Wallace worked hard to seize such an opportunity, and of course he would not let it go easily. Several galleons were hoisted with their sails full, and in the darkness they made a beautiful arc on the sea, stopping the way of the small boats. According to his judgment, this level of fleet is definitely not a person from the Fujian Navy, and there is a good chance that the current situation is pirates in the nearby waters.

As the boats scurried around like headless flies, it was all the more certain to Wallace's idea.

"What, pirates?"

Li Xin was woken up by a salvo just now, and took his own soldiers to the deck to see what was happening. They were seasick and dizzy during the day, but at night they were able to rest for a while, and they were woken up by the cannons.

"Your Excellency the Marquis, I have indeed encountered pirates. Don't worry, it won't take you more than an hour to wipe out all of these rats! ”

Wallace swore and patted his chest as promised.

"Could it be Zheng Zhilong's people?"

Niu Jinsong rubbed his sleepy eyes, his seasickness symptoms were relatively more serious, and it was not easy to endure coming to the deck at this time. What he was worried about was that if he encountered a strong enemy in the state of the Three Guards, he was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with it calmly. Wallace laughed, he didn't think very much of these generals under His Excellency the Marquis.

"General Niu can put his heart in his stomach, these people will definitely not be the people of the Fujian Navy. If the Fujian sailors were of this level, they would not have been able to sweep away the big and small pirates on the sea like crushing flies. ”

Boom Boom!

There was a sudden huge earthquake on the hull of the ship, and Niu Jinsong became a little weak due to seasickness for several days, and he didn't stand firmly. Li Xin also reached out to help, "Since Wallace is in command here, we won't get in the way on the deck here." ”

After that, Li Xin hurriedly took Niu Jinsong and a few people back to the cabin and left. He was afraid that if he was delayed on the deck for a while, Niu Jinsong would have to vomit from the bumpy hull again.

"What is the General doing? We can't even sit down on this sea ship anymore, if we sit down any longer, I'm afraid that the brothers of the Three Guards will have to fall apart! The general also knows that our brothers are landlubbers, and we are not used to the days of bumps on the water, anyway, we have already seen the coast in front of us, so why continue to stay on the boat? ”

Previously, the Pingbo fleet stayed in Zhenjiang, Suzhou, Songjiang and other prefectures for one day according to the plan, which was delayed for three days, and later in Songjiang Mansion only got the news from the direction of Hangzhou, saying that the Japanese had attacked Shaoxing Mansion and went straight to Hangzhou.

At first, Li Xin did not believe that the Zhejiang defenders would be so cowardly, but the next news surprised everyone, with the fall of Shanyin, Xiaoshan became the target of the siege of the Japanese invaders, and it was reported that there were 100,000 urgent, and it would be too late to regret it if it was a little later.

Therefore, Li Xin set off half a day ahead of schedule, and hurried all the way to the sea off the mouth of the Qiantang River, but the wind and waves on the sea were strong in the past few days, and the big boats and small boats were bumpy like duckweed in the water. However, it was bitter for a drought on the ship, and those local soldiers in Nanzhili could say that few of the generals who followed Li Xin from the north and south could stand up straight on the ship at this moment.

In the past, when they went south, they also took a boat, and they thought that the boat ride was nothing more than that, but they never thought that today they knew the power of the sea ship. Once the wind and waves arose, the people on the boat were dizzy and vomited, and they were even afraid of seeking death.

Li Xin felt that Niu Jinsong's suggestion was reasonable, anyway, he had now reached the sea off the mouth of the Qiantang River, and it was just after this battle that he abandoned the ship and landed on the shore to recover some physical strength to cope with the next battle. At this time, Li Xin suddenly realized that the large and small pirate ships on the sea might be the transport ships of those Japanese pirates, otherwise how could there be enough troops to go down to Shanyin County first, and then besiege Xiaoshan County, and make it dangerous.

"Hurry back and lie down, recuperate your spirits, and after the naval battle outside, you will land ashore to attack the enemy!"

Li Xin's words made Niu Jinsong immediately recover his spirits, and his originally somewhat dim eyes suddenly lit up, "Is this true?" Our brothers are waiting to go ashore, and we are going crazy and crazy. This time, the general won't be perfunctory, right? ”

Niu Jinsong's excitement can be understood, these landlubber generals from the north are all suffering from seasickness, and they are eager to abandon the ship and go ashore immediately, so for several days, people continue to advise Li Xin to go ashore. However, until the specific whereabouts of the Japanese are found, it is not appropriate to land in any case.

Now that the convoy of transports to pick up and drop off the Japanese has been discovered, it is not far from most of the Japanese invaders, so I went ashore to rest and recuperate overnight, and just on the second day, I sent troops to look for the Japanese to fight.

After returning to the cabin, Li Xin did not lie down to rest, but endured strong discomfort, came to the table and carefully pondered the development of the battle situation on the spread map. The latest news I got was that the Japanese were looting in the Xiaoshan area. However, the defenders of Xiaoshan County stubbornly resisted the attack of the Japanese invaders.

So in the current situation, whether Xiao Shan is broken or still holding on, Li Xin can't make up his mind for a while. If Xiaoshan fell, it was likely that the Japanese would take the opportunity to besiege Hangzhou. The siege of Hangzhou is not necessarily the benefit of capturing the city of Hangzhou. There are countless wealthy families and gentry around Hangzhou, as long as these huge crowds are combed and looted, it is enough to hurt half of Zhejiang's vitality.

Hurt the rich gentry around Hangzhou, and it is no different whether Hangzhou City has fallen or not. Li Xin definitely doesn't want to take over a traumatized Zhejiang, he wants the rich Zhejiang in its original form.

The second result is that Xiaoshan County completely resisted the siege of the Japanese invaders, and the wisest choice for these people to attack for a long time is to grab a vote and run. If they can't attack for a long time, they are embarrassed and angry, and still continue to besiege Xiaoshan, then this is exactly what Li Xin wants. In this way, the Three Guards can just block them in Xiaoshan and attack them inside and outside with the defenders in the city.

Thinking of this, Li Xin raised his hand and gestured on the map, marked the map with a rough estimated location, and measured the distance between the marked location and Xiaoshan with his fingers. However, he soon sighed, the map of this era is simply a graffiti at will, except that the place name is true, whether it is distance or distance, it is not enough to rely on.

But in any case, after tonight's naval battle, the Three Guards will land first.

As Wallace had said, about an hour later, the sound of the cannon on the sea had gradually thinned out, and Li Xin dragged his tired body, tormented by seasickness, onto the deck.

The night was still dark, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and brimstone, just like after a great war on land.

"Your Excellency Marquis, you were about to report your victory, and you came up in person." Wallace proudly boasted to Li Xin, "There are hundreds of large and small ships of all sizes that have been sunk in the sea. ”

Although the victory was expected, Li Xin still couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, after all, this was the first naval battle conducted by the Pingbo fleet since its establishment, and it made a good start with victory, and it played an immeasurable role in the morale of the sailors of the fleet.

Li Xin casually praised Wallace, and because he was worried about the situation in Xiaoshan County, he asked if he could land on the shore at this time.

Wallace obviously didn't expect Li Xin to propose to go ashore here, so he was stunned and said: "This place is still more than a hundred miles away from Xiaoshan, if you go ashore in a hurry, it would be a pity to delay the fighter!" ”

"Baili?" Li Xin speculated that after landing here, it would be only fifty or sixty miles from the top of Xiaoshan Mountain, and the saying of a hundred miles was a bit too much. "A hundred miles is a hundred miles, after cleaning up the endgame, please ask the fleet to find a suitable location, and the Three Guards are ready to land and go ashore! If you float down on the sea again, I am afraid that the seasickness of the soldiers will further reduce the combat effectiveness! ”

Wallace was a little disappointed, and realistically, he wanted Li Xin to witness him fight a big battle and win a big battle. Although the scale of tonight's naval battle was not small, it was some merchant ships and cargo ships that had little ability to resist, and the battleship was as easy to deal with them as a strong man bullying a little baby. Even if he wins, he has nothing to boast about.

He could see this from the fact that there was not too much joy in Li Xin's eyes. Wallace felt that although the Marquis of the East was good at land warfare, it seemed that he was not completely ignorant of naval warfare, and it was not easy for him to fool him.

"There are shoals for dozens of miles along the coast here, and if you want to go ashore, there is only one choice, that is, the big ship is moored in deep water, and the soldiers of the Three Guards put down the small boat and land ashore!"

"Good! Just do it! Before dawn, all three guards will be landed! ”

Tagawaemon was mixed in with countless Japanese men of all colors, and he waited for two hours and no big ship came to meet him. As time passed, restlessness and restlessness surged and spread over the thousands of pirates. If we do not cover up this ever-spreading uneasiness with killing and looting, we are afraid of ......

While he was thinking wildly, the crowd suddenly moved, and Tagawaemon had no choice but to follow the people. The flow went eastward. Soon there was an order from several leaders that the receiving fleet was about fifty miles east of here. For the rest of the journey, they had to walk on their legs.

This puzzled Tagawa Emon. They obviously had the advantage, the Ming army was cowardly and stupid, and they were not able to fight at all, so why did they give up attacking the bustling city of Hangzhou at such a critical moment and choose to retreat? There are many Han people in the Japanese Bandits, and when they saw the ridiculous question of this Japanese boy, they sneered: "It's really long hair and short knowledge, let's call it a false shot, bluff!" It's Zheng Zhilong who really fights a tough battle! Now that we think it's done, and the things that should be grabbed have also been grabbed, why do you stay here if you don't leave? ”

And what Tagawa Emon thinks is his hundred people beheaded!