On the fifteenth day of August in the fourth year of Yongli, the night of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the time for the family to reunite.

On the Wanshi Rock on Xiamen Island, Dingyuan Bo Zhenglian feasted guests. There are relatives of the Zheng family, local celebrities, remnants of sojourners, generals of him and Zheng Cai, and some maritime merchants and ship owners who are temporarily docked in Xiamen.

When the bright moon is in the sky, everyone drinks and admires the moon, and they are staggered, so happy. But not long after, a guard came to report that Zheng Chenggong had arrived at Gulangyu by boat, and Zheng Lian couldn't help but recall what Zheng Cai had said to him before he set off, and his response to it at that time.

"Zheng Sen's sailboat goes back and forth between the two places, so be on guard."

"Brother is too worried, a milky little second is just a little famous, why don't you mind."

"The virtuous brother is fallacious, and he can't be young, take a closer look at the deployment of troops, and he is very economical, and Chen Kai is his mastermind. I mention that the teacher is far away, and the virtuous brother should pay attention to precautions, and not be a show. ”

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, brothers who are not a few years younger than Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong is only twenty-six years old now, and it has only been more than three years since he started the army. Now the power should not be underestimated, but in Zheng Lian's opinion, it is just Zheng Chenggong's good luck, and he picked up Chen Kai for nothing, so that he will have today's weather, and he looks down on this "little kid" in his heart. But Zheng Cai's words made him have to be on guard, so he simply asked the guards in detail.

"The geometry of the accompanying ships, how many generals, and how many soldiers are there?"

"Back to the Hou Ye, there are four ships, and the generals and soldiers are unknown for the time being."

"Just four ships?"

Since there are only four ships, there will not be much more soldiers, especially since they cannot be compared with the garrison on Xiamen Island. Zheng Chenggong brought such a small boat, and chose to come at this time, probably to visit relatives on Xiamen Island. Zheng Lian felt that he was making a fuss, and the vigilance he had just raised immediately disappeared. Next, the banquet continued, and after drinking for most of the night, Zheng Liancai, who was in good spirits, returned home drunk to rest.

Early the next morning, Zheng Chenggong came to visit. At this time, Zheng Lian hadn't slept for a long time, Rao is wife and concubine of Zheng Lian knew that Zheng Chenggong was not what it used to be, and he needed to pay more attention to it, and it took him half a day to get this drunk up. However, the alcohol is far from retreating, even after washing up, it still looks like a hangover and not waking up.

"Brother, the generals are like clouds, the ships are like rain, sitting in this center and left, and our Zheng family is the support of Mount Tai!"

"The virtuous brother is overrated, overrated."

Zheng Chenggong clapped his hands and praised, Zheng Lian understood that Zheng Chenggong was saying that he was fearless and not afraid of the Qing court. He can also listen to this, and on the island, the sailor has a huge advantage, and he is indeed not afraid of the Qing court's attack. As for greedy for what was in the cup, he never cared, let alone felt that there was anything wrong with it.

They are all relatives, they know a lot about each other, and after a moment of greeting, Zheng Chenggong inquired about the recent situation of his relatives and the situation in his hometown in Anping Town, and did enough to maintain the relationship between relatives through the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion.

Zheng Chenggong mentioned the situation of the battle of Guangzhou, and also mentioned the two-sided attack encountered in the previous months, and put forward the request that once such a situation occurred again, he hoped that Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian brothers could send troops from Xiamen to Zhangzhou to share part of the pressure for them, saying that they would "never dare to forget the great virtue".

"The military should help each other. But what the virtuous brother said was the words of the two families, and he should be punished! ”

Zheng Lian smiled and agreed, and then pulled Zheng Chenggong to have a few drinks. However, Zheng Chenggong still wanted to visit other relatives, so he didn't stay long, only said that he brought good wine from Guangzhou and Chaozhou, and set up a banquet in Hukeng Rock in the evening, asking Zheng Lian to appreciate his face.

Speaking of which, Zheng Lian is the most fun-loving person and greedy for the things in the cup, I heard that Zheng Chenggong brought good wine, how can there be any reason not to go.

After Zheng Chenggong left, Zheng Lian made up for a noon sleep, and when it was night, he was already a hundred times more energetic. When he arrived at Hukeng Rock, he won the pot and won the corner, and when the wine came, it was even more hearty, especially when he heard that Chen Kai was going to be engaged to Zheng Xiyuan, he secretly laughed at Zheng Chenggong's arm to help him lose, and said that as a brother, there will be a big gift. This happiness made me drink a few more glasses, and when the banquet was over in the middle of the night, I was drunk like yesterday.

Under the escort of his entourage, Zheng Lian sat in a sedan chair and left Hukeng Rock in a leisurely manner. Until the group walked to the middle of the mountain, they only felt that the buttocks were upside down, the sedan chair fell to the ground, and Zheng Lian, who was still groggy, had not had time to ask if he had arrived at the mansion, only to see that the sedan curtain was rudely torn open, and a masked man in front of him killed him with a knife.

A moment later, the sound of cannon fire rang out from the mountain. It turned out that Zheng Chenggong's trip was ostensibly four ships, but in fact a large number of ships were docked at Daomei, Huyu, Dadan, Baishi and other places near Xiamen Island. Until today, Zheng Chenggong came out of Zheng Lian's house and determined that Zheng Lian was defenseless, so he secretly issued an order to let these warships disguised as merchant ships enter Xiamen Port, stare the warships docked there to death, and wait for the cannon fire to start together.

Before the garrison of Xiamen Island could figure out what was going on, Shi Lang, Hong Zheng, Gan Hui and other generals came out of the ship and quickly took control of the port and a large number of warships docked in the port. Subsequently, the Lu division went deep and quickly controlled the yamen and warehouses at all levels on Xiamen Island, and under the pretext of protecting Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian's families, they sent troops to surround Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian's mansions, and did not order to strictly prohibit entry and exit.

Early the next morning, Zheng Chenggong announced Zheng Lian's death, and claimed that "whoever kills my brother will not share the hatred", offered a reward for catching the murderer, and made a comprehensive scene.

In the camp, Zheng Lian's generals sat and smiled bitterly, and no one could see the doorway here. However, Zheng Chenggong has already controlled Xiamen Island, and there are also Ming army activities outside the military camp, and now it can only be like this.

"The overall situation has been decided, we don't need to give up our lives for the sake of their Zheng family's internal struggle for power and profit."

"What Brother Wu said is very true, the prince and the marquis also followed the Taishi to have today's status, and now the eldest son of the Taishi has come to recover the property, who are we with, aren't they all following their Zheng family to make a living?"

“……”

If it were Zheng Cai, there might be a little room for hesitation, but what kind of goods Zheng Lian is, everyone knows it very well. Not to mention their own greedy cups and mistakes, they are also tyrannical on the island, which is very unpopular, so that the generals who belong directly to Zheng Lian are inevitably poked in the backbone by the villagers in the back.

Zheng Lian's generals quickly changed the court, Zheng Chenggong immediately appointed Chen Feng as the former deputy general of Rongqi Town, Lan Yan as the deputy general of Rongqi Town, Wu Hao as the deputy general of Rongqi Town, and Huang Yu as the deputy general of the Chinese army in Zhongchong Town, and the mastermind of the capture of Xiamen, his third uncle Zheng Zhiguan managed the local affairs of the Zhongzuo Institute, and the cronies from Haicheng were transferred from the Zhongjing Bo Chen Hui to manage the water division of the Zhenglian Department, and Ke Chenmei, who was replaced by the deputy general of the Zhongjun in Zhongchong Town, was promoted to the chief military officer, and a new town was built with some veterans of Rongqi Town, which was for Houchong Town.

In this way, under the command of Zheng Chenggong, only the Lu Division, there are an army of fourteen towns, including the left and right pioneer towns, the left and right towns, the left and right Wuchong towns, the front and back towns, the Houjin towns, and the fourteen towns of Rongqi Town, Qinding Town and Tieqi Town. Inevitably caused the worry of the generals, Zheng Chenggong did not deprive the generals of Zheng Lian's military rights, but only digested it slowly, but he was not in a hurry.

Xiamen has initially arrived, and the rest is nothing more than Zheng Cai and his generals who are wandering outside. In this regard, Zheng Chenggong is not in a hurry, because the warehouses in Xiamen are all in his hands, Chaozhou is tightly guarded, and the soldiers are scattered if there is no food, Zheng Cai is afraid that it will not last long. On the contrary, the situation in Guangzhou made him even more worried.