"Your Majesty, is there something wrong with Tianjin Port?"
Zhang Huangyan was a little worried when he saw the smoke.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head slightly and said: "The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are going to Tianjin Port. They are not good at naval warfare. In addition, Zhao Erhu has already eliminated the traitors in Tianjin Port, and there are ambushes outside."
"And judging from the number of Western fleets, the Eight Han Banners only have seven or eight thousand people at most. There is no way that Tianjin Port will be lost!"
"Some of the remnants of the enemy should have taken the opportunity to escape. Zhao Erhu was worried that we wouldn't know, so he sent out smoke to warn us!"
After he finished speaking, he picked up the telescope and observed the smoke in the distance.
Due to the distance, he could only see clouds of smoke and couldn't tell how many strands of smoke there were.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Huangyan hurriedly picked up the telescope to check.
It turns out that the Ming Dynasty had regulations on war smoke. If the invading enemy was within 500 people, a beacon would be raised and a cannon fired.
If there are less than 1,000 people, raise two beacons and fire two cannons; if there are more than 1,000 people, use three beacons and three cannons; if there are more than 5,000 people, use four beacons and four cannons; if there are more than 1,000 people, use five beacons and five cannons.
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang and others were observing the smoke, the two sides in the fierce battle also discovered the smoke.
Duduo thought that Hong Chengchou had succeeded, and hurriedly asked Shang Kexi to lead his army to attack.
Although Huang Ting and others resisted vigorously, their offensive was not fierce because of their concerns, and the two sides returned to an evenly matched situation.
About a quarter of an hour later, the smoke gradually became clearer, and three puffs of smoke were faintly visible.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
At this time, three more cannon shots were heard from a distance.
Zhang Huangyan heard the sound of cannons and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the enemy number is less than 5,000. They are not new troops. I think they are the defeated Han Eight Banners!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Tianjin Port is more than four hundred miles away from here. Even if they sail with the wind, it should take more than two hours. Subtracting the time for the smoke to pass, we should still have more than an hour."
He said and looked at the two sides who were fighting fiercely.
After discovering that the cannon sounded, Huang Ting's offensive was much stronger than before, so he said to Zhang Huang: "You use the flag language to convey this message. You must defeat the Jurchen Navy within an hour."
"At the same time, send a reconnaissance ship upstream to monitor thirty miles away. If you find the Eight Han Banners coming, report it immediately!"
After Zhang Huangyan bowed in agreement, he hurriedly ordered the flag bearer to wave the flag.
When Huang Ting and others learned that it was the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty who had fled, they immediately became energetic.
In particular, Li Baihu stood on the deck and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the navy of Tianjin Port has defeated the Jurchen dogs. We can't be cowardly and lose the face of Zheng's navy to me." Rush!"
After he shouted, he urged the sailors to row, and at the same time, he filled the sails and rushed towards the Jurchen warship.
When the others saw this, they also roared and rushed forward.
After two hours of fighting, the Jurchen navy was already at the end of its strength. Now, under the impact of Huang Ting and others, it was immediately defeated.
Especially among the warships controlled by Shang Kexi's generals, several warships have quietly retreated, preparing to take the opportunity to escape.
Shang Ke was glad to see that the situation was over, and wanted to retreat, but seeing that Duduo was requesting to land, he did not dare to say anything and pretended to be in command.
"boom......"
With a burst of cannon fire, three more Jurchen warships seizing the ferry were sunk.
Duduo was furious when he saw this, and roared to Nikan beside him: "Where is Mandahai? Let him lead the charge personally, I don't believe that we can't take this small ferry!"
Nikan saw Duduo's murderous face and did not dare to dissuade him, so he had to order the flag bearer to wave the flag.
Then Mandahai appeared on the deck of a warship, roaring and leading a dozen warships towards the ferry at Beidaihe.
After losing five warships in Mandahai, they finally forced back the Zheng navy and reached the ferry again.
But just as they got off the boat, the sound of turrets and firecrackers rang out from the shore again, and at the same time, burning wooden carts rushed over.
When the Jurchen soldiers saw this, they fled one after another.
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At this time, the bird boat that had retreated approached again and fired at the Jurchen warships at the ferry and the Jurchen soldiers on the shore.
After a while, two more warships were lost in Mandahai, and the bodies of four to five hundred Jurchens were also left at the ferry.
Although Mandahai wanted to fight again, the soldiers were already discouraged and took refuge in the boats one after another. Chinese website
In desperation, he had no choice but to signal and request retreat.
Duduo naturally refused, and while letting Mandahai continue to attack, he directed the warship to move closer to the ferry.
Nikan saw that the Ming soldiers had formed an encirclement. If they did not retreat, they might all die here.
So he bravely stepped forward and persuaded: "Prince Yu, Ming's army is now strong. How about we retreat first and then discuss it?"
Hearing this, Duduo shouted angrily: "What are you talking about? I only know how to move forward in war and never retreat. How dare you ask me to retreat?"
Nikan knew that Duduo had a bad temper and that any further persuasion would only irritate him, so he said no more, but silently walked to Shang Kexi's side and asked in a low voice: "King Zhishun, do you have a way to defeat the enemy? "
Shang Kexi glanced at the approaching Zheng navy, shook his head and said: "If it is the navy of the Ming court, and we fight back, we may be able to turn defeat into victory!"
"But the ones we are fighting now are Zheng Zhilong's soldiers and horses. They have been roaming the sea for more than ten years without encountering an enemy. If we continue to fight, I'm afraid we will all die here."
Nikan frowned and said, "Is there any way you can get ashore? As long as we get to the shore, we don't have to be afraid of them!"
Shang Kexi took a look at the situation at the ferry and smiled bitterly: "Master Beile, look at the situation at the ferry. Can we get ashore?"
Hearing this, Nikan sighed secretly and said, "Is there really no other way?"
Shang Kexi shook his head and said: "If I leave now, I'm still a little sure. If it happens after a while, I'm afraid it won't be possible."
Seeing that Shang Kexi had no fighting spirit, Nikan was silent for a while and said, "That's all, you raise the flag and let Mandahai and the others come back and prepare to withdraw!"
Shang Ke was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he glanced at Duduo, and said with some worry: "Prince Yu..."
"It doesn't matter, just make arrangements, Baylor will take care of the rest!"
A flash of contempt flashed in Nikan's eyes. Before Shang Kexi could finish speaking, he interrupted him loudly, and then walked towards Duduo.
After a trace of resentment flashed across Shang Kexi's face, he ordered everyone to prepare to retreat.
Then he looked towards Duduo and saw Duduo walking into the cabin with an angry look on his face.
Shang Ke was pleased to see this, and his worries were relieved.
He waited for the warships from Mandahai to approach before slowly retreating to avoid causing panic.
It's just that the army was defeated like a mountain, and it was still too happy to be defeated by the talent. How could this outcome be changed.
The final result was that they were chased by Huang Ting's army for more than ten miles and fled back in embarrassment with more than a dozen warships.
When Huang Ting and others returned from victory, before they had time to rest, the scouts came back with news that there were more than 20 Western fleets only more than 40 miles away.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that everyone was still fighting high despite the battle, so he immediately ordered the army to march to encircle and suppress the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty.
