After a while, Zhao Dequan came to report: "In the battle just now, we were slightly wounded 3 and seriously wounded, killed more than 20 pirates, captured 2 alive, and the other three ships were not attacked. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"And those caught alive?" Zeng Guangxian was anxious to understand the situation, "Bring them over first." ”

Two swarthy-faced pirates were brought in front of Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing.

"Whose people are you? What is the name of the big boss? Wang Zhaoxing asked sharply.

"Back to my lord." The two pirates argued and said, "We are Liu Xiang's people. ”

"What is the purpose of your coming out this time, where are you going?" Zeng Guangxian then asked.

"My lord, we don't know about that."

"Don't know?" Wang Zhaoxing frightened, "The people who came, since they didn't know, they all threw them into the sea, and they didn't keep them." ”

"Your Excellency spares your life." The two pirates began to kowtow desperately, "My lord, we really don't know, we just went to Batavia of the Hongyi people, and we don't know where to go when we come out of Batavia." ”

"What are you doing in Batavia?"

"We loaded some Western artillery in Batavia."

"How many?" Zeng Guangxian felt that this was an important message.

"About a dozen." The pirate replied, "It's all on the ship that Liu Xiang is on." ”

"How many people and how many boats are there this time?" Wang Zhaoxing asked again.

"A total of 2,000 people, more than 20 boats."

Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing asked a few more questions, and Wang Zhaoxing waved his hand: "Come on, take them down to watch them first." ”

The two pirates were escorted by soldiers to the cabin. The moment he turned around, the tall pirate behind him winked at Zeng Guangxian a few times.

"Wait." Zeng Guangxian stopped the naval soldiers, "These two people are detained separately. ”

Seeing the two pirates being taken down, Wang Zhaoxing asked, "Why do you have to be detained separately." ”

"Maybe we'll find out in a moment." Zeng Guangxian smiled, "Lao Wang, let's go to the trial again." ”

"Still want to be tried?" Wang Zhaoxing didn't know what kind of medicine Zeng Guangxian was selling in the gourd, so he followed him to the cabin where the tall pirate was imprisoned.

"What's your name? What else would you like to say? Zeng Guangxian asked quietly staring into the pirate's eyes.

"Returning to your lordship." The pirate fell to his knees, "The little one is named Zheng Jian, the little one is not Liu Xiang's person, the little one is from the Zheng family in Fujian, and the little one has urgent matters to report to the adult." ”

"Are you from the Zheng family? What's the proof? Wang Zhaoxing asked.

Zeng Guangxian waved his hand to stop Wang Zhaoxing's question: "Do you have anything important to report?" Do you know who we are? ”

"The little ones know." Zheng Jian kowtowed again, "If you look at the adult's boat, you will know that the adult is from Yulin Bay." The little one really has something important to report, this time Liu Xiang and the Hongyi people are not going to attack Fujian, but to seize the Taiwan of our general. ”

"What did you say?" Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing were stunned by this sudden news at the same time, "You report in detail, the more detailed the better, and there must be no lies." ”

"Yes, sir." Zheng Jian raised his head and looked at Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing, "The little one has been sent undercover to Liu Xiang's subordinates since last year. This time, the small one followed Liu Xiang to Batavia, and the small one inquired in many ways and learned that the Dutch people were going to join Liu Xiang to attack Taiwan, and they had already agreed to meet in the city of Geranza, in order to occupy the territory of the Spaniards in Taiwan and the territory of our generals and control the whole of Taiwan. ”

"Then why did they inform the Spanish and Portuguese to attack Xiamen?" Zeng Guangxian asked.

"My lord, this is exactly the trick of the Dutch people. They hope to use the Spanish and Portuguese to drag down our generals and take Taiwan while Taiwan is empty. ”

"Does your general know the news?" Wang Zhaoxing asked.

"My general doesn't know. After the little one arrived in Batavia, he couldn't get in touch with my general, so the news never got out. After Zheng Jian finished speaking, he kowtowed again and again, "I implore the two adults to lend a hand, and my general will definitely not forget the benefits of Yulin Bay." ”

Zeng Guangxian glanced at Wang Zhaoxing and patted Zheng Jian: "Don't worry, we need to discuss, don't worry, don't worry, since Yulinwan has joined forces with General Zheng, we will naturally not sit idly by." ”

Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing both came to the deck, and before they could speak, Zhao Dequan ran over: "Report, our fleet has bypassed the enemy ship and is now in the upwind direction of the T-shape, asking the commander for orders." ”

"I command." Zeng Guangxian shouted, "Our fleet should maintain a horizontal formation, keep its course and speed unchanged, keep a safe distance from the enemy ships, and do not open fire first." ”

"No fire?" Zhao Dequan looked at Zeng Guangxian strangely, then at Wang Zhaoxing, and subconsciously asked, "Why don't you fire?" ”

"If there is a new situation, you can arrange it first." Wang Zhaoxing waved his hand at Zhao Dequan, then turned around and asked Zeng Guangxian, "What are you going to do now, is this news reliable?" ”

"I don't know." Zeng Guangxian replied honestly, "Lao Wang, I think so. First, my gut feeling is that the reliability of this news should be more than half. Second, let's ignore whether this news is reliable or not, what do you think we should change our plans? Don't go to Xiamen, go directly to Taiwan. ”

"To Taiwan?" Zeng Guangxian's words startled Wang Zhaoxing, "Why did you go to Taiwan?" Just because of an ambiguous piece of news, you have to change the battle plan of the entire military commission? ”

"Lao Wang, don't worry." Zeng Guangxian explained, "You also know the situation in Taiwan. According to Lu Lao, at present, Taiwan is occupied by the Dutch in the south, and the city of Geranza was built, which is later known as Tainan, with about 2,000 people. The Spaniards occupied the north and built freshwater and chicken coops, namely Taipei and Keelung, numbering about a few hundred. Although Zheng Zhilong immigrated to Taiwan as many as tens of thousands, his base has always been unstable, and since he was recruited by the Ming Dynasty government, he seems to have paid less attention to Taiwan. Therefore, my judgment is that the real purpose of the Dutch this time is to unite with Liu Xiang to lay down fresh water and chicken coops and control the whole of Taiwan. ”

"Even if you're right." Wang Zhaoxing asked, "Then what will we do after we go to Taiwan?" What should I do in Xiamen? What should I do with this Liu Xiang in front of me? ”

"You make me think about it." Zeng Guangxian looked at Liu Xiang's fleet in the distance for a while, "Old Wang, how about we come to Wei to save Zhao?" ”

"Wai Wei to save Zhao? How to surround Wei to save Zhao? ”

Zeng Guangxian glanced at Liu Xiang's fleet in the distance again, and explained his thoughts in detail: "Although we are now in a headwind, but our ship is fast, I estimate that if we rush to Relansha City at full speed, it will take about 10 days, and Liu Xiang estimates that it will take at least 20 days." This way we have 10 days to spare. We had a total of four ships, and sent the God with Zheng Jian to Taiwan to inform Zheng Zhilong, and then to inform the Spaniards, hoping that they would withdraw the warships attacking Xiamen. The remaining 3 ships will go straight to the city of Geranza, first drag the Dutch, and then we will join forces to attack the city of Geranza. If you can fight it, you can fight it, and if you can't fight it, you can also ease the situation. Don't forget, we are still doing business with the Portuguese, and we can't have any conflict with Zheng Zhilong. ”

"You let me figure it out first." Zeng Guangxian's words made Wang Zhaoxing a little confused, "If we do this, we will have to mess up the whole of Southeast Asia." You think, there are almost 2,000 Dutch people in the city of Geranza, and the city is well defended. Now Liu Xiang and the Dutch in Batavia are also rushing over, even if Zheng Zhilong and two teeth are added, they may not be able to fight. Besides, in this case, the forces of the entire Southeast Asia are basically gathered in Geranza, plus us, this is much larger than the scale of the original naval battle of Liaoluo Bay. Isn't it a bit too much of a change if we get so involved in history? ”

"And." Wang Zhaoxing stopped Zeng Guangxian, and then said, "In the original history, Zheng Zhilong defeated the Dutch with his own strength, this time with us and two teeth, if he successfully defeated the city of Geranza, wouldn't that be equivalent to making a wedding dress for Zheng Zhilong?" Our original principle was not to defeat the Dutch. ”

"It's not as serious as you think." Zeng Guangxian explained, "First, the city of Geransha is not so easy to fight, and I estimate that the possibility of being able to fight is very small. Second, even if we really defeat the Dutch, the city of Geranza will become a piece of fat, do you think the Portuguese and Spaniards can be so willing to give it to Zheng Zhilong? Besides, for us, isn't the situation in Southeast Asia as chaotic as possible, and only when chaos arises can we have a chance. ”

Wang Zhaoxing silently thought about Zeng Guangxian's words and did not speak.

"That's it, Wang." Zeng Guangxian looked up at the sky again, "This matter is indeed not something that the two of us can decide. Let's call our own people in the fleet together, and let's have a meeting. ”

"Hehe, why did your commander Zeng learn from Xu Lang now." Wang Zhaoxing pointed at Zeng Guangxian and smiled, then turned around and shouted loudly, "Zhao Dequan, order the fleet to move forward at full speed, break away from the enemy ships, and notify all your own people to come to the flagship." ”

All the traversers on the four battleships gathered in the captain's room of the Canton. After listening to Zeng Guangxian's analysis of the situation, most of the people did not speak.

Xin Jiaju, who served as the captain of the God, suddenly asked a question: "Commander Zeng, if we really take the city of Geranza, then do we need to garrison troops in Geranza?" Will Zheng Zhilong let us stay, if we don't keep people, will it have an impact on going to Dengzhou this year? ”

Zhao Dequan replied first: "I think we have to keep people, if we don't keep people, then aren't we working in vain?" ”

"I think so." An Yuhang said, "I'm afraid this matter is not something we can decide, it's not a war issue, it's a political issue." I'm afraid I'll have to make up my mind at home. ”

"I've thought about that too." Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Zeng Guangxian said, "Even if we send a message to the family now, the family can't bring the resolution over, so we have to make our own decisions." I don't think it's necessary, and it's unlikely that we'll be stationed in the city of Geranza. Because we don't have many troops in the first place, how much is it appropriate to stay? More or less. Moreover, no matter whether or not we can defeat Relanza City this time, and no matter who will occupy Reranza City, we have done them a great favor for Zheng Zhilong and the two teeth. So if you go to Dengzhou this year, I don't think it's too much of a problem to set up a supply depot in Taiwan. ”

"What about Liu Xiang?" Xin Jiaju asked again, "He's right behind us, do you want to kill him now or keep him?" ”

"Keep him." Zeng Guangxian replied, "If we defeat him now, then the strength of Relansha City will shrink, which will be beneficial to Zheng Zhilong." Let's keep Liu Xiang, the more chaotic the current situation, the better it will be for us. ”

"Hehehehe." Everyone was amused by Zeng Guangxian, "Commander Zeng, you are afraid that the world will not be chaotic." ”

"Alright." Wang Zhaoxing made a concluding speech, "Everyone is clear about the situation, if no one wants to speak again, let's raise our hands to vote." A raise of hands who agreed to be rerouted to Taiwan. ”

All of them raised their hands.