Chapter 64: The Battle of Penghu II

But if you follow the wrong direction, it's not easy. It's just a passing pass.

"In what direction will the Dutch go?" Zheng Chenggong said secretly in his heart.

To the east is to Taiwan, and now Shi Lang's subordinates are in this direction. Is it to relieve the siege of Taiwan? To the west is the direction of Fujian, which is to encircle Wei to save Zhao and harass coastal prefectures and counties, so that Zheng Chenggong is unable to attack Taiwan. It's still a false shot, and just go south and leave. Make this war prolonged.

Or, did you pass by them at night last night, and now you have gone to Penghu.

Various options flashed in Zheng Chenggong's heart, but he couldn't pay attention to it for a while.

"Big wood, big wood." A weak voice came from the side. Zheng Chenggong looked at it in a blink of an eye, but saw that Zheng Hongkui didn't know when he had come to his senses. He opened his eyes weakly, saw Zheng Chenggong, and shouted in a low voice.

Zheng Chenggong sat in front of Zheng Hongkui's bed and said, "Fourth uncle, I'm here." ”

Zheng Hongkui said: "When is this? ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "June 30. ”

Zheng Hongkui silently calculated and said: "It's been a night, you are here, I think there is no trace of the Dutch." ”

"Yes." Zheng Chenggong said.

Zheng Hongkui coughed violently a few times, as if he wanted to sit up, but Zheng Chenggong hurriedly supported him and said, "Fourth uncle, you should lie down." ”

Zheng Hongkui felt that his body was full of holes. I didn't have much strength at all, I couldn't get up, and said: "I'm not going to do it, I know you have your own ideas, but I still have to tell you one last thing, my Zheng family's power is above the naval battle, and the eldest brother was only appreciated by the former Ming when he expected the battle of Luowan." ”

"Now, when the Dutch come again, my Zheng family will never be defeated, and you know that there is a knot between us and Nanjing."

"Zhang Xuan, this person, seems to be magnanimous, but if my Zheng family does not have the strength to protect themselves, what will happen to them, Shi Lang, the Yangtze River Water Division, Lin Cha, the Guangdong Water Division, and the Zhejiang Water Division, Ruan Jin, what are they all doing here? I'm sure you know that too. ”

"The manpower to replace the Zheng family is ready."

"Perhaps, Zhang Xuan didn't have the intention of destroying my Zheng family, but Zhou Fuchen may not have it."

"Once defeated, all kinds of incidents followed. Therefore, in this battle, it is better to be stable and must win. ”

"I didn't say it before, I was afraid that your mind would be too heavy and I couldn't bear it, but now I am injured, I don't know how many months I can get better, this battle can't help you, you can only rely on yourself, you have to know this."

Zheng Chenggong sighed slightly in his heart and said, "Yes." He actually vaguely meant this, but he was against defeat

The Dutch were confident and did not think much about it, but now that they think about it, there has never been a suspicion of monarchs since ancient times, and the generals have made meritorious contributions abroad.

Today, Zheng Chenggong is no exception.

Between the Great Xia court and the Zheng family, the first thing he wants to protect is the Zheng family.

Zheng Chenggong suddenly had a choice. Since I can't find the Dutch, I won't look for it. Static braking. Anyway, the initiative is mine, and if the Dutch want to save Taiwan, they will definitely make some moves, not once, twice, twice, three times.

But I often walk by the river, and I don't get my shoes wet. Only with heavy troops in their own hands will there always be a day when they will be caught.

As for how many casualties will be caused by letting the Dutch wander around, it is not within Zheng Chenggong's consideration, he has considered it before, but now he has no heart to think about it.

Zheng Chenggong gathered Zheng Hongkui's several boats, turned around and prepared to return to Penghu. On several small islands near Taiwan to the east of Penghu, Shi Lang also learned the news at this moment.

These small islands are also some of the small islands in the Penghu archipelago, and compared with the three main islands of Penghu, both the area and the environment are not very good. But this is also a matter of no choice, after all, the space on the main island of Penghu is so large, all parties are hoarding materials, and large and small ships are gathering, and there is no place for Shi Lang for a long time. And Shi Lang was not happy to work under Zheng Chenggong, so he simply moved here.

Although the conditions are a little harder, Shi Lang is happy in his heart.

Yesterday's news, just this morning, Shi Lang also received it.

A sense of urgency suddenly sprung up in his heart. He secretly said in his heart: "If Zheng Chenggong defeats the main force of the Dutch in one fell swoop, then what is the point of what I am doing here?" Wouldn't it make people laugh at me Shi Lang, in vain? ”

Shi Lang grew up in the Zheng family and had dealt with the Dutch, so he naturally knew the mercenary nature of the Dutch, so he didn't care about face. Force is just a matter of making better money. But Zhang Xuan has already explained that fighting is not the goal, and peace is the goal.

After all, when the Xia Dynasty confronted the Qing court, how the rear was very important.

In Shi Lang's view, after winning a battle, shaking hands and making peace is the process of this battle, the most difference is who wins, or how to talk, quite a lot of when they can't talk, beat the side drum, and then play a few rounds.

Although Shi Lang looked down on Zheng Chenggong a little, he also knew that Zheng Chenggong was by no means an ordinary person, and it was precisely because of the opponent that he understood that in this battle, Shi Lang personally judged that Zheng Chenggong was very likely to win.

If this decisive victory is beaten by Zheng Chenggong, what credit does Shi Lang have?

Won't Zheng Chenggong be pressed down in the future?

Shi Lang was sure in his thoughts, and immediately went to see Shi Daxuan, and said, "Dad, I'm going to do it tonight?" ”

Shi Daxuan said: "Are you sure? ”

What Shi Lang wants to do, Shi Daxuan has long known, during this period of time, Shi Lang's attack on Taiwan is thunder and rain, and the real energy is focused on measuring Luermen. It's just that no matter how measured this is, it seems to be a little bit worse.

Shi Daxuan didn't want Shi Lang to take such a risk. Just seeing Shi Lang's appearance, he knew that he couldn't stop him.

Shi Lang said: "I'm sure, tonight, it's time to rise tide, the tide is the biggest at midnight, and the boats under my command are mostly transferred from the Yangtze River, and the draft is a little shallower, so they should be able to rush into Luermen by the tide." When the time comes, my father and I will attack from both sides, break the body of Qikun, mobilize troops, and directly besiege Chiji City. ”

"This is a great achievement, even if Zheng Chenggong defeats Hongmaoyi, he can't take away this achievement."

Shi Daxuan secretly said in his heart: "My son should pay off his debts." He said: "Okay, dad will accompany you crazy, I still have some friendship with He Bin and Guo Huaiyi, as long as I can break through Luermen, there will be people inside and outside Taiwan to answer at that time." ”

Shi Daxuan is one of the eighteen Zhi, although he has a low ranking and has no sense of existence, but where is his qualifications. Back then, Zheng Chenggong's sworn brothers seemed to have been eliminated by Zheng Chenggong one by one, just like Liu Xiang, the rest either died in the battle or went into hiding, and Shi Daxuan was the only one or two left.

Speaking of which, he can be regarded as a patriarch.

Although he has little power, he has a lot of connections that are very accessible. Today, in order to help his son, he has made a lot of money. Shi Daxuan secretly said in his heart: "I have followed Zheng Yiguan all my life, but I don't want to fall out with Zheng Sen because of my son, from now on, my Shi family will probably not be able to return to Quanzhou." ”

Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong didn't deal with each other, and Shi Daxuan reconciled more than once from the middle, but now it's finally time to stand in line.

After Shi Lang and Shi Daxuan discussed, they immediately got busy, especially the people brought by Shi Lang from the Yangtze River Fleet, all of them were working hard to prepare, the small ships of the Yangtze River Fleet were not small enough to cross the Luermen, which was a big benefit.

But after crossing the Luermen, after today's Taijiang Inland Sea, there will always be a hard fight with the Dutch, and at this time, the benefits will become the disadvantages.

The ships of the Yangtze River Naval Division are compared to river boats, and in terms of defense and structure, although they imitate sea ships, they are inferior to the Dutch in many places. There will be a fierce battle then. So they're all gearing up.

When I was ready to set off at nightfall.

However, in the afternoon, a boat came from the direction of Penghu to inform Shi Lang that Grandpa Guo and Hongmaoyi were engaged in a battle in the southwest sea of Penghu.

"What?" Shi Lang was taken aback, and his mind was full of thoughts for a while. Countless thoughts burst out in my heart, and slowly boiled down to one sentence, that is, did you act according to the original plan? Do you want to save Zheng Chenggong?