So the Kaiyuan went around to the stern of the temporarily out of control of the San Lorenzo at its own pace, exploded its chrysanthemum with heavy cannons, and then drove to the end, killing all the crew members in the cabin.

Seeing the massacre on the San Lorenzo, the "Father of Soldiers" on the San Felipe was completely angered.

"They have obviously won? Why do they have to kill them all?!" The Marquis of Santa Cruz blushed and his goatee was raised.

This kind of scene will hardly happen on the European battlefield. Usually, one of the defeated parties surrenders gloriously, then pays the ransom in the country, and then redeems the prisoners.

"Isn't it the same in Lebantu back then?" Cervantes, the clerk who also had a goatee, said: "Maybe for a great power, it is more important to weaken the enemy's strength than to extort ransom."

When talking about Lebanto, the Marquis calmed down, he realized that the most fundamental reason for Spain's defeat this time was that he did not regard the Ming Empire as an enemy of the level of the Ottoman Empire.

However, the Ming Empire, at least in terms of naval forces, was far superior to the Ottomans and Europe. Therefore, the moment of sending troops, failure was destined.

The Marquis quickly forced himself to calm down, and he knew that what he had to do now was to fight for the dignity of the Spanish Empire.

It is obvious that the opponent's commander is a veteran who will not be fooled, and his plan to use himself as bait is destined to fail to work.

And time is when the other party is not when it is. When the wars around him end one after another, the Ming warships will soon move closer to their flagships.

At that time, there was no chance for the final showdown.

He decisively ordered the blue cross flag to be hung, which means ordering the Isabella to approach the enemy until the flagship raises the red flag.

At this time, the San Felipe was about 500 meters away from the Kaiyuan, and the Marquis had to ensure that he was in place in time and could not let the latter face the brutal Ming flagship alone for too long.

So he ordered a right turn to the rudder, sail forward, and approach the enemy ship from the right rear. This would allow most of the tracks to be located in the shooting corners of the enemy ship.

In this era, the speed of warships turning was very challenging, and the Marquis took advantage of this time to explain a few words.

He ordered people to ring the bell to gather, and soon the crew and soldiers on the flagship climbed up from the hatches and assembled on the open-air deck.

With such a large boat, it takes time for crew members to assemble. But the nobles all live on the stern stairs with the best conditions, and usually they can come out by pushing the door open.

However, half of the ordinary crew members and soldiers gathered, but there were still no signs of a few nobles.

Although he guessed what was going on, the Marquis still looked at Cervantes with his exploratory gaze.

"They followed the huts of the command last night," Cervantes shrugged, "If you don't remind me, many wooden minds may not think of this perfect excuse."

"I just want to give them a favor. My family has just settled in Madrid for a few years." The Marquis confessed, and then laughed at himself: "I hope they will accept my love."

"If they still have the chance to return home alive." Cervantes was also a little noble and a writer, so he spoke more seriously than those fat guys.

"I thought they would invite you to go with you." The Marquis smiled and said, "After all, you have more experience in this regard."

"If I leave, who will publish "Don Quixote" for me?" Cervantes said depressedly.

Yes, he is the greatest writer in Spanish history.

Cervantes was born into a small aristocratic family and was born in the greatest era of Spain. Naturally, like other aristocratic young men, he was full of ambition to serve the country and longed to make achievements on the battlefield like the Marquis of Santa Cruz.

A few years after joining the army, he participated in the Battle of Lebanto and the Marquis of Santa Cruz, and was crippled in the battle, thus earning the nickname "Lebanto Yangguo".

Afterwards, he followed Tang Hu'an to fight in the north and north, participated in a series of battles, and made many military achievements. He was finally allowed to retire gloriously in 1575 AD. Because of his outstanding performance, Tang Hu'an presented him with a letter of recommendation to Philip II, and the Duke of Shansha, the governor of Sicily, also wrote him a letter of recommendation.

With the recommendation books of two great figures in hand, Guo'er took a boat to return to the motherland, and his future seemed bright. However, great writers in history always had a rough fate, so he naturally had to taste the taste of saponification and making people feel.

When passing through the Moroccan waters, Cervantes was in a ship that lost contact with the fleet and was captured by Berber pirates.

Originally, pirates would not be interested in a disabled person, but the two letters of recommendation from big figures made the Berbers think that he was an important person and asked for a huge ransom before he was willing to release him. Cervantes could not afford the money, but was sold several times and finally got to the hands of the Governor of Algiers of the Ottoman Empire.

There, he met his savior, the plenipotentiary representative of the Jiangnan Group in Cairo, the lover of Queen Mother Ottoman, and the Earl of Suez Liu Zhengqi. Seeing that he was very pitiful, Old Liu felt compassion and expressed his desire to pay the ransom for him.

The Governor cursed Representative Liu before he could ask for his money. So he released Cervantes happily and sent a ship to send him back to Madrid. However, because of the strange experience of being captured and being released for free, the two letters of recommendation were not counted. Cervantes did not catch up with the king in the end. At a loss, he met his old boss, Marquis Santa Cruz. It was the time when the marquis of the marquis was hired to go to the Far East with him to cleanse up the doubts with his military achievements.

Cervantes had no shame to go home, so he went to New Spain with him, and then came here...

~~

After all the crew and soldiers gathered, the soldier's father made his speech.

His eyes swept over the men who grew up with the Spanish Empire. He told them in a tone of his father that the Empire had already bet on everything for this battle. If he lost his underwear in this battle, the Empire would come down from the altar and the country would become the target of public criticism.

We will become sinners at the end of the empire, and every family will be criticized and suffer the most unfair treatment.

The crew and soldiers immediately turned red and were obviously hit by the Marquis' words.

The flagships are basically Spanish from the Iberian Peninsula. The father of the soldiers knows how to provoke their passion and sacrifice.

The Castiles only completely broke away from the 800-year rule of the Moors and established an independent Spanish kingdom 80 years ago.

Subsequently, Spain burst out with passionate patriotic enthusiasm and enterprising spirit. In just a few decades, it established the world's strongest army and navy, becoming the first Sun-Down Empire in human history to span five continents!

Today, the empire is still enterprising, and all the people are deeply proud of it, and like Cervantes is willing to sacrifice his life for his great journey!

Therefore, no one can accept the tragic ending of the empire's sunset, and he dare not become the empire's ending sinner. The slightly exaggerated statement of the father of the soldier made all Castilla's red necks turn into powder barrels that were about to explode.

Then he changed his tone and said in a deep voice: "Follow me, use your courage and sacrifice to win something, and avoid all this for the country and family! God bless Spain!"

"God bless Spain!" The sailors and soldiers burst into shocking roars, completely putting their lives aside.

Cervantes looked at this scene and felt so familiar. When Lebante was in a desperate situation, the father of the soldiers also inspired his soldiers like this, and then led them to turn the tide.

That time, he was one of them. The result was that the father of the soldier won the war and lost his arm...

"Can miracles be created this time?" He couldn't help but ask in a low voice when the soldiers disbanded and returned to the battle post.

"If it always happens, what's the miracle?" The Marquis said lightly: "Don't worry, since I promised you, I will definitely help you publish that novel."

"Don Juan also recommends me to be an official." Cervantes rolled his eyes and said, "Let's talk about it when he survives."

"Yes." The Marquis nodded, and as he watched the Isabella attacked the enemy ship in the fire, he ordered people to raise the red flag immediately.

That means fighting to the end!

At this time, the St. Philippe also attached the stern of the enemy's flagship from the other side.

"Do you think I am now like Don Quixote, yours who challenged the windmill?" The Marquis put on his helmet and asked someone to give Cervantes a head.

"It's a bit like, but you're much more successful than him." Cervantes refused. He raised the quill in his hand and said, "Sorry, I'm just here to fight for me. The Ming people have saved me, and I can't fight with them."

In fact, with his qualifications, it is okay to be a captain. But he is only willing to be a secretary, but unexpectedly he unexpectedly discovered that he also has the expertise of being a writer...

"I don't plan to let you fight, either." The Marquis smiled and said, "When the battle is over, can you tell me about the ending of Don Quixote?"

"I just wrote the beginning, but who knows what the ending is." Cervantes shrugged.

"Yes." The Marquis nodded and said to Cervantes: "Come to record this battle of honor!"

"This is my duty." Cervantes nodded, inserted his quill into an ink bottle and dipped it in, and then he whispered to record the Marquis' words on the writing table:

"My plan is to approach the enemy ships from both sides and the Isabella, just like the Florence and San Lorenzo. These two enemy ships are already used to the fighting method of we shelling first and then connecting to the sidelines, so they will wait there. But this time I will cancel the shelling, directly hit the enemy ship with the bow, and then board the ship from the stern of the ship to engage in hand-to-hand combat..."

~~

The Felipe and Isabella approached the Kaiyuan at the same time, preparing to fight from the rear of both sides.

However, when the two sides were a hundred meters apart, the Kaiyuan number, which was about to be brought in, suddenly opened upside down...

Fuck me, can the boat still drive upside down?!

The Spanish were all shocked. Obviously, they knew nothing about the sail tools of the Ming people.

‘Arrogance and ignorance are our greatest enemies…’ Cervantes wrote.
Chapter completed!