Guangzhou Prefecture is the capital of Guangdong and leads thirteen counties. Hong Kong Island is a coastal island within the jurisdiction of Dongguan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, with an area of ​​about 80 square kilometers. It is named after a small fishing village called Hong Kong. However, Hong Kong Island was occupied by the Portuguese at this time.

As early as twelve years ago, that is, the sixth year of Zhengde, the Portuguese destroyed the Manlacca and occupied the Strait of Malacca. Using this as a springboard, tentacles began to extend towards the rich Eastern Empire of the Ming Dynasty.

The Malaga was nominally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Since the Yongle period, the Malaga has been paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty and sent envoys to the capital to pay tribute to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. However, since the death of Zheng He, who had been voyages to the West for seven years, the Ming Dynasty terminated its voyage to the West due to financial reasons and implemented a strict maritime ban. This not only caused the strength of the Ming Navy to plummet, but also caused the Ming Dynasty to estrange its relations with the vassal states in the South China Sea and almost interrupted its exchanges.

Because of this, after the Malacca was destroyed by the Portuguese, the Ming Dynasty, as the sect leader, was unaware of it. It was not until nine years later, that is, the fifteenth day of Zhengde, that when the envoy of the Malacca ran to the Ming Dynasty for help, the court learned about the destruction of the Malacca.

At this time, the Portuguese had been active along the coast of the Ming Dynasty for many years. The Portuguese envoy Pires came to Guangzhou in the fifteenth year of Zhengde. Later, he went to Nanjing to meet Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao who was traveling to the southern tour, and planned to ask the Ming Dynasty to open up trade. Unfortunately, Emperor Zhengde did not have any birds with him. Instead, he was interested in his translation, learned Portuguese from his translation, and took the translator back to the capital.

Afterwards, Pires chased the capital with a stern face. Unfortunately, Emperor Zhengde fell into the water and got sick on his way back. He died in March of the following year. The prince of the vassal king Zhu Houcong succeeded to the throne. So Pires planned to meet the new king and requested a trade trade, but unfortunately there was no way. At this time, he met Xu Jin and gave Xu Jin a glass mirror and pocket watch.

Under Xu Jin's guidance, Pires was finally received by the young emperor Zhu Houcan. Unfortunately, this guy was not lucky. As soon as the exiled prince of Malacca came to the Ming Dynasty and cried, accusing the Folangji people of occupying his country. So Pires was ordered by Zhu Houcan to return to Guangzhou and ordered the Portuguese to return Malacca to Malacca.

Pires' request for trade failed and was ordered to return to Malacca by the Ming emperor. He was extremely unhappy, so he planned to be tough. After returning to Guangzhou, he immediately led a fleet to occupy Tuen Mun Island, which triggered the naval battle of Tuen Mun Island in the first year of Jiajing. In the end, Pires led a fleet that lost to the Guangdong Navy and fled back to Malacca in a panic. A year later, Pires made a comeback and took advantage of the Japanese pirates' massive invasion of the Ming coast and occupied Hong Kong Island.

This time Pires was obviously prepared. His fleet had twenty large ships, and his troops reached 3,000. The Guangdong Navy returned in vain after sending troops three times, but instead suffered losses. Since then, his vitality has been severely damaged. He can only watch the Westerners grow bigger and gain a firm foothold on Hong Kong Island.

Let’s talk about Xu Jin taking Taiwan into the Ming Dynasty and leading tens of thousands of troops to continue to march south. On the 13th of the first lunar month, the fleet finally arrived at the sea near Shantou, Guangdong, and the land of Guangdong was trembling. Such a huge fleet appeared in the nearby waters, and the Westerners were not blind, so they naturally received the news immediately, and they were so shocked that they ran away.

Speaking of which, there were not only the Portuguese people who were active on the coast of Ming Dynasty, but also the Spanish, British, French, etc., but the Portuguese fleet was the strongest, followed by the Spanish, and other people such as Britain and France were only considered small characters.

Originally, Westerners from all over the world were not united, and even attacked each other in order to compete for resources. However, as the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is a friend. Faced with the powerful Ming fleet, the Westerners chose to join forces very wisely and quickly reached an agreement on the offensive and defensive alliance.

Because the Portuguese fleet was the strongest, it naturally became the leader of the Four-Nation Alliance. Pires was also elected as the commander of the coalition fleet, and all Western ships quickly gathered on Hong Kong Island.

Soon, fifty warships gathered on the sea near Hong Kong Island, with a total force of 50,000 or 6,000. Westerners from all over the world couldn't help but be brave. Under the leadership of Commander Pires, they took the initiative to face Xu Jin's fleet and set up a formation in the waters near the Pearl River Estuary, as if they were facing the chopping front.

However, when the Ming fleet that covered the sky and the sun appeared on the distant sea surface, all the Westerners, including Pires, changed their colors.

It is no wonder that Xu Jin's fleet consists of one hundred three-masted giant blessed ships, five hundred two-masted centipede ships, and more than two thousand large warships. They line up several miles wide on the sea surface, with flags covering the sky and sun, and swords and guns on the ship are densely packed with muzzles. The formation is scary. Although most of the Westerners' fifty-headed warships are ocean-going giant ships, they are simply not worth laughing at compared with the Ming Navy.

Of course, the Westerners who were self-reliant on their ships and cannons were not scared to retreat. Commander Pirez shouted loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, there is an old saying in the Han people: Soldiers are more important than elites, but not many. Although there are many warships in the Ming army, their combat power is not good. Their ships are not as strong as ours, and their cannons are not as powerful as ours. As long as everyone is united, they will definitely defeat this Ming army.

As I expected, this navy should be the full force that the Ming army could produce. As long as we defeat this water commander, we can rest assured and run rampant in all the waters of Ming Kingdom."

Pires was naturally very eloquent when he was sent as an envoy by the Portuguese king. Inspired by his call, the entire coalition immediately became morale and prepared to fight in a rush.

In the distance, Xu Jin, the governor of Zhizhe, was dressed in a scholar, and stood calmly on the bow of a three-masted blessed ship. A group of personal soldiers and the Jinyiwei guards guarded the surroundings like stars arching the moon.

Xu Jin held up the monocular lens and observed for a while, and observed that the distance between the two sides was almost the same, so he calmly said: "Attack!"

"Attack!" The Jinyiwei shouted in unison, and the flag soldiers on the mast look at the battle immediately blew the flags and launched an attack signal to the brigade.

With the order from the Governor, a group of generals who had been ready to fight immediately led their troops to launch an attack.

As the saying goes, one force will reduce ten goals. In the face of absolute strength, no matter how exquisite the skills are, it will be useless. The Ming Navy attacks it with a superior strength of six or seven times. If you do any strange plans, it will undoubtedly be a supplementary approach.

A dignified soldier is just one word: do it!

At present, Wang Zhi led Dinghaiwei as the main attack of the central army, Yu Dayou led Yiwu troops to the left wing, Cen Lan led the wolf troops to the right wing, Jiangxi Army and the Guards' army supported the rear, and Xu Jin personally led 500 battalions to the center to dispatch.

Boom boom boom boom...

Amid the deafening sound of artillery, the shells poured towards the Western fleet like a storm. The Westerners immediately fired their guns and fought back, but they saw the smoke of gunpowder on the sea surface of the Pearl River Estuary and the artillery fire was endless.

As soon as the battle started, Pires was shocked to find that he underestimated the firepower of the Ming Navy. The firing rate of the artillery on the Ming army's ships was no longer much slower than their Folang machine cannons. Thousands of cannons fired at the same time, which was simply a hellish disaster.

As the main force of the frontal attack, the fleet under Wang Zhi was equipped with a total of 300 Folang machine cannons. At this time, the firepower was fully opened, and the power could be described as destruction. Nearly 2,000 shells were fired within three minutes.

The Yiwu soldiers on the left wing and the wolf soldiers on the right wing were not willing to fall behind. Two hundred Folang machine cannons and six hundred traditional cannons also fired at the same time. The Western fleet was dizzy in an instant. They were sunk three bows in just a quarter of an hour, seriously injured five bows, and more than half were injured.

The Western fleet was originally a coalition army with uneven hearts. It was hit hard as soon as it fought. The positions were in chaos on the spot. The French ships turned around and fled first, and then the British also fled. As a result, the united front quickly collapsed and they turned around and fled in a panic.

The Ming army took advantage of the victory and chased Hong Kong Island in one breath, sank four Western ships, and captured two of them, and won a complete victory in the first battle.
Chapter completed!