The arson ships are modified with some small fishing boats, which are piled with sulfur gunpowder and covered with hay splashed with tinder oil. Just a little open fire can turn into the most terrifying enemy of wooden sailboats.

In the past, Zheng Zhilong had defeated many maritime opponents with this kind of arson ship. Especially in the sixth year of Chongzhen, he defeated the Dutch colonial fleet with his strong performance in the Battle of the Liaoluo Bay in the southeast of Kinmen Island.

The scale of the Battle of Liaoluo Bay was extremely large, even no less than the Raven War hundreds of years later. This was also the first battle of the Chinese who completely defeated the Western Navy at sea. Zheng Zhilong also defeated the Dutch with this naval battle, causing the two sides to go to the negotiating table to start cooperation.

It was precisely because of the glorious past that Zheng Zhilong, who had already escaped on another ordinary sailboat, had great expectations for his arson fleet. At this time, after seeing the arson fleet gradually approaching the large iron ships that were like gods and demons, Zheng Zhilong's heart trembled.

After fighting for so many years of naval battles, this is the first time that Zheng Zhilong has encountered such a powerful opponent, even so powerful that it is so desperate.

Although Yan Fei had only five ships, Zheng Zhilong had as many as seven or eight hundred ships. However, the advantage in quantity did not change into an advantage on the battlefield. Instead, the five large iron ships destroyed more than one hundred warships on his side with a heavy hammer-like bombardment!

These are all large ships, including all the Galen ships under his command, as well as the Guangbo ships of four hundred or even eight hundred. These are the essence of Zheng Zhilong's fleet, and such a tragic loss has already made Zheng Zhilong shed tears.

Wooden sailboats are not like iron ships that can still be used after returning to the shipyard to repair them after extinguishing fire. Yan Fei's shells are too powerful. The bombed ships are either burned or destroyed, resulting in a large amount of water inflow and overturning and sinking, and there is no chance to escape.

After suffering such tragic losses, Zheng Zhilong was eager for the arson ship to play a decisive role in burning the large iron ships and even capturing them!

However, with the sound of firecrackers sounding like the New Year's New Year, Zheng Zhilong's hopes were dashed.

Yan Fei had expected to encounter a large number of hostile forces when he purchased these ocean-going fishing boats. Therefore, in addition to installing 88 guns for ocean-going fishing boats as long-range firepower output, he also installed multiple 40mm caliber Bofos guns and 20mm caliber Eritokon guns on both sides of the ship's side.

In fact, these artillery were originally enough to hit Zheng Zhilong's fleet hundreds or thousands of meters away, and this distance was not difficult for them. Yan Fei had never used these rapid-fire artillery in order to stay to deal with the siege of these small ships.

If this were in the vast sea, Yan Fei's ocean-going fishing boats would have easily circled around with their super high maneuverability. Even if Zheng Zhilong had a large number, it would be useless.

You can't catch up or fight, and you have no other choice except losing.

However, this place is on the surface of the Yangtze River. Although it is very wide, it cannot be compared with the sea. This place greatly limits the maneuver power of ocean-going fishing boats, otherwise these small boats would not have the chance to rely on them.

The 40mm caliber Bofos gun fires at a rate of more than one hundred rounds per minute, while the 20mm caliber Eritocore has a rapid fire of more than three hundred rounds per minute. When these guns fire, it really uses dense rain of bullets to baptize the arson ships trying to approach.

Where can this small wooden sailboat withstand such a blow? Moreover, these ships are filled with all kinds of explosive items, even if only one high-explosion bomb hits, it is enough to make the arson ship detonate and ignite and completely end.

A rain of bullets like splashing water swept across the river, knocking all the arson ships that rushed over without fear of death into powder.

Those who drive these arson ships are all brave men who register independently. As long as they can go back alive, they can get huge rewards. Unfortunately, these brave men have no chance to go back and receive the reward this time, because most of them are done together when the arson ship explodes and burns.

"It's over." Zheng Zhilong in the distance felt cold when he saw that his last killer move was useless. Are the monsters on the opposite side emerging from the Dragon Palace under the sea? Where did these monsters come from?!

"Grandmaster, the enemy has fled!" The adjutant behind him shouted in high spirits that Zheng Zhilong's fleet had fled.

Zheng Zhilong did escape, and after confirming that the arson ship was useless, Zheng Zhilong was completely desperate. If he continued to fight like this, he would not even think of returning to Fujian. Even if he was unwilling to accept it, Zheng Zhilong, who had been completely scared, still issued an order to retreat in full. If he didn't retreat, he would really be wiped out.

"Catch up!" Yan Fei waved his arms forward and "drained all the shells!"

The ocean-going fishing boats began to accelerate and the artillery fire became more and more fierce. At this time, Zheng Zhilong's fleet had suffered a heavy blow before. After learning the order to retreat, he quickly fell into great chaos and collapse under the fierce artillery attacks from Yan Fei.

No ship was thinking of resisting anymore, and all the remaining ships were desperately turning to try to escape the battlefield. The farther away from the terrifying iron ships, the better.

But after all, this place is not a vast sea. No matter how wide the Yangtze River is, it is just a river. With limited width, so many ships want to escape, and it is inevitable that they will be confused without sufficient organization and coordination and scheduling and being shelled by pursuers.

There are countless people who hit each other, and they are stranded in a panic, or even fire their own people directly to compete for the waterway.

The Zheng Zhilong fleet, who was in a complete collapse, completely lost its morale and fighting will. It could only allow Yan Fei, who was chasing him, attacked freely.

‘KaKaKa~~~’ Amid the sound of tearing that made people sore, an ocean-going fishing boat easily smashed a small wooden sailboat. The sailboat that lost half of the stern began to tilt down, and many sailors shouted to dive and escape.

Yan Fei was not going to shoot at the sailors who were diving. Of course, the main reason was that although these sailors belonged to different lineups, they were also Chinese. There was no need to kill them all after losing their combat capabilities.

Later, several ocean-going fishing boats simply rushed into Zheng Zhilong's fleet and used the cannons on both sides to crazily pour out firepower. In many cases, they even forced the wooden sailboat to hit the wooden sailboat.

Hundreds of ships ran away in the narrow river channel, and many ships chose to rush directly to the beach on both sides of the straits in despair.

These people who escaped by chance were not at peace for a long time, because Yan Fei's order was quickly conveyed along the river bank. No matter who caught these people, they would be rewarded and silver were given according to the head. Those who were hiding were punished for the same crime.

Under such pressure to catch a prize and harbor a crime, almost no one who has arrived ashore can escape.

The reason why it is almost said is that the experienced Zheng Zhilong took his guards to the shore and put on makeup directly, and then used huge amounts of silver to open the way back to Fujian by land.

However, the others were not so lucky. Most of the nearly 700 ships of large and small brought by Zheng Zhilong were left behind. Only a very small number of sailboats that were originally at the end of the team were able to escape from the battlefield after Yan Fei's fleet had exhausted shells after they were covered by night.

This naval battle that took place on the river almost destroyed Zheng Zhilong's naval power. Even if he could still use various methods to buy, grab or build again to pull the fleet out, the losses of tens of thousands of sailors who had experienced many naval battles could not be compensated in a short period of time.

If Zheng Zhilong could barely struggle when facing Yan Fei at the sea before, he would have lost his ability to struggle after this naval battle. The military power on the sea in East Asia has undergone tremendous changes.

After the battle on the river was over, Yan Fei's fleet did not pursue the victory but returned to Jinling City directly because Zuo Liangyu's army had already arrived at the Jinling City.

In short, Zuo Liangyu is a hero in troubled times. He must have the ability to get from a martial artist to his current position. However, Zuo Liangyu is cunning and untrustworthy, and everything is based on his own interests first. In terms of character, he is extremely poor.

Of course, those who talk about character in troubled times are basically the first to die. Yan Fei didn't care about Zuo Liangyu's character. He was thinking about how to annihilate Zuo Liangyu's army.

Zuo Liangyu's troops are known as the army of 800,000, but this is just the same as Cao Cao's bluff when he was in Chibi. In fact, the number is less than 200,000 if the navy is deducted.

However, the 200,000 army is already a huge army, and it is definitely a powerful force in this era. However, Yan Fei was not afraid of them because he knew very well what the so-called 200,000 army was.

The elite soldiers who had followed Zuo Liangyu for many years were actually almost wiped out as early as the decisive battle in Zhuxian Town. His troops were gathered by recruiting refugees and recruiting bandits. It is okay to fight some good battles, but it is absolutely no exaggeration to say that they are about to collapse when they encounter tough battles.

Yan Fei was not thinking about how to defeat this army, but how to be defeated after defeating Zuo Liangyu's army, thus harming the people around him.

These are all refugees who are hungry and red-eyed and bandits who do evil. Once they are even lost in name, they will inevitably become evil after the collapse. Yan Fei must find a way to annihilate them as much as possible.

Yan Fei, who had not thought about it, chose to seek help from all-purpose netizens again. After returning to the modern world, he posted online to ask if there was a suitable way to annihilate these troops. There were many replies, but one of them attracted Yan Fei's attention.

This netizen said that since you have no way to gather the troops on the other side and annihilate them, you can let your enemies concentrate their troops and give you a chance to annihilate them.

Although Zuo Liangyu's character is cunning, he is also a stubborn person. This person has a bad temper and cannot stand the aggression, especially when he thinks he has an absolute advantage. He can send him a challenge letter and agree on a time and place to fight the two armies.

Yan Fei was very interested in this proposal. After returning to the 17th century, he found a local gentry as a messenger and sent a copy of the rebellion drafted by Ni Yuanlu to Zuo Liangyu.

The article on the article scolded Zuo Liangyu and contemptted him heavily, and then said that if you have a good time and place, we will make an appointment to fight!
Chapter completed!