven or eight small groups for various reasons, such as in terms of joining time, the sailors who joined the first year will form their own group, and the sailors who join later will form another group, and for example, in terms of geography, the Nanyang Chinese will form their own group, the local Chinese of the Ming Dynasty will form their own group, and the newly recruited from the five islands will form their own group. Those who joined first looked down on those who joined later, and those who already knew how to speak Franc and initially gained the trust of Franc Mechanic also considered themselves superior and looked down on those compatriots who did not know how to speak Franc Mechanic. In addition, the Francophone pirates are in the way, which makes it difficult for these small groups to unite with each other. Moreover, there had been a racial rebellion in this fleet before, and after the rebellion was suppressed, the bloody men with the temperament of the leader had been slaughtered, and then the Chinese sailors were even more scattered and difficult to unite. What's even more terrifying is that there are shameless whistleblowers in the rebellion, which makes the various small groups hate each other, wary of each other, and even worry that other groups will realize that the master of the Franco machine has betrayed him, so after this incident, the Chinese sailors did not even dare to curse publicly, but just muttered secretly, let alone resist.

Still, the flotilla was simmering with discontent and unease. Because the sailors of the various ethnic groups in the East will inevitably feel sad when they smell the smell of corpses wafting in the sea breeze, and they don't know if it will be their turn next time in a similar situation!

In order to avoid this, different people have chosen different paths, and some people have been inspired by this and the idea of rebellion has been reborn, while others have been further sinkled by this, bending their knees even more under obscenity in order to become a high-level slave who is different from the low-level slaves.

It was in this context that the position of those dozen Franc pirates in the fleet was as stable as Mount Tai! However, although there was no internal crisis in this fleet, they were attacked when they crossed the southern part of the Dayuan Strait!

"Lee! It's Li Dayong! Raoping King Li Dayong! Zhou Dafu, who was familiar with the sea situation in Fujian and Guangzhou, exclaimed after looking at the observatory.

Dongmenqing's heart sank when he heard the news, he knew that Li Dayong was a big pirate from Raoping, Chaozhou, who had been rampant in the sea of eastern Guangdong in recent years, and his reputation was extremely strong. Li Dayong's base is located on Nan'ao Island near Chaozhou, which is the western gateway to the southern end of the Dayuan Strait.

This Francophone fleet was in a weak period at the moment, and Mendoza was not very familiar with the situation on China's southeast coast, and this time the target was set in the South Sea, and in order to avoid a direct conflict with China's coastal forces, it passed through the center line of the Dayuan Strait, but it did not expect to collide here. Mendoza immediately ordered to prepare for war, and it didn't take long for another fleet to appear on the sea to the south, but this time the flag was a "Xu" word!

"Could it be Xu Dong?" Zhou Taifu exclaimed again.

At present, there are two Xu Dong in the East China Sea and Nanyang, both of whom are famous figures. Xu Dong in the north is a native of Huizhou, because of the line two, so it is also called Xu Er, and several brothers of his Xu family, Xu Yi, Xu Er, Xu San, and Xu Si are all characters from all over the world, but only Xu Eryi is dead at the moment. This Xu Dong in the south is a native of Raoping, and Li Dayong are both fellow villagers, and their base is also in Nanao. In terms of power, Xu Dong in the north is in charge of Zhejiang, and the bull ear in the sea of Fujian, but Xu Dong in the south is not a general!

Everyone in Nanyang knew that Li Dayong and Xu Dong had a heart disease, but they didn't expect that they would join forces to attack this Franc fleet at this time! Seeing that the other side was strong, Mendoza had fled if he could not win, and if he could not escape, he wanted to seek peace.

As soon as the two fleets approached, the Chinese pirate fleet immediately sent more than 20 light boats to attack the three-masted galleon where Gaspar was located. The cargo capacity of this three-masted galleon is larger than that of the Golden Dog, but the degree of armament is not as good as that of the Golden Dog, and it is not as flexible as the Golden Dog, and the artillery fire on the ship is not enough, the Golden Dog fires to assist, but those small ships are extremely flexible, interspersed with the sea breeze and waves on the sea, and soon approaches the three-masted galleon, Mendoza sees that the situation is not good, and quickly accelerates closer, and the three-masted galleon is also desperate, and crushes one of the small boats, but two small boats have approached the three-masted galleon, hooking and attacking the deck with a hook and sickle. Gaspar hurriedly organized a hand-to-hand combat team to defend and counterattack, and before Li Dayong's dead man could climb the deck, five lit large fire barrels had already fallen from the sky and smashed into two approaching small boats, one of which immediately caught fire, and the other was pushed open because the fire barrel smashed on the head of a sailor, but the sailor was also killed by it.

"Revenge! Avenge! ”

The three-masted galleon was in the midst of a fierce battle, and suddenly a terrifying roar sounded in the midst of the sea breeze and waves! Mendoza couldn't understand Teochew, but he still felt the anger hidden in the roar!

At this time, the first two small ships close to the three-masted galleon had been smashed and sunk by Gaspar, and most of the first Chaozhou pirates had also been killed, but the morale of the attackers was not depressed by this, but even higher in the shout of "revenge"! Before the Golden Dog could get closer, three more small boats approached the three-masted galleon, and the dead men on the small boat rushed towards the three-masted galleon as if they were dying, and one of them even lit the ignition on the ship, and pulled the sail full and crashed into the tail rudder of the three-masted galleon!

With a bang, the rudder of the three-masted galleon was knocked off, and although it had not collapsed, the rudder was already full of fire! The rudder was no longer usable, and the three-masted galleon's movements immediately became dull.

"Revenge—revenge—"

After listening to Zhou Taifu's translation, Mendoza finally understood this sentence.

"Revenge? Could it be that the two brigs are theirs? ”

But at this time, there is no time to verify! Because two more small boats hooked the three-masted galleon, and even a few Teochew pirates attacked the deck! The Golden Dog did not dare to get any closer, but only assisted from afar with artillery fire, because the three big ships of Li Dayong had also approached the three-masted galleon at this time, one west, one north, and one south formed a flanking trend, and each of the three big ships also had a number of small boats as wings, and if the Golden Dog got closer, it might fall into this encirclement.

"I'm afraid I can't keep it......" When fifteen Teochew pirates appeared on the deck, Gaspar decided to abandon the big ship, and he hurriedly led the three Francos and seven or eight Nanyang men on board, put down the small boat and fled towards the Golden Dog. The brave Teochew pirates had not yet fully captured the three-masted galleon, and the direction of the main attack could not be quickly adjusted for a while, and only a small boat caught up, but unfortunately it was hit by the Golden Dog's cannon.

When Mendoza sent someone to pick up Gaspar and his party on the Golden Dog, the formidable Franco-Rang man was drenched like a water dog. When he stepped onto the deck and looked back, he saw that the three-masted galleon had been captured! Li Dayong's fleet also adjusted its direction, and while cleaning up the mess of the three-masted sailboat, it pressed towards the Golden Dog. Xu Dong's fleet, which was located a little further south, also changed its attitude of interception to attack, and gradually approached the Golden Dog.

"I can't fight!" Gaspar shouted: "These Chinese are crazy! ”

In fact, there is no need to say it, Mendoza has already ordered the rudder to turn and flee in the southeast direction. But there was no response for a long time after his order was passed down, and several pioneer ships of the Chaozhou pirates had already dodged the cannon fire in this gap!

Mendoza became alert and said to the first mate, Gustavus, "Hurry up and take someone to the back!" I'm here to stand in the way! After a while, the ship still didn't move, and at this time, three Chaozhou pirates had rushed closer, but unfortunately these three approaching boats were hand-to-hand combat teams, and there were no fire oil canisters on them, so they could only use hooks and sickles to attack directly!

Mendoza looked to the south, the main ship of Li Dayong's fleet was approaching, it was a large ship that could not be sunk by the firepower of the Golden Dog! He looked to the south again, and Xu Dong's fleet was also spreading east, obviously to prevent them from escaping! Mendoza knew that his time was running out, and once Li Da approached the main ship of the fleet and dragged it with a hook and sickle, it would be a situation where the two sides would not die! In the current situation, the number of Teochew pirates is much higher than that of the Francose pirates, and the morale is high, and everyone dares to fight to the death, so Mendoza knows that the broadside battle is not good for them!

Finally, a few Chaozhou pirates avoided the arquebus shooting and climbed up in the chaos, regardless of the Huayi nobles and lows, they were killed!

"Quick!" Mendoza yelled at Gaspar, who had recovered his breath, "Take a few men to the stern of the boat!" Hurry up and turn the rudder! Come on! Otherwise, we're all done! ”

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About Franc Machine: Franc Mechanic was the name given to Tessie by the Chinese at that time, so this article continues to use it. For the same region, different times have different names, such as China at that time is also known as Huaxia, Tang, Daming, etc., which title to use depends on the context, although the connotation of these titles is slightly different, but the point is generally the same, for Christian European countries, this article or use the name of my Chinese to them, or directly call their country names such as Portugal, France, etc., depending on the situation.

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