Chapter 206: Tailgating and Pursuit

Zhu Qing deployed the fleet into three routes, he commanded the flagship in the center, deliberately opened a little distance, and after bypassing the south side of Hong Kong Island, he never found the gunboats cruising on the sea, and he calmed down a little. （）

After the battle of Yashan, he felt that his heroism had been lost, and he became afraid of the east and the west, and he was especially worried about the strength of the ships in his hand, and he must not even take his own life like Zhang Hongfan.

He started from a desperate slave who killed his master, sold smuggled salt, robbed his house, and when the pirates killed people and sold goods, he saw that the situation was not good and betrayed the Song Dynasty, and he lived with his head for most of his life, and he never had the slightest fear, but now he was afraid of death all day long.

He always tosses and turns at night and has nightmares, and no matter how beautiful a girl is, he can't let him sleep peacefully, and if he doesn't wake up three or two times this night, he won't be able to reach dawn. It was rare to close his eyes for a while, and then he returned to the Yashan battlefield, listening to the roaring explosions on the warships on the left and right, looking at the bloody soldiers who were blown up, and the terrible roar always echoed in his ears.

"Big brother, the fleet ahead has begun to turn, we have gone far enough, why don't we go ashore for a few days first, anyway, they will have to walk on land for a few days, and they may not arrive before us."

Heipi, the little brother who sold smuggled salt back then, has now become a big leader, and now he is Zhu Qing's right-hand man, and he has done many things.

"Hac Sand Bay can be occupied, even if there are fishermen, there is no way, our whereabouts cannot be concealed from others, as long as we can avoid the gunboats on that Hong Kong Island, it is enough, the order is to open my eyes wider, and report the ships that find abnormalities."

"Yes, big brother!"

Heipi already feels that his eldest brother, who has followed him for more than ten years, seems to have changed a little recently, not to mention the pride of the past, and now he doesn't even have enough confidence to speak. This change is contagious, originally they were a group of villains who gathered together for money, what loyalty and courage are legends, and everything without money is, and if this continues, the cohesion of this team will soon be over.

Boyan inserted some people as small leaders at the grassroots level, and within a few days, he abducted half of Zhu Qingxiao's fleet, and the original team of four or five hundred boats, only half of them set sail when they left the port this time, and Zhu Qing knew in his heart that those ships would not be under his own control in the future.

Now that the Yuan army is invincible in the world, Boyan doesn't dare to say a word to him, but the intention of self-preservation gradually sprouts in his heart, and a reminder from Heipi strengthens his thoughts. Whoever approaches Guangzhou first must be the first to start a war, Zhu Qing doesn't want it to be his own team, anyway, when he gets to the mouth of the Pearl River, blocking the channel here is considered to complete the task, and let those Dong Wenbing and others do it.

A fleet of more than 200 boats was sailing on the sea, which was also a large row, and when the leading fleet passed by the sea near Butterfly Mountain, it was discovered by Du Hu's scouts disguised as fishing boats.

"Report to the general, the boss has a platoon of ships sailing over, and there are hundreds of them!"

"It's good to come, I ordered to go down, let everyone eat chickens, ducks and fish for me, and save enough strength to catch General Zhao's head."

As soon as Du Hu heard this, he immediately ordered all the soldiers on the gunboat to start eating, and eat lunch in advance, so as to avoid a real war for a while, and if they wanted to eat, they didn't know when, so as not to make everyone hungry as much as possible.

Zhao Tianyou personally led 30 main warships of the South China Sea Fleet, which had set off two days in advance, and anchored between the large and small Lie Islands north of Dongaowei, and there was a slow-flowing area of three or four miles long between the two small islands, which was calm and suitable for docking large ships, and there were mountain springs on the island to replenish fresh water.

However, his thoughts are arrogant enough, with forty main warships, plus more than fifty small ships, he wants to eat Zhu Qing, who has more than 200 large and small ships, not only Du Hu doesn't believe it, but he himself is a little vague in his heart.

There is no doubt about victory, now the gunboats of the South China Sea Fleet can be said to be unparalleled in the world, the current warships are all wooden, only the size is different, in front of the flowering shells of the Hongyi cannon, just two more shells can be paralyzed.

However, if the enemy wants to run, as long as it exceeds the range of the cannons, he will be unable to do anything, so he must expand the encirclement at sea, disperse the gunboats to drive Zhu Qing's main force, and it is best to drive them to the waters of Heishawan.

"General Zhao, General Zhao, the cannon has gone off!"

"Good! Order all ships and go! ”

Du Hu's flagship rushed to the front, and the Hongyi cannon in the bow completed two fires, and one shell hit the stern in front, killing the helmsman and making a gap in the stern.

"Big brother, there is a fleet following us and has already fired two shots at us!"

"Ahh Ships behind us are firing at our fleet? What about the losses? Zhu Qing's hand shook, and the hot tea in the cup was sprinkled on his trouser leg, and he grinned hotly, but it was not as shocking as the news.

"The stern of a small boat was blown up, the steering wheel was broken, and the helmsman was blown up, I'm afraid I can't escape!"

Zhu Qing threw away the teacup with a snap and shouted: "Inform all the ships, speed up to Heisha Bay, and the ships behind the formation don't engage the pursuers, just speed forward!" ”

"Yes!"

When the order was conveyed from the Chinese army forward and backward, Du Hu's gunboat hit a large warship, and two shells overturned the cabin of the commanding general, killing more than a dozen captains and leaders of the generals, directly causing the sailors on the ship to pull up the white flag and surrender.

The oarsmen stopped paddling in the bottom compartment, and the big ship slowed down and slowly stopped on the sea, and on the deck there were more than a dozen soldiers shaking the white flags tied to the barrels of their guns, for fear that the people on the gunboats would not see them, and continued to bombard them.

However, the gunboats of the South China Sea Fleet did not pay any attention to them at all, and ten majestic gunboats passed by on both sides and continued to pursue the flotilla more than ten times larger than themselves in front. When the two ships met, Zhu Qing's men on the deck could be regarded as opening their eyes, and they were fortunate to see the invincible gunboat that General Bi dominated the sea.

There were eight gun emplacements on the side of the gunboat, but only four cannons were armed, and the swarthy muzzles and the gunners with their eyes could no longer be described as majestic.

"Oh my God, those muzzles are so scary, but fortunately it's still the bow cannon that bombards with a single shot, if the guns on the side of the ship give us a few salvos, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to pull the flag."

"The heads are all hanging, what should we do? The white flag has been pulled and surrendered, but no one has come to receive it! ”

"Brothers, wait until they're far away."

Originally, Du Hu didn't want to pursue at full speed, but Zhu Qing's fleet was getting faster and faster, and if he didn't speed up the pursuit, it was really possible for them to escape!

"All the cannons on the bow of the ship, prepare a salvo for me, remind General Zhao that Zhu Qing's **** is running too fast!"

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