On the south bank, the hidden Qing army artillery array finally came to an opportunity.

Manda Navy ordered the order, waved the command flag of the cannon formation, and the Qing soldiers holding the torch approached the lead, sparks rushed into the cannon chamber, and a loud "boom" sound. As soon as the cannon retreated, flames spewed out of the gun mouth, and white smoke rose.

In an instant, the gunfire array of the south bank filled the formation, forming a white smoke belt.

At the same time, on the fortress that was blown away by the wind, artillery roared, and iron bombs hit the Ming army's gunboats one by one.

With a "boom", a shell fell next to the Zhenhai. The splashing water column fell down, wetting Zhao Ming's armor.

Almost at the same time, about one foot in front of Zhao Ming, the ship's fender exploded, and a soldier behind him was smashed back by shells. Wood chips swept across the deck. The shells broke through the side of the ship on the other side and fell into the river.

"Master General, no, Zhenhai was shot!" The personal soldiers shouted urgently.

At this time, five gun ships crossed the center of the river and sailed southwest, facing the sandbank artillery array diagonally on the starboard side and the port side facing the Qing army artillery array on the south bank.

"Master General, the Qing army's artillery array on the south bank was exposed. Will it be bombarded?"

The Qing army's artillery array roared, and the smoke rising from the gunpowder exposed the position of the artillery array. Although the Ming army needed to cut coldly after firing three guns on the starboard side, the port gun had been cut coldly and loading was completed.

Under the bombardment of the Qing army's artillery and the south bank artillery array, water columns splashed around the Ming army's artillery ships. The ship was hit by artillery shells from time to time. The Ming soldiers on the deck became a little nervous. But at this time, the soldiers looked up and saw that the smoke was lingering. Zhao Ming's figure stood on the helm, with the wind still moving, and the morale of the army immediately settled down.

"Ignore the south bank and the fortress, fill the rudder to the right, adjust the hull, and immediately bombard Liu Liang's ship!" Zhao Ming roared loudly.

After all, the Ming army's navy had only sixty ships and more than 6,000 soldiers, and the Qing army participated in the war with tens of thousands of troops.

Among these troops, the Qing army on the south bank can only attack the Ming army when the Ming navy enters the southern channel. Although the fort defenders can bombard the Ming army, the fort cannot move. If the Ming army retreats, the fort cannot pursue it. Only the Qing navy can attack the Ming army and pursue the Ming army, which is a real threat to the Ming army.

Therefore, Zhao Ming knew very well that to win, he had to defeat the Qing navy.

"Right full rudder!" On each gunboat, the headmaster roared loudly.

Under the bombardment of Qing army artillery fire, the five gunboats turned their direction and took the "N" route, collapsed again across the river center, entered the northern channel, and began to bombard the Qing army warships in front of the left that were fighting with the Chongming Guard Navy.

On the south bank, Mandahai saw the Ming army's gunships start to turn, and quickly roared: "Bombardment! Don't let Zhao Zamao run away."

The Qing army's artillery formation hurriedly opened fire, and the shells fell behind the warship and splashed water columns. The Ming army's warship had crossed the middle of the river.

The Qing army on the south bank only fought three rounds, and then they could see the Ming army's gunships entering the northern channel and leaving the range of their bombardment.

Seeing this, Mandahai was furious, but he couldn't get into the water. He could only watch the Ming army's gunships and began to massacre the Qing army's naval forces.

At this time, all the Qing munitions had been lit and six Ming warships were burned down. The Qing navy gradually gained an advantage in the boarding station.

However, this advantage was instantly lost as the Ming army's gunboat turned around and the cannons roared.

Now that the distance is pulled in, the shooting rate of artillery has increased significantly. Five Ming army gun ships, one round of volleys on the side, was enough to smash a thousand-ton warship to pieces.

Therefore, once the gunship turns around and turns back, it can harvest the Qing army warships like the god of death.

A round of artillery hit the Qing army's flagship was smashed to pieces. The Ming army's gunships fired the Qing army's flagships in a row, and nearly a hundred shells hit them, wailing, the ships tilted, the cabins were flooded, and the living Qing army fled in scattered and jumped into the river one after another.

A group of personal soldiers dug out Liu Liangzuo from the ruins and wanted to protect him and escape on the boat.

"It's outrageous, let me back!" Liu Liangzuo was furious. At this moment, he was already anxious and knew that there was nothing wrong with the flagship.

Now the two armies are colliding and are fighting. On the battlefield, both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties are staring at themselves. The Qing army has just gained an advantage in close combat. Once there is a problem with the flagship, how can we maintain the morale of the army?

Liu Liangzuo was rarely tough, but before he finished speaking, the ship had already tilted seriously. He was about to sink to the bottom of the river to feed the fish. He was not Qu Yuan, and no one would pay tribute to him at that time. He lamented and had to give in, transfer to a small boat, then transfer to another lucky boat, hang up the flag, and continue commanding.

"Boom boom boom" Liu Liangzuo just moved to another lucky ship and hung up the order flag. The Ming army's artillery shells attacked again. However, this lucky ship was too close to the Ming army's warship. The Ming army did not concentrate fire, but only severely damaged the warship and did not sink.

At this time, the Ming army warships and the Qing army warships had already strangled together. The Ming army's gunboats and cannons were thrown into rats and dared not bombard them wantonly, and the battlefield entered a state of anxiety.

At this time, the Ming army's artillery could not be exerted, but the Qing army's artillery batteries occasionally bombarded the Ming army's artillery ships, posing a threat to the Ming army.

Zhao Ming stared at the battlefield, his eyes burned with great fighting spirit, "Send the order, take my flagship as the forefront and directly hit Liu Liangzuo's flagship!"

During the battle just now, five gun ships were wandering outside, intending to exert side firepower. Now the two armies are strangling together, so the Ming army's artillery is difficult to exert.

At this time, the Qing army fire ships that pose the greatest threat to the Ming army's gunships had all been lit. Without the threat of the fire ships, the Ming army's gunships were like sea fortresses and were not afraid of the Qing army warships.

"Hang the flag!" Zhao Ming ordered urgently.

A flag was hung on the main mast, and the Ming army fired a third round of cannons on the side of the side, but it was not the Manqing Navy Division, but the Qing army's artillery.

The turret was caught and the gunners died again, and the cannons on the sandbank were silent again.

In this way, the artillery formation on the south bank of the Qing army could not help, so they could only be anxious. The artillery position in the Shazhou was destroyed, so they could only rely on Liu Liangzuo and Zhao Ming to fight fiercely.

Mandahai saw a flag hanging on the Zhenhai and five giant ships rushed directly to the battlefield. He couldn't help but grit his teeth, "Liu Liangzuo, give the Qing Dynasty a sigh of relief!"

Zhao Ming stood on the helm, standing in the wind, drew his sword and pointed at the new flagship filled with smoke in the distance, and said anxiously: "Target, Liu Liangzuo, rush!"

The Ming soldiers picked up flintlock guns, grenades, swarms, turbulent oil tanks and other sharp weapons, rushed to the edge of the ship's strings to prepare for battle, while the large ship rushed towards the Qing army's flagship at full speed.

Originally, the Qing navy had the upper hand in melee battles, but just now the Qing army's flagship was sunk and the commander's flag was lowered. Although the commander's flag was raised on another warship, the morale of the Qing army was still blew away.

At this time, Liu Liangzuo was commanding the fight, but the generals beside him exclaimed, "Military Gate, the giant pirate ship has come!"

Five Ming army warships rushed in, musketeers shot and killed the Qing army from a high place, and shot grenades onto the Qing army's deck. The Qing army warships were severely damaged by the Ming army one by one.

The battle between the Ming and Qing naval forces began to tilt towards the Ming army, especially the Ming army's large ships were too high. The Qing army attacked like siegeing the city on its back. The ship drove near the Ming army's warship. The Ming army looked down at the Qing army's warships, and the situation on the deck was clear at a glance. If a thunder descended, the Qing army would be solved.

The Qing army tried to ignite warships several times and hit the Ming army's warships, but they all failed, and the situation had turned to the Ming army.

"Military Gate, retreat!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the officer stepped forward and whispered.

"Military Gate, leave some seeds! Keep the green mountains without worrying about burning firewood." Liu Liangzuo's nephew cried, holding his legs.

"Forget it, forgot." Liu Liangzuo saw the Ming army's gunship rushing towards him. The Qing army could not stop it at all. He lost his fighting spirit and sighed to the sky. It was not that Liu was incompetent, but that the pirates were too powerful.

"Retreat!" Before the order from Mandahai in the south bank, Liu Liangzuo issued the order to retreat, and the Qing navy began to retreat westward.

On the sandbank, Zu Zerun saw the navy retreat and boarded a small boat. While the Ming army was in the northern channel, he quickly took the boat to collapse south!
Chapter completed!