The first rays of sunlight in the morning shone into Wenyuan Pavilion, and Hou Xuanyan and the three scholars had been discussing for a long time.

Last night, the battle report came from the third watch, Zheng Zhilong completely defeated the Dutch on Dongfan Island, and the remaining few warships sailed to the coast of Fuzhou to seek refuge, Shi Lang took them all in, and confronted Zheng's naval division in Hutou Harbor. Hou Xuanyan sent someone to knock on the door of the three scholars in the middle of the night and gathered together to discuss whether to send troops.

Hou Xuanyan, who completely pacified the southwest, once again set his sights on Dongfan Island, which was later called Taiwan, and its unique location was equivalent to the largest warship that would never sink in the Age of Discovery. With Penghu and Dongfan, you can choke the shipping routes of the South Seas, not to mention making a fortune sitting on the ground, and it can also be convenient for domestic merchants.

The attitude of the four people in the Wenyuan Pavilion was very clear, and the fight must be fought, but there was a disagreement about who would command the troops.

Hou Xuanyan advocated letting Shi Lang take command, but the other three people all thought that Shi Lang was a retainer of the Zheng family, and they were forced to surrender at the beginning, so that he could fight the old master, lest he would defect before the battle.

The Fujian Sailor started late, but the rapid development is close to that of the Songjiang Sailor, because this place is born to be the cradle of the Sailor.

There are few Fujian people who don't like to go to sea, especially after being suppressed by Zhu Ming for so many years, and their desire for the sea is better than all other places. Because the land in Fujian is so barren, it is also the only area that is not so keen on the wind and rain. Just because Fujian can't harvest many crops even if the wind and rain are smooth, if someone hadn't brought sweet potatoes from Nanyang, every famine would have cost Fujian half its life.

Sweet potatoes are sweet potatoes that can save lives and fight hunger, but absolutely no one likes to eat this every day for a living. The sweet potato prosperity created by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations was hyped by people, but they didn't know that this was really a manifestation of their incompetence. In the early days of most dynasties, a large amount of land was left idle due to the war-dead and wounded population, and the new court only needed a simple redistribution at the right time, and the people would slowly create a prosperous era. Only the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they poured hundreds of thousands of wild boar skins into the Guan, occupied the vacant land, and made the people miserable, and only relied on a sweet potato to whitewash the peace.

The barren land makes the Min people more dependent on and trust the sea, which contains endless wealth, and every child grows up in this expectation.

Hou Xuanyan finally made a decision, and decided not to use suspicious people, and let Shi Lang lead the troops to completely exterminate Zheng Zhilong.

This pirate leader, who has been in trouble so far, has countless grievances with Hou Xuanyan. Not to mention the sabotage of the Northern Expedition several times, he also held Emperor Longwu hostage and fought a bloody battle with Hou Xuanyan in Fuzhou; ignored the slaughter of Jiading and took in Li Chengdong; Locked the sea Songjiang Mansion, almost strangled the seedlings of the sailor carefully cultivated by Hou Xuanyan. What's even more annoying is that taking advantage of the death of Emperor Longwu, colluding with the Southwest Tusi, taking advantage of the chaos to take Guangzhou Mansion, and at the most critical time of the Northern Expedition, it was difficult to drag 130,000 Hunan soldiers to move an inch.

Even now, he blocked the shipping route of the South Seas, making countless maritime merchants in the Ming Dynasty sigh with admiration, and they could only choose Japan as a transit.

New hatreds and old hatreds are pouring into my heart, and it's time to break down.

Once it was decided to let Shi Lang take command, Jinling, the world's largest war engine, was running at high speed again.

Shiploads of war supplies were transported to Fujian from all over the country, and a group of Japanese soldiers was recruited by Tokugawa Iemitsu, numbering as many as 8,000 people. These were peasants who lived by the sea, and their status in Japan was so low that the samurai could kill them at will with impunity. Hearing that the Ming Dynasty recruited manpower, and all the Japanese soldiers who applied for the war could enjoy the same treatment as those sailors, the Japanese fell directly into madness.

At this time, the Japanese peasants were very miserable, first of all, the land in Japan was barren, there were no crops that could be harvested, and the Tokugawa shogunate's lockdown decree made them lose their narrow coastline. Although the arrival of the Ming merchants allowed them to enjoy a little benefit, most of the money was earned by the merchants.

There were more than 100 warships rushing from Japan to Fujian, which was half of the strength of the two major naval divisions of Denglai and Songjiang.

The Japanese barracks were equipped with seven warships alone, led by the general Sakai Nobumitsu sent by the Tokugawa shogunate, and everyone had excitement on their faces.

"This time I will follow the Daming Sailor to fight, and I must beat Zheng Zhilong to the ground."

"Such a good ship, such a good food, I really want to have this kind of battle forever."

The two Japanese soldiers whispered there, and Nobumitsu Sakai, who was patrolling the ship, heard it and reprimanded, "Bastard," Nobumitsu Sakai stopped talking, was silent for a while, and finally said, "Stay well, don't talk nonsense." ”

In his heart, he had participated in the Battle of Nagasaki twice, and the great sense of humiliation was buried in the bottom of his heart by this group of people, looking at the warships that covered the sea on the sea, how he wished that one day Japan would have such a fleet.

At that time, it was no longer necessary to fight for others, but to be the most desirable thing.

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Caoyu Port, Fujian.

Shi Lang held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the sea, and behind him, the generals of the Fujian Navy Division looked excited.

Raising troops for a thousand days and using troops for a while, the day the Fujian Navy Division was formed, Zheng Zhilong was their imaginary enemy. The original purpose of the construction of this sailor was to defeat Zheng Zhilong, which was their mission. Now that war is coming, the hatred between them cannot be reconciled unless one side is willing to give up the territory of Fuzhou.

Shi Lang put down the clairvoyant mirror and said: "This battle can't be delayed for a long time, Zheng Zhilong has a deep heritage on Dongfan Island, once he regains control of Dongfan, he will soon recover." The Dutch inflicted a lot of casualties on them, and it was the perfect time to take advantage of his illness. ”

"Fortunately, the prince made a quick decision, so that we can start a war, otherwise it will be really difficult to cure Zheng Zhilong if he recovers again."

Shi Lang turned around and said with a smile: "You don't have to be too nervous, Zheng Zhilong has lost Fuzhou, and he is no longer the former king of Fujian." Now it's a toothless tiger, go, follow me to meet the red-haired people, and then decide when to send troops. ”

"Governor, do we really want to help those red-haired people? They're not a good thing either. ”

The Fujianese people have a bad impression of the red-haired Dutch, who were very arrogant and rude when they first arrived in the East.

Shi Lang said with a smile: "They have been fighting with Zheng Zhilong for so long, plus they have occupied Dongfan Island for a long time, there must be information we need." When the war is over, it's not too late to settle accounts with them, and now to deal with Zheng Zhilong, these people can also be regarded as allies. Don't look at the two ships left after they were beaten in Dongban, but in the South Seas, there is still a strong force. ”