Dozens of nautical miles away from the daimyo's fleet, more than 30 warships, large and small, were also moving forward in the dark.

On one of the largest Daming Fu ships, a bearded white man wearing a boat cap, holding a monocular, observed the surrounding dark sea, looking for the fleeing Daming fleet.

A young officer walked up and stood behind him to report.

"Your Excellency General, those captives haven't opened their mouths yet, they are very stubborn, and they haven't said a word until now, I think it's difficult for us to ask anything out of their mouths, I don't know whether to kill them directly, or stay and continue to interrogate!"

The bearded white man calmly retracted his binoculars, "Keep it, these people have been hungry for so long, and they still have the physical strength to resist, they are good slaves, and when they go back to their hometowns, these guys can sell them for some money, so they should earn some change for everyone to drink." ”

The young officer shrugged.

"You're right, these people are very patient, and the nobles and farmers must like it very much."

"It's a pity that we don't know where their country is, if we can conquer their country, we will have access to a huge market and countless slaves!"

The bearded officer nodded approvingly, but then glanced at the huge ship at his feet, and he felt that the possibility of conquest was very small.

A country that can send a fleet of this size to sail is certainly not much weaker in itself, even stronger than the Grape Country.

When the king ordered the attack on the fleet, many people actually objected.

I feel that it is not worth offending an unknown power for the sake of a little profit.

But the navy and the king took a fancy to these people's ships, and did not want to spend money on them, so they decided to raid and take them down in one fell swoop.

Outcome.

Their plan failed, and these people who called themselves Dongfang were very brave and even fought out of the siege.

It's not that the Grape People are not brave, but the enemy's kind of stick that can make a sound and emit fire, is too sharp.

The enemy only flicked his hand slightly, and a person a hundred meters away was put to the ground.

In the face of this weapon, the powerful warrior did not show his bravery at all, and the opponent just flashed with a flash of fire, and this side fell directly.

When they finished the battle and picked up the weapons in the field, they learned to shoot.

After the end, their officers commented on it.

This weapon is trans-epochal and may well change the format of warfare. Even one of the generals joked that a lame man with this weapon could easily kill a brave warrior who had been trained for many years.

The general's evaluation has been approved by many people.

If the musket is amazing to the Westerners, then the artillery is like God has come to them.

When they were besieging the battleship, Zheng He's several artillery pieces in his hands broke out with all their strength at that time, and frantically bombarded the battleship of the Grape People.

The lethality is very high, and with a deafening roar, the smaller ships are hit by it and sink into the sea in the blink of an eye.

Larger warships can't stop the projectiles fired by the other side, and after each loud bang, their warship will be punched out of a big hole.

If it is still holding up, if it hits below the waterline, the ship has little hope of saving.

This powerful weapon completely shocked the Grape Man. In their impressions, I am afraid that only the legendary god can have such a powerful artifact.

In order to obtain this powerful weapon, the Grape King gave a death order to obtain the method of making this weapon no matter what.

God took great care of them, and in that naval battle, they paid thousands of lives, took the enemy's largest ship, and obtained the spear of God they had always dreamed of.

Overjoyed, the Grape King ordered the development of such a weapon at all costs.

In order to obtain the method of making this weapon, they used the most brutal criminal law to interrogate the captured captives.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of captives chose to remain silent, and even found an opportunity to commit suicide directly.

There are hard bones, and of course there are cartilages.

After not knowing how many people were interrogated, finally someone could not stand the punishment and told everything.

Although the two parties did not understand each other's words, they made a basic communication based on the gesture of hands and feet.

The captive confessed that the weapon was designed in-house, that they were just users, and that they didn't know how to make it.

The captive who opened his mouth knew that he had betrayed the court and had no hope of returning, so he told everything he knew.

For example, the ratio of gunpowder, and the firing principle of artillery muskets.

"Your Excellency, the Black Pearl has discovered the enemy's tracks!"

Just as the bearded white man was touching the boat in a daze, a warning sounded at the observation post.

"Very good boys, get the garbage down there to speed up and try to get rid of them tomorrow. We're so far away from home that my nephew is going to be married at Christmas, and if we go too far, maybe his children will be married when we go back. ”

"Hahaha..."

After a burst of laughter, the bottom row room sounded with the sound of leather whips and bursts of scolding.

The huge fortune ship that slowly moved forward was faintly speeding up a few points.

As the sky gradually brightened, a round of red sun jumped out of the sea.

The weather was very good today and there was no fog on the sea.

Both parties discovered each other almost simultaneously.

"Damn, these white-skinned dogs, how can they be like dog skin plasters, they can't be shaken off!"

The shirtless man who took the command of Zheng He saw the Grape Man fleet following a few nautical miles away through the telescope, and scolded his mother in a low voice.

Licking his lips, which were a little chapped due to lack of water, the man said to the deputy behind him.

"Let the brothers speed up, get rid of them, and tell everyone to keep going, and they will be home soon!"

"Yes, sir!"

The deputy answered, turned around and quickly ran into the cabin, and greeted loudly.

The boatmen, who had not drunk water for two days and had not eaten for a day, endured the weakness of their bodies and paddled their teeth hard.

They didn't want to be captured by the enemy, and they didn't want to die at the door of their home.

Their families are still waiting for them, their brothers' revenge is still waiting for them to avenge, they can't die no matter what, and they have to go home with all their might.

"Haha, boys, the prey is ahead, let's end this boring hunt!"

The bearded white man standing on the captured ship of Fu, looking at the enemy fleet that appeared in the binoculars, laughed out loud, and also gave the order to move forward at full speed.

Although the Ming people were already rowing desperately, due to the lack of water and food, their physical strength was obviously not as good as that of the back.

As time passed, the two sides became closer and closer, and by the time it was almost noon, the two sides were less than three nautical miles apart.

"Boys, come and give the enemy a taste of being bombarded with your own weapons!"

Seeing that the distance between the two sides had reached the range of artillery fire, the bearded white man rubbed his hands excitedly, and a few people he personally led manipulated the two artillery guns at the front of the Fu ship to shoot.

The principle of artillery firing is not difficult, and anyone who has seen it several times can grasp it, it's just a matter of speed.

For the white bearded man, it was like a hunt now, and it was certainly exciting to catch his prey, but he preferred the enjoyment of catching it.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang and a gust of gunpowder smoke blown away by the sea breeze, the bearded white man and several officers under his command cheered excitedly.

Although this cannonball was still hundreds of meters away from the enemy's fleet, this fun of playing with prey made them feel very comfortable.

"Come on, come on, come again, we still have a lot of ammunition for us to play!"

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A big shot made an iron ball, whistling in the hands of the enemy and smashing it towards his own people.

Although the rotten batch of quasi-heads did not hit, it made the people on Zheng He's fleet feel aggrieved.

Every cannon sounded, like a slap in the face, hitting Zheng He hard.

If it weren't for the information of his voyage to bring back, if it wasn't for the lives of his thousands of sons, if it wasn't for the sake of those captured companions. Zheng He really wanted to turn around immediately and fight to the death with the enemy.

"Bang... Whoa..."

Although the white bearded and others are not very skilled in the use of artillery, even the blind cat sometimes encounters a dead mouse.

Perhaps it was their God who manifested his spirit, and a cannonball flew out with a whistle and smashed heavily under the waterline of the ship where Zheng He was staying.

The iron ball flew into the cabin, and although it did not hurt the crew, it brought a big hole to the ship.

Although the crew quickly closed the watertight compartment, a large amount of seawater poured in, which reduced the speed of the ship.

"Ou Roar!"

This scene happened to be seen by the bearded white man who observed the shooting effect.

He swung his fist excitedly, lay on the somewhat hot cannon, and kissed him fiercely.

"What a charming little devil, I find that I already like you."

After a moment of antagonism with the artillery, the bearded white man drew his weapon from his waist and swung forward.

"Children, the prey has already broken a leg by us, rush up, catch them, and we can go home!"

"Oh roar... Oh roar..."

The crew yelled excitedly and rushed to the deck, ready to jump into battle.

At this time, the quality of the armed forces in Western countries was not much better.

To say that they are an army is actually more like a group of unorganized and undisciplined bandits.

The army side is a little better, and the navy side is completely pirate-like.

When there is an order, they are the army of the kingdom, and without an order they are just a bunch of pirates.

Robbery, killing, and the king's orders were almost equal in their minds, and if the two were in conflict with each other, they would ignore the king's orders.

If you can make money, the king is a fart.

On the other side, as Zheng He's boat ride slowed down, the surrounding boats slowly slowed down.

"My lord, brothers can't go back, I have a chance to go to our house and see our parents!"

There is no reluctance, no resoluteness.

The shirtless man asked Zheng He, who had a broken arm, to be sent to the lifeboat, and decided to take the brothers of the whole ship to buy time for the main fleet.

Zheng He's eyes were slightly red and he looked at all the crew members who were standing on the cabin and were ready for battle, and nodded heavily.

"What I owe you Zheng He in this life, I will repay you brothers as a cow and a horse in the next life!"

"Your family, please rest assured, as long as I, Zheng He, are alive for one day, whoever dares to bully them, I have lived this life, and I will fight with him to the end!"

"Salute!"

All the crew members immediately raised their hands and tapped their chests, their eyes looked straight at Zheng He, looking at the commander who brought their wishes and thoughts home, and gave peace blessings in their hearts.

As the lifeboat was slowly lowered, Zheng He's figure disappeared on the side of the ship.

"Brothers, get ready to fight!"

The shirtless man removed the obstructive gauze from his arm, pulled out a large knife, and prepared for battle.

The rest of the crew occupied various positions, drawing bows and loading crossbows, silently watching the other warships that were speeding up their march around.

On the other boats, except for the boatmen, everyone stood on the deck and saluted the brothers who had bought them time.

Soon, Zheng He's materials came to another ship. Holding back the pain that was torn in his heart, he ordered the other ships to speed up.

"Brothers, turn around, let's rush forward!"

When the fleet gradually moved away, the shirtless man turned around, looked at the enemy who was already less than a nautical mile behind him, ignored the still whistling artillery, and ordered to turn around and meet it directly.

"Hehe, do you want to survive with a broken tail!"

Looking at the battleship that turned to meet him, the bearded captain sneered and ordered in a loud voice.

"Let the Conch Shark deal with this guy, and the others will continue to chase me, trying to end this boring hunt before it gets dark."

The bearded white man is impatient, he misses his wife and children at home, and he misses his fair-skinned and beautiful lover even more.

I've been away for so long, and I don't know what's going on at home.

When he set off some time ago, he felt that his lover looked at the black slaves under his command with the wrong eyes. He decided to go home as soon as possible, but he didn't want to go back with a swarthy hat just because he was away for a while.

The two battleships, having received the order, went up at full speed.

Since there was no artillery on either side, the means of attack were still primitive ballistas and bow and arrow oil.

The two sides were 100 meters away, and the battle broke out in an instant.

The first to attack was the Ming warship, which launched a rocket with a thick arm under the control of the shooter with three bows and bed crossbows at the top of the cabin.

The three-bow bed crossbow invented in the Song Dynasty can reach a maximum range of more than 1,500 meters.

In the era when there was no artillery, in addition to catapults, the three-bow bed crossbow was a sharp weapon for siege and defense.

Before the Ming fleet was not equipped with artillery, the main heavy lethal weapon on the ship was the three-bow bed crossbow.

With a whistling sound, the arm-thick huge arrow missed and landed heavily on the enemy's ship.

The flames carried by the lost arrows were also slowly scorching the enemy's warships.

"Bastard, shoot back!"

The captain of the Conch, who was attacked, saw that his beloved baby was injured, and he scolded angrily, and hurriedly ordered to fight back.

Soon, the arrows from all over the three sides were lost in the air and flew wildly, and the muffled snorts and screams of the arrows sounded from time to time on the three warships.

In the era of sail battleships without artillery, the way of naval warfare was very simple.

Either use a flame weapon to ignite the opponent at a distance, or the two sides engage in melee combat, or they will not use it until an emergency, and they will not use it directly to hit the boat.

As the three sides got closer, bows and crossbows joined the fray.

Relying on the advantage of the height of the ship, the Ming side condescendingly continued to shoot and kill the approaching Western crew.

It's a pity that they are outnumbered after all, and even though the soldiers are desperately shooting arrows, the ships of the three parties still collide together.

"Kacha Kacha Kacha..."

As the oars hit and break, rope hooks and stairs were erected.

"Kill!"

The shirtless man was alone, and with a snap of the big knife in his hand, he cracked a guy who had swung in half with the help of a sail.

"Brothers, kill Lao Tzu, kill one is enough, kill two and earn one!"

"Kill!"

The shirtless man gave the order, and the melee soldiers, who hid behind the various shelters and dodged the enemy's arrows, rushed forward with a roar and met the grape people who climbed up.

The two sides instantly scuffled together.

The melee soldiers on both sides of the deck fought desperately, and the archers in the attic above the deck also endured the soreness of their arms, constantly pulling their bows and shooting arrows, shooting the enemy on the opposite side.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Suddenly, bursts of muffled thunder came from the direction of the east, reaching the ears of the two sides who were fighting.

The shirtless man shaved off the head of a white man across from him, moved his ears, and looked in the direction from which the voice came.

A small black dot in the distance approached again, and I faintly saw bursts of gunpowder smoke rising.

"It's the sound of artillery!"

"The enemy's artillery seems to be only two or three, this movement is not very similar!"

Cutting down an enemy again, a trace of doubt flashed in the man's heart.

Although he couldn't understand why there were so many cannon sounds all of a sudden, he was fighting for his life at this time, and the man couldn't think about anything else, so he could only continue to fight with the enemy.

"Reinforcements... It's reinforcements, Lu Tou, it's our people who come! ”

Just after the man had cut down a few more enemies, an excited shout suddenly sounded in the attic of the battleship.

"Poof!"

But before the man could turn his head to look, the shouting Ming soldier was knocked to the ground by an arrow, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

The man didn't care about being sad, thinking about what the soldier had just said, got rid of the enemy who was entangled with him, and rushed to the attic under the cover of several soldiers.

Picking up the telescope of the dead observation hand, the man hurriedly looked at the faintly visible black dot in the distance.

The fleet that had just left returned, but their numbers had changed.

At the front of the fleet, eight huge warships with Mingzi battle flags, leading the warships of Zheng He and others, were moving forward quickly, pursuing the Portuguese fleet that was fleeing in front.

Looking at the white-edged battle flag, the man who was fearless in the face of death had red eyes.

It's the navy, it's the navy of the Ming Dynasty.

When they left, the navy had just been formed, and he should have been one of them, but he was later sent by His Highness to Lord Zheng He to follow him to the Western Ocean.

Although he did not join the navy, he still remembered the navy battle flag with white borders.

"We've got reinforcements!"

Tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, and the man's voice was a little choked.

Then he brandished a big knife, jumped down from the attic, and roared loudly at the Ming soldiers around him, who were already a little unable to support him.

"Brothers, our reinforcements are coming, our Ming Navy is coming, we can survive. Kill all these bastards, you can't let those old brothers in the navy, look at our jokes, and kill Lao Tzu! ”

The soldiers of the Ming army, who were desperately resisting with their last strength, were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then shouted excitedly.

Who wants to live and die.

Now that there is hope of survival, the despair in their hearts that they thought they would be buried in the nameless sea was instantly swept away by the dawn of hope.

"Brothers, kill them all, one of my buddies is in the navy, Lao Tzu doesn't want to be looked down upon by him, they all disperse, Lao Tzu wants to kill 10!"

An excited roar sounded on the deck, and the Ming soldiers, who were already about to be exhausted, suddenly burst out with infinite strength in their bodies. In an instant, he turned into a charging bison, waving the weapon in his hand, and roared angrily as the white-skinned barbarian who was still crawling towards the boat rushed forward.