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Although the dozens of large ships protected in the core are also full of danger under the artillery fire at this moment, fortunately, the Portuguese artillery fire is more important to deal with the few warships rushing forward. , so it has not become the focus of the bombardment.

Of course, even if it wasn't an important target for the Portuguese to deal with, after all, the shells don't have eyes, and occasionally stray bullets will fall, or hit the nearby sea surface, or hit the ship directly.

It is also thanks to the incomparable sturdiness of these big ships. Although it is said that some ships were unlucky enough to have a big hole smashed out, compared to the entire huge hull, the big hole that was smashed out is really nothing.

Especially at this moment, the fierce firepower of the warships rushing to the front attracted all the attention of the Portuguese, which created time for the fleet to leave the port.

On the Portuguese warship in the distance, although Earl Hevens, Scarlett and others also saw the dozens of large ships that escaped from the port, Earl Hevens and the others were not too worried, and they could even Said they were slightly relieved.

After all, they didn't want to destroy these ships or let the wealth on board sink into the sea. They wanted to plunder the wealth, and naturally they hoped that these ships would not be harmed.

Now seeing the large ships leaving the battlefield is quite reassuring. Anyway, in their view, as long as they wipe out all the escort ships of the Ming people, these merchant ships that have no resistance will naturally be ready to be slaughtered. Lamb, let them take captive.

Earl Hevens, Scarlett and the others only took a few glances at the merchant ships sailing out of the port, and then once again focused on the warships of Daming.

"Kill me, kill all these Ming people, there will be rewards!"

Under the reward offered by Sivens and others, many Portuguese rowed desperately and approached the warships of Daming.

Since the gunfire of the warships of the Ming Dynasty is extremely fierce, then they will engage in boarding battles. As long as they are allowed to board the warships and kill all the people of the Ming Dynasty, then these seemingly fierce warships will be theirs. The spoils are gone.

At the same time, in the port, Jiang Bin, who was dealing with the Portuguese who sneaked into the port in advance, was also commanding the warship to drive 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 troops dispatched by the Portuguese, there is still a gap between the two sides in terms of numbers.

After all, the Portuguese had made preparations in advance. Although they underestimated the guarding force of the Daming Royal Caravan, the Portuguese were still quite strong. Coupled with the first-mover advantage, they had the upper hand at this moment.

On the warship, Jiang Bin's face became extremely gloomy looking at the warship that was being attacked by the Portuguese madly in all directions. If he could escape from Shengtian this time, he would definitely not let the Portuguese go.

Originally, as long as they can return to Daming smoothly this time, the emperor and others will definitely value them based on the large amount of wealth they brought back, and he will also be able to rise to the top.

It happened that these Portuguese ruined his future. Even if he could escape this time, he would probably be regarded by the emperor as not cautious.

Once such an impression has been left on the emperor, it will not be an easy task to change the emperor's impression of him.

"Damn it, pass the order down and let the brothers find the opportunity to break through with all their strength."

I have to say that Jiang Bin's temperament is quite good, no matter how angry he is, he can still maintain a bit of calm, knowing that this is not the time to look desperately for the Portuguese.

After all, he knew very well that his main task was to protect the safety of the caravan. Although he also saw that the caravan had broken out just now, it didn't mean that the caravan didn't need his protection.

You must know that on this sea, if a fleet does not have enough guards, it is tantamount to delivering food to the pirates, especially the large amount of gold and silver brought back by the fleet this time and the Nanyang strange things they purchased. Rare treasures can be said to be priceless.

If something went wrong because of his momentary mistake, he would not be able to atone for his sin even if he died.

Following Jiang Bin's order, more than a dozen warships began to desperately break through, and some warships even rushed directly towards the Portuguese warships blocking the front.

Some Portuguese didn't expect Ming people to be so crazy at all, and they didn't react for a while. As a result, several small boats were directly knocked to the ground, and a dozen Portuguese fell directly into the sea screaming.

The sound of cannons was continuous, and Jiang Bin directed the gunners on the ship to fire the cannons continuously. Even the barrels of the cannons were hot to the touch, which showed how many cannonballs were fired.

Seeing that the fleet led by Jiang Bin had escaped from the port, Earl Hevens and others ordered a fierce pursuit. The two sides chased and fled across the sea, and continued shelling.

Fortunately, it was dark and the line of sight was not good, so although the warship that Jiang Bin and others escaped was in a bit of a panic, it did not suffer much damage during the Portuguese pursuit.

After all, it is not an easy task to hit a warship at sea in the dark.

Just chasing and fleeing like this, the night has passed without knowing it, and the sky is gradually brightened with a faint light.

On the vast sea, several warships that were still tainted by gunpowder and flying the Great Ming Dragon Flag were sailing on the sea.

On one of the warships, the red-eyed Jiang Bin said to his subordinates: "Are those barbarians still following?"

He saw an extremely agile man climb down from the mast, and said to Jiang Bin, "Lord Qianhu, those barbarians have disappeared, and presumably they have already retreated."

Jiang Bin couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief when he heard the words, but he didn't dare to relax in the slightest and said to the man: "Continue to be on guard, just in case."

At the same time, Jiang Bin looked around, and saw that there were only five warships left when all the warships were at full capacity. After a night of chaotic fighting and fleeing in a hurry, there were only thirteen warships left. Five boats were disembarked.

Jiang Bin didn't know whether the rest of the warships were sunk in the previous chaotic battle or lost contact during the escape. Anyway, the sudden attack by the Portuguese this time was already a cause for them. a great loss.

With a bang slap on a cannon in front of him, which still had a bit of hot breath, Jiang Bin solemnly ordered to his subordinates: "Send a scout ship immediately to search for Superintendent Luo and the others. Where is your fleet, and at the same time carefully guard against the barbarian fleet!"

Compared with what will happen to those warships now, Jiang Bin is more concerned about the current situation of Luo Xiang's fleet of more than a dozen ships.

If something went wrong with Luo Xiang's fleet and it fell into the hands of barbarians, then he might as well commit suicide and apologize.

It's just that it is obviously not easy to find the fleet of Luo Xiang and others on this vast sea.

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The sky was bright, and after a night of melee, the port area where the Royal Caravan of the Ming Dynasty was moored turned into ruins. Not only the port was affected by the shelling between the two sides, but the water surface in the port was also affected. There are many fragments of ships floating on it.

The Ming caravan consisted of hundreds of ships. With so many ships being attacked by the Portuguese, only a few were able to escape, except for a dozen large merchant ships that rushed out under the protection of some warships. Outside the port, only a dozen or so auxiliary ships really escaped, and almost half of them were blocked in the port.

Outside the port at this moment, dozens of Portuguese warships are forcing these Ming ships to surrender.

Most of the crew members on these ships are just recruited sailors. Those who really have the power to fight have rushed out on the big boat last night.

Facing the black muzzle, these boatmen also resigned to their fate and chose to surrender after seeing a resisting ship being directly blasted into pieces.

Earl Sivans, Scarlett and the others looked at the dozens of captured ships, but they didn't show much joy on their faces. Although the value of these ships is not low, they can be regarded as a big harvest.

However, compared to the gold and silver items taken away by those big ships that escaped, the value of these ships is 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, and even let them escape. I don't know." Will Aivia and the others be able to catch up with those Ming people?"

Earl Hevens frowned and said: "Now we can only hope that Aivia and the others can catch up with the fleet of the Ming people. If not, our gains this time are really too little."

While speaking, he saw dozens of sailing warships appearing on the distant sea surface. Looking at the flag with the skeleton pirate flag hanging, the eyes of Earl Hevens, Scarlett and others lit up.

These ships are the one-eyed men they call, Aivia's subordinates.

Aivia went to chase Luo Xiang's fleet last night, which is directly related to their harvest this time, so Earl Hevens and the others seemed so concerned.

As the fleet gradually approached, seeing that there were only two Ming ships in the fleet, Sivens and the others couldn't help but look disappointed.

When Ai Weiya boarded the big ship where several people were, Scarlett said to Ai Weiya almost immediately: "Ai Weiya, where is the fleet of Ming people? Don't tell me, you only caught two a ship?"

Aivia was obviously in a bad mood. When Scarlett asked her such a question, she immediately became angry, and the one-eyed stared at Scarlett viciously and said, "Smelly bitch, if you have the ability, you can go after him yourself. Ah, do you think these Ming people are so easy to catch? Do you know how much I paid to take these two merchant ships?"

Thinking of taking the two big ships intact, he even ordered not to bombard the merchant ships, and could only rely on boarding to kill the big ships.

For this reason, his subordinates quickly killed and injured hundreds of people. Only then did they kill all the Ming people who dared to resist on the ship and captured the ship intact.

Seeing Aivia's angry look, Earl Hevens on the side couldn't help coughing lightly: "Aivia, what's going on?"

Ai Weiya recounted the incident and said: "These Ming people are simply lunatics. It took me a lot of effort to capture the two big ships, but in the end I could only watch the other ships flee away. "

Speaking of Ai Weiya, he changed his voice: "Although only two ships were seized, the harvest was not small. One of the ships was loaded with a full 20 taels of silver, and the other ship was loaded with gold. Thousands of catties of spices..."

Everyone's eyes lit up, but they soon thought that the fleet of the Ming people had taken away millions of taels of silver and tens of thousands of spices and other rare treasures. It would be great if all the ships were left behind.

Not to mention how regretful the Portuguese are for sharing the spoils, but it is said that the fleet led by Luo Xiang finally collided with the scout ship sent by Jiang Bin after more than half a day, and the two sides finally joined together.

On the vast sea, on a big ship, Luo Xiang couldn't help twitching his mouth as he looked at the escort team with only five warships left.

When Jiang Bin boarded the boat and saw Luo Xiang, Jiang Bin couldn't help saluting to Luo Xiang, "I have seen Superintendent Luo, and the superintendent is fine, so I can finally feel at ease."

Luo Xiang looked at a distressed look, and Jiang Bin, whose eyes were red, couldn't help thinking of the danger last night, and couldn't help sighing softly: "Jiang Qianhu contributed a lot to the smooth escape this time. When we return to the capital, our family will definitely I will truthfully report to His Majesty what happened to me this time."

Jiang Bin couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief when he heard the words, secretly glad that Luo Xiang didn't mean to blame him. After all, if Luo Xiang really put all the responsibility on him, he would be unable to argue with it. If something goes wrong, it is not his responsibility but whose responsibility it is.

As if seeing Jiang Bin's grateful expression, Luo Xiang patted Jiang Bin's shoulder and said, "Okay, don't say anything else, the most important thing right now is for me to return smoothly."

As Luo Xiang said, a gloomy look flashed in Luo Xiang's eyes and he gritted his teeth: "Our family has never suffered such a dumb loss. After we return to Beijing, our family will definitely tell His Majesty, send heavenly soldiers, and let those barbarians know What does it mean that the Great Tomorrow is inviolable."

In April of the seventh year of Zhengde, when the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, Li Huan, who had been touring various places for more than half a year, did not leave Beijing after the Spring Festival. Instead, he spent a lot of time with his relatives.

On this day, Li Huan was discussing with the emperor and the important cabinet ministers in the imperial study about the emperor's review of the Daming Navy, when suddenly he saw a servant rushing over with a report and shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Tianjin Wei urgently reported that Director Luo and the others have returned from their trip to Nanyang!"

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