Even the people of Quanzhou are accustomed to seeing the sea ships go to sea and have never seen such a spectacular scene, only to see that the sea is full of black shadows, as if connected to the sky, everyone who sees it is surprised to open their mouths wide.

They didn't understand what was going on at sea, why there were so many ships all of a sudden, gathered together on the surface of the sea, like a huge dark cloud.

The people on the dock were a little panicked when they saw this scene, and it was normal for them to panic about the unknown. Not only the ordinary people panicked, but even the sailors and soldiers who stayed behind also felt a little panic.

The soldiers of the sailor division are also very nervous, and the batteries on the dock are ready, if this sea vessel, which covers the sky and the sun, is not a friend or foe, then the batteries on the pier can come in handy! After all, the relationship between the Ming and the Portuguese is very stiff now.

The sailor general who stayed behind kept observing the sea with a telescope, until the ships on the sea were getting closer and closer, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and it was the sailor fleet led by the Admiral who had returned.

The sailors who stayed behind immediately relaxed their vigilance, and the people on the dock also knew the news, and then they understood that it was the sailors of the imperial court who had returned from the expedition.

The mighty ships slowly sailed into the harbor, and each of them was scarred, and there was not a single intact ship, from which it was clear that a very tragic battle must have broken out in this expedition.

The people on the dock looked at the slowly stopped warships with some solemnity, a little heavy and respectful in their hearts, and at the same time very proud, because there were dozens of Westerner warships behind, which must be the trophies of the imperial court sailors!

The return of the imperial court sailors caused a sensation throughout Quanzhou, and the Portuguese were extremely arrogant in seizing the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, which caused countless people to be indignant, and now the sailors of the imperial court went out in accordance with the will of the people and defeated the Portuguese in one fell swoop!

Ignoring the people's discussions, Zhang Zhijie was very busy after returning to Quanzhou, treating the wounded, repairing warships, and compensating the wounded soldiers.

Not only that, although the battle defeated the Portuguese fleet in one fell swoop and caused the Portuguese fleet to suffer heavy losses, Zhang Zhijie's goal was only half achieved, and the merchant ships seized by Portugal had not yet returned.

Not only that, Zhang Zhijie also planned to completely expel the Portuguese from Manchuria, so Zhang Zhijie also continued to prepare for the dispatch of troops, and the art of war was once again Manchurian.

The sailors of the imperial court defeated the Portuguese fleet and captured more than 3,000 Portuguese, so it was not difficult to get the Portuguese to release the seized merchant ships! After all, a big fist is the last word, and now that Zhang Zhijie's fist is big, Portugal must think about it.

Besides, the Portuguese marshal must not let the captured 3,000 Portuguese go unattended, and the current Portuguese marshal is completely unconfident. But it is not so easy to get the Portuguese to give up Manraka, after all, the Spice Islands are simply a golden island for the Portuguese, spices are very popular in the West, and the price is higher than gold.

Just when Zhang Zhijie was full of confidence and actively preparing for the war, Manraka was a gloomy fog. The Portuguese marshal led more than 30 warships to flee back to Manraka in a hurry, and the Portuguese marshal did not say a word on his face along the way.

He was furious at hearing what Araço had done, for the Portuguese fleet had been conquering vast lands over the years, and had never been subdued.

How could the dignified governor of Goa be subdued? Not only lost the warship but also paid compensation to the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of the Portuguese marshal, Alaço simply lost the face of the Kingdom of Great Portugal.

So Araço was directly dismissed and returned to China, and he, the marshal of Portugal, came to the East with a huge fleet, wanting to revive the glory of the Great Portuguese Kingdom and expand the interests of the Great Portuguese Kingdom in the East.

I came with confidence, but I never thought it would be this ending! And it was so badly defeated! Of the ninety warships, there were only thirty warships left, and the huge fleet shrank by nearly two-thirds at once!

This is a huge blow to the Kingdom of Portugal! Although the Kingdom of Portugal has more than these ninety warships, it will not be able to compete with the Ming Dynasty under the advantages of one another!

What was before the Portuguese marshal was not how to expand the interests of the Kingdom of Portugal in the East, but how to preserve the interests of the Kingdom of Portugal in the East.

Originally, he seized the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty and wanted to threaten the Ming Dynasty, but now the Ming Dynasty has captured thousands of Portuguese soldiers, and it is the turn of the Ming Dynasty to threaten him!

Although he was very dissatisfied with Alasuo's softness at the beginning, but now he wants to grovel to Daming, which makes him embarrassed! I almost want to die! Previously he was full of ridicule for Alaso, the governor of Goa, but now things are completely reversed!

The remnants of more than thirty Portuguese warships returned to Manraka, and these soldiers went ashore in despair, and the Portuguese governor immediately locked himself in his house and lost his head all night!

Although the Portuguese marshal was very reluctant to face it, he had to face it, and the next morning he immediately gathered his generals.

These generals gathered together with a look of shame, and at the same time a little dazed, they did their best in this naval battle, but they still lost, because the Ming fleet is very strong! This makes people even more confused and helpless.

The Portuguese marshal said bitterly: "This time our army has suffered a fiasco, and I, as the marshal of the fleet, should bear all the responsibility, it was my strategic mistake that underestimated the strength of the Ming fleet, so the fleet suffered huge losses, and it also affected my interests in the east of the Great Portuguese Kingdom!" ”

"When this matter is settled, I will personally ask His Majesty the King for my guilt, take the post of Marshal of the Fleet, and accept the punishment!"

"But before we do that, we must take our hearts together and make sure that our interests in the East are not affected! But we must face up to one point, the Ming Dynasty is a very powerful country, with a powerful water fleet, and our Kingdom of Portugal has been unable to compete with the fleet of the Ming Empire in the East in a short period of time! ”

"So we must reach a settlement with Daming, and Fernand will send Daming to try to reach a settlement with Daming, and exchange our seized Daming merchant ships for our captured soldiers, they are all heroic warriors, we should not abandon them!"

The generals present spoke out in agreement, Fernand felt bitter in his heart, this time he sent Daming and the last time he sent Daming is different, last time he was full of confidence in his heart, very superior.

But this time he went to sue for peace with the defeated side, which was not a good errand. But he didn't have a choice, because once he was born and twice cooked, who else could he be?

(End of chapter)