Chapter 8: Encountering a battle (1)

In the afternoon, the sea surface of Hangzhou Bay is calm, and golden eyes are shining on the blue sea waves, reflecting a brilliant light. Unfortunately, beautiful things exist very shortly, and when people have not discovered its beauty, it will disappear.

Two fleets of mysterious and arduous tasks encountered unexpectedly in the beautiful Hangzhou Bay. What they were waiting for was the cruelest battle, and only one could stay.

"What a pity." Hong Chengchou had long been used to fighting. He didn't seem to be worried about the consequences of the collision between the two fleets. Instead, he shook his head and sighed.

"What a pity?" Zheng Nansheng said in confusion. It seemed that when he arrived on the boat, his mind became much slower and he could not keep up with Hong Chengchou's thinking.

"It's a pity that we are not the yellow bird!" Hong Chengchou said.

"Orange Bird?" Zheng Nansheng said to himself, and suddenly he was blessed to his heart. He instantly understood what Hong Chengchou said, "The general wants to follow Zheng Zhilong's fleet, and a mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind."

Little did they know that their unexpected opponent also had this idea. When they found Hong Chengchou and his fleet, they were shocked and regretted that the ship was moving too fast. If they let their opponents walk in front, they would be the oriole once!

"I wonder if Zheng Zhilong himself is on the boat, so it would be great if he was there!" Zheng Nansheng clenched his fists with some excitement. After defeating Zheng Zhibao, the navy was full of morale, and by the way, senior generals like Zheng Nansheng gradually underestimated the enemy.

"Don't underestimate Zheng Zhilong, a pirate-born man. He can rise in just a few years, with tens of thousands of armor and more than 400 warships, which shocked the Fujian Sea. It is by no means accidental." Song Xiance's broken gong-like voice sounded from behind the two. Compared to Hong Chengchou and Zheng Nansheng, his five-foot figure and a pair of iron feet paraded through the streets seemed to be more suitable for staying on the boat. At least under a little wind and waves, walking on the deck was like walking on flat ground, while Hong Chengchou and Zheng Nansheng were slightly inferior.

Hong Chengchou looked back and looked at Song Xiance with a very appreciative look, and said, "The military advisor has said a lot. I have studied Zheng Zhilong. He is very popular in the people in Fujian and Guangdong. Last year, Fujian encountered a drought that had not been encountered in a century. He paid and grain to immigrate the people who were affected to Xiaoliuqiu, where they reclaimed land and planted. More than 100,000 people survived because of him. This person has a great ambition and is sooner or later a major concern for the court!"

"The general is too respectful to him. He is a pirate and has only tens of thousands of mobs. Once the imperial army arrives, it will inevitably collapse." Zheng Nansheng said.

"You have seen the combat effectiveness of the two thousand pirate soldiers under Zheng Zhibao. If we hadn't relied on the sharpness of the firearms, his more than 20 ships would have blocked the 100,000 troops of the court on the north bank and would not dare to move easily." Hong Chengchou's face said with a righteous expression.

When he thought of the fierce shadows of those pirates, Zheng Nansheng said nothing. He could feel the terror of the army composed of Zheng Zhilong's pirates than Hong Chengchou, because he was commanding his dozens of ships to fight against three ships under Zheng Zhibao at that time. It was an overwhelming encirclement, but the battle was a draw. If the opponent had no support, the victory would be unpredictable. In the end, he still used more people to torture the people to death. It was a victory, but it could only be considered a miserable victory. At least he cried at that time, less than one hundred people, but he lost the price of nearly four hundred people. He still won the battle. If he had lost, he would have been engaged in military law long ago.

"Mr. Don't worry, the pirates under Zheng Zhilong are indeed very powerful in close combat. It is hard to have an opponent in the entire South China Sea, but we also have our strengths. As long as we try to keep a certain distance from the enemy ship and attack with artillery, how many ships Zheng Zhilong has are not the opponent of the court. It is too expensive and time-consuming to build a ship. Otherwise, why should the court be afraid of just Zheng Zhilong?" Song Xiance laughed.

"Dou,Dou,Dou..." This was the sound of the cannon popping out of the borehole. The three of them stopped talking and turned around to look. They saw that two cannons on the upper and lower sides continued to emit blue smoke, and the shells poured towards the Zheng Zhilong Pirate Fleet that was approaching rapidly with the perfect ballistic curve.

Since the other party's identity has been discovered and both fleets have an ulterior motive, what else should I be polite? Let's take action first. As soon as Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet entered the range of the China Treasure Cannon, Chen Guang issued an attack order without hesitation.

Although Shadow has increased its efforts to dispatch and buy spies in Fujian, it can only roughly grasp the mobilization of the army under Fujian Zheng Zhilong's control. However, it is a bit out of reach on the island of Taiwan (Xiao Liuqiu). Although there are mixed dragons and snakes and all kinds of people, Zheng Zhilong regards the place as his base camp to build it, and has a very strict defense. The Zheng Zhilong fleet encountered by Hong Chengchou came directly from Taiwan. Along the way, everything he encountered, whether it was a merchant ship or a pirate ship, was sunk or joined. Zheng Zhilong has been planning for a long time. Not only was Shadow unable to find out its information, but even Wei Zhongxian from Nanjing did not know that Zheng Zhilong would come from the sea, and his purpose was almost consistent with Hong Chengchou.

The person who commanded this fleet was Zheng Zhilong's second brother Zheng Zhihu. He was ordered by his brother to go north to serve the king. The first stop was Hangzhou Prefecture. The occupation of Lin'an was the first person Zheng Zhilong gave him. However, he thought that he could enter Hangzhou Bay without knowing it, but he met Hong Chengchou and led the first team of the East China Sea Fleet.

When he saw the Chinese treasure ship with two thousand materials in the Qianli Mile Mile, he was shocked first, and then he showed an extremely greedy look. He had long heard that the Northern Dynasties had secretly built a giant ship. It must be the giant in front of him. It was indeed very large. If the Zheng family owned this giant ship, wouldn't it be able to compete with the Dutch Red Hair? He immediately ordered people to carefully count the number of ships opposite, only about fifty, and compared it, and brought nearly eight of them.

All ten ships were armed merchant ships, and the ship was loaded with 5,000 most elite soldiers. If they had eaten this fleet before they landed on Hangzhou Prefecture and took this giant ship for themselves, God, if they made such great contributions, their status in the family would be second only to their elder brother Zheng Zhilong. The huge temptation made Zheng Zhihu unable to stop. With his eyes flying, he ordered his fleet, more than 80 armed merchant ships to encircle the fleet where Hong Chengchou was located, quickly encircled.

A man behind Zheng Zhihu was a few years ago when he saw the commander giving the order to surround him. He frowned and wanted to speak but stopped. His expression was very strange. He was the think tank that Zheng Zhilong's sect assisted Zheng Zhihu. He followed Zheng Zhilong for many years and made suggestions for him. Few failed. After the death of Zheng Zhilong's former leader Li Dan, he made great contributions to Zheng Zhilong's successful acceptance of the fleet left by Li Dan. Zheng Zhilong also had his shadow behind many policies in Taiwan. He is He Bin, one of the young people who Zheng Zhilong relied most.

"Second Master, the most important thing we are to seize Hangzhou Prefecture and to support the uncle's army, we should not cause trouble at this moment." He Bin finally couldn't help but persuade Zheng Zhihu.
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