When Huang Binqing heard that Hongmaoyi's gunship was coming, he immediately sat up from the rattan chair.

Lu Wei hurriedly said, "Are you sure it's a red-haired ghost?"

The visitor seemed to have been questioned in his IQ and said confidently: "General, can there be fakes, big white sails and long hulls, who isn't a red-haired ghost?"

There is a big difference between Chinese ships and Western barbarians. Zhoushan was originally an important starting point for sea smuggling, and barbarian ships often came over.

Recently, after the Qing army captured eastern Zhejiang, smuggling trade suffered a severe blow, and no barbarian ships came, but many Ming troops in Zhoushan had seen barbarian ships before.

Huang Binqing smiled and said, "That's not wrong!"

He walked back and forth in the yard for a few steps, and then he ordered excitedly: "Let our ships come back, and do not block the Red Mauyi, so as not to cause misunderstandings!"

Colluding with the Dutch against Jintang Island is equivalent to colluding with foreign enemies to attack friendly forces, which is a serious crime, and Huang Binqing naturally cannot make everyone know.

This incident was that Zhao Ming robbed Hongmaoyi's ship and then attracted Hongmaoyi to attack, while Huang Dashen was completely unaware of it and expressed shock at Hongmaoyi's attack on Jintang Island.

Although after learning that after the attack of Hongmaoyi, General Huang decisively sent troops, unfortunately he came one step later and Zhao Tiebang had already died heroically. General Huang fought fiercely with Hongmaoyi and regained Jintang Island. He could only reluctantly clean up the mess and shoulder the burden of resisting the Qing Dynasty in the East China Sea.

This is a plot that Huang Binqing had already thought of. Most of his subordinates and soldiers didn't know about this, and Huang Binqing didn't plan to let them know.

In order to prevent uninformed subordinates from attacking and blocking Hongmaoyi's fleet. In order to allow Hongmaoyi to arrive at Jintang Island smoothly, Huang Binqing decided to withdraw all his people back to Zhoushan Island and let the road open for Hongmaoyi to hit Zhao Tiebang. Then he just had to wait for the news that Hongmaoyi had captured Jintang Island.

Lu Wei smiled and said, "I understand."

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When Huang Binqing got the news, Jintang Island also received news of Dutch gunships in the south.

After half a year, the Dutch finally gathered up seven gunships and came to Jintang Island to find trouble for Zhao Ming.

This battle is a crisis and an opportunity for Zhao Ming.

There are not many Dutch people on Taiwan. If these seven gunships are eliminated, the Dutch will lose its strength so that Zhao Ming can start to expand Taiwan.

At this time, Zhao Mingling Castle was not yet built on the top of the mountain, but a large number of people moved to Jintang Mountain. Chen Yujie led his soldiers to set up artillery on the unbuilt city wall.

More than 60,000 people on the island were moved to the top of the mountain, and some gathered to various villages. The strong men distributed weapons and prepared to stick to their residential strongholds.

The camp at the foot of Jintang Mountain sounded the horn of the assembly, and 4,000 soldiers were arranged in a queue, including two thousand soldiers wearing messy armor, responsible for guarding Jintang Island, and two thousand Ming soldiers wearing cloth armor and wrapped in headscarves were responsible for following Zhao Ming to fight.

Zhao Ming walked over with his armour and holding a sword in his hand, inspected his subordinates, and then began to speak, "Brothers, we are determined to fight the Qing Dynasty, but some people are jealous of our achievements. Not only does they not support us in fighting the Qing Dynasty, they also attracted the Red Mavericks to destroy our Jintang Island. Now that guy wants to see us struggle, I will take you today to destroy this traitor first!"

"Destroy this traitor!" the soldiers shouted in unison.

Zhao Ming glanced at the sky, turned his head to Ma Shiao and said, "Please ask on the island."

Ma Shiao nodded, and Zhao Ming then said, "Go!"

One thousand land camps, one thousand water camp soldiers, and more than two thousand sailors boarded the Shanghai boat, and then Yang Fan went out to sea and headed towards Chongming.

As soon as the fleet left, seven Dutch gunboats appeared on the sea outside the port, three of which were similar to Zhao Mingjie's Zhenhai, while the remaining four guns were much less.

But even so, the artillery on Jintang Island is not as good as a Dutch gunship.

On the Dutch flagship, the fleet commander Kau, using a thousand-mile mirror to observe the harbor, frowned slightly, "The harbor is empty!"

"Your Excellency Commander, the Chinese may know that we are here and have already run away!" said the Dutch man next to him.

The examination office continued to observe and saw the Mingqi on the top of Jintang Mountain, and a sneer appeared on his face, "Drive in and shoot bombard me to let the damn Chinese know the price of infringement of the company!"

Seven Dutch warships rushed into Liegang. The Ming army artillery roared immediately on the top of the mountain, a ball of white smoke rose from the top of the mountain, and the shells roared towards the bay, splashing a column of water at the entrance.

The huge Dutch warship passed through the entrance and entered the harbor, and the gun windows on the side of a gunship were opened one by one.

One cannon extends out of the cannon window, with a total of three floors, totaling nearly thirty cannons.

The black muzzle pointed at the hillside. It was already scary before the Dutch fired.

A ship is equipped with so many artillery, which is shocking and creepy.

Suddenly, a deafening sound of cannons broke out in the harbor. Thick white smoke covered the side of the gunship. Each artillery mount retreated back, and the cannon retreated into the cannon window. A ball of smoke rose from the muzzle, and the cannonballs roared out.

The artillery on the side does not fire at the same time, so the hull cannot withstand the recoil of the artillery. Therefore, the artillery on the side is fired in sequence from the lowest layer, and the smoke of gunpowder is filled with guns, making the scene particularly spectacular.

Nearly thirty iron bombs rushed out of the guns and hit the top of the mountain. The city walls were dusty, and countless gravels rose into the air and fell like raindrops, hitting the Ming army behind. The soldiers could only hold their heads and squat, enduring the bombardment of the Dutch people's earth shaking.

Chen Yujie is Xu Guangqi's nephew. He has followed Xu Guangqi since he was a child and knows the firearm very well, but he is still frightened when he sees the scene in front of him.

As the gunships opened fire, the other Dutch warships also began to launch guns and bombard them. The seven warships had about 150 artillery bombarded the hillside at the same time. The Ming soldiers were also thrilling in fear, feeling that the entire Jintang Mountain was shaking.

After the first round of artillery attacks, the artillery of the Ming army on the hilltop was silenced and was directly lifted off by the Dutch cannons. However, the Dutch cannons did not stop. The sea was filled with thick smoke, covering the hull, but the orange-red cannon flames still flashed.

The unbuilt city wall on the top of the mountain was blown by artillery, and the dust rolled, and the sight was unclear. The sound of bricks and stones collapsed constantly. The ground was covered with messy voices shouting for help, and rolling figures everywhere.

After three rounds of artillery, the Dutch warship finally stopped the artillery. Kau looked at the smoke-covered hill and immediately sneered and ordered, "Jells, lead your musket team to occupy this island and put the Netherlands flag on the top of the hill."

A gust of wind blew over the mountain, and the smoke and dust became thinner. Li Langzhong and Li Zhizhi immediately took a group of women and children to carry the wounded and howling soldiers into the tunnel.

At this time, Ma Shiao looked down at the mountain. A team of Dutch people wearing armor and muskets had already landed on the shore. He immediately shouted: "Prepare to defend, Red Mavericks have landed on the island!"
Chapter completed!