The end of the unitary and the beginning of the year.

The sun has set and it is dark.

Zheng Zhiguan's sailors, who abandoned the auxiliary warships, rushed to the waters of Tung Chung Mountain.

According to the scout's report, the enemy division was in the waters of Sansang Island and Reef (North Sang, West Sang, and East Sang).

Zheng Zhiguan hesitated, the distance was already close, but it was likely that he would not be able to catch up.

Because as soon as Sansang Island and Reef pass, it is Taishan Island, and after Taishan Island, it is not far from Jinxiangwei and has entered the waters of eastern Zhejiang.

Looking at the sky outside the cabin that had turned dark, Zheng Zhiguan sighed in his heart, this day and night of chasing had taken his strength in vain.

Zheng Zhiguan wanted to withdraw.

But at this time, another scout came to report, and the enemy sailors slowed down, and there seemed to be signs of stationing.

Zheng Zhiguan asked if there was any hostility in the surrounding waters.

After receiving a negative answer, Zheng Zhiguan had a fire in his heart, God help me!

It's not that Zheng Zhiguan is too reckless, and he didn't find out why the enemy water division slowed down the abnormality.

It stands to reason that the waters of eastern Zhejiang are not far away, and the enemy water division should not slow down.

However, Zheng Zhiguan himself persuaded himself that the enemy naval division was stationed in Chenqian Mountain, and it would take a day to travel from the waters of Sansang Island and Reef to Chenqian Mountain, and it would be safer to be stationed in the waters of Sansang Island and Reef than to sail at sea all night and risk a sudden storm.

Sansang Island and Reef, North Mulberry, West Mulberry and East Mulberry are triangular, and the middle is a natural anchoring harbor.

Therefore, Zheng Zhiguan didn't think about it at all, did the enemy water division already know that he was chasing after the water division.

This is very important, if the enemy naval division knows that there are pursuers and still wants to anchor, then there must be a problem.

If he doesn't know, then Zheng Zhiguan's guess that the enemy water division is stationed makes sense.

However, the fire that ignited in Zheng Zhiguan's heart made him neglect this, in his opinion, there was no other force infiltrating in the waters of Fujian and Guangdong.

Naturally, the enemy naval division to the north could not have known the situation behind him.

Zheng Zhiguan ordered, and the Quanshui Division continued to pursue.

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Taking the sea route is not the same as taking the land route.

On the vast sea, you can't just walk as you want.

Under the tranquil waters, where there are reefs, undercurrents, whirlpools, or when there is a sudden storm, it is like the face of a three-year-old baby.

No matter how powerful the warship is, in the face of the storm, it is also paper-tied.

Just like Zheng Chenggong's second Northern Expedition, more than 1,000 warships and more than 100,000 troops were blown away by a storm, which was unbearable.

When Zheng He went to the West seven times, he also walked along the coastline.

Even if it is a powerful steel warship in later generations, when sailing, it only dares to take the waters that have been discovered, commonly known as the fairway.

Therefore, at this time, sea ships, whether they were merchant ships or war ships, basically walked along the coastline.

Whether it is from the convenience of supply or risk avoidance, in addition to life and death, the ship cannot do without the shore.

Wang Yilin "fled" north along the coastline, which was the first time he had taken such a long route.

After so many years as a sailor of his uncle Wang Zhiren, Wang Yilin's farthest voyage was only to Luojia Mountain (Putuo Mountain).

Most of the time, it is in and out of the Yangtze River.

Wang Yilin was very cautious, and after he tortured from the mouths of several Zheng Zhiguan's henchmen left by Chen Quinoa, Zheng Zhiguan did have a secret connection with Dolgon, so he became even more vigilant.

Mad dogs, which bite indiscriminately.

What's more, it was Zheng Zhiguan who was promised by Dolgon to the Marquis of Zhenhai.

Combined with Chen Quinoa's confession, Zheng Zhiguan's plan to provoke Wu Zheng and Zheng Chenggong to fight is about to come out.

As for the specific process and detailed rules, Wang Yilin no longer wants to think about it, this kind of troublesome matter, leave it to the person in Hangzhou to work hard, Wang Yilin has already sent someone to send a letter back to Hangzhou since yesterday.

The most important thing at the moment is to defeat and consume the sailors chased by Zheng Zhiguan as much as possible.

In the words of later generations, it is called the destruction of the opponent's living force.

No, this is not accurate, according to Wu Zheng's plan, it is to curb the heart of the Zheng family's sailors to go north.

But Wang Yilin did not agree, he wanted to fight to raise the war, although Wu Zheng did not agree to rob the warship by himself, but Wang Yilin did not want to let go of this opportunity.

How can a pirate not plunder?

I'm so sorry for carrying this notoriety, isn't it?

There is a way to be outside, and the king's order is not subject to it, Wang Yilin and Zhang Mingzhen discussed it privately.

Zhang Mingzhen is an "upright" man, saying that he can only act according to the plan that he had previously negotiated with Wu Zheng.

But after Wang Yilin invited him to a banquet, Zhang Mingzhen's tone changed a little.

Zhang Mingzhen said, the military order is like a mountain, but as long as I can't see it, then I don't know.

It sounds awkward, but it's very actionable.

Wang Yilin's department is a decoy and a pioneer on the battlefield.

Zhang Mingzhen's Wusong Water Division is the main force and also the backup.

Wu Zheng's two naval divisions, and only the ships of the newly formed Wu Song naval division are new-type gunboats, and their strength is enough, but there are not many capital ships, in addition to the twelve ships purchased, there are only eight imitations in the dockyard in the past two years, and they are still medium-sized ships with 48 guns, which cannot be called capital ships.

The dock [ ] only began to imitate the capital ship of 64 guns this year, which is also the reason why Zhang Mingzhen stared at Wu Zheng for a request, because the four capital ships under construction now, Wu Zheng is going to supplement the Zhoushan Water Division.

Wang Yilin naturally knew Zhang Mingzhen's thoughts, so he had a banquet and "bought" Zhang Mingzhen, Wang Yilin promised that as long as he succeeded, he could divide Zhang Mingzhen into three percent.

However, Zhang Mingzhen proposed five or five points, otherwise it would be broken up in two and according to the plan.

Wang Yilin had no choice but to agree, rather than getting nothing, it was better to be generous.

In this way, Wu Zheng's plan was secretly changed by these two.

The plaintiff's plan was such that Wu Zheng reacted violently after learning that the Yongli Dynasty and Zheng Chenggong had extended their tentacles into the waters of eastern Zhejiang and successfully plotted against Wang Deren.

Quickly ordered Zhang Mingzhen, Wu Songshui and Wang Yilin to lead a part of the Zhoushan Landscape Division to exterminate Wang Deren.

After that, Wu Zheng, Zhang Mingzhen and Wang Yilin jointly discussed a plan to prevent and curb the northward movement of the Zheng family's naval division, that is, to fight a local naval battle of a controllable scale to deter and deter Zheng Chenggong.

In fact, Wu Zheng was afraid of Zheng Chenggong's sailors, and even if there were those new warships, once the war started, weapons were not the only factor that affected the outcome of the war.

The Zheng family's naval division is huge, and the number of warships is far more than that of Wusong and Zhoushanshui, no, it should be more than ten times.

The Wusong Naval Division and the Zhoushan Water Division combined had not yet exceeded 100 warships, while the Zhengjia Naval Division had already exceeded 1,000 a few years ago.

Once the war starts, even if it is a fight for attrition, the two sailors of Wusong and Zhoushan will not be able to resist.

Therefore, Wu Zheng strictly ordered that in this operation, Wu Song's water division could not be Jinxiangwei, and could only set the battlefield in the waters east of Jinxiangwei.

This is to deal with the post-war situation, when the two courts are arguing, they can stand on the moral high ground.

After all, it was the Zheng family sailor who "bullied" the waters of eastern Zhejiang.