"Your Majesty!"

"According to the Jinyi Guardian in the Chen family, except for those who are officials and study abroad, no one from the Chen family has gone to sea."

While Shen Ruliang and Li Fei were complacent about the burning of the Penghu army granary, Zhu Yijun was here when he ordered Qi Jimei to lead his troops to Wengyuan, Guangdong, Zhang Jingxiu was busy reporting to Zhu Yijun about the Chen family.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun looked at Tian Yi: "What about the East Factory?" ”

"Dongchang has not received any secret reports that Chen's children have moved or transferred their goods."

Tian Yi replied at this time.

Then.

Zhang Jingxiu took out a private letter and said: "In addition, Weng Yuanbo replied to the minister, but he did not take the road of the official post, but forwarded it to a friend, so it was delayed for a few days, and Weng Yuanbo said in the letter that it was not so much promising to the minister, but promising to His Majesty, so Your Majesty please take a look!" ”

"Your Majesty!"

"In fact, although Weng Yuanbo has bad deeds, he is not disloyal and unwise, but he may really be greedy, and he does not hesitate to play with the hearts of the people in the world in order to make great achievements and gain great profits."

Zhu Yijun took the letter, read it carefully, and then raised his eyebrows slightly:

"Excessive!"

"The will given to Qi Jimei will not be withdrawn! No matter how honest the Chen family is, they have to make a show for others to see! ”

Zhu Yijun laughed after speaking.

"In addition, strictly investigate the matter of the Penghu granary going to the water this time, these people think that I can't please Luzon, and I can't let them live too peacefully!"

Zhu Yijun continued to command.

"Yes!"

……

Lingayen Bay, Tortoiseshell Harbour.

"You don't want the imperial court to ask for Luzon, so you want to lose Luzon this time in every possible way, but you still don't know Your Majesty!"

"In fact, the more you don't want Your Majesty to do something, the more Your Majesty has to do it, so if you know Your Majesty well enough, you will know that if you can't succeed in winning Luzon this time, Your Majesty will only use a greater price to recover Luzon!"

"Who will bear the price?"

"Could it be Xiaomin, naturally not!"

"It's going to be us coastal clans! And no one can afford that price, unless you really want to rebel, and you really have the courage to overthrow this Ming Dynasty! ”

"So, don't underestimate the determination of today's son and force him to be in a hurry, he may give up the position of the emperor, and he will turn the world upside down."

Chen Lan looked at the harbor in front of him, where the outline of the land was increasingly emerging, and said to Li Wenhe, who was about to be ordered to go here under the name of a merchant ship.

said.

Chen Lan couldn't help but think of the incident when Zhu Yijun coerced and lured them, slaughtered them in the palace, and forced the Son of Heaven to kill Zhang Juzheng's civil officials.

From that moment on, he clearly realized that the current emperor was not an emperor who was willing to compromise.

"Governor, now I am a person who is determined to serve the country, and I have already broken off with them!"

Li Wenhe said with a solemn expression after hearing Chen Luan say this.

Chen Lan smiled slightly, and then patted him on the shoulder:

"Then go ahead! Once you've captured the Tortoiseshell Gate, you'll be able to light the smoke! ”

"Yes!"

Li Wenhe then took an armed merchant ship that had been converted from a warship to Tortoiseshell Harbor first, and hundreds of sword and axe men selected from Chen Lubiao's camp disguised as his slaves also went with him.

And after Li Wenhe arrived at Tortoiseshell Harbor, Captain Xiyi, Commander Rada, who was stationed here, did not suspect it, and really only thought that he had taken Chen Lan's relationship and came here to smuggle, especially after seeing a lot of tea and porcelain being moved, he also let Li Wenhe live in Tortoiseshell Harbor.

But in the early morning of the next day, Li Wenhe really took a hundred axes and axes to really seize the tortoiseshell gate, and burned a thick smoke to tell the Ming fleet parked at sea.

And the Ming fleet immediately broke into the tortoiseshell harbor by storming the wind and waves after knowing the city gate of Li Wen and the tortoiseshell port.

Seeing this, the Xiyi soldiers on the high platform in the city hurriedly informed Rada of the situation.

Radha woke up after hearing this, and then saw a large number of Ming warships approaching his tortoiseshell harbor in the shadows, and was shocked for a moment: "The hateful Orientals have deceived us, they have deceived us, these Ming troops have not gone to Maris, but have come to the tortoiseshell harbor, my God, I have five hundred soldiers here!" ”

"Captain!"

"The city gate has been seized by the Orientals who came yesterday!"

Radha was on the verge of despair.

But at this time, one of his second lieutenant officers came running to him with his injured arm and reported another bad news to him.

"Didn't Lee Sang-gong come to do trade?"

Radha couldn't help but ask, and then quickly understood: "We have been deceived by the Orientals, quick, quick, immediately go to Manila and tell the governor that those wealthy families of the Ming Kingdom are not really forgiving us, they are deliberately deceiving us, we have been fooled, these damn infidels, none of them can be believed!" ”

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

At this time, the Ming army had already begun to attack the city with artillery, and a large number of infantry also landed on the wave boats, and attacked the tortoiseshell harbor all over the mountains.

In less than half a day, the tortoiseshell port was completely occupied by the Ming army, and Rada and others were also captured.

"Wang, General Zhang Er!"

"The last general!"

As soon as Chen Lan arrived at Tortoiseshell Harbor, he issued a new order, and first named Wang Rulong and Zhang Shijue: "According to the predetermined opportunity, you will immediately bring 20,000 troops each to outflank Manila in the east and west!" ”

"Yes!"

Then, Chen Ling instructed Deng Zilong: "After a day's rest, the old general should continue to take the lead in sending the fleet to Manila!" ”

Deng Zilong also said yes.

Then, Chen Lan looked at the other generals and said: "Except for General Qi who stayed behind to guard the tortoiseshell and the guerrilla Mao Guoqi led his troops to attack Bangala City, although the rest of the Governor started the day after tomorrow, the sailors changed to small boats, and the Ma Bu Army advanced along the beach, advancing by land and water, using the tactics of Taizu to fight Chen Youliang back then, so that all the twenty galleons added by Xiyi became ours!" ”

"Yes!"

Qi Jin and the others immediately said yes.

Stay until the third day.

When Li Wenhe and Chen Luan came to Manila together, they saw that from the east and west directions of Tortoiseshell Harbor, which is located in the northwest of Luzon Island, there were Ming Army Marines and Horse Infantry Soldiers stubbornly heading south, and along the way, there were so many cannon-loaded vehicles that they could not see the end or the end, and the rows of advancing muskeoners seemed to be spit out by the city gate of Tortoiseshell Harbor in a steady stream, and a large number of Ming army banners were densely forested, and under the sea breeze, they were even more hunting and flying.

Meanwhile.

A large number of ships are also heading south in the coastal and offshore areas, and the ships are full of fire, flying crows, rockets, and large bronze cannons on board.

Luis, the Spanish governor of Manila, was surprised to learn that the Ming army had occupied the port of hawksbill first.

"We were deceived, the Ming army did not come directly to Manila, but let the Ming army land in advance, this is not easy to fight! It's not just about naval battles! ”

Archbishop Lei Yili couldn't help but say with a depressed face at this time.

Louis had a heavy face and kicked Du Gongyan, a representative of the southeast coastal clan who had smuggled in, to the ground, drew a knife and pointed at him and asked:

"You coastal clans dare to lie to us?!"

Du Gongyan said with a panicked face: "I don't know either! It was Li Wenhe, a staff member next to Chen Lan, who said it personally, and he didn't expect it to be like this! ”

"Ahh

As soon as Du Gongyan screamed, he saw his head flying.

And then.

A bloody human head rolled to the ground.

Louis then withdrew his bloody knife and ordered the entire main Spanish infantry to immediately go north to retake the tortoiseshell port, because he did not want the Ming army to have a foothold in Luzon.

However, the main force of the Spanish infantry was led by Arguna, and just a day after the departure, Deng Zilong's advance fleet arrived at Manila Bay.

Louis hurriedly dispatched his Spanish fleet to meet the battle.

"These warships are galleons drawn from our Invincible Armada, and even if these Ming troops take the lead, they will not be able to win naval battles."

Louis also said to Lei Ori because of this.

Lei Yili said: "Let's not underestimate them, the last time they came to pick up people, their warships were not small, not to mention, don't forget our experience of the fiasco in the English Channel." ”

"It's okay, I will personally command the naval battle!"

"Manila will be left to you."

After Louis said that, he personally led twenty Spanish galleons to set out and began to meet the advance fleet led by Deng Zilong, a veteran of the Ming Dynasty.

Lei Ori led the remaining Spanish infantry and mercenary infantry composed of Japanese and natives to stay in Manila.

The Great War is imminent!

In the beginning.

Deng Zilong and other officers and men of the Ming Army's naval division were also quite shocked when they saw the 20 Spanish galleons like giants cleaving the waves.

In particular, the big mast adorned with soft white sails like white clouds surrounds, like a big whale out of the water, splits the red sun from it, making people look at it with fear.

"You lead the big ship to stay, turn the bow of the ship, and engage the side cannons, and I personally lead the small boat to rush forward and attack its side with cannons!"

"If you are too badly damaged, don't think about fighting, retreat quickly, and stir up arrogance by the way!"

Deng Zilong commanded the general soldier Ji Jin at this time.

Ji Jin couldn't help but say: "The old general stays on the big ship, let the kid go!" ”

"What are you going to! The guns on the giant ship of thieves have no eyes, and you are still young, stay behind! ”

After Deng Zilong said this, he jumped into the boat, and then commanded:

"Raise the yellow flag, all ships are in charge, and the ship is rushing forward!"

After Deng Zilong said, dozens of single-deck bird ships on the side of the Ming army suddenly launched an attack on the Spanish Invincible Armada like arrows from the string.

"These Chinese are really as cunning as the Anglo-Saxons!"

Seeing this, Louis guessed the intention of the Ming army, and said, "Prepare the side artillery!" Sink one, reward fifty silk horses, and twenty slaves! ”

Click!

As a result, the cannons on the side of the galleons of the Spanish Armada began to be pushed out of the holes, and the dark muzzles began to appear on the surface of the sea.

Rumble!

The small warships sent by the Ming army were directly embedded in the flanks of the major galleons of the Spanish Armada at this time.

After the Ming warships were embedded, the Spanish artillery began to spit out bombs frantically, and many Ming warships were bombarded as soon as they came in, and the hulls cracked and sawdust flew sideways, and many soldiers were hit with broken legs and feet on the spot and screamed on the spot, or fell directly into the sea.

At the same time, the Xiyi soldiers also frantically fired heavy arquebuses, and many Ming officers and soldiers were shot on the spot, bleeding all over the boat.

But the Ming army also began to beat the drum and open the cannon, and in the thunderous drum, the Ming Qi's bronze iron core cannon began to roar, hitting the hull of the Spanish galleon directly and breaking the big hole.

Then, the rockets on the side of the Ming army slipped with a large amount of fire oil and diffused over, igniting the inside of the Spanish sailing ship on the spot, burning the people inside screaming continuously, and many Xiyi ran out of the hole with fire and jumped directly into the water.

There are also a large number of Divine Fire Crows flying directly into the sky, like black bats, entangled in the white soft sails of the Spanish galleon.

is like a game of Go where the black and white sides are fighting, and the fight is very tragic.

A moment later, the raging fire spread from the mast to the hull.

The clumsy Spanish galleon, although large, was difficult to turn around, and Louis simply ordered the ship not to turn around, but to concentrate all his forces on the sides, and at the risk of being burned to death, condescendingly shot the Ming army.

A large number of Ming troops were killed and wounded as a result, and many ships were lined with countless corpses.

Shen Yourong, the general manager, couldn't help shouting to Deng Zilong: "Old general, the thief is not fooled, he seems to want to fight to the death, destroy us first, should we withdraw?!" ”

"Withdraw what!"

Deng Zilong stood on the boat and shouted, letting the silver beard under his jaw fly in the wind, and shouted: "Give me a fight back!" Lift up the Wind Chaser and shoot it! ”

"Yes!"

On the side of the Ming army, many sailors on the ship were busy lifting the big wind chasing gun invented by Zhao Shizhen.

The Great Chasing Wind Gun is a kind of heavy arquebus called the Eagle Gun in history, which is almost the same as the cannon, because it needs to be carried by two people to fire, so it is also called the Lifting Gun in history, and it is very popular in the 18th century.

The Great Chasing Gun, that is, the lifting of the gun, was very powerful, and it could kill a large number of Spanish soldiers by bullets across the planks.

All of a sudden, the two sides killed each other with heavy casualties.

However, because of the limited investment of the Ming army's naval divisions, coupled with the fact that it was an away battle, unlike the offshore battles, which were more willing to fight to the death in order to protect their hometowns, many Ming troops mostly hid in the cabin in the end and shot blindly, and at the same time from the lower position, so after a large number of elite casualties, they gradually lost their support.

Louis was overjoyed when he saw this, and while ordering someone to extinguish the fire on the white sail, he directly ordered the formation of a death squad and jumped ship to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, but for a while, the Ming warship could not bear it and began to run back.

Seeing this, Deng Zilong almost wanted to grit his teeth, and ordered: "Beat my banner, rush inward, reduce the pressure on other places, and boost morale!" ”

"Old General! This ......"

Shen Yourong couldn't help but shout.

Deng Zilong said: "Do what you want!" ”

Shen Yourong had no choice but to say yes, and then ordered someone to raise the banner of "Deng".

Seeing this, Louis narrowed his eyes, and immediately pointed to Deng Zilong's boat and said, "Concentrate on dealing with that Ming ship!" ”

For a while.

Many Spanish artillery guns and guns were aimed at Deng Zilong's ship, and while the pressure on other Ming ships was greatly reduced, Deng Zilong's ship was under more pressure from firepower.

The entire hull of the ship seemed to be in the midst of a stormy sea, and it seemed that it was about to sink in a moment.

Rumble!

Suddenly, a cannonball flew directly over, smashed on the back of the ship, and then flew up and smashed on Deng Zilong's chest, smashing Deng Zilong out on the spot.

"Old General!"

"Old General!"

"Old General!"

……

On the spot, the chief Shen Yourong and the officers and soldiers on the ship were dumbfounded, and they all shouted after a while.

Louis smirked at this.

And the Ming army is on this side.

Seeing this, Huang Da, a small soldier of the sailor division who took the initiative to enlist, immediately jumped into the water to search for Deng Zilong, who was hiding in the huge waves of gunsmoke and flames for a while, and many other sailor officers and soldiers also forgot about the battle and jumped into the water one after another.

Seeing this, Shen Yourong shouted on the spot: "Don't save it!" Don't shout! ”

Seeing this, Shen Yourong simply drew his knife and slashed directly at a soldier who was about to jump, and directly slashed him, and shouted: "Jump and shout again, slash!" ”

In this way, the soldiers of the Ming army resumed the battle sequence and continued to fight against Xiyi.

Shen Yourong also ordered not to remove the "Deng" flag.

Louis put away his smile and pointed at Shen Yourong: "That young general of the Ming army is quite calm!" These Ming troops are also quite well-trained, and they ordered them not to underestimate the enemy and continue to jump ship for a decisive battle! ”

Rumble!

Suddenly.

As soon as Louis's words fell, his boat shook violently.

Then Louis looked up and saw more Flame Crows flying over the sky and landing on his galleon.

Louis couldn't help but look back, and saw a large number of small ships of the Ming army coming from the direction of Manila.

"Manila!"

"My Manila has been captured by another Ming army?!"

Louis was shocked.

He hurriedly picked up the smuggled Ming-made high-definition telescope, and then saw that on the land of Manila Bay, a large number of Ming army horsemen were already taking advantage of the beach flats, and were rushing into their shore artillery camp in a group to slash and kill, and they were also frantically slashing and killing the families of mercenaries living along the coast.

The shadow of the knife continued, like snow.

At the same time, a large number of Ming infantry appeared on both sides of the bank in a line, and were attacking the city of Manila in formation.

On the sea, there was a steady stream of Ming army boats spit out from the land on both sides of the coast, and the boats were full of Ming soldiers holding divine fire crows.

Louis directly took a few steps back and muttered, "The main force of this Ming Army's naval division turned out to be behind me a long time ago!" ”

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