The residence of the general army in Anping, Fujian.

When the news of the defeat of the Zheng family's sailors came, Zheng Zhilong was shocked by the sudden bad news and was silent for a long time, and the whole person was much more decadent.

"This, how is this possible?"

"This news is absolutely fake! How could my Zheng family sailor be defeated? ”

The generals of the Zheng family were shocked by the news of the defeat of the Zheng family's naval division, and they shouted one after another.

You know, the Zheng family's sailors are elite divisions that have fought several large-scale naval battles, and even a warship as big as the red ghost was sunk, how could it be so defeated by those broken ships put together by several sailors in the south of the Yangtze River? Even the main general Zheng Zhibao was escorted to Nanjing!

Since the Apocalypse, the Eighteen Zhi established the Sailor Division to crisscross the southeast seas, especially after being recruited by the imperial court, the Zheng family used the official identity of the Ming Dynasty to integrate the forces of all parties in Fujian to rise rapidly, and developed into a real maritime overlord in the southeast sea, and the Zheng family sailor also became the spokesperson of the Ming Navy.

However, in this naval battle of Dongao, the myth of the invincibility of the Zheng family's sailors was completely ended, and the situation of the Zheng family's dominance in the southeast sea will completely cease to exist, and the future will also face an endless abyss.

The Zheng family's financial route was cut off, and what did the Zheng family use to maintain a huge private army? And what can you do to deter the surrounding pirates and deal with the red ghosts?

Only then did Zheng Zhilong and the others deeply realize what an irrational choice the Zheng family made to confront the imperial court!

In one sentence, it's too floating!

On the second day, Zheng Hongkui, who ran away early, stood cautiously in front of his brother, unable to see whether Zheng Zhilong, who had a gloomy face, was angry or worried.

He was very nervous in his heart, after all, the naval division of Nuoda was defeated at sea, although the whole army was not wiped out, and the Zheng family was not short of ships, but the warships equipped with artillery were almost destroyed, and the rest were small boats and merchant ships, which could be imagined as a blow to the Zheng family, and I didn't know what the eldest brother would do with him.

Zheng Zhilong glanced at Zheng Hongkui, who had a broken left arm, and muttered: "Fourth brother is frightened, don't think too much, go back and rest." ”

This understatement made Zheng Hongkui's heart even more confused, and he couldn't figure out what kind of attitude Zheng Zhilong had.

Zheng Hongkui fell to his knees and cried bitterly: "Big brother, Hongkui lost the face of the water master and the Zheng family, I'm sorry big brother, please punish the big brother heavily!" ”

Although he secretly went to the table and took refuge in Zhu Cihong, he was unwilling to give up the Zheng family's property, so he ran back to Quanzhou after making a choice and gambled.

Zheng Zhilong supported Zheng Hongkui with both hands, and said earnestly: "Fourth brother, don't blame yourself too much, don't think too much, go back and take Yang's body with peace of mind, and leave the rest to the eldest brother!" ”

Zheng Hongkui still cried and said: "Now my Zheng family is facing unprecedented challenges, at the time of employing people, the younger brother's injury does not matter, and he can still fight against foreign enemies, eldest brother, please rest assured!" ”

It is impossible to put down the military power and go home, without the water master, Zheng Hongkui will really become a waste.

Zheng Zhilong also shed a few tears with great emotion, sighing: "It's relieved to have the fourth brother as a brother, now that my Zheng family is united, I will definitely be able to tide over the difficulties, you better go back to recuperate, otherwise the eldest brother will not be happy." ”

At present, the imperial army is advancing by land and water, and it will soon encircle Quanzhou like an iron barrel in a few days, and Zheng Zhilong, a merchant and pirate, is the best at maximizing benefits, and he knows very well that if he continues to resist, he will not know how to die.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, then decided to give up resistance, and secretly wrote a letter to Chengcheng, asking the prince of Nanjing to forgive the Zheng family's ignorance.......

Zheng Hongkui came back and said that he was cut off his left arm by the Jinghai Fleet during the bloody battle, and did not say that it was because of Zheng Zhibao's conflict, Zheng Zhilong did not know what he thought in his heart, and saw that his left arm was abolished, and he looked righteous and righteous, thinking that he was going to find the court to fight, how could he promise him to continue to lead troops to ruin his own big things?

Zheng Hongkui continued to cry: "Eldest brother, I am a sinner of the Zheng family, and I have lived up to my eldest brother's high expectations for him, and I really don't have the face to face my hometown father and elders......"

The two of them pretended to be arguing for a long time, and finally Zheng Hongkui left the General Military Mansion under Zheng Zhilong's tearful gaze.

When he arrived at no one, Zheng Hongkui's originally sad face already had a sneer, so he didn't believe that the eldest brother would not pursue the lie that he would live well.

Over the years, Zheng Hongkui has known his eldest brother no better, if Zheng Zhilong scolded him and punished him when he pointed out at the meeting, maybe this matter could still be raised and lightly dropped.

However, Zheng Zhilong actually didn't have anything to do on the surface, not only did he not care about the fiasco of the naval battle, but also had a tearful look of concern, this kind of trick to fool children, deceiving ghosts?

Several of Zheng Hongkui's cronies had already heard the news and rushed over, and cautiously asked: "General, is it time to return to the house or to return to the Yamen?" ”

The news of the fiasco in the Battle of Dongao was transmitted back to Fujian early, and when Zheng Hongkui had not yet fled back, the Zheng family almost unanimously said that they would purge Zheng Hongkui's lineage, and finally Zheng Zhilong was unexpectedly suppressed.

Zheng Hongkui's old generals were like frightened birds, panicking all day long, until they heard that their generals had returned, they celebrated and cheered for the endless road.

Zheng Hongkui got on the horse and went to his home, saying, "Go home." ”

A few cronies followed behind with a cigarette and persuaded: "General, in the days when you are away, our brothers have been bullied by them, if you don't ask at this time, I am afraid we will have no place in the future.......

Zheng Hongkui didn't reply: "How can there be any future!" ”

After all, Zheng Hongkui is a person who came from the wind and waves, knows how to judge the situation, and knows that he must not be sharp when he is dormant, if he goes to the Yamen of the Sailor himself, he will be cleaned up by the eldest brother, it is better to wait for the eldest brother to run away and then jump out to integrate the Zheng family and go to the peak of life.

The cronies were puzzled and asked, "No future?" General, what do you mean by this? ”

"Don't ask so much, don't be too troublesome, obey the handsome arrangement, if you have nothing to do, go home and pick up the child!"

After that, Zheng Hongkui didn't say much, just patted the horse and left, leaving only a few cronies to look at each other.

Zheng Hongkui didn't want to win over the old department, under the changes in the current situation, he played the role of a traitor, who was reliable around him and who was unreliable, it was difficult to say, all he could do was wait for the situation to change.

Zheng Hongkui's influence in the Zheng family's sailors is deep-rooted, especially after Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Cai, and Zheng Lian are finished in the naval battle, he is the pillar of the Zheng family's sailors, and even Zheng Zhilong is afraid of three points and does not dare to act easily.

In the back hall of Zheng's mansion, Zheng Fusong told the story of what happened on the Galen ship, and bitterly persuaded his father Zheng Zhilong not to be soft-hearted, and took advantage of the opportunity to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots to kill Zheng Hongkui, so as to prevent future troubles.

Zheng Zhilong frowned and said: "You are young, how can the murderous intent be so heavy, he is your fourth uncle, you just want the fratricidal thing to happen in my Zheng family?" ”

Zheng Fusong insisted: "The fourth uncle is suspected of colluding with the imperial court, and he can't be dealt with strictly, as the saying goes, no poison is not a husband, the prince in Nanjing City killed his own grandfather at the age of thirteen, it is not unreasonable for him to win against my Zheng family!" ”

Collusion with the imperial court? Lao Tzu just wrote a table, is it also considered collusion with the imperial court? Are you kid going to do me?

Zheng Zhilong was enraged, and said angrily: "Shut up! You know the, do you know how many old divisions he has in the Sailor? If Lao Tzu moves him today, he won't be able to go to sea tomorrow! Get back to me and take your soldiers! ”

Zheng Fusong was indignant and said: "Father, when you are constantly decided, you will suffer from it, you can't have both righteousness and private feelings, and you can only take righteousness and abandon personal feelings....... Hey, my father is going to sea tomorrow? Where to go? ”

"Of course it's going to Dongfan, otherwise you're waiting to be made dumplings by the imperial army?"

Zheng Zhilong sighed, although he was on the table, but he couldn't wait to cut himself down after the imperial army captured Quanzhou, so it would be better to run to the east to avoid the limelight first, and then make arrangements after Nanjing's reply.

As early as more than ten years ago, Zheng Zhilong began to immigrate the disaster victims from Fujian to the island of Taiwan to develop his own power, in order to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to survive on the mainland after falling out with the imperial court.

No matter how powerful the fleet is, if it leaves the land without supplies, it will be like a rootless can't last long.

Zheng Zhilong knew that as long as he returned to Dongfan, the Zheng family's big ship would be able to survive the stormy seas, and the Zheng family would still be qualified to negotiate some conditions with the imperial court.

Zheng Fusong thought for a moment, and then responded: "It's all up to my father." ”

If you don't run, there is no way, the infantry army under your command was beaten by the Jingwu army all the way for hundreds of miles within a few days, and now the sailors on which the Zheng family depends for survival have been defeated, if you don't go, no matter how iron your head is, you won't be able to bear the end of being wiped out.

Zheng Fusong, who has just been newly married, said that he is still young and has just realized the happiness of being a man, and he has not yet achieved a great career, so he does not want to rush this life......