Although the dozens of large ships protected in the core are also full of dangers under artillery fire, fortunately, the Portuguese artillery fire is more importantly used to deal with the few warships rushing at the front.
, so it has not become the focus of the bombardment.
Of course, even if it is not an important target for the Portuguese to deal with, after all, cannonballs do not have eyes, and occasionally stray bullets will fall, or hit the nearby sea, or directly hit the ship.
Fortunately, these large ships are extremely strong. Although some ships were unlucky enough to have a big hole punched out, compared to the entire huge hull, the big hole was really nothing.
Especially at this moment, the fierce firepower of the several warships rushing at the front attracted all the attention of the Portuguese, which gave the fleet time to leave the port.
On the Portuguese warship in the distance, Earl Sivens, Scarlett and others also saw the dozens of large ships escaping from the port, but Earl Sivens and others were not too worried, and even
They said they were a little relieved.
After all, they did not want to destroy these ships or let the wealth on the ships sink into the sea. They wanted to plunder the wealth, and naturally they also hoped that these ships would not be harmed.
Now they are relieved to see large ships far away from the battlefield. Anyway, in their view, as long as they destroy all the Ming people's escort fleet, these merchant ships that have no resistance will naturally be slaughtered.
Lamb, let them capture you.
Earl Sivens, Scarlett and others only took a few glances at the merchant ships sailing out of the port, and then focused their attention on the warships of the Ming Dynasty again.
"Kill me, kill all these Ming people, and you will be rewarded heavily!"
Under the bounty offered by Xivensi and others, many Portuguese rowed desperately to approach the warships of the Ming Dynasty.
Since the artillery fire of the Ming warships was extremely fierce, they would engage in a boarding battle. As long as they were allowed to board the warships and kill all the Ming people, these warships that seemed to have fierce firepower would be
Their spoils of war.
At the same time, in the port, Jiang Bin, who was dealing with the Portuguese who had sneaked into the port beforehand, was also commanding the warship to sail out of the port.
More than a dozen warships gathered in one place, and the momentum suddenly became stronger. However, compared with the ships and men dispatched by the Portuguese, there was still a certain gap in the number of the two sides.
After all, the Portuguese had made preparations in advance. Although they underestimated the escort strength of the Ming Royal Caravan, the Portuguese were still quite strong. In addition, they had the first-mover advantage, and now they had the upper hand.
On the warship, Jiang Bin's face became extremely gloomy as he looked at the warships being attacked frantically by the Portuguese from all directions. If he could escape and ascend to heaven this time, he would definitely not let these Portuguese go.
Originally, as long as they could successfully return to the Ming Dynasty this time, the large amount of wealth they brought back would definitely be valued by the emperor and others, and he would be able to rise to prominence.
It happened that these Portuguese had ruined his future. Even if he could escape this time, he would probably be regarded as not being cautious by the emperor.
Once he left such an impression on the emperor, it would not be an easy task to change the emperor's impression of him.
"Damn it, pass on the order and let the brothers find the opportunity to break through with all their strength."
I have to say that Jiang Bin's character is quite good. No matter how angry he is, he can still remain somewhat calm, knowing that now is not the time to fight for the Portuguese.
After all, he knew very well that his main task was to protect the safety of the caravan. Although he had just seen that the caravan had broken out, it did not mean that the caravan did not need his protection.
You must know that on this sea, if a fleet does not have enough escort force, it is equivalent to delivering food to the pirates, especially the large amount of gold and silver brought back by the fleet this time and the purchased Nanyang wonders.
A rare treasure that can be said to be priceless.
If something goes wrong because of his momentary mistake, he will not be able to atone for his sin even if he dies.
As Jiang Bin's order was issued, more than a dozen warships began to desperately break out of the encirclement, and some warships even rammed directly towards the Portuguese warship blocking the front.
Some Portuguese people did not expect that the Ming people would be so crazy. They did not react for a while. As a result, several small boats were knocked over and a dozen Portuguese people fell directly into the sea and screamed.
The sound of cannons continued, and Jiang Bin directed the gunners on the ship to fire continuously. Even the barrel of the cannon was very hot to the touch, which showed how many cannonballs were fired.
Seeing the fleet led by Jiang Bin escape from the port, Count Sivens and others ordered a fierce pursuit. Both sides chased and escaped on the sea, and continued to bombard them.
Fortunately, it was dark and the visibility was not good, so although the warship that Jiang Bin and others escaped was in a bit of a mess, it did not suffer much damage from the Portuguese pursuit.
After all, it is not an easy task to hit a warship on the sea in the dark.
Just like this, they chased and escaped, and before they knew it, the night had passed. There was a faint light on the horizon, and the sky gradually became brighter.
On the vast sea, several warships still smelling of smoke and flying the Ming Dynasty dragon flag were sailing on the sea.
On one of the warships, Jiang Bin with red eyes said to his men: "Are those barbarians still following?"
I saw an extremely agile man climb down from the mast and said to Jiang Bin: "Master Qianhu, those barbarians have disappeared and I think they have retreated."
Jiang Bin couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he didn't dare to relax at all and said to the man: "Continue to be on guard, just in case."
At the same time, Jiang Bin looked around and saw that only five warships were left. After a night of chaotic fighting and hasty escape, there were only 13 warships left.
Five ships were launched.
Jiang Bin didn't know whether the other warships were sunk in the previous chaos or lost contact during the escape. Anyway, they were suddenly attacked by the Portuguese this time, which already caused them a lot of damage.
suffered a huge loss.
Peng slapped a cannon in front of him. There was still a bit of hot air left on the cannon. At this moment, Jiang Bin looked solemnly and ordered to the men around him: "Send out a reconnaissance ship immediately to search for Director Luo and the others.
At the same time, we must carefully guard against the barbarian fleet!"
Compared with what happened to those warships, Jiang Bin was more concerned about the current situation of Luo Xiang and his fleet of more than a dozen ships.
If something went wrong with Luo Xiang's fleet and fell into the hands of barbarians, he might as well commit suicide and apologize.
But on this vast sea, it is obviously not easy to find Luo Xiang and others' fleet.
old port port
It was daybreak. After a night of melee, the port area where the Ming Royal Caravan was parked was reduced to ruins. Not only was the port affected by the shelling between the two sides, but the water surface in the port was also affected.
There are many ship fragments floating above.
The Ming caravan had hundreds of ships. With so many ships under the Portuguese raid, only a few were able to escape, except for a dozen large merchant ships that escaped under the protection of some warships.
Outside the port, only a dozen auxiliary ships actually escaped, and almost half of them were blocked in the port.
Outside the port at this moment, dozens of Portuguese warships were forcing these Ming ships to surrender.
Most of the crew members on these ships were just recruited boatmen. Those who really dared to fight had already rushed out on the big ships last night.
Facing the black muzzle, after seeing a resisting ship being blown into pieces, these boatmen all resigned themselves to their fate and chose to surrender.
Count Sivens, Scarlett and others looked at the dozens of large and small ships that had been captured, but there was not much joy on their faces. Although these ships themselves were of high value, they could be considered a big harvest.
However, compared with the gold and silver that the large ships that escaped took away, the value of these ships was naturally greatly reduced.
Scarlett said with a bit of regret: "I really didn't expect these Ming people to be so crazy. We killed and injured so many people, but we didn't block them all in the port. We even said we let them escape. I don't know.
Can Aiweiya and the others catch up with those Ming people?"
Count Xivens frowned and said: "Now we can only hope that Aiweiya and the others can catch up with the Ming people's fleet. If not, our harvest this time will be too little."
While he was talking, he saw dozens of sail warships appearing on the sea in the distance. Seeing the flag with the skull pirate flag hanging, Count Sivens, Scarlett and others' eyes lit up.
These ships are the men of the one-eyed man they call Aviya.
Aviya went to pursue Luo Xiang's fleet last night, which was directly related to their harvest this time, so Count Sivens and the others seemed so concerned.
As the fleet gradually approached, Xivensi and others couldn't help but look disappointed when they saw that there were only two Ming ships in the fleet.
When Aiweia boarded the big ship where several people were, Scarlett said to Aiweia almost immediately: "Aiweia, where is the Ming people's fleet, don't tell me, you only caught two
Ship?"
Aviya was obviously in a bad mood. When Scarlett asked her this question, her heart immediately became angry. Her one eye glared at Scarlett fiercely and said: "You bitch, if you have the ability, go after it yourself."
Ah, do you really think these Ming people are so easy to catch? Do you know how much I paid to capture these two merchant ships?"
Thinking that in order to capture the two large ships intact, he even ordered not to bombard the merchant ships, and could only rely on boarding battles to kill the large ships.
For this reason, his men quickly killed and injured hundreds of people. Only then could he kill all the Ming people on the ship who dared to resist, and captured the ship intact.
Count Xivensi, who was on the side, looked at Aviya's angry look and couldn't help coughing slightly: "Avia, what is going on?"
Aiweiya recounted what happened and said: "These Ming people are simply crazy. It took me a lot of effort to capture two large ships, but in the end I could only watch the other ships flee.
"
Speaking of Aiweiya, his voice changed and he said: "However, although only two ships were captured, the harvest was not small. One of the ships contained a full 200,000 taels of silver, and the other ship contained
Tens of thousands of kilograms of spices..."
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up, but they soon thought that the Ming Dynasty's fleet had taken away millions of taels of silver and tens of thousands of spices and other rare treasures. Several people felt a burst of pain in their hearts. If they could take away
It would be great if all the ships were left behind.
Not to mention how regretful the Portuguese were and how they divided the spoils, it was said that the fleet led by Luo Xiang finally ran into the reconnaissance ship sent by Jiang Bin after more than half a day, and the two sides finally met at one place.
On the vast sea, on a large ship, Luo Xiang looked at the escort of only five warships left, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
When Jiang Bin boarded the ship and saw Luo Xiang, Jiang Bin couldn't help but salute Luo Xiang and said: "I have seen the eunuch Luo. The eunuch is fine. I can finally feel at ease."
Luo Xiang looked at Jiang Bin, who looked embarrassed and had red eyes, and couldn't help but think of the danger last night. He couldn't help but sigh softly: "Jiang Qianhu's success in escaping this time is indispensable. When we return to the capital, our family will definitely be safe."
I will truthfully report to Your Majesty what happened to me this time."
Jiang Bin couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was secretly glad that Luo Xiang didn't mean to blame him. After all, if Luo Xiang really pushed all the blame on him, he would be unable to defend himself. After all, he was the commander of the fleet's guard.
If there is a problem, it is not his responsibility but whose responsibility it is.
Seemingly seeing Jiang Bin's grateful look, Luo Xiang patted Jiang Bin's shoulder and said, "Okay, don't say anything else. The most important thing right now is that I can return smoothly."
As he spoke, a sinister look flashed in Luo Xiang's eyes and he gritted his teeth and said: "Our family has never suffered such a dumb loss. After we return to Beijing, our family must inform His Majesty and send out heavenly troops to let those barbarians know.
What does it mean that the great power of tomorrow is inviolable?"
In April of the seventh year of Zhengde, spring was blooming. Li Huan, who had been touring various places for more than half a year, did not leave Beijing after the Spring Festival. He spent a lot more time with his relatives.
On this day, Li Huan was discussing with the emperor and cabinet ministers in the imperial study room about the emperor's review of the Ming Navy. Suddenly, he saw a young chamberlain hurriedly holding a report and shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty,
Tianjin Wei urgently reports that Mr. Luo and his friends have returned from Nanyang!"