But Zheng Zhilong is different. He has only been the leader for a long time, and he does not have much capital reserves at all. You must know that the position of leader is not that easy!

The more people he has, the bigger the scene, and the greater the expenses! His people need money to support their families, liquor and other supplies. These are all paid for with free money!

Moreover, the source of Zheng Zhilong's money is the single channel of sea trade. Once Zheng Zhilong and his allies give up sea trade and go to war with Liu Pei, they will be dragged into an economic war by Liu Pei.

Zheng Zhilong, who does not have much financial reserves, is definitely not a match for Liu Pei, who is constantly replenishing it. So as long as time drags on, his alliance will collapse, his men will have lower morale, and they will even oppose going to war with Liu Pei. At that time,

When Liu Pei fights back!

Just when Zheng Zhilong wasted manpower and material resources and kept searching for Liu Pei, Liu Pei had already appeared on the sea. At this time, he was fighting with his fleet. Originally, everyone opposed Liu Pei's participation in the battle, but Liu Pei

Pei said he would stay with his men.

After the sailors heard the news, their morale was greatly boosted. In fact, Liu Pei felt that his body armor was impenetrable to current projectiles, so he confidently boarded the ship. However, his appearance did boost morale.

Now Liu Pei is fighting with a fleet of three ships. The matter will start in the morning.

Liu Pei's fleet was a fleet of four ships. Seeing that he could not dissuade Liu Pei, Wu Yizhou forcibly matched a ship. At this time, the fleet was still sailing in the thick morning fog, slipping like a ghost.

Cross the sea.

When Liu Pei woke up in the morning, the sailors on the fleet also woke up, began to take turns to have breakfast, and replaced the brothers who were on night watch. Because there was still morning fog on the sea at this time, the ships only maintained the lowest temperature

speed.

Liu Pei finished his breakfast quickly and sat on the bow of the boat enjoying the cold and moist sea breeze. Since the morning fog was relatively dense at this time, all the boats maintained their lowest speed and communicated with each other using drums and lights.

At this time, the lookout on the mast shouted loudly: "There is an island ahead!"

After hearing this, Liu Pei nodded with satisfaction. The island in front was one of the navigation marks on Liu Pei's route. In the planned plan, after encountering this small island, they would turn to the southeast.

Sure enough, Liu Pei then heard the captain's order and said: "Attention! Turn 30° to the southeast! Send the steering message to the stern!"

The sailors immediately took action. The ship under Liu Pei's feet slowly changed its direction. The island directly in front of him slowly moved to Liu Pei's left. The island was in the hazy fog.

I couldn't see the shape clearly at all, I just saw a large dark mass. There was nothing on the island, just a bare stone mountain.

Liu Pei took advantage of the fleet's turn to raise his telescope and look behind the fleet, and could vaguely see the ships behind him turning one after another. However, the morning fog was very thick, and he could only see the second ship. The third ship was

Only a vague appearance could be seen. As for the fourth ship, the existence of the fourth ship could only be confirmed by the faint sound of the answering drum.

Aloe put down the telescope and found that he had nothing to do. He simply sat on the bow of the boat, took off his boots, hung his feet down, and enjoyed the sea breeze. As the sea breeze blew against his face, Liu Pei completely let go of his mind and enjoyed the sea breeze.

peaceful.

Not long after, Liu Pei suddenly heard the low voice of the lookout, shouting: "Attention! Attention! There is a boat ahead! There is a boat ahead!"

Liu Pei suddenly woke up and immediately picked up the boots next to her and put them on her feet. By this time, the lookout's alarm had alerted most of the sailors on the deck, and they all looked up into the distance.

Liu Pei also stood up, raised his telescope and looked into the distance. Soon he found a vague shadow in the thick fog. And the shadow was obviously moving slowly and swaying with the waves. Liu Pei

Pei immediately judged in his heart that it must be a sea ship! But he didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friend? At the same time, Liu Pei also quickly judged why he encountered this ship.

It turns out that both Liu Pei and the ship used the stone island as a navigation mark, and the routes of the two sides were almost exactly opposite. So now Liu Pei's fleet and the ship are on a crossing line! They can't sail for much longer.

, the two sides will meet each other in the thick fog.

Unable to tell whether he was an enemy or a friend, Liu Pei said to the captain standing next to him: "Lower the sails. At the same time, notify the ships behind to lower the sails as well."

The captain nodded and told a sailor to make arrangements. Liu Pei once again raised his telescope and looked into the distance. The captain also raised his telescope and took a closer look. But before he could find the shadow of the ship in the lens, Liu Pei heard Liu Pei's teeth coming out.

Three words squeezed out from the gap: "It's the enemy!"

The reason is very simple. Liu Pei has already seen the vague shadow of the second ship not far behind the ship! Now that the two sides are at war, the only people who can form a fleet to sail, except Liu Pei, are Zheng Zhilong's people.

. And there shouldn't be Liu Pei's fleet here, so you don't need to think too much to know that you have encountered an enemy!

If it is an enemy fleet, then they should also have three ships. Zheng Zhilong has full confidence in maritime combat! He believes that with equal strength, he will be able to defeat Liu Pei. Therefore, their fleets are also three ships in a team.

The reason why we haven't seen the third ship now must be due to the thick fog.

Liu Pei quickly arrived

Thinking in his mind, should we fight or not? But Liu Pei quickly made up his mind - fight! Because Liu Pei believed that the opponent must not have discovered him! This means that his side can have a perfect surprise attack in the morning fog!

Liu Pei knew that there was no place for a lookout on his opponent's Chinese sailing ship. Liu Pei specifically asked the master craftsmen to arrange a place for a lookout on the mast of his ship, so he could spot the opponent before the enemy did. Moreover, they still had an opponent in their hands.

There are no high-power telescopes.

Thinking of this, Liu Pei immediately whispered to the captain: "Don't use drums, use lights to notify the ships behind to speed up and follow. Our first three ships pulled up and went hand in hand, bombarded the enemy's first ship with bow guns. Then we

The ship moved up to engage in a boarding battle. The subsequent battle was directed by the captain of the second ship. At the same time, the fire gunner was notified to prepare the mast and ship building."

The captain nodded excitedly and went to make arrangements. After a while, the two ships behind gradually accelerated and caught up from the left, keeping level with Liu Pei's ship. The fourth ship was too far away and could only swim in the thick fog.

A faint outline can be seen in it.

The three ships coordinated through the lights and quickly approached the enemy. Although the morning fog had faded a little, it was still enough to cover up the traces of Liu Pei's fleet. The three ships slid quietly on the water, just like three

The crocodiles are just swimming slowly towards their prey! By the time the prey notices their approach, it is often too late to escape.

Liu Pei once again raised his telescope and looked at the fleet in front of him, and found that the opponent was indeed three ships. At this time, the shadow of the opponent's third ship had been vaguely revealed from the thick fog. But there was no fourth ship.

Shadow. It seems that he must be Zheng Zhilong’s person!

Liu Pei put down the telescope and waved his hand vigorously, as if he was slapping the fog next to him. Liu Pei now hopes that the fog will dissipate as soon as possible. Although it is easy to launch a surprise attack under the cover of the fog, if there is a fight, Liu Pei still hopes

Fighting when there is no fog, because after all, Liu Pei has many people and ships this time. Therefore, it is more advantageous to fight when the sight is good.

At this time, Liu Pei turned around and glanced at the sailors. The sailors had already placed the anti-arrow inserts and were standing excitedly on the side of the ship with weapons in hand, waiting for the moment of battle. The gun crew had also loaded grapeshot.

Waiting for the order to launch.

The fleets of both sides were getting closer and closer. Through the increasingly thinner fog, Liu Pei could already see that no one seemed to be moving on the other side's ship. This made Liu Pei even more confident about the success of the raid!

At this time, the sun had risen very high. The fog on the sea was quickly dissipating. At this time, the opponent had entered the range of the bombardment, but Liu Peiyi did not give the order to shoot because there were not many people on the follow-up deck.
Chapter completed!