The Most Powerful Man in the World

Whether it is the red-bearded pirate or Aris, in fact, the two of them only need to be in awe of the Daming Fleet and dare not despise it, especially the Red-bearded pirate. Don't look at the lightness of what he said, in fact, if he really wants to confront the Daming Fleet If it goes up, the red-bearded pirates will definitely flee, and only fools will confront such a tyrannical fleet.

The one who spoke was William, the commander of the English navy. William represented the English navy here. You must know that among the coalition forces, England and Portugal accounted for about [-]% of the military.

Don't underestimate only [-]%, you must know that there are as many as a dozen countries in the coalition. In this way, except for England and Portugal, the remaining dozen countries together account for [-]% That's it, in this comparison, among the coalition forces, the strongest are Portugal, England, and the Netherlands.

As Wang Chu, William naturally has a distinguished status, plus his own strength, so in the coalition army, he is almost unanimous, even the governor of Portugal has to sell his face.

At this moment, William's eyes swept across the generals and said slowly: "Everyone, in today's battle, although we said that we were not able to destroy the evil Daming fleet, but it also hit the other side heavily, as Cook said, if it wasn't for the weather If it is dark, we may not be able to completely destroy each other, so the Daming fleet is not invincible and invincible, as long as we can work together, the evil Daming fleet is not our opponent at all..."

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The Portuguese Governor clapped his hands and looked at Crown Prince William with a smile on his face: "Prince William is right, we will win this battle!"

The night was dark, and the ships in the port were docked in it, the water was rippling, and there was a creaking sound.

In the darkness, a black shadow can be seen slowly approaching from the sea, but it is difficult to see the distant scene if the distance is a little farther in the night, so unless it is close, it may not be able to see if it is hundreds of meters away. to things in the dark.

Above the watchtower, several coalition soldiers were so sleepy that they leaned against the railing while yawning, and almost fell asleep there.

Suddenly, a dull sound came, and several soldiers on the watchtower woke up and looked over subconsciously, but suddenly there was a rumbling explosion around them, which suddenly woke them up and screamed loudly: "Enemy attack..."

Chapter 1 The Despair of the Allied Forces [[-] More]

Because of the great victory in the daytime, at least in the eyes of the coalition forces, they could not lose in the confrontation with the Daming fleet, and even had the upper hand. There is a feeling that the Ming fleet is nothing more than this, but these people do not think about the gap between the two fleets.

The number of warships under Yu Dayou's men was only more than [-], but the coalition forces gathered more than a dozen countries, and even pirates were pulled on them, and there were more than a thousand warships.

As the saying goes, too many ants kill the elephant.

Although it was said that the performance of the warships was far worse than that of the Daming warships, the coalition had indeed gained the upper hand in the battle during the day by virtue of its numerical advantage.

From top to bottom, the coalition forces felt ignorant of the Ming fleet. When they wanted to come, the Ming fleet must be shivering in hiding in the port, so although they sent soldiers to guard, they did not have much vigilance.

These people never dreamed that after Yu Dayou and others had retreated, they returned to the port to rest for a while. After completing the replenishment of the warship, they set sail again without any further stoppage. With their superb sailing skills, they were stunned in the dark of night. It came to the port where the coalition forces were docked.

Yu Dayou and others have already investigated the ports where the coalition forces are docked, and even know some of the arrangements in the ports well.

The battle in the daytime made Yu Dayou and other generals realize that although the coalition side said that the performance of the warships was not comparable to them, but with the advantage of numbers, it was really possible to consume them to death.

After realizing this, what Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong first thought was not to escape, but how to reverse this unfavorable situation.

Sail out to sea, and the sea battles come down one after another. The large and small sea battles add up to dozens if not a hundred.

Yu Dayou has never retreated, no matter how strong the opponent is, he dares to take the fleet to kill.

The night attack was a decision made by Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and other generals after some deliberation, and it was also the weakness of the coalition forces.

The coalition itself is composed of the navies of more than a dozen countries. Although it is a coalition, each has its own ownership. This situation will not affect the overall situation in the case of war in the daytime, but once it falls into chaos, ten The navies of several countries are bound to become a mess.

The fact is also true. Just when Yu Dayou and others led the fleet to open the port in the dark, and then blocked the port to vent their artillery fire into the port, the naval fleets of more than a dozen countries that were stationed in the port fell into trouble. In chaos.

Especially not long ago, the senior navies of various countries gathered together to drink and chat, celebrating the destruction of the Ming fleet in advance.

As a result, it is conceivable that no more than [-]% of the high-level executives were able to stay awake when they dispersed.

These navy executives hadn't waited until they fell asleep. As a result, there was a rumbling sound, the earth shook, and the thunder-like explosion suddenly woke these people up, and even the feeling of drinking disappeared out of thin air.

One by one, the generals ran out of the room in a hurry, their clothes were disheveled, their faces were flustered, and when they looked around, they could see the chaos in the port.

The night was deep, and if it wasn't for the raging fire, it was impossible to see what was going on in the port.

But at this moment, the port is full of flames, and warships are crowded in the port. Nearly a thousand warships are gathered in a port, almost one ship next to another. In this way, as long as Daming The fleet's cannons were aimed in the direction of the port, and I dared not say that one shot would hit the coalition warships [-]%, at least one of the three shots could hit.

With the gate of the port blocked, the hundreds of warships under Yu Dayou's command frantically poured artillery fire towards the port.

The shells fell like a torrential rain, but it was just a blink of an eye. At least dozens of warships ignited a fire, lighting up the entire port.

The flaming battleships were like large torches, illuminating the chaotic battleships around the Daming fleet, making those battleships the targets of shelling.

In the port, Prince William's residence, Prince William, who was awakened by the sound of artillery fire, put on his clothes under the service of the attendant, and hurried out of the bedroom, also seeing the fire in the direction of the port.

With a thud in his heart, Prince William's face became extremely ugly. As the next crown prince of England, this time, in order to deal with the Daming fleet, Prince William volunteered to plan a great military exploit for himself. .

The battle in the daytime made Crown Prince William very excited, because he saw the dawn of victory. As long as there was no accident, the Daming fleet would be destroyed, and as the commander-in-chief of the coalition, he would definitely be famous among the countries. At that time, his crown prince position was even more stable as Mount Tai.

However, the raging fire and the incessant sound of shelling made Crown Prince William's heart sink.

Crown Prince William almost roared at the guard beside him and said: "What are you doing, don't hurry up and find out for me, what is going on, who is attacking the port."

In fact, there is no need to send someone to investigate, who is attacking the port, but Crown Prince William can guess a bit in his heart, but Crown Prince William is a little reluctant to admit it.

In the panic, it was not only Crown Prince William who was sent to check, but other commanders of various countries also had the same gloomy expressions.

The Portuguese Governor was furious and roared: "Damn Mingren, send the order down, give me a counterattack, counterattack!"

Without any instructions, some of the coalition soldiers who slept on the battleship reacted and hurriedly started to counterattack.

It's just because most of the navy soldiers went ashore to rest, and only a small number of navy crew members stayed on the ship. It is also very difficult to fight back.

There are at least a few or even a dozen cannons on a warship. It is not possible for a few crew members to control so many cannons, especially the gunners who are responsible for the artillery, which requires experienced artillerymen. to control.

It is difficult for ordinary naval soldiers to control the range and range of the artillery. As a gunner, it is naturally a high class in the navy. Most of these artillerymen have disembarked and rested, which has led to many warships trying to counterattack after reacting. At that time, they found that they simply had excellent artillery to control the artillery to fight back.

The sparse sound of artillery came from the port, and some warships that barely opened fire returned fire to the Ming side.

However, these counter-attacking fleets caught the attention of Ming warships for the first time. These battleships fired a few shells, but the Ming side immediately replaced dozens or even hundreds of shells, but it was just a blink of an eye. At least half of the hulls of several battleships sank in the port, and the other half of the hulls floated on the water and burned blazingly.

When the high-level coalition forces headed by Crown Prince William arrived in the port, although they dared not say that the overall situation was settled, the situation of the coalition forces in the port was very bad.

Because of the Ming army's surprise attack in the middle of the night, the coalition army had no time to react. In addition, the coalition itself was in chaos. Everyone was in charge of each family. Under such circumstances, the result of the surprise attack could be imagined. Got it.

"It's over, the army is over!"

A small country general looked desperate as he watched as most of the dozens of battleships in his fleet had been blown up and sunk, and the rest were rushing around in the port like headless flies, but they were not able to rush out of the port. , on the contrary, it made a mess in the port.

One family was in chaos, and several other families were also in chaos, and warships colliding together could be seen everywhere.

Outside the port, with the help of the fire in the port, Yu Dayou and other generals looked at the chaotic scene with a calm expression. After a while, Yu Dayou nodded with satisfaction and said, "The coalition is nothing more than that."

Not long ago, for example, the pirate Cook had said something like this, but it only took a few hours, but the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The Daming fleet was blocking the port, on the one hand to prevent the fleet from rushing out, and on the other hand, it was approaching as much as possible to use the terrain of the port to eliminate more coalition warships.

Thousands of warships is really a frightening number. It is really too much difference in scale between the two sides. Even if it is such a big chaos, if you don't take the opportunity well, once the coalition forces react. , the hundreds of warships left alone are very likely to threaten the safety of the Ming fleet.

Overnight, the artillery fire hardly stopped, and the ammunition replenished back to the port was almost [-]% to [-]%.

Hundreds of warships add up to thousands of cannons. Overnight, tens of thousands of cannonballs were shot out. If it weren't for such saturated artillery fire, the port would not be a miserable scene. .

Realizing that the overall situation has been set, even if God appears, it cannot change the result, such as Crown Prince William, the Portuguese Governor and other high-level coalition forces, the port where they evacuated the first time under the escort of the army.

The first ray of sunlight fell from the sky, bright and warm, shining on the soldiers, making the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who had been busy all night invigorated, and almost instinctively looked towards the distant port.

Chapter 2 The altar is completed! 【[-] more】

I saw that the port was in a mess, and there were sunken warships everywhere. Many warships were half-sunk in the port, and the fire was raging.

In this port, there are not only burning and sinking ships, but also coalition soldiers who tried to jump off the boat at night to escape, but these coalition soldiers were obviously unlucky, and many people were directly drowned in the port, and floating corpses were floating in the harbour. Above the water, it looked very miserable.

Standing on the bow of the boat, Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others were full of joy, only to hear Qi Jingtong exclaim: "The Western coalition has lost this battle, and the general trend is over!"

Everyone knows that the coalition forces of Western countries have gathered together to form a mighty coalition team to conquer the Ming fleet.

From the beginning of the war, the coalition forces of various countries firmly believed that they could destroy the Ming fleet. The coalition forces never concealed this, and never believed that thousands of warships could not even fight against more than [-] warships.

It is not only the coalition side who holds the same idea, in fact, there are many generals on the Ming side who are not optimistic about this battle.

Although they have a certain advantage, the difference in the number of warships between the two sides is too great, making it impossible to see any hope of victory.

But everything changed drastically with the sudden change last night.

Thousands of warships sank, burned and burned, and still remained somewhat intact, even less than [-]%.

Needless to say, these battleships became the spoils of the Ming fleet.

A navy general sighed with regret: "It's a pity that the high-level generals of the coalition were not able to be captured."

Obviously, in the general's mind, not only destroying the naval fleet, but also being able to capture the high-ranking coalition forces is a feat, isn't it?

Yu Dayou chuckled and said, "It's just a group of arrogant coalition generals. It's fine to let them go. If these mediocre people lead the army, it's better to replace them with some smart people."

Qi Jingtong watched the boats row into the port and began to receive the spoils left by the coalition forces.

Needless to say, the biggest trophies are these fairly intact battleships. If we count the numbers carefully, there are almost a hundred battleships that can still be activated.

He has only lost a dozen warships, but he has harvested hundreds of warships, and at the same time destroyed thousands of coalition warships. Once such a record spreads, the names of Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others will inevitably be Move the world.

In fact, at this time, with the departure of the high-ranking generals of the coalition forces such as King William and the Portuguese Governor to spread the news, legends of Yu Dayou and others have begun to spread in various countries.

In the winter of the [-]th year of Zhengde, Daming, the army of more than [-] Daming forces, who had been invincible all the way, finally reached the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

Along the way, Daming pushed more than a dozen large and small countries, the small countries were destroyed, and the big countries were half-crippled. If it wasn't for Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu, and the others, their goal was to join forces with Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou, and under the sweep of hundreds of thousands of troops, even a few Even great powers will not be able to escape the danger of destroying the country.

Between the snowflakes, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and others finally joined forces with Yu Dayou and others, and the entire Western world trembled under the fierceness of Daming.

England was destroyed, and Prussia held its own strong army, but in the first battle, [-] troops were destroyed, defeated by the hands of Daming, and the country was destroyed.

Countries were destroyed one by one, and the entire Western world was reduced to a garden-like existence after Daming. Even if some countries were still struggling, they no longer had the courage to form a coalition against Daming, and more chose to surrender to Daming.

This year, for the year-end festival, all the nearly [-] countries enfeoffed overseas sent envoys to watch the ceremony.

Not long ago, the [-]-zhang-high altar was finally completed after spending a lot of manpower and material resources.

Zhu Houzhao got the news as soon as the altar was completed, and Zhu Houzhao announced the decree the next day, ordering all overseas countries to come to Beijing to watch the ceremony.

Although it is said that Zhu Houzhao's will is not mandatory, with the current momentum of Daming, even if Zhu Houzhao only reveals a little meaning, overseas countries will never take it lightly.

Near the end of the year, many people in the capital found that almost every day, the heads of several overseas vassal kingdoms entered the capital.

The Ministry of Rites, which has always been the coldest place, suddenly became extremely lively.

As the Ministry of Rites, the hospitality and placement of guests from various countries has always been very good at grasping the degree. If it is too cold, if it is bad for the other party, it will damage the relationship between the other party and the Ming Dynasty. will be impeached by those censors.

However, Daming can now be said to be the best in the world. As an official of the Ministry of Rites, naturally, there is no need to think too much, because Daming can completely ignore the threats of these overseas countries.

No matter how indifferent they are, these overseas countries will never dare to say anything more, but they must be careful to flatter them, for fear that they will speak ill of them in front of the emperor.

Hundreds of feudal vassals are all royal clans. In just a few years, almost all the clans above the county king level in the royal clan in Daming have been sealed away. Although there are many remaining clans, but these clans Compared with Daming, the harm is far less than those of the clans that have been enfeoffed.

Quite a few of these clans are no longer different from the common people. After Zhu Houzhao released the ban on clans, many clans made their own living, and some of the talents in clans also stood out one by one.

The danger of the Daming clan that could drag down Daming was completely dissipated in Zhu Houzhao's hands.

In addition to these vassal states that were enfeoffed by Daming, there was a group of state lords that stood out.

To be honest, these people should be given a title, that is, the king of subjugation.

These people are all the lords of the kingdoms destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, but the former lords of the kingdoms have been reduced to prisoners.