Chapter 468

We must despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to it tactically. Although this famous saying has not yet been born in this world, this is how Yan Nanfei fulfilled it.

After all, he and Shen Lang had already fought a battle more than two years ago, and they were defeated inexplicably. So this time, he has to be cautious and cautious.

Encircling and annihilating is the most conservative method of warfare, and his navy is eight times that of Shen Lang, and his fleet is ten times that of Shen Lang, so he can completely surround and destroy him.

Of course, it will take a long time for the super fleet of 150,000 people to gather. Even the wharf in Raging Tide City cannot accommodate so many warships at one time, and all the large wharves within a thousand miles have been requisitioned.

In order to focus on this battle, all sea trade in Raging Tide City was stopped, and all merchant ships had to retreat to the docks along the northern coast.

During this period of time, even though Yan Nanfei had blocked the news, the news still flew out as if it had grown wings, and flew to the city of Angry Tide and to Nujiang County.

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I wish Wenhua a successful return to Xuanwu City. This time the negotiation with Yan Nanfei was a great success. From now on, he wished Wenhua a share of the sea trade in Raging Tide City.

Zhuo Zhaoyan's appearance is still too ugly, that's why it stabbed Yan Nanfei completely, forcing him to support Zhu Wenhua.

The matter has been discussed, and the next step is to get Xu Qianqian. This is the most cost-effective way to build a silk business from scratch in the shortest time.

Zhu Wenhua doesn't have to worry about Xu Qianqian not agreeing, because she is a realistic and smart woman. Even if the process is very painful, there is only one way to compromise.

In order to protect her family, she could choose to rely on Zhuo Zhaoyan, but why can't she rely on him, Zhu Wenhua?

Of course, you don't need to be slept in Zhuo Zhaoyan, but Zhu Wenhua will not be killed if you take refuge in him.

"Someone, go and call Xu Qianqian over." After returning to the City Lord's Mansion, Zhu Wenhua ordered directly.

But soon he changed his mind again and said, "No, I will go to the Xu family in person and ask the old mother of the Xu family for marriage."

Then Zhu Wenhua walked towards the Xu family with hundreds of people mightily.

Shen Lang, your contribution is too great, you are obviously dead, you can still use it, and it is so easy to use.

The big house of the Xu family has been burned down, and now Xu Qianqian is working for Zhuo Zhaoyan, so he can't afford to live in the big house.

Several members of the family lived in the courtyard, which was about two acres. Although it could be regarded as a big mansion, it was extremely simple compared to the previous Xu family manor.

After Zhu Wenhua entered the Xu family, he directly met the old mother of the Xu family and said, "Grandmother Xu, I want to marry Xu Qianqian as a concubine, please mature."

This world is really broken. In the past, such a marriage proposal would never happen to aristocrats. Even concubines must follow the rules. At least a matchmaker should be invited. How can anyone directly rush to the door to force marriage?

But since Ning Shao inherited the throne, the atmosphere of Yue Kingdom seems to have changed suddenly.

The mother of the Xu family is full of grief and anger, this world really has no justice, it is dark. The Xu family has already been forced to this situation, the family property has been taken away, and there are still people who will not let them go. This is to force them to death.

Mrs. Xu really wanted to kill her, so as not to drag Xu Qianqian, but thinking of her grandson who just turned twelve years old, she gave up the idea.

It doesn't matter if she is old and dead, but if this grandson dies, the Xu family will be broken.

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At this moment, Xu Qianqian sat in front of the mirror.

She knew that Zhu Wenhua was back, and rushed into the house to force the marriage. After all, the Xu family was so small now, so she would definitely hear such a big movement.

Zhu Wenhua's negotiation in Angry Tide City was very successful this time, and he has received Yan Nanfei's support, making him even more satisfied.

Can she, Xu Qianqian, refuse?

Unless she doesn't care about the life and death of her family at all, but she really can't. Now there are not a few people left in the entire Xu family, and she is the pillar.

Zhu Wenhua, this beast, if she doesn't agree, he will really kill Xu's family.

Xu Qianqian picked up a sharp dagger and looked at the faces in the mirror.

It looks so beautiful, like a blooming flower, but unfortunately it will be ruined soon.

Not only to destroy the face, but also to destroy the body, so that beast Zhu Wenhua should have no appetite at all.

Carefully sticking the dagger to the face, the cold feeling is really scary, and it will definitely hurt.

Xu Qianqian's dagger slid lightly across his face, and a small scar appeared immediately, and blood gushed out.

It didn't hurt, just a burning sensation.

However, such a small scar is not enough. If you want to completely disfigure your face, you must open the skin and see the bones deeply.

In that case, more courage is required.

"boom!"

At this moment, the door of the room was slammed open, and a teenager rushed in and grabbed the dagger from her hand.

"Sister, what are you doing? What are you doing?"

"You don't want to do this. The big deal is that we will fight with them. The big deal is that the whole family should die. Anyway, it's too embarrassing to live like this. I don't want you to sacrifice for me like this."

This is Xu Qianqian's younger brother Xu Yun. Although he was a rich man, he had never lived a good life since he was a child. When he was not sensible, the Xu family was destroyed. As the only male in the Xu family, he wanted to protect his sister, but he was too weak to do anything.

"Sister, if you dare to cut your face again, I will stab myself to death." Xu Yun shouted at his neck with a dagger.

Xu Qianqian looked at her younger brother with compassion, it would be better if her younger brother was a bastard, she didn't need to sacrifice like this, but this younger brother was very sensible and promising.

But in this dark world, what if there is any prospect? I don't know how much torture and humiliation it takes to get ahead, and by that time the entire human nature has been completely destroyed.

Just like Zhu Wenhua, who used to be a proud genius, but now he has finally made his mark, but he has also completely become a beast.

So some hardships, she is the elder sister to bear!

The Xu family's house was too small, and Zhu Wenhua quickly heard the noise here, and rushed over, seeing the scars and bloodstains on Xu Qianqian's face, and suddenly became furious.

Xu Qianqian, what do you mean? Would you rather be disfigured than marry me as a concubine?

I wish Wenhua a dignified Yueguo Jinshi, the son of Viscount Lanshan, is he not worthy of you?

"Xu Qianqian, do you think you can stop me like this?" Zhu Wenhua grinned: "I want you as a person, and your identity as a woman of Shen Lang. Don't talk about disfigurement, even if you destroy it there , I still want to marry you as a concubine, and I still want to sleep with you dozens of times, you can commit suicide if you have the ability, and you will die with your whole family."

Xu Qianqian was trembling all over, she had never felt so powerless before.

Xu Guangyun died that day, almost all of the Xu family died, and the mansion was burned, but Xu Qianqian felt that she had become stronger.

But now that feeling of power is gone, just endless weakness.

Because there are weaknesses, because there are bottom lines, and because it is absolutely shameless to do so.

Zhu Wenhua sneered: "Anyway, I've already said that for this sake, so let me ask you, do you agree or not to marry me as a concubine?"

"I don't agree!" Before Xu Qianqian could speak, Xu Yun shouted directly: "It's a big deal, you killed us? You killed me, I'm not afraid of death."

Zhu Wenhua sneered: "You don't understand little brother, there are things in this world that are more terrifying than death, hahaha."

Then he drew out a sword, pressed it directly on Xu Yun's eyelids, and said slowly: "Xu Qianqian, as long as I exert a little force, your brother will be blinded in one eye. You said that you agreed, Or promise?"

Xu Yun was very scared, his whole body was trembling, but he remained motionless and didn't take a step back. Then the sword tip cut his eyelids, and blood flowed down and blurred his eyes.

Zhu Wenhua said, "Xu Qianqian, I count down to five, five, four, three..."

At this moment, a figure rushed over quickly and whispered a word in Zhu Wenhua's ear.

"The latest news, news from Raging Tide City, Shen Lang is back."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Wenhua's hand shook violently, and the tip of the sword cut a long wound on Xu Yun's eyelids and forehead, bleeding profusely.

"What? How is this possible?" Zhu Wenhua hissed: "Is it a rumor? It's the same as before?"

In the past two years, the news about Shen Lang's return has not happened once or twice, but every time it was a rumor, Yue Guo even killed hundreds of people because of it, and the rumor about Shen Lang's return gradually died down.

"It's not a rumor, it's news from Lord Yan Nanfei," said the confidant warrior.

Zhu Wenhua was stiff and trembling all over, he really couldn't believe his ears at all.

Shen Lang is not dead yet? How can this ominous thing resist, so that it will not die?

Zhu Wenhua took a deep look at Xu Qianqian and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Now it is not important to marry Xu Qianqian as a concubine, and it is not even important to do silk business.

Shen Lang's return must be a drastic change in the world, and the maritime trade in Raging Tide City will be cut off for a long, long time.

"Take all the Xu family." Zhu Wenhua ordered.

Immediately, hundreds of warriors poured in and started raiding homes to arrest people.

Half an hour later, the remaining dozen or so members of the Xu family, including the servants, were all arrested and locked up in a cell in Xuanwu City.

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"What? Shen Lang is back? How is this possible?!"

Zhuo Zhaoyan's reaction was stronger than Zhu Wenhua's. After all, she was a little closer to Tianya Haige and knew how dangerous the Devil's Triangle was.

Shen Lang came back alive, how many lives did he have?

The world is about to change again!

"Let's go!" Zhuo Zhaoyan quickly rode a fast horse and led a group of knights out of the former Xuanwu Marquis' Mansion.

But where should it go? Zhuo Zhaoyan was in a dilemma, should he report to Tianya Haige, or should he report to Guodu?

After hesitating for a while, Zhuo Zhaoyan decided to go south to Tianyahai Pavilion first, and then to Yuewangcheng.

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More than half a month later, Yan Nanfei's fleet of 150,000 people was still assembled, and they headed south to kill the Shen Lang fleet.

Now he is no longer panicked, because the information about Shen Lang is getting clearer and clearer, and even Yan Nanfei has sent scout clippers to monitor Shen Lang's fleet all the time.

It has been nearly 20 days since the discovery of the Shen Lang fleet, and it is said that the Shen Lang fleet should have already reached Raging Tide City.

But since it was discovered, the speed of his fleet has slowed down, and it is completely revolving around a sea area.

And Yan Nanfei's scout fleet became more and more bold, monitoring and observing from closer and closer, and constantly coming in information.

Shen Lang's fleet should be dominated by pirates, and the race of the pirates is very mixed, there are yellow people, white people and many brown people.

At first Yan Nanfei thought it was a mercenary army, but the flag of the Skeleton Party was still too conspicuous.

Most people in the Western world know nothing about it, but there are always exceptions. For example, the Yinyuan Society, some maritime merchants and nobles who fled from the Western world to the Eastern world, slave owners who were wiped out by Qiu Yaoer, and so on.

They told Yan Nanfei a key signal that this was the Skeleton Party, the most powerful pirate in the Western world, but it had disappeared for more than ten years.

Although those Western slave owners used exaggerated words to describe your Skeleton Party fleet, Yan Nanfei was completely relieved.

Pirates like to brag the most, no matter how strong they are, where can they be?

The civilization of the Western world almost started from the Xi Lun Dynasty. Now it is only a few hundred years old. In front of the Eastern world, it is completely at the level of a younger brother. In the Western world, it is king and hegemony. When you come to the Eastern world, you can only become a tortoise with a shrinking head.

What's more, there are only less than 20,000 pirates, and it is impossible to turn the sky over.

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On this day, the sea was warm and sunny.

The encircling formation of Yan Nanfei's fleet is slowly taking shape.

In fact, up to now, he has not received the will of the King of Yue, but he does not need it at all. Because the intention of the Great Yan Empire was clear before, once it was discovered that Shen Lang had returned, there was no need to ask anyone for instructions, and he would do his best to destroy him.

These days Yan Nanfei has been unable to sleep day and night because of excitement and tension.

Shen Lang's return is certainly terrifying, but the greater thing is opportunity and credit.

The last time His Majesty the Emperor sent an army of half the world to encircle and suppress Shen Lang in order to establish his prestige. In fact, it was not necessary at all. He was just trying to intimidate all the countries in the world, and swept the world in the name of Jiang Li's son.

And this time, if he can destroy Shen Lang, it will be a great achievement. By that time, Yan Nanfei was no longer Wu Anbo, and was directly promoted to Marquis or even Duke.

There is no more cost-effective enemy in this world than Shen Lang. The weight is amazing enough, but it is weak enough.

For the past few days, Yan Nanfei had been worried that Shen Lang would suddenly jump out of the encirclement and escape.

Because it is too difficult and too slow to build an encirclement in the vast sea.

In order not to scare Shen Lang away, Yan Nanfei's large encirclement was absolutely accurate, ensuring that the encirclement was in progress, but it did not enter the field of vision of Shen Lang's fleet.

It took five days and five nights.

The Great Encirclement was a success.

Yan Nanfei's fleet of 150,000 was officially encircled.

He breathed a long sigh of relief.

He Yan Nanfei is about to make a great achievement.

"Shrink the encirclement and strangle!"

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Following Yan Nanfei's order, the huge encirclement was slowly shrinking.

Looking down from the sky, you will see a very spectacular scene.

This huge encirclement was more than two hundred miles in diameter, and Yan Nanfei's fleet of 150,000 was scattered over an area of ​​10,000 square kilometers, and then kept shrinking.

There is no radio in this world, and it is impossible to conduct long-distance command.

It's really not easy for Yan to fly. I don't know how many times I have trained to complete this encirclement in a few days and nights.

"Has Shen Lang's fleet moved?" Yan Nanfei asked while holding her breath.

"No!"

After a while, Yan Nanfei asked again, "Has the Shen Lang fleet moved?"

"No!"

Yan Nanfei couldn't believe it, what trick is Shen Lang playing?

This is the vast and deep sea, and it is impossible to run aground.

However, Yan Nanfei was surrounded by a Western slave owner, and he was talking about the Skeleton Party.

Yan Nanfei said: "That is to say, the Skeleton Party fleet is good at jumping ships? Is it a bloody spirit?"

"Yes."

Yan Nanfei said: "You said that the Skeleton Party fleet disappeared more than ten years ago, which means that the average youth of this fleet is at least forty years old?"

"It should be, my lord." The slave owner of the Western world said.

That was even more appropriate, Yan Nanfei felt that his fleet would not give the Skeleton Party a chance to jump off the boat, and all arrows were fired at a distance of 200 meters.

And even if it is jumping ship to fight, can less than 20,000 people fight more than 150,000 people? Absolutely impossible!

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The encirclement of Yan Nanfei's fleet of 150,000 people is getting smaller and smaller.

Finally, both fleets came into view.

Shen Lang's squadron was originally huge, with a hundred warships and nearly 20,000 people. But compared with the Yan Nanfei fleet, it seemed so insignificant and weak.

But what surprised Yan Nanfei was that Shen Lang's fleet remained motionless, completely moving with the ocean currents, and even the sails were retracted.

What is Shen Lang doing?

But no matter what he wants to do, what better thing in the world than a motionless fleet of enemies?

In the last sea battle, Shen Lang relied on the speed of his fleet to escape desperately and fly kites desperately, otherwise the entire army would have been destroyed long ago.

And now he couldn't run even if he wanted to.

The two fleets are getting closer and closer.

Yan Nanfei's huge fleet of 150,000 people is like a giant beast, and it will completely swallow the Shen Lang fleet.

He was really uncontrollably excited.

It's a great situation right now.

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The current situation is wonderful, and this is also Shen Lang's feeling.

What are you most afraid of in a naval battle? That is, the opponent's fleet is sparse, so it takes at least dozens of shellings to master the accuracy.

In order to achieve the wolf group effect, the Yan Nanfei fleet in front of them is indescribably crowded and dense, almost less than the safe distance.

"Left and right wings, assault!"

Yan Nanfei gave an order, and the ships on the east and west sides quickly attacked the middle.

"Sail!" Jack Tang ordered.

All of Shen Lang's 100 battleships raised their sails.

Yan Nanfei's fleet was stunned when he saw it, did he set sail at this time? Doesn't it seem too late? At this time, your fleet will not be able to escape even if it grows wings.

The two fleets continued to approach.

Jack Tang gave an order: "Take off the cannon jacket!"

Immediately, all the gun jackets of the hundreds of warships were lifted.

Yan Nanfei was stunned, what is this iron pipe? Thick and black.

"preparation!"

Jack Tang shouted.

The commanders on each battleship chanted, and the flag-bearers on the masts waved neatly.

The gunners of the Skeleton Party and the Knights of the East began stuffing explosives, stuffing shells, and taking aim.

And as the enemy ship approached, it began to gradually adjust the muzzle.

Shen Lang's artillery has directly passed the original stage. Now there is no black powder, all of which are explosives with amazing power. Although they are still iron balls, the artillery is made of steel, and its sturdiness is amazing enough.

Therefore, the maximum range of the artillery can reach more than two kilometers, and the effective range can also reach more than one thousand meters.

The measurement sailors on the battleship calculated the distance of the enemy skillfully.

"One thousand eight hundred meters."

"One thousand five hundred meters."

"One thousand meters!"

"Nine hundred meters!"

"fire!"

"fire!"

With a single command, more than five hundred artillery pieces opened fire.

"Boom boom boom..."

A burst of earth-shattering roar.

Five hundred shells shot out like lightning.

"Whoosh whoosh ..." The shells swept through a graceful arc in the air, and slammed into Yan Nanfei's fleet, causing a whistling sound in the air.

cool!

So cool!

That's the feel of all skeleton parties.

In order to save artillery shells before, after coming to the sea, I didn't dare to open the cannon like this.

With a sharp weapon in his arms, his murderous intention suddenly rises. With this kind of artillery, he can't fight a battle with real swords and guns. It's really suffocating people.

Now all the desire to fight has begun to pour out.

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But Yan Nanfei saw the projectiles flying, and then heard the terrifying loud noise.

Then he was almost completely stunned.

This, this, what kind of weapon is this? Can it hit so far? Is it so earth-shattering?

"Swish swish swish..."

The sailors of the Yan Nanfei fleet felt a shocking scene.

There was a whistling sound in the sky, and countless black dots flew over the top of the head. The speed was extremely fast, and it flew out a few hundred meters almost at once.

With such a long distance, whether it is Shen Lang or Jack Tang, they have never thought about the hit rate.

But luck is so good.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

A dozen of these shells slammed into the enemy ship.

Even if they were so far apart, this high-speed iron ball had an amazing lethality.

Hit the mast and it broke immediately.

It hit the deck and penetrated directly.

If it hits the human body, it will be shattered directly.

However, Yan Nanfei didn't have time to express his shock.

"Boom boom boom..."

There was another loud bang.

Then, hundreds of black spots shot out from the Shen Lang fleet.

This is not only because of the fast rate of fire, but also because the left and right sides have to take turns firing, so that the recoil when firing can be relatively effectively counteracted.

In a moment!

"Bang bang bang bang..."

More than a dozen shells smashed into Yan Nanfei's fleet, shattering his body again.

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"Master, what should I do? What should I do?"

Yan Nanfei's scalp went numb, and he said to the slave owners in the Western world, "Is this also the way the Skull Party fights?"

The slave owner was completely stunned. He had never seen such a weapon before?

"No, no, no, the Skull Party has no such weapons, nor does the Western world have such weapons."

Yan Nanfei's teeth were cold for a while, and there was no doubt that this was created by Shen Lang again.

Although it is very amazing, the hit rate is still too low. As long as you get close, your own fleet can kill the Shenlang fleet even with the advantage of numbers.

Abruptly gritted his teeth, Yan Nanfei ordered: "Go on, go on!"

"The left and right armies continue to advance. The north and south armies are slowly approaching, ready to rush to help."

Then, Yan Nanfei's left and right fleets speeded up instead.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

With a voice command.

Shen Lang's fleet fired continuously.

"Boom boom boom..."

The loud noise on the sea was deafening, and the red-hot iron balls whizzed past like countless meteors.

If it is a primitive artillery, the rate of fire is very bad. But Shen Lang used almost smokeless gunpowder, and it was wrapped in oil-soaked silk. After firing the gun, the chamber of the gun almost didn't need to be cleaned, and it almost burned cleanly without much residue.

"fire!"

"fire!"

More than a thousand artillery pieces were firing frantically.

With the rounds of artillery bombardment, the artillerymen of Shen Lang's fleet felt gradually coming, and the accuracy was getting higher and higher.

Moreover, the Yan Nanfei fleet was too dense.

At the beginning, the hit rate was less than three-thirds, and then it increased to an astonishing ten percent.

Each time more than fifty or sixty shells hit the enemy ships.

Once hit, a huge hole is directly torn open, and the sea water rushes in.

"Bang bang bang..."

One cannonball hit the fish oil tank with great luck, and instantly penetrated several protective layers, and the red-hot iron ball smashed directly into the fish oil.

"Boom boom boom..."

There was an earth-shattering explosion, and the earth-shattering flames erupted.

The part of Yan Nanfei on the deck of the battleship was completely shattered in an instant, burning roaringly.

The battleship was completely destroyed.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The destruction of a battleship seems to have opened some kind of prelude.

Next, more than a dozen shells hit a ship at the same time, and it swept away in an instant, shattering all the iron balls.

This battleship seemed to be cut off from it, and the most important thing was the keel, which was cut off alive.

"crunch..."

After a difficult and harsh sound, the entire battleship broke from it.

Yan Nanfei's second battleship was destroyed.

Then came the third, the fourth, the fifth...

The entire sea is completely one-sided slaughter!

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Note: I finally finished writing, collapsed from exhaustion, and went to sleep. Continue to update 15,000 tomorrow, brothers, give me the monthly pass! Bring me back to life!