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Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-First

The purpose of the disaster was not achieved. The Dutch was framed but failed. Instead, they were blocked by the pirates from the Ming Dynasty. Sanchez had the intention to cut people down.

After thinking about all the process carefully, Sanchez did not find out where the problem was. The flag was from the Netherlands, the warships were also three-masted sailboats produced by the Netherlands, and the soldiers were dressed in completely Dutch dresses, and even the direction of the fleeing of the ships that retreated from the battlefield was Batavia.

Why were those damn Ming pirates found a flaw and blocked the door in this situation?

Although it is a headache for these Ming pirates, if Sanchez is afraid of it, it may not be possible.

To put it bluntly, Luzon's current preparations are for the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, so from personnel to weapons and equipment, it is full. Although it will be a little troublesome to kill these pirates, there is no problem of fear.

As for these pirates coming to the door, it doesn't matter.

The weapons and equipment and personnel are sufficient, and the pirates do not have the courage to break into the port directly, let alone landing.

As for supplies and other things, if you are leaning against Luzon, do you still have to worry about supplies?

On the contrary, these pirates should be worried about the issue of supply. It is easy to say that food at sea is almost endless, but water is the biggest problem.

There is not enough water, wait to die!

Li Azi and others obviously don’t care much about this issue.

The problem of water shortage is indeed a fatal problem for the long-distance fleet, but it is not a big problem for this group of Ming pirates.

The nearest water intake locations include Manzhe Boyi and Java. At most, two ships can be sent to transport water back and forth. Even soldiers can recruit enough Ming people from Java. Those who dare to go out to sea to travel to Java will definitely not be too honest and usually have more courage.

The biggest problem is that these people have not undergone rigorous training and are still making things difficult for them to cut people with swords.

If it is replaced with a musket, it will be enough to train for a while, while swords will take longer.

Also, Zheng Zhilong's fleet must have been his personality on the way back. These pirates also knew in their hearts that the possibility of losing and not taking revenge is basically zero.

However, Li Azi and other pirates did not expect that Zheng Zhilong would be so powerful that he dragged five Franco warships at one time.

Although one of them was for the emperor, it was not their turn, but the four warships and the three Franco warships they got themselves were seven.

Enough to form a complete fleet.

What's even more terrifying is that Zheng Zhilong reposted the will of Emperor Chongzhen and gave the pirates the fire guns eliminated from the Ming Dynasty.

You should know that the earliest of these muskets were made in the first year of Chongzhen, and the most recent one was made in the sixth year of Chongzhen. Because of the range and accuracy issues, they have been eliminated from the Daming Guards, but they are not at all behind when facing the muskets used by the barbarians.

This is good news, and it can be said to be the best news so far, because these muskets used to buy good things that they had nowhere to buy even if they had money.

Now, not only are they sent to pirates like themselves, but even the Ming people who already live in Java have a musket and issued corresponding bullets. As long as they use the Ming Dynasty household registration certificate, they can go to the government to purchase them after they have used up all the bullets.

Of course, these pirates are basically the same as the muskets used by Javanese people, but pirates do not need to go to the government to explain their usefulness after the projectiles are exhausted like the people. They just need to find Zheng Zhilong to buy them.

This was also an attempt by Emperor Chongzhen.

Previously on Xinming Island, Emperor Chongzhen had already begun an attempt to release the control of swords and let the people buy swords themselves. As long as there is no large killing weapon such as bows and crossbows and armor, the rest can be bought.

In fact, the local area of ​​the Ming Dynasty was similar. In the past, only scholars with fame could wear swords. Now, people with Ming dynasties could make swords and play with swords.

Even in Liaodong, the muskets hidden by the people were confiscated and destroyed, but the swords were still unstoppable, as the people liked it.

However, Emperor Chongzhen planned to take a step further in Luzon and Java and allow the people to hold muskets, even if these muskets were old products eliminated by the garrison.

Emperor Chongzhen knew the benefits of banning firearms and swords among the people. At least in many places in the later years, there was no need to worry about personal safety when going out at three or four in the morning to wander.

The United States, which does not prohibit guns, is the risk of going out at night. Anyone who has been there knows that a certain online writer goes out for health care in the United States. All the green coins in his pockets were snatched away by Uncle Sam. As for those who do it, there are black and white.

However, each era has its own way of playing. The locations are different, so the issues considered are naturally different.

For Emperor Chongzhen, the army on Xinming Island was already strong enough, and the barbarians on the island had been wiped out completely, and even the fleet was about to form combat power. It was naturally a bit unreasonable for the people to hold muskets.

But Java and Luzon are another famous fat meat. Everyone wants to eat it. The Netherlands and Spain are now in Luzon and Batavia. This is a good proof.

What's more, the European scoundrels in later generations will also like this territory in the future, and the Gaul roosters will also stare at this territory.

In short, Luzon and Java face more risks, and there is a great possibility of opening a movie at any time.

It was not that Emperor Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty did not want to station another fleet here, but the construction of the fleet's warships took time, and the formation of combat power took even more time.

And these two places may be opened at any time.

Should we bring the South China Sea Fleet over and focus on this place?

Not that it is not possible, the same thing still takes time, at least it cannot be done before the North Sea Fleet has fully formed its combat power.

At present, the Ming Dynasty has three fleets, namely the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet.

The North Sea Fleet was just reorganized by the Dongjiang Army under Mao Wenlong's troops. Even the warships have not been in place yet, so they are naturally of name but have no real name.

The East China Sea Fleet is now responsible for watching the entire Ming Dynasty from Denglai to Beihai. Now it is still going to run to the territory of the South China Sea Fleet to confront the Dutch, so it is naturally powerless to do anything to Java and the Netherlands.

The South China Sea Fleet was responsible for the maritime defense line in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and also had to confront the Franchise barbarians of Luzon and Java. They were currently responsible for transporting goods from Xinming Island, so they naturally did not have much energy to visit Java and Luzon in a short period of time.

Forget about the additional Xinming Island fleet, even their warship supply has temporarily stopped, and the soldiers' training can only rely on the only few warships at present.

In desperation, Emperor Chongzhen could only open up the restrictions on muskets and swords, so that at least the people could have the ability to protect themselves after fighting all the troops stationed in Java and Luzon. Even if the possibility is only one in ten thousand or one in ten thousand, they had to make plans in advance.

As for the people who rebel with muskets or the result of this, it is not ruled out that the possibility of these things happening, but the people of the Ming Dynasty were not later generations, and Uncle Sam shot at a disagreement.

As long as the people of the Ming Dynasty could survive, no one would think of rebellion, let alone fight against the government, even if the tax revenue was heavier.

What's more, the ancients have already said that the solidity of the country lies in virtue but not in danger.

The solidity of the country lies in virtue but not in danger. Wu Qi said to Wei Wuhou: "It is virtue but not in danger. In the past, the San Miao clan left Dongting and the right Pengli, and the virtue and righteousness were not cultivated, and Yu destroyed it;

The residence of Jie of Xia was the only one who lived in Heji, the right one of the two, the Yique was in the south, and the Yangyan was in the north. When the political was not kind, Tang put it on;

The country of Zhou of Shang was Longmen on the left and Taihang on the right. Changshan was in the north and the river passed through the south. The state of Wu was not virtuous to cultivate politics, so King Wu killed him.

From this point of view, virtue is not danger. If you do not cultivate virtue, all the people in the boat will become enemies."

In other words, if the king implements benevolent government, the people will naturally not think about rebelling and overthrowing the emperor. Otherwise, no matter how awesome the place you choose, the defense or the bunker, if the people rebel in groups, the emperor will be in a state of chaos.

But if the people can survive, who will do something idle and do something like this that kills the nine clans?

Even the White Lotus Sect, a professional rebellionist, was almost unable to survive during the Chongzhen period, not to mention that ordinary people had no idea of ​​rebelling at all, who would rebel with the emperor who even had a concubine, rebel against each other and would be the enemy of the whole world!

For pirate gangs such as Li Azi, the weapons have arrived and the ship has arrived. The rest is to seize the time to get familiar with these warships first, and then follow Zheng Zhilong to play soy sauce.

That's right, in this naval battle, Li Azi and others' role was to make a fuss, because Zheng Zhilong strictly implemented the military orders of the Governor's Office of the Five Army and asked the cannon to speak first.

Before, Sanchez thought that the Ming army was just like the pirates, and was still waiting happily for Zheng Zhilong and others to come and fight them to death, so naturally he did not confront Li Azi and other pirate gangs.

The consequences are now revealed.

The Spanish fleet itself gathered in Luzon Port. As soon as Zheng Zhilong's South China Sea fleet arrived, it formed a posture of siege with pirate gangs such as Li Azi and others encircling the Spanish fleet.

The number of warships in the Spanish fleet seems to be a big problem. There are only twelve warships in the reorganized fleet, and there are only about twenty other auxiliary combat ships.

Zheng Zhilong's South China Sea Fleet was equipped with a total of twenty-four new lucky ships, and its firepower was many times stronger than that of Spanish warships.

After discussing with Zhao Qing, Zheng Zhilong specially invited pirate leaders such as Li Azi to board his flagship, intending to let these pirate gangs see how awesome the Ming Navy is.

It was indeed awesome. After the new-style lucky ship stretched out its long and thick muzzles, it began to shell the Spanish fleet, without even a word of nonsense.

At this time, the Spanish fleet had just set sail and planned to rush over to shell the South China Sea fleet and the range was less than that.

Sanchez originally thought that Li Azi's flagship lucky ship was already awesome, but the range was not as good as the range of his fleet warships.

No matter how strong the Ming Dynasty's navy is, how strong can it be?

Then Sanchez was slapped in the face by facts.

Not only is the range stronger than the Spanish fleet, but the rate of fire is also faster than that of the Spanish fleet, and the power of the shells is also greater!

Holding the telescope in his hand, Zheng Zhilong sighed: "Look, what if these damn barbarians want to get close to fight?"

Zhao Qing laughed and said, "The barbarians must have the fate! I didn't expect that this new lucky ship is so powerful, so we thought the group of Franchise barbarians we met before were too weak."

Zheng Zhilong sneered: "It's not that they are too weak, it's that the Ming Dynasty is too strong! The poor people from the Royal Academy are indeed amazing, and the things they have made are easy to use!"

Zhao Qing said: "Who said no? I originally thought that His Majesty was in vain to throw money into the Royal Academy with the money. I never thought that he could get so many good things.

In our opinion, those barbarians will not be able to build such a powerful warship in a short time."

Li Azi asked curiously: "What Royal Academy? Didn't you hear that they built some steam locomotives?"

Before Zheng Zhilong could answer, a personal soldier hurriedly ran over and asked after saluting, "Sir, the ships sent messages, are you going to land on the battlefield?"

At this time, there were not many Spanish warships on the sea. Instead, there were a large number of wooden boards and broken sails floating. There were also a large number of Spanish navy struggling to survive in the water. The only few Spanish warships also began to retreat towards the port.

Zheng Zhilong sneered and ordered: "Tell all ships to advance from the inside and one round of shelling every mile. No stopping without the order of this governor!"

The messenger hurriedly went down to convey Zheng Zhilong's order, while Zhao Qing asked curiously: "Why are you not going to log in?"

Zheng Zhilong said: "What's the hurry? Since those barbarians are ready to go to war with our Ming Dynasty, they must have prepared anti-cannons on the coast. They landed in a hurry, for fear that there would be more casualties. Then, it would be difficult to explain to the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

Now let’s shell them first, get closer to test little by little, and then waste the shore defense cannons of those barbarians!”

Zhao Qing really didn't understand the military aspect very much, so he nodded when he heard this and stopped talking.

Sanchez on the shore muttered with a telescope: "What kind of army is this!"

While she was sighing, Sanchez's adjutant Akunia rushed over and saluted: "Governor, the casualties on the shore are too great now. Should I use shore defense cannons?"

Sanchez turned around and glared at Acunia and said, "You don't know what the consequences are when using shore defense cannons now? Let the savages get closer before firing them!"

Of course, Acunia knew what the consequences would be caused by using shore defense cannons now. The barbarian warships would immediately concentrate their firepower to attack shore defense cannons, and then the protective power of the entire Luzon Port would be completely finished.
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