1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 299
Qi Dajiang and his fleet chased and killed the two Spanish armed merchant ships they encountered separately. After two hours of chasing, the "Qiming" finally intercepted the 600-ton "Teruel" and entangled it tightly, and then the three Hanzhou warships that came immediately surrounded it. Stop, and start the beating they are best at.

The officers and sailors of the "Teruel" were extremely depressed. No matter how they tried to escape, they would be cornered by the smaller but powerful warship with its superhuman speed.After being hit by dozens of shells, he watched and could not escape until night.In addition, for the safety of the more than 300 armed soldiers on board, they quickly raised the white flag and surrendered to several warships in Hanzhou.

The Hanzhou ship put down two small boats and sailed to the "Teruel". When a dozen sailors struggled to climb onto the ship, they were startled by the many Spanish musketeers on the deck.Quickly shouted to the boat below, and quickly returned to the big boat to report.Damn, did this capture the Spaniard's troop carrier?

Seeing the unrequited eyes of many Spanish soldiers on board, more than a dozen Hanzhou sailors felt a little thumping in their hearts.If these barbarians jump out of a few who are not afraid of death, they will definitely be torn into pieces and thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

After waiting for a while, more than 50 marine soldiers rushed over in small boats.They quickly confiscated the weapons of the Spanish soldiers on the deck, and then escorted the naval officers and sailors on board, together with more than 200 Spanish soldiers, to the Hanzhou warship for custody.

After all this was done, it was getting dark.After a little identification of the direction, the four Hanzhou warships and the captured Spanish warships headed towards the western mainland.They will meet with five other Hanzhou ships near the port of Quanzhou.

Compared with Dong Fengshan and Qi Dajiang's fleet that successfully captured the Spanish warship, the Spanish armed merchant ship with a slightly smaller tonnage that Luo Rucheng and his party chased seemed a bit laborious.

Gein, the Spanish armed merchant ship, did not transfer too much cargo, but only loaded more than 300 native servants and some weapons and ammunition. In terms of the speed of the ship, it was almost the same as the few Hanzhou ships that were chasing behind.When the night gradually fell, using the night, it quickly disappeared from the sight of the Hanzhou ships.

Looking at the boundless dark sea, Luo Rucheng led the five ships in a resentful turn and headed west.
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Tan Guangxi is a sea patrol member of the Fujian Navy, responsible for patrolling the sea routes from Quanzhou to Wentai, and investigating whether the sea merchants paying the toll to the Fujian Dudu Mansion in full.Their group of fifteen ships, large and small, are returning from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, passing through Nanri Island, and will arrive in Quanzhou in a few days.

Tan Guangxi was lying in the cabin, playing with the mutton fat jade bracelet given to him by a sea merchant, wondering if he should give it to his wife at home, or Qiaojie in Honghualou.

Compared with staying at the Quanzhou water village, or killing pirates, or even attacking the barbarian strongholds in Taiwan, patrolling the sea is the favorite thing for all Fujian navy officers and soldiers to do.On the coast of Daming, who dares not to give face to Fujian governor Zheng Zhilong, and which sea merchant dares not to pay the sea toll.Even if you encounter one or two merchant ships who don't want to pay and try to get out of the sea by chance, once you encounter the patrol boats of the Fujian Navy, you have to bribe them privately, the patrol officers and soldiers, so that you can pay less money.

After a month, even ordinary sailors can get seven or eight taels of silver in their hands.Officers like Tan Guangxi and the others earned even more.If you encounter some unsightly maritime merchants who try to escape from the interception of the Fujian Navy, then once they catch up, everyone on board will sink into the sea, and a small amount of valuable goods will be divided privately by the patrol officers and soldiers. Go back to Quanzhou and hand it over to Shangguan.

"My lord, we found a fleet in the southeast!" A sailor suddenly rushed into the cabin and reported to Tan Guangxi, "It's all big ships!"

"Ah? Where did it come from?" Tan Guangxi immediately stood up and walked out of the cabin, "Could it be that I met a red-haired ghost!"

"It's possible!" The sailor followed behind and said as he walked, "From a distance, some of them are large Western ships."

Tan Guangxi froze, with a bitter expression on his face, and cursed in a low voice: "Fuck him!"

After taking a few steps to the side of the ship, I held up the binoculars and looked towards the southeast. I saw five ships on the sea, about two or three miles away, coming towards them, and some of them were large Western ships. .

"Turn the sails, let's run!" Tan Guangxi turned his head and shouted loudly.

With their dozens of ships, the largest is a 200-ton Haicang ship, and there are not many artillery pieces. If you encounter and fight with a Western fleet of this size, you will be abused.Taking advantage of the distance, escape to Quanzhou Port as soon as possible. Do these western ships dare to chase after them!
However, what surprised and frightened them was that the five big ships were actually chasing after them, heading towards Quanzhou Port in a leisurely manner.Although there is no attacking posture, it gives people a full sense of oppression.It seems that he has no scruples about following them to Quanzhou Port.

"Do you think the people from the Zheng family in front will regard us as enemies?" On the bow of the Qiming ship, several Hanzhou officers pointed at the Zheng family's ship ahead and talked about it.

"Looking at their flustered looks, they must have regarded us as some Western force!" An officer said, "However, we only feel that we have some advantages when we are in front of them."

"I'm afraid that when we arrive near Quanzhou, I think your feeling of slight advantage will be gone!" Another officer said, "The Zheng family is on the coast of Daming, but there are hundreds of thousands of ships!"

"I heard that the Zheng family has raised tens of thousands of navy and land divisions."

Everyone was silent when they heard the words.The population of Hanzhou is only over 3, which is not as good as the number of land and water armed personnel of Zheng Zhilong's family.Moreover, for the Zheng family, which is backed by Daming, even if the loss of personnel and materials is huge, as long as the financial resources are sufficient, it is extremely fast and convenient to replenish.Unlike Hanzhou, whether it is a land battle or a sea battle, he is extremely worried about the loss of personnel and ships.

"I don't know when, our Hanzhou will have so many ships and naval officers and soldiers?" A Hanzhou naval officer said dejectedly.

"I guess it will take at least ten years, or maybe 20 years."

"One year brings 1 people back to Hanzhou, and in 20 years, it will only be more than 20. It is estimated that when I get old, maybe Hanzhou will have a population of 50 million. At that time, the navy will naturally have tens of thousands of people. .”

"You just counted the number of immigrants. Don't we women in Hanzhou have babies?" Wan Changshu, the captain of the Qiming, came from behind. "In addition, when we have 10 people, the number of ships must also That's not all. The number of immigrants per year must be well over 1."

After hearing this, everyone felt relieved, yes, think about it two or three years ago, there were only a few thousand people in Hanzhou, and there were only five or six large and small ships.At that time, everyone just wanted to make a living and not go hungry.Now our Hanzhou has a population of more than 3, and there are ten large ships that can be pulled out to fight.In the Nanyang region, it is also a powerful force that cannot be underestimated.

"We probably encountered another fleet of the Zheng family." An officer of the Hanzhou navy saw the "Flying Fish No. 5" clipper ship quickly approaching the fleet. He must have discovered something.
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"Governor, the fleet from Hanzhou is here!" Chen Hui strode into the Fujian Governor's Mansion, and reported to Zheng Zhilong, who was sitting upright in the chief seat, with fists folded.

"The Hanzhou fleet is here?" Zheng Zhilong was taken aback, "Did they come from under the nose of the Dutch?"

"I heard from them that they came from another direction and did not pass through Batavia." Chen Hui said, "They brought ten large ships and brought us the required artillery and firecrackers."

"So many boats from Hanzhou are planning to demonstrate against our Zheng family?" Zheng Zhibao said with a smile.

"I don't think so." Chen Hui glanced at the third master of the Zheng family, and said cautiously, "Probably he wants to bring some people from Daming back to Hanzhou."

"I'm afraid they not only want to bring more people back to Hanzhou." Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Perhaps, they also want to send out a fleet to attack the Dutch stronghold."

"Then they are late. We have taken the Dutch stronghold in Taiwan." Zheng Zhibao said, "Maybe at this time, Yang Geng has already succeeded."

"The Dutch don't just have strongholds on Taiwan Island." Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said, "Borneo, Champa, and Johor all have Dutch strongholds. Han Zhou must have some ideas about these places."

"They are not afraid of being blocked by the Dutch!" Zheng Zhibao couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard what his elder brother said. "If they really want to hit the Dutch fleet, Hanzhou is definitely not their opponent."

"A ship sailing at sea is not so easy to be blocked."

"Grandpa, Sanye, Hanzhou is near Taiwan and intercepted a Spanish armed merchant ship, and captured more than 200 Spanish soldiers and more than 100 native servants on the island." Chen Hui said: "They want to take these The captives will be handed over to us for the time being.”

"No, Hanzhou is trying to blame us!" Zheng Zhibao said loudly, "We can't take the blame for them!"

"Hanzhou intercepted the Spanish troop carrier?" Zheng Zhilong asked, "Where did Hanzhou intercept the Spanish armed merchant ship?"

"Northeast corner of Taiwan. They encountered two armed Spanish merchant ships, but let one escape."

"Chen Hui, do the Spaniards have two strongholds in the northern part of Taiwan?"

"Yes. The Spaniards have a stronghold on a small island in the north (Keelung Peace Island) and at the mouth of a river in the northeast."

"Hehe..." Zheng Zhilong chuckled a few times, then shook his head, "Unexpectedly, the Spaniards also want to attack the Dutch stronghold on the island."

"Brother, do you mean that the troop carrier captured by Hanzhou was originally going to attack the Dutch stronghold?" Zheng Zhibao asked.

"It should be like this. When they saw our people there, they withdrew back. Unexpectedly, they encountered Hanzhou's fleet." Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "This Dutchman actually got everyone shouting and beating us." .”

"In this way, the Dutch have many opponents." Zheng Zhibao also smiled, "The Portuguese, the Spaniards, Hanzhou, and us. If you add the Tubang Kingdom on the South Sea islands, the Dutch are simply became the target of public criticism."

"Nanyang, we can't reach it. However, in Ming Dynasty, Japan, and North Korea, the Dutch must withdraw and let them get involved." Zheng Zhilong said confidently.

(End of this chapter)