Li Dazui sat on the small boat, looking at the dozen or so sailors on board, and I am afraid that there are only so many people who survived the fire and the storm that followed. As soon as the first dinghy was lowered www.biquge.info the whaling ship suddenly exploded, and a burning wooden barrel filled with whale oil smashed into the dinghy, so Li Dazui lost his first mate and more than a dozen sailors, as well as three full barrels of fresh water. The second dinghy went safely into the sea, and Li Dazui and the last few sailors got into the last dinghy. When he got on the dinghy, Li Dazui knew that there were still a few sailors who had not had time to get to the deck, but he also knew that if they had not been able to get to the deck at this time, or jumped into the sea, they would definitely be burned to death inside.

Li Dazui and the other dinghy rowed as far away from the burning whaling ship as possible, and at this time, Li Dazui also saw that the Spanish ships had also gone away.

The storm came soon, and the sky suddenly darkened, as dark as at night, and only the lightning that lit up in the sky from time to time, tearing the sky, could make Li Dazui see another dinghy not far away. The wind howled, the rain poured down, and the sea churned like a pot of boiling water. There were bubbles everywhere, huge waves everywhere, and the small boat that Li Dazui was riding in was powerless in such wind and waves, and it was thrown into the sky by the waves for a while, and then it sank downward, until it sank into the deep valley of the waves, and as far as the eye could see, there were waves one or two feet high on all sides, almost covering the sky.

"Hold on to the dinghy, don't be thrown out!" Li Dazui shouted loudly, but in the sound of the wind and waves whistling around, even Li Dazui himself couldn't hear his own voice.

A wave came, and the whole dinghy was submerged. Fortunately, the dinghy is made of wood, and even if it is filled with water, it is lighter than the sea, so after the big waves, the dinghy still floats.

"Hurry up and scoop the water out!" Li Dazui shouted, while hurriedly scooping the water outside, although the other sailors couldn't hear what Li Dazui was shouting, but they also knew what to do at this time, so they all hurriedly scooped up the water outside with everything they could use.

A lot of water in the dinghy was scooped out, and at this time Li Dazui realized that just now, a bucket of fresh water tied to the dinghy was washed away by the waves. And there were also two fewer sailors on board.

"Immediately reinforce the remaining fresh water bucket!" Li shouted as he ventured to his feet, grabbed the broken rope (the same one that had been tied to another bucket of fresh water) and wound it around the remaining barrel. One of the sailors sitting next to the barrel also hurriedly grabbed another piece of rope and began to work hard to strengthen the barrel.

After that, several large waves hit in a row, but fortunately, this time the fresh water bucket was fixed very well and never floated away. And the sailors were also prepared, and it never happened again, and once a wave hit, there was one or two less people on board.

The storm lasted for several hours, and it was not until everyone was exhausted that it faded away. The dark clouds overhead also dispersed, revealing a sky full of stars and a crescent moon.

It was only at this time that Li Dazui discovered that the other dinghy that was with them before the storm arrived no longer knew where it had gone.

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Li Dazui has been floating at sea for several days, but he is not too worried about whether he can be saved, because the sea area is still relatively busy in general, at least the number of whaling ships here will not be small. As he had estimated, he was discovered only four days later by a smoky whaling ship.

"Where's your captain?" As soon as Li Dazui was pulled onto the boat, he shouted, "Let him put out the fire!" ”

"Yo, isn't this Li Dazui? What about your ship? You capsized too? A voice rang out, and Li Dazui turned his head and saw a fat face full of smiles walking over.

"Ouyang Ding, you don't have to be a fool." Li opened his mouth and said, "Lao Tzu is here to save your life!" There's a Spanish fleet around here, and your mother's fire isn't going to go out quickly, so big smoke is coming up, you're looking for death! ”

Ouyang Ding and Li Dazui are acquaintances, and the two are still very similar in many ways, but they are not friends, on the contrary, maybe they are repelled by the same sex, and as soon as the two of them meet, they will almost have conflicts. Most of the time, either Li Dazui opened his big mouth to provoke Ouyang Ding, or Ouyang Ding used all kinds of nonsense to provoke Li Dazui. And then it quickly developed to the point where everyone used their fists to compete with each other. However, there are not too many deviations in the craftsmanship of the two, so most of the results are that Li Dazui covered his face and turned his head to stare at Ouyang Ding viciously and said, "Wait, Mom!" And Ouyang Ding also covered his face and turned his head, stared at Li Dazui viciously and said, "Mom, wait!" ”

This time, Li Dazui was obviously in trouble, Ouyang Ding naturally wanted to come and see his jokes, but he didn't want to, Li Dazui came up with such a sentence.

"There are Spaniards here? Li Dazui, you're not scaring Lao Tzu, are you? Ouyang Ding was startled, and the fat on his face also shook.

"Lao Tzu is bored, so he is here to lie to you. If Lao Tzu hadn't been a Spaniard with dog days a few days ago, he would have ended up like this? Li Dazui said, "Why don't you hurry up, the fire is extinguished, and then get some food for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is about to starve to death." Mommy's fucking with you now, most likely she won't be able to teach you a lesson. ”

"You weren't my defeated before." Ouyang Ding snorted from his nose, then turned his head to his first mate, who was also his younger brother Ouyang Dang, and said, "Ah Dang, hurry up and let someone go and put out the fire." With such an important military situation, I don't dare to talk nonsense about Li Dazui. ”

Ouyang immediately answered, turned around and got out of the cabin. Ouyang Ding shouted again: "Open all the sails, speed up, and return!" ”

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"Arsen, the Spaniards have attacked one of our fleets again, and we have lost six fortune boats. I have already ordered the suspension of the fleet to Japan. You know, if we send warships to escort the escort, and send more warships, the cost will be very high, and it will not be very profitable. Moreover, our ships were slower than those of the Spaniards, so on the sea, even if they had the upper hand, they would not be able to catch up with them. To solve the problem, I'm afraid it still depends on your Tessie sailboats. You know, the trade between our family and Japan is not small, and if it stops for a long time, we also have losses. However, if your Tessie ships are not ready, we are not in a hurry, and the silver you brought back last time is more than enough to cover the losses. In the private house in Anping Town, Zheng Zhilong said to Zheng Sen.

In general, Zheng Zhilong was quite satisfied with the current progress of the battle between Zheng Sen and the Spaniards, especially when Zheng Sen returned with eight Spanish silver ships, Zheng Zhilong was even more satisfied with the situation of this battle. Now, although the Spaniards' harassment of the route from Fujian to Japan has also brought some losses to the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong also understands that if the fleet is not well repaired, attacking immediately will only allow the Spaniards to take advantage.

"Daddy, our 'Endeavour' has been repaired, (the Endeavour was not too badly damaged, in addition) the soldiers have also been repaired, as long as Daddy gives an order, the 'Endeavour' can attack today. The other four cruisers have also been basically repaired, and the remaining little follow-up can be repaired while sailing at sea. As for the armed whaling vessels, I have already arranged for the modification of several other whaling vessels, and the basic modifications have been completed, and the remaining finishing touches can be carried out while sailing at sea. So Daddy, as long as you give the order, we can pull the fleet out early tomorrow morning to teach the Spaniards a lesson. ”

"Arsen, this fleet of the Spaniards is basically full of authentic warships. The ships you have alone may not have the upper hand. Zheng Zhilong said, "And Asen, don't you think this is a waste of the other warships in our hands?" A good general can't just use elite troops, he is like a good chef, he can't just cook delicacies from the mountains and seas, but also make radish and cabbage taste good. For a good general, any army, as long as it is in his hands, can always come in the right place to use the right place. This is what the man named Han Xin said back then, the more the merrier. Obviously, over the years, Zheng Zhilong, who often reads history books, has indeed made great progress in learning.

When Zheng Sen heard this, he knew that his father must have had his own plans, so he said: "What Daddy said is that it's just that the child is stupid, and he can't even have a million soldiers like Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, and he will win the battle and conquer it." There are more than a dozen boats in his hand, and the child can probably still see it, but if this number is exceeded, the child will be in a hurry, and he can't care about the head and tail. So please ask Daddy to teach the children a lot. ”

Zheng Zhilong listened, but laughed, and said: "Ah Sen, in fact, you are already good, not to mention that at your age, even those who have fought all their lives, how many people have the ability to command more than ten warships?" Moreover, now Asen, my expectation for you is not that you have the ability to command hundreds, thousands of warships. Well, I read the book that Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty asked Han Xin: 'How many soldiers can I bring?' Han Xin said that he could bring up to 100,000 people. But Emperor Gaozu doesn't need to lead troops to fight at all, he just needs to know how to control those generals who can fight. As for this battle, I think we can divide our ships into two parts, one is the ships disguised as merchant ships and the escort ships, and this number is controlled to the extent that the Spaniards feel that they can eat just right, and the other is your special ships. We'll use those old warships and merchant ships as bait to lure the Spaniards into battle, and when the battle gets critical, your fleet will be killed. The Spaniards did not yet have a well-developed flag language and struggled to respond effectively. We'll be able to wipe out his fleet with one guy. Without the fleet, we want the Spaniard to be round, can he still be flat? It's a pity that those bastions in Manila are too difficult to deal with. ”