Zheng Zhilong, who was standing at the bow of the command ship, shouted loudly with a panicked face, and the soldiers on the side heard the order and desperately waved flags to the ships on both sides.

His actions like this were clearly seen by Feng Shi, the head of the Tang Army's naval division, from the clairvoyant mirror. This guy on the command ship, wearing good armor, and dancing and shouting with his forehand, is likely to be the enemy's commander-in-chief.

If you meet me, you're out of luck!

A sinister sneer crossed Feng Shi's face.

"Seven 60-pound guns in the bow of the ship, all loaded with shotguns! Attack the enemy command ship with all your might! Feng Shi yelled at the gunners.

The gunners rushed to the bow of the ship's cannon emplacement, and immediately began to load the seven sixty-pounder cannons in the bow of the Shenglong, filling the huge black hole with gunpowder and shotgun particles composed of scattered iron balls and gravel.

At a distance of only about a hundred paces from the enemy's command ship, all seven huge cannons were ready.

"Ignition!"

"Ready!"

"Put!"

"Bang bang bang! ……”

The muzzles of seven sixty-pounder cannons, the embers of the flames fluttering like flying red cloth, and like the tongue of death licking blood. Seven 60-pounder cannons fired at the same time, and in the thick smoke of gunpowder, countless shotguns screamed and flew out from the muzzles.

These shotguns, some of which were made up of sharp stones, flew all over the sky with a terrible whistling sound, and swept away like a torrent of iron and stone, and swept away the enemy's command ship, which was already less than a hundred paces away.

In fact, the effective attack range of the shotgun was within 60 paces, but the intensive attack of the seven 60-pounder cannons still caused the personnel of the enemy ship to be attacked tragically at nearly 100 paces.

Every gunner could clearly hear that on the enemy command ship opposite, the continuous miserable sound sounded violently, blood and scraps of flesh were splashed everywhere, and the entire side and deck of the command ship were sprayed with dark red blood and colorful human tissue, and the whole ship was like a hellish slaughterhouse, extremely bloody and terrifying.

Zheng Zhilong, who was standing at the bow of the ship, was covered with dense thick blood holes from head to toe, all over his body!

He swooped down on the back deck in a parabolic gesture from the bow of the ship, as if blown up by a hurricane of shotguns.

Zheng Zhilong's eyes widened, his mouth snorted, a large stream of blood gushed out of his mouth, and his body was covered with nearly a hundred bullet holes like a bloody man, and after a violent convulsion for a while, he didn't move.

"Zhennan Hou!"

"General Zheng!"

"Master Zheng!"

The sailors on the ship commanded by Zheng Jun howled loudly, and then a first-mate officer of Zheng Jun roared loudly: "The Marquis of Zhennan is dead, quickly, quickly withdraw to Penghu!" ”

If you want to run, it's not that easy!

At this time, the seven 60-pounder cannons at the bow of the Thang Long were fired in unison, but this time they fired chain bullets, which were specially used to attack the sails of enemy ships.

The white cloth canvas on the ship commanded by Zheng Jun was immediately covered with dense holes, and the entire ship instantly lost the support of the wind and was caught up by the Thang Long behind in an instant.

"Surrender quickly, you can avoid death!"

Feng Shi ordered the sailors to play the flag for the enemy ship to surrender, and the enemy ship, which was already unable to move on the sea, finally reluctantly waved the white flag.

The Thang Long immediately took over the board with it, and a large number of energetic auxiliaries, armed with swords in hand, rushed onto the enemy ship and took over the pilot.

Seeing the surrender of the enemy's command ship, the morale of the Tang army fleet was greatly boosted, and they immediately attacked and chased down those Zheng ships with low morale and panic, and in less than half an hour, the remaining Zheng army fleet, no longer had the motivation and courage to fight, and they all raised white flags and surrendered.

When the sun was completely sinking in the west and the sky was gradually covered in darkness, the battle on the surface of the Penghu Islands finally ended with a complete victory for the Tang army.

In this battle, the Tang army sank a total of 11 enemy ships, damaged 16 ships, and killed Zheng Zhilong, the commander of the enemy's naval division. Feng Shi ordered the abandonment of seven seriously damaged ships among the injured ships, and the final count showed that more than 40 ships of the Zheng Army's naval division, large and small, were all captured by himself.

These ships, all of which had been sent auxiliaries and sailors, took over the control of the captured ships.

Of the more than 40 ships of the Tang Army, only three of the smallest Eagle Strike-class armed light warships were unfortunately hit by the Zheng Army's sailors and sunk and capsized. Two other Tiger Roar and one Eagle Strike were slightly damaged. Therefore, the losses of the Tang army were extremely slight compared with those of the Zheng army's naval division.

In the thunderous cheers of the whole army, Feng Shi ordered all the ships to go straight to Penghu and surround the Zheng army, which had become a turtle in the urn.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong, the defender of the Zheng army, who had been watching the battle by the seaside, witnessed the defeat that made him stunned in the clairvoyant mirror.

His lips trembled, his face turned pale, and his entire handsome face was distorted and shaken as if uncontrollably.

Our army, is it really defeated like this?

Sixty-two warships that had already been on the side, fighting against only forty or so warships of the Tang Army, were unexpectedly wiped out so quickly?

Although he had expected it in his heart, when he really saw such a result, Zheng Chenggong still had a strong sense of disbelief in his heart, and he was extremely concerned about his father's safety.

Until nightfall, when he saw the Tang army gathering the surrendered Zheng Jun ships and still driving towards Penghu, Zheng Chenggong let out a long sigh, slowly put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and in his stunned eyes, there were two lines of tears slowly falling.

It's over, the whole army is annihilated, and it seems that my father was either killed in battle or captured.

And according to his father's temperament, he will not surrender in battle, and it is more likely that he has died in the sea.

Thinking of this, Zheng Chenggong burst into tears.

However, Zheng Chenggong soon woke up from the grief of his father's death in battle, and quickly thought of a more serious and realistic problem.

If my father dies in battle, what should I do next?

Now, the night is already dark, Zheng Chenggong doesn't have to worry about the Tang Army landing and fighting in the dark night, but, what about tomorrow?

What about tomorrow?

After dawn tomorrow, will he be like a turtle in an urn, and his subordinates and horses on the Penghu Islands, who are only a few thousand troops, can really defeat the Tang army, whose morale is like a rainbow, and the entire fleet will arrive?

For a while, Zheng Chenggong's mind was confused.

Zheng Chenggong, who was lost and depressed, had no idea how he returned to the military tent accompanied by the loving general Gan Hui.

In the account, Zheng Chenggong was like a puppet, motionless, as if he had not recovered from the battle he had just witnessed.

"Shizi, the current situation is already like this, don't be too sad." Seeing him like this, Gan Hui couldn't help but persuade.

Zheng Chenggong squinted at him indifferently and did not speak.

"General soldier, although our army has been surrounded and trapped in Penghu by the Tang Legion, from the perspective of the following, there is no room for things to turn around." Gan Hui took a step closer and said to Zheng Chenggong in a low voice.

After Gan Hui finished speaking, Zheng Chenggong's body trembled slightly, he turned his head, and looked at Gan Hui with an extremely complicated look.

Gan Hui also nodded slightly at him with a deep gaze.

Making eye contact, both sides actually understand each other's meaning.

"Gan Hui, what plan do you have, but you can say it directly." Zheng Chenggong's voice was low.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gan Hui pounced and knelt on the ground.

"Shizi, where our army is in Penghu, the sailor has been destroyed, foreign aid is difficult to help, there are only thousands of soldiers and horses on the island, the Tang army is so powerful to attack, how can our army stop it! In today's plan, only by taking advantage of the fact that the Tang army has not officially attacked the island, our army will immediately turn around and join the Tang Dynasty to serve, so as to save the lives of the remnants of our army! Gan Hui said in a trembling voice.

Zheng Chenggong's heart trembled, but the expression on his face was still indifferent, as if he hadn't heard what Gan Hui said.

"Shizi, forgive me for saying a damning word, now we have no room for bargaining, whether the Marquis of Zhennan is killed or captured, we can only put this matter aside and honestly surrender to the Tang Army, which is the only feasible move. Other than that, it's a dead end. If the prince insists on confronting the Tang army, he is afraid that the Zheng family's foundation can really only be destroyed in one fell swoop! Gan Hui saw that Zheng Chenggong should not, and said in a low voice.

Zheng Chenggong's face was in pain, he frowned, tears were dotted in his eyes, but his face was covered with a layer of gray, he sighed softly, and finally said in a low voice; "If my father had listened to me, why would he have ended up like this? But my Zheng family's foundation ended up like this. ”

"Shizi, now the Tang army is surrounded by islands on all sides, our army has become a turtle in an urn, after dawn tomorrow, whether it is victory or defeat, it can be seen by a fool! If you don't make a decision, you may only have unforeseen worries. Judging from the future, if we want to save the lives of our officers and men now, we must immediately surrender to the Tang Army, which is the only way to survive. Gan Hui said hurriedly.

Zheng Chenggong stood up, slowly walked to the window, and said for a long time: "Alas, the situation is stronger than people, and I can't help it." In your opinion, immediately order the soldiers and horses on the island, and early tomorrow morning, the whole army will go to the beach and surrender to the Tang army. ”

"Order!"

When a round of bloody sun jumped out of the sea level, the darkness quietly disappeared, and on the dark blue sea, a layer of faint mist surged, and for a while, the entire Penghu coastal boundary was like a dream.

In this fantastic scene, the Tang army, as many as more than 500 sea ships, finally rushed out of Penghu. Immediately the ship docked, and a large number of Tang soldiers disembarked and landed along the ramp of the ship.

Subsequently, more than 10,000 vanguard soldiers transferred from the third town, under the leadership of the town mayor Li Dingguo, lined up ashore, and soon lined up in a neat battle formation on the beach, with iron armor and dazzling swords and guns, full of solemn and majestic momentum.

At this time, Li Dingguo, the main general standing on the beach, was full of smiles.

He saw that at this moment, on the two camps on the island, there were large groups of Zheng troops, lined up empty-handed with white flags, slowly coming in front of their own military formation.

"Mayor Li, I can't imagine that our army won the naval battle yesterday, and the enemy broke their courage, and today they all took the initiative to surrender." Feng Shi, the deputy head of the sailor on the side, was also full of joy.

Li Dingguo raised his head and laughed: "This shows that they are still aware of current affairs." Now that the two fleets of our army from the north and south have arrived, they have surrounded the entire Penghu like an iron bucket, and if they dare to resist stubbornly, our army will attack in two places, and these Zheng troops will all be buried here, and none of them will be able to escape. ”

Soon, Li Dingguo smiled, because he saw that among the incoming troops opposite, there were two people dressed as generals walking at the forefront, and they should be the main generals of the defenders on the island.

Last night, Li Dingguo had already known that the supreme general stationed on the island was Zheng Chenggong, and the deputy general was Gan Hui, and now he secretly thought that the two generals who came should be Zheng Chenggong and Gan Hui.

About five steps away from Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong and Gan Hui led a group of subordinates to kneel.

"The sinner general Zheng Chenggong does not know the power of the heavenly army, which is really an unforgivable sin. Now that the criminal general has commanded the rest of the island, he is willing to sacrifice the merits of Penghu and the defenders, and ask Mayor Li for permission to allow our troops and horses to join the Tang army and serve the Tang king. ”

Zheng Chenggong shouted this passage to Li Dingguo with a red face, and then knelt down with his hands raised high, and kowtowed three times on the ground.

Li Dingguo stepped forward quickly and quickly helped him up, at this time, the two eyes met again, and under Li Xiao's scorching eye contact, Zheng Chenggong twisted his face to the side.

"Mayor Lee......"

"Needless to say. Yesterday's battle was a skirmish between the two armies. If you don't follow your father's old path, you can lead your troops to vote in time to avoid a fight, which is also a great achievement. Li Xiao said slowly, and then gently patted Zheng Chenggong's shoulder, making Zheng Chenggong feel even more inexplicably hot on his face, but there were tears in his eyes that almost flowed out.

Sure enough, Zheng Zhilong was killed by the Tang army in the battle at dusk yesterday, but now he can't say a word even if he has a lot of sadness in his heart.

After all, now he has become the anvil of the Tang Army, and he has to resist stubbornly, but he doesn't have any good fruit to eat.

Thinking of this, Zheng Chenggong sighed secretly and said: "My father doesn't know the current situation, he fights with the sky, and he ends up like this, even though I am sad in my heart, I can say more." Moreover, on the battlefield, there are no eyes for swords and guns, and the death of the father is also the fate of the general. ”

Li Dingguo nodded, patted him on the shoulder again, and encouraged: "It's very good that you have such an understanding of success, I believe that King Tang will definitely be very kind to your Zheng family and not remember past grudges." I also hope that after you join our army, you will serve the Tang King well, and you will not have any dissenting intentions. ”

Zheng Chenggong said in a loud voice: "I will definitely serve King Tang to the death, and I have no two hearts, and I hope that Li Zhen can rest assured." ”

Li Dingguo smiled and replied: "Success, now that Penghu has been decided, the 150,000 soldiers and horses assembled by the Zheng army in Jinxia have become turtles in the urn, and there is no possibility of escape." This town is thinking, you are the son of the Zheng family, and your status is respected, can I ask you to come forward and go to Jinxia to persuade these soldiers and horses to surrender. If you can succeed, you can avoid fighting and save the lives of many soldiers of the Tang and Zheng armies, and you can make greater contributions, so that you will be more trusted by the Tang King, and the property and Juelu of the Zheng family can also be better preserved. ”

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he bowed deeply and said in a deep voice: "Mayor Li's order, Chenggong dares to disrespect." I must do my best to recruit the Zheng family's soldiers and horses. “