Chapter 69: The Battle of Penghu VII

When the war first began, Zheng Chenggong did not order Shi Lang to come to help.

is not entirely because of the knot between Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong, but also because Shi Lang is some distance from the main island of Penghu. However, Zheng Hongkui was not so polite. Zheng Hongkui ordered ships from all over the world to gather in Penghu.

Originally, the Zheng family's fleet was centered on Penghu, scattered like a net. Although it is convenient to concentrate now, it will take a while. After all, it is also very difficult to transmit information on the sea, and many times, it takes time to use more flags, fireworks to transmit messages, transmit orders, and receive orders from various ministries.

Zheng Hongkui's order did not ignore Shi Lang and Shi Daxuan, compared with the soldiers who were scattered on the sea and were difficult to gather. Shi Lang is much easier to find here.

It's just that Shi Lang suppressed the order.

That's a few hours.

Fortunately, the communication on the sea was not smooth, otherwise Zheng Hongkui would have come over with the second order.

Although it is said that in the imperial court system, Zheng Hongkui ordered Shi Lang to be a little uncomfortable, after all, Shi Lang was subordinate to Zheng Chenggong, not to Zheng Hongkui. Zheng Hongkui had no right to order Shi Lang. Even if he is Zheng Chenggong's uncle, the number two person in the Zheng family, and Shi Lang's elder.

It's just that many times, there is nothing more than human affection outside of legal principles. This time I really tore my face with the Zheng family.

Wait until it's getting dark. Shi Lang didn't wait any longer, and ordered all the departments to set off in advance. But instead of supporting Zheng Chenggong, he went directly to Luermen.

It's only an hour or two from here to Luermen, and I don't know if it's because of the night. The waves were getting bigger, and the boats were rocking. Shi Lang knew that this was what he wanted, and the tide of hope was coming.

After entering the sub-time. Even if Shi Lang was standing on the boat, he could feel the boat shaking.

Ships at sea, no matter how big they are, will shake slightly. It's just that the larger the boat, the lighter the shaking, but for people who are used to running the sea. A slight shaking, already immune, used to it.

It can only be felt if the shaking is violent.

Shi Lang heard the sea breeze whining in the direction of Taiwan Island, like a knight's horn. I felt the sea rolling under my feet, as if something was about to break through the sea. He turned to Shi Daxuan and said, "Father, let's go our separate ways." ”

Shi Daxuan looked at the sea conditions and said, "You have to be careful, today's situation seems a little unusual." ”

Shi Daxuan has been running the sea for many years, and like many Fujian people near the sea, the days at sea are longer than the days on land, and he has a very keen perception of a little change in the sea, and he feels it today

There was an unusual feeling.

In the air, there is a feeling of oppression. Something seems to be coming.

Shi Lang is not a sign of the change in the weather, and he has no feeling at all. But he didn't have a choice.

The high tide is regular, although generally speaking, only the tide can rise and fall on one side, but this astronomical tide is only twice a month, that is, synodic hope, at the beginning of the month, and the middle of the month, there may be some deviation above the time, but the deviation is not large.

If you miss today, it will be about fifteen days before you can venture through Luermen again. He can't wait.

Shi Lang said: "Father, don't worry. ”

Shi Daxuan sighed, and said secretly in his heart: "I don't know if it's right or wrong." ”

Immediately, Shi Daxuan and Shi Lang parted ways.

But in a moment, Shi Lang heard the roar of artillery in the distance, and it was Shi Daxuan who started a war with the Dutch.

Overward was the highest commander of the Dutch garrison, and he had not had a day of rest since the Zheng family attacked the commanders. However, after Shi Lang attacked several times and was repelled by the fort, he was much more relieved. I thought that the defense of the big man was impregnable.

The tense nerves eased a lot, especially when the news that Batavia sent reinforcements north, Overward breathed a sigh of relief. Overward immediately understood one thing, that is, the victory or defeat of this battle was not in the big man, but in the result of the battle between the main fleet and the Zheng family.

The big man is just a bargaining chip at the negotiating table. Win or lose.

This sudden attack, still in the middle of the night, made Overward pay special attention, and when the two sides were in a chaotic bombardment in the dark night, he understood one thing, the person who came did not have the ability to break through this place at all.

The night restrained the Dutch as well as the enemy.

"In that case," Overward said to himself, "what are they doing here?" He carefully calculated, and immediately understood the official day of high tide today, and immediately ordered: "Send someone to Beishanwei to have a look at it immediately." ”

"Yes." Immediately someone took the order and left.

It would be wrong to say that the Dutch were not wary of Luermen at all. The Dutch built a small castle on this side of Luermen to block Luermen, and this small castle is Beishanwei Fort. The castle had artillery and was garrisoned on weekdays, but the Dutch had limited manpower, and there was no traffic here, so a lot of them were withdrawn.

Only 400 Dutch soldiers remained.

These 400 people are placed in the hands of the Xia army, less than one sentry, in such a key position, it is unthinkable to only place so many people, in the eyes of the Xia army, but there is no way, the Dutch garrison in the entire army is only thousands. and separated in various dangerous places, and

Embedded in the city.

Where there are enough soldiers, they are arranged steadily in all directions. There has to be a distinction between severity and severity.

And Beishanwei Fort, which is the neglected side, is actually not negligible, among the total strength of thousands of people, hundreds of people are placed in this position, which can not be said to be unimportant. It's just a shortcoming of the lack of troops, which cannot be overcome.

Before the men from Chichicheng came to Beishanwei Fort, they had already discovered the movement of Luermen.

North Shanwei Island, perhaps not an island, is just a sandbar, and small, less than a mile in circumference, it seems that because it is sandy, the foundation is not stable, the Dutch had built a castle before, but in a storm, it collapsed.

For a long time, the Dutch had no intention of repairing this at all, that is, after making enemies with the Zheng family, they rebuilt this place. But time is tight, and this North Shanwei Fort is also quite simple, but it can also achieve the effect of curbing Luermen.

After all, Luermen is even more unhappy than North Shanwei Island.

If you only look at it with the naked eye, although the Luer Gate is between two sandbanks, it is not too narrow, but it is bad between the two sandbanks. This sandbar is different from ordinary islands, this sandbar is all sediment from the land washed into the sea by the Taijiang River.

Little by little, it piled up. After 300 years, the whole area has become land, and the power of nature can be seen.

Even now, the trend is clear. Therefore, the seaway, which looks like an ocean, is actually very shallow, and there is only a deep ditch that can accommodate ships to sail, otherwise a sampan can pass through on weekdays. If you are not familiar with the local water conditions, you can't pass through Luermen at all.

Even so, this deer ear gate is not so easy to pass.

Although Shi Lang selected all the ships of the Yangtze River Naval Division, the draft of these ships was a little shallower than that of the sea ships, and he also made a thorough light warehouse before coming, and removed all the things that had nothing to do with the war from the ship, if it were not for the artillery being the most important weapon, I am afraid that even the artillery would have been thrown down.

However, this is not foolproof.

Shi Lang sat on the first boat, and a few gray-haired old men operated the boat. Each of them was an old fisherman, who had been in and out of this Luermen for many years, and was very familiar with this place, although in the darkness of the night, they also sailed the boat clearly into the deep ditch.

Behind one ship after another, the followers were behind Shi Lang.

The whole ship was under the control of the lights, not even a single torch was lighted, and I don't know when the stars were obscured. Between heaven and earth, there is darkness, only a star in the distance, where nothing else, is where the North Shanwei Fort is located.

At this point, the lights became brighter and louder, and Shi Lang, who was originally calm, became short of breath.