Off the coast of Guangzhou, Li Xiao unexpectedly met a fleet led by Zheng Zhiyuan. Hearing that Li Xiao was going to Yizhou to find trouble with the red-haired ghost, Zheng Zhiyuan insisted on following Li Xiao to Yizhou.

In fact, Li Xiao is polite and polite, and it is good to have more soldiers. What's more, those guys under Zheng Zhiyuan are all bandits who rob homes and houses at sea all year round. The combat power is very strong, if it is hand-to-hand combat on the ship. Li Xiao estimates that his more than 200 people are not enough to stuff their teeth!

When Li Xiao's warship approached the sea of Chichicheng City, God was very face-saving. Maybe a typhoon is coming, and the sky is full of dark clouds. There was not a single light on the surface of the sea, and the whole sea was dark. The lights of the Red City in the distance were smaller than the heads of matches.

God really helps!

It took John a long time to tell where the Red City was.

"There, on the west side of the Taijiang River, the governor of Taiwan, Halsey, built a fortress there. There is a fort cast inside the fortress, and under the fortress is the port of Luermen. Battleships are moored there! Chichicheng is on the east side of the Taijiang River, and the port there is not large, so it can only moor small boats.

There were about 300 people stationed in the fortress at all times, and there were also four or five hundred crew members on the three battleships. In the Red Embedded City, there are more than 800 permanent army troops. Including the servants, there were about one thousand and one hundred people.

The area within a radius of fifty miles of the Red Embedded City was under their control. Unlike Macau, the Red City is built by the Dutch state. It was not controlled by the Portuguese, and had nothing to do with the Portuguese East India Company. So......! ”

"I know! I won't let you do internal response, or persuasion or anything. God is so helpful today, I won't let go of such a good opportunity. Are you sure those ships are in the harbor? ”

"It's all in the harbor! All three battleships are under repair, and the typhoon season is approaching. No one wants to sail at sea when they encounter a typhoon. You see, the row of lights over there is a Dutch warship docked in the port of Luermen. ”

John was right, a typhoon at sea in the past few years is really lifeless.

"Brother Zheng, it's up to you!" Li Xiao pointed to the rows of lanterns and said.

"No problem, it's not difficult to sneak up on it while it's dark. The last time I was off the coast of Macau, I did just that. ”

"Last time it was one battleship, now it's three. These three hundred of yours may not be able to eat, and besides, the Dutch soldiers are not bad. I want you to concentrate people to attack one ship, and you only need to send two people up and set fire to the rest of the ships.

When we saw the fire, we bombarded the damn with it. Your three hundred men should not be a big problem against more than a hundred Dutch sailors. Don't set fire to the ship, I want a five-masted ship. The Dutch were known as the coachmen of the sea, and their ships were still good. ”

"It's even more fine, just let the adults see what we do." Zheng Zhiyuan seemed to be very sure, grinned and grabbed the rope, and swung back to his boat like a monkey.

"Tell the second child that when you see the fire, you will bombard it with a cannon. Take aim and don't be crooked. If you blow up the Zheng family's people, it won't be good. ”

"No!" The herald took the order and left.

Wherever Li Xiao went, Zheng Sen followed. He didn't want to miss every opportunity to learn about war, perhaps because of the rage brought about by his genes, and his little heart already liked all the activities related to violence.

The ship sailed slowly, and the gunners finished loading. He waited quietly, thinking that he might get a complete Dutch ship. Li Xiao was so happy that he wanted to sing!

In this era, the Dutch were known as the coachmen of the sea. It is not an exaggeration to say that shipbuilding is unique in the world, and it is possible to get a complete Dutch warship. If you convert all the guns on it to be able to fire flowering shells. Then this ship will be invincible at sea!

At least in the north, the warships of the Wa Kingdom and Korea are not worth mentioning. Even Chen Hailong's ship, when it saw a warship equipped with forty guns, could only load quails.

Li Xiao stood on the deck, his eyes fixed on the sea in the distance.

"It's on fire! It's on fire! Zheng Sen slapped his face and pointed to the place where the fire was burning.

Li Xiao was surprised, because the place where the fire caught fire was not far from him. Roughly calculated, it is about more than 1,000 meters. I didn't expect that in the dark, my warship sailed so close. Fortunately, it was this kind of weather tonight, and Zheng Zhiyuan and the others were able to approach the Dutch warship unscrupulously. This distance is simply pediatric for a bronze cannon.

"Pull out a little bit and get a little more away. Can't get too close! Li Xiao immediately ordered to distance himself.

"No!"

However, this is much easier for the gunner to aim, as with all long-range weapons. The closer you are, the higher the hit rate.

The gunner quickly calculated the distance and straightened the gun position. After the baptism of the Battle of Macao, these gunners could easily hit these anchored fixed targets.

"Boom" "Boom" Li Xiao and Li Xiu's warships opened fire almost simultaneously, and the shells hit a burning warship on the deck at the same time.

The huge kinetic energy penetrated the thick side of the ship at once, and the shell exploded violently after passing through the two cabins. Flames burst out of the hull at once, but unfortunately, the shells missed the ammunition depot. Otherwise, now the ship has exploded like fireworks.

Due to the strange principle of light refraction, Li Xiao can read by the blazing firelight. The Dutch couldn't find out where the shells were coming from the sea!

The cannons on the bastion began to shoot blindly, scattering out of the vast sea, and the probability of hitting the two ships was very low.

A shell hit the sea surface of only a dozen meters beside him, stirring up a large stream of seawater. Blind shooting can shoot at such a level, which is not bad luck. It's a pity that the shells of the Dutch do not explode. Otherwise, the wooden boat would have eaten such a near-miss. It's no joke!

"Don't worry about the guns on the fortress, concentrate your fire and sink these two ships first."

Two Dutch warships, constantly being hit by shells. You can see people jumping into the sea on burning ships. Shells exploded one after another, and finally one of the shells hit the ammunition depot.

"Boom!" The dark sky suddenly lit up. Li Xiao hurriedly covered his eyes, and the dazzling light flickered so that his eyes couldn't see anything for a while.

From time to time, burning planks fell on the surface of the sea around him. How much fucking gunpowder does this Dutch ship have to be so powerful when it explodes?

The huge explosion even affected the Dutch warship next to it. The projectiles scattered out of the ship were riddled with holes. The warship, which was already crumbling, was frantically surging into it. The warship on fire is sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The cannons at the head of the city also rang out, and they could only fire their cannons at the two ships that were reflected in the explosion at a moment's notice.

It's a pity that the warships are constantly sailing. The cannons embedded in the city fell into the sea one after another.

"You can send someone to land and lift the mortar up. Shoot at those artillery! Seeing that the warships in the harbor began to sink, Li Xiao immediately ordered to dock.

We must take advantage of this evening to take down the fortress located on the cliff. Otherwise, tomorrow, he will still be under fire from both sides.

Mortars belong to curved artillery, and the breech guns on the head of the city have firing dead ends. Mortars don't have them, and mortars can hit the Dutch guns under the city.

With Li Xiao's order, the warship quickly approached the dock. As the ship approached the harbor, the flaming ship had slid to the bottom of the sea. The flames slid into the water, emitting curling clouds of smoke and a "hiss" and "hiss" sound.

The warship had just approached the dock when a volley of bullets came at it. In the dark, the Dutch soldiers on the bastion had already begun to come down to support the docks.

The wood on the side of the ship was smashed to pieces, and several sailors who were pulling sails were hit and fell into the water. The screams and the sound of falling water splashes were very harsh in Li Xiao's ears.

The flames on the dock illuminated Li Xiao's warship. But Li Xiao is now in the same predicament as the Dutch, and the firelight illuminates Li Xiao's warship, but Li Xiao can not see the Dutch in the dark clearly.

"Fireworks!" Li Xiao gave an order, and rows of fireworks were immediately placed on the bow deck. The fire rope was lit, and the fireworks flew into the sky.

The fireworks burst into brilliant light, and the heavens and the earth suddenly became bright. Then, with a flash of light, the mortar operator quickly measured the distance.

After a series of shots were reported, the mortar shells smashed over.

Orange sparks continued to explode in the darkness, and through the light of the fire, you could see the Dutch soldiers being blown away. Just one round of shelling, and the sound of the platoon of guns was drowned out. After the second round of shelling, the platoon of guns became sparse.

Another line of fireworks soared into the sky, and the dock was lit up once more.

After this shelling, the dock was completely stopped. The fire on the docks was still burning, only with a few more bodies still burning.

The boat docked, and the soldiers disembarked with their firearms. Then the mortarsmen, carrying mortars, also went to the dock under the protection of the musketeers.

The musketeers fired at the fort and covered the mortar gunners as they built their gun positions. In the dark, both sides were not on the right track. The gunfire in the darkness was loud, but the screams were rarely heard.

The hilltop bastion is stared at by the cliff and offers a bird's-eye view of the entire bay. The artillery above can form a crossfire with the artillery of the Red Embedded City, locking the entire sea area if necessary.

However, if the bastion is built on a cliff, the pier below becomes a shooting dead end. The Dutch watched Li Xiao land, but they couldn't do anything about it. You can only shoot down with the musketeers!

The muzzle fire revealed their position, and the mortar did not have a problem with the angle. The gunners shot at the muzzle flash!

From time to time, people were swept away by the air waves of the explosion and fell to the bottom of the city. The screams had an epilogue that could resound throughout the bay.

The shelling lasted only a while, and no one in the city dared to shoot down.

Li Xiao got off the dock and saw Zheng Zhiyuan also get off the dock.

"The red-haired ghost on the ship is done?" Li Xiao didn't expect Zheng Zhiyuan to finish the entire ship so quickly. You know, there were more than a hundred Dutch soldiers on it.

"Your Excellency, you don't understand, we who run the sea. As long as the deck is occupied, it is considered to occupy the entire ship. Now we have cleared all the Dutch soldiers from the deck, and the rest are hiding in the cabins below deck. Relying on the sharp resistance of the musket, they all became rats in the urn, and they would soon run out. ”

"Run?" Li Xiao was a little puzzled, and didn't understand why the Dutch soldiers would run out on their own.

"Huh! Light a pile of hay at the hatch and then wet the hay. The hatch is open, and if the people inside don't come out, they won't even have a chance to come out. ”

I rub! And this operation? This is similar to the rural smoked rats in the past, and the rat holes were filled with cigarettes. No matter how deep the rats in the cave are hidden, they will be smoked out alive. If you don't escape, you'll be choked to death in a hole.

Now the Dutch are rats, stuffed alive in the cabin.

Zheng Zhiyuan was actually wrong, the hatches were all sealed, how could they run out. Li Xiao estimated that these guys smoked violently, and they would be able to go down tomorrow morning to collect the corpses.

Looking at the wisps of green smoke coming out of the gaps in the deck, Li Xiao pouted. I thought I could catch a few more prisoners of war, but now it's all over. I don't know how they got it, such a big smoke. Choking to death is normal, but choking is a fluke.

The gate of the castle was blown open, and a hundred and ten fierce pirates under Zheng Zhiyuan rushed in.

When it comes to long-range firearms, the Dutch are naturally a little more powerful. But when it comes to real fights, these Dutch soldiers are the opponents of the pirates who have been robbing their homes and houses on the sea all year round.

The gates of the fortress were breached after only five minutes. Everywhere there were pirates with knives chasing the Dutch soldiers, and finally a hundred and ten Dutch soldiers were barricaded in the attic of the inner fort. Condescendingly fired down, killing a dozen pirates. This can be regarded as stabilizing the decline!

But before he could stabilize for a while, thick smoke billowed up from under his feet. Zheng Zhiyuan was still the old way, and a large pile of hay and Dutch firewood were gathered. After igniting it, it poured water on it violently. The fire was extinguished, but the smoke was up.

When it was dawn, the Dutch soldiers could not bear it. I opened the windows to let in the air, but there were more than 100 people inside, and there were only a few windows.

Li Xiao is also bad, and specially arranged for them to aim at the window. When you see someone showing their head, it's a shot.

Soon, an even more immoral solution came.

Li Hu took Zheng Sen and brought down bundles of fireworks from the ship. Put it in front of the window!

Listen to the fireworks that explode inside, and the sound of the Dutch ghosts crying wolf. These two guys are laughing backwards and forwards!

A large bundle of fireworks was launched, and the smoke in the attic was bigger than the smoke below. Smoke billowed from the entire attic, and under the smoke of gunpowder, a pole with a white object stretched out.

This is supposed to be a white flag to surrender, but what the hell do you mean by hanging a pair of pants on your fucking pole?