Chapter 416: Battle of Qiantang

"These Dutch people.?≠≥≥≥≠≠=≈≥≥≈"
The news from the guards made King Chu furious, and he underestimated the brutal nature of the Dutch.
"Father, what should I do?" Li Chuyuan was also very angry. He gradually realized the true colors of these Dutch people, who were a group of greedy businessmen.
King Chu hesitated and made up his mind. He said, "Send our warship. We want the Dutch to know how good this king is."
"Yes, Father." Li Chuyuan responded to the pier.
Lin'an City, Cao Mansion.
At this time, news of the Lin'an Pier being attacked quickly spread here. After receiving the news, Cao Patriarch Cao Kun immediately called the eldest son Cao Zhengtong to him.
"father."
Cao Zhengtong was about twenty-six years old. His complexion was a little pale and his body was a little thin. It seemed that he had recovered from a serious illness. Cao Zhengtong was a little weak when he spoke.
"Zhengtong, you now set off for Qingzhou immediately. This time the king of Chu will suffer a big loss in the battle with the Dutch." Cao Kun said nervously, "If we lose the battle, our Cao family caravan will probably never be able to go to sea again. , After you arrive in Qingzhou, immediately contact Zhengyang to convene merchant ships that are transporting goods throughout the country, and at the same time re-purchase merchant ships from Qingzhou to organize the fleet. After all, the king of Chu stared at us very closely. We are in Chu The fleet can't move."
Cao Zhengtong said in confusion: "The King of Chu is strong, so there should be no problem dealing with the Dutch."
"The King of Chu is strong, but there is no way to get the Dutch at sea. His ship can't beat the Dutch warship." Cao Kun said anxiously, "Don't froze, do it quickly. I am afraid that he can defeat the Dutch now. Only the King of Qi, the hope of our Cao family is in Qingzhou, not in Lin'an. After all, the King of Chu is no different from the other dignitaries in Dayu, and the King of Qi can let our Cao family continue to prosper."
Cao Zhengtong's expression became heavy. He nodded and said, "Yes, father, I will go to Qingzhou and tell King Qi about the matter here."
"Well, hurry up, and talk about the shipyard." Cao Kun sighed.
Companion to the monarch is like a companion tiger. Over the years, their Cao family has offered countless amounts of silver to the king of Chu, but the king of Chu is so greedy that he is now planning to annex the Cao family directly.
His eyeliner in the Chu Palace had already secretly told him about this, and because of this, he made a decisive start to arrange the Cao family's property in Qingzhou.
Although the king of Chu was a little wary of this, his true purpose was still unclear, thinking that the Cao family was just operating a business in Qingzhou normally.
In fact, he was preparing for the transfer of the Cao family's assets. Once the King of Chu started, they would flee even if they gave up the Jiangnan industry.
When the father and son were talking, Li Chuyuan led a hundred warships to attack eastward from the Qiantang River outside Lin'an. On the ten warships in front, ten artillery pieces were installed on each deck, with about five on each side of the deck. .
Standing on the largest ship, Li Chuyuan was full of confidence. Before they had no artillery, they were naturally afraid of fighting the Dutch at sea.
But now they are equipped with ten warships with artillery, plus traditional warships, he believes that they can fight the Dutch.
Following the eastward flow of the river, Li Chuyuan saw the Dutch warships that were besieged at the estuary. At this time, a total of ten Dutch warships were bombarding the coastal pier.
These Dutch warships are all three decks, with a row of artillery on each deck.
Facing these Dutch warships, Li Chuyuan issued an offensive order. When the drums of war sounded, a hundred warships rushed towards the Dutch warships.
At this time, on the Dutch battleship Liberty, a slightly obese middle-aged man with a single telescope was watching the battleships rushing out of the river mouth.
The middle-aged man wears a brown waistcoat with a curly brown length, shiny leather shoes and stockings under his feet, and black pants on his legs. He is the new Earl of Ryukyu Black.
"Lord Earl, do you want to retreat and introduce them into the deep sea to destroy them one by one." Luode thought he gave a good suggestion.
"No, these warships are unorganized, and the number of artillery is not enough. They only use the chaotic method of 50 years ago. Although there are many, they are not our opponents. Today I will let these stupid kings of Chu understand what It's a naval battle!" Black put away his sight glasses and said to a crew member: "Hang the blue flag."
The crew received the order and immediately raised a small blue flag to the top of the battleship.
At this time, the Dutch warships that were scattered and staying in the sea seemed to have been ordered, and immediately began to adjust their directions, and the scattered warship formation immediately became "one", which is exactly the array tactics in naval battles.
In Blake's eyes, the Chu Kingdom's fleet at this time was only using chaotic warfare. This warfare did not have a unified command. Each ship was fighting separately, and there was no unified dispatch at all.
In fact, 50 years ago, the Dutch also used chaotic warfare, but only after losing three times their forces to the British in a naval battle did they begin to change this separate warfare. law.
Looking at the one hundred mighty warships at this time, Blake did not feel nervous at all. When the warships lined up to form "one", he ordered to fire.
"Boom..."
Ten battleships fired at the same time, and 500 artillery fired at the same time on the Chu Kingdom fleet that burst out from Jiangkou. In an instant, raindrops of shells flew toward the densely bursting battleships.
After one round of shooting, the Dutch fleet immediately began to spin in a U-shape, and the other side of the first battleship immediately fired again.
Under the continuous attack, the battleship of King Chu that had just rushed out of the estuary immediately had seven battleships sinking. These seven battleships blocked the route of other battleships like a rock. Even under the impetus of the river, some battleships could not start to dodge. Hit each other.
Suddenly, the Chu Wang fleet became chaotic.
The soldiers on the fleet were even more frightened by the horrific artillery of the Dutch ~EbookFREE.me~Chu is rich and has never had a war since the founding of Great Yu.
The people are content to enjoy themselves, and the soldiers are afraid of war. Many soldiers were already frightened when Li Chuyuan ordered a war against the Dutch.
At this time, looking at the bodies floating in the river, the soldiers screaming, and the red blood, more soldiers lost their intent to fight.
Li Chuyuan's face suddenly changed when he saw this hell-like scene.
He was used to hiding in the house to plan conspiracies and was good at calculating, but the real battlefield was completely different from what he thought. Looking at the sunken battleships, his legs began to tremble.
"Retreat, retreat!" Li Chuyuan roared.
Under this order, the chaos of the fleet began, and after the loss of ten warships, the rout began.
On the Freedom, Black looked at the chaotic King Chu fleet, grinning and said, "Now it's time for King Chu to sign the trade agreement again."
(To be continued.)