In Jinjiang, Quanzhou, with the news of the Luzon fleet's attack on Fuzhou, Funing and other places, there was another burst of plates and bowls in the Zheng family's mansion.

On the third day of the ninth lunar month, a special guest came to the Zheng Mansion.

This person was wearing a five-pin blue official uniform, and he was the envoy sent by Shen Youlong, the current governor of Fujian, and Li Qingbai, the governor of Fuzhou Prefecture.

"Zheng Zongbing, the thieves of Luzon attacked Fujian at night, and now the people of Fujian are already complaining, Shen Fujun strictly orders you to destroy the incoming enemy as soon as possible, otherwise, he will play to the court."

Li Qingbai's face was very ugly, of course, he didn't even believe what he said.

What kind of complaints from the people, and the Luzon army has never plundered the people, it is not because the Luzon fleet often disturbs various places and cuts off the trade routes in Fujian, these officials and gentry are a little unbearable.

In just two months, Zheng Zhilong has grown a lot of gray hair, and now Shen Youlong personally sent someone to ask, so he had to lower his eyebrows and say good words:

"Please return to the army, the last general is vigorously looking for the movements of Luzon children, but this thief is not like ordinary pirates, coming and going like the wind, and the artillery fire is sharp, no one dares to follow and pursue, so that he can't find his person yet."

"But please rest assured, the lower officials have already sent additional manpower, I believe that there will be good news for the inconvenience, and the siege of Fujian can be solved immediately."

Li Qingbai shook his sleeve robe with a gloomy face, "If this is the case, it would be the best, otherwise you will be punished for the crime of delaying the military plane", after speaking, Li Qingbai threw off his sleeves and left.

Behind the screen of the main hall, Zheng Zhilong's younger brothers, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhilin and others, walked out with angry faces.

"These civil officials are still so arrogant at the moment, I really hate to cut them."

Zheng Zhibao had a hot temper and directly scolded what he was thinking, Zheng Zhilong immediately scolded with a blank face: "Fourth brother, don't talk nonsense, we have endless glory and wealth right now, who wants to go to the sea to be a thief." ”

"If it goes on like this, there is still a desire for glory and wealth, and sooner or later he will be blocked by Luzon children in Liuluo Bay."

Zheng Zhibao turned around angrily and scolded non-stop.

"Hey"

A group of Zheng family backbones in the house sighed.

"Damn, these Luzon people are too cunning, where the hell are they hiding?"

Zheng Zhilin sat down and slammed his fist on the coffee table next to him, and the tea set on it shook.

Zheng Zhilong closed his eyes and pondered, "There is no movement of the Luzon people around Penghu, and we have searched the coast of Fujian for a while, and we don't seem to see them, so they should still be on the island of Taiwan." ”

"But we have searched many times on the side of Taiwan near Penghu, and I have asked those natives, but I really haven't seen such a fleet coming in and out."

"You also said that it is close to the Penghu side, so is it possible that it is in the east of Taiwan?" , Zheng Zhilong asked after pondering for a moment.

Zheng Zhibao picked his head, "The south of Taiwan is occupied by the red-haired people, and there are big Franco-machine people in the north, no matter how capable the Luzon people are, can they still hide under the red-haired noses?" ”

"That's right, Big Furlong Machine", Zheng Zhilong snapped his palms together and said loudly.

He looked at Zheng Zhibao and the others with a look of surprise, "Have you forgotten who snatched the Luzon General's Mansion from, if they want to settle in Taiwan, the chicken coop area controlled by the big Francoon is the best place." ”

"Fuck it, it's really dark under the lights, how can you forget this one."

Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhilin and others all patted their heads and regretted it.

"The brothers have preconceived notions, they all think that these places are controlled by the Fan, and the Luzon people should not hide in these places, I think this should be the right place."

"Quick, hurry up and send someone to investigate, damn it, Lao Tzu wants these bastards to go to the sea to feed the bastards."

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On the sixth day of September, Keelung City was in Dingyuan Fort.

Wei Min'an, the commander of the Flying Bear Brigade, was as usual on the edge of the castle wall.

Because of the urgency of time, the circumference of Dingyuan Fort is only about 150 zhang, which is only a little more than Guining Fort on the other side of the bay.

There are three garrisons in the fort, with a total of 16 6-inch guns, 8 4-inch guns, and 6 3-inch guns.

These were all materials prepared by the Ordnance Bureau under the Ministry of Industry in Luzon, and they could be used directly.

The whole Dingyuan Fort is not like a boxy fortress on the Central Plains, but a fortress built according to the standards of Europe at this time.

In the case that the enemy's firepower could not completely cover the fortress, the fortress was able to exert the maximum power of firearms, which was just right to hold the entrance to the sea bay outside Keelung City.

Since the construction of Keelung City, there has been no ship traffic, but today it is a little different.

In Wei Min'an's telescope, the shadow of two Chinese fast sailing ships suddenly appeared on the originally empty sea.

The two ships flew through the sea in front of Dingyuan Fort, and Wei Min'an's telescope could see the horrified eyes of the ships on the opposite side that were also looking at him.

"Battalion commander, do you want to open fire?"

Wei Min'an put down his binoculars and shook his head in contemplation, "Don't open fire, so as not to expose our firepower deployment, ring the bell, raise the flag, and notify the fleet in the harbor." ”

"Dangdang Dang"

The loud bell instantly rang all over the bay of Keelung City.

In Keelung City, among a group of wooden houses, the middle one is particularly conspicuous because it also has a five-star red flag hanging in front of its main entrance.

You Degao, who was still discussing tactics with Mao Yuanyi and others, pushed open the door and walked out.

"What's going on?"

"Report, Dingyuan Fort sounded the alarm, and two clippers came to the sea."

"Haha, it's good to come", followed Mao Yuanyi, who walked out of the house, laughed.

You Degao turned his head and looked at Mao Yuanyi with a smile, "I didn't want the general army to come up with a strategy of gathering the enemy and annihilating them, so the Zheng family sent people to the door." ”

Compared with half a month ago, Mao Yuanyi seemed to be in good spirits, he was the same as You Degao, wearing a big red Luzon naval officer's uniform, and his face was full of spirit.

The ambitious boy seems to be back.

"This is a good thing, as long as we can defeat the main force of the Zheng family in one fell swoop, then the peace talks we want to have will be much more convenient."

"Hmm", You Degao nodded heavily, turning to look at his herald.

"Go, notify the port and fortress, just pretend to intercept it, don't sink the ship, we have to leave a surprise for the Zheng family."

You Degao showed a sinister smile on his face.

In the port of Keelung City, the huge Luzon fleet quickly separated a frigate and headed for the open sea.

At this time, the only ones who can run to the chicken coop are naturally the Zheng family's spies.

Seeing a small plywood boat sail out of a bay, the two Zheng family clippers did not hesitate to turn around and run.

The Luzon frigate pretended to chase it out, and did not turn back to port until the two ships disappeared into the ocean.

Keelung City, Dingyuan, and Guining two fortresses were immediately mobilized to prepare materials and strengthen the city defenses, which was extraordinary for a while.

The Basai people such as the Big Chicken Coop Society, who were still staying on Jilong Island, were also notified by the personnel sent by You Degao, saying that there might be an enemy attack in the next few days, so that they all took refuge in Keelung City.

Originally, the tactics planned by You Degao and others were to constantly harass the coastal areas of Fujian, and then constantly weaken the Zheng family's strength, and finally force the Zheng family to sue for peace.

However, as soon as Mao Yuanyi took effect, he pointed out to them the possible problems of this tactic.

The Zheng family has many eyes and ears in Fujian, and Zheng Zhilong's actions are quite benevolent, so he is quite popular with the people.

The Luzon fleet may leak the news if it is not careful, and then be surrounded by the main force of the Zheng family who rushed over for a decisive battle.

Fighting off the coast of Fujian, where the sea conditions were unfamiliar, and the Zheng family had a large number of merchant ships and other ships to recruit, it was easy for the Luzon fleet to fall into the tactics of crowds like the Dutch did during the Battle of Luowan.

For this reason, Mao Yuanyi proposed to continue to provoke the Zheng family by attacking the coastal areas of Fujian, and at the same time find a way to gather the Zheng family's fleet near Keelung City and annihilate it.

This is the home of Luzon, and there are also two fortresses of Guining and Dingyuan to help in the battle, and when the time comes, the sea and land will be attacked, and the Zheng family fleet will not be destroyed.

It was under this line of thought that You Degao specially released the Zheng family's spies, and the whole city waited for the Zheng family to fight.

On the Zheng family's side, after getting the news brought back by the spies that the Luzon people had indeed forcibly occupied the territory of the Spaniards, the Zheng family was all gearing up.

The whole of Fujian moved.