The news that Liu Xiang was about to invade Penghu spread quickly throughout Penghu.
The people in Penghu didn't have anything to worry about. From their point of view, it didn't matter who came to invade. What mattered was that they had "Inspector Ding" with them.
Where there is Inspector Ding, there is victory; where Inspector Ding is, no pirate can attack Penghu.
This is a kind of confidence, which has been accumulated by the Penghu soldiers and civilians in many battles in the past.
Necessary preparations are still indispensable, and the whole Penghu is busy because of this.
The Fenggui City Fortress and the Mazu Temple were each equipped with two thousand-jin Buddha machines. Although they could not provide direct support to the sea during naval battles, they could still play a deterrent role. Especially once the naval battle was lost, the enemy would not be able to land before the enemy landed.
At this time, the joint bombardment of Fenggui City Fortress and Mazu Temple will be able to delay the enemy's attack to the greatest extent.
The ships also began to take action. According to Ding Yunyi's wishes, half of them would be used to confront Liu Xiang head-on, while the other half would be hidden, waiting to be dispatched at the critical moment to defeat the pirates in one fell swoop.
The "Challenger", as the warship with the largest tonnage and the most powerful firepower in the entire Penghu Navy, is likely to play a decisive role.
Everything was arranged in an orderly manner, no one was nervous, and no one was afraid.
This is a battle involving all the forces of Penghu. The Penghu navy, infantry, Ming Dynasty Ocean Company, Penghu people...all those who can participate in the war have been mobilized.
Ding Yunyi did not expect that in such a short time since he came to this era, he could already command a battle of this scale.
Some of his subordinates repeatedly persuaded him that he did not need to participate in the battle in person, especially to personally command the warships to take the lead in the battle, but Ding Yunyi did not agree.
In such an era, when the strength is obviously insufficient, whether a general is brave or not will play a decisive factor, and even the performance of the general will turn the tide at critical times.
This is the main reason why Ding Yunyi always fights on the front line.
At present, there are more than 600 people in Penghu, including the regular army and employees of the Ming Dynasty Ocean Company. In order to recruit soldiers, almost all the young and strong men in Penghu have been recruited. If it were not for the recruitment of some pirates who surrendered one after another, I am afraid that this would not be achieved.
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The warships include "Challenger", one "Follower", two Eagle ships, one 400-material battle ship, one 400-material patrol ship, two Haicang ships, and one Cangshan ship.
, one centipede boat, two fire dragon boats, plus modified fishing boats, there are a total of twenty-one ships available for combat.
Compared with Liu Xiang, this kind of power is too weak, but Ding Yunyi already feels very satisfied. He is confident that he can use the limited resources at hand to win this battle.
In addition to professional soldiers, he also has another powerful weapon, namely Cai Jiuzhou, Zhang Xianxuan, and Ye Dahai, who are jokingly called the "Three Bandits" by his brothers.
Needless to say, Zhang Xianxuan and Ye Dahai, although Cai Jiuzhou comes from a serious maritime business family, he has been at sea for a long time and is fierce and shrewd. In the eyes of his brothers, he is no different from a pirate.
These "Three Bandits" are extremely experienced in naval battles, and the brothers they brought out are all excited when they smell blood. With their help, they will be able to show their majesty in naval battles.
Ding Yunyi also has one last secret weapon:
"Challenger"!
This huge battleship built by the Dutch has fierce gunfire and a huge hull. Once it appears on the battlefield, it will be a huge shock to pirates.
Now, everything is ready, just waiting for Liu Xiang to arrive.
As Ding Yunyi said, if you win this battle, Penghu will gain momentum; if you lose, all the previous hard work will be in vain.
You can only win, not lose!
Ding Yunyi is waiting patiently, and the brothers are also waiting patiently.
But before Liu Xiang arrived, another person arrived that Ding Yunyi had never dreamed of.
Looking at the woman in front of him, who was surrounded by two maids and covered her face with a hat and gauze, Ding Yunyi felt so familiar. When the woman took off the hat and gauze, Ding Yunyi blurted out:
"Han Xiaoxiao? Miss Han?"
Even Ding Yunyi would not believe it, but Han Xiaoxiao actually appeared in Penghu at this time!
Han Xiaoxiao smiled: "Did Inspector Ding forget your invitation to Quanzhou?"
Ding Yunyi was startled and then woke up. That day, when he was about to leave Quanzhou, Han Xiaoxiao sang a song "Shaolin Guanwu" for him. Ding Yunyi laughed after hearing this:
"Miss Han, you are so strong that you can conquer magic, and you are used to taking advantage of others. Ding Yunyi went first. If Miss Han can come to Penghu one day, Ding Yunyi will definitely do his best to let Miss Han see it with her own eyes. I
How did the officers and soldiers of Penghu Ming Dynasty slay dragons and tigers!"
I never expected that Han Xiaoxiao would actually come.
"Duan San'er, go get some water from Miss Han." Ding Yunyi said to his personal follower, Duan San'er, who was Kiohmaru's subordinate at the time.
Duan San'er had been shocked by Han Xiaoxiao's beauty for a long time. After hearing Ding Yunyi's instructions, he came to his senses and hurriedly ran out to pour water.
"Miss Han, please sit down." Ding Yunyi was a little embarrassed: "Why is Miss Han here at this time?"
Han Xiaoxiao smiled slightly and said: "What, Inspector Ding doesn't welcome us? Or was the invitation in Quanzhou that day just a joke?"
"Ah, no." Ding Yunyi said hurriedly: "It's just that there will be war in Penghu in the blink of an eye. The big pirate Liu Xiang led his troops to attack. I'm afraid it will be very dangerous here."
"I heard about it before I went to the island." Han Xiaoxiao didn't seem to care at all: "Xiaoxiao was in Quanzhou. I heard that Ding did a lot of big things after returning from inspection, and even killed Oniwang Maru. Xiaoxiao was careful.
Infinite admiration. I originally wanted to come to Penghu to visit Inspector Ding in the morning, but I heard that you went to the capital, so I suppressed the idea. Yesterday, I said that the inspection was back, and I was a little cheeky, so I came to Penghu by myself. Since the war is going on
Xiaoxiao refused to leave even more when he wanted to get up. Xiaoxiao has heard countless times how majestic the inspections are, and today we can see how the inspections slay dragons and tigers!"
Ding Yunyi felt that it was a bit difficult to handle, but Han Xiaoxiao seemed to understand his thoughts: "Inspection inspection does not need to worry about us, just go and kill the pirates and keep my people safe."
People have already mentioned this, how can Ding Yunyi have any reason to expel the guests? He laughed a few times and said: "Since Miss Han insists on doing this, I will let people clean up the two clean barracks and bring them out. When the war starts,
, Ding Yunyi has no time to take care of Miss Han."
"That's right." Han Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "A man should compete on the battlefield and serve the country, so why should he be distracted by a woman? Xiaoxiao knows how to take care of himself."