Seeing that the Portuguese behaved amicably and promised to intervene to get the English to return the artillery and compensate for the economic losses as much as possible, the Canton officials treated Noretti more politely.

Within the authority of the Governor of Liangguang, the Fujian Naval Division, with Zheng Zhilong's pirate group as the main component, was the most effective force, and the Guangzhou Naval Battalion was not satisfactory, and there were few ships capable of naval warfare.

At this time, the Han people did not worship foreigners at all, on the contrary, the vast majority of them looked down on the stinky Xiyi.

Scholars such as Xu Guangqi, Wang Zheng, Sun Yuanhua, etc., are very few who are willing to humbly learn Western culture, science and technology.

The vast majority of Ming scholars regard themselves as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and look down on the foreign barbarians with a lofty attitude.

No matter what the governor of Liangguang did, Guangzhou was actively preparing for war, and was even already recruiting death squads.

Driving a small ship full of incendiary materials to ram the Xiyi deck war ship and set it on fire is a nirvana when the Ming sailors fight against the Western fleet, which requires fearless sailors to drive the fireship, and these people are naturally daredevils.

After inquiring and inquiring, Noretti just didn't hear whether the most interested Longwu Sailor could arrive at the mouth of the Pearl River in time, so he couldn't help but remind:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Ming Empire has a strong ship and a strong artillery dragon warrior sailor, I believe that as long as the dragon warrior sailor sends a few warships to appear at the mouth of the Pearl River, the English will not be able to escape.

I can assist the Ming to deal with the English, delay them to stay at the mouth of the Pearl River for a few more days as much as possible, and buy time for the Ming to have reinforcements arrive. ”

The prefect of Guangzhou is much more knowledgeable than the officials of the inland state capital, in fact, as long as the civil officials and military generals in the coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty have heard of the prestige of the dragon martial arts division for a long time, too many people have seen the fleet with the dragon flag fluttering with their own eyes.

The reason is very simple, nine times out of ten the sea ships in this era sailed along the coastline, and basically sailed for ten days and half a month to dock at the port to replenish vegetables and fresh water.

It's not that the long-distance fleet is not enough to store a year's and a half loads of supplies, but that there is no need for this when sailing along the coastline.

The lack of supplies and fresh water reserves on the ship naturally increases the cargo tonnage, and being able to replenish fresh food is also good for the health of the crew, so why not.

Nowadays, there are more than a dozen fixed supply places for the Longwu Water Division, and the port of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture is one of them.

The officials in Guangzhou all read books and newspapers, and of course they knew about the "Red Banner Army," and they never denied that the general had the pride to fight for the country, and believed that as long as they could contact the Long Wu Naval Division, they would definitely get their help.

But no one knows where to find it. If someone is sent to Liaohai to contact the general to send troops, I am afraid that it will be delayed for three months, and the English will have long since disappeared.

However, in order to demonstrate the prestige of the country, the prefect of Guangzhou said unashamedly: "The minister does not need to worry, this official has already contacted the governor of Liangguang and the general of the conquest, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers will soon come from the land, and the Fujian Navy Division and the Longwu Navy Division will come from the sea route."

The English have committed a bloody crime, and our heavenly kingdom will definitely let them pay for their blood debts. ”

The Guangzhou Mansion Tongzhi said: "My Ming army by sea and land will arrive at the mouth of the Pearl River in a few days, and if the small country of England that does not know etiquette does not apologize, give compensation and write a letter of repentance, it will definitely die without a place to be buried!" ”

Noretti was not familiar with how the Ming army was dispatched, he had been in the Far East for a long time, not only knew that the Ming had a dragon martial arts division, but was also more familiar with the Fujian naval division.

According to his understanding, when the country is provoked by other countries' armed forces, it is natural for the army to rush to the country at full speed.

He said: "The English people are too disagreeable, and the punishment is fair, you adults should not be merciful, the more ruthless they kill, the more they will remember the lesson, and the possibility of daring to provoke the Ming Dynasty in the future will be much less." ”

The prefect of Guangzhou said: "The barbarians who turn into foreign barbarians do not know the number of courtesies, they should be made miserable, and you should not intercede for everyone in England at that time!" ”

Noretti said: "No, no, Portugal will always be friendly with Daming, it is a friend of Daming, and it will definitely stand on Daming's position." ”

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and the English at this time did not realize that they were being calculated by the Portuguese, and they did not have a sense of crisis at all, and they even intensified it.

Captain Weddell was the head of the voyage and the captain of the flagship, and there was also a captain named Wilson, who was the lieutenant of the fleet and the captain of a warship.

After defeating the Humen Fort with a negligible casualty and capturing thirty-five cannons, one or two thousand English began to inflate themselves, mistakenly believing that this ancient country was as vulnerable as the rest of the Far East.

Captain Wilson, who wanted to bring two or three hundred British troops ashore for the purpose of getting some vegetables and poultry, came to the flagship and consulted with Weddell:

"Mr. Captain, we have not been supplied for a long time, and the soldiers have faded out of their mouths during this time, and I ask to lead two companies ashore to get some fresh food."

Weddell said: "That's perfectly fine, as long as you don't go deep into the interior, you don't have to worry about safety."

I often use a telescope to look far away, and I find that this country called 'Ming' should have a large population, a prosperous market, and you will definitely be able to get a lot of gains. ”

The two robber leaders thought of going together, they had arquebuses in their hands, and with this thing they didn't need to bring silver coins to get supplies.

Wilson smiled, he had already seen a bazaar while the battleship was cruising, and then prepared to suddenly land and loot.

He said: "Sir, don't worry, I have been observing for two or three days, and there is no army in the Ming Kingdom except for the garrison in the fort.

The place where I led the people to attack should be a small town, no more than five nautical miles from the sea.

As long as our warships are ready to respond, even if we encounter a large number of Ming troops, we are sure to fight and retreat at the same time.

If the Ming army pursues it to the seashore, our warships can fire cannons to provide fire reinforcements for me and the soldiers who have landed. ”

Weddell laughed and said, "The forts garrisoned by the regular army of the Ming Dynasty can't stop the attack of the heroic soldiers of our British Empire, let alone an undefended small town.

Mr. Wilson, you can go without worry, and I will arrange for the pick-up work. You have to take it easy, don't be hollowed out, haha......"

"No, no, I'm still more self-disciplined, and I won't let the soldiers waste too much time just to vent."

Wilson conveyed his intention to go ashore for supplies, specifying that he was going to have 300 men, and all the crew members were excited, and everyone took the initiative to sign up to go ashore for supplies.

At this time, the army was all robbers abroad without exception, and they all bullied the weak, and the only exception was the Zheng He fleet, which was the first in the world at that time.