Zheng Zhilong, on the other hand, is different. He has only been a leader for a long time, and he does not have much capital reserves at all. You must know that the position of the faucet is not so easy to be!

The more people you have, the bigger the scene, and the bigger the cost! His men needed silver to support their families, as well as spirits and other supplies. These are all exchanged for nothing!

Moreover, the source of Zheng Zhilong's silver is the single channel of sea trade. Once Zheng Zhilong and his allies abandon sea trade and go all out to wage war with Liu Pei, they will be dragged into an economic war by Liu Pei.

Zheng Zhilong, who does not have much capital reserves, is definitely not the opponent of Liu Pei, who is constantly replenished. So as long as time drags on, his alliance will collapse, his subordinates will have lower morale, and even oppose a war with Liu Pei, and that is when Liu Pei will fight back!

Just when Zheng Zhilong was spending manpower and material resources and kept searching for Liu Pei, Liu Pei had already appeared on the sea. At this time, he was following his fleet in battle. Originally, everyone was against Liu Pei's fight, but Liu Pei said that he would resolutely be with his subordinates.

When the sailors heard the news, their morale was boosted. In fact, Liu Pei felt that his body armor was now impenetrable to the projectile, so he got on the boat without fear. But his presence did boost morale.

Now Liu Pei is fighting with a fleet of three ships. It all started in the morning.

Liu Pei's fleet is a fleet of four ships. It was Wu Yizhou who saw that he couldn't dissuade Liu Pei and forcibly matched a boat. At this time, the fleet was still moving in the thick morning fog, gliding across the sea like ghosts.

When Liu Pei woke up in the morning, the sailors on the fleet also woke up and began to take turns eating breakfast, and replaced the brothers on duty at night. Because there was still morning fog at sea, the ships were kept at their lowest speed.

Liu Pei quickly finished breakfast, and he sat on the bow of the boat enjoying the cold and wet sea breeze. Due to the dense morning fog at this time. So all the ships maintain a minimum speed. They are connected to each other by the sound of drums and lights.

At this time, the lookout on the mast shouted: "There are islands ahead!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Pei nodded with satisfaction. The island in front of him is one of the navigation beacons on Liu Peihang's road. In the predetermined plan, after encountering this small island, they will turn to the southeast.

Sure enough, Liu Pei then heard the captain's order and said, "Attention! Turn 30° to the southeast! The stern delivers the steering message! ”

The sailors immediately got into action. The boat under Liu Pei's feet slowly changed direction. It turned out that the island in front of him slowly moved to Liu Pei's left-hand side. The island was not visible in the hazy fog, except for a large black patch. There was nothing on that island but a bare mountain of stones.

Liu Pei took advantage of the flotilla to look behind the flotilla when the flotilla was turning, and could vaguely see that the ships behind were turning in turn. However, the morning fog was thick, and he could only see the second ship. The third ship could only be seen in a vague shape. As for the fourth ship, only the sound of the drums of the answer could be faintly heard, and the existence of the fourth ship was confirmed.

Aloe put down her binoculars and found that she had nothing to do, so she simply sat down at the bow of the boat, took off her boots, hung her feet down, and enjoyed the sea breeze. With the sea breeze blowing on his face, Liu Pei completely emptied his mind and enjoyed the tranquility of the sea.

Not long after, Liu Pei suddenly heard the watchman's low shout and shouted, "Attention! Note! There is a boat ahead! There is a boat ahead! ”

Liu Pei suddenly came to his senses, and immediately picked up the boots next to him and put them on his feet. By this time, the lookout's alarm had alerted most of the sailors on deck, and they all looked up into the distance.

Liu Pei also stood up and raised his binoculars to look into the distance. Soon he searched for a vague shadow in the thick fog. And the shadow was clearly moving slowly, and swaying with the waves. Liu Pei immediately decided in his heart that it must be a sea ship! Just don't know if it's friend or foe? At the same time, Liu Pei also quickly judged why he encountered this ship.

It turned out that Liu Pei and the ship both used the stone island as a navigation mark, and the routes of the two sides were almost opposite. So now Liu Pei's fleet and this ship are on an intersection line! It won't be long before the two sides meet each other in a thick fog.

Unable to judge whether it was friend or foe, Liu Pei said to the captain who stood beside him: "Lower the sails." At the same time, the boat behind is notified to lower the sails as well. ”

The captain nodded and ordered a sailor to arrange it. Liu Pei raised the telescope again and looked into the distance. The captain also raised his binoculars to take a closer look. But before he could find the shadow of the ship in the camera, he heard Liu Pei squeeze out three words from between his teeth: "It's the enemy!" ”

The reason is very simple, Liu Pei has already seen the vague shadow of the second ship not far behind that ship! In the current situation where the two sides are at war, the people who can form a fleet and sail are Zheng Zhilong's people except for Liu Pei. And there shouldn't be Liu Pei's fleet here, so you don't have to think much about it to know that you have encountered an enemy!

If it were an enemy fleet, then they should also be three ships. Zheng Zhilong has full confidence in naval operations! He believed that with the same number of troops, he would definitely be able to defeat Liu Pei. So their fleet is also a team of three, and the reason why they don't see a third ship now must be due to the dense fog.

Liu Pei quickly thought in his mind, whether to fight or not? However, Liu Pei quickly made up his mind - fight! Because Liu Pei believes that the other party must not have found himself! This means you can perform a perfect raid in the morning mist!

Liu Pei knew that there was no place for a lookout on his opponent's Chinese sailing boat. And Liu Pei specially asked the masters to arrange the position of lookouts on the mast of their own sea ships, so that they could find the other party first. And they also have high-powered telescopes in their hands that their opponents don't have.

Thinking of this, Liu Pei immediately whispered to the captain: "Don't use drums, use lights to notify the boats behind to speed up and keep up." Our first three ships pulled up and marched in unison, bombarding the enemy's first ship with bow guns. Then our ship leaned in and fought a broadside battle. The battle in the back was commanded by the captain of the second ship. At the same time, inform the firecrackers to prepare the mast and the ship, "

The captain nodded excitedly and went to make arrangements. A moment later. The two ships behind gradually accelerated, catching up from the left. Maintain flush with Liu Pei's boat. The fourth ship was so far away that only a vague silhouette could now be seen in the dense fog.

The three ships coordinated with their lights and quickly approached the enemy. Although the morning fog has faded a little, it is still enough to cover the traces of Liu Pei's fleet. Three boats glide silently across the water, like three crocodiles slowly swimming towards their prey! By the time the prey finds them approaching, it's often too late to escape.

Liu Pei raised his binoculars again and looked at the fleet in front of him, and found that the other party was indeed three ships. At this time, the shadow of the opponent's third ship had been vaguely displayed from the thick fog. But there is no shadow of the fourth ship. It seems that it must be Zheng Zhilong's person!

Liu Pei put down the binoculars and waved his hand vigorously, as if he was whipping the fog next to him. Liu Pei now hopes that the fog will clear as soon as possible. Although there is a cover of fog, it is convenient to raid. But if it was a fight, Liu Pei still hoped to fight without fog, because after all, Liu Pei had more people and more ships this time. Therefore, it is more advantageous to fight in a situation with a good line of sight.

At this time, Liu Pei turned around and glanced at the sailors. The direct sailors had already placed their anti-arrow cards and were standing excitedly on the side of the ship with weapons in hand, waiting for the moment of engagement. The artillery crew was also already loaded with grapeshot shells, waiting for the order to fire.

The fleets of both sides got closer and closer. Through the thinner and thinner mist, Liu Pei could already see that no one seemed to be moving on the other party's boat. This made Liu Pei's confidence in the success of the raid a little more increased!

By this time the sun had risen very high. The fog on the surface of the sea is rapidly dissipating. At this time, the opponent had already entered the range of shelling, but Liu Peiyi did not give the order to shoot. Because there weren't many people on the follow-up deck at all, shooting at this point was a waste of ammunition.