Even so, at least the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have added new warships, and the number of combined fleets has doubled. No matter what, they had confidence in their hearts and were not really worried.
Just like that, the new capital city continued. As for the scale, it is really very small, far from being compared with Isfahan. In order to meet the construction deadline, no city wall was even built on the sea side.
Because in their opinion, with the combined fleet on this side of the sea, safety can at least be guaranteed. If the Ming army dares to go around and attack, they will definitely be attacked by the combined fleet. No matter how many come, they will die!
Regardless of manpower investment, the scale was small, and there was no need to build the seaside side. When the Ming army from Isfahan had only walked halfway, the new capital was almost completed.
Of the tens of thousands of civilians, only five or six thousand were left in the end. Standing on the top of the not-so-high city, Abbas II gave the order to drive away the civilians. Staying here any longer is just a waste of food, which he can't afford.
After all, Gombrun was originally just a fishing village. Although it developed after the Dutch and British fleets docked, it could develop there again in about a year or two! There is no output here. When the capital was moved from Isfahan, the warehouses were indeed moved around. However, the food that was moved had to be supplied to the United Fleet, and it was not known when the Ming army would retreat. Abbas II had to be frugal.
Seeing the Persian army coming to drive them away, the civilians were desperate.
They were already exhausted, and the surroundings had been scraped by the Persian army as if they were scraping the ground, so there was nowhere to eat. If you are driven away, you will only end up starving to death within a hundred miles.
However, facing the army's expulsion, they had no choice but to leave. Suddenly, there was a lot of wailing and crying in Gombrun.
However, Abbas II ignored this and moved into his new palace, which was actually just a larger house. If we work too hard, it will be impossible to build the palace and we will have to make do with it.
In order to celebrate the completion of the new capital city and to celebrate its completion before the arrival of the Ming army, Abbas II also held a small banquet. Congratulations with his confidants, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, as well as Max and Anthony.
Many people haven't had a good meal for a long time, so they took the opportunity to drink more. Of course, they couldn't help but congratulate Abbas II.
"Your Majesty, this new capital city is impregnable. If the Ming army dares to attack forcefully, they will definitely suffer a bloody blow! Congratulations to the new capital city!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, this fort is really clever. No matter which direction you attack the city, you will be attacked by our two points and one line. Congratulations to such a powerful new city!"
"Wei Chen suggested that it would be better to ask the two fleet commanders to move some cannons to the top of the city!"
"..."
After hearing this, Anthony quickly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have already given the order. Not only will the artillery be sent to the top of the city, but also the most powerful artillerymen will be sent. This will definitely guarantee the power of the artillery."
"Your Majesty, I have sent people to transport the artillery. I guarantee that the artillery will have the longest range and the greatest power. Your Majesty will definitely be satisfied!" Max glanced at Anthony, curled his lips, and immediately said to Abbas II.
Abbas II laughed heartily after hearing this, which made him feel relieved. So, he raised his glass and said to the two Europeans: "Come, drink to my friendship with you!"
"Cheers!" Max and Anthony both raised their glasses in response.
Not only that, the civil and military officials also quickly took the opportunity to raise their glasses, say "cheers" and drink it all in one gulp.
Seeing the palace maid pouring wine, Max smiled and said to Abbas II: "The Ming army has only arrived at 10,000 people, and they are still moving so slowly. It is obvious that the commander is not good enough. Otherwise, we must rush as fast as possible." I'm here. I'm sure this partial division of the Ming Army is not very good!"
Abbas II felt the same way about this. If he were to take command, he would definitely use the fastest speed to attack here before the construction is completed.
Therefore, he smiled and said: "It is best if this Ming army retreats despite the difficulties. Otherwise, how about you cooperate and annihilate this Ming army?"
Whether they are Dutch or British, they are all equipped with flintlock muskets. With their cooperation, the Ming army only has more than 10,000 troops and can definitely be destroyed. What's more, the ability of the commander of the Ming army is just that.
In fact, for Abbas II, he was not afraid of other Ming generals as long as he was not facing the Ming emperor.
After hearing this, Max and Anthony naturally agreed. But at the same time, they began to think about whether they should start discussing the benefits to them! If you don’t take advantage of this moment to speak up, you will definitely not get more in the future.
As if Abbas II knew something, he quickly raised his glass and said: "Come, let's drink to our success!"
Hearing this, everyone in the lobby responded loudly and asked for another drink.
However, at this moment, there seemed to be a sound. Anthony and Max were most sensitive to that sound and immediately pricked up their ears to listen.
Seeing that their expressions seemed wrong, Abbas II blinked. Just when he was about to ask something, he heard something coming from outside, so he calmed down and listened.
When the other civil and military officials saw what they were doing, they all noticed and kept quiet.
In the lobby, after it became quiet, I heard something like a sharp flute sounding.
"No, there is an enemy situation!" Anthony was the first to come to his senses. After saying this, he put down the wine glass and immediately stood up and said to Abbas II, "I'll go take a look!"
After saying that, he hurried out without even waiting for Abbas II's consent.
Max was feeling better, and explained to Abbas II: "It seems to be an alarm from the fleet. It may be that the Ming Dynasty fleet has been discovered."
At this point, seeing Abbas II's expression change, he smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Ming army never expected that our fleet would double in size. If they thought they could defeat us, Haha, Your Majesty, please move out and see how we deal with those Eastern natives from the Ming Kingdom!"
After saying that, he turned around and went out to see the situation.
Of course, Abbas II could not be having any banquet, so he immediately led his civil and military officials out.
In the war at sea, he was powerless and could only be a spectator.
The arrival of the Ming army was somewhat expected. At this time, Abbas II was even more looking forward to the combined fleets of the Netherlands and Britain beating the Ming army to pieces in front of him. It would be best to capture another group of prisoners so that he can let out the bad breath he has been holding in his heart.
There are no walls near the coast. But this didn't stop them from flocking to the top of the pier to watch.
All over the shore, British and Dutch people who heard the sirens rushed to the fleet docked in the port. Other Persian troops also crowded over curiously to see the situation. For them, the situation at sea is still quite new.
As for the fleet in the port, the warships that had no sailors disembarked originally headed out of the port to prepare for war.
At this time, the most eye-catching thing is that there are two warships escaping from the east direction, and behind them, there seems to be a row of something.
To the Persians, they didn't know what it was, but to Anthony, he knew it very well.
After a little calculation in his mind, he was suddenly shocked. There seemed to be a lot of Ming fleets coming this time. So, he immediately rushed back to his flagship.
The British fleet commander Max, who was one step behind him, came out without paying much attention at first. But when he saw the line on the sea in the distance, he felt as if someone had slapped him head-on. He was immediately confused: The number of Ming warships seemed wrong!
When he came back to his senses, his face immediately became serious, and without saying a word, he immediately rushed back to his flagship.
By the time Anthony rushed back to the flagship, the two warships on patrol had already fled back and reported what they had discovered using semaphores.
"What? Is that correct?" Anthony was shocked when he heard the sailor's report, even though he thought he had overestimated it. "How many, more than five hundred warships? And thousands of lucky ships?" "
He knew that the Ming Dynasty's Fuchuan could be used for transportation and as a warship. Because originally, this was the only ship owned by the Ming Dynasty.
There are thousands of lucky ships that can't be counted, plus there are about 500 sailing warships, so how can we fight this battle? What a fart!
After confirming through the semaphore again, Anthony was dumbfounded and quickly ordered that regardless of whether the sailors on the shore were on board or not, all sailors should leave the port and prepare to fight or escape!
The Dutch sailors who rushed to the port were dumbfounded as they watched their warships leave the port. As a result, everyone jumped up and yelled, and the pier was suddenly filled with foul language.
The British fleet is just a beat slower than the Dutch side. Soon afterwards, the British sailors, who had not had time to board the ship, jumped up and yelled at the port.
The number of sailors who were not on board was at least a thousand. They gathered at the port and pointed at the departing warships and cursed them. This scene was very spectacular and immediately attracted the attention of many Persians, who all laughed happily.
"Your Majesty, please look at them, they are so funny!"
"Yes, as for that, wouldn't it be better if we didn't catch the ship to fight? We'd better go back and get on the ship after the fight is over!"
"..."
While they were talking, Abbas II took a look and clearly felt something was wrong. The two fleets left in such a hurry, it was not as easy as the British guy said!
When he turned back and looked at the sea in the distance, he finally saw it clearly. Those things before were all masts of Ming army battleships. The ground is full of Ming warships. How many are there?
Although his estimate was not as accurate as Anthony's and others, it didn't stop him from feeling that the Ming fleet was huge in number!
Suddenly, he was a little dumbfounded!
