Since Zheng Zhilong accepted Zhao'an, he continued to attack the pirates on the southeast coast, and in the sixth year of Chongzhen, he fought a big battle with the Dutch and pirate coalition forces in Kinmen Liuluo Bay, and the Daming Naval Division led by Zheng Zhilong defeated the Dutch East India Company and Liu Xiang's pirate coalition army with absolute superiority.

The scale of the Battle of Liuluo Bay was no less than that of the Opium War in the late Qing Dynasty, with the Ming naval division successively investing more than 140 warships and tens of thousands of soldiers, while the Dutch fleet had 59 warships, and that naval battle was the first time that the Chinese defeated the Western navy at sea.

After the Battle of Liuluo Bay, the Dutch who were coachmen at sea immediately confessed that the East India Company gave up settling the trade problem with China by force, and began to talk politely with Zheng Zhilong about cooperation.

Since then, 200 years after Zheng He's fleet withdrew from the South China Sea, the Daming Navy Division has regained maritime dominance, and Zheng Zhilong has become the hegemon of the southeast seas, collecting protection fees everywhere.

At that time, all ships sailing in East Asia had to spend money to buy Ming Zheng's Ling Flag, and without this flag, the probability of being intercepted in the East Asian Sea was more than 50 percent, and if it was off the coast of Fujian, it would be intercepted 100 percent, and even the Dutch in Taiwan had to secretly buy Ling Flag in the name of Japanese ships.

Zheng Zhilong can be so strong, he naturally has a very strong strength in his hands, the ships of the Daming Naval Division are small, and he has built a fleet according to the "Dutch model", both in terms of solidity and the number of artillery, which is much stronger than the ordinary warships of the Daming Naval Division.

Generally, there are only seven or eight large artillery pieces on the warships of the Ming army's naval divisions, and Zheng Zhilong's newly built batch of warships has 24 Hongyi cannons.

Zheng Zhilong was born as a businessman, and this time he came to Guangdong to fight the British, not really because he was grateful for Xiong Wencan, the governor of Liangguang, but because of his interests.

Those iron factories in Foshan, Guangdong, are an important production area for Zheng Zhilong's armed forces, and if they fail, it will have a great impact on their strength.

The most important thing is that the British don't understand the rules too much, and they want to come to Daming to do business, you don't come to Fujian to worship the wharf, and you don't buy Zheng's Lingqi, you go to Guangdong to do a fart, and you still force yourself to do business, I don't know who is the boss in the entire Southeast Asian seas?

Zheng Zhilong decided to teach these stunned young people who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth a good lesson, but he underestimated these Brits, and he didn't bring his main warship when he came out this time, which made Zheng Zhilong regret it a little.

didn't bring the main force, it doesn't mean that he Zheng Zhilong can't clean up this group of Brits!

On a dark and windy night, the tide began to reced, and there was a dark silence on the white sandy sea, except for the light of the English ships.

The Ming navy took advantage of the darkness of the night to launch a surprise attack, and three fireships loaded with oil and flammable materials sailed towards the unprepared British fleet, and the patrols on the British warships were frightened and hurriedly issued an early warning.

Weddell's face turned white with fright after receiving the warning, and he hurriedly ordered all warships to cut the cables and drive to the periphery to avoid the attack.

The British sailors were all experienced in naval warfare, and quickly implemented this order, and successfully evaded the attack of the fireboats, just when the British sailors breathed a sigh of relief, dozens of warships of the Ming army sailors rushed over and fired rockets and fireballs at the British fleet.

The British warships also launched a counterattack, and a fierce exchange of fire with the Ming naval divisions began.

The rockets launched by the Ming warships were not the kind fired by bows and arrows, but the rockets called "swarm bees", which simply meant that the arrows tied to 32 gunpowder cartridges were installed in the barrel launcher, and the gunpowder cartridges were connected together by the general powder line, and the total powder line was ignited during the battle, and the arrows swarmed like a group of peaks to kill and injure the enemy.

When faced with a huge shell like a British ship, a "swarm of bees" tied with explosives or incendiary objects rushed towards the enemy fleet like locusts flying in the sky, and the British ship suddenly fell into a sea of fire, and the British soldiers were estimated to have turned into roast suckling pigs inside the ship.

Weddell made the most correct choice, ordering the warships to fight and retreat, keeping a distance from the Ming naval divisions, and giving full play to the advantage of the long range of his naval guns, so as to reduce the losses of his own fleet and inflict maximum damage on the enemy.

Zheng Zhilong's flagship was a three-masted gunboat equipped with twenty-four Hongyi cannons, with a displacement of 660 tons, and it was also the only main warship to aid Guangdong.

The Elizabeth has a displacement of 800 tons, and there are seven eighteen-pounder guns, twenty twelve-pounder guns, and eleven eight-pounder guns, which is much stronger than Zheng Zhilong's flagship, but she is being targeted! Doomed!

Zheng Zhilong found Weddell shouting with a sword through the binoculars, his eyes lit up, and he ordered loudly: "All gunners pay attention, the British warship in the middle of the target, fire!" ”

Hearing the order, the sailors immediately turned all their guns at the Elizabeth and made a fierce attack, and after firing a salvo, one of the shells hit the edge of the foredeck of the Elizabeth, piercing it directly and leaving a large hole.

Weddell on the deck was shocked into a cold sweat and hurriedly hid in the cabin, and the sailors saw that the commander had run away, and one by one they were also depressed, and there was no hope of victory.

Weddell in the cabin was very anxious, the other side had too many warships, once they surrounded him, even if his own ship was strong, he would not be able to withstand such a fight.

There was no way, Weddell could only order to continue the retreat, retreat to the inland river of Guangdong, and repair the warships while building defenses.

In this fierce battle, both sides were damaged, and although the Ming army's naval division was greatly damaged, it was crushed all the way, and was not afraid of the British.

The British commander Weddell now feels that it is difficult to ride a tiger, the Portuguese are watching a play, the British army is isolated, the Ming army has too many naval divisions, and the Ming army's army has begun to assemble, and set up artillery emplacements on the shore, and if it continues, it is estimated that it will sink to the bottom of the sea.

Weddell had no choice but to give some benefits to let the Portuguese come forward to help intercede with Da Ming, can this matter be left like this, the Portuguese accepted the benefits and agreed with a smile.

Portugal was the first Western country to start a war with the Ming Dynasty a hundred years ago, and was beaten dizzy by the Ming army and sailors in the Zhengde period, and it took a lot of money to obtain the right of residence in Macao, and to carry out trade within the permitted range.

On November 22, after negotiations between the Ming and the British, Weddell agreed to the request of the Ming officials, compensated 2,800 taels of silver to the Ming towns that were looted by the British army, and submitted a guarantee to the Ming Dynasty to apologize for the Humen incident.

After compensation and apology, Weddell still did not give up, fearing that he would be judged after returning to China, so he negotiated with Ming officials and asked Britain to trade in Daming.

Xiong Wencan, the governor of Liangguang, smiled and put forward the conditions: they could trade, but Britain must, like Portugal, accept the supervision of the Ming Dynasty, and pay the Ming 20,000 taels of silver, four iron cannons and fifty muskets every year.

Weddell was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed, and the two sides quickly signed a treaty, and Weddell promised to leave as soon as the trade was completed.

On December 29, the tenth year of Chongzhen, Weddell, who had been tossing at sea for a year and a half, set sail again and began to return to his hometown in England on the other side of the world.