Both sides had fought to exhaustion on the battlefield. At this time, a new force like six third-level battleships suddenly appeared, and the outcome was no longer in suspense.
Although Zheng Zhilong couldn't figure out where Xia Guo conjured these six battleships, he had no time to think about it.
How to retreat as soon as possible and preserve his own strength as much as possible has made him anxious.
The chaotic Zheng fleet began to turn around and flee regardless of whether they heard his order or not.
This is what pirates are like.
When fighting against the wind, each one is braver than the other.
And once the defeat is determined, even if you want to escape, you will not be willing to lag behind.
Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong had his own brothers, otherwise he would have been kicked out by the Xia Navy.
When Zheng Zhibao saw the order coming from Zheng Zhilong, he immediately led his fleet towards the Xia Navy without any hesitation.
He knew this was a fight to the death.
But in order to cover Zheng Zhilong's withdrawal, he had no choice but to sacrifice himself.
There was no dust on E Honglue's clothes and they were as clean as washed, which made him very satisfied.
Seeing the Zheng fleet rushing in the opposite direction, he just ordered Shao Qingfu, the captain of the flagship Yanzhou: "Young man, it's your turn to take command. Let me see how you are doing?"
Shao Qingfu understood that E Honglue was giving their young people a chance to practice.
He nodded gratefully and stepped forward to take over the command.
"Give all ships an order to sail southwest and attack the enemy with port guns."
The six battleships formed a formation and slowly turned a small turn to the southwest. In this way, the cannon on the port side was aimed at Zheng Zhibao, who was rushing up.
Zheng Zhibao currently only has more than sixty ships in his hands, none of which have as many artillery pieces as the Xia Navy.
In just the first round of shelling, one-third of Zheng Zhibao's ship was lost.
But the more this happened, the more Zheng Zhibao understood that he must not let Xia's navy pass.
He looked at the situation on the sea. At this time, he was still more than 800 meters away from the Xia Kingdom fleet. With the performance of the warship in his hand, it was impossible to rush forward no matter what.
He simply ordered all the warships to start turning, and I also headed southwest.
In this way, although they were always within the range of the Xia army's artillery strikes, they blocked the six battleships from going directly south.
In short, if you don't completely eliminate him, don't even think about catching up with Zheng Zhilong.
After all, Shao Qingfu was still a little immature, and because he had too few warships, he did not dare to take risks. He could only let the ships fire continuously to attack Zheng Zhibao.
On the sea, the accuracy of artillery hits is very impressive.
Both sides were moving quickly, which made it more difficult to hit.
As a result, after fighting back and forth, it took an hour to finally completely eliminate the warship in Zheng Zhibao's hands.
At this time, Wang Chang had already led the squadron that had cleaned the battlefield to follow.
Shao Qingfu sent a signal to Wang Chang and asked him to clear the battlefield. He led six battleships to the south quickly, hoping to expand the results of the battle.
But after all, it took a long time, even if the warships were at full speed, and they caught up to the southernmost island chain, they saw that Zheng Zhilong's fleet had turned into the depths of the channel.
"Okay, stop, don't chase me anymore."
E Honglue was always watching from the sidelines, and he didn't say a word to remind him until this moment.
"Teacher, are you going to let Zheng Zhilong run away like this?"
Shao Qingfu felt that he had not played well and was very upset.
Little did he know that E Honglue was actually very satisfied with his performance.
Entering the battlefield for the first time and commanding a new fleet, he can achieve such a stable record. At least he doesn't have to worry about losing to experienced opponents in the future.
"The islands ahead are criss-crossed and the waterways are narrow. We don't know what's going on inside. If Zheng Zhilong is ambushing us, it will be very detrimental. You should understand the principle of not chasing an enemy when you are in trouble."
These six battleships are large in size and correspondingly less flexible.
There are no obstacles on the wide ocean, and you can gallop as you like. But when you enter a narrow fork in the waterway, you have no way to deal with changes.
In addition, the sun was setting in the west at this time, and the light was gradually dimming, making it no longer suitable to continue fighting.
Under the auspices of E Honglue, Xia's navy won a complete victory and began to withdraw its troops.
The task of chasing Zheng Zhilong was handed over by Zuo Hua to E Honglue.
This is mainly due to two considerations.
First, E Honglue was about to leave the front line, and Zuo Hua wanted to add merit to him.
Although Zuo Hua has an arrogant character, he is only towards his enemies. But towards his own people, he is kind to his own people as if he were protecting his shortcomings.
Secondly, after a day of fierce fighting on the four warships of the East China Sea Fleet, the officers and soldiers were already exhausted. Moreover, the warships were severely damaged and could no longer exert their performance advantages.
Although E Honglue failed to catch up with Zheng Zhilong and achieve the goal of total annihilation. However, in this battle, more than 150 warships of the Zheng family were destroyed, which can be described as an earth-shattering victory.
It can be said that from now on, Zheng Zhilong can only survive and no longer has the ability to fight back.
On various battlefields, the Xia Navy began to clean up.
Everyone who fell into the water, whether it was Xia Jun's or Zheng's, was fished out one by one.
Zheng Zhifeng fell into a coma when she fell into the water, but she survived and became a prisoner of the Xia army.
Zheng Zhibao knew that the overall situation was decided and wanted to die.
Seeing Xia Jun coming up, he refused to obey and just kept flopping in the water, waiting for his strength to run out and sink to the bottom of the sea.
Xia Jun was not polite to him, and directly cast a big net and wrapped him tightly, like a big fish being dragged into the boat.
Hearing that Zheng Zhibao had been captured, Zuo Hua rushed over with a smile.
"Brother Zheng, what do you say now?"
Zheng Zhibao was tied up with five flowers and couldn't move. He just gritted his teeth without any fear.
"If you want to be killed or beheaded, please do as you wish. There are no cowards in my Zheng family, so don't expect me to be soft on you."
Zuo Hua was very happy to have caught his tit-for-tat opponent.
"You are now a prisoner of our Xia Army. We, our Xia Army, have our own rules on how to deal with you. Just wait, and you will get what you deserve."
Zheng Zhibao saw the unconscious Zheng Zhifeng being carried on a stretcher by Xia army soldiers, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Fourth brother!"
However, Zheng Zhifeng couldn't hear his voice at all, and his face looked a little swollen after being soaked in water for a long time.
This made Zheng Zhibao misunderstood.
"A man with the surname Zuo can only kill people with a nod of his head. Today I have been defeated and I have nothing to say. Don't you even spare the dead?"
Zuo Hua was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"What are you thinking about? He's not dead, he's just unconscious. Carry him over and let the military doctor take a look. Maybe he can be revived."
Hearing that Zheng Zhifeng was not dead, Zheng Zhibao was extremely happy.
I didn't even realize that my original desire to die had slowly faded away.
The sky gradually darkened, and the battle came to an end for the time being.
The Xia Kingdom fleet occupied Daxie Mountain, preparing to rest and recuperate before facing the subsequent battle.
At this moment, Zheng Zhilong led the remaining troops and was stationed at the southernmost tip of Hengdao.
After being frightened by a hundred battles, he needed to think carefully about where to go in the future.