"Haha, I think those golden-haired and red-haired ghosts were frightened by us last night and have no courage to fight again!" an officer said mockingly. The soldiers nearby laughed one after another, with contempt in their eyes.
As night fell, smoke curled up in the city. The soldiers and mercenaries sat around the campfire, eating, drinking and talking and laughing. The atmosphere was very relaxed. The residents in the city also swept away their previous panic and came to reward the soldiers and mercenaries with wine and meat. Everyone was eating, drinking, talking and laughing, and having fun.
The soldiers and common people came to propose a toast to Guan Ping and Guan Shan brothers one after another. The two brothers did not refuse anyone who came, and their bowls were filled with wine until it was dry. They were very generous. Singers and dancers walked among the crowd and toasted, making the atmosphere even more lively.
Unconsciously, the lights were turned off, the noisy and lively atmosphere finally calmed down, and the whole city seemed to have fallen asleep.
At this time, a fleet of small boats docked quietly on the north shore, and then hundreds of English elites wearing only light armor and carrying short soldiers boarded the coast and arrived outside the north city gate. At this time, several sentries on the north city gate were sitting by the campfire chatting, completely unaware that hundreds of Englishmen had arrived outside the city gate. At the same time, an English fleet also docked on the north shore under the cover of night. A large group of troops landed on the coast far away from the city gate, lurking in the darkness. They only waited for the raiding force to seize the city gate, and then swarmed out. Enter the city.
The English elite who came outside the city gate shot the lock hook into the dark place on the city wall, making a few soft snaps. A sentry heard this and turned around to look, but didn't see anything. He asked his companions with some confusion: "Did you hear anything?" A companion said with a smile: "Could it be some fan from Yingchun Garden? The sound of my head screaming for bed!" Several people laughed ambiguously, one person swallowed his saliva and couldn't help but said: "Those pink heads are so damn tempting! It's a pity that we are soldiers and can't enjoy it!" Others Several people couldn't help but feel this way, one person said: "But if you can marry a fan and go home, that would be great!"
The person next to me said angrily: "You kid is talking stupid! If you want to enjoy yourself, it's right to find fans, but you can't find them to marry you! Haha, you don't know how much they will give you as your wife. Cuckold!" Everyone laughed.
puff! A sharp arrow suddenly penetrated the chest of a sentry. Everyone who was joking was startled, and then they realized they were being attacked, and quickly drew their swords and stood up. At this moment, a volley of arrows flew towards him, and all the sentinels were hit by the arrows and fell down.
Immediately, only a dozen English elites came out of the darkness and observed the surrounding situation. Seeing that the enemy had not noticed our side, the leader immediately sent a signal outside the city. Immediately, more than a dozen lock hooks were shot up, and hundreds of English elites climbed up the city wall along the lock hooks.
Immediately, the English officer leading the team left half of his men to guard the city and lit three bonfires at the same time. He himself led the other half of the people to rush down the city wall and raid the city gate.
There were more than twenty guards at the gate of the city. Suddenly, many people rushed towards them, and half of them were cut down by surprise. However, the Ming army was brave and good at fighting after all, and the remaining half were shocked and immediately counterattacked. The two sides started fighting at the city gate, and swords flashed and blood flew everywhere. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were extremely brave, slashing and killing enemies one after another with their swords. However, there were too many enemies, and they were soon overwhelmed by the enemies and fell into a pool of blood.
The English elite captured the city gate in one fell swoop and opened it immediately. Thousands of English marines had already arrived outside the city gate. When they saw the city gate opened, they immediately rushed in.
The lookout soldiers standing on the sentry tower on the west coast heard some vague commotion coming from the north and couldn't help but look towards the north. I vaguely saw what seemed like many soldiers and horses pouring into the city gate. I was frightened and hurriedly sounded the alarm. Dang, dang, dang..., the loud ringing of the alarm bell broke the tranquility of the night, and the soldiers and civilians who were immersed in sleep woke up one after another.
Guan Ping stood up unsteadily, looked at the direction from which the alarm bell came, and frowned: "What's going on? Is the enemy coming?"
An officer covered in blood stumbled over and said urgently: "Sir, it's not good! The enemy has entered the city!" Guanshan, Guanping, Zhang Hong and the others were shocked. Guan Ping shouted angrily: "What the hell are you talking about? How could the enemy invade the city as soon as the alarm sounded!" The officer said: "It's true! My subordinate led a patrol to patrol the streets and ran into a follower. The enemy came from the north, and there was a fierce battle between the two sides, but only one of my subordinates escaped!" As if in response to his words, bursts of exclamations and fighting sounds came from not far from the north.
Guan Ping frowned, picked up the big knife at hand, and shouted at Zhang Shun: "Brother, please pay attention to the west, I will deal with those bastards!" Then he shouted at Zhang Hong: "The people from the escort agency are following me!" Zhang Hong loudly agreed and immediately greeted everyone behind him.
Guan Ping led a group of soldiers and horses, and Zhang Hong led the escorts from the escort agency and rushed to the north. In the streets and alleys, I encountered enemies who were killing people, setting fires and looting property, and immediately fought back. The two sides immediately started fighting. I chopped you to the ground, and you stabbed me down in the ditch. The light of the knife reflected the light of the fire, and blood was sprayed everywhere; screams and roars came and went.
Several English soldiers saw a Ming soldier in front of them cut down one of their own soldiers to the ground. They immediately rushed over with weapons and howls. Several people surrounded one of them. The Ming soldier was immediately defeated and his arm was cut off and stabbed in the chest. . At this moment, two Ming soldiers rushed out from the alley behind the English soldiers and slashed at several English soldiers with their swords. Amidst the screams, several English soldiers also fell in a pool of blood. middle.
While the melee was going on in the city, drums were beating loudly on the sea, and the English main fleet rushed straight towards the city. The artillery fire from both sides shook the sea and the sky, and orange flames bloomed in the night from time to time. The huge English fleet seemed like a huge wave that was about to engulf the entire city. To the south, Hood and Horatio led nearly 10,000 marines to also launch a fierce attack on the city. Artillery fire rumbled on the city wall. However, this time the fierce artillery fire could not stop the English charge. They rushed to the bottom of the city wall and set up ladders. Storm the city. The defenders of the Ming Dynasty kept firing arrows, and the rolling stones and wood poured down like a waterfall. The British soldiers were smashed to pieces, but they still rushed upwards. The scene was vigorous.
The fierce battle in Beicheng continues, with scenes of bloody killings and flames blazing into the sky everywhere. Facing the frenzied counterattack of the Ming army and mercenaries, the English army in the northern city gradually became unable to withstand it. However, the situation in the west and south is becoming more and more unfavorable. The British army's offensive is so fierce that they are going crazy! The artillery fire was bombarded desperately, the infantry charged desperately, and the corpses of both sides kept piling up on the top and bottom of the city! Slaughterhouse is not enough to describe this bloody scene!
The English troops in the north city finally couldn't hold on any longer. Under the fierce counterattack of the Ming army and mercenaries, they all withdrew from the city, and the north city gate slammed shut.
Then Guan Ping left the mercenaries to guard the north city wall, while he led his troops to the south city wall.
The main fleet of England and the marines from the south continued to attack the city, but they saw from a distance that the battle in the north city had gradually calmed down, and they couldn't help but feel suspicious. Immediately, I felt that the defensive force in front of me not only did not weaken, but actually strengthened. Only then did I know that the troops that invaded Beicheng had failed and retreated. The morale of the English army was inevitably dampened, and the offensive suddenly became worse than before. When Nelson saw that he had almost captured the city, he couldn't help but feel extremely upset. Although he was unwilling to do so, his energy was now dampened and any further fighting would be a waste of energy, so he had to order all armies to stop attacking.
The fleet on the sea stopped attacking and retreated to the starting point of the attack, while the marines in the south also stopped attacking and retreated. The vigorous and noisy battle gradually came to an end.
Guan Ping sat down on the ground and said happily: "It was so damn dangerous! It was almost over!" Guan Shan also sat down. The two brothers looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Guan Ping said: "It's not bad! Damn, you're lucky! I thought I couldn't hold on anymore, but I didn't expect that we were repelled! It seems that God is still helping us! I won't scold God anymore in the future. ! Haha!" Guan Shan said: "Brother, we were too careless this time and almost caused a catastrophe, but we can't be careless anymore!" Guan Ping nodded and said: "You are right! Before this battle is over, , I will never drink again!" Then he rushed to Guan Shan and said: "Brother, do you want to count and see how much we have lost?" Zhang Shun complied and ran down.
Not long after, Guan Shan returned to Guan Ping, clasped his fists and said, "Brother, the approximate losses have been calculated. Nearly a thousand people were killed and nearly a thousand were injured. This round of the enemy's offensive is really fierce!"
Guan Ping frowned, "Damn! It feels so bad to be caught off guard!" He looked at Guan Shan and asked, "What about the other losses?" Guan Shan said, "The other losses are mainly Beicheng's. The people and shops suffered losses. Many people died in this melee, and the property damage was also considerable." Guan Ping waved his hands and said: "These are nothing. Are our grain, grass, baggage and gunpowder equipment okay?" Guan Shandao said "Those are all fine." Guan Ping nodded and said, "That's good! As long as the food, grass, baggage, gunpowder and equipment are fine, we can persevere!"
Then he asked angrily: "Why did the enemy come in through the north gate silently?"
Guan Ping said: "I went to the North City Gate and saw that all the sentry guards were killed. It's not their fault, it's our carelessness."
Guan Ping nodded, "It's my fault!"
On the flagship of the English fleet, the generals stood in front of Nelson with their heads lowered, feeling very depressed. Nelson was pacing back and forth, looking annoyed. No wonder he was angry. This time, the plan was so thorough and successfully implemented. He was about to conquer the city, but in the end he still failed. How could this not make him angry?
Nelson stopped and looked at the bandaged subordinate who was not very tall but had a very fierce temperament. He asked angrily: "Horton, you have already invaded the city. Why did you end up being killed by them again?" Driven out?" It turned out that this Horton was the English general who led the army to break through the north gate and enter the city.
When Holden heard Nelson's question, he felt ashamed and said: "Generalissimo, we have tried our best! But the enemy was much more ferocious than we expected. They fought back like crazy. Although we tried our best, we failed in the end. You can hold on!"
Nelson snorted and said: "No matter what reason, I can't excuse your failure! Since this attack failed because of you, I decided to punish you by downgrading you to two levels. You will still lead the army. I hope you can make meritorious service in the subsequent battles!" Holden was very depressed.
Nelson glanced at the generals and asked, "Do you have any ideas on how to attack this city?"
The generals began to discuss in low voices. Hood, who looked like a golden-haired lion king, shouted to Nelson: "Generalissimo, I think all conspiracies and tricks are of no use. Let's just concentrate on a frontal attack! I don't believe that such a powerful fleet as ours in Great England will not be able to capture this city!" Many Advent roared in agreement.
Nelson looked thoughtful, he didn't really want to attack forcefully. After these two days of fighting, he had discovered that the city in front of him was not only well-defended, but also that the defenders were not as weak as he had previously judged. They were clearly elite troops who were accustomed to fighting, and their bravery exceeded Imagine. Faced with such a well-defended city and the defenders are very good at fighting, relying on one's own powerful force to attack the city, although you can succeed in the end, I'm afraid you will have to pay a high price!
Nelson didn't decide what to do for the time being, so he let everyone go down.
In the next few days, the English fleet did not launch an attack. It seemed that there was no good way to attack West Gull City.
At noon that day, Nelson was standing on the deck looking at the island city in front of him, with a thoughtful look on his face. A pro-army officer ran behind Nelson and bowed: "Generalissimo, news came from the outer sentry ship that envoys from two kings on West Gull Island came to see the generalissimo."
Nelson knew that this island was not the territory of Yanyun, but belonged to the Sinhalese Kingdom and the Tamil Kingdom. The Ming Dynasty did not own the land here, but only rented the land along the coasts of the two countries and established a stronghold. Nelson was thinking about the strategy to attack Xiou City these days, but he couldn't think of any good way. He finally thought of using the Sinhala and Tamil methods, but he didn't expect that before he took action, their envoys actually came to his door. . Nelson smiled slightly and said to the officer: "Let them come over."
The officer responded and immediately ran to the observation tower to order the messenger to pass on the order. The messenger immediately conveyed the order to the outside using flag language. Soon after, a small boat was seen passing through the numerous warships.
The two envoys paid a humble audience to Nelson in the cabin of the flagship.
Nelson looked at the two people in front of him and saw that their skin was brown and black, as if they were covered in dirt. They were not ugly, but the expressions on their faces were full of humility. Nelson couldn't help but feel contempt and asked in English: "Why do you want to see me?" James, a middle-aged maritime merchant next to him, immediately translated into Chinese and asked the two of them.
The two envoys did not understand English, but they understood Chinese. After listening to James' words, the envoy on the left immediately replied in Chinese: "I am the envoy of His Majesty the King of Sinhalese. I came to see the Generalissimo on behalf of our Majesty. I want to ask your army What is the purpose?" The messenger on the right also said in Chinese: "I am the messenger of the Tamil King, and I am also here to ask about the purpose of your army."
James translated both men's words into English. Nelson smiled coldly and said: "We are here to fight against the heretics of the Ming Dynasty. We will never withdraw our troops until these Eastern heretics are wiped out! Since you are allies of the Ming Dynasty, you are naturally among the targets of my army of heaven! You are the messengers, I If I don’t kill you, go back and tell your king that if you don’t want your country to be destroyed and your body to die, surrender to God early! Only in this way can you get God’s forgiveness!”
James proudly translated these words into Chinese. The expressions of the two envoys changed with horror after hearing this, and they said urgently: "We are not allies of the Ming Dynasty!" The envoy on the left said: "Actually, we are not happy that the Ming Dynasty people stay in our land. It's just that their army is strong, and we We couldn't afford to offend them, so we had to obey and rent the land to them." The messenger on the right nodded and said, "That's right! If someone can help us get rid of them, we would be happy to ask for it! Please be aware of it, Generalissimo! If the Generalissimo can let our country go, our country is willing to supply food and grass to support the Generalissimo!" The envoy on the left quickly expressed that his country was also willing to supply food and grass.
James translated both of their words into English. Nelson glanced at the two of them and said, "If it's true as you said, I can let you go." James translated this sentence. Both messengers showed joy. Nelson continued: "However, your mere support of food and grass is not enough to atone for your sins." After Nelson finished speaking, James also finished translating. The two envoys looked at each other with confusion, and asked together: "I wonder what the Generalissimo wants us to do?"
Nelson saw the expressions of the two men and guessed the meaning of their words without needing to translate. After listening to James' translation, he thought to himself: 'These are really low-class people. They are stupider than pigs. They actually took the initiative to put themselves at the mercy of slaughter. above the position. ' Said: "It's very simple. We only need you to help us eliminate these Yanyun heretics, and we will believe in your sincerity. In that case, you will be allies of the Kingdom of Heaven. Not only will we not attack you, but we will help you."
James translated these words. The two envoys did not expect that the other party would make such a request, and they did not know how to answer for a while. In fact, neither the Sinhala Kingdom nor the Tamil Kingdom wanted to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty. They were afraid of the new and powerful Heavenly Fleet, and they did not dare to offend the Ming Dynasty people. They just wanted to win over these two powerful forces. Just seek peace in the midst of struggle. However, this goal seems to be difficult to achieve. The attitude of the English is clearly that if you don't help us destroy the Ming people, you will be our enemies. We will destroy you and the Ming people together! They didn't want to choose a side, but it seemed they couldn't help it at this time.
The envoy from the Sinhala Kingdom said: "Generalissimo, this matter is too important for me to make the decision. Please let me report back to our Majesty." The envoy from the Tamil Kingdom also said the same. James translated their words, and Nelson said nonchalantly: "It's up to you. But I want to warn you, time is running out. I will only give you three days. After three days, I will treat you as equal to Ming Dynasty." Heretic." When the two envoys saw Nelson's expression and heard the words translated by James, their expressions changed. They bowed respectfully to Nelson and left.
After the two envoys left, Horatio couldn't help but ask: "Generalissimo, will they surrender to us?" Nelson smiled and said nothing.
After receiving Yang Peng's order, the Ming Navy began to gather on Hainan Island. In the afternoon of this day, the fleet led by Wang Rong to conquer Japan arrived at Wanning Port in the south of Hainan Island. Before Wang Rong's fleet arrived, Wang Hai's fleet had already arrived. After the Wang Hai Fleet previously ambushed the Japanese fleet heading north for reinforcements, it went all the way south to attack the Mayi Kingdom (now the Philippines) that was helping the Japanese. How could the Mayi Kingdom be the opponent of the Yanyun Fleet? Within a few days, the capital Manila was Lost. However, due to the invasion of the Kingdom of Heaven to the east, Yang Peng ordered Wang Hai to transfer his fleet to Wanning Port to prepare for the western expedition to face the English fleet in the west. Therefore, Wang Hai immediately transferred the fleet that had just captured Manila back to Wanning Port and failed to continue to expand the results. However, Manila did not give up, but left three thousand marines to guard it.
Wang Rong got off the boat and was pleasantly surprised to see her brother and Yang Peng standing on the pier to greet her. He hurried over and stared at Yang Peng with a pair of wonderful eyes, saying nothing. Wang Hai was very depressed when he saw that his sister only saw her lover but not her brother, and immediately coughed loudly.
Wang Rong came back to her senses, rolled her eyes at her brother, and then asked Yang Peng in confusion: "Why are you here?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "I want to take your ship to fight against the English fleet. Where can I go if I don't come here?"
Wang Rong showed surprise, "Brother is going too?"
Yang Peng smiled and said, "Can't I go?"
Wang Rong said with some worry: "The sea is not as good as the one on land. If the battle is unfavorable, breaking out may be a problem!..." Yang Peng smiled and waved his hand, saying: "This is not a problem at all. I believe our fleet can achieve The final victory!" Wang Hai and Wang Rong, brother and sister, after hearing this, couldn't help but feel a hundred times more confident than they were originally worried. Wang Hai said loudly: "Your Majesty is right! No matter what kind of bird it is, it can't be our Ming Dynasty. Rivals of the navy! I heard that the English fleet is the most powerful fleet in the West and has always boasted of being invincible at sea! Humph, this time we will wipe them out completely in one go and see who is the invincible at sea!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
