Chapter Forty-Eight: Asking for Money, Not Killing a Robber

"Oh? It turns out that Mr. Colonel has discovered our vault, but these things are yours, after all, you are the victor, and the victor will have one, including my life. “

Raymond looked at the cloud with a smile, and seemed not at all worried about his situation.

Moire slowly approached Raymond and whispered, "I want more." “

Raymond pondered for a moment, "India is a place of abundant resources, and the British East India Company makes a lot of money here, and as for gold, it is only a small part of it.

For a country, gold is not the most important thing, but materials are the foundation that supports the strength of an empire.

On this island there are not only 600,000 ounces of gold, but also 1,600,000 ounces of silver, and 700,000 quintals of cotton, and four warehouses of cotton cloth, and if Mr. Colonel could take all this wealth with him, I think they would be very satisfied, both your great uncle and your noble father. ”

Moire nodded and said, "That's true, now, Mr. Governor can get on the ship, and I will stay and guard these treasures." ”

Raymond laughed, "That's a smart move. ”

Moire beckoned, and immediately two soldiers came and tied up Raymond, put it on a stick, and carried him to the seashore, where more English prisoners were waiting for him to board the ship.

When Raymond left, Lao Zhou said worriedly: "Young master......"

Moire raised his hand to interrupt his words, looked out the window and said: "There are too many things, 100,000 catties of silver, 12,000 catties of gold, plus so many spices, so much cotton and cotton cloth, we can't transport these things in less than a month." ”

Lao Zhou said hurriedly: "That Raymond obviously has bad intentions, he wants to use this wealth to drag Gongzi on this island, the old slave believes that he has already worn out the news, and in less than two days, this place will become a place where large armies gather."

At that time, it was difficult to guarantee the safety of the young master. ”

Moire looked up at Lao Zhou and said: "Do you think my life is important, or so many things are important, hehe, it's true that my Moire is a royal family, but I'm also a real robber."

Isn't it the nature of robbers to lay down their lives rather than their wealth?

It is said that people die for money, birds die for food, and the cloud pattern is a robber, and dying for money is exactly where he died. ”

Seeing that Yunwen had already made up his mind, Lao Zhou had to sigh and said: "In this case, the young master must prepare early, ammunition, supplies, nothing can be missing, this island is too big, our three thousand people are not enough to defend, the young master should leave all the marines of the detachment fleet, and all the blacks doing chores on the ship should also stay."

Meantime. We should build battle fortifications on the island, hoping to hold out until the Grand Fleet under the command of General Han comes. ”

Moire nodded, took a long breath, and went outside the door, ordering the herald to gather all the officers for a meeting.

When the officers came, Yunwen told these people about his plans, and finally said: "That's it, I plan to sacrifice my life and money, what do you think?" ”

Yun Zhen took the lead and said: "That's it, I don't believe that those hairy people can help me on the shore." ”

Moire's gaze swept over the faces of the other officers, and seeing that a few people seemed to be a little hesitant, he said in a low voice: "The man in black was disbanded, Your Majesty was very sad and seriously ill, and then there were us people."

Many people say that the Yun bandits have long been old and useless, and they can't solve problems for His Majesty, I don't believe it, our Yun clan is the backbone of the Lantian Dynasty.

This world was fought by our elders with their lives, and we cannot be excluded from the core.

When I was ordained, His Majesty talked to me about a lot of things, and Yun Zhang also had high hopes for us, if we failed, in the future, in the army, the children of the Yun family can only be synonymous with waste, and they will no longer be the backbone of the army.

Therefore, I want to use this battle to tell everyone that the Yun clan can still fight! ”

Moire blocked everyone's retreat, and at this time, if there were still wavers, Moire felt that he could enforce military law.

As those officials in the court said, the Yun clan was the first group of people to become rich, and their wildness had indeed been almost wiped out by a rich life.

Many Yun clan people are not willing to enter the army to endure hardship, what they prefer to do is to participate in business, participate in various industries, many times, they do not need to contribute a single money, just put a name in the business, they can harvest a lot of wealth.

This time, it looks like he's going to be really desperate.

100,000 catties of silver, 12,000 catties of silver, and piles of materials will definitely make all the people in this sea area red-eyed and fart. They can all think that once the war starts, their own side will definitely be at a disadvantage.

According to the calculation of the position of General Han's fleet, it will be known that they will at least hold on here for more than a month.

Don't fight, run away?

As soon as this thought arose, they denied it, and they also believed that if they ran away at this time...... The consequences must be so severe that they will regret it for three lives.

"Then let's die here!"

Yun Fang gritted her teeth.

Yunwen looked at these people in front of him coldly: "Okay, if anyone dares to fight, even if Lao Tzu dies in battle, he will be broken into thousands of pieces, believe me, I have written a desperate letter for people to take to my uncle."

The consequences of war are definitely something you don't want to imagine.

However, in case we support the arrival of General Han's fleet, at that time, your harvest will be rich so that you dare not imagine, after returning to Chang'an, the beauties in the Mingyue Tower have long been good, we dare not provoke, the beauties in the Mianyue Tower, Lao Tzu is enough! ”

Seeing that the faces of these Yun clan disciples had finally returned to normal, Lao Zhou said loudly: "Since you have made up your mind, then hurry up and get busy and use all the things that the instructor taught you."

Now, the first thing to do is to stock up on ammunition......"

The British fleet went completely insane when they found out that the fighting on West Island had stopped.

They no longer paid attention to the tactics they had always adhered to, and began to get closer, and had begun to use suicidal tactics, the battleship Brave blocked the front of Lai Guorao's flagship Bishan ironclad ship sideways, concentrated all the guns on one side, and opened fire on the Bishan.

It was a second-class battleship with three gun decks and seventy-four guns, and when one side of the guns fired in unison, all kinds of shells rained down on the Bishan.

The lighter shells flew away with a single flick on the ironclad, and the shells of the sixteen-inch guns would be firmly embedded in the ironclad as soon as they landed on the ironclad ship, and with every shot, the Bishan seemed to let out a scream.

In a short period of time, two of the three masts of the Bishan were broken by chain bullets, and the speed of grabbing the wind was much worse than before.

However, the Brave was no better under the return fire of the Bishan, the upper part of the sturdy schooner had been swept away by the Pishan's flowering shells, and the front gun window was also blown to pieces by the shells, and a raging fire was ignited.

The deck of the Bishan was in shambles, having just experienced a storm of chain bombs that had almost wiped out the maintenance crews on deck.

Lai Guorao calmly listened to the boatswain's continuous orders to open fire, watched the helmsman struggling to control the rudder, and said to the adjutant: "How is the retreat of the man in black?" ”

Adjutant Zhao Rong roared: "The only thing they took to transport the wounded soldiers, the prisoners, and his mother's gold on the ship, so far, they have not made any preparations for retreat, and they have taken all the supplies and ammunition from the troop carriers."

Commander, they are not ready to retreat, but to hold on to the island of West. ”

Lai Guorao frowned and said, "Reason! ”

"Colonel Moire has sent news that there is a great deal of wealth on the island, and they are ready to guard it, Commander, they are acting on their own, the Dutch warships are only fifty nautical miles away from here, the French fleet is less than seventy nautical miles to the left, and the Portuguese and Spanish warships are believed to be nearby, and if we don't leave at low tide, I am afraid that they will not be able to leave."

A strange flush appeared on Lai Guorao's face, seeing that the brave ship on the opposite side had finally exploded, the hull of the ship broke into two and slowly sank, and said to the vice admiral: "Ask Moire again, confirm his actions, and tell him at the same time that at low tide, the fleet will leave the waters of West Island." ”

Zhao Rong already hated Moire at this time, and when he really heard the commander say that he wanted to give up Moire, his heart trembled and said, "Do you really give up on them?" ”

Lai Guorao squinted his eyes and smiled: "Send all the marines ashore, send all the combatants on the ship who can get out of the ship ashore, and accept the command of Colonel Moire." ”

Zhao Rong said in a low voice: "Commander, think twice." ”

Lai Guorao said with a smile: "That's right, this is the true nature of the bandit, I thought that the Yun family's soldiers were finished, and they were useless, but now it seems that there are still 3,000 nails in the rotten ship among the Yun family's old thieves."

When the battle is fought to this extent, it can be regarded as really interesting. ”

Lai Guorao's military order was unquestionable, Zhao Rong quickly went to convey the military order, and the ironclad ship Bishan brutally passed through the sea full of overboard British Navy, and the terrifying heavy gun on the deck once again pointed at another British battleship, the Dreadnought

The heavy artillery roared, and the entire Bishan was pushed sideways by the huge thrust, and the huge conical cannonball exploded on the bow of the Dreadnought, and after the roar, the bow of the Dreadnought was instantly blown to pieces, and the white sawdust flying in the sky burst out in the firelight, and then was ignited by the high temperature, like a splendid fireflower.

The Bishan slowly penetrated the encirclement of the British fleet, and behind it, there were still two ironclad ships in the broken back, while the rest of the light warships had already sailed out of the cracks torn open by the Pishan.

Although the two masts of the Pishan were broken, all the warships pointed by the heavy guns on his deck all drew huge arcs on the surface of the sea and avoided him.