Because Fujian and the two Guangxi seas were ready to fight, for a time, Fujian and Guangdong were surging.

Fishermen in coastal areas have avoided going ashore one after another, and in a short time, they do not even dare to go fishing.

There is no way, if you are not careful, you will be affected by the disaster of the pond fish, and there is no place to bury.

Liu Xiang and other bandits in the Liangguang Sea area were also recruiting pirates during this time, and at the same time entrenched in the Pearl River estuary area, trying to use this as a base to prepare to invade the coastal areas of Fujian.

As a matter of fact, the main conflict of interests between the two sides is the control of the Taiwan Strait.

In this era, most of the merchant ships in the vicinity of thousands of miles of sea area passed through the Taiwan Strait.

And this road of wealth is now naturally taken by Zheng Zhilong of Fujian Province.

However, at this time, the pirates of Liangguang were not weak, there were Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi, He Bin, Zheng Qianxin, Cai Lian, Zhu Yi and other half-thieves and half-businessmen, as well as bandits such as Ma Huzi, Zhuhai Jiao, and Mazi Li who were full-time pirates.

The sea is vast, and how to divide the sea area between the two places is extremely difficult.

Not to mention that Zheng Zhilong, what he wants is not to distribute benefits, but to exterminate or annex many pirate groups in Guangdong.

In this way, there is no way out for everyone, and once the fire breaks out, it will inevitably be a life-and-death situation.

Zheng Zhilong of Fujian was greedy for the prosperity of the Xiangjiang area, and the pirates of Guangdong were naturally greedy for the waterway of the Taiwan Strait.

And among the Guangdong pirates, there are about 500 scum who have forgotten their ancestors, and about 200 Japanese ronins who have accepted Zheng Zhilong's employment.

Zheng Zhilong, this guy, not only formed a brigade of Japanese dead soldiers, but also gathered all the black people in Fujian and various coastal areas to form a black musket team, which is exactly the same as his actions in history.

However, things suddenly took a turn for the worse.

Whether it is Zheng Zhilong or Liu Xiang, they never imagined that the big man who was stirring up the situation would come out.

Emperor Nanming suddenly issued an edict to recruit Liu Xiang and other bandit leaders, ordering them to immediately form a Guangdong Navy Division and join the Fujian Navy Division at Yuegang before June 20.

Then, on the morning of June 21, after the ship and arms trade between the Southern Ming court and the Dutch, he immediately set out by sea and cooperated with the 300,000 army officers and soldiers of Liu Zeqing, the governor of Beizhen, to launch a blitzkrieg to recover Shandong!

This time, it was Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang's turn, and they were immediately dumbfounded!

It's really not okay if you don't accept the order.

The current Southern Ming Dynasty has a regular army of 1.2 million, and casually can drive all the pirates, including Zheng Zhilong, into the sea!

Now among the 300,000 new troops, Zheng Zhilong can control no more than three horses, and most of the soldiers will definitely not obey Zheng Zhilong's orders to fight against the imperial court.

Zheng Zhilong wants to completely control the 300,000 army, which cannot be done in a short period of time, at least it will take a few years, and he still needs to pay countless amounts of money and food.

A major conflict that was about to break out turned into a farce.

Everyone immediately eliminated the disaster, each looking for his own mother, and going back to his own home.

However, for Liu Xiang Group, which is almost in a desperate situation, this is a good thing, a great thing.

Because he knew that on his side, whether it was troops, ships, manpower, combat effectiveness, ...... all aspects, there was nothing comparable to Zheng Zhilong.

The crisis that was about to be destroyed was eliminated in this way, and all the pirates in the Liangguang Sea area happily accepted the reward of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The mighty Guangdong Sailor was formed at a very fast speed.

The admiral of the Guangdong Navy Division is still served by Liu Xianglai, and the rest of the general soldiers, deputy generals, and staff generals have been divided up by these big and small pirates one after another according to their own strength.

Now that there is the umbrella of the Southern Ming Dynasty, everyone is really not afraid of Zheng Zhilong.

We have all the ships and let the craftsmen of the newly established Pearl River Estuary Shipyard repair them well and give them a new look.

Until the 18th of June, with the order of Admiral Liu Xiang, the mighty Guangdong sailors began to set off towards Yuegang in Fujian.

The size of their fleet is not small, with nearly ten large armed merchant ships of Westerners, 20 Daifuku ships of 700 materials, and 30 No. 2 Fuku ships of 500 to 400 materials.

There are also 70 200-material Haicang ships, nearly 300 150-100 Cangshan ships, 30 300-material supply ships, and 50 200-material supply ships.

There were more than 500 large and small ships, carrying about 30,000 sailors and soldiers.

On the contrary, there are not many artillery, probably all the large and small artillery and earth cannons combined, less than a thousand, and most of them are No. 2 Franc machine bronze cannons with a short range, or tiger squat cannons.

More than ten pounds of artillery were only available on the No. 1 Fortune Ship and the large armed merchant ships of the Westerners that had been looted before.

Compared with today's Guangdong Naval Division and Fujian Naval Division, the firepower of Guangdong Naval Division is completely at a disadvantage.

However, when he arrived in Fujian and joined Zheng Zhilong's Fujian sailors, he was about to make a big deal with the Dutch. new world

At that time, a lot of red-coated cannons and muskets will be distributed, which will be able to raise the firepower of the Guangdong Navy Division by at least one level.

Liu Xiang's character is very steady, in addition to these sea ships, he also brought about a hundred fireboats.

These fireships were either towed away by big ships, or they were hidden on supply ships, and they were the main force to deal with the navy of the Northern Ming Dynasty in Shandong!

Although it was very primitive, it was also a method that he thought of in desperation with great combat destructive power.

On 20 June, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the Guangdong Navy Division led by Liu Xiang had arrived at Yuegang in Quanzhou.

The huge fleet, like an ant colony, moved slowly, not very fast, but the huge sense of oppression made people feel even more pressure.

The defenders and merchants on the Moon Harbor let out cheers one after another, even if they were a few miles away, Liu Xiang and them could faintly hear the cheers here.

Liu Xiang stood on the stern of a 400-material ship, which was basically made of ironwood and lychee wood, which was the strongest among the ships, and was used by Liu Xiang as his handsome ship.

On the sea around his handsome ship, there are hundreds of ships of all kinds densely drive, and the scale is so large that it can be said that it is a unique scene in Guangdong and Fujian in recent years.

Liu Xiang glanced at a fleet of ships on the sea a few miles to the right of his handsome ship, and felt a little sour in his heart.

Although the fleet numbered less than three hundred, the quality was much better than the fleet he controlled.

In particular, there are several large plywood ships with soft sails, which are rare things to find among pirate ships.

That eye-catching fleet was none other than his old rival Zheng Zhilong's Fujian Navy fleet.

For so long, he and Zheng Zhilong have had a lot of dirty, and Zheng Zhilong always wants to replace him and occupy the Pearl River Estuary.

Now everyone knows that whoever controls the Pearl River estuary is the boss of the coastal area of Guangdong.

Therefore, Liu Xiang has always regarded Zheng Zhilong as a confidant, and has tried to fight him over the years.

But this guy seems to be like Xiaoqiang, and like a loach, he can't kill him if he doesn't leave his hands, and he gets bigger and bigger.

Especially after Zheng Zhi took the lead in taking refuge in the Nanming court, his rapid rise has become a veritable boss along the coast of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Now this old rival has formed an alliance with him to deal with the navy of the Northern Ming Dynasty entrenched in the Shandong Peninsula.

Liu Xiang knew very well that this big battle would not be so easy.

If the Northern Ming Dynasty was so easy to deal with, the Southern Ming Dynasty would not be like seeking medical treatment in a hurry, throwing money at the expense, forming a million-strong army and two pirate sailors.

Zheng Zhilong was originally mixed up in Fujian, and he himself came to Guangdong from Fujian.

The reason why he ran to Guangdong was actually because of the exclusion of Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong's forces.

It's just that Zheng Zhilong took refuge in the Nanming system in advance, so he had to take a lot of advantage.

And Liu Xiang was beaten by Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong, and they drove him from Fujian to Guangdong, panicking like a lost dog, and was almost eaten by others.

Therefore, there is an incomprehensible hatred between Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong, and this time they jointly dealt with the Shandong sailors of the Northern Ming Dynasty, which was actually a last resort.

Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang both knew some of the situation in the Northern Ming Dynasty, so they knew very well that with any of their forces, they might not be able to compete with the Shandong Naval Division.

Only by pooling all their strength can it be possible to defeat all the naval and army forces entrenched in the Shandong Peninsula by the Northern Ming court.

Otherwise, in the future, the navy of the Northern Ming Dynasty will go south, and if they don't get it right, they will be wiped out, and then they will all become lost dogs, and there will be no place to go.

It was this idea put forward by the big men of the Southern Ming Dynasty that finally led them to unite and form two naval divisions to lead the pirates of all walks of life in the south of the Yangtze River to deal with the navy of the Northern Ming Dynasty.

A few days ago, they learned that the fleet of the Northern Ming Dynasty entrenched in Jiaozhou Bay had begun a large-scale crackdown on bandits along the coast of Shandong, and it was estimated that it was conducting actual combat training.

Next, the strength and scale of the large fleet of the Northern Ming Dynasty will become stronger and stronger.

Therefore, under the strong request of the big figures of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Liu Xiang finally made up his mind and came to Yuegang to join Zheng Zhilong, preparing to go north and launch an attack on the Northern Ming fleet.

This time, the pirate leaders from all walks of life mobilized elite soldiers and sent their strongest warships over, just to completely kill the Beiming fleet entrenched in Jiaozhou Bay on the Shandong Peninsula.

At the very least, it is necessary to hit them hard, let them know that the pirates here in Jiangnan are powerful, and the future of the province will cause great trouble, and they will covet their side of Jiangnan.

The day before yesterday, they received a tip-off that the Dutch had led a fleet to sail to Yuegang, and a big deal between the Northern Ming court and the Westerners was about to begin.

Therefore, under the leadership of Liu Xiang, their Guangdong sailors immediately rushed to Yuegang, Fujian from the Pearl River estuary.

Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong want this big cake very much, at least they have to get a share, where will they grind?

If you take a step slower and the benefits are taken away by the other party, then you want to cry without tears.