This sea battle, although fought a little inexplicably, its scale is quite amazing.

There are nearly 200 ships on both sides participating in the war, and the number of artillery pieces is hundreds or thousands, such a big battle, even if it is placed on the European continent at this time, it can be regarded as a decisive battle between superpowers, such a large scale, it is possible to destroy a European continental power in a war.

It's a pity that the participants in this war did not have any European powers, both sides can be said to be the forces of the Ming Dynasty, and such a strong force is not used to clean up others, but it is used to engage in internal fighting, I have to say, this is a kind of sadness.

However, the initiator of this war, or the initiator, Xie Shixian, the eldest young master of the Yuyao Xie family, did not feel sad at all.

He has wanted to be a big official since he was a child, and he has to do whatever he wants.

It's a pity that he doesn't learn and can't even pass the exam, so the dream of being an official is getting farther and farther away from him, at this time, he finally became the commander of the fleet, big and small, he is also an official, and there are thousands of people under his hands, can he not be excited?

He commanded the fleet and bombarded five rounds, and dozens of ships in Wang Zhi's fleet were hung with colors, and the scene of the water column soaring into the sky and the sawdust flying was really enjoyable.

However, before he could command his men to beat Wang Zhi's men to the ground like wheat with muskets, Wang Zhi's fleet remembered a loud roar.

That guy is simply shaking the sky and the earth, the wind and clouds are changing color, he has blasted out more than 100 shells at most in these rounds, and people have indeed blasted out thousands of shells in one round, how can the power be the same!

He bombarded people five times in a row, and indeed hit dozens of ships under Wang Zhi, but the damage caused was not very large, because most of Wang Zhi's hands were lucky ships, and the hull was amazingly large, and a cannonball smashed it, and even the deck could not be smashed, at most it could only smash a hole in the cabin, even if it was a Cangshan ship or something, one or two shells would not be too much of a problem.

Wang Zhi's round of bombardment is different, thousands of shells bombarded thirty or forty Cangshan ships in a concentrated manner, that guy, a ship has to hit a few rounds, to say the least, some ships have more than a dozen shots.

The volume of the Cangshan ship is not large, and a few shells may sink the ship, let alone a dozen.

Therefore, after this round of bombardment, several ships in Xie Shixian's fleet began to tilt and sink, and even the flagship he was riding on was bombarded with holes and sawdust flying sideways.

Xie Shixian was dumbfounded for a moment, didn't Yang Cong equip Wang Zhi with any artillery in order to limit his strength, how could people have so many artillery!

Fortunately, Wang Zhi is not equipped with the standard artillery of the imperial court, and it cannot be fired continuously, otherwise, after five rounds, the poor thirty or forty Cangshan ships under his hands are estimated to be bombed into slag.

However, this round of bombardment also collapsed him, and he looked at the approaching enemy ship with horror on his face, and couldn't help but tremble: "Quick, retreat, retreat!" ”

That's right, you are just thirty or forty small Cangshan ships, how can you do more than hundreds of other people's big ships, using the range advantage of artillery to hang others to fight, once you take overboard, then the whole army will be destroyed.

It's a pity, this kid just doesn't listen to them, and insists on playing something quick and fast, now it's okay, it's a quick decision by others, right?

Several commanders and Qianhu could only shake their heads helplessly, and then hurriedly commanded the fleet to retreat.

Fortunately, although the volume of the Cangshan boat is not as good as that of the Fu boat, the speed is much faster than that of the Fu boat, and under the sail oars, soon, the distance between the two sides widened again.

At this time, Xie Shixian was already frightened, where did he still have the courage to use the advantage of artillery range to counterattack, he just wanted to run away quickly, as far as he could.

There are not many Cangshan ships under Wang Zhi, plus they are full of goods, and the speed is not as fast as other people's empty ships, if people insist on escaping, he can only sigh.

A big battle ended like this, on Wang Zhi's side, the loss was not very large, that is, dozens of ships were shot, and the cabin was a little damaged, and it would be okay to repair it, but the loss on Xie Shixian's side was large, eight ships were sunk by Wang Zhi, and his men were also captured by Wang Zhi Two or three hundred people.

These people are not loyal people, under the torture of Wang Zhi, none of them pulled, and they recruited them all.

It turned out that these people were all summoned by the Ningbo Tu clan and the Yuyao Xie clan to pretend to be pirates and pirates, and they were originally crew members hired by the maritime merchants under the hands of the maritime tycoons!

As to where these ships came from, and where the guns on board and the muskets in their hands came from, they do not know.

After Wang Zhi interrogated these prisoners, he already knew in his heart that these were probably the ghosts of Zhao Wenhua, the governor of Zhejiang.

No wonder this kid has been silent for the past few years, it turns out that he is holding back his big move, preparing to rob his fleet in one fell swoop and retake the Dongying market!

It's a pity that Zhao Wenhua also underestimated him too much, thirty or forty Cangshan ships, each ship was equipped with a court-standard artillery and a dozen court-standard muskets, and he wanted to rob his fleet, which was a big dream.

If these thirty or forty Cangshan ships are like the warships of the sailors, each of which is equipped with more than ten artillery pieces and dozens of muskets, then it is still possible to defeat him, and this musket and artillery are not enough for him to stuff his teeth!

However, another news of the confession of these captives was shocking to him, because according to these captives, the Yuyao Xie clan and the Ningbo Tu clan not only summoned them to pretend to be pirates and pirates, but also gathered a lot of real pirates and pirates, I don't know what to do!

This news has to be notified to Yang Cong and Master Yang immediately.

He sent an intact Cangshan ship back to Nanzhili and went to inform Qi Jingtong and asked Qi Jingtong to send a fast boat to deliver the news to the capital.

It's a pity that he was a little late in this move, because while Zhao Wenhua sent a fleet to intercept him, he also sent real pirates and pirates to the area of Suzhou Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion in Nanzhili to plunder.

This guy, they have tiger squat cannons, and new flintlock guns, and their firepower is stronger than that of the coastal guards, and they also have internal responses, how can the guards of Nanzhili resist it.

As a result, many prefectures and counties in Suzhou and Yangzhou were in a hurry, and pirates and pirates came again, and they came more fiercely than before, not only did they loot in the township, but even besieged the county capital, the firepower was so fierce that it was impossible to parry!

Yang Cong received the news, and he didn't run directly to scold Yan Song.

Are you the source of the scourge, is it necessary to do this in order to snatch the interests of the sea?

This matter is clearly instructed by Yan Song, otherwise, why did Xia Yan just fall, he had just become the first assistant of the cabinet, and something happened to the southeast.

Pirates and pirates are not good men and women, once they go ashore, the common people will suffer, but Yan Song, this guy, for his own interests, has repeatedly connived and even nurtured pirates and pirates, plundering everywhere, it's just not a thing!

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