Although this sea battle was a bit inexplicable, its scale was quite amazing.

There were nearly 200 ships participating in the war between the two sides, and hundreds of artillery numbers, even hundreds of thousands. Such a war, even if it was placed in the continental region at this moment, would be considered a decisive battle between super powers. On such a large scale, it might be possible to destroy a European power in one battle.

Unfortunately, there were no European powers in this war. Both sides could be said to be powers of the Ming Dynasty. They used such a strong force to deal with others, but used them to engage in internal strife. I have to say that this is a kind of sadness.

However, Xie Shixian, the eldest son of the Yuyao Xie family, did not feel sad at all. At the beginning, his excitement was as if he had been studying hard for ten years.

He had been thinking of becoming a high-ranking official since he was a child, and he had to do whatever he wanted, and he was in charge of his orders and acted in a mess.

It’s a pity that he is ignorant and cannot even pass the exam for a scholar. Therefore, the dream of becoming an official is getting farther and farther away from him. At this moment, he finally became the commander of the fleet. He is considered an official from all sizes. He has thousands of people under his command. How can he not be excited?

He commanded the fleet and blasted five rounds. The Wangzhi fleet's dozens of ships were all hung with color. The scene of water column soaring into the sky and wood chips flying was so exciting.

However, before he could command his subordinates to use muskets to knock Wang Zhi's subordinates down like cutting wheat, a huge roar came to Wang Zhi's fleet.

That guy was like the sky and the earth were shaking, and the wind and clouds changed color. After these rounds, he only bombed out more than a hundred shells at most. He did bomb out thousands of shells in one round. How could the power be the same as that of the day!

He hit the other person five times, and indeed hit dozens of ships under Wang Zhi. However, the losses caused were not very large, because most of Wang Zhi's under him were lucky ships, with an astonishingly large hull. If a shell was hit on it, it would not even be able to smash the deck. At most, it would be a hole in the cabin. Even if it was a Cangshan ship, Canghai ship or something, there would be no big problem with one or two shells.

This round of bombardment by Wang Zhi is different. Thousands of shells are concentrated on bombarding thirty or forty Cangshan ships. That guy, at least one ship must have a few more rounds, and some ships may have more than a dozen rounds.

The Cangshan hut is not large in size, and a few shells may sink the ship, let alone more than a dozen.

Therefore, after this round of bombardment, several ships of Xie Shixian's fleet began to tilt and sink, and even the flagship he was riding on was riddled with holes and wood chips flying everywhere.

Xie Shixian was stunned. Didn’t Yang Cong equip Wang Zhi without any artillery in order to limit his strength? How could he have so many artillery!

Fortunately, Wang Zhi was not equipped with the imperial cannons, so he could not fire them continuously. Otherwise, after the fifth round, the poor thirty or forty Cangshan ships under his command would probably be bombarded into slags.

However, this round of bombardment also collapsed him. He looked at the enemy ship that was approaching quickly with fear on his face, and couldn't help but tremble: "Hurry, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"

That's right. You have only thirty or forty Xiao Cangshan boats. How can you do more than hundreds of large ships? It's almost the same to use the range advantage of artillery to hang them. Once you come to the side, the entire army will definitely be destroyed.

Unfortunately, this kid just didn't listen to them and insisted on playing a quick battle. Now, he was going to be killed by someone else's quick battle, right?

Several commanders and Qianhu could only shake their heads helplessly, and then quickly commanded the fleet to retreat.

Fortunately, although the Cangshan hull was not as large as the Fu Ship, its speed was much faster than the Fu Ship. As the sails came out, the distance between the two sides quickly widened again.

At this time, Xie Shixian was so scared that he was so scared that he didn't have the courage to use the advantage of artillery range to counterattack. He just wanted to escape quickly and run as far as he could.

There were not many Cangshan boats under Wang Zhi, and they were loaded with cargo and their speed was not as fast as those of others. If they insisted on escaping, he could only sigh.

The war ended like this. Wang Zhi's losses were not very big. In other words, dozens of ships were shot and the cabin was a little damaged. It would be fine if it was repaired. Xie Shixian's losses were huge. Eight ships were sunk by Wang Zhi, and his subordinates were also captured by Wang Zhi.

These people are not loyal people. After Wang Zhi tortured them, they would not do anything and would do everything.

It turned out that these people were summoned by the Ningbo Tu family and the Yuyao Xie family to pretend to be pirates and Japanese pirates. They were originally crew members hired by the maritime merchants under the maritime merchants!

As for where these ships came from, where the cannons on the ship and the muskets in their hands came from, they didn't know.

After Wang Zhi interrogated the prisoners, he knew something was clear in his heart. It was probably all caused by Zhao Wenhua, the governor of Zhejiang.

No wonder this kid has been silent for the past few years. It turns out that he is holding his ultimate move and is preparing to rob his fleet in one fell swoop and recapture the Japanese market!

Unfortunately, Zhao Wenhua underestimated him too much. Each ship was equipped with a court-style artillery and a dozen court-style muskets and wanted to rob his fleet. It was a dream of spring and autumn.

If these thirty or forty Cangshan ships were like navy warships, each equipped with more than ten cannons and dozens of muskets, it would be possible to defeat him. Just these muskets and cannons were not enough for him to plug his teeth!

However, another news of the confession of these prisoners was shocked by him, because according to these prisoners, the Xie clan of Yuyao and the Tu clan of Ningbo not only summoned them to pretend to be pirates and Japanese pirates, but also summoned many real pirates and Japanese pirates, and I don’t know what to do!

This news must be notified immediately by Yang Cong.

He immediately sent a complete Cangshan boat back to Nanzhili and went to inform Qi Jingtong, asking Qi Jingtong to send a clutch to convey the message to the capital.

Unfortunately, his move was still a little late, because while Zhao Wenhua sent a fleet to intercept him, he also sent real pirates and Japanese pirates to rob Suzhou Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture in Nanzhili.

This guy, they have tiger squat cannons and new flintlock rifles, with stronger firepower than the coastal Tunwei. Moreover, they also have internal support, how could the Tunwei in Nanzhili resist?

As a result, many prefectures and counties in Southern Zhili Suzhou Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture were in a hurry, and pirates and Japanese pirates came again. Moreover, they came more fiercely than before. They not only plundered the countryside, but also besieged the county prefectures and cities. The firepower was so strong that it was simply unbearable!

When Yang Cong received the message, he went to scold Yan Song just because he was wrong.

Are you the one who is the source of disaster? Is it necessary to do this just to seize maritime interests?

This matter was clearly instructed by Yan Song. Otherwise, why did Xia Yan just fall and just become the chief minister of the cabinet, something happened in the southeast?

Pirates and Japanese pirates are not good men and women. Once they get ashore, the people will suffer. However, Yan Song, a guy, repeatedly indulged and even raised pirates and Japanese pirates, and robbed them everywhere for his own interests. It was simply a big deal!
Chapter completed!