Sure enough, he soon received the news that his subordinates met Yu Xiaotian's fleet in the northeast of Daya Bay, and they were wiped out by Yu Xiaotian's fleet just by a face, only a small clipper, and finally escaped, and more than a dozen minions on the boat that escaped back were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and when they mentioned the fleet of sea wolves, they trembled one by one.

Liu Xiang also really knew the power of the sea wolf fleet, in the firepower of the sea wolf's ships have an absolute advantage, even their smallest warship, equipped with more artillery, than the big ship on his hand, and the sea wolf's ships are all equipped with new Hongyi cannons, powerful firepower, and long range, the gunners of the sea wolf are also good at maneuvering artillery, and the shooting is very accurate.

So don't look at their absolute superiority in numbers, but in terms of firepower, they still can't compete with the fleet of sea wolves.

Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiang's opinions were unanimous on this point, and the result of the discussion was that if they wanted to win, then they could only win by using the means of sneak attack at night and launching a surprise attack on Xiaotian's fleet.

So after calculating the time and distance, they set out from the mouth of the Pearl River and rushed to Daya Bay, with the aim of entering Daya Bay after nightfall and launching a fierce attack on the sea wolf's fleet before dawn.

This time they sacrificed the old magic weapon of naval warfare, that is, the tactics of fire attack, in their fleet, this time brought at least 200 guns full of firewood, sprinkled with sulfur saltpeter and fire oil, and covered with tarpaulin, and nailed iron nails to the bow, just waiting for the fleet close to the sea wolf, then set fire to the fire ship by the wind power, put the fire ship into the enemy fleet, and when the time came, even if the sea wolf's fleet could not be wiped out, at least it would make them suffer heavy losses.

So the entire ship group, under the leadership of Liu Xiang, gathered into a black oppressive piece on the sea and sailed towards Daya Bay.

Before nightfall, they finally entered the waters of Sanmen Island in the southeast corner of Daya Bay, and then took a step forward and entered Daya Bay.

But by this time, it had gradually darkened, Liu Xiang had no choice but to order the fleet to evacuate and enter Daya Bay in batches.

In addition, they don't dare to hang a large number of dead wind lanterns or light balls to mark their positions, in that case, they will not be able to reach the anchorage of the sea wolf, and they will be discovered by the sea wolf's people, and then they will lose the possibility of a surprise attack.

So Liu Xiang ordered the fleet to evacuate, letting the fireboat go in the front, and the rest of the ships scattered, each forming a fleet, following behind the fireboat, and slowly heading towards the anchorage of the sea wolf.

Fortunately, the weather was very sunny that night, the moon was bright in the sky, and the sea was not very dark, and each ship lit only two small lanterns at the bow and stern to mark their positions, and did not hang lanterns on the masts of the ships, so as not to be discovered by enemy ships from afar.

Zheng Yiguan can be regarded as the most familiar person with the sea wolf, a few years ago, he followed Yu Xiaotian a lot, but in the end he was defeated and ran away, so he tried his best to collect a lot of examples of the sea wolf fleet fighting at sea, and also conducted careful research and summed up a lot of things.

After carefully sorting it out, he found that in several large-scale naval battles, the sea wolf used the tactics of sneak attack in the early morning, and the enemy was unprepared, and finally won a big victory.

So this time Liu Xiang made a decision to fight with the sea wolf in Daya Bay, so he took the initiative to offer a plan, proposing to use his own way to govern his body, and also used the usual tactics of the sea wolf, sneaking up on the sea wolf's fleet anchorage in the early morning, first messing up the sea wolf's fleet, and then launching a group fight, annihilating it in Daya Bay in one fell swoop.

After hearing this, Liu Xiang thought it was true, and felt that Zheng Yiguan's plan was good, they fought the sea wolf head-on, and the chance of winning was very small, and only surprise soldiers could win, and a sneak attack in the early morning was a good way, so he adopted his advice.

However, night sneak attacks are a very technical thing, not everyone can play, the night flight technology of this era itself has zài problems, communication conditions and contact conditions are still in a primitive state, if you want to organize a sneak attack successfully, it is obviously not something that ordinary people can do.

And the sea wolf is capable because they are concentric, the subordinates dare to use their lives, and they have made very full preparations and drills in advance, which is exactly what Liu Xiang and they do not have.

So many pirates, together, everyone has the same idea, that is, to consume the strength of others as much as possible and preserve their own strength, such an idea, if everyone can use their lives and dare to compete for the first, it is really strange.

And the first batch of people on the fire ship they selected as death squads did not sign up voluntarily, but adopted the method of fishing, that is, to draw lots, and whoever caught them went.

As a result, all those who caught the lot were in mourning and could only accept their fate, and these people were well aware of the dangers they faced in operating a fireboat.

The fireship must first sail very close to the anchorage of the enemy ship before it can ignite the fuel on the ship, propelle the ship by the wind, and continue to rush towards the enemy ship, and finally collide with the enemy ship, and die with the enemy ship.

The operator must control the ship for a period of time after lighting the fireboat before abandoning the ship and jumping into the sea to escape, otherwise the fireboat may deviate from course and eventually fail to collide with the enemy ship.

If there are more fierce people, you can directly drive the fireboat until it collides with the enemy ship, and then jump into the sea to escape, then the chance of escape will be very low, and the people on the enemy ship will easily shoot these people who jump into the sea under the light of the fire.

Therefore, if you really want to succeed in the fire attack, you have very high requirements for the psychological elements of the personnel, and you must be brave and brave to fight hard.

It's a pity that Liu Xiang's group lacks this kind of spirit, and few of the people they operate the fireboat are brave people who dare to die, all of them are guys with their own careful thoughts and small abacus.

When Liu Xiang ordered the fleet to evacuate, and the fireboat fleet walked in front and headed towards the anchorage of the seawolf fleet, the guys on the fireboat suddenly became nervous.

In order not to be discovered by the enemy early at night, they did not dare to light enough lights on the ship, so they could only light a small light at the stern, and at a slightly farther distance, they could not see these lights clearly.

The function of these fireships is only disposable, so the pirates will never take out the best ships to serve as fireships.

Therefore, these fireships were all picked out by them, and some of the ships that were scrapped were either leaking or rotten, and it was dangerous to go to sea in normal times, and this time they ran so far and had to sail at night, which made them extremely unbearable.

Some boats have been leaking all the way, and the people on board have to constantly drain the water to ensure that the ship does not sink, and after night, these people become nervous, and the ship cannot be lit too many lights, so that the ship becomes black and hollow, and even the drainage cannot be carried out.

Therefore, the leaky boat, not far away, began to draught deeper and deeper, more and more water into the hull, there are very few ships, and even simply sank directly, the people on the boat were blind under the black light, and quickly jumped into the sea to escape, but at this time, many people couldn't even figure out the direction, and could only swim desperately in one direction, God knows where he could swim.

In the event of a collision, many of these dilapidated ships immediately flooded in large quantities, and the ships themselves were loaded with a lot of firewood, which could not be saved, and sank into the water after a short time.

As a result, in the fleet of fireships, after walking a short distance, it became a mess, and the people on the ship were shouting and screaming, and there were many people who were scolding, and there was a little bit of posture to sneak attack the enemy!

The leaders who are responsible for leading the fireship are all as big as a bucket and have the heart to command, but who can listen to their greetings when they are blind in the dark!

Therefore, this fleet of fireships seems to be a large group, which is really a lot, but before it is halfway, the fleet has already become a mess.

Some fireboats, even halfway through, secretly began to lift the firewood on the ship into the seawater, and after reducing the load, extinguished the lights on the ship, clinged to the moonlight in the sky, changed course without authorization, secretly slowed down, broke away from the fleet, and then turned around and sailed towards the open sea, and escaped.

Liu Xiang and the others led their respective fleets, divided into several ship groups, opened some distance between each other, followed behind the fire fleet, and slowly sailed towards the anchorage of the sea wolf's fleet, they did not know what happened to the fire fleet in front, occasionally someone would be on the way forward, the ship hit some hull fragments scattered on the sea, and even some ships would hit a broken ship that was half sunk into the water, which made everyone fearful, for fear that their ship would be damaged if they were careless.

Fortunately, Liu Xiang's subordinates were very familiar with the sea conditions in this area of Daya Bay, so they did not encounter greater trouble, and the fleet slowly drifted towards the anchorage of the sea wolf at a low speed.

Outside the anchorage of the Seawolf fleet, there were more than 20 small sentinel ships at this time, which did not berth and rested, and continued to shuttle back and forth for miles around the anchorage, inspecting the sea around the anchorage.

Time passed little by little, and in the second half of the night, the sailors on the ship were already very tired, but they still persevered in the spirit of fighting, and did not dare to relax at all, and the officers of the ship would often patrol back and forth on the deck, check the state of the officers on duty, and if they found that someone was secretly dozing off when they were on duty, they would not be spared.

But fortunately, these officers on duty are not on duty all night, and after they go to night, there will be a shift change every two hours, so the sailors on the ship can still hold on.