Hearing these words in the council chamber, Philot could hardly suppress his anger. In his opinion, these pirates are really muddy and can't hold up the wall, so they know how to rob and rob......

Just thinking of this, his heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly had a brilliant idea.

So, he stretched out his hand and motioned for them all to stop talking.

Seeing that he still had something to say, although the other pirates didn't buy it and were still talking about it, Robert, as a landlord, had to come forward to maintain order, and finally made the council room quiet again.

Seeing this, Filot hurriedly seized the opportunity to say to them: "You should all know that Mexico is the source of important wealth for our Spain. I am not afraid to tell you that all the goods that we are going to bring back have been taken by the Orientals. ”

When he said this, he saw that some pirates showed disdain, contempt, and even schadenfreude, as if they were about to make fun of him, so he hurriedly continued: "In addition, as far as I know, the Orientals came to America, and they brought a lot of silk and porcelain. You know, they produce these things, and even when they go out, they must take them with them. They don't get used to those things outside. Did you know? As far as their silk and porcelain can be sold in Europe, it will definitely be a lot of wealth! ”

Hearing this, a pirate finally came to his senses, and it turned out that the Orientals had a lot of wealth there!

As long as they have money, even if it is a tiger, they dare to touch their butts, otherwise, they will not come out to be pirates.

Seeing them like this, Philott was overjoyed, this trick really worked!

So, he struck while the iron was hot, and continued: "You don't know that the reason why the Orientals came to America this time was because the Portuguese lured them here. Do you know why? ”

Hearing this, some pirates immediately said as a matter of course: "Why else, there must be benefits, otherwise, who will do it?" ”

"That's right, it's good!" When Philot heard this, he immediately pointed to the pirate and affirmed his words, and then said loudly to the other pirates, "You know what? Portugal became the only authorized merchant of the Ming Kingdom. They brought countless porcelain, silk, raw silk, etc. from the Ming Kingdom, and met their colonies in South America, from where they were ready to be shipped to Europe. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, glanced at the pirates, and saw that there was a greedy light in their eyes, so he continued to say loudly: "But they are afraid that I, Spain, will block this route, so they have encouraged the Ming people to send troops to drive us Spaniards away. Do you say, "Are we willing to just make the Portuguese rich?" ”

The Portuguese had a lot of goods from the Ming Empire in their hands, and this was already a consensus in the impression of Europeans. Therefore, they really believed this passage of Filot.

Remembering that countless riches would pass by on this route, these pirates were of course greedy.

"One thing, I want to make clear......," Filote deliberately whetted their appetites, before he said, "the combined strength of the Portuguese and the Ming is very strong. I have to admit that we in Spain alone will not be able to defeat them until there is no support from home. Therefore, the Governor sent me in the hope that we would unite and rob them. How's that, is anyone willing to do it? ”

In the council chamber, Filote has always been dominant, which makes William very unhappy. After listening to this at this time, he immediately said: "What kind of unity law? Why should we unite with you? Who do we want to rob? ”

This is a bargain, and of course the other pirates can feel it, so they also shout one by one, all of them want enough benefits.

To this, Philot had already received the authorization of the Spanish governor before he came, so he immediately replied: "In the future, we in Spain will recognize Jamaica as yours and will not send troops to fight again." In addition, until the victory or defeat is separated with the Ming Kingdom and the Portuguese, we Spain will not be your enemy! ”

Hearing this, many pirates were reluctant.

"We seem to be afraid of you, we have the ability to come!"

"That's it, we're robbing you Spaniards, what's the matter, don't accept it?"

“……”

Among these words, William shouted the most. In fact, it is also true, this Jamaica is not the one he took the lead in snatching from Spain, how can he be afraid of Spain!

Seeing this, Philott had to stretch out his hand and signal them to shut down. After a long while, the scene finally quieted down.

"I'm not done yet, don't get excited!" Philott was obviously a little helpless in his heart, it was too difficult to communicate with these pirates, "Their main force is up to us Spain to resist." All you have to do is harass them and rob them of their stuff. In addition, the coast is under our Spanish control, and you are allowed to stop for supplies. How is it? ”

Hearing this, the pirates looked at each other and thought it was about the same. If you have interests, do it!

The two sides agreed on this, and after further discussions on the details, a pact between the Spanish and European pirates was finalized.

Soon after, the Spaniards and a large number of pirates launched an attack on the Portuguese colony. For the Spaniards, it was revenge, along with snatching back some supplies. And for pirates, there is only one purpose, which is to grab money!

These people, all the way down from the east coast of the Americas, all the way to the west coast of the Americas, that is, to the Pacific Ocean.

The Portuguese defended the Spaniards, but they didn't expect that those pirates would join forces with the Spaniards. Caught off guard, he was attacked by pirates and suffered great losses.

As a result, more pirates flocked to join the ranks of the Portuguese who robbed them. Anyway, the main force of the enemy is the Spaniards, and the risk of them grabbing money is minimal, so why not!

The Portuguese could not resist it and retreated inland to Brazil, or fled along the coast to North America. However, Peru was occupied by Spain, and as it passed through these places, it lost a lot.

In September of the 28th year of Chongzhen, the Portuguese, who had fled north, finally fled to the vicinity of Central America. When the Ming warships patrolling the sentry found out, they immediately guided them back to the naval base and met Anders here.

Anders was stunned for a long time when he heard the Portuguese cry. He never imagined that those Spaniards would be so shameless as to collude with pirates to attack their Portuguese colonies in Brazil.

Of course, he couldn't bear it. So, he immediately went to Sun Chuanting to take revenge.

But, who is Sun Chuanting? He is an official of the Ming Dynasty, the commander of the Ming Expeditionary Force, and is responsible for his subordinates. When he heard that the enemy ships were at least two hundred and fifty or so, he decisively did not agree.

When Anders heard this, he shouted angrily: "Our two countries are brothers, and our princess Catherine is still the princess of your crown prince, and now that we Portugal are under such a cruel attack by the enemy, if the Governor does not send troops to help, what is the covenant?" ”

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting just asked him lightly: "Our warships are more than the other party?" There are more of our soldiers than the enemy? Our morale, at least yours, is ...... higher than the other side."

Although it was not the kind of aggressive rhetorical question, every question from Sun Chuanting made Anders stunned. After hearing this, his excitement eased significantly, and he asked Sun Chuanting: "Then what do you say?" ”

"Now all of you, who can escape, have fled. Those who are not here have taken refuge inland. For a while, there will be no danger. Sun Chuanting still said lightly, "At the moment, the enemy is coming violently, our army should avoid the enemy's edge, shorten the rear route to supply, and then look for fighters." ”

Hearing this, Anders was still a little dissatisfied, and when he was about to speak, he heard that Sun Chuanting had already spoken again: "In addition, you should also know that at this point in time, it is the time point when reinforcements may arrive. We retreated, and if we could wait for reinforcements to arrive, it would be time for us to counterattack! ”

When Anders heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "I've been waiting for this for several years, year after year, and I haven't seen reinforcements coming." What if there are no reinforcements this year? ”

Originally, according to Sun Chuanting's estimate, after he sent someone back, it stands to reason that the emperor would definitely send reinforcements over. Because at the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen talked to him about the future pattern.

However, on the American side, they never waited for reinforcements to arrive. To be honest, Sun Chuanting's heart actually has hidden worries.

When this happens, it is possible that the ship sent back failed to return to Daming; It is also possible that something happened on the local side of the Ming Dynasty; Of course, it is also possible that reinforcements sent to the Americas did not end up crossing the Pacific. In short, there are many cases.

For the delay in the arrival of reinforcements, not only him, but also the soldiers of the Ming army below, are actually influential. This is also the reason why Sun Chuanting mentioned morale just now.

Hearing Anders's rhetorical question, Sun Chuanting replied without hesitation: "What if you come?" Even if we don't come, we have shortened the logistical supply. When there is no way to retreat, a battle against the odds can also give full play to the greatest combat power and fight the most confident battle. ”

Anders listened, unable to find any other reason to refute it. The most important thing is that the command of the army is in the hands of Sun Chuanting, so he can only accept it helplessly.

Subsequently, Sun Chuanting carefully inquired about the enemy's situation. After receiving the news from the sentry that the enemy was getting closer and closer, he did not hesitate and immediately ordered a retreat and retreated to the North American side.

The coalition of Spain and pirates did not expect the Ming army to run away without fighting, which was a bit surprising.

Knowing the habits of those pirates, Philott immediately encouraged them, saying that in the lair of the Ming army, there were definitely warehouses full of gold, silver, silk and porcelain. As soon as these words were seduced, the coalition forces continued north.