The Ming army met the Qing army at sea at Chen hour, and the artillery battle began at noon.

It was already five minutes later, and the Qing army, tempted by the Ming army, had already left the Minjiang River mouth.

On the 15th, Zheng Hongkui led 20,000 Zheng Navy to leave Kinmen and Xiamen Islands, and rushed to the Minjiangkou to assist in the battle.

At this time, the huge fleet finally appeared in the southwest direction of the Qing army fleet.

"It's the Zheng family's fleet!" The sailors and soldiers on all the Qing army ships were in riots and exclaimed.

They were originally Zheng Zhilong's army, and knew the power of the Zheng family's naval army. Now when they saw the Zheng family's naval army coming, many people were not emotionally irresistible, and the Zheng family ruled Fujian for more than ten years and had a great accumulation of power, so they were naturally frightened.

With a "boom!", just when the Qing army was shocked, the Zhenhai, which had completed the loading, and the lucky ship of this formation, fired again immediately.

On the Longsheng, Chen Jin turned back in horror and saw the Dingsheng gunboat blocking the Longsheng in an instant exploded. Ming army shells broke through the starboard side of the Dingsheng, broke out from the port side and fell into the water, splashing water columns.

Under the violent shelling, countless broken wood splashed, the mast was smashed, and the side of the ship had holes and water leaks, gradually overturning.

At the same time, Zheng Hongkui's fleet directly penetrated into the rear of the Qing army fleet, trying to cut off the retreat route of the Qing army's navy, and the Qing army was instantly in danger.

At this time, the Ming army's shells that were shelling Dingsheng were wrapped in broken wood and fell into the water. The splashing water column fell down and poured on Chen Jin, making him awake immediately and shouted suddenly, "Send the order for the rear army to rush back and intercept the enemy!"

On the left side of the Double Horizontal Formation, a large number of small Qing army warships turned around, and they all turned around on the sea, turning around to intercept the Zheng army fleet.

"Boom boom boom!" In the northeast, three guerrilla ships fired volleys on the side guns, which could fire more than 70 shells at a time. Even if the hit rate was only 30%, it could severely damage two enemy ships at once.

In an instant, two more Qing army warships lost their combat power and floated on the sea.

When Guo Zhong saw the shelling, the Dingsheng, which used his hull to block Longsheng, was smashed into pieces by shells. A fire broke out on the ship. The Qing soldiers surviving on the deck ran around, trying to put out the fire and rescue the ship. He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Wait for them to die! Go to Dingsheng, and call me!"

The Ming army's artillery fired volleys, and the Dingsheng horn completely exploded. The hull was quickly flooded by sea water. The waves hit, driftwood scattered everywhere, and Qing army figures were swimming everywhere.

At this time, after the Qing army warships were panicked, they finally reacted and fired again. The shells splashed water columns on the sea. The Zhenhai was hit by the shells. A lucky ship next to it was sunk. The ship capsized, and the Ming soldiers on the above fell into the sea one after another.

The continuous shelling made the Zhenhai River scarred, but the arrival of the Zheng Army Navy in the distance helped boost the morale of the Ming army.

At this time, the outer deck of Zhenhai was almost empty and there was no sign of anyone. However, Guo Zhong shouted loudly, "The left rudder is full, and the starboard cannon is ready!"

Seeing that the Zheng family navy came, Guo Zhong no longer sailed northeasternly, but turned left and dropped his hull.

The port side of the Ming army was severely damaged during the shooting. After several rounds were released, the gun body needed to be cut coldly. The Ming army ships detoured in the water column of the Qing army's artillery shells and transferred the ship over.

"Let me go!" Guo Zhong's blood had solidified, and the Zhenhai Route was ruddered to the left, and after turning his head, it was closer to the Qing army ships.

At this time, the Qing army was still loading. Chen Jin looked at the Ming army's starboard cannon, and his eyes were raised. He saw the Ming army's side of the cannon flashing, and the Longsheng horn suddenly splashed and screamed in terror.

At this moment, the Qing soldiers exclaimed, "No, the back team was defeated by the Zheng army!"

Chen Jin hurriedly turned around and saw the Zheng army navy defeating the Qing army's boats in the rear, and the Qing army's ships rushed to flee first.

Seeing this, Chen Jin twitched his muscles on his face, his teeth shattered, and he stomped his feet and said, "Switch the rudder, withdraw!"

The Qing army's flagship hung up the order flag, and the ships immediately turned around, hoping to break through the Zheng army's blockade and return to the military port before the Zheng army cut off the waterway to return to Mawei Port.

The Qing army turned a ninety-degree bend in front of the Ming army's warships. Naturally, the Ming army would not miss such an opportunity. The loaded artillery continued to roar and bombard the Qing army's warships.

Guo Zhong, covered in blood, stood on the helm, holding the broken guardrail in his hand. Seeing the Qing army trying to escape, he immediately pulled out his knife, waved his fingers in front of the knife, and the blue veins jumped straight, "Turn left, the sails accelerated, and the Shenlongsheng horn!"

The Ming army turned around and the Qing army's flagship had already distanced itself from the Ming army, but the Longsheng was seriously damaged and was not fast. Zhenhai pursued the Qing army, aiming at the stern of the Qing army, and the Qing army's stern artillery roared, the Ming army's side cannon could not bombard, and the bow cannon could not severely damage the Qing army's warship. The sailors on the ship were furious and heard Guo Zhong's order, immediately chased the Longsheng at full speed.

In the camp of the Qing army in Lianjiang, Duoduo urged the Zheng army to attack the Ming army every day. The Zheng army had lost more than 10,000 people, and the Ming army also lost more than 2,000 people.

Duoduo clearly realized that it was impossible to defeat Zhao Ming by the Zheng army's attack, but he still enjoyed sending Zheng army to attack the Ming army.

At this time, in the Qing army's tent, Duoduo sat in the tent, ate meat with a large piece of washbasin, and the Eight Banners generals were making compensation.

"Prince, those Zheng troops are overestimated, why don't we let the Eight Banners warriors attack?" asked Shen Yongzhong of the Han army's official white banner.

Duoduo showed a conceited smile on his face, "There is a great loss in taking the initiative to attack. I predict that the barbarian will be the first to be unable to hold back." As he said, Duoduo stretched out three fingers and said proudly: "I predict that Zhao Zamao will definitely come to find me to fight for the final battle at most three days. It will not be too late to defeat him then!"

Shen Yongzhong looked at several Eight Banner generals and said in confusion: "Why is this?"

Duoduo smiled and said, "I have received the news. Ruijin City will not last long!"

Everyone was slightly stunned, and they all understood what Duoduo meant, and immediately burst into laughter.

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came, and a general suddenly picked up the tent and knelt in the tent panting, causing laughter in the tent to stop abruptly, and everyone stared at each other.

Duoduo inserted the dagger into the basin, frowned, and shouted, "What's the matter with panic!"

The visitor pointed to the west and gasped: "Prince, something is not good. The navy was defeated at the mouth of Minjiang River. The Ming army took advantage of the situation to capture Mawei Port."

"What?" Duoduo stood up with a ferocious look on his face, "How could this happen?"

When Duoduo learned the result of the Minjiangkou War, Zhu Yihai, Zhao Ming and others were listening to Xia Wanchun's report in the Ming army camp.

Zhao Ming's three thousand navy led the Qing army away from the mouth of the Minjiang River. Zheng Hongkui's 20,000 troops suddenly arrived, blocking the Qing army's way back to the port, causing chaos in the Qing army's naval division. Chen Jin, the admiral of the Qing army's navy, ordered a breakthrough, and the two sides fought bloody battles at the mouth of the Minjiang River.

In one day's bloody battle, the only two imitation Western-Japanese artillery ships of the Qing army were sunk, half were burned and severely injured, half surrendered, and half rushed out of the encirclement and fled into Mawei Port. However, the Ming army took advantage of the momentum to enter, and all the Qing ships that fled into the port were captured.

In this battle, the navy recruited by the Qing army could be said to be destroyed, with only more than a thousand people including Chen Jin fled back to Fuzhou.

However, the Ming army suffered a lot of losses in this battle. Zhao Ming's Zhenhai gunboat was completely destroyed and could not be repaired. Six of the lucky ships were sunk, with nearly a thousand people losing. Zheng Hongkui also lost thirty warships, more than two or three thousand people.

Although the army suffered a lot of losses, Zhao Ming was very satisfied. After listening to Xia Wanchun's narrative, he said excitedly: "Your Highness, the Qing navy will be destroyed, and Fuzhou and Duoduo's retreat will be threatened. Duoduo will either attack with all his might and intend to defeat our army, or he will have to return to Fujian."

Zhu Yihai said: "What did Bo'an think Duoduo do?"

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "The two armies were five miles apart and were close to each other. Duoduo was backing the underwater camp. If he dared to retreat, our army would immediately cover up and kill him. I expected Duoduo, and he would definitely not be willing to fail. He would at least attack with all his strength!"
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