Chapter 143: Turning to the Chief

Tomei concentrated his fire, concentrating all his artillery and muskets on the city gates. For a time, the city was filled with smoke and dust, but no matter how Tomei attacked, the soldiers would definitely encounter great resistance when they rushed forward. Regardless of whether it can succeed or not, even if it succeeds, many people will die. With the distribution of Portuguese personnel in the Far East, Tomei could not afford to die at all.

While Tomerton was under fortified cities, the other Portuguese were making a fortune.

Although Penghu County has protected all the essence of Penghu, there are warehouses and many shops in the wharf. It is also counted as women and children.

As soon as the Francophiles came ashore, there was no military discipline. Door-to-door searching, killing people and stealing goods. Thick smoke rises, far above the head of Penghu County, can be seen.

"Your Excellency." A soldier knelt in front of Li Laoliu and said, "Lord County Lieutenant, my house is at the dock, please give the order to send troops." ”

"Please give the order to send troops." Dozens of soldiers fell to their knees, pleading.

With Zhu Houhuang's Yongguo military system, Penghu County soldiers. It's all native to Hongo. There are pros and cons. The positive side is that they are determined and can definitely defend the city until the last moment. But their will is too strong, for example, now these dozens of soldiers, their homes are on the edge of the dock, and now the entire dock is on fire. How can you make them feel reassured.

"No, I can't. Absolutely not. Wang Henian said loudly. He was originally stunned by the sudden blow. It took a while to come to my senses. He will never allow Li Lao Liu to fight without authorization.

Only if you can defend the city, it will be considered a great achievement. But if you go out of the city to fight, once there are three long and two short. That's a big deal.

"Your Excellency." Li Lao Liu said. He wasn't done yet. was interrupted by Wang Henian and said, "County Lieutenant Li, if you fight, can you guarantee victory?" ”

Li Laoliu muttered and didn't dare to speak more. Li Lao Liu was born with mud legs. After joining the army, I followed Zhu Houhuang and learned a few words. He has always been very respectful of scholars, and Wang Henian is his superior, so he is naturally in awe.

There is never any intention of winning a total victory. Even the god of war did not dare to guarantee victory before going into battle. How can Li Lao Liu guarantee this.

Wang Henian said in a loud voice: "Since this is the case, no one is allowed to go out of the city. Send a message to Your Highness, we just need to guard the city and wait for His Highness to come back. ”

Francesca left the dock and came to the county seat of Penghu. "How's it going?" he asked. ”

"It's going to take time to attack this castle," Tomei said. And there must be heavy casualties. ”

"Then we won't attack here. Pack up and get ready to get out of here. Francesca put down the binoculars and said, "Our purpose is to teach Yong a lesson and force King Yong to make concessions at the negotiating table." If you want to do this, you need to find the main force of their fleet and annihilate the Yongguo Naval Division. And not to dwell on this little castle. ”

Tomei didn't object, although he wanted to destroy Yongguo, but the strength of his fleet was like this. As much strength as possible, you can do as much as you can.

Now that the commander of the fleet has decided, the Portuguese returned to the ship with large bags of looted property, and when they left, they also burned the entire pier pier and the buildings near the pier, and the raging fire will turn the sky of Penghu red.

"Damn." Wang Henian said: "Quickly send troops to put out the fire, and quickly report to His Highness, saying that we have resisted the attack of the Francophone people." The Franco-robot has withdrawn from Penghu. ”

North Harbor.

The harbor here is still quite rudimentary, and suddenly a small boat rushed up to the trestle, and almost the whole ship crashed into the trestle, and before the ship could come to a stop, a man jumped out of the boat, and when he got off the boat, he asked, "Where is Your Highness?" Where is Your Highness? ”

"Your Highness has already left for the Grand Minister."

"What?"

The messenger and Zhu Houhuang missed it at sea. But there was no obstacle for the senior to get the news. On the side of Zhu Houhuang, the main force of the Yongguo Water Division, even if the senior officer got any news. It's useless either.

Yang Shen immediately arranged for the ships to evade and assigned troops to protect them. I did everything I could. In the face of ten Western warships and dozens of artillery pieces, they were only beaten.

Zhu Houhuang's ships headed south along the coastline. When I was about to come to the vicinity of the Staff, I suddenly heard a boom from the direction of the Staff.

"What is that sound?" Zhu Houhuang walked out of the cabin and looked south.

Xu Dong heard it very clearly and said: "It's the sound of cannons, there are dozens of cannons." "Xu Dong, as the commander of the Yongguo Naval Division, is most familiar with the water forces near the Yongguo. It was quickly circled, who was the enemy? His face changed, and he said: "Your Highness, it's the Franc Man, and only the Franc Man has so many artillery pieces at sea. ”

The Ming Dynasty was not without artillery, but Zhu Houhuang was the king of the Ming Dynasty after all. Even if the above wanted to move him, he would not suddenly do it without a name, so except for the Ming Dynasty, other forces did not have such artillery at all. Except for the Franco. Xu Dong presided over the South Seas trade several times and saw the sea power of the Francophone people.

Xu Dong gritted his teeth and said, "Please Your Highness, turn back to Beigang and avoid its edge." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Is the Franc machine very powerful? ”

If it was usual, Xu Dong would definitely have other words, but at this moment, he could only say honestly: "Franco's firearms are sharp, we are not opponents." At this moment, the enemy's situation is unknown, His Royal Highness has a thousand pounds, and he can't take risks, so please turn around, and wait for me to break the enemy, and then turn back. ”

Zhu Houhuang took a deep breath, he never expected the Portuguese to come so quickly, he went south to Tibet, and when he founded Yongguo, he thought about the time when he clashed with the Westerners. Even if they don't come to provoke Zhu Houhuang, Zhu Houhuang will wave his troops south. It's just a little too early.

Zhu Houhuang didn't know that in the original history, the Portuguese had an attack on the Ming Dynasty, but the target of that attack was Macao. This is the Battle of Tuen Mun written in the cracks of history.

However, because Zhu Houhuang founded Yongguo, he traded with Malacca. The Portuguese turned their attention to Zhu Houhuang.

Of course, Zhu Houhuang knew the difficulties of fighting at sea and fought on land. At least until the collapse of the army, it is still very safe as the commander of an army. But that's not the case at sea, where anything can happen. Even if the whole army is in command, if you are not careful, you will die under stray bullets.

"My ambition is to open the era of great navigation in the Ming Dynasty, and how can I not be afraid of difficulties and obstacles. It is a shame for a husband to act and die in bed. ”

Zhu Houhuang waved his hand and said, "Needless to say, the whole army is ready to fight, and the lonely and the others live and die together." ”

Xu Dong looked at Zhu Houhuang and wanted to persuade him again, but when he saw Zhu Houhuang's expression, he didn't dare to say anything.

However, after a while, all the sailors in the entire fleet got the news that there was an enemy ahead, and the enemy was a Franco. also knew that His Royal Highness King Yong stayed behind and fought with them in life and death.

"Yongwang Chitose." I don't know who shouted first. The voices were connected. It spread across the sea to Zhu Houhuang's ears.

In any case, for ordinary soldiers, the person who can stand with them at a critical time is a good boss.

When Zhu Houhuang was reorganizing his armament for battle, the Francophone man, who was bombarding Dayuan Port, also discovered the fleet coming south from the north.

Francesca was overjoyed and said: "It's really good, only if the sailors of Yongguo are eliminated, then His Royal Highness King Yong will definitely give in." ”

Tomei has already sent someone to negotiate with King Yong. But what kind of person is Yang Shen? Yang Shen didn't look at the Yongwang Zhu Houhuang in front of him, there was a little submissive, that was because he didn't take the foundation of Yongguo in his heart, and he would still go back to Beijing. For just one franc machine country. How could Yang Shen see it in his eyes.

The people sent to negotiate cut off their ears and put them back.

Francesca did not understand the pride of an academician of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that they simply think that the sailors of Yongguo have not been annihilated, and they still have illusions.

Therefore, it was the return of King Yong's sailor, and he was not alarmed. On the contrary, he was happy, he had full confidence in his naval combat effectiveness.