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Chapter 736 Sino-Dutch naval battle (4)

More than 100 fleets led by Li Quan and his wife, with a total of 3000 sailors, fought on the right side of Zheng Chenggong's fleet.The firepower of the Dutch fleet was really fierce. Li Quan commanded the fleet to charge three times, but he couldn't break through the opponent's fire defense line.

Of course, Li Quan knew that the Dutch navy relied on strong ships and guns. As long as they could break through their fire defense line and get close to their ships, it would be best to fight in close combat. This battle would undoubtedly win.However, the immediate problem lies here. If such a forceful attack is made, the casualties will be too great.

At this time, Li Quan thought of the Battle of Jiujiang that year. He and His Majesty Zhu Yousong attacked Zuo Liangyu who was entrenched in Wuhan, and the two sides fought in Jiujiang.Because Zuo Liangyu has a strong army, he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers under him, and he has a complete range of artillery and naval forces.

Therefore, the battle was fierce on both water and land.Zhu Yousong's navy played a key role in that battle.The Battle of Poyang Lake sent all Zuo Menggeng's navy to the bottom of the water.

On the Hukou battlefield on the north side of Poyang Lake, he and Liu Chunhong were ordered by Zhu Yousong to lead a death squad capable of water, avoiding the enemy's sight at night, diving across the Yangtze River from Hukou, and destroying the enemy's fort.

In this way, the impregnable Jiujiang collapsed under the attack of the north and the south. This battle not only killed Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Menggeng, but also wiped out thousands of Tartars, and captured Jiujiang City in one fell swoop. Since then, the people and horses have been devastated and disappeared.

A few years have passed, and Li Quan still remembers the battle that year, and suddenly thought of this trick, and came to ask Zheng Chenggong for orders.

Zheng Chenggong agreed, and Li Quan and his wife began to select people. Li Quan and Zheng Chenggong selected some of the Zheng family's army with better water quality. One was a good player in the water at the Green Willow Villa back then.

In this way, 100 warriors were quickly selected and a temporary death squad was established.

Li Quan volunteered to be the captain of the Death Squad.Of course Zheng Chenggong agreed, because besides him, there was no more suitable candidate.

But there is one person who wants to fight with him at this time, and this person is definitely his wife Liu Chunhong.

Li Quan never thought that his wife would compete with him for merit. In fact, he knew where it was. Liu Chunhong loved her husband very much, and she was working hard for her husband.

But Li Quan can let this lady do anything, but this is the only thing he can't do.The husband and wife were the best. In front of Zheng Chenggong, they refused to give in to each other and confronted each other tit for tat.The two even had to decide by fighting.

But the two are worthy of being husband and wife, and in terms of martial arts, the two are well matched.On the shore, Liu Chunhong was no match for Li Quan.But in the water, the two turned over.

Therefore, both of them knew that if they competed, they would have their own strengths, and it would be hard to distinguish between them.

Li Quan couldn't persuade his wife, and his wife couldn't make her husband give in, which made Zheng Chenggong in a dilemma.

The lieutenant general Liu Guoxuan who arrived just at this moment relieved them of the siege.

He took out a copper coin, let this copper coin decide who will go to the husband and wife?Zheng Chenggong thought it was feasible, and the husband and wife agreed.

Liu Guoxuan threw it into the air, and the copper coin spun down and landed on the deck with a crisp sound.Several people stared at the copper coin until the copper coin lay motionless on the ground.

"Heads up, ma'am, you lose." Liu Guoxuan pronounced the verdict on the spot, and put away the copper coins as he spoke.

This time, Liu Chunhong couldn't argue anymore.Li Quan was overjoyed. He led a hundred death squads, put on his navy uniform, and was about to go into the water.

"Master, you must come back alive!" Liu Chunhong told her husband with a blushing face, tears rolling in her eyes, regardless of the presence of everyone.

She knew that this was different from being in the Yangtze River. This was the vast sea, several miles away from the enemy. These red-haired guys were powerful. She had witnessed it with her own eyes just now. In addition to the powerful artillery, they also used Firearms, accidents can happen at any time, so this time is tantamount to death.

But it is impossible for the two of them to go at the same time, and one must be left to continue commanding the battle of the right fleet.Because the three fleets dispatched by Zheng Chenggong went hand in hand to take care of each other.The failure of any fleet may directly affect the outcome of this battle.

Li Quan looked at his wife, nodded heavily, and spit out a few words: "You should also take care of yourself."

After so many big battles and small battles, the husband and wife both advance and retreat together, and they have never felt so heavy like today.

After Li Quan finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and turned around to leave.

Zheng Chenggong warned at this time: "Master Li will play by ear during this trip. If you can't hold on, don't fight recklessly. You should retreat quickly to save your strength, so that we can make a long-term plan."

"I understand, my lord, please rest assured." Li Quan turned around and left.

At this time Liu Guoxuan chased after him and whispered something in his ear, to see if Liu Chunhong wasn't paying attention to him, he took out the copper coin and showed both sides to Li Quan.

Li Quan saw that the problem was the copper coin, which was the same on both sides. This was the reason why he was able to win over his wife today. It was not because of his luck, but because Liu Guoxuan helped him cheat and deceived the cute girl. wife.

"Master Li, you won't blame me." Liu Guoxuan looked at her and smiled slightly.

"What are you talking about? Brother Liu, it's too late for me to thank you!" Li Quan said, holding Liu Guoxuan's hand gratefully, and the four big hands were tightly held together.

Liu Guoxuan said: "Master Li, you can go at ease. I will cooperate with you and let these red-haired boys taste the power of the fishnet array."

Li Quan bid farewell to the generals, took a hundred death squads, and launched into the water one after another from the boat. After the waves splashed, they disappeared on the sea.

After Zheng Chenggong, Liu Guoxuan, and Liu Chunhong stared at the water for a while, a few black heads appeared on the water a few hundred meters away from them, and then submerged in the water again.

Liu Guoxuan said to Zheng Chenggong: "General, in order to cover Li Quan and distract the enemy's attention, I personally led a few warships to go through here."

"It's too dangerous." Zheng Chenggong shook his head.

"It's okay, I plan to use the most powerful fishing net formation of our Zheng family army to deal with them, but in this way, the fleet on the left will have a general in command temporarily."

Zheng Chenggong thought: "Okay then, I will order the artillery fire of the left army to cover you. If you really can't get close to the enemy ship, quickly withdraw and we will find a way."

Liu Guoxuan nodded, left Zheng Chenggong's command ship, boarded a small boat, came to his left fleet, and immediately picked ten medium-sized warships. The Qianjin Fulang machine does not have the long-range and powerful red-clothed cannon.

There were not many soldiers on board, about 100 including sailors.

These ten ships were all surrendered by the Zheng family's army, and they all had special fishing nets on board.

After Liu Guoxuan made his selection, he led ten warships, left the left fleet, and moved obliquely towards the Dutch fleet.

(End of this chapter)