For a whole night, Li Xiao and Zheng Zhilong stayed in the house to plan. The difference in strength is so obvious that no one thinks it will be a victory.

The Dutch had at least twenty ships, even if each ship had two hundred men. Then this is four thousand people, and Li Xiao only has two ships. Removing the sailors, as well as various auxiliary personnel, the number of people is less than four hundred.

Whether it's a ship or a person, it's a ratio of ten to one.

Zheng Zhilong has only five or six hundred people in Macau, and these people are of mixed quality. Whether there are Dutch undercover agents in there, only God knows.

If it is equipment like that of the Japanese Kou, even if there are 8,000 people, Li Xiao is confident that he can withstand it.

But the other side is a Western army with muskets and artillery, and the weapons have been completely firearmed. Zheng Zhilong's only a small number of arquebuses, more of which are pirates in the era of cold weapons, are completely negligible.

On the nautical chart drawn by Zheng Zhilong, Li Xiao made constant measurements.

When it was dawn, Li Xiao finally raised his head.

"Don't tell anyone what we're discussing tonight. Including your second and third masters, it's not that you don't believe them. If the news leaks out, we have only a dead end. ”

"Know, if they slip out, things will go bad. This time, thanks to your plan, brother. Don't say more, in the future, the Zheng family will only look forward to you. Zheng Zhilong hugged his fist at Li Xiao.

"Ai Husheng will give you a batch of grenades in a moment, remember. This thing can only be given to the most loyal men, plus the trebuchet drawings I made. You have to find a carpenter to build it, we only have one day and one night, and tomorrow will be the time for us to work hard. ”

"Got it!"

"In addition, get a boat tonight to send Zheng Sen and Tagawa Shichizaemon, and Nikolai's family to the mainland. Let's work hard, we can't help but leave them a way back. ”

"Good!" Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth, there was only a handful of time to meet his son for so many years. I didn't expect that after just being reunited for so many days, I would face separation again. And this time, life and death are still uncertain. If you don't get one right, you probably won't see it again.

The Zheng family was still very influential in Macau, and it only took half a morning to find more than 200 carpenters. According to Li Xiao's drawings, mass production of trebuchets began.

At noon, Zheng Sen brought a surprise to Li Xiao. His uncle Zheng Zhihu bought a monocular on the black market in Macau, and Zheng Zhihu, who liked his nephew very much, gave the telescope to Zheng Sen.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Sen gave the telescope to Li Xiao after changing hands.

Holding the binoculars, Li Xiao was very excited. The glass produced in Phi Dao always has bubbles, and it is good to make some handicrafts to deceive people. You can't make a telescope.

I had wanted to have a telescope for a long time, but I didn't expect to get it on the eve of the war.

However, Li Xiao just played for a while, and then sent someone to send the telescope to Li Xiu on the ship. He needed it more than he did.

Everything was carried out according to Li Xiao's arrangement, and there were many people who were easy to do. According to Li Xiao's division of labor, thirty-one trebuchets were built in one day. Inside the Zheng family's house, there are trebuchets everywhere.

The Zheng family was originally planning to expand the house, and there were a lot of green bricks in the back. These will all be ammunition for trebuchets.

Everything went well, except for one thing that went unexpected.

"Tomorrow is very dangerous, you can't stay with me." Li Xiao tried to whisper to Tokugawa Chihime as much as possible, he was afraid of scaring this timid woman.

"Husband!" Tokugawa Chihime, who was kneeling, had not learned much Chinese, and could only roughly understand what Li Xiao meant. It was still very difficult to communicate, and she owed a debt, and pulled out a dagger more than a foot long from her back.

The dagger was placed in front of his knee, and Tokugawa Chihime once again owed a debt. Speak a long list of foreign languages!

Li Xiao couldn't understand the Japanese dialect, but he could see Tokugawa Chihime's resolute eyes. The fool also understands what this woman means.

I was moved by hatred in my heart, and there was a little frustration. Unexpectedly, the first woman who was willing to live and die with herself was actually a Japanese woman.

"Eat! Strength! Opening the sliding door, Tokugawa Chiki brought out a rice plate. The Chinese language is very stiff, but those big eyes are fanning.

The meal is very simple, a fish with some shredded radish soaked in soy sauce. Li Xiao ate very sweetly, because there was a small face of Tokugawa Chihime opposite.

The dagger was placed in front of Tokugawa Chihime, and Li Xiao did not move. Tokugawa Chihime didn't touch it either, and ate it. After changing Li Xiao into clean clothes from the inside out, Tokugawa Chihime knelt on the ground and bowed respectfully to Li Xiao.

The door opened, and Li Xiao walked out and back.

"When I come back, I'll marry you!" The lips kissed on the red lips of Tokugawa Chihime, and felt the other party's tongue respond enthusiastically.

With the strongest perseverance, push away Tokugawa Chihime's body. Li Xiao walked to the door without looking back!

Tokugawa Chihime looked at Li Xiao in the distance, with a gentle smile on her face, and her eyes were full of tears. He brushed his slightly messy hair with one hand, and grabbed the dagger with the other and put it in his arms.

When the Zheng family began to recruit carpenters aggressively, John and Bobby immediately became nervous. Wait for the news from the inside, those carpenters are making primitive trebuchets. The two men were stunned for a moment, and then laughed wildly at the same time.

Trebuchet, what years have it been and still use trebuchets. Now they are still fighting with medieval things, and these people of the Ming Kingdom are really stupid.

It was already dark, and John and Bobby couldn't sleep at all. Tomorrow is the day to come, and they can rely on sharp weapons. Before Zheng Zhilong had time to rein in Nanhai's men, he killed the chief of this Nanhai Chinese pirate gang.

When he came to the South China Sea, Zheng Zhilong was the only person who could be called an opponent. His power is very strong, and it is not difficult to gather one or two thousand subordinates in half a month.

But now! Zheng Zhilong was trapped on the island of Macau, with only five or six hundred people around him at most. If you don't take this opportunity to kill him, God won't let him go.

As for the general soldier of that Ming Dynasty, I really don't want to interfere with this operation. Just sell his favor and let him go back, if he dares to interfere. Then even he will be killed together, anyway, he is not a person with a background in Daming.

There was only one night, and no matter what, Zheng Zhilong would not be able to gather a large number of subordinates. John and Bobby were busy sealing themselves inside the fortified East India Company, and they didn't want to be attacked and killed by the enemy on the eve of victory.

As for who leaked the secret, they don't care anymore. If you want to investigate, you will also check after the war, and now stopping Zheng Zhilong's possible sneak attack is the top priority.

On the eve of the Great War, Macau was unprecedentedly peaceful. Zheng Zhilong is strengthening his defense, afraid of the sneak attack of the red-haired ghost. The East India Company is also strengthening its defenses to guard against a possible sneak attack by Zheng Zhilong.

In the middle of the night, Nikolaeva's family was taken out of the place where the red-haired ghost lived by Zheng Zhiyuan.

"This son of a bitch raised it, they must have leaked the news." John and Bobby stood on the roof of the East India Company, and now it was clear who had leaked the news.

"Are you going out and get them back?" John stared viciously at Nikolaeva's back.

"Forget it! Don't be ambushed by the insidious Ming people, you will have a chance in the future. An Austrian, how could they mix well in the Ming Kingdom. Just Nikolai, that old pedant? Forget it! Someday, that little slut will crawl at your feet and beg for you. Bobby patted John on the shoulder and comforted the companion.

"Humph!" John snorted inside his nose and continued to observe the situation on Macau Island with a telescope.

There are many watchtowers in Macau, and people with similar net worth have to repair one of these things. The security of this place is too chaotic, and if you don't repair the watchtower, the whole family may even lose their lives tomorrow.

However, this watchtower is also divided into status, and the two largest and highest watchtowers are in the watchtower. They belonged to the East India Company, as well as the Zheng family. These two watchtowers are the two commanding heights of Macao. Standing on the watchtower, it is enough to have a bird's-eye view of the entire Macao Port.

After Nikolaeva's family, as well as Zheng Sen, got on the boat. Li Xiu escorted two ships out of the port of Macao, and few people sailed at night in those days.

When Bobby and John saw Li Xiu's ship leave the port of Macau, a smile immediately appeared on their faces. The chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty was still scared. At the last moment before the battle, the coward slipped away.

It's even better this way, you don't have to worry about offending the Ming people. Although they don't care much about offending Mingguo now, they still have to do business with Mingguo in the future, so it's better not to offend them.

In this world, the only thing that can compete with the wind is the gossip. Sometimes, even the grapevine blows faster than the wind.

Zheng Zhilong's last little aid was gone, and he saw Li Xiu leave with the battleship. Some well-known, powerful guys in Macao sent people to the East India Company one after another to express their allegiance to the East India Company. Some shameless people also said that they could help kill Zheng Zhilong. As long as the time comes, a piece of the pie will be done.

John and Bobby are naturally happy to be like this, and who would have too much free cannon fodder. When the official made a wish, he said casually, when the sky was not yet dawn. Half of Guangdong has been sealed out by them, and it's not their own thing anyway. It's just a matter of fooling these fools to sell their lives.

The people who are fooled are not stupid, but they are also talking happily. It was said that troops would be sent to help the East India Company, but in fact, everyone arranged the most elite manpower on the watchtower to guard against it.

Those who talk the most are already arresting civilians and beggars. I'm going to have a fight tomorrow and drive these guys over. At most, one person is issued a wooden stick. Anyway, it can be regarded as Lao Tzu's army!

A busy night passed, as the fiery red sun rose over sea level. Everyone found out that such a night had passed so quickly.