Zhongli led the fleet to chase after him, now he can be regarded as full of confidence, the addition of a 5,000-material ship, not just a simple superposition, with his addition, the combat effectiveness of the entire fleet can explode several grades, and there are more tactics that can be used, the opponent has three 3,000-material warships, if he only has three or even four, Zhongli has no certainty of victory, after all, yesterday's engagement made him see the opponent's knowledge, but with the addition of a 5,000-material battleship, Zhongli is confident that he can crush the tough opponent in front of him like a bug.

After chasing for most of the day, you can already see the shadow of the opponent's sails, and on this unobstructed sea, the ships between dozens of nautical miles cannot hide, but the other party is still a fleet.

A smile appeared on Zhongli's lips.

"Speed, speed, catch up with them!" Zhong couldn't stop giving orders, and the Bozhou sailors hoisted all the sails and chased after the prey in front of them with all their might.

Yuan Gang was unhurried, looked at the approaching enemy ship behind him, estimated the speed, and said with a smile: "Yes, just keep it like this, let the enemy feel that there is hope of catching up with us, don't dare to run too fast!" ”

The decisive battle will be tomorrow, on Volcanic Rock Island, where General Zheng Zhiyuan has already preset the battlefield.

Lianshan Island, but after Yuan Gang led the fleet to withdraw, it fell into a fierce battle. What was different from Zhong Xiang's expectation was that the soldiers guarding the base on Lianshan Island at this time were not more than 1,000 troops, but as many as 3,000 sailors and marines and a large number of craftsmen with military training.

As the supreme commander of the garrison on the island with 3,000 people, Zheng Zhiqiang was excited and uneasy in his heart, this was the first time he commanded an army of such a size, and he had a heavy mission, he had to hold it for two days, and wait until his eldest brother was all wiped out to the Bozhou Naval Division of the volcanic rock, and then return to Lianshan Island.

His mission is not only to defend Lianshan Island, but also to use the facilities on the island to inflict heavy damage on the other party, so that after the eldest brother rushes back, the pressure he faces is minimized.

Zheng Zhiqiang knew that this was an opportunity given to him by the eldest brother, in fact, in the eldest brother's fleet, there were more people who could command this army more qualified than him, but the eldest brother handed it over to him without hesitation, although there was a suspicion of using power for personal gain, but as long as he completed the task beautifully, then others would have nothing to say.

"Come on!" Zheng Zhiqiang looked at the dense ships floating on the sea. The breakwaters, docks, and forts on the beach are all bait, but the real focus of the defense of the Lianshan Island base is concentrated on the two peaks, from the foot of the mountain to the halfway point of the mountain, which is the death zone.

The first wave of Zhongxiang's attack was divided into two directions, one detachment attacked the breakwater, the dock and the fortified fortress built on the front, and the other wave was full of landing soldiers, landing from the beach at a distance and flanking the pier. As long as the water plugs and fortresses on both sides of the pier are captured, the pier will also go down without a fight.

As the horn of attack began, the shore also began to launch a counterattack, and the whistling stone projectiles fell on the sea, splashing waves several feet high, and the warships walked in a zigzag pattern on the sea, avoiding the attack from the shore.

"Chief, the other party's counterattack is very scattered, it seems that there are not many troops stationed on this island, and those ships have only seen our troops coming here in a big way, leaving their comrades on the island behind, and running away!" A deputy general of the Bozhou Navy Division said happily to Zhong Xiang.

Zhong Xiang smiled silently, the other party's advance fleet ships are inevitably too few, in the face of his absolute superiority in strength, the strong man broke his wrist and fled into the depths of the ocean, he admired the commander's determination, if the other party hesitated a little at this time, he would definitely fall into a heavy siege, and then not only the island could not be saved, but he would also fall in. Although they have now fled into the ocean, they still cannot escape the pursuit of their superior forces, but they have finally earned a glimmer of life.

"After attacking the shore, you can shout first and urge the other party to surrender, they are completely unlucky, if they surrender, they can also reduce the losses of our army!" Zhong Xiang said.

"Steward, be merciful!" The lieutenant complimented.

The scattered counterattacks on the shore posed little threat to the naval fleet that was attacked from both sides, except for one ship that was extremely unlucky, and was sunk by two stone cannons in a row, the rest of the ships successfully approached the water village, and the other road also came ashore, and a group of heavily armed sailors jumped out of the boats and quickly pressed towards this side from the land.

"Brothers of the Fuzhou Sailors, your fleet has left you and fled, you have no way to retreat, surrender, our Bozhou Sailor guarantees your personal safety!" Before the dock, more than a dozen high-voiced soldiers of the Bozhou Navy Division on the ship shouted in unison, so loud that the entire island could hear it.

"Brothers of the Fuzhou Water Master, you listen well, we are in charge of compassion and give you a pillar of incense time, if you don't surrender, we will attack, and then the jade will be burned, it will not help, surrender!"

Halfway up the mountain, Zheng Zhiqiang looked at the rapidly approaching Bozhou soldiers a few miles away, and sneered: "Give an order to the water plug, the brothers of the fortress, destroy the trebuchet and the eight-ox crossbow, bring me the key parts, withdraw it, and leave the water plug and the dock to them!" ”

The Bozhou sailor shouted for a long time, but the opposite side did not surrender, but soon a figure jumped out of the water plug and the fortress, dragging weapons and flags, and rushed towards the halfway up the mountain along the gallop road. On the other road, between the landing soldiers of Bozhou and a mile of land from here, they withdrew to the halfway up the mountainside.

Seeing the opposing soldiers fleeing for their lives, the adjutant general was overjoyed, "The commander is clever, but with just a shout, the other party's fighting spirit is completely lost, and he has abandoned such a strong fortress, so that our army can land and fight without much effort." ”

Zhong Xiang said with a smile: "Look at the breakwater and fortress, they are all newly built, the opponent's large number of men and horses have not arrived, and the equipment to defend the city is also insufficient, which makes the soldiers have no fighting spirit, if the other party is all ready, we want to attack such a strong dock fortress, the price to pay will be great." ”

The adjutant general also smiled: "This time the little general can make a great contribution, found the traces of the other party in time during the patrol, and dragged the other party to death, which laid a good foundation for us to seize the island. ”

Zhong Xiang likes to hear these words the most, and he is still very proud of this son, "Brother praises him too much, he has this day, and he is not supported by your group of uncles." Although I have a little skill, I am still too tender, and I can only be able to take on a big task if I grind it! ”

"The tiger father has no dogs, there is the teaching of the chief, and the little general said that he will travel thousands of miles and threaten the black water ocean!" The deputy will continue to make a big ass, "Although General Pang Lao is heroic, it's a pity that the descendants have gone to the path of a civilian official, and in the future, it will be up to General Zhong Xiao on this black water ocean!" ”

Zhong Xiang smiled from ear to ear, these words went to his heart, and between the two of them this conversation, the dock and water village on Lianshan Island had fallen into their hands. A large number of sailors who had already landed on the shore began to reorganize their formations and prepare for a new round of attack on the enemy troops halfway up the mountainside.

"You can bring another group of people to land!" Zhong Xiang smiled and ordered the lieutenant general, this lieutenant had just made himself feel comfortable with a bit of sycophancy, and he might as well share the credit for capturing this base.

The vice-admiral happily returned to his ship, and happily commanded several ships to enter the dock of Lianshan Island.

To Zhong Xiang's surprise, the Fuzhou army, which had no will to resist in the dock and the fortress of Shuizhai, seemed to have changed an army halfway up the mountain, and among those lush woods, there were countless small fortresses hidden, these fortresses were like a string of pearls connected together, forming an extremely solid defensive line in the middle of the mountainside, stubbornly resisting the attacks of the Bozhou sailors wave after wave. The mile-long slope was littered with the corpses of the soldiers of the Bozhou Marines, and after the trees that could not be seen, many more soldiers fell forever.

For a whole afternoon, Zhong Xiang lost nearly a thousand people, and he did not take this defensive line, which made him have to re-examine the opponent's strength, according to the opponent's defensive strength and counterattack intensity, this fortress line, I am afraid that there are at least two thousand soldiers, which makes Zhong Xiang a little uneasy. If there were so many soldiers or more on the island, it would not be possible to transport them from the mere fleet I had seen in the morning, and if there were more ships on the other side, where would all these ships go? Looking at the slightly undulating black water ocean, Zhong Xiang muttered in his heart.

"Chief, I'll organize another sneak attack on the soldiers at night!" The lieutenant who touched his head and bled in front of the opponent's defense line during the day lifted his spirits and said to Zhong Xiang.

"Okay, Yu Pei, at the time of the third watch, you organize soldiers to go to a sneak attack, whether it is successful or not, at least find out how many soldiers are stationed here on the other side, my feeling, the number of the other party is at least two to three thousand!" Zhong Xiang said.

"There won't be so many, right?" Yu Pei said in surprise: "The other party also relied on the strong fortress and sharp weapons, I only heard rumors that Li Qing's subordinates were good at repairing fortresses, good at fighting in the city, and the weapons were extremely sophisticated, this time I can be regarded as knowledgeable, even the fucking sailors are so good at fighting in the city!" ”

Zhong Xiang said solemnly: "Under the fame, how can there be a vain, Li Qing can destroy the barbarians just a few years ago, of course, he has his advantages, which is why we must cut off his outstretched claws before he can gain a firm foothold, once he has a firm foothold, it will be even more difficult to get rid of him!" ”

"The manager is right, I'll go and prepare!" Yu Pei nodded.

The night shrouded the entire Lianshan Island and the vast sea, but at this time, the sea was clear, Zhong Xiang's seat frame and some of his sailors were still anchored a few miles from the shore, while a 5,000-material warship led by Yu Pei, a dozen 3,000-material warships and numerous auxiliary ships docked at the dock.

Zheng Zhiqiang stood on the dark and dreary mountain, staring at the brightly lit sea and the dock, and shook his head with some regret: "Zhong Xiang, this dog, is so careful, in this case, he can't dock, so that Lao Tzu's feast is missing countless styles, son of a bitch, hey, are you ready, are they all calibrated?" He said to the leader of the technicians in front of him.

"Captain Zheng, don't worry, we have to aim at these places countless times every day, and we have tested dozens of times a few days ago, and every trebuchet is calibrated accurately, as long as you give an order, you will smash the Bozhou turtle sons in the dock and dock into the black water ocean to feed the fish!" The technician is confident.

Hey, hey, Zheng Zhiqiang laughed, and his white teeth were particularly eye-catching in the dark.

"In that case, let's get started!" He gave the order with ease, and then sat cross-legged on a high rock with his waist knife in his arms, his eyes wide ready to see what was to come.

(To be continued)