Jumping clown!

Zheng Chenggong disdainful.

Just now, he just made a tentative attack and caused the opponent to mess up. It is enough to see that this group of pirates is a rabble.

You must know that there are many classifications of even the Wakos.

Some are just some ronin samurai mixed with some fake widows. Some were regular soldiers from Japan.

Obviously, the latter has a higher combat effectiveness. According to Zheng Chenggong's judgment, the group of pirates he encountered obviously belonged to the former.

"Continue the shelling and suppress the fire from the opposite side."

Zheng Chenggong knew very well that if he wanted to land on the beach, he had to suppress the opponent's firepower.

Otherwise, the sons and daughters will not be able to gain a firm foothold and move forward.

Only by providing them with sufficient cover can they charge without fear.

No matter how big the price is, Zheng Chenggong will order it to be done.

The ships of the Denlai Naval Division are relatively scattered, which also has advantages. That is, the shells fired at them are difficult to hit the target.

And the shells they fired at the dock bunkers came from all directions, making it difficult to figure out the defense.

Zheng Sanhu was also taken aback when he saw that the imperial army was not to be outdone.

He originally thought that if he attacked the imperial army for a while, he would be disrupted and flee, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.

"Call Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will not believe it. His grandma's! ”

As the saying goes, people fight for a breath. Of course, Zheng Sanhu didn't think that the Zheng family army was worse than the imperial army, so they must overwhelm the imperial army on the scene. Do whatever it takes to do so!

All the artillery that could be used on Jiushan Island was used, and the sound of artillery shook the sky for a while.

Zheng Chenggong pursed his lips tightly and watched it all.

Compared to Bison Island, Jiushan Island is more carefully defended.

It was the most difficult battle he had ever faced since he commanded his army.

However, Zheng Chenggong did not have the slightest fear.

People are inherently trained.

The same goes for generals.

How can you improve yourself by always playing against weak opponents?

In Zheng Chenggong's view, it is also a kind of luck to be able to meet a strong enemy.

The battle was fierce, and Zheng Chenggong had no time to be distracted. So much so that Chen Xianling, who came to the deck, turned pale, and he didn't say anything.

Chen Xianling was originally taking a nap in the cabin, and was startled when he suddenly heard the sound of cannons.

He trotted all the way to the deck and was stunned at what he saw.

There was artillery fire everywhere, and although most of these shells did not hit the ships of the sailors, some of them landed not far from the hull.

A cannonball even flew over Chen County's head and fell into the sea, causing Chen County's order to fall to the ground crying and calling his mother.

At this time, Chen Xianling no longer had a trace of the graceful posture in Suri, and he was flustered like a child who had made a mistake.

Finally, his heart-rending cry attracted Zheng Chenggong's attention.

Zheng Chenggong frowned and stepped forward to comfort: "Chen County Order, why don't you stay in the cabin?" What do you do on the deck? ”

"General Zheng, this cannon sound shook the sky, and the county really couldn't stay in the cabin, so I came to the deck to see what was going on."

Zheng Chenggong sneered in his heart.

You've come to the deck to see what you can do? It's not that it adds a burden to the soldiers.

The soldiers have to be so distracted to protect you that their concentration in battle drops.

But there is no way, after all, Chen Xianling is also an official of the imperial court, Zheng Chenggong can't be too harsh on him, so he cleared his throat and said: "In this case, Chen Xianling should stay on the deck and don't walk around." The shell has no eyes, and it will not be good if it hits Chen County. ”

Chen Huan's face turned red when he heard this.

"General Zheng rest assured, this official will never move around."

"That's fine."

Zheng Chenggong nodded.

He didn't expect Chen Xianling to make any contribution, as long as he didn't cause trouble.

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After a fierce battle, both sides suffered casualties.

Zheng Sanhu suffered more than 100 casualties on his side, and they were basically killed by artillery shelling.

Zheng Chenggong's side was similar, the hull of a Canton ship was hit by several cannons and sank directly. All of the more than 200 officers and men on board drowned, except for a few dozen who swam to a neighboring ship.

The battle was fierce.

After some weighing, Zheng Chenggong decided to stop the attack first and think about it in the long run.

It was not the casualties of the more than 100 people that made him make this decision, but the fact that after this battle, he found that he had to pay a terrible price to land on the beach.

Although it is said that the bones will be dry, Zheng Chenggong does not intend to gamble with the lives of these soldiers until he has to.

After all, these officers and soldiers of the sailors are his robes, and they even trained together at the beginning.

Zheng Chenggong is not a hard-hearted person, although the war is cruel, he wants to minimize this cruelty.

The temporary ceasefire of the imperial army also made Zheng Sanhu breathe a sigh of relief.

He has been gritting his teeth and holding on, and he doesn't know when he will collapse if he continues to fight.

Since the imperial army took the lead in ceasefire, it would not be a shame for him to cease fire again.

How did his mother's court sailor become so sharp, not at all like the flowery officers and soldiers he was familiar with.

Zheng Sanhu decided to send someone to report the news to Zheng Zhilong in Fujian.

Of course, we have to wait until this battle is over.

Now that the entire port is under martial law, it is impossible to send ships out to sea.

It was getting dark, the sun was setting, and the moon was rising.

The tacit understanding between the two sides died down, and the ceasefire rested.

Zheng Chenggong's cabin was brightly lit.

"General, according to the spies, this small island is called Jiushan Island, and there is a cliff on the north side of the island, but there is a water hole that can lead directly to the island."

Zheng Chenggong's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Is the news accurate?" ”

"This is what the fishermen in the neighborhood said, and there should be no falsehood."

Zheng Chenggong muttered, "It's a good idea to attack from here. It's just that the fishermen know the weakness, maybe the pirates don't know? ”

"General, it is said that this group of pirates has just arrived. Previously, Jiushan Island was entrenched by another group of pirates, and after this group of pirates came, the pirates on the original island took the initiative to withdraw, and this group of pirates took advantage of the situation to occupy the magpie's nest. ”

"Oh?"

Zheng Chenggong was slightly stunned.

That's a lot of useful information.

If this group of pirates is really new, I am afraid that they may not know the topography of the island well.

If you send troops to attack from that water hole, maybe it can work wonders?

Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

His decision may affect the entire battle situation, so he must be cautious.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zheng Chenggong decided to give it a try.

There will definitely be big losses in the assault. If the surprise attack is successful, it will make a lot of money, and even if it fails, it will only lose a small part of the troops.

After some weighing, Zheng Chenggong still felt that the benefits from the surprise attack from the water cave were greater.

"Pass my general order, the main force will continue to attack early tomorrow morning, but there is no need to brave the artillery fire to rush to the beach and land, send a partial division to the back cliff water cave, and surprise attack!"

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