Both sides had fought to exhaustion on the battlefield. At this time, a new force like six third-level battleships suddenly appeared, and the outcome was no longer in suspense.
Although Zheng Zhilong couldn't figure out where Xia Guo conjured these six battleships, he had no time to think about it.
How to retreat as soon as possible and preserve his own strength as much as possible has made him anxious.
The chaotic Zheng fleet began to turn around and flee regardless of whether they heard his order or not.
That's what pirates are like.
When fighting against the wind, one is braver than the other.
And once the defeat is determined, even if you want to escape, you will not be willing to lag behind.
Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong had his own brothers, otherwise he would have been kicked out by the Xia Navy.
When Zheng Zhibao saw the order coming from Zheng Zhilong, he immediately led his fleet towards the Xia Navy without any hesitation.
He knew this was a fight to the death.
But in order to cover Zheng Zhilong's withdrawal, he could only sacrifice himself.
There was no dust on E Honglue's clothes and they were as clean as washed, which made him very satisfied.
Seeing the Zheng fleet rushing in the opposite direction, he just ordered Shao Qingfu, the captain of the flagship Yanzhou: "Young man, it's your turn to take command. Let me see, how are you doing?"
Shao Qingfu understood that E Honglue was giving their young people a chance to practice.
He nodded gratefully and stepped forward to take over the command.
"Give orders to all ships to sail southwest and attack the enemy with port guns."
The six battleships formed a formation and slowly turned a small turn to the southwest. In this way, the port artillery was aimed at Zheng Zhibao, who was rushing up.
Zheng Zhibao currently only has more than 60 ships in his hands, none of which have as many artillery pieces as the Xia Navy.
In just the first round of shelling, one-third of the ship in Zheng Zhibao's hands was lost.
But the more this happened, the more Zheng Zhibao understood that he must not let the Xia Navy pass.
He looked at the situation on the sea. At this time, he was still more than 800 meters away from the Xia Kingdom fleet. With the performance of the warship in his hand, it was impossible to rush forward no matter what.
He simply ordered all the warships to start turning, and I also headed southwest.
In this way, although they were always within the range of the Xia army's artillery strikes, they blocked the six battleships from going directly south.
In short, if you don't completely eliminate him, don't even think about catching up with Zheng Zhilong.
After all, Shao Qingfu was still a bit immature, and since he had too few warships, he didn't dare to take risks. We can only let the ships keep firing to attack Zheng Zhibao.
On the sea, the accuracy of artillery hits is very impressive.
Both sides are moving quickly, which increases the difficulty of hitting.
As a result, after fighting back and forth, it took an hour to finally completely eliminate the warship in Zheng Zhibao's hands.
At this time, Wang Chang had already led the squadron that had cleaned the battlefield to follow.
Shao Qingfu sent a signal to Wang Chang and asked him to clean up the battlefield. He led six battleships to the south quickly, hoping to expand the results of the victory.
But after all, it took a long time, even if the warships were at full speed, and they caught up to the southernmost island chain, they saw that Zheng Zhilong's fleet had turned into the depths of the channel.
"Okay, stop, don't chase anymore."
E Honglue was always watching from the sidelines, and he didn't say a word to remind him until this moment.
"Teacher, are you going to let Zheng Zhilong run away like this?"
Shao Qingfu felt that he did not play well and was very upset.
Little did he know that E Honglue was actually very satisfied with his performance.
Entering the battlefield for the first time, commanding a new fleet can achieve such a stable record. At least he doesn't have to worry about losing to experienced opponents in the future.
"The islands ahead are criss-crossed and the waterways are narrow. We don't know the situation inside. If Zheng Zhilong ambushes, it will be greatly disadvantageous. You should understand the principle of not chasing an enemy when you are in trouble."
These six battleships are large in size and correspondingly less flexible.
There are no obstacles on the wide ocean, and you can roam at will. But entering a narrow waterway fork, there is no way to deal with changes.
In addition, the sun was setting in the west and the light was gradually dimming, making it no longer suitable to continue fighting.
Under the auspices of E Honglue, the Xia Navy began to withdraw its troops after a great victory.
The task of pursuing Zheng Zhilong was handed over by Zuo Hua to E Honglue.
This is mainly due to two considerations.
First, E Honglue is about to leave the front line, and Zuo Hua wants to add merit to him.
Although Zuo Hua has an arrogant character, he is only towards his enemies. But when it comes to his own people, he is protective of his own shortcomings.
Secondly, after a day of fierce battles on the four warships of the East China Sea Fleet, the officers and soldiers were already exhausted. Moreover, the battleship was severely damaged and could no longer exert its performance advantages.
Although E Honglue failed to catch up with Zheng Zhilong and achieve the goal of total annihilation. But after this battle, more than 150 warships of the Zheng family were destroyed, which can be described as an earth-shattering victory.
It can be said that from now on, Zheng Zhilong can only linger and no longer has the ability to fight back.
On various battlefields, the Xia Navy began to clean up.
Everyone who fell into the water, whether it was Xia Jun's or Zheng's, was fished out one by one.
Zheng Zhifeng fell into a coma when she fell into the water, but she survived and became a prisoner of Xia Jun.
Zheng Zhibao knew that the overall situation was decided and wanted to die.
Seeing Xia Jun coming up, he refused to obey and just kept flopping in the water, waiting for his strength to run out and sink to the bottom of the sea.
Xia Jun was not polite to him, and directly cast a big net down and wrapped him tightly, like a big fish being dragged into the boat.
Hearing that Zheng Zhibao was caught, Zuo Hua rushed over with a smile.
"Brother Zheng, what do you say now?"
Zheng Zhibao was tied up with five flowers and could not move. Just gritting his teeth without fear.
"If you want to kill or behead, please do as you wish. There are no cowards in my Zheng family, so don't expect me to be soft on you."
Zuo Hua was very happy to catch his tit-for-tat opponent.
"You are now a prisoner of our Xia Army. We, our Xia Army, have our own rules on how to deal with you. Just wait, and you will get what you deserve."
Zheng Zhibao couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw the unconscious Zheng Zhifeng being carried on a stretcher by Xia Army soldiers.
"Fourth brother!"
However, Zheng Zhifeng couldn't hear his voice at all, and his face looked a little swollen after being soaked in water for a long time.
This made Zheng Zhibao misunderstood.
"A man surnamed Zuo can only kill people with a nod of his head. Today I lost, and I have nothing to say. Don't you even let the dead go?"
Zuo Hua was stunned for a moment, then laughed dumbly.
"What are you thinking about? He's not dead, he's just unconscious. Carry him over and let the military doctor take a look. Maybe he can be revived."
Zheng Zhibao was ecstatic when he heard that Zheng Zhifeng was not dead.
He didn't even realize that his original desire to die had slowly faded away.
The sky gradually darkened, and the battle came to an end for the time being.
The Xia Kingdom fleet occupied Daxie Mountain, preparing to rest and recuperate before facing the subsequent battle.
At this moment, Zheng Zhilong led the remaining troops and was stationed at the southernmost tip of Hengdao.
After being frightened by a hundred battles, he needed to think carefully about where to go in the future.
