Southwest of the Yellow Sea.

The sea was filled with mist, and there was nothing to see six or seven nautical miles away, and the cargo ships of the Daming ocean-going caravan seemed to be sailing in the fairy palace.

Suddenly, there was a rapid knocking sound from the mainmast of the escort flagship Shao Wu, and the lookout shouted loudly, "Alert! Six nautical miles due west there are two, no, three large ships, at least three hundred tons! ”

Immediately, more than a dozen escort warships sounded the drums of preparation for battle.

Shi Lang frowned even more, six nautical miles, almost on the sea, it was already on his face. Three large ships of more than 300 tons suddenly appeared, if they were pirates or Helan warships, the consequences would be unimaginable if they were not dealt with properly!

He raised his binoculars to look for targets in the area the lookout had said, and calmly instructed his adjutant, "Shao Wu, Wei Qing, and Zhang Yichao are blocking the west side of the cargo ship. The Fuzhou, Guangshu, and Ji'an led the rest of the corvettes to insert themselves from the southwest in a battle line formation, facing the enemy on the starboard side. ”

"Yes!"

Soon, the naval escort warships separated Liu's cargo ship from the unidentified ships, and eight other warships, including the Fuzhou, approached and sank them as soon as they found anything wrong.

However, Xu Jie, the captain of the Fuzhou, was suddenly stunned, and in his telescope, the military flag of the Daming Navy Division was raised on the three boats not far away. Not long after, Yang Yehao, who relied on the help of the inspection, issued a flag that the police situation was lifted.

Xu Jie still ordered his men to keep the battle line and sail to the front of the side of the three boats, and then the herald of the Yang Ye brought people over in a small boat and saluted him: "General, those three boats are actually from Dongjiang Town. ”

A middle-aged man immediately stepped forward and saluted, "Xia Yangrong, the adjutant of the Xiaguan Zhaoqing, has seen the general." ”

Xu Jie then remembered that one of the three ships was very similar to the Zhaoqing. He first asked people to report to Shi Lang, and then raised his hand and saluted: "I don't know how the war is going on on Phi Island?" ”

Xia Yangrong hurriedly said: "General Hui, eight days ago, the infantry army of the Navy Division just attacked Jinzhouwei, Fuzhou Wei and other places, and won successive battles and captured nearly a thousand thieves!" Now Lord Right Wuwei is planning to attack Gaizhou Wei. He looked quite proud, "The last general is going to report to the capital this time!" ”

Jinzhou and Fuzhou are in the Dalian area of the later generations, and Gaizhouwei is already the northernmost side of Dalian, less than 400 miles away from Shenyang, that is, Shengjing of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Victory?" Xu Jie was a little surprised, "Why did you send the Zhaoqing back?" ”

There are not many warships stationed on Phi Island, although the Zhaoqing is a big ship, but except for the Jianning, a 300-ton Galen ship, it is already the most powerful warship in Dongjiang Town. Generally speaking, two small boats of more than 100 tons are almost the same.

Xia Yangrong smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the general, the Koreans themselves are busy with infighting, and we have repeatedly failed to deliver our grain and rice in time. If it weren't for the fact that the Sailor Infantry Army had collected some of the food from the Jianjiao, I am afraid it would have been difficult to continue.

"It's just that Dolgon transported most of the grain to Jiangnan a few days ago, and the Tartars in Liaodong don't have anything to eat, and we can't find much grain and rice. It was Lord Wuwei who sent me to Chongming to wait for the Zhaoqing to ask for some military rations to be transported back. ”

"I see." Xu Jie pulled him to sit down, ordered the sailors to have tea, and carefully asked the details of the battle of the sailor infantry army in Jianyu's hometown with great interest.

Xia Yangrong said even more energetically, "This attack on Liaodong is very different from last year's attack. ”

Xu Jie nodded, he himself participated in the battle behind the enemy when the sailor entered the Bohai Sea last year. That time, because of the haste and lack of troops, he only fought a tough battle in Tianjin, and then adopted the strategy of advancing and retreating.

Although Jian Yu was really flustered for a while, it did not cause much damage to it.

Xia Yangrong continued: "At present, there are 3,300 troops stationed in Dongjiang Town, and more than half of them are sailors and infantry troops who specialize in landing and attacking the enemy, and they have Phi Island as a support, but they have fought a few tough battles in a solid manner.

"The Sailor Infantry Army defeated the Dabatai Department in Fuzhou Wei alone, and captured nearly 700 people! A total of more than 10 villages were broken before and after, and the Tartars in the Jinzhou and Fuzhou areas fled to the northeast, with 30,000 or 40,000 people. Now there are only Han Chinese left in both places. ”

"Okay!" Xu Jie laughed and said, "According to this trend, it won't be long before the Tartars in Liaodong will be in chaos!" ”

It is not an exaggeration for him to say this, Jianyu is already a small number of people, and 30,000 or 40,000 people have fled at once, and almost half of the southwest coast is about to lose control.

Just as the two were talking about the battle situation in Dongjiang Town, on the sea more than ten nautical miles south of the Daming ocean-going caravan, five dark gray ships were drifting aimlessly.

The larger ones were unremarkable, and they were all 600 to 800 ships, with one or two six- or nine-pound cannons on their bows.

The smallest ship was extremely fierce, the gray-black soft sails on the three masts were blown by the wind, and there were more than 20 gun windows on both sides of the ship, and it was a Galen ship of nearly 300 tons!

On the bow deck, a round-faced and slightly chubby young man boredom poured a glass of wine into his mouth, and casually picked up the chicken on the plate on the side, which was Zheng Du, the second son of Zheng Zhilong.

Since the defeat of Laizhou Port, he has become a Haikou in the southwest of the Yellow Sea.

With the "Xuwei" Galen warship in his hand, plus a large number of pirate-born Zheng family's "old subordinates", he was able to mix well, not only defeated other pirates in the nearby waters, but even captured three ships to fill his fleet.

It's only been three or four months, and he has already plundered merchant ships more than ten times, and has captured nearly 200,000 taels!

However, he has been unlucky recently, and after drifting for half a month, he has not even encountered a passing merchant ship.

He was thinking about whether to try his luck in the Ryukyu area when he heard the sound of bangs overhead, and then a sailor came running and excitedly said, "Boss, I have found several large ships in the west!" ”

Zheng Duteng jumped up suddenly, raised his telescope to search carefully on the sea, and soon saw three thousand ships drilled out of the fog, and there were no cannons on board, and the draft was extremely deep, obviously a merchant ship full of goods!

He pressed the excitement in his heart, and instructed his subordinates: "Quick, let Hei San and Lao Liu Fen surround from the north and south, and Uncle Hong and I will rush straight up." After doing this, let's go to Ryukyu and enjoy a few days of happiness! ”

"Look, big boss! There seem to be a few more boats behind there. ”

Hearing the adjutant beside him, Zheng Du hurriedly looked further west, and saw two more boats emerging from the sea fog.

Five boats!

It's hard to eat all of this big piece of fat......

Zheng Du licked his lips, feeling very regretful in his heart, so he turned around and picked up the saber and personally stood at the bow of the boat to direct the robbery. He is confident that with the presence of the "Xuwei", even the ten lucky ships are not his opponents.

It's just that the escort of the Ming ocean-going caravan went to encircle Xia Yangrong's three "unidentified" ships, all of which were on the west side of the cargo ship at this time, although they were only five or six nautical miles apart, but in the fog, Zheng Du, who was located in the east, could not see any trace at all.