After the rebel fleet left Shuicheng, Kong Youde looked back at Dengzhou City, where the killing sound shook the sky, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: fortunately, he left in time, otherwise the officers and soldiers would attack the city with all their might, and with the current morale, they don't know how long they can resist. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn addition, Li Jiucheng died at the right time, otherwise it would not be his turn to take command of this army, even if he surrendered, the first credit would not be his.

Wang Zideng also looked back at the direction of Dengzhou, and sighed: "Chen Guangfu is afraid that he is more auspicious and less ......" When Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde were in turmoil, Geng Zhongming, him, and Chen Guangfu were the only three remaining Liaodong generals in Dengzhou City, and they could be regarded as having shared hardships.

Kong Youde said disapprerovingly: "There must always be someone behind the palace, either him or you and me, it's just that he was not very lucky, and he caught up with the officers and soldiers to attack the city." When the time comes, find an opportunity to go to Dongjiang Town to visit his family, and receive support from Liaodong Haosheng, which can be regarded as worthy of him. ”

"That's all there is to it." Wang Zideng said helplessly.

An hour later, the fleet, which was too heavy and extremely slow, slowly approached the southwest side of Long Island, which was the only way to Liaodong. Kong Youde and the others didn't know that there was a fleet waiting for them in ambush on Long Island.

In a natural harbor, the fleet of the Qiongzhou battalion was quietly moored here, and the "Guangdong" was on the outermost side, showing a corner, just enough for the people on the bow to see the sea to the south. Xia Nan stood at the bow of the "Guangdong", watched with a monocular and watched the rebel fleet appear on the sea level, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said to William: "Next, I will hand it over to you to command, and you must destroy the other party completely, so that no one escapes the net!" ”

William confirmed to him: "Do you not accept surrender? "In the naval battles in Europe, as long as the winner is decided, he will generally not be wiped out, so he has to figure out Xia Nan's intentions.

"No surrender of any kind will be accepted until the sinking of the ship loaded with artillery is ensured." Xia Nan replied very resolutely. The purpose of this sea ambush was to intercept the Hongyi cannons and craftsmen that Kong Youde had dedicated to Huang Taiji, not to capture the strong men, and not to reverse the priorities. In order to ensure that not a single cannon enters the hands of Huang Taiji, it is worth killing all the rebels.

William nodded, "Got it." ”

The rebel fleet slowly approached the harbor, because the view was blocked, and the rebels did not find the fleet hiding here, even if the "Guangdong" was exposed, under the cover of the reef and cliffs, it was a few miles away, and it was difficult to detect it with the naked eye.

The ships at the front of the rebels were only three miles from the harbor, and William still did not give the order to attack, and if he did it too early, he would be startled, and a dozen ships chased dozens of ships fleeing in all directions, and his strength was not enough, although he had moved on the sails of the rebels in advance, but it was not known how effective it would be. Only a surprise attack after getting close can guarantee maximum damage.

When the two sides approached within two miles, and could almost see each other with the naked eye, William gave the order: "All attack!" ”

Under the leadership of the "Guangdong", more than a dozen warships rushed out and headed for the rebel fleet. The fleet made a circle, changing from diagonal to parallel to the other side -- this was a tactic used to attack the Cantonese army in those years, and it proved to be extremely effective in actual combat.

According to the usual naval tactics, the attacking side should seize the downwind direction, form a "T" shape with the opponent, attack the opponent's bow with the side guns, and use the numerical advantage of the ship's guns to form a firepower suppression. However, along the coast of China, except for a few maritime forces such as the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong, who had already burped, no one had decent naval guns, and in the absence of threat, taking a parallel route could pour firepower in a shorter time.

Faced with the fleet that suddenly came out, Kong Youde and the others panicked. Wang Zideng said in a trembling voice: "In the entire Northern Zhili, except for the Dengzhou Water Division, I haven't heard of any other imperial court water division nearby?" Could it be a pirate? ”

Kong Youde had a gloomy face: "But seeing that this fleet is clear and neat, it is definitely not a sea coward, could it be a sailor transferred from the south by the imperial court?" ”

When the two sides walked side by side, only more than 200 meters apart, they could hear each other's shouts. Xia Nan shouted loudly: "Kong Youde, don't come to harm? Do you remember the mere below? ”

Kong Youde was a little familiar when he heard this voice, followed the sound and looked at it, saw Xia Nan, and vaguely recognized his face.

"So it's you?"

Xia Nan laughed: "You have a good memory." However, Li Jiucheng's memory is not bad, he met him before, and he recognized me as soon as he saw me. ”

Kong Youde was taken aback, it turned out that Li Jiucheng died at the hands of this person. But isn't this thief surnamed Xia a member of the White Lotus Sect? How did you become a general of the imperial court?

"Grandma's, I've fallen for the officers and soldiers! It is no wonder that the officers and soldiers outside the city chose this time to attack the city on a large scale, and it turned out that a strange army was ambushed here. Nine times out of ten, our plan is known to the officers and soldiers. Kong Youde gritted his teeth, "Flag the rest of the ships, quickly bypass these ships, and go all the way north, if you can run away from a few ships, as long as you get to Lushun and go ashore, these ships will not be able to help us." ”

Wang Zideng was a little flustered: "But our ship is loaded with a lot of things, the draft is deep, and we can't run fast, so it's better to return to Shuicheng......"

"Are you out of the blue? The officers and soldiers chose to attack the city at this time, making it clear that they were working with thieves to design us, Chen Guangfu has more than 2,000 people, how long can he resist? Let's go back to the city now, and if we are attacked on our backs, we will become turtles in the urn! Kong Youde said hatefully.

The rebels hurriedly hoisted their sails and turned their rudders, hoping to escape. Chinese sailing ships were not as agile as Western-style sailing ships, and with the ships full of soldiers and treasures, the draft was too deep, and it was even more difficult to turn around. Because the turn was so abrupt, the hull rolled significantly under the action of huge inertia, the hull made a creaking sound, as if it would disintegrate at any moment, the sails were also tensed under the action of the wind, the sails creaked, and the cracks that had been cut began to slowly expand.

The Yongle-class and Wuyi-class battleships, which were taller and more slender, slid lightly past the side of the rebel fleet, and before the rebel ships had time to turn around, they formed two parallel lines with their opponents, one long and one short, in a straight line, and opened the side gun windows, revealing the black hole of the gun.

The rebels were trained by Sun Yuanhua, and they had a lot of experience in using cannons and firearms. Seeing that the other party showed the cannon, everyone was anxious, Wang Zideng and others looked around for a place to avoid the cannonballs, but Kong Youde stood up and ordered loudly: "Turn the rudder!" Turn the rudder! The rest of the men shot me with bows and arrows! He knew the power of the cannon, and instead of being passively beaten, it was better to harass the other party and suppress the firepower of the cannon to some extent.