After several days of piling up on the docks on Nanri Island, the various supplies that had been painstakingly transported from Penghu had not yet had time to come in handy, and now they had to be loaded again. ↑, of course, not all the baggage has to be loaded back to Penghu again, and some of the materials can only be thrown here in order to reduce the burden. Zheng Zhihu ordered that only the necessary materials such as ammunition, weapons, grain, grass and fresh water should be loaded onto the ship, and all others should be abandoned, so that the load on the ship would be less and the sailing speed would be faster, and this was also the hope of escaping from the encirclement.

Although Zheng Zhihu has also been unable to defeat his opponent and retreated in his past battle experience, it is the first time in his memory that he has withdrawn so passively. To the outside world, he was just a pirate leader, but within Eighteen Zhi he was a great general with military power, and such a defeat was a shame for a high-ranking general - he did not achieve the goal of the battle, did not create enough trouble for the enemy, and the battle was declared over at the beginning of the battle, although he could continue to hold on, but in fact the victory and defeat were divided.

Zheng Zhihu is in a worse mood now than he lost in the artillery battle that day, he can tolerate the gap between him and his opponent in terms of weapons and combat level, but this defeat on Nanri Island can be said to be a complete loss, and there was not even a chance to win from beginning to end. This is a very big blow to the self-confidence of a general who leads troops. Even if he can return to Penghu safely this time, Zheng Zhihu also understands that he will probably not have the opportunity to lead troops to fight with the Haihan people in the future.

Zheng Zhihu was sitting in the tent thinking about life, when suddenly a personal soldier panicked into the account and reported: "Boss, the enemy ship outside the harbor has moved!"

Zheng Zhihu immediately came back to his senses, grabbed his waist knife and walked out: "Hurry up and give the order to inform the gunner!"

Eighteen Zhi was blocked in the harbor by the combined fleet of the Fujian Navy Division and the Haihan Navy and could not get out, but he did not sit still. In order to prevent the opponent's warships from breaking through from the sea, Zheng Zhihu arranged all the remaining guns on the dock, and the muzzles of the guns were facing the direction of the entrance to the harbor. However, Zheng Zhihu is not very sure whether the remaining ten or so cannons can block this opening, and he knows very well that once the opponent really launches an offensive, it will probably be a thunderous ball, leaving no room for it, don't think about it at all.

When Zheng Zhihu hurried to the dock, he could already see the opponent's warships appearing on the sea at the entrance of the harbor one after another, and it was only about two miles away from the location of the dock. At this distance, Eighteen Zhi's artillery could not exert its power for the time being, so Zheng Zhihu could only watch the opponent's ships approach the port little by little.

"It's almost a stop, we don't have to get too close. At the same time, Xie Li also gave an order on his boat: "No ship is allowed to enter, only to fire from a safe distance!"

Xie Li didn't really plan to rush into the harbor to kill the pirates' sailing ships, this harbor was less than 1,500 meters from east to west and less than 1,000 meters from north to south, the area was too small, if the fleet rushed in, it would not even be able to spread out the formation, it would inevitably be mixed with the ships of the Eighteen Zhi, and if heavy weapons such as artillery were to be used, they would throw rat traps, and it was easy to hurt their own people. Therefore, Xie Li's tactics were relatively conservative, that is, to let the Haihan warships equipped with heavy artillery directly bombard the pirate ships in the harbor from a safe distance.

In fact, it is difficult to achieve the sinking effect of the bombardment at this distance, and the main purpose is to create panic for the eighteen shiba on the shore. After all, the last hope for these pirates to leave Nanri Island is these ships, and if the ships are destroyed, they will have no chance of escaping.

Not all the guns on the Haihan warship can exert their power at this distance, and the design of the naval guns is originally to pursue close-range lethality, and the body barrel is shorter, and the firing range is therefore relatively close, almost half of the range of the same caliber artillery used by the army. Only about one-third of the guns on the ship could cover the range of the pirate ship in the harbor.

But Rao was like this, and when the Haihan warships began to bombard, there was still chaos in the camp of the Eighteen Zhis as expected. Some pirates who were not willing to sit still rushed to board the ship, trying to escape from this passive environment. But there are also a few people who have kept their sanity, thinking that this is not the best time to escape, and even if they want to run, they should wait and see how they are.

Zheng Zhihu is one of the few people who still maintains his sanity, and the reason why he did not organize an escape in a panic is that he saw that the area of this bay was too small, and the Ming army and Haihan's fleet did not dare to rush in to fight a broadside battle. And now the Haihan warship is too far away to cause substantial damage to the eighteen-zhi fleet in the harbor, if the ship rushes out, but gives the opponent a chance to shell at close range, the probability of the ship being shot will be greatly increased.

However, his pirates were not in such a calm mood to analyze the situation, and after two days of uneventful death, almost all of the pirates' nerves were already on high tension, and everyone was waiting for the final battle to break out. Haihan took the initiative to launch an offensive from the sea at this time, and in the eyes of most people, it was interpreted as a general attack by Haihan.

Leaving Nanri Island alive is the only hope left for every pirate now, but Zheng Zhihu's command before this is obviously not recognized by his subordinates, after all, from the first meeting between the two sides two months ago, to this comeback and attack Nanri Island again, Zheng Zhihu has not even taken the slightest advantage, all tactics have been restrained by the opponent, how can people be willing to obey his command? Therefore, not everyone was willing to follow Zheng Zhihu's decision to order a garrison at the port, and some small leaders who had long been disgruntled would rather lead their people to flee in the face of shelling than continue to squat on the island and wait for an unclear ending.

And the flight of these people has brought more people who had a wait-and-see attitude -- everyone else has fled, so should I stay and wait for death? When there are many people and boats, maybe I will take advantage of the chaos to get out.

Zheng Zhihu looked at the chaotic situation in the port, and the expression on his face was completely despair in capital letters. He didn't expect that he had spent so much manpower, material and financial resources to organize the attack on Nanri Island this time, and in the end, before he even had the opportunity to face off with his opponent on the frontal battlefield, his side had already seen a rout.

Looking at the scene of hundreds of people swarming onto the boat on the dock, Zheng Zhihu knew that he could no longer stop these irrational crowds. Even if he wants to be held responsible, he will probably have to wait until he returns to Penghu alive.

"Pack your bags and get ready to board the ship and go to sea!" Zheng Zhihu reluctantly gave an order. Even if he stays now, he will definitely not be able to gather the morale of the army again and organize a decisive battle with the opponent. The only way to do this is to follow the crowd and escape from Nanri Island first.

However, this was not the worst of all, and only moments later, someone came to report that the defenders of Nanri Village had been dispatched, and that they were only less than two miles away from the pirate camp. Moreover, there were many mules and horses in the team, and it was suspected that several Haihan cannons were towed.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and Zheng Zhihu didn't have the heart to wonder why the enemy troops on land and sea who were far away could act so synchronously, and the top priority was not how to resist the enemy's two-way attack, but to seize the only remaining vitality and try his best to get out of this predicament.

Zheng Zhihu's run directly led to the complete collapse of the Eighteen Zhi camp, and no one wanted to stay behind to face the wolf-like Haihan militia. When Takahashi Minami led the leading troops to the outside of the Eighteen Zhi camp, it was already silent, and there was no one on the wall who was responsible for keeping an eye on the enemy.

"Set up the cannon, blast the gate open!" Takahashi Minami did not rush to charge, but asked people to set up the two three-pounder small-caliber guns that arrived at the same time with the vanguard troops, and at the same time bombarded the door, he also saw if the opponent still wanted to fight an ambush.

With the sound of two cannons, the wooden gate of the pirate camp trembled and fell into the dust, and behind it, not to mention the human figure, there was not even the slightest movement, and the sound of shelling from the sea in the distance could be faintly heard.

Takahashi Minami pulled out the command knife on his waist and pointed forward: "Follow me! If you resist, you will be killed!"

The situation at sea was not much better than on land, although the warships of the Haihan Navy were not enough to block the entire sea, but Xie Li came up with a way to make up for it according to the situation on the battlefield. He concentrated the ships of Haihan on the east side of the harbor exit and lined them up in battle formation, leaving about a third of the gap on the west side. In this way, the pirate ships that escaped from the harbor would definitely not choose to hit the array of Haihan warships, but would bypass this dangerous area and grab the safe passage of one-third of the width.

However, due to the fact that the pier in the harbor is on the east side, these pirate ships will also be exposed to the guns of the Haihan warships as they navigate this dangerous part of the waters. Even if they were lucky enough to escape from the platoon artillery fire and enter a safe channel, it did not mean that they were already safe, because outside this safe channel, more than 40 warships of the Fujian Navy Division lined up a two-layer arc-shaped encirclement outside densely outside, waiting for the pirate ships that rushed out to throw themselves into the net.

Compared with attacking targets thousands of meters away, the hit rate of naval guns used to shoot at close targets is obviously much higher, and these live targets are still lined up one after another, so that the gunners on the Haihan warship will be busy for the next period of time. In order to maintain a consistent firepower output, naval officers had to order only half of the ship's guns to attack, and to replace them with the other half of the guns when the guns were overheated and cooled.

Although the density of artillery fire is difficult to guarantee that the target can be sunk within a short distance of 1,000 kilometers at the mouth of the harbor, it is difficult for most pirate ships to avoid being shot, and once they hit the belly, mast, tail rudder and other vital parts, the ship's sailing speed will be immediately significantly affected, and at the same time, it will also block the not wide channel, and affect the pirate ships fleeing behind.

Zheng Zhihu's boat did not choose to take the shortest escape route to fight with other pirate ships for better luck, but chose the near-shore route, making a big circle in the harbor and then sailing to the escape channel on the west side. The view of the Haihan warship in the distance was blocked, and it was difficult to aim at the ship for shooting.

Zheng Zhihu looked back at the dock, the last group of pirates were still hurriedly boarding the ship, and the men and horses of the Haihan militia had already entered the camp, only about a hundred zhang away from the dock. Most of the last pirates to board the ship were wounded from previous engagements, and it was clear that they would not have much chance of escaping Nanri Island. Zheng Zhihu clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes almost erupted with fire. He was eager to fight the Haihan Militia, but he knew that even if he stayed on the island, it would not change the outcome of the battle.

Eighteen Zhi lost, lost very badly, and lost not only a Nanri Island and the elite people brought this time, but also the belief in a decisive battle with the Haihan people in the future. Abandoning Nanri Island and fleeing back to Penghu may be able to keep Eighteen Zhi safe for a while, but Zheng Zhihu has a strong feeling in his heart that the Haihan people will not stop there, and when the time comes, they will definitely send troops to Penghu and continue to kill Eighteen Zhi. And this opponent is no longer as easy to deal with as the previous Ming army, they can not only fight well, but also seem to be unable to buy with interests - the entire southeast coast has only heard of who was secretly bought by the Haihan people, but has never heard of anyone who has bought the Haihan people.

"After I go back, I have to build a big brother to find another way, and it is indeed not a way to fight with the Haihan people like this!" Zheng Zhihu now remembered that before the battle, there was a strategist who temporarily avoided his edge, but was rejected by himself, and faintly regretted it. If Fujian really can't stay any longer, it can go north to find a big island to settle down in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, or it is also a good choice to go south to Luzon Island.

Before Zheng Zhihu could recover from his deep thoughts, a cannonball swept above his ship, breaking the mainmast in the middle, and the deck was suddenly shouted and chaotic. This cannonball came from the westernmost Haihan warship, and it came from the bow gun, and the gunner also saw that the pirate ship was about to sail into the escape channel, so he put a cannon to try his luck, and he didn't expect to break its main mast with a single shot, which was also Zheng Zhihu's fate.

"Don't panic! Push the mast into the sea and move on!" Zheng Zhihu saw that the fallen mast had pressed the ship's hull to the side, and hurriedly organized the sailors to save themselves. His ship was a three-masted ship, and even if it lost its mainmast and mainsail, it still had the momentum to move forward, but at a much slower speed.