Off the coast of Guangzhou, Li Xiao accidentally met the fleet led by Zheng Zhiyuan. Hearing that Li Xiao was going to Yizhou to find trouble with the red-haired ghost, Zheng Zhiyuan insisted on following Li Xiao to Yizhou.

In fact, Li Xiao is just being polite, so it would be good to have more soldiers. What's more, those guys under Zheng Zhiyuan are all tough bandits who have been robbing families at sea all year round. They are very powerful in combat. If it is a hand-to-hand fight on the ship, Li Xiao estimates that he has more than two hundred people.

Not enough to fit between one’s teeth!

When Li Xiao's warship approached the sea of ​​Chican City, God was very generous. Maybe there was a typhoon coming, and the sky was covered with dark clouds. There was no light on the sea, and the entire sea was pitch black. The lights of Chican City in the distance were even brighter than

The match head is even smaller.

God is so helpful!

It took John a long time to distinguish where the red city was.

"There is a bastion on the west side of the Taijiang River. Taiwan Governor Halsey built a bastion there. There is a fort inside the bastion. Below the bastion is the Lu'ermen Port. The warships are anchored there! The Chih-Chih City is in the Taijiang River.

On the east side, the port there is not big and can only accommodate small boats.

There are about 300 people stationed in the bastion at all times, and there are also 400 or 500 crew members on the third battleship. In Chiqian City, there are more than 800 permanent troops. Including servants, there are about 1100 people.

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The fifty-mile radius of Chican City is under their control. Unlike Macau, Chican City was built by the Dutch. It is not controlled by the Portuguese and has nothing to do with the Portuguese East India Company. So...!"

"I know! I won't let you do things like internal response or persuade you to surrender. God is so helpful today, and I won't let go of such a good opportunity. Are you sure all those warships are in the port?"

"They are all in the port! The three warships are all under repair, and the typhoon season is coming soon. No one wants to encounter a typhoon when sailing at sea. Look, the row of lights over there is docked at Lu

Dutch warships in Ermen Harbor."

John is right, encountering a typhoon at sea these days is really a life-and-death experience.

"Brother Zheng, it's up to you!" Li Xiao said, pointing to the rows of lanterns.

"No problem, it's not difficult to touch it quietly in the dark. That's what we did last time off the coast of Macau."

"Last time it was one battleship, now there are three. Your three hundred men may not be able to eat it, and the Dutch soldiers are very powerful. I want you to concentrate your people on attacking one ship, and you only need to attack the remaining ships.

Send two men up to set the fire.

When we see the fire here, let's bombard him with cannons. Your three hundred men should have no problem against more than a hundred Dutch sailors. Don't set fire to the ship, I want a five-masted ship. The Dutch are known as

Sea Coachmen, their warships are pretty good."

"This is no problem. Let us show you our methods." Zheng Zhiyuan seemed to be very confident. He grabbed the rope with a grin and swung back to his boat like a monkey.

"Tell the second brother that when you see the fire soon, you will use the cannon to blast it. Aim carefully and don't miss it. It will be bad if it blows up someone in the Zheng family."

"No!" The ordering soldier took the order and left.

Wherever Li Xiao went, Zheng Sen followed. He didn't want to miss every opportunity to learn about war. Perhaps it was the violence brought about by his genes, but his little mind already liked all activities related to violence.

The ship sailed slowly, and after the gunners finished loading, they waited quietly. Thinking of the possibility of getting a complete Dutch warship, Li Xiao was so happy that he wanted to sing!

In this era, the Dutch are known as sea coachmen. It is not an exaggeration to say that their shipbuilding skills are unparalleled in the world. They can get a complete Dutch warship. If all the cannons on it are modified to be able to fire explosive shells, then this ship will be invincible.

On the sea!

At least in the north, the warships of Japan and Korea are not worth mentioning. Even Chen Hailong's ship can only carry quail when it comes to warships equipped with forty cannons.

Li Xiao stood on the deck, staring at the sea in the distance.

"It's on fire! It's on fire!" Zheng Sen clapped his hands and pointed to the place where the fire was.

Li Xiao was surprised because the place where the fire started was not far away from him. A rough calculation showed that it was about more than a thousand meters. He didn't expect that his warship would sail so close in the dark. Fortunately, tonight

It was this kind of weather that allowed Zheng Zhiyuan and the others to approach the Dutch warships unscrupulously. This distance was simply child's play for copper cannons.

"Move further away and keep the distance. Don't get too close!" Li Xiao immediately ordered to keep the distance.

"promise!"

However, this is more convenient for the gunner to aim, like all long-range weapons. The closer the distance, the higher the hit rate.

The gunners quickly measured the distance and positioned the guns. After the baptism of the Macau naval battle, these gunners could easily hit these parked fixed targets.

"Boom" "Boom" Li Xiao's and Li Xiu's warships opened fire almost at the same time, and the shells simultaneously hit a warship that was on fire on the deck.

The huge kinetic energy penetrated the thick side of the ship at once. After the cannonball passed through the two cabins, it exploded violently. The flames burned from the inside of the hull. Unfortunately, the cannonball did not hit the ammunition magazine. Otherwise

, now the warship has exploded like fireworks.

Due to the strange principle of light refraction, Li Xiao could read by the blazing firelight. But the Dutch could not find where on the sea the cannonballs were fired!

The cannons on the bastion began to fire blindly. The huge sea surface scattered them, and the probability of hitting the two ships was very low.

A cannonball hit the sea only a dozen meters away, stirring up a large flow of seawater. It was lucky that the blind fire could shoot to such a level. Unfortunately, the Dutch cannonballs would not explode. Otherwise, the wooden boat would be destroyed.

Such a near miss is no joke!

"Don't worry about the cannons on the bastion. Concentrate your firepower to sink these two ships first."

The two Dutch warships were constantly hit by cannonballs. You could see people on the burning warships constantly jumping into the sea with their bodies on fire. The cannonballs exploded one after another, and finally one shell hit the ammunition depot.

"Boom!" The dark sky suddenly lit up. Li Xiao quickly covered his eyes, and the dazzling light spots made his eyes unable to see anything for a moment.

On the sea around us, burning wooden planks fell from time to time. How much gunpowder did this Dutch ship contain, so that it could explode with such great power?

The huge explosion even affected the Dutch warship next to it. The scattered projectiles left holes in the side of the ship. The already shaky warship had water rushing in crazily. The burning warship was visible to the naked eye.

The speed is sinking.

The artillery embedded in the city also fired, and they could only fire at the two ships reflected in the explosion.

Unfortunately, the warships continued to sail. The cannons embedded in the city fell into the sea one after another.

"You can send people ashore, bring up the mortars, and shoot at those artillery pieces!" Seeing the warships in the harbor beginning to sink, Li Xiao immediately ordered them to dock.

You must take advantage of tonight to capture the bastion on the cliff. Otherwise, tomorrow, you will still be attacked by artillery fire from both sides.

Mortars are direct-firing artillery. The muzzle-loading cannons on top of the city have a blind spot. Mortars do not. The mortars below the city can make those Dutch cannons unable to fight back.

After receiving Li Xiao's order, the warship quickly moved towards the dock. Just as the warship approached the harbor, the burning warship had already slid to the bottom of the sea. The flames slid into the water, and smoke curled up, making a "hiss" sound.

"His" sound.

As soon as the warship docked at the dock, a barrage of bullets hit it. In the darkness, the Dutch soldiers on the bastion had already begun to come down to support the dock.

The wood on the side of the ship was smashed into pieces, and several sailors who were pulling up the sail were hit and fell into the water. The screams and the sound of falling water were very harsh in Li Xiao's ears.

The flames on the dock illuminated Li Xiao's warship. But Li Xiao was now in the same predicament as the Dutch. The fire illuminated Li Xiao's warship, but Li Xiao could not clearly see the Dutch in the darkness.

"Set off fireworks!" Li Xiao ordered, and rows of fireworks were immediately placed on the bow deck. The match was lit, and sparks flew everywhere before fireworks rose into the sky.

The exploding fireworks burst into brilliant light, and the sky and the earth suddenly became brighter. After a moment of light, the mortar crew quickly measured the distance.

After announcing a series of shots to Zhu Yuan, mortar shells hit him.

Orange sparks continued to explode in the darkness, and the figures of the Dutch soldiers who were blown away could be seen through the firelight. After just one round of shelling, the sound of volleys of guns became sparse. After the second round of shelling, the sound of volleys of guns became sparse.

Another row of fireworks shot up into the sky, and the pier was illuminated again.

After this shelling, the pier had completely stopped. The fire on the pier was still burning, but there were just a few more burning bodies.

The ship docked at the pier, and the soldiers disembarked one after another carrying muskets. Then the mortarmen carried mortars, and under the protection of the musketeers, also went onto the pier.

The musketeers fired at the bastion, covering the mortars as they built artillery positions. In the darkness, the accuracy of both sides was not very good. The gunfire was loud in the darkness, but the screams could not be heard very much.

The bastion on the top of the mountain is staring at the cliff, giving you a bird's-eye view of the entire bay. The artillery above can form cross-fire with the artillery of Chiqian City, locking down the entire sea area when necessary.

However, by building the bastion on a cliff, the dock below became a blind spot for shooting. The Dutch watched Li Xiao land, but there was nothing they could do. They could only rely on their musketeers to shoot downwards!

The muzzle flash revealed their position, and the mortars had no problem with the shooting angle. The gunners just shot towards the place where the muzzle flash was!

From time to time, people were blown away by the air waves of explosions and fell to the bottom of the city. The screams had a tail tone that could be heard throughout the bay.

The shelling only lasted for a while, and no one dared to shoot down the city.

Li Xiao got off the pier and saw Zheng Zhiyuan also getting off the pier.

"Have you taken care of the red-haired ghost on the ship?" Li Xiao didn't expect that Zheng Zhiyuan would take care of the entire ship so quickly. You know, there were more than a hundred Dutch soldiers on board.

"My lord, you don't understand. As long as we occupy the deck, we occupy the entire ship. Now we have cleared all the Dutch soldiers on the deck, and the rest are hiding below the deck.

Inside the cabin, with sharp resistance with muskets, they have become like rats in a urn and will soon escape."

"Run out?" Li Xiao was a little confused and didn't understand why the Dutch soldiers ran out on their own.

"Haha! Light a pile of hay at the hatch door, and then wet the hay. If the hatch door is sealed, the people inside will not come out, and there will be no chance of coming out."

I wipe it! Is there such an operation? This is similar to smoking mice in rural areas in the past. Smoke is poured into the mouse hole. No matter how deep the mouse is hidden in the hole, it will be smoked out alive. If it does not escape,

He would be choked to death in the cave.

Now the Dutch are like rats, suffocated in the cabin of the ship.

Zheng Zhiyuan was actually wrong. The cabin door was sealed, so how could they run out? Li Xiao estimated that these guys smoked heavily and could go down to collect the bodies tomorrow morning.

Li Xiao curled his lips when he saw the wisps of green smoke coming out from the cracks in the deck. He originally thought he could catch a few prisoners of war, but now it's all over. I don't know how they did it. It's normal to choke to death with such a big smoke.

It's a fluke if you don't choke to death.

The gate of the castle was blown open, and hundreds of fierce pirates under Zheng Zhiyuan rushed in.

When it comes to long-range firearms, the Dutch are naturally more powerful. But when it comes to fighting with real swords and guns, these Dutch soldiers are no match for the pirates who have been robbing homes all year round on the sea.
To be continued...