The Most Powerful Man in the World

On the sea in the distance, a piece of ships suddenly appeared, and the flags of the bright sun and the moon were hung high on these ships. splendid.

Wiping the seawater on his face, Yu Dayou stood on the almost half-sunk ship, his eyes fell on the Daming ship that arrived in time in the distance, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then his face With an excited look on his face, he laughed loudly: "Blessed by the sky, Daming will win!"

"God bless, Daming will win!"

The rest of the soldiers on the ship looked at the reinforcements that came and naturally felt a sense of the rest of their lives. At this moment, seeing Yu Dayu laughing up to the sky, infected by his emotions, one by one laughed loudly.

"how so!"

Seeing that he had paid such a huge loss, he finally had the absolute upper hand. Seeing that the fleet of Daming could be completely wiped out before sunset, who could tell him that this suddenly appeared? Where did the Ming fleet with the same sun and moon flags come from?

Levi looked at the Daming Fleet that came, and almost fainted out of breath.

You must know that this time he assured Grand Duke Qiangwei that he would be able to destroy the Daming fleet. Having learned from the past, although General Levi was unable to command the army, to a certain extent, Levi played a decisive role in this expedition. .

It was also the trust that Grand Duke Qiangwei had in Levi, that was why he dispatched troops again after a failure.

Hundreds of ships seemed to appear out of thin air, and ships appeared in sight.

One, two... Some Spanish generals looked through the telescopic mirrors, but found that there was a black mass above the sea, and there were no less than hundreds of them.

The appearance of so many ships really stunned everyone. To be honest, when they found out that there were so many Daming ships coming, even Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun and others were stunned. .

You must know that they have also received supplies several times, but the supply fleet plus the accompanying merchant ships only add up to dozens of ships at most.

But this time, the ships they saw alone were no less than hundreds, and more importantly, there were nearly a hundred ships among them that were completely warships, and the number of warships was even more than Yu Dayou is the battleship owned by this fleet.

No matter what Yu Dayou and others thought in their hearts, at this time, the Daming fleet was approaching little by little, especially the battleships that had increased their speed were approaching the battlefield while shelling.

As the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Fleet, Stephen was a steady veteran and was quite prestigious in the Spanish Navy.

Si Dewen looked at the darkened Daming fleet coming from a distance from a distance, without thinking about it at all, he directly ordered the flag of retreat to be hung up.

Stephen is not a fool. He naturally knows what the situation on the battlefield will be. If there is no such new addition, and the obvious strength of the Ming Dynasty and reinforcements, then their previous strategic goals are very likely to be achieved. .

But with the arrival of these Daming fleets, Si Dewen understood that if they were to withdraw from the battlefield immediately, there might be a chance of survival. Otherwise, if the Daming reinforcements arrived, they would have to stay.

"withdraw!"

Seeing the command flag hanging high above the flagship, all the captains of the Spanish fleet made almost the same choice.

I saw that the ships of the Spanish fleet that had attacked the Daming fleet frantically began to swell their sails frantically, then turned their bows and left the battlefield at the fastest speed.

"The Spaniards are running away!"

Yu Dayou was taken aboard an intact warship, Yu Dayou looked at the gradually silent ship, his eyes shifted to the Spanish fleet fleeing above the sea in the distance, and said softly.

Yue Buqun glanced at Yu Dayou and said, "Do you want to catch up directly?"

With Yu Dayou's temperament, the possibility of catching up directly is extremely high, but this time, Yu Dayou shook his head.

Yu Dayou shook his head and said, "It's a matter of time before we deal with the Spaniards. Right now, the most important thing for us is to wait for His Majesty's imperial decree. If I expect it to be good, His Majesty has sent so many people all at once. , ship, I'm afraid Your Majesty has some orders for us!"

Yu Dayou, who has long since broken away from the original youth, has been greatly tempered in battles in the past few years. It can be said that if Yu Dayou returns to Daming, it will definitely amaze the civil and military officials. It is Yu Dayou who grew up. It's so fast it's unbelievable.

Yue Buqun was not surprised at all, just nodded slowly and said, "In that case, let's wait for His Majesty's will."

On the sea surface, many Daming ships suffered heavy damage under the shelling of the Spaniards. At this moment, several Daming ships are sinking into the sea on the surface of the sea. Fortunately, the Spaniards have gone away, so those sunken ships The crew and soldiers above can safely transfer to other large ships with the help of small boats.

In particular, the reinforcements who came first at this time have arrived on the battlefield and participated in the rescue of the crew and soldiers who fell into the water.

Almost an hour later, the smoke of gunpowder had already dissipated on the sea surface, and only some broken decks were floating on the sea surface.

In the small port, it was densely packed with ships. Some of the warships were full of gunpowder smoke and scarred. They were the fleet under Yu Dayou who had just fought against the Spanish fleet not long ago.

The other part was the intact ship, which arrived just in time and pulled Yu Dayou and the other Daming reinforcements.

In a church in the port, the layout of the church had changed, and Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun, and Jiao Yuan were sitting opposite several civil servants and generals.

The leading general was an acquaintance of Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong.

Qi Jingtong was favored by Chu Yi in the first battle of the expedition to Dongying. He stood out from a group of generals. He had the military exploits to conquer Dongying. Coupled with Chu Yi's favor, it can be imagined that Qi Jingtong was naturally a prosperous official.

After all, Qi Jingtong's own abilities are not bad, and he is favored by Chu Yi, so it is easy to walk smoothly.

Now, he was appointed by the emperor as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary army, which shows that the emperor valued and trusted Qi Jingtong.

Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou are naturally no strangers, and they were very happy when they met, but the two were busy talking about their goodbyes.

I saw one of the servants respectfully taking an imperial decree, and looked at Yu Dayou and Yue Buqun and said sharply, "Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun, etc. to take the decree!"

Suddenly, Yu Dayou and the others with a straight face slowly bowed to the ground and said respectfully: "I respectfully ask Your Majesty to be safe!"

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict said: Today there are Xiyi, disregarding the kindness and righteousness of the celestial dynasty, and committing a crime against our emperor... Specially designated Hu Wei General Yu Dayou as Hu Wei Bo, and Jin Yiwei commanding Tongzhi Yue Buqun as Dingxiang Bo... destroy this dynasty's food, Raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty to Xiyi..."

Yu Dayou and the others, who were kneeling on the ground, listened to the emperor's award, and their hearts were throbbing. Get up and give thanks!"

The few people who reacted hurriedly bowed to the mighty emperor and received the imperial decree.

When Yu Dayou and the others received the imperial edict, Qi Jingtong and others who were also kneeling on the side followed and stood up. They heard Qi Jingtong clasped fists towards Yu Dayou and the others, and said with a smile on his face, "Congratulations to Hu Weibo and Dingxiangbo. !"

Not only Yu Dayou and Yue Buqun, but also Lin Pingzhi and Jiao Yuan were named earls. Obviously, the emperor still remembers the things they have built for the Ming Dynasty to expand the land in the past few years. piece of military exploits.

Yu Dayou can be said to be a young man with high ambitions, but the perseverance tempered in the battles makes Yu Dayou seem very calm. Although it can be said that the emperor's seal, but Yu Dayou does not show any publicity, he looks very low-key. Calm.

"Master Qi is joking. This time, His Majesty sent Master Qi to lead the reinforcements. It is the opportunity for you and me to join forces to open up territory for His Majesty and become famous overseas."

The meaning of the imperial decree is obvious. On the one hand, it is a compliment for the military exploits they have made in the past few years. On the other hand, the emperor ordered them to teach the Xiyi people a lesson. If they can destroy the country, it will be another Nothing better.

Yu Dayou himself wanted to have a good time in Xiyi, but he was limited by the lack of logistics before, and was blocked by the Spanish fleet outside the Strait of Gibraltar. Even if Qi Jingtong did not lead the army to come in time, I am afraid this. Next time they will perish on the ocean.

Although Yu Dayou was not someone who would take revenge, he was quite vengeful. The Spanish fleet almost destroyed his fleet this time, so Yu Dayou naturally kept it firmly in his heart.

Now that there is a large army sent by Zhu Houzhao, especially the [-] elite soldiers who accompanied the fleet, Yu Dayou really has a lot of confidence.

Qi Jingtong looked at Yu Dayou and said with a smile: "According to His Majesty's wishes, you and I will join forces, you will be the commander and I will be the deputy commander, so from now on, Qi will hand over the command of the army to General Yu. already."

When it comes to commanding the army and commanding ability, Qi Jingtong is naturally not as good as Yu Dayou, so for the emperor to use Yu Dayou as the mainstay, with him as a supplement, Qi Jingtong didn't have anything in his heart, but he was slightly relieved.

It is a matter of life and death for tens of thousands of troops, especially the army of soldiers and horses he brought this time, adding up to at least [-] people.

This is the life of tens of thousands of people. On this journey, Qi Jingtong didn't know how much effort he spent, and he didn't dare to sleep peacefully for many days and nights, because he was afraid that there would be such a little accident along the way and he would end up in ruin.

The winds and waves on the sea are sometimes like the talisman of death for fleets sailing at sea. If there is a little bit of carelessness, a storm may strike, and a fleet may be easily destroyed.

If it wasn't for the emperor's decree, Qi Jingtong would never take the initiative to lead an army thousands of miles to the west. What a big pursuit, more is thinking about how to guard his wife and children.

Yu Dayou nodded slightly, the army united in one place, who is the commander and who is the deputy commander, this is very clear in the imperial edict.

When the army is outside, discord between generals and generals is the worst thing to do. Now Yu Dayou is relieved to hear what Qi Jingtong said. If Qi Jingtong is unwilling to hand over power, to be honest, Yu Dayou really has nothing to do.

With a bit of a smile on his face, Yu Dayou turned to Qi Jingtong: "Everyone, Yu has ordered a banquet, and we will talk during the banquet."

At the banquet, the atmosphere of everyone was very harmonious, and Yu Dayou could be heard raising his glass to Qi Jing channel: "So it is really gratifying to say that General Qi's family has a unicorn, but General Qi's mantle and mantle has a successor. what."

When he mentioned his son, Qi Jingtong was very proud, he laughed and said: "My son's name is Jiguang, Qi does not ask him to expand the lintel of my Qi's family, as long as he can stabilize the family business and not make the family business in the middle. It's good to fail."

Jiao Yuan, who was sitting beside him, chuckled lightly: "General Qi is too self-effacing. As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog, and with General Qi around, Ling Lang will be a tiger general of my Ming Dynasty!"

After the banquet was dispersed, after drinking the hangover soup, Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou and other generals gathered together, and in front of them, a map was spread out.

Seeing Yu Dayou pointing to a spot on the map, his eyes flashed brightly and said: "Everyone, this place is the Strait of Gibraltar, through this strait you can go straight to the Mediterranean Sea, and enter the Mediterranean Sea, even if you have entered the heart of Xiyi, when the time comes As soon as my army comes out, I will definitely be able to sweep the Quartet and raise the prestige of my Ming Kingdom in the barbarian land."

Looking at the location of the Strait of Gibraltar on the map, Qi Jingtong and several other generals were surprised. After all, they came from the capital and did not already belong to the Strait of Gibraltar like Yu Dayou and the others.

Qi Jingtong said in surprise: "What a strait of Gibraltar, such a strait is simply a throat, connecting the ocean and the Mediterranean. It can be said that if the countries around the Mediterranean want to go to sea, they must pass through the Strait of Gibraltar. Such a strategically important place, if However, if you take it, you can at least rejuvenate the country for a hundred years.”

As a qualified general, this strategic vision is still necessary. Qi Jingtong can see this, which is naturally reasonable.

Yu Dayou put one hand on the Strait of Gibraltar, and his eyes flashed brightly: "As long as we take the Strait of Gibraltar, we can pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, and the army will go straight into the Mediterranean Sea."

Everyone can see the benefits of entering the Mediterranean Sea. Not to mention, there are so many countries in the surrounding area. I don’t know how many countries are waiting for them to kill them.

One of the generals said with gleaming eyes: "General Yu, what are you waiting for? Start the army and enter the Strait of Gibraltar. Who can resist my Ming fleet!"

Qi Jingtong nodded slightly, and said to Yu Dayou with some anticipation: "Duke Yu, please give your order!"

Yu Dayou, who was named the governor of the army by the emperor, narrowed his eyes, swept over the generals, and slowly came up with his plans one by one, only to hear everyone nodding.

However, he said that he fled back to the Spanish fleet in the port in embarrassment.

In the port, Grand Duke Qiangwei naturally held some expectations in his heart. After all, if the news that General Levi got is true, then their army will come out in full force this time. If there is no accident, they will definitely be able to fight the Daming fleet. In a mess, I dare not say that the Daming fleet is completely destroyed, but it can also cause fatal damage to the Daming fleet.

In the middle of the port, Grand Duke Qiangwei, who had been waiting for the good news, was not even in the mood to hook up with the lady, when suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps.

Grand Duke Qiangwei looked up suddenly, and saw one of his attendants walked over quickly and bowed to Grand Duke Qiangwei: "Grand Duke, General Levi and the others... they are coming back!"

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2 Grand Duke Qiangwei stood up suddenly, looked at the attendant with some anticipation and said, "Where are the people, where are they?"

Grand Duke Qiangwei, who had been waiting for the news of the battle, stood up and almost didn't grab the collar of the attendant to ask.

The attendant's face trembled with a nervous look: "They... they are waiting for the Grand Duke in the hall at the moment."

Grand Duke Qiangwei took a step and strode towards the living room in the front yard.

Soon the footsteps of Grand Duke Qiangwei came. In the living room, a group of disgraced Spanish generals showed a bit of embarrassment on their faces. They lowered their heads and dared not look at Grand Duke Qiangwei who came.

Before entering the hall, I heard Grand Duke Qiangwei loudly say: "Let's talk about it, what is the situation of this battle, what is the situation of the Daming fleet with insufficient logistics now? Has it been sunk..."

Walking into the hall, Grand Duke Qiangwei's eyes fell on General Levi and others, and soon the excitement on Grand Duke Qiangwei's face gradually disappeared. The faces of the generals are like dead parents, this is not the look that a victory should have.

"Did you say you lost again?"

Archduke Rose swept his gaze over General Levi, and finally looked at the naval commander, Stephen, whom he had appointed.

"Stephen, come and tell this gentleman what's going on?"

Si Dewen took a deep breath, with a bit of bitterness on his face, and slowly said under the gaze of Grand Duke Qiangwei: "Originally everything went well, although we paid a little price, but we finally suppressed it with the advantage of quantity. Daming Fleet, just when we were preparing to sink all the Daming Fleet in one go, we never thought that Daming would send a wave of reinforcements to kill it in time, not only rescued the surrounded Daming Fleet, but also caused great damage to us. the threat of..."

"What did you say? Reinforcements? Daming fleet has reinforcements, thousands of miles away, you tell me that reinforcements are coming?"

Grand Duke Qiangwei almost jumped up and pointed at Si Dewen and cursed, but it was no wonder that Grand Duke Qiangwei reacted so fiercely. It was unbelievable that Si Dewen could not imagine that the Daming Fleet, which could be called alone, was also killed by reinforcements when they were separated by thousands of miles. .

Aside from sighing that God couldn't open his eyes, Grand Duke Rose really didn't know what to say.

Although it is said that there is no such thing as a man in the West, but at this time, Grand Duke Qiangwei can only sigh that man is not as good as God.

After a while, Grand Duke Qiangwei, who had slowed down, sat there looking at the dejected generals below, and coughed softly: "Forget it, this is an accident, no one would have expected that the other party would have reinforcements to kill, now Let's talk about the reinforcements."

Speaking of which, Grand Duke Rose looked at Stephen and General Levi.

At this moment, General Levi took the initiative and said, "General Sidwen sits at the rear and commands the entire army. Maybe I don't know the situation of the Daming reinforcements better than I do in front, so it's better for me to tell the Grand Duke."

Grand Duke Qiangwei glanced at Si Dewen and saw that Si Dewen did not refute, so he said to General Levi: "Let's talk about it, what happened to the Ming people's reinforcements?"