Jiang Beiming was stationed on a small island dozens of nautical miles away from Nagasaki for more than ten days, and Zeng Guangxian and Zheng Zhilong took people to Nagasaki to find Yokoji Keiji.

It had been a few months since Keiji Yokoji and Chen Xiang arrived in Japan, but they had never had the opportunity to contact Toyotomi Wanko, and the two had been staying in Nagasaki as merchants. These days, Nagasaki has been spreading that the Korean and Manchu Qing have united and sent a large number of warships to attack Nagasaki. No one knows where this news came from, but there are people throughout Nagasaki who are worried. Because it was rumored that Korea had received help from Westerners, and their muskets and artillery were much more powerful than before.

Zeng Guangxian came to Nagasaki for the first time, but Zheng Zhilong was very familiar with Nagasaki. When Zheng Zhilong was 17 years old, due to the difficulty of his family's livelihood, he accompanied his younger brother Zhihu and Zhibao to Xiangshanao (Macau), Guangdong, one of the locations of the Sino-foreign trade center at that time, to follow his uncle Huang Cheng. Huang Cheng bought a business and sold the Oriental, seeing that Zheng Zhilong was capable, in the third year of the Apocalypse (1623), he sent him to attach the ship of Li Dan (a native of Quanzhou), an overseas Chinese in Hirado, Japan, and escorted a batch of sugar, Qinan, musk, deerskin and other goods, and released them from Xiangshanao to Japan, where they lived in Nagasaki.

After Zheng Zhilong moved to Hirado, he was favored by the local princes of the Matsuura clan, who built a new residence on the land given to him by the Matsuura clan in Kawachiura Senrihama (present-day Matsuura-gun, Nagasaki Prefecture) near Hirado, and introduced Tagawa Matsu, the daughter of Emperor Tagawa Yu, a minister of the Hirado clan, to marry. Emperor Tagawa Yu, also known as Emperor Weng Yu, was an expatriate from China who moved to Pinghu (one said to be a maritime merchant from Quanzhou in Japan), and in Japan it was the Tagawa clan. Tagawa Matsu is a Japanese, the adopted daughter of Emperor Weng Yu, in the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624), the eldest son Zheng Chenggong, and the second son Nanazaemon in 1629.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's visit to Nagasaki this time can be regarded as a revisit, but neither he nor Zeng Guangxian can guess whether Tao Min will come to Nagasaki and when he will come to Nagasaki. Zeng Guangxian connected with Yokoji Keiji at the place agreed in Nagasaki, and the two sides exchanged the latest news, Zeng Guangxian had no good way, so he could only wait in Nagasaki now.

Tao Min's fleet has now gathered on Tsushima Island.

"Brother, are you sure Jiang Beiming and they are gone?" Tao Gong was still a little worried that his brother would go to Nagasaki in person.

"They're definitely gone." Tao Min made a fatal error in judgment, "We just received news from Shengjing that Huang Taiji's 50,000 army has gone to attack Lushun again. Now Lushun will definitely not be able to hold on, so not only Han Wantao has withdrawn from Suyuan, but Jiang Beiming has definitely left, and they will definitely go back to Lushun. This is our chance. Tsushima is only a little over 100 kilometers from Nagasaki, and our fleet can reach Nagasaki in less than a day. If we miss this opportunity, when Jiang Beiming and the others stabilize Lushun, we will have no chance. ”

Tao Gong seemed much calmer than his brother at this time: "Brother, why do I think things are not so simple. Have you thought about it, what if Jiang Beiming gave up Lushun and went directly to Nagasaki to wait for us, he has not found our fleet during this time. ”

"Probably not." Tao Min wanted to defeat Japan too much, and there was no way to think rationally about things at this time, "Jiang Beiming's fleet has been fighting in Tsushima for so long, not to mention anything else, there are not many shells left in him, and he will never go to Nagasaki." ”

"Brother, or else." Tao Gong knew that he couldn't convince his brother, "We have ten warships now, and send nine to fight Nagasaki, and you will wait on Tsushima Island first." If Jiang Beiming really doesn't go to Nagasaki, you will go again, so it will be foolproof. ”

"If I don't go, I won't be able to negotiate with Japan." Tao Min still insisted, "Brother, you have to understand that we don't have time to conquer Japan little by little, and only by fighting a quick battle and quickly defeating Nagasaki can we achieve our goal." Moreover, half of our navy is made up of Ming troops captured from Phi Dao, so if I don't go, I'm afraid something will happen. ”

The more Tao Min insisted, the more nervous Tao Gong's heart became: "Brother, even if I beg you, you really can't go directly to Nagasaki." ”

Tao Min didn't want to worry his brother anymore, so he patted Tao Gong and smiled: "That's it, brother." We sent nine warships to Nagasaki, and I took the remaining one to depart a day later. I don't go directly to Nagasaki, find a place north of Nagasaki and stop first. If all goes well I'll go again, and if anything changes, I'll go back to Tsushima. ”

Tao Gong knew that he couldn't stop his brother, so he had to say: "That's okay, this method is still safer." But brother, you must do what you say, don't lie to me. I can do nothing in this world, absolutely nothing without you. ”

Tao Min hugged Tao Gong tightly in his arms: "I promise you, I can't live without you." ”

Nine warships lined up from Tsushima Island to Nagasaki.

Han Wantao and Xu Lang led more than 10,000 troops to Nanpu.

"Xu Lang, how is the troop carrier prepared, can it accommodate more than 10,000 people?" Han Wantao asked.

"It's ready." Xu Lang was a little worried, "But Wan Tao, we don't have a single warship, according to the speed of the Daming Fu ship, it will take two or three days to reach Lushun, there will be no problem." ”

"It shouldn't be a problem." Han Wantao replied, "Tao Min's warship should not come here, Huang Taiji does not have a warship. Besides, didn't you say that Huang Taiji might attack Lushun now, let's do it a day earlier. ”

Xu Lang was still very anxious about Lushun's affairs: "That's okay, so be it." I'll make arrangements, and we'll leave tomorrow. ”

The battle on the Jinzhou defense line was extremely fierce, and Huang Taiji's 50,000 Eight Banners launched a desperate charge towards the long wall again and again. Xu Tianbin brought 5,000 Yulin troops, which made Wang Zhaoxing and Leng Tianbing a little relieved, although the 5,000 men and horses were not much, but the combat effectiveness was still much higher than that of the Shandong soldiers.

After a day of fierce fighting, Wang Zhaoxing returned to the Yulin army garrison from Zhang Shujie's tent.

"Zhaoxing, the situation is a little bad." As soon as Wang Zhaoxing came back, Leng Tianbing greeted him, "Our cannonballs are almost gone." I have been saving shells for the past few days, but there have been many casualties in hand-to-hand combat. ”

"How much longer?" Wang Zhaoxing asked.

"According to the way you play these days, two days at most." After Leng Tianbing finished speaking, he asked, "What is Zhang Shujie's opinion?" ”

"I don't have any opinions, stick to the Golden State defense line." Wang Zhaoxing said, "Chongzhen's will is to stick to Lushun, and Zhang Shujie doesn't dare to have other ideas." However, he told me that he had already sent a ship to Tianjin to move the rescue troops, and he didn't know when he would be able to arrive. ”

"But don't worry." Wang Zhaoxing looked at Leng Tianbing and Xu Tianbin next to him, "I have already made Da Silva ready, once the Jinzhou defense line cannot be defended, our Yulin army will withdraw to Lushun first." What are the six warships that can hold our 5,000 people, and if Lushun can't hold it, he will withdraw to Dengzhou. ”

"It's not good for us to throw down Zhang Shujie." During this period of time fighting side by side, the relationship between Leng Tianbing and Zhang Shujie is gradually cultivating.

"Deputy Chief of the General Staff, don't worry." Xu Tianbin smiled, "If we really want to retreat, we will take him with us." ”

Wang Zhaoxing asked again: "Tian Bin, how are your 5,000 people doing in the past few days, are there many casualties?" ”

"It's okay." Xu Tianbin replied, "We have not been on the front line, the Shenji Battalion and the Quick Gun Team have been in the lead, and they have suffered a lot of casualties. ”

"I know that." Wang Zhaoxing said, "Zhang Shujie told me just now, he meant that he wanted us to go to the front line tomorrow, and they couldn't hold it anymore. ”

Xu Tianbin thought for a while: "Maybe we have to go too, if you don't go, you can't do it." But I want to leave a reserve of four hundred people. ”

"You want to keep four hundred?" Leng Tianbing felt that this number was a bit small, what could four hundred people do, "Tian Bin, why is it four hundred, four hundred people are not enough." ”

Xu Tianbin explained: "These 400 people are Wang Hua's military cadets, basically have never been to the battlefield, and they are all children. ”

Wang Zhaoxing and Leng Tianbing both understood: "Then stay, don't let these children have any losses." ”