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Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing raised their telescopes at the same time, and a huge fleet of Ming Fu Ships appeared on the sea in front of them.

"Did you see the flag clearly?" Zeng Guangxian asked.

"No, I can't see clearly, who do you think it will be?"

Zeng Guangxian put down his telescope: "Can it be Liu Xiang?"

"Liu Xiang?" Wang Zhaoxing also put down his telescope, "Does he still have so many ships? Didn't he beat him almost the same last time?"

"This time the Westerners looked for Liu Xiang." Zeng Guangxian said his judgment, "And judging from their direction, they should be heading towards Xiamen. With such a large fleet, who else would it be if it were Liu Xiang?"

"Even if it's Liu Xiang, what should we do?" Wang Zhaoxing didn't know the purpose of this time, so he pushed this question to Zeng Guangxian again.

Zeng Guangxian thought for a while and said to himself: "They have about 20 ships, four of us. If they fight, they will definitely not be the opponent. Will they fight or not?"

"You are the commander, if you say you want to hit me, you will hit me." Wang Zhaoxing muttered, "I don't know what we are going to do anyway."

"Old Wang." Zeng Guangxian felt that he could tell Wang Zhaoxing now, because if Liu Xiang's ship was really in front of him, then this new situation was unexpected by the Military Commission. No one expected Liu Xiang's ship to appear on this route. "We are going to Xiamen this time. The Westerners joined forces with Liu Xiang to attack Zheng Zhilong's nest. The battle of Luowan was a year ahead of schedule, so the committee decided that we would go and help Zheng Zhilong once."

"That's not easy." Wang Zhaoxing shouted, "Anyway, I'm going to help him. The morning and evening gangs are all helpers. Kill Liu Xiang first, and we can be more relaxed when we arrive in Xiamen."

"It's not that simple." Zeng Guangxian shook his head, "This time it's different. It's not okay to help early, nor too late. We have to take action when Xiamen can't hold on."

"Old Wang, chase after him and beat him for a moment." Zeng Guangxian suddenly made up his mind.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, sure. Beat him first, it's better to catch a few prisoners. After we've come out for so long, no one knows whether the situation will change. We also need to understand the situation."

"Okay, listen to you." Wang Zhaoxing ordered, "Send the order, all the warships are arranged in one line, turn right and turn rudder 30 degrees, and the sail is full of speed, and chase after you."

"Yes, turn the rudder right and chase at full speed."

The four warships raised their sails high, but because of the wind, the entire pursuit lasted for a whole day. When the sun emerged the next day, the sentry came to report that it was less than two nautical miles away from the fleet ahead. The opponent had seized the upper wind and set out to fight.

"Is that so? The reaction is quite fast?" Wang Zhaoxing chuckled and came to the bow of the ship with Zeng Guangxian again.

More than 20 lucky ships opposite have completely turned the bow, and the huge Mazu flag is flying high against the sea breeze.

"Ha, you're also hanging out the Mazu flag." Wang Zhaoxing shouted again, "Rise the Ming flag and greet it."

"Old Wang." Zeng Guangxian called Wang Zhaoxing," We are now in a downturn. Will we suffer if we meet directly?"

"Don't worry, no, their artillery can't hit so far."

"Dong", as soon as Wang Zhaoxing finished speaking, a cannon fired on the other side. A shell drew an arc and landed in the sea several hundred meters away from the Guangzhou, causing a wave.

"Damn." Wang Zhaoxing was a little stunned, "Can their cannons hit so far?"

"Be careful," Zeng Guangxian said, "Liu Xiang is working with Westerners this time, and they may have Western artillery."

"Yes." Wang Zhaoxing suddenly remembered something, "Why did they appear on this route? Could it be that they went to Batavia to get Western artillery?"

"There is this possibility." Zeng Guangxian said, "It seems that the Westerners have invested a lot this time. But if that happens, our troubles may be great. The Dutch, the Spanish and the Portuguese joined forces, and they may be able to use more than a dozen warships. Now Liu Xiang is also equipped with Western artillery, and their strength cannot be underestimated."

"What should we do?" Wang Zhaoxing asked, "We only have 4 warships."

"Old Wang, let's take a quick boat." Zeng Guangxian thought for a moment, "Go around, go around his upper direction, and defeat Liu Xiang first."

"Yes, Commander Zeng." Wang Zhaoxing now felt that this might be a big deal again, so he turned his head and ordered, "Tell me, all warships turn left and turn 45 degrees, avoid the fleet ahead and go around."

"Turn the rudder left." The helmman began to turn the rudder quickly.

The four warships formed a column and slowly tilted. The Mingfu ship opposite was driven quickly towards Wang Zhaoxing's Guangzhou under the wind.

"Transfer, starboard cannon has ten degrees elevation angle, solid bullets are shooting freely." Wang Zhaoxing issued an order while calculating the speed and distance in his mind.

"Old Wang, you can't hit it at such a distance." Zeng Guangxian didn't understand why Wang Zhaoxing ordered the fire at this distance.

"I know I can't fight." Wang Zhaoxing felt that he had to explain to Zeng Guangxian, who would let him be the commander? "They are in a good wind now, and we are in a bad wind. The wind direction is very bad for us. Before we can go around, they will rush over, so fire a few shots first to see if they can slow down their speed."

The four warships began to fire and counterattack. Although the range of the 30-nav guns was not as good as the ship opposite, it did as Wang Zhaoxing said that the speed of the Daming Fu ship opposite was significantly slower.

Neither side could fight each other, but they were spitting shells at each other, and the entire sea was covered with white mist.

"What kind of battle is this? Children play house." Zeng Guangxian cursed in his heart.

More than a dozen small boats suddenly rushed out of the white mist, and the sailors on the boat flew towards Wang Zhaoxing's Guangzhou.

"What's going on? What do they want to do?" Wang Zhaoxing and Zeng Guangxian shouted at the same time.

The first mate Zhao Dequan ran over and said, "Report to the commander, there is a small boat opposite me and I want our ship to get closer."

"We saw it." Zeng Guangxian asked, "What do they want to do?"

"They want to climb a boat." Zhao Dequan replied, "It must be because they think the artillery can't beat us. If they want to fight hand-to-hand, they may want to grab the boat."

"Snatch the ship? You can really think of it." Wang Zhaoxing chuckled, "Dequan, organize the musketeers and hit them into the sea."

"yes."

The 60 sailors were divided into two rows, holding flintlock guns and stood on the starboard side of the Guangzhou number.

More than a dozen small boats slowly approached the Guangzhou, and the people on the boat became clearer and clearer.

"First row, open fire!" As Zhao Dequan's order exited, a smog of smoke rose from the starboard side, and 30 rounds of ejected ejections were shot towards the sea.

"Second row, fire!" Another thirty rounds of bullets were fired out.

Several pirates on the boat were shot and fell into the water, but the remaining people rushed over.

"First row, fire!"

"Second row, fire!"

The pirates on the ship were not sure what was stimulated. No matter how fierce the Fire Order on the Guangzhou City fired, or how many people were shot on their side, the remaining people still held their swords and axes without any stop.

"These people are crazy, so not afraid of death?" Zhao Dequan muttered in his heart and shouted loudly, "Everyone, take a bayonet."

Several ropes were thrown to the side of the ship, and the hook claws tightly grabbed the ship gang. The pirates began to climb with daggers in their mouths.

The first pirate jumped to the deck without even showing his head. With a short axe in his hand, a navy soldier was chopped to the ground.

Zhao Dequan saw it clearly, pulled out his hand and raised his hand and shot the pirate over: "Everyone, take a step back and assassinate!"

A neatly thrust the pirates that jumped onto the deck. But at this moment, a pirate jumped in from the side of the ship. He might have known that Zhao Dequan was the commander of these soldiers. After jumping in, he did not hesitate at all. He held a big knife and slashed towards Zhao Dequan.

Zhao Dequan had no time to pull out his command knife at this time, and in desperation, he smashed the fire in his hand at the other party.

The pirate sideways and dodged the fire throne that was thrown over, stepped forward, and the big knife in his hand was about to slash Zhao Dequan's body.

At the critical moment, two fire sounds sounded behind Zhao De's body, and the pirate was shot and fell on the deck.

Zhao Dequan looked back and saw white smoke coming out of the hands of Wang Zhaoxing and Zeng Guangxian at the same time.

"Thank you." Zhao Dequan didn't bother to say anything, and drew out his command knife and joined the melee.

After all, there were only a few pirates who could climb up. After a short-term attack, all of these pirates were knocked to the ground.

Zhao Dequan sat on the deck with a commanding knife and gasped.

"How is it, is it okay?" Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing came over and asked.

"It's okay." Zhao Dequan calmed down slightly and stood up again, "Why are these people so desperate?"

"If a dog is anxious, he can jump over the wall, and if a rabbit is anxious, he will bite people." Zeng Guangxian smiled, "This may be Liu Xiang's last fortune, so he has also fought for his life."

"What should we do now?" Wang Zhaoxing asked.

Zeng Guangxian lay on the side of the boat and looked at it: "There is no one below, Dequan, go check the casualties. Lao Wang, it seems that we still have to defeat Liu Xiang here today."

"Then defeat him." Wang Zhaoxing also said hatefully, "It's always a disaster to keep him."

"How long will it take for us to get around?" Zeng Guangxian raised his telescope. The sound of cannons was still rumbling on the sea, and white mist was shrouded in it, and nothing could be seen clearly.

"It's almost half an hour."

"Snatch the time to go around and seize the upper hand, it's time for us to take action."

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