397. Looking back on the empty sorrow of the outlying islands (4)

Shuoto was extremely unwilling.

He didn't expect to win in one fell swoop this time, because this island had plagued them for many years, and it was not possible to capture it once or twice.

But Fang Cai's gratifying strategy allowed him to see a glimmer of light.

He thought he would be lucky today, but he was disappointed. The battle has passed for most of the day, and if you don't want to float on the sea at night, you can only evacuate.

As soon as he ordered to evacuate, the Koreans set sail first and fled, and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming naturally followed him closely to "guard", but in order to attack the island, Shang Kexi, who was closest to the island, was still desperately urging his subordinates at this time: "Go to the island, go to the island, as long as we defeat this Ming army, we can have big fish and meat on the island!" ”

It wasn't until his subordinates shouted in panic that he reacted, and when he looked back, he saw only the guns on the side of the Huaqing.

"Huh?" Although there was still some distance from his ship, looking at it, the artillery was not aimed at him, but Shang Kexi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, what about Shuotuo, Kong Youde, and Geng Zhongming, who should have been behind him?

He had eight large ships and twelve medium ships, and as for the small ships, all of them had reached the shore, but now there were only six large ships and nine medium ships left around him, and the rest of the ships did not know where they had gone.

As far as the eye could see, he finally saw his warship, following behind the large army, blowing up the wind and eating the southeast wind, desperately fleeing towards the west!

This discovery made Shang Kexi's heart cold, and then he heard the continuous sound of cannons.

The entire Huaqing was shrouded in a blue smoke, and the sea breeze was filled with the smell of saltpeter, and the smoke was blown by the sea breeze and was coming towards him. Through the smoke, Shang Kexi vaguely saw that about 20 zhang away from his warship, a large ship burst into flames, and then with a bang, the bow of the big ship exploded.

It was the explosion of gunpowder stored on the ship.

Not only was the ship reduced to pieces, but there was also a large ship, half of which was pouring into the water, sinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the sailors on board, crying in panic, tried to grasp the upturned bow and prevent themselves from falling into the water. But their efforts were clearly in vain, and after a short struggle, they, together with the ship, turned into a whirlpool on the water.

The Huaqing's current tactic is to take advantage of its own artillery superiority, and try its best to avoid engaging in broadside and jumping gang battles with the captured warships, and it does not seek to capture the opponent's warships - in fact, Yu Dahai now also looks down on these dilapidated ships, and only wants to make the opponent completely lose its combat effectiveness.

And the best way to completely incapacitate your opponent is to sink it.

Therefore, the Huaqing adjusted the ship's side and replenished the two enemy ships that collided together in a panic. Shang Kexi saw this scene, and he was really shocked: these warships were all taken away when he rebelled from the Dongjiang River, and now they are sinking one and one less, he doesn't think that his Manchurian master will be kind enough to replenish his strength!

"Lord, lord, let's retreat, we can't hold on any longer, Shuo Tuobeizi has lost us, take us to fill the mouth of this demon ship!"

A pro-soldier shouted in Shang Kexi's ear in panic, how did Shang Kexi not know this, the outstanding achievements of the Huaqing made it become the master of this sea area as soon as it appeared, it was like a shark that appeared in the school of fish, although if the school of fish united, it could be completely torn apart, but in the face of its majesty, the school of fish chose not to fight but to escape!

"Let's go, let's go!" He gritted his teeth.

Although it is said that he is not afraid of no firewood in Qingshan, Shang Kexi understands very well that after escaping back, his status in the hearts of the Manchurians will be greatly reduced because of the great loss of strength.

He hung out the banner of retreat and fell into the eyes of Sun Lin, Sun Lin was leading people out to support Huo Yan, and cheered when he saw this scene: "Jianyu is defeated, Jianyu is defeated!" ”

This call made Huo Yan who was fighting suddenly sober up, he took the time to take a look, and sure enough, Jianyu was defeated, and the huge figure of the Huaqing appeared less than a mile away from the coast, and was violently attacking those enemy ships that had not yet had time to turn around!

Shang Zhizhong also looked back, and suddenly understood that he and the others had been abandoned.

He is a member of the Shang clan, fortunately did not die in the hands of Jianlu, with Shang Kexi took refuge in the Manchurians, originally thought that Shang Kexi's relatives had been killed by the Manchus, and he might inherit his throne, but he did not expect that Shang Kexi gave birth to a parent last year. He clearly felt that his status in this family had fallen dramatically, and he originally wanted to save a little by fighting, but now, he has become an outcast!

As soon as he thought of this, Shang Zhizhong let out a long sigh and threw down the weapon in his hand.

"Surrender!" He said loudly.

"Surrender, surrender!"

Shang Kexi and the rest of the soldiers also threw down their weapons one after another, they came and went numb, at least the heroes don't suffer the immediate losses, and now they don't die!

Huo Yan wiped the blood and sweat on his body, and then looked at his side, of the five hundred Denglai soldiers who rushed out, only more than four hundred remained, that is, the staff officers of the Tiger Guard, and at least more than ten of them were missing.

This made him feel a pang in his heart, these Tiger Guard staff officers died here, how could he explain to Yu Guozhen?

Originally, he wanted to kill Shang Zhizhong and the others, but considering that if this was the case, he might suffer greater losses on his side, so he still changed his mind: "Kneel down and don't kill!" ”

Even Shang Kexi's son and his own soldiers were surrendered, and the rest of the Eight Banners Han Army naturally would not resist stubbornly, but Huo Yan didn't care about collecting the prisoners, but went to look for the Huwei staff officers one by one, and after a while, he calculated with a pale face that the Huwei staff officers had killed seventeen people, and four were seriously injured!

That's nearly half the loss.

In comparison, the loss rate of the Denglai soldiers is not so high, and it is no wonder that the staff officers of the Tiger Guard are all at the forefront, and under the lead soldiers, they are naturally the highest losses.

Sun Lin also came to him with a gloomy face at this time, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You can't blame you for this matter, I will tell Jimin, this is the only way to ...... at that time."

"No, if the Huaqing had come earlier, even if it was ten minutes earlier, our losses would not have been so great!"

Huo Yan gritted his teeth and said, he looked at Huaqing, his expression was a little angry.

The Huaqing appeared at the best time, after the Jianyu surrounded the Phi Island with the ship's guns, not only did he focus all his attention on the Phi Island, but at the same time, the gunpowder and shells on the ship consumed a lot, and the cannons had to rest and cool down after repeated bombardment. At this time, the Huaqing suddenly appeared, which dealt a huge blow to Jianguo, and at the same time forced Jianguo to be unable to organize an effective counterattack. But for the Denglai army on Phi Island, this is not the best, if the Huaqing attacks early, even if it is two cannons from afar, it can greatly reduce the pressure on the Denglai army.

Sun Lin couldn't help but feel his heart beat when he heard him say this, he pressed his arm, and shouted in a low voice: "This is what I said, don't talk about it to Jimin, if you say it to Jimin, you know what the consequences will be!" ”

One of Yu Guozhen's least favorite things is all kinds of shirking responsibility. He can tolerate failure, but he can't tolerate pushing all the faults of failure onto others, if Huo Yan says the same in front of him, it is obvious that his impression of Huo Yan will be very bad.

Huo Yan himself also knew this truth, he just nodded hatefully: "Thank you Mr. Sun." ”

Sun Lin thought of Chen Hongfan's suggestion, his heart moved again, and he patted Huo Yan on the shoulder and said: "You have made a lot of contributions to me these times, if you can, I also hope that you can serve me for a longer time." ”

Huo Yan was silent.

He didn't think that he had done anything wrong, but more than 20 Tiger Guard staff officers were killed or seriously injured, and he couldn't shirk this responsibility, and he knew very well in his heart that he might have to go back to report to Yu Guozhen this time.

"If the Dongjiang soldiers also come to help, even if their warships come to contain them, we don't need to fight so hard today." Sun Lin turned his target to Shen Shikui, and then said sharply: "Now that the battle situation is decided, we should also go to Shen Shikui for trouble!" ”

But they pounced.

Shen Shikui and Shen Zhixiang were already leaving the island when the fierce battle was in full swing, Shen Shikui took his five hundred family members and five hundred elite soldiers to go to sea first, leaving Shen Zhixiang to reward the Denglai soldiers, but soon after Shen Shikui left, Shen Zhixiang got the news and also took five hundred people to the sea. His uncle and nephew left one after another, no one was in charge of the island, and the Dongjiang soldiers were making a fuss one by one!

This news made Sun Lin and Huo Yan look at each other, they originally planned to take control of Dongjiang Town from Shen Shikui, but they didn't expect this guy to be so decisive, taking the opportunity of Jianyu to attack the island, turned around and fled.

When the two of them stared at each other, Yu Dahai gritted his teeth and scolded.

"This guy is cunning, but now see how he escapes!"

After discovering the Shang Kexi ship, Yu Dahai commanded the Huaqing to chase after him, and now that the battle situation has been decided, Jianyu has no power to counterattack after being defeated, and all that remains is how to expand the results of the battle. Therefore, he chased the Shang Kexi boat with the banner of "Zhishun Wang" in the Han and Manchurian languages, and Shang Kexi fought and walked, the waves in the sea swayed, and it was not easy for both sides to hit it in the move. After chasing for half an hour, Shang Kexi's boat panicked and couldn't move when he touched the reef, and Yu Dahai could be regarded as having achieved his goal.

Looking at the row of cannon holes on the Huaqing, Shang Kexi's heart welled up with exhaustion and despair.

The soldiers around him knew that there was no way out now, and couldn't help but persuade: "Lord, the prince has done his best in this battle, it is Shuo Tuobeizi who abandons the prince first, not the prince who wants to abandon the Qing Dynasty - it is better to surrender!" ”

Shang Kexi sighed: "My father and ancestors are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but my unscrupulous descendants rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, if the letter is still in the Qing Dynasty, if I descend, I will pity him in the swaddling bag, and I will not be spared...... If you want to descend, take my first achievement, and I will not drag you down! ”

The faces of the soldiers changed slightly, and they were about to answer, when suddenly they heard the sound of cannon outside, and then their ship shook violently.

"If they don't surrender, they will be wiped out." One humanity.

Then, they vaguely heard the shouting from the other side, and everyone listened attentively, but it was "it is gratifying to be captured alive, everyone has a way to live, and it is still gratifying to die, and there is no one left in the whole ship", everyone was awe-struck in their hearts, and they couldn't help but look at Shang Kexi.

(To be continued)