Chapter 779: Ridiculous and Pathetic

The Han people were too kind, and when Zheng He went to the West, he had the most powerful force in the world at that time, but he did not choose to conquer and plunder.

As a result, the staggering expenses of the huge sailors became a heavy burden on the state, and finally overwhelmed.

Therefore, after only six or seven times in the South and West Seas, he had to withdraw from the stage of history.

And when the Xiyi have enough force, they will plunder that area when they appear in one place, accumulate more wealth, build more warships, and make the country stronger.

In the Middle Ages, navies of various countries were widely used to provide financial resources for the country, and even led to too many small countries becoming world powers.

Only except for the Ming Empire, the world's superpower at that time, the powerful Zheng He fleet ran to the territory of the small countries in the South Seas, not only did not plunder but also pasted upside down, but also brought the kings of the small countries and many retinues to the Ming Dynasty for free travel to eat and drink.

Such a stupidity naturally led to the huge sailors being attacked by the civilian clique, which not only stopped the Zheng He's fleet, which had cost the people and money, but even burned the drawings of Zheng He's treasure ship in order to make the future emperor abandon the idea of sailing.

The Han people are really ridiculous and pathetic, when they have strong force, they play benevolence and righteousness with the enemy, and when the enemy is strong and kills, they slaughter the Han people one by one like slaughtering pigs and dogs.

When the English heard that the commander, Captain Wilson, was going to bring three hundred men ashore, everyone was excited, and everyone took the initiative to go ashore to join the battle, and their enthusiasm was incomparable.

Because the next thing will mean that you can do nonsense, and many sailors who have not obtained a woman for a long time suddenly feel that somewhere is starting to get excited......

The end result was to grow the arrogance of the English, the robbers robbed a town and suffered almost no losses, and more than 100 young and middle-aged Han people who had risen up in resistance fell under the guns of the well-trained regular army of England.

Ten young women were ravaged by the Xiyi robbers, more than half of them committed suicide after being humiliated, and the English ransacked the town and set it on fire to cover up their crimes.

On the second day after the tragedy, Shen Youlong, the governor of Liangguang, led the Governor's Battalion from Zhaoqing to Guangzhou Mansion to stay in the governor's office.

He was furious when he learned of the evil deeds of the English, and the countdown to the counterattack of the Ming army began.

Shen Youlong strictly ordered the general army of Guangdong, even if the Fujian naval division could not arrive in time, the Ming army would launch a decisive attack, and at least one English deck war ship should be burned at any cost.

At this time, there were already 50 fireships in the Cantonese water camp, and there were already 200 sailors driving the fireboats.

Calculating the time, Huang Yong should have been able to rush to the mouth of the Pearl River when the English attacked the Humen Fort.

But the situation has changed, it was Zheng Zhilong, who had been traveling all the way, refused to allow Huang Yong to go directly to the mouth of the Pearl River, and almost asked Huang Yong to wait for him in Xiamen for two days in a pleading tone.

Because Zheng Zhilong learned that Long Wushui was going to fight the English at the mouth of the Pearl River this time, how could he miss an opportunity to observe the actual battle.

This naval battle is undoubtedly the most advanced naval duel in the world today, and it will definitely be very beneficial to be able to witness it with your own eyes.

As a result, Huang Yong delayed for two days and waited in Xiamen for Zheng Zhilong to arrange affairs, assemble warships, and dispatch troops.

Because the formation of fifty warships formed by Zheng Zhilong was one or two knots slower, it took another four or five days on the road.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong was familiar with the land, and when he approached the mouth of the Pearl River, he sent people ashore to contact the Guangzhou garrison, and learned that the Humen Fort had been lost eight days earlier, and the Ming army suffered two or three hundred casualties, and thirty-five artillery pieces were captured by the English.

Now the Ming official negotiated with the English through the Portuguese in Macao, so far there is no result, Guangzhou has been actively preparing for war, and the governor of Liangguang has sent an official letter to the governor of Fujian to transfer Fujian naval reinforcements.

The English did not occupy the Humen Fort, they did not leave the battleship, and all the ships are now cruising near the mouth of the Pearl River.

They also continued to harass and threaten with artillery, and several unarmed Ming merchant ships were burned by the British, causing more than 100 Ming crew members to jump into the sea to escape, and nearly half of them were buried at the bottom of the sea.

The English also organized robbery ashore, burned down a town, looted dozens of pigs and sheep, hundreds of chickens, ducks, and geese, killed and injured more than 300 innocent people, and dozens of humiliated women committed suicide.

The source is absolutely reliable, but Zheng Zhibao, one of Zheng Zhilong's brothers, personally went ashore with a dozen people to investigate, and they even saw the English warship at the mouth of the Pearl River.

After Zheng Zhilong reported the situation to Huang Yong, Huang Yong, who was furious, burst into foul language:

"Fuck your uncle, you actually dare to kill and injure two or three hundred of my Ming defenders, go directly ashore to rob my Ming Dynasty's fire artillery, and dare to go ashore to kill good people and humiliate women, Lao Tzu wants to beat you turtle grandchildren to regret coming to the world."

Huang Yong is confident in saying this, not counting Zheng Zhilong's fifty warships, the escort warships of the Longwu Naval Division are as high as twenty-seven, with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, and three first-class battleships with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons.

It is known that the main battle ships of the English were six, and the rest of the ships were estimated to be armed merchant ships, which should be trophies.

Looking at Huang Yong, whose face was blue with anger, Zheng Zhilong felt that he was really angry, and his heart chuckled.

The crew adrift at sea, whether sailors, gunners, arquebusiers or the various craftsmen who accompanied the ship, were all fierce men.

As long as they go ashore, they will basically do evil, and they will not let go when they see women.

In the past, Zheng Zhilong's subordinates did not do such evil things that hurt nature and reason, and seeing that Huang Yong was really jealous and hateful, Zheng Zhilong realized that he would strengthen military discipline in the future, at least strictly order his subordinates not to do anything wrong in Daming.

Zheng Zhilong said: "General Huang, we have so many warships to come to the mouth of the Pearl River, the English will not escape, they have done so many evil things, we are famous, and then we will kill those English who committed bloody crimes." ”

Yang Dacheng said: "No wonder the general ordered us to resolutely not let go of the English, it turns out that they are so vicious, the national army actually slaughtered good people and humiliated women, and it was too cheap to kill them."

When he caught those violent gangsters, Lao Tzu wanted to cut them off and stuff them into their mouths, and let them die of blood in agony for days and nights. ”

Huang Yong said viciously: "That's it, I heard that the eldest brother said about the torture of crucifixion, and then those animals with the tools of the crime stuffed in their mouths will be nailed up one by one to show the public." ”

Zheng Zhilong was sweating, and the civilized master he looked at was actually as vicious as our pirates!

Soon, all the Longwu Naval Divisions learned of the evil deeds of the English who killed our Ming soldiers and civilians and humiliated women, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation.

Knowing that several lords would swear to crucify those scum who committed rape and murder and torture them to death, everyone expressed their support and was willing to take matters into their own hands.