You Degao laughed out of breath and laughed loudly: "The Zheng family is also rare, could it be that they think that the naval battle can't defeat our army, and the land battle is okay, and my Flying Bear Brigade is not a vegetarian."

"This gives us a chance", a hint of fierceness flashed in Jiang Baolin's eyes, "When the troops are divided into two ways, the Zheng family will be the weakest, and we will just annihilate the frontal enemy in one fell swoop." ”

"That's right", the generals nodded yes one after another.

Mao Yuanyi's optimistic attitude towards the Luzon generals is a little strange, you must know that there are only 1,200 soldiers and horses in the entire Keelung City, and they have to be stationed in three places, why can they be so calm in the face of the attack of at least thousands of people from the Zheng family?

Seeing the doubt in Mao Yuanyi's eyes, You Degao turned his head to him and smiled:

"The general army does not know, our Luzon army is already a modern firearms unit, and it pays attention to the output of firepower, and there are artillery in the distance, muskets in the distance, grenades and bayonets in the near distance, and it is a complete tactical system."

"And the Zheng family is still in the era of cold weapons, and can only rely on the tactical charge of the sea of people, this method of warfare is not worth mentioning in the face of powerful firepower, not to mention that our army still has a fortress to shelter."

Mao Yuanyi had something to gain, he was already particularly sensitive to war, so he was able to write a military book like Wu Beizhi, and now he heard You Degao relay Liu Ximing's arguments about the tactical system, and many doubts suddenly became clear.

As the Zheng family divided their troops to Jilong Island, the time gradually came to the end of the afternoon.

Finding that the Zheng family's fleet heading to the chicken coop had gone far, You Degao decisively ordered the whole army to go north again to prepare for a decisive battle with the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong and the others obviously did not expect the determination of the Luzon fleet to be so great, in their opinion, although their own firepower is insufficient, but there are many people, the Luzon fleet should retreat to the shore fire cannon to protect itself.

Now this situation has made Zheng Zhilong and others a little numb, it is really not to leave, nor is it to retreat.

After testing the wind direction and finding that he was in the upper wind, Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth and decided to come down.

"The whole ship rushes forward, and it must rush into the fleet of the Luzonians."

On the vast sea, the armies of Liu Zheng and Zheng once again entered a state of imminent explosion.

The upwind outlet is good for surprise attacks, and the downwind port is good for retreat.

You Degao also apparently noticed the Zheng family's desperate performance, unlike the Zheng family's deep roots in Fujian, the current rule of the Luzon General's Mansion was not yet stable, and he could not afford the consequences of excessive losses in his fleet.

Therefore, as soon as they saw the Zheng family rushing at full speed, the Luzon fleet sailed in the southwest direction again, taking advantage of the downwind advantage to fight a guerrilla attack with the Zheng family's fleet.

The rumbling of artillery on the surface of the sea was incessant, but it was basically the Luzon fleet that was firing.

"This is called kite flying tactics," You Degao explained to Mao Yuanyi proudly.

"This is my second brother's own method of warfare, if it is on land, this can be called guerrilla tactics."

"Breathtaking", seeing that one of Zheng Jun's medium-sized Fu ships stopped because the mast was broken by more than a dozen chain bullets, Mao Yuanyi issued a heartfelt admiration.

As Zheng Jun's pursuit deepened, this phenomenon became more and more. 、

Finding that the situation was not right, after losing four lucky ships, Zheng Zhilong decisively gave an order, and the whole fleet turned west again, holding the entrance to the sea outside Keelung City, and the focus of the whole battle returned to land warfare.

The Bachimen Waterway at the northeast end of Jilong Island, a 7-mile sea route for the Zheng family fleet will not be long in coming.

Originally, the Spaniards built the barrel square fort here, but it has been demolished, and after the Luzon army occupied the chicken coop, the focus was mainly on Keelung City and Dingyuan Fort, so there was no time to rebuild the fort.

You Degao also lamented many times the degree of development of European military theory at this time, and after hundreds of years of long-term warfare, European armies have unique views on arranging troops and building cities for defense.

For example, this is the case on Joncoop Island, in addition to the main city of San Salvador, the Spaniards have built small forts on the commanding heights of the island, as well as several possible landing places, building the entire island's defense into a complete defense chain.

This is something that the East Asian armies do not possess at present.

The Zheng family's troops landed here with ease, and the troops of up to 5,000 men began to assemble and rushed towards Guining Fort in the southwest.

Fortunately, the Basi people on the island, such as the Jinbaoli Society, have been transferred to Keelung City, otherwise they would not have escaped the fate of being dragged into battle by Zheng Junqiang.

Zheng Zhibao led an army of 5,000 troops to travel more than two miles along the road opened up by the Spaniards before, and then saw the fort of Guining after being strengthened again.

Chen Minshan, the chief general of the garrison of Guining Fort, had already received a report from the flag on the fleet, and he did not panic when he saw the arrival of Zheng Jun.

Seeing that Zheng Jun had penetrated deep into the firing range of the fortress and did not know it, Chen Minshan gave an order, and the 14 4-inch guns and 3-inch guns that had been transferred over began to exert their might.

The 6-inch gun was too heavy to be transferred.

There was a "boom" in the sky above the fort, and Zheng Zhibao, who was observing the defense of Guining Fort on the hillside, was startled.

"Fuck it, where did this Luzon dog thief get so many artillery."

Zheng Zhibao was so angry that he jumped to his feet again, "Damn, a cannon weighs thousands of pounds, how can these bastards hit wherever they want, I'll fuck it." ”

"Fifth master, what should I do, you can give me a word."

"What else can I do, fight, let the brothers rush to make a ladder, Lao Tzu won't believe it, such a small city can't be breached."

Zheng Zhibao spat and splashed, scolded and retreated more than a mile again with the soldiers and horses, and the five thousand Zheng family sailors had to build a ladder from local materials.

Originally, the time had already reached the afternoon, and as soon as Zheng Zhibao and the others did this, an afternoon passed in an instant, the sky gradually darkened, and the entire battlefield began to become silent.

Outside Keelung City, the Luzon Fleet, which was blocked by the Zheng family's fleet in the open sea, quietly sent a wave of personnel to land and convey their orders to the defenders of Keelung City.

And the Zheng family's fleet also felt that the night was simply a godsend.

When the night was sinking and the five fingers were out of sight on the ocean, the small boat troops in the Zheng family's fleet began to quietly move towards Keelung Bay, intending to break into the bay and carry out a surprise attack.

"Boom"

A bright fire lit up at the entrance to Keelung Bay, accompanied by a Zheng family dinghy that was ignited by a raging fire.

Mao Yuanyi arranged the mine at the entrance to the bay to work.

With a "whoosh", a shell was fired from the Dingyuan Fort fort and exploded violently in mid-air.

A strong burst of light emanated from the shells, and the smoke from the burning of white phosphorus was clearly visible, which also lit up the entire bay of ocean.

"Prepare to fire!"

Dozens of Zheng family boats on the ocean were instantly exposed to the sight of Dingyuan Fort and Guining Fort, and the sound of dense artillery fire rang out.

"Brothers, fight with them, everyone rush in."

On the Zheng family's boat unit, several Zheng family's long-standing pirates shouted fiercely with knives.

However, everything was in harmony, explosions continued to sound in the narrow part of the bay, and the Zheng family's boat was either blown up by mines or hit by artillery, and the entire entrance to the bay was soon filled with wood fragments and corpses.

"I, Zheng Zhilong, swear to take revenge!"

At the northern end of Jilong Island, the main fleet of the Zheng family, which relied on the island to cover the shooting boundary of Guining Fort, was in a wail, and could only watch as dozens of small boats fled back in disgrace.

Zheng Zhilong couldn't sit still any longer, "Hurry up and give the order to the fifth master, let him attack overnight, and wait until dawn, the artillery of the Luzon people will pose a greater threat to us." ”

"Rush"

Under the city of Guiningbao, as the torches were lit, the soldiers of the Zheng family began to charge with a ladder under the command of Zheng Zhibao.

Unfortunately, they came across a fortress built by the Spaniards.

This kind of fortress is not a single castle, but a mature combat system.

The bastion is divided into two levels, with a pentagonal protrusion extending below the pentagonal castle at the top.

When the Zheng soldiers attacked, they would be attacked from three directions: the upper and lower fortresses.

Even if the Zheng soldiers used the ladder to climb the first level of the fortress, they would still have to continue to use the ladder to climb the second level of the fortress.

With this back and forth, the Zheng family soldiers directly lost more than 2,000 people, and they were almost under their noses for the soldiers of the Flying Bear Brigade to shoot.

Had it not been for the fear of the strong firepower of the Luzon fleet, the Spaniards would not have surrendered so easily.

You must know that two years later, in the face of the Dutch attack, the Spaniards also resisted stubbornly for a few months.