The boss turned his head to look at the battlefield that looked like a slaughterhouse! Now the corpses were stacked there, and the blood almost obscured the ground! But at this time, he couldn't care about anything else, he only knew that it was important to escape!

The boss has already figured it out, and he's probably going to be intercepted again! Sure enough, as they fled to the ridge, they were under heavy fire as they passed through a relatively sparsely vegetated area!

The one who ambushed them was the night raid team sent out by Li Dazhu! In fact, these people are not going to attack at night at all! They just sent a small number of men to make a pretended raid on the ridge. The pirates on the other side of the ridge will certainly stay where they are when they are attacked by their opponents at night, waiting for the enemy to attack. Good to hold off the opponent.

But what they didn't expect was that the enemy just shouted as they approached the ridge, fired a few rows of firearms, and then disappeared into the darkness. The ambushed pirates shot their arrows and arrows desperately on the ridge, and seemed to easily repel the enemy's night attack! And while they were stupidly waiting for the enemy to attack again, their opponents had already withdrawn!

Their main force was lying in ambush on the slopes of the hill that the pirates were bound to pass. Because the vegetation was sparse and easy to walk, when the fleeing pirates fled to this small slope, the musketeers fired a volley of bullets at the people in the dark, completely scattering the pirates! However, considering the darkness of the night, they did not pursue, nor did they check the results, so they directly withdrew to the cottage.

After returning to the cottage, Li Dazhu personally counted the number of people. All the fighters who are sure to attack are back! However, four people were killed and more than a dozen were wounded. They were all killed and wounded during the feint attack on the ridge. If it had been pirates, they might have left behind and fled. But these soldiers were warriors with strict discipline and a sense of honor. So the dozen or so wounded were brought back after emergency rescue.

The other loss was seven or eight sprained ankles. After all, it's hard to walk on a hillside in the dark without getting hurt!

Li Dazhu was satisfied and arranged for the soldiers to rest. In my heart, I am thinking about waiting for tomorrow dawn to give the enemy a ruthless blow! After all, after this counter-ambush tonight, the pirates suffered heavy losses, and it was the time to panic! Tomorrow we will gather our forces and we will be able to drive them all out to sea!

Early the next morning, Li Dazhuang set out with two hundred men, ready to completely defeat the enemy! They leaned cautiously towards the ridge, and the musketeers bent down, ready to shoot at any moment.

When they approached the ridge, they thought that the pirates would take advantage of the ridge and counterattack, but they didn't expect that there was no movement on the ridge.

Li Dazhu hesitated! They don't want to

Ambushed in the event of a victory! So he wisely sent out a small group of soldiers to reconnoitre. When the scouting soldiers crossed the ridge, they found that the pirates had retreated at some point, leaving only a few corpses on the other side of the ridge.

Such a result made Li Dazhu a little disappointed! But he wasn't overly annoyed. After all, he still has the victory of last night's counter-ambush. So he ordered the soldiers to search back along the road, and sure enough, more than a dozen bodies were found on the road. It seems that he was injured last night and managed to escape, and then died on the way.

And the soldiers also found four wounded pirates. They were badly wounded and did not have the strength to cross the ridge and follow the large force withdraw. Li Dazhu didn't bother to catch the prisoners, and directly ordered the soldiers to execute these four people.

After counting, last night's results were very gratifying! With only a slight loss on your side, you killed 96 people on the other side! Won the first victory since the start of the war! With this victory, the defenders on the island were even more demoralized and confident to hold the island.

After restoring contact with the fort, Li Dazhu confirmed that the enemy had not made any move until the morning. Li Dazhu was to those pirates who withdrew at night. It seems that there are also people in the pirates who understand that they can't withstand the counterattack of the cottage, so they simply evacuate. This also made Li Dazhu confirm that his idea was right. The enemy has no intention of attacking the island at all. This discovery made him completely relaxed.

When the news of the defeat in the capture of the island reached Zheng Zhilong, he was not angry at all. Instead, he sees it as good news. Because since the other party desperately wants to defend this island, it means that the importance of this island is higher than he estimated. Therefore, as long as the island is surrounded, there is no need to worry about the opponent and not sending a fleet to the rescue.

The perennial life at sea and the smooth ascension make Zheng Zhilong have absolute self-confidence! He was convinced that victory would come to him. But he wasn't happy with his performance either. Because the proportion of losses this time is too disparity!

Zheng Zhilong received reports that his opponent could suffer very minor losses. It is estimated that about a dozen people were killed in the battle. Injuries are about the same number. But what he didn't know was that there were only a dozen dead businessmen on the other side! When he heard his subordinates report the number of dead and wounded of his opponents, it was entirely because his subordinates were making up the numbers in order to get rid of their crimes! He was beaten in the dark of night, where is there time to count the dead and wounded of his opponents!

However, judging from the original history, the people of the Zheng family are all heroes of the dominant side at sea! This is not only reflected in maritime trade, but also in naval warfare. At that time, they all had unimaginable creativity and clear heads! But as soon as they hit the land, they made a stupid move! Zheng Zhilong is like this, and so is his son Zheng Chenggong!

After Zheng Zhilong became a tycoon on the sea, he only knew how to collect money to build a house. still

I don't know how to hurry up with armaments. After he supported Emperor Hongguang, he actually surrendered to the Manchus! Sent the head and family property in vain! He never thought that you were the one who had supported the emperor, how could the Manchus believe in a powerful local faction with huge appeal, huge financial and political strength?

As for Zheng Chenggong's mistakes at two major nodes in a row after launching the Northern Expedition. One was anxious to attack Nanjing, and the important nodes on the way to the army were not divided into troops to overcome, and finally suffered from the enemy on their backs. The other is to believe in the Nanjing Shou General's surrender plan, which led to the Qing army having enough time to mobilize the main force to return to help, resulting in the failure of the Northern Expedition.

Zheng Zhilong sent away the little leader who was kneeling on the ground, turned to a few brothers and said, "It seems that we should not rush to attack the island, we will lose manpower in vain!" Or concentrate on waiting to attack the opponent's fleet. When the opposing fleet is defeated, there is no food on the island, and they will naturally surrender. ”

Several others nodded yes, and thought it was a good idea. To be honest, these people have been at sea for many years, and they are not very good at land warfare. It is in their best interest to be able to return to their familiar ways of fighting.

So for the next few days, the two sides kept contact to a minimum, that is, every day there were always several ships at random times, either day or night, to try to get closer. The hilltop fort is also not polite, as long as it is close, it will fire cannons to drive away. In this way, the two sides maintained a state of imminent separation.

Seven days later, the sea surface of Liugong Island off the coast of Shandong Province was covered with sails and masts, which was magnificent. The shore was also full of people, but all of them are recorded to have formed a great phalanx. Today, all of Liu Pei's sea forces are gathered here! They will take the oath here!

For this big battle, Liu Pei has done his best! He once joked with Wu Yizhou: "I have sent everything that can float on the water!" ”

The phalanx on the island was made up of sailors and marines, who stood here waiting for Liu Pei's speech. In front of the phalanx there is a small high platform, which will be used for the heavenly sacrifice point. Liu Peigui is the king of the Ryukyus, and this ceremony is necessary for the expedition.

Liu Pei on the high platform is still the standard for going to sea today, with body armor and red goggles! He first took three lit incense sticks, bowed three times to the heavens, and then inserted them on the incense burner. Then he lit a piece of rice paper on the machine and threw it into the incense burner, watching him slowly turn to ashes.

In the past, Liu Pei didn't believe in anything like that at all. In the past, even when going on an expedition, the sacrifice was a symbolic act. But this time is different. This time can be said to be a battle that decided Liu Pei's fate, so Liu Pei was extremely pious even burning incense on the table.