Not to mention anything else, there are many talents who are proficient in several Chinese languages among those maritime merchants alone, and these people have almost taken out the strength to test Xiucai for the benefit of maritime trade.

As it gets late, dozens of ships of the Portuguese fleet dock in the most prominent position in the harbor of Iwami Port.

Smoke was curling, thousands of sailors were eating dinner, and Lawrence, Daliqis, and a few officers were sipping red wine.

I only heard an officer smile and said: "Cord sent someone to send news not long ago, he has found the hiding place of the Ming general, this time we will definitely be able to capture the other party alive, and then we can cut off this person's head and avenge those soldiers who died unjustly." ”

It can be seen that the mood of the crowd is very good, after all, they have been harassed by Qi Jingtong in the past few days, whether it is these ordinary officers or Daliqisi, Lawrence and others, they are all tired of Qi Jingtong, and they can't wait to break his body into pieces.

Now Corde sent someone to send news that Qi Jingtong would be able to be caught immediately, and everyone was drinking wine while discussing how to deal with Qi Jingtong later.

At this moment, I saw a soldier stumbling with a pale face, and was stopped by several soldiers from a distance.

"I want to see the Governor, I want to see the Governor!"

Hearing the movement here, Daliqi, who was in a good mood, couldn't help frowning, got up and walked over to this side and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be Cold's subordinate, could it be that you have already captured the general of the Ming army alive and ordered you to come first to report the victory?" ”

When the soldier heard this, his face showed a bitter look on his face and shook his head, "Your Excellency the Governor, quickly send troops to rescue General Cold......"

"What?"

"What the hell is going on, you tell me clearly!"

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, and Daliqisi grabbed the soldier and stared at each other with wide eyes and shouted.

The soldier trembled and explained how Corde and the others found Qi Jingtong's hiding place, and how they were resisted by the Dongying people, and then Qi Jingtong didn't know where to bring a group of elite Ming men and horses to surround Colder and the others.

"Hey, if that's the case, it means that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty have arrived!"

Lawrence let out a low snort, looked up at Daliqis, and said, "Lord Governor, please give the order quickly, everyone will board the ship immediately, pull anchor and set sail, away from the harbor......"

Obviously, Lawrence was not optimistic that they would be able to hold this port, and if he had said before, Lawrence was still thinking about whether he could fight with the Ming Dynasty.

But now Lawrence suddenly felt that he and Daliqisi had underestimated the ancient Eastern country of the Ming Dynasty.

Hearing this, Daliqi's expression couldn't help but change slightly, and he looked at Lawrence and said, "Lawrence, you ......"

Lawrence shook his head at Daliqisi with a wry smile on his face and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that if the other party's reinforcements really arrive, we may not be its opponents. ”

An officer looked at Lawrence with a little puzzlement, and then at Daliqis, who seemed to understand something, and his face also became difficult and looked towards Daliqis: "Your Excellency the Governor, we can't abandon General Colder and them, that's more than a thousand soldiers, if anything happens to them, we are afraid that we will lose most of our combat strength." ”

After a few times, the army of more than 2,000 people was now left with four or five hundred people still sitting in the port, and more than 1,000 of them went with Cord to hunt down Qi Jingtong.

It can be said that if something happens to the thousands of people that Cord took away, there will be only a few hundred foot soldiers left in the entire fleet, which is absolutely nerve-wracking for the fleet.

"What are you afraid of, unless it is Daming and other ships, otherwise no matter how elite the Ming soldiers and horses are, it is impossible to fight us at sea!"

An officer spoke loudly through the strength of his wine.

Daliqisi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Yes, the other party's help with reinforcements must be overwhelming, and it is reasonable that Calder is not their opponent, but our strongest is not the army, but the navy, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not mobilize the fleet to come, we have nothing to fear!" ”

Lawrence listened to Daliqisi and the officer's words, and his face showed a little hesitation, and it was at this time that a sentry who was in charge of looking around and monitoring the surrounding sea suddenly hurried to Daliqisi and the others, and then said: "Your Excellency, a fleet seems to have appeared a few miles away from the harbor and ......."

"It can't ......"

As if instinctively, Daliqisi stood up suddenly, his face full of solemnity.

Even when he heard that Cord was surrounded, Daliqisi was not so alarmed, after all, their foundation was the navy, not the army, and even if the army was completely destroyed, it would not affect the foundation of the fleet.

Now that the sentry had told him that a fleet had appeared on the sea beyond the harbor, the first thing that came to Daliqi's mind was the appearance of the Ming naval fleet.

In fact, just from the firepower of the Changning and Changping, although Daliqisi was unwilling to admit it, he also knew that Daming was not worse than them in shipbuilding, and the two sides could be regarded as having their own strengths.

In this case, the difference in ship combat power between the two sides was not too great, which meant that the greatest advantage of the Portuguese fleet no longer existed.

The reason why the Portuguese fleet has been able to cross the ocean and slaughter the natives one after another is that invincible fleet depends on it.

Realizing this, Daliche almost shouted: "Quick, quick, order everyone to board the ship at once, and tell them that if there is anyone who has not boarded the ship in a quarter of an hour, then let me stay here forever!" ”

Almost instantly, the entire harbor was in chaos, and most of the entire fleet, except for the soldiers who remained on the ships, disembarked and moved around the harbor.

At this moment, Daliqisi's order was given, and a group of people hurried towards the port, and hurriedly began to board the ship with the help of small boats.

There was chaos in the harbor, after all, thousands of people had boarded the ship in unison, and Daliche in particular had asked for it to be completed in a quarter of an hour, which made the situation a little chaotic.

There was a sound of horses' hooves, and soon countless Ming soldiers appeared on the port, and the person who was the leader was not Chu Yi.

Riding on the tall horse, Chu Yi looked at the Portuguese soldiers on the shore of the port who were boarding the ship, and a cold color flashed in his eyes: "Pass my order, let Li Degong and Pang XVII launch an attack for me, and be sure to block these Xiyi fleets in the harbor." ”

The fleet that appeared on the sea outside the port was the Ming fleet led by Li Degong and Pang XVII.

This fleet can be said to have gathered most of the essence of the Ming Dynasty's fleet in Dongying, and most of the fifty ships are newly built warships, equipped with the latest artillery, each of which is no worse than Changning and Changping.

When a puff of wolf smoke rose up, and even on the sea more than ten miles away, the billowing wolf smoke could be clearly seen, and the two generals Li Degong and Pang Seventeen, who were drifting on the ocean, immediately ordered the fleet to come towards Iwami Port.

Except for a few supply ships, the dozens of fleets are all warships, of which there are nearly thirty new warships, and although the remaining warships are a little old, they also have some combat power, at least there is no problem in besieging those Portuguese fleets.

When Li Degong and Pang Qiqi saw the billowing wolf smoke, they immediately ordered, and dozens of ships scattered to block the port exit of Iwami Port in an encircled manner.

At this time, the Portuguese warships in the harbor had also started, and more than a dozen warships took the lead, first appearing in the sight of Li Degong and Pang Qiqi.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and Daliqis, who stood on the flagship, stood with Lawrence, and they were also looking at the opposite fleet.

With a bang, I saw a column of water rising into the sky, and it was a cannonball fired by the Ming fleet.

"Hey, this ...... Aren't these ships like the Changning and Changping that we sank earlier? ”

After all, the Changning and Changping were too impressed with them, and they must know that the distance that the guns on their ships could shoot was limited, and the difference was almost a mile away from the guns of the Changping and Changning.

Although the distance of one mile is not too far, this difference often plays an extremely important role in the course of the battle.

Just like now, the Ming fleet can shell the Portuguese fleet, but the Portuguese fleet is because the range of the guns loaded on its own ships is not enough, and in the face of the shelling of the Ming fleet, even if they want to fire the shells immediately to return fire, they are helpless

Who let their artillery not have such a long range, before the Ming fleet entered their range, they could only passively accept the attack and could not return fire.

Daliqisi gritted his teeth and said, "Order, all the warships will rush out as fast as possible!" ”

Just looking at the dozens of warships outside the port blocking the entrance to the port like open pockets, Daliqisi didn't understand the other party's intentions.

One by one, the shells exploded around the warship, maybe it was luck, many battleships were bombarded by the guns of the Ming fleet in this tea kung fu, and although the flagship where Daliqisi was located was said to be targeted by two warships, dozens of shells came down, and they were stunned and did not hit.

As the distance between the two sides approached, Daliqisi couldn't help but rejoice when he saw that the Ming warship finally entered the firing range: "Fight back, quickly return fire to me, sink them, and sink them all for the Governor Ben......"