Yuhang County.!

The new army was all assembled, and the governor Yamen had already issued an order, ordering Lu Bing's troops to immediately go to the Quanzhou area of Fujian.

More than 10,000 new troops were ready to go down the river, all the way to Qingtian County, and then by land, into Fujian.

An order came out of the governor's yamen.

Two months later, both sides were ready for war.

Since war was inevitable, the Spaniards seemed determined to break the boat.

Only this time the stakes were so big that Juan felt terrified, according to the information they got from the sea pacification envoy a year ago, the sea pacification envoy had more than a thousand ships, of course, Juan was not afraid of this, because in his opinion, naval warfare never depends on the number of ships, but on the number of new warships, Spain has an incomparable advantage in this regard, and the expeditionary fleet they transferred to the Far East has more than 30 latest gunboats, and has dozens of warships to escort.

With nearly a hundred ships and 6,000 elite Royal Spanish Legions, this is enough to show its strength in any New World.

However, the problem still arises, although Shuangyu Port agreed to continue trade with the Spanish merchants, but the advanced cannonballs are among the embargoed, which makes their supplies have some insufficiency, relying on these advanced cannonballs, the Spanish Royal Fleet has indeed greatly improved its combat power, but now the reserves are insufficient, so next, can only rely on solid ammunition.

"Our sailors are more skilled than them, our gunboats are more than twice as fast as theirs, although they are armed with merchant ships, but the structure and speed of the hull are far from being comparable to ours, it is reported that a year ago, they also wanted to imitate our gunboats, but they launched at most ten, and their sailors have absolutely no time to familiarize themselves with the latest ships."

"They're short, yellow-skinned, and they're not our opponents, and we can beat them ten by one."

"The glory of the Lord protects us, but they are a bunch of foolish and ignorant cultists who don't even have faith."

"So...... We will win! ”

The repeated propaganda had a certain effect, and the Spaniards in Taiwan and Luzon fell into a certain frenzy.

A month earlier, a large number of fleet personnel had begun to be transported to Taiwan, where Juan was determined to wait for the sea route to pacify the envoy's fleet.

"We can use this strait to strike at them, destroy them, and fight them here, and give them a resolute blow."

Juan is agitating all the time, in fact, it is indeed advantageous to choose Formosa in his eyes for a decisive battle, on the one hand, this is a bridgehead, on the other hand, this is a threat to Quanzhou, as long as they want, they can attack this once world's first port at any time, the Ming army will definitely throw a mouse, and they have to choose to fight a decisive battle with themselves here, and here they can wait for work.

He had to use a great victory to force the arrogant governor to compromise with the kingdom, and a small fight was not worth it for Juan, because it was too far from the Spanish mainland, and it would not be of much benefit to the expeditionary fleet if it continued to delay like this.

Juan keenly felt that he had to fight.

It's just a letter to the people, but through various means, it has been circulated in various countries.

The Ming Dynasty is finally going to declare war on Hongyi.

The countries were greatly encouraged, and the revolt began to rage.

The royal families of various countries saw hope, and in their minds, the strength of the Heavenly Empire was undoubted, as long as they were willing to attack, these Hongyi people would naturally collapse.

The sheer volume of resistance was a sudden displeasure for Juan - a few days earlier, a resistance army in Luzon had raided a fort near Puerto Princesa, killing more than 100 soldiers and more than 300 expatriates.

This was a heavy setback that Spain could not bear, and Juan had a hunch that if this war was lost, Spain might lose not only a fleet, but dozens of kingdom ships, and perhaps the entire Far East.

The news finally came, according to the news from Shuangyu Port, half a month ago, the fleet of the sea pacification envoy was indeed dispatched.

This shows that the ships of the Spanish fleet played a role in harassing the vicinity of Quanzhou, and the Ming army was really unable to bear the threat of the Spanish fleet and was determined to take the initiative to seize the fighters.

"Find them, destroy them!"

Juan was excited, he had had had so many wars, wars with the Ottomans, wars with the colonial rebels, and his blood was boiling again.

And it is reported that the governor has arrived in Quanzhou, and it seems that he wants the governor to fight.

If ・・・・・・ wiped out this Ming fleet and then raided Quanzhou, if it went well, Juan felt as if he could have a new conversation with the young governor in Formosa.

"Attack, ・ In the Penghu area, wait for them, they are familiar with the waters here! So I would never have thought that we would be waiting for them here, right here, to give them a fatal blow! ”

After the decision was made.

Located in the northern part of Taiwan, the port of Princess Mary, built by the Spaniards, has raised its sails, its pitch-black hull splitting the seawater, and the scarlet cross on the bulging giant sails is shocking

Juan boarded the Princess Mary, standing on the deck, holding the side of the ship, the sea breeze whining in his ears, his blue eyes, behind his confidence, but with a little faint worry.

Puerto Marie-mare-Marie was not allowed to be entered by local feudal lords and Han Chinese, and the Spanish soldiers brutally made it a no-man's land.

However, there is one kind of person who can travel unhindered, and that is the Spaniard.

After all, the supply of the fleet also required merchants and foot power, and these Spanish expatriates lived near the port.

A Spanish merchant named Gavin entertained a few drunken sailors in a tavern in the port at this time, the sailors were wearing the uniforms of the Royal Spanish Navy, although they were strictly ordered to drink, but they still couldn't resist this temptation, after all, the ship still needed supplies, there were no seven or eight hours, and the ship they were on could not be ha8, taking advantage of this time, a good drunk dream to die, it was indeed a good choice for sailors.

Gavin, having entertained a few sailors, returned to his room.

In this gloomy little room, he woke up his son Xiao Aiwen, who was sleeping soundly on the table, and ordered: "Immediately spread the news, report to Your Excellency Baihu, and tell them that the fleet has been eighteen, and the Spanish fleet will appear in Penghu, yes, it is there, they will ambush a ship bound for Quanzhou, including the fleet of the pacification envoy, there are seventy-three ships dispatched this time, including forty-three warships, nine supply ships, in addition, there are rescue ships and some troop carriers, They aimed to raid Quanzhou after the naval battle. ”

Little Ai Wen cheered up, dipped his quill pen in ink and wrote down the news, and then said: "But now that normal ships can't leave the port, how can we convey this news?" ”

Gavin smiled and said, "You go to Mr. Zhou in the north, Mr. Zhou teaches there, he will have a way." ”

Little Evan stood up and said, "Yes, father." ”

Gavin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Be careful. ”

"I understand."

Seeing his son leave, Gavin re-entered his role as the tavernkeeper, went out to have a drink with a few sailors, and then stood behind the counter, carefully watching everyone who came in and out.

He was Spanish, to be precise, very authentic Castilian, and no one could be more pure than his Spanish roots.

It's just that he didn't hesitate to become the informant of Jinyi Wei Baihu, because he once went to Shuangyu Port and was very unlucky to buy a large amount of shares in the Money and Grain Bureau.

That's right, the Money and Grain Bureau has also set up an agency in Shuangyu Port to sell shares to get investment from businessmen.

Gavin is optimistic about the income of the Money and Grain Bureau, so he took out almost all his capital, of course he knows that the income of the Money and Food Bureau depends on the sea route pacification envoy, at least a large part of the dependence on it, if the sea route pacification envoy is finished, then Gavin will also have nothing.

As a qualified businessman, he did not hesitate to choose the side with the greatest interests, and even he faintly heard rumors that if the war of the Ming Dynasty was won, the income of the Money and Grain Bureau would be even more amazing, and he could almost understand the shares of the Money and Grain Bureau as war bonds.

"God forbid, let the fleet of the Pacification Envoy be completely wiped out by sea!"

Gavin prayed silently in his heart, and then drew a cross on his chest, he didn't think that his morality was faulty, he just fought for his own best interests, not to mention, the sea road brocade guard had also promised that if the war ended, then he and his family would be allowed to enter and leave the Ming Dynasty, and settle in the Golden Land from now on, and Spain ・・・・・・ its success or failure, it seems that from now on, it has nothing to do with him.

While Gavin prayed, another ship, having received the priest's prayer, sailed out of the harbor in high spirits, heading towards the depths of the sea, towards the predetermined destination.

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

The nobles on board shouted together with the sailors!

Chapter 2 is delivered.