What is the right choice?

For Shi Lang, all this is not important, and even he has never thought about this issue, for him, there is no right or wrong.

"As long as this battle is won, when the time comes, the emperor will remember Shi, and when the time comes, glory and wealth will not be at your fingertips!"

Shi Lang, who was on the boat, looked at the large and small ships, hundreds of ships, which had sailed out of Fuzhou a few days ago, and sailed all the way from Mawei to Dayuan.

Keelung!

Thinking in his heart, Shi Lang's whole person seemed a little ambitious, from receiving the emperor's will, to now he has been preparing for several months, and now he is finally able to make the trip.

The reason why the army was chosen to use Keelung at the end of April was because the wind direction would change at this time, and the wind from south to north would block Zheng Thief's reinforcements, although it could not stop them from moving south, but it could delay their speed.

Of course, there is another reason that Shi Lang needs time to prepare ships, after all, in addition to the ships of the naval battle, there are tens of thousands of soldiers who need to be transported to Keelung by ship, and then occupy Keelung.

So as to completely dismantle the fundamental place of Zheng thief overseas.

"Zhu Mingzhong, if you and I have a relationship, you want to blame, or blame him Zheng Sen, blame you and I for not conspiring with each other......"

Whispering on his lips, thinking of Zhu Mingzhong, who had already laid a foundation in his twenties, Shi Lang couldn't help but praise in his heart.

As far as his heart is concerned, for Zhu Mingzhong, he has a little appreciation, appreciating that he can build such a meritorious career under Zheng Sen with his extraordinary martial arts, and faintly has the momentum of standing with Zheng Sen, if he is still under Zheng Chenggong, maybe if it is a fate, he may even defect to Zhu Mingzhong, after all, Zhu Mingzhong also needs to create a navy, just like now, his naval commander is just a nobody.

For Shi Lang, there has never been any right or wrong in his heart, all he wants is personal glory and wealth, and everything else is never within his consideration. At that time, he was demoted to the Qing Dynasty for the first time to be able to be promoted to an official and make a fortune, but under Li Chengdong, because Li Chengdong discriminated against the southern generals, Shi Lang lived a life under the fence under his command.

Later, he defected to Zheng Chenggong, also in order to be reused, and then promoted to become rich, after all, in the troubled times, I don't know how many people rely on such rebellion and promotion to make a fortune, and achieve personal glory and wealth.

It's just that Shi Lang has always felt that his luck is too bad. After defecting to Zheng Chenggong, because of the objections, he was cut off the military power, and when he was in Xiamen, he met Ma Degong and attacked Xiamen, although he led his relatives around him to fight to the death and keep Xiamen, but it was still not reused by Zheng Chenggong. Later, because of Zeng De's incident, he publicly broke with Zheng Chenggong. So much so that he was arrested by Zheng Chenggong and "had no choice" to flee to the mainland where the Qing captives were based, and his father and brother were beheaded because of this, so he was "forced" to defect to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

But in fact, for him, everything is just for the sake of glory and wealth. Perhaps, because of this, he will be jealous and envious of Zhu Mingzhong's achievements.

"Time, luck!"

In his heart, he sighed Zhu Mingzhong's luck in the past year, Shi Lang's heart was more envious, after all, for him, he never had Zhu Mingzhong's kind of luck, whether it was Jiangyin, Nanjing, or Jiangbei, although he swept away Zheng Chenggong's face again and again, but although Zheng Chenggong was annoyed, he still admired him, and did not treat him like him, not only to seize his military power, but also to kill him several times and then quickly.

The gap between people is so big.

Back then, Zheng Sen not only couldn't tolerate him for half a point, but even wanted to kill him several times, but what about Zhu Mingzhong? Although he repeatedly contradicted Zheng Sen, not only was his life in danger, but in the end, he married his sister to him.

Zheng Sen!

Saying the name on his lips, Shi Lang sneered.

"This time, I have to let you know about Shi's history!"

Sneering in his heart, Shi Lang's heart is full of desire for victory, for him, there is nothing more important than defeating Zheng Chenggong, only by defeating Zheng Chenggong, can the emperor and the court see his Shi Lang's talent, can the court value him, and then get the court's reuse.

It is precisely because of this that Shi Lang is even a little grateful to Zhu Mingzhong, if it weren't for Zhu Mingzhong's exile of the families of the court officials to Taiwan, I am afraid that the court will not value the sailor at all, so naturally there will be no future for him Shi Lang.

"As long as this battle is won, when the time comes, someone Shi will naturally be appreciated and reused by the imperial court!"

When the time comes, won't glory and wealth come easily?

With such a sneer in his heart, Shi Lang's mood seemed quite proud, although he had not won this game yet, but for him, it seemed that he had seen the next victory or defeat, there was no doubt that he Shi Lang would definitely be the winner of this battle, the reason why he was so confident, in addition to his personal conceit. I'm afraid it's a deep belief in my own strength.

After all, the fleet under the command of Shi Lang now has 35 big bird ships, 63 rushing ships, 65 double-sailed ships, and hundreds of warships.

After all, Keelung's Loyal Army Sailor is extremely limited in strength, and he is far from being his opponent.

"Sooner or later, one day, I have to clean up Zheng Chenggong together!"

Thinking that he couldn't clean up Zheng Chenggong this time, Shi Lang's heart always looked a little regretful, but his expression still seemed very excited, after all, after this battle, he would definitely change the power of Fujian, and he could even take Xiamen with the aftermath of the big victory, so as to pacify Minhai.

"Perhaps, when the time comes, we can suggest that the imperial court recapture Jiangnan by sea!"

When Shi Lang's mind was in his mind, he didn't know that a brig sailing ship that had sailed from a deserted island near Mawei had already sailed into Keelung at this time, a day ahead of him.

"Shi Lang led the troops to set off!"

In the fortress of Keelung Island, facing Wang Anmin and other captains of many expeditionary fleets, Shen Hefei reported directly.

"When will you get here?"

Wang Anmin asked bluntly, when he asked this sentence, his eyes involuntarily turned to Keelung Bay, a warship that had just arrived in Keelung was moored in the bay at this time, and in the past three days, the officers and men on the ship were resting and preparing for the upcoming battle.

If only I could have a few more days to rest!

In that case, they may have more energy.

"It is expected that at noon tomorrow, we should be able to reach the sea off Keelung!"

Shen Hefei's answer made Wang Anmin nod slightly, and then he asked about the size of Shi Lang's fleet, and the answer he got was consistent with the previous information, compared with the expeditionary fleet, the scale of the fleet led by Shi Lang was much larger than the expeditionary fleet, and even twice as large as the expeditionary fleet, and what was the advantage of the expeditionary fleet?

There are many cannons and thick ships!

Other than that, the fleet does not seem to have any advantages. As the admiral of the fleet, Wang Anmin naturally knew the power in his hands, and he also knew very well how to exert the power in his hands to defeat the Qing army.

"Sir, what shall we do now? Is it on schedule, or? ”

Compared with Wang Anmin's ease, Shen Hefei was a little nervous, after all, he was the governor of Keelung, and he had to do his best to keep this land.

"Everything is going according to plan, now, there are no less than 6,000 defenders in the Keelung area, there is no problem at all in defending Keelung, with hundreds of coastal defense guns, it is enough to ensure that Keelung is not lost, however, what we need is not passive defense, but the complete disintegration of the threat to Taiwan of the Qing captives, so, no matter what, this naval battle is inevitable......"

Not only was it unavoidable, but even this naval battle was carefully planned, and even took the initiative to induce the Qing prisoners to choose this naval battle, and for Wang Anmin, who was the commander of the fleet, he knew very well what the purpose of this naval battle was.

In order to dismantle the threat of the Qing captives to Taiwan, after this battle, after a short rest in Keelung, the fleet will continue to sail south to Burma, and then welcome back to the imperial court there, and welcome the imperial court to Taiwan, which requires Taiwan to have a relatively stable external environment.

The purpose of this naval battle is to create a stable external environment, once the Qing navy is severely damaged, at least for a long time to come, they will not dare to offend Taiwan again by sea, so as to ensure the safety of the imperial court in Taiwan.

"The most critical issue now is the choice of the area of engagement!"

Staring at the map, Wang Anmin's brows were locked from time to time, he did not order the fleet to sail, because now that the fleet is sailing, it is impossible to intercept the other party in the vast sea, so he can only passively wait, waiting for the arrival of the Qing army, but he does not know what position the Qing army will attack first.

And, more importantly, he needed to take the fleet out of the harbor before the Qing army arrived, and then lay in ambush in a suitable position, waiting for a decisive battle with the Qing army. Although the process of the decisive battle has been deduced countless times in the past, now, when the battle really continues to break out, Wang Anmin is still inevitably a little worried in his heart.

After all, compared to Shi Lang, he is not a real expert in naval warfare, and even, this is the first battle of the naval fleet of the Loyal Army, in this case, Wang Anmin, who seems to be calm on the surface, will inevitably be a little worried in his heart, especially when choosing the battlefield.

Where is it more advantageous for the fleet to engage in battle?

Some of the principles of naval warfare that Thomas and others had mentioned came to mind, Wang Anmin's brows were tightly locked, and the pencil in his hand drew a few dotted lines on the map from time to time......