The Portuguese merchant ship then released another row of cannons, and found that it still couldn't penetrate the armor of Zhou Yu, so it panicked completely, and hurriedly began to pull the sails again, trying to escape.

But at this point, there is still nowhere to run.

In the blink of an eye, the impact angle installed on the bow of the Zhou Yu had already hit the middle of the starboard side of the Portuguese merchant ship, and in the crisp sound of Kacha Kacha, the oak hull had been knocked out of the middle with a huge gap.

The impact was so fierce that it almost knocked the Portuguese merchant ship in two.

You must know that this grape tooth merchant ship is also a galleon of more than 1,000 tons, which belongs to the first-class battleship.

But under the impact of Zhou Yu, it was no different from that of Paper Lake, and it was simply defenseless.

The Portuguese crew on the merchant ship was also fierce, and at this time, they were still firing at Zhou Yu with arquebuses, but this was simply a mosquito biting a giant elephant, and it was useless.

There was also a part of the crew who took advantage of the opportunity of the two ships to start a broadside battle.

Dozens of flying claws quickly flung to the bow of Zhou Yu's ship, and then dozens of Hongyi climbed up.

However, they were greeted by the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army, who were waiting for them, and with only a volley of fire, the first Portuguese sailors who launched the broadside battle were beaten into a sieve.

This was followed by the second crew, and then the third.

When the third group of Portuguese sailors fell from the bow of the Zhou Yu into the sea, the remaining crew members of the Portuguese merchant ship finally despaired, and even the crew who scooped water out of the gap gave up their efforts.

In less than a moment, the two warships disengaged, and the Portuguese merchant ship slowly sank into the sea.

Zheng Zhilong asked the signal soldiers at the lookout post to play the flag, leaving 5 400 bird boats to clean up the battlefield.

This Portuguese merchant ship is full of all kinds of goods, many of which are floating, this is all money, it can't be wasted, and the surviving crew members on the ship can also sell it for money, Daming is now short of craftsmen, isn't it?

The main force of the naval fleet continued to move in the direction of Osaka in the same direction as originally planned.

Zheng Zhilong was very satisfied with the results of this knife test, Zhou Yu's knife had not yet been unsheathed, and the Portuguese merchant ship had already been seriously injured and fell, and there was no better result.

……

Let's go back to the riot on Osaka's side.

It must be admitted that at this time, the Tokugawa shogunate still had a strong appeal, and as soon as the shogunate's conscription order was issued, the daimyo of the Plain responded one after another, and an army of 100,000 people was assembled in a short time.

As soon as the shogunate's army arrived, and even before the official attack was launched, the rebel army began to disperse.

Maruyama must have wanted to resist stubbornly, and organized more than 100 ronins to take advantage of the night to launch a night attack on the newly arrived shogunate army, trying to replicate the story of Gan Ning leading a hundred horsemen to kick the camp in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Unfortunately, Tokugawa Yoshinao, the commander of the shogunate army, was also familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Tokugawa Yoshinao had long prevented the night attack of the rebel army, so these hundred or so ronins were directly killed by random arrows, including Maruyama Ding, who was also shot into hedgehogs by the archers of the shogunate army.

Maruyama was killed, and the last few thousand rebellious troops were scattered.

At this time, the righteous people of the Ming Dynasty on Guankong Island became the only target.

Fortunately, Kankong Island is a small circular coral reef island, surrounded by reefs several meters high, and only the gap on the southwest side can enter it, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Realizing this, Tokugawa Yoshinao decided to give it a try.

Of course, this is just a fake surrender, once the Ming Dynasty who retreated to Guankong Island disarmed and surrendered, Tokugawa Yoshinao will not hesitate to execute these Ming people.

Zheng Wangcai saw through Tokugawa Yoshinao's tricks at a glance.

However, Zheng Wangcai did not do anything radical.

In order to delay as much time as possible and wait for the arrival of the Ming navy, Zheng Wangcai pretended to agree to surrender, but opened conditions that were unacceptable to the Tokugawa Mofu.

So the two sides began to bargain.

Time passed quietly in the bargaining between the two sides.

After a few days, Tokugawa finally lost his patience.

At this time, ships transferred from Tokutori Castle, Takamatsu Castle, Himeji Castle and other feudal clans also arrived in Osaka.

Tokugawa Yoshinao immediately organized a thousand samurai and launched an attack on Kankong Island in fifty warships.

Seeing this, Zheng Wangcai immediately freed up dozens of fishing boats, first piled up cotton and other flammable materials on the boats, and then modeled the fishing boats at the entrance of Kankong Island, using fire to block the offensive of the shogunate army.

But this approach did not last long.

Xu Sanguan felt sorry for the burned cotton bale, and said: "Lao Zheng, so much cotton is burned like this, it's too loser, how much silver is this worth?" ”

"Is it important for silver to have a head?" Zheng Wangcai smiled bitterly, "Let's think about how to save my head." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xu Sanguan's face changed greatly when he heard this, "Didn't you say that you have already agreed with Zheng Yiguan that as long as we work together, he will lead the Daming Sailor to kill?" ”

Zheng Wangcai sighed and said, "It's been six or seven days." ”

"Thief." Xu Sanguan said, "Zheng Yiguan won't not come, right?" ”

"That won't be." Zheng Wangcai said, "Zheng Yiguan's reputation is still very good, he said that he would definitely come, but I am afraid that there is no guarantee of this time." ”

As he was talking, the lookout post in front of him suddenly shouted: "Look, there is a big black ship coming!" ”

"The Big Black Ship?" Zheng Wangcai and Xu Sanguan hurriedly climbed to the commanding heights of Guankong Island, and then put their hands on the canopy and looked forward, and sure enough, they saw a black shadow appear outside Osaka Bay.

"Is that the warship of the Great Ming Naval Division?"

"It's not like it, the Daming Sailor doesn't have a black ship."

"The thief, so it's the pirate ship of Hongyi."

Speaking of this, Xu Sanguan's face became more and more embarrassed.

This is over, originally only with the small boats raised by the shogunate army, they can barely resist it with the terrain advantage of Kankong Island, but now that Hongyi's pirate ships have come to join in the fun, the shogunate army will most likely temporarily hire Hongyi's pirate ships to participate in the encirclement and suppression of them, and at that time they will have to face Hongyi's naval guns.

They were not afraid of the arquebuses of the shogunate army.

But I really can't withstand Hongyi's naval guns.

……

Tokugawa Yoshinao has also been reported.

"My lord, the black ship, there is a black ship that has entered Osaka Bay."

After receiving the report, Tokugawa Yoshinao immediately took a dozen retainers to the head of Osaka Castle, and happened to meet Inaba Masato, who was also observing the enemy situation at the head of the castle.

"Your Excellency." Inaba Masto turned around and saluted.

Tokugawa Yoshinao waved his hand and asked, "What about the black ship?" ”

Inaba Masato, handing over the monoculars in his hand.

Tokugawa Yoshinao raised the monocular and began to search around.

A moment later, a huge black ship suddenly appeared in the telescope's field of vision.

"Did you see the black ship?" Inaba Masato's voice rang out, "It's strange that this black ship doesn't have a mast or a sail, but a big chimney. ”

"There's really a chimney." Tokugawa Yoshinao said in surprise.

"What's going on here? How do you sail without sails? ”

"Maybe it's the stern propeller drive." Inaba Masto said, "I remember hearing a priest mention that Hongyi had a kind of sailor's warship that relied on oars to sail without sails. ”

"So you say Hongyi's sailor warship?" Tokugawa Yoshinao was overjoyed when he heard this.

"It's really timely, go back and send someone to contact them."

"As long as you help us exterminate the Ming Dynasty mob on Guankong Island, you can consider giving them a vermilion seal."

As soon as he finished speaking, more warships suddenly appeared in the telescope's field of vision, and there were dozens of them, but the new warships all had masts and sails.

Hey, wait, it doesn't seem to be a drumpy sail hanging on the mast?

Almost at the same time, Inaba Masato, on the other side, also shouted, "My lord, it seems that there are a lot of warships coming?" ”

"Trouble!" Tokugawa Yoshinao's face had already fallen, "It seems that it is the warship of the Daming Naval Division, and it is difficult to get rid of the Osaka merchant riot now." ”

"The warship of the Great Ming Naval Division?" Inaba Masato, not quite convinced.

"Can't you? I heard that in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, there have been rebellions among the displaced people, and there have been invasions of Jiannu outside, and the country is about to die, how can it be possible to send such a large fleet of sailors? ”

"See for yourself." Tokugawa Yoshinao handed the telescope back.

Inaba Masato's telescope was taken, and he could see it very clearly.

Not only did he see the dozens of warships that appeared immediately after the black ship with four-cornered hard sails, but he even saw the sun and moon flags planted on the warship official hall even further.

"It's really a great water master?"

This time, Inaba Masato's doubts no longer shredded.

Tokugawa Yoshinao said to his retainers again, "Quickly let the sailors of Himeji Castle and Takamatsu Castle withdraw......

However, before the words could be spoken, the black ship that had sailed into Osaka Bend slowly turned sideways and aimed its side at the shogunate's fleet of sailors moored outside Kankong Island.

Inaba Masato, holding the binoculars, saw more clearly.

I saw that at the same time as the black ship crossed the hull, dozens of battle sheds on the upper and lower decks cracked one by one shooting holes, and then one cannon after another was pushed out.

I saw that the muzzle of the black hole was already aimed at the shogunate sailor.

"Eight squares! No! Inaba Masto subconsciously roared.

In the next moment, the muzzles of dozens of cannons burst into dazzling red light at the same time.

Inaba Masato, turning the telescope, quickly aimed his gaze at the shogunate sailors outside Kankong Island.

Almost at the same time that the telescope's field of view was scanned, more than a dozen dazzling red lights and dozens of water columns burst into the shogunate's fleet, soaring into the sky.

In the red light, more than ten warships of the shogunate's sailors were instantly shattered.

It was really broken to pieces, and the warship, which was enough to hold more than 100,000 catties, was torn apart like a paper house.

How can it be? This amazing scene directly stunned Inaba Masato, how could such a powerful cannon exist in this world? Even Hongyi's naval guns can only knock the warship out of a hole, how can it be torn to pieces at once?

It was only then that a loud rumbling sound finally came from afar.

[One word: Chongzhen is against etiquette, against formalism, not with filial piety and family and country feelings as the core of the traditional Confucian culture, canceling or simplifying the form of sacrifice, but overkill]