The Falcon did not dock, in fact, at this moment the ships in the harbor were hoisting their sails and preparing to come out, because it was a sudden incident, so it was very chaotic.

I have to admit that the Dutch and the Zheng family's coalition forces moved together to catch Xinxiang off guard, and in Xinxiang's previous deduction, the first target of the Dutch and the Zheng family should be Xinhang or Hoi An, not Xinxiang, because Xinxiang belongs to Qin' Prefecture after all, and it is the Ming Dynasty. Attacking Xinxiang is, to a certain extent, attacking Daming, even if the Dutch have the guts, Zheng Zhilong does not have the guts.

Collusion with foreign Yi to attack the land of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing is no different from rebellion. Thinking of this, Yu Guozhen's opinion of Zheng Zhilong has changed a little, this sea giant, although his vision is not long-term enough, at least in terms of courage, he is different from the one he knows in history.

Perhaps, this is one of the changes that Yu Guozhen has brought to this era.

"Lord, I think this battle still has to be fought." When Yu Guozhen was assessing the situation on both sides of the enemy, Mao Yuanyi next to him said: "Perhaps, this is an opportunity!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"We just counted, the enemy army has at least more than 140 warships and transports, of which the Dutch should be about 40, and the Zheng family, about 100. These were ships that could be used as warships, not small boats that could only be used for fire attacks, and I guess this should be the elite of the Dutch and the Zheng family. If we can wipe it out in one fell swoop, there will be no enemy in the entire South China Sea and the East China Sea, and there will be no enemy on the surface of the ocean that can threaten our Xinxiang. ”

There is no need for Mao Yuanyi to say this, Yu Guozhen also understands it in his heart.

"And. I look at the charts of the South China Sea, the choke point of the South Sea, and it is at Manraka, where the Dutch used to occupy Batavia, and only earlier this year took Manraka from the Portuguese, if we can annihilate the Dutch here, even if we inflict heavy damage on their fleet. Then the South China Sea Fleet can take advantage of the momentum to move westward and take Manraka into its pocket, and it can do this. Since then, the patents for spices, silk, porcelain, and tea have all been in our new Xiang. The Europa people can't live without these four commodities, even if they break our heads. After all, we still have to trade with us, since we control the transportation, and control the place of origin, then the pricing power of the product is naturally in our hands! ”

This shows that Mao Yuanyi already has some global vision. After hearing this, Yu Guozhen couldn't help but nod again, this is also the second step of Yu Guozhen's global strategy, that is, the entire South China Sea will become an inland sea of China - just like the Aegean Sea is almost an inland sea of the Greeks!

Even the Chinese have more power than the Greeks to make such a request, when the Chinese people's brocade sails are full of wind. When fishing and trading in the South China Sea, the natives were just paddling their poor canoes, groping cautiously along the coast.

"Boom!"

The enemy preemptively launched an attack, and the tentative artillery attack landed about 200 meters away from the Longmen Island battery. Columns of water rose into the sky.

"Go on." Yu Guozhen ignored the other party's attack, but said to Mao Yuanyi.

Mao Yuanyi's eyes turned cold in vain: "The lord has always planned and then acted, and rarely fights uncertain battles, which is certainly an advantage, but at the same time, it also restricts my Xinxiang's outward expansion." Did the lord ever think that one day? Whether it is the navy or the tiger guard, I will fight far away from Xinxiang, and at that time, the timing, place and environment of the battle will not be my choice. If you think about it again and then move, you can only delay the fighter. Our Xinxiang navy will always have to go out of the South China Sea one day, and this opportunity, although it is not a battlefield scheduled by the lord, is the most suitable battlefield at this time! ”

He saw that Yu Guozhen was a little hesitant, obviously not wanting to sacrifice greatly in exchange for victory in this battle, so he accentuated his tone. Yu Guozhen frowned, didn't say anything, just made a gesture towards Hua Youzhi.

"Yes."

Hua Youzhi understood what he meant, and without saying more, he hurried away.

Originally, Yu Guozhen wanted to use the cover of the fort to aim at repelling the incoming enemy, but under the persuasion of Mao Yuanyi, he changed his mind. Indeed, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if the Dutch are annihilated or severely damaged here, then the Dutch East India Company will lose at least half of its strength, and in Batavia and Manchuria, the Dutch will no longer have enough troops to protect themselves, just like the Spaniards at the beginning!

The whole of Southeast Asia, like a ripe fruit, once occupied by foreign thieves and robbers, and borers from fruit trees, is now back to its rightful owner.

"The battery won't fire for the time being, let them get closer." Yu Guozhen opened his mouth this time and ordered.

The fort did not open fire, which surprised Zheng Zhilong.

The Zheng family had a good relationship with Xinxiang in the past, and the Zheng family's ships even came to Xinxiang to trade, buy Xinxiang's products, and earn profits from changing hands. Therefore, the interval they sent had seen the defenders of the Longmen Island Fort test the artillery, and the maximum firing range of the fort's shore artillery was even more than eight miles, and the effective firing range was also three or four li. It is common sense that the range of the guns of the batteries is generally far superior to that of the guns on battleships.

But the Dutch gunboats were already within range, and the batteries were still silent, and even the entire defensive position did not move a single figure, as if it were undefended.

This situation made Zheng Zhilong feel terrified, and he felt as if he had been tricked.

"Big brother, that's fine, as long as we send people to Longmen Island, the next thing will depend on the Dutch."

"Do you think they can make a difference with these natives they brought on Dayuan Island?" Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Shi Fu say this: "Our subordinates, one has no problem with two such natives, and Yu Guozhen's tiger guard, one has no problem with two, right?" ”

Zheng Zhilong is self-aware, but because of the situation, he has to come to this point, and he is extremely entangled in this matter in his heart.

"The Dutch have decided to attack!" Shi Fu was about to say more, when suddenly, he saw a flag hanging on the Dutch flagship, indicating the execution of the plan.

"Let's arrange it, let's do it according to our plan in the big guys." Zheng Zhilong sighed again.

He has always felt uneasy in his heart, he doesn't know what is wrong, but the arrow is ready to be sent, even if he knows that there is a trap ahead, he can only go through it ruthlessly.

In the past, if you can't get through, the ship will be wrecked and people will die!

Just as he was in a quandangle, a bunch of small boats began to swarm towards Longmen Island. Most of these small boats belong to the Zheng family, and in addition to the small boat itself, there are also sampans carried on the big boats. Many of the ships did not even have a single cannon, but were filled with natives from the Grand Ranks.

The indigenous people on Dayuan Island were not small, and they were originally friendly with the Han Chinese, but with the invasion of the Dutch, more and more Han Chinese brought deer hunting, which made their relationship with the Han people strained. The Dutch forced them to convert to monotheism, and some of them, under pressure from the Dutch, did begin to adopt monotheism. And it was these natives who were willing to help the Dutch to attack Xinxiang.

On the one hand, they also began to use muskets, and on the other hand, they still maintained their native bravery, huddled on the sampan of the boat, and instead of being afraid, they shouted excitedly.

"It's menacing." On the fort, Mao Yuanyi muttered to himself.

"It seems that the Zheng family and the Dutch have made a bloody investment, so many people ...... There are thousands of them, and they are sent like this? ”

When the opponent reached a distance of about a mile from the shore, the artillery on the battery began to bombard. At this distance, the accuracy of the battery bombardment is very high, almost every three guns, you can hit one shot, and the number of guns on the entire battery is as high as more than 100. Therefore, with just one round of artillery, more than 20 small boats were sunk, and hundreds of people were floating in the sea, and the sea area became a circle of blood.

But half a minute later, the second round of shelling began. Such a dense artillery fire, if it were an ordinary enemy, would have collapsed long ago. But Yu Guozhen found that the people on the ship did not seem to be afraid, and the current artillery used solid shells, although a single cannon could sink the ship in the past, in fact, the lethality to the people on board was limited. Many of them fell into the water, either by picking up nearby boats or by swimming straight to the shore - they were so good at the water that they were used to swimming in the sea!

"Zheng Zhilong's people shouldn't have such courage, what's going on?" Yu Guozhen asked with some surprise.

"Are they all Dutch? It's impossible, how can the Dutch have such a large number, and they are not willing to sacrifice like this, if they go on in these two rounds, I am afraid that there will be hundreds of dead and wounded. ”

They didn't quite know why the other party had such high morale, but Mendy said to Yunius with great satisfaction, above the flagship of the Dutch, "Thanks to you, priest, these lambs have forgotten the horror of death. ”

With a holy glow on his face, Yunus clenched his crucifixion: "God will be with these godly lambs." ”

"I've always wondered, what exactly did you do to make them want to die for the good of the company?"

"Your Excellency, it is very simple, I tell them that the Last Judgment will come on the twenty-first day of this month, and if they do not fight for the glory of the Lord and the good of the company, then they will suffer forever in hell and their families will die with them. But if they are willing to fight, their souls will ascend to heaven, and we Dutch, as God's favored messengers, will save their families. ”

"Ah, what a priest, a big man in a red robe in Rome, that's it."

"Thank you for the compliment."

"However, I still feel that their families are a valuable asset to the company, so when they go back, their families should be sent to Batavia, our estate in the Spice Islands, which needs a large number of slaves."

"God will bless their souls as you wish."

These natives, not knowing that they had fallen into a trap, and did not know that even if they won, the fate of their families would only be worse, and at this moment, for the sake of that evil god and their family, they are not afraid of death, and are rushing towards the shore with all their might! (To be continued)