Chapter 1107 Survival with Broken Arm

Peerless Fenghua's worries finally came true.

On September 15th, when the first and second formations of the Handan Fleet were escorting a caravan carrying weapons and equipment worth over one million gold coins, they were secretly heading for the coast of the Kingdom of Jin and passing through the Dongying Sea, when they were stopped by the Daxia Navy.

The Great Xia Coastal Fleet made it very clear, because it was during the exercise, and routine inspections of passing ships were required. If they did not carry prohibited items, they would be released immediately.

If you don't cooperate, for the safety of the exercise, you can only search forcibly.

Although the admiral of the Handan Fleet was angry, he did not dare to make a claim and said he would ask the court for instructions. The two sides stalemate in the East Ocean waters.

The six formations of the Great Xia Navy formed a circle around the two formations of the Handan Fleet.

When Dichen received the urgent report, his face collapsed, and he couldn't help cursing: "Shit! What kind of exercise, it's clearly intended to make things difficult for us." He completely lost his usual demeanor.

Jue Dai Feng Hua also frowned, thought for a while, and then said: "Something is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Di Chen asked.

"The timing of the Great Xia Navy's attack is really too coincidental. It stopped the Handan Fleet right away. Things that are too coincidental are often not coincidences, but premeditated."

"What do you mean?" Di Chen looked serious.

"I'm worried about whether Daxia has detected what supplies the fleet is transporting in advance. Only in this way can they explain why they can accurately intercept them, and their attitude is tough, and they must be searched."

"Is this impossible?" Di Chen was a little skeptical, "This batch of weapons and equipment was shipped secretly through a caravan, and the whole process was kept secret. Even few people in the Qing Dynasty knew about it, so how could Da Xia know?!"

Peerless Fenghua shook his head, "Don't doubt Daxia's investigative ability. In the past two days, the Shanhaiwei under their command has become more and more powerful. [Difeng] has fought against them several times, but they haven't taken advantage of it."

"..."

Dichen's expression became even uglier.

According to this, it seems that Da Zhou has nothing to do right now, and he can be compared with Da Xia.

"If the old fox really finds out this batch of goods, then we can't let them search." Di Chen got up, paced back and forth in the room, his face regained his composure.

It is one thing for Da Zhou to form an alliance with Da Qing and Jin, but it is another thing to take the initiative to intervene in the war between Da Xia and Jin, the nature is completely different.

Just like Great Qin, Great Han, and Great Tang, although they are allies of Great Xia, they did not refuse to start trade with Great Zhou. Forming an alliance just means that the relationship between the two parties is closer, which is equivalent to the establishment of diplomatic relations in reality.

"The Handan Fleet is currently under siege. If you refuse to search, I am worried that a conflict will break out." Jue Dai Fenghua is still a little worried. Based on the Daxia's behavior she knows, once she makes a move, she will never return empty-handed.

Dichen stood still, his eyes were firm, "Then we can't let them search, at worst, we will sink the merchant ship by ourselves, sink it into the bottom of the sea, destroy the evidence, and see what they can do to us?!"

"This is a way, but the cost is a bit high."

Peerless Fenghua is full of regrets, that is equipment worth more than one million gold coins, if it is lost, it will be compensated to the Qing Dynasty, and the active sinking of its own merchant ship will also cause a lot of negative effects.

"Now we can only abandon the car to save the handsome man!" Di Chen was very decisive. "As for the issue of follow-up compensation, we can have a good discussion with the Qing Dynasty. We are transporting weapons and equipment for them, so we should share the risk together."

As expected of Di Chen, he was a master at playing tricks, and he immediately thought of how to stop losses.

"I agree."

Peerless Fenghua is also a sensible person who knows how to choose.

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Dongying sea area.

The Great Xia Navy has been confronting the Handan Fleet all morning. As time goes by, the smell of gunpowder on the scene becomes more and more intense.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, after receiving the reply from above, the admiral of the Handan Fleet's navy suddenly had a clear mind, and ordered the battleship's artillery to be pushed out of the hatch and aimed at his own caravan.

Although this order is incredible, but the military order is like a mountain, it can only be carried out.

The merchant ship following the Handan Fleet saw the fleet's guns aimed at him, and opened his eyes wide in surprise. He said in amazement, "What's wrong, do you want to silence me?"

Out of the need for confidentiality, the caravan that Dichen found was also in the nature of an imperial merchant.

To be more specific, this caravan is the self-operated caravan of Chuhou Chunshenjun's family, and it is also the core caravan of Da Zhou. With the backing of Marquis Chu, his confidence is not ordinary.

Right now, they are dumbfounded.

"fire!"

The admiral of the Handan Fleet only needs to carry out the order, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about the rest. What he is concerned about now is how to break through the blockade of the Great Xia Fleet and withdraw to the base smoothly after destroying the evidence.

The Stone, deck.

Qi Jiguang, the admiral of the Coastal Fleet, saw every move of the Handan Fleet through the binoculars. When he saw the enemy ship firing at his own merchant ship, he immediately understood it and ordered solemnly: "The enemy is trying to destroy the evidence, stop them immediately. Don't worry. Order them all to fire!"

"promise!"

Qi Jiguang is also a decisive person. After receiving the king's order, he knew that this mission was not easy, because this was not a simple naval battle, and the commander was required to adapt to the situation.

Sure enough, something went wrong.

As long as the Handan Fleet fires, Qi Jiguang has the courage to fight back.

As for the fact that the Handan Fleet's guns were aimed at its own merchant ships, rather than actively provoking a naval battle, the situation on the scene is so complicated, who can say clearly? !

After the war, Qi Jiguang could blame the Handan Fleet for firing the first shot.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Accompanied by the sound of artillery fire, the sea in Dongying was finally no longer calm.

The situation of the naval battle seemed a bit weird. The Handan Fleet desperately fired at its own merchant ships, but the Daxia Fleet desperately stopped them. It was really unreasonable to play their cards to save these merchant ships.

For a while, the Handan Fleet, which was surrounded by the Great Xia Navy, was beaten into a panic.

Seeing that the enemy's firepower was too fierce and the fleet suffered heavy losses, the admiral of the Handan Fleet was very distressed, and ordered to continue bombarding the merchant ships while breaking out to the southwest.

"Retreat to Kyushu Island, I don't believe it, the enemy dares to go to the island?!"

Amidst the roar of artillery fire, the Handan Fleet desperately broke through the siege, regardless of sacrifice, while the Great Xia Navy pursued relentlessly, and the warships of the Handan Fleet were sunk one after another.

This sea siege and pursuit lasted a full afternoon, and it still didn't stop.

In the evening, accompanied by the orange-red sunset, the remnants of the Handan Fleet, which had sunk half of its battleships, finally advanced into Kyushu Island.

The Great Xia Fleet followed closely and wandered around the periphery of the port.

Looking at the situation, this collision is far from over. When the battle started in the afternoon, Qi Jiguang had already sent the battle report to the Summer Palace, waiting for the king's next order.

In the northern seas, the situation is changing.