At this time, even those who know naval warfare know that there is little point in continuing to fight, but urge their subordinates to increase the speed of the ship, and when disaster comes, they will not care about others, and if they can run out, they will burn high incense.

Although the warships of the Huaxia Army are large, the sails are set reasonably, the training level of the naval soldiers is far higher than that of the Qing Army, and the sailing speed of the ships is actually higher than that of the ships of the Fuzhou Naval Division.

What's more, from the vicinity of the Penghu Islands to the Minjiang River Valley, it was actually a sea route for several hours, and the Huaxia Army constantly launched attacks from the rear and flanks of the Fuzhou Naval Division, and was not in a hurry to expand the results of the battle, but only sank or wounded the ships of the Fuzhou Naval Division from the outer layer to the inner layer, and even beat the Fuzhou Naval Division to death, and even dared to counterattack.

Taking advantage of this time, several faster Jade Bird-class steamships continued to maneuver from the rear to the flanks and then to the front, interfering with the fleeing Fuzhou Navy Division.

By the time they reached the Minjiang River Valley, the Fuzhou Navy Division had lost more than half of its warships, and only more than 50 ships had escaped, and many of them were wounded.

Originally, when the Fuzhou Navy Division arrived at the mouth of the Minjiang River, it wanted to break into it quickly, but it did not expect to kill a fleet from the Minjiang River, and there were also twenty or thirty ships, and judging by its flag and shape, it was no different from the navy of the Huaxia Army.

This fleet firmly held the mouth of the Min River, which cut off the last way of life for the Fuzhou naval division.

Seeing this situation, many people in the Fuzhou Navy Division began to jump to their feet and curse, and the Navy Division was not full of waste, and it was clear earlier that Li Xian's navy only had thirty or forty warships, and a certain number of troops were also needed to feint against Ningbo and Hangzhou Bay, so the number of troops that could be used in the Dayuandao Strait should not exceed 30 warships.

However, in this naval battle, more than 30 warships appeared on the Penghu Islands, and another fleet appeared here, with more than 60 warships, which was twice as bad as the previously estimated strength.

At the time of the earliest engagement in the Penghu Islands, the Fuzhou Navy Division still had a bit of blood and bravery, and could break through the interception of the Huaxia Army fleet and rush out, at this time the soldiers were exhausted, and more importantly, the morale was low to the bottom, and almost all the resistance was lost, and the key was that there was not enough strength to fight hard.

After another two hours of fierce fighting, more than half of the ships of the Fuzhou Naval Division, which had fled to the vicinity of the Minjiang River Valley, were sunk or damaged, and the remaining 20 ships also hoisted white flags and surrendered.

In this battle, the Qing court lost the Guangdong naval division, and also lost the last most elite naval division, the Fujian naval division, from Guangdong to the waters of Zhejiang, could not come up with a decent naval force to resist the invasion of the Chinese army.

Who said that the Qing court also had a certain amount of maritime power in Jiangsu and Shandong, but the combined naval divisions of the two provinces were not as good as half of those of the Fujian naval divisions, and from then on thousands of miles of maritime frontiers belonged to others.

This battle was only a defeat in the war against the Huaxia army for the Qing court, and it was not obvious compared with the previous tragic defeats, but it was of extraordinary significance to the Huaxia army.

After this battle, the possibility of the Qing army attacking the base areas of the Huaxia Army by sea was almost completely cut off, that is, it was no longer possible to attack Guangdong, Dayuan Island, and Hainan Island by sea, and even sent warships to harass production.

Moreover, from then on, the Qing court's 10,000-mile sea frontier was completely exposed to the Huaxia army's naval attack range, and the Huaxia army could land and occupy territory anywhere along the coastline without paying too much attention to the Qing court's counterattack.

After the war subsided, Li Xian set up a banquet to invite Wang Jiuxuan, Qin Rigang and others from the source to express their gratitude, and discuss the distribution of spoils by the way.

The intelligence work of the Fujian Navy Division is actually correct, the navy of the Mixed Yuan Sect led by Li Xian actually only has about forty warships, and the fact that so many naval forces can be mobilized in this battle is naturally supported by other forces.

Sanyuanguan and Mixed Yuan Sect have been in a relationship of both competition and cooperation for a long time, and Sanyuan Guan has been studying Mixed Yuan Sect, and he also has a large navy under his command, and the number of warships and troops are not smaller than that of Mixed Yuan Sect.

Moreover, the three major forces on Hainan Island, namely the three princes of Qiongzhou, Yazhou, and Danzhou, and the Yang Tianming Department of Qinzhou, each had a navy in their hands, and although they did not have the wealth of the previous two factions, and they still had to leave a certain strength to take care of their homeland, it was not difficult for the four to work together to form a detachment of fifteen warships.

At the earliest, the Mixed Yuan Sect was very ambitious and wanted to take Fujian and Zhejiang independently, but after hitting the wall twice, they understood that it was very difficult to swallow these two provinces alone, not that it was completely impossible, but that the risk was too great, and it was possible to cause huge damage to their own strength.

If it was at another time, it would have been just that, now the war with the Qing court is in the ascendant, there are the British outside, and there are princes such as Sanyuanguan and Mingjiao inside, and the strength is suddenly damaged at this time, which is not a good thing.

Therefore, the Mixed Yuan Sect changed its combat strategy, greatly changed the original battle plan, extended the war from Fujian to Hangzhou, and secretly invited reinforcements to increase investment to reduce the risk of combat.

As for Wang Jiuxuan, Qin Rigang and others, they are also happy to send the navy over to assist in the battle, according to the virtue of the Qing army's sailors, their own losses should not be very large, and then take advantage of the limelight of the mixed Yuanzong to carve out a piece of territory in Fujian or Zhejiang by the way, and make the foundation of the Northern Expedition in the future, that is a good thing to be small and big.

From this point of view, the Fujian Navy Division was not unjustly defeated, after all, they were facing most of the naval strength of the Huaxia Army, and they could crush the Fujian Navy Division in terms of the number of artillery and strength of the total tonnage of ships.

"In this battle, I have to thank all the allies for their sources, otherwise even if our Mixed Yuan Sect can win this battle, the loss of materials and personnel will be much greater.

In short, the help to your allies will be remembered by the whole of my Mixed Yuan Sect. ”

At the banquet, Li Xian toasted and delivered a speech, thanking all the friendly troops for their help.

Li Shuai was polite. The generals of the several teams who came to help said politely.

"In this battle, we wiped out more than 100 warships of the Fujian Navy Division, killed or captured thousands of officers and soldiers, and our casualties remained within double digits, all thanks to Li Shuai's good use of troops. ”

Wang Jiuxuan, on behalf of several people who came to help, praised Li Xian.

"Thanks to the dedication of the soldiers and the assistance of the allies. Li Xian said with a smile.

In the early stage of the Opium War, Lin Zexu ordered Guan Tianpei to fight the British fleet in the Kowloon area, when Guan Tianpei led 28 warships to attack, and the British sent two naval warships to lead 16 armed merchant ships to attack, as a result, all 28 warships of the Qing army were sunk and sank to the bottom of the sea, while none of the ships on the British side were sunk.

However, after all, that battle was fought on the coast, and the officers and soldiers of the Qing Army's naval division could still swim ashore quickly after falling into the water, and the real casualties were in single digits, that is, less than ten people.