Of course, Shen Yourong was not willing to let the Dutch flee like this, and brazenly led the fleet to pursue the Dutch fleet, and the two sides fought again at sea, the battle lasted from late night to dawn, Shen Yourong's army burned more than 30 pirate warships, sank more than 10 pirate warships, burned 2 Dutch battleships, and sank 2 Dutch battleships, but his side also suffered heavy casualties, and only 20 of the 60 warships brought were left, and there were only more than 2,000 soldiers left.

At this time, the Dutch, who were entrenched in the Penghu Water Village, sent six more battleships to reinforce them, and Shen Yourong had to withdraw from the battlefield with the remnants. Although Shen Yourong's army showed a very high level of combat in this battle, it was difficult to win, but it still greatly dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Dutch, and they did not dare to block the mouth of Zhangzhou again!

Through this battle, Shen Yourong also realized that if he wanted to drive the Dutch away from the Penghu Islands, there was no other way than to invite Guo Zhiyuan out of the mountain, so he went to Dongfan in person, knelt down on one knee in front of Guo Zhiyuan, and said sadly: "Please plan for the people of Fujian and lead the army to fight!" ……”

For Shen Yourong, of course Guo Zhiyuan couldn't prevaricate like he did with Chen Zizhen, so he hurriedly helped him up, sighed and said: "General Shen, please hurry up, it's not that Guo is unwilling to fight, it's really not right, it's not right!" ……”

Shen Yourong didn't know that Guo Zhiyuan had a more long-term layout, and said angrily with some incomprehension: "Is reputation really that important?" When Shen was under the command of adults, adults often said that the national righteousness was above all else, but at this time, he ignored the national righteousness, raised his own self-respect, and refused to lead the army to fight. ……”

Guo Zhiyuan was not angry, and said with a smile: "General Shen, you misunderstood me, I am not raising self-respect, Westerners have a good saying, if God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy, what I want is not a victory in a battle, but hundreds of years of peace along the coast of China!" If I want my coastal areas of China not to be invaded by foreign enemies, there must be an order-maker, otherwise even if I defeat the Dutch this time and drive them away, the next time I leave Dongfan, what should I do if the Dutch or other Westerners come to invade again? ……”

Shen Yourong scratched his head a little incomprehensibly and said: "My lord, Shen is a rough man, don't go around, just say what to do, as long as you are willing to lead the army to fight, you want Shen to go to the soup, and Shen will not hesitate!" However, Shen is humble and light-hearted, if you want Shen to help you ask for a title from the imperial court, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to do it......"

Guo Zhiyuan smiled slightly and said: "You can't do it, naturally someone can do it, so let's go to Quanzhou to find Mr. Xu, he should know who to find......"

Shen Yourong had no choice but to go to Quanzhou to find Xu Guangqi, Xu Guangqi has now been promoted to the prefect of Quanzhou Prefecture, he is also very anxious about the situation that the coastal areas of Fujian are now being ravaged by the Dutch, and he doesn't quite understand why Guo Zhiyuan refuses to go out of the mountains to lead the troops to fight, listening to Shen Yourong Guo Zhiyuan's original words, Xu Guangqi's intentions for Guo Zhiyuan are clear, but for Guo Zhiyuan said that the person who can help Guo Zhiyuan ask for a name from the court did not find a clue for a while, touched his beard and pondered for a while, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he patted his thigh hard and said: " How can I forget this big Buddha and find him, this matter will be done! ……”

Who is the person Guo Zhiyuan asked Xu Guangqi to find? This person is Ye Xianggao, who has twice served as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty! After the thirty-sixth year of Wanli (1608), Ye Xianggao presided over the cabinet affairs for seven years, known as "Duxiang", because the Wanli Emperor did not go to court for a long time, Ye Xianggao, the first assistant, was really emaciated, so in the forty-second year of Wanli (1614), he even asked for sixty-two songs, and was finally allowed to return to his hometown, and in the first year of the Apocalypse (1621), he would be reinstated, and entered the cabinet for the second time, which shows his status in the court.

Ye Xianggao is a native of Fuqing, Fuzhou Prefecture, at this time in Fuqing's hometown for the elderly, although he has been Zhishi, but as the former first assistant, it is impossible for him not to pay attention to national affairs, so he naturally knows Guo Zhiyuan's actions over the years and the grim situation that Fujian coastal is facing now, Xu Guangqi and Shen Yourong came, he knew their intentions, and after asking Shen Yourong in detail about the battle with the Dutch that day, he also realized that only Guo Zhiyuan could clean up the situation now.

As a native of Fujian, Ye Xianggao certainly hopes that his hometown will be stable for a long time, and hopes that Guo Zhiyuan can go out of the mountain to lead the new army to drive the Dutch away, but he is a little hesitant about whether to play the game to protect Guo Zhiyuan to the imperial court, he can serve as the first assistant twice, and he naturally has some experience in the way of knowing people, but he really can't see through Guo Zhiyuan, you say he has a bad heart, and he can go thousands of miles to Liaodong to copy Houjin's back road to help the court, you say he is loyal, He even dared to do such a rebellious thing as killing the officials of the imperial court.

People like Ye Xianggao cherish their reputation very much, if he plays a fold to the court to protect Guo Zhiyuan, if Guo Zhiyuan rebels in the future, then he will not be able to protect the future, so he hesitated for a while, and then said to Xu Guangqi and Shen Yourong in a deep voice: "Zixian (Xu Guangqi Zixian), Shihong (Shen Yourong Zihong), both of you have served under Guo Zhiyuan, can you tell the old man what kind of person he is?" ……”

Xu Guangqi knew that Ye Xianggao was worried about whether Guo Zhiyuan had bad intentions when he asked like this, and hurriedly said: "Lord Guo is the genius that Xu Mou has seen in his life, Wen Taowu is overlooked, and the court refuses to reuse him, which is really a loss for the court. And how can they do rebellion? ……”

Ye Xianggao was also moved when he heard this: "Is this serious?!" ……”

Shen Yourong also hurriedly said: "Shen has never been convinced in his life, but for Lord Guo, Shen only has the word admiration, Shen dares to vouch for the head of the item, and Lord Guo has no objection to the court!" ……”

Ye Xianggao actually believed it, people in this era attach great importance to filial piety, Guo Zhiyuan can swear in front of Guo Zhengyu before his death that he will never betray Ming, then it is impossible to change the hexagram, plus Xu Guangqi and Shen Yourong's evaluation of Guo Zhiyuan is also so high, he no longer hesitated in his heart, and clapped his hands happily: "In this way, I have another talent!" The old man drafted a memo and reported it to the imperial court, asking the Holy Majesty to make Guo Zhiyuan in the official system, and to promote Guo Zhiyuan as the deputy envoy of the Fujian Maritime Road, and the general leader of the Fujian coastal coastal defense ......"