Obviously, this defeat requires someone to stand up and be responsible, and of course, it is impossible for the noble Duke of Rose to be responsible for this, needless to say, General Levy, who persuaded the Duke of Rose before, is the best candidate.

If the Spanish Navy won the battle, then General Lévy is a hero of Spain, and will be praised by all the people along with the Duke of Rose.

But who made General Lévy defeated, so this defeat also made General Lévy a scapegoat.

All the captains present were thoughtful, and many of them looked at General Levy with a bit of sympathy in their eyes, but everyone knew that this was the inevitable result of General Levy.

From the time General Lévy persuaded Duke Rose to attack, General Lévy was already inextricably involved, and it can be said that once he fails, he must be responsible, which is not only clear to Duke Rose, but also General Lévy himself is also very clear.

Standing there, General Lévy's face was full of gloom, and he slowly sighed and said to Duke Rose: "Lord Duke, Lévy has a negative duke, and he is willing to be punished!" ”

Looking at General Levi with a complicated expression, Duke Rose was actually unwilling to deal with General Levi in his heart, after all, General Levi was really a great general, which no one in the army could deny.

It's just that the impact of this defeat is too great, so many fleets attacked together, and they were defeated by the Ming fleet, although the loss is acceptable, but the Kingdom of Spain has not suffered such a defeat for decades.

Whether it is to the king or to the citizens of the kingdom, there must be an explanation, and the Duke of Rose has no choice.

Sighing lightly in his heart, Duke Rose looked at General Lévy and said, "Lévy, do you have anything else to say?" ”

General Levy raised his head, looked at Duke Rose and said, "Grand Duke, although I can't tell what those Ming people are all about, but I always feel that there is something we didn't expect, and the Ming fleet must have weaknesses that we haven't discovered, otherwise, they are afraid that they are already attacking our port at this time!" ”

Many people couldn't help but show a little brightness in their eyes when they heard General Levy say this, and they had to admit that General Levy was not bad.

You must know that when they fled back to the port in a hurry, they subconsciously thought that the Akito's fleet would definitely attack the port with them.

At that time, if the Aketo fleet really chose to attack the port, with the situation of people's fluctuation at that time, they might be able to hold the port, but they would definitely suffer great losses.

However, when it was time to launch an attack on the port, the Aketo fleet stopped outside the port and did not take action against the port.

At that time, everyone didn't think there was anything wrong, but after calming down at this moment, especially when they heard General Levy say this, many people showed puzzled looks.

Grand Duke Rose squinted at General Lévy and nodded slightly, but shook his head again and said, "Although what Levi said makes sense, but you also said it, even you can't figure out what the weakness of the Aketo fleet is, so what's the use?" ”

The captains who had been flashing with anticipation in their eyes also showed regret on their faces when they heard Grand Duke Rose say this.

Waving his hand, signaling the soldiers to take General Lévy down, in the hall, all the generals were demoralized, Grand Duke Rose slowly got up and looked at the crowd: "Everyone, this war crime is Levi, you are all warriors of my Spanish Kingdom, this Grand Duke hopes that everyone can cheer up, do their duty for the kingdom, and protect the kingdom's territory." ”

Many people were shocked, cleaned up their moods, and promised the Grand Duke of Rose again and again.

General Lévy was brought back to Spain for trial, which Yu Dayou and others who were floating on the sea were not very clear.

At this moment, the fleet of Yu Dayou and others was docked in a port, which was only a few hundred nautical miles away from the Strait of Gibraltar, and at the speed of the Ming fleet, it would be possible to reappear near the Strait of Gibraltar in one day.

Food and fresh water could be replenished in this small port, but only the cannonballs needed by the ships could not be replenished.

In a church in the middle of the port, several generals such as Yu Dayou and Jiao Yuan were gathering.

I only heard Jiao Yuan looking at the crowd: "Everyone, the cannonballs in the fleet's reserves are seriously insufficient, and it can even be said that they can't support a regular naval battle, I suggest that we must return immediately!" ”

Once there are no shells, if they only rely on the crossbows, firearms, and other weapons on their ships, they will honestly have no problem against ordinary pirates and the like, but once they clash with the navies of several Western countries, they will certainly not be opponents.

Jiao Yuan insisted that the return of the fleet was naturally considered from the perspective of the overall situation, after all, the current environment they were in was very delicate, and after the first battle, the Spanish Navy was suppressed, so their situation was quite safe.

It's just that you know that in order to win that battle, they fired almost all the shells prepared on the ship, and it is also a shame that no one on the Spanish side of the navy can think of this, otherwise, they may not be able to retreat if they want to.

Yu Dayou couldn't help frowning when he heard this, with Yu Dayou's temperament, he was naturally unwilling to retreat like this, and finally entered the vicinity of the Mediterranean Sea, and if he went further, he could enter the Mediterranean Sea.

At this time, the shells on their ship were not enough, how not to embarrass Yu Dayou.

Coughing lightly, Yue Buqun looked at Yu Dayou's hesitant look, and slowly spoke: "General Yu, Yue has something that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

glanced at Yue Buqun, Yu Dayou naturally knew Yue Buqun's identity in his heart, and he didn't dare to underestimate it.

Yue Buqun is the commander of Jinyiwei, who doesn't know that Jinyiwei is the eyeliner of the Son of Heaven, and Yue Buqun, as an existence that can almost compete with Qian Ning within Jinyiwei, can be imagined that he must be a celebrity in front of the Son of Heaven.

Yu Dayou looked at Yue Buqun and said, "Lord Yue might as well speak up." ”

Yue Buqun has always been very kind to him, if it weren't for Yue Buqun's strong support, to be honest, it was really difficult for Yu Dayou to suppress so many captains, after all, it was difficult to talk about any qualifications in the Ming army now, everything depended on strength.

Yu Dayou is still young, so it is naturally difficult to convince the public, so at the beginning, Yue Buqun stood on Yu Dayou's side and pressed down a group of captains for Yu Dayou.

Therefore, no matter what aspect is considered, Yu Dayou does not dare to be careless or ignore Yue Buqun's suggestions.

I only heard Yue Buqun speak: "General Yu, Yue thinks that Master Jiao's words are reasonable, all for the sake of the overall situation, and asks General Yu to withdraw his troops and return home!" ”

Although he said that he had a faint expectation in his heart, when he heard Yue Buqun say that, Yu Dayou couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Yue Buqun didn't stand on his side this time, Yu Dayou didn't feel strange, in fact, it was himself, and he was extremely hesitant in his heart.

As the commander of the first army, Jiao Yuan, Yue Buqun and others can only persuade Yu Dayou, as for what kind of decision Yu Dayou will make, then everything depends on Yu Dayou's own.

Even if Yu Dayou finally chooses to stay, then they will only obey the order, and their opinions can be raised, but once the order is issued, it will inevitably be based on obeying the order.

Day by day, the Ming fleet did not retreat and did not go to the Strait of Gibraltar to provoke the Spaniards.

The day after the retreat of the Ming fleet, the Spaniards had already received the news.

To be honest, the distance of hundreds of nautical miles is not too far for the Strait of Gibraltar, at most it is only a day's journey, and for the Strait of Gibraltar, the existence of this Ming fleet is obviously a great threat.

No one dared to guarantee when the Ming fleet would suddenly appear outside the port, so in the entire port of the Strait of Gibraltar, tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers have not dared to relax, and even the Grand Duke of Rose has drawn thousands of soldiers and horses from other places.

Under the requisition of the Grand Duke of Rose, it was only half a month, and in the Strait of Gibraltar, the navy had not changed, but the army had increased by thousands.

In addition, there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which added up to no less than 20,000 people, which accounted for more than half of the men and horses that Spain could use.

A month, two months, time flies, if at the beginning, the Spaniards were nervous all day, sending out an unknown number of people to stare at the movement on the sea.

However, after a few months, the Ming fleet did not appear outside the Strait of Gibraltar, which naturally made the defense of the Strait of Gibraltar obviously lax.

People are forgetful, and even at this time, if the Grand Duke of Rose hadn't been reading the news from the people below every day that the Ming fleet had been anchored in a port hundreds of nautical miles away, the Grand Duke of Rose would have forgotten the existence of the Ming fleet.

Grand Duke Rose tapped lightly on the table with one hand, and looked at a general in front of him, who was none other than General Levy.

General Lévy said gratefully to Grand Duke Rose: "Lévy thanks the Grand Duke for coming to the rescue, otherwise, I'm afraid that this time Lévy will die to apologize." ”

No one expected that Grand Duke Rose would actually protect General Lévi through his connections, and even operate Lévi under his command again.

Grand Duke Rose just smiled and said, "I just don't want Levi to die so humiliated, if so, it would be a pity." ”

Motioning for General Lévy to sit down, Grand Duke Rose looked at General Lévy, handed over a stack of information to General Lévy and said, "Take a look, and then tell me what you think." ”

This stack of information is a record of some of the activities of the Ming fleet in the past few months, and it is obvious that Grand Duke Rose has been sending people to keep an eye on every move of the Ming fleet.

Looking at the stack of information, General Levy's eyes seemed to see the Ming fleet through the descriptions of the lines.

"Why, why?"

General Lévy was almost scratching his ears and cheeks, and he had an idea in his heart, but he couldn't grasp it anyway, and he always felt that there was still a little bit of it.

Grand Duke Rose looked at Levi's expression and slowly spoke, "Can you guess why the Mingren fleet is docked in the harbor?" ”

General Levi looked a little hesitant with a little hesitation, and suddenly saw General Levi shouting: "I thought about it, hahaha, I really thought of it, God forbid, my Spain can definitely be ashamed, and the Ming fleet will definitely be defeated......"

To be honest, seeing Levi's excited look, Duke Rose listened to Levi's words, and faintly looked forward to it, but there was a lesson from the previous time, and this time Grand Duke Rose was at most moved.

"Levy, what do you think of? But have you discovered the weakness of the Ming fleet? ”

General Levy, who was excited, stared at Rose Grand Gong and said: "Grand Duke, I thought about it, I really thought about it, the weakness of the Ming fleet is the lack of artillery fire!" ”

With a poof, Grand Duke Rose, who was drinking tea, almost squirted out of the tea, and coughed violently, and the big Rose who was choked on a mouthful of saliva almost coughed out all his internal organs.

Finally stabilized, Grand Duke Rose looked at General Lévy with a little suspicion and said, "Lévy, you can't be joking, how can a fleet make such a low-level mistake, why not be equipped with enough shells?" ”

However, between the words, Grand Duke Rose gradually showed a glint in his eyes, and patted the table and said, "No, there is really such a possibility." The Ming fleet is not as close to the kingdom as us, and it can be replenished with abundant materials at any time, but the Ming fleet is different, and it is impossible to get logistics supplies in time, no wonder they did not attack the port twice, and the feeling is that the cannonballs on the ship are insufficient. ”

Levi nodded approvingly on the side and said: "That's right, except for the lack of cannonball support from the Ming fleet, it is impossible to explain the many unreasonable actions of the Ming fleet. ”

Grand Duke Rose walked excitedly through the hall, rubbing his hands from time to time, and it could be seen that Grand Duke Rose was very hesitant in his heart.

Admiral Lévy opened his mouth, but remembered that he was no longer the captain he had been, but just a bodyguard under Grand Duke Rose.

Grand Duke Rose suddenly raised his head and said to General Lévy: "Lévy, I'm going to let you lead a small fleet to test the depth and depth of the Ming fleet, I don't know if you have the guts?" ”

Although Lévy said that he had been court-martialed once, the whole person was saved by the Grand Duke of Rose, and although he went through hardships, his temperament remained the same.

Hearing Levi say excitedly: "Although the Grand Duke can rest assured, I, Levi, am willing to guarantee my life, no matter what the loss is, I will definitely find out the details of the Ming fleet for the Grand Duke!" ”

Grand Duke Rose stepped forward and slapped Levi on the shoulder, laughing loudly: "Good, good, Levi, you really didn't disappoint this Grand Duke. ”

A fleet of no more than three ships, led by Lévy, headed straight for a port a hundred miles away.

In the past few months, Yu Dayou and others sent ships to find the supply ships sent by the Ming Dynasty, while preparing various supplies in the port.

It can be said that now the Ming fleet has already returned to its peak state after some cultivation and adjustment, but it is a pity that the Ming fleet does not have enough shells, just like a tiger without minions.

In the church, Yu Dayou looked at Jiao Yuan and said, "Master Jiao, what's wrong with the cannonball?" With the craftsmen on the ship alone, can they make flowers that pop out, even if the quality is slightly worse! ”

Jiao Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart when he heard this, to be honest, if he didn't have an understanding of Yu Dayou, Jiao Yuan would have wondered if Yu Dayou had any disobedience.

A few months ago, Yu Dayou exercised the authority of the commander and decided to stay, and even gathered the craftsmen on the ship to find a way to make cannonballs in the harbor.

Jiao Yuan shook his head and looked at Yu Dayou and said: "My lord, I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed, the formula of gunpowder required for flowering bullets is only available in the imperial military department, we don't have a formula, it is difficult to prepare gunpowder with amazing explosive power, so if there is no gunpowder with enough power for flowering bullets, it is similar to solid bullets, or even inferior to solid bullets." ”

Yu Dayou, who showed a little disappointment on his face, nodded slightly, while Jiao Yuan said: "Although it is said that we have not been able to develop flowering bullets, we have made a batch of solid bullets. ”

Yu Dayou nodded slowly and said: "Although it is said that there are no flowering bullets, it is good to have solid bullets, at least if we encounter the enemy, we will not even have the ability to fight back." ”

There was a rush of footsteps, and one of the heralds could be heard shouting: "My lord, my lord, discover the Spanish fleet!" ”

Yu Dayou was slightly stunned, and said with a sneer: "It's okay if we don't go to them for trouble, I didn't expect them to dare to provoke!" ”

Needless to say, in Yu Dayou's view, if the Spanish fleet dared to appear outside the port, it would be a provocation to them.

Of course, Yu Dayou was not wrong in what he thought, Levi led a few warships to come, which was a provocation to Daming.

When Yu Dayou arrived at the port, he found that on the sea, only three warships were facing the Ming fleet.

As the two sides looked at each other, Lévy suddenly ordered three warships to move forward at high speed and approach the port directly.

As soon as the battleship approached the port, it saw a burst of shells whizzing, and they opened fire in a daze, and the meaning of the provocation was self-evident.

In the port, Yue Buqun, Lin Pingzhi, Jiao Yuan and others, who had already rushed over after getting the news, were all stunned when they saw this situation.

I only heard Lin Pingzhi muttering softly: "It's really strange, have the Spaniards forgotten the previous big defeat and dared to take the initiative to provoke us?" ”

Yue Buqun frowned, with a deep expression on his face, obviously thinking about the deep meaning behind the Spaniard's actions.

At this time, Jiao Yuan's expression changed slightly, and he said with a determined face: "I know, the West Tooth Extractor is trying to test our hypocrisy, quickly tell Yu Dayou, be sure not to leak the situation of our artillery shortage." ”

"Shoot me!"

didn't wait for Jiao Yuan's news to reach Yu Dayou, Yu Dayou couldn't help but immediately order the cannon to be fired.

This time, it was not a flowering bullet that flew out, but a solid bullet after another.

These solid bullets are all made by the craftsmen carried by the fleet in the port, after all, the solid bullets do not have much technical content, as long as there are enough materials, the solid bullets are simply a big iron ball, and anyone who looks at it can make a bunch of them.

Click, click

Both sides shelled the tea, and suddenly a cannonball smashed on the battleship where Levi was.

When the cannonball smashed on the deck of the battleship, the sawdust flew wildly, and Lévy, who was not far away, was almost injured by the flying sawdust, but Lévi stared at the hole that the shell had smashed out.

When he was sure that the shell hadn't exploded, Levi couldn't help laughing, and said while laughing: "Solid bullets, hahaha, it's really solid bullets, I didn't expect it wrong, I didn't expect it wrong!" ”

No wonder Levy was so excited, after all, in the process of the previous battles, almost all of the Ming fleet were flowering bombs, but this time, in the face of their provocation, the Ming fleet used only solid bullets!

Several more waves of shells fell, and one of the battleships was smashed apart by solid bullets, and even the battleship that Lévi was riding on began to enter the water, but Lévy did not hesitate to abandon the ship and leave in a small boat at a very fast speed.

Seeing that the boat that Levy was riding was moving away with its agility and speed, Yu Dayou, who had just received Jiao Yuan's message, reacted.

It's just that the speed of reaction is indeed a little slower, and even if it is too late to send a ship to catch up at this time.

"If it is exposed, it will be exposed, even if the whole army uses solid bullets, I, Yu Dayou, have nothing to fear!"

North America

When the Ming fleet set foot on the land of North America, these Ming soldiers from simple peasant families couldn't help but cheer when they looked at the fertile land under their feet.

In less than a month, the detachment discovered several silver, gold, and iron mines.

Xu Tianzuo looked at the various news gathered by his subordinates, his face was full of surprise and excitement and said: "No wonder the Xiyi people have never been short of gold and silver, this place is really as His Majesty said, it is a treasure land, if I knew this, I should have sent a large army to take it down as soon as possible!" If we don't take this treasure land, we will be cursed by future generations in the future! ”

Several generals obviously had the same thoughts as Xu Tianzuo, especially looking at the natural dog's head gold in front of them, golden and shining with charming brilliance.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the gold and silver mines, which can be mined almost in the open air, these generals have not lost their temper, they have already tried their best to restrain themselves.

"Long live Daming, Your Majesty Qianqiu!"

"Long live Daming, Your Majesty Qianqiu!"

Capital

King Wu's Mansion, the secret room

Zhu Houzhao sat on the futon in the secret room in his usual clothes, and the altar was placed in front of him.

Looking at the altar in front of him, Zhu Houzhao's eyes were deep, and he whispered softly: "More than 7.8 million luck, it's fast, it's fast, it's just 10 million, and I'm going to enter another world!" ”

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