Wei Wuji led 200 warships, more than 100 merchant fleets, Zheng Chenggong led more than 100 warships, plus Zheng Tai's strength on Xiamen Island, more than 300 warships, more than 200 large and small ships, this strength is much stronger than Zheng Cai's remnants in Xiamen, as for the Portuguese and Dutch, they have long run away.

After Zheng Chenggong sent someone to spread the word, sure enough, most of Zheng Cai's ships surrendered, and only some diehards still tried to resist, but in the siege of so many warships, those diehard ships were quickly crushed and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Hundreds of warships gathered in the waters near Xiamen and Kinmen, and soon Zheng Cai's forces fell apart, and Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Qiang's Jinhua rebels were victorious.

Seeing the victory, Wei Wuji stood at the bow of the ship and shouted, "Soldiers, go to the island, empty this island for me, don't let go of a stitch or a thread, a dime." ”

"Oh-" The sailors of the Jinhua Righteous Army roared in unison, lowered their sampans, and the boat, loaded with soldiers, rushed to the island.

Wei Wuji turned around and said to Zhang Ying: "Your Excellency the Governor has ordered that all the artillery on Zheng Cai's warship, select high-quality and qualified ones for me to move to our ship, and the pirates and fishermen who are willing to join us will be recruited if the crime is not very serious and the value is innocent." ”

"Yes, sir." Zhang Ying was overjoyed, this trip was not in vain, although he couldn't occupy the territory, he could loot things wantonly, and he could expand his own sailors, he was so happy.

Wei Wuji looked at Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong smiled casually.

Zheng Chenggong watched as many sailors and soldiers climbed down from the warship, turned to Wei Wuji and said, "Lord Admiral, if there is nothing else, I will go back to my warship." ”

Wei Wuji was very satisfied, made Zheng Chenggong ugly, and avenged this person for robbing him of his credit, and Zhang Qiang still wanted to live in peace with Zheng Chenggong, and he couldn't disobey Zhang Qiang's order, so he arched his hand and said: "There is Lao Zhong and filial piety, and when the sons and daughters carry the captured materials on the ship, you can take over Xiamen." ”

Zheng Chenggong clenched his fists, "Thank you, Lord Wei, I asked the sons and daughters to wait for a while, do you want me to send someone to help the rebels?" ”

Wei Wuji waved his hand and said categorically: "No, thank you, Uncle Zhongxiao." ”

Zheng Chenggong surrendered his hand again, and then turned around and returned to his warship with his guards.

The sailors of the Jinhua Righteous Army were moving things, and Zheng Chenggong's sailors were watching from the side, seeing that the things on the two big islands of Xiamen and Kinmen were continuously moved to the merchant ships of the Jinhua Righteous Army, and finally the merchant ships could not be put down, many warships were stacked full, and the waterline fell again and again, almost letting the whole ship sink into the water.

Zheng Tai looked at Zheng Chenggong, "Big brother, is this really good?" Demoralize my sons. ”

Zheng Chenggong didn't say a word.

A young general said angrily: "My lord, you just watched these drought barbarians empty Xiamen? Zheng Cai is also the brother of Lao Linggong, a general, his property should be inherited by you, if it were not for the prestige of your son, Zheng Cai's subordinates would not surrender, with these barbarians, can they win against Zheng Cai's subordinates? ”

Zheng Chenggong turned to look at him and roared angrily: "Hugh's nonsense, what do you know? ”

Zheng Tai also said to the young general: "Shi Lang, don't be rash, the Jinhua Righteous Army is now an ally with us." Give up some small fortune to your allies, and there is nothing, you don't understand, go down. ”

Shi Lang lowered his head and admitted his mistake, but his eyes were full of disappointment.

Said Shi Lang, but Zheng Tai himself was also a little uncomfortable, Zheng Cai was a part of Zheng Zhilong's group in their hearts, and now his belongings were moved away by an outsider, which could not help but make him, who was also a person of Zheng Zhilong's maritime business group, feel sad, after Zheng Zhilong left, Zheng's eighteen Zhi maritime empire, the maritime kingdom that once made the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spaniards have to bow their heads, completely collapsed, and his only hope is that Zheng Chengcheng will inherit his father's great cause and recast the glory of Zheng Group.

"It's okay, it's going to get better slowly, swallowing up Zheng Cai's forces, even though it's only one-twelfth of tenths, our strength is still growing, isn't it? When Japan's business recovers, and we receive 'tolls' on the trade routes, we will be able to rise again in a year's time." Zheng Chenggong said confidently to Zheng Tai.

Zheng Tai calculated, plus the remnants of Zheng Cai, Zheng Chenggong will have forty-five large Fu ships, three Portuguese Clark ships, more than seventy medium-sized Fu ships, slightly smaller more than 20 sand ships and bird ships and other warships, and about one hundred and twenty or thirty small warships, reaching seventy or eighty percent of his strength in one fell swoop, and those big ships are far more than his own, so calculated, his strength is already about the same as his own.

If he accepts the dozens of seriously injured Zheng Cai's captured armed merchant ships that Zhang Qiang promised him in the future, Zheng Chenggong's strength far exceeds his own, and the combined strength of the two of them is comparable to Zheng Hongkui's strength.

The coastal forces of the Ming Dynasty were reshuffled, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong were almost tied for the first, while the Jinhua Righteous Army was second, and below was the third of the Daqing Water Division, and then there were some other small pirate forces that did not take refuge in any of the forces.

Of course, if you count the maritime strength, their opponent is actually the Dutch, the Dutch are first, the Spaniards are second, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong are tied for third, and the Portuguese are fourth, which is the strength of the Westerners in Asia compared with the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Tai set his eyes on the shore, where Wei Wuji was directing people to lift some precious camphor wood and oak with large diameters used for shipbuilding onto merchant ships using pulleys, and Zheng Tai's heart was suddenly stung.

To build a sailboat, you need to cut down some trees with a large diameter from the deep mountains and old forests, transport them to land with great difficulty, and then dry them for one to four years before they can be used to build them.

Otherwise, the ship will crack due to moisture and sun exposure, and on the sea, such a problem on the ship is tantamount to suicide.

When encountering some big storms, they will disintegrate directly, so it needs to be dried as much as possible to make the tree fibers dense and compact, so that a good boat can be built, and there will be no major problems after ten or twenty years.

Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer of these good ships, and the various forces have tried their best to collect them, and each force has very little of these precious timbers in stock, and can only use some inferior ones, and the diameter is not very thick for ten years, and a few years of wood can be pieced together, so that the ships that are put together will fall apart when they encounter a storm, and they will not be strong, and the life of the fleet is very short, about three or four years.

Wei Wuji's search took a day and a night, until each ship had a deep draft and could no longer fit it, then he said goodbye to Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Tai, set sail for the coast of Taizhou.

Zheng Chenggong immediately led people to take over the ships left by Zheng Cai and the entire Xiamen territory, as well as the territory of Kinmen Island.

With this territory, his strength will be even higher, he has seen the glory of restoring his father's time, and compared to his father's loose alliance of the Eighteen Zhi, his forces are all controlled by him, and they are all the new Zheng pirate group in power under his henchmen.

Poor Zheng Cai has always been conceited and smart, but he did the stupidest thing and ruined all the property he worked so hard for.