On the 21st day of August in the fifth year of Yongli, early in the morning. The fog was thick, and the Qing army, which had been on board for a long time, took the Han army with the red flag of the Han army, Melle Zhangjing, and Wu Ruyu as the vanguard, and sailed out of the Dinghai wharf by the tide.

There are Jiaomen Mountain and Jintang Mountain at the mouth of the Yongjiang River, and they confront Houtao Mountain on the west coast across the sea. There is Jinji Mountain in the south of Jiaomen Mountain, and there is Tiger Squatting Mountain in the north, which is just around the sea mouth, and is known as the natural risk. Legend has it that there is a dragon's den, and the hurricane is strange and the waves are in fashion, and the boat avoids it.

In the preface to Song Lian's "Jiaomen Spring Dawn Picture Song", it is written: "It is facing the sea, and the huge waves are colliding, and it changes in an instant. Pingdan looks eastward, the glow of the candle sky, the red sun is as big as a tassel, rising, the first great view of the East China Sea. His words said: The Ying Sea is boundless, and the waves are swallowed. The sun and the moon are bathed, and the ghosts and gods are involved. Strange stones fall from the sky like clouds, and the wall stands for the door......"

However, the Qing army here had no interest in appreciating this magnificent maritime spectacle.

Since the Ming army was forced to evacuate Fujian and then to Zhoushan, the high-ranking figures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Zhejiang were like thorns in their backs, and they were in panic all day.

At that time, Zhoushan had the main force of the Ming army of the Lu Jianguo system; Siming Mountain has dozens of rebel armies such as Wang Yi, Wang Jiang, and Feng Jingdi; Tianmu Mountain has Yao Zhizhuo; Huiji Mountain has Zhang Qincheng and Wang Shanchang; Tiantai Mountain has Yu Guowang and Jintang; Wenzhou Sanpan has Pingyi Hou Zhou Hezhi, Min'an Hou Zhou Rui; In the mountainous areas of Jinhua, Chuzhou and Wenzhou in southern Zhejiang, there are also many Ming armies such as Xu Shouping, Ye Linghua, and He Zhaolong.

As recorded in history: "There are many righteous teachers in Zhejiang, with more than 600 large and small teachers. Lonely villages, distant forts, and righteous flags are also built; The grain is far away in the sea, and Mo Zhi may be stingy ......"

The number of Ming troops in Zhejiang was as large as a cow's hair, especially in several coastal provinces, and the local Qing army could only defend itself, lest the Ming army suddenly attack it.

These Ming armies that are orthodox in the country are uneven in strength, and the others are okay, but the Ming army of Dalan Mountain on Siming Mountain has captured Shangyu County twice, and has defeated the Qing army in the mountains several times, so that the city of Leh in eastern Zhejiang is closed by day. If the main force of the Ming army of the Lu Jianguo system is allowed to gain a firm foothold in Zhoushan and fight each other with the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang headed by Wang Yi, the large-scale anti-Qing wave is bound to sweep the whole of Zhejiang like Fujian in the first and second years of Yongli.

Every day before going to bed, I may hear bad news such as "the Zhoushan Ming army and sailors are coming from the sky, the Ming army on land is merging with it, and the situation in Zhejiang is erosive".

Finally, after more than a year of hard work, with the plan of the superior forces to break through, Yao Zhizhuo of Tianmu Mountain escaped; Huiji Mountain Zhang Qincheng and Wang Shanchang were awarded; Xu Shouping, Ye Linghua, and He Zhaolong in southern Zhejiang were arrested successively; Even the hardest bone to gnaw - Wang Yi of Siming Mountain was also captured.

Coupled with the blessing of the Qing Emperor Fuze, the infighting of the Zhou brothers in Wenzhou Sanpan, the powerful Pingxi Bo Dynasty in the Ming army of Zhoushan was first murdered by Zhang Mingzhen, Marquis of Dingxi, and Ruan Jin, Marquis of Danghu, and the generals of the first dynasty fled to Dinghai and informed the Qing army of all the facts and voids in Zhoushan.

Among the Ming armies in Zhejiang, which were once in full swing, there were only the Ming army in Zhoushan that had not yet eliminated the influence of the first killing of the dynasty and the few elements on Tiantai Mountain who had weak combat ability.

But what followed was that a new military general under Wang Yi of the Ming Army of Dalanshan relied on a force far less than that of the Qing army, and successively defeated the main force of the Zhejiang Admiral's Standard Battalion and the Shaoxing Green Battalion in the southern part of Siming Mountain, and even killed the general of the Zhejiang Qing Army, Li Rong, the deputy general of the Left Battalion.

What's even more terrifying is that Wang Jiang, who is called Wang Yi alongside, is in this army, if he relies on the martial arts of the new military general who came out of nowhere and Wang Jiang's talent in logistics, the Dalanshan Ming Army is bound to reappear in the world, and even better than before is still unknown.

Therefore, it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that everything may not be moving in the direction that is unfavorable to the Qing army in Zhejiang, first solve the Ming army of Zhoushan, which is the most threatening, and achieve the great merit of capturing the king of Lu of the prison country, and then you can slowly encircle and suppress the remnants of the Ming army of Dalan Mountain hidden on Tiantai Mountain.

And the key to it all is today!

The Qing army sent troops to Zhoushan City, and since the beginning of the sea, it was also discovered by the Ming army on various hills, and the beacon fires were lit one after another, and the wolf smoke went straight to the sky. As the commander of the defense of Zhoushan, the famous general of the Zhejiang Naval Division, Danghu Hou Ruan Jin, immediately ordered the remaining sailors to set sail to meet the Qing army.

Because the intentions of the Qing army were too obvious and there was no concealment at all, Ruan Jin sailed straight in the direction of Dinghai after setting sail until he crossed the ocean, and finally met the main force of the Qing fleet.

Hengshui Ocean is also known as the book waterway, which is connected to Jintang Waterway in the south, north through Xiweimen, Rich Wing Gate Waterway Gray Turtle Ocean, east through Luotou Gate, Crab Gate Waterway through Zhitou Yang. Kangxi's "Dinghai County Chronicles" volume 3 recorded: "Hengshuiyang, west of the county. The sea water rushes to the shock and is extremely dangerous, and the boat wants to be east and west and the water is across it, so it is called horizontal water.

This place was the only way for the Qing army to reach Zhoushan City from Dinghai, and the Ming army also appeared here to intercept it.

Looking at the Qing fleet approaching in the mist in the distance, and listening to the military situation reported by the sailors on the mast platform, Ruan Jin frowned and thought about it, and ordered to meet it and fight a decisive battle with the Qing army's sailors.

At this moment, the Ming army is downwind, which is more beneficial to the Qing army, but the Ming army's sailors are more proficient, and the gap in the number of warships between the two sides is not very large.

The Ming fleet in the distance had already formed a battle formation during the voyage, and the Qing army immediately changed its formation after discovering the Ming army, thinking that it would meet the battle.

On the Hengshui Ocean, the distance between the fleets of the Ming and Qing armies gradually approached. Soon, the ships of the Qing army entered the attack range of the bow guns of the most forward battleships of the Ming fleet. After an order, the artillery that entered the firing range opened fire one after another, and the Qing army was not to be outdone, and met the battle with the Hongyi cannon on the bow of the ship.

Due to the distance and the fact that the ships swayed with the wind and waves, the first round of shelling was fruitless. It's just that the warships on both sides are still sailing, the distance is getting closer and closer, and the artillery fire is gradually intensifying.

Finally, after Ruan Jin's order, the Hongyi cannon in the bow of the ship sprayed orange-red fire, and the cannonball that came out with the fire crossed a parabola and hit the main mast of a Qing warship in the distance.

Because the mast needs to hang the sails in the wind and waves all the year round, and bear the force of the sails to intercept the sea breeze to propel the ship forward, its timber is not bad. However, under the bombardment of the shells fired by the Hongyi cannon, it still could not withstand the energy released by it.

Only the sound of twisting and breaking wood was heard, and the main mast of this Qing warship broke from the bottom to the top third, smashed into the position of the bow gun, completely shattered the gun carriage that fixed it, and even the sailors on the mast platform were thrown into the sea.

"Good!"

At such a distance, a cannon hit the main mast, making it impossible for the Qing army ship to continue sailing, such good luck really made the Ming ships shocked, and even Ruan Jin secretly said in his heart that this was a sign of God's blessing.

The fleets of both sides quickly approached, and soon even the Franc cannons, tiger squat guns, and spray barrels on the sides of the hull also opened fire, and when they got closer, birds, rockets, and crossbows were also fired, and some soldiers threw iron hooks and ropes, trying to close the distance between the battleships, thinking that they were for the purpose of jumping.

On the surface of the Hengshui Ocean, the fleets of the Ming and Qing armies frantically opened fire, and cannonballs, lead bullets, rockets, and crossbow arrows cut through the mist and gunpowder smoke in the sky, flying towards their targets, whether they hit or not; The battleship tightened the distance, and after the Ming army had a round of shooting at close range, the soldiers with swords and shields jumped out to fight with the Qing soldiers on board.

The long-term training and the experience gained from successive victories at sea made the Ming army far stronger than the Qing army in naval battles, but hidden worries still existed in Ruan Jin's heart.

At present, the number of ships of the Qing army is slightly more than that of the Ming army, and if the battle continues for a long time, both sides will inevitably lose, but the Qing army occupies the mainland and has endless resources, while the ships of the Ming army rely on capture all year round, and such a naval battle will completely lose its maritime superiority if it cannot be fought a few times.

And it's not a looming problem.

This time, the Qing army gathered heavy troops, and even if Ruan Jin defeated the current Qing army, what about the Qing army on the southern and northern fronts.

Although the Ming army on the northern front was under the command of Lu Jianguo and Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, it was still unknown whether they could successfully defeat Wu Songshui's division?

threatened to attack Taizhou Prefecture and County for the Zhoushan Ming Army to contain the Qing army on the southern front in Taizhou, but such a task is too reluctant for Yu Guowang's army, which has never been called a strong army, and even if it has a strong and abnormal force like the Nantang Battalion, the main force suffered heavy losses in the previous Battle of Siming Lake, and the rest of the Dalanshan Ming Army was seriously insufficient?

So, if it can't be contained, can the Ming army on the southern front commanded by Zhang Huangyan and Ruan Jun be effectively contained and intercepted?

These hidden dangers have always shrouded Ruan Jin's mind, especially the only three battalions of soldiers and people in Zhoushan City as a defensive force, once the Qing army breaks through the defense line, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Suddenly, the flag on the top of the main mast of a battleship in the distance attracted Ruan Jin's attention, and from a distance, the military general wearing red armor who was in the commander's command position on the battleship was even more eye-catching.

Jin Li!

Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king.

Since that year, the traitor Zhang Guozhu led more than 100 ships to attack Zhoushan, Huang Binqing went with the whole division but could not do anything, but was ordered to rush to the aid of Ruan Jin with only four warships to defeat and capture nearly 100 warships, every time he encountered a stalemate, or a situation with fewer enemies, Ruan Jin did not hesitate to choose to do so, and every time he was able to win.

This time, it shouldn't be an exception, right?!

"Give the order to go down and sail westward. Goal, the flagship of the Tartar Boss! ”

Hearing Ruan Jin's order, these subordinates who had followed him for many years did not hesitate to carry out this risky order, because they knew that Ruan Jin could win every time he did this, and Li Xizuo, who was on the ship, also believed in this.

By changing the direction of the sails, Ruan Jin's ship went against the wind and went straight to Jin Li's ship.

Nguyen Jin's ship was a large ship dyed black, with a pointed bottom, a raised head and a raised tail, two masts, a three-story cabin, a building as high as a city, and a guard plate next to it. Soldiers take cover behind them and shoot arrows at enemy ships, throwing fireballs, fire bricks, and fire barrels. It also has Furlong machine guns, tiger squat cannons, spray barrels and other things, which can be described as fully armed.

Ruan Jin rushed straight forward, and Jin Li quickly noticed this scene, but before he could react, Ruan Jin's ship had already sailed to the front of Jin Li's ship.

There is no point in capturing, as long as the ship of the commander of the Qing army is burned, this battle can be declared over, just like when Zhang Guozhu was defeated in Zhoushan!

Lighting the fuse of the fire in his hand, Ruan Jin let out a loud shout and threw the fire hammer at Jin Li's ship.

At this time, the soldiers of the Ming army were shooting at close range, and those sword and shield soldiers were also ready to deal with the counterattack of the Qing army. But at this moment, after the fire hammer thrown by Ruan Jin crossed a trajectory in the air, it smashed into the main mast of the golden ship, and bounced back.

Fire Ring, also known as Fire Ring, or Fireball. Its structure is generally based on a mixture of nitrate, sulfur, carbon and other chemicals as the center of the ball, with multi-layer paper, cloth and other pasting as the shell, and the shell is coated with asphalt, pine resin, yellow wax and other flammable moisture-proof agents. Ignite and eject, blast with the orb and generate flames that burn enemy ships or kill enemy soldiers.

The fire thrown by Ruan Jin bounced back from the main mast of the Jin Li ship, and exploded near the sail of the Ruan Jin ship, instantly igniting the whole ship.

The fire spread, and Nguyen Jin was forced to abandon ship and jump into the sea after being burned. And Jin Li, who was on the ship of the commander of the Qing army, was like the rest of the Qing army, watching all this dumbfounded, unable to believe his eyes.

"Quick, get the thief boss up!"

Jin Li, who had been in battle for a long time, was the first to react, and then his Gosh Hatian Yangmin, Li Liaoyang, and the village leader jumped down one after another and fished Ruan Jin up.

The commander was captured, and the Ming army no longer had the heart to fight, and fled one after another. After reorganizing the warships, the Qing army set sail and continued to the east.

It was a great victory for the Qing army.