Planck laughed when he heard this, and said, "Officials of the East, do you think we don't know the capabilities of your warships? If you could destroy us, you wouldn't sit down and negotiate with us. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info In our eyes, your ships are nothing more than papier-mâché, and our cannons can easily sink them. ”

Lu Wenheng sneered: "It's really unashamed, since you were able to defeat our sailors, why did you still incur the defeat of Penghu, have you forgotten how you were driven out of Penghu by our Daming sailors last year?" ”

Planck said disdainfully: "Eastern officials, you have to understand that we were not driven out of Penghu by you last year, but took the initiative to retreat. Because it was a war with a huge disparity in manpower and material resources, your Ming Kingdom dispatched the entire naval fleet, and also transferred the army, musket team, and artillery team, and we were defeated. After Zheng Yiguan finished translating this sentence, he continued, "In that battle, you were at the behest of your Emperor Ming, and you poured all the strength of the whole country to deal with us. And we were nothing more than a detachment in the entire Dutch fleet, numbering less than two thousand. You can't help us in such a situation, and you still pretend to be here, which really makes everyone laugh, and even God will feel sorry for you. ”

Lu Wenheng was stunned by what he said, and was speechless for a while.

The situation in the Battle of Penghu last year was indeed as the Western Hongyi in front of him said, and it was the efforts of several coastal provinces that repelled the Dutch. Although the Ming Dynasty won the victory in this battle, its own losses were also very huge, and the gains outweighed the losses. Now that the Dutch are entrenched in Taiwan, which is far away from the land of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty really has no way to deal with them.

Sun Yueling said lightly to Song Ke at this time: "Sir Song Ke, don't forget one thing, although our Ming warships can't sail to Taiwan, thousands of miles away, but you have to run trade for the East India Company and sail merchant ships to our Ming waters." Our warships may not be as tall as yours, and our cannons may not be as powerful as yours, but as long as we blockade the seas and strictly check the passing merchant ships, you may not be able to reach trade with our Ming Dynasty. ”

This is to remind Song Ke that although we in the Ming Dynasty can't help you at the moment, we can prevent you from trading with the Ming Dynasty, and the two sides have their own rights and trade-offs, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and it is not that you can do whatever you want by relying on the strength of the ship and the advantages of the gun.

Song Ke blinked his blue eyes and said with a smile: "Respected Ming Dynasty official, how about you make a bet with us?" ”

Sun Yueling didn't know why, what did this guy mean, how could such a major thing be used as a bet, and said, "Bet?" ”

Song Ke stretched out his hand and pointed to a Dutch general who had separated him from his two seats, and said: "This man is the most famous fast swordsman in our West, named Offit, who once infiltrated Fort Bragg alone during the religious wars in our West and assassinated the Jesuit bishop of Bohemia, King Ferdinand's most trusted Jesuit, and his heroic deeds are known to everyone in the West. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Sun Yueling and said, "When I was in the West, I heard that there are many people in the East who are proficient in fencing, and there are many people who are skilled in swordsmanship, but I don't know the swordsmanship of the East, compared to our swordsmanship in the West, is it your swordsmanship in the East, or is our swordsmanship in the West powerful?" Therefore, I would like to make a bet with the esteemed Oriental officials, as long as one of your envoys can defeat Offit, we will agree to your Ming Dynasty's maritime trade policy. However, if you are defeated, then you will have to trouble Chief Sun and his party to stay at the castle of Geranza until your country agrees to our demands. ”

Hearing this, Sun Yueling couldn't help frowning slightly, Song Ke clearly meant that he wanted to use the sword competition to decide the success or failure of this negotiation, which was really incredible. However, judging by his confident demeanor and the contemptuous face of the Ofit, they must have been confident that they would not be afraid of losing in the sword competition. Song Ke also made it very clear that as long as the Ming side lost in the sword competition, then their envoy group would be imprisoned by the Dutch side until the Ming agreed to their unreasonable demands.

Thinking of this, Sun Yueling sneered in his heart, the country of robbers on the other side, if you want to compare the strength of the ship with the Ming Dynasty, we may not be as good as you; But you actually want to compare your swordsmanship with my Da Ming, which really makes people laugh off their big teeth. Have you Westerners never heard of our glorious martial arts inherited in the East for thousands of years?

While Sun Yueling was still thinking about it, Lu Wenheng couldn't help it, and said loudly: "The state of foreign Yi, don't you hear of the martial arts of my Heavenly Empire?" How dare you go beyond your own strength and ask for war in vain? In this envoy group, although there are a few officials who are proficient in martial arts, there are many good players in the accompanying business group, in his eyes, Ao Tianxing, Zheng Yiguan and others are not proficient in martial arts, so the Dutch proposed to determine success or failure by comparing swords, which makes him particularly unbearable.

Planck saw that he was angry, smiled hehe, and said: "I'm afraid that you Orientals don't have other skills, and you can only brag, which can be seen from your Orientals' speech and demeanor and style of acting." When I was in the West, I heard that the kingdom of the East was very rich, full of gold, and that the ships were as tall as buildings, and that the ships could run horses, but now it seems that they are all just lies of your self-deception, ridiculous, ridiculous...... "After saying this, no one laughed as if no one was around.

The Dutch were so arrogant that the entire envoy group was so angry that they all looked at Sun Yueling, and their eyes were full of anticipation, hoping that he would be able to order a battle with him.

Sun Yueling secretly wondered in his heart that the reason why the Dutch were so arrogant was nothing more than that they had always relied on their strong ships and excellent weapons to defeat the rumored powerful and invincible Ming fleet of the Eastern Empire, which led to spiritual invincibility. Because from what they heard in the West in the past, the ancient Oriental country was very strong, and the ships were strong, but after they arrived in the East, they found that this country was not as powerful as the legend, and even some were inferior to themselves, and the so-called strong and invincible were just bragging.

This makes them think that all kinds of things in the Ming Dynasty have exaggerated elements in it, especially the so-called oriental martial arts, the legend is godly, maybe it is the oriental people who put gold on their faces, which is an act of boasting and showing off, and it is not worth mentioning at all. Song Ke proposed a competition at this time, which was clearly a kind of arrogance under blind self-confidence, completely ignoring the martial arts practitioners of the Ming Dynasty, and attempting to use this competition to hit the confidence of the Ming officials again.

How can they be so mad as they are?

When Sun Yueling thought of this, he couldn't help laughing, and said to Song Kehao: "Since Your Excellency wants to test your swordsmanship to determine whether you win or lose, then we agree to Your Excellency's request, and it is okay to make a bet with you." ”

After hearing the translation, Song Ke was extremely happy and said, "Your Excellency is really a cheerful official, this is very good, I wonder who you will send to compete with Ofit?" ”

Sun Yueling, as an envoy, of course, couldn't end easily, and said happily: "Among our envoys, there is an outstanding swordsmanship master, he is the protector of the Aotian Gate, named Aotianxing. After that, he turned to the next Ao Tianxing and said with a smile, "This envoy wants to ask Mr. to give it a try, is Mr. willing?" "Aotianxing is a well-known master, when he had not yet debuted, Aotianxing's name of 'Shocking Sword' resounded throughout the south of the Yangtze River, this time among the martial artists who came to Taiwan, only his swordsmanship was the most skillful, so by Aotianxing's appearance, this battle should be safe.

Ao Tianxing smiled heartily and replied loudly: "May I do what my lord wishes!" ”

"Good!" When Sun Yueling saw him agree, he was overjoyed, and stood up and said to Aotian, "So there is Mr. Lao." ”

Aotianxing stood up proudly, leaned slightly towards Sun Yueling, and said, "Aotianmen is willing to drive and serve adults." Seeing that he agreed to fight, Ao Fuyong beside him also hurriedly said to him, "Second uncle, it's up to you this time, this battle is very important, you must defeat this red-haired fan!" ”

Ao Tianxing smiled at Ao Fuyong and strode towards the hall. From Ao Fuyong's tight words, he knew that this nephew of his must be very anxious and concerned in his heart. However, it is no wonder that Aotianmen was originally one of the four major merchant families of the Ming Dynasty, but in recent years, it has become more and more unbearable and gradually declined. Now Ao Fuyong, who is the master of Aotianmen, can follow Sun Yueling to come to Taiwan in person, which is nothing more than hoping to rely on the big tree of Sun Yueling to revive the majesty of Aotianmen.

If it weren't for Ao Fuyong's painstaking persuasion, he would not have come to Taiwan this time. But since he came, of course, he had to do his part for Aotianmen. The revitalization of Aotianmen is not only Ao Fuyong's dream, but also his idea of being an uncle, and now he can have the opportunity to apply what he has learned in his life, and it is a matter of winning glory for the country, how can he not do it?

Therefore, he responded to the order in this battle, and decided in his heart that he must defeat this invincible Dutch swordsman Offit, make a name for Aotianmen, and even more for the Ming Dynasty.

People in the world often say that chivalry violates the ban with martial arts, and this time, he wants to use martial arts to establish his life, justify his name for martial arts, and decide the world in a war.

-- Victory over Orfit.

Thinking of this, Aotianxing came to the center of the hall in front of the table, stepped on the red carpet, stood tall, held his chest up, hugged his fists, and said loudly: "Aotianmen Protector Aotianxing, but please teach the Western Sword Finger!" ”

The Western swordsman named Offet had already stood aside, and when he heard Aotianxing shouting his name, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he walked towards Aotian, and as he walked, he said in an impure Chinese dialect: "When I was in the West, what I heard the most was that a hundred years ago in the East of you were a superb swordsman named Ximen Blowing Snow, but since I arrived in the East, as long as I compete with your Eastern swordsmen, no one can hold up more than thirty swords under my hands, it can be seen that you Oriental people like to boast the most, It's all hypocritical hubris! ”

These words were really arrogant, and Ao Tianxing snorted and said, "That's because you didn't touch me." ”

"Really?" Offitt laughed, "Sure enough, another hypocritical and arrogant person. ”

Ao Tianxing didn't move, just sneered: "What is your name? ”

"That's just my Western name," replied Offett, "if you don't like it, you can call me my Oriental name, which I took myself, and you should be able to remember it." ”

Ao Tianxing felt amused and said, "You also have an oriental name?" ”

Offitt looked serious and said, "It's because I admire your Oriental swordsmanship master Ximen Blowing Snow very much, so I gave myself an Oriental name, called Ximen Blowing Wind." ”

Aotian's behavior was so angry that he said, "It's a pity that you don't call Simon bragging." ”

"Simon bragging?" Offitt's face was full of surprise, but then he thought that the other party was mocking him, so he couldn't help but change his face and said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, let me see how powerful your swordsmanship is." After saying that, he pulled out the long sword at his waist.

The people outside the field only saw a flash of cold light, and the long sword with a curved handle was already in the hands of Ofit, many people didn't even see how he drew the sword out of the sheath clearly, and couldn't help but be secretly frightened, this Ofite is really not an idle person, he is a superlative swordsman among Westerners, and such a fast skill can only be done by a few people in Daming.

Seeing the people of the envoy group let out a burst of exclamation, Song Kehaha laughed and said, "Offet is a well-known fast swordsman in the West, known as "five swords in one second", your swordsmen should be careful. ”

Sun Yueling said with a smile: "There are also flaws in the powerful fast sword, don't you know that our Aotianmen's Aotianxing is nicknamed 'Shocking Sword'?" That's the real and complete spike, the big sword of Malaysia, no one can stop it! ”

Don't say that Song Ke couldn't understand this sentence, even Zheng Yiguan couldn't translate it, and looked at Sun Yueling stupidly, completely unclear.

Sun Yueling waved his hand and said, "You tell him that Ao Tianxing is very powerful, and he won't be worse than this Ofite of theirs." ”

Zheng Yiguan translated this sentence as if he were burdened.

Song Ke looked suspicious, but his eyes couldn't help but cast his eyes on the two contestants standing in the field.

The battle between Aotianxing and Ofit's Chinese and Western swordsmanship finally officially kicked off at this time.

Offet held the sword in one hand, and with a snort, the long sword pointed at Ao Tianxing, and said, "Eastern swordsman, I will let you know the power of our Western swordsmanship." ”

Ao Tianxing smiled coldly and drew his sword.

I saw a flash of cold light, and the long sword had been pulled out of its sheath, and its speed was not slower than that of Ofit, which shocked everyone. Then he threw down his scabbard and took the sword in both hands, pointing at Offit.

Sun Yueling noticed that Ao Tianxing was using an eight-sided Han sword. This kind of ancient sword was passed down from the Qin and Han dynasties, made of stainless steel, and changed the thick and blunt bronze ancient sword of the Qin period, with a straight sword body and a narrow blade, which looked extremely domineering. As the last weapon on the ancient battlefield, this kind of Han sword has been withdrawn from the army's equipment so far, but at this moment, Ao Tianxing held this sword in his hand, and everyone outside the field felt the murderous aura emitted by the sword. (To be continued.) )