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Don't look at Niu Dali's name is quite majestic, but he is actually a short and thin person, less than 165 tall. Of course, in the Ming Dynasty in this era, it was the general height of southerners.

No way, the south is said to be the land of fish and rice, but in fact, the ancient people were jealous of the lack of oil and water, let alone eating meat. Hereditary guards like Niu Dali, who are deducted from food and pay by the generals above all day long to drink the blood of the soldiers, it would be good to be full, and dare to ask for nutrition? Therefore, it is normal to grow this size.

Niu Dali, who is not very tall, rides on the back of an equally short southern horse, which is quite a match. The entire Tuen Mun Inspection Station is just such a horse. When he was fine, the inspector Tang Quan rode out to inspect the outfit. In case of emergency, Niu Dali, the herald, rode out to ask for help.

The distance between Tuen Mun and Humen is not far, and the straight-line distance is only forty or fifty miles, but because Niu Dali first had to go northeast to Shenzhen, and then turn to Weiyuan Fort in the northwest, he needed to run more than 60 miles. But because it was urgent, Niu Dali changed horses at the post stations along the way, and it took less than two hours to run to the gate of the camp of Weiyuan Fort, and shouted:

"Urgent! Urgent! There are 30 huge Yiren warships on the Lingding Ocean, and there may be copper cannons on them! ”

When the defenders of Weiyuan Fort saw Niu Dali's clothes and the order flag on his back, they knew that it was the herald, so they quickly opened the camp gate, welcomed Niu Dali in, and led the horses to the stable to serve by a special person.

Seeing the urgent report written by Tang Quan in a hurry, and the seal of the inspector on it, after confirming that it was correct, Lin Ping'an, the garrison of Humen Fort, immediately ordered:

"Zhang Qianhu (Zhang Ke, Weiyuan Fort Qianhu Qianhu, the specific commander of the fort), hurry up and release the carrier pigeon, notify Liu Feng (commander of the Qianhu of Dingyuan Fort) on the other side, and let him raise the sun and moon flag to prepare for battle!"

Although the two batteries are only 4.6 kilometers apart, which is more than 9 miles. However, if a small boat is sent to inform you, it may not be too late. After all, the boat is slow. Therefore, Lin Ping'an, the chief garrison officer of the two forts of Weiyuan and Dingyuan, directly adopted the fastest way to give the order - release pigeons......

At the same time, Lin Ping'an also ordered to release carrier pigeons to Guangzhou to make an emergency. Because, this fleet is obviously heading for the city of Guangzhou.

"Knock-knock-knock-" The dull sound of war drums sounded, and all the soldiers of the east and west forts of Humen Fort stopped all the movements in their hands, rushed back to the barracks, put on their battle uniforms, packed up their waist knives and spears and other weapons, and entered the battle position.

At the same time, both batteries raised the Sun and Moon battle flags. The so-called sun and moon battle flag is actually a big flag with the word "Ming" written on it. Ming is the name of the Ming Dynasty, indicating the nature and identity of the army. Because the word "Ming" is the left day and the right moon, it is also called the sun and moon flag.

Subsequently, two flags were raised at the same time in Weiyuan Fort - the garrison forest of the Daming Humen Fort, and the Qianhu Zhang of the Daming Humen Fort. The Dingyuan Fort on the other bank raised the Daming Dingyuan Fort Qianhu Liu. Of course, the official titles in the front are in small characters, while the surnames in the back are in large characters.

After the flag was raised, in the dull sound of drums, the soldiers of the Ming army who had finished wearing all entered the designated position and carried the cloth bags containing gunpowder to the designated position.

Originally, the container for gunpowder used by the soldiers of the Ming army was a gunpowder jar made of horns, and the volume was very small. However, after Ma Lin visited Daming, he taught the technology of granulating gunpowder in rice soup and ordering gunpowder in oiled paper bags. This technology was first popularized in the Humen Battery, which used advanced 12-pounder guns.

Therefore, the cotton bags carried by the soldiers were filled with packets of gunpowder. Because the oil-paper bag is not afraid of water, it is not worried about the cotton bag being damp. Of course, cotton bags should not be soaked in water.

As for why cotton bags are used instead of sacks, because considering the roughness of linen, it is easy to rub and produce static electricity. Cotton cloth is relatively soft and less prone to static electricity.

Then, the soldiers of the battery opened some large boxes, which were filled with iron ball shells cast one by one......

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It was not until the Ming army at the Humen Fort was fully prepared that the Portuguese fleet was belated......

There is no way, the wind is not strong in the Lingding Ocean at the mouth of the Pearl River, and the speed of Da Gama's fleet is only 4 knots, that is, the speed is about 7.4 kilometers per hour. For a voyage of several tens of kilometers, the Portuguese fleet sailed for several hours. It wasn't until the Ming army had lunch that the Portuguese fleet was late.

"My lord, the fleet of the Yiren is here!" The observation sentry on the lookout of the Weiyuan Fort said loudly.

Lin Ping'an, the garrison of Humen Fort, immediately climbed onto the lookout, put up a pergola in his hand, and looked at the river......

"This ship...... It's like a ship from the Northwest Sea of Thailand...... Could it be the North Sea Country? Lin Ping'an frowned.

However, he quickly overturned his judgment, because the imperial court now clearly stipulated that the Beihai Kingdom would generally go through the three major ports of Quanzhou, Fuzhou and Ningbo, and it was unlikely that they would come to Guangzhou.

Moreover, Hadofer, an engineer from the Beihai Kingdom who helped build the fort, also told him that the warships of the Beihai Kingdom would never easily enter and leave the Pearl River estuary without the approval of the imperial court.

And Lin Ping'an has not received any notice from the imperial court about the entry and exit of tributary ships, so these ships are obviously not good. Moreover, even if it is tribute, there is no need for 30 ships at all. In addition, when looking out, Lin Ping'an also saw the golden light reflected from the copper cannon on the enemy's ship......

"It's a warship, yes, the two guns of A and B are warning shots!" Lin Ping'an ordered loudly. The 10 guns of the Weiyuan Fort were all numbered with "A, B, C, D, pente, hexagen, xin, and non decay" to facilitate command.

At this time, the "standard procedure" provided by the North Sea Engineer Hadofer - when encountering a ship of unknown origin, fire a warning first. If the other side has no malicious intent, it will definitely stop, and then send a small boat to the battery to negotiate. If you don't have good intentions, you tend to break through.

The Portuguese were stunned, and Da Gama looked at the Weiyuan Fort suspiciously:

"What's the situation? How can there be artillery here? Da Gama was a little confused. It seems that the Ming Dynasty merchants in Malacca did not provide this news......

How did he know that the Ming smugglers who were stationed in the port of Malacca had not returned to Daming for several months, nor did he know the news that two forts had been built at the mouth of the Pearl River.

The Portuguese fleet paused for a moment, but after hesitating for a moment, da Gama ordered:

"Keep moving, the other side will have two cannons, don't pay attention. Big deal, let's fire back against this artillery fortress! ”

It's just that Da Gama didn't know that the two forts of Weiyuan and Dingyuan, the cannons were hidden inside the stone buildings, and if you didn't use a telescope, you couldn't see how many cannons were in them from a distance.

Apparently, da Gama did not see the specific situation in the two forts, but judged that the fort had two cannons based on the sound of cannons. So, he arrogantly ordered the fleet to move on. Moreover, it was intended to bombard with the ship's artillery and the "two guns" of the battery......

It's just that Da Gama didn't know that the two forts of Weiyuan and Dingyuan, the cannons were hidden inside the stone buildings, and if you didn't use a telescope, you couldn't see how many cannons were in them from a distance.

Apparently, da Gama did not see the specific situation in the two forts, but judged that the fort had two cannons based on the sound of cannons. So, he arrogantly ordered the fleet to move on. Moreover, it was intended to bombard with the ship's artillery and the "two guns" of the battery......