Entering Jianning Mansion, the phenomenon of people here forming villages to protect themselves is still unprecedented. And the Jiangxi Ming army has not crossed the Wuyi Mountains and entered this area in the past few months. Everything is the same as when he left Fujian a few months ago, and there will be fewer surprises on the way back, but he is even less optimistic about the Ming army in Jiangxi.

There weren't so many of them, Chen Kai joined the more than 100 Ming warriors sent by Zheng Chenggong in the 28th capital, and went straight to Funing Prefecture. There is a boat there, which can go directly to Zhongzuo, but Chen Kai's next destination is not there.

"Which island is closer to the sea in Fuzhou?"

"If you go back to join the army, it should be Langqi."

"Langqi? Is it the one at the mouth of the Min River? ”

"Yes."

"No, it's too close. Is there anything a little further afield? ”

Chen Kai's thoughts were incomprehensible to everyone present. However, this is not the first time, whether it is Cai Qiao, Daozong, Kuang Lu and others, or the guides and ship owners who have recently come to meet, they are already surprised. For today's plan, he had to act according to Chen Kai's instructions.

"Haitan Island, closer to Guantang Mountain......"

The guide said more, and was glared at fiercely by Cai Qiao. It is now October, and in the past half a year, Zheng Chenggong has won both the Cizao and Qianshan battles in southern Fujian, showing off his might, so that the Qing army in Zhangzhou does not dare to go out of the city for half a step, and the countryside has mostly fallen to the Ming army. At the same time, Zheng Chenggong's sailors were also expanding their territory to the north, and up to now, the islands off the coast of Fujian, from Dongshan Island in the southernmost part to Haitan Island in the south of Fuzhou Prefecture, were under the control of the Ming army.

Entering Haitan Island is equivalent to returning to the area controlled by the Ming army, but if you go to Naguantang Mountain, it is another matter. After a period of trekking, they had arrived at the beach from Xianxia Pass, and the closer they got to the end of this trip, the more impetuous, Cai Qiao, on the contrary, became a little impetuous. However, Chen Kai heard these two place names, but he immediately made a choice, and his choice was exactly the Guantang Mountain he didn't want to see.

"Let's go, go to Guantang Mountain for a month."

The so-called Guantang Mountain is the old name of the Matsu Islands. In today's Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the most important event is not that he fished out a Wang Jiang from Hangzhou, but the complete collapse of the Lu Jian Dynasty in Zhoushan and even in eastern Zhejiang. If Chen Kai is not mistaken, King Lu is about to go south to join Zheng Chenggong, there is an opportunity in this, and what needs to be done is nothing more than to take a risk.

There are many islands off the coast of Funing Prefecture, and Chen Kai and his entourage boarded the boat, bypassing this series of islands, and heading south to the series of islands in Guantang Mountain.

Sailing on the sea is much faster than by land. If nothing else, by nightfall, the group will be able to reach their destination. However, no sooner had this bypassed the islands where the wind could be sheltered, and the storm came suddenly.

The storm is not too big, and you can always see the route clearly, but the impact of the wind and waves on the control of the ship is really not small, and no one knows whether the storm will get bigger and bigger, so you have to find a sheltered harbor as soon as possible to better ensure the safety of the ship's people.

The boat, driving in the storm, swinging and swaying left and right, Rao is Chen Kai, who has gone from South Australia to Chaozhou, from South Australia to Guangzhou, from South Australia to Tongshan Institute, and from South Australia to Zhongzuo Institute in recent years, I don't know how many times, I will faintly feel disgusted. The entourage, Cai Qiao and those Ming army warriors were fine, even the Taoist monks and Kuang Lu had not been on a boat, but for Wang Jiang's family, it was like a catastrophe, and it befell them like this.

A family of three huddled in the cabin, the wind beating, the waves sweeping, the boat sailing on the sea, like dead leaves to a stream, bumpy and undulating, and the people in the boat are like glass beads in the bottle. Compared with the biggest advantage of glass beads, people can still hold on to some things to fix their bodies as much as possible, so as not to roll around in the cabin, just like everyone in the cabin at this moment, including Wang Jiang's family.

Wang Jiang's family was arranged in a cabin, the boat swayed in the wind and waves, and they had to drag the bed and table in the cabin, but the nausea had already sprung up.

"Mother."

The boat was a little stable, Wang Jiang hurriedly handed over the spittoon, his mother had been enduring it for a while, the boat was bumpy, he had never been able to pass it over, and at this moment he handed it over, without opening his mouth, everything that was tumbling in his stomach poured out. The deck of the cabin was not free of vomit, but every time the nausea was unbearable, they tried to hold back as much as possible so as not to cause trouble to the cleaners. But even if it weren't, the weakness of the body would get worse and worse as the vomiting continued, until the sudden tremor had passed, and the boat did not move, and the wind and waves shook and rolled gradually to ease.

"What did you hit on?"

Suddenly shook, Chen Kai almost didn't fall on the deck. The boat didn't move, and he quickly realized what was going on and hurriedly ran out of the cabin. On deck, the wind and waves continued, but the sailors had already begun to drop the sails. In front of me is a piece of land, and when you look at it from afar, it seems that it should be an island in the outline.

"Where is this?"

Found the owner of the ship who was busy directing the sailors, Chen Kai asked, but the answer he got was not easy to discern. Immediately, Chen Kai had to expand the scope of his inquiry, and finally got an ambiguous answer.

"This island is a bit like Shimome Island."

Shimome Island is Gordon Island, an island in the northern part of the Matsu Islands. The Qing army's sailors were weak, and it was roughly determined that it was an island, and Chen Kai relieved most of his heart. Immediately, in the face of the wind and rain, he asked about the damage to the ship, and the answer he got was that it had hit a reef, and the exact damage was not yet clear, and it was necessary to wait until the wind and rain stopped before further exploration.

The owner doesn't seem to be very pessimistic yet, and that's the biggest good news. Chen Kai returned to the cabin, trying not to cause trouble for these professionals as much as possible, and when the sun set, the wind and rain gradually stopped, and the report of the loss was also delivered.

"There's a hole in the port side of the bow, it's not big, but it will take some time to fix."

"What about the others?"

"The water tank is gone, but the cooking utensils and food are still there. Don't worry about joining the army, the villains on this island have already seen clearly, it is indeed Xiamu Island, there is water on the island, just send someone to get it. ”

"That's good, that's good."

When Zheng Chenggong sent troops to King Qin, he encountered a big storm, and the ship desperately escaped from danger, and came to a small island for refuge, the water tank, cooking utensils and other things were gone, and there was no water on the island, and he starved until he joined the search force to completely escape. Like them, there is still a short distance from Haitan Island, the northernmost part of the Ming army-controlled area, and after a few days, you may be able to endure it without eating, but there is no water, and if you lose your course, you will have to become a boatload of people on a ghost ship.

The ship needed to be repaired, and all the people on board disembarked and moved most of the necessary items, so they rested on the island.

Wang Jiang's mother fell ill at night. There were not many medicinal materials on the ship, and Chen Kaisi wanted to try to set sail as soon as possible, first send Wang Jiang's family to Haitan Island, and then he returned to Guantang Mountain. However, no matter what, it will be after the ship is repaired.

The tide ebbed and flowed, and the repair work was also done with the help of the tides, especially the adjustment of the boat. The moon began to limit the progress of their journey, but fortunately they found not only fresh water on the island, but also some of the people who lived there. However, according to their statement, a few days ago, a large fleet of dozens of ships passed by here, and I don't know where it went, but I only knew that it was going south, which attracted Chen Kai's attention.

"It's impossible to be a Tartar, the Fujian Navy Division doesn't have such a large scale, and the ones in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have just experienced a big war like Zhoushan, so they always have to rest."

"Could it be King Lu?"

"It shouldn't be, even if King Lu goes south to defect to the country, it will take some time for both sides to grind. If nothing else, how do you talk about the etiquette of meeting? Whether it is a prince, or a prison country, whether the surname of the country is a marquis, or a concubine, there are too many things to talk about. ”

Chen Kai couldn't explain to Daozong and others that King Lu would rest for a period of time on Wenzhou Sanpan Island, the former territory of Hou Zhou Hezhi, until Zhang Mingzhen and they had to leave the island to collect grain and grass on the road, and Sanpan Island was attacked by Ma Jinbao, so that all the warehouses and houses were destroyed, and they had no choice but to go south to Fujian and go to Zheng Chenggong.

He can't "predict the prophet" about these things, so he can only use this as a rhetoric, but the etiquette cannot be abolished, this is an undoubted truth, and the Taoist sect easily accepted this statement. It's a pity that the question still can't be answered, who is the fleet that went south, but it has always haunted Chen Kai's heart.

This question was finally answered until the ship was completely repaired. It's a pity that looking at the dozen or so ships that surrounded him, especially the flag on the flag ship with the word "Zheng" written on it, Chen Kai couldn't laugh anymore.