In the sound of Chiluoluo's killing declaration, Kang Mazi finally stood side by side with his good brothers, and jointly raised his tu knife against the land of the Central Plains. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But they still need a little bit of time.

After all, his good brothers prepared 100,000 iron cavalry for him, and it was not possible to complete so many Mongolian warriors gathering from the vast steppe and reaching the Central Plains in a short time.

At the same time, thousands of miles away in Shengjing, in a small church that had just been built not long ago, a priest was holding a Bible in his hand and standing solemnly in front of the cross, and at his feet kneeling towards the cross was a young man wearing a dragon robe, and not far from them, there were more than a dozen white people and people wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms standing solemnly, because the church was built in a hurry, the light transmission was relatively poor, and it looked quite gloomy, and the black robe and zombie costume rendered this weird effect even more.

"Do you believe that God Almighty the Father created the heavens and the earth?"

Xu Risheng, the new bishop of Manzhou, asked.

"I believe it."

The expressionless young man said.

"Do you believe that our Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, who was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered, died and rose again, and now enjoys glory in heaven?"

Xu Risheng asked.

"I believe it."

The young man replied.

"You believe in the Holy Spirit, in the Holy and Catholic Church. Is the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the flesh and eternal life? ”

Xu Risheng asked.

"I believe it."

The young man replied.

Xu Risheng said with satisfaction: "Love Xin Jueluo. Brother Yinzhen, I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! ”

After saying that, he sprinkled the holy water in his hand three times on the bare head of the fourth elder brother and the tail of the mouse, so in a solemn sound of Amen, the idol of thousands of modern girls in history, Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, officially threw himself into the arms of the Lord and became a person of faith, a person who got rid of low-level interests......

A Catholic.

After Liu Ying arrived in Macau, the church immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to open a breakthrough in missionary work in China, because Yang Feng forbade missionary work, and they could only choose the side of the Qing Dynasty, which was more friendly to them, but after all, few Chinese would believe it, especially among the upper classes. If a prince can be developed into a believer, then it will definitely be much easier to preach again, so the condition for the church to help the fourth elder brother contact the European monarch is that he must convert to God, and now the fourth elder brother, who has no other choice, is of course impossible to refuse this request.

"Welcome into the arms of the Lord, my brother!"

After the baptism, Xu Risheng happily hugged the fourth elder brother and said.

The fourth elder brother hugged him calmly and said, "Father, when will the things I need be delivered?" ”

"Well, it's going to take a little time."

Xu Risheng said very frankly: "My dear brother, you must know that because your enemy controls the sea dominance, although we can get here by transporting ordinary supplies, we definitely can't use munitions, so merchant ships can only take routes outside their control areas. The merchant ships Maria and Black Swan are bypassing the island of Taiwan and entering the Tsushima Strait from the south of the Wa Kingdom, and then sending the arms you need to the shores of the Sea of Japan, where you can receive them at the mouth of the Tumen River if you can guarantee safety, and if you can't guarantee safety, you can only go north to Vladivostok. However, I must remind you that this matter must be kept secret, as far as I know, the Ming fleet has just built a base in Weihaiwei on the Shandong Peninsula, and it will be intercepted once they know about it. ”

The fourth brother's reward for his conversion to God was two ships of munitions, including 4,000 rifled guns and thirty twelve-pounder field guns, which the Church paid for him, after all, he was the only hope of the Church in China, and the Church still considered it worth the money, and of course a group of Portuguese military instructors to help him train a completely Westernized army.

Although the fourth elder brother wanted to contact the French, and his envoy Tu Lichen also went to Europe with Liu Ying, but this work was cut off by the Portuguese, because Portugal was a party to the anti-French alliance, of course they did not want such a good thing to fall into the hands of the French, even if Liu Ying objected, it was useless, not to mention that the right to protect the religion in North China was originally owned by the King of Portugal.

Although this is tantamount to being an enemy of Yang Feng, it is obvious that the latter is much more lovely than the Tatar Emperor.

At least the Portuguese have felt his threat, in fact, the Dutch and the Spaniards have also felt it, just look at the unstoppable arrogance of the Ming Navy, even if the Dutch and Yang Feng are doing well, it is very unpleasant to look at, that is, the British are too far away, and there is no conflict of interest, so they are still tirelessly building warships for him.

And once Yang Feng unifies China, it is estimated that everyone will not have a good life, so supporting the Tatars and letting Kang Mazi continue to drag Yang Feng's development is their best choice at present, so before the Portuguese do this job, as partners of the anti-French alliance, the Dutch have also promised to stand on their side, but Taiwan will be divided equally by everyone in the future.

It is because of this that the Portuguese finally made up their minds.

"Isn't your ship protected by warships?"

The fourth elder brother asked.

"Yes, but only one third-class battleship, and your enemy has the most powerful navy in Asia, they have nine battleships, dozens of cruisers, and even if all the Portuguese warships in the Far East are dispatched, it is impossible to confront them, so they can only avoid them.

Xu Risheng said.

Little did he know, however, that their fleet had been discovered.

"Send a flag and ask them to stop the boat for inspection, Ma, there is a good road not to go, what are you sneaking here for?"

On the sea east of Diaoyutai in northeast Taiwan, on the cruiser Flying Eagle of the Keelung Detachment of the Ming Navy, Captain He Kun raised his binoculars and looked at the three sailing ships in front of him that were sailing north.

The blue and white central crown flag fluttering on the mast of the latter clearly indicates their identity......

Portuguese.

And if the Portuguese want to go north and go through the Taiwan Strait, they don't need to go this way at all, even if they go to the Japanese country, they don't need to go around to the east of Taiwan, then this is very abnormal, if you add a battleship with more than 40 guns to protect it, it will be very problematic.

On the mast of the Flying Eagle, the signalman immediately raised a flag and demanded that the ship be stopped.

Yang Wangye had already issued an order that as long as it was a merchant ship going north, whether it was going to northern China or Goryeo and Wa, it must first go to Changguo to be inspected, otherwise the Ming naval fleet had the right to intercept and board the ship for inspection, as for the legal basis for doing so......

Lord Yang's words are the law.

But the other party turned a deaf ear, ignored the warnings from this side, and continued to drive in the original course.

"Cut through and pull the cannon out!"

He Kun said without hesitation.

On the second deck of the cruiser Flying Eagle, a former Dutch armed merchant ship, the sailors immediately got busy pushing out a seven-and-a-half-pound rifled gun, nine on each side of the ship, and a total of twenty cannons of this caliber in the stern. On the opposite side of them was a third-class battleship with more than forty cannons, and two armed merchant ships each with more than a dozen guns, and the balance of strength was a bit huge, but the Ming army, who was accustomed to seeing themselves as the masters of this sea, would not care about this.

The Eagle quickly cut to the Portuguese fleet while the signal crew kept waving the flag, the latter remained deaf, but the battleship quickly left the formation, and the two armed merchant ships turned to the east, and if the Eagle continued to maintain course, it would soon be directly intertwined between them and be set on fire, and it was clear that the battleship was forcing the Eagle to play a head-to-head game with it.

"Then play with it!"

He Kun said immediately.

The Flying Eagle on the blue sea suddenly turned and cut directly to the port side of the battleship, and the two three-masted sailing ships with the same white sails gradually closed the distance, and just when the rangefinder showed that they were less than three miles apart, He Kun held the telescope and ordered: "The first gun fires, and the target enemy ship warns in front of the left." ”

On the second deck, the seven-and-a-half-pound rifled guns of the No. 1 gun position roared and spewed flames, and a solid bullet flew out with a whirl, and a few seconds later a column of water was shot in front of the left front of the battleship.

But the latter still didn't react.

"Second warning, prepare for battle!"

He Kun said.

He could even see the Portuguese captain holding a telescope like him on the tail tower opposite.

The second shell flew out and again fell on the left front of the enemy ship.

But the latter remained unresponsive.

"Solid shells, aim at enemy ships, salvo!"

He Kun said with a sneer.

According to Yang Wangye's standards, the Ming army will not warn more than twice.

The fire at the nine gun doors on the starboard side of the Flying Eagle shone at a very fast speed, and in the flames that erupted one after another, nine solid bullets flew out with a roar, one of which accurately hit the middle of the battleship, and He Kun's telescope field of vision, he could even see how the shell hit the wooden plank of the hull, how it hit a large hole in the basin and then disappeared, although the distance is a little far now, and the seven-and-a-half-pound cannon is too powerful for the battleship, but it is obvious that the pointed armor-piercing shell of the Ming army's rifled guns is still very good.

Almost at the same time, the battleship suddenly made a sharp turn to the left.

Under the pull of the dropped anchor, the huge hull of the battleship was pushed forward diagonally from the stern, and the bow pressed down fiercely, and in the blink of an eye it crossed less than two miles in front of the right side of the Flying Eagle, and at the same time the hull shook violently, but at this time, the Flying Eagle opened fire again, but this time it was replaced by a flowering shell, and one of the shells that hit the side of the ship was bounced off by the thick planks, but the other one that hit the deck suddenly got into the aft compartment, and then turned into a ball of flames and blew half of the aft compartment away.

"Right full rudder!"

He Kun said indifferently.

The helmsman frantically turned the wheel, and the Eagle made a sharp left turn.

Almost at the same time, on the battleship that had been slightly stabilized on the opposite side, one cannon after another spewed flames. (To be continued.) )