Speaking of which, Liu Xiang wanted to attack Suixi and asked Zhou Linlao to inquire about the defense of Suixi. Zhou Linlao trembled and took out a map from his arms and showed it to Liu Xiang. He pointed to Suixi Bay and said:

"I learned that in the bay, there are twenty fran cannons, two red cannons on Dongtoushan Island, and sixteen fran cannons on the island!"

Liu Xiang was puzzled and asked, "Suixi is Zhao Hehai's old nest, and only two red cannons were set off on Dongtoushan Island?"

Zhou Lin's eyelids twitched and he said carefully: "It's extremely difficult to get the red cannon. How many doors can Zhao Hehai have? In addition, he placed the cannons on the boat, so of course there are fewer on the shore."

Liu Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "Well, that's the reason..." After a pause, a sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of Liu Xiang's mouth, "Don't want to have a decisive battle? I'll force you to fight!"

"Zhou Lin Lao, go and spread the news. In ten days, I will mobilize all fleets to attack Suixi Bay!"

With Liu Xiang's order, all 40,000 to 50,000 people started to attack Suixi with a fierce momentum.

Within Liu Xiang's group, there are many people who oppose the advance, and Liu Husan is an outstanding representative.

Liu Husan followed Liu Xiang for the longest time, fought bravely and calmly when encountering things. He was actually the number one strong general under Liu Xiang. At this time, Liu Husan was trying hard to dissuade Liu Xiang: "Master, since Zhao Hehai used Suixi as his home port to plunder, his defense must be cautious. Even if there are not many turrets, our losses will be heavy. Zhao Hehai is the clown in jumping the beam, and our biggest enemy is still Zheng Zhilong. The loss is too great. How to deal with Zheng Zhilong?"

This was the final word in Liu Xiang's heart. Liu Xiang sighed and said, "Don't I know that Zheng Zhilong is the biggest enemy? What we are most scarce now is food and wealth. If we don't wipe out Zhao Hehai in one day, we can't draw a large amount of troops to raise food and wealth in one day. If this continues, these 40,000 to 50,000 people will not starve to death?"

Liu Husan was silent for a long time and continued to persuade: "Since you are going to force Zhao Hehai to fight to the decisive battle, why not attack the prefectures? On the coast of Guangdong, except for Guangzhou being heavily guarded, other places are empty in defense. As the general of Guangdong, Lin Chunhong is responsible for defending the territory, so why not order Zhao Hehai to fight?"

Liu Xiang shook his head and said, "Do you know much about Lin Chunhong! Lin Chunhong is known as the general of the court, but is actually a warlord. No matter how we attack the prefectures and counties, Lin Chunhong will not send Zhao Hehai to come. Look, we have been ashore so many times during this period, when did Zhao Hehai come?"

Liu Husan was speechless by Liu Xiang, but from the bottom of his heart, he still felt that it was inappropriate to attack Suixi. "Last time in the Battle of Shangchuan, Zhao Hehai secretly set up a fort on the island, causing us to suffer heavy losses. Will he use the same trick again this time?"

Liu Husan's words were quite shocking. Liu Xiang was frightened and almost broke out in cold sweat. However, after a while, Liu Xiang slowly shook his head and said, "This time it was impossible! I asked Li Chenglao to check. Zhao Hehai bought 68 red artillery guns from the red artillery, and got twelve red artillery guns from our ship..." Liu Xiang's black flesh jumped, and then said, "And he now has about ninety red artillery heavy artillery on the ship. These extra heavy artillery guns are probably purchased from Zheng Zhilong. In this way, Zhou Linlao's map is correct, and Zhao Hehai has no extra heavy artillery on the shore!"

Seeing that Liu Xiang's data was detailed and irrefutable, Liu Husan said in desperation: "Maybe Lin Chunhong can cast a cannon himself!"

Liu Xiang laughed and patted Liu Husan on the shoulder: "You can eat things randomly, but you can't talk nonsense! If Lin Chunhong can cast cannons, I won't stay at sea. Go home early to carry the children! How can this red cannon be made by making it?"

Liu Husan was extremely ashamed and his face turned into a pig's liver. Seeing this, Liu Xiang comforted him: "After extermination of Zhao Hehai, I think we should find a place to settle down. It is not a solution to continue like this. Qiongzhou Island is good, and Annan is also good. Please help me see where is the right place..."

"yes!"

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On April 17, the eighth year of Chongzhen, Liu Xiang gathered more than 400 warships and more than 30,000 troops and rushed towards Suixi. The command of more than 400 warships was not easy. Liu Xiang organized all the ships into five columns and attacked Suixi in groups. The first column was more than 20 large gunboats, led by Liu Husan, as the main force to attack the forts on the banks of Suixi and Zhao Hehai Fleet.

More than 400 warships were stretched for more than ten miles, with masts like forests and white sails like clouds, and murderous intent pounced on Suixi. The salty and wet sea breeze blew by, and Liu Xiang took a deep breath into his nose and felt extremely comfortable. According to the eyeliner report, Lin Chunhong urgently transferred Zhao Hehai Fleet and Longhu Camp to Suixi, and ordered General Lei Lian and General Guangzhou Sea Defense to reinforce Suixi. However, General Lei Lian and General Guangzhou Sea Defense to turn a blind eye to the order and did not send a soldier to Suixi. It is said that Lin Chunhong was anxious to get angry and traveled to Zhaoqing twice in three days, trying to get Xiong Wencan to urgently order various troops to reinforce.

"Haha, the dog official is like a dog! Even if you shake your tail and beg for mercy, what's the use?" Liu Xiang tried his best to exhale the stuffiness in his chest and couldn't help laughing.

"Be sure to put the survey boat twenty miles away! Each ship is careful and must not be careless, otherwise, kill it on the spot!" Liu Xiang has fought more battles than women he has played. The more he is at war, the more cautious he becomes.

"The order for all ships to be ordered, no one is allowed to enter the bay without my order, and those who violate it will be killed!"

I don’t know whether Liu Xiang received the lesson from the Battle of Li Chenglao in the Sichuan Sea, or listened to Liu Husan’s advice, or he instinctively felt the danger of Suixi Port, he issued this order with murderous intent.

In fact, the above reasons are wrong. Liu Xiang is an excellent maritime tactic master. Every time he fights, he formulates a combat plan around the purpose of the battle and will never cause trouble. This time, Liu Xiang's main purpose is to force Zhao Hehai to fight to the decisive battle and wipe out the Zhao Hehai fleet. Since Zhao Hehai is now near Suixi Port and the combat purpose has reached half, why risk entering the bay at such a huge risk?

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Not to mention Liu Xiang's advance, but Lin Chunhong was overjoyed when he learned that Liu Xiang was about to attack Suixi. He grabbed the hand of Ling Yunhua, Director of the Navy Military Information Department, and said, "The first contribution to this battle is Director Ling!"

Ling Yunhua's face turned red and said modestly: "General, how dare he take credit for his subordinates?"

It turned out that Ling Yunhua and Zhou Linlao were both from Chaozhou and were quite familiar with each other. Since Ling Yunhua took office as the director of the Military Intelligence Department, he has been thinking about pulling Zhou Linlao into the Lin camp. However, Zhou Linlao saw that Zhao Hehai was weak and kept refusing. After Lin Chunhong came to Guangdong, he asked Ling Yunhua to increase his efforts to win over Zhou Linlao and agreed to Ling Yunhua and Zhou Linlao's confidant to watch forty eighteen-pound cannons on Changzhou Island.

After learning that Lin Chunhong had built ten docks on Changzhou Island at the same time and produced three red-clothed cannons every month, he knew that Liu Xiang had no chance to win anymore. He immediately met Lin Chunhong secretly and expressed his intention to be effective.

Lin Chunhong made a quick decision and decided to use Suixi as bait to severely attack Liu Xiang.

With Zhang Zhao's hard work, Suixi Port had already built a maritime fortress, with as many as twenty-five red-branded cannons. Later, after Lin Chunhong arrived in Guangdong, he built a new fort at Suixi Port, and the red-branded cannons reached fifty. Originally, according to Lin Chunhong's plan, Suixi Port would build a reinforced gun city, namely the lever, which was strong and resistant to artillery bombing far exceeding Anping City. Due to capital and time, Suixi Port has only built a simple city wall and installed a fort, but the foundation of the lever is still missing.

Even so, it is more than enough to deal with Liu Xiang's fleet. Lin Chunhong hopes to use the shore fort to make Liu Xiang beat him and burst into blood.

Lin Chunhong believed that sooner or later, Liu Xiang would force Zhao Hehai to fight to the decisive battle. To force Zhao Hehai to fight to the decisive battle, it would be nothing more than attacking Suixi Port or Guangdong Prefecture. Instead of being in a hurry, it would be better to use a plan and lead Liu Xiang into the trap.

Nowadays, due to the lack of power and the range is not far, it generally does not easily attack sea fortresses. Liu Xiang has been traversing the sea for many years and is cunning, so how could he easily attack Suixi Port?

In order to strengthen Liu Xiang's determination to attack Suixi, Lin Chunhong took three steps, one by Zhou Linlao's words of Suixi's wealth; the other by Zhou Linlao, he asked Zhou Linlao to convey false information arranged by the Suixi port fortress; the third by Zhao Hehai's proactive attack, he forced Liu Xiang to rush to wipe out the Zhao Hehai fleet.

Lin Chunhong's plan was very successful. Now, Liu Xiang has not only arrived, but also brought almost everyone!

"Nainai, this Liu Xiang is really a tough character! If you don't do it, you will be shocking when you do it!" Zhang Zhao stroked his forehead and sighed.

Di Wei, Wu Tianhai and the pirate leaders all changed their colors and stood up to Lin Chunhong in a daze, hoping that Lin Chunhong would make an idea.

Lin Chunhong was also complaining. He was about to attract a big fish to eat it, but now there is a whale. What if it does? Let’s not talk about Liu Xiang’s fleet’s strength far exceeds that of Zhao Hehai. It depends on how much pressure the 30,000 troops will land on Suixi Port?

Since ancient times, the easiest and most cost-effective way to attack sea fortresses is to send the army to attack the fortress from behind. Lin Chunhong doesn’t think that Liu Xiang would be so stupid that he didn’t even know this!

Lin Chunhong stood up, walked to the huge map, took several small iron ships from the map, and smiled and said, "No need to think about the Fourth Column, Zhou Lin Lao, our people!"

Di Wei, Wu Tianhai and the island leaders were shocked. When did Mr. Lin defect to the military this week?

Lin Chunhong didn't care about solving their doubts and placed these small iron ships on Suixi Port. "No matter whether Zhou Linlao surrendered to us or not, we are invincible. We only need to defend Suixi Port. In addition to the fleet, our troops also have tens of thousands of troops, and we are also fighting on the inside. No matter where Liu Xiang landed, we can take advantage of his unstable foothold and attack. From this point of view, it is not a big problem to defend Suixi Port on land!"

"Zhang Zhao!"

"I'm here!"

"You lead the land navigators to guard Suixi Port. If anyone does not obey the order, he will kill him on the spot and will never tolerate him!"

"promise!"

"Di Wei, Wu Tianhai!"

"The last one will be here!"

"You lead the Dragon and Tiger Camp to be careful. Once Liu Xiang lands, he will kill Liu Xiang's vitality!"

"promise!"
Chapter completed!