Chapter 655 Dilemma

Judging from the course of the fight and the current situation of the battle, Zheng Zhihu realized that this was obviously not the revenge battle he had expected, but that his opponent had set a trap early and was just waiting for his team to step in on their own. The opponent was in Nanri

It is not yet clear how many troops are stationed in the village, but judging from the deployment of troops at sea, it is obvious that the opponent has made preparations early, and even the Dutch who are helping out have also planned to join in.

Zheng Zhihu thought that the last time Haihan took the lead in attacking Nanri Island, only three warships were dispatched. However, this time there were obviously more Haihan warships at sea - not including the large warship.

Including the terrifying giant ship, maybe it is ambushing somewhere in the waters around Nanri Island, quietly waiting for a suitable time to attack. Of course, judging from the current situation, Haihan no longer needs to resort to

This big killer comes to control the battle situation.

After the Dutch retreated, they probably would not come back to rescue the people on the island. And the few ships that escaped in the morning obviously did not have enough power to kill a single carbine. At most, they would go directly to Penghu and kill the people here.

Zheng Zhilong was informed of the battle situation. Based on the current situation in Penghu, it is probably impossible to send another support force to rescue the predicament on Nanri Island in a short time.

After a period of chaos, the statistics of each leader's team were finally fed back to Zheng Zhihu. Currently, there are more than 1,400 members of Shibazhi on the island, including more than 100 injured who cannot continue fighting.

There are 73 remaining sea-going ships, 11 of which were seriously damaged in the morning's battle. Without repairs, it will be difficult to continue long-distance voyages. Of course, with the remaining 60 or so

The ship's loading capacity can carry all the people away with a squeeze, but whether it can leave here safely is another matter.

In terms of supplies, the food and grass currently brought are quite sufficient. Because hundreds of people died in the battle and escaped before, the remaining food can be consumed by the people on the island for at least half a month. But the actual food left for them can stay.

There is not that much time, because the return journey will take about two days. If you are pursued by the enemy, you may need to circle around on the sea to get rid of it, and the required sailing time will increase exponentially.

As for morale, this is what Zheng Zhihu really needs to worry about. After several consecutive setbacks in the battle, the morale of this team has become obviously unstable, especially when Shibazhi relied on him in the naval battle this morning.

The defeat of the Dutch fleet was a huge psychological blow to the pirates. If he wants to continue fighting with Haihan and the Ming army now, Zheng Zhihu must think carefully about how to regain his morale, and the sooner the better.

, if the situation continues like this, it will only become more and more disadvantageous for Shibazhi who is trapped on the island.

"After lunch, they must be launching an attack, right?" Zheng Zhihu couldn't help but think of such a possibility. Since his opponent had won very smoothly in the previous encounters, the possibility of taking advantage of the victory and chasing after him was quite high.

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"Here comes someone!" Zheng Zhihu called his soldiers in, and then issued an order: "Place food for the brothers early at noon, and also ask the cook to kill a few pigs, and each brother must have a share! Give me a share

The silver box on the ship was taken out, and each person was given two taels of silver. Tell everyone that starting from today, everyone's daily salary will be increased by two taels until we return to Penghu safely!"

Zheng Zhihu actually has no idea how much these measures can increase morale, but considering the current environment, there are indeed only a few measures he can take. Zheng Zhihu can only hope to deal a certain blow to his opponent in the next battle, and then

Look for another chance to leave this island.

During lunch, Zheng Zhihu also put down his arrogance and asked his soldiers to follow him with a jar of wine. He patrolled around the camp. When he saw the leader leading the soldiers, he went up to offer a bowl of wine and exchanged a few words to show encouragement. For those who were injured,

Although his men were unable to move, Zheng Zhihu squatted down and personally fed two pieces of pork to the injured with chopsticks to show his concern. Although this temporary cramming method seemed too blunt, it could still win people's hearts to a certain extent.

function.

However, after noon, there was no movement in the direction of Nanri Village. The garrison there did not seem to intend to take the initiative to attack, and the enemy ships at sea did not show any signs of trying to enter the harbor for an assault. What is terrible is that Nanri Village

There isn't much vegetation on the Japanese island, and there aren't even trees taller than a human being near the port. Under the direct sunlight of the dog days, Shibazhi's camp is like a steamer, and the bare ground is so hot that it's scalding hot.

.And under such scorching heat, Shibazhi's troops had to prepare for battle in full gear on the battlefield to guard against the opponent's surprise attack.

However, this kind of waiting is doomed to be in vain. Qian Tiandun in Nanri Village has already made up his mind to drag Shibazhi to death, and Xu Jiaqi does not want to come out to take the credit - in fact, Xu Xinsu arranged for him to be on the island with him.

By stationing the Haihan militia together, the relevant credit has been promised to him in advance. Even if the Ming army only did a little preliminary work, the credit for defeating the pirates after the war will still be credited to him as the general who led the troops.

.No one else can compete with him for this credit, so why risk it and attack Shibazhi’s camp again?

The pirates were sweating profusely and waited from noon until the sun set, but they did not wait for their opponents to take the initiative to attack. Zheng Zhihu had to throw out some words such as "The Haihan people are afraid of the bravery of our army and dare not invite a fight."

words to appease the restless military morale. However, discerning people have actually discovered that Shibazhi is currently in a dilemma, unable to attack even if it wants to, and unable to leave even if it wants to.

However, after the sun goes down, it does not mean that Shibazhi will be able to relax. They have already tasted how powerful the Haihan people's night attacks are on the first day they landed on the island, and naturally they do not dare to be careless anymore.

Zheng Zhihu couldn't sleep well that night. He was woken up by the soldiers three times just because of the warning. The pirates on duty heard various strange noises in the dark outside the camp and suspected that there were enemies.

A night attack was about to be launched, so the alarm was activated. But when Zheng Zhihu hurried to the front line, it became silent again.

Zheng Zhihu did not blame the sentry for this. After all, this was his duty. After making sure that nothing happened, he returned to the camp to rest. Unexpectedly, he was awakened by the alarm again before he fell asleep. Only when he arrived near the camp gate did he realize that someone was outside heading towards the camp.

Shots were fired, but fortunately no one was injured. Judging from the intensity of the gunfire, there were at least dozens of enemy gunmen lurking in the dark outside the camp.

"If someone shoots again, just fight back!" Zheng Zhihu didn't have any good solutions to such harassment, and he didn't dare to send people out of the camp to clean up the nearby area. Although he didn't know what his opponent's tricks were, in the night

The opponent is obviously superior in combat skills, so sending people out will probably end up in vain.

When Zheng Zhihu went back to lie down again and had just fallen into a drowsy sleep, he was woken up again by the sound of warning gongs outside. This time Zheng Zhihu couldn't hold back anymore. He put on his clothes and walked out while muttering: "This

If the Han people had not launched an offensive in the second sea, I would have killed the fool who raised the alarm!"

However, without him taking action, the fool who had raised the alarm was already dead. When Zheng Zhihu rushed to the gate of the camp, he saw several pirates carrying the unfortunate man's body down from the sentry post on the wall.

"What happened?" Zheng Zhihu asked quickly: "Have the Haihan people started fighting?"

"I am reporting to my boss that the Haihan people killed our people with crossbows. Before this brother died, he sent out a warning." A small leader immediately reported to him.

Zheng Zhihu knelt down and looked at the man's body. A crossbow arrow, thinner than his little finger, penetrated from the left chest and came out from the back, piercing the heart and killing him. Judging from the injury, it should be

It was a fatal blow. The warning signal before death was probably made up by this little leader.

Zheng Zhihu stretched out his hand to hold the nock of the crossbow arrow and slowly pulled it out from the corpse. This crossbow arrow was the same as the weapon used in Haihan's night attack two days ago. It was also made of some kind of metal. It felt cold in the hand.

The arrows do not have the barbs that appear on ordinary bows and arrows. It seems that the user is very confident in its lethality and there is no need for a structural design like arrow barbs to increase damage.

What made Zheng Zhihu feel chilling was that not only did the crossbow arrow accurately hit the sentinel's heart, but it also penetrated the front and rear layers of cowhide breastplate in one fell swoop, nailing the person to pieces. This kind of lethality was really terrifying. And.

Shibazhi specially set up a number of fires outside the camp, so that the sentry's visible field of view could be maintained at least about five feet. If the opponent shot the sentry from this distance, the accuracy and power of the weapon would be terrible. In

From Zheng Zhihu's knowledge, the Ming army's military crossbows seemed to be unable to achieve such power.

Everyone is already dead, so there is no point in asking who sent the warning. Zheng Zhihu took a deep breath, stood up and ordered: "Strengthen the alert before dawn, but there is no need to panic. The Haihan people have nothing to do with us. They can only

You can engage in such sneaky tactics to interfere with us. Today's revenge will be repaid twice as much on the battlefield!"

However, it seemed that the Haihan people did not even intend to leave the opportunity for revenge to Shibazhi. It was still a peaceful day. The gate of Nanri Village was not even opened, and the navy and Haihan warships outside the harbor were

He still maintained restraint and had no intention of rushing into the harbor to fight against Shibazhi.

When things have developed to this point, anyone who is not a fool can figure out what his opponent is up to. Zheng Zhihu really wants to send someone to Nanri Village to scold and invite a fight, but he also understands that such a move is probably in vain—

-If someone goes to yell and curse outside Nanri Village, the most likely possibility is not that the Haihan people will fight, but that the people who shouted will be beaten into pieces by the Haihan muskets protruding from the wall.

Since the Haihan people have made up their minds to drag out the war, it is not a situation that can be solved by sending people to yell and scold. Although Zheng Zhihu has no military talent, he will not be naive to think that his opponent will be easily angered. It is obvious that his opponent just wants to

We need to continue dragging it until Shibazhi has run out of ammunition and food and is unable to fight. Then we can easily capture the group of people trapped on the island.

"How can I let you get what you want!" Zheng Zhihu was angry but unwilling to surrender. He was not afraid of death. He had been at sea for so many years, fought so many times on the battlefield, and had more than one or two near-death experiences.

, he had already seen through life and death, and even if the Haihan people put a bayonet on his neck, he would never choose to surrender.

But Zheng Zhihu didn't want to die too painfully, and he didn't want to end up humiliatingly becoming a prisoner of war of the Haihan people and dying in a dark prison. Before the situation worsened to the worst, he must give it another try and let the Haihan people

He knew that the heroes of Shibazhi would not be able to surrender so easily. Of course, he had no intention of insisting on competing head-on with the Haihan people on Nanri Island despite his apparent lack of strength.

He still has his own balance of when to take action and when to be patient.

"Pass my order, each battalion begins to pack up. After nightfall, all personnel board the ship in batches. When the time comes, the brothers rush out of the port by ship and leave this ghost place!" Zheng Zhihu finally made preparations.

Order to retreat. The pirates brought to Nanri Island this time are all the elites of the Eighteen Zhi. It would be a pity to lose them all on this deserted island. Zheng Zhihu still plans to take them back to Penghu as much as possible. Keep them.

The green mountains are here, so there is no need to worry about running out of firewood. Next time we can find a chance to fight with the Haihan people.

As long as the fleet rushed to the sea, no matter how hard the Haihan people fought, their limited warships would not be able to surround dozens of fleeing sailing ships on the sea. Regarding this, Zheng Zhihu could be said to be quite certain.

However, it was difficult for him to imagine what was going on in his camp. In fact, he was under the surveillance of Haihan all the time. On the sea not far from the harbor of Nanri Island, there was an uninhabited small island with an area of ​​less than 0.1 square kilometers.

There is nothing on this island except for hills more than 20 meters above the sea level. After the Haihan Navy took control of this place a day ago, a wooden structure more than ten meters high was quickly added to the top of the hills on the island.

Standing on this observation deck, you can basically have a panoramic view of the entire harbor. If you add advanced military telescopes, you can also see the movements in the Shibazhi camp next to the harbor.

Clearly.

"Have the pirates started to pack up and move things to the ship?" Xie Li couldn't help but smile after hearing the report: "It seems that Zheng Zhihu can't stay any longer and is planning to run away! We also rested all day

Now, notify all units to immediately cancel the rest status, and all personnel will enter combat positions. Two hours later, we will enter the port to give them a surprise."
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