Chapter 178: Daya Bay

He didn't dare to say that Yu Xiaotian couldn't do this in the future, for fear of pissing Yu Xiaotian off, Yu Xiaotian would slap his ass and ignore it, then he would have to sit on wax, so he could only continue to turn a blind eye to Xiaotian.

Therefore, in the following days, Yu Xiaotian still went his own way, still hit hard, and successively hit some big families who colluded with pirates along the coast, and took the opportunity to grab a lot of benefits from them, in Xiaotian's dictionary, war must have dividends, real war, should not be a money-losing business, since the troops contribute, then there must be gains, not only he must have interests, including his generals must also have interests, which can inspire them to be more courageous on the battlefield in the future.

But Yu Xiaotian's ruthless approach also aroused the common hatred of the pirates in Guangdong, this time Yu Xiaotian swept across the coastal areas of Guangdong, extremely compressing their living space, and the pirates had almost no place to stand.

So three months after Yu Xiaotian sent his troops south, Liu Xiang and the pirates finally couldn't sit still, and on June 11, they gathered a large number of ships and troops, and finally moved after the Yujia army and sailors entered the area of Daya Bay.

Hundreds of pirate ships of all kinds, plus more than 10,000 pirates from all walks of life, were divided into four groups, and took advantage of the tailwind to kill Daya Bay, and started the first duel with Yu Xiaotian's fleet.

Daya Bay is dotted with large and small islands, the water surface in the bay is relatively calm, and the water area is relatively wide, which is not only suitable for pirates to hide, but also suitable for ambushes, and is also more suitable for large-scale naval battles.

The most important thing is that this is an important activity area for Liu Xiang, once it is occupied by Yu Xiaotian, then Liu Xiang will lose an important activity area, and then Yu Xiaotian will drive straight in, kill into the Pearl River estuary, and completely expel him from this area, then Liu Xiang will also become a rootless Ping, a lost dog.

Therefore, Liu Xiang made up his mind to have a decisive battle with Yu Xiaotian in the area of Daya Bay, and it was best to block Xiaotian's sailors in Daya Bay and destroy them, and at worst, they would be defeated, causing them huge losses, so that Yu Xiaotian was unable to continue to attack south.

Yu Xiaotian's sailor fleet sailed into Daya Bay the day before, and it can be said that they did not have a firm foothold here, and as soon as they entered Daya Bay, they were attacked by a small pirate fleet, and there was a small-scale exchange of fire between the two sides.

However, the Yu family's naval division easily defeated these attacking pirate fleets, sank and captured more than a dozen pirate ships, and Yu Xiaotian was still quite satisfied with the results.

Since he went south, the pirates on the Guangdong side knew that he was not easy to mess with, and when they saw his fleet, they took the initiative to retreat, and during this time they only captured and sank more than 100 pirate ships piecemeal, which made Yu Xiaotian very dissatisfied.

This has aroused Yu Xiaotian's vigilance, and through the investigation of a large number of detailed work and intelligence networks that he has stationed in Guangdong, he has learned a few days ago that a group of pirates in Guangdong led by Liu Xiang have formed an alliance at the mouth of the Pearl River and set up a bullshit alliance to deal with his fleet.

Now he has reached Daya Bay, which is close to the mouth of the Pearl River, but he has not yet seen Liu Xiang lead a large number of pirates to meet him, this situation, Yu Xiaotian and his generals think it is abnormal, as the commander of the Third Fleet, the one-eyed dragon feels even more incomprehensible.

Therefore, before Yu Xiaotian and the generals came to Daya Bay, they held a pre-war meeting on the side of Jiesheng, and after carefully analyzing the terrain and the strength of the Guangdong pirate group, everyone preliminarily determined that if it was not expected, Liu Xiang and the large pirates in Guangdong would never tolerate them continuing to go south in such a big way, and the biggest possibility was to launch a large-scale blocking operation against their fleet in the area of Daya Bay.

Therefore, when they left Jiesheng and sailed to Daya Bay, the entire fleet was upgraded to the second level of combat readiness, and all members entered a state of readiness, ready to engage a large number of enemy ships at any time.

During the journey, all the ships carefully inspected the condition of the ships and the condition of the guns, and checked the reserves of ammunition on board, and replenished each ship with a batch of ammunition before the departure of Jiesheng, so that they could withstand a large-scale naval battle.

In addition, the captains of each ship were also ordered to be more vigilant, and the number of personnel on duty on the night deck was increased by 30% to ensure the safety of night sailing.

Before entering Daya Bay, the outpost ships went out twenty miles in front of the fleet to reconnoiter and monitor the sea, but after entering Daya Bay, they did not find a large number of enemy ships, but only encountered a small group of pirate fleets, but under the first battle, they were all annihilated.

After entering Daya Bay, Yu Xiaotian ordered the fleet to anchor and rest in the north shore of Daya Bay, and did not require the local fleet to replenish, the economy in this area was not prosperous in this era, there were only some small fishing villages along the coast, and the agricultural economy was not good, but there were many islands in Daya Bay, and the hydrological conditions were quite good, and it was also relatively remote, it was the most favorite place for pirates to stay, in the entire Daya Bay area, only a Dapeng city was built, and there were 300 officers and soldiers led by a thousand presidents, used to prevent the Japanese and prepare for the Japanese, and there were three or four warships, And it's a small boat, and it can't control the entire Daya Bay at all.

So this has always been a place of pirates, in addition to the pirates here to shelter from the wind, but also here to supply and also where they ship, these years by Liu Xiang control, has become an important base for Liu Xiang.

Now Yu Xiaotian's fleet has entered Liu Xiang's important control area, so after the fleet is berthed, no one dares to be careless.

After dark, small flying sentry ships were dispatched one after another, and a tight cordon was set up around the anchorage, and the fleet began to rest.

Liu Xiang stood on the stern of a 400-material ship, this ship is basically built of ironwood and lychee wood, among the ships, it is the strongest one, Liu Xiang took it as his handsome ship, on the sea around his handsome ship, there are hundreds of ships of all kinds densely traveled, the scale is large, it can be said that it is a unique scene in Guangdong in recent years.

Liu Xiang glanced at a fleet of ships on the sea a few miles away on the right side of his handsome ship, and felt a little sour in his heart, although the number of that fleet was only a few dozen, but the quality was much better than the fleet he had on hand.

In particular, there are a few large plywood boats with soft sails, which are rare things to see in pirate ships, and that fleet is the fleet of his old rival Zheng Yiguan, over the years, he and Zheng Yiguan have had a lot of dirty encounters, Zheng Yiguan always wants to replace him and occupy the area around the Pearl River Estuary.

Now everyone knows that whoever controls the Pearl River Estuary is the boss of the coastal areas of Guangdong, so Liu Xiang has always regarded Zheng Yiguan as a confidant, and has tried to fight Zheng Yiguan over the years, but this guy seems to be like Xiaoqiang, and he is like a loach, and he can't kill him if he doesn't leave his hands.

Now this old rival has formed an alliance with him to deal with this surnamed Yu from Fujian, Liu Xiang is very clear about the grievances between Zheng Yiguan and Yu Xiaotian.

Zheng Yiguan was originally from Fujian, and he himself came from Fujian, the reason why they ran to Guangdong was actually because of Yu Xiaotian, but he didn't have any deep hatred with Yu Xiaotian at that time, and he came one step ahead of schedule, so he took a lot of advantage compared to when Zheng Yiguan first came.

And Zheng Yiguan was beaten by Yu Xiaotian at the beginning, and he drove him from Fujian to Guangdong, panicking like a lost dog, and was almost eaten by others.

Therefore, there is an incomprehensible hatred between Zheng Yiguan and Yu Xiaotian, and this time they jointly dealt with Yu Xiaotian, in fact, Zheng Yiguan took the initiative to put it forward.

Zheng Yiguan knows the situation of the sea wolf very well, so he knows very well that with any of their forces, I am afraid that they will not be able to compete with Yu Xiaotian, only by concentrating all their strength, it is possible to rush back to Fujian in Xiaotian, otherwise Yu Xiaotian will go south this time, and if they don't get it right, they will be wiped out, in that case, they will all become lost dogs, and there will be no place to go.

It was also this idea put forward by Zheng Yiguan that finally led to the union of these sea masters, and elected Liu Xiang as the leader of the alliance to lead all kinds of pirates to deal with the fleet of sea wolves.

A few days ago, they learned that Yu Xiaotian's fleet had arrived at Pinghaisuo, and they would soon enter the area of Daya Bay, so under Zheng Yiguan's strong request, Liu Xiang finally made up his mind to have a battle with Yu Xiaotian in Daya Bay.

This time, the sea lords from all walks of life have mobilized elite soldiers and strong generals, and sent the strongest warships over, just to completely kill the Fujian naval fleet led by Xiaotian in Daya Bay, at least to hit them hard, let them know that they know the strength of the pirates in Guangdong, and Yu Xiaotian of the province covets their side every day.

The day before yesterday, they received a report that Yu Xiaotian had led the fleet to sail to Daya Bay, so under the command of Liu Xiang, they immediately set sail from the area around the mouth of the Pearl River and rushed to Daya Bay with a tailwind.

The reason why they did not assemble in Daya Bay, but wanted to assemble from the mouth of the Pearl River to kill Daya Bay, was because Yu Xiaotian's fleet was always vigilant, and many sentinel ships were arranged in front of and outside the fleet, so that they could not besiege Yu Xiaotian's fleet by surprise.

That's why Liu Xiang and the others chose to let Yu Xiaotian enter Daya Bay, and ordered his men to attack Yu Xiaotian's fleet on the side of Daya Bay.

(Thank you Eagle Warriors for the tip!) )