The Zheng family's fleet and the rear army camp were on the sea, and they fought for a whole day and a night.

I have to say that the two main battleships of the rear army battalion are too powerful, the two battleships together have more than a hundred guns, and dozens of rockets, and the firepower is extremely powerful.

However, although the two giants of the rear army camp were supported, the other warships were not so lucky, a big battle, almost all of them were destroyed, only two or three small warships remained, carrying the rescued soldiers to retreat all the way back, even these three warships, they were also damaged and had no strength to fight again.

There are more and more Zheng family fleets surrounding the two main warships, and in the long run, even the two main warships will definitely not be able to support it for too long, at least there is no way to reach the Satsuma Domain safely.

Liu Changyan was angry and anxious, but there was no way, the merchant ships he protected were too heavy, the speed could not be increased at all, the speed was too slow, even if he entangled the opponent and pulled away for a distance, he would be quickly caught up by Zheng Cai's fleet, and besides, there were originally other warships to share the pressure Now, there are no warships to share the pressure, and if you want to contain the opponent, you can't do it!

"General, these are not the way to go down, Zheng Cai and Tagawa Nanaemon have too many warships, we can't resist it at all, after a long time, we are afraid that the whole army will be wiped out!"

Meng Tingxiao boarded the handsome boat and said to Liu Changyan urgently.

Liu Changyan's face was grim, and he said in a deep voice: "There is no way, now I can only lose the car to protect the handsome!" The order is to go down and abandon our ships transporting grain in batches, these grain ships are too heavy and too slow, as long as we can keep our ammunition and reach the Satsuma Domain safely, it will be a victory, and the order is sent to Dou Wentao, ordering him to advance to the northeast desperately and go to the Satsuma Domain for help! ”

Now there is only one intact small warship left in the Houjun camp, although the combat power of the small warship is average, but because of the small size of the ship, it sails with the wind on the sea, and the speed is faster, and the two main warships have no time to separate, so they can only rely on Dou Wentao's small boat to go back for help.

Now that the situation is grim, Liu Changyan has no choice but to give up the grain ships, but he didn't expect to encircle and suppress Zheng Cai in the future, and then snatch these grain ships back.

Liu Changyan led the two main warships, desperately retreated, and fled hundreds of miles to the northeast in one breath, the Satsuma Domain was already in sight, and the fleet of Zheng Cai and Tagawa Nanazaemon finally stopped pursuing.

However, at this time, there was not a single grain ship left in the Houjun battalion, and all of them were hijacked by the Zheng family's fleet, and only a few ships transporting ammunition were retained.

Twenty miles further forward, a fleet appeared in front of it, which was the main fleet that had come to meet it.

Shi Lang, the general of the right-wing battalion, led the entire right-wing battalion to rush up.

The warship approached, and Shi Lang jumped onto Liu Changyan's handsome ship.

"General Liu, this official was ordered to come to help, how is the situation? What about the Zheng family's fleet? ”

Shi Lang asked urgently.

Liu Changyan said astringently: "General Shi, you are still late, we have more than ten grain ships, because they carry too much grain and the speed is too slow, in order to be able to retreat quickly and protect the ammunition, I have to give up these grain ships, tens of thousands of stone grain, all of them were robbed by Zheng Cai and Tagawa Shichizaemon......"

Shi Lang was shocked, and said urgently: "General Liu, it has been more than half a month since the army landed in Dongying, and there is a shortage of food and grass, it is the time when there is a shortage of food, there is no food, how can we fight, not to mention defeating the Dongying army, even self-protection is a problem!" ”

Liu Changyan smiled bitterly: "There is no way, later, when I see Inspector Cha and Inspector Qin, the lower officials will naturally ask the two Inspectors for guilt, now that the Zheng family's fleet has fled far away, even if we want to chase it, we can't catch up with ......"

is also said that in the vast sea, now the Zheng family's fleet is dozens or even hundreds of miles away, where to find the Zheng family's fleet, I am afraid that I can't even see the shadow......

The two of them looked dejected and returned to the Satsuma Domain.

Arriving near the Satsuma Domain's fort, Cha Shu had already heard the news and was waiting on the dock.

"Liu Changyan, I heard that you were attacked by the Zheng family's fleet? What do you think? Is the ammunition baggage safe and sound? ”

Cha Bolt asked urgently.

"Master Overseer!"

Liu Changyan knelt on one knee and said guiltily: "The Houjun battalion led by the humble post was a hundred miles northwest of the Ryukyu Islands, and encountered a sneak attack by the main fleet of the Zheng family, and the difference in strength between the enemy and us was huge, and we couldn't resist the enemy at all, and the humble duty tried his best, and the warships of the rear army battalion were lost, and they were only able to transport ammunition to the Satsuma Domain, and our grain ships were all snatched up by the Zheng family's fleet......"

"What!"

Even if Cha Xuan had some preparations in his heart, he couldn't help but be shocked and angry, all the food was robbed, so what will the tens of thousands of troops eat and drink next?

"Damn Tagawa Nanazaemon, don't let Lao Tzu catch you, as long as he catches you, Lao Tzu will chop you alive with a knife!"

Cha Xuan cried out through gritted teeth.

"Master Overseer, now is not the time to talk about this, even if we go back immediately now to mobilize grain and grass again, back and forth, plus where the dispatch of the Ministry of Lordship, there is no more than ten days or even half a month, it will not be able to transport enough food for us......"

Liu Changyan said astringently.

"Nonsense, Ben Governor knows!"

Cha Xuan said fiercely, "Okay, immediately distribute all the ammunition to all the warships in the fleet, Shi Lang, immediately mobilize the right army battalion, escort 20,000 shells, 2,000 boxes of ammunition to Nagasaki, and allocate ammunition to Xia Wanchun and Tan Guilin, they are now facing the attack of 60,000 shogunate troops, and there are many other daimyo armies, the pressure is too great, the food is insufficient, and there is not enough ammunition, God knows how long the two of them can support it, Liu Changyan, follow me to see Inspector Qin!" ”

Liu Changyan hurriedly followed Cha Xuan to the dock, changed into a war horse, and galloped all the way to Osumi Town.

"What? You say that the grain has been robbed by the Zheng family's fleet? ”

After Qin Mufeng heard the news, he broke out directly, "Waste, you are all waste, now is the critical time, suddenly there is no food, how can we fight with the Dongying army?" How to fight? Did you let the soldiers go hungry and fight against the Japanese in Dongying? ”

"Mu Feng, it's useless to be angry now, who made you just afraid that Changyan would shoot back to escort the grain and grass, he has a total of less than twenty warships, and his combat power is average, far inferior to the Zheng family fleet, once you encounter the Zheng family fleet, how can you resist it? For now, the only way to do this is to fight for war......"

(End of chapter)