For most of the year, Li Tianyang waited for the dam to be completed and the water conservancy grinding equipment was completed and put into use, and he also received a lot of good or bad news.

For example, after the March fire in Hangzhou, a fire burned more widely and had a larger audience in August, leaving more than 10,000 households homeless due to the fire.

At that time, Qi San and the others had just received the villagers who had fled from Yong'an in Liangguang, turned around and led people back to Hangzhou, running between several places.

Subsequently, in February of the second year of the Apocalypse, a major earthquake occurred in the area of Jinan Prefecture, which shook for three consecutive days, causing damage to many people's houses and killing and injuring people.

It is also the threat of natural and man-made disasters, as well as the hard work of Qi San, so that the population of Jilong Harbor is gradually approaching the number of residents of Bengang. The population of Keelong Harbour, together with the five satellite villages in the west, is about to exceed 30,000.

Even Wu Juren's Hongtang Leopard Department expanded the number of team members to nearly 1,500 people, making the Qionghai controlled by the Leopard Department gradually return to calm.

Of course, there is also bad news, in the first month of the second year of the Apocalypse, the Hetao Mongols passed through Yan'an, Huanghuayu and other places, and went deep into the interior of the Ming Dynasty for 600 miles.

At the same time, after Houjin Nurhachi captured Shenyang in the previous year, he raised 60,000 troops to cross the Liaohe River to attack Xiping in the first month, and Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, believed in the words of the guerrilla general Sun Degong, and sent Sun Degong and Zu Dashou to lead the troops of Guangning to fight with the Houjin soldiers and horses. To Pingyang Bridge and the Houjin soldiers met, and then Sun Degong and Bao Chengxian fled without a fight, which caused the Chinese army to be in chaos, and finally lost to the hands of Houjin and was defeated.

After Sun Degong fled, he secretly descended to Houjin, wanted to capture Wang Huazhen, and went to the city of Guangning in person, falsely claiming that the Houjin soldiers and horses had arrived outside the city. In the panic, Wang Huazhen fled without a fight, so far, Guangning fell into the hands of Houjin Nurhachi without much effort, and a place in western Liaoning has become the thing in Houjin's palm.

These detailed news were naturally learned from Cao Yongyi's official arrival report, and combined with many rumors, Li Tianyang already had a sense of haste in his heart.

Fortunately, although there is chaos in western Liaoning, and there are also natural disasters in the southwest and north, the south is still peaceful, and Li Tianyang can also develop and grow his team in a stable manner for the time being.

However, at this time, a Western fleet of fourteen warships was slowly coming towards the Daming Sea, and Li Tianyang didn't know that their biggest test was coming.

"Report, Penghu Sailor Garrison Cao Yongyi urgently asks for help!" Bengang sent a flying pigeon herald, and the full-time team member in charge of the pigeon platform took the flying pigeon herald that he had just received, and ran quickly to report to Li Tianyang, who was discussing with Changsheng about the departure time of the next ocean-going fleet and the preparation of goods.

Originally, Li Tianyang wanted to have a good workout in the Jilonggang branch of Qixintang, but under the influence of various strange stories when Li Tianyang was a child, he wanted to see Changsheng outside, and after waiting for the matter to come to an end at the Jilongshan station, he took the initiative to find Li Tianyang and Gan Dabiao, insisting on returning the shopkeeper of Qixintang to Gan Dabiao, and turned to Li Tianyang to beg to follow He Yong and start ocean trade.

Although Li Tianyang didn't expect Changsheng's request, he didn't disagree with his request. Therefore, in the Spring Festival of the year of Renxu, He Yong and they repaired the first Oriental trade after a period of time, Li Tianyang sent Changsheng to follow He Yong and them on a trip to the East.

No, Changsheng, who has just come back, wants to make persistent efforts after this workout, and lead the team to go on another trip to Dongwu to exercise alone.

"Help?" Li Tianyang was surprised, who was so bold that he dared to attack the Daming Sailor: "Give me the letter asking for help!" ”

There are only a few crosses of "......", and Li Tianyang quickly finished reading it, but except for the target of the red ghost who is a Dutch known to Li Tianyang, Li Tianyang does not know anything about the number of Dutch warships and the number of sailors.

In terms of naval quality, the gap between the Daming Navy and the Western Navy can be said to be at least fifty years, and Li Tianyang is strong in Hongtang, but compared to the Daming Navy, it is still a few points worse. Therefore, Hongtang's strength is not enough to fight head-on with the Western Navy.

"Wu Shu, what are they eating, even the Dutch fleet has touched our territory, do they know nothing?" Li Tianyang was furious.

This matter, it is obvious that Wu Shu and their shark department are derelict in their duties, as the shark department in charge of the Penghu sea area, there is no news about the Dutch fleet so far, Li Tianyang does not believe that he dares to take a big risk to attack the fleet of the Ming Penghu Naval Division, and will abide by the rules formulated by Li Tianyang and their civil gang.

"Send me a message back and ask him if Wu Shu can be the commander of this Hongtang Shark Department, if not, I will replace him immediately!!" The harsh words jumped out of Li Tianyang's mouth, exposing the deep anger in his heart.

Without Li Tianyang's urging, not long after Cao Yongyi's call for help carrier pigeons came, Wu Shu's detailed news also came: 14 warships of the Dutch fleet suddenly appeared in the waters of Penghu and wiped out a patrol fleet in Hongtang on the spot, a total of three warships and 430 people on board were all killed, and no one survived.

"Bastard !!!" When Li Tianyang heard the news, he was stunned for a while before he slapped his palm on the table angrily, startling the team members who reported the news and the Changsheng who were present.

For the first time, Li Tianyang's team suffered such a big loss at sea, and they were undeclared, which dealt a blow to Hong Tang, who had been at sea like a fish in water for several years, and also made Li Tianyang's anger overflow on his face!

"Order Wu Daofu to immediately drive all the warships on Hulu Island back to Jilong Harbor, and only need to stay on the island with the minimum number of defenders." Li Tianyang was angry, but he also did not forget to start to transfer troops and generals: "Also, send a message to my third uncle in the Leopard Department, and ask him to bring his warships closer to Bengang, but there is no need to gather in Bengang, in case the Westerners find Bengang." ”

"The special operations battalion and the first battalion of the whale department will be canceled on vacation, and the whole battalion will be ready to attack at any time."

Of course, Li Tianyang is not a person who will go to the rescue because of Cao Yongyi's letter of help, he knows very well that the true strength of 14 foreign ships, even if Hongtang is fully mobilized, can only maintain a five-five chance of winning with other people's fleets, or even lower.

Regarding the firepower configuration of foreign ships, the speed and flexibility of warships, and other data, the Hongtang soldiers who plundered the Franc machine man "Maria" and participated in a battle have already reported to Li Tianyang and them. Therefore, I am afraid that among the professionals in the entire Daming Sea area, I am afraid that there is no one who understands the combat strength of foreign ships better than Li Tianyang!

(End of chapter)