How rampant the pirates and pirates in the middle and late Ming Dynasty were, there is no detailed record in the history books, and the general history books only write that the southeast coast was invaded here, plundered there, destroyed the garrison here, and breached the county capital and state city there.

There is no way, because the Ming Dynasty tied its hands and feet and implemented a sea ban, and the Ming Navy Division was basically abolished in the back, what happened at sea, God knows!

Although Chen Sipan knew that Yang Cong, the governor of Zhejiang, was desperately supervising the construction of warships, he subconsciously thought that the officers and soldiers would only wander near the coastline and would not go to sea at all, so he was not vigilant at all, and after all the pirates were assembled, he led the pirate fleet on the road.

There were more than 40,000 pirates gathered in Keelung this time, which was not much different from Wang Dan's guess, but the size of the sea ships they cobbled together was not just more than 100, but more than 200.

As for why there are so many sea ships, the reason is very simple, because when other small groups of pirates heard that Chen Da was going to take everyone to do a big deal, they swarmed like flies smelling stinky meat.

It's not easy for them to live at this time, Yang Cong has almost banned the coast, and big pirates like Chen Sipan don't dare to loot alone, not to mention them, what do pirates eat if they don't loot, they are all hungry and go to the sea to fish and eat, such a rare opportunity, they naturally won't miss it.

More than 200 large and small sea ships, how majestic and domineering, Chen Sipan stood on the top of the high Dafu ship, looking at the dense sea ships around, and his heart couldn't help but be full of pride.

At this time, he even had the illusion that he was capable of officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers are actually nothing, I heard that the governor of Zhejiang did not gather all the naval warships together, but scattered everywhere, and each province has only more than 100 warships, with the 200 warships he has gathered, can't he kill the fleet of the sailors of a province?

Of course, his main purpose was not to fight with the officers and soldiers, but to go ashore and plunder the civilians, otherwise, he would really go to Fujian or Zhejiang to fight with the officers and soldiers.

They made such a big move, Yang Cong naturally received the news a long time ago, the pirate fleet is still mostly sailboats, and the overall sailing speed is not as fast as the new warships of the Daming Naval Division, so Chen Sipan has led the fleet to set off less than two days, and Yang Cong has already spread a big net near the Penghu Islands and is ready for battle.

This should be regarded as the largest naval battle in history, with more than 500 ships participating in the war on both sides, and even the current European continental countries cannot organize so many ships to participate in the war at one time.

However, the pirate Chen Sipan didn't know that there was a sea battle ahead, and he only thought that the Ming army didn't know anything about his actions.

He didn't plan to start fighting directly this time, because there were 40,000 pirates gathered in the chicken coop at this time, and the more than 200 ships under their command could transport more than 10,000 people at a time, which means that he would have to make at least four trips to pull everyone to their chosen area.

To Yang Cong's surprise, Chen Sipan also chose the Penghu Islands as a transit place!

There is no way, the chicken coop is more than 1,000 miles away from the nearest Chaozhou Mansion in Guangdong, and the farthest Qiongzhou Mansion is more than 2,000 miles, and most of the sea ships in their hands are sailing ships, and it takes at least four or five days to travel more than 1,000 miles, and it takes more than ten days to make a round trip, and it takes at least more than a month to run four times, and the food and fresh water they can carry are not much, if the first batch of people are thrown on a deserted island in the waters of Guangdong, and then attack after more than a month, it is estimated that those people will die of thirst even if they do not starve to death.

The Penghu Islands are different, Penghu is only more than 500 miles away from the nearest Chaozhou Mansion in Guangdong, and it takes four or five days to go back and forth, and it will take about 20 days to run four times, if Penghu is used as a transit place, the waiting time of the first batch of pirates can be shortened to more than 10 days, and they can barely carry more than 10 days of food and fresh water.

Yang Cong didn't expect this, so when Chen Sipan led the fleet straight towards Penghu, he was taken aback.

This guy, looking for death or dripping, actually hit the muzzle of the gun directly!

Originally, he thought that it would take a lot of effort to search and determine the specific location of the pirate fleet, but now it was sent to the door by himself.

About fifty miles north of Penghu, a huge fleet of pirate ships was slowly moving forward, and the pirates and pirates on board did not know that danger was approaching, and most of them were talking about the pleasure of plundering.

They haven't plundered happily for almost two years, since Yang Cong became the governor of Zhejiang, the coastal capital guards seem to have suddenly changed from soft tofu to copper walls, wherever they run, they will encounter stubborn resistance, and then the main force of officers and soldiers will smell the wind and beat them to the ground.

Originally, when Zhu Kun was the governor of Zhejiang, how happy he was, not only did the coastal capital guard not stop them, but some even secretly communicated with them, and when they went ashore, it was the same as returning home, and they could do whatever they wanted.

It's a nostalgic feeling.

This time, the vast majority of pirates thought that they should be able to "relive the old dream", because Chen Da's family had gathered more than 40,000 people, and they still robbed Guangdong, where the official army had the weakest defense.

People who are familiar with this sea area know that the front should be almost to the Penghu Islands, although the island is relatively barren, there are also a bit of fishermen, catches, women and so on are always a little bit, big harvest is not to be counted on, warm-up is still possible.

Just when everyone was chatting hotly, the front sentinel ship suddenly came out with a terrible whistle, and then the flag-bearers on many masts in front began to wave the flag in their hands desperately, passing on the situation found by the sentinel ship layer by layer, and many people who knew the flag could see that the sentinel ship in front reported that the enemy ship was found in the south, and the number of enemy ships was about 100.

The enemy ship is naturally the warship of the Daming Naval Division, and in this hellish place, they actually encountered the fleet of the official army!

At this time, Chen Sipan, who was still looking forward to being proud on the flagship, did not panic, and there were only more than 100 warships of the official army, so that he would not be scared.

He knew that the officers and soldiers were still relatively strong on land, and since Yang Cong took office, the infantry of the officers and soldiers had slashed as if they had taken medicine, and there was no problem with one enemy and two or even one against five.

However, at sea, he has not heard of any proud achievements of the officers and soldiers, as for the last time Lu Qi and Shen Jiu were deflated, he thinks that it is mainly because Wang Zhi is powerful, not because the officers and soldiers are powerful.

Wang Zhi is still on his way to Dongying at this time, he has already figured this out, without Wang Zhi, you still want to fight with me!

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