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Chapter 701 Gulangyu Naval Battle (4)

Zhu Yousong led the naval fleet to chase and wipe out Liu Guoxuan's remnants, and after a few miles, Xiamen Island was already in sight.

At this time, a small island flashed out a few miles to the left of Zhu Yousong's big ship, and Zhu Yousong knew that it was Gulangyu Island.The geographical location is so dangerous, there must be Zheng Jiajun's fort there.

Zhu Yousong planned to divide his forces here, and decided to send a partial division to take Gulangyu Island, so as to prevent the island's artillery from bombarding the flank of his fleet.

At this moment, Zhu Yousong saw the hulls of the ships in front tilted suddenly, and was about to ask what happened?

I heard someone shouting from the ship in front, "It's not good, it's hit the rocks."

How could it hit the rocks here?The first few small ships have passed?

Just as Zhu Yousong was stunned for a moment, he heard several muffled noises below, and then the body of the big boat he was on trembled violently for a few times and stopped moving.

The huge inertia made Zhu Yousong almost fall into the sea with his head. Fortunately, he has the physique of a warrior, his reaction is relatively sensitive, and his ability to control the balance of his body is relatively strong. Just when his body was tilted, his legs seemed to be rooted , standing firmly on the bow of the boat, as if it had grown to the top of the boat.

He Xuanjiao was not as determined as he was. She tilted her body and was supported by a big hand, "Jiaoer, be careful!"

Being supported by Zhu Yousong in time, He Xuanjiao stabilized her delicate body.But the other soldiers around the two were not so lucky, they staggered to and fro, lying on the ground, and the soldiers on the edge of the ship fell into the sea one after another like dumplings.

"What's the matter?" He Xuanjiao blushed and asked his subordinates.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, our ship has also hit the rocks...the ship is broken and leaking..." Someone shouted.

"You bastard, what did you do? Why don't you stop the drain?" He Xuanjiao pulled out his sword, wanting to kill them.

The soldiers on the ship will get up and quickly plug the drain.However, the hull was hit and leaked in several places, and the tonnage is so large, the problem of plugging and drainage is no less than that of the Titanic.

"Quickly unload the boat and protect His Majesty!" Only then did he realize that there were several small boats on board for emergency use.

But before Zhu Yousong's small boat was unloaded from the big boat, there was the sound of roaring guns from the direction of Gulangyu Island.

Zhu Yousong knew that he had been fooled by Liu Guoxuan, so he quickly sent an order to retreat.

This sea area is only a few miles away from Gulangyu Island, just within the shooting range of the cannon. At this time, Liu Guoxuan's soldiers did not retreat to Xiamen Island, but in a bay of Gulangyu Island.

At this time, standing beside the island, Liu Guoxuan, who was high on the ship, could see clearly that several large ships of the Ming army were stranded and tilted, and the fleet chasing by the Ming army was blocked.

Liu Guoxuan was happy, "Mr. Hun, this time I will let you have a taste of the power of blocking the sea and juehu. I will pass on the general's order and fire!"

At this time, 500 Zheng's troops were stationed on the small island, and 36 Hongyi forts were set up. With Liu Guoxuan's order, more than 30 cannons roared together.

At this time, some small ships in the front of the Ming army's fleet rushed over, the medium-sized gun and cannon ships "struck on the rocks" and ran aground, and some ships and troop carriers behind were blocked.

At this time, the first batch of artillery shells came whistling, and exploded in the fleet of the Ming army, like heavenly maidens scattering flowers.Some ships were sunk on the spot, and several were severely damaged.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

It was too late to organize an effective counterattack, and His Majesty's ships, Liu Wenxiu's and Li Quan's large ships also "struck on the rocks" one after another and suffered varying degrees of damage. Because of the urgency of the incident, it was too late for them to break down and brake.

The Ming army fleet was in a bit of a mess. Zhu Yousong quickly ordered the ships behind to retreat, and the lightly injured ships should quickly organize plugging and drainage, so they can't wait here to be bombed or sink.

"Your Majesty, the boat is ready, please move it quickly, Your Majesty."

At this time, the big ship had already started to tilt, and its back buttocks were upturned. It was estimated that it was not far from the sinking ship.

Zhu Yousong had no choice but to agree to transfer the ship and continue fighting.

He Xuanjiao followed him to the back, and at this moment, a shell roared and landed on the ship, and thick smoke rose into the sky with a bang, and the shock wave of the explosion lifted Zhu Yousong and He Xuanjiao from the ship, and then The two fell headfirst into the sea.

This scene happened to be seen by Li Quan, Liu Wenxiu, and Liu Chunhong who were busy directing the retreat. The three of them didn't care much, exclaimed "Your Majesty", and jumped into the sea one after another, intending to come to rescue him.

Because these few are good swimmers, even the sea, they don't care.The soaring water jets were constantly being hit around them, and they ignored them completely. The three of them were walking on the ground in the water, and they were swimming fast like fish.

But the three of them have been searching for a long time in this sea area, where are the shadows of Zhu Yousong and He Xuanjiao?

But they are not particularly worried about this matter, because they know that He Xuanjiao's ability in the water is much greater than that on the shore. It is the true inheritance of He Zhaoxiong, the iron-armed blue dragon. gas.

Zhu Yousong is not a landlubber either. When he had a wonderful marriage with He Xuanjiao at the Green Willow Villa, he learned the skills in the water from him, and he can hold his breath in the water for a long time, let alone all kinds of swimming. .

From this point of view, there is no danger in the water for the two monarchs and ministers. Now I only pray for God's blessing. In the shelling, as long as they are not injured, your majesty and empress will be safe and sound. But why didn't they come up after such a long time?
This is where Liu Wenxiu, Li Quan, and Liu Chunhong are anxious.

Now the big ship of the Ming army has been stranded, hit a rock and sank part of it, and was bombarded by Zheng Jun. The sea is in chaos and the losses are relatively heavy.

The soldiers of each ship are preparing to retreat after receiving the order, but at this time there is chaos, how easy is it to retreat?

At this time, they saw a naval battleship rushing towards the sea in the distance. They shouted and fired forward while firing. Then he knew that it was Liu Guoxuan who personally commanded the fleet and came back again.

Liu Wenxiu, Li Quan, and Liu Chunhong hurriedly jumped onto the boat from the water. Although His Majesty was not there, they couldn't be leaderless. They couldn't let the entire fleet be wiped out and buried in the bottom of the sea.

Since the small boats can pass through here, they hurriedly organized a group of small boats to maintain and retreat. The other large boats were rescued if they could be rescued.

But now the morale of the Ming army is a little fluctuating, because one is that they have fallen into the enemy's strategy, and it seems that they will suffer defeat in the immediate future.The second is because some generals know that their majesty and empress have fallen into the sea, and they haven't been seen for a long time. I'm afraid it's more ominous. No matter how good their water skills are, are they still fish?

At this moment, two jets of water several feet high appeared on the sea surface and soared into the sky. The soldiers of the Ming army couldn't help being dumbfounded when they saw it...

(End of this chapter)