Chapter 345: Knock on the door and negotiate again

Finally entered the range of smoothbore guns, and more than a hundred warships on Zheng Zhilong's side bombarded them with cannons on the deck one after another. Of course, Li Guozhu will not run, and this is the time to watch xiàn. Standing in front of the cannon on the deck, Li Guozhu said hoarsely: "Brothers, I have been running for a day and a night, and I am waiting for this opportunity." Kill Zheng Yiguan, everyone will make a fortune, Dongying and Ryukyu will be our territory from now on, and when the time comes, we will have as many women as we want to eat and drink spicy food. ”

The people who followed Li Guozhu were all outlaws at sea. There are also more than a dozen large and small pirates, and this is the role of Chen Xie's warship. Li Guozhu, a defeated dog, suddenly increased his strength, and fools knew that he had a thick thigh. Isn't it just to make a living at sea just to have enough food and drink, and to find a woman with money?

The warships on both sides were scuffled, and for a time the sea was like a forest, and the cannon roared endlessly.

The Dengzhou Navy also discovered an anomaly, and more than 200 large and small ships came up to meet them, and they looked like they were here to fight in close combat. Xilaojing was also battle-hardened, and immediately ordered the flag to be issued to Li Guozhu to move closer to him, and at the same time ordered to prepare to fire and sink these small boats.

More than 200 small boats rushed forward bravely, which was also a self-confidence in beating the Dutch at sea. What happened next was not what they imagined. When the 16 warships lined up in a horizontal line and fired in the order of the guns on the side of the side, Zheng Zhilong's small boats knew what it meant to rain bullets.

Holding a monocular, Zheng Zhilong has been observing the changes on the battlefield. The first volley knocked half of his guts off. Raindrops of cannonballs fell on the sea, and a 200-material fortune ship was in the telescope. Three shells were hit in a row, flying sawdust scattered in the air, and the soldiers on the ship were wounded at least seven or eight, lying on the deck, bleeding all over the ground and staining the deck red.

By the time he was looking at the battle at sea, eighteen boats had been hit and wounded in a single round of fire. The boat that was hit three times began to sink directly into the water. This was followed by a second round of shelling. Zheng Zhilong was even more shocked. Because the speed was too fast, it was only a little while, and a new round of artillery fire came.

The rate of fire of the breech gun was a catastrophe for the Zheng family's naval division. The rate of fire of four or five rounds a minute. It's not something they can think of at all. Zheng Zhilong witnessed no less than twenty boats being hit. It's good to know that today's fall is not good. The vitality of this fleet is too violent.

Just five minutes later. The barrel of the cannon turned red, and the battleship fell off one side and continued to bombard.

A small fortune boat swarmed in. At a distance of three thousand meters, they began to receive a baptism of artillery fire, and when they stopped five minutes later, more than a dozen boats were sunk, and more than fifty boats were shot and wounded. If you're lucky, hit the superstructure, and you'll be able to continue floating on the sea, killing just a few people. If you are unlucky, you can directly open a huge hole in the side of the ship and plug the leak is delusional. Directly start sinking. In less than half a moment, the rain of shells can cause casualties. By the time these ships rush to the enemy ships, how many will be left? The large-caliber 18-pounder naval gun, hitting such a small lucky ship, is really immediate, and being hit by a bullet is a catastrophe, the light one is seriously damaged, and the heavy one sinks.

Zheng Zhilong, who was behind the command, saw it clearly, and he was terrified in an instant. At this time, he realized that it was not good, but it was too late. Where are the Dutch, who can have naval guns with this range, except for the Dengzhou Naval Division?

What to do? Countless thoughts quickly flashed through my mind, hit? Run? Beat? Run? After a dozen blows back and forth, just when it was difficult to decide, a cannonball landed less than a hundred paces away, setting off a column of water.

This time it was considered to have made Zheng Zhilong sober, gritted his teeth and made a decision, the boat continued to rush forward, and the Dafu boat immediately retreated, got rid of Li Guozhu and ran back, keeping one is counted as one, the coming day is long, everyone is an officer and soldier, and there is a lot of money to discuss.

This decision was still a little late, and when the big ship chasing Li Guozhu received the order from the clipper sent by Zheng Zhilong, the small fleet on this side had been washed by artillery fire for ten minutes. The fleet made another nice turn, while using speed to pull some distance.

Fortunately, Li Guozhu was worried that the loss would be too large, and after receiving the order from Qiyu, he kept moving closer to Xilaojing, and did not think about entangling Zheng Zhilong's main force at all. By the time he found that the fleet on Zheng Zhilong's side had turned around, he was already too late to catch up.

Taking advantage of the entanglement of small boats, Zheng Zhilong ran back with more than 100 Dafu boats with the main force, and it was not easy to save these boats, and he was not willing to save them. As long as you can escape back to Minjiang and let the civil officials come forward to fight a lawsuit, or send someone to compromise with Chen Xie, you must not have the capital.

In this way, the fate of Zheng Zhilong's small boats was doomed, and when Li Guozhu commanded the fleet to kill from the flanks, Zheng Zhilong's order to flee for their lives was to flee for their lives. How could Xilao Jing let go of such an opportunity, relying on the speed of the ship, and began a crazy pursuit. The cannon roared on the sea, and there were too many warships in the Zheng family's fleet that fled for their lives, so they could only catch up with one. Sixteen warships chased and killed the sea for more than three hours, sank more than 10 ships successively, damaged more than 60 warships, and forced them to surrender their sails. The result was a huge harvest, and one hundred and thirty-three boats were captured.

After this battle, the Zheng family's water division was greatly injured, but this is not the end. Silao Jing and his fleet pursued relentlessly, using his speed to catch up with fifteen Daifuku ships before dark, forcing them to lower their sails and surrender.

Zheng Zhilong finally escaped into the Minjiang River, and the Dengzhou fleet with the flag of pirates chased and killed all the way and hit the door directly, and the garrisons on the various islands along the way were educated by the naval guns and became honest people. The Dengzhou fleet under the command of Xilao was swaggering at the gate of Yuegang. After a round of fire sank and damaged three merchant ships that were trying to escape, the other ships did not dare to move. Fortunately, the fleet did not continue to attack, and sent a small boat to deliver the news, and the escort fee was 50,000 taels. One or two less silver came in and ruined Yuegang.

Chen Xie, who was at the end, caught up with Li Guozhu's fleet, and saw wreckage floating on the sea, as well as soldiers struggling on the sea. Chen Xie ordered Li Guozhu to hurry up and save people, although they are all pirates, there are few good people, but they also score who is the pirate?

After arranging this matter, Chen Xie's warship turned around. If it's like this, there's basically nothing to do with him. Xilaojing knew what to do, and the purpose of Chen Xie's follow-up was to see how effective the navy was? Whether the first phase of the plan can be completed. Now it seems that there is no problem at all, although there are only 17 ships for the time being, but the results are huge. It can be seen that the breech-loading rifled gun is leading in this era, and it is not a level of combat at all.

After Zheng Zhilong cursed Chen Xie countless times for not dying well, he pinched his nose and sent someone to send 50,000 taels of silver, and Li Guozhu came forward to receive the messenger. The sù messenger Zheng Cai proudly said: "You go to tell Zheng Yiguan, don't want to eat alone in the affairs of the sea, as long as everyone can sit down and talk, I will not treat him badly, everyone will maintain the order on the sea and collect some silver together." ”

After Zheng Cai went back, he saw Zheng Zhilong and explained the situation. Zheng Zhilong was indignant, but there was no good way. It will definitely not be able to beat, and even if it comes out, the result is doomed. Not to mention, the Dutch are still eyeing the hell in Gesharan.

Since you can't win, let's negotiate. Zheng Zhilong definitely didn't dare to go to sea, so he asked Li Guozhu to go ashore to talk. Li Guozhu relied on the support of the Dengzhou Navy and swaggered to take people ashore to see the Zheng family's mansion in Jinjiang. Today is not what it used to be, the original mourning dog, today swaggering close to the Zheng family, he can't help but tremble when he walks.

Zheng Zhilong led a group of people to greet him at the door, and after some fake politeness, he went in and sat down to negotiate. Li Guozhu didn't have much nonsense, and directly threw out Chen Xie's conditions: "The territory of the Zheng family on Dayuan Island belongs to me, and in the future, the merchant ships on the route from Nanyang to China and Japan will jointly collect the cash, and the Zheng family will get 30% of the silver." ”

The fleet is outside, and Li Guozhu's condition is not to slap people in the face and bully people, but to step on Zheng Zhilong's face. On the spot, Zheng Zhilong stood up angrily, clenched his fists and wanted to go crazy. Fortunately, Zheng Cai hugged him in time and said, "Calm down, calm down." ”

Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to hold back his anger and swallow his anger: "I have been in the business for many years, so I gave it to you for nothing, what prestige will there be on the sea in the future?" What else to use to collect protection money? There is also a ghost of Reshalan, can you beat it? ”

Li Guozhu sneered: "Zheng Yiguan, in fact, you know very well in your heart who is standing behind me. You don't have to worry about the Dutch business. You just say yes or no, if you are really not convinced, then fight openly. It also saves me from bothering my tongue here, hum, if it weren't for everyone's old feelings, I wouldn't have wasted my saliva. ”

Zheng Zhilong said angrily: "Li Guozhu, you are just a dog of Chen Xie, don't forget it, the cunning rabbit is a dead lackey." If you work so hard, even if I'm finished in the future, you won't be much better. ”

Li Guozhu immediately laughed and said: "Zheng Yiguan, you have no ambitions, and you dare to laugh at me for being a dog for Master Chen." I sue you, even if you are a dog for Master Chen, it is better than your current decay. I'm a dog, aren't you a dog? Master Chen's target is the ghost of Nanyang, if you still have eggs, just do it with me. Everyone partnered, went to Nanyang, took the foundation of the ghost, and cut the land overseas to become the king, which is better than being a lackey for others here in Daming. ”

Zheng Zhilong was shocked by these words, and subconsciously asked, "What do you mean by this?" Li Guozhu said: "This is what Master Chen meant, he said that there are too many people in Daming, and there is no place to eat." Therefore, it is necessary to defeat the Dutch ghosts on Dayuan Island first, and then go to the South Seas. After Malaga, there is also a country called India, which is full of gold and its people are weak. We have passed, occupy a random place, and be the emperor of the soil is not happier than in Daming? (To be continued......)