open sea

Chapter 910 Dazzling

When Chen Mu set fire to the cactus, it meant that the flames would drive the Ming Empire. At the same time, on the western coast, under the order of the supervising army Chen Ju, Luo Shangzhi, the general of the Shenji Battalion, relied on three warships hijacked six of the massive Spanish fleet.

In fact, it is not considered hijacking, but they are on the same route, and the two sides have no basis for mutual trust. Therefore, after the discovery of the Western Fleet, the Ming army immediately launched alerts, but the Spaniards did not attack. They also expressed to Chen Ju that they had received an order to deliver goods. The mission of Changsheng Port.

After several weighings, Luo Shangzhi chose to lead his army aboard the largest Spanish galleon and control their noble officials by force to ensure the safety of the voyage.

But what happened after boarding the ship, even Luo Shangzhi did not expect that he would see a strange scene that he had never seen in his life on this day, which made the Shenji battalion officer who had been accustomed to the wind and waves in military affairs for a long time dry up his tongue Dryness, heart beating like thunder, hands and feet trembling involuntarily.

In the cramped and dark cabin, more than 30 elite Spanish soldiers wearing bright breastplates and high helmets stood in two rows in the cabin. They allowed the Ming army to board the ship, but refused to hand over their weapons after boarding. At that time, people held pistols and muskets in their hands, and some of them even held long swords. They had a faint and dangerous mood of confrontation with the dozen or so Ming soldiers who came down to the cabin.

The Ming army surrounded by them is also well-equipped. They have not received the new training in the north and south, but the Beijing army is the most elite army serving the Ming royal family. This group of soldiers following Luo Shangzhi are all from the Zhejiang army. , People set up a three-talented formation under the mandarin duck formation in the cabin, holding the Five Thunder God Machine, holding a waist knife and an axe, and their momentum is not weaker than the Spaniards.

Especially in the narrow cabin, the revolver like the Five Thunder God Machine is neither reliable nor can shoot far, but it can burst out with power that attracts the attention of the world.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were very sure that as long as the general gave an order, they would be able to overthrow all the Spaniards in the cabin in an instant.

The situation on the upper deck was similar to that in the cabin. A small number of soldiers from the Shenji Battalion confronted more Spanish soldiers and sailors. This has been the situation since Luo Shangzhi planned to get out of the cabin.

Surrounded by his subordinates, General Luo Shangzhi was always taciturn and his burly figure brought great pressure to him. He repeated what he said on the upper deck: "I want to open the box and inspect the goods."

Luo Shangzhi originally ordered to board the ship because he thought that the giant ship of the Western Kingdom, which was as big as Nantang, was a troop carrier, but after boarding the ship, he found that there were not many soldiers on board the ship compared to the Spanish warships they knew. There are only more than a hundred, and there are nearly a hundred sailors.

The configuration of more than [-] people in the warships of the Ming army already belonged to the scale of full manpower during the war, because the professional navy of the Ming army was divided into navy and land divisions, but the Spaniards were different.

They have not only the army but also sailors on board, and the number of people who need to control the sails on Western-style ships is several times that of open ships. Their sailors don’t care about fighting, so 200 people on a ship is only a small number.

Even for a medium-sized ship of 45 tons, the crew establishment will have 21 officers, 120 sailors, [-] handymen, [-] gunners, and at least [-] soldiers on the upper deck, which is not considered temporary employment. and passengers.

If there is a landing task or a troop transport task in wartime, a medium-sized ship of 400 tons can accommodate 600 people. Like this huge ship, Luo Shangzhi originally thought that there would be at least [-] people on board.

But to his surprise, this is a cargo ship. There are not even heavy stone-shooting guns on the ship, only some pitiful Francophones are arranged on the ship's side, and there are not enough people and guns installed. It means that enough goods are loaded.

Standing opposite Luo Shangzhi was Matien, the judge of the Viceroyalty of Peru. He looked completely different from the common Western warriors. His thin lips and falcon-like eyes appeared mean and gloomy. It is a pity that these bright men in front of him Guo Dabing is not well-informed enough, and even less understanding of style, otherwise he would definitely be able to smell the scent of Arabian perfume on him, and maybe the atmosphere between the two sides would be better that way.

The bonnet made by Parisian craftsmen is stuffed with brightly colored and smooth Peruvian feathers, and he is wearing first-class Flemish silk with intricate bright patterns. On his left shoulder is a shawl made of the smooth fur of a Peruvian black panther. To the chest, wearing a pair of stockings from Naples on the legs, and a pair of authentic Dutch gentleman embroidered shoes on the feet, revealing the silk robe in front of the body, the thumbs of both hands are clasped with a belt made of gold and silver inlaid with gems, ten fingers Wearing six rings with different shapes.

On those rings, there are diamonds from the Lion Kingdom, sapphires from India, pearls from Panama, and the most humble Indian jade.

In fact, Luo Shangzhi's fearless and fearless attitude made the judge from Potosi, Peru very puzzled. Martin looked down at his attire, raised his hand several times but hesitated to speak, and finally asked with a serious expression: "In front of me This Ming general, don't let your subordinates point their guns at me, in your words, we don't have to be so 'sword-tattling', don't I look like I'm here to fight you?"

Before departure from Lima, the Governor of Peru had already said that all the soldiers sent by the Ming Dynasty to the New World were rude soldiers. convoy.

It is expected that with a large number of people, the attitude of the Ming army will be slightly better.

After all, isn’t that the case in Spain and Portugal? Originally, they drove to other people’s houses with the intention of plundering everything. When they found that there were many others, they would lower their posture and use cunning words to gain an advantage.

It was only after seeing the face that this was not the case at all. Obviously there were many of them, but what could they do?
It is impossible for them to attack Ming Ships, even if there are two Ming Ships, even if there are ten people on board, so what?
They can't do anything. If you change the country, even if it's France, Britain or any country in the world, Mateen can order an attack to expel them, and just go to Changsheng Port to reason with the local officials. It's not a mistake. thing.

But Chen Mu is not a reasonable person. The two governor-generals in the New World are very clear about this matter. Those who really know the inside story understand that the root of the conflict lies in their interests, but people who are not clear-headed enough will think that it is a contradiction. What is the root of it?
They would think that the source of the conflict was that the company commander under Bernal had snatched a flag from Zheng Tu, an Indian chief who had belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

For this flag, New Spain paid the price of more than [-] lives and lost more than three lands the size of Iberia.

When this question really made Mateen ask himself, he really didn't dare to expel the Ming army. When Chen Mu was in charge of the New World, no one could be sure how much disaster killing or injuring a Ming soldier would bring to his country.

Even if Martyn, who had learned Chinese from a monk in Lima, uttered an idiom, Luo Shangzhi still looked at him like an iceberg. In the end, Martyn had no choice but raised his hand sideways and said, "Go and see, anyway. It’s all for you, but I advise you, don’t take any of it, otherwise even if we don’t tell you, your General Chen will give you terrible punishment.”

When the soldiers of Shenji Battalion kicked open the first wooden box, everyone's eyes widened due to the luster poured into it.

"General, general, silver, all silver, silver ingots as long as an arm..."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)