All kinds of navigation techniques in Chen Ning's hands that he regarded as cheats were all handed down from the Yinghai Division when he was in Mingzhou last year, including the telescope, including the star chart, and even some maps drawn by the Yinghai Division with a lot of manpower and material resources.

This is also the basis for the Dingxi Army to arrive at Shimu Town in Haiyan Prefecture quite accurately.

The looting was completed, and the route to leave was also carefully selected by Chen Ning.

Can't be too close to the main island of Changguk, that ...... According to the information provided by Murata's guards, there is a navy stationed, and even if there are not many of them, it will be a problem if they are blocked. Further inward, the northwest wind direction can be better utilized, but it will also be in the tiger's mouth.

However, if you want to completely bypass the Changguk Islands, you have to go due east, which is even more unrealistic in this era of extreme reliance on sails. Therefore, let alone the safest way to go back the way you came.

Neither Zhao Dingxi nor Chen Ning thought about returning the same way.

The first stop was Jiaxing Mansion, the Ming army will be on guard in the future, and they will not come easily, however, bypassing the Changguo Islands, Wenzhou Mansion and Taizhou Mansion in the south, as well as Fujian and Guangdong, taking advantage of the north wind in January, they can also break through.

The strength of the Ming navy in the south is much smaller.

The Dingxi army has 3,000 people, which is enough to cross the road.

More than 100 large and small ships left the coast of Jiaxing Province far away, only to see some sea ships that were obviously symbolically chasing, in this regard, the Haikou standing on the boat did not hide their scolding and ridicule, regardless of whether the ships behind them could be seen or not, and also made all kinds of unbearable actions, the entire fleet of Haikou ships was filled with the joy of the victors.

The tracking vessel, after leaving the offshore twenty or thirty miles, also gradually stopped.

There are no scruples here.

The fleet passed through the two hundred miles of Wang Panyang without hindrance, and along the way, Chen Ning was very cautious to confirm the direction and position, and there was still time.

From Jiaxing to Daiquyang in the north of Daishan, it is about 200 miles away.

The wind is good today, so the whole journey will take three hours to arrive.

Chen Ning felt that in three hours, no matter what, it would be impossible for the Ming Navy in Mingzhou to react.

Even, even if it is a reaction, what can it be?

When the Ming army came tomorrow, the Dingxi army would also reach the vast ocean, and when they got there, everyone was headless flies, and it would be even more difficult to hit them again.

Unless the Ming army can guess where they plan to go next.

When the Dingxi army fleet saw the outline of Daishan Island from a distance, in fact, the time had just arrived in Shenzheng, a little earlier than expected.

The sun begins to set in the west.

There is still an hour before evening.

Entering the Daiqu Ocean, although it is necessary to sail at night, it happens to be safer.

Chen Ning, who had been informed by his subordinates, was considering the plan to ensure that nothing went wrong, when suddenly someone hurriedly broke in: "Military division, military division...... Big things are not good, and the front ...... There is that Ming Navy. ”

"What's the alarm?" Chen Ning's heart froze, but he remained silent on the surface: "Take me to have a look." ”

The two left the cabin and, instead of going to the bow, climbed to the roof of the aft cabin.

Zhao Dingxi is already here.

Having captured a few little ladies in Shimu Town before, Zhao Dingxi was enjoying it all the way, and just now he took a nap and was woken up by his subordinates, and he was still angry to get up.

Seeing the military division coming, Zhao Dingxi put down the binoculars and said: "But thirty or forty sea ships, the appearance is a little strange, but the maximum is only 500 materials, let's not be afraid to rush straight over." ”

Chen Ning also raised the binoculars and observed it carefully for a while, feeling a little tense in his heart.

Because, these ships that have already set up their positions are not like the Ming Navy that came in a hurry from the nearby islands, but on the contrary, it is more like they recognized them coming.

Although the ship is not large, it ...... Those boats, wheels, Chen Ning thought about it for a while, and understood what it was.

Steamship!

Moreover, there were not only paddle wheels, but also sails were erected one by one on these boats, and Chen Ning even saw the oars.

Sails, paddle wheels, oars......

Although Chen Ning didn't understand the joints, he could understand that the triple force, the speed of the ship, must be fast.

Thinking of this, Chen Ning also understood why this fleet could be blocked here.

Because of the speed!

From Jiaxing to this side, the distance is 200 miles, but from Mingzhou to the present, it is only a little more than 100 miles.

If there were no paddle wheels and the like, relying only on sails or traditional oars, Chen Ning could be sure that the Ming army would not have arrived in time, because the wind direction was wrong and the efficiency of the oars was low.

Right now......

The more he thought about it, the more apprehensive he became, and Chen Ning subconsciously became a little angry with the Murata doorman who was responsible for collecting and transmitting information.

Idiot!

The Ming army has this strange ship, why don't you remind it?

After clarifying this, Chen Ning saw that Zhao Dingxi had already begun to shout loudly and order, asking the fleet to crash directly into the Ming army in front of him, intending to teach Daming a lesson, but Chen Ning stopped him, quickly said his thoughts, and continued: "Dashuai, this fleet is so weird, for the sake of caution, let's bypass it." If you can leave directly, there is no need to fight in vain and hurt the lives of your brothers. ”

Zhao Dingxi is a martial artist, a little reckless, but not stupid, after listening to Chen Ning's analysis, he raised the telescope again to look at it for a moment, nodded decisively, and said with a smile: "That is the case, military advisor, just try your firearms." These ships are so fast that if we don't fight a dozen, we won't be able to get out. ”

Chen Ning also agreed.

So a series of orders were delivered.

The ships of the Dingxi Army changed direction, and in order to make the speed of the Ming army faster, they did not go further east, but adjusted a little to the west.

The other side.

Zhenhai Zuowei commanded a total of 49 large and small steamers led by Xia Hai, with 2,000 soldiers, and compared with the Dingxi Army, this side had arrived more than two quarters of an hour earlier.

Although Lord Du Du is very stable, but when he really arrives at the position, he is empty, and Xia Hai can't help but worry.

What if the Governor makes a mistake in his judgment and is on his own?

Therefore, while the large army continued to set up a position here, after thinking about it, Xia Hai sent two ships out and continued to patrol north, in addition to contacting the defenders of the northern islands, hoping to catch the enemy's traces directly.

However, not long after the two ships left, news came from the lookout post of Xia Hai's boat.

To the northwest, a large number of ships are approaching.

Xia Hai's reaction at that time was a little blind.

Unexpectedly......

It's really coming!

Lord Governor, you are worthy of picking up the judgment of this bank.

Just chanting with ridicule and admiration in his heart, Xia Hai began to make urgent arrangements.

The order given by the Governor that if it can be met here, it must be blocked desperately, delay the escape of the enemy army, and wait for the arrival of the army.

Therefore, it is necessary to procrastinate as much as possible.

How to procrastinate?

Fuel!

After all, after leaving the two ships, there were only 47 sea ships left, and most of them were only 200 small boats.

Looking at the other party again, the first ship is a 2,000-material ship, and there are many 1,000-material and 500-material ships, although there are many 200-material small ships on their side, but there are many people, at first glance, there are almost two hundred levels.

In the process of arranging to meet the enemy, Xia Hai was still a little worried when he heard the report that the enemy army was coming straight away.

If the other party collides directly, you can't bear it.

Just as he was about to take the initiative to evade, the enemy fleet veered a little eastward, obviously not wanting to come into direct contact with them, which made Xia Hai very relieved.

After the arrangement, Xia Hai thought about it a little, gritted his teeth, and allocated one from the already overstretched 47 steamships, and sent it to the nearby Daishan Port, and in the name of the Navy Governor's Office, Xia Hai asked the fishing boats of Daishan Port to come to support, even if it was just to this side, park the boat here, and slightly block the enemy ships, it was enough.

Now is the time.

Xia Hai was also calculating that on his side, he would have to hold out for at least an hour before he could wait for the deputy governor Wu Zhen to lead a large army to arrive.

The two sides made arrangements, and the battle that was later reported as the 'Battle of Daiqu' soon broke out.

With the advantage of better firearms, the Ming army took the lead in firing when the Dingxi army went around, and this side did not expect that the Dingxi army also had firearms, and, under Chen Ning's arrangement, the first wave of attacks aimed at Xia Hai's boat.

The commander of the Dingxi Army, at first glance, looks like a certain 2,000-material ship.

However, the big ship did not come close at the beginning of the battle.

In comparison, on the side of the Ming army, although there were a total of 10 ships with 500 materials, Xia Hai's military flag was planted on one of them, even if it was not the most advanced, it was still caught by a thousand ships that rushed over.

All kinds of primitive artillery, guns, rockets, and muskets were fired at each other, and the Ming army, which brought a large number of firearms, achieved rich results, and more than a dozen enemy ships either leaked or capsized or broke down, which was very miserable.

It's just that behind this result, there is the flagship of his own commander, and it is also a round of artillery fire that caught people off guard, and several large holes appeared in the hull on one side of the ship, and it began to enter the water and capsize.

In the battle, the main general was broken, which was a big crime, and the surrounding Ming troops came to the rescue, driving away the enemy ships close to the commander's boat, and rescuing people at the same time.

Fortunately, the Lord will be fine.

After changing the boat, Xia Hai ordered the herald to disperse his fleet again, and at the same time ...... Take advantage of your mobility!

Compared to relying heavily on wind-oriented enemy ships, their own ...... But there are paddle wheels!

The Ming army also had special training before.

Steamer to sailer, while cruising freely, can only cope with the clumsiness, the scene is like a nimble leopard against a clumsy wild boar.

In fact, just now that the Ming army was able to easily save the generals, it was already giving full play to its mobile advantage.

If you change the sailboat, even if you add oars, it is not so easy to save people in this stormy sea.

However, it has to be admitted that for the maneuver tactics of the steamer...... The Ming army was also not skilled enough.

Because the previous 200 material steamers were mainly used for inspection or cargo transportation, and the 500 material large ships that could be used as war ships were only built at the end of last year, and the number was not too much.

However, even so, the mechanical force of the wind is already a kind of suppression.

When the Ming warships began to flexibly adopt cruising tactics, coupled with the fact that there were enough long-range firearms prepared in advance, the Dingxi army was quickly overstretched.

The enemy ships are too flexible.

The pirates tried to get close to the jumping gang, which is what they do best, but they couldn't.

Moreover, compared with the Ming army, the number of firearms in the Dingxi army was not many after all, and after a few rounds, it was quickly exhausted.

The battle lasted for most of the hour, the casualties of the Ming army were inevitable, and the first 46 ships, unconsciously only 27 were left to fight, another 11 were sunk, and 8 were seriously damaged.

The losses of the Dingxi Army were even more serious.

The firearms of the Ming army seemed to be free of money, and when they reached the shooting distance, they were immediately covered by a round, although the damage of firearms in this era was limited, but whether it was a hole in the hull or hit the sail, the current situation can be described as fatal.

Zhao Dingxi, who was fearless at the beginning and is now a little frightened, personally tapped it and found that his own fleet, the 173 large and small sea ships at the beginning, are still comprehensive, and there are less than 100 ships.

Among them, the other six thousand-material sea ships second only to his two-thousand-material boat, because of their large size, were all seriously injured by the Ming army in a targeted manner, and none of them could sneak smoothly.

In the twilight of the fall.

This naval battle unknowingly fought from the mouth of Daiquyang to the middle of Daiquyang.

Moreover, the ships of the Dingxi Army were one less than one, and the Ming army not only began to release the three steamers that returned one after another, but also some nearby fishing boats also rushed over.

These fishing boats did not have the ability to fight against the Dingxi army, but they were very tacitly blocked in front of the Dingxi army, and like the battle of Chibi of Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms, a series of large and small fishing boats were connected together with thick hemp cables, and they were also dismounted. After doing this, the fishermen simply left the boats like horses on the sea and left in small boats.

At this moment, Zhao Dingxi finally became anxious.

Although he saw that his three fast oars successfully blocked a Ming army's 500 material steamer with a outflanking strategy, and began to jump into the gang and fight, this demonstration also allowed many of their own warships to find their direction, but ...... Can it continue?

These steamers are desperately pestering themselves, for what?

Those fishermen don't want to eat, and they have to string up fishing boats to stop in front, and for what?

Delaying them, of course, and waiting for reinforcements.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dingxi didn't pay attention to Chen Ning, who had anything to say, and shouted directly to his subordinates: "Pass on my military order, don't fight, can't fight anymore...... Go, give me a walk immediately. Zhao Jiu, Zhao Jiu...... Let Zhao Jiu clear the fishing boats in front of me and leave immediately. ”

The trumpet sounded again, accompanied by a flurry of heralds.

However, Zhao Dingxi's reaction time was a little late after all.

When the remnants of the Dingxi Army, which could still move, began to try to break through the Ming steamers, behind the battlefield, most of the dense Ming army and navy finally arrived!

In the binoculars, Wu Zhen looked at the steamer that he was barely supporting, searched for it, confirmed that Xia Hai's general flag was still there, relaxed a little, and ordered the Zhenhai Left Guard, Zhenhai Right Guard, and Dinghai Left Guard Navy that followed him to prepare to meet the enemy, and at the same time also sent an order to the past, signaling that Xia Hai's headquarters could withdraw.

On the other side, seeing that most of the Ming army had arrived, Zhao Dingxi's new gods were horrified, and he urged his ships to break away as soon as possible.

If you can't go, don't save it.

Go as much as you can.

After all, look behind you...... At least more than 10,000 Ming troops.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

When Wu Zhen's department came, it was from the southwest to the northeast, almost against the wind, but, entering this Dai Quyang, on the one hand, both sides were tailwind, on the other hand, the Dingxi army had been fighting for a long time, and it was already a tired division, and the Ming army was new to the departments, but it was recuperating.

After discovering each other, the distance of less than ten miles came in a blink of an eye.

Not only that, but when the battle was fought here, Wu Zhen also sent the other two to continue to move forward and form an outflanking formation.

The two sides began to engage in battle.

Between heaven and earth, time will not be suspended by half a step because of human fighting, and twilight begins to fall.

In the darkness of the night.

In addition to the warships of the Ming army, more fishing boats gathered around again, playing circles of fire.

Zhao Dingxi is a 'rather teach me to bear the world', he doesn't mind running away by himself, even if he leaves all the deployments.

However, this time, Zhao Dingxi's target was too big, and the boat of two thousand materials was so obvious, how could he escape.

Zhao Dingxi wanted to change the ship, but in the coming night, the four sides reached a mess, and if they wanted to change, they couldn't find it.

During the fight, I don't know how long it took, Chen Ning's voice came from my ears: "Dashuai, stay in Qingshan." ”

Chen Ning is also the kind of person who 'would rather teach me to bear the world'.

Chen Ning actually wanted to escape by himself for a long time.

Can......

Compared with a certain 'Zhen Dongyang', he is a military advisor, and he has not even learned to swim for a year.

How can you escape?

Therefore, I have to rely on my own manager.

Zhao Dingxi listened to Chen Ning's words, but he grinned, thinking that this time, there were too many better choices, to go to Shandong, Fujian, or Guangdong, even if it was to go to Nanyang......

That's good, that's good.

Why are you here?

Why provoke this Ming Navy?

Thinking like this, Zhao Dingxi didn't know when he had already raised his sword and slashed his military advisor with one sword, muttering with a bit of despair and madness: "It's all you...... It's all you...... Avenger Chen Ning, haha, hahaha......"

(End of chapter)