Now the Fujian governor Chen Zizhen can not sit still at all, before the Fujian maritime merchants because of the Fujian coastal piracy raging had jointly protested to the Fujian governor Yamen, saying that the Fujian sailors did not act, can not protect the territory and the people, resulting in coastal piracy rampant, now the Dutch have occupied the Penghu Islands, and openly plundered the coastal Chinese fishing boats and merchant ships, he will sit back and ignore it again, once the imperial court knows, his position as governor will be unstable.

Therefore, Chen Zizhen ordered Yu Zhigao, the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Naval Division, to hurry up and drive the Dutch away from the Penghu Islands. Yu Zhigao is the son of the famous anti-Japanese general Yu Dayou, but he is not a famous general who can produce a tiger, Yu Zhigao not only inherited Yu Dayou's brave and good fighting, but also did not have much virtue, in the original historical time and space Yu Zhigao also had in 1627 in Fujian Tongshan to encircle and suppress Zheng Zhilong, but was killed by Zheng Zhilong and defeated, Yu Zhigao, who fled alone, was later beheaded by the imperial court.

Even Zheng Zhilong couldn't beat it, let alone the Dutch who were strong on the ship, Yu Zhigao led more than 60 warships of the Fujian Navy Division, and more than 8,000 soldiers went to sea, and before he reached the Penghu Islands, he was attacked by the Dutch battleships head-on, and fled in a big rout, and finally Yu Zhigao fled back to Xiamen with only more than 20 warships and less than 3,000 soldiers, and avoided fighting from then on!

The Dutch who won the battle became more and more arrogant, first sent battleships to block the mouth of Zhangzhou, and later directly attacked Xiamen Port, sinking more than 80 merchant ships anchored in Xiamen Port (this is the real data of history), the arrogance and atrocities of the Dutch caused the extreme indignation of the Fujian people, they jointly petitioned the Fujian Governor Yamen, asking the Fujian Governor Yamen to ask for help from Dongfan, and asked Guo Zhiyuan to go out of the mountains to fight against the Dutch!

Chen Zizhen almost lost the governor's official hat because Guo Zhiyuan was angry at the crown and beat Zhu Gongfang, the son of the king of Zhou, in Fuzhou, and spent a lot of money to keep his position, so naturally he gritted his teeth with hatred for Guo Zhiyuan, and made up his mind that he would never have anything to do with Guo Zhiyuan's "scourge" again in his life, but this time he didn't want to contact Guo Zhiyuan, and if he let the Dutch run rampant like this, he would not be able to keep his position as governor!

So Chen Zizhen could only write to Guo Zhiyuan cheekily, asking him to go out of the mountain to lead the Dongfan Navy to drive the Dutch away from the Penghu Islands, Guo Zhiyuan replied to Chen Zizhen, and replied to those maritime merchants exactly the same as before, Chen Zizhen also knew that Guo Zhiyuan was telling the truth, so he had to give a letter to the court to ask the Wanli Emperor to issue an order to "seize the affection" and let Guo Zhiyuan "guard the official system", so as to lead the new army against the Dutch and stabilize the coastal situation in Fujian.

The imperial court is still arguing over the candidate to replace Guo Zhiyuan in Dongfan, and he was dumbfounded when he received Chen Zizhen's report, the situation in Liaodong has not completely stabilized, why is there another fight on the southern sea? The opinions of the courtiers are also divided into two factions, one faction said that an order should be issued to "seize affection" and let Guo Zhiyuan go out of the mountain to fight against Hongyi "in the official system" (the Dutch have more red hair, so they are called Hongyi), and the other faction said that without him, Guo Zhiyuan would have no one to fight? The two factions were at loggerheads, and in the end they could only ask Emperor Wanli to decide.

Emperor Wanli also didn't want to issue an order to "seize affection" and let Guo Zhiyuan "stay in the official system", and finally there was such an opportunity to cut Guo Zhiyuan's power, how could Guo Zhiyuan stay and continue to grow his power, so he ordered Shen Yourong, the general soldier of South Australia, to lead troops to support Fujian and drive the Dutch away from the Penghu Islands, but he didn't do anything desperately, and he was not in a hurry to determine the candidate to go to Dongfan to replace Guo Zhiyuan, and planned to wait for the war report of Shen Yourong and the Dutch to come.

Although Shen Yourong had served under Guo Zhiyuan and knew Guo Zhiyuan's hardships, he had always put the country's national righteousness first, so it was naturally impossible not to fight, so after receiving the holy decree, he immediately led 60 warships and more than 6,000 soldiers from the General Military Office of South Australia, and collected more than 100 large and small fishing boats from Nanao to the coast of Fujian to participate in the war!

However, Shen Yourong also knew that it would be difficult to defeat the Dutch fleet with strong ships and guns alone, so before coming, he sent a letter to Yu Zhigao, the chief soldier of the Fujian Naval Division, and made an appointment to let Yu Zhigao lead the Fujian Naval Division to set off from Xiamen Port and flank the Dutch fleet blocking the mouth of Zhangzhou!

Shen Yourong is worthy of being a famous general in the world, he is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and his own side, so he set the agreed time for the flanking attack at night, so as to limit the firepower advantage of the Dutch battleships.

The Dutch sent ten battleships to block the mouth of Zhangzhou to the sea, and the fragility of the Fujian naval division also made them careless, and they did not expect anyone to dare to attack them at night, and at the appointed time, Shen Yourong's army took the lead in launching an attack on the Dutch fleet, and Yu Zhigao's Fujian naval division saw the fire and launched a flanking attack on the Dutch according to the agreement, and the Dutch were caught off guard and could only respond in a hurry.

However, the Dutch can become the overlord of the sea, and the military quality is not bad, although they were caught off guard, but they immediately adjusted and used their powerful artillery advantage to launch a counterattack, at this time something unexpected happened to Shen Yourong, the Fujian naval division led by Yu Zhigao began to flee after sinking two warships by the guns of the Dutch battleships, leaving Shen Yourong's army to fight the Dutch fleet alone!

Shen Yourong was so angry that he almost vomited blood by Yu Zhigao's army in the first battle, but he did not retreat, he still commanded his subordinates to fight bravely, and ordered to ignite the more than 100 fishing boats that were collected, and used them as fireboats to launch the "sea of fire tactics" against the Dutch fleet, and the Dutch were also stunned when they saw more than 100 "fireboats" swarming all over the world, and the Dutch had never seen such a way of fighting in the European battlefield, so they were blinded all of a sudden!

And Shen Yourong deliberately chose the upwind outlet when launching a night attack, the size of the fireship is small, it is difficult for the Dutch artillery to hit accurately, the "fireship" is like an arrow riding the wind, directly attacking the Dutch fleet, the Dutchman's battleship is huge, and it is impossible to dodge at all, plus there is a hook on the fireship, once it approaches the enemy's battleship, the death squad soldiers on the fireship will hook the enemy's battleship with the hook, so that the enemy battleship can not get rid of, and the death squad soldiers will jump into the sea, take advantage of the good water quality, and take the iron chisel they carry with them to scuttle the enemy's battleship.

However, because the cunning Dutch put on a defensive formation in which the Dutch battleship was in the center and the pirate warship was guarded around it, Shen Yourong's "sea of fire" tactics did not work to its fullest, and most of the battleships were pirate warships, only two Dutch battleships were hooked by the fireboats, and the other eight battleships used their huge size to break out of the encirclement of Shen Yourong's army!