Sun Yuzhi and Theodosio were very correct, the commander of the allied formation of the Netherlands and England, the Dutchman Mark Warren, a civilian-born admiral, he was very sympathetic to the soldiers, he judged that the blockade might go on for a long time, so he planned to find a reliable supply location in Portugal, Porto was his first choice, but was vetoed by his deputy England John, who thought it was better to find a more secluded port, not too noticeable, so that it was easier to occupy. Since Mark Warren thought John was more experienced, he followed his advice, and they also chose Viana do Castelo as a supply base.

Theodosio's stewards were ready, confirmed the shares of seventeen major shareholders and more than seventy minor shareholders, and drew up a detailed plan for the acquisition, with the United Provincial Government holding twenty percent of the shares, which was not easy to acquire, and the target was the remaining eighty percent, mainly the major shareholders, especially those with a tendency to unite England, and if the United Provincial Government sold its shares, it would also try its best to acquire them, and if necessary, they could send funds to lobby the main government officials in charge of the shares of the East India Company, so that he could convince the government, completely crushing the finances of the provincial governments, forcing them to accept the terms proposed by Spain and Portugal.

Mark Warren came to the port of Viana do Castelo with more than 120 warships and 30 supply ships, and it was almost as expected, when the coalition soldiers began to land, almost all the residents of Viana do not escape, the coalition soldiers entered the town smoothly, when most of the soldiers entered the town, warships and supply ships also entered the port one after another, less than 20 warships remained on duty outside, under normal circumstances, there would not be much problem with 20 warships on duty, even if there was an enemy fleet attack, These twenty warships are enough for them to fight for a while, not to mention that now that the Spanish fleet is dwindling, even if they all gather together to sneak attack, there will not be too many warships, this is the result of Mark Warren and John's calculations.

But what they didn't expect was that it was not the Spanish fleet that came to attack them, the Spanish fleet was not assembled at all, and it was the Ming fleet that was much more ferocious than the Spanish fleet. As the commander of the Portuguese army, Theodosio very much wanted to see the tactics of the Ming fleet, and Sun Yuzhi did not object, but told him that he needed to keep some weapons secret and that he could sell some to you later, but it was best not to tell them for now.

Thirty warships is very inconspicuous for one hundred and twenty warships, so when Sun Yuzhi's Ming fleet appeared, the twenty English warships in charge of guarding just gave a warning, and rushed towards the Ming fleet, because they saw that the warships of the Ming fleet were obviously one size smaller than them, and tried to drive the Ming fleet away. When it was close to seven hundred yards, it began to fire, but at this distance the mortars of the Ming army could exert their power, so there was a confrontation, thinking that it was the bow to the bow, and the English warships were obviously at a loss, so they began to change formations, and when they became a battle line formation, they had entered the range of the Ming army's cannons, without any hesitation, the Ming army's cannons immediately delivered a fatal blow, and twenty English warships were all sunk in just two rounds of fire, regardless of the soldiers who fell into the water everywhere, The Ming fleet rushed directly to the combined fleet anchored in the harbor.

The Ming fleet in a skirmish formation lined up in a row, blocking the exit of the port, and the combined fleet inside was now just beginning to prepare for sailing. Sun Yuzhi chose a very good timing, that is, not long after the landing of the combined fleet, the morale of the soldiers was at its lowest ebb, and they were ready to launch an attack when they were about to rest, so the reaction time was relatively slow, and the speed of defeating the alert warships was very fast, which caused the main fleets of England and the Netherlands to be caught off guard, and even the soldiers did not have time to board the ship.

A hundred warships of the Combined Fleet blocked in the harbor. Densely crowded together, the Ming fleet in a horizontal formation can just exert its power, the shells issued by the three hundred mortars on the thirty warships can be described as overwhelming, almost at the same time, all the warships were hit and caught fire, and the next shelling completely made them lose the ability to fight back, and the smarter warships moved closer to the shore, but the warships in front could only suffer in water and fire.

It should be said that this was a perfect assault operation, in less than an hour of battle, one hundred and twenty warships of the combined fleet of the Netherlands and England were completely destroyed, more than 20,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and the coalition soldiers who were lucky enough to flee to the land tried to resist on the shore, but a large number of Portuguese soldiers rushed out from behind them, and the infantry phalanx arranged by Theodosio was killed from behind them, and the soldiers of the Ming fleet did not have to go ashore at all, and the whole battle ended smoothly.

Mark Warren was killed on the flagship, John barely went ashore, under the surprise of the phalanx of Portuguese soldiers, seeing that the tide was gone, he had to raise the white flag and surrender, all the wounded were killed by the Portuguese soldiers, and there were more than 4,000 captured coalition soldiers, this was a perfect and brilliant victory, the Dutch and England tried to blockade the fleet of Lisbon, and before they could reach Lisbon, they were completely annihilated.

The news of the defeat reached Amsterdam, the whole city was in a rumor, the Spanish and Portuguese statements had already spread throughout Amsterdam, the war was lost, the East India Company meant bankruptcy, and before most of the small shareholders got the news, the major shareholders began to sell their shares, and in the Amsterdam stock exchange, most of the shareholders who were inclined to unite England began to sell the shares of the East India Company, and even the shares of the United Provincial Government were sold 80%.

Why did they sell in the first place? This is also Theodosio's strategy, after capturing a large number of coalition soldiers, Theodosio found John among the captives, and then released him after negotiation and let him go back to England to collect the ransom, each soldier needs to pay fifty taels of silver, and the officer is three hundred taels of silver, which is also a custom, it is necessary to redeem the captives with property, and it is impossible to put these people back in vain.

Sun Yuzhi and Theodosio did not continue to march, if they landed in England to fight, they would lose soldiers, Sun Yuzhi ordered the soldiers to rest in Viana Fort, and warned John that if they did not compensate for the war losses, the Ming fleet would go to Plymouth to bomb, which was the * naked threat of war, but this threat was more effective than a direct war, so that they misjudged in panic.

Returning to England, John soon spread the news of the defeat to London and then to Amsterdam. In this way, it must be the pro-England people who get the news first, so their shares will be the first to sell. Theodosio's steward was carefully calculating the share of the shares to be acquired, and the shares of the East India Company of the United Provincial Government had been sold three-quarters of the shares, which meant that they had only five percent of the shares of the company left, and most of the pro-English businessmen had completely sold their shares, and now he had fifty-five percent of the shares of the East India Company, and the acquisition could be stopped according to the original plan. After calculating the funds used, the funds spent were less than one-tenth of the market value of the East India Company before the war, and it was another perfect war, but this war was not smokeless, but it was more powerful than the actual war, and the losses caused to the Netherlands were more serious.

When the news of the defeat of the war spread throughout the Netherlands, the shares of the East India Company almost became a piece of waste paper, not only the legend that the East India Company would be divided between Spain and Portugal, but also they would demand a huge amount of war reparations, and the provisional consul of the East India Company, Van Negal, who advocated the war, had already polished his shares, although he lost 90% of his assets, after all, he still got some funds, and the company's board of directors could not be held, Van Negar declared in the newspaper that he had resigned from his position, The affairs of the company had nothing to do with him, and the other pro-English shareholders, though they had made statements in the newspapers as he did, began to stay out of the company and not manage anything of the company, and the East India Company was now paralyzed.