Chapter 9 The Balance of War (I)

"Master, the statistics are out." Zheng Nansheng rushed into the combat command room of the China Treasure Ship with excitement. Among the four main generals sitting, no one can compare to Zheng Nansheng in terms of his ability to clean the battlefield. Naturally, this glorious task was handed over to him.

"You have gained a lot!" Hong Chengchou said with a smile.

"The Grand Marshal, it's not just a small one, it's so rich." Zheng Nansheng handed over the statistical results in his hand.

Hong Chengchou took it and scanned it slightly, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face. Zheng Zhihu actually hijacked more than 20 merchant ships along the way. Although several were sunk, most of them were intact. The ship was full of spices, pepper, silk, fur, sugar, linen and other supplies, and even a small amount of jewelry and gold jewelry. Each ship was worth more than 100,000 taels. The owners of most of the items may no longer exist in this world. Only a few ship owners are still there, but they are all locked up by Zheng Zhihu. There may be any other useful value, so they saved their lives and have been rescued now.

"How many people have been captured?" Song Xiance asked.

"The number of people has not been fully counted, it is estimated to be around 3,000." Zheng Nansheng replied in a daze.

"How many casualties are our people?" Song Xiance continued to ask.

"We have less than one-quarter of the casualties, and there are more than three thousand people who can fight."

"It's a pity that Zheng Zhihu ran away." Zheng Nan said with a grudge.

"He can't run away." Hong Chengchou smiled, and a ruthless and fierce light flashed in his eyes. Letting Zheng Zhihu run away would mean scaring Zheng Zhilong away. This may be beneficial to the court in the short term, but in the long run, it will be extremely unfavorable to the court's recovery of Fujian.

Sure enough, before Hong Chengchou could continue to explain, Chen Guang appeared at the door of the command room. Seeing Hong Chengchou and the other two, he smiled and said, "Master Hong, both of them are here, so I won't send someone to invite you!"

"Come in!" Chen Guang waved his hand behind him.

Two stretchers were carried into the command room, one in front and one behind. The one in front was scattered and was wet, with a coarse cloth in her mouth, and a trace of blood remained on the corner of her mouth. She was fixed on the stretcher from head to toe. Her eyes were filled with inexplicable anger and unwillingness to fail. The one in the back was treated much better, but it was almost the same. She just stuck her hands and feet, looking sickly, and her eyes were still clear. She kept looking at Hong Chengchou and the other three without saying a word.

"He is Zheng Zhihu. Both arms were removed by Major General Wu. This guy was so powerful that he injured several of my brothers in the sea. If the general had not asked Major General Wu to follow him, he would probably have to capture him, and at least a few brothers would have suffered casualties!" Chen Guang pointed at Zheng Zhihu who was tied to a stretcher with lingering fear.

Only then did everyone realize that when Zheng Zhihu was struggling just now, his legs could move, but his arms seemed to have no sense at all. It turned out that Wu Sangui was removing his arm and dislocating it.

"Where is this?" Hong Chengchou was not interested in Zheng Zhihu. He was interested in the young man on the stretcher behind. He was so calm after being captured. He seemed not an ordinary person and his status in the Zheng group must be quite low.

"His name is He Bin. I only know that he is a member of Zheng Zhilong's sect who is beside Zheng Zhihu. He was locked up by Zheng Zhihu. It was just that we saved him." Chen Guangdao, it didn't take much effort to capture He Bin, but he was surprised that He Bin was Zheng Zhilong's person, so why Zheng Zhihu wanted to lock him up. It was because of this that he brought He Bin here with him.

"Take it down and take care of it closely!" A glimmer flashed in Hong Chengchou's eyes, and he said nothing, and ordered people to carry the two of them out.

"Why didn't the Grand Marshal ask about their purpose?" Zheng Nansheng asked.

Hong Chengchou smiled mysteriously and said, "There is no need for this, and they will not say it even after asking. Although it seems that Zheng Zhihu locked up the people around him by Zheng Zhilong's sect, which is a brotherly relationship, but I can see that this is definitely not the case."

"Is there anything else?" Zheng Nansheng said in confusion.

"They are carrying this special mission. Such a huge fleet will not appear here for no reason. With the current power and status of the Zheng family, there is no need to rob the family. Why did we capture so many merchant ships of owners? Think about it carefully." Hong Chengchou said.

"There is only one reason. In order not to disclose whereabouts or the news, the merchant ships we encountered along the way cannot be let go. However, Zheng Zhihu is greedy by nature. How could he not be greedy for so much wealth? That's why we captured so many ownerless merchant ships." Song Xiance explained with a smile.

"With Zheng Zhilong's current status, he does not need to accumulate huge wealth in this way, so the order he gave Zheng Zhihu was definitely not to rob these merchant ships, but to force these merchant ships to follow him and release these merchant ships after he completed his special mission. However, Zheng Zhihu was too greedy, and Zheng Zhilong was worried and sent someone to follow him. It is estimated that He Bin was locked up by Zheng Zhihu because of this." Chen Guang analyzed that he studied the Zheng family the most, so his analysis was closest to the facts.

Hong Chengchou nodded and said, "General Chen Guang's analysis is very reasonable. I agree very much. However, what exactly does Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu and He Bin want to lead such a large fleet? Do they still keep it so confidential?"

"Would it be here to support Zheng Zhibao?" Zheng Nansheng speculated that after all, Zheng Zhibao was destroyed for only five or six days. Zheng Zhihu's fleet was obviously not from Fujian. Only Xiao Liuqiu (Taiwan), who had weak intelligence power in the court.

"It is possible that Zheng Zhihu is stationed in Xiaoliuqiu all year round. I have also heard of He Bin. He seems to be Zheng Zhilong's trustworthy confidant. He seems to be less than twenty years old and is resourceful. He is one of Zheng Zhilong's few think tanks." Chen Guang took over the conversation and said.
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