"Your Highness, they're here!"

Outside of Baros, on an unnamed island, Qi Yuan rushed out of a cave and shouted at Zhu Zhangui, who was strolling on the beach with his concubine Xu Ruoying, waving the telegram in his hand.

Zhu Zhangui, who was holding the willow waist of the beautiful woman and strolling on the beach, waited for Qi Yuan to run, took the telegram in the other party's hand, looked at it and said with a big smile: "After waiting for so long, these guys are finally back, inform the guys, hang the flag and start work!" ”

It is now the beginning of June in the third year of Hong Xi, and two months have passed since the Gulf of Aden exhibition on April 1.

This exhibition is to completely spread the prestige of Daming in the West, so that Western countries know, the legendary eastern gold country is called Daming, where there is not only gold all over the ground, but also powerful weapons that can kill.

How many things did Daming sell at this fair? How much money did you earn? Nobody knows.

They only know that many national forces have bought their favorite weapons and equipment, and firearms.

When they got powerful weapons, each force was very excited in their hearts, and their spirits were also extremely excited, and they always thought that after the weapons were equipped with the army, they would find some weak countries around them to train their hands.

This is like some civilian players, saving hundreds of dollars by saving food and money, and scooping up the equipment eliminated by the elder from the elder. With the expansion of confidence, I want to PK other civilian players and experience the feeling of being an old man.

The forces that buy firearms are this mentality, and of course, it is more likely that they want to destroy some forces and subsidize their own money to buy firearms.

Da Ming's weapons are very good and powerful, but this price!

Thinking of the white silver they had to pay, the various forces were excited, but also extremely painful.

What made them even more uncomfortable was that Daming only accepted cash for trading.

In other words, if they want to get these weapons and equipment, they have to go back and get the money and exchange it 1-to-1 in person.

In order to get the equipment they wanted, in order to occupy more territory, the representatives of various countries took the accompanying soldiers arranged by the Ming Dynasty to go home to raise money after the deal was finalized that day.

There are those who have bought weapons and equipment, and there are those who have not.

Except for some forces who really can't afford to give money, so they can only touch their empty pockets and drool at the powerful weapon. A certain big force that is not too bad didn't even catch a single hair, and didn't even enter the venue.

And this force is the Grape Country.

"Damn yellow-skinned monkey, wait, I must be retaliated against for the humiliation you gave me."

"We will definitely occupy your capital, take back all your treasures and factories, and make all you men despicable slaves, and all women will become lowly maidens!"

On the wide sea, a convoy of five ships sailed slowly, and there were bursts of roars and curses from the flagship in the middle.

After taking a few heavy breaths and venting the suffocating anger in his heart, the Minister of State of the Grape Kingdom sat down in his chair and looked blankly at the sea in the distance.

He came with the idea of crazy procurement, and when he left, the king also told him, don't care about money, Daming's technology is the hope of the rise of the grape country, as long as you can get a batch of weapons and equipment, even if the price is high, no matter how humiliated the other party is, you have to endure it.

As a result, he didn't even go into the venue of the fair, so he asked him how to explain to King João I when he returned.

"Alas, my dear majesty the king, I knew that there was such a result today, and we should have taught this Ming kingdom well in the first place, instead of showing our murderous fangs for a little poor little bread."

Thinking of the two powerful steel warships of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the group of warships that practiced every day at the docks of the Gulf of Aden and the roar of artillery, the Minister of State was panicked.

He was very worried that the Ming Dynasty, who had sold a large number of arms and befriended many powerful countries around him, would find an excuse to directly attack them in the near future.

Zhu Zhangui: You think too much, I never find a reason to do it.

"Ding Ding Ding Ding..."

The frantic bell rang and woke up the distracted Chancellor.

"What's going on!"

The Secretary of State, who had been thinking about his thoughts, was distraught by the ringing of the bell and shouted loudly in anger.

"There are pirates, there are pirates!"

A heart-rending cry responded to the Secretary of State.

"There are pirates!"

The Minister of State panicked, and hurriedly rushed to the side of the ship under the guidance of the soldiers, took out the monoculars, and looked into the distance of the soldier's fingers.

In the distance, several warships were approaching rapidly, and the skull flags flying high on the bow of the ships looked so dazzling and dazzling.

"This ship looks familiar, huh?"

Staring at the pirate ship getting closer and closer in the distance, the Secretary of State frowned.

He seemed to have seen the style of these ships somewhere, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen them, anyway, they were very familiar and familiar, as if he had just seen them a few days ago.

Wait a minute... The other day!

The Minister of State seemed to have thought of something, and his expression was stunned, and then he pointed in horror to the rapidly approaching ship in the distance.

"It's the Ming people, I've seen these ships, they're the ships of the Ming Dynasty."

"Hahaha... They're coming, they're coming, they're taking revenge on us. ”

After recognizing the identity of the ship, the Minister of State, who was already panicking, suddenly collapsed.

It's not that this guy has poor mental resistance, but he has been ignored by Da Ming in a row, plus he doesn't know how to explain to the king when he goes back, and he hasn't slept well for a few nights.

The Minister of State is not crazy, the crew and sailors of the Grape Country are no longer in charge.

This year, I met pirates, and there were only two of them.

Either be killed, or become a captive of the other party, be sold by the other party, and be a slave for life.

No one wants to die, and no one wants to go to slavery, so they can only fight hard, they can only believe in the weapons in their hands, and believe in the comrades around them, they can fight the pirates and win.

"U-turn, U-turn, run in the other direction."

The soldiers hurriedly searched for weapons and prepared for battle, while the bearded captain quickly ordered the helmsman to turn around and run elsewhere.

It's not that this guy doesn't have the backbone of a soldier and doesn't dare to have a vigorous battle with pirates.

But the ship on the opposite side was obviously bigger than him, and with the number of the other party, there was one more than his side, and the captain didn't dare to bet on this.

What's more, he also recognized the identity of the coming ship, which was the type of ship of Daming.

As for the pirate flag hung by the other party, just don't see it.

In these years, which navy went out without a pirate flag, and usually traveled as a country, and if it met a fat sheep, the flag could be changed to make a lot of money.

So just look at that flag, and if you really do, you're going to lose.

"No, there will be one later!"

Just as the helmsman was desperately turning the rudder, ready to flee from other directions, a loud roar rang out from the watchtower.

"It's over!"

The captain collapsed and sat on the deck in despair.

He knew that these Ming people were here for revenge, and as long as the two parties met, they would definitely be the kind that would never die.

Now that the other side's ships are larger than their own, and there are more of them than their own, they still come prepared, and their own side has very little hope of winning.

What's more, there are 5 ships on his side, and the other 4 are transport merchant ships, so they have no combat capability at all.

Although his ship was a battleship, it was equipped with artillery and various assault weapons.

But so what?

When he was in Aden, he chatted with sailors from other countries, and learned from the other party that each ship of the Ming warship was equipped with at least 70 guns.

And what about him on board?

There were only 12 of them, and they were installed on both sides of the ship and the bow and stern of the ship, and there were only four guns on one side of the ship, which was the same as the powerful firepower of the Ming Dynasty.

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It's not that he didn't think about surrendering, he can think of the hatred between the two countries, and it is estimated that if he surrenders here, he will be skinned and cramped and thrown into the sea to feed the sharks.

Thinking of the terrible consequences after the surrender, the captain shuddered, quickly got up from the deck, and shouted angrily at the equally flustered crew sailors:

"Children, we have been blocked by the enemy, this is a dirty conspiracy, a shameless trap."

"Although there are pirate flags on the other side, you must know their identities."

"I think you still remember what we did with their soldiers a few years ago."

"This is hatred that cannot be resolved, and only blood and death can free the dead. This is an unavoidable battle, not only will we have no way out, but there is also no possibility of surrender, and once we surrender, we will face endless torture and humiliation. ”

"Children, fight, so that you can return to your family alive, so that you can eat bread and drink wine, and fight to the death against the enemy!"

"Roar, fight to the death!"

This captain still has some lip service, and just a few words stabilized the hearts of the crew and sailors, and by the way, inspired their bloodiness and the courage to fight hard.

"Grab a good position and fight with these damn yellow-skinned monkeys!"

Morale was available, and the captain waved the knight's sword in his hand and gave the battle order loudly.

"Hehe, are you desperate!"

Zhu Zhangui, who commanded the pirate ship to surround the enemy fleet, couldn't help but chuckle when he saw through the telescope that the opposing ship began to mobilize manpower to prepare for battle.

"Inform me, remember to catch a few alive, our brother's dead souls are still wailing in the Lisbon docks, we have to bring a few over to warn their souls, we are back!"

"Yes!"

Qi Yuan, who was also changing into pirate clothes on the side, saluted coldly with his eyes, turned around and began to command the soldiers who were ready to fight.

After several battles on the sea, the Marines of the Fifth Regiment have become familiar with this mode of fighting.

As Qi Yuan gave the battle order, the soldiers quickly found a favorable position, set up their guns, and prepared to shoot.

Those soldiers wearing cold weapons are holding a round shield in one hand and a short knife in the other, ready to jump into the gang to fight.

The gunners in the cabin were quickly reloading the shells, adjusting the angle of the muzzles, and preparing to give the enemy a head-on attack as soon as the battle began.

The ten battleships commanded by Zhu Zhangui, divided into two echelons, surrounded the enemy's fleet on the left and right.

There is no cover or dodge on the sea, and this way of flanking, no matter how the opponent runs, it is only a matter of time before it is blocked.

The three fleets sailed quickly as they slowly approached each other.

Grape found the Ming ship at about 9 a.m., and when it was almost 11 a.m., the three teams were less than three nautical miles apart.

The time slowly reached 11:30, and the tripartite ships had reached a distance visible to the naked eye, and a touch of murder slowly floated on the quiet sea.

"Fire!"

When the distance between the ships of the two sides was less than one nautical mile, the Ming side first gave the order to open fire.

The artillery equipped by the navy is all modified, and in the case of full charge, the sea surface firing distance can reach up to three nautical miles.

Although the artillery can hit so far, the accuracy is poor and faceless.

The sea is different from the land, there is no flat and stable ground here, and every time the artillery fires, even if the angle is calculated, no one is sure that the next wave will lift the ship and let the shells fly to Java.

Therefore, the navy has strict regulations, in order to effectively kill and injure the enemy without wasting shells, the firing distance is set at about one nautical mile, and the rest of the firing distance will be determined by the captain according to the situation.

The broadside guns rumbled, and the modified shells, propelled by the burning power of gunpowder, roared towards the fleet of the Grape Nation.

"Enemy attack, do a good job of concealment!"

The Grape Nation was the starting point of the Age of Sail, and their navy was many times better than the navies of other countries.

When the Ming artillery shells flew over, the observers and captains shouted desperately, and the crew and sailors who were maneuvering the ship or preparing for battle were the first to find a safe place to dodge.

"Bang Bang

The strength of the Ming Dynasty's perennially trained navy is naturally not trivial, only in this first round of shooting, only eighty percent of the shells missed, and the remaining two layers were bombarded on the ships of the Grape Country.

For a while, the whole body of the Grape Country was crackled, and there was that lucky cannonball, which flew directly to the deck, causing several casualties.

Don't underestimate it, it's only two percent.

At such a distance, manipulating this kind of old-fashioned artillery, many countries talk about shooting almost all of them fail, and even a few rounds may not be able to hit.

It can be seen that two out of ten hits in this first round of shooting, you can imagine how terrifying its accuracy is.

"Hit the enemy ship, 0.8 nautical miles away from the enemy ship, you can continue to shoot!"

On the Ming pirate ship, the observer in charge of observation, seeing the shooting effect, had no joy on his face, and conveyed the result to the following without surprise.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The order to fire was given again, and the gunners, who had been prepared for a long time, pulled the cannon rope hard, and enthusiastically sent a blazing shell to the Grape people on the opposite side.

After 12 o'clock, the distance between the two ships was less than 300 meters.

Due to the backwardness of artillery technology, the Ming army has not yet entered their firing range, and they have endured no less than eight rounds of fire during this time.

Under the eight rounds of firing, the originally clean and smooth warship has become potholes, and there are gaps everywhere.

There was even an unlucky merchant ship, several large holes were opened below the waterline, and the raging sea water desperately rushed in, which had caused the ship to tilt sharply, and the speed was as slow as a turtle.

The enthusiastic artillery was still firing frantically, and the time slowly reached 12:30, and the three ships had already met less than 100 meters.

At a distance of 100 meters, you can already clearly see the faces of the people on the opposite boat.

"Fire!"

The captain, whose face was covered in blood and was injured by the sawdust that had been shot in many places on his body, squatted next to a cannon, stared at the pirate ship opposite, and gave the order to shoot angrily.

"Boom!"

After countless shots, the only remaining artillery was the first and last shot of the Grape Nation's counterattack.

"Whoa!" The moment the cannon was discharged, a wave was raised, and the boat jumped up.

And at this moment, the cannonball that flew out flew over the head of the opposite pirate ship and smashed into the choppy sea under the desperate eyes of the sailors of the Grape Nation.

"Damn, you still dare to fight back, and blast Lao Tzu to death at that point!"

In the gun compartment of the pirate ship opposite the battleship of the Grape Country, the artillery commander who was directing his brothers to shoot was seeing that the salted fish on the opposite side dared to fight back, and instantly felt that his face had been provoked, and angrily let a few guns that were ready to shoot aim at the only artillery of the Grape Country to bombard desperately.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"

The four guns opened fire in unison, three of which were lucky enough to hit the muzzle of the gun, and the hull of the ship, which had long been destroyed, was blasted out of a large hole by three shells.

The only still working cannon was unfortunate enough to be hit by a shell, and the muzzle of the cannon spun on one side, swept away several white-skinned pigs around him, smashed the tattered hull of the ship next to him, and plunged into the sea.

The fleet of the Grape Nation has completely lost the power to resist.

"Prepare to board the ship, remember my words, I want some to live!"

Zhu Zhangui, who was holding a telescope to watch the whole battle, saw that there was no artillery on the other side, and estimated in his heart that the other party had no power to resist, so he directly ordered preparations for a gang jump.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

The marines, who had been waiting impatiently on the ship for a long time, waved their weapons excitedly and roared excitedly at the ships of the Grape Kingdom on the opposite side.

These white-skinned pigs are very valuable, a head can be exchanged for two taels of silver, one or two of which are given by the imperial court, and the other one or two are the savings of the soldiers of the fleet led by Zheng He for many years.

The purpose of Zheng He and those soldiers was to use money to motivate the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, kill more of those white-skinned pigs, and sacrifice those brothers who died in a foreign land.

Although many Marine soldiers plan to donate this money to the families of those who have fallen in battle after they get it.

Although the money will be donated, it will still be on you before the money is sent.

Touching the white flowers, the soldiers were warm even if they knew that the money was going to be donated to others.

"Children, the time has come to fight hard, this is our last chance, for the sake of the family, for the sake of living, kill!"

The captain, who was very lucky enough to have only one broken arm, staggered out of the gun bay, brandished the knight's sword that had been broken in half of his hand, and shouted at the remaining sailors and crew members who were still alive to prepare desperately.

In order to avoid the shells hiding everywhere, the crew and sailors, under the shouting of the captain, crawled out of various hiding places in twos and threes, groped for the weapons that could be used around, looked at the opposite side with resolute eyes, and prepared for battle.

"Idiot!"

Qi Yuan, who was commanding the operation, saw that the gang of guys on the opposite side did not hide, but stood up. glanced at the rows of rifles raised on his side, scolded the idiot in a low voice, and then gave the order to shoot without hesitation.

"Fire!"

"Bang bang bang..."

After a burst of gunfire, there were no more people standing up on the opposite deck.

Pulling out the revolver on his waist casually, Qi Yuan raised his hand and waved, and the old sailors who had been prepared for a long time jumped to the opposite side with ropes.

"Boom!"

The two ships were close together, and the soldiers of the Ming army, dressed in various clothes but wearing uniform half-body armor, jumped onto the opposite ship with a roar and began a frenzied slaughter.

An hour later, the battle officially ended.

"Your Highness, the battle is over, five of our troops have been wounded, no one has been killed, and all the enemy has been killed except for more than 40 people who have been captured!"

Qi Yuan, who had just experienced a battle on a boat, strode over to Zhu Zhangui, who was fishing with Xu Ruoying with a fishing rod, and reported the results of the battle.

"Got it, clean up, let's go to Ceuta in the evening to open another field, and after harvesting the crops, we will go straight to Lisbon, the capital of the grapevine country."

"Yes!"

Qi Yuan raised his hand and saluted, then hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Their Minister of State is still alive, and he wants to see you." ”

Zhu Zhangui glanced back at him and said calmly: "I am the Prince of Daming, not a sister in a small room on the street, what cat and dog can see me when they see me, then I can't live anymore?" The country's court affairs are still not dealt with! ”

Qi Yuan immediately stood upright, raised his hand and saluted again, and turned to leave.

"Why haven't you arrived yet, there was news a few days ago, didn't you say you came today?"

On the pier of Ceuta, the governor, who had been waiting for a day, frowned as he watched the sunset that was about to fall into the sea.

A few days ago he had received the news that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs would arrive today to prepare him for the reception.

In order to make a good impression on the Secretary of State, he got up early in the morning and waited here.

But this is only a day, and the fleet of the promised Minister of State has not seen even a shadow so far.

"Your Excellency the Governor, could it be that there is a change in plans, they just left."

A man next to him made a guess.

The Governor shook his head, "No way, the Minister of State is a good friend of my father, and he will definitely come and sit down when he passes by me." ”

"The last time he passed by here, although he didn't stop, he also sent someone to pass a letter, saying that he had something urgent and would come back and sit down and have a friendly exchange with me, so he ......."

"There's a ship coming, a big ship, very mighty!"

The Governor was just about to tell about his family's relationship with the Minister of State when an excited shout rang out from the watchtower next to him.

"Here, prepare, prepare..."

The Governor stopped talking and hurriedly beckoned the people around him to get ready to greet him.

As the governor greeted, the bands and dancing girls, who had been prepared long ago, began to play cheerful music and dance enthusiastically.

"Such a large fleet, worthy of His Majesty's favored Minister of State, this pomp is really not comparable to ordinary people."

As the sun slowly fell into the sea, a mighty fleet, under the reflection of the setting sun, slowly reflected in the eyes of everyone on the dock.

People like to watch the excitement.

I had long heard that there would be a big man coming today, and the people of Ceuta heard cheerful music coming from the other side of the dock. They didn't have much fun, they gathered around, intending to listen to music and see what the big guys looked like.

Of course, most of them are still going to watch the scantily clad dancers to satisfy their hunger.

When the fleet at sunset came into everyone's eyes, the dense crowd on the dock let out a cry of surprise, lamenting the power of the grape country.

Listening to the shouts in his ears, the corners of the governor's mouth curled slightly.

In his heart now, it is like the scene where a rich and handsome man drives a sports car and calls him a brother in front of a bunch of poor relatives in the countryside, and he takes him out to play under the envious and jealous eyes of his poor relatives.

Feeling the envious and awe-inspiring eyes around him, the Governor coughed lightly, straightened his clothes, and took the attendants beside him a few steps forward, ready to greet the Minister of State who would disembark in a moment.

"Hey, how did this ship change direction?"

As the sun was setting and the fleet was less than 400 meters from the shore, the fleet began to change direction and face the dock with its side chord, just as the governor was expecting all to watch.

Seeing this scene, the governor frowned, and a bad feeling suddenly rose in his heart.

But before he could figure out the origin of this feeling, his eyes looking at the fleet saw a flag slowly rising, and the cannon door that was pulled open, and the muzzle of the black hole slowly peeking out from inside.

In an instant, the Governor's Tong Kongmeng magnified, and the bright smile on his face slowly turned into horror.

"Yes, the sea... Sea... Sea... Steal! ”

"Boom, boom, boom..."