Zheng's fleet, sailing towards Guangzhou, was halfway there, and a small boat came up to meet it, and new news came again.

The four big ships of the Englishman Weddell, despite the warnings and expulsions of the Ming court, were still anchored on Tiger Island outside Humen, which was very arrogant.

Of course, it was impossible for the Guangdong officials to just sit idly by and watch others trample on their faces, adopt the suggestions of General Li Yanqing and others, adopt the tactics of fire attack, and order the general Chen Bangji and Wu Yifeng to "recruit 40 Fujian soldiers including Zhang Qi, prepare firewood, firewood, and grass, and select five old warships to be used as fireboats." The ships were linked with iron chains. Under the cover of darkness, they sailed towards the British ship. Approaching the British ship, the sailors in the lurking ship immediately set fire to it, and then jumped into the river, where the flames burst into the sky.

When the British ship spotted the arsonist ship, it had already rushed under the eyebrows, but the British sailors were so well trained that they could maneuver the ship and escape in an instant.

The fireboat burned lonely......

After this battle, the Guangdong sailors were also taken aback, but they didn't expect the British to have such a flexible reaction when they drove such a big ship.

The fire failed, but instead lost five of its old ships, as well as a large amount of fuel.

After this battle, Weddell decided to act more aggressively and attacked the Daming Naval Division sailing on the Pearl River. The Daming Naval Division was a fleet of 21 ships, but after the British attacked and fought back, the British burned three firearms ships and two ordinary sailing ships, set fire to a village, and took away thirty pigs, and the rest of the "16 warships" fled.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong's expression was not very good-looking.

Shi Lang sighed: "It can be seen from this battle that the sailors of the Ming Dynasty are no longer the opponents of the British. ”

Zheng Sen: "That's not right, we can also be regarded as the sailors of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Shi Lang: "Huh? That's right, if we are also counted as the sailors of the Ming Dynasty, then we still have to fight, hey. ”

Zheng Sen: "Hurry up! Let's go teach that dog's day. ”——

Humen Fort, on the river, a sailing ship of the Daming Naval Division is burning.

Just now, Weddell intercepted a ship of the Ming Navy Division on the Pearl River, snatched it, and deliberately sailed under the Humen Fort and set it on fire.

How important the location of Humen is, it is needless to say that it is extremely arrogant to set fire to the warships of the Daming Navy Division on the river here.

Weddell was complacent, and smiled at the subordinates on the ship: "We have established a foothold here, and when we come to trade in the future, these dwarfs are not obediently at our mercy?" They have to do what they want, just like the black Africans, the natives of Southeast Asia. ”

The subordinates all laughed.

Weddell seemed to think that burning a ship was not enough, and turned to the nearby Humen Fort......

He had robbed all the dozens of cannons in the fort, and now only a slick city remained.

Weddell laughed twice: "Bring some gunpowder up there, blow up this broken fort, and make a loud noise for these dwarfs." ”

The sailors hurriedly took action, carried three barrels of explosives ashore, filled them in the cracks of the wall of the Humen Fort, and set them on fire......

"Boom! Boom! ”

Explosions rang out repeatedly, and the walls of the Humen Fort collapsed.

The Ming court officials who were hiding in the distance were all trembling with anger, but there was nothing they could do.

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Kai Long, the head of the Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Rites, cried to the sky: "Why is the water master so incompetent? How could my Ming Dynasty be so humiliated? ”

While he was crying, a messenger ran over and quickly reported, "Lord Kai, the fleet of the guerrilla general Zheng Zhilong has arrived. ”

Chiron was overjoyed: "Huh? ”

However, as soon as he finished the joy, he immediately gloomy: "Zheng Zhilong may not be able to defeat these Hongyi people...... These four Hongyi ships are the most powerful pirates this official has ever seen, much more powerful than the Franco, the red-haired man, and the big cannibal, I just hope that Zheng Zhilong can beat him. ”

At the same time as Chiron received the news.

A galleon sailed towards Weddell's warship, bringing a message to Weddell: "More than ten large ships of the Daming Navy Division are heading towards us. ”

"Big ship?" Weddell laughed, "How big can these dwarfs build?" I looked around, and I didn't see a decent one. ”

"Huge!" The soldier who reported hurriedly shouted, "It's really big, it's bigger than our ship." ”

Weddell: "Is it a lap bigger than your galleon?" ”

"No, it's bigger than your flagship."

"What?" Weddell was unconvinced: "How can it be bigger than our ship?" We are the regular warships of the Royal Naval Division of the British Empire, and even the Spanish Armada has been defeated by us, and our ships are the best in the world. ”

The sailor who reported the news looked anxious: "It's really big, you will be able to see them soon." ”

Weddell: "Well, your galleon is also in my ranks. ”

Weddell now has a total of five ships, including three British three-masted galleons and two smaller galleons, which are arrogantly sideways at the mouth of the Pearl River, quietly waiting for the "big ships" of the Ming Dynasty.

He looked disdainful and did not believe that there was any great shipbuilding technology in this country......

The Portuguese, who was the translator for him, came over and whispered: "Admiral, don't underestimate the enemy, the Ming Dynasty used to be able to build big ships." It is said that it was called Zheng He's treasure ship, and it was huge, like a sea fortress. ”

Weddell: "Cut! The officials who wrote the history books wrote it blindly, right? I've heard it for a long time, and their historians often write nonsense. ”

The translator said in a low voice: "This ship has been to the South China Sea and has visited many countries in Southeast Asia, so it should not be written in a nonsense. ”

Weddell: "There are a bunch of savage countries in Southeast Asia, and I don't even have a history book. Of course, I can only let the historians of the Ming Dynasty scribble. ”

As he was saying this, the shadow of a ship appeared on the sea in the distance.

At the forefront was a 20-meter-long junk boat led by Zheng Zhihu, with a flag of the Fujian Navy flying on board.

Weddell smiled as soon as he saw the ship: "Look, let's say it's a big ship, isn't this a medium-sized ship?" This kind of broken ship has at most two to five guns on it, and it has no combat effectiveness at all. ”

In the midst of his laughter, Zheng Zhihu's junk ship came from far and near, and soon arrived not far in front of Weddell.

Although Zheng Zhihu is a reckless man, he also has to talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes, and he is not in a hurry to fight when he arrives at the place, so he sent his subordinates to drive a small boat and row over.

After getting on Weddell's boat, the subordinate said loudly: "We are the Fujian sailors of the Ming Dynasty, and we now order you to immediately stop the aggression against our Ming Dynasty, compensate you for the damaged forts and burned ships, and the loss of the village, return the cannons and property you have looted, and then roll as far as you can, otherwise, no wonder the cannon has no eyes." ”

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