"Although the warship and soldiers in front of me are still the same," the eight-character bearded Dutch officer was a mouthyman, and he couldn't help muttering at this time: "But the gap between us and the Ming people is too big, and it seems that it will be difficult to have a 'surprise' this time." ”

This time, the words of this guy were agreed by most people, the battleship of the Ming mission was indeed still a look, but that was it, I heard that the Hutchison sailor fleet had been shrunk in the port for half a month, and not a single merchant ship had come to Japan, relying on the protection of the army and shore-based batteries to shrink in the port, if there was a war, of course, all the Hutchison sailor ships would be sunk and burned under artillery fire, or captured, so the battle would be over.

Unlike the standard of victory when the Ming Dynasty occupied land, in the colonial era, victory in naval battles was a decisive victory.

Then they saw a group of Hutchison officers on the shore running towards the pier, and the Dutch officers looked with great interest, not knowing what had happened.

The eight-character bearded officer said "um" and said with a smile: "It seems that they have eaten a bad stomach here with the little Japanese, damn island people, and now I think about it, my abdomen still hurts faintly." ”

Many Dutch officers laughed merrily, and the Japanese were also addicted to raw fish at this time, and the Dutch also followed the customs of the locals when they came to the island, and the result was, of course, abdominal pain, and there were many people lining up on the enemy tower at the stern of the ship...... Of course, there is no toilet on the ship, but there is a hole in the aft building, which is quite "convenient" to go straight into the sea when it is convenient.

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The members of the mission all accelerated their pace in front, and Zheng Zhilong and He Bin bowed their bids to Li Guozhu together.

"I'm afraid you'll have trouble when you lift anchor and raise your sails." Li Guozhu said worriedly: "Otherwise, the two of them will wait on the ship for a while, and I will gather some troops and horses to help the two of them?" ”

"Brother Li is righteous, but there is really no need." Zheng Zhilong had already received instructions on this trip, not to drag the Li family of Hirado into this war. The Li family should maintain a relatively neutral color and not be too inclined to Hutchi.

The help provided by Li Guozhu is also big enough, this time the negotiation is impossible without the neutral party of the Li family, and the collusion and contact before and after the negotiation also gives Hutchison half a month's respite, and the four rowing boats have been training in the sea for half a month, which is very different, and the combat power has at least increased a lot.

In addition, Li Guozhu provided Hutchison with millions of silver goods and cash, which has been used almost in the past six months, and Taiwan is really short of money, so with this help, the sailors can still be calmly carried out in all aspects, otherwise the trade has been greatly affected in the past six months, and the peace situation cannot be collected, and the income of the marching division has dropped sharply.

Well, now that the input from the Northern Military Division will definitely continue to flow......

Even with the support of the military department, the Taiwan side is still quite grateful to Li Guozhu, who helped Taiwan in the most difficult period...... In fact, he already takes Li Guozhu as his own person, and everyone knows that Li Guozhu's position in the Hutchison system will not be low in the future. Li Guozhu would send a letter to Zhang Han every half a month, and in addition to talking about the official affairs of Japan and Taiwan, he would also chat a few words.

This time, if the marching division is willing, the Li family will definitely be willing to send troops. Li Guo's assistant also has dozens of warships, and more than 2,000 subordinates rely on him for food, and if he prepares earlier, he can gather at least 10,000 people.

It was far from his father Li Dan when he was in his prime, but the son of the family, Li Guozhu can do it like this is already very good, at least he does not lose Li Dan's face, the port of Hirado is the territory of the Nagasaki Domain, but Li Dan is dead, and the Japanese have no intention of taking it back, on the surface it is still Japanese territory, in fact, it is the private property of the Li family, this pattern, China's maritime merchants recognized, pirates also recognized, Dutch merchants also recognized, at that time there were powerful these families, others did not recognize and could only endure.

Zheng Zhilong directly rejected Li Guozhu's proposal, Li Guozhu was quite regretful, He Bin persuaded him: "Brother Li, think about it, if the Li family gets too close to us, it will make many Hongyi jealous. This battle is going to be fought, business still has to be done after the fight, the Dutch are deeply rooted in Batavia, we will be helpless for a while, we still have to do business in partnership, you turn your face at this time, it will embarrass everyone, maybe the Dutch will find a way to reopen a trade port, at that time not only the Li family will be embarrassed, we will also be very embarrassed by Hutchison......"

As soon as he said this, Li Guozhu knew it.

Thinking about what will happen after the battle is not fought can be regarded as a far-sighted plan...... However, what he said is still reasonable, if he loses the battle, not only will the Taiwan marching division collapse, but I don't know how long it will take to turn over, if the Li family also intervenes, the Dutch will come with a few warships, and the Li family will not be able to survive in Hirado. Even if he wins, it will be impossible for the Hutchison sailors to make an expedition to Batavia, and they will not have the ability to fight a full-scale war with the Dutch for the time being...... Taiwan is a new colony, there is not much investment, Hutchison can win the battle, but Batavia is the foundation of the Dutch East India Company in Asia, all routes converge in Batavia, even if Hutchison wins the naval battle on Taiwan's side, if you want to move Batavia, it is really touching the tiger's ass, the Dutch randomly transferred dozens of large warships of more than 600 tons from the mainland, how do you still play this?

Therefore, we must not push people into a hurry, and we must leave room for them......

Li Guozhu obviously understood, he smiled and said: "Don't worry about defeat, think about winning first, Chang Gongzi can be called the first person in the past." That being the case, I can only wish you success. Also, be careful about what is in front of you. ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled: "Brother Li, don't worry, we will be fine." ”

They went to Li Guozhu to inquire about the news, and it happened that Li Guozhu had returned from the Dutch, and sure enough, no agreement was reached, and the Dutch attitude was quite tough, and bluntly said that they would force Hutchison to bow his head, Li Guozhu could not persuade him, so he had to return to inform him in advance, but Zheng Zhilong and others made it clear that the Dutch were only delaying time, and even had plans to be unfavorable to the mission......

Everyone hurriedly passed through the trestle, climbed along the pedal to get on the boat, and then it was to raise anchor and prepare for the port, Li Guozhu ordered several eight pulp boats to rush over to drag the Tianchengwei out of the port.

As soon as the boat moved, the Dutch also saw it, and when Zheng Zhilong and the others got on the boat, they saw a group of Dutch people running out of the port...... The Dutch costumes are quite recognizable, and most of them are conspicuous blondes, with a height of more than one meter eight, which is an innate racial advantage, and even one meter nine heads are also very popular, and Zheng Zhilong and others are Fujianese, with a height of more than one meter six to one meter seven, and very few are to one meter eight.

At this time, the movement was quite large, and quite a number of Japanese and maritime merchants crowded into the port to watch, and the Dutch mission rushed out all the way, shouting incessantly in Yi, and some people pulled out short guns in the port area towards the trestle, and without hesitation, they pulled off the dragon head and put it away.

Of course, the Li family's soldiers stepped forward to stop it, but they did not follow the order and did not dare to use force, so the Dutch ignored it and continued to fire......

Zheng Zhilong and the others had already boarded the ship, the hull of the ship turned around and went to the open sea under the pull of the eight-pulp boat, the sails were also raised, and a few drunken Russians were adjusting the spinnaker and mainsail with the sailors, so that the sail could sail away immediately after entering the open sea......

The sailing ship of this era has no other power, can only rely on adjusting the sail to eat the wind to move forward, fortunately on the sea is not as good as the river, the river is sometimes not enough wind and the water flow is too slow, people need to pull the fiber or rowing, of course, there is no such possibility at sea, just the wave surge can keep driving the ship forward, plus the sail power, the general good sailing ship can reach 12 knots at high speed under normal driving conditions, and the average speed of 10,000 miles is four to six knots, one section is equal to 1.8 kilometers, nearly four miles, that is, two or three hundred miles in a day, if it is a high-speed travel with the wind and water, twelve knots is equal to a speed of nearly thirty kilometers per hour, which is already quite fast.

The large heavy Galen warships were slightly slower, with an average speed of three or four knots, and only ten knots at high speeds, while the flying clippers of later generations transported tea from China at high speeds of nineteen to twenty knots, and it only took ninety-nine days from China to London.

Hutchison's schooner is certainly not as fast as a clipper, but it is also much faster than the Galen, with a maximum speed of sixteen knots and an average speed of more than six knots.

"Boom ......"

Zheng Zhilong's brain was numb, and when he looked back, someone had already exclaimed: "The Dutch have opened fire!" ”

Due to the considerable proximity, the Dutch only adjusted the hull and immediately opened fire from the second and third decks on the side of the ship!

At first glance, this ship looks like a typical Galen ship, and there are also a dozen guns on one side of the three decks, but this ship should be a Clark ship modification, so the guns are mostly light guns, in addition to the twenty-four pounder guns and eighteen pounder guns, there are also nine pounder guns, and the first to fire is the nine-pounder gun.

The cannonballs flew straight over with a screaming sound, and all the people on the boat calmed down after a short period of distraction, Zheng Zhilong roared angrily: "The stern cannon fires back!" ”

The schooner had adjusted its hull and was facing the harbor, and the little pulp boat had broken its rope as soon as it heard the sound of the cannon...... This is not to blame them, the head of the Li family did not have a clear order to call them into the battle, as soon as the cannon was fired, the pond fish would be affected, after the rope was broken, these small boats rowed desperately, and the small boats detoured back to the port from the side like flying.

The opponent's artillery is many and fast, the power of the nine-pounder cannon is of course worse than the thirty-six-pounder gun, but the victory is light and easy to operate, in just a moment has been fired many rounds in a row, the cannonballs are whistling one after another, most of them are flying by like the first one, but the night road is more than the end of the ghost, finally there is a cannonball on the side of the gunwale, everyone heard a boom, and saw the cannonball smashed heavily on the side of the ship, smashing the solid wood everywhere burst and splashed, a sailor screamed, But he was stabbed in the head by a sharp wood, and it went deep into the flesh, and his face was immediately covered with blood.