"On the eighth day of the fourth month, the grandfather surnamed Guo led 20,000 soldiers and generals, divided into 100 warships, and set off from Liaoluo Bay in Kinmen." (Date changed)

"On the tenth day of the first month of April, our army crossed the strait and arrived at the Penghu Islands one after another.

"On the thirteenth day of the first month of April, the lord surnamed Guo led the army to the sea of Citrus Island, and suddenly a storm blew, so he had to return to Penghu."

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Quanzhou Mansion, Fujian, in the former Zheng family's mansion, Zhu Cihong admired the small bridges and flowing water here with great interest, and the exquisite pavilions.

In front of them, a bunch of white and black exotic girls were dancing hard, and the spies of the brocade guards on the side were reporting loudly.

This situation and this scene are a little eye-catching, but fortunately, there is something funny.

As soon as Zhu Cihong's imperial driver arrived in Quanzhou, the local gentry and merchants immediately offered a batch of white slaves and black slaves, with obvious meanings, wanting to open the eyes of the new emperor.

Obviously, Zhu Cihong was not interested in these black and white guys, and even felt a little uncomfortable in his eyes.

In the noble spirit of respecting other people's professions, it opened the eyes of the officials accompanying the car, and it was not until these exotic women finally finished tossing that Zhu Cihong waved his hand to let them go down quickly.

A local maritime merchant who seemed to be rich said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the Pingfan fleet has already moved eastward, and I think it won't take a few days to drive away those red-haired ghosts!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, now the Ming army has an absolute advantage in terms of weapons and numbers, as long as it lands in Taiwan, it is basically a sure victory, unless there is a ruthless character among the Dutch soldiers who wear their underwear outside.

Although there are only 50 nautical miles (1 nautical mile is almost 3.7 miles) from Penghu to Taiwan, it will be very difficult for ships to travel in the event of a headwind.

It's just that this southerly wind came a little late, and missed the opportunity of the Luermen tide, and the half-month sub-tide will have to wait for a few more days, and the Dutch people should arrange their fortress well during this time.

Of course, it is also possible to surrender voluntarily.

If they take the initiative to disarm and surrender, Zhu Cihong can consider letting them go with a dog's life, taking money to ransom people, according to the kind of package given to Xungui at the beginning, the price will definitely be more favorable, after all, the dog life of the red ghost is much cheaper than Xungui.

If they resist stubbornly, they can only be killed after being defeated, and they will not even be given the opportunity to reform through labor.

During the period of great exploration, what did you pay attention to when you came out to mix? Isn't it who is well equipped? Who has more wealth? Who is more ruthless?

Zhu Cihong said: "It is not a problem to recover Dongfan, the biggest problem is how to manage and develop Dongfan, and how to make money in Dongfan." ”

"After the war, the management and development of Dongfan, the imperial court will do it, but this trade to make money, you have to rely on you!"

These businessmen all looked happy, feeling that the trip had not been in vain.

The location of Dongfan is quite important, east of the Great Eastern Ocean, south of Luzon, west of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, north of the Ryukyus, looking at North Korea, Japan, is the southeast barrier of the Ming Dynasty, the main road to the sea.

The Hongyi people have been open for decades, and there are many trade routes, and the money earned is the same as drinking water, which has long made people red-eyed.

If it weren't for the strong guns of the Hongyi people, who wouldn't want to go up and make a wave.

In the past, Daming had no strength and could only stare dryly, but now it's okay, let's start fighting directly, or the new emperor has great courage!

Of course, Zhu Cihong was in such a hurry to recover the east, mainly to let the Ming Dynasty go to the ocean and fully participate in the competition of the world's great navigation, but now many people can't understand it.

Since Zhu Chenggong had already started fighting, Zhu Cihong did not meddle in his affairs and inspected the agricultural affairs and commerce of various provinces in Fujian normally.

For more than ten years, the Zheng family has had a great influence on Fujian, especially in maritime trade, with which most maritime merchants are inextricably linked.

The purpose of Zhu Cihong's southern tour was to declare the imperial power, appease the people, and find something to do for these maritime merchants.

During this time, Zhu Cihong sent people to inspect several places, and decided to build a large shipyard in Mawei, Yongbeili, Fujian, called Mawei Shipyard, as a warship supplement for the Pingfan fleet.

After the Pingban fleet recovered the eastern sea, its main task was to conquer the South Seas, and it was impossible to rely on those small boats to cross the ocean.

Intelligence shows that the Tatar Qing are stepping up the construction of warships and training sailors, apparently forming a naval army and preparing to play in the water.

Zhu Cihong planned that the main task of the Jinghai Fleet in the next few years would be to deal with the Qing Dynasty and Japan, and there would be no time to look south.

Therefore, it is very necessary to build another large shipyard in Fujian, and the Pingfan fleet is based on Dongfan and Fujian, and it can be as much as it wants.

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Penghu Island.

Suddenly dark clouds rose in the open sea, and the dark and heavy clouds pressed down, and a heavy rain seemed to be close at hand, making the Ming army who crossed the sea angry and scolded.

"It seems that the next time I go to sea, I can't use the red ghost sacrifice flag anymore, the sea god doesn't like ....."

"The surname of the country, the wind and waves are dangerous, the storm is dangerous, we can't rush into the army, let's postpone the sailing and wait for the high tide!"

Seeing the strong wind and dark clouds pressing down on the city, the general Shi Lang was like a little ghost urging his life, always dissuading Zhu Chenggong.

Zhu Chenggong, who was next to the side of the boat, held the telescope in his hand and did not put it down, allowing the sea water rushing onto the side of the ship to wet him.

He listened to Shi Lang's words and said decisively: "The ice is strong and can be crossed, the will of heaven is there, how can my Ming army sit on Si Island!" ”

Zhu Chenggong knew very well that if he stopped in Penghu indefinitely to wait for the wind, it would not only affect the morale of the army, but more importantly, he would not be able to enter Luermen Port on the scheduled date.

According to Jinyiwei's information, in order to smoothly enter Luermen (the gateway roadway on the southwest coast of Taiwan, the channel is as narrow as a gate), it is necessary to take advantage of the high tide on the first and sixteenth days of each month to enter the Luermen Inland Sea.

If the opportunity is missed, it will be postponed for half a month, and wait for the first day of the next month, and the forced landing can only be stranded and stared.

It is very unrealistic to land in other places, not to mention that it is difficult to travel far away, at least we must give up artillery.

(In several battles to recover Taiwan in history, they all went to Luermen, and they will not be used to attack Taiwan in the future, because the current Luermen Port Road has been silted up by sediment and filled up as land.) ）

Looking at the turbulent sea, Zhu Chenggong immediately made a decision and ordered: "Pass the order, the fleet will start sailing, and the strength of the strait!" ”

Shi Lang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and exclaimed: "The surname of the country, going here is tantamount to self-defeat!" ”

Zhu Chenggong reprimanded: "If you go to the order, you will go to the order, where did you get so much nonsense?" If it weren't for the face that you and I have known since childhood, with your Shi Lang's fearful words and deeds in the past few days, you would have cut down the sacrificial flag a long time ago! ”

Shi Lang was shocked, his face was frightened, and at the same time he secretly resented Zhu Chenggong in his heart.

Your father is a pirate, my father is also a pirate, everyone is a second-generation thief, didn't you kid just take the shit luck and be given a national surname by the Son of Heaven? What's so awesome! Look at what you can!

Although he thought so in his heart, his body was very honest, and Shi Lang honestly ran to give the order.

Zhu Chenggong seemed to be a little cramped, but every order was carefully considered.

In the past few years by the side of Emperor Tianwu, he has learned a lot, in addition to the art of war, the most important thing is the courage of command, the calmness and decisiveness of the general.

Either you don't make a move, or if you do, you will do it to death!

A bolt of lightning swept through the sky, and the south wind strengthened violently again, and the waves rose and fell more violently, and the hull of the ship tossed more violently.

The officers on the deck were almost unsteady on their feet, and if they hadn't held on to the rudder and other objects nearby, they would have fallen out long ago.

The storm not only frightened Shi Lang, but also brought great trouble to the Pingbo fleet, no one expected that the wind and rain would come so quickly, and their hearts sank suddenly.

In order to prevent the mast from breaking, the sailors quickly climbed the mast and struggled to untie the cable against the strong wind, trying to lower the mainsail.

In the torrential rain and stormy waves, the tight rope broke, the heavy sail swept and flipped violently, and several sailors were instantly taken out and fell straight into the raging water, never to get up again.

Zhu Chenggong took off his armor and boots at the moment, and his body was like a light and agile ape, climbed the mainmast, pulled the mainsail hard, and shouted: "Don't be afraid, come together!" ”

The performance of the main general stunned the sailors, and the sailors who were originally afraid were encouraged and hurriedly rushed up to assist the national surname to drop the sail.

On the night of 15 April, Zhu Chenggong led the Jinghai fleet to cross the strait in the face of a storm, and after fighting against the wind and waves for half the night, they successfully sailed outside Luermen Harbor at dawn on 16 April.

Zhu Chenggong changed to a small boat, boarded the end of the northern line from Luermen, stepped on the terrain, and sent excellent divers into the inland sea of the Taijiang River to reconnoiter the situation of the Dutch army, in case of being ambushed.