The Imperial Navy stayed in Songjiang Province for less than two days, and the Tianxiong Army, which had just finished reorganization, immediately boarded the troop transports docked in Songjiang Province, thirty huge troop carriers, and headed towards Dongying.

The Hirado Domain, no more than Batavia, is more than 10,000 miles away from Matsue Prefecture, and it is necessary to avoid wind and waves along the way, replenish food and fresh water, but there is no need to go to Hirado Domain, from Matsue Prefecture to Hirado Domain, the two want to go to no more than 2,000 forces, travel 400 miles a day, and only need five days to reach Hirado.

In five days, the naval fleet of the Ming Empire really didn't plan to leave much time for Tagawa Nanazaemon.

On the sixth day, a touch of fish belly white had just appeared in the eastern sky, and on the harbor of Hirado Island, the soldiers in charge of the rotation rubbed their eyes, yawned, and looked into the distance......

It's just that the sailor's yawn was just halfway down when he suddenly stopped, and his eyes widened!

No! How can it be!

A huge fleet appeared at the junction of sea and sky, like an ant, and in an instant, it turned into petrels and seagulls, getting bigger and bigger!

Yes, it's the fleet! Now I can see the huge sails of the fleet!

It's a warship! Definitely a warship!

The sailor's heartbeat suddenly accelerated! Suddenly, he struck the gong in his hand......

"Bell ......"

Immediately, the sailors shouted sharply: "Quick, go and send a message to the general, an unknown fleet has been found in the distance, well, it must be a fleet, no less than a hundred, and it is less than thirty miles away from our Hirado Island!" ”

Thirty miles, which is already an extremely dangerous distance for a war at sea, is a sudden sneak attack, it is difficult for the defender to prepare for defense before the attacker fires.

At the same time, the sailor kept swinging a lantern in his hand and signaled to his companions on Hirado Island that there was an enemy situation and that he was ready to defend himself!

Hirado Island, which is now the base camp of the Tagawa clan and the Zheng family, Tagawa Nanazaemon and Zheng Cai are both on Hirado Island, presiding over the affairs of Hirado Island, and both of them live in the Daimyo's mansion.

Tian Chuan didn't even get up, he was still asleep, but Zheng Cai was born in the military and stood very strictly, but at this time, he had already gotten up and started to exercise with a stone lock.

Just as Zheng Cai was lifting the stone lock, a soldier rushed into the daimyo's mansion and shouted in a hurry: "General, general, no, there is a fleet outside Hirado Island, and we are only more than twenty miles away!" ”

Zheng Cai's heart was shocked, a fleet?

"Tell me, what fleet? How many warships are there? What identity? Is it the fleet of the Ming Dynasty or the fleet of the shogunate, or the fleet of the South Seas? ”

Zheng Cai threw the stone lock aside and shouted.

"My lord, the distance is too far for us to see clearly, but it shouldn't be the shogunate's fleet, it's coming from the southwest, it's not the Ming fleet, it's the Nanyang fleet!"

Zheng Cai's heart sank, and he shouted: "Immediately report to the daimyo, I will go to the military port to preside over the defense first, quickly, send an order to all the generals, all board the ship, and prepare for battle!" ”

Zheng Cai has experienced a hundred battles, at this time, it is the time when the relationship between himself and the Ming Dynasty is the most tense, and it is possible to usher in the attack of the Ming Empire at any time, and now that he suddenly discovered the unknown fleet, Zheng Cai naturally had a crisis in his heart.

Zheng Cai couldn't negotiate with Tagawa Nanazaemon, and rode straight on his war horse and ran towards the dock.

Came to the dock, climbed on the high platform, and looked from afar, sure enough, a fleet had come to a place not far from the dock, and on the high platform, Zheng Cai could see it clearly, and the dragon flag of the Ming Empire's naval fleet could even be seen clearly!

Zheng Cai was shocked, this, this is definitely all the main force of the Ming Imperial Navy, there are at least a hundred warships alone, with the powerful combat power of the Imperial Navy, launching an attack on his own sailors, I am afraid that it will not take half a day to be able to defeat the Zheng family's fleet!

"Order, immediately order, all the artillery of the battery is in a state of readiness, once it enters the range of the shore defense artillery, launch an attack with all its might! Don't let the Ming fleet rush into the harbor! ”

Zheng Cai shouted.

In fact, there is no need for Zheng Cai's order, now the fort on Kagoshima on the side of Hirado Island has entered a state of combat readiness, and it is not only this lighthouse that has discovered the traces of the Ming Empire's navy, but also the sailors of other lighthouses and watchtowers have also discovered the traces of the Daming Naval Division, and they dare not slack off, and all of them have entered a state of combat readiness.

I have to say that the former military camp of the Fujian Navy Division taken away by Zheng Cai is indeed the most elite part of the Fujian Navy Division, with good combat power and very fast response, however, in the rapid, it is not as fast as the speed of the Ming Empire Navy fleet, after all, the Ming Empire Navy Fleet is prepared and marches at full speed, and with the help of the south wind, the speed of the warship is even faster, it is less than ten miles away from Zheng Cai's fleet, and it is less than fifteen miles away from the fort!

At this time, the Zheng family's fleet had just lifted anchor and was ready to fight, and all the warships were scattered on the dock, although the warships were equipped with a lot of ammunition and had good combat power, but after all, it was in a hurry, and if you want to line up and calmly respond to the battle, it will be too late anyway.

"Go, immediately send a letter to the head of the family, let him not go to the military port, immediately go to Nagasaki to take refuge for a while, if you can repel the opponent, then please come back to preside over the overall situation, if we are defeated, then I will lead the sailors to retreat, avoid its edge, save strength and fight again!"

Zheng Cai gave an order to the partial general next to him, and he hurriedly jumped onto the handsome ship and began to prepare for battle!

At this time, the Ming naval fleet had advanced to a position less than six miles away from the Zheng family's naval division, and the Zheng family's naval division had completely entered the range of the battery's shore defense artillery!

"The order, the battery artillery, immediately enter the battle, forcing the Ming fleet to approach again! The sailors straightened their formations, prepared for battle, and shifted towards the west! ”

Zheng Cai shouted.

The three forts of the Hirado Domain, more than 20 artillery pieces were given the flag, and they were immediately thrown into the naval battle, and one by one the huge cannons let out an earth-shattering roar, and one shell after another hit the Ming fleet.

At a distance of ten miles, the artillery on the battery can be fired at the shells, but at such a distance, it is obviously impossible to threaten the Ming fleet, and at most it will cause a certain amount of containment to the fleet.

"Order, order the main battleship to move forward, the rear army battalion to protect our troop carriers, advance two miles, and launch a random onslaught on these rebels, don't spare the shells, give them a big meal!"

(End of chapter)