The fleet sailed on the 27th of the first lunar month after a relatively calm voyage, and by the evening of the 25th of February, a storm came unexpectedly.

The wind swept the raindrops the size of beans, swept across the boundless sea under the dark clouds, the sea was stormy, and the husks of the ships were pounding heavily, and many of the items on the deck were swept away by the waves before they could be fixed, and the fleet was tossed and difficult to move in the wind and waves, and the hull of the ship swayed from side to side, threatening to capsize at any time.

Unlike on land, when a storm spreads on the sea, the more violent the storm is, the more turbulent the waves on the sea. The Zheng family has been hidden from the stone prince Zheng Mian down, and many clansmen have died at sea in each generation, and Zheng Chenggong understands how dangerous it is to encounter a storm at sea.

The order was given as quickly as possible, and the fleet turned around and anchored at the nearest port of Yanzhou. The storm became more and more violent, but fortunately, the order was given in time, and soon the ships of the fleet left the danger zone and entered the port of Yanzhou to take shelter from the storm. However, Zheng Chenggong's ship may have been affected more violently by the wind and waves due to its large size, and it was never able to sail into the harbor, and finally it was swept away by the wind and waves.

The storm is getting more and more violent, and the waves are pounding violently, and there is no saying that half of the water is soft. The ship was crumbling and could sink at any time, except for the sailor and the helmsman, everyone else was in the cabin waiting for fate to come, but Zheng Chenggong walked out step by step from the cabin holding on to the partition.

"The surname of the country, the wind and waves are too strong, you better go back to the cabin."

The helmsman shouted with all his might, and when the sound reached Zheng Chenggong's ears, it was already very small under the wind and waves. Zheng Chenggong turned his head, looked at the helmsman who was still trying his best to take the helm, and shouted: "I am loyal to the king of diligence, and I have the blessing of heaven and earth." If you do your own thing, you will be able to break out of this storm! ”

Zheng Chenggong held the mast, tied it with ropes, and stood proudly on the deck. The storm struck him, but he remained still, as calm and calm as ever.

This is the sea, not the land, Zheng Chenggong was born next to a rock by the sea (note), over the years across the sea, although so far there is no very good naval battle record, especially compared to the current known as the famous general of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Navy, Hou Ruan, but at sea, he is confident that he can withstand all the tribulations, just like he has encountered storms at sea before.

Zheng Chenggong's composure inspired the ship's helmsmen and sailors, who did their best to steer the rudder and do everything possible to keep the ship going with the wind, so as to slow the huge impact of the storm. However, under such a violent storm, the mast could break at any time, and the waves crashed against the ship's outboard one after another, and under the violent shaking, every time the door of the cabin opened and closed, it was heavily smashed on the door frame and partition, and almost the shelves were about to fall apart.

Driven by Zheng Chenggong, the helmsman and sailors are still doing their best to support, but the ship is obviously on the verge of falling apart like the door panel, and it may collapse at any time.

At this moment, two ships broke through the waves from the direction of Yanzhou Port, and Zheng Chenggong looked at the shape of the two ships, which were the ships of Cai Jinfu, the governor of the Zhengzhong military ship, and Shi Ju, the deputy of the Chinese military ship.

When the rescue ship arrived, all the soldiers cheered. As the ship drew nearer, a sailor tried to go to the side of the ship and throw the rope over, but a big wave crashed against him, and he was swept straight into the water, and even the rope that was tied to his body was torn.

The rescue was carried out with difficulty, and it took a lot of effort to waste a lot of energy, so easily, through the flash of lightning and thunder, they found a small island ahead. The island is pitiful, but it's better than being adrift on the sea. The helmsman controlled the ship, and with the help of the two ships rescued, it docked in a windy bay on the island, but Shi Ju's ship failed to land, just like Zheng Chenggong's ship just now, it was once again swept into the storm and gradually moved away.

The storm was still raging in this dark night, and the moment it docked, it almost completely knocked Zheng Chenggong's ship apart, so that they had to move to Cai Jinfu's ship overnight.

In the early morning of the next day, the storm that had raged all night finally exhausted his strength, Zheng Chenggong came out of the cabin, and the sea surface returned to its former calm, but the chaos around him, especially the ship that could be seen from the outside that there was sea water gushing in, was all a reminder of everything he had done last night.

"This encounter is very thrilling, and it is a great blessing that it has been safe so far. But the ship of almsgiving did not know where it had gone, and the books of money and grain were all on board. ”

"Don't worry, Shi Ju is a Fengwei person, and he is used to running the sea, so he should be safe. This time, it is all based on the loyalty of the national surname, and it has its own God's care, otherwise it will be difficult to preserve. It's just that the pots and stoves on the boat and the water tanks for storing fresh water have been washed away by the waves, and I'm afraid there is no way to make a fire to cook. ”

After the shipwreck, being able to survive the disaster is a great disaster. However, most of the supplies on the ship were washed away, and many living necessities could not be carried out, Zheng Chenggong had to follow the soldiers to starve, relying on Cai Jinfu's ship to drag the ship that was being repaired slowly, until the afternoon did he encounter other ships that came to the rescue, and Shi Ju also found it again with his rich sailing experience.

After a short rest, the fleet continued its voyage. On the tenth day of the first month of March, the fleet arrived near the Daxing Institute, there was little firewood left on the ship, and a large amount of food was lost.

After receiving the urgent report of the attack, Zheng Chenggong was furious, and immediately sent reinforcements to Zuozhen to seize the dozens of black-tailed ships anchored at the port of Daxingsuo, and at the same time sent Qianfeng Town to intercept the Qing army reinforcements in Huizhou.

The army besieged the city, and Beacon and the messenger spread the news of the attack to the nearest reinforcement as quickly as possible. The Qing army marched in a hurry, but on the way, it encountered an ambush by Qianfeng Town at a place called Longpanjing, and was cut off by the waist, resulting in a crushing defeat at the hands of the 300 Ming troops ambushed by Wanli.

It turned out that after receiving the order to intercept, Wan Li did not bring all the Qianfeng towns, but interrogated the local people and learned that Longpanjing was the only way for the Qing army. According to his analysis, the Ming army came from afar, and the Qing army would inevitably think that the Ming army did not know the geography here, and would not dare to set up an ambush in the Panlong Trail, which was too far away from the big star, and he was about to fight this with three hundred soldiers to set up an ambush. As expected, the Qing army was completely defenseless, and was defeated by the Ming army, almost completely annihilated.

Wanli's performance impressed Zheng Chenggong, originally, he only thought that Wanli was a volunteer leader recruited by Chen Kai from Zhangzhou to reduce the proportion of Shi Jiajun's army in Zheng Chenggong's department, nothing more. Therefore, in the past few years, even if he was sent to a general soldier, Zheng Chenggong rarely used this person, especially in important battles. But now it seems that he has underestimated the original leader of the rebel army.

On March 15, the army was prepared, with the reinforcement of the right town of Huangshan as the vanguard, and went straight to the city of Daxing, and went down with a drum to annihilate the defenders in the city. The grain and grass in the city were handed over to Yang Ying, the household official, to distribute the boats to carry it.

This is the first battle since Zheng Chenggong Qinwang, with such a good start, the army swept away the haze of the storm, and the morale was great. However, on March 22, after a few days of rest, when the army was full of energy and ready to set off to continue this journey to King Qin, Zheng De, the governor under Zheng Hongkui, hurriedly came and brought a news that stunned everyone.

Xiamen Island, fall!

Note: Zheng Chenggong was born next to a rock on the beach in Hirado, Japan, and that rock has become a local attraction because of Zheng Chenggong, called the Child's Birth Stone.

PS: Because Zheng Chenggong was born in Japan and his mother's surname is Tagawa, the Japanese have always used Zheng Chenggong as an excuse to advocate that Taiwan is Japanese. The most ridiculous thing is that some Chinese people even followed the coaxing, insisting that Zheng Chenggong is Japanese, are you a joke invited by Japan?

Zheng Chenggong's surname is Zheng, and his paternal line is a Fujianese, at that time, both China and Japan determined their nationality based on their patrilineal blood, and it was natural that they were Chinese; Zheng Chenggong gave the surname Zhu, theoretically the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, and was also Chinese in the main area of activity and psychological identity of his life; In addition, his mother did have the original surname Tian Chuan, but when she married Zheng Zhilong, she was already the stepdaughter of Fujian blacksmith Weng Yihuang, and changed her surname to Weng. So from any point of view, the Japanese are not qualified to say that Zheng Chenggong is Japanese, just as the Koreans are not qualified to say that Confucius is theirs!

As an aside, in the past decade or so, Koreans have said that this is theirs and that is theirs, but in fact, it is also a craft that they learned from the Japanese. During the Meiji Restoration, Japan once "researched" the bizarre theory that Genghis Khan was actually the source of the Yoshijing, which is even funnier than saying that Zheng Chenggong is Japanese.