There was a moderate southeast wind blowing on the Haojiang River, and it was the time when the tide was rising, so the nine galleys moved very fast. In a short time, they approached the inner harbor of Haojiang.
On the first galley, there was a short Japanese mercenary who was also short-handed and wore a white cloth belt on his head. However, he did not have a rope on his shoulders and was just standing on the bow holding a particularly long samurai sword.
This Japanese mercenary's surname is Aoi and his given name is Antonio. He looks to be in his forties or fifties and is the head Japanese mercenary in Macau.
His ancestral home is Kyushu Island in Japan. It is said that his ancestors have been samurai for generations. He serves a Kirishidan daimyo, a Japanese daimyo who believes in Christianity. He is a guide on the art of war...that is, a martial arts teacher.
Later, Aoi's grandfather, ***, had no choice but to flee overseas because of the demise of his family and the persecution of his Catholic faith.
After arriving overseas, *** and his family continued to work as mercenaries in Siam, and then moved to Nanyang, Vietnam.
But no matter where his family goes, their roots are in the Catholic Church... The Bishop of Macau is the real head of his family!
It is precisely because of this relationship that Antonio Aoi has always been marginalized in the Nanruan army. Moreover, his military fortune is not very good, and he always loses the battle. If it were not for his belief in God, he would have committed seppuku out of shame.
More than ten years ago, Aoi, who had been repeatedly defeated in battles, simply resigned from Nan Ruan's official position, moved his family to Macau, and became the leader of the Japanese mercenaries in Macau.
Although he was ostracized by the Portuguese and white people from other countries in Macau... he was treated as a second- and third-class person, and there was little room for advancement. He could not own his own manor like he did in Vietnam. Three wives and four concubines - Westerners in Macau have a lot of sex, but he doesn't dare!
Because after he arrived in Macau, he married a wife of mixed Portuguese and Indian descent... Although she was not beautiful at all and had seven or eight lovers before, it was enough to eat up Aoi, a "Japanese samurai". It's dead!
Don't talk about beating your wife, I'm afraid it's too late for your wife! His wife gave him a black son, and he treated her like a treasure... After all, that woman had some noble Portuguese blood, and Portugal was the master of the Macau colony and the Catholic Church in the entire East and Southeast Asia. protector.
They came to the barbaric, ignorant and backward East in order to spread the truth of God!
It’s a pity that the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, the Lee Dynasty in Korea, the Qing Dynasty in China... and the dying Ming Dynasty all failed to realize the greatness of the Portuguese and God, and they are still there today. Resist their salvation!
The Qing Dynasty even wanted to turn the Portuguese in Macau into bannermen, and wanted the Portuguese servants like Aoi to be slaves... How outrageous!
But the most outrageous thing is Zhu San Taisun, a remnant of the Ming Dynasty. It doesn’t matter that he didn’t kneel down and beg the Portuguese and God for help. He actually dared to attack Macau. It’s really unforgivable!
"Aoi-kun, look there...it's the Great Eastern!"
A Japanese mercenary standing behind Antonio Aoi suddenly shouted, interrupting Aoi's train of thought.
Aoi looked back and saw that he was a young mercenary named Shimada, a "Fourth Generation of Japan", so he immediately cursed: "Baga! Call me Antonio!"
After saying that, he turned his head and searched in the dim light for a while, and found the Great Eastern floating at the entrance of the Haojiang Inner Harbor.
Aoi suddenly pulled out his ancestral nodachi... which is a very long samurai sword. He pointed forward and shouted: "God bless you! Kill me..."
As soon as he shouted, the Japanese mercenaries following him also shouted "God bless you" and "Kill me", and then the Japanese on several other boats also shouted together. On the originally calm sea Suddenly there was a cry of killing.
However, the Great Eastern was still lying quietly on the water, without any reaction.
Have everyone on board already landed?
Antonio Aoi was a little disappointed when he thought of this - his katana had not drunk blood for many years.
Just when Aoi felt disappointed, a thunderous roar suddenly came from the bank on his right. He turned around and saw groups of firelights flickering in the darkness in the southeast - that was the Saint Paul. The 12-pounder long gun on the Luda Fort opened fire!
I don’t know if the sudden sound of cannons gave the black oarsmen who were rowing more power. All nine galleys on the water accelerated their speed and charged towards their prey, the Great Eastern.
And the galley where Antonio Aoi was was leading the way!
Just when the two ships were about to collide, a harsh banging sound suddenly sounded on the originally silent Great Eastern.
Then there was a flash of fire... a row of people holding "torches" suddenly appeared on the side of the Great Eastern.
Antonio Aoi did not realize that the danger was coming, and was still shouting at the people below to prepare to throw the rope grappling hook.
At this moment, he heard another bang, and then he saw the row of "torches" being thrown out and flying towards him.
Burning the boat with torches?
Antonio Aoi was speechless. Isn't this too ignorant and too backward? The Portuguese warships had all been set on fire, so they would not burn easily...
Just as he thought of this, several "torches" had already hit the galley where he was. Only the sound of "crash, clatter" of broken porcelain pieces was heard, and then there was a "boom", the fire shot into the sky, and the screams also followed!
Antonio Aoi, who just thought that Zhu San's grandson would not set fire too much, was surprised to find that he was already in a sea of fire.
Not only was the galley he was riding in burned to pieces in a very short period of time, but the sea around the galley was also on fire!
Even the sea is on fire... What kind of fire is this? Antonio Aoi thought: "Is this the legendary shamisen fire? Is there really Chinese black magic? No, I must find out!"
Thinking of this, he grabbed the rope from one of his men who was forced to hide by the fire. Then he quickly threw the hooked end towards the Great Eastern. After the grappling hook of the rope hooked on the deck of the Great Eastern, Antonio Aoi put away the sword, pulled the rope with both hands and jumped up, out of the sea of fire.
After getting out of the sea of fire, he continued to climb along the rope, shouting at the top of his lungs as he climbed, and he was still shouting in Chinese: "Soldiers of tomorrow, don't shoot, don't shoot arrows... I want to surrender!" The little one is willing to lead the way!”
Well, surrender is still necessary. Aoi's situation, staying on that burning ship was tantamount to committing suicide...Suicide will lead to hell! So he could only surrender to save his life.
Just as Antonio Aoi escaped from the sea of fire, he heard someone on the Great Eastern shouting in unison: "Commander Zhuge has no choice but to set fire, and you and the foreign barbarians will perish in the sea of fire..."
Then there was the wild laughter of "hahaha".
Needless to say, this must be Zhuge San and that high imitation Zhuge Liang showing off... Although he is an "imitation" of Zhuge Liang, the more he imitates, the more interesting it becomes! The Molotov cocktail thrown from the Great Eastern this time was certainly not from his family, but the strategy of using the Great Eastern as bait to attack the Portuguese warship with Molotov cocktail fire was his own idea.
Looking at the Portuguese galley that was burned into a ball of fire, Zhuge's military advisor was so proud that he even forgot about seasickness, leaving only the maniacal laugh of the victor.
The warship Antonio Aoi was on was just the unlucky ship that was set on fire first. Because due to inertia, wind direction and unclear situation of the warship, the remaining ships were like moths flying to the flame, one after another, rushing towards the Great Eastern...and then one after another. It was lit by a Molotov cocktail and turned into a ball of fire floating on the water!
