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Chapter 282 Infighting
There was sea fog on the sea in the early morning, and the sun had not had time to pierce the fog.

The pirate fleet that was mainly responsible for chasing the Daqin and the Atlante lost contact due to the fog.

Liu Xiang stood at the bow of the boat, surrounded by mist, unable to see things tens of meters away.

"What the hell kind of weather is this?" Liu Xiang muttered to herself, "It's really unlucky, it's better to withdraw our territory, we are familiar with it."

Suddenly, flames flickered in the black fog, and more than a dozen shells pierced through the sea fog and hit Liu Xiang and their fleet!A shell flew over Liu Xiang's head, barely fell into the sea, and almost hit the hull.

"It must be the fleet of the Liao Army, and counterattack quickly!" With lingering fears, Liu Xiang commanded his fleet to shoot at the enemy ships in the sea fog.

The two sides fought in the sea fog, wishing to destroy each other immediately.

"Why did they start fighting by themselves?" The Daqin, sailing not far away, heard the sound of cannons in the sea fog.But Deng Qianlong confirmed that the fleet did not fight the pirates, which made him laugh.

"Let's just watch the show. I didn't expect them to fight on their own without us taking action." The deputy captain of the Daqin had a big cake in his mouth, listening to the occasional cannon fire in the sea fog, with a look of enjoyment on his face.

The two sides surrounded Ishigaki Island and chased each other for a day and a night in the nearby sea for more than a hundred miles.

During the turmoil, many ships were sunk and grounded on rocks, but the two formations of ships familiar with the water situation and terrain near Ishigaki Island did not get into trouble, and only one warship was slightly injured.

When the sun rises, the sea fog gradually dissipates, revealing a calm sea.

Liu Xiang and the boat on the opposite side bombarded each other for a long time, and when the sea fog disappeared, she realized that it was her own!
"Zheng Zhibao, did you mean it? Why didn't you say hello and fired at us?" Liu Xiang led people to the deck of Zheng Zhibao's main ship and condemned Zheng Zhibao.

Zheng Zhibao is the younger brother of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu, and also a relatively important fleet in Zheng Zhilong Group, commanding nearly a thousand pirates.

"It's obvious that your fleet deviated from the pursuit route, and we thought it was a ship of the Fu Liao Army. Of course we want to attack!" Zheng Zhibao also said angrily.

"Grass, we are not familiar with the terrain here. I didn't expect that there would be fog at this time. How can we not deviate from the original route!" Liu Xiang counted his own ships, because of this scuffle, several ships were severely damaged And lost combat effectiveness, "This battle can't be fought, I want to return to Guangdong!"

"Liu Xiang, are you going to disobey my elder brother's order?" Zheng Zhibao was stunned when he saw Liu Xiang turn and leave.

"Tell Zheng Zhilong to fuck him! I, Liu Xiang, don't want to go into this muddy water anymore. It's not like the Liao army didn't tell me that their targets are only your pirates near Xiamen and Yizhou, and they won't interfere with our Guangdong fleet. things. I have absolutely no need to help you guys!"

The furious Liu Xiang angrily directed the fleet to turn around and leave.

Zheng Zhibao looked dumbfounded at Liu Xiang who left, and then at the Daqin and Atlante which were still parked in the distance waiting for him to approach, not knowing what to do.

Without Liu Xiang's dozens of ships, he really didn't dare to fight the Daqin and the Atlanta.

"Let's go back too!" Zheng Zhibao threw his hat on the ground helplessly, and retreated with the fleet.

Deng Qianlong was also a little dumbfounded when he saw the pirates who first had a fight with each other and then broke up and retreated.What the heck.

"Deputy commander, do we want to pursue it?"

Not only the crew of the Daqin, but also the crew of the Atlante, the Constitution and other ships have also asked the Daqin for instructions.

"The poor should not chase after them, we should follow them far away, so as not to fall into their trap." Deng Qianlong said.

On the coastline of Ishigaki Island, after sending Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhibao to drive away the Daqin and Atlanta, the main force of Zheng Zhilong's fleet is still trying to find a way to attack the coastal defense fortress.

The two generals Zheng Zhihu and Shi Daxuan led the pirates to try again to attack the island's defense line.One person was responsible for blocking the mountain battalion troops in the dense forest, and the other led the soldiers to attack the bastion with artillery and muskets.

The defense of the bastion was three-dimensional, and the firepower was intertwined. After Zheng Zhihu's troops dropped hundreds of corpses, they collapsed again and fled again.Shi Daxuan's troops were also at a loss when faced with the mountain battalion soldiers who appeared in the dense forest.

Zheng Zhilong frowned as he looked at this unmoving sea fortress.The pirate coalition forces lost troops on this island one after another, but they were still unable to make progress, let alone destroy the massive supplies that the Liao Army had piled up in the fortress of Ishigaki Island.

"Boss, the spies of the Ryukyu Guards have reported that the main force of the Liao Army's fleet has arrived at Naha Port. There are 40 warships, and more than [-] supply ships and troop carriers!" The pirate in charge of monitoring the Ryukyu Guards asked Zheng Zhilong reported.

"The main force of the Liao Army's fleet is coming too fast. Send ships to recover Zheng Zhibao and Liu Xiang. We have to retreat to Penghu and Yizhou and prepare to meet the main force of the Liao Army's fleet," Zheng Zhilong said.

"Liu Xiang's troops have returned!" The Pirate Alliance cheered, and the Liu Xiang fleet, which was chasing the Ishigaki Island fleet of the Liao Army, came back early, probably because they had achieved some results, right?
"Let's go back!"

Liu Xiang came back with the pursuing fleet, gathered the rest of the coalition forces and Liu Kuiqi and other pirate leaders who supported him, and went south with more than a hundred ships without talking nonsense to Zheng Zhilong.

"Liu Xiang and the others ran away?" The pirates including Zheng Zhilong were dumbfounded.Liu Xiang is really straightforward!

"What happened!" Zheng Zhilong was very puzzled.In his impression, although Liu Xiang didn't agree with him, he also had some big picture ideas and would not leave with his own influence without saying hello.

With Liu Xiang leaving like this, the pirate coalition forces' combat effectiveness will be reduced by at least one-third.

Liu Xiang left with his subordinates on the front foot, and Zheng Zhibao led the fleet back on the back foot.

"Zhibao, tell me why Liu Xiang left in a hurry? Could it be that the main force of the Liao Army's fleet has arrived in the nearby waters?" Zheng Zhilong asked Zheng Zhibao.

"Actually, I had some conflicts with him..." Zheng Zhibao hesitated to explain the cause and effect to Zheng Zhilong, especially when the two sides met in the sea fog and killed each other.

"Fate is tricking people..." Zheng Zhilong didn't know what to say, so he would be able to fight among himself, even if he formed a coalition army, he would not be able to deal with the main force of the Liao army.

"We also retreated to Penghu, joined the imperial navy, and then asked for help from the Western navy, and joined forces from all three parties to resist the main force of the Liao army in Penghu." Zheng Zhilong said helplessly, "If we continue to lose in Penghu, we will only be left Xiamen Bay."

(End of this chapter)