On the one hand, Shi Lang was intensively building fortifications on the river and on the shore, preparing to fight Lin Yi again here. On the other hand, he felt that there was a shortage of soldiers and horses, and Zhenjiang suffered heavy losses in the first battle, and less than 40,000 horses were a little powerless to fight against the Ming army.

Before this, he and his uncle made the mistake of lightly advancing the enemy, and only then did he have the fiasco of the first battle of Zhenjiang, and now he realized the strength of the Ming army, especially the Yangwei giant ship formation is difficult to deal with, and according to his Tanma report, because the Ming Dynasty supervised Lin Yi from the southwest to win the class, and then non-stop to conquer the south of the Yangtze River, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty all over the country are gathering in this direction.

He felt that he couldn't be brave, especially now that his uncle Shi Fu was defeated and captured, his life and death were unknown. The Ming army's naval divisions and the soldiers and horses on the shore pressed the border, and he felt that some people were lonely, overstretched, and difficult to deal with, so they had to switch to strategic defense.

Therefore, he immediately appealed to King Zheng for help, but his urgent document had just been sent out, and the holy decree had arrived, asking him to hurry out of the camp to meet the angel officer.

Shi Lang was stunned, where did the holy decree come from?

Regarding Zheng Zhilong's proclamation of the emperor in Fujian, Shi Lang, who has been in the military camp for a long time, is still unclear, and only then did he know what was going on when he asked the reason after seeing the decree.

Zheng Zhilong established himself as king in Fujian, in fact, he had already exposed his ambition to be the emperor. Emperor Chongzhen crowned him as Ning Nanbo, he was too small, and now he is inflated. With such a large territory and strength, and so much international support, it is difficult for the shallow pond to accommodate a big toad, and the temple is naturally small and cannot accommodate a big immortal. Shi Lang is completely understandable and acceptable.

And this is also a good thing for Shi Lang. Their prince is called the emperor, and the tide is rising, and he, the former commander of the enemy, must also be the founder of the Great Southern Empire. and his own brother Shi Xian, who can also be promoted to a knighthood.

It's not easy, God really has eyes......

Shi Lang thought of his brother and their family background, and he felt a little sour.

His father was Shi Daxuan, an honest farmer who was kind and charitable all his life. When it comes to their brothers' generation, they are all ambitious people. But the family is poor, and the children of the poor family are more unwilling in the troubled times.

As an elder brother, Shi Lang began to study literature. But after a few years, nothing was accomplished, so he had to give up practicing martial arts, but practicing martial arts requires more financial support than learning literature.

But there is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb. The two of them practiced on their own, but if they want to be self-taught, especially in martial arts, they need to put in more effort and sweat. The two of them practiced very hard, but they really had a talent in this area, and they became famous in the township in just a few years.

Later, it was discovered by an old Taoist priest who traveled all over the world, the old Taoist priest came to turn the fate, and Shi Lang, who was already very poor at home, gave a great deal of charity to this Taoist priest, and the Taoist priest was very moved, and took a closer look at Shi's good appearance, and he must have a good future, so he accepted them both as apprentices, and he didn't take a penny.

The two brothers were very grateful, and then they learned a good martial arts from the Taoist priest, especially Shi Lang, who was good at swordsmanship.

Later, his uncle Shi Fu happened to meet these two brothers on the way home to visit relatives, Shi Fu was born as a pirate, and followed Zheng Zhilong for half his life, and now Zheng Zhilong accepted the invitation of the imperial court, of course, he also became a member of the government, so he dared to go home. Shi Fu found out that the two of them were extraordinary, so he recommended the two of them to Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong had just accepted the imperial court's recruitment, and his official title in the Ming Dynasty was Ningnanbo, the general town of Fujian, and he was in need of talents like Shi Lang's brothers. Because Zheng Zhilong has multiple identities, he is both a maritime merchant and a pirate, and now he is still an important minister and earl of the Ming Dynasty, a black and white figure, a veritable king of Fujian.

Zheng Zhilong found that the two brothers were strong in martial arts, so he gave them a favor and took them by his side, and the two brothers were also very competitive, and since then they have gradually emerged in the Zheng Group and have made many achievements. Especially this time when Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, and Lin Yi, the crown prince and master, replaced the prince in charge of the country, Zheng Zhilong felt that his chance for the dragon to take off had come. Therefore, he announced the abolition of Ning Nanbo and established himself as king.

This is tantamount to a blatant break with the Ming court, and the Ming court group with Lin Yi as the supervisor of the country will definitely not agree from the central to the local, and will treat the Zheng family as a thief to encircle and suppress. During this period, the Shi Lang brothers opened up territory for Zheng Zhilong, one to the west, one to the east and then to the north, one to Guangxi, and one to the Yangtze River Basin.

Now Zheng Zhilong has finally achieved great things. Of course, Shi Lang knew that the new king was generally called emperor in order to win the hearts of the people and more support. Now the angel official must be a great hero to reward the three armies. In order to make these former enemy soldiers more loyal to Zheng Zhilong and his Great Southern Empire.

When the class teacher returns to the dynasty in the future, the two brothers will return to their hometown and return to their hometown, and their families and fathers and fellow villagers will also look at each other differently, how happy it should be!

In the previous Ming Dynasty, I didn't dare to dream of the Shi Lang brothers, who were born in a poor family.

It's just that the fly in the ointment is that his uncle is defeated and captured, and they are newly defeated in Zhenjiang, Your Majesty King Zheng, can you cure him for his crimes?

Shi Lang analyzed it again, it shouldn't be, because victory and defeat are common things for soldiers, although the Zhenjiang army was defeated, and the soldiers were defeated. But in the past few years, he has been born and died to expand the territory for the Zheng family, how much territory has he laid, and how many battles have he won? The scars on his body are all witnesses, and even he can't count them.

Not to mention the merits of the previous achievements, now he can still make up for the merits, if he can stop the Ming Dynasty this time, His Majesty King Zheng can send him reinforcements again, it is still very promising to turn defeat into victory.

Thinking about it like this, Shi Lang's heart was much more relaxed, Shi Lang was very excited, and first saluted the herald, this is an angel official, on behalf of His Majesty King Zheng, of course he has to be respectful.

Then he brought in the herald and burned incense to receive the decree.

The herald read the decree loudly, crowning Shi Lang as the commander of Dingbei, his uncle Shi Fu as the commander of the army of soldiers and horses, and Zheng Cai as the deputy general.

Sure enough, as Shi Lang expected, His Majesty King Zheng, it was indeed Long Enhao who sealed his official position, but unfortunately his uncle was defeated and captured, if it weren't for how happy he was!

Shi Lang knelt down and thanked him, kowtowed, and expressed his gratitude that he must live up to Long'en and serve the country loyally. defeated Lin Yi, rescued his uncle, and made another war exploit for the Great Southern Empire.

After receiving the order, Shi Lang ordered people to arrange a banquet to entertain the angel officials. Shi Lang and Zheng Cai personally accompanied.

Before the banquet, the three people had a long talk, pushed the glass and changed the lamp, and drank happily.

People are in good spirits at happy events, although they lost the battle, but they were awarded the title of official, which is undoubtedly a great joy. Coupled with the wine banquet, the three of them talked about it, and when it came to the war in front of him, Shi Lang was a little depressed and depressed, saying that he had lost the battle, lost his troops, and his uncle was Shi Fu was captured, and his life and death were unknown. They had to go on the defensive and ask the imperial court for help.

The angel officer laughed and reassured them that the Great Southern Empire was now different from what it used to be, with millions of soldiers and thousands of generals, as well as the support of the Netherlands, Portugal, Sakura and other powers. What is the point of losing a battle? How much wind and waves can his surname Lin stir up with just this giant ship on the sea? The Great Southern Empire is not the Great Qing Empire, and His Majesty the Holy King will send reinforcements soon, Yunyun.

The angel official boasted like this, Shi Lang and Zheng Cai were even more carried away, and they drank the wine with cups to the sky.

After talking, Shi Lang talked about his brother Shi Xian, thousands of miles away, he really doesn't know what the war situation of his brother is in Guangxi, has he also been added to the rank of knight by His Majesty King Zheng?

But when the angel officer heard Shi Xian's words, his face suddenly became gloomy, and then he smiled and told Shi Lang to reassure him, although the war in the southwest is also very fierce now. The 200,000 Ming troops attacked their Great Southern Empire from Guangxi and Yunnan on two fronts, but with fierce generals such as Li Dingguo and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Zheng Damu and Shi Xian, plus the support of the Netherlands and Portugal, the war in the southwest was foolproof. His Majesty King Zheng will definitely send envoys to the battlefield to seal the meritorious soldiers, and the military achievements will not be worse than his elder brother.

Of course, Shi Lang was very happy to hear this, but he found that this angel was a little flickering when he talked about his younger brother Shi Xian, and his expression was obviously not as natural as before. He vaguely felt that there was something wrong here, but it was inconvenient to ask deeply.

Maybe it's because of the drinking, but there are some details that the angel officer doesn't want to talk about.

Thinking of this, Shi Lang didn't ask any more, and drank until the third watch, and after the three of them had fun, they withdrew from the banquet.

The next day, Shi Lang sent off the angel officer and continued to order the army, build fortifications, train the navy, and prepare for a tough battle.

At this time, someone came to report that the Ming army had entered Jiangyin by land and water.

Shi Lang gritted his teeth, it's a good time, the commander of this big has already prepared it for you, surnamed Lin, this time let you also taste the power of the underwater barrage protective net!

He immediately summoned the deputy general Zheng Cai and other generals to the front of the tent, divided the troops and sent generals, and he also inspected the fortifications on the shore.

Zheng Cai is also Zheng Zhilong's own clan, in history this general has also been dominant, that is the turmoil between him and Zheng Chenggong, now he is the same as Zheng Chenggong (Zheng Damu), is also a rising star in the army, this will be Zheng Zhilong crowned as Shi Lang's deputy general, it can also be said to be a smooth progress, so Zheng Cai readily agreed, and after receiving the order, he took his own guards to the shore to defend the Ming army.

Shi Lang was not at ease this time, and personally inspected the fortifications on the river and the shore and the defense of the generals one by one, and then felt that he had the bottom of his heart, and returned to the sailor camp and waited for the Ming army to attack.

In another two days, the report ran in, "Great Commander, the fleet of the Ming army has already sailed over......"