In Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Zheng Zhilong built a large-scale luxury mansion in his hometown of Anhai Town, Jinjiang.

On the 20th day of the seventh month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong pretended to pray in the Catholic Hall in the front hall of his house according to the usual management, and then prepared a meal.

As early as Macao, Zheng Zhilong had been baptized into Catholicism in order to cling to the Portuguese, but for opportunists like him, Catholicism was just a tool, let alone piety.

Soon, however, his good mood vanished, replaced by anger and shock.

Zheng Zhibao, who escaped from Penghu, hurriedly ran in with a sweat, "Big brother, it's a disaster, the Luzon people led their troops to attack Penghu, and the younger brother couldn't attack it, so he had to lead the remnants of the army to retreat." ”

"Bang Dang"

In the luxurious dining room of the Zheng family, the white jade bowl in Zheng Zhilong's hand suddenly fell to the ground, and the black face with the short hair of a military general was full of anger.

"Fuck it, Lao Tzu didn't go to them for trouble, they even dared to knock on the door, it's really the opposite."

"Come on, go and call the third master and them over."

After arranging these, Zheng Zhilong couldn't care about eating, so he pulled Zheng Zhibao over and looked at it carefully, his face full of worry.

"Old Five, are you hurt?"

"Brother Xie cares", Zheng Zhibao replied with a moving fist, "The Luzon people are fierce, our arson boat was swept away by them before it got close, and the lucky boat and the bird boat under my command can't be compared at all, in desperation, the younger brother had to flee first, and asked the eldest brother to punish him." ”

Zheng Zhilong frowned, "What nonsense, you are my younger brother, you can still fight back if Penghu is gone, where can I find it if you are gone." ”

"Sit down and talk, and tell me more about these Luzonians."

The two sat down at the dinner table, and Zheng Zhibao swallowed saliva with palpitations on his face.

"It's so miserable, the Luzon people have attacked at least thirty big ships this time, all of them are plywood boats of the red-haired kind, but they are bigger than the red-haired ones, and the artillery fire is more ferocious."

"I counted carefully, the largest ships, there were as many as forty guns on one side alone, and even the smallest battleship had twelve guns on one side,......, Luzon only had to fire from a distance, and our troops could not get close, so they could only watch the brothers suffer heavy casualties."

Zheng Zhibao said that he once again evoked painful memories, since the Battle of Liuluo Bay, the Zheng family has enjoyed a peaceful life for ten years, although they also have to fight with other pirates during this period, but they can only be regarded as small fights, where are the casualties like yesterday.

Zheng Zhilong was even more like a fantasy, thirty or forty plywood boats, the longest of which was at least twenty zhang, so he couldn't help but touch his head.

But then he became angry again, "What about the Luzon people's ships and artillery, this southeast coast is the world of our Zheng family, it doesn't matter who comes, go, gather all the people, let's kill it back immediately." ”

At this time, Zheng Zhilong's general Zheng Hongkui and others also rushed over, and after listening to Zheng Zhibao's story, they were all filled with righteous indignation.

"Commander, give the order, I'll wait to fight to the death."

"Okay, let's go to Quanzhou and Fuzhou as soon as possible to assemble the sailors, we will definitely tell the Luzon people to go and not return this time."

The Zheng family's war machine immediately started, although Jinjiang is Zheng Zhilong's lair, but there are only more than 100 warships, and the rest are distributed in Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Zhangzhou and other places.

It will take time to assemble the battleship, and at this time, Zheng Mingyi and others also escaped from Penghu.

Hearing that his property in Penghu had been looted by the Luzon people, Zheng Zhilong was even more furious.

It was only when the Zheng family's huge fleet arrived in Penghu two days later that they found that Penghu Island was peaceful, and there was not even a single Luzon hair to be seen, as if they did not exist.

Only the empty Penghu Town and the Zheng family's silver treasury are left, telling that all this is not a dream.

However, Luzon did not scruple in looting, except for the silver in the Zheng family's treasury and the Zheng family's merchant ships on the wharf, the rest of the maritime merchants' merchant ships and goods did not take a penny, all of which turned out to be specifically aimed at the Zheng family.

The mad Zheng family fleet carried out a large-scale search around Penghu, but after half a month, nothing was found.

At this time, You Degao and others had already returned to Keelung City with more than two million taels of war booty and more than 30 Zheng family merchant ships.

There were very few Fujian merchants here, and with the Zheng family searching the sea, there were even fewer traveling merchants who were willing to take the risk of sailing, so no one even found out that the chicken coop had already changed hands.

After quietly repairing in Keelung City for half a month, waiting for gunpowder and other supplies from Luzon to arrive, and at the same time rebuilding and strengthening the city, on the sixth day of the eighth month, You Degao led the fleet to embark on the journey again.

This time, he did not choose to take the Penghu route again, but went all the way along the east coast of Taiwan, once again reorganized at Dingzhou Fort in southeast Taiwan, and then went straight to Zhangzhou around the southern tip of Taiwan.

Although Zheng Zhilong has hundreds of warships, there are not many who can really sail to the sea, although they are clamoring to attack Luzon proper, but Zheng Zhilong and others are still a little self-aware.

The focus of the entire Zheng family is still in the Taiwan Strait, but half a month of searching has been fruitless, which has somewhat made the Zheng family a little lax.

The Fujian Navy Division of the Ming Dynasty originally had a total of five water villages along the coast, with a total of about 10,000 soldiers and horses.

However, since the Jingtai period, the customs defense has become increasingly abandoned, and with the loss of tuntian, these water villages have almost been deserted.

It was not until the invasion of the Japanese in the Jiajing period that the imperial court once again strengthened the construction of these water villages, and at the same time set up dozens of guerrilla camps to defend against the enemy.

After Zheng Zhilong was recruited, the entire Fujian Navy Division was gradually eroded and controlled by him.

Fortunately, he still knows that he is also measured, only cares about maritime affairs, and respects officials such as the governor of Fujian, plus the rogue is in trouble in the Central Plains, so the court can't spare his hands to clean him up, so he can only let it go.

The fleet of You Degao and others planned to attack this time was the Tongshan Shan Zhai located under the jurisdiction of Zhangzhou, where the Zheng family stationed 1,500 soldiers and horses, and more than 30 large and small warships.

Tongshan Shan Village is located in Zhangpu County, under the jurisdiction of Zhangzhou, and the water village is built on Jing'an Island in the outer ocean, which is located between Xiamen and Shantou, which is convenient for controlling the area from Guangdong to Fujian.

The fleet led by You Degao and others set off from Dingzhou, nearly 1,000 miles by sea from Zhangzhou, but fortunately, there was no need to worry about the Zheng family's fleet when they arrived here, and the group traveled day and night, and finally arrived outside Jing'an Island on the ninth day of August.

Along the way, he encountered many merchant ships, but You Degao ignored them.

The sea is vast, even if these people went to Zheng's house to inform, they and others would probably have withdrawn long ago.

In order to avoid the storm, the water village of Jingan Island was built on the side close to the mainland, so when the Luzon fleet broke into the vicinity, no one even noticed it.

The roaring sound of artillery broke the silence of Tongshan Water Village, and when he saw that the water village was docked with ships such as medium-sized catch boats and small fire eagle boats, You Degao was not even interested in capturing it, and directly ordered the fleet to fire a salvo.

Under the attack of hundreds of artillery pieces in unison, the Tongshan Fortress lost all its combat effectiveness in an instant before it could resist.

Thinking of the seizure in Penghu last time, Jiang Baolin vigorously urged You Degao to send marines ashore to search.

"The Zheng family is so rich, what if a large sum of silver is found here, we still need silver to build Taiwan."

Seeing that the entire wharf had fallen into flames, and there were constant cries in the water village on the shore, it was obvious that he could not organize a decent counterattack, so You Degao also nodded and agreed.

"Brethren, go ashore."

The Flying Bear Brigade quickly relied on small boats to assemble on the pier, because the fleet was near the port, and after the entire pier was bombarded by artillery a few times, no one dared to come up, and the soldiers of Tongshan Fortress could only watch the enemy assemble their troops.

However, Jiang Baolin and others imagined that they defeated Tongshan Shui Village like a chicken and a dog.

Just as the Luzon landing force was about to attack, a short-haired and round-faced man dressed in a literati robe came out of the walled wall made of wood, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he integrated the chaotic Tongshan Shan Fortress.

As the gate of Tongshan Fortress was desperately closed, Jiang Baolin had to lead the troops back to the dock and began to call for artillery support.

There is a fleet, and although Tongshan Shui Zhai has recovered the strength of the First World War, it still can't get rid of the fate of being a mermaid.

After the wall of the water village was smashed by artillery repeatedly, the entire water village fell again.