May of the second year of Jeongdeok was also the second year of Zhongzong of Joseon. [No pop-up novel network]

Without the knowledge of both the Ming Emperor and the King of Joseon, a large-scale naval battle broke out between the two countries in the Jeju Strait, the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula.

The reason why we say two countries is because both sides of the war are very representative. On one side is the royal fleet headed by the governor of Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty and the champion Hou Xie Hong; On the other side is the aristocratic coalition of Korea, which, on a certain level, is not an exaggeration to say that it is a national war.

Of course, although the North Koreans remained in the dark and did not know the identity of their enemies, this did not affect their confidence in victory, after all, they were at the helm of the strongest ships in the world, and the size of their fleet far exceeded that of the enemy.

And the side of the Ming Dynasty's royal fleet was also full of confidence. Although the more than 300 people in the fleet had never experienced naval battles and knew nothing about it, they all had full confidence in their leader, believing that as long as they were under the leadership of the champion Hou, they would be invincible.

So, in a beautiful day, the two sides, full of confidence in victory, met north of Jeju Island.

"These pirates are really brave, is this what the Chinese says about the ignorant and fearless? Dare to fight, haha, didn't they see how majestic and mighty the fleet of the Great Korean was? Looking at the slightly strange shape, like an enlarged version of the sampan, Min Shangdao was inexplicably surprised.

"If they hadn't been brainless, they wouldn't have blatantly invaded Jeju Island, the world is so big, who wouldn't know that Jeju Island is the sacred territory of Greater Korea?" Jin Youshan is not only friendly, but also very good-natured, whether it is bribery, echoing the horse, the timing is just right.

"Alas, as a pirate, I don't even know the common sense of water warfare, it's obviously a sailing ship, and I dare to fight against the wind......" Min Shangdao shook his head again and again, sighing, "It's too weak, it's too weak, and defeating such an enemy really can't add any glory to me." ”

"What a hero, in your eyes, the vulnerable enemy, in our eyes, but they are all fierce people who are difficult to resist, the last general is not talented, dare to ask your lord to defeat these bandits for the country and the people, and reluctantly defeat these bandits." Jin Youshan had a solemn face, a lot of compassion and compassion, and solemnly said to Min Shangdao.

"In that case, let these bandits repent on the cold seabed, pass on my order, the whole army will march in formation, and attack in an all-round way, so as to completely annihilate the enemy in front of you, and Hugh will get away with one." Min Shangdao nodded reluctantly, and gave the order for the whole army to attack in a somewhat depressed mood.

"My lord......" The herald was stunned, the geese marched in formation? What's that? Said that there is no such thing in the good tactics...... "If you are told to go, go quickly, in short, it is right to attack on all fronts and completely surround the enemy." "Jin Youshan also knows that this order is inappropriate, not to mention the problem of rehearsing in advance, just talk about the speed of the Itaya boat, when the formation is arranged, maybe the sun will go down, then it's still a fart?

However, Lord Min is the son and nephew of Lord Lingzheng, will the order he gave be wrong? Even if there is a mistake, it cannot be questioned, so Jin Youshan translated this order, and the herald suddenly realized and ran to deliver the order.

Although it was not possible to form a classic goose march, it was not difficult for the Korean fleet to surround it in a half-circle, and as the order came out, the huge Korean fleet had faintly surrounded the pirates, centered on Min Sang-do's flagship.

At the same time, perhaps because of the headwind, or because they were stupid, the pirates' eleven small ships did not move, and even stopped, stupidly watching the North Korean fleet surround them.

"This enemy is too weak, well, scared stupid, must be scared stupid." Min Shangdao said bitterly, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

The combat effectiveness of your own fleet is certainly fine, but speed is a big problem. This time, the labor mobilized the people, but what is enough to recover Jeju Island? At the very least, you have to completely annihilate the enemy before you can do it.

But the enemy's ship is much faster than the Itaya ship, and the sword ship, the fierce ship and other fast ships may not be able to catch up, if the enemy is bent on escaping, it will be troublesome to come back to disturb him later, and now the enemy is actually stunned, which is exactly what he wants.

"Your Excellency is wise," Jin Youshan complimented, and then reminded: "My lord, since the enemy is already cowardly, can we try to surrender?" Although the enemy's ships have no combat effectiveness, they can run briskly, isn't it ......?"

"Well, then let's go and surrender, let the Sanhan go, shout first, if they don't know each other, they will bump into each other directly." Min Shangdao nodded, and then whispered.

"Yes, sir."

...... "Wait for the start of the fight, take two ships as a combat group, fight separately, use the tactics I arranged in advance, remember, you must keep the T-......"

Of course, Xie Hong will not be scared silly, although it is the first time he has seen the legendary Korean Invincible Armada, but when he sees those board houses that have no beauty at all, he really has no interest in looking at them.

And as the opponent of the first battle, the composition of the North Korean fleet is really very much in line with Xie Hong's mind, the opponent's clippers are very few, they are all heavy ships, even if there are oars, it is impossible to catch up with the flywheel battleship, even if there is a mistake on his side, it should not be fatal.

“…… The Black Pearl maneuvered, everyone remembered to save ammunition, and after the deterrence was almost complete, it was time to start surrendering. ”

"Whoa!" Listening to Xie Hong's arrangement, the pirates became more confident.

"Master Hou, a ship is coming." After the captains returned to their respective ships, Xie Hong also began to watch the enemy intently, and at this moment, the lookout suddenly raised a warning voice.

"Huh? There is only one, what is this to do? Xie Hong was a little strange, he didn't think that the Koreans were so brave and fearless, and they actually advanced alone.

“…… Smecta! After waiting for a long time, the ship finally swayed to the front, and a man stood on the deck and shouted from afar.

"What did he say?" Except for the last three words, Xie Hong didn't understand a word.

Ma Ang listened for a while and said with a smile: "He said that the fleet of Daejeon is the most powerful in the world, the commander of the Invincible Armada, the nephew of Lord Jung-min, and the ...... of Jeolla Province magnanimous, known as a benevolent heart......"

"Brother Ma, you should be simple, pick and choose." Xie Hong was confused by the bunch of titles and boastful words translated by Ma Ang.

"The leader of the North Koreans is a man surnamed Min, and he wants us to surrender." Ma Ang said succinctly.

"Armada? I rub, the Koreans are really a great nation, in order to show respect......" After a few words in his stomach, Xie Hong raised his arms and shouted loudly: "Brothers, let's beat him all over the face." ”

"Oh!"

...... "These pirates don't seem to be planning to surrender, so let's carry out Lord Min's orders, shall we?" ”

"Well, crash into it now! These idiot pirates haven't even fully opened their sails, so they definitely don't have time to hide, and the soldiers are not tired of cheating, and Lord Min really has a good plan. ”

At the same time that Xie Hong gave the order to attack, the Koreans on the Samhan also gave the order to attack.

The board house also had a mast on it, and a sail was hung on it, but that sail was actually an ornament, and the boat was driven entirely by rowing.

With the order of the North Korean officer, the Samhan came out in unison, dozens of sailors shouted loudly, pulled the oars in their hands, and the huge hull of the Samhan rushed forward like a wild boar, while on the opposite side was a pirate ship with no full sails, like a group of rabbits waiting to be slaughtered, trembling and gathered together.

At least, in the eyes of the North Koreans, that's a sight.

"Rush! Kill all the pirates and avenge the people of Jeju Island! Seeing that the pirates were calculated, the North Korean fleet resounded with earth-shattering cheers. The sailors' eyes widened with excitement, looking forward to the scene of the Samhan crashing over the pirate ship.

One of the sharpest weapons of the board house ship is the ramming horn, which is equipped with large iron cones at the bow and stern, and the size and weight of the ship are large, not to mention the pirate ship in front of you, even if it is a legendary treasure ship, it is also a collision.

The sailboat was originally slow to start, and it was taken by surprise, and it was definitely impossible to dodge, and many people speculated in their hearts that the Samhan would knock over several enemy ships.

However, as the old saying goes, life is not as good as it should be, and just when the Samhan was about to rush into the enemy's fleet, a sudden change occurred.

Somehow, two white lines suddenly appeared on the stern of the more than ten pirate ships, and immediately, the ships suddenly moved, like bees exploding their nests, and jumped out in all directions.

One of them even walked in the opposite direction with the Samhan, passing by, but the sailors on the Samhan did not react at all, first, because they were too surprised to react; The most important thing is that the speed of the other party is so fast that they can't respond at all.

"What the hell is going on with the ship, and what are the pirates trying to do?" found that the enemy did not go to his own way at all, but hid his hole cards, looking at the enemy's speed like an arrow off the string, in contrast, his own ship was as straight as a snail, Min Shangdao was at a loss.

He had an ominous premonition in his heart, but he couldn't think of what it was, and this feeling was extremely uncomfortable.

"They seem to want to surround us...... "Jin Youshan is a real sailor in the end, and he still has some knowledge.

The pirate ship did not make any attack, but just broke out of the encirclement at a very fast speed, and then pulled a loose semicircle around the perimeter of the North Korean fleet, faintly encircling the North Korean fleet.

"Surround us?" Min Shangdao's thinking was a little confused, there were fifty or sixty large and small ships on his side, and the other party wanted to surround him with eleven ships? How stupid does this have to be?

And what is the use of a ship in a naval battle, although the Itaya ship can't catch up with the enemy, but the enemy can't help himself. It's better if the opponent doesn't run, as long as you use a small clipper, cooperate with the Itaya boat, and keep the formation pressing, the victory will still belong to your side.

"Keep a dense formation, don't show flaws to let the other party get close, use bows and arrows if you can't hit them, just pirates, it can't be the opponent of the Great Korean Fleet."

The North Korean navy was targeting the Japanese Kor, so their ships were also designed according to specific needs, and one of the main points was to avoid broadside combat.

There is no way, the strength of the two sides in close combat is too far apart, even if it is a local powerful private soldier, it is not the opponent of the Japanese robber, and there are too many strange places on the pirate in front of him, Min Shangdao is afraid that the other party will use the high-speed approach to start a broadside battle, so he has this order.

"My lord, they're rushing over!"

"Don't be afraid, if you want to attack Itaya from behind, then they have the wrong idea." The head and tail of the board house have ramming angles, which are aimed at the disadvantage of its inconvenient steering.

Therefore, even if the flywheel battleship broke out of the encirclement and attacked from behind, Min Shangdao did not panic.

"But my lord, there is something strange about the way they sailed...... Passing in front of our stern and facing the ramming horn with the hull of the boat, could it be that they are showing off their speed? The strange sailing mode of the pirate ship made the golden temperance envoy very puzzled, he did not cross over, of course he did not know that this was the classic method of naval warfare in the Age of Discovery.

Min Shangdao couldn't say why, so he had to say casually: "Well, I probably know that I can't defeat our fleet head-on, so I use these little tricks to ......."

"Oh no, my lord, there's something strange on their ship, something has been thrown! Luckily, it didn't hit our boat. ”

"Jin Temperance Envoy, Hugh should be panicked, can you still be called a glorious North Korean officer like this?" Min Shangdao was very dissatisfied with the fuss of his colleagues, and he said proudly: "As a naval temperance envoy, don't you know how strong the armor of the Banwu ship is? Not to mention that it was just something that was thrown, even if it was the general cannon of the Ming Kingdom, it couldn't be blasted. ”

"The last will be ashamed." Jin Youshan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said ashamedly.

"Moreover, my flagship is one step further than the Itaya ship, in addition to the iron armor, there is also a handle on the ship, even if it catches fire, it doesn't matter, it is indestructible, otherwise how can it be called the strongest warship in the world?"

"I see, my lord is really wise......"

As he spoke, the pirate ships on the periphery shuttled back and forth, and the second round of shooting had already been launched, and I don't know if it was because the distance between the two sides was closer, compared to the first round that all failed, the accuracy of this time was much improved, and most of them hit the target.

However, as Min Shangdao praised, the board house ships stood still, and the pirates threw not even a single deck...... Without the flash of fire, the pirates' attacks would be useless.

"It's on fire, my lord, they're using firearms!" Jin Youshan couldn't suppress the fear in his heart and shouted loudly again.

Water overcomes fire is true, the most fearful of ships on the water is fire, in the allusions of water warfare in China, many examples of warfare are like this, the battle of Chibi, the battle of Poyang Lake, the winning side uses fire attack.

"It doesn't matter, there is water on every ship, and this fire is ...... It doesn't matter......" Min Shangdao was halfway through his words, and he was stunned.

This little fire? The ten board houses that were recruited were all on fire now, but from a distance, it seemed that they could feel the raging heat wave, and they could see that half of the deck was burning.

Min Shangdao saw that the super defense of the Banwu ship was piled up with money, and it was ten! If it burns down like this, everyone will investigate it, and even their own uncle will not be able to protect themselves.

"Why don't you get water to put out the fire?" He didn't care about any manners, and jumped and screamed on the deck.

(To be continued)