Through the clairvoyant mirror, you can clearly see that the small boat exploded from the middle of the way, and then fell apart, as for the dozen or so naval non-commissioned officers on the ship, they were almost injured on the spot, and they died.

Seeing this scene, Count Harry and Governor George couldn't help frowning, only to hear Count Harry say with a little ease: "This is just the luck of these Orientals, if it is our naval shelling, maybe the results will be greater." ”

As he spoke, Governor George shouted, "Look, our men have fought back!" ”

At the same time as Governor George spoke, above the sea, a dozen ships rushing to the harbor suddenly burst into flames, and more than a dozen cannons opened fire in unison.

Shells shot out one after another, heading straight for the batteries above the harbor.

Boom, boom, one by one solid bullets smashed on the fort made of boulders, although it was said that there were pieces of gravel, but the fort was nearly two meters thick, even if the impact of the shell was amazing, but the impact on the fort could not shake the fort.

The two sides come and go, the artillery does not stop shelling, as the defensive side, the Ming side of the battery suffers in the loss of being unable to move, but the victory is that the battery is extremely thick, even if it is unlucky to be directly hit by the shell, it is just a splash of some gravel.

Judging by the solidity of the fort, I am afraid that it is only possible to destroy the fort if it is hit more than a dozen times in a row.

Although the Dutch and Portuguese allied forces had no protection above the sea, they were able to move sensitively to avoid shelling again and again.

His face was cut by a piece of gravel, and a piece of blood stained, Cheng Yan looked a little embarrassed, and at this moment Cheng Yan stared solemnly at the few ships that were getting closer and closer to the port.

Originally, there were more than a dozen ships, and after such a cup of fire, the other side had already damaged and sunk almost four or five ships, and there were still about seven or eight ships left at this time.

But by this time, the ships had already stormed the vicinity of the harbor and could be logged in at any time.

On the flagship, Governor George and Earl Harry secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and when they looked at each other, they heard Count Harry laugh and said, "Da Mingkong has artillery weapons, but they haven't brought out the power of these cannons." ”

The power of the Ming artillery was significantly stronger than the artillery on their ship, and Governor George and Earl Harry were not straw bales, so they knew what these cannons meant to them.

If their ships could be equipped with such powerful artillery, then their naval power could at least soar by a few hundreds.

"Get these guns anyway."

Just as Daliqisi had the idea of discovering the power of the Ming cannons that fought against them, Governor George and Earl Harry had their eyes on them.

"All ships, strike in unison, be sure to occupy the port in the shortest possible time!"

Thinking that they had tested the combat power of the Ming navy, coupled with the temptation of the power of the new artillery displayed by the Ming Dynasty, Governor George and Earl Harry finally couldn't help but make up their minds and pressed the whole army.

Suddenly, hundreds of ships rushed to the harbor, and dozens of them even opened fire in unison.

For a while, in the harbor, hundreds of soldiers under Cheng Yan's command were suppressed by the coalition artillery, and they could barely raise their heads, so they could only hide in their hiding places and wait for the other side to shell over.

Under the cover of dozens of ships on the other side, even the four forts were also damaged, although the forts were extremely thick, and it was not a problem to take a few shots, but the artillery placed on the key forts was destroyed several at this time.

Cheng Yan braved the artillery bombardment of the coalition forces and looked outside the port, and saw a black oppression, and hundreds of ships rushed over together.

Several forts around him were also suppressed at this time, and they had almost no power to fight back, and with a secret sigh in his heart, Cheng Yan released the signal flare.

Suddenly fireworks exploded in the air, and as the fireworks exploded, the sound of artillery shelling came from the harbor.

Suddenly, several coalition warships were hit by artillery on the spot, and either the battleship caught fire or the hull shattered.

Several new warships rushed out of the many merchant ships docked in the harbor and rushed towards the coalition warships not far away.

This sudden blow made the coalition forces slightly stunned, but seeing that there were only a few warships rushing out, Governor George and Earl Harry breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.

Not to mention that there are many warships with such fierce firepower, if there are twenty or thirty ships, they are afraid that they will have to consider retreating.

But there were only three or five warships, and Governor George and Earl Harry really didn't care.

The warships of both sides were entangled.

Cheng Yan is a qualified general, but he is not a qualified admiral, with the advantages and disadvantages of the new warships built by the Ming Dynasty, the best way to fight is to keep a certain distance from it, rather than the two sides are entangled together as they are now.

As the distance closes, there is more of a string battle, and the artillery is useless, which is equivalent to giving up its own strengths to fight others.

With the strength of the crowd, several warships surrounded a battleship, no matter how brave the Ming soldiers were, after all, the two fists were difficult to defeat the four hands, and it didn't take long for the resistance of several warships to become weaker and weaker.

Cheng Yan couldn't help but smash his fist on the fort when he saw this scene, only the blood of his fist was dripping with blood, and he still looked unknown, and said with red eyes: "How is the evacuation of personnel?" ”

At this time, a herald said to Cheng Yan: "General, ninety percent of the people in the port have withdrawn......"

Cheng Yan, who was red-eyed, turned around and looked at the soldier and said, "Why haven't anyone evacuated!" ”

The soldier was taken aback by Cheng Yan's expression, and said in a trembling voice: "That...... Those people refused to evacuate even if they died, and they hid on the ship one by one, and we were understaffed, so we couldn't force everyone to evacuate for a while! ”

At this time, Cheng Yan noticed that several battleships that attacked gradually fell into the siege of the other party after sinking several coalition warships, and he already knew the outcome of these warships in his heart. ”

Saying that, Cheng said solemnly: "Everyone withdraw from the port and establish a defense in Qingtian Town, and be sure to block the enemy from Qingtian Town." ”

Capital

Since Gu Dayong, the chief of ceremonies, committed suicide, there has been no new chief of ceremonies for a while, although the inner servants don't know how many people are staring at the position below that one person and above ten thousand people, but everyone knows that the Son of Heaven is in a bad mood at this time, and naturally no one will come forward.

The position of the chief of ceremonies is vacant, and the hundred officials are naturally happy to see it, and the chief of ceremonies is less in charge, so it is natural that there is a little less suppression of the civil and military officials, although in addition to the chief of ceremonies, there are dozens of other large and small eunuchs, but these people are not responsible for assisting the Son of Heaven, and they do not have the right to approve the chapter and use the seal.

The position of the chief supervisor of ceremonies can be vacant, and the hundred officials will not have any opinions, but the seat of the head of the cabinet is empty.

Jiao Fang was assassinated on Changjie and suffered injuries to his body and bones, obviously not suitable to continue to be the first assistant of the cabinet, after all, as the first assistant of the cabinet, he should lead the civil and military officials and assist the Son of Heaven, Jiao Fang lies on the sickbed every day, but it is very inappropriate.

Recently, there have been rumors among the Beijing teachers that Jiao Fang's corpse is a vegetarian meal and occupies a position and does not do anything, and it is obvious that the civil and military officials are already planning to replace the first assistant of the cabinet.

The first assistant of the cabinet can be described as a high authority, and once he becomes the first assistant of the cabinet, he has reached the pinnacle that an official can achieve in his lifetime.

The officials of the DPRK and China who are qualified to compete for the first assistant of the cabinet say that there are not many and many are not too much.

When it comes to ability, Wang Shouren and Yang Yiqing are naturally not weaker than anyone else, or even stronger, but the two are a few points apart, not to mention that Wang Shouren led the army to quell the rebellion outside the Guan, so naturally there is no advantage.

Wang Hua and Chen Ding's qualifications are sufficient, but both of them are old, and with Jiao Fang's example in the past, the Son of Heaven may not use Lao Chen as the new cabinet chief assistant.

Early in the morning, hundreds of civil and military officials gathered.

At a glance, the hall was densely packed, more than almost half of the officials on weekdays.

Above the court, I saw several officials standing in the main hall to impeach Jiao Fang's corpse and beg the Son of Heaven to remove Jiao Fang's cabinet from the position of chief assistant and elect another meritocrat.

Even if Jiao Fang is Chu Yi's confidant and can be regarded as one of the core figures of the eunuch party, where there are people, there are fights, and there are also factions within the eunuch party.

Jiao Fang represents the first batch of civil and military generals who were attached to Chu Yi, so Wang Shouren and Yang Yiqing represent the officials who later attached themselves to Chu Yi.

Although there is competition between the two sides on weekdays, they are all constrained by Jiao Fang, Wang Shouren, and Yang Yiqing in the category of healthy competition.

Now that Jiao Fang has made it clear that it is impossible to sit down in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, it is naturally attracted to the court, and one faction after another is ready to move.

Zhu Houzhao sat there, high up, watching the officials below attacking each other, you say that mine is not, I will expose your shortcomings, and Zhu Houzhao, who only watched, was full of interest.

As the whole day passed, many officials blushed and had thick necks, as if if they won here, the Son of Heaven would choose the person they elected as the head of the cabinet.

coughed lightly, and at this time, Zhu Houzhao, the son of heaven, who had not spoken, but was just sitting there and letting the ministers play below, suddenly spoke.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's strong voice, with a bit of non-refusal, his eyes swept over the civil and military like a torch, as if he could see through people's hearts, many officials were stunned and did not dare to look at Zhu Houzhao, and bowed their heads one by one to avoid it.

"Yang Yiqing, the Duke of the Jin Kingdom, Wen Tao Wuluo, the Chinese and the Martial Arts, there is no one who is unsurpassed, and I am clumsy and clumsy to promote him as the first assistant ...... the cabinet"

"Your Majesty, don't ......"

7 An official who was arguing with someone just now subconsciously shouted, but what followed was Zhu Houzhao's gaze, and Zhu Houzhao was expressionless, and said quietly: "Are you questioning my decision?" ”

Zhu Houzhao's voice was low and with infinite majesty echoed above the court.

Everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at the Son of Heaven, it was really the Son of Heaven who was too prestigious, especially the attitude that could not be refused between the mouths, which refreshed their perception of Zhu Houzhao.

With a pop, the official fell to his knees as soon as his body became weak, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he trembled and kowtowed to the Son of Heaven: "Minister...... The minister doesn't dare, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me! ”

。 Sogou