Judging from the process of the fight and the current situation of the battle, Zheng Zhihu realized that this was obviously not the revenge battle he expected, but the opponent had set a trap early on, waiting for his team to step in on its own. It is not yet clear how many troops the opponent has stationed in Nanri Village, but judging from the deployment of troops at sea, the opponent has obviously prepared for it in advance, and even the Dutch who helped in the battle have also been calculated.

Zheng Zhihu thought that the last time Haihan took the lead in attacking Nanri Island, it was only three warships, and this time there were obviously more than three Haihan warships fighting at sea - this did not include the terrifyingly large giant ship, maybe it was ambushed somewhere in the waters around Nanri Island, quietly waiting for a suitable time to attack. Of course, judging from the current situation, Haihan no longer needs to sacrifice this big killing weapon to control the battle situation.

After the Dutch retreated, they probably won't come back to rescue the people on the island. And the few ships that escaped in the morning obviously did not have enough strength to kill a single rifle. At most, they went directly to Penghu and informed Zheng Zhilong of the battle situation here. With the current situation in Penghu, there is probably no way to send another reinforcement to relieve the predicament on Nanri Island in a short period of time.

After a period of chaos, the statistics of the teams led by each leader were finally fed back to Zheng Zhihu. At present, there are more than 1,400 members of the Eighteen Zhi on the island, including more than 100 wounded people who are unable to continue fighting. Of the remaining 73 vessels, 11 of them were severely damaged in the morning battle at the pass, and would have been unable to sustain the long voyage without repairs. Of course, with the loading capacity of the remaining sixty-odd ships, a squeeze can carry all the people away, but whether they can get out of here safely is another matter.

In terms of supplies, the food and grass brought with them are quite sufficient, because there were hundreds of people killed and fleeing before, so the remaining food can be consumed by the people and horses on the island for at least half a month. However, there is not that much time left for them to stay, because it will take about two days or so on the way back. If you are being pursued by the enemy, then you may also need to go around the sea in circles to get rid of it, and the required sailing time will increase exponentially.

As for morale, this is where Zheng Zhihu really needs to worry about it, after several setbacks in successive battles, the military spirit of this team has been obviously unstable, especially in this morning's naval battle, the defeat of the Dutch fleet that was regarded as the reliance of Eighteen Zhi, the psychological blow to the pirates is quite large. If he wants to continue to fight with Haihan and the Ming army now, then Zheng Zhihu must think carefully about how to revive his morale, and the sooner the better, if this situation drags on, it will only become more and more unfavorable to the eighteen Zhis who are trapped on the island.

"After lunch, presumably they are about to start attacking, right?" Zheng Zhihu couldn't help but think of such a possibility in his heart. Since the opponent has won very well in the first few encounters, it is quite likely that he will take advantage of the victory to chase after him.

Zheng Zhihu called his own soldiers in, and then ordered: "Give the brothers dinner early at noon, and let the husband kill a few pigs, and each brother must have a share! Sue everyone, from today onwards, each person's daily salary will be increased by two taels until we return to Penghu safely!"

In fact, Zheng Zhihu has no idea how much these measures can increase morale, but in terms of the current environment, there are indeed few measures he can take. Zheng Zhihu can only hope to give his opponent a certain blow in the next encounter, and then find a chance to leave the island.

During lunch, Zheng Zhihu also put down the shelf, asked the soldiers to carry a jar of wine and followed behind, patrolling around the camp, watching the leader of the soldiers go up to toast a bowl of wine and say a few words of encouragement. For those who were injured and unable to move, Zheng Zhihu also squatted down and personally fed two pieces of pork to the injured with chopsticks to show his concern. Although this temporary method of cramming seems too blunt, it can also play a role in buying people's hearts a little.

After noon, however, there was not the slightest movement in the direction of Nanrizhai, the garrison there did not seem to intend to take the initiative, and the enemy ships at sea showed no sign of attempting to enter the harbor for a surprise attack. Worse still, there was not much vegetation on Nanri Island, and there were no taller trees near the port, and under the direct rays of the dog day sun, the camp of Eighteen Zhi was like a steamer, and the bare surface was simply hot. And under such a scorching heat, the men and horses of Eighteen Zhi had to prepare for battle in their positions fully armed to guard against the surprise attack of the opponent.

However, this kind of waiting is doomed to be in vain, Qian Tiandun in Nanri Village has already made up his mind to drag Shibazhi to death, and Xu Jiaqi does not want to come forward to grab this credit - in fact, Xu Xinsu arranged for him to be stationed on the island with the Haihan militia group, and he had already promised him the relevant credit in advance. Even if the Ming army only did a little bit of work, the credit for defeating the pirates after the war would still be counted on him, the general who led the troops. There will be no second person to fight for this credit, so why risk the danger of attacking Eighteen Zhi's camp again?

The pirates waited from noon until the sun went down, sweating profusely, and did not wait for their opponents to take the initiative to attack. Zheng Zhihu had to throw out some remarks such as "the Haihan people are afraid of the bravery of our army and dare not invite the battle" to appease the restless army. However, the discerning person has actually discovered that the current situation of Eighteen Zhi is in a dilemma, and he can't attack if he wants to, and he can't go if he wants to.

However, after the sun goes down, it doesn't mean that Eighteen Zhi can be relaxed, how powerful the night attack of the Haihan people is, they have already tasted it on the first day of landing on the island, and now they naturally dare not be careless.

Zheng Zhihu didn't sleep peacefully at all that night, and was woken up by his own soldiers three times just because of the warning signal. The pirates on night heard all sorts of strange noises coming from the night outside the camp and suspected that an enemy was about to launch a night attack, so they activated the alarm. But when Zheng Zhihu hurried to the front line, it became silent outside again.

Zheng Zhihu did not blame the sentry for this, after all, this is his duty, and he went back to the camp to rest after making sure that everything was okay. Unexpectedly, before he could fall asleep, he was awakened by the alarm again, and when he rushed to the vicinity of the camp gate, he learned that someone outside had fired a gun at the camp, but fortunately no one was shot or injured. Judging by the intensity of gunfire, at least dozens of enemy gunmen lurked in the dark night outside the camp.

"If someone shoots again, you will fight back!" Zheng Zhihu did not have a good solution to such harassment, let alone send people out of the camp to clean up the nearby area. Although he didn't know what the opponent had to know, it was obvious that the opponent was superior in fighting in the night, and sending people out was probably just a waste of death.

When Zheng Zhihu went back to lie down again, and just fell asleep, he was woken up by the sound of the alarm gong outside. This time, Zheng Zhihu couldn't hold it back, and while putting on his clothes and walking out, he muttered: "If the Haihan people hadn't launched an offensive this time, Lao Tzu would have cut down this fool who sent out the warning signal!"

However, without his hands, the fool who gave the warning signal was already dead. When Zheng Zhihu arrived at the gate of the camp, he saw several pirates carrying the body of this unlucky ghost down from the sentry post on the wall.

"What happened?" Zheng Zhihu hurriedly asked, "The Haihan people are fighting?"

"Qi Yu is in charge, the Haihan people shot our people with crossbow arrows. Before the brother died, he sent a warning signal. A small boss immediately reported to him.

Zheng Zhihu squatted down and looked at the man's body, a crossbow arrow thinner than his little finger pierced through his left chest, pierced his back, and shot his heart through it, and he couldn't die anymore. Judging by the fact that this injury should be fatal with one blow, what was a warning signal before he died, most of it was also nonsense from this little leader.

Zheng Zhihu reached out and grabbed the tail of the crossbow arrow and slowly pulled it out of the corpse. This crossbow arrow is the same as the weapon used in the night attack of the Haihan two days ago, it is also made of some kind of metal, it feels relatively cold to start, and its arrow does not have the barb that ordinary bows and arrows will have, it seems that the user should be very confident in its lethality, and there is no need for the arrow barb to increase the damage of the structural design.

What made Zheng Zhihu feel chilling was not only that this crossbow arrow accurately hit the heart of the sentry, but also penetrated the front and rear layers of cowhide cuirass in one fell swoop, nailing people through each other, this kind of lethality is really terrifying. Eighteen Zhi specially raised a number of fires outside the camp, and the sentinel's visible vision could be maintained at least about five feet. If the opponent shoots a sentry from this distance, then the accuracy and strength of the weapon will be terrible. In Zheng Zhihu's cognition, the military crossbow of the Ming army does not seem to be able to reach such strength.

People are already dead, and there is no point in finding out who sent the warning information. Zheng Zhihu took a deep breath, stood up and ordered: "Strengthen your vigilance before dawn, but don't panic, the Haihan people have nothing to do with us, and they can only engage in this kind of stealing methods to interfere with us." Today's revenge will be redoubled on the battlefield!"

However, the Haihan people don't even seem to plan to leave the opportunity for revenge to Eighteen Zhi, this day is still calm, Nanri Village has not even opened the gate of the village, and the sailors and Haihan warships outside the harbor still maintain restraint, and there is no intention of breaking into the harbor to fight with Eighteen Zhi.

As the situation has developed to the point where it is now, as long as you are not a fool, you can figure out what the opponent's idea is. Zheng Zhihu really wanted to send someone to Nanri Village to scold and invite the battle, but he also understood that such a move was probably futile - if someone went to Nanri Village to scold outside, the biggest possibility was not that the Haihan people went to fight, but that the people who called the battle were beaten into a sieve by the Haihan muskets sticking out of the wall.

Since the Haihan people have made up their minds to drag out the war, it is not a situation that can be solved by sending people to scold. Although Zheng Zhihu has little military talent, he will not naively think that his opponent will be provoked by light. Obviously, the opponent just wants to continue to drag on, and when the eighteen zhi are exhausted and unable to fight, then they can easily capture the group of people trapped on the island.

"How can I let you get what you want!" Zheng Zhihu was indignant, but he was not willing to be arrested. He is not afraid of death, he has been at sea for so many years, he has fought so many times on the battlefield, and he has experienced more than one or two near-death experiences, he has already seen through life and death, even if the Haihan people put a bayonet on his neck, he will never choose to give in.

But Zheng Zhihu didn't want to die too aggrieved, and didn't want to end up humiliating as a prisoner of war of the Haihan people and die in a dark prison. Before the worst situation deteriorates, he must fight again, and let the Haihan people know that the heroes of Eighteen Zhi are not so easy to submit. Of course, he didn't plan to insist on a head-to-head duel with the Haihan people on Nanri Island in this obviously weak situation, when to make a move, when to be patient, he still had his own trade-offs.

"Pass my order, the battalions began to pack up, after nightfall, all the personnel boarded the ship in batches, and when the time came, the brothers rushed out of the harbor by boat together and left this hellish place!" Zheng Zhihu finally gave the order to prepare to retreat. The pirates who brought Nanri Island this time were all the elite of the Eighteen Zhi, and it would be a pity to fold them all on this deserted island, Zheng Zhihu still planned to bring them back to Penghu as much as possible. Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood, and next time you will find a chance to fight with the Haihan people.

As long as the fleet rushed to the sea, no matter how much the Haihan people could fight, their limited warships would not be able to surround dozens of scattered sailing ships at sea. Regarding this point, Zheng Zhihu can be said to be quite determined.

However, it was difficult for him to imagine the movements in his camp, in fact, he was under the surveillance of Haihan at all times. On the surface of the sea not far from the harbor of Nanri Island, there is an area of less than 0. A small uninhabited island of 1 square kilometer, this island is empty except for the hills that are more than 20 meters above sea level. After the Haihan Navy took control of this place a day ago, there was soon a wooden lookout more than ten meters high on the top of the hills on the island, and standing on this lookout, the situation in the entire harbor could basically be seen. If you add high-end military binoculars, then the movements in the Eighteen Zhi camp next to the port can also be seen clearly.

"The pirates are starting to pack up their things and move them to the ship?" Xie Li couldn't help but smile after hearing this report: "It seems that Zheng Zhihu can't stay anymore, this is planning to run away! We have also rested for a whole day, and we have notified all units to immediately cancel the state of rotation, and all the personnel will enter the combat position, and two hours later, we will enter the port to surprise them." ”