I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 328 What is there to congratulate?

When they heard their adjutant report that a ship was approaching from the northwest, Yu Dayou and Song Yingchang were shocked. Could it be that we were ambushing the Spaniards, or others were ambushing us?

Everyone raised their telescopes and looked towards the northwest.

A dozen kilometers away, a ship appeared from a corner of the island, and then slowly the entire ship appeared. Then, like a mother duck leading her ducklings, ten ships followed behind it.

It's just that they were too far away, so the eleven ships looked blurry and their shapes couldn't be seen clearly, but everyone felt relieved.

Yu Dayou and Song Yingchang continued to observe. On the poop and deck, the captain and surveyor handed the telescopes to others so that they could also watch the fun.

The eleven ships were coming towards us, getting closer and closer. We could soon see the ship types and flags clearly. They were typical ship types in the South China Sea, and the flag was the Kingdom of Johor.

Everyone was completely relieved, and Yu Dayou and Song Yingchang also put down their telescopes.

A soldier nearby handed the telescope back to the surveyor and asked blankly, "Admiral, could it be that the Johor ship is here to rob us?"

Yu Dayou was so angry that his teeth were itching, and he kicked this nephew of the clan.

"You are stupid. Johor has eleven ships, and they are all small ships. We have more than two hundred warships. Have you ever seen a robbery like this?"

The soldier touched the back of his head and smiled innocently.

"Read less Water Margin and more serious books in the future! Do you hear me?"

Just as Yu Dayou finished his reprimand, another warning came from the other side: "Report, a ship is approaching from the southwest."

Everyone raised their telescopes and saw that it was a carrick sailing ship. Judging from the flag, it was a Portuguese ship approaching this side.

After a while, the adjutant came to report: "Admiral, our patrol fleet intercepted the Johor and Portuguese ships and sent a flag signal saying that the leaders of the Johor and Portuguese wanted to visit the admiral."

Yu Dayou waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Tell the patrol fleet to send a fast boat to bring the Johor and Portuguese leaders here."

"Yes!"

Yu Dayou and Song Yingchang turned and walked to the other side of the stern deck, holding the railing, and continued to watch the boarding battle in the distance.

Thousands of Ming sailors swung on ropes and walked along the gangplank to board the Spanish ship.

They were very cautious and formed a team, with shieldmen and left and right spearmen leading the way in the front, and scattered sailors behind, advancing forward cautiously.

The sea breeze blew the torn flag on the mast, the soft sail that looked like rags, and the rising black smoke from the burning, twisting and turning in the wind.

The Spaniards hid in the dark and avoided the spotlight for the time being.

The Ming sailors rushed to the hatch, and several sailors took a basket from their own ship, which contained more than a dozen new-type thunder bombs - grenades.

The two sailors quickly unscrewed the wooden cover on the grenade's wooden handle, pulled out the fuse, and passed it to the next sailor.

Four sailors used a lighter to light the fuse on the wooden handle of the grenade and threw it into the hatch.

Everyone involuntarily moved aside.

boom!
Two clouds of black smoke rose from the cabin.

Just at this moment, the gunner of the Ming warship, who had been on standby and observing carefully, discovered that there was an abnormality in a gun position on the Spanish ship only a few meters away. He immediately ordered his own gunners to turn the muzzle and fire a fierce shot at that place, causing wood chips to fly all over the Spanish ship and a gap suddenly appeared in the smoke.

The sound of grenade explosions and cannon fire was like a starting gun. The Spaniards, knowing they could not escape, rushed out of the cabins and other hiding places shouting.

The Ming sailors rushed in from the hatch, the deck, and the gap that had just been blasted open, colliding violently with the Spaniards and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

Everyone was almost crowded together, back to back, shoulder to shoulder, and sometimes you couldn't tell whether the people behind you or beside you were enemies or comrades.

Both sides fought hard relying on their subconscious.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, it was extremely tragic.

But everyone knows that the Ming Navy has secured victory.

Yu Dayou looked at the distance with a firm mind, and said to Song Yingchang: "The local boatmen in Longtou Port told us that two years ago, the Johoreans and the Portuguese fought over this Tambin Island, and the two sides had a naval battle nearby.

It is said that the Johorese sent 600 ships of various sizes to besiege the two Portuguese carracks, 300 ships against one. It is said that after fighting for most of the day, the 300 ships of Johor could not get close to the Portuguese ships.

The Portuguese controlled their ships, kept circling on the sea, and bombarded the Johor ships from a distance, sinking them one by one. In the end, nearly 100 Johor ships were sunk, but they didn't even touch the edges of the two Portuguese ships, and finally dispersed in dismay.

Yu Dayou shook his head. "If it is really as His Royal Highness taught us, now we are facing a great change in a thousand years. In the past, naval battles were always like this, first shooting arrows at each other, then jumping off the boats to fight on the boarding board. It has been like this for a thousand years. Now the Western barbarians are the first to change. They have developed sailing ships and artillery, and naval battles have been completely different since then. Fortunately, our Ming navy, under the spur of His Royal Highness, has changed with the times, and only then was we able to defeat the Western barbarian navy.

Otherwise, what is the difference between our Ming navy and the Johor navy? "

Song Yingchang was shocked.

That's right.

If the Ming navy had not changed, the Japanese threat in the southeast would not have been eliminated so quickly, and they could have counterattacked to the Japanese mainland.

If the Ming navy does not change, it will probably be like the Johor navy, with 300 ships besieging a ship of the Western barbarians, suffering heavy losses but being helpless!

Yu Dayou and Song Yingchang looked at each other, feeling deeply moved.

Only by seeing it with your own eyes and experiencing it personally, will you understand how wise His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's previous incredible actions were!

"Report to the Admiral, the Johorean and Portuguese leaders have been brought here."

Yu Dayou waved his hand, and the two were quickly taken to the stern deck. They talked a lot, and the interpreter translated it to mean that they came specifically to congratulate Yu Dayou on his great victory.

"Damn it! Just six ships and you're calling it a great victory! I heard that the Western Yi Kingdom has thousands of ships, but these are only six. They're not even their capital ships. It's not even a start. Congratulations, what the hell."

Yu Dayou pointed at the interpreter and said, "Don't pass this message on. I told you to pass it on again. If it damages our friendship, don't spread it around."

The interpreter smiled and nodded.

Yu Dayou said seriously, "No need to congratulate. This admiral is ordered by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to inspect the South China Sea and return to the old place. I will temporarily stay in Longtou Port. From now on, we are neighbors. We should visit each other often, share what we have, and work together to maintain the peace here."

After finishing the polite words, he changed the subject: "Have you all received the imperial edict of my Ming Dynasty declaring war on Spain and the Annan Mo family?"

Seeing the two nod, Yu Dayou continued, "It's good to receive it. You should consider carefully whether to be an enemy or a friend of the Ming Dynasty. Old Portuguese, my imperial edict of the Ming Dynasty has been sent to Malacca City. Have you received it?"

After hearing what the interpreter said, the Portuguese captain immediately replied, "Got it. Our governor is selecting envoys and preparing ships. However, it is the north wind season now and we cannot go north. We can only wait until early summer next year."

"Glad to have received it. Keep your eyes open and don't get mixed up with the Spaniards. See?" Yu Dayou said, pointing to the densely packed Ming warships on the sea.

"I'm just a detachment sent here to clean up the garbage. The main force is still in the north and hasn't come down yet."

The Portuguese captain quickly replied: "Your Excellency, although we Portuguese and the Spanish are both lambs of God, we firmly stand on the side of justice and fairness."

After listening to the translation, Yu Dayou chuckled, "Senimu, you speak better than you sing. You stand on the side of justice and righteousness, while you stand on the side of artillery."

He stared at the interpreter with his eyes wide open.

The interpreter immediately smiled and nodded, saying, "I will never pass on anything that will hurt our relationship."

Yu Dayou spent most of his time talking to the Portuguese captain and barely spoke to the Johor leader. He was not annoyed and smiled throughout the whole process.

Yu Dayou said solemnly: "You two, this admiral reminds you again not to have any contact with the Spaniards and the Annan Mo family, and your ports should no longer accept their ships.

The imperial law is ruthless!

If you are found to have any collusion with the Spanish or the Annan Mo clan, my Ming navy will immediately declare war on you, do you understand?"

Just as the interpreter passed the message to the Portuguese captain and the Johor chief, the sound of boiling sea suddenly broke out in the distance.

"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

Everyone couldn't help but turn their heads to look.

The six Spanish ships all raised the big "Ming" flag on the main mast, and the decks and stern decks were filled with Ming sailors, waving swords and guns and shouting loudly.

"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

Hundreds of sailors on the Ming warships rushed to the decks, climbed on the masts, raised their arms and shouted: "Ming will win!"

Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, resounding through heaven and earth, and the entire sea was boiling.

The Johor and Portuguese people were so frightened by the overwhelming momentum that their faces turned pale.

Since then, those four words have been deeply engraved in their hearts: "Great Ming will win!"

(End of this chapter)