The arson ships of the Qing army that swarmed out were discovered by observers on each ship as soon as they sailed out of the port.

"The 24-pound main gun is replaced with grape bombs. Once the Qing army's arson ship comes into range, it will attack with all its strength! The 12-pound main gun continues to use high-explosive bombs to attack the Qing army's bird ship!" Jia Wenxuan ordered loudly.

In fact, these palm-sized arson ships pose a greater threat to the Ming fleet than even those large battleships.

After all, even if it takes a few or even dozens of shots from those large battleships, the battleship will not necessarily sink.

But if it is hit by these arson ships, the warship under its feet will burn into a huge fireball in a short time.

At the same time, other Ming warships almost issued the same order.

At this moment everyone regarded these arson ships as the main threat.

The arson boat, which uses a "hybrid" combination of sails and human-powered oars to move forward, is very fast, even faster than the bird boat!

With a hundred taels of silver as motivation, they quickly surpassed the bird ship.

But they also soon ran into the hail of iron rain pouring down from the Ming fleet.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The Ming fleet formed a line from south to north and fired continuously at the incoming arson ships.

Projectiles as dense as raindrops hit one after another on the sea.

These defenseless small sampans are like tissue paper in the face of high-speed projectiles, which can be broken by a poke.

The kerosene barrel on the bow of the ship was riddled with holes in a matter of seconds, and the splashing kerosene drew a brown-gray oil ribbon on the sea surface.

then……

"boom!"

I don't know which arson ship suddenly exploded, and then the oil belt was ignited, and the orange-red flames spread rapidly at an extremely fast speed.

"what!"

The flames spread extremely fast on the sea. Some arson ships that were already in the oil belt were engulfed in flames before they had time to escape, and then turned into new fuel for the fire amidst the miserable howls of the sailors on board.

This fire directly blocked the path of the Qing army's arson ship.

Rush forward?

No one dared to step forward to seek death. The straw and kerosene loaded on the bow of the arson boat ignited immediately when it encountered fire. Rushing forward was tantamount to setting yourself on fire.

This long oil strip turned into a practical barbed wire fence on the sea, blocking the Qing army's arson ships on the other side.

At this time, the Ming army naturally seized the opportunity to beat the drowned dog.

The gunfire roared, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and pieces of projectiles were sprayed out.

One after another, the Qing army's arson ships exploded into a ball of fire, and the kerosene flowing on the sea ignited large areas of the sea with flames.

At this time, all 32 warships of the Ming Royal Navy had poured into Niuxin Bay.

The next moment, artillery fire roared, and dense shells hit the port.

……

"Master Magistrate, what's wrong! It's the Ming army! The Ming army has captured Chichan City, and a large group of cavalry is coming towards us!"

A servant shouted in panic.

"What! The Ming Army! Those who attacked Chixiang City are the Ming Army!"

Taiwan's prefect, Kai Hongshuo, was stunned by the servant's words.

Chikan City was not that far away from Dong'anfang, and he, the prefect's yamen, could clearly hear the fierce gunfire there. He originally thought that another rebel force had appeared out of nowhere, but it turned out to be the Ming army!Moreover, Chikan City has been captured.

Wei Hongshuo sat on the Grand Master's chair with a dejected look on his face.

Bitter!Why is he so miserable!

Although he has the title of a prefect, what kind of thing is a prefect in Taiwan?

Being a prefect here is tantamount to exile!

Compared with the Central Plains, there are fewer people here, the economy is backward, and some bandits pop up from time to time.

Moreover, Taiwan is actually Shi Lang's personal back garden.

More than half of the land in the entire Tainan area was seized by Shi Lang and the income was under his own name, called "Shihou Renting Farm".

The fields had been taken away by Shi Lang, so how could he still collect taxes and make money?

Looking for Shi Lang to collect taxes?

Forget it, he still wants to live for two more years.

It is no exaggeration to say that his role as a magistrate in Taiwan is not as good as that of a magistrate in Jiangnan County. It can even be said that he is far inferior.

This life was already "miserable", and now a Ming army appeared out of nowhere.

God is going to kill him, Wei Hongshuo!

"No, I have to leave here immediately and go to Penghu and Fujian. I want to tell the emperor about the resurrection of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty!"

Wei Hongshuo thought this in his mind. Finally, he immediately called his family members, took Xinruan with him, got on the carriage and rushed to the dock.

……

"Drive, drive, drive..."

"Boom boom boom..."

As the roar of the cavalry regiment getting closer and closer, some Qing troops and government officials guarding the outskirts of Dong'anfang were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They could even clearly feel the ground under their feet shaking.

There are no city walls in Taiwan, so these Qing troops can only resist the Ming army's attack on the plains. Fortunately, they also have cavalry. Although there are only two hundred cavalry, as the Qing army relies on cavalry to conquer the world, they are confident that they can defeat dozens of them. The Ming cavalry was twice as many as our own.

Soon, the Ming Army cavalry appeared in sight.However, the behavior of these Ming cavalry made all Qing troops look puzzled.

I saw these Ming army cavalry moving forward almost side by side, and their moving speed was not fast.

"Hmph! Crooked ways."

"Warriors of the Qing Dynasty, let us teach these remnants of the Ming Dynasty what a real cavalry is!"

"Kill!"

As the Qing army officer shouted, more than 200 Qing army cavalry flicked their reins and rushed towards the Ming army cavalry formation. In terms of momentum, the Qing army cavalry was indeed much stronger than the Ming army cavalry.

The Qing cavalry rushed towards them, but the Ming cavalry formation remained unmoved until the two sides were 200 meters apart.

"Raise the gun! Shoot"

The commander of the cavalry regiment shouted an order.

"Bang bang bang..."

Thick white smoke spurted out. Although the Mini carbines equipped by the Ming army cavalry were not as powerful as the original Mini rifles in range, at a distance of only 200 meters, it was still a mistake.

After a short flight, the hot lead bullet easily penetrated the Qing army's armor, penetrated into the flesh, and hot blood spurted out.

Like dumplings, the charging Qing cavalry fell to the ground with a plop.

However, because they fired immediately, the hit effect was not very good. Only one-third of the more than 200 Qing cavalry were shot down.

"Change guns! Speed ​​up!" At this time, the commander of the cavalry regiment shouted again.

This time, the gun the Ming cavalry replaced was no longer a musket capable of firing projectiles, but a three-meter long spear with a fine steel tip.

As soon as the cavalry commander gave an order, the Ming cavalry in the front row immediately raised their spears and formed a tight formation to accelerate towards the Qing cavalry.

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