On the first day of May in 1653 (the seventh year of Yongli), Zheng Chenggong returned to Haicheng and sent Gan Hui to guard between the wooden fence in front of the Guandi Temple and the Zhenyuan Tower. The Qing army attacked Muzha with large and small guns, and many of the Zheng army were killed and wounded.

On May 5, Zheng Chenggong led his generals to the enemy platform to watch the battle, and actually played a guard of honor! After the Qing army found out, he immediately fired a cannon on the platform, and Gan Hui saw that the situation was not good, and forcibly dragged Zheng Chenggong off the high platform! As soon as the person left, Zheng Chenggong's seat was shattered!

In this battle, the Gushan Jinli division worked in vain, and most of the soldiers were annihilated and had to retreat. Later, Emperor Yongli enshrined Gan Hui as the first in Chongming Bo and Gan Hui, and was promoted to the governor of the central capital.

In May 1659 (the thirteenth year of Yongli), Zheng Chenggong launched a large-scale northern expedition with great momentum. In July, he attacked Jiaoshan (in the northeast of present-day Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province), where he sacrificed to the gods of heaven and earth and the emperors of Hongwu, Chongzhen and Longwu, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

Successfully supervised the pro-army and Gan Hui, the governor of the central capital, and others directly smashed Guazhou (the name of the town, also known as Guabuzhou, in the south of Hanjiang County, Jiangsu Province), and annihilated more than 10,000 people of the Qing general Zhu Yizuo's army. Immediately, the Zheng army entered Zhenjiang and defeated the Qing Admiralty Guan's allegiance to tens of thousands of troops, and Guan was only spared. Zhenjiang guard general Gao Qian, prefect Dai Kejin and others came to surrender.

Gan Hui suggested to Zheng Chenggong: "Gua (Zhou) and Zhen (Jiang) are the throats of the north and south, but if you sit here and cut off Guazhou, you will not be able to go down to Shandong; According to the north of the solid, the road of the two Zhejiang is not passable, and the south can be determined without work. ”

However, Zheng Chenggong did not accept it, and led his division to attack Nanjing, and Lang Tingzuo, the defender of the Qing army in Nanjing, deceived Zheng Chenggong in order to delay time and wait for the Qing army to come back. Gan Hui saw through the plan and asked Zheng Chenggong to attack quickly, so as not to fall for the enemy's delaying strategy. As a result, Zheng Chenggong didn't listen again. Yu Xin, the forward battalion, was even more light on the enemy, and actually indulged the soldiers in fishing, defenseless.

On the night of the 21st, Qing reinforcements arrived. The Qing general Liang Huafeng attacked from Yifeng Gate out of the city, Yu Xin responded to the battle in a hurry, was defeated and captured, and the entire forward battalion was annihilated! On the 23rd, the Qing army brigade copied out of the mountain and defeated Yang Yi, the left vanguard. The Zheng army went to reinforce it, but was forced down from the mountain by the Qing army, and the Zheng army was defeated in an unfavorable terrain! Forcing Zheng Chenggong to retreat. Due to the haste of the incident and the shortage of boats, the Zheng army fought for the ships and killed each other. At that time, Gan Hui covered the whole army. fought and retreated until the river, and there were only more than 30 people left. Later, Gan Hui led his troops to kill more than 100 Qing troops, but he tripped due to fatigue and was captured.

Gan Hui, Wan Li, and Yu Xin were all sent to Nanjing, and Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty, was interrogated with Gushan Jinli. Gan Hui stood upright and did not kneel, Wanli and Yu Xin both knelt, Gan Hui kicked him and said, "Fool, do you still want to live here?" In the end, Gan Hui scolded unyielding and bravely took justice.

Gan Hui put down the teacup and said, "Judging from the recent temptation, their artillery is far superior to ours!" At least twenty more steps more than the range of our artillery! That is to say, when the two sides are engaged, they will have to fight at least one more round of artillery than us, and many people will die. ”

Shi Daxuan said: "Don't worry about this! How can there be immortals in war? We can now assemble more than a hundred ships, several times more than theirs! The hard heap is piling them to death! ”

Hong Xu said: "This is true! And our old brothers are all good at sea jumping gangs and hand-to-hand combat, which is much stronger than those young raw melon egg ZI! ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "That's right! The boats, the numbers, and the water skills are better than theirs! Don't worry about that. But there are two most critical issues now. The first question is, can we lure them all out for a decisive battle? The second question is whether they have a backhand? ”

Zheng Zhihu said in a rough voice: "It's okay! We are not afraid of how big his hands are! He just left a back hand, and could he still leave a back hand for seventy or eighty boats? Great, let's split into two teams, and we'll come out again when his ambush fleet comes out! Wrap them up all at once! ”

Gan Hui smiled and said, "That's a good idea!" Let's start with the first wave of sixty boats. The remaining dozens of ships were ambushed. If there are more people in the first batch, they may be scared away! ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said, "This is a good way!" So now there is only one question left, how to say that they lured out of the decisive battle? ”

Everyone fell silent. Fighting at sea is not as good as on land, and finding a forest or a small hill can hide a large number of men and horses. The sea is flat and spreading, and it is difficult to set up an ambush.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Zheng Zhifeng suddenly said, "How about the island we just returned to the red-eyed snake?" This time, if we surround the island and don't attack, can we bring out the red-eyed snake? ”

When Zheng Zhihu heard this, he said, "How can that happen?" We surrounded the island and couldn't send any news, how could the red-eyed snake come to the rescue? ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a pensive face: "Not necessarily! They must have the means to communicate! Last time, just a few days after they surrounded the island, the red-eyed snake suddenly appeared! As a result, he was caught off guard by the big buckteeth, and then he was defeated and died. If you count the time, it should be that the big bucktooth has just surrounded the island, and the news is sent out! Moreover, we can also slow down the encirclement, and let a few of them escape to deliver the letter! ”

Shi Daxuan slapped his face and said, "This is a good way!" Sure! ”

Zheng Zhifeng said: "The method is good, but the surrounding waters of the island are vast, and the method of the fireboat is not used." ”

Gan Hui said: "This is also something that cannot be helped. After all, fireships can be used in narrow sea areas. However, we have a lot of people and a lot of boats, so it's good to surround them on all sides, and it's nothing if you don't use fireboats! ”

Zheng Zhihu said: "Then do it!" Do it now? ”

Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said, "Don't worry. Our consecutive losses some time ago made many people look at it, and it was very difficult to be anxious. And Li Ye has just passed away, let's start fighting at sea, and Li Ye's old subordinates will have ideas. ”

Zheng Zhihu's eyes widened and said, "Then watch that red-eyed snake arrogant?" ”

Zheng Zhilong sneered and said, "It doesn't matter if he is arrogant for a while. Just after a while, we can also see clearly who is a friend and who is an enemy? ”

Zheng Zhihu slapped the table: "That's right! Some time ago, we suffered a little loss, and there were many people who were half-hearted. Some of the small people even have eyebrows with the people on the Red-Eyed Snake's side! If you hadn't repeatedly told us that we couldn't touch them, I would have cut them all down! ”

Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said, "Actually, the problem is not on them. Mainly because we lost. But when we defeat the Red-Eyed Snake once and for all this time, they will be as obedient as before. ”

Zheng Zhihu laughed and said, "That's right! When the time comes, I'll have to cut off a few heads to vent my anger! ”

Zheng Zhilong laughed and said, "What's the point of cutting off their heads? It's still fun to watch them kneel at your feet and be obedient! ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter! After laughing, Shi Daxuan said: "Yiguan, you told us that you want to fight for the court's recruitment, have you really made up your mind?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "That's right, I have already made up my mind! And the previous rumors helped me a lot, otherwise I wouldn't have had time to make up my mind so quickly! ”

Hong Xu opened his mouth and said: "Actually, I don't approve of defecting to the government. But if you make up your mind, I'll naturally follow. But I'm afraid that others may not be willing to follow! ”

Gan Hui said: "Yes! Many of our brothers have blood feuds with the government, and it's hard to get to know them. If it hurts the hearts of the brothers, it will not be beautiful! The most important thing is that I can't trust the government. ”

Shi Daxuan said: "Yiguan, the matter of recruiting an may not be a good thing!" Think about the fate of Lord Wang Hai back then. People in the government can't believe that! ”

The king sea lord that Shi Daxuan said is Wang Zhi. Wang Zhi was a native of Huizhou (now She County, Anhui). Because of his maternal grandfather's surname Wang, there are also historical sources that call him "Wang Zhi". During the Jiajing period, he and Ye Zongman and other private seagoing ships, violated the ban on going to sea, operated overseas trade, and obtained a lot of money, known as the owner of Wufeng. After seducing the Japanese and nesting in Shuangyu Port, Zhejiang.

Wang Zhi constantly tried to get close to the officials of the Ming Dynasty and the guards of the Ming Dynasty, and used his own power to eliminate the rest of the pirate gangs on his behalf, in exchange for the favor and support of the Ming officials, so as to achieve the purpose of opening the market.