After that, the Portuguese fleet, which suffered a heavy loss, abandoned the idea of capturing the city of Malacca and instead plundered several port cities and merchant ships of the Kingdom of Malacca.

Sure enough, by plundering merchant ships, especially the robbery of a merchant ship that had just returned from Daming, the Portuguese were fed. Looking at the boatloads of porcelain and silk, Ricardo was delighted.

Thinking of the rich Ming Empire, Ricardo continued to lead the fleet around the Strait of Malacca to the north, intending to go to Guangzhou to find out the situation.

After the fleet arrived in Guangzhou, Ricardo first demanded the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Ming Empire on behalf of the Kingdom of Portugal and the qualification for normal trade.

However, as Kong Tai said, the Ming Empire did not accept the establishment of diplomatic relations with people on an equal footing. The Guangzhou Bosi directly treated the Portuguese as ordinary Fanyi and required them to apply for tributary qualifications according to the normal tributary process. Moreover, Ricardo, the Portuguese foreign minister, was asked to learn the etiquette of three bows and nine bows, so as not to lose his honor in front of the king in the future.

Ricardo was immediately enraged, he was the foreign minister of the Kingdom of Portugal, not an ordinary envoy. This time, he went out in person, and was actually humiliated by a petty official of the Guangzhou City Department of the Ming Empire......

So, an enraged Ricardo returned to the ship, took 22 warships with him, and launched an attack on the port of Guangzhou......

The Ming army in Guangzhou Port was also panicked at first, but the Ming army was a person who had seen the world and was no stranger to guns. When the artillery of the Canton Guard was brought up, the two sides launched an artillery bombardment.

It's just that the Portuguese had 22 battleships with a lot of artillery on them, and the artillery of the Canton Wei was repulsed......

But when the Portuguese sailors launched a ground attack, they were immediately subjected to a large-scale assault - Canton Wei dispatched 300 cavalry to launch a charge against the Portuguese sailors......

Although there were not many Canton Guards, and the horses were short southern horses. However, a cavalry is a cavalry, and a light cavalry that is more agile than a knight. More than 1,000 Portuguese sailors who landed were slaughtered at once, and more than 600 sailors were cut down......

It was also the bad luck of the Portuguese, the weapons of the Portuguese sailors, either arquebuses or scimitars. Can scimitar sailors fight cavalry? Not to mention the musketeers, who were given heads in front of the cavalry before the bayonets were installed......

Fortunately, the Portuguese musketeers fought hard and knocked out more than 100 Ming cavalry, and the generals of the Guangzhou Wei felt that the losses were too great, so they ordered to retreat. After all, the southern cavalry is rare, all of them are treasures, and they can't afford to lose.

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After escaping back, Ricardo was so sad that he felt that he had messed things up this time.

In desperation, he could only let the fleet retreat to the mouth of the Pearl River and began to make a cameo appearance as a pirate.

Not to mention, two Siamese tributary trading ships were caught and robbed......

Seeing three merchant ships full of silk and porcelain in his hands, Ricardo finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he lost thousands of sailors, he could finally give an account when he returned home with these three ships of silk and porcelain. Otherwise, his position as Foreign Minister will not be guaranteed......

In this way, the Portuguese fleet returned home with endless depression......

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Not to mention the setbacks suffered by Portugal in the Far East, the Portuguese transferred warships from the Spanish Union and the fleet, which also had a significant impact on the balance of power in the Indian Ocean. The most direct impact is that there are only 15 Spanish and Portuguese fleets of 27 warships, only one is a Portuguese warship, and the remaining 14 are Spanish warships......

When the main force of the Portuguese fleet left for Malacca and Canton, the Egyptian fleet arrived in Diu, India, and joined the combined fleet of the Indian maharajas......

Of course, this is not important, the most important thing is that 20 of the combined fleet of more than 2,000 ships came from the Republic of Venice. It's just that after they were reassembled in the Red Sea region, they all hoisted the yellow crescent banner of the Mamluk dynasty. But in reality, the captains and main sailors, including the gunners, on these 20 battleships were Venetian sailors. Only the oarsmen were Rus' slaves bought from the Crimea provided by the Ottoman Empire......

Moreover, 10 of the 20 ships of the Venetians were new ships equipped with artillery. In this naval battle, the Venetians came to test the effect of the new tactics.

Although Marin boasted about the naval artillery battle, the Venetian conservatives were reluctant to believe in the role of artillery. In desperation, the Republic of Venice had no choice but to send the same number of two warships in order to observe the results through specific naval battles.

At the beginning of 1509, the combined Egyptian-Indian fleet, consisting of more than 200 warships, left Diu and rushed to Calicut, the home port of the Spanish and Portuguese alliances.

However, although the combined fleet of Egypt and India had more than 200 warships, the real big ships were only 20 warships provided by the Venetians. The rest, for the rest, are mostly small dhows. These small dhows were laden with Indian archers and scimitar sailors......

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At the port of Calicut, the Spanish Portuguese Union and the fleet saw more than 200 warships rushing over, and they were frightened at first. The commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, Da Costa, ordered the fleet to flee the port of Calicut......

At this time, serious disagreements arose within the joint Ethiopian-Indian fleet. Ali, the representative of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt, believed that the Portuguese fleet should be pursued and destroyed.

However, the Princes of Diu and other Indian princes believed that the destruction of the Portuguese fleet was due, but it could be delayed. For example, the most important thing at the moment is the sacking of the wealthy port city of Calicut......

Eventually, the opinion of the majority Indian princes prevailed, and the Egyptian fleet joined them in attacking Calicut in order to sack India's wealthiest trading port city......

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On the sea, Da Costa, the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Portuguese Fleet, who was leading the fleet to flee at this time, reacted - if he lost Calicut as an ally, Spain's trade interests in India would be terminated. And the spice trade is so lucrative that if the Indian spice trade is lost, it is estimated that His Majesty will skin him alive......

Thinking of this, da Costa gritted his teeth and ordered the fleet to stop fleeing and instead turn back to meet the ......

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When the Portuguese fleet returned to Calicut Harbor, the sailors of the Combined Greco-Indian Fleet were busy attacking the city of Calicut......

At this time, most of the Egyptian and Indian warships in the port were empty. Da Costa took the opportunity to order the fleet to approach, and then had the gunners shoot at close range......

"Boom-boom-boom-"

After a burst of cannons, a number of poor quality Indian warships sank. As for the Venetian battleships, two were also wounded......

At this time, the officers and men of the Ethiopian-Indian combined fleet reacted. They abandoned the siege of Calicut and returned to the ship. But by this time, they had already lost more than two dozen small boats......

The two fleet commanders sent by Venice, Giglioni and Pinamonti, immediately ordered the Venetian sailors and artillerymen to return to their ships and prepare for a desperate battle with the Spanish fleet.

Pinamonti's 10 gunboats, in particular, were going to have a good fight with the Spaniards......

However, if they play online games in the afterlife, they will know that there is something called Pig Teammates......

Although they lost two ships, the Venetians' 18 warships were still a force to be reckoned with. At least, not much worse than the Spanish fleet.

However, the small dhows of the Indian princely fleet, eager for revenge, rushed ahead and tried to surround and besiege 14 Spanish warships and 1 Portuguese warship......

Pinamonti and Giglioni looked at each other, but they couldn't say anything at this point. Seeing that the Indian ships were charging ahead, they had no choice but to follow. Moreover, the 10 battleships of Pinamonti, because the front was full of allied ships, it was also inconvenient to open fire......

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However, when the small Indian warship surrounded the Spanish warship in front, it was embarrassing to find that the side of the other party's Clark sailboat was so high that it was inconvenient to climb......

Of course, skilled sailors began to throw up their grappling hooks, intending to hook the Spanish ships before climbing up and cutting people......

However, Spanish sailors were not stupid. When the Indian sailors who threw out their grappling hooks began to climb the ship, the Spanish boat stretched out an arquebus and knocked the Indian sailors directly into the sea. Moreover, the lead bullet hit the body, the wound was huge, and the smell of blood after falling into the water was too great, which was easy to attract sharks. Anyway, the chances of survival are slim......

And that's not the most terrible thing, the most terrible thing is that the Spanish sailors actually threw grenades at the Indian boat......

Of course, the grenades thrown by the Spanish sailors were not the powerful grenades of later generations, but the turtle grenades filled with black powder powder. Its fuse is not a cable, but an ordinary igniting fuse......

This kind of turtle grenade, thrown into the crowd, is estimated to hurt people, and it is difficult to kill anyone on the spot.

But, no matter what, it's gunpowder. Thrown into a wooden boat, it is easy to catch fire......

Then, the Indian boats surrounding the Spanish warships were burned a lot......

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After losing quite a few small boats, the Indians finally relented, and their small dhows receded like a tide. Moreover, it also blocked the way of 18 Venetian warships. In the end, the Venetian ships were stuck in the middle and could not get out......

Seeing this, the commander-in-chief of the Spanish and Portuguese fleets, da Costa, immediately ordered the fleet to line up and concentrate on the Venetian galleys that were trapped by the Indian boats......

The unfortunate Venetian fleet was crowded by Indian boats and could not form a formation at all......

In this way, several more Venetian ships were sunk......

When the Venetian ships managed to get rid of the Indian boats, they found that there were only 12 ships left......

Gillioni then bravely ordered the remaining five old galleys to rush to the Spanish fleet for a broadside battle. Pinamonti, on the other hand, led the seven converted gunboats of the birth to the flank to confront the Spanish fleet......

But the Spanish fleet had the upper hand and was better maneuverable in the windy Indian Ocean......

After avoiding the decisive onslaught of Giglioni's five galleys, the Spanish fleet began to fan-shape and bombarded the five Venetian galleys that rushed in.

Eventually, Giglioni retreated with the remaining two ships after losing three more ships. Then, Pinamonti's seven gunboats, because they were weak, were finally defeated and fled in the exchange of fire, and three were sunk......

But the Spaniards were not having a good time, because they were attacked by Venetian gunboats, and also sank two battleships and seriously wounded one...... (https:)

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