Before the official decision, Zheng Sen sent someone back quietly to ask Zheng Zhilong for advice.

Fortunately, the people sent by Zheng Sen went in time, if it was a few days later, Zheng Zhilong would have set off for Kaifeng. In just half a month, every battleship of the Zheng family's fleet has been inspected by the officers and men of the naval division of Daliang. However, the Zheng family has hundreds of large and small ships, and even if the sailors of the girder want to swallow them in one bite, they will take time to digest them slowly. Moreover, the positions of his brothers have not changed, and they can still control the sailors and their troops.

Zheng Zhilong wants to continue to control the troops, and a sudden naval battle is the best reason. His Zheng family fleet, as the most powerful fleet in the South China Seas, and is extremely clear about the situation in Taiwan, if there is a war in Taiwan, who else can the Zheng family fleet use without him?

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong did not convene a meeting, and directly told the messenger to let Zheng Sen start the war against Taiwan as soon as possible, but at the same time, Zheng Sen was also prepared to fight alone and escape at any time. After all, for a government, the determination to fight abroad is not so easy to make, even against Taiwan, which has only a few hundred Dutch defenders, it may be a long process, and it will not even care about Zheng Sen's life and death.

But for him Zheng Zhilong, as long as there is an excuse, it would be fine. No matter how Liang thinks about it, he will definitely find a way to use this matter to firmly hold the military power. He surrendered to Daliang in order not to let his own strength be wiped out. Unexpectedly, Da Liang is indeed tough enough, and even such a scarce military branch as the water division does not have many preferential treatments, and he really regrets surrendering a little.

Zheng Sen got his father's instructions and immediately set off with the fleet. Although it was a headwind, the sailors took turns paddling and finally came to the outside of Oyuan Bay. However, Zheng Sen did not enter Dayuan Bay immediately, but anchored in the deep water area in the distance, and personally took a small boat to enter the town of Geranza and Chihkan City to investigate.

The castle of Geranza was an important fortress for the Dutch, and ordinary people could not enter it, and he was going to do secret reconnaissance, so he could not identify himself. However, the town is just a few hundred steps east of the castle, and there are many Chinese in the town, so it is no problem to ask for some news. And although it is a little strange for the Dutch to see Chinese sailing ships in this season, they do not pay attention to it, they all know that the Chinese are very desperate to make money.

After half a day of investigation, he basically put his mind at ease. The Dutch have not yet received the news, and their defenses have not been strengthened. But it is impossible to sneak attack and take the city of Geranza, because the city of Geranza is responsible for blocking the deep-water channel into Dayuan Bay, and the castle is a barracks, and it is difficult to sneak attack. If you want to make a difference, you can only make an idea on the northern line of the tail sandbar in the north.

The southern end of the northern line is across the waterway from the city of Geranza, where the large ships enter the bay of the deep waterway, and the northern end is the shallow waterway Luermen. Although the waterway of Luermen is shallow, and only fishing boats usually enter and exit, the draft of the Chinese sailing ship led by Zheng Sen is not as deep as that of the Dutch ships, but it can pass through. As long as you can control the tail sandbar of the northern line, you can control a waterway in and out of Dayuan Bay. The only obstacle was a fortress built by the Dutch in the middle of the northern line.

The fortress was not large, one zhang high, three cannons, and more than two dozen soldiers guarded it, rotating once a week. Although it was built in the middle of the northern line, the fort was facing the mooring area of the sea ships off the bay, so the cannons could control the Luermen waterway. The so-called berthing area is due to the complex sea conditions outside Dayuan Bay, and there are many sand dunes on the seabed, so sea vessels can only moor in the two areas north and south of the city of Geranza, queuing up to enter in an orderly manner from the proven safe route.

During the night, Zheng Sen and his leaders discussed a plan of action. Most of these people who came were heroes recruited by Zheng Sen himself, and there were also a few staff members prepared by Zheng Zhilong for his son, which could be regarded as a team formed for Zheng Sen. Their plan was simple, that is, to occupy the Dutch fortress at the end of the northern line, and then hold on, waiting for the arrival of the Zheng family's large army. Of course, boats and dinghies should be properly protected and withdrawn at any time if they can't hold on.

"Isn't it too risky?" Chen Ze said cautiously: "Although the Dutch do not have many soldiers, they still have three ships. And their muskets and cannons are also very sharp, do you want to report to Quanzhou first, and then do it when they are ready to dispatch? ”

Zheng Sen shook his head and said helplessly: "This is impossible." The girder is not a Ming court, and their warship has a wheel pulp, even if it is a headwind, it only takes two days to come and investigate, and it will be faster to go back. If I play tricks here, my Zheng family will really be finished. ”

Yong Meng Gan Hui also didn't have much confidence, and said: "Although we have a lot of gunpowder projectiles, it's hard to say how long we can hold out if we want to fight." And the Dutch battleship was here, and it was a question of how to return to the big ship from the sandbar at the end of the northern line. Even if you can get on the boat, it will be a good wind to return to the mainland, and you may not be able to escape. ”

Although they didn't recruit many personnel when they came out, they prepared a lot of weapons and ammunition. The four-inch Portuguese-made Hongyi cannon brought six pieces, and nearly 200 other gunpowder, projectiles, arquebuses, and handguns, making them powerful.

Young Master Zheng Sen got angry and reprimanded him dissatisfiedly: "Since you are afraid, then stay on the ship, I will personally take the daredevils to seize the fortress!" ”

Chen Ze, Gan Hui and others are all poor men, and they were found by Zheng Sen in the people, so they are still very grateful to Zheng Sen. At this time, Zheng Sen's face looked better.

He also said to everyone: "Everyone is a bloody and capable hero!" The reason why I have brought you out is to find you a great fortune! My uncles are all old, and they only think about money and comfort, and they won't do anything when they get to the big beam. But as long as we make a name for ourselves here, we will have the position of our brother in the future. Even if Daliang doesn't dare to send troops over, our brothers can work together to break out of the world overseas! ”

Everyone clenched their fists and responded loudly: "Only the son's order is obeyed!" ”

Zheng Sen said very truthfully, whether he can be promoted and make a fortune in the future, and his family will have a lot of money, it depends on whether he can fight well this time. Even if you are a pirate, you will be divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the name is very important.

Although it had been agreed, they did not do it immediately, but waited three days before they began to put it into practice, for they were waiting for the two Dutch merchant ships in the harbor to leave. According to the news they heard, the next time a Dutch merchant ship comes, I am afraid it will be half a month or even longer. They took advantage of this period so that they could hold out longer.

That night, nearly 100 people took a small boat from Luermen to the north end of the sandbar at the end of the northern line, and then walked more than ten miles to the vicinity of the fortress in the middle of the sandbar. Dressed in black cloth and armed with bows and arrows, crossbows, and swords wrapped in black cloth, they cautiously approached the fortress through the darkness of the night.

Zheng Sen personally bent his bow and arrow, and as soon as his fingers were loosened, a feather arrow came out offline. With only a slight "boom" of the bowstring tauting, one of the sentries roasting on the second floor of the fortress fell silently, and the feathered arrow was nailed to his neck. The other sentry's eyes widened in horror when another feathered arrow arrived, piercing him in the head, causing him to let out a terrible howl before he died.