The wind rose, and the tall and soft reeds on the riverside swayed like waves.

In the evening, the red clouds sprinkled on the river surface sparkling, and the sky in the distance was full of dark clouds, Chen Mu, who was sitting on the couch and woke up, looked up at the board above his head angrily, and on the high bow of the ship, the war drums were beaten.

"Master Chen, wipe your face."

Qi Zhengyan took the soldiers to carry the copper basin, put the handkerchief in the water twice and presented it to Chen Mu, tilted his head to look out of the cabin door, and said with a chuckle: "Zeng Sanlao is quite idle, this day he burned a few more villages, and there were several black smoke over there in Xin'an. ”

"Before he entered Lingdingyang, the common people ran to Guangcheng, what property can be left at home, even if he doesn't grab anything, he has to burn people...... What the hell! ”

When he woke up, his injured left arm hurt even more, Chen Mu wiped it awkwardly on his face with a wet hand towel in his right hand, raised his eyes and looked at Qi Zhengyan with a hint of ridicule, this is not like what an old widow said, and asked, "Are you asleep?" ”

"I've slept all of them, I've slept all morning, and Toshio has just woken up, and he's on the mast."

Chen Mu nodded, yawned and put the handkerchief on the copper basin, and his own family took it out, he also took Qi Zhengyan out of the cabin, glanced at the east estuary, and then said with a cold face: "He burned the village for beacon fire, and the widows are the same as us, everyone has to sleep." ”

"Go, let the flag army check the weapons, the cannon charge, the Fran machine gun against the side of the ship, everyone must hang their sabers, it's raining in the south."

This is not Chen Qianhu's nonsense, the sea in the south is full of dark clouds, and it will not be long before there will be thunder and lightning, and the wind will blow the speed of the ship, making it difficult for the not very experienced helmsman to master, and the big ship will shake people's heads dizzy.

Ascending to the bow of the ship, Chen Mu greeted Shi Qi, leaning on the bow of the ship to look at the fleet that drove out of the estuary, and the two short handcuffs were loaded with ammunition one after another.

The fleet is Chen Lan's, and the first leader is Chen Lan's fast ship, Fu Chuan and Hachiro's Fu Boat, more than a dozen fire ships and mine ships are in the middle, and then the two centipede ships of Xiangshan are at the end, forming a team that is divided from Chen Lan's fleet at any time.

Chen Lan is a veteran of naval warfare, and the order of the fleet is completely respected in Chen Mu's opinion, in terms of ship speed alone, the centipede ship can surpass the Fu fleet in a moment at full speed, and it does not affect their battle after seeing the enemy.

The only thing that worries Chen Mu is the weather.

It's raining, and it's not a good sign.

Although they did not have an advantage in the number of cannons, Chen Mu also hoped to fight Zeng Yi's fleet in the rain, but he was more afraid that because of the weather in the south, Zeng Yi would change course and not march towards Tuen Mun, and all his previous plans would be disrupted.

"Senhu, the Japanese fleet!"

It didn't take long for the sunset to become overcast, and Long Junxiong quickly fell down the sail rope and ran, handed over the binoculars and pointed to the left side: "Fu Chuan Guang Chuan, a lot!" ”

After taking the telescope, the lens showed a shallow shadow of the sea under the clouds in the distance, and it was impossible to see how many guns there were on the ship, but I could barely see the ship type, and naturally I could see the approximate number of ships...... Chen Mu held the telescope and kept silently reciting the quantity.

"There are at least ten Fu boats, at least ten Guangzhou boats, and there are not many fast boats, he should have scuttled the boat on the shore - waving the flag, telling Deng Qianhu to know, let the boat go and tell Chen Shoubei, it won't be long before we meet!"

As he spoke, Chen Mu put down his binoculars and turned his head to the helmsman of the flag army who was waiting for the order: "Turn left, the artillery is ready!" ”

In the sky and on the ground, Xiangshan Chen Ye is the largest.

This principle is also applicable to the centipede ship, Chrysostom Yuyan first opened, the sail control rope was tightened, the hard sail was raised in the wind, and the two war drums in the bow of the stern were beating, and they left the fleet directly and deviated, followed by Deng Zilong's centipede ship, which also followed, leaving only Wei Balang's lucky boat and a small boat carrying two flag troops swaying and chasing Chen Mu's fleet with Chen Mu's order.

The Fuchuan was moving too slowly, especially for Wei Balang, whose mission in this battle was nothing more than to transport troops and add some troops in the decisive battle, and they would not be of use in the current raid.

Earlier, when Chen Mu was still on the shore, Chen Mu communicated with Chen Lan about naval battles, because the ships were different and the drills were different, Chen Mu's sailors only practiced line formations, and they were not familiar with the tactics of serious officers and soldiers.

Chen Luan's fleet was huge, with twenty or thirty large and small warships, serving as flank blockers and small-scale artillery attacks; Chen Mu had few ships, but he was fast, had more soldiers, and had more artillery, so he was responsible for pursuing and driving him from the rear, and at the same time pinning it down when Zeng Yi attacked Chen Luan's fleet, so as to achieve the purpose of driving Zeng Yi's fleet to Tuen Mun for a decisive battle.

It's very difficult to operate.

"Catch up from behind, but don't chase too close, catch up with only two side guns, so that the flag army is hidden behind the side of the ship, and you can't show your head without an order!"

Chen Mu didn't have the idea of fighting a frontal naval battle with Zeng Yiyi in the attack from the beginning, he just wanted to harass Zeng Yiyi and make him feel the pressure from Chen Ye, especially not to attract a lot of hatred from Zeng Yiyi, so that this pirate leader would turn around and beat him with the idea of a fish dying and breaking the net.

To put it simply, it is to play with fire, either to burn Zeng's tail or to set himself on fire.

About the moment the centipede ship broke away from the fleet, Chen Luan's fleet did not follow Chen Mu to harass him, but just moved the course slightly closer to the left flank, this action was small but warm - it was to be easy to rescue in case of accidents.

But Chen Mu felt that he would be fine, the wood of the centipede ship below the waterline was very strong, and the only Franc machine could not be broken, and the waterline above it was also reinforced and repaired after entering Chen Mu's hands, although it was not a good material, and the choice was also focused on being lighter, and it could not prevent the cannon, but this was prepared for the common Franc machine guns on the East Asian sea.

The only thing I am worried about is luck, and Chen Ye's luck has always been not very good.

There was a long chase on the sea, and for half an hour, the wind was in the opposite direction, and no one's boat could drive fast.

The two centipede boats were hanging behind Zeng Yiyi's fleet, although Chen Mu found Zeng Yiyi earlier, but as the distance gradually approached, Zeng Yiyi must have also discovered him, but neither side fired a cannon, and did not even mean to reduce the distance to within four hundred steps, it seemed that the centipede ship was like a member of the huge fleet of pirates, sailing peacefully towards the south.

If it weren't for the fact that Chen Mu couldn't bear the loneliness, he would use the ship's first cannon to shoot at the butt of the boat in front of him every once in a while.

Across the sea of 1,800 steps, Chen Ye staggered and fired more than a dozen shots, and the hit rate was very low, but at least he hit - accurately hit a small boat outside the target, and the ship capsized with a big shot.

Chen Junye was beaming proudly at the bow of the ship, when he suddenly heard the surprised shouts of the left and right flag soldiers, followed his gaze and looked ahead, and then hurriedly threw off the binoculars and put them on his face.

"What the is that?"

In the field of vision, thousands of paces away, the four eight-zhang white ships slowly turned their course, turning from a headwind to a tailwind, and the speed suddenly came out of the way, lining up in a row and heading straight towards his centipede ship, without the slightest intention of avoiding.

In the telescope, Chen Mu clearly saw that the four white ships were hung with iron locks, like a wall.

They want to hit him, and the son of a bitch wants to sink him!

"Turn the rudder!"

Chen Mu's hoarse shouts were louder than the sound of drums.

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