Chapter 612 One Shot Decides The World
Chapter 612 One Shot Decides The World
"It's Zheng's fleet!"
"These guys actually chose this time to take advantage!"
They did not express any surprise at the appearance of Zheng's fleet.
Shi Lang and Shi Kefa, who had already returned to the flagship, said in a low voice with different expressions.
Lu Bu snorted coldly, and slightly clenched his hand on the railing of the ship's side.
The ship's side of the Fuchuan was originally smooth, but the fence was added recently. According to Lu Bu, it was to add a place for the soldiers on the flagship to mount guns, but the work was rushed so the effect was not very good.
The material of this kind of wood itself is quite tough, but at this time, a handprint was directly pinched by Lu Bu!
"This banner does not seem to be Zheng Zhilong's brothers, but Zheng Zhilong's son!"
Seemingly noticing that something was wrong with Lu Bu's mood, Shi Lang, who was standing behind him, immediately spoke in a low voice.
Lu Bu was slightly taken aback.
"Zheng Chenggong?"
His hands subconsciously relaxed a lot.
Since it is Zheng Chenggong and not Zheng Zhilong and his brothers, it means that although the hundreds of ships in front of us look very magnificent, they are not the elite of Zheng's pirates!
Under absolute equipment suppression, the gap between ships with twice the number of people is not insurmountable.
Lu Bu's face immediately returned to normal.
"It seems that they have no intention of directly attacking. At most, they are the same as us, planning to take advantage of Liu Xiang's move, but now they find that we have seized the opportunity, so that's why!"
He pondered for a moment and then said.
"Sign the flag and tell them that if there is anything they want to talk about, let the flagship go out and meet at a distance of one nautical mile!"
Shi Lang passed the order down, and the semaphore soldiers immediately climbed onto the mast and began to play the semaphore.
Two nautical miles away, Zheng Chenggong was also watching the movement here with a telescope.
Zheng Chenggong's age was two or three years younger than Shi Lang's, and he didn't even have a few beards growing at this time, but standing on the deck of the bow, he looked very heroic and very proud
He looked at the semaphore on Lu Bu's side from a distance, and raised his eyebrows.
After putting down the binoculars, he turned his head to look at the lieutenants behind him.
Zheng's pirates are different from other pirate groups, their ranks are stricter, and most of them still use the old Ming system for official positions, so at this time the adjutants behind him are standing two steps away from him. Dare to go beyond the slightest.
"The flag of Ming Dynasty is flying on the opposite side. Although the flag is unknown, it doesn't look like a pirate!"
Although Zheng Chenggong was also a pirate under his father's command at this time, he didn't have the slightest respect for the existence of pirates in his words.
Although displeasure flashed across the eyes of several lieutenants, they didn't dare to say anything.
Not only the military system of the Zheng Group is the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, but also the punishments are the same. The result of contradicting the superior is not something they guys want to bear and can bear!
"Young master, since they are not pirates, after defeating that fellow Liu Xiang, they probably won't take the initiative to alarm us. Why don't we get in touch first and then make plans?"
One of the lieutenants whispered something, which made Zheng Chenggong laugh.
"It just so happens that those guys on the opposite side think the same way, order the three escort ships on the left and right to go to the first half of the nautical mile, the flagship will be the first, and we will meet with them before we talk!"
Zheng Chenggong's arrangement can be said to be very safe, but their artillery is just enough at a distance of half a nautical mile, otherwise they can prevent the opponent from suddenly attacking, and they can respond in the shortest time!
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Several deputy generals did not dare to neglect, and immediately went down to make arrangements.
At the same time, Shi Lang and others began to persuade Lu Bu, trying to prevent him from going in person.
Lu Bu looked at Shi Lang and Shi Kefa with a half-smile.
"If I don't go there in person, how can I see my sincerity in the peace talks? What's more, one of you is an orthodox official of Ming Dynasty, and the other is an old general of his Zheng family. What if you confront each other face to face?"
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His two simple sentences directly blamed the two of them, and he didn't know how to answer them.
Lu Bu shook his head, then gave orders to the guards behind him, and the soldiers on the flagship began to prepare for battle.
Their lucky boats are well-equipped, although they don't say that one is worth ten, but if they can open a certain distance, even if there are ten big ships on the opposite side, it is not enough to justify.
The only shortcoming or something to be afraid of is the threat at close range.
However, with two hundred firecrackers firing at the same time, no matter how many people are on the other side, they will not be able to board the ship!
The flagship slowly sailed out of the fleet, while the other ships dropped anchor on the spot.
Although it seemed that they didn't make any moves, the artillery after various modifications had quietly loaded the ammunition.
At a distance of one nautical mile, there are already a lot of ship-borne guns in the fleet under Lu Bu's command. Once a sudden battle occurs, they can make the opponent drink their horses with one round of guns!
The two flagships sailed out and collided slowly after a cup of tea. .
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