Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Set up the cannon and bombard the shore for me." Zheng Keshuang roared behind him.

In an hour, Zheng Keshuang and the others completed their preparations and bombarded the Spanish soldiers who came ashore. Because the sky was bright and the Spanish soldiers were supported by artillery from warships, they were not afraid and immediately set up cannons to fight back. approaching residential areas.

The entire residential area has become a ruin. Spanish soldiers stepped on the rubble of the ruins, searched forward, and fought fiercely with the people led by Zheng Keshuang from time to time.

At noon, Zheng Keshuang was lying weakly in the ruins. The steward beside him was covered in gunpowder smoke and blood on his face. He cried and said to him: "Sixth son, sixth son, I can't hold it anymore. The enemy rushed into the city. They killed all the Han people. , the natives, as long as they are killed, let's retreat quickly."

Zheng Keshuang tugged at his arm and said weakly, "Where's my fourth brother?"

The housekeeper shook his head, "An hour ago, the fourth son sent someone to send a message, let us run by ourselves, they were defeated in the battle, it was impossible, and there was no reply after that."

Zheng Keshuang let go of his arm. He was stunned. The housekeeper said anxiously, "Sixth Young Master, Sixth Young Master, hurry up, if you don't run away, we will be surrounded by people."

Chapter 945 Retreat

"Let's go, I'm not leaving, I'm going to resist here to the end, how many people can escape is counted, and I will meet the fourth brother and ask him to avenge me." Zheng Keshuang pushed the housekeeper's hand away.

The butler cried out tears, and ran away with the remaining members of the Zheng family.

On the sea, Gerald Pick looked at the burning Nanyang Kingdom of Cebu Island and the weakening of the enemy's coastal artillery fire. He was very proud. He had already sent all his troops to land, and this time he wanted to completely eliminate the Han people here In the future, a new group of Han people will be recruited to do business here. The hatred of this group of Han people is too deep, and he cannot keep them.

Just when he was triumphant, he suddenly saw the fire from behind. He turned around and saw that the armed merchant ship he had arranged to patrol the periphery fled back in a panic. There were many sails in the distance, connecting the sky and the sea. On a warship at the head.

"That's it?" he asked.

"That's Hong Tianpao's fleet from the Ryukyu Kingdom, they're coming." His adjutant jumped from a fast boat to his ship in a panic and shouted loudly.

"How many soldiers and horses are there?"

"How many ships are there?"

The adjutant shouted: "It is reported that there are two hundred armed merchant ships, two hundred warships, two hundred warships, and two hundred merchant ships. One hundred of their warships went to Manila Island, and one hundred merchant ships followed Go, there are six hundred ships here, about."

"How many troops do we have?" Gerald Pick asked.

The adjutant wiped off his sweat, "We lost 130 merchant ships, and now we have 35 ships docking to transport supplies and landing troops. There are 55 armed merchant ships, and we lost [-] ships. They were defeated by the Hong family. The remaining four Of the ten ships, only fifteen escaped back. Thirty-five warships are inside the port, and sixty warships are also inside, and there are only forty warships outside, and fifty-five warships are now at war with the Hong family's fleet."

Girard Peak said, "Where's the Dutchman?"

"The Dutch have landed on the island from the other side. They are killing and looting in the city. Two thousand soldiers and five thousand native soldiers and horses. Sixty of their warships are docked in the port, and eighty merchant ships are docked in the port. Inside, the rest went to make peace with the British. They lost about 76 warships, warships and merchant ships, they were in the waters beyond Wright Island."

"Quick, let all the ships in the port come out, don't let people block the port like last time, order the warships and warships outside the port, the armed merchant ships turn around, and we will go up."

Gerald Pick feels that they are still capable of fighting with their current strength.

The adjutant pulled his sleeve and said: "Your Excellency, no, the enemy is coming fiercely, many of our warships have been injured, we have to retreat quickly."

Gerald Pick was calmed down by him. It seems that there are quite a few ships on their side, and when it comes to naval battles, the Spaniards are better than the Han. The sailors are well-trained, and they all rely on the sea for their food. , To be able to sail such a long distance, and defeat countless enemies, to fight to the death with the Dutch, French, and British in the Far East, without losing the wind, there is nothing to say about the combat effectiveness.

But there are too many enemies, and the Hong family's naval fleet is no different from the Qing army. They, as well as the Portuguese, British, Dutch, and even the Chinese navy have fought fierce battles. If the number is not much different , then you can still give it a try, but in terms of numbers, they are fully counted. Counting the warships and armed merchant ships of the Dutch, there are only more than 400 ships, but the enemy has more than 600 ships.

They have been bombarded with Zheng Zhi's Cebu Island shore artillery for so long, and lost nearly a hundred armed merchant ships, warships, and warships, but the other party was not injured at all. In his current field of vision, the enemy has appeared within [-] nautical miles. The armed merchant ships in charge of them dodged one after another. The warship rushed up and was immediately surrounded by hundreds of enemy armed merchant ships. The enemy's artillery was not bad at all. , The firepower was so fierce that in less than a quarter of an hour, two of the warships were sunk and three were damaged.

Although the enemy paid the same number of armed merchant ships and warships, the number of enemies can still compete with the quality of their own side.

"Let the injured ship go first, and the other ships will fight. Tell the people on the land to evacuate. Evacuate to the port and site occupied by the British and Dutch on Wright Island."

Gerald Pick gave the right order.

Then he took more than 100 warships and warships here to meet them.

On the opposite side, the enemy's armed merchant ships, more than 100 ships took a zigzag route, lined up, chasing the retreating Spanish armed merchant ships and the oncoming warships.

Getting closer.

Soon it was almost ten nautical miles away.

The enemy's hundred armed merchant ships injured more than 30 ships, destroyed a dozen ships, and retreated. Behind them, the enemy's hundred warships quickly responded to them and covered them behind them. Further behind, warships and large tonnage The warships opened a distance, and the mountains and seas were generally spread out on the sea for tens of miles, and there was a tendency to weave a net to net all the Spaniards in.

Further back, you can see enemy merchant ships slowly following behind, surrounded by scattered warships and warship escorts.

Here Gerald Pick sent a hundred warships around him to fight.

Nearly 400 armed merchant ships and warships from both sides drew close to each other to a distance of [-] meters and fired at each other on the sea with a radius of [-] nautical miles.

Every minute and every second, people were killed or injured, and every quarter of an hour, a warship or an armed merchant ship was damaged and retreated from the battle, and then more armed merchant ships and warships rushed up.

It's like two armies splitting up to fight.

For two hours, the battle of the armed merchant ships in the middle came to an end, and the Spanish armed merchant ships were completely lost, or all of them withdrew from the battle.

Behind, the merchant ships, armed merchant ships, and warships that kept leaving the port joined the battle, and the merchant ships and injured ships began to head towards Wright Island along the coastline under the cover of the warships.

Behind them, the enemy invested in large-tonnage warships. The firepower of the [-]-ton warship caused the Spanish armed merchant ships and warships to complain. In less than an hour, the armed merchant ships did not go into battle when they left the port, but stopped. , once a few wounded warships and armed merchant ships were assembled, as well as the merchant ships leaving the port, there would be five or six armed merchant ships immediately, and one or two warship guards headed for the distance.

The enemy did not intercept them either, because the Spanish warships and large-tonnage warships had not yet entered the battle and still had the advantage.

In four hours, all the armed merchant ships and warships of the Spaniards were completely lost, and the armed merchant ships over there also withdrew from the warships, and the warships came towards this side. Giladpic sent an adjutant to lead the large-tonnage warships To fight, a large number of warships were also sent to fight.

Looking back to see that the port has been emptied, the battle on Cebu Island is almost over, and the Dutch and Spanish troops have basically retreated from the land. Gerald Pick shouted, "Retreat."

Then the battleship took the initiative to retreat.

The enemy's armed merchant ships and warships rushed up quickly, and the warships behind were divided into several teams to intercept them one after another. A great battle continued until night. Gilad Peake led the defeated fleet, and all the capable warships and less than a hundred warships retreated When they reached Wright Island, the enemy had to return.

9Chapter 16 Enlightenment

The Spaniards retreated, people from the Ryukyu Kingdom came, and tens of thousands of Han soldiers and civilian husbands landed ashore. Hong Tianpao and Zheng Zhi set foot on the land of Cebu Island together.

"Brother, you were unlucky this time. Why were you suddenly beaten up by the Thai-Western coalition fleet?" Hong Tianpao looked at Cebu Island vigorously, thinking that he would receive Little Luzon Island and Manila in the future. Island, the main part of the two Luzon Islands is the territory of the Ryukyu Kingdom, so he was very excited, and this was the main reason why he sent troops to help Zheng Zhi.

Otherwise, because Zheng Zhi used to be the main representative of the rebellion against the Huaxia Kingdom, and even organized a sneak attack on the Huaxia Fleet, he didn't want to talk to Zheng Zhi about this matter. Don't tell everyone in the Nanyang Kingdom that you are doing business on my territory. I turned a blind eye to it. Anyway, it's all about making money and collecting taxes. I have nothing to do with it, but Hong Tianpao is very cautious when it comes to the general direction, especially the relationship with China.

Before sending troops to help Zheng Zhi, he personally talked with Xue Hong, the governor of Penglaizhou, who was once stationed in the business house in the state of Lu, and was equivalent to the consul of the consulate. Sheng reported Yao Qisheng, who was in charge of diplomacy, and Tang Dianfeng, the deputy prime minister. Tang Dianfeng reported the matter to Zhang Qiang, and Zhang Qiang agreed, so he sent troops.

This is not to say that all their diplomacy and military affairs have to be listened to by the Chinese Empire, but that he thinks this is a big deal, and they must communicate with the Chinese Empire, or they will do something wrong. The First Fleet stationed in the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Chinese Empire The garrison picked him up in minutes.

You can make money from the Huaxia Empire, you can talk about the Huaxia Empire, even Zhang Qiang, you can hit any target that the Huaxia Empire doesn’t like, and even have similar goals with the Huaxia Army, and take credit for the Huaxia Army, but you can’t Beyond the bottom line of any imperial emperor, the basic interests of the Chinese Empire.

After more than ten years of dealing with the emperor of the Huaxia Empire, Hong Tianpao made all these clear, knowing what to do and what not to do. Although Zheng Zhi had attacked the Huaxia Empire, but later the Huaxia Empire saw him as the weakest Hong Tianpao knew that Zheng Zhi was actually a pawn in the emperor's hands, so he spent a lot of effort before this to find out what the Huaxia Empire meant for him. Help the Nanyang Kingdom, and have an attitude of benefit there.

After getting the tacit approval of the emperor of the Huaxia Empire, Hong Tianpao brought his troops, most of his low-level warships and merchant ships, and warships to help Zheng Zhi.

There are many islands in this area, and there are islands within a radius of six to seven thousand nautical miles. If we can cooperate with the Ryukyu Kingdom in the future and do business, that would be a very good thing.

He will come out to help Zheng Zhi because of such a great benefit, otherwise he would rather go to fight against the lingering Japan than come here, he is in chaos, in his opinion, there are more forces here, and it is also more chaotic, it is not good to make trouble I will carry it in by myself. How good it is in the north. They can’t beat Japan and the Qing Dynasty on land, and they can’t beat the Ryukyu Kingdom with a powerful navy. At least they can protect themselves. They are also island countries.

Hong Tianpao and Zheng Zhi walked in the ruins of Cebu Island. The port, residential areas, cities, and villages were all reduced to ruins, and there were corpses everywhere. It took two soldiers and civilians from the Ryukyu Kingdom to go ashore just to clean up the port. It took three days to clean up the corpses in the city, and a whole week to clean up the whole city.