The mysterious world: Start working hard from the beggar camp!

Chapter 497: The foreign soldiers are on the verge of collapse and have no way to advance or retreat
"Your Excellency, the Viscount!"

"This sudden attack by the enemy fleet is too large!"

Linus stood on the gate tower of San Salvador City, looking at the enemy fleet slowly approaching the big dock, and said to Romero, the current governor of San Salvador City, in horror.

Since the former governor of Tainan Island, Alcaraz, stepped down and returned to his country, the rule and missionary activities of the white Hu people on Tainan Island began to deteriorate and their situation became increasingly unfavorable.

Originally, they expected that after occupying the northern part of Tainan Island, they would be able to achieve the goal of "killing two birds with one stone" by resisting the military threat from the Dutch and expanding the trade network, but the reality was very different from their ideal.

Strategically, their two military fortresses on Beidayuan Island did not achieve the planned effect. As long as the Dutch prevented Fujian merchants from going out to sea to trade on the waters of the strait, they could still threaten Manila's security and commercial trade.

The two isolated fortress naval ports in the northeast of Dayuan Island were unable to prevent the Dutch fleet from traveling back and forth in the Ryukyu Islands.

Economically, the cost outweighs the gain.

The prices of various commodities transported from Jilong to Tainan Island were no cheaper than those transported directly to Manila by Ming merchants. On the contrary, it cost a lot of money to maintain the garrison.

Originally, the Spaniards hoped to use preferential policies to attract smugglers from various Eastern countries to trade in Keelung and provide economic support for subsequent development. However, after the Edo Shogunate of Japan closed its doors to the outside world, this idea became a bubble.

Due to the failure to carry out effective economic development of the Tainan Island colony, the military pay and training resources they consumed on a daily basis were not enough to cover their expenses. The funds and materials to maintain the operation of the colonial institutions have always relied on supplies from Manila.

Since seven years ago, as the output of silver, gold, high-grade spiritual materials and other minerals and treasures from the Americas has decreased year by year, Manila has fallen into economic recession. The Manila Governor's Office also has to invest funds to maintain the war with the Moro people in Mindanao, which is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain.

At the beginning of this year, Manila Governor Coqueira decided to reduce the number of troops stationed in northern Tainan in order to reduce expenses, and ordered the demolition of the city of Santo Domingo in Tamsui, making the northern part of Tainan Island a useless existence and increasingly ignored by the Kingdom of Spain.

The city of San Salvador, which was already struggling to make ends meet, was now faced with a surprise attack from a large fleet. One can imagine how panicked the Spanish soldiers and civilians stationed here were.

"damn it!"

"These incoming treasure ships are from the Ming Dynasty, not the damn Dutch!"

General Romero, the commander of the city of Santo Domingo, has reached the peak of level five cultivation. When his spiritual power is fully activated, it can cover an area of ​​dozens of miles. Naturally, he can check the situation of the enemy fleet which is only a dozen miles away from the dock.

What shocked him now was: How could the Ming Dynasty, which had always neglected the navy, have such a powerful naval fleet?

Seeing that the enemy had quickly formed two horizontal attack arrays in the bay, and looked so well organized, it was impossible for them to be pirates.

Moreover, although they did not witness the battle with their own eyes, they had heard about the demise of Zheng’s army, the overlord of the southeastern waters of the Ming Dynasty two years ago.

It is said that the force that destroyed Zheng's army was the Fuxing Army that rose rapidly in the north of the Ming Dynasty and the Shandong Peninsula.

In this case, the identity of the large fleet that brazenly attacked this time is obvious.

"This is the Fuxing Army that now occupies the northern part of the Ming Dynasty!"

"I didn't expect that their naval force is even stronger than the legend!"

As a fifth-level magician, Romero was also a little panicked, but he had no intention of surrendering.

The natural arrogance of a white barbarian aristocrat did not allow him to do so.

Come to think of it, how could the Fuxing Army, which was able to destroy Zheng’s army, not have a powerful naval fleet?

After destroying Zheng's army two years ago, the other side went south again and wiped out the Portuguese who occupied the trenches, and easily captured the trenches.

"General, if this large fleet that suddenly attacked us is the legendary Ming Restoration Army, we are already facing great danger!"

Adjutant Linus's face changed drastically, and he said hurriedly, "According to the intelligence we have obtained previously, when the Restoration Army captured the trench, they actually killed all the white soldiers and civilians in the trench!"

"If we can't stop the opponent's attack next, it's impossible to surrender and save our lives!"

After guessing the enemy's origin, these white Hu soldiers became even more frightened.

The war tricks they always follow, such as taking prisoners and ransom, are of no use to the Restoration Army.

"Why panic!"

Romero shouted to his adjutant Linus, "We have activated the protective magic circle in time. There is no need to worry about the safety of San Salvador City for the time being. As long as the soldiers work together, we can repel the enemy fleet next."

"Pass the order, all magic turrets, prepare for counterattack!"

"As for those treasure ships docked at the big pier, it seems that they can no longer be saved. Let's abandon them all and have all the soldiers withdraw back to the city."

Because the enemy's attack was too sudden, the warships anchored in the port had no time to counterattack and had to give up.

"boom……"

At this moment, the enemy's large fleet had already formed an attack formation. The large treasure ships were arranged horizontally and staggered in an orderly manner. The black muzzles were raised high, shooting out balls of hot white light!
"Rumble..."

One wave consisted of thousands of psychic shells, which slammed down on the treasure ships anchored near the big pier, covering most of the Western treasure ships of all levels that had not had time to activate their protective magic circles!

One after another, the Western treasure ships were blown up in an instant, the broken hulls flew everywhere, and they were sunk on the spot one after another!

There were about 10,000 white Hu soldiers who stayed on the ship. They suffered heavy losses immediately, and their screams were heartbreaking.

After only two rounds of attacks, more than a hundred Western treasure ships anchored near the big dock were all destroyed and sunk, except for one top-grade treasure ship that activated the protective magic circle in time.

"Extended artillery fire!"

"Destroy all the buildings in the large dock area!"

Seeing this, Wan'er issued a new round of attack orders, "As for the remaining Western top-grade treasure ship, it is still good in all aspects. Let me personally lead a team of soldiers to form a military killing formation to capture it!"

"It's just a city called San Salvador. What a difficult name to pronounce. I can lead a team of soldiers to attack it easily!"

Wan'er is not bragging, but she is full of confidence.

These white barbarians who came across the ocean may have strong ships and powerful guns, but it depends on who they are compared with.

The opponent's lack of manpower is a fatal flaw.

With their inferior manpower, weapons, and combat power to the Renaissance Army, how could they stop the attack of the Renaissance Army, which had an absolute advantage in all aspects? Therefore, in order to save time, it was necessary to divide two battalions of soldiers, bypass the enemy city after landing, block the enemy's retreat, and annihilate the enemy's strongholds outside the city.

As an important maritime base of the Restoration Army in the future, Taiyuan Island would naturally undergo a thorough cleansing after being captured.

Wan'er ordered the destruction of all enemies and buildings in the large dock area, which was in line with the subsequent reconstruction plan and there was no problem of wasting artillery shells.

"Rumble..."

Following Wan'er's order, hundreds of large treasure ships of the Fourth and Fifth Fleets of the Renaissance Army once again fired dazzling psychic shells, extending the bombardment continuously and landing densely on the enemy's large dock area and surrounding areas.

"Seven Star Bagua Formation, start!"

"Jade Purifying Bottle, Fantian Seal, out!"

At the same time, Wan'er's mind was fully opened, and the Qi in her body expanded and connected with the Qi of the soldiers.

A huge bloody aura spread out and transformed into a white tiger several hundred feet in size. At the same time, her natal artifacts, Fantian Seal and Yujing Bottle, were activated and their killing powers were amplified to their current extreme, transforming into a size of several hundred feet, hovering above the white tiger beast.

"Roar!"

"Whoosh!"

Then the white tiger beast was seen raising its head and roaring, then it leaped into the air, rushed out of the flagship treasure ship, and sailed on the waves!

Its huge body flashed only twice before it arrived in front of the remaining Hu people's top-quality treasure ship.

"Bantian Seal!"

"Smash the opponent's protective magic shield!"

"I want to see how many hits this enemy ship can hold!"

Wan'er first activated the Jade Purifying Bottle divine artifact, which emitted a dim precious light that enveloped the entire body of the white tiger divine beast.

Dozens of psychic shells fired from enemy warships landed on the White Tiger, causing ripples, but were easily blocked by the protective divine light emitted by the Jade Purifying Bottle artifact, and it did not suffer even a trace of damage.

With Wan'er's current cultivation level and the full power of her innate divine weapon to protect her body, it is no longer something that can be broken by a mere salvo attack from a top-grade treasure ship.

It would take at least a hundred times more attack power to break the magical protective shield of the Jade Bottle.

The enemy's counterattack had only begun a round of concentrated fire attacks when Wan'er's innate divine weapon, the Fantian Seal, had already shot out and slammed into the protective magic array shield of this top-grade Western treasure ship!
"boom!"

This attack immediately caused the magic protective shield covering the enemy ship to glow dimly and appear to be shaky!
"what?"

"The magical protective formation on this Western top-grade treasure ship is quite powerful."

It was also the first time that Wan'er faced off against the Western top-grade treasure ship. She realized that the opponent's magic array was powerful, and was not much different from the similar treasure ships of the Renaissance Army. She was slightly surprised, and with a change of mind, she controlled the Fantian Seal to draw an arc, and continued to come above the enemy ship, and smashed it down again fiercely!

"boom!"

"Boom!"

The tremendous attack power generated by the two consecutive attacks has exceeded the limit of the protective magic circle of this top-grade Western treasure ship. As it was crumbling, the protective light shield shattered!
"The white tiger roars to the sky!"

"Roar!"

In order not to damage this top-grade treasure ship, after destroying the opponent's protective magic circle, Wan'er did not use her own artifact, Fantian Seal, to attack, but instead activated the magical power of the military killing formation.

A vast sound wave emanated from the mouth of the white tiger beast, which was hundreds of feet in size, and swept towards the enemy ship!

"what……"

"Cake seller! No..."

Wherever the vast sound waves that went straight into the cultivators' souls passed, more than a thousand soldiers left behind on the enemy's top-grade treasure ship had their souls destroyed one after another, as if they were mowed by a typhoon, and they died on the spot with blood gushing from their seven orifices!

Even the only two level five masters on this large battleship were no exception!
Now, Wan'er's full-strength attack, with the help of the military formation, is totally beyond the ability of the soldiers below level six who are not protected by the military formation and their own divine artifacts to withstand.

"Whoosh!"

After Wan'er killed all the white Hu soldiers on the enemy ship with one blow, she did not stop to take over this excellent treasure ship. Instead, she controlled the white tiger beast to leap up, passed the only remaining enemy treasure ship, and flew towards the huge fortress in front!

The military killing array that she personally presided over was composed of 200,000 soldiers from the Fourth Fleet, and was protected by two of her own divine weapons, one for attack and one for defense. It was not afraid of any concentrated fire attack in the world today.

Even though the enemy fortress ahead was equipped with a large number of psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts, and the intensity of the concentrated fire attack was not bad, it could not pose a fatal threat to our side in a short period of time.

Wan'er is confident that she can blow up the magic protective formation covering the enemy fortress before her soldiers' blood, true energy, and internal energy are completely consumed!

This rumored city of San Salvador looks good and is very solid.

However, these white barbarian soldiers from the West who came from afar could not have brought with them the legendary killer weapon of the Western magic circle: a super magic protective formation arranged with faith crystals condensed by the power of faith.

In the Western cultivation system, the most precious treasure used for cultivation is not various natural treasures or large spiritual lands, but the crystal of faith.

Of course, the magic array that uses the faith crystal as the core energy to stimulate the array is more powerful than the one that uses magic cores, spirit stones, and soul beads.

In view of the preciousness of the special faith crystals in the Western world, it is rumored that only some large cities in the West are equipped with super magic arrays activated by faith crystals.

Obviously, in the city of San Salvador, which is far away from the Western mainland, there would be no such super magic circle.

Even the Spaniards here, who have been preaching to the indigenous tribes on Dayuan Island for many years and have gained some faith crystals, will never use them to set up a protective formation.

These faith crystals are not enough to be used for the cultivation of high-level generals, how can they be used to set up and activate formations?

It was precisely because of these considerations that Wan'er was confident that she could capture the city of San Salvador in one fell swoop, not giving the enemy sufficient time to perfect the layout of possible retreat routes, thereby achieving the goal of exterminating all the white Hu soldiers and civilians in the city.

(End of this chapter)