The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Dang Dang Dang"

The alarm bells were sounded continuously and spread throughout the ship. All the sailors rushed out of the cabin and stared blankly at the scene at the mouth of the bay, where warships with very different shapes from European warships appeared there.

They knew that it was a ship built by a country called Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away, and they were already very familiar with it.

But, where is this place?

It’s not Manila, so why would Ming ships appear here?

With so many ships gathered together, they were not merchant ships, they could only be the official fleet of the Ming Dynasty.

"They are closing in, ready to fight."

The lookout shouted loudly to his stunned comrades.

With the lookout's shout, everyone came to their senses, quickly returned to their positions, and began to prepare for battle.

Although the Ming Kingdom seemed to be an ally with them, so many warships suddenly appeared on the other side, and no news was sent in advance before entering the port.

Those who come are not good, and those who are good will not come.

The Spaniards are not fools. They have often fought with Portuguese and even English pirates before. They are naturally very cautious and will never trust others easily.

What's more, this is the Far East Sea, where there is no order at all.

The fleet on the opposite side came without warning. This was not an ordinary situation.

Under normal circumstances, both fleets would inform each other before approaching to show that there was no hostility.

"What's going on?"

After the Spanish sailors had taken their places, the captain finally appeared on the deck.

"Oh my God."

Without the need for anyone else to introduce the situation, he had already seen the Ming fleet coming in from the mouth of the bay.

"Get ready for battle, raise the sails, and the flagman will communicate with them immediately to see what they are going to do?"

The captain immediately issued a series of orders.

Raising the sails and getting the gunners in position are the most important battle preparations before a naval battle. A battleship is not a fixed fort. It needs to be mobile to have an advantage.

Especially in the current situation, facing the Ming fleet that has a numerical advantage.

At the very least, they cannot be surrounded by the opponent and must maintain a certain degree of mobility.

The captains of several Spanish armed merchant ships issued similar orders at this time, and the armed merchant ship flying the flagship flag lowered a small boat and sailed towards the Daming Nanhai Navy on the opposite side.

Of course, this small boat is not blocking their progress. It is just a mantis trying to act as a chariot. It is just to get in touch with the opponent's fleet as soon as possible to avoid misunderstandings.

All the Spanish captains looked at the small boat indifferently. Although they were prepared, there was not much time and space left for them.

According to their experience, the arrival of the Ming Kingdom fleet is definitely not an ally, but hidden hostility, but they need further confirmation.

And those captains who had been to the Ming Dynasty trade also roughly guessed the origin of the Ming fleet in front of them. It should be the South China Sea Fleet that the Ming Dynasty had assembled in recent years.

The changes in the bay naturally cannot be hidden from the barbarians on the shore.

They send patrols every day to patrol near the west gate of Tortoiseshell City, which is close to the bay.

Suddenly I saw so many Ming warships pouring into the bay, so I naturally reported it to Savela immediately.

"What? A Ming fleet appears in the bay?"

When she heard the patrol report, Savela looked incredulous.

He had told the merchants traveling to and from the Ming Kingdom many times that the Ming Kingdom seemed to have no external ambitions, but why did their fleet appear here?

The gunfire that had been ringing all night in Tortoiseshell City had stopped. It was obvious that the Ming army had successfully occupied Tortoiseshell City.

He was planning to send people to discuss with the Ming generals today to let their troops enter the city to maintain order.

After all, Spain also has the credit for laying down this city, but they cannot let the Ming people occupy this place for a long time. This will be detrimental to Spain's notice to the Philippines.

But at this juncture, the Ming fleet appeared. Could it be that they came to encircle and suppress pirates?

But the timing of this appearance seemed too coincidental.

"Go and tell Lieutenant Miguel to come to me right away."

Savela immediately decided to send someone to communicate with the people of Ming Dynasty to see what the situation was.

Of course, he would never make no preparations. After the calling guard left, Savera called another guard and ordered: "Notify all officers immediately, and all ministries should prepare for battle. Prepare for the Ming people." .

Send more patrols to monitor Tortoiseshell City and the Ming people's military camp, immediately, immediately. "

"Yes, Commander."

The guard stood at attention after receiving the order, immediately turned around and left the hut, and went down to deliver the order.

The news that the Ming Dynasty fleet appeared in Pengaslan Bay spread like a gust of wind throughout the Spanish military camp.

People who were still laughing at the stupidity of the Ming people before can no longer laugh anymore.

At first, because of their usual understanding of the Ming Dynasty, they thought that after helping them eliminate pirates, the Ming Dynasty people would leave with Lin Feng, return to the Ming Dynasty to ask for rewards, and hand over the entire Philippines to them.

But now it seems that this idea may be difficult to realize.

When more troops from the Ming Dynasty arrive, no one can say whether they will be interested in this place.

But just be prepared for it.

A large number of patrols were sent out, especially near the east gate of the Ming Dynasty military camp. A large number of additional troops were deployed to the edge of the camp to establish temporary positions.

Two cannons were also brought over to increase the defense there.

The Spanish reaction did not exceed Yu Dayou's judgment. After Men Chongwen led his troops back to the military camp, he was immediately sent to the east of the military camp to make defensive deployments.

However, Yu Dayou was most concerned about the situation of the south gate of Daimao City.

According to the continuous battle reports, he already knew that most of the city of Daimao City had been controlled by the Ming army, and the only thing left was the south gate.

It must be taken before the barbarians react.

Otherwise, once the pirates choose to surrender to the barbarians and open the gate, it will become extremely difficult for the Ming army to occupy Daimao City.

Although, the probability of the pirates making such a choice is not high.

"The only way to save their lives is to let the pirates choose to surrender."

In front of Yu Dayou was a handwritten order, which he had just written, authorizing Deng Zilong and Chen Lin to persuade the pirates to surrender by saving their lives.

Yu Dayou was not a general who would let others take the blame. Since he was going to make this decision for Daimao City, he would give his subordinates a handwritten order so that they could carry out his orders wholeheartedly.

"Sir, the battle report from the city, the pirates surrendered, and our army has controlled the entire city."

Just as Yu Dayou was about to call someone in and hand him the handwritten order, the voice of the personal guard came from outside the tent door.

"Come in."

Yu Dayou was delighted to hear that the pirates surrendered and the Ming army had already controlled Daimao City, but he immediately called people in. He was also anxious to read the battle report and wanted to know how Deng Zilong and his men made the pirates surrender.

Soon, a scribbled battle report was delivered to him.

He knew from the handwriting that the battle report was written by Deng Zilong.

Although it was scribbled, it was recognizable, and Yu Dayou soon learned the process of inducing the pirates to surrender.

Because the pirates still controlled the South Gate and used many bronze cannons to resist the encirclement of the Ming army, the firepower advantage they had relied on before no longer existed, so Deng Zilong and Chen Lin could not find a quick way to deal with the pirates in a short time.

However, the pirates may have been concerned that the Ming army would threaten their families in the city, so they took the initiative to negotiate with the Ming army in order to save their families.

Well, even if their families were all captured by them, they had feelings for them over time, and some of them had children, so they naturally couldn't just let them go.

With more concerns, they naturally lost their previous courage to not fear death.

It was precisely because of this that the pirates finally chose to surrender, and did not wait until the worst time to make a choice.

Of course, the battle report also mentioned that Yan Youqian and others had made such suggestions to them before.

As for what they needed to do, they just had to ensure the lives of their families, that is, the lives of the captured women and their children.

Of course, the pirates also asked the Ming army to be lenient with them, but Deng Zilong did not agree to save their lives.

Most of the pirates' families were captured and brought here, so they should be able to save their lives.

But pirates are different. They can only wait for the imperial court's order to deal with them.

The pirates finally accepted this.

There is no hope of escape, so why bother fighting?

As long as there is a chance to survive, they will not choose to surrender.

They actually have very little to rely on.

Even the pirates themselves know that as long as the Ming army pulls the cannons onto the city walls, their defenses will be destroyed like a dead tree, and they will die without a burial place.

As for surrendering to the barbarians, well, the self-esteem of the Han people has never made them think of this option.

Even the pirates are willing to do business with the barbarians, but they still can't stand them.

Like all the people of the Ming Dynasty, they regard the barbarians as rude and rude barbarians. Even if they have all kinds of exquisite goods, it still can't change the Chinese people's disdain for them from the bottom of their hearts.

In fact, this attitude has not changed even in the early and middle Qing Dynasty, which is completely different from later generations.

In later times, there were not many Chinese who still maintained this attitude, or at least treated foreigners equally, and most of them were concentrated in the lower classes.

After reading the war report, Yu Dayou looked at the warrant in front of him and took it up and crumpled it.

Since they had made their choice, Yu Dayou did not need to send out this warrant.

However, Deng Zilong and Chen Lin's evaluation in his heart was also improved a lot. They were decisive and not hesitant, and they could lead the troops alone.

"Report, the navy has entered Pengaslan Bay."

At this time, another messenger came running outside the door and shouted outside the tent.

"Come in."

Yu Dayou ordered.

After the people came in, Yu Dayou asked directly: "You didn't fight with the barbarians, did you?"

"Report to the commander, no, the two sides have already started contact."

The messenger was sent by the camp to monitor every move in the bay.

Yu Dayou did not intend to go to war with the barbarians, but it is better to be safe than sorry, so he still sent people to watch on the shore.

This is the worst-case scenario.

"I don't know if the people sent in the early morning have passed on the order."

Yu Dayou murmured.

He naturally chose to pass the news of Lin Feng's escape to the navy, but it is unknown whether the news can stop them.

At least until now, there has been no news from the sea.

In fact, Wang Zhao only received the news from the shore when the fleet entered the bay, and knew that Lin Feng had escaped from Daimao City.

However, he immediately thought of the small fleet before, which was almost certainly Lin Feng's ship.

Well, it was their interference that made him think that the barbarians had discovered them, and as a result, they took action in advance.

But at this time, there was no way to retreat, so they could only continue to act according to the plan.

The Ming Navy warships surrounded the Yi warships in a fan shape. After all, the bay was so small. Once hundreds of warships of the Ming Navy entered the bay, they occupied nearly half of the area.

The other side, close to the mainland, was left to the Spanish fleet.

In such a small space, it would be useless even if the sails were raised.

However, for safety, the Spanish fleet secretly sent a code word inside that once the war started, they could only rush to the shore and run aground.

At least, they didn't have to be surrounded by the Ming army.

It would be good to push them to the shore and make a fort.

If it really didn't work, they would abandon the ship and go ashore to join other Spanish troops, at least they could save their lives.

The small boat sent by Spain to contact them soon sent back the news that the Ming Navy was tracking the Lin Feng pirate group and heard that they were surrounded here, so they came here specially.

After hearing the explanation of the Ming general, the Spanish fleet commander could only send people to continue to contact and send people to go ashore in a small boat to contact Commander Savella and pass on the message.

"Order each ship to allow sailors and gunners to rest in place, but do not relax their vigilance."

Although the Ming navy gave an explanation, the Spanish fleet commander did not relax his vigilance.

It was in such repeated contacts that five or six speedboats entered Pengaslan Bay again.

A few boats were left to guard the small boats towed behind the speedboats, and only one speedboat continued to move forward and entered the navy fleet.

The speedboat was not big and could pass through the gaps in the fleet. It quickly reached the front and found the flagship.

"My lord, the speedboat sent to pursue is back."

When the speedboat approached the flagship, someone whispered in Wang Zhao's ear.

"Let's go."

After leaving the ship, Wang Zhao couldn't wait to get on the deck. Looking at the approaching speedboat, he asked the general flag on it: "Did you intercept it? Did you catch Lin Feng?"

"General, the bandit leader Lin Feng has been captured."

The general flag didn't dare to neglect it. Although he was curious about how Wang Zhao knew that Lin Feng was on the boat, he still answered immediately.

"Okay, okay."

Wang Zhao shouted "Okay" three times after hearing this, and then ordered: "Your speedboat will dock and take the people to the military camp."

Then, Wang Zhao pointed to a personal soldier beside him, jumped on the speedboat, and ordered: "You go to the military camp and tell the general about the situation here."

The actions of the Ming army were naturally seen by the Spaniards.

The news that some Ming soldiers boarded the boat and went ashore soon spread among the Spanish army.

This was also the result of the earlier discussion. The final negotiation still had to be held on land in the city of Daimao.

Now, by escorting the leader to Yu Dayou, this scene was just right to act out.

After the speedboat left, Wang Zhao ordered some of the Ming army's Fuzhou ships to withdraw from the bay and take charge of the outer perimeter patrol, leaving only the flexible speedboats and medium and small Fuzhou ships and gunboats.

Hundreds of ships were crowded in the bay, which was too crowded.

But even so, there were still more than 200 warships crowded in the bay.

When the Spanish boat approached again, Wang Zhao sent someone to pass on the message that the Marshal had come ashore and anyone who wanted to talk could talk to the Marshal.