Liukou gave Lu Xiang the nickname "King Lu Yan", which is really not a waste of fame, he is bold.

There are less than 10,000 men and horses under his command, if other civilian and military generals lead the troops and take a defensive position, it is difficult for them to take the initiative, how can they take the initiative to attack?

Lu Xiangsheng is a civil official born in two lists, and his college entrance examination results are good.

And Lu Xiangsheng is an alternative among the literati, he is born with a strength far greater than ordinary people, and his force value is overwhelming.

He personally led the family Ding team to rush to the dense place of the Liukou, and saw that the civilian official who led the troops was charging with a big knife, how could the deputy generals Li Chongzhen, Lei Shisheng, etc. spare their lives?

Lu Xiangsheng's tactics are very simple, even if he is the only one, he must attack, keep attacking, not afraid of being crushed, and only seek loyalty through the ages.

Under his inspiration, all the Ming troops were excited, and Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Ma Shouying, etc., who were extremely unaccustomed to such a style of play, chose to flee again......

At the end of April, the fleet led by Huang Yong sailed out of the East China Sea into the South China Sea, successfully intercepting more than 20 armed merchant ships along the way.

Because of the disparity in strength, there was basically no fighting, and the armed merchant ships, armed with only five or six six-pounder guns, chose to flee with full sails when they found that they could not be defeated.

It is a pity that the battleships of the "Red Banner Army", which are two or three times larger than the armed merchant ships, adopted the all-drive mode and completely caught up with the No. 2 Fu ship.

Half of the captured armed merchant ships belonged to Zheng Zhilong's pirate group, and these people heard Shi Daxuan, Shi Dajing and other former eighteen Zhi pirates shouting and learned that surrender would not be killed for money, and they also returned to Shun without firing a shot.

The South China Sea is Zheng Zhilong's territory, and the armed merchant ships that come and go have paid protection fees and been sheltered by the Zheng Group, but I didn't expect that there was a Ming fleet with amazing combat effectiveness that did not bird the Zheng family's flag at all, and as long as it was found, it would take the ship.

The incident happened suddenly, and when entering the Taiwan Strait, more merchant ships were discovered by the Long Wu Navy Division as trophies, and at this time, a clipper had already reported the military intelligence of the enemy ships to Zheng Zhilong.

Knowing that the Long Wu Naval Division had actually come to the South China Sea, and knowing that the fleet had a terrifying amount of artillery fire, Zheng Zhilong did not choose to organize a fleet to intercept it, but sent a sentry ship to monitor it, and concentrated the warship equipment in Xiamen to guard it to the death.

In order to show his strength, Liu Xiang personally led all the warships and armed merchant ships to nearly 100 and rushed to converge, which was already all his belongings.

Liu Xiang saved the idea of fighting to the death with Zheng Zhilong, which is what he did in history, and finally he and the flagship sank into the sea together at the end of May of the eighth year of Chongzhen.

After receiving the Longwu Naval Division, Liu Xiang was extremely excited, because he boasted of being well-informed, he found that any of the thirty warships of the Longwu Naval Division of the "Red Banner Army" was no less than the main warships of the East India Company.

Liu Xiang tried his best to trick Huang Yong into leading the fleet to attack Zheng Zhilong, but was refused, because the "Red Banner Army" came to make a fortune, not to be a thug for anyone, and he didn't do anything to lose money.

Besides, Zheng Zhilong is a Daming coastal defense guerrilla, and now Xiamen is in full battle, why should he bear the charge of blatant rebellion and suffer casualties to go there to fight?

It is completely possible to have friction with Zheng Zhilong, who has the establishment of the Ming army, in the open sea, but there must not be a real confrontation between the two armies, and it is estimated that Zheng Zhilong, who has a bad heart, is waiting in Xiamen with a concentrated force, just to put on the hat of rebelling against the Ming Dynasty for the Longwu Naval Division.

Because Zheng Zhilong was waiting for him in the coastal waters, the civil officials and military generals of Fujian saw that Zheng Zhilong's team was not at fault, and saw Huang Yong lead dozens of warships to kill, and then there was artillery fire.

There is no need for Zheng Zhilong to write a song to complain about grievances, and it is estimated that all civil and military generals in Fujian who have the qualifications to report the Son of Heaven will impeach Long Wushui, and bluntly say that Huang Yong rebelled against the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Yong looked at Liu Xiang, who had an anxious face, and listened to his eloquent words about the benefits that the Dragon Martial Sailor might get after joining forces with him to defeat Zheng Zhilong.

Liu Xiang believes that as long as he can occupy all of Zheng Zhilong's business, it is conservatively estimated that it will not be less than twenty or thirty million taels of silver a year.

The benefits are really tempting, but Huang Yong, who has a calm personality, was unmoved, and he warned Liu Xiang, who was still bewitching Yang Dacheng, Huang Chunsheng, Shen Xianyi and other generals, and said:

"Master Liu, don't say much, the Longwu Naval Division and the Fujian Naval Division led by this official are originally born from the same root, and it is impossible to openly start a war.

But it is completely okay to intercept smuggling ships at sea and attack pirate ships, as long as Zheng Zhilong dares to lead the fleet to attack Long Wu Sailor in the open sea, he can be beaten as a pirate at that time.

Don't even think about going to the coastal waters of Fujian to start a war, it's impossible for my Longwu Shui Master to give someone a handle. ”

Liu Xiang said: "My lord, that Zheng Zhilong is a Daming coastal defense guerrilla on the surface, and secretly colluded with the Dutch to monopolize the Nanyang trade.

He also openly charged a fee for the protection of passing merchant ships, as high as 3,000 taels of silver per ship, and this person recorded tens of millions of taels of silver every year. ”

Shen Xianyi has been engaged in maritime trade for more than ten years, and knows how profitable Zheng Zhilong should be when he reaches such strength, he was actually moved by Liu Xiang's words, and suggested:

"My lord, can we consider changing the banner of Liu Dangjia to teach Zheng Zhilong a lesson? If Zheng Zhilong's dozens of warships were destroyed and captured in World War I, it would inevitably greatly weaken that fight, and our army would also be able to reap a lot of benefits. ”

Huang Chunsheng also echoed: "My lord, this official thinks that we can consider attacking Zheng Zhilong's department, after all, we have fought a lot of ships under Zheng Zhilong's command before, and there will be a battle sooner or later, sooner rather than later." ”

Shi Daxuan said: "Zheng Zhilong was ruthless when he annexed other family horses, and now his strength is increasing day by day, several of the old brothers of Eighteen Zhi have died in his hands, at this time, our army killed him and lost a lot, and it will definitely shake the prestige established by Zheng Zhilong in the South China Sea." ”

Huang Yong took a firm position, and he refused: "At this time, the Ming Dynasty is in a difficult situation at home and abroad, and the inland has been suffering disasters for many years, and millions of hungry people are waiting to be fed.

The purpose of this official's trip to Nanyang this time is for trade, in order to sell the goods that the workers in the system have worked so hard to produce at a good price.

In order to buy back food and raw materials, they accept jobs from the hungry who can feed their families. Zheng Zhilong won't come to provoke us, this time we won't take the initiative to find him to start a war. ”

Seeing that Huang Yong was so persistent, Huang Chunsheng, Shen Xianyi and other generals immediately stopped admonishing, bowed down and said: "The lower officials understand, resolutely obey the dispatch!" ”

Liu Xiang saw that Huang Yong insisted on going to Luzon to trade, and he also went with all the warships and an armed merchant ship.

It is quite important to make the right choice, Liu Xiang had the intention of following Huang Yong to Luzon, which directly led to Zheng Zhilong's plan to annihilate his pirates in one fell swoop.