In the end, after thinking twice and asking Senmu and other surviving soldiers in detail, Lai Jiechen couldn't help but decide to send troops to Bengang.

One of the reasons why they decided to send troops was the news from the side of Jetch Harbor that the three Hongtang fleets that fought against their Dutch fleet last time had been cruising on the side of Jetch Harbor. In this way, for the Dutch fleet, the defensive soldiers on the side of Bengang must be even weaker.

Lai Jiechen didn't believe that Hongtang's power would be so strong that thousands of soldiers were stationed in Bengang and Jilong Harbor at the same time. As a fleet commander, Lai knew very well how huge the resources needed to support and train a team of thousands of full-time combatants.

Under the premise of such an estimate, there is a sea area of hundreds of miles between Bengang and Jilong Harbor, even if Hong Tang learns the news that Bengang is attacked by their Dutch fleet and wants to transfer the team back from Jilong Harbor to rescue, it is not possible to achieve it in a day or two.

The second reason is that although Bengang is located inland, it is still easier to attack than Jilong Harbor compared to the easy-to-defend terrain of Jilong Harbor under the protection of high mountain batteries on both sides. The only problem to worry about is that the relatively narrow channel of Bengang Creek cannot accommodate most of the ships in their fleet at one time, which makes many of the cannons in their fleet have to be stopped.

At the same time, they also need to prevent the Hongtang fleet from suddenly coming out and blocking their fleet in Bengang Creek, so that their fleet is at risk of becoming a turtle in the urn.

However, the Dutch's strong maritime self-confidence also made Lai Jichen clear that unless the vast majority of the Hongtang warships on the Jilong Harbor side waited for the return of the Hongtang warships, a dozen or twenty Eastern warships would not be able to achieve such a result.

Of course, there is a small reason, that is, Lai Jiechen and his others are still somewhat unwilling, and their dignified "sea coachmen" will actually eat a closed door under a gang of Far Eastern natives. Therefore, under the attraction of Bengang's rich territory, Lai Jichen also had a little idea of finding a place from Bengang people.

Therefore, early the next morning, the Dutch fleet sailed with seven warships in the direction of Bengang on Dayuan Island.

This time, the Dutch dispatched a little less contempt for Hong Tang, and more determination to take Ben Hong Kong with one blow at a time. Therefore, in a fit of rage, Lai Jichen transferred most of the sailors in the fortress of Magong Island, leaving only more than 50 soldiers on the island and 70 or 80 craftsmen and masters who came with the fleet.

And the day before the Dutch dispatched, that is, at the same time that they sent warships to reconnoiter Bengang, six or seven groups of pirates in the Ryukyu waters were dispatched at the same time, and each family of four or five warships could basically be said to be dispatched by the whole army. They knew very well that it was likely that this would be the last chance for them, the Ryukyu pirates, to win a chance for themselves and their team to defeat Hongtang.

If Hongtang faced the attack of several of their pirates this time, and the powerful fleet of Westerners stood tall, then in the future, Hongtang turned around and settled in the Ryukyu Sea, and they could only retreat in the end, and there was no possibility of confronting Hongtang.

When more than 30 pirate warships were on their way to Huludao, Li Tianyang and them got the news brought by the other pirates. Although many pirates were still hesitant about Hongtang's harsh demands, it would be impossible to say that they completely rejected Hongtang's plans to join Hongtang because of this. Not to mention in private, when they are undecided, they also want to have a good relationship with Hong Tang, or show favor to Hong Tang.

Therefore, when some of the more ambitious pirates approached the Dutch to provide them with intelligence and resources, and often went in and out of Magong Island, there were also many pirate gangs that quietly passed on the movements of these gangs that were obviously hostile to Hong Tang to Li Tianyang.

Naturally, when several groups of pirates dispatched a large group of men and horses at the same time to kill the stronghold of Hongtang Huludao, there were many pirate teams behind the scenes, and they quickly sent people to report to Jilong Port and Huludao.

"These bastards, we should have destroyed them in advance!" Wu Daofu, who has always been calm and calm, couldn't help but be angry when he saw the news in front of Li Tianyang at this time.

As the actual commander of the sea area around Huludao in the Ryukyus, this kind of key, the pirates who had been suppressed by him jumped out to find trouble with Hongtang, and Wu Daofu's anger and chagrin were naturally a lot. In addition, in the past few days, he has reorganized the team, and in the face of many family members who originally sacrificed his subordinates, and issued bereavement pensions to them, the irritability and sadness in Wu Daofu's heart have always been forcibly suppressed by him, and there is nowhere to vent.

"What do you think should be done?" Li Tianyang asked.

"Report to the chief, the conclusion of our flight department is that we must first find out the direction of attack of these groups of pirates, and secondly, we must urgently evacuate the rookie teams that are training around Huludao." The one who spoke was a very young man named Hong Zhengkai, who was an outstanding member of the various departments of Hongtang in the past year or so.

Now Hong Zhengkai has been promoted to Li Tianyang, and he has taken a few elites who have also been drawn from various departments in the three departments of Hongtang to make suggestions for this war.

In the past two years, Li Tianyang has found himself more and more struggling, whether it is in the construction of people's livelihood or in terms of military strategy and combat readiness, every decision he makes has to be thought about for a long time in his heart before he dares to send it out. Even so, there are still many orders that have brought a lot of trouble to the construction of all parties after they have been implemented, and although it is not to be said to be a delay, there is also a suspicion of adding to the problem.

Therefore, under the very self-aware understanding, Li Tianyang set up several groups around him to advise him, or to check and fill in the gaps for him.

And Hong Zhengkai waited for the military discussion group as the team leader, which was the team that Li Tianyang formed for himself under this understanding.

"What do you think?" Li Tianyang turned his head and turned his inquiring gaze to Wu Daofu and Wu Jie.

"That's right, the five training bases we have built in the city now are distributed on the small islands of the team in the sea around Huludao, if you don't withdraw in time, it will be easy to be blocked on the island by the other party, and each one will be broken!" Wu Daofu and Wu Jie nodded one after another, with the time of training in the army, Wu Daofu's strategic and tactical vision is also growing simultaneously, and they have already understood the importance of these two suggestions when Hong Zhengkai put forward them.

Here, before Li Tianyang and the others could discuss what the result was, over there, suddenly another soldier hurriedly walked in the door and handed over a letter to Li Tianyang.

Just by taking care of this letter, Li Tianyang's face suddenly turned pale, and the whole person became a little impatient and restless from the beginning of his calmness!

(End of chapter)