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Chapter 537: The Decisive Battle of Imperial City Island 4

Kong Youde looked shocked. Where did so many Ming troops come out? He began to fear. Judging from all the signs at present, the Ming army clearly made a trap to make him drill. The key is that he was fooled. He looked at the same panic soldiers of the self-soldiers, swallowed silently, suppressed his inner fear, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, hold on to me. As long as you break the Ming army in front of you, you can survive."

When all soldiers fight, morale is the most important. Although the mourning soldiers can win, it is the fighting spirit inspired when there is no way to survive. The current situation is that the Qing army fleet was first bombarded suddenly, and then attacked by the Ming army in the rear, and morale fell again and again. And each of them knew that there were ships in the North Sea of ​​the Island that could be escaped, and their hearts were full of survival.

Although the Qing army was in a formation, they were holding various weapons in their hands, and most of them did not even wear armor.

The Ming army broke the formation of the Qing army with one attack. They entered the flock of sheep like wolves and slaughtered from all directions. The Qing army fled in scattered and screamed in the sky.

Kong Youde lamented, knowing that this time he was completely defeated. He had more than 300 personal soldiers around him, the elite of his army. He waved his hand and whispered: "Don't worry about the Ming army anymore. Everyone follows me north along the coast. There are ships there, and we will evacuate from there."

The Ming army had only one thousand-man team, and it was not easy to deal with the Qing army in front of him. Although Tan Shijin noticed that a Qing army fled to the north, he didn't know that Kong Youde was among them, so he only sent a hundred-man team to pursue him. When someone rewarded him and there was Kong Youde there, he regretted it, so he left the Qing army in front of him and personally led more than a hundred people to pursue him.

Lin Qingye did not know that there were other ships on the north side of the island, but after hearing the messy sound from the north, he suddenly realized that he might have made some mistakes. He urgently ordered all the turtle ships to attack and go north to intercept the Ming army as much as possible. At the same time, he ordered the bombardment to stop. Half of the ships were still stranded on the sea to prevent the Qing army from escaping. The other half turned to the Imperial City Island and prepared to land on the island to support the Ming army above.

Most of the Qing army's turtle boats were docked on the north bank of Imperial City Island, and some of them were already scattered. Cao Dewang was anxious and kept shouting loudly, urging the soldiers to speed up. But at this moment, he suddenly saw Kong Youde being accelerating and running towards him under the escort of nearly a hundred personal guards. He saw that he was already at the beach. And behind him, there were many Ming troops chasing him tightly. "Arrowers are ready to save the prince."

As he said that, he ran hard and jumped off the boat. He reached out and grabbed Kong Youde, whose right leg was shot by Yuya, and dragged him onto a turtle boat with difficulty.

Countless Qing troops gathered on the coast, and more soldiers ran along the coast. They shouted loudly and hurriedly boarded the boat. The turtle ship was too small, and each loaded with only fifty soldiers, and at this time the whole city was full of people. Several ships could not bear the weight.

Sinking in the sea.

The war drums were like thunder. More and more Ming troops gathered on the island to the north of the island. They shot with bows and arrows, stabbed with swords and guns, and kept killing the Qing army on the coast. The Ming army ships also rushed over at this time and were getting closer and closer to the Qing army fleet.

Kong Youde looked desperate and sighed softly: "Old Cao, it's time to leave. If the Ming army will make dumplings later."

Cao Dewang's face changed slightly, "Prince, there are so many brothers..."

Kong Youde suddenly sternly said, "Let's go, otherwise there will be no one to avenge them in the future."

Cao Dewang hesitated for a moment and shouted loudly: "All brothers, rush out with me."

By dawn, all the chasing ships rushed back and brought back hundreds of prisoners.

After Lin Qingye asked carefully, he returned to the camp and looked at Han Kuo with anticipation and shook his head gently. "Kong Youde is not inside, he has escaped."

Looking at Han Kuo with a sad face, Tan Shijin comforted him and said, "Mr. Han Qian, although Kong Youde, the bastard, escaped, the Seven Thousand Tianyou Army was killed by us and captured nearly 4,000, and there were less than a thousand escapers. It was considered a severe blow to his Pidao Navy. Isn't it easy to deal with him in the future?"

Lin Qingye nodded gently and said, "Among those nearly 4,000 prisoners, there are more than a thousand Koreans. They said that Kong Youde came this time, and the five thousand Tianyou Army he brought were all elites and basically all ships. This time he not only injured his muscles, but also lost basically all ships. I am afraid he will not be able to cause trouble for a long time."

Han Kuo looked up at Lin Qingye and said, "Deputy General Lin, what should we do next?"

Lin Qingye pondered for a moment and said, "Although our army won this time, it also suffered considerable losses. I plan to leave a group of people to monitor these prisoners on the Imperial City Island, and then reorganize the more than a thousand Korean prisoners into the army, and the army immediately set off for Denglai."

Han Kuo thought for a while and finally shook his head and said, "Deputy General Lin, only some pirates besieged Dunlai. Once they heard that our army was returning to Dunlai, they would inevitably evacuate immediately, and there would be no need for many people to complete it. What I mean is to send a large ship back to Dunlai, and at the same time, they should scatter the turtle ships, and they must find Kong Youde."

Lin Qingye smiled and said, "Mr. Han Qian, you still don't give up!"

Han Kuo bowed and said, "Deputy General Han, this is not a personal grudge. Kong Youde is the chief general of the Qing army's Pidao Navy, and there are still more than 10,000 Tianyou Army there. Although they have lost their ships now, relying on Pidao, countless Koreans have surrendered to each other and can gather another powerful navy at any time. If Kong Youde can be killed, his son Kong Tingxun will be incompetent and will definitely not be able to support the Pidao Navy. This is much more meaningful than killing a few pirates. I think we can still try it to see if we can find Kong Youde."

Lin Qingye pondered for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense. Let's do it! I will lead the big ship and President Tan Qian return to Denglai together, and you will stay on the island to recuperate. As for the task of finding Kong Youde, let it be handed over to Park Jilin! He knows Haiwen well, and then finds someone who is familiar with the nearby geography to help him, and he should be able to find him. If you really can't find it in the end, it's God's will."

Han Kuo bowed and thanked: "Thank you, Deputy General Lin, for your fulfillment."

Lin Qingye nodded gently and turned to Tan Shijin and said, "Mr. Tan Qian, you can go down and prepare now! We have to return to Denglai immediately. Although we don't know the situation there, we should not be optimistic."
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