Chapter 1865： Pirate pattern

Because Nanlang Town was too close to Humen Fort, and Sun Wei said from the mouth that there were more than 100,000 troops under the command of the "Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi", and many artillery, Dagama did not intend to stay in Nanlang Town, but was looting. After that, he evacuated in a hurry.

Because there is no professional dock to repair the ship, Dagama was not relieved after forcing the carpenters of Nanlang Town to repair the Braga and Setubal. After withdrawing from the Pearl River estuary, Dhakama simply let the two ships return to the port of Malacca. In the port of Malacca, the Portuguese built a very professional shipyard, which can carry out a complete overhaul of the two ships, so as to avoid the situation of the ships.

Then, Dagama took the remaining 28 warships to the Hong Kong Island that he saw when he first arrived. In the deep water bay on the west of Repulse Bay on the south side of Hong Kong Island, he found a ruined small fishing village and seized it, and The fleet is docked here.

In fact, Dagama is most optimistic about the piece of land west of the Lingding Yangkou in later generations, which is Macao in later generations. But the problem is that Dagama knew that there were more than a hundred thousand troops under the governors of the Guangdong and Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty. The land in Macau is close to the mainland, and it is easy to be besieged by the Ming army.

Therefore, obviously, he is more optimistic about Macau, but for safety reasons, Dagama took the fleet to the more hidden south of Hong Kong Island, found Deep Water Bay, and stopped here.

"You guys, let's talk about it, what should we do next? Ming Guo's power seems to exceed our imagination. Wanting to conquer Guangzhou City and forcing Ming Guo to bow his head seems to be an impossible task ..." Dhaka After Marton settled the fleet, he called all the captains to a meeting to discuss the next step.

After two days of heated debate, Dagama and his captains finally reached a consensus that they planned to use the deep-water bay fishing village as a base to launch an attack on the coastal area of ​​Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty. Although Guangzhou, a prosperous port city, may not be able to get in touch, according to the news that Sun Wei has inquired from, it seems that Ming Guo seems to have developed an artillery fortress not long ago, which is also a matter of these two years. But only Guangzhou and the legendary Hu Jian's Quanzhou and other important ports will have artillery fortresses called "forts". If you do not attack those important ports, the firepower of the Portuguese warships is not a big problem.

For example, on the coastal map of Guangdong purchased from the pirates of the Pearl River Mouth, Dhama found that in addition to Guangzhou, there are coastal towns in Huizhou and Chaozhou in Guangdong, which are also very prosperous. Moreover, the defense force cannot catch up with Guangzhou. The most important thing is that those places are said to have no artillery ...

Dagama waved his hands and encouraged loudly:

"Everyone, you have also seen that in just one Nanlang town in Xiangshan County, we grabbed more than 10,000 rials (1 rial = 0.5 shilling, 1 gold coin = 5 shilling = 10 rial) Gold and silver. It is said that those county towns have tens of times more wealth than country towns. As long as they can grab a few coastal county towns, they can get millions of rials of wealth! In particular, there are many silk shops and porcelain shops in the county town. , Are all valuable goods! "

"You, we mainly grab a few coastal counties, everyone can make a fortune to go back! And, maybe it can also force the Ming State to make concessions, so that the great Kingdom of Portugal can get the opportunity to trade with the Ming State ..."

But Captain Dias of Madeira frowned:

"Sir, are you too optimistic? As far as I know, those Mingguo county towns are very tall and strong. Moreover, there are multiple health centers along the coast of Mingguo Guangdong, each with five or six thousand soldiers. Think It might be a little difficult to break through those county towns and even state towns. If time goes by, Ming Guo will definitely send a large number of soldiers to rescue ... "

Dagama does not matter:

"It's okay, Dias, even if we can't break those county towns, can we still rob the coastal towns? Those small towns have no walls and no army guards. Even if they can't break the county town, they can overcome several coastal towns. Ah. A small town robbed more than ten thousand rials worth of gold and silver, a few small towns are tens of thousands ... There are so many coastal towns in the Ming Dynasty, and more snatches can always get millions of rials. No, we can go north and go to Hu Jian to ransack coastal towns ... "

"What if the Ming Dynasty sent a fleet to face the battle?" Dias frowned. According to the information provided by the Ming people, the Ming State has two sailors in Guangdong and Hu Jian, but it is estimated that there are hundreds of warships.

"You said those boats? Captain Dias, did you forget the naval battle of Calicut? The joint fleet of Egypt and India also touched hundreds of warships, but what happened? In front of the artillery, those battles The Ming national sailor who was behind the law was vulnerable to a blow! "Dagama said from himself.

He was not nonsense. In these years, the Ming Dynasty sailors were indeed not much stronger than those in Egypt and India. In the face of the Portuguese fleet that uses all artillery to fight, there is really no chance of winning.

Dagama ’s plan was also very simple-by looting Daming coastal towns, to anger Ming State, let Ming State send a sailor to fight against himself at sea.

Afterwards, Dagama planned to annihilate Ming's sailors, let Ming "see the reality", and finally be forced to bow his head, and allow Portugal to open Ming's market and earn huge wealth ...

Uh ...

Strictly speaking, Dagama's plan is good. This insignificant tactic can indeed provoke the Ming army to send a fleet to fight side by side. Then, the Portuguese artillery will teach them to "be a good man" ...

As long as the sailors on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty were annihilated, the Ming State would have lost its ability to compete with Portugal at sea. Then, you can slowly force Ming to follow.

It ’s a pity ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Dagama and his captains did n’t know that this kind of perpetual threatening approach might be useful in other countries and other dynasties. However, the Ming Dynasty, which now controls China, is historically known for its hard bones. If you want to force the Ming Dynasty to follow, it is really difficult to succeed.

Therefore, Marin was so hurried to offer the plan to build the fort, helping the Ming Dynasty find a relatively conservative solution. Lest Zhengde's mind get hot, what a navy ... After all, Liu Daxia just hid the treasure ship drawings and nautical charts. If it is under the pressure of war, Liu Daxia can hardly bear the pressure ...

But with a fort, it is different. The existence of the fort is very in line with the conservative defense strategy of the civil servant group. The cost is not too much, and it will naturally be favored.

In addition, Zhengde itself is also a dry duck. Historically, Zhengde fell into the water when he went south, and he became ill, and then screamed ... If he understood water, would there be a problem because of the water?

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"Sacking the coastal towns of the Ming Dynasty ... Lord Dagama, this is no different from pirates! Will it affect the reputation of His Majesty the King?" Captain Dias was still a little worried.

Dagama does not matter:

"Pirates do pie and pirates do pie, please remember-we are not professional pirates, we can rob property and food. But try not to kill people!"

"Everything we do is for Portugal. So, even if the reputation is damaged? For the great Portugal, I am willing to guest pirates!"

That's it. Next, 28 warships hiding in the deep water bay on the south side of Hong Kong Island started the "pirate mode" along the coast of Guangdong.