[The last chapter of the European tour is about to turn back to the South Seas to usher in the magnificent era. 】

Chapter 530: Push down! Flip it out!

In the third year of the Holy Path, in April, the monsoon in the South Sea gradually rose, and there were already sea ships sailing from south to north, sailing to the ancient Seris, today's Zhongjian Kingdom.

In the south of Taiwan, on Xiaoliuqiu Island, although the wind is warm, the chests of the more than 10 people on the more than 10 merchant ships moored in the bay seem to be scorched by the scorching sun, and hundreds of people are climbing on the side of the ship, stretching their necks, and exploring the open sea.

It was three three-masted ships, all of which had lowered most of their sails, two in the north and one in the south, facing each other half a mile apart. The hull of the ship rises and falls slightly with the waves, like three masters of the rivers and lakes who are in a posture, ready to deliver a sharp blow.

"Fire! Smash that ship to the ground! I know that I will show off my power in front of us, but now I have knocked down the iron plate! ”

"Can you beat it? It was the Spanish Navy, which was not only strong in ships and guns, but also heard that it was also accustomed to pirates in the Americas. ”

"What's there that can't be beaten? Didn't the Dutch be beaten up earlier? At the beginning of the year, there were five Spanish boats running outside Dongshan Island and being beaten by two small sea carp in the imperial court!?

Right now, it's two against one! ”

"That's the Fan family's ship, this is a serious Spanish naval warship, this time the Spaniards can gather dozens of big ships, and this one in front of them is just a fast whistle."

"Our court also has a big ship, what is there to be afraid of?"

Unlike the hustle and bustle of other merchant ships, there was silence on one ship, and both the sailors and the shopkeepers had gloomy faces and cold eyes.

Lan Tingzhen, the chief soldier of Penghu in the Qing court, who pretended to be a businessman, snorted coldly:

"Nanban is really domineering, he actually interfered in Taiwan's shipping routes, if he doesn't suffer any more losses this time, Fujian, Taiwan and Haijiang, I'm afraid he will get into his hands!"

Lan Tingzhen's brother, Lan Dingyuan, who served as his staff, comforted: "The Spaniards have strong ships and guns, and the Nanban should not be able to get benefits." ”

Lan Tingzhen's tone was very entangled: "Fujian-Taiwan Maritime Frontier is the land of my imperial court, and our officers and soldiers can only sit and watch the Nanban and the Spaniards fight, where is the power of the imperial court......

Lan Dingyuan sighed, he understood the feelings of his brother. Fujian and Taiwan, which have been in the third year of Yongzheng, seem to have become a pot of porridge, and the situation is extremely complicated.

Yinghua occupied Longyan in Tingzhou, Luzhou, west of Fujian, plus Greater Cana in the north of Taiwan, and named Taipei County. Taiwan's anti-thief Zhu Yigui gathered to entrench in Fengshan, Du Junying occupied Chiayi, and the imperial court only occupied most of Fujian, Penghu, and Taiwan's capital cities.

General Jinghai, Fujian Governor Shi Shiqi was entrusted with Fujian's civil and military power, and for this reason, the imperial court even demoted General Fuzhou to Fuzhou Metropolitan Commander, so that Shi Shiqi had full authority to control the affairs of Fujian and Taiwan. This is not only to let Shi Shifat go, but also to have the intention that once Fujian and Taiwan are broken, the court will not lose face too much.

And the situation between Fujian and Taiwan has been mixed into the overall situation of Nanyang. Since the beginning of this year, Yinghua has reached out to Fujian maritime merchants through the Luzhou Maritime Trade Company, thus intervening in the maritime trade route from Fujian to Manila, and the contradiction between Yinghua and Spain has become increasingly intense. The Spaniards had previously been harassed indirectly by pirates like the Fan family, and two months earlier, when the Spanish galleon caravan had been stationed in Manila, a direct clash between the two sides was inevitable.

In such a situation, there is also the collusion between the imperial court and the Spaniards through Shi Shiqi, but Lan Dingyuan can see that the protagonists are still Yinghua and Spain after all. The former is guiding the ocean and wants to unify the maritime trade situation in the South Seas, while the latter cannot accept the Anglo-Chinese control of the route from Fujian to Manila and even from Japan to Manila.

Lan Tingzhen sighed that the imperial court was in this game, that is, a spectator.

Just like the current situation, a large Spanish sentinel ship embellished with these merchant ships returning from Manila, in the name of expelling "pirates", has been "escorting" to the waters off Taiwan, obviously with the intention of stabbing and provoking the southern barbarians. As a result, there was no surprise that they encountered the Anglo-Chinese battleship, and the Anglo-Chinese battleship not only traveled together as usual, but also appeared this time with two warships, which were larger than the Spanish big sentinel ships.

At this time, the two sides hung high their flags, displayed their carriages and horses, and were tense, but they both restrained themselves from firing their cannons. The Spanish side was naturally in a weak position and did not dare to open fire, and the Anglo-Chinese side should have been afraid of the huge Spanish fleet in Manila, and had strict orders, and did not dare to rashly provoke a war.

, just the outpost confrontation between the two sides, it is no longer a chess game that the Manchu Qing can mix, Shi Shiqi imitated a clipper in Fujian, the largest is only 800 materials, and it is a hard sailboat, and the ship can only carry small cannons.

Seeing that there had been no movement, Lan Tingzhen was very disappointed, and sneered: "That's all there is to it!" ”

Today, Yinghua is two to one, but he still doesn't dare to do it, and in the future, this trade route is afraid that it will be difficult to hold it. But this was not what Lan Tingzhen and even Shi Shiji expected, they pointed to the two sides and fought.

Lan Dingyuan said: "Although the Nanban ship cannon is good, there are no big ships, and the sea combat skills are not as good as the Spaniards. I heard that there are now more than ten or twenty thirty or forty guns of large ships stationed in Manila Bay, and there are even two huge ships with two-deck guns, I think Nanban still doesn't dare to provoke ...... rashly" Before the words fell, the people on the boat exclaimed in unison, looking in the direction that the sailors were staring at, Lan Tingzhen sighed: "It seems that there is no play......

The tall mast on the south side understood, and the white sails loomed, it should be the battleship of the Spaniards, and there was not one, but three. The Spaniards actually took a boat as the lead, followed by a fleet, and just now they were really going to fight, and the two ships of Yinghua were going to be burned on the spot.

Hundreds of people in the bay thought that it was time for the Anglo-Chinese warship to sail away, and if they didn't leave at this time, they would wait for when.

Without waiting for Lan Tingzhen and Lan Dingyuan to look over, they heard a loud bang, and the chewing ball that suddenly erupted from the corner of their eyes pulled their gaze hard.

That Spanish ship did it!? What a good time to choose!