Coincidentally, since the Zhejiang Navy Division was accidentally burned, Ruan Jin had to stay away from the Qiantang River in order to avoid the search of the Qing army's warships, and hid near Xiapanshan with the only remaining 20 warships.

It is precisely because of this that Ruan Jin has the opportunity to do something now, otherwise when he receives the news from Wu Yuanzhou and then prepares to rush to Xiapanshan, the Jianyu fleet is afraid that it will have been gone for a long time.

When it was past ugly, the nearby waters were so dark that you couldn't see your fingers, and even the outline of the nearby Xiapan Mountain could not be recognized.

Ruan Jin was standing at the front of a 400-hundred-ton ship, staring into the distance, this warship with a displacement of more than 100 tons was already the largest ship in his hands.

In fact, he could not see anything at all, and the fleet was now carried by a few old fishermen from the local area of Xiapanshan with experience, but he still stared at the night, waiting for the light of fire to appear in the darkness.

His boat, which had been equipped with four guns, was now left with only a six-pound wreck in the bow, the rest had been dismantled to reduce weight, and the boat, which had required more than sixty sailors, had only thirty or so men.

And all the guns and the free load of the sailors have been replaced with sulfur, kerosene, dry wood, and the like, and the cabins have been stuffed almost solid, and even the decks have been piled up like hills.

He was followed by more than 20 small warships and sentinel ships, but the largest displacement was only sixty or seventy tons. These boats were also like Nguyen Jin's boats, loaded with all kinds of ignitions.

The lights of the entire fleet were all extinguished, all the sailors had wooden sticks in their mouths, and the large and small warships were connected from end to end, so quietly and slowly in the direction of Xiaoyan Village.

Finally, a few beating points of light faintly appeared in the night, and Ruan Jin felt his heart beating violently - the opportunity for revenge had finally come! In the first battle of Qiantang, if he commanded Ruoding, he could burn the Jianyu warship clean, but God played a joke with him, and the sudden change of wind direction blew the fire to the Zhejiang Navy, causing him to lose almost all the warships, and finally returned home.

However, when he lost the strength to confront Jianyu head-on, the heavens seemed to compensate him, and let the Qing army sailors berth at night in Xiapan Mountain, which was less than fifty miles away from him.

Before he set out, he had sworn to heaven with the sailors that this heaven-sent opportunity was to sacrifice his life to burn all the thieves and sailors in the harbor.

Suddenly, Ruan Jin's left ear jumped, and he seemed to hear a faint sound of paddling, and he hurriedly learned two water bird chirpings according to the previous agreement.

The sailors under his command knew that there was an enemy ship approaching, so the entire fleet immediately stopped and gathered in the same place and did not dare to move, and everyone covered their noses with their hands, for fear that the sound of breathing would be heard by the Qing army.

After a while, a boat passed near Ruan Jin and the others, and listening to the sound of oars, it was a centipede patrol boat. Even Ruan Jin could clearly hear the captives on the ship complaining that they had not eaten well for dinner, and that the distance between the two sides should not be more than sixty paces.

But now the night is dark and the wind is high, and even at such a close distance, you can't see anything at all. When the patrol ship gradually departed, Ruan Jin breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the fleet to move on.

The light of the fire in the distance became clearer and clearer, and Ruan Jin estimated that there were still more than three miles away from the enemy at most, and he was also very happy in his heart. He was about to instruct his men to prepare flints and speed forward, when suddenly he felt that the water around him lit up, and the outline of the lower mountain on the west side also appeared.

He hurriedly looked up, only to see that the thick dark clouds in the sky were slowly drifting away, gradually revealing a full moon. He turned his head again, and even the back of the patrol ship that had just staggered past was faintly visible, but fortunately the ship was still heading southeast, and no one seemed to glance behind him.

Thief God, are you trying to kill me Ruan Jin?! He cursed angrily in his heart, but saw that there were no more enemy ships patrolling as far as his eye could see, and it seemed that the thieves had also relaxed their vigilance because the night was too dark.

He thought for a moment, the captured warships were all moored at this time, and it would take some time to anchor immediately, and the more than 20 ships he brought were full of ignitions, as long as they could burn, the captive ships would definitely have no time to dodge.

There are only three miles left, and it's worth the gamble! If you win the bet, the crisis in Zhejiang will be solved immediately, and if you lose the bet, it will only be your own head plus more than 20 boats.

He gritted his teeth and ordered all the ships to rush to the enemy ships as fast as they could.

……

Kaha glanced at the two dusty women who had fallen on the couch, smacked his lips in satisfaction, and walked out of the cabin with his pants in his hands.

He was in excellent spirits today, and the two girls had done a great job, so he kept "fighting" until this time before he was a little tired. He came to the deck, unleashed his pants with both hands, hummed a small tune and began to "release water" into the sea.

The moonlight was getting brighter and brighter, and it made Kaha's eyes a little uncomfortable, and he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and suddenly he saw more than a dozen black dots in front of him on the left side, forming two triangles and speeding on the sea.

"Hey, it's not a small drink." He smiled and patted his face, and then looked closely, just as the clouds in the sky were drifting faster, and the two warships in the distance were immediately revealed like fleas on bald heads.

"Damn! It's an enemy attack! ”

Suddenly, drums beat loudly in the flotilla, and in no time a few torches lit up on every ship. Sully put on a small coat and ran to the deck, shouting at the anchor to meet the battle.

To say that this former Zhejiang sailor is also well-trained, the sailors hurriedly took their places, and it only took a cup of tea to pull up most of the anchors.

In particular, the dozens of sentinel ships lined up on the periphery had begun to turn around under the command of the officers. More than a dozen centipede clippers quickly rowed towards Ruan Jin's side, and the soldiers at the bow of the boat were each holding bows and guns ready to shoot.

Ruan Jin was shocked to hear the loud drums in the Qing military port, and saw the torches everywhere, and he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, not knowing how he had exposed his whereabouts.

"General, the captives are ready, you see ......"

Ruan Jin pushed away the anxiously inquiring adjutant general, and shouted to the flag officer: "Order, the soldiers are divided into four ways." Zhao Yan led five boats to block the enemy centipede clipper. The rest bypassed, ignored the sentinel ship in front, and went straight to the big ship behind and set fire! ”

"Yes!"

In an instant, the warships of the Zhejiang Navy Division were scattered and separated, all of them with their sails and oars, desperately rushing towards the Jianyu warships that were still in the harbor.

However, the Qing army sailors and Ruan Jin were both from Zhejiang sailors, and when they saw the actions of his warships, they knew what their intentions were, and immediately someone shouted: "Beware of arson!" ”

"They're going to come and set fires, stop them!"

"Formation, artillery ......"

"Fence it ......"

Immediately, there were Jianyu warships rushing up, and the boats of each selected Zhejiang Navy Division were surrounded on all sides. This was followed by a salvo of guns and cannons from the ship, or a speedboat that quickly approached the gang.

Only the five largest ships led by Nguyen Tan Qin relied on skillful manoeuvring skills to bypass the left side of the enemy ships that had pounced on them, and rushed straight towards the large warships in the harbor.

At this moment, the main battleship of Jianyu, which was centered on the Kaha ship, completed pulling anchor and raising half sails, and then quickly adjusted its direction and lined up in a three-story triangular formation, all of which were already pointed at Nguyen Jin with heavy guns on the bow.