The originally prosperous port of Malacca is now full of war, and many merchant ships in the port have also been burned by the war, but more merchant ships have been marked by the Portuguese, indicating that these merchant ships have all been received by them as trophies, which is why they did not let these merchant ships leave in the first place, after all, with the bandit nature of the Portuguese, they would not watch these goods worth 10,000 gold slip away from their eyes.

However, in comparison, the situation on the port side is quite good, the Malacca River is really a tragic word, there were many villages on both sides of the river, but now they are all destroyed in the shelling, the ruins of the village are full of corpses, wild beasts are walking back and forth in the village, all of them have round bellies and shiny hair.

On the section of the Malacca River directly opposite the city of Malacca, a bridge spans both banks, but now the bridge is full of corpses, especially at both ends of the bridge, and there are also dead bodies in the bridge hole under the bridge, and even these corpses are piled up together, almost cutting off the river. No one knows if there is a hell in the world, but the scene on both sides of the Malacca River is almost the same as the legendary hell.

However, in the center of this hellish scene, that is, on the west side of the Malacca River, which was surrounded by dead bodies, a Portuguese army of thousands of men was resting together, and dozens of large iron pots were hanging from the fires, in which their lunch was boiling, and when they had eaten, they were about to storm the city of Malacca and completely occupy this sea communication fortress.

Alfonso was now in the army, and after a few days of shelling, he had cleared all the forces outside the city of Malacca. Even the other side's rudimentary navy. He was also blown to pieces by his battleship. It can be said that there is no longer a force at sea that can threaten them.

Alfonso and the others were also invincible in the land engagement, and now all the Malaccans had cowered in the city, trying to rely on the strong walls for the last resistance. However, the Malaccans were destined to be disappointed, for this morning Alfonso had sent several warships to bombard a part of the wall, and before noon, the proud wall had collapsed into a large hole. And every time the city sent people to plug this big hole, the warships on the Malacca River would open fire, and as a result, the big hole not only grew bigger and bigger, but also surrounded by the corpses of Malacca.

Alfonso was a very experienced general, and after these days of war, he could already see that the Malacca were now exhausted, and after repeated defeats to his own army, the Malacca people also recognized the difference in strength between the two sides, and knew that the Malacca were no match for him in any case.

It's just that this is their capital, so the Malacca people have been holding on. But now the city wall is broken, and it can almost be said that the Malacca people are in despair. But at this time, the people of Malacca still have the courage to fight to the death with them, so Alfonso did not let people rush in immediately, but slowly consumed the remaining courage of the other party with artillery, I believe that it will not be long before the entire Malacca city will completely lose the courage to resist.

Alfonso's army ate their lunch, which by the way drained the last bit of courage of the Malacca, but what they didn't know was that on the sea more than a dozen miles away from them, there was also a group of tigers and wolves calculating them.

On Zhou Chong's ship Nanyang, a group of generals gathered around a simple sand table in the hall of the meeting, and Chang Xiao, who was tall and strong, was holding a stick in his hand, explaining to Zhou Chong and them the situation in the port of Malacca that the spies had inquired about.

"My lord, please see, now that the Portuguese have cleared the port, all the Malacca people have retreated to the city, and now the Portuguese have mobilized all their strength to gather together, ready to capture Malacca City in one fell swoop, but in this way, their ships will not have many manpower, just give us a chance!" Chang Xiao said excitedly.

During this time, Zhou Zhong has not forgotten to send people to monitor the battle situation in Malacca City, with a sharp weapon like a telescope, spies can observe from a distance, and there is no need to worry about being discovered by the other party, so Zhou Chong They know the situation in Malacca City well.

But when he said this, Chang Xiao paused and said with some embarrassment: "It's just that although this opportunity is good, it is a little different from our previous expectations, mainly because the Portuguese have a total of eighteen warships, and now fourteen of them are parked in the harbor, and there are not many guards on the ship, we are sure to take it in one fell swoop, but the other four were transferred by the Portuguese to the Malacca River to bombard the city wall, if we do the warships in the port, then it will definitely alarm the warships on the river, Therefore, I am afraid that it will be difficult for these four warships to be captured by sneak attacks. ”

Hearing Chang Xiao say that he couldn't take all the battleships, Zhou Zhong couldn't help frowning and said: "If we can't take all the battleships, then the Portuguese on the shore can withdraw to these four battleships at any time, and if they rush outward, then we will probably not achieve the goal of completely annihilating the other party!" ”

When Zhou Zhong learned that the Portuguese knew nothing about their sneak attack and most of them went ashore to fight, he was ready to annihilate the other party, but he didn't expect that there was an accident at the last moment, and the other party actually transferred four warships, which gave him a problem.

However, as soon as Zhou Chong's words fell, he saw Shen Ying smile and said: "Lord Admiral, don't worry, General Chang and General Qu have already proposed a feasible way, even if they leave those four warships to the Portuguese, there is no need to worry at all." ”

Zhou Zhong was also overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Chang Xiao and Qu Lie what they could do, only to see Chang Xiao and Qu Lie look at each other, and then Qu Lie said with a smile: "Lord Qiqi, my subordinates have long been sent that although the mouth of the Malacca River is wide, due to the accumulation of muddy water under the upstream alluvium, the water in the mouth is not deep, and the Portuguese warships are tall and have a deep draft, and they can only enter at high tide, so we can take advantage of the low tide to sneak attack the warships in the port, so that the warships in the river can't be opened in a short time, And at this time we can prepare a few boats full of sand and gravel, and sink themselves when they reach the mouth of the river, so that the mouth of the river is blocked, and they don't even think of coming out again at high tide! ”

"Wonderful!" Zhou Chong also smiled when he heard this, as the so-called law of impermanence, there is nothing despicable or despicable on the battlefield, and the ultimate goal is only one, that is, victory, as long as you can win a battle, then you are a famous general, and no one cares what method you use to win.

After the general plan was decided, Shen Ying and Chang Xiao and others discussed the specific details of the sneak attack, Zhou Chong almost didn't know anything about the military aspect, and he couldn't give any suggestions, so he could only listen honestly, and after all the details were discussed, Shen Ying and others asked Zhou Chong for his life, and then Zhou Chong played his role as the commander-in-chief, and let them do it with a wave of his hand, and they must annihilate the Portuguese in one fell swoop.

Just when the Ming army was in full swing preparing to attack the Portuguese warship, Alfonso, who was staying on land, was almost resting, only to see him stand up and walk to a high slope, look up in the direction of Malacca City, it is easy to find that the Malacca soldiers on the other side of the city wall have lost their previous fighting spirit, especially under the scorching sun, those Malacca people have looked listless, it seems that they have accepted the fate of imminent defeat.

Seeing this, Alfonso sneered, he is almost sixty years old this year, he has fought countless battles in the first half of his life, and he usually encounters this kind of semi-civilized natives in front of him, although the situation of the natives in various places is different, but he has a very accurate grasp of the psychology of these natives, knowing when to attack, and when to retreat, he spent more than a month this time to consume the strength and fighting spirit of the Malacca people, and today he can finally harvest this rich fruit that has matured in the war, Presumably, with the richness of the city of Malacca, there must be countless treasures and treasures hidden in the city, and these are the greatest rewards for oneself.

"All in line!" With Alfonso's shout, more than a thousand soldiers below immediately stood up, and then quickly lined up in columns. Although they were Portuguese, they used a Spanish phalanx, which consisted of spearmen and musketeers, who formed a dense phalanx during the battle, and the musketeers who were spread out in the four corners and then advanced together, and the battle was very mobile and agile, with few cold weapons to stop their advance.

Alfonso did not have many troops in his hands, and most of these armies were navies on battleships, so in order to increase the power of the phalanx, Alfonso deliberately increased the proportion of musketeers in the phalanx, and there were 1,000 musketeers in 1,500 people, almost reaching the proportion of the Spanish phalanx improved in later generations, and it was the proportion of musketeers that increased greatly, so the Spanish phalanx in Alfonso's hands would be invincible, and those Malacca people on the opposite side were still in the era of cold weapons, so they were naturally not his opponents.

As soon as the army was assembled, Alfonso ordered his entire army to advance, targeting the large hole in the wall that had been blasted by the artillery. The Malaccans on the city wall saw that the Portuguese finally attacked, which made them also mentally shocked, and hurriedly organized people to rush to the place where the city wall collapsed to prepare for defense, but just when the Malaccan army had just arrived at the collapsed place, the Portuguese warships on the river immediately shelled again, as a result, the Malaccans were killed and wounded again, and the city wall was also destroyed a lot, and what was worse was that the dust when the city wall collapsed covered all the parts of the city wall, so that people could not see the situation inside.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Alfonso led his army into the city in one fell swoop, but the remnants of Malacca's army could not stop their attack at all, and were soon scattered all over the ground by the Portuguese musketeers. At the same time, Alfonso also gave the order to slaughter the city, as long as it was in the city of Malacca, all of them were among them! (To be continued......)