Chapter 1602 You can die standing up, but never live on your knees

Carlos is resolute, since it is only a small group of people from the Ming Empire, let's kill them first, we must not let the Ming Empire be so arrogant, a few people went to the Americas to show off their might, and they also looked at the Americas as too unpopular!

Carlos advanced by land and water, several warships left Manzanillo and began to sail for Vallarta, and on land, he also sent an infantry battalion and a cavalry team to Vallarta, intending to eat this caravan of the Ming Empire.

Vallarta, in a few days, Wu Xing purchased a large number of American commodities and necessary medicines and food, and began to prepare for the retreat, after all, as soon as he arrived in the Americas, he first fought with the Spaniards, the land of right and wrong, how could he stay for a long time, and it was not good that the army, when the time came, he would be miserable.

Wu Xing did not dare to be careless, and sent his own ships to keep watch at sea day and night.

As a result, the ships that were actually on guard found the traces of the Spanish army!

"Brother Zhang, look, fleet, fleet! That's the fleet of foreigners! ”

Beside Captain Zhang Yi, a sailor screamed.

Zhang Yi was shocked, held a telescope in his hand, and looked into the distance, sure enough, twenty or thirty miles away, a fleet was slowly moving forward!

"Quick, return immediately, go full speed, and notify Master Hou!"

The ship turned around and ran towards the dock desperately.

Wu Xing had already prepared at this time, and all the sailors and merchants were concentrated at the wharf, just to facilitate the escape, leaving only a few foreigners to communicate with trade.

Wu Xing, who got the news, did not panic, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone retreats to the fleet, prepare to evacuate, Garcia, prepare to contact the generals on the fleet, we are not here to grab territory, just for trade, there is no crime against Vallartatius, it is only because of the misunderstanding of the Spanish army that the battle was triggered, I hope that the two sides will strike the army, what about the merchants, all call me up, ready to let them testify to us!" ”

Wu Xing had already communicated with a few merchants, these businessmen didn't care about anything else, and now they suddenly had a trade route, and they could get a large number of Ming goods, that is, a steady stream of gold and silver, so they naturally wanted to maintain the cooperation of this trade route.

Soon, Carlos's fleet caught up.

"General Carlos, the flag is coming from the warship on the other side, and I want to talk to you!"

The sailors on the battleship shouted at Carlos.

Carlos frowned and snorted coldly, "What are you talking about?" Seized our port of Vallarta and now want us to strike down? Dream! Keep moving! ”

The sailor said urgently: "General, his signal man said that the former's battle was a complete misunderstanding, they had no intention of looting and occupying Vallarta, they just wanted to trade peacefully, and they did not commit any crime against the port of Vallarta, and several Spanish merchants were willing to testify!" ”

Carlos was thinking about it and trading? Really? Hey, hey, foolish, right? When we first came to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, it was also under the banner of fair trade, and once we gained a foothold in this area, we began to colonize and occupy the area, and wiped out the indigenous forces. I don't want to eat your set!

"Order, the fleet is moving forward at full speed, waving the flag, telling the other party that there is no problem in negotiating, immediately raise the white flag, surrender, hand over all the goods and wealth on the ship, Lao Tzu let them live, all the warships, ready to fight, once they get close, all of them will be put into battle, Lao Tzu will leave them all!"

Now that the competition for the American colonies by Western countries is in full swing, and the wars are continuous, Carlos is not willing to let the Ming Empire get involved, this is obviously an expeditionary caravan, if they let them bring the news and navigation charts back to the Ming Empire, it will be bad, they must all be left behind!

The fleet was getting closer, and the warships on both wings had begun to outflank the caravan on the opposite side.

Xiongwu Marquis Wu Xing is not a fool, although he is not a famous general, but he is no stranger to the military, the two wings of the Spanish fleet have begun to break through, and the Spanish generals also let him surrender first, in the peace talks, then talk about a fart!

Where is Wu Xing to be messed with? Surrender? When did the people of the Ming Empire surrender? If you let the emperor know that he has surrendered, I am afraid that his glory and wealth will come to an end, and even the family will be unlucky, where will the dignity of the Ming Empire be?

"Order, all ships retreat north, quickly, retreat north with all your might!"

Wu Xing shouted loudly, since the Spaniards refused to stop, they could only run away first and talk about it later!

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

Wu Xing's caravan had not yet run two miles to the north when the Spanish fleet behind began to attack!

There are not many warships in this small fleet, but only two medium-sized warships and seven or eight gunboats, Carlos knows the strength of the Ming army, but the strength of three hundred people, two old warships, his own small fleet can directly crush the opponent, and there is no need for all the large armies to be dispatched!

Even if it was two warships and seven or eight gunboats, it was absolutely possible for Wu Xing's caravan in front of him to resist, Wu Xing's face changed greatly, and he didn't dare to stay at all, and retreated at full speed.

It's just that the shells in the back hit unexpectedly, and the gunboats and two merchant ships that fell behind were directly hit by the shells and caught fire, and then more shells fell, and the three ships were completely lost their ability to maneuver, and it was impossible to run!

"Brothers, the gunboat turned around and fought with all its might, since it can't go, then give it to the Hou Ye, our Ming soldiers can't lose the emperor's face, either die in battle, or commit suicide, and definitely can't fall into the hands of the Spaniards as a prisoner!"

Zhang Yi was anxious, now the warship will definitely not be able to run, so stay to fight to the death and fight for a glimmer of life for the Marquis of Xiongwu!

The ships were crossed, all the artillery was mobilized, and the return fire began!

However, how can a warship with a dozen guns be able to stop two warships and seven or eight gunboats of the Spanish fleet?

Soon, the ship was surrounded by the Spanish fleet, and one shell after another landed on the ship, and the ship slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

"Man, big husband, it's just death, death, you can't fall into the majesty of the Ming soldiers, the emperor, the small one goes!"

Zhang Yi solemnly knelt on the deck, kowtowed three times to the west, pulled out his waist knife, and wiped it down heavily towards his neck!

On the warship, dozens of sailors were all retired from the military town, and the soldiers who fought countless bloody battles, even if they retired, the pride brought by the Tianwei Army and the Tianxiong Army in their hearts could not be separated, and one by one the soldiers either jumped into the sea or killed themselves, and none of them were willing to stay as prisoners.

The people on the merchant ship on the side are just merchants and craftsmen, so naturally they don't have such courage and glory, but we, the soldiers, are the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and if we are defeated, then we will stand and die, and we will definitely kneel and steal our lives!