Nine warships, led by a Alajin, formed a formation and headed for Nagasaki at a rapid pace. The day after they left, Tatomin boarded the last battleship on Tsushima Island.

Instead of going directly to Nagasaki, Totoshi's warship maintained a slow speed and slowly approached Iki Island, the closest to Tsushima Island.

Jiang Beiming finally received a report from Zeng Guangxian that Tao Min's warships totaled nine and had now reached Nagasaki. However, instead of using force, they were negotiating with the local daimyo in Nagasaki.

Jiang Beiming called all the traversers to the Pearl: "Everyone, the news has arrived, Tao Min's nine warships have arrived in Nagasaki, and negotiations are currently underway. We are now 80 nautical miles from Nagasaki, and we will be there in less than a day. ”

"Sir." Zhao Dequan raised his hand and asked, "Why didn't Tao Min fight Nagasaki, why did he negotiate?" ”

"That's easy to understand." Xin Jiaju replied first, "Tao Min doesn't want to fight either, it will take a long time to conquer Japan, I'm afraid he also wants to reach an agreement through negotiations." ”

"So what are we going to do?" An Yuhang asked, "If we can't fight, we don't have much food on the ship." ”

"Why don't we fight." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "The purpose of our coming is to annihilate Tao Min's fleet, so we can't just watch Tao Min negotiate with the Japanese." ”

Everyone laughed at Jiang Beiming's words, and Jiang Beiming became serious: "I order, all ships go back and make all preparations, let's set off at two o'clock in the morning, now the wind direction is unfavorable for us, and strive to reach Nagasaki in the morning." Block Tao Min in Nagasaki and start the battle before noon. ”

"Yes, sir." Everyone stood up collectively.

In the wee hours of the morning, 22 warships sailed quietly towards Nagasaki. 22 to nine, especially the Pearl and two thousand-ton ships, Jiang Beiming is very confident in the outcome of this naval battle. It's just that there is one thing Jiang Beiming didn't say yesterday, because he hasn't figured out what to do, and that is Brother Taomin. Jiang Beiming couldn't make up his mind again, did he really want to kill him at sea, or should he be captured alive and sent back to Yulin Bay, so that the crossing conference could deal with it.

Today's sky was very good, the wind on the sea was not strong, and although it was a headwind, the whole fleet still maintained a speed of four or five knots. It was almost nine o'clock in the morning, the sun was high in the eastern sky, and the visibility was unusually good. Everyone's hearts are secretly happy, God also helps, this time it will definitely be wiped out.

The familiar bell sounded from the lookout post again: "Report sir, I found a fishing boat in the direction of one o'clock ahead, it looks like a Dongying boat." ”

"Whoever he is." Zhao Dequan, who temporarily served as the captain of the Pearl, shouted, "Order the Guangdong to break away from the formation and stop it, and not a single ship can be spared." ”

The Canton received the signal and headed towards the Japanese fishing boat against the wind, but the boat did not turn around, but also headed towards the Canton, and then fired two fireworks from the fishing boat.

Half an hour later, Keiji Yokoji boarded the Pearl: "Report to the chief, Commander Zeng ordered an urgent report that Tao Min and Tao Gong are not in Nagasaki. ”

"Not in Nagasaki, so where are they?" Jiang Beiming blurted out.

"Back to sir." Yokoji Keiji replied, "We don't know where they are, the people who went to Nagasaki to negotiate yesterday and the day before yesterday were all Eight Banners Ejin, and we didn't see Tao Min and Tao Gong." ”

Jiang Beiming was a little strange, how could they not negotiate in person, could they rest assured that a Eight Banners would really go to talk. Could it be that they are waiting on the ship, it seems a little unlikely. Or did they not come to Nagasaki at all, as if it was also unlikely, the conquest of Japan was Tao Min's main goal, how could he not come in person.

"Sir." Jiang Beiming didn't speak, and Zhao Dequan behind him asked, "We still have an hour to get to Nagasaki, should we go now?" ”

"Go." Jiang Beiming made up his mind, even if Tao Min and Tao Gong really didn't come, defeating his fleet was the main goal, "Pass the order, the fleet will continue to move forward and reach Nagasaki as originally planned." ”

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when the combined fleet arrived off the coast of Nagasaki, and Jiang Beiming, under the guidance of Keiji Yokoji, had clearly seen through the telescope that nine warships were neatly lined up outside the port of Nagasaki.

"Herald." Jiang Beiming's voice was a little excited, "Raise the Mingzi flag." The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fleets attacked as originally planned, and were sure to sink the Tartar ships. The Fourth Fleet was stationed off Nagasaki to block all escaping ships. ”

Sixteen warships, led by the Pearl and two 1,000-ton ships, swooped down on Nagasaki Port at full speed, and the banner of Ming characters flew fiercely in the sea breeze.

The battleships on the opposite side also seemed to see this huge fleet, and hastily formed a battle formation and drove out of Nagasaki Port.

Of the nine battleships, only four were of five or six hundred tons of tonnage, and the remaining five were gunboats of two or three hundred tons, about the same as the tonnage of 30 gunboats.

Jiang Beiming and Zhao De didn't go back to the command room, and the two of them stood on the bow of the Pearl and looked at the battleships of Tao Min opposite.

"Sir, just their little broken ship, it will be sunk in a few cannons." Zhao Dequan didn't take the other party seriously at all.

Although Jiang Beiming was also very relaxed in his heart, he didn't show it: "Dequan, you will command the Pearl, and sink his flagship first." ”

"Yes, sir." Zhao Dequan shouted, "Order, the 32-pounder gun on the bow of the Pearl is test-fired." ”

With the rumbling sound of cannons, two huge iron balls fell into the sea at a distance of about 200 meters from the opposing battleship.

Jiang Beiming calculated the distance: "The herald, the Pearl, Guangdong, and Fujian advance 1,000 meters to stop the ship, turn the rudder 90 degrees to the left, and target the opponent's flagship." The rest of the ships attacked freely. ”

The three giant ships stopped at a distance of 1,500 meters from each other, slowly turning their direction. The nine battleships on the opposite side did not stop, but accelerated and rushed over. The battleships on the opposite side also understood that they could not take advantage of the combined fleet at all, and could only rush out at an accelerated pace.

A burst of cannon fire came from the right side of the Pearl, and the Fuzhou had already circled to the left side of the Tartar fleet and opened fire first. A volley of shells flew towards the fleeing Tartar battleship.

Soon, the Tartar battleships also began to return fire, and the guns on both sides rumbled and the smoke of gunpowder hit each other.

The Pearl had already completed its turn, and nearly twenty cannons on the starboard side were pointed at the flagship opposite, less than 800 meters away.

"Starboard gun, fire." With Zhao Dequan's order, a row of shells flew out of the muzzle.

This time the blow was very effective, rushing to the front of the enemy ship and wailing.

There was a flash of fire on the opposite side, and an enemy ship began to return fire on the Pearl. Zhao Dequan pressed Jiang Beiming to the deck: "Sir, it's dangerous." ”

Jiang Beiming pushed Zhao Dequan away and patted his body: "Don't worry about me, continue to fight." ”

The two sides scuffled, and after an hour, two warships on the Tartar side were sunk, three hoisted the white flag, and one desperately broke out of the encirclement, leaving only three to continue to resist. On the side of the Combined Fleet, only one of Zheng Zhilong's battleships was shot and withdrew from the battle.

Jiang Beiming put down the binoculars in the command room: "Order, send a signal to the enemy ships, order them to stop the ship and surrender, and all those who resist will be sunk." ”

"What about the one that ran out." Zhao Dequan asked as he pointed into the distance.

"An Yuhang is waiting for it outside, and he can't run."

An Yuhang's fourth squadron waited in the open sea for more than an hour, only waiting for an enemy ship, and the sails were still full of holes, and they couldn't run at speed.

An Yuhang was slightly disappointed: "Order, all the warships surround it and block it, and sink it if you don't surrender." ”

The Battle of Nagasaki was over, with five of the nine Tartar warships sunk, four captured, and almost eight hundred sailors captured, nearly half of whom were Ming troops from the original Phi Island.

The Japanese in the port of Nagasaki were all stunned, and the earth-shattering sound of artillery rang out on the sea for an afternoon. In the evening, it was no longer the high-spirited Eight Banners soldiers who had been on the shore two days ago, but a group of Ming Dynasty troops who were majestic and high-spirited under the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiang Beiming did not have direct contact with the Japanese, but handed over the negotiation to Zheng Zhilong. Yulin Bay does not have the energy to run Japan now, and the defeat of Tao Min's fleet this time is considered to have completed the biggest task, at least Tao Min will not have any warships to come to Japan again in two years. Besides, ceding the whole of Japan to Zheng Zhilong is also a good thing that was originally promised.

After overnight consultations, Jiang Beiming left all the four captured warships to Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhilong's own warships were also kept. Zheng Zhilong stayed in Nagasaki to replace Tao Min's people to continue to negotiate trade with Japan, and demanded that Japan open the door to free trade. Jiang Beiming rushed to Lushun with the Pearl and Guangdong.

Zheng Zhilong did not expect that Yulin Bay would defeat the Manchu fleet and occupy Nagasaki so easily, and he had not yet thought about negotiations with the Japanese. Moreover, Zheng Zhilong raised a doubt about Jiang Beiming, he did not bring the army, and the 5,000 army is still in Lushun. However, Jiang Beiming also gave Zheng Zhilong an idea, on the one hand, a part of the army was urgently transferred from Taiwan and Fujian, and Taiwan was more than 2,000 miles from Nagasaki, which was not too far. On the other hand, there is no need to use too much force to deter by making more use of the original relationship, how to say that Zheng Zhilong is also Japan's son-in-law.

At present, there is not a single battleship in Yulin Bay, and Jiang Beiming is worried that the trip to the Philippines may be delayed, so he ordered Zeng Guangxian to lead the Fujian and the remaining three warships to return to Yulin Bay with prisoners. As for where Tao Min is, don't worry about him for now.

Japan's affairs have finally been settled, but the Jinzhou defense line is getting tighter and tighter. The Yulin Army had already replaced the Quick Gun Team and the Shenji Battalion, and there were a certain degree of casualties in the fierce fighting for several days. Zhang Shujie knew that he couldn't defeat the Yulin army, which would make it more difficult for him, so he sent thousands of Shandong soldiers to the long wall to aid the Yulin army.