Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 796 Battle of Danjiang

However, it is said to be a hindrance, but in fact it is just a reluctant support to prevent collapse. Philip was indeed a character. Seeing the tenacious resistance of the soldiers and civilians in Tamkang Port and the difficulty of occupying it, Philip immediately made a decisive decision. He no longer focused on occupying Tamkang Port, but instead looted, burned and killed in the port to amass wealth.

After all, Dawan Island is very vast. Even if it is impossible to occupy this place as a foundation, it can still find another place to build a port again. Or simply sail west or south, occupy ports in Nanyang or poisonous areas, and then oppose the Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, this Danjiang Port has gathered a lot of efforts of the Li family of Duke Cao of the Ming Dynasty. As long as it is looted, it will not only deter the Ming Dynasty court, but also make a big fortune and boost the morale of its fleet and sailors.

After all, not all of the ships under their command are British... there are also many other European merchants. Such as Venice and Folangji. Because Philip and Philut secured Britain's status as a tributary state of the Ming Dynasty, these Europeans also pretended to be British in order to obtain more practical benefits in trade with the Ming Dynasty.

However, this time Philip and Felt overturned, and these businessmen who pretended to be British were naturally affected... If there was no profit, these people would not follow Philip's instructions. Even other British merchants...most of them came from nobles from various parts of Britain. They smelled the benefits of trade with the Ming Dynasty, so they went to the east. Most of these people have their heads above their heads, and they may not listen to them.

To hold this group of loose sand together, we must let them eat meat. Philip knows very well that these people have greedy nature in their bones. For them, as long as they can lead them to gain benefits, they will obey him.

As for whether to be a businessman or a pirate... who cares?

As a result, Tamkang Port, which was still fighting, burst into flames. The landing Xiyi sailors fought with the soldiers and civilians of Tamjiang Port while plundering this port, which was soaked in Li Jinglong's hard work and built with great difficulty by the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty and the Gaoshan people. When the crazy European sailors saw the wealth in Tamkang Port, their eyes were already red.

This group of merchants who had no access to the Ming Dynasty all turned into vicious pirates.

So when Li Jinglong's fleet returned to Tamjiang Port, looking at the fireworks and firelights rising into the sky on the coastline, the heir apparent of Cao Guogong, who always pursued elegance and gentlemanly demeanor, was so rare that his eyes were split. fly into a rage.

"These Rakshasa devils actually tried to trick me into trying to conquer the east and attack the west... The sails are full! The sails are full!"

"Master, I will blow up their pirate ship!"

Although Li Jinglong's treasure ship was extremely fat and big, it still had many sails. Li Jinglong ordered the sails to be full in anger, and the sailors did not dare to disobey. In an instant, the many sails on the treasure ship were filled and bulged. The speed of the huge treasure ship suddenly accelerated, and it was actually much faster than other ships.

Seeing the flagship like this, the other ships of the Nanyang Fleet also filled their sails. Suddenly, the entire fleet cut through the waves and overran the British fleet outside Tamkang Port. The treasure ship under Cao Guogong, Li Xiaogong, was like a cannonball, and he rushed to the forefront.

At this time, the European fleet headed by Philip, Felut and others was still docked at Tamjiang Port, and their sailors were still fighting on the shore with the tenacious Tamjiang soldiers and civilians... "The Ming Army Fleet ? Why did you come back so fast?" On the British flagship, Philip, who was still holding a goblet and watching the fire on the shore, was so stunned that he didn't even know that the bottle of valuable wine was spilled on his clothes.

He was puzzled. Even if the Ming army discovered that the port being built was a suspected soldier, they should not have realized so quickly that they wanted to attack the West Danjiang Port from the east and come back with reinforcements so quickly.

He never imagined that the group of White Lotus believers whom they bought with a lot of money and seemed to be very respectful and hard-working would have sold out the British people before the Ming army could test them. They never imagined that the British sailors who stayed there and thought they could control the situation were actually no match for those humble White Lotus believers...

"Damn it, don't think so much, Philip, the Ming Dynasty's ships are coming... Oh my God, is their commander crazy..." Seeing that Philip was still confused and confused, Felute was anxious jumping feet. Although their fleet saw the Ming fleet rushing towards them, the sailors were still burning and killing them on the shore and had no time to board the ship.

And that Ming Dynasty’s flagship... came too fast!

"Boom!" While Felute was still anxious, the Ming Dynasty flagship flying the flag with the word "Li" had already crashed into the British fleet like a cannonball, which was too late to evacuate. The tall hull and terrifying tonnage of the treasure ship crashed into several European multi-masted sailing ships in an instant.

In anger, Li Jinglong did not choose an artillery battle, but directly chose to crash into these Xiyi fleets. Although he was reckless, he accidentally hit them and had the effect of a surprise attack. The European fleet docked at the port suddenly became agitated.

"Hurry! Get on the ship quickly... don't grab it! God! This is the treasure ship of the Ming army!" Felute was so frightened by the treasure ship that came over him like a mountain that he trembled all over. Their flagship is a very tall and sturdy ship in Europe. However, compared with this Ming Dynasty treasure ship, the tip of the mast of their flagship could not even touch the tall side of the treasure ship. From their point of view, the treasure ship's mast looked more like it pierced the blue sky...

Felut had seen this kind of treasure ship before, when they went to Fengmingzhou under the protection of Ming Dynasty's Fengmingzhou fleet. It was precisely because of the intimidation of this tall and terrifying sea beast that they never dared to disobey the rules set by the Ming people when they were in Fengmingzhou, a deserted land surrounded by no one.

Otherwise, they would have long ago tried to find ways to take possession of that vein of gold flowing everywhere.

Now that the treasure ship collided, for Felut, it felt like the earth was collapsing and the mountains were being destroyed. Although he made up his mind to plunder the Ming Dynasty and let the Ming Dynasty take back his life, he never thought of confronting the Nanyang Fleet with such a terrifying treasure ship. Philip was more rational. He discovered that the opponent's flagship had crashed into the shallow sea, and he was immediately overjoyed: "Quick, surround the flagship!"

"Such a big ship, once it stops, it will definitely not be able to turn around and leave easily... God, if we can seize this big Eastern ship, we will do it!"

(End of this chapter)