Chapter 63: The Battle of Penghu

Naval warfare is not a land battle, and the most important outpost of naval warfare is to discover and find each other.

Zheng Chenggong is in Penghu, and the Zheng family's plywood fleet is in Magong Port, and all the crew members are on board. Waiting for the battle, headed by Liu Guoxuan and others, they are all hand-selected by Zheng Chenggong, and they are all on it, and they are all Zheng Chenggong's diehards.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong could only take over the news from all sides and wait for the traces of the Dutch fleet.

"Count the time." Zheng Chenggong secretly said in his heart: "The Dutch have been in the nearby sea for a day or two. I don't know where I am at the moment? ”

There has been no news from the Dutch, and Zheng Chenggong is inevitably a little worried. However, Zheng Chenggong can still sit still, but Zheng Chenggong's subordinates are a little impetuous.

The generals, big and small, were on the docks, talking to each other, looking into the distance, as if they wanted to pull the Dutch ships out of the sea.

It's just a few days, and there is no movement. On this day, the sunset was like gold, illuminating most of the sea, as if it had been covered with a layer of gold dust. It's a quiet scene. Just then, a clipper came speeding in from a distance. Before the boat could come to a stop, a man jumped out of the boat and shouted, "Hongmaoyi is here." ”

For a while, countless people crowded over, wanting to ask what was going on, but this person didn't stop at all, and ran straight towards the Mazu Temple.

Mazu Temple is the largest building complex on Penghu Island, Zheng Chenggong has been placed in the Mazu Temple in the past few days, at this moment he is standing in front of the Mazu statue, listening to the report of the visitor, the person who came gasped, and said: "Guogong, Hongmaoyi is in the south, the fourth master has sent a boat to surround it, and he is supervising the battle at the moment, please support Guogong quickly." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Go down and rest." ”

After Zheng Chenggong sent this person away, he took two deep breaths, turned around, twisted a few sticks of incense from the side, lit them on the candle, inserted them in front of the Mazu statue, knelt on the futon, and prayed silently in his heart: "Zheng Sen, the believer, has a showdown with Yiren today, inherits the order of the country, bears the hope of the family, and asks Mazu Niangniang to bless it, smooth sailing, and victory." ”

Then he prostrated and bowed. Then he got up and walked out of the Mazu Temple.

A gust of wind touched the curtain before Mazu Niangniang, and Mazu Niangniang's eyes seemed to move. I don't know what I'm thinking.

As soon as Zheng Chenggong came out, dozens of generals were waiting outside. Zheng Chenggong swept his eyes and said, "Let's go." ”

After Zheng Chenggong got on the ship, dozens of large and small ships drove together. But the sun converged quickly, and a moment later, it was below the horizon with a golden yellow. After sunset, it gets dark very quickly, and sailing in the dark is actually quite risky, especially when the enemy situation has been discovered at this time

It's dangerous.

But Zheng Chenggong knew that Zheng Hongkui's situation was very dangerous.

Zheng Hongkui was in charge of searching the Dutch fleet, and scattered the fleet to cover the sea for hundreds of miles. Zheng Hongkui didn't have many ships with him. If he fights with the Dutch, he is not optimistic about how long Zheng Hongkui can hold out in this battle.

Late will change.

However, no matter how anxious Zheng Chenggong is, he must also be vigilant at night. Don't dare to mess around.

Zheng Chenggong stood at the bow of the ship, in the dark night, in order to avoid being discovered, except for the first ship, which had a lantern in front, the rest of the ships could light a tail light in the back to guide the people behind. Zheng Chenggong stood at the bow of the ship, and could only see a little light in front of him, mixed with the starlight in the sky, it seemed that there was no other light source for the industry except for these.

Between heaven and earth, the silence is terrible.

Zheng Chenggong stood at the bow of the boat like this, and could only listen to the sound of the waves and the sails in his ears.

And just like that, the night passed.

A new sun rises from Zheng Chenggong's left, illuminating the sea and the sky in the same color. Illuminating Zheng Chenggong's face into a golden color, it was like a Buddha statue. Visibility suddenly became higher.

"Guogong, there is a discovery." The lookout man standing on the mast said loudly.

Zheng Chenggong immediately cast his gaze over, and immediately saw a pillar of smoke rising into the sky. Without Zheng Chenggong's command, the fleet immediately headed over there. When the distance was close, Zheng Chenggong took out the clairvoyant mirror and immediately found that it was Zheng Hongkui's ship and fleet.

After a while, Zheng Chenggong joined Zheng Hongkui's cabin, Zheng Chenggong came down from the soft ladder on the side of the ship, and came to Zheng Hongkui's boat. There is no need to look at anything else, just looking at the traces left by the battle, Zheng Chenggong knows that this ship has encountered a tragic battle.

There are bullet marks everywhere, as well as blood stains everywhere, and even traces of other battles, just from the draft of this ship, Zheng Chenggong knows that something is wrong, he is very familiar with how deep the draft of this ship is, and from a distance, he knows that this ship has sunk I don't know how much.

This ship will certainly not be a deep load, so there is only one reason.

That is, there is an unknown amount of water under this ship. A lot of big holes have been opened, if it weren't for the watertight cabin, I'm afraid this ship wouldn't have been able to wait for Zheng Chenggong to come over.

Zheng Chenggong's eyes swept away, but he didn't see Zheng Hongkui. Asked, "Where is the fourth uncle?" ”

"Your Excellency rests in the cabin." One person said.

When Zheng Chenggong heard it, he immediately knew that something was wrong.

At such a critical moment, Zheng Chenggong didn't sleep all night, and he still is

Energetic. Isn't Zheng Chenggong tired? However, under the pressure of the war, he did not dare to relax at all, Zheng Hongkui encountered such a big thing, and he could even fight with the Dutch again at any time, how could he rest.

In Zheng Chenggong's heart, Zheng Hongkui is not the kind of person who does not care about the overall situation. Unless he had to rest.

Zheng Chenggong asked, "What's wrong with the fourth uncle?" ”

"Yesterday the Dutch ship attacked fiercely, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties, and the lord stood in the bow of the ship to supervise the battle, and was wounded by cannon shots."

"What?" Zheng Chenggong was taken aback, and without saying a word, he walked into the cabin and went to see Zheng Hongkui.

Zheng Chenggong only took a few steps before he came to Zheng Hongkui's bed, and the first thing he smelled was a smell of blood. saw Zheng Hongkui with bandages in several places. Under Zhang Xuan's hard work, the medical methods in the army have been greatly improved.

Perhaps many small soldiers do not enjoy this benefit, but for officers at all levels, the treatment is much better than before.

Zheng Chenggong checked Zheng Hongkui, although there were many wounds, but he looked pale, but at least he was breathing steadily, and he was relieved in his heart, and asked Lang Zhong, who was standing on the side, and said, "How is the situation of my uncle?" ”

"Yesterday, the Dutch attacked so hard that the ships were held down and could not raise their heads. The adults rushed to the front, fighting to the death, the ship broke seven holes in a row, and I don't know how much, and now the water in the boat has not been drained. Just as the adults were supervising the battle, a cannonball hit the side of the ship, bursting many wooden thorns and hitting the adults. This Lang Zhong said: "I have seen that there are thirteen injuries on the adult's body, of which there are two serious injuries, one on the head, deep bones, and one on the thigh, which is broken. ”

"However, with the blessing of God, there is no fear of life."

Zheng Chenggong said: "It is indeed a natural worry. ”

Zheng Chenggong understands too well, if the shell yesterday is a little bit higher, I'm afraid Zheng Hongkui will be up and down today. At that time, Hua Tuo will be alive. It is also categorically hopeless.

Zheng Hongkui is Zheng Chenggong's right-hand man, and when he thinks that if Zheng Hongkui dies here, Zheng Chenggong is in the Zheng family, and he doesn't know how much trouble there is, Zheng Chenggong is secretly happy.

"Where is the Red Hairy?" Zheng Chenggong asked.

"Guogong, yesterday we fought fiercely with Hongmaoyi for half a day, and after nightfall, Hongmaoyi did not continue to attack. Instead, they retreated overnight, and now they have lost their trace, but there are many of our ships around here, and if you want to chase them at this moment, you can still catch up. An officer said.

Zheng Chenggong frowned when he heard this.

Chasing down is not a problem, the Zheng family knows too much about the hydrology of this generation to dare to sail at night, but the Dutch may not have this ability, and even if they have, they dare not sail too fast. They must be nearby. But where is this neighborhood?