Chapter 305: Defeat is decided
"General, we're meeting again!" Sun Pinghai looked at Alfonso in front of him with a smile, a month ago he was still begging for the other party's life in a low voice, but after a month passed, he came to persuade Alfonso to surrender as a messenger, which has to be said to be unpredictable.
"Is that you?" Alfonso also looked at the envoy sent by the Ming army in front of him with some surprise, although he felt that the Han people were almost the same, but Sun Pinghai's thick figure still left a deep impression on him, so he recognized it at a glance.
After snatching the Portuguese warships in the port, Shenying's 3,000 Beijing battalions also landed immediately, Alfonso had few soldiers and could not hold the huge port at all, and he was also worried that the Ming army would attack the warships trapped in the river from the land, so he did not dare to leave easily, and he could only watch the Ming army land.
After Shen Ying landed, he did not immediately attack Alfonso's army, but sent Sun Pinghai as an envoy to persuade him to surrender, after all, now Alfonso is trapped in the port of Malacca, and he can't escape at all, if he can persuade the other party to surrender, it will naturally be the best.
"General, our general sent a villain here, mainly to persuade you to see the current situation, the port has been completely occupied by my Ming sailors, and you have also lost most of the warships, so it can be said that you have been trapped in Malacca, so our Admiral hopes that the general can understand the practice and prepare for surrender as soon as possible, so that everyone does not have to meet each other on the battlefield to avoid unnecessary casualties!" Looking at Alfonso's shocked appearance, Sun Pinghai said with a smile again.
Seeing that Sun Pinghai had come to persuade him to surrender, and the smug smile on his face was extremely hateful, which made Alfonso couldn't help but be angry, and snorted coldly at the moment: "You Ming people are so despicable, you actually took advantage of our unpreparedness to sneak attack from behind, is this your hospitality?" ”
Hearing Alfonso question himself in turn. Sun Pinghai smiled dumbly and said: "Our Ming Dynasty has always been a country of etiquette, and we naturally treat our friends with courtesy, but you Portuguese have burned and looted all the way, and now you are even more of my Ming Dynasty's subordinate swords and soldiers, what kind of guest is this?" Our Admiral's willingness to accept your surrender is already very lenient, and I hope that Your Excellency the General will not make a mistake about yourself! ”
Sun Pinghai had already received instructions from Zhou Chong before he came, so that he could be tougher, after all, Zhou Chong knew that these Europeans have always been afraid of power and not virtuous, and it is useless for you to persuade them with kind words. Only by showing tougher than them can it be possible to bring the other person to their knees.
However, Sun Pinghai's tough attitude also angered Alfonso at once, only to see the other party rush over angrily, reach out and grab his collar and roar: "You dare to talk to me like this, believe it or not, I'll kill you now!" ”
"Haha~. If you have the guts, do it, but if I die. Not only will all of your Portuguese soldiers come this time to bury me. And our Admiral has long known that this is already the vast majority of your troops, and the ports on the Indian side must have no defensive strength, and then the Admiral will definitely lead troops to clean your ports in India, how did you deal with the Indians before, and how we will deal with you Portuguese! Sun Pinghai said with a smile that he was not afraid of at all, and now it was his own side that had the advantage. Naturally, he was not afraid of the other party at all.
Hearing that Sun Pinghai not only threatened the lives of his own men, but even used the kingdom's port base in India as a threat, Alfonso was even more angry, but there was nothing he could do. After all, what Sun Pinghai said is also true, now more than 1,000 of them are blocked on the shore by the other party, and the Indian side is also empty of troops, and there is no way to stop the attack of the Ming army.
Thinking of this, I saw Alfonso holding back the anger in his heart, gently letting go of Sun Pinghai's neckline, and then took a long breath before he spoke: "Your Admiral wants us to surrender, it's not impossible, but we also have our own conditions, that is, we can surrender, and even surrender our weapons, and those ships in the port can also be given to you, but you must let us go, if you don't agree to our conditions, then we will definitely not surrender!" ”
When Sun Pinghai heard Alfonso's request for surrender, he thought that something was wrong with his ears, and the other party actually asked to let them go after surrendering, how could there be such a thing in this world? This is a war, and if you lose, you have to obey the arrangements of the victor, does the other side think that this is a child's play?
Although he thought so in his heart, Sun Pinghai didn't say so, but looked at the other party deeply and asked, "General, is what you are proposing is your bottom line?" ”
"Yes, that's our bottom line, if we can't bring people back safely, then I'd rather they all die here!" Alfonso's attitude at this time was also very tough.
Seeing Alfonso behaving so resolutely, Sun Pinghai didn't say anything more, and then returned to the Ming army to see Zhou Chong and Shen Ying, and then told Alfonso about his conditions, before Zhou Zhong could speak, Shen Ying slapped the table and said: "It's too arrogant, we are blocked on the shore and dare to put forward any conditions, it seems that if you don't give them some color, they don't know how powerful my Da Ming Xiong Shi is!" ”
"General God is right, the Portuguese simply don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin, and the last general asks the Admiral to give an order to let them see how powerful we are!" Chang Xiao, Qu Lie and others also spoke one after another, in their opinion, the other party even offered to let them leave safely when they surrendered, this request was simply too much, and they didn't take the Ming army in their eyes at all.
Zhou Chong's aid to Malacca this time, in addition to wanting to control this sea communication artery, the biggest purpose is to disappear the Portuguese army, because as far as he knows, the total number of troops sent by Portugal to Nanyang is only a few thousand, if this army can be eliminated, then it will definitely make the Portuguese vitality greatly damaged, at least in a few years do not want to recover, after all, the entire Portugal is only a million people, and the loss of thousands of troops is simply a great disaster for them.
Thinking of this, Zhou Chong's face couldn't help but show a trace of murderous aura, and he immediately ordered: "General Shen listens to the order, now Admiral Ben orders you to command the army, and you must wipe out the Portuguese army!" ”
"Subordinates obey!" Shen Ying immediately shouted excitedly when he heard Zhou Chong's order, and then saw him straighten up and began to give orders from his generals, first of all, he divided his Beijing camp into two parts, one of which was a force of 2,000 people responsible for a frontal attack, and the other 1,000 people were raided from the side as surprise soldiers, and finally he also asked Chang Xiao to organize two thousand sailors to go ashore, responsible for harassing from the other side, as for the rest of the sailors, they were not idle, Qu Lie was responsible for directing them to bombard the Portuguese army at the mouth of the river with artillery.
The generals who received the military orders were quickly prepared, and at the end of the day, with the order of Shen Ying, Qu Lie on the warship opened fire first, and countless shells were fired at the Portuguese army. Alfonso didn't expect Daming to decide to go to war without even saying hello, which caught him a little off guard for a while, and hurriedly commanded the army to withdraw from the firing range of the artillery, but at this time the army had already killed and wounded many soldiers, and the formation had been broken up.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the main force of the two thousand Beijing battalions sent by Shen Ying also immediately began a frontal attack, and there were 1,000 musketeers among the two thousand, and they also used the classic three-stage attack of the Shenji battalion, and the firepower was even more fierce than the Portuguese musketeers, after all, the number of Ming troops alone was several hundred, plus the Portuguese formation was scattered, so Alfonso was caught off guard for a while, although he tried his best to command the counterattack, but with little effect, the casualties on his side were far greater than the Ming army, and it was at this time, He finally understood the power of the Ming army.
"General, although the other party's musket is a little different from us in terms of range, it is also very sharp, and the number of musketeers is also more than ours, and the soldiers are already unable to withstand it!" On the battlefield where the projectiles are raining, a Portuguese officer is reporting to Alfonso on the battlefield.
"If you can't stand it, you have to top it, order the army to retreat slowly, widen the distance between it and the Ming army, and use the range advantage of our muskets to kill and injure the enemy!" Alfonso wiped the blood from his forehead and ordered, when the Ming shelled just now, a sharp stone slashed through his forehead, and as a result, a cut was made, and the blood kept flowing, and there was no time to bandage it now.
"Yes!" When the officer heard the order, he immediately went to direct the army to retreat slowly, but before he could give the order, Alfonso saw that the Great Ming Naval Division on the sea had suddenly sent out numerous small boats, carrying soldiers to the beach on their left, apparently intending to raid their left flank.
This surprised Alfonso, and he didn't care about retreating at the moment, so he immediately ordered someone to divide a part of his forces and prepare to defend the Ming army that landed on the beach. It's a pity that his move just fell into Shen Ying's calculations, those troops on the sea were sailors commanded by Chang Xiao, the purpose was just to attract the attention of the Portuguese, and the real killing move was the thousand Beijing battalion that he was a surprise soldier.
Just when Alfonso adjusted the formation to protect the left flank, the 1,000 Beijing battalions that had quietly left the battlefield had already touched the right flank of the Portuguese army, and when they saw that the opponent's Chang Xiao sailors on the beach had attracted attention, the general who led the troops immediately made a decision and rushed out with a roar.
Even if Alfonso saw this army at this time, it was a pity that he didn't have time to adjust the formation, and the army in his hands was too small to defend three sides at the same time. As a result, the most Lu was rushed into the army by this strange army, and the two sides started hand-to-hand combat, and at the same time, the two thousand Beijing battalions under the command of Shen Ying also seized this opportunity to rush up, and the strange army was flanked on both sides, and now Alfonso could no longer control the army, and it can be said that the defeat was decided! (To be continued......)