Zheng Zhilong looked at his eldest son, Zheng Fusong, and asked, "Song'er, tell me, how should my Zheng family deal with the actions of the imperial court's three-way army besieging Fu and plundering merchant ships?" ”

"Back to my father's handsome words, I thought that my Zheng family could surprise and attack it unprepared!"

Zheng Fusong's answer was a little unexpected by Zheng Zhilong, he always thought that his eldest son was biased towards the imperial court, but he didn't expect that as soon as he opened his mouth, he would send troops, rather than oppose it.

However, this is also in line with Zheng Zhilong's thoughts, he nodded and said, "How to attack it?" You talk about it carefully. ”

From Zheng Zhilong's tone, all the generals present could hear that the marshal was in favor of sending troops against the imperial court, and the generals who were arguing for a while closed their mouths one by one and listened carefully to the eldest prince's thoughts.

Zheng Fusong said: "The crown prince dares to attack the strong with the weak, and fight against us at sea, my Zheng family can also attack the strong with the weak, attack him unprepared, and disrupt his arrangement!" ”

Zheng Zhilong became interested and asked patiently: "How to attack the strong with the weak?" ”

Zheng Fusong said: "My Zheng family is good at sailors, but weak in foot combat, the imperial court to prevent my Zheng family's sailors from sneaking attack and retaliation, will inevitably be strictly guarded along the coast of Zhejiang, to prevent my sailors from landing on the shore to retaliate!" ”

"We can arrange the illusion that we will attack Zhejiang from the sea to retaliate, but in fact, we will let the sailors fill the Zheng Jiabu army, put the army at the Funing water pass, and ambush the Jingwu army that has entered Fujian from Zhejiang!"

Zheng Zhibao was the first to stand up and say: "The situation of the water division pass is dangerous, it is the gateway to my northeast Fujian, and it is the only way for Zhejiang to enter Fujian. ”

Zheng Fusong continued: "My Zheng family defeated them on land with three thousand fine armor, which will bring a shocking effect to the imperial court and even the entire Jiangnan, and also let those young people at both ends of the first rat understand that my Zheng family is not only stronger than the sailor, but also the infantry army is not bad!" ”

The Zheng family's 3,000 elite armor, including the black soldiers, the white soldiers, and the Japanese samurai, to put it bluntly, are the mercenaries of the Zheng family, they are well-equipped, trained, brave in battle, and fight for money, which is the land force that the Zheng family relies on the most.

After the generals here have realized the true intentions of the marshal, who will stand up and talk against the eldest prince? So they all agreed with Zheng Fusong's strategy.

However, Zheng Zhilong, who has always been decisive, hesitated and failed to make a decision immediately, after all, he was no longer a hairy boy in his twenties, and he made an unwise choice when he was hot-headed.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong only wanted to be in a corner of Fujian, and he didn't want to confront the imperial court, but he was even more unwilling to hand over the tax right like this, and this battle had reached the point where he had to fight.

After some discussion and expression, Zheng Zhilong finally made up his mind to divide his troops and attack to resist the enemy outside Fujian!

When the details of the troops were discussed next, the differences were still very large, because ninety percent of the generals in the room were generals from the sailors, and none of the generals who controlled the infantry army were qualified to sit in the same hall with everyone.

When the dispute continued, everyone turned their attention to Zheng Fusong, and only he led the Zheng family's foreign gun team.

Although Zheng Fusong was only nineteen years old, he was not hypocritical, and stood up at the moment and said: "Father, uncles, I think that the prince's people and horses have frequent reports before, all because the Tianwu army is a northerner and is good at fighting on the plains, and the current battlefield is in Fujian, and the Fujian infantry has always been mainly mountain people, and they are the best at fighting in mountainous and watery places!" ”

Zheng Fusong's statement greatly increased the morale of the generals of the Zheng family, and immediately received full applause, which added to his enthusiasm for inheriting the position of the head of the Zheng family.

However, Zheng Fusong's analysis did not end here, he continued: "I heard that the prince's army was mainly composed of muskets, and when the battle was about to be fought, they often lined up in a battle line several miles wide and fired at the enemy with muskets, and the mountainous terrain and rainy weather in Fujian had a great impact on their operations! ”

"The terrain is undulating, and it is basically impossible for them to discharge a battle line for several miles, and secondly, Fujian is rainy and windy, and the Tianwu Army muskets are fired with gunpowder, and the gunpowder will inevitably rain and be damp and fail!"

Zheng Fusong paced: "On the other hand, our army has lived in Fujian for a long time, and most of the rest are local mountain people, who are good at trekking across mountains. ”

Although Zheng Fusong didn't say the phrase "the Zheng family will win" directly, everyone in the generals here could clearly hear and understand that the prince's army has so many disadvantages, I am afraid that it will be defeated!

Zheng Zhibao shouted: "There is no need for the generals who send troops to argue, just let the eldest prince command!" ”

"This land commander is none other than the eldest prince!"

In the sound of clapping horses, Zheng Fusong stood up, signaled everyone to be quiet, and shouted: "Uncles! Please listen to me again, although our army takes the sound of the east and the west as its basic strategy, but on the battlefield, the army is impermanent, and the water is impermanent.

If our land army wants to win, the naval division at sea must achieve a great victory, and we must give full play to the advantages of our Zheng family's naval division, draw out the main force of its naval division, and encircle and annihilate it on the sea. ”

"The eldest son's clever plan!"

Zheng Zhibao shouted: "My Zheng family is not a soft dough that can be pinched at will, if the imperial court loses the sailor, there will be no enemies of my Zheng family on the sea, and the sea frontier of the two provinces of Zhejiang and Zhizhi is equivalent to opening up to my Zheng family, and my Zheng family's sailor can advance and retreat at will, making it impossible to prevent!" ”

"Color!" Everyone praised it again.

At this point, even if the basic response strategy has been decided, Zheng Zhilong cleared his throat and began to make a concluding summary: "Okay, let's discuss it today, you hurry back and prepare, this battle is related to the future survival of the Zheng family, you must not take it lightly, I will officially appoint the commander of the land and water people early tomorrow morning!" ”

Zheng Zhilong's instructions have a bitter taste, but in the eyes of the generals, they are just clichés, because every time the marshal will give an instruction, you must not take it lightly.

The generals agreed and withdrew.

When Zheng Fusong was just about to go out, he was left behind by Zheng Zhilong, and he had something to talk to him privately.

"Song'er, you tell the truth, what are the chances of winning against the Jingwu Army in my Zheng family's elite armor?"

Although the eldest son's analysis is very reasonable, Zheng Zhilong is not a person who listens and believes partially, so he will not make a decision that can affect the life and death of the Zheng family because of a few words.

Zheng Fusong pondered and stretched out a hand.

"Fifty percent chance of winning?"

Zheng Zhilong's expression was a little surprised, obviously he didn't expect that the eldest son's judgment of the situation was not as optimistic as shown in the military meeting.

Zheng Zhilong hesitated a little again, after all, it is better to be still than to be still, if the chance of winning is only seven or eighty percent, then the later this battle on land happens, the better, otherwise the defeat of the first battle will have a very serious impact on the Zheng family.

Zheng Fusong seemed to be Zheng Zhilong's doubts, so he said: "Father is worried that our army will not win a battle?" ”

Zheng Zhilong sighed without hesitation: "It's not because my father is not the combat strength of the Zheng family's foot soldiers, but this move is related to the success or failure of my Zheng family, so I have to be cautious." ”

Zheng Fusong hesitated and said: "Father, in fact, the child doesn't want my Zheng family to fight against the imperial court.......

Zheng Zhilong was surprised: "You don't want to? That just now I was vigorously advocating how awesome my Zheng family is, and I want to destroy the land and water armies of the imperial court that invaded Fujian, ah? ”

Zheng Fusong smiled awkwardly and said: "Didn't my father always teach his children that as the head of the family, the most important thing is to unite people's hearts and be with the generals?" ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled helplessly, more than half of the generals of the Zheng family supported the war, and if the eldest son was a strong opponent, he was afraid that the Zheng family who supported him would become less and less, and the Zheng family might also have infighting.

Zheng Fusong said with a resolute face: "The power of the world is to rely on the game to fight, if my Zheng family wins this battle, the affairs of Jiangnan will still go their own way as usual, not subject to the constraints of the imperial court, if my Zheng family loses, it will be defeated, the king will be defeated, history will ......"

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but sigh with emotion, finding that he was really old, thinking about problems and acting more and more towards self-preservation, and the wildness and enterprising spirit of his youth were worn out by time bit by bit.

Looking at his impassioned and adventurous son, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but feel relieved, glad that he had a successor, and he made up his mind that it was time for his eldest son to take charge alone.

In the early morning of the second day, Zheng Zhilong officially ordered: "The Zheng family's infantry army took a naval division warship and deployed at the Funing Water Dividing Pass, including the Zheng family's most elite three thousand elite armor, all under the full command of Zheng Songfu!" Zheng Zhibao led the main force of the naval division to encircle and annihilate the Jinghai Fleet with all his might! ”

(End of chapter)