At the beginning of the fourth year of Jingxing in the Great Song Dynasty, on the eleventh day of the first month, a huge fleet that the locals could not imagine sailed into the harbor of Banda Aceh, in the fleet, the most striking thing was a ship that the world had never seen, this terrible warship, the appearance was neat and smooth as if it had been cut off with a knife, and the appearance was shining with a beautiful metallic luster, and it was like a swan in the ugly duckling flock when it stopped in the harbor, which was exceptionally beautiful.

The people in the harbor were all wide-eyed when they saw the ship, and they all came forward to see if the ship was really made of steel, as they had guessed.

When at last someone came forward to find out that the ship was indeed made of all steel, the whole harbor was immersed in a brief moment of surprise.

Countless Banda Aceh people couldn't help shouting in their hearts, my God, this Tianzhu people can actually build such a ship made of pure steel, how can they fight this war.

Those wooden sailboats, those swords, guns and artillery, no matter how powerful they are, how can they fight against such a steel giant.

And the important thing is that even such a pure steel sea monster can be built by the Tianzhu people, so what else can't they do?

If this continues, what will the Manraka people do to fight against the Tianzhu people, will they use their flesh and blood to fight against such a steel beast? No, everyone knows that it is impossible, the power of steel is far greater than flesh and blood after all, this truth, when the people of the Hai and Song dynasties took muskets and pulled artillery all the way north to blast away those Mongols to restore Jiangnan, the Song people all understood.

Such bad news made the local people's original hidden sense of resistance completely shattered, so that they had no strength to work for Tianzhu people to make money during the day, and all the people tilted their heads and were lifeless.

When the news spread into the city, many local families in the city who were still reluctant to serve the Tianzhu people gradually changed their attitudes, and the local rule of Banda Aceh Mansion and the prefect Zhang Yu was gradually consolidated.

This ship, the ship that brought great shock to the locals, is, of course, Li Zhe's ship, the only steam ironclad ship of this era - Jieyu, but Jieyu is just an ironclad ship, not a battleship made of pure steel in later generations, which fooled the locals.

However, even an ironclad ship is no different from a pure steel battleship in this era. The shock it brought to both the Tianzhu people and the Manraka people in this era is unparalleled.

At this time, Li Zhe had just come down from the Jieyu, and he got the news from the front, the vanguard army Xu Qingyuan, who was rushing all the way in front, was finally about to face a decent battle, and the main fleet under the jurisdiction of King Ning, one of the three major fleets stationed in Dinghai, the Dinghai Fleet of the Dinghai Navy, was about to meet with the vanguard fleet.

At this time, the Zhenhai fleet originally stationed in Borneo was injured in the previous pursuit of the fleet of Tianzhu envoys, although the damage was not large, but the situation was exposed, and now almost the entire circle of the Great Song Dynasty knows about this incident.

So in this case, King Ning had to make some superficial moves, dismissing Bai Changling, the commander of the fleet, and retracting the fleet back to Borneo to avoid the wind.

In this battle, there is no sign of dispatch for the time being.

The other of the three fleets was dispersed to protect the major ports on both sides of the Manchurian Strait, and there was no way to dispatch them against the sneak attack of the Tianzhu army.

So now, the only one that can be used to stop the Tianzhu Army's troops and fight a head-on battle with the vanguard army is the Dinghai Fleet. The Dinghai Fleet is the largest fleet among the three major fleets, and it is the real killer weapon in the hands of King Ning.

Li Zhe thought to himself.

Li Zhe's side, in addition to the headquarters composed of various adjutants and staff officers of the Governor's Mansion, there were also a few idlers, one of them, full of white hair, but in good spirits, he still walked like a dragon and a tiger, and the old guy who couldn't help but be feared, Li Dan, Li Dan, the chief helmsman of the Shunfeng Dart Bureau, actually appeared here.

Li Zhe and his entourage followed not long ago to the palace in the city, and met the prefect Zhang Yu and others, Li Zhe encouraged a few words, and then occupied the back hall, Zhang Yu immediately ordered someone to send someone to entertain him quickly, nonsense, if you don't get up at this time, the opportunity will be gone, and now Li Zhe is not usually seen by anyone.

Seeing that Li Zhe was a little worried since he got the news from the front, Li Dan stepped forward and persuaded:

"Governor Dadu, but are you worried that General Xu will not win?"

Li Zhe listened, looked up, and saw that it was Li Dan, and immediately smiled,

"Yes, the helmsman is right! There are some worries indeed. ”

Li Zhe picked up the tea offered by the people below, took a few sips, and replied,

"Xu Qingyuan only has more than 20 ships in his hands now, and the Dinghai Fleet, there are hundreds of ships in the intelligence, and there are also large ships at the capital ship level."

When Li Dan heard this, there was also a little haze when he landed, indeed, as the master of the Shunfeng Dart Bureau, Li Dan also had a little involvement in the naval warfare of this era, and the pirates who pulled up a few dozens of small boats and started a melee on weekdays were different, and the naval battles were serious, that was the real big ship eating small boats, and the big cannons hit the small cannons, and the vanguard fleet in Xu Qingyuan's hands was not advantageous compared to the Dinghai Fleet, whether it was the number or size of the ships.

In this naval battle, should the Tianzhu army meet it, or should it retreat and attack in a roundabout way, anyway, Xu Qingyuan is only the vanguard, and the current speed of the vanguard army is already very satisfactory, and it has run almost half of the coastline of the Manraka Strait, and then almost half of the ports are now in the hands of the Tianzhu army.

This kind of progress is very satisfying, even if the vanguard army is no match for the Dinghai Fleet now, and if the tentacles are withdrawn, as long as it can delay the counterattack of the Dinghai Fleet, it will be very beneficial to the current Tianzhu Army.

The army led by Li Zhe himself, if the main fleet advances with all its might, I am afraid that it will be able to rush to the front line in ten days to meet the Dinghai fleet, as long as this fleet is defeated, it can be said that all the way to the east, all the way to Dinghai, in the hands of King Ning, there is no bargaining chip that can stop Li Zhe's army.

After Li Dan escaped from Dinghai, he took the initiative to defect to Tianzhu, this time he followed Li Zhe back to Manchuria, and Li Zhe also took him, which shows that he still attaches great importance to this old man.

In Li Dan's opinion, perhaps it is most advantageous for Xu Qingyuan to take it back, break it into pieces, block it step by step, and drag the pace of King Ning's counterattack.