The banner was launched, but things did not develop as he imagined! Because the speed of the opponent's warships was much faster than he expected! They quickly passed the river and quickly circled around the Ming army's warship cluster! Then they wanted to drive downstream.

But this circle is not a white-collar worker! When turning this circle, each warship fired at least three rounds! So except for the core Ming army warships, other ships on the periphery were hit hard!

Six ships were already sinking in the water, and the remaining ships were each injured! The deck was covered with dead and injured sailors! If they hadn't used Chinese hard sails, these ships would have been unable to sail at this time! But even so, there were still more than a dozen warships unable to fight due to water inflow!

The Ming army officer looked at the soldiers who were busy blocking the leak and scooping out of the cabin, and only had a sad face! He knew that he could not win this battle at all! Because the enemy's ship was larger than him, faster than him, and more artillery than him, he was completely in a passive state of being beaten!

Now his only reliance is the advantage of the number of ships. Now he regrets the arrangement just now. He had known that he should slow down and wait for the small boats to come and rush forward together! This might directly surround these twenty or so big ships! If he is lucky, he might be able to grab a few more!

The officer waited for a while, and waited until the boat behind approached before he felt relieved. Then he turned his gaze to the enemy warship in the distance.

The warships did not leave, but swam slowly outside the range. They seemed to be waiting for something? Their tall hulls and sails almost covered the entire river surface!

Seeing that the other party had no intention of attack, the officer couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief! Then he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to block the leak and repair the ship.

The boats quickly leaned over and wanted to surround the big boats. The soldiers on the boat saw the big boats, and their faces showed surprise or panic. They had been in the south for too long and had never fought on a large scale.

The only thing they had to deal with was the bandits in the river. Those bandits often fled first when they saw them. So they had no much experience in combat.

What's more, it's definitely not the Northern Army to get an empty salary

Privileges! The situation of the southern army's empty salary is equally serious! Take the fleet in front of you as an example. They have at least 300 ships in full, but now they can only dispatch more than half of them!

Taking advantage of the temporary ceasefire, several other officers of the army came to the flagship. As soon as they got on the ship, an officer with a fierce look on his face said: "General Zhang Shen, we can't continue to fight like this! The other party has more cannons and ships, so we can't stand it!"

An officer who had a blind eye said, "What the hell is going on? We didn't see clearly behind us! Why did it become like this?"

An officer behind General Zhang Shen smiled bitterly and briefly talked about the battle situation. Hearing these people "hissed" and fucked the air conditioner!

After hearing this, the one-eyed Dragon officer turned his head and said to General Zhang: "Mr. Zhang, this battle cannot be fought like this! If it continues like this, it will probably be eaten up one after another!"

General Zhang Chan said with a wry smile: "Of course I know this! That's why you guys come and discuss an idea! I'm not going to fight them anymore. I'm going to withdraw my troops and return to the camp and guard the water camp to the death!"

Although the other officers did not speak, their expressions were obviously much more relaxed. These officers could understand General Zhang Shen's idea. People could fight without a fight, but if the ship was gone, he, General Zhang, would have done his best! So returning to the camp to protect the ship is a good way. Moreover, their interests are highly consistent with General Hu Shen, and they do not want to lose their lives here.

Seeing that no one was against each other, General Zhang Shen said, "Now we need to go back to the camp. It is better to go up against the current than a small boat. In a while, your boat will go back first, and when you return to the camp, prepare for the battle, and I will arrive later!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sailor shouted loudly: "Those sea boats are coming up again!"

General Zhang Shen and others were shocked and looked up quickly. The enemy ships that had been swimming slowly in the distance were divided into two teams and drove towards them again! But what scared them was not these more than 20 warships, but the dense ships on the river surface in the distance!

It turned out that the reason why those warships were swimming not far away was just waiting for reinforcements! And coincidentally, their hulls and sails were too tall, blocking Zhang Shen's view, so that they did not find a large number of ships moving upstream.

Everyone stared blankly at the fleet that could not see the tail and had covered the river. They couldn't help but feel fear, and their whole body was stiff and unable to move for a moment! After a while, General Zhang Shen suddenly shouted and said, "I'm just a fool! Run away! Turn around quickly! Go back to the camp! Go back to the camp!"

General Zhang Shen's voice not only awakened the officers, but even the frightened sailors finally woke up! The soldiers began to rush to control the sails and turn the bow of the ship. But in the panic, more than a dozen ships collided with each other!

Except for one ship who was unlucky and was hit by the ship's side, the other ships were not seriously injured! If this happened on weekdays, General Zhang Shen would have rushed up and beaten them with a scabbard!

But at this moment he didn't care about this, and even commanded his ship to knock a ship beside him and sailed upstream desperately! So the entire Ming fleet began to escape in a mess.

But the naval warships behind them were much faster than theirs! They raised all the spinnakers and ran faster with the help of the wind! Even the anti-current ships were much faster than those poorly maintained Ming warships.!

Seeing this situation, the Ming army became even more panicked, especially those ships that fell behind because of the damaged hull and water inlet. They fired randomly with cannons at the stern to give themselves courage! But they completely ignored the fact that they had not aimed at all!

There was even a hull with severe water inflow and was destined to be unable to return to the camp. The warship simply lowered the sails and surrendered! General Zhang Shen took a look without making any statement, but just urged the sailors to speed up the ship as much as possible! Now he was eager to return to the camp! Because he felt that he could defend the camp!
Chapter completed!