Just when Zheng Chenggong led Shi Lang, Liu Guoxuan and other 100,000 Ming sailors to fight fiercely with Hongmaozi in the waters around Penghu, Lin Yi personally commanded the Ming Yang Wei giant ship formation, a total of 10,000 sailors, sailed out of the waters around Fujian, crossed the Matsu Islands, dozens of warships, chopping waves, all the way south, and sailed towards Taichung in later generations.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, the vast sea is boundless, and Lin Yi, who is wearing heavy armor and fully armed, stands on the bow of the boat, feeling relaxed and happy. Dressed in the unique Daming Marine Corps attire, Xiao Ying, Zhezhe, Su Moer and Xing Wanfang and other beautiful special soldiers are surrounded by the left and right.

Looking at this giant battleship is no less than a castle moved to the sea, Lin Yi seems to be a giant standing on the castle, surrounded by a formation of battleships like stars holding the moon, and on the ships closest to Lin Yi's capital ship, there are 1,500 guard battalions led by Zhang Hua and hundreds of brocade guard elites led by Ma Luan.

Looking at it, Lin Yi had a heroic feeling of being self-respecting and self-sacrificing.

"Treasure Island Taiwan, I'm here!"

If it weren't for his identity and influence, Lin Yi at this time really wanted to stand on the bow of the ship and shout a few loudly.

Because Lin Yi was also a patriotic person before the crossing, although he was ordinary and could not make any contribution to the reunification of the motherland, but the division between the two sides of the strait, he always felt that it was not a kind of harmony and perfection, and the treasure island of Taiwan should have returned to the embrace of the motherland a long time ago, and it was also a dream of his to end the split state between the two sides of the strait.

Now he has crossed, as a soldier, he fought to defend Sangzi, for the Ming Dynasty was born and died for more than ten years, its great achievements with no ancients before and after no one to describe it is not an exaggeration, and now he is doing an earth-shattering event. He was going to put practical efforts and actions into such a dream, how excited he was, and at this time, none of the thousands of soldiers around him could understand Lin Yi's surging heart.

It's a pity that I can't travel back again, otherwise I would be so proud and proud!

After several hours of high-speed sailing, Lin Yi is now standing on the bow of the Yangwei, and he can clearly see the coast of Taichung through the telescope.

There is no prosperity in later generations, but it is not a deserted island coast, you can occasionally see military installations, there are gun emplacements and a few red hairs the size of matchboxes in action, and two warships like toys, cruising on the shore.

Obviously, these red-haired people have not yet discovered Lin Yi and them, Lin Yi strategized and approached Penghu with an army of 100,000, creating a false impression for the red-haired people on the island, making them think that the Ming army had done all their best to take Penghu Island, the gateway to Taiwan, and then attack the main island of Taiwan.

However, Lin Yi knew that through the telescope, he could see the red hairs so clearly, and the red hairs would soon be able to discover them.

Therefore, Lin Yi decisively ordered: "Prepare to land on the beach!" ”

Lin Yi gave an order, and the more than 3,000 sailors on the ship and the more than 7,000 sailors accompanying the escort were all tense and ready for battle.

The ship's artillery is making final preparations for firing, and the gunners are constantly adjusting their altitude and orientation in order to achieve the best effect of long-range bombardment, and the soldiers in charge of ignition are standing by the cannon with incendiary torches on standby.

In particular, the 70 guns of all sizes on the Yang Wei have all completed the pre-battle preparations at this time, and if they receive an order, they can be fired in seconds.

When Lin Yi's fleet was only more than 10 miles away from the coast of Taiwan Island, the red-haired people on the shore of the island really discovered them, because these red-haired people were not blind after all, they also had lookouts, telescopes, and intelligence systems.

After discovering that the Ming army fleet was coming, they panicked, obviously not expecting the Ming army to come here, and immediately sounded the alarm and reported it quickly, but it was too late......

Some of the red-haired people hurriedly ran to the fort, and the two red-haired warships cruising in this place also made a mess after discovering a huge Ming warship approaching them......

"Fire!"

The guns on the giant ship Yangwei had the largest range, which could reach ten miles, and when it came to the range, several heavy guns on the Yangwei opened fire first.

These are more than a ton of red-coated cannons, the power is amazing, after a few sounds of shaking the mountains of the cannon, several Hongmaozi on the shore of the battery flew into the sky, they did not have time to ignite the Ming warship to carry out artillery bombardment, a few Hongmaozi just ran into the fort, they were bombed by this boom, some of the torches have not ignited the lead, the flying shells exploded the cannon and killed people, these two batteries are all shrouded in a fire and smoke.

The two red-haired battleships didn't look good, so they quickly slipped away.

In fact, these two battleships were not combat ships, but supply ships for the soldiers of the artillery batteries on the shore, although the tonnage was not too small, but the ships did not have many interceptors, the total number of soldiers on the two ships was only 100, and the firepower was not strong, only a dozen guns and a few muskets.

Only one Yangwei had already scared them stupid, and they had never seen such a huge ship, and there were dozens of escort ships, and this battleship formation seemed to be of extraordinary strength, so they had to flee without a fight.

But they didn't get far before bad luck befell them, and the red-coated cannons on the Majesty were already aimed at them.

"Fire!" The artillery commander gave an order, and the red-coated cannons on the Yangwei roared again.

"Knock knock ......" The ground shook the mountains with a few cannon shots, and both battleships were all hit.

The sails of one of the ships were hit by shells, two of the three masts were broken, the white sails were blazing, the smoke rose, and the battleship shook violently and turned in circles in the middle of the sea.

The red hairs on the ship were shaken to the ground, and before they could get up, another shell flew and landed on the left deck and exploded, and the hull of the ship capsized into the sea, and it sank to the surface of the sea in a short time.

Another battleship was even more miserable, it was hit by several shells in succession, and the soldiers on the ship were blown away, but the explosion ignited the ammunition and grain and oil and other items on the ship, and caused a secondary explosion, and the entire battleship turned into a sea of fire, and the red hairs on the ship also planned to put out the fire, but it was blown up by successive explosions, and the corpses were also burned to charcoal, and the unrecognizable battleship then disintegrated, and it disappeared on the sea in a short time.

This small battle lasted less than ten minutes, and only a few shells were fired from the Yangwei, and the two batteries and two battleships on the shore of Hongmaozi and hundreds of Hongmaozi soldiers were all killed.

By the time the rest of the accompanying ships reached the range of fire, the skirmish was over.

The fleet quickly docked, and after the Ming army sailors landed on the shore, they found that all the red hairs here had been wiped out, but the terrain here was complicated, there were no roads, there were hills and ravines everywhere, and the mountains and mountains were even more lofty inside......

Hongmaozi's general guarding the island shore is Wei Malang's assistant Fan Delan, at this time this Fan Commander is inspecting the shore defense affairs, but he is now on the coast Lin Yi and their landing target is at least 200 miles, one is in Taichung, and the other is in Tainan, because Hongmaozi's two castles, Chichicheng and Geranza City, are in Tainan.

This is also determined by the topography of the island of Taiwan, which is the largest island in China, which is mountainous and hilly, especially in the north, but mainly concentrated in the coastal areas of the west and south, and the rest are mostly mountainous and hilly, with vertical and horizontal ravines and complex terrain, which were not suitable for habitation at all hundreds of years ago.

Therefore, the invasion of these red-haired people built two castles in the Tainan area, on both sides of a river, each other horns, and the key defense on the shore is also in this area. And the place that Lin Yi chose was the northern edge of their defense, and the troops were relatively weak.

Vanderland knew that Penghu was now fighting fiercely, the Ming army was not good at coming this time, and the good ones were not coming, and the main force of the naval division was all transferred to Penghu, and there were only more than 100 warships and less than 3,000 sailors left on the shoreline of the island for hundreds of miles, and even the red hairs guarding the forts on the shore were not more than 5,000 people, and the remaining four or five thousand people were defending two castles, that is, the Red Embedded City and the Puransha City, which could never be easily mobilized.

However, now this Commander Fan's mood is also relatively relaxed, for the sake of the war in a short period of time, he will definitely not fall down the line here, the huge main warship, the battle group of more than 10,000 sailors, and a warship, this is the most powerful naval fleet in the world, which is enough for these Ming troops to deal with.

In addition, he will not forget that 20 years ago in this century, there was also a fierce naval battle between the two sides, and the two sides fought for eight months in the waters near Fujian, and finally forced the Ming government to sign and agree to their occupation of Taiwan.

But they did not have as many troops as they do now, nor did the powerful Minwes take part in the battle, and the scale of the war was far less than the current one.

Therefore, his current inspection of coastal defense is also a routine official business, and he will take a look around.

At this time, a fast horse ran over, how far away, immediately this person rolled the saddle and dismounted, and ran to the front of the breathless, "Your Excellency, the commander, something is wrong, a Ming fleet is attacking the northern coast......"

Vanderland was undoubtedly thunderbolted on a sunny day when he heard this, how did the Ming fleet come here, weren't they fighting fiercely in Penghu?

"What the hell is going on? How many Ming troops were there? ”

"Back to Your Excellency Commander, dozens of warships, among which the capital ship is the largest battleship of the Ming Army, the Yangwei."

Shocked that he almost fell, a few months ago, hundreds of warships led by Wei Malang and Vanderlan in the waters of Fuzhou wanted to help Zheng Zhilong, but Lin Yi's Yangwei battleship formation was so frightened that they fled without firing a single shot, and now this giant ship is here again, this is really fatal!

"Then what are you doing in a daze, the battery on the shore is firing, and the commander will send troops to support.!"

"Back to Your Excellency Commander, where the Ming warship formation passed, all the batteries on the shore were destroyed, and all the battleships on the water were sunk. Our army suffered heavy casualties...... They're already coming this way......"

Vanderland's face turned green, and he hurriedly reported to Wei Malang while organizing soldiers and horses to block it......