Looking at the bursts of gunpowder smoke rising from the city wall, Yang Feng's face did not have any waves, and after a while, he stretched out his hand to beckon Geng Bingyi and asked, "Do you see what is famous?" ”

Geng Bingyi's face was very ugly, the Spanish shelling caused a lot of casualties to the attacking troops, just the first round of shelling had more than ten casualties, he nodded and said: "I can see, the artillery of the red-haired devils is very accurate and fierce, we still underestimate them." ”

"It's good to know!"

Yang Feng looked at the artillery on the city wall that was constantly pouring fierce tongues of fire, and sighed lightly, "Okay, let the brothers all withdraw, the battle can't be fought like this." ”

"Obedience!"

Although Geng Bingyi was a little unwilling, he also knew that even if he could take Fort San Petro if he continued to fight like this, I am afraid that there would not be a few people left in the first battalion, and if the battalion built by Hou Ye was completely lost because of his own reasons, he would not be able to make up for this loss even if he died ten times.

"Drip ...... DiDi ...... Da ...... Da Da ......"

The shrill sound of trumpets sounded on the battlefield, and the hundreds of sergeants who were originally charging towards Fort San Petro were stunned for a moment, and then quickly retreated, and after a while, only silence remained on the battlefield that was still killing the sky.

However, the silence did not last long, and soon bursts of cheers rang out on the city walls, and countless Spanish soldiers cheered loudly in their bunkers, and many even threw their military caps into the sky, looking like they had won a great battle.

But Field and the other officers were silent, and even the most arrogant officers did not speak out to ridicule the Ming army.

They saw the battlefield situation very clearly just now, the tactics of the Ming army were correct, the loose formation could indeed effectively reduce and discharge the hit rate of the artillery, and the opponent fought very bravely and methodically, and rushed to a distance of more than 100 meters from the city wall against their own artillery fire, just now as long as they were given a little more time, they could start to try to build a ladder.

But what surprised them the most was that the Ming troops, even when they retreated, did not forget to bring back the remains of their wounded companions and fallen soldiers, leaving them nothing useful.

Brave and fearless in attacking, orderly and unhurried in retreating, to tell the truth that no one is in a position to laugh at such an army, these Spanish officers may be proud, but they are by no means stupid, and if they have to laugh at such an army, does it not mean that they are inferior to their opponents?

It wasn't until all the Ming troops retreated that Field retracted his gaze and took a deep breath: "Gentlemen, it seems that we have to reassess the strength of our opponents." ”

With that, Field turned around and went down the wall......

A short offensive ended in such a hurry, on the surface it seems that the Ming army has nothing to gain but to pay the price of dozens of casualties, and it belongs to the side that suffers, but is this really the case?

In a temporary tent, dozens of generals gathered together, Yang Feng, who had a calm face, sat in the center without saying a word, and no one around him said a word, and the entire tent seemed silent.

His eyes swept aside in front of everyone, and Yang Feng said slowly: "Let's talk about it, what do you think of today's battle?" ”

The generals in the tent had different expressions, Liu Xiang just looked at the ground with a faint expression, Geng Bingyi and several generals who advocated a strong attack yesterday were ashamed, the development of today's battle situation verified Liu Xiang's words yesterday, Fort San Petro is indeed a hard bone to gnaw, according to this posture, the Jiangning army wants to take Fort San Petro, and it takes a month of hard work to kill one or two thousand people, and they don't want to take this fortified city at all.

After a long time, Geng Bingyi raised his head, took a deep breath and said: "Master Hou, colleagues, today's battle is a lowly and poor idea, and I underestimated the ability of the red-haired devil. Deputy Admiral Liu, you are right, this official is here to accompany you. ”

After speaking, Geng Bingyi stood up and bowed slightly to Liu Xiang and bowed.

Seeing Geng Bingyi's behavior, everyone was taken aback, and no one expected that Geng Bingyi would personally apologize to Liu Xiang in front of everyone.

You must know that the phrase patriarchy is not a joke these days, women are inherently accessories of men, and this concept has long been deeply rooted in the bones of the vast majority of people, not to mention the fact that they personally apologize to a woman in front of everyone.

Don't look at Liu Xiang's pirate background, he can be regarded as a decisive figure on weekdays, but he was also frightened by Geng Bingyi's actions and stood up and hurriedly stood aside, not daring to accept his apology.

"General Geng, don't do this, this is a torture for the official."

Geng Bingyi shook his head: "No...... Right is right, wrong is wrong, today's battle has indeed confirmed Vice Admiral Liu's words yesterday, since this official is wrong, why not admit a mistake? ”

Seeing this, many generals gave a thumbs up: "Lao Geng is this ......"

"Yes, dare to act, it's a man!"

"I ......" Liu Xiang was still a little uncomfortable, and finally Yang Feng spoke.

"Okay, Lao Geng is right, but he miscalculated the strength of the Spaniards, and you can afford this apology. Vice Admiral Liu, you just stand there and accept his apology. ”

Seeing Yang Feng speak, Liu Xiang stood on the spot unnaturally and accepted Geng Bingyi's apology.

After everyone sat down again, Yang Feng pondered for a moment and said, "Today's battle has proved that the Spaniards' combat power is indeed worthy of its reputation, so we have to think again." In this case, let's truce for a few days, and then we will attack them again when we think of a way. ”

After speaking, Yang Feng ordered the meeting to be adjourned.

After the meeting ended, Yang Feng returned to his room and sent someone to call Liu Xiang, Geng Bingyi, Chu Maoguang, Qiu Disheng and other four people.

"Deputy Admiral Liu, Guerrilla Geng, the fortification of Fort San Petro is really beyond our expectations, Ben Hou needs to go back to Xiamen and get some things back. In the past few days of Ben Hou's absence, the two of you must bring your own soldiers and horses. Lao Geng, the people and horses on the land have been under your control in the past few days when Ben Hou is away. ”

"Vice Admiral Liu, the Second Fleet will entrust you."

At this point, he looked at everyone: "Do you all understand?" ”

All the generals bowed to him in unison: "Obey the orders of the marquis!" ”

Yang Feng waved his hand: "That's good!" Deputy Admiral Liu stays, and everyone else goes out! ”

"Yes!"

After listening to Yang Feng's words, the generals quickly retreated.

When he got out of the yard, Qiu Disheng looked back, and then gave Geng Bingyi a thumbs up: "Old Geng, I just found out now that it is not for nothing that you can be so valued by Hou Ye, you actually burned the cold stove in advance, and it will be difficult to be underdeveloped in the future!" ”

Although Chu Maoguang didn't speak, everyone could see the approving face......