Listening to his nephew's explanation, Zheng Hongkui also temporarily forgot his worries, and after putting down his thoughts, he also made a happy speech: "Presumably, the Qing court understands the strength of you and my uncle and nephew. They put me, the commander of the Ming Naval Division, with 60,000 officers and soldiers of the Naval Division and thousands of warships under his command, and they didn't come to surrender once, but went to recruit more than 10,000 of your men and horses? Could it be that this Tartar is not very good at counting? It's ridiculous. Zheng Chenggong said: "Uncle is in the scene, and he can't see it all. The Qing army recruited me precisely because although my men and horses are few now, they are all descendants of the Zheng family. But uncle, your sailors, are all incorporated by the imperial court from the regimental training in various coastal areas. There are almost no troops of your own, from the deputy commander-in-chief down to the centurion, or even the commander of ten, who can say that you are your own man? If you want to bring up the matter of surrendering, I am afraid that the first person to lose his life will probably be yourself. The Qing army recruited such secrets, how could they go to your army? Zheng Hongkui hurriedly reminded him: "Don't be careless with my son, the Tartar has ears and eyes, and the fan of Jinyiwei is even more powerful." Besides, this Tartar is good at dividing the world, and my son must not send the truth to the Qing army to and fro like this, for fear of causing a catastrophe. In the future, whenever there is a secret envoy of the Qing army, do not be capricious, you must tie it up and leave it to the court to dispose of, remember, remember! Zheng Chenggong also understood the truth, and said to Zheng Hongkui respectfully: "The child must follow the teachings. "The crisp autumn weather, the wind and the sea level have provided protection for the safety of this sea army.

A few days later, the Ming army arrived at the boundary of Dengzhou Prefecture on the coast of Shandong, which is located in the easternmost part of the Shandong Peninsula, under the jurisdiction of Haining Prefecture and seven counties, and Weihaiwei and Lushun under the jurisdiction of Liaodong are the two gateways to the north and south of Beijing by sea from the Bohai Sea, and the strategic position can be compared to the Great Wall of China.

After the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing, the status of Dengzhou and Laizhou became more important from then on, and it can be said that it has risen to the point where Pinghan Jingshi, controlling Liaozuo and guarding the southeast conflict.

In response to this expedition, Li Yuanyin divided the army into two parts, one route led by Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong to attack Weihaiwei and Dengzhou Mansion.

One route was led by Li Yuanyin himself, the men and horses of the headquarters, European mercenaries and the Daming Naval Division to attack Laizhou Mansion.

The intention was to open the bow left and right, so that the Qing army did not have time to prepare. Zheng Hongkui's first combat target, Weihaiwei, was closer to the way out of the Ming army, so he reached the combat area before Li Yuanyin's troops.

The two armies were thus divided, Li Yuanyin led the army to continue to Laizhou, while Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong planned to continue to attack Dengzhou in the west after taking Weihaiwei.

"Tell the Admiral, our army has now reached the waters near Weihaiwei, Ninghai Prefecture." Hearing the announcement, Zheng Hongkui, who had been preparing for a long time, ordered without hesitation: "An Yuan plan, our army will immediately divide troops to attack Liugong Island and Weihaiwei. The first army attacked Liugong Island in three ways. Among them, the first route attacked two forts in the east of Liugong Island, and the second route attacked the central part of the island on the south coast of Liugong Island. The third route attacked the fort on Huangdao, a peninsula west of Liugong Island. Where is Zheng Chenggong? "'The end will be.

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"Order your department to organize five death squads, each team of 1,000 people, after the artillery attack of the naval division, attack the above three targets respectively, the first team to attack the east of Liugong Island; The second and third teams landed through the East Village and the West Village respectively, and attacked the Qidingshan Fort on two routes; The fourth and fifth teams landed in Xicun and Huangdao respectively, and attacked the defenders of Huangdao in front and rear. ”

"Order." After Zheng Chenggong received the order, Zheng Hongkui looked around at the generals around him again before continuing: "The attack on Weihaiwei by the second part of our army should start after the complete occupation of Huangdao. The second army should also be divided into three routes, the first way to attack the Weihai Weinan Tying Fort, the second way to attack the North Tie Fort, and the third way to directly attack the Acropolis. The third route needs to wait until the troops of the first and second routes occupy the target before they can carry out the attack. The land attack forces of the 1st and 2nd Route Armies consisted of 1,200 people each of Zheng Chenggong's troops, and the third route consisted of 5,000 people from Zheng Chenggong's troops. Zheng Chenggong's remaining 6,300 men except for the attack on Liugong Island and Weihaiwei were used as the general reserve of the land attack force. After the deployment, the departments are immediately ready to attack! Remember, in all the Ming army sequences, we are the real first vanguard. After the victory in the battle of Leiden and the two states, the recovery of the old capital Beijing may be our next goal, and we hope that all the soldiers will work together and win! ”

"No! With one heart and one mind, we will win! As slogans sounded, the Ming army began preparations before the attack.

At this time, on Liugong Island, most of the Qing soldiers were preparing gift boxes for a full moon wine tonight.

This full moon wine was held for the eighth son of Chen Hebian, the deputy envoy of Weihaiwei Regiment, the biggest official on the island.

This son was born to Chen Hebian's sixth wife, whom he married in April this year. This Chen Hebian's full moon wine is held every year, sometimes two or three a year, and even giving birth to a daughter can't fall under the excuse of receiving a celebration gift.

It was not until later that the sharp-witted soldiers started to take the lead and used the means of borrowing flowers and offering Buddhas to snatch some chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, copper coins and utensils from the island's residents and give them to Chen Hebian.

If you give him a big girl or a little daughter-in-law, he will give you a reward, and he will be promoted to a small official or something.

In the past few years, the villagers on the island have even woken up from a nightmare, and they will spit in the direction of the barracks, burning incense and chanting Buddha every day, praying in the hope that this Chen Hebian will be beaten by the Buddha Haibian immediately.

"Hey, I'm talking about hatred, you say it's a joke. The deputy envoy of the dignified regiment practiced and took home a little wife, who could give birth to a child in just four months. Which of his children's fathers did Lord Chen's full moon wine this time on? You must know that it is only the end of July and the beginning of August, and there is such a reminder, I wonder if the reason why the children in Lord Chen's family were born was also done by other fathers? Liu Xiaoliu's poor mouth was long-winded, and in exchange for a scolding from Qiu Jiu: "You know a fart, you first study how you were born, don't you understand this?" Ever heard of cats three dogs four? Liu Xiaoliu smiled and said: "According to what you say, this master of the full moon today must be a dog cub in order to be worthy of Lord Chen's bloodline?" Qiu Jin said: "That must be dropped." What are you talking about? If you don't hurry up and steal the chicken, if you don't have a meeting ceremony tonight, Lord Chen will have to beat you into a dog cub in the future. Liu Xiaoliu was shocked by such an end, and immediately echoed and said: "Yes, it is important to steal chickens, and if you steal chickens, you won't be hit by the board." ”