A tiger cannibalize people, and a person can also hurt the tiger's heart! Not only did the Ming pirates want to take advantage of this fortune, but the Western colonists, Spaniards, Dutch, and even the Portuguese who remained neutral on the seas of Southeast Asia all hoped to give a heavy blow to the vigorous Ming water power, fight the Ming Dynasty back on the shore and continue to be the huge but friendly land neighbor.

This time, the treasure ship was also their opportunity!

As the battle was in full swing, suddenly, overwhelming artillery fire suddenly sounded from behind, and water columns, with fish, shrimps and crabs splattered on the deck. With a roar, grape bombs hanged on the masts. Even the thick mast made of exquisite Liaodong giant trees still collapsed with a crackling sound under this heavy impact, and then it hit the water with a bang.

He was still firing firecrackers at the treasure ship surrounded by the encirclement. He suddenly turned around and the entangled Ming pirates were shocked to find that at some point, there was an aggressive Western fleet behind him.

To be honest, even if the Dutch in Batavia tied up with the Spaniards in Manila, there were only fifty-four main warships, and the treasure ships in the encirclement were still less than half of the Ming pirates. However, they had the right time to cut in. They rushed out from the two wings of Gariodan Island and were tied to the side of the Ming pirates. Moreover, these bastards were obviously more experienced in naval battles.

The fleet moving forward continued to spray light and fire into the middle. Wherever they passed, the Ming warships in the encirclement all exploded with wood chips. Suddenly, a deafening explosion occurred. An unlucky three-masted sailboat was also penetrated by the gunpowder compartment. The huge explosion overturned half of the ship. The sailor was thrown up dozens of meters like a doll, and finally smashed into the sea.

After a brief embarrassment, with fear, the pirate warships in the center of the battlefield roared and abandoned the treasure ships full of holes and roared outwards. The Xihe warship, which was originally a chain, suddenly loosened as the formation changed.

A very good metaphor, between the Ming pirates and the West-Holland warships, it was like a bulky bullfighter and a bullfighter. Western sailors and monkeys climbed up and down on the towering masts. The Dutch sailboats and Spanish sailboats were always so flexible. When they marched, they opposed the muzzles on both sides towards the Ming sailboats, and the artillery fire kept spraying.

Here, the tactical weaknesses of the Ming pirates were even more exposed. Even if they were replaced with gunships, their tactical ideas were still the same as those of the Ottoman Turks. They stayed in naval battles as the continuation of land wars. When they boarded the ship and faced the enemy with a bow without guns. The Ming sailboats driving at full speed often faced the fire of artillery head-on, and then they gurgled forward and bubbled.

The weakness of the Ming pirates lacking unified command was immediately exposed. Some reckless men roared in anger and kept firing artillery and hitting the enemy ships. Some cowards were already in their hearts and hung up their sails to flee to the periphery. The pirate ships that were invincible hit each other and even two pirate ships were overturned by their own people. This was almost not a naval battle, but a unilateral massacre.

On the sea, the fired wreckage was burning violently, and various debris were drifting all over the sea. Pirates who fell into the water screamed and fluttered. The bloody battle also attracted groups of sharks. The terrifying triangular fins were hovering back and forth. Then, a bloody mouth rushed out suddenly as the sailor screamed in fear.

It took only half an hour to cut in from the West-Holland fleet to the deterioration of the battle. Looking at the bloody battlefield on the sea, the Zheng family pirate fleet watching the battle behind were shocked and looked at it in a daze. Zheng Sen's sweat was flowing down like a stream.

He just bet on the reputation of the Zheng family. Once he lost the bet, other pirates divided the treasure ship. The Zheng family, the old pirate king, was ruined. In the future, Zheng Sen could not think of any majesty, but he could only watch the rise of the new pirate king.

But although he won the bet! Zheng Sen's shock was still indescribable. In a hurry, he shouted suddenly.

"Take flags and slogans, the whole army retreats!"

"Big Young Master, go back to Penghu?"

He hurriedly grabbed the Lingqi, and Shi Daxuan also asked in panic. Who knew that Zheng Sen was stunned after hearing this question, he yelled again with gritted teeth.

"Back to Malacca!"

Amid the creaking sound of wood, the heavy Black Island made a 180-degree turn and led the way to the south when it came. At this time, many pirates were already discouraged. Following Zheng Sen's pirate fleet, four pirate ships left the queue and dispersed directly to the north. Some pirate ships followed and fled south.

At this time, the battlefield was officially decided. There were too many pirates in the Ming Dynasty, and the West-Dutch coalition did not pursue it rashly. Anyway, there were many attack targets on the battlefield. Western warships were like hovering vultures, surrounding the broken mast and losing power around the Ming warships that had lost power, spraying ammunition. The entire battlefield was filled with the screams of Ming people.

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The Battle of Gariodan is definitely a haze in the history of the Ming Dynasty. One hundred and ninety-eight battles were sunk in one day, and eighty-seven warships were captured. Almost 37,000 Ming pirates, who were almost 37,000, and more than 10,000 were killed in the battle. There were four or five thousand captured. In the morning, the Ming pirates who were still dreaming of gold and silver seas were all tied by the Dutch with ropes, tied their necks and hands with ropes by the Dutch. They were wet and dragged ashore in fear. The only thing waiting for them was the endless life of slaves, which was simply worse than death.

There were only forty-three boats that followed Zheng Sen back to Malacca, about 12,000 people, and these people were also beaten into frightened birds.

On the beach, there were no more disputes and fights. Amid the abuse of the Black Island sailors, panicked pirates carried stones in a panic and piled up into low walls. The cannons unloaded from the ship were pushed behind the wall. On the other end, the battleships in the battle were also lined up along the narrow Strait of Malacca, and arranged from the later Singapore Lion City to the other side of the sea to form a floating fortress.

"Young Master, why don't you retreat northward? Isn't you waiting to die if you stay here?"

The pirate heads of the Zheng family also lost their former calmness. Following Zheng Sen, Guo Yi roared excitedly, while the other pirate heads were also complaining with grumbling, but just halfway through the words, Zheng Sen suddenly grabbed his collar and roared fiercely.

"I went up to grab it in the morning, as if I was at my fingertips! I was beaten back to Penghu like a wounded dog! Either you obediently listen to my command and wait for the money! Or just shut up and get out of here! I will say more, I will break you up!"

The fierce and vicious eyes, even Guo Yi, who had been living on the sea for decades, couldn't help but tremble violently.

However, Zheng Sen's words really made several pirate ship owners retreat. After discussion, these people simply sneaked to the shore quietly, trying to escape from the boat.

Unfortunately, God did not give them this opportunity. Before they could drive out, the narrow sea outlet of the Strait of Malacca made the pirates of the Ming Dynasty frightened the Spanish black cross flag again emerged like a devil, and the coalition forces of the two countries chased after him.

Holding a telescope, looking at the Xihe battleship that was getting denser on the sea, Zheng Sen's face was still so rigid, but the sweat beads on his forehead still couldn't help but emerge. This was the second time he put his focus on the balance of fate after the first bet in the morning. And this time, he was betting on his life!

The war has come to this point, and the eighteen East India Company directed by Yuan Dabao, as well as the unknown number of royal navy he had joined, have not appeared. But since Yuan Dabao went out to sea, Zheng Sen felt that he did not believe that he had taken the entire army out to fish and play. As long as he could defend himself, once the situation in Southeast Asia changes, he still had the opportunity to follow the dragon to ascend to heaven!

"Turn the shells onto the shore, and if necessary, you must also guard this mudflat! Gan Hui, please pull hundreds of brothers and stick me into the island. If you have any settlements, you will get them back! If you don't want to die, just slap me on this beach!"

Facing the blood-red sunset, the Ming pirates one by one gave weak answers.

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But again, Zheng Sen made the right bet!

Just as the sea on Gariodan Island was soaked in blood, a heavy fleet quietly appeared on the sea of ​​Manila, Spain's base camp in Southeast Asia!

Similar to the city of Gerland, the Spaniards chose Manila to take root and also took a fancy to the easy defense and difficult attack here. The calm safe haven of Manila Bay, the Isthmus of Krabi blocked most of the entrances like half a month. At the tip of the Isthmus of Krabi, a solid and solid Spanish fortress stood there. The fortress was equipped with more than ten cannons, and even a terrifying thirty-six-pound shore defense cannon. The artillery fire was enough to cover the wide entrance of Manila Bay.

However, after seeing this fleet, the shore defense guns did not fire because the fleet was hung with the same Holy Black Cross Flag.

A small boat was put down from the shore, and then waited for the boat at the front. The sailors who controlled the boat and the commander were also Spanish. The captain wearing a big-brimmed hat talked a rude speech to the shore defense soldiers who were on the boat. Then the soldier waved at the fortress on the isthmus with two lamps.

The shore defense soldier with the mast facing away from the back was not paying attention. Just under the shadow of the mast, an Oriental man wearing a triangle cap and standing on his shoulder, but one leg was wood, was cruelly looking at his back.

Holding a revolver with an ivory handle in his hand, a smile outlined the corner of Yuan Dabao's mouth.
Chapter completed!