Chapter 1283: The Battle of Peach Blossom Island (I)

At the end of the field of vision, a column of rising smoke appeared, Cao Gang lifted his spirits, stood up from the Taishi chair covered with soft fur, and ordered loudly: "The target has appeared, change the battle formation."

The drums rumbled, the horns sounded, the flag waved, the six three-story battleships began to change formation, from a long snake formation to a conical battle formation, Cao Gang was very brave to put his flagship at the forefront, the other five battleships on both sides spread out in the shape of goose wings, and the other large and small ships were under the escort of the wild goose wings, and the speed of the fleet slowed down and slowly moved forward.

The formation change speed of all the warships is very slow, and there is still some chaos, but Cao Gang is still very satisfied, this is the first time to practice such a large-scale fleet to change the formation in actual combat, the result is not satisfactory, you can't expect a beginner brother who is new to the battle formation to be as well-trained as a veteran, but as long as there is the first time, it will naturally get better and better in the future.

The column of smoke became clearer and clearer, and finally, in the field of vision, a sea of flowers appeared.

In the blue sky and the turquoise sea, there is suddenly a sea of pink and red flowers. That is the target of Cao Gang's trip, Peach Blossom Island.

"It's beautiful!" Cao Gang shook his head and said.

What a wonderful place, how did it become the nest of the island? Lay down this place, you can take it for yourself, build a big Zhuangzi on it, build a high pavilion by the sea, when the spring flowers bloom, sit in the center of the pavilion, taste the wine, appreciate the beauty, listen to the waves, what a comfortable life!

His heart warmed up, his blood boiled, he couldn't wait to step into the Peach Blossom Island, so that he could inspect this territory that would belong to him, and to carefully consider where it was suitable for building a Zhuangzi and where it was suitable for building a pavilion. Peach Blossom Island was originally inhabited by a group of pirates, and their aesthetic taste naturally didn't need to be thought about to know that it was extremely bad, and the original messy buildings must have to be torn down and rebuilt.

"Beat the drums, blow the trumpet, shout, and move forward at a faster pace!" He pointed his halberd ahead and shouted loudly.

He believed that he should have seen his huge fleet on Peach Blossom Island a long time ago, although the entire island was only the size of a basin in his eyes at the moment. But he didn't see a single ship coming from there, and it was clear that they had no ships but to go to sea. Presumably the island is in chaos at the moment, right?

The next thing to do was to drive straight in, land on the shore, and when your soldiers set foot on the island, everything would be over.

The huge fleet began to accelerate, and Cao Gang rushed to the forefront first. He couldn't wait, how could he give up such an opportunity to take the lead? When beating the water dogs, don't let the soldiers see their heroism and invincibility, when will they let their soldiers see their majestic posture?

Standing at the top of the flagship, Cao Gang stood like a statue with a broadsword, and the sea breeze blew his red cloak back high, and the sound of hunting.

This posture is really cool and powerful enough, and the soldiers on the boat following behind him saw that their own commander and general were so courageous, which really aroused his high fighting spirit, and the sound of shouting became louder and louder, and the arm of the oars also became extremely powerful, and the whole fleet suddenly accelerated towards the Peach Blossom Island in the distance.

The island was getting bigger and bigger in front of their eyes, and they could already faintly see the buildings on the island hidden among the peach trees.

What Cao Gang didn't know was that when he was looking at Peach Blossom Island, there were people on the island watching them.

Yu Xiu'e held a knife, sat cross-legged on the branches of a peach tree, stretched out her hand and stuffed the peach gum on the peach tree into her mouth and chewed, while saying: "I don't know how many Qi troops can climb onto the island, is it enough for us to cut?" Alas, the first time I fought such a battle, I couldn't catch it by charging, I couldn't catch it by attacking fortifications, so I could only wait here to pick up a bargain, it's boring, it's boring."

In the peach forest, rows of stubborn soldiers sat neatly on the ground, they were the army from the Ming Dynasty, and they would become a king-size surprise that Zhou Shuguang prepared for the Qi army in Bozhou next.

Yu Xiu'e had seen the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, what a mighty army it was, and right now, the ships coming from the sea were like a pile of rags floating on the sea.

"Just like this, can you still fight? A strong wind and waves sank when they couldn't keep it even." She chewed the peach gum vigorously and said disdainfully.

"Daughter, you come down for me." A deep voice came from behind him: "What does this look like?" It's too unbelievable for a daughter's family to sit on a peach tree like this."

Yu Xiu'e turned around, and saw the old man Yu Changchang carrying a big knife, striding from behind, the soldiers here all recognized this old man as General Yu's father, naturally where he passed, they all gave way.

"This is a garrison stronghold, where do you have to get idle people and other trespassers!" Yu Xiu'e raised her eyebrows and shouted loudly.

She didn't care about it, and the soldiers who were originally going to give way surrounded her and stopped Yu Changchang from the outside.

The old man was so angry that he fell, but his stature was not high, and in front of these tall soldiers, even Yu Xiu'e, who had just stepped off the tree, couldn't see it, so he could only jump to his feet and scold for being disobedient and unfilial. However, Yu Xiu'e laughed loudly in the distance, and the soldiers surrounding him refused to let him go no matter what.

Since the general has spoken, the Ming army does not have the courage to disobey the military order. Military orders are like mountains, military orders are bigger than the sky, in the Ming army, this is an iron law.

When Yu Xiu'e was in Luoyang, she was a typical problem girl, Yu Changchang couldn't do anything about her, and then she simply followed the monk all the way to Daming, and became a famous female general in Daming.

When they didn't meet, Yu Xiu'e was worried about her father and mother, but as soon as they met, after a few days of intimacy, she reverted to her old ways, and she was still a little afraid of her mother, but in front of her father, she turned into a rebellious girl.

Originally, it was arranged for Yu Changchang's family to return to Daming with the boat that sent Yu Xiu'e to see his son-in-law and grandson, but Yu Changchang was reluctant to leave, and wanted to stay in Qi to help Zhou Shuguang rebel, and let out this bad breath, in the end, it was Yu Xiu'e's mother who took the rest of the family to Daming, but Yu Changchang stayed.

However, he wanted to participate in this battle, but was ruthlessly vetoed by Yu Xiu'e, don't look at him as Lao Tzu, but in this army on Peach Blossom Island, Yu Xiu'e is the highest commander. She didn't allow Yu Dayuan to set foot on the battlefield, and Yu Dayuan didn't want to get involved.

Yu Xiu'e left her father's roar far behind, stepped out of the peach forest, stepped on a rock, and when she looked into the distance, she happened to see both sides of Peach Blossom Island, and the Ming fleet was sailing out from the left and right one after another.

"A good show!" She chewed the peach gum vigorously and smiled Mimi.

Yu Xiu'e was ready to watch the play with an appreciative attitude, but Cao Gang, who was playing a warrior on the flagship at the moment, really turned into a sculpture when he saw the battleships that suddenly appeared on the left and right sides of Peach Blossom Island.

One, two, three, four....... eighty or ninety!

Ten white-painted three-masted battleships, divided into two teams on the left and right, sailed out one after another from the rear of Peach Blossom Island, and the black skull flags fluttering on the top of the ship's mast were particularly eye-catching.

How could there be so many warships? Didn't they have no sailors? His mind was completely crashed at this moment. It took a long time to come back to my senses.

He saw it, and the other ships naturally saw it, the fleet that was still orderly just now was already chaotic at the moment, and the three-story battleship was too oppressive for these ordinary ships, and he thought it was an easy war, but as soon as he saw the enemy's formation, the Qi army immediately panicked.

Cao Gang forced himself to settle down.

They died so many people in Jinghu, there won't be too many sailors, and now, they are just driving the ship out, the purpose is only to intimidate themselves. They don't have enough soldiers to fight, and the outcome is unknown, so as long as they start a battle with them, with more troops, they can still win.

"Tell all the ships that they don't have enough men to fight, don't be frightened by them, rush up, rush up! Capture their ships!" He snapped the order.

Cao Gang's order made the frightened Qi army finally settle down a little.

But then, Cao Gang himself was scared.

Because above the flagship, an officer ran to him with a panicked face, pointing to the rapidly approaching three-story battleship on both sides, his teeth chattering and rattling.

"General, general, this is not the battleship of the Zhou family, this is the warship of the Ming Kingdom, it is the battleship of the Ming Kingdom!" The officer's voice trembled.

"How is it possible, how can there be a warship of the Ming Kingdom here, what nonsense are you talking about?" Cao Gang grabbed the officer's collar and yelled.

"General Cao, the style of the battleships of the Zhou family is the same as ours, they are all flat-headed warships, only the warships of the Ming Kingdom are pointed, and they are equipped with ramming angles in front, and the style of the naval warships of the Ming Dynasty turned by the imperial court has been mentioned, white paint, pointed bows, and ramming horns, this is the Ming warship. The Zhou family has colluded with the Ming people." The officer's face turned pale.

Dealing with the reservoir dog Zhou, everyone is full of confidence, but in the face of the Ming warship rampant on the sea, it will be a nightmare.

A loud horn sounded above the opponent's battleship, and then the rumbling war drums came, and the white battleship accelerated sharply, quickly approaching them, and Cao Gang watched as rows of red fireballs flew up from the white battleship, hitting his fleet like a meteor shower.

"Circumvent!" He roared. At this time, he only regretted that he hadn't carefully read the information about the Ming warships, if he knew this, he would have turned around and ran away the first time he saw these warships.