Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 281 Many people are confused

Nearly [-] large and small warships are densely packed in the waters near Hangzhou Prefecture, and the dotted archipelago can be seen almost everywhere.

These warships belong to each other.

Among them, the largest one is the fleet of the pirate "Zheng Zhilong". In addition, there are pirates Yang Liu and Yang Qi, the two guards of Dinghaiwei, and the navy of the imperial court.

No one knew what happened, at least Yang Liu, Yang Qi and Dinghaiwei guards, who were local snakes, didn't know what was going on.

They only knew that the pirate Zheng Zhilong's fleet was coming from the south. It seemed that they were just passing by here, and they made a detour.
This time the pirates Yang Liu and Yang Qi's lair were in chaos, and the fleets of the two guards of Dinghaiwei were too scared to move.

The pirate "Zheng Zhilong" did not know how many wheels were released to shuttle between the densely packed islands. Soon, the lair of the pirate Yang Liu and Yang Qi was discovered.

It turned out that these two guys were hiding on a small island less than ten miles north of Zhoushan Island where the two guards of Dinghaiwei were located!

When Shen Yourong and Yu Zigao received the news, they immediately led thousands of warships from the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy to surround them.

Yang Liu and Yang Qi were dumbfounded when they received the news.

What exactly does Zheng Zhilong mean by this, he didn't say a word, and surrounded him out of nowhere.

What do you guys want, tell me!

Even if you want to be black and white, you still have to be angry!
It's not non-negotiable, is it?

You don't say anything, just surround yourself, what do you want to do?

It seemed that they couldn't hide at the moment, so in desperation, they could only assemble their warships and come out to meet them.

The three fleets soon met north of Zhoushan Island.

Yang Liu and Yang Qi immediately dispatched an octopus boat to the black-tailed boat with the "Zheng" flag on it, and a small leader directly raised his head and shouted to it: "He is the head of Zheng, we are the head of the house!" Ask what do you want to do?"

What do you want to do?
Shen Yourong directly said to Zheng Zhihu who was at the side: "Go, tell them to lower their sails and anchor immediately, put down their weapons and surrender."

Zheng Zhihu immediately ran to the side of the ship's side, poked his head out, and shouted to the bottom: "Go back and tell Yang Liu and Yang Qi to lower the sails and drop anchor immediately, put down your weapons and surrender!"

Fuck it, I really want to cheat and cheat!

And it is still swallowing that kind directly, there is no room for negotiation at all.

Naturally, Yang Liu and Yang Qi couldn't be captured obediently. They saw a large number of dark warships to the north and east, and it was absolutely impossible to rush out, and to the west was the Qiantang River, and no one could pull their sailboats. It is impossible to go upstream.

They had no choice but to flee to the south where the warships were sparsest.

At this time, even if there is little hope of escaping, they still have to try, because if they don't try, they will be swallowed alive by "Zheng Zhilong". If they try, they may be able to escape in the chaos.

Without hesitation, Yang Liu and Yang Qi commanded their warships to turn around and head straight to the south.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help showing a hint of excitement.

Although the Dongyang navy fleet has only about [-] warships, it is the most powerful among the three navy fleets. Their configuration is ready to keep up with thousands of pirate ships!
At this moment, only hundreds of pirate ships under Yang Liu and Yang Qi dare to rush over, isn't this looking for death?
Just to try the power of the Spike Warship.

This Spike warship has not experienced actual combat since it was built.

As for the Dragon Tooth Battleship, it probably won’t be needed this time. It’s not worth the risk of the Dragon Tooth Battleship rushing up with such a small number of pirate ships. It needs to be repaired.

Yuan Keli and Zhang Yuanfang watched the hundreds of pirate ships slowly approaching, without any expression of panic on their faces.

Zhang Yuanfang even asked excitedly: "Your Majesty, shall we rush up to surround and annihilate them, or let's just beat them until they surrender?"

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "This is a rare opportunity, you should try the various performances of the Spike first."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanfang nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, the general will try immediately."

After finishing speaking, he immediately said in a loud voice: "Order, the front row of geese on the Spike warship will march in formation, the wheels will retreat, and the circle will guard the flagship."

After waving the flag, all the Spike warships immediately moved forward, facing hundreds of pirate ships, forming a large herringbone formation, which is the so-called geese formation, and all the wheels retreated, forming a circle around the flagship to guard .

Zhang Yuanfang calculated the distance between the two sides again, and he didn't give the decisive order until the pirate ship was about three miles away from the Spike, "All the Spikes will fire at the bows."

"Boom!" There was a roar of artillery, and hundreds of shells whizzed past, and sawdust flew in the middle of Yang Liu Yang Qi's fleet, and the water column shot into the sky.

They don't have any money to buy expensive Franc cannons and cannons, so their fleet is equipped with some muskets, bird guns and earthen cannons at the moment.

The furthest attack range of these weapons is only more than one mile, so at a distance of three miles, they can only be beaten.

Yang Liu and Yang Qi are also furious, this is their only hope to escape, even if the shells in front of them are like raining, they have to rush!

They desperately urged all the warships under their command to rush south with all their strength, hoping to get close to the Spike warship and escape in a chaotic battle.

The problem is that the mobility of the Spike is too strong, they can't get close at all!
Under the command of Zhang Yuanfang, a hundred Spike warships quickly turned to the right and fired a starboard volley.

"Bang rumbling" there was another roar of artillery, and two hundred shells whizzed past, and several bird boats in the middle of Yang Liu Yang Qi's fleet were blasted into the water and sank.

Immediately afterwards, the hundred Spike warships turned around again, and a stern salvo came.

"Boom!" Another hundred shells whizzed past.

Immediately afterwards, one hundred Spike warships turned right again, exposing the port side, and a wave of salvos came.

There is no strong wind in the offshore at the moment, and the speed of Yang Liu Yang Qi's fleet is as slow as a snail.

Hundreds of Spike warships were moving like rabbits, constantly turning, firing salvos, and constantly moving back, always maintaining a distance of about three miles, and bombarded hundreds of pirate ships.

Taichang looked at the neat and flexible movements of these Spike warships as if they were practicing, and nodded in relief: "Well, the maneuverability of ships is indeed much higher than that of sailboats. Even if the Spike warships encounter Dutch buildings It is estimated that the gunboat will not suffer too much, as long as it is careful not to enter the salvo range on both sides of the ship's side."

At this time, the fleet of Yang Liu and Yang Qi had been bombarded to pieces, and most of the warships in the entire fleet had sunk into the water.

They hadn't figured out what kind of warship was on the other side, so they had no power to fight back.

There is no way to fight this battle. If they continue to be bombarded like this, sooner or later the entire fleet will be bombarded to pieces!
In desperation, they could only display the semaphore of surrender, and lowered all sails to express their submission.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanfang was stunned for a moment, and then ordered loudly: "Spread out, form a circle, surround it in all directions, sway from side to side, and rush towards the center."

Hundreds of Spike warships quickly dispersed into a huge circle to surround the pirate fleet, and then suddenly divided into two waves, front and back, forming arrow shapes, and then as if they were avoiding something, they flicked left and right rushed to the middle.

Seeing this, Yang Liu and Yang Qi couldn't help crying and laughing.

What is this for?

Let's all surrender, okay? In the end, let's play this trick for us, what do you mean!

In fact, Zhang Yuanfang had no other intentions. He just saw that the opportunity was rare, so he practiced the tactics of flanking back and forth.

After all, this is the main tactic of the Spike warship against the gunboat, so he naturally wants to take the opportunity to practice it.

Yang Liu and Yang Qi were caught so inexplicably. Until the end, they didn't understand why Zheng Zhilong would come to encircle them with the fleet of the imperial navy.

As for the other forces on the shore, it was even more cloudy, because this naval battle was not launched near the coastline, and they didn't even know that the imperial navy's fleet had joined the battle.

In order to block the news, Taichang directly sent hundreds of captured pirates, including the men, women, and children in the lairs of Yang Liu and Yang Qi, to Penghu, where thousands of sailors and soldiers were to guard them first.

This time the other forces are even more inexplicable.

Yang Liu and Yang Qi seemed to have disappeared suddenly, without any news, who knows what happened!

(End of this chapter)