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- On this side, while Liu Dashen and his neighbors were showing off, a sentry stationed somewhere on the gravel hill at the southern end of Amami Island discovered Wang Renzeng's fleet.
"When the two scouts discovered Wang Renzeng's fleet, how could they know that these fleets that suddenly appeared had obviously bad intentions?
You must know that it has only been seven or eight months since the end of the Naha naval battle last year, and it is an indisputable fact that Zheng Zhilong and Li Xiang are at odds.
Since last year¡¯s disgrace in the naval battle of Rikonaha, there has been a feeling of panic on Amami Island.
The reason is very simple. Based on past experience, if Zheng Zhilong has the upper hand this time and Li Xiang's strength is greatly reduced, then Zheng Zhilong will definitely not miss such a good opportunity.
Therefore, here in Amami Island, we pay great attention to the sea to the south.
¡°And with so many ships appearing at one time, it is certain that they cannot belong to any maritime merchant¡¯s fleet.
Because there won¡¯t be any maritime merchant fleet with so many ships.
Nowadays, in the waters of the East, there is only one force that can dispatch so many ships at once, and that is Zheng Zhilong.
Therefore, the sentry stationed at the southern end quickly ran back and told the news to the people left behind on Amami Island.
"No, Zheng Zhilong's fleet is coming from the south!"
"Brothers, get out of the dock quickly, Zheng Zhilong's fleet is coming!"
After hearing the news, people in the village picked up the guy one after another and started running towards the dock.
After all, there are many ships left by Li Xiang at the dock.
And Liu Dashen and the others suddenly discovered that the village was in chaos.
??Everyone ran out one after another, and after grabbing someone casually and asking, everyone knew exactly what happened.
At this time, Liu Dashen and others did not care to see if Xiao Liuzi could pull out the bugs. Compared with the matter of Xiaoliuzi, the most important thing now is to quickly go to the dock to board the ship and go to sea, and to stop Zheng Zhilong's fleet before he lands on Amami Island.
¡°You¡¯re copying that guy!¡±
Liu Dashen knew that no one could be alone at this time.
Even if he is unwilling to participate in this matter, if Zheng Zhilong's men land on Amami Island, he will not get any good results.
Therefore, if you don¡¯t work hard at this time, you are really crazy.
Liu Da Scar ran into his home quickly, pulled out the machete from under the bed, then put the fish scale armor on his body and rushed out, starting to run towards the dock.
Those people who originally gathered at Liu Dascar's house just now are basically the same as Liu Dascar. They quickly returned home, then picked up weapons and began to gather at the dock.
The pier of Amami Island is crowded at this time, and basically all the men on Amami Island are here.
After everyone arrived at the pier, they started boarding the ship one after another without saying anything.
Various ships docked at the simple pier of Amami Island began to sail out quickly.
Everyone knows that with the arrival of Zheng Zhilong¡¯s fleet, there will be a fierce battle.
Liu Dashen boarded a Spanish-style sailing ship, which Zhao Hongyu had given to Li Xiang earlier.
"Raise the sail! Hurry up and untie the mooring rope. If you don't want to die, please do it more quickly."
Although the enemy came very suddenly, the pirates on Amami Island were not panicked at all¡ª¡ª
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"Boss, we are still ten nautical miles away from Amami Island. It won't be long before we can dock."
Standing on the deck of his flagship, Wang Renzeng picked up the monocular telescope purchased from the Nanman people and observed the movements on Amami Island.
After listening to the report from his men, he slowly lowered the telescope.
His single eye flashed with a cruel light, and he said with a ferocious smile: "We can't reach the shore now, because Li Xiang's people have discovered us, and we think we will meet their fleet in a while."
Wang Renzeng is not stupid. He knows that his current fleet must have been discovered by Li Xiang's people.
"It's like hundreds of his ships suddenly appeared, and it's impossible for the other party not to react at all.
¡°If Li Xiang¡¯s people were really such idiots, then it would be impossible for Li Xiang to achieve such a great reputation.
Therefore, Wang Renceng can guarantee with his other eye that now Li Xiang and his group on Amami Island have taken a boat to go to sea.??
"Boss, Li Xiang and the others were beaten to a pulp by us in the battle with Naha last year. How many ships do they still have now? Even if they come out to fight us, the result is not destined."
The men standing behind Wang Renzeng believed that they had a chance to win, and did not think that Li Xiang and his group could make a comeback.
In fact, everyone around Zheng Zhilong thinks so.
After all, in the battle in Naha last year, Li Xiang suffered heavy losses.
After the naval battle, people around Li Xiang betrayed him and defected to Zheng Zhilong's side.
With these people taking refuge, Zheng Zhilong of course also knows what Li Xiang's situation is now.
However, Zheng Zhilong had his own considerations and did not deal with Li Xiang immediately.
Because Zheng Zhilong felt that after killing Li Xiang all at once, he would be of little use to the court. At that time, wouldn't those greedy DPRK and Chinese bosses be able to find any excuse to kill him?
This is not the result Zheng Zhilong wants.
Although Zheng Zhilong can leave the Fujian Navy by then and continue to be his pirate at sea.
But the problem is that with the cover of being the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy, he can continue to order ships from the Fujian Shipyard to secretly insert himself into his pirate organization and increase his strength.
It was precisely because of this reason that Li Xiang endured it at that time and did not go all out to eliminate Li Xiang and his group.
¡°And in Zheng Zhilong¡¯s view, Li Xiang has suffered such heavy losses because everyone has betrayed him. It was obvious that even if he was kept, he would not be able to make any big waves.
Just like that, seven or eight months passed in a blink of an eye, and there was no movement at all from Zheng Zhilong.
This also gave Li Xiang a chance to breathe and wait for the turning point of fate.
It¡¯s just that the people under Zheng Zhilong don¡¯t know what he thinks.
For example, a guy like Wang Renzeng cannot understand the intentions of his boss Zheng Zhilong.
In Wang Renzeng¡¯s view, Li Xiang, who was already in desperation, could just be killed. Why go to such trouble to keep him?
He really didn¡¯t want to understand this at all.
In the end, after much deliberation, driven by greed and ambition, Wang Renzeng brought his fleet to Amami Island.
"Yes, Li Xiang is out of control now. Last year, he lost half of his fleet. At the same time, many people betrayed him and joined Boss Zheng. I wonder how many ships Li Xiang can still have in his hands." , after Wang Renzeng heard what his men said, he couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
"According to those who left Li Xiang, Li Xiang now only has seven or eight imperial warships and a dozen fighting boats. The remaining more than a hundred ships are actually small sampans. ."
When he said this, Wang Renzeng showed a look of disdain on his face.
Yes, Li Xiang only has so few ships left, which is not enough to buy by herself.
Although Wang Ren was only one of the twelve leaders under Li Xiang, the size of the ships that Wang Ren was able to control was much larger than that of Li Xiang now.
This time Wang Renzeng attacked Amami Island. He had more than 30 Ming-style warships under his command, and there were more than 100 fighting ships. Not to mention the remaining clippers, there are always more than three hundred.
In other words, Wang Renzeng¡¯s current strength is more than double that of Li Xiang.
In fact, what Wang Renzeng and his men said was not wrong at all. Li Xiang did have this kind of strength a month ago.
But the problem is that because of underdeveloped communications, what Wang Renzeng didn¡¯t know was that Li Xiang now had 19 more European-style warships.
"Boss, look to the northwest, it looks like Li Xiang's fleet."
As soon as Wang Renzeng finished speaking, small black spots appeared one after another in the northwest direction of his fleet.
After looking through the binoculars, Wang Renzeng turned around and shouted: "Everyone is ready, Li Xiang's fleet is already coming towards us. Everyone used their strength to deal with them at sea. It will be much easier to get to the island when the time comes. I heard that Li Xiang¡¯s wealth is hidden on Amami Island. After Li Xiang and the others are eliminated and Amami Island is captured, everyone will make a fortune together.¡±
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Ouch!
The sailors on the entire ship screamed one after another, with excitement and excitement on their faces.
Strong crossbow! The trebuchets are all ready!
??Everyone, please hold your weapons securely and watch your feet when the time comes.Come on, don't fall into the sea!
Because everyone knows that Li Xiang has little strength now, Wang Renzeng's men are not so nervous.
In their view, their side will definitely win in this attack.
And Li Xiang will also be destined to be eliminated.
Therefore, they are still in the mood to talk and laugh now, and they are not as nervous as they were before the war.
You know, in normal times, everyone is very nervous when encountering combat at sea.
After all, fighting at sea is different from fighting on land.
"Let's make a fortune together! Grab the money and the women!"
Wang Renzeng pulled out the knife from his waist, raised it high in the air and shouted at the top of his lungs.
???????????? Ouch, grab the money, grab the women! ¡ª¡ª
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"I just counted, and the number of ships on the other side is not very large. It is much less than the battle in Naha last year. Is Li Xiang just looking down on people so much that he only sent such a small number of ships?"
Liu Da Scar said to a man next to him who was about fifty years old, with scars all over his face and gray hair.
This man with gray hair and scars all over his face is the captain of this Spanish galleon. His name is Zhang Bangchang, and he is Li Xiang's old brother.
Otherwise, he would not have become the captain of this European-style warship and be responsible for managing such an entire sea-going ship.
In this era, the position of a captain who can manage a ship is not low. Even among pirates, his status is very high.
"Zheng Zhilong really looks down on people. If I don't teach him a lesson today, this guy won't know what pain is!"
Because there are 19 European-style warships, although their own ships are more than half less than the opponent's, they are still very confident that they can defeat the opponent.
"Uncle Zhang, why do I feel like something is wrong about this matter? Zheng Zhilong has always been a cautious person. If he wants to deal with someone, even if the person's power is very small, he will do his best. This is not his style at all."
Liu Dashen looked at the enemy fleet more than ten nautical miles away and expressed some of his opinions to Zhang Bangchang.
"Hmph! Zheng Zhilong is indeed a very cautious person, but the problem is that he is still a human being after all. As long as he is a human being, there will always be mistakes made by others. Now that his family is the only one in the sea, I think this guy is a little too arrogant. ."
Zhang Bangchang felt that he was right about Zheng Zhilong's current mentality.
Liu Dashen thought for a moment and felt that it still made sense.
"Order, everyone, please prepare. The opponent's fleet has dispersed, and it seems that they want to surround us."
A trace of sneer appeared on Zhang Bangchang's face.
The naval warfare of this era is far less advanced than that of another time and space.
After all, the ships of this era are not equipped with missiles that can hit the enemy from thousands of nautical miles away.
Therefore, naval battles in the seventeenth century are quite boring to talk about.
Of course, boredom is also very cruel.
The Amami Islanders and Wang Renzen¡¯s fleet began to approach slowly.
On the ships on both sides, the sailors were constantly manipulating the sails and observing the other party's course.
Before the two fleets come into contact and enter the attack range, it basically takes about a few hours to circle the sea like this.
Even sometimes it takes a day or two.
Because there are few ships on our side, it is impossible for Li Xiang and the others to rush forward recklessly. Even if they have nineteen European-style warships here, it is impossible for them to do such a stupid thing.
It was already obvious that Wang Ren wanted to surround them.
Therefore, in order to prevent the other party from surrounding them, Li Xiang and his team began to circle around Wang Renzeng's fleet, trying their best to keep their own fleet in the direction of the breakthrough.
Although they are going in circles, both parties are slowly but surely approaching in the process.
After all, if you want to defeat the enemy, you must get closer and then engage in a boarding battle with the enemy.
"Signal signal, we attack from the enemy's left! The enemy is a little overconfident now, and they actually gave up on encircling us and rushed over like this!"
Because Wang Renzeng¡¯s side has an overwhelming advantage, the ships on the sea and Li Xiang¡¯s side are in trouble.?, after going in circles for almost three hours, he couldn't hold it any longer.
Anyway, we have an advantage here. The enemy has fewer ships than our own, so there is nothing to worry about in a head-on confrontation.
But precisely because of this, a loophole appeared on Wang Renzeng's side, and this loophole was caught by his enemies (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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