"Thanks to Master Jin and Master Lu Zheng, I will rely on you to take care of me in the future." Li Sizhang hurriedly followed, his face was respectful, but he was thinking in his heart that there are not even a few ships launched in Xuzhou now, and the so-called fleet was brought over by the Li family.

This is also the first attack from the sea since the establishment of Haizhou Port, the scale of more than 100 large and small ships, and the whereabouts are quite strange, which makes the second brigade nervous and abnormal, in addition to the port is heavily guarded, Shi Manqiang has also strengthened the defense on land, and the fishing villages and salt farms along the coast are stationed with light horses, once the other party lands from other places, then immediately mobilize the family to fight,

There is a lot of cash in the port because of the salt delivery prepaid, although there is no 200,000 taels, but the number of 780,000 taels is there, the Zheng family fleet has brought a large amount of silver money several times, according to what they said, the gold and silver mountains of the Wa Kingdom are there, the goods of the Ming Dynasty are transported over, and the gold, silver and copper are transported back, which is not only the payment for the goods, but also the special products of the Wa Kingdom.

There is also a lot of movement in the transportation of so much cash, and the current situation is obviously not suitable, so I simply stay put, because the vault is adjacent to the residence of the family, and it can be taken care of.

In addition to these, the five-mile coastline around the port is arranged to patrol the coast, walking along the beach with lanterns, in case the other party swims ashore at night, Shi Manqiang himself spent the night near the port, in case he can deal with it at any time.

Nervous and vigilant all night, the night was peaceful, the next day still did not dare to relax, but the next day there was still nothing, and there were even two merchant ships with flags in the port, this is a short sea voyage from the side of Qingjiang Pu Clam Bay, asked them if they had found anything unusual at sea, they said nothing they had seen.

There was no movement for a day and a night, and there was the confirmation of these two ships, the fleet that came over by the raid should have gone away without a blow, and the Haizhou port began to relax, and the owners and sailors who hid on the shore to have fun returned to the dock, preparing to set sail for the return trip in the next day, since Shi Manqiang and below, everyone was relieved, and the stewards on the port were even more happy, this Haizhou port began to develop and prosper, if it was always besieged by pirates, it would definitely not develop.

Although the current income of Haizhou Port is nothing to Zhao Ziying, everyone knows that Zhao Jin attaches great importance to this place, and no one is willing to let his own future be damaged, and the internal guards who have been staring at the Zheng family's gang also reported to Shi Manqiang, saying that the Zheng family did not show anything abnormal, and even scolded in the discussion, saying that people are not long-sighted, and they dare to touch the port of Xuzhou, dare to delay the business of our Zheng family, and when the time comes, they will definitely raid the house and destroy the door to make them regret it, and the news confided by the captives is only known to the people inside the Zhao Ziying.

These signs and feedback made Shi Manqiang relaxed, he was supposed to go back to Xuzhou once, and talk to Zhao Jin and Wang Zhaojing, now Huai'an North District has become the hinterland of Zhao Ziying's strength range, there is the strength of the Jiading Brigade on all sides, the system of the farmland here is complete enough, the regimental training and righteousness are also loyal and reliable, in such a situation, especially under the general trend of sabre-rattling with the Ming Dynasty, it is a pity that the second brigade stays here, and it should go to the place where it is more needed.

Originally, Shi Manqiang didn't have so much thought, he had always been absolutely obedient to Zhao Jin's arrangement, but he couldn't stand the chatter of the regiment and the brigade below, and he was not willing to be lonely in his heart, so he was ready to state his thoughts, and Shi Manqiang also felt that Huai'an North District and the Second Brigade were a little left out, and there was little contact with the Xuzhou center and Zhao Jin himself, so it was not a long-term solution.

After the end of the war, the situation settled down and passed, I never thought that first the remnants of the Li family would come over to defect, and then there would be such a fleet raid, which made people unable to get out, if it was confirmed that there was nothing to do here, then it would be necessary to set off immediately.

There is still an hour or so before the sun sets, many families who are not on duty like to watch the sea and look at the sky, many of them only saw the sea last year, they are very fascinated by such a magnificent scene, after reading it, they feel comfortable, I don't know that someone on the boat on the dock sang the folk songs of their hometown, although the dialect is not understood, but the nostalgia can be understood by everyone.

At this time, the bell on the tower rang, and the bell rang very quickly, and there were people waving flags on the batteries and lookouts everywhere, and the enemy was coming, and the enemy was coming, and the enemy was coming!

"Luzheng, the fleet from the day before yesterday is here again, this time there are a few more ships, and they are foreigners' big plywood ships!" The port's family found Shi Manqiang on horseback and reported the situation briefly, Shi Manqiang had just finished his inspection and was about to return to the station to rest for a while.

After hearing the news, Shi Manqiang was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and said angrily: "These miscellaneous people have always wanted us to relax and relax, and then take us by surprise, give orders, and deal with them according to the day before yesterday." ”

Over there, the family turned over and ran to the port, Shi Manqiang's order continued, the family began to line up to prepare, Shi Manqiang frowned, he had only heard of the foreigner's big plywood boat, the specific impression was still the graphics drawn by those foreigners in Xuzhou, so that everyone in the port circulated and recorded, saying that this kind of ship is divided into two layers, and even three and four layers, a ship has dozens of cannons, and more than half of the artillery can fire at a time, the power is very good, Shi Manqiang didn't believe it at that time, but asked the foreign sailors on the port wharf, That's true.

"The ghost boats are sharp, and they run faster on the sea, one ship can beat a few of us and a dozen, but they only have hundreds of ships on this ocean, and a team can have four or five top of the sky, and when the fight starts, they will run when they release the fire boats" The people of the Li family's gang said disdainfully, but this story made Shi Manqiang sulk.

"How did the foreigners' ship come here, is it for their folks in Xuzhou?" Shi Manqiang said two words, but he didn't believe it himself, from Louis to John Tang later, few people knew about it.

"We're not afraid of them going ashore, we don't have to be so close to the berth of the dock, let the battery clean them up, the foreigners have sharp firearms, everyone must be careful!" Shi Manqiang said in a strong voice, and the family members ran quickly to deliver his orders.

Today, Li Haiou looked at the fort on duty at a higher position, he was the first to discover the attack of the fleet, at this time was looking at the sea very nervously, watching the four big ships of the ghost slowly sail into the port, at this time the sea breeze was quite cold, but Li Haiou was nervously sweating, his fists were clenched very tightly, he had stayed in the big gang, and he had also seen the power of this people's plywood boat, and there were ten on the sea, and what was more troublesome was that these plywood boats were pioneers, and the large number of ships seen the day before yesterday were behind.

If this Ming Sea Lord's gang cooperates with the Fanren's gunboats, then who can resist on this sea, and can this Haizhou Port stop it?

"Brothers, this ghost has a lot of plywood ship artillery, and it fires quickly, everyone should be careful!" Li Haiou shouted hoarsely.

"What the hell, we are called foreigners here, don't be afraid, their ships can't shoot accurately, our shore cannons are accurate!" The family members shouted and shouted, Li Haiou was full of cold sweat, turned his head to look at the gunboat slowly sailing into the port, and could see that the complex sail cable that was different from the Ming Dynasty was operating, and the four ships were lined up in a line, and the gun door on the side of the ship was being opened, and the muzzle of the black hole was faintly seen.

People on the dock are panicking, many owners and sailors who have been on the ship are running down in a panic, and some people are crying while running, the situation today is different from the day before yesterday, the ship is now full of goods, if there is a mistake, it is really a loss.

Crying and scolding, people at sea know that this Western plywood ship is powerful, no one dares to delay on the ship, to say that the day before yesterday there is confidence in the Xuzhou people in this port, but today I dare not think so, otherwise I will not cry while running.

Li Haiou stared at a few plywood ships sailing into the port, naval battles are completely different from land battles, if they are on land, the soldiers and horses on both sides find each other, and by this time they may already be about to start charging and engaged, but the ships at sea are not so fast, everyone can only wait for him to come closer, to the range of artillery.

was about to enter the range of the first battery to fire, but the first battery did not fire, what happened, not only Li Haiou leaned out, but several of the battery's family members couldn't help but show their heads to see, and were scolded back by the team, the reason quickly understood, the enemy ship was not within the preset fire range of the battery!

Of course, the artillery on the turret can adjust the angle and direction of fire, but it will often preset a landing point, because the route in and out of the port is relatively fixed, and the ships will definitely be at that point, and the preset range can ensure that the first time to fire, who would have thought that the enemy ships would actually avoid this range, and see this reason, everyone will be busy, and it will not take much time to adjust the angle and direction of fire, and wait for the first shot to fire, so that these ghost foreigners' plywood boats know that they are powerful.

The cannon burst continuously, and some people already exclaimed, such a roar must not be the artillery of the battery, but the enemy ship!

"The Seventeenth Fort is over!" Someone shouted, and it was already possible to see that the fortifications of the said fort had been bombarded and destroyed, and the families inside were also unlucky.

"Fire! Hurry up and fire! This unexpected loss did not panic the families of the fort, the shouting and scolding of the guards was only an vent of affection, and the steps of controlling the firing of the artillery were still meticulous, and the artillery on the fort began to roar.

The shells stirred up a column of water on the sea surface of the harbor, but only one nine-pounder gun hit the side of the enemy ship, and the others all missed, Li Haiou finally knew why, although the enemy fleet was moving slowly, it was to avoid the preset range of the battery, Haizhou Port was very large, but this big was small under the range of more than nine pound guns, to form crossfire, to block the port, and at the same time to fire the cannon as quickly as possible, the position of the battery, the artillery firing range and so on must be limited.

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