The deafening sound of cannons, the cries of the sailors, and the white smoke and mist of the sky formed a terrible battle formation.

More than 20 Spanish warships either caught fire or were sunk under the siege of more than 50 Ming warships, and none of these warships surrendered.

"Is this the Spanish Armada that once roamed the world?" Yue Yang, who was standing on the deck of a third-class battleship, looked at a Spanish galleon that was slowly sinking, and muttered to himself with some emotion.

"Oh, ......" A heavy footstep sounded, and Guo Jingxian's voice sounded behind him: "My lord, the last general was ordered to completely annihilate the Spanish fleet, sinking a total of 25 warships and killing thousands of Spanish sailors. Our two fifth-class ships were heavily damaged, and two fourth-class ships were slightly injured, and now there are still many enemy sailors in the sea. ”

Yue Yang looked at the figure on the sea and said indifferently: "This still needs to be asked, isn't there still a shortage of prisoners when we build roads?" Those sailors can swim in the sea for so long without sinking, it can be seen that their bodies must be excellent, and they must be good at fishing them all, and they must be good at building roads. ”

Listening to Yue Yang's calm words, Guo Jingxian's heart suddenly shuddered, his own marquis is very good at talking to his own people on weekdays, but he is poisonous to his enemies, just like those Dutch, now he is playing with immortals, not to mention that he has to be grateful to him, this is the highest level of bad people.

While the Weihai Guards were busy salvaging the Spanish sailors who had fallen overboard, the port of Keelung and the castle behind it had already been in a state of chaos, and the city walls were covered with Spanish soldiers armed with spears and arquebuses. Antony stood on the city wall wearing a gorgeous military uniform and carrying a gem-encrusted sword at his waist, looking at the Ming warships that were constantly pouring into the port, and his eyes flashed with anxiety.

At this time, his ears rang with Bert. Major Bushby's voice: "Your Excellency the Governor, I have gathered all the soldiers to go up to the city wall, and I have also arrested about 2,000 Ming people in the castle to catch up with the city wall. ”

Antony looked back, and saw that there were groups of Ming people who were driven to the city wall by some soldiers, and some people who walked a little slower would be immediately punched and kicked by the soldiers, these soldiers who ventured to the East were not polite gentlemen, most of them were composed of adventurers, thieves, robbers or criminals, who originally came to the East with the intention of making a fortune, but now they were in a desperate situation and their lives were not guaranteed, how could they be polite to these defenseless people.

Antony turned his head and a hint of fierceness flashed in Major Bert's eyes: "You immediately ask the soldiers to push these Ming people to a conspicuous place on the city wall, so that those Ming soldiers can see them at first sight." Didn't those Ming artillery shoot quite far, and the firepower was not very fierce? I'd like to see if they can beat their own people so hard! ”

Major Bert's heart trembled slightly. Then he saluted him and went to carry out the order.

The panic and busyness of the city head of the Ming army did not pay attention, after eliminating the Spanish fleet, a number of warships and loaded Dafu ships sailed to the dock to start landing, and the only few remaining soldiers on the dock have long fled, and now the Keelung port has been like a girl who has lost the ability to resist, and can only let the Ming fleet do whatever it takes.

By mid-afternoon, more than 50 warships had all docked, and groups of soldiers had also poured onto the wharf. First, countless soldiers in uniform and carrying firearms poured ashore, and then a group of baggage soldiers unloaded the guns from the ship, and the Spanish soldiers who were watching from the city walls panicked one by one.

"It's fine. We still have these targets. Antony turned his head to look at the people who were standing at the battlements with bayonets by the soldiers, and secretly felt ruthless in his heart: "Come on, I want to see if you Ming soldiers have the courage to shoot at your own people." ”

The fact that the people of the Ming Dynasty were carried up to the city wall by Spanish soldiers was soon discovered by the Ming army. I have to say that Antony is indeed a ruthless and decisive figure, and his hand did immediately embarrass Zhao Yongxin, the commander of the artillery battalion who was preparing to command the artillery battalion to bombard the city. Originally, their task was to fire a few rounds of artillery to deter the Spaniards in the city, but now they were embarrassed and could only report the situation to Yue Yang.

"These red-haired ghosts are so despicable, those Dutch did it once a few days ago, and now these Spaniards are doing it again, and the face of the soldiers will be lost by them." After hearing Zhao Yongxin's report, the generals were so angry that they couldn't do it, and Shunbao scolded on the spot.

"Forget it, scolding is scolding the enemy who can't die." Yue Yang shook his head, he couldn't be clearer about the virtues of the colonists in these years, don't look at the Westerners of later generations who speak about human rights and closed their mouths about democracy, but that is also a premise. At that time, they had already passed the initial stage of capital accumulation, both the national strength and the national suzhì had reached a certain level, in order to show off in front of the countries that were more backward than them, they talked about civilized demeanor, but in fact, as long as you peel off this coat, you will find that in fact, those guys who point fingers at others all day long are still greedy, fierce and unscrupulous hungry wolves in their bones.

It has only been a few years since the economic crisis was plunged, and Greece, known as the cradle of European civilization, has changed from a leisurely and wealthy country to a place that everyone hates, and the gentlemen who originally wore suits and ties have been transformed into thieves and robbers, and countless street smashing and looting incidents have emerged one after another, which shows the essence of these Westerners.

After walking in place for two laps, Yue Yang stood firmly and said to Shunbao: "Didn't we fish out thousands of Spanish sailors from the sea just now?" Tell him to send them to the front of the battle at once, and tell that fellow that Antonny that if they dare to put our Ming people on the city wall as shields, we will shoot all these captives, and I will see who can't hold it first!" ”

"Yes!" Shunbao, who couldn't bear it for a long time, immediately walked out in a hurry.

In the rumbling drums, groups of people who were tied up by the five flowers were slowly driven to the front of the battle formation, and behind them were groups of soldiers armed with Minnie-style firearms, with bright bayonets behind them, these were the Spanish sailors who were salvaged by the Ming army after the defeat and fell into the sea.

An interpreter walked up behind the sailors with a tin horn and shouted, "You stupid fellows, you have been defeated and you are already prisoners of our Ming army. Now there are only two ways before you, either let your comrades at the head of the city lower our people from the city walls, and then you return to the prisoner of war camp to continue your captive, or you and them will be blown to pieces in the artillery fire. The choice is up to you. Now you can call out to your fellow men in the city! ”

The sound of the tin horn continued to sound, and at the same time reached the ears of the defenders at the head of the city, and Antony's face began to change. Originally, he planned to use the people of the Ming Kingdom to threaten the Ming army outside the city to prevent them from deploying artillery to attack the city, but the other party also drew a gourd like this, and now it is his turn to sit on the wax.

"Damn the Ming people!" Antony's hand slapped heavily on the thick city bricks, and the hard city bricks shook his palms with faint pain.

"Your Excellency the Governor, what shall we do now?" Major Bert also hurried over to inquire about countermeasures.

Antony looked around and noticed that most of the Spanish soldiers around him had a look of hesitation and panic on their faces, after all, not everyone had the courage to shoot at their comrades.

"Oh...... God, what is that guy doing! ”

Then. Major Bert shouted in surprise. When Antony saw it, he saw a sailor in front of him who had broken free of the rope and ran towards the city wall, shouting "help me" as he ran.

"Is this bastard an idiot?" Antony's couldn't help but scold.

The answer was soon revealed, the sailor ran forward desperately, and a Ming soldier in the back calmly raised the firearm in his hand to face the sailor who was running desperately. The Spanish soldiers on the city wall were divided into two groups, one group was scolding him for being stupid, and the other group was cheering for him, as long as he could run to the foot of the city wall, his chances of survival would be greatly increased, after all, the fire gun in this era is not very good. For a while, the sound of cheering and scolding resounded throughout the city wall. Even Major Bert exclaimed, "Oh...... Is this guy running with his life? ”

Under the threat of death, the escaped sailor ran as fast as he could, and soon ran more than a hundred meters, a distance that was beyond the effective range of most firebolts of this era, after all, the arquebuses of the smoothbore era were not very good in terms of accuracy or range.

But to everyone's surprise, the sailor was almost two hundred meters away. Shots rang out from behind. As the gunshots rang out, the sailor, who had been running towards the city wall in spite of a single kick, threw himself forward as if he had been kicked from behind, and then fell heavily to the ground, unable to move again, and then a stream of red and black blood slowly flowed out from under him.

The noise of the entire city wall immediately became silent, and all the Spanish soldiers grew their mouths and watched as the corpse that had fallen to the ground turned dumb.

"Damn...... How did their muskets shoot so far! ”

Unlike the soldiers who were hit. Antony, however, was surprised by the muskets in the hands of the Ming soldiers.

"Did you all see that?" The sound of the tin horn outside the city sounded again: "Our Marquis said that if you continue to put our Ming people on the city wall as hostages, we will use these poor sailors as shields as tools for the first wave of siege!" And you guys. He is the culprit who killed his companions! ”

The sound from outside the city quickly made the defenders at the head of the city feel panicked, from the sailor who was shot in front of everyone, he could see that what the Ming soldiers outside the city said was true, if they really continued to leave the Ming people in the city as cannon fodder, they really dared to slaughter the captives outside the city, it was thousands of compatriots, even if these colonists no longer took other people's lives seriously, but they would not be so mad that they could shoot at their companions at will, The sad truth of the dead rabbit and the fox is common all over the world.

Major Bert's voice was panicked: "Your Excellency, what should we do?" Do you really want to let go of the people of the Ming Kingdom? By the way, I seem to have seen Lieutenant Colonel Caleb among the captives just now. ”

"Caleb, this idiot, why doesn't he die?" Anthony couldn't help but scold anymore, this guy really disappointed him too much, a few days ago he asked him to attack the merchant ship of the Ming Kingdom, but the merchant ship did not touch but ran into an iron plate, and was beaten by two warships and fled, now it is better, he simply became a prisoner, as soon as he thought of this, Antony was angry and immediately shouted: "Let this fool die!" ”

"What...... Let him die? Major Bert was taken aback, for if he had watched his captured sailors die, Antony would have been killed if he had escaped this fate, and had returned to Spain.

Antony roared and felt something strange around him. When he looked left and right, he saw that many soldiers were looking at him with unkind eyes. Only then did he realize that his words were too hateful, and he really wanted to let the Ming army kill the prisoners outside the city, and it was estimated that he would be shot black before night.

After much thought, Antony finally compromised, he couldn't afford that kind of responsibility, after all, it was thousands of lives.

"Okay...... Order the soldiers to put back the people of the Ming Kingdom! ”

With Antony's order, the people of the Ming Kingdom on the city wall were immediately driven off the city wall, and after a while, all the people of the Ming Dynasty who were originally standing on the city wall ran away.

"Master Hou, those red-haired ghosts have already let people go!" Behind the Ming army's array, Shunbao pointed to the city wall and shouted.

"Hmph...... Count them as acquaintances. Yue Yang snorted lightly, "Since the people have already released the people." Let's take those captives back, too. Also, send someone to tell Sù Antony, if he surrenders now, I can still guarantee the safety of his life and the people in the city, if he is stubborn and continues to resist to the end, then don't blame me for being unkind! ”

"Understood!"

Shun Bao agreed, and soon the thousands of prisoners who had been pressed to the front of the battle were also pressed back, and then an interpreter rode to the front of the castle, holding a loudspeaker and shouting: "Mr. Antony, our Ming Empire Zhongyong Marquis has said, and he admires the tenacity of your navy to fight to the end. But now that your navy has been completely wiped out, there is no point in you continuing to resist, and if you are willing to order your subordinates to lay down their arms, our lord can guarantee your life. But if you question resistance, then you are doomed. Think about your family, think about your wives, children, and girlfriends, if you die, it's all over! ”

The words of the translation reached the ears of everyone on the city walls very clearly through the tin horn. There was a hint of hesitation in the eyes of many soldiers, the soldiers of these years are not so conscious, and the reason why most people come to the East is to make a fortune. If even their lives are gone, what they do will naturally be meaningless. However, whether they say this kind of thing or not, it is up to their Supreme Commander, Governor Antony, to decide.

Not only the soldiers on the city walls, but even Major Bert was looking nervously at Antony. Looking at the neat rows of artillery and the patches of black soldiers outside, no matter how optimistic a person is, he knows that this battle will be more than nine times out of ten.

Looking at Major Bert, and then looking at the somewhat panicked expressions of the soldiers around him, Antony sighed secretly in his heart, gritted his teeth, and said: "Major Berg, you tell the soldiers, we are the whip of His Majesty the King and the bravest soldiers in Spain, it is absolutely impossible to surrender without a fight, all be ready to fight!" ”

Antony's words determined their orders, and soon with Zhao Yongxin's order, more than a hundred artillery pieces began to spit out tongues of fire, and in the rumbling sound of cannons, iron pellets smashed towards the city wall one by one.

"Knock ......"

A thirty-two-pound iron pellet slammed into the battlements, smashing the battlements made of huge stones into a mass of rubble, and the shattered stones flew in all directions, beating the few soldiers who were hiding next to them into a blur of flesh and blood.

"......Boom" Another iron pellet hit the wall next to Antony, rebounded back and smashed into a soldier's leg, and was hit by dozens of pounds of iron pellets, the soldier's calf was immediately knocked into two ends, Bai Sensen's bones were also exposed, and the soldier let out a terrible roar and immediately fainted.

Seeing this, Major Bert said to Antony with some concern: "Your Excellency the Governor, it is too dangerous here, you better go down!" ”

"No!" Anthony shook his head: "I can't go down, I'm going to stay here and command the battle!" ”

Antony knew that in the face of such fierce artillery fire and the dense Ming army outside the city, the reason why the soldiers on the city wall had not collapsed was because he was still on the city wall, and he was sure that if he went down, I am afraid that it would not be long before someone would open the city gate and surrender.

Antony, who had no choice but to pray for his good fortune: "O Lord Almighty, have mercy on your people, and let us have the strength to defeat those hateful infidels!" ”

It's a pity that Antony's idea is good, it is estimated that God went on vacation today, did not hear his words, shortly after he prayed, a cannonball smashed on a battlement next to him, a fist-sized stone flew out and hit his head, our Governor Antony fell to the ground very straight, and Major Bert on the side quickly led people to carry him back to the governor's palace in the city.

Soon after Antony was carried away, many of the Spanish soldiers who had lost their supreme commander became even more confused, and when the firecrackers outside the city began to climb the city walls with ladders one after another, the castle, which was not very imposing, finally fell...... (To be continued......)