With the spread of news, Hangzhou was attacked by Zheng Zhilong, which still caused a great sensation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. All prefectures and counties closed their gates to prevent thieves from sneaking attacks, especially the cities near Hangzhou.


    Zuo dashai is not surprised that Hangzhou will be broken down. He is surprised that Zheng Zhilong did not take the opportunity to attack the city, pull out the stronghold and expand his territory after breaking Hangzhou. Instead, he kept killing to Nanjing. Even Hangzhou only left 5000 soldiers and horses. This is a lonely army. He has no courage!


    I couldn''t help but rejoice in my heart. While ordering the army to speed up the March, I asked the States and counties along the way to strengthen their vigilance to prevent thieves from attacking the city.


    In fact, where did he know the hardships and helplessness of Zheng Zhilong and his son? Of course, they want to fight steadily after standing in Hangzhou, and then attack Nanjing without worry.


    Without the support of the people and gentry, they are rootless Ping. No matter how many cities are occupied or how much money and grain are robbed, they are of no use. They will only delay time, consume strength and give the Qin army enough time to dispatch troops.


    Finally, as soon as the army arrived, they could only go back and forth from nowhere, so they didn''t want to delay any more. They bypassed all the cities and towns along the way and just wanted to kill Nanjing.


    Hangzhou is not going well. Zheng Bao also eats turtles frequently in Songjiangfu. After the fleet arrived near the dock shipyard, a group of pirates were shocked by the scale of the shipyard and the factory behind.


    In particular, Zheng Bao wanted to capture the nine unfinished giants on the beach almost the first time, and then let the shipbuilders continue to build the nine warships.


    However, more than 10000 Qin troops have long been ready. Although these pirates are very good at sea warfare, where are the opponents of the regular army when they get ashore?


    Zheng Bao has only more than 20000 people in his hands. Apart from the sailors who operate the ship, he can draw up at most 15000 people to land. After several setbacks, he knew that with this man and horse, it would be wishful thinking to win the shipyard and the wharf next door. Therefore, after withdrawing the people, he planned to destroy all the nine warships on the beach and the large carpentry workshop behind.


    The Zheng family has been at sea for many years. They have long had their own maritime tactics. Only large ships with more than 200 loads can be equipped with guns, including their own forged guns, Frankie guns and red cannon bought with the Portuguese.


    Small boats with less than 200 loads were equipped with a large number of rockets and fire guns for close fire attack or direct side to side combat. Both Spaniards and Dutch were defeated by this tactic.


    After some delay, it was already the afternoon. Just as Zheng Bao was about to order the small boat to approach the riverbank slipway and set fire, when the big ship launched shelling, Liu Yan finally arrived with the navy fleet.


    At first, Zheng Bao was shocked to see so many big ships, especially the 200 ton Navy warships, which were not small compared with the sea ships.


    Then he found that these were just river building ships, and the speed could not be described too fast by snails. Moreover, judging from the spray on both sides, there were sailors rowing in the cabin.


    It immediately provoked the pirates on board to laugh. Obviously, they all knew the structure of the ship at a glance. It was estimated that the ship would be torn apart in a collision, so Zheng Bao immediately ordered the fleet to turn around and hit it directly.


    What guns and arrows did not hit directly, because the other party''s speed was not as fast as theirs, and the firmness of the warship was far from comparable.


    "Come on, turn!"


    Liu Yan naturally knew the weaknesses of the building ships he led, and also knew the intention of the other party. Where he dared to meet up and fight directly with the other party, he immediately ordered the fleet to sail towards the beach.


    For a time, the whole navy fleet was full of trumpets. A famous sailor, with bare arms, rowed desperately in the cabin, all sweating.


    "Shoot me."


    Zheng Bao saw that the other fleet was going to run to the sea, which was also a great excuse, but he also had to stop the pursuit of the big ship and launch shelling in the distance to avoid stranding.


    Boom, boom


    The cannon on the building ship of the Qin army also launched a counterattack. Although there was no red cannon, the Fran machine gun was far more than the Zheng family''s fleet.


    For a time, the sea was filled with smoke and the sound of roaring artillery. From time to time, a small spray of water would be thrown around the warships of both sides. Of course, some warships were hit by wood chips flying.


    The Navy leaned back against the shore. Two or three miles apart, Zheng Bao bombarded each other for a while. Zheng Bao found that the other side had more shells than they had fallen. Several warships were hit, which was both surprised and angry.


    I wanted to rush up and smash the other party, but I was afraid of grounding. I had to let the small boat rush up, and the big boat was retreating to launch artillery fire.


    Obviously, it can be seen that although there are many cannons on the other party''s building ship, almost all of them are Frankie cannons, not a red cannon.


    The Zheng family''s ship retreated, and the Frankie guns on the Qin army''s building ship stopped fire one after another. Obviously, the range was not enough, so they had to be beaten passively.


    However, the Zheng family is not equipped with many red cannon. There are only 20 or 30 guns in total. They are equipped on the largest warships. Although the Gunners on the warships can fire indiscriminately and bombard each other''s building ships, they can only use more than 20 cannons to fire 10 or 20 fist sized bullets every time. Even if the gun barrel is scrapped, it is a very good record to sink several building ships.


    So Liu Yan didn''t bother to take care of the sea ships in the distance, but aimed at the more than 200 small sea ships that rushed up, aimed at them one after another and launched artillery fire again.


    Suddenly, the shells fell around the boat like raindrops. Similarly, although from time to time they would make a big hole in the sail and creak the wooden boat, they could not stop the small seagoing ship coming up.


    Not long ago, more than 600 warships from both sides became entangled. Although the small seagoing ships were fast and strong, they knocked a big hole in the side of each building ship, and the bow was embedded in it, but they could not be torn apart, and they were also bombarded with holes by the Fran machine on the building ship.


    This water area is very shallow, and the average depth is about three or four meters. As a result, even if the building ship sinks after entering the water, a large section is still exposed on the sea and becomes an immovable fort.


    The sailors above continue to throw grenades, those who shoot continue to shoot, and those who shoot continue to shoot, while the sailors of the Zheng family jump into the building ship for hand-to-hand combat while burning the ship with rockets.


    The fighting between the two sides was in full swing. From time to time, the building ship would make a loud noise or two, and then a raging fire was ignited. The small sea ship was also bombarded by hand grenades. The explosion continued and the fire burned.


    Zheng Bao in the distance was also in a hurry. Although he overturned many building ships, their own losses were not small. He immediately ordered the boat to withdraw and don''t fight with each other. It''s really not cost-effective.


    However, the sails of most small seagoing ships were riddled with holes, and the two sides were entangled again. Some even stuck their bow in the building ship and couldn''t withdraw at all.


    Zheng Bao also found this situation. Although he was anxious to death, he could only stare. He just wanted the ship to approach again and shoot for support. He was afraid of hurting his own people.


    The National Guard and some bold young men on the shore had long been shocked by the fierce sea battle, and stood on the shore one by one to cheer up.


    It was not until dark that the naval battle was completely over. Only twenty or thirty of the more than 200 small seagoing ships that rushed up escaped. The others sat in the water, and some were still burning.


    More than 400 warships of the Qin Navy also suffered heavy losses. More than 200 warships were burned and sunk, and others were burned more or less.


    In this water area, broken boards and corpses are floating everywhere on the sea, and what is ruined is a mess.