Early that morning, Zheng Sen went to Mr. Wang's to go to school as usual, but when it was almost noon, he saw Hong Chengjian and Hai Dafu walking in together. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What's wrong?" Zheng Sen couldn't help but think about it, but he didn't make any more movements, just continued to read with his head down without squinting.

From the corner of his eyes, Zheng Sen saw that Mr. Wang was getting up and greeted him, Hong Chengjian said something, and then several people walked out together, and after a while, Mr. Wang walked in again, and his face seemed to be very heavy. He walked up to Zheng Sen and said, "Zheng Sen, you come with me." ”

Zheng Sen didn't say much, just stood up silently, followed Mr. Wang, and walked out under the collective gaze of other students.

"Zheng Sen, your father sent a letter asking you to go back." Outside, Mr. Wang said to Zheng Sen.

Without waiting for Zheng Sen to continue asking, Hong Chengjian spoke: "Do you know that there is a Dutch country in the West that has now declared war on my Ming Dynasty. ”

Of course, Zheng Sen knew about the fight between the Netherlands and Daming, and even he knew the so-called peace conditions proposed by the Netherlands to Daming:

The Dutch demanded the right to free trade in the Zhangzhou River, Anhai, Dayuan, and Batavia, as well as the establishment of a trading base on Gulangyu Island, and the possibility of sending representatives to Chinese coastal cities to purchase goods, and that Dutch ships could anchor freely off the coast of Fujian, and that no Chinese ships were allowed to go to Manila. In other words, the Chinese side must immediately stop trade with Spain, Portugal and other countries, and can only trade with the Dutch, and at the same time the Dutch enjoy the same legal rights in China as China.

Although the Ming Dynasty is now in turmoil, the Ming Dynasty will never accept such conditions. Even if the Ming Dynasty is willing to accept it, the Zheng family will definitely not accept it. And the Dutch also made the first move. When did the Zheng family get beaten at sea and not fight back? So it's normal for both sides to fight.

"I heard that this Holland has strong ships and guns at sea, and it is extremely vicious, almost like a building on the sea." Hong Chengjian said, "A few days ago, the imperial navy and these Dutch also fought many battles, and lost more than 100 ships, but they failed to sink or capture even a single Dutch ship. Moreover, these Dutch constantly attacked the coastal villages, and their firearms were sharp, even if they went ashore, the officers and soldiers of the guard post were no match at all. But I have not had anyone at our door for hundreds of years, but we dare not fight. Besides, if we retreat, I am afraid that they will only have to advance inch by inch, and they will be pressing step by step. So I actually have no way to retreat. ”

After saying this, Hong Chengjian took another deep breath and said: "Ah Sen, your father Fei Huang Gong has already written to the imperial court to ask for war, and will carry the coffin to the boat and fight to the death with Hongyi." The approval of the imperial court will come down soon, and when the time comes, your father and your uncles will all go to sea and fight to the death with Hongyi. The soldiers are in danger, and today your father will send someone to take you back, or you will be explained to you if there is something. Thou shalt go back quickly. ”

Zheng Sen listened, and didn't say much, just bit his lip, bowed to Mr. Wang and Hong Chengjian respectively, and then turned around and walked out. Hai Dafu also hurriedly arched his hand towards the two and followed.

"Although General Feihuang was born in the sea, he is still quite loyal." Seeing Zheng Sen and Hai Dafu hurriedly walking out of the door, Hong Chengjian said to Mr. Wang with some emotion.

"I hope they can repel Hongyi in one fell swoop, just like they did during the First World War in Penghu." Mr. Wang also nodded and sighed, "Now there are rogues in the imperial court, and there are Jianyi in the north, if Jiangnan is harassed by Hongyi again...... Alas......"

However, Zheng Sen's heart was actually not as nervous as he appeared, and he knew that the situation was not as serious as Hong Chengjian said. In the far east, the Netherlands actually had only eleven plywood ships (Galen ships), although these ships had obvious advantages in speed downwind, firepower configuration, and anti-strike ability compared with the Fu ships used by the Ming army and the Zheng family, but their number was limited after all, only eleven. How much sea area can these eleven ships control, and how many combatants can be transported at one time? Moreover, the Netherlands was far away and attracted by the Thirty Years' War in Europe, so it was impossible to really mobilize all the forces to devote themselves to East Asia, so although the combat effectiveness of the Dutch's single plywood ship was quite outstanding, on the whole, the Dutch were not enough to pose a real threat to the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the strength of the Zheng family's fleet today is actually far from being comparable to the eleven plywood ships in the Netherlands. There are more than 1,000 large and small ships in the hands of the Zheng family, although these ships will definitely not be able to defeat the Dutch ships alone, but the consumption is far from being comparable to the Dutch, even if they pull Liu Xiang. Moreover, the Zheng family's intelligence ability in Fujian to Dayuan Sea is far from being comparable to that of the Dutch from outsiders, even if they pull Liu Xiang in order to enhance their strength in this area. In addition to this, the Dutch were worried about the power of Spain. The Netherlands and Spain are enemy countries, if the Dutch lose too much in the battle with the Zheng family, it is difficult to guarantee that Spain will not take the opportunity to kill, and at that time, let alone force the Ming to agree to their terms, I am afraid that even their original colonies in the Far East may not be able to be saved. Therefore, the situation faced by the Zheng family in this battle is actually not too serious.

Moreover, before that, those beautiful exchange ratios played by the Dutch were actually very watery. They knocked out either the ships of Zheng family's allies like Shi Daxuan, or the boats of genuine Fujian sailors. These results, in some sense, are even something that the Zheng family wants to be overjoyed. As for the Zheng family's descendant fleet, although the combat effectiveness of a single ship is still weaker than that of the Dutch plywood ships, it has finally been replaced with cast iron cannons purchased from the British, and in terms of the range of the guns alone, it even has a slight advantage over the Dutch plywood ships in the Far East. Of course, these guns were still inferior to the heavy bronze naval guns of the Dutch, and the Fu's ships were capable of carrying one gun each in the bow and stern, and their firepower was far inferior to that of the Dutch plywood ships. However, the Zheng family's fleet had a very obvious numerical advantage, and with the arson ships, the Zheng family's fleet still had a very obvious advantage over the Dutch in the Far East. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's so-called coffin-carrying decisive battle or something is just a gesture, and Zheng Sen is also very aware of this, so he naturally won't be really nervous and worried. As for calling himself back, in Zheng Sen's opinion, it means that his father has to do a full set of plays.

When he went out, Zheng Sen saw Zheng Zhilong's eldest entourage Zheng Fu leading three horses and waiting there. Seeing Zheng Sen and the others coming out, Zheng Fu led the horse to meet him and hugged his fists and said, "Eldest son, the master asked you to go back immediately, please get on the horse." ”

In the gap between the two years of the Chinese New Year, Zheng Sen also worked hard to learn to ride a horse, and now although he is not superb in riding or anything, he is still no problem riding a horse in ordinary times. And Zheng Zhilong's arrangement also made Zheng Sen give Zheng Zhilong a thumbs up in his heart - this scene is really meticulous! You think, General Zheng carried the coffin to battle, and his son galloped hundreds of miles on horseback and returned to think that his father was strong, his father was a loyal minister, and his son was a filial son, what a beautiful talk!

Zheng Sen didn't say much, took the reins handed over by Zheng Fu, and flew on the horse. Hai Dafu and Zheng Fu also got on the horse, and the three of them ran along the road towards the outside of the town.

Zheng Fu and Hai Dafu were full of gloom, and people of their level naturally didn't know that this was just a show. Zheng Fu whipped his horse and caught up with Zheng Sen and said: "Young Master, there is already a ship in Luncang, we rushed all the way to Luncang, and then it was still in time to get on the boat." There was some dry food in the bag next to the saddle, and the eldest young master could eat a little if he was hungry. ”

Zheng Sen didn't answer, just nodded, and continued to urge the horse forward, Zheng Fu said again: "Young Master, there are still twenty miles here, this horse originally ran all the way, but now there is no way to run another twenty miles like this." I'm afraid that if I can't run, I'll have to die halfway, but it will delay time. Big young master, slow down! ”

Zheng Sen heard this, but he didn't mean to slow down the horse, and still drove the horse to gallop. Of course, Zheng Sen knows the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, but, in fact, isn't there no real urgency at all? So how much difference does it make to arrive early and late? Anyway, I will definitely be able to catch up. Moreover, and the son, in order to hurry back to his father's hero, galloped all the way to the point that even the horse ran to death, isn't this also a good gimmick? Moreover, just a horse is nothing to the Zheng family, which has a lot of money. Prior to this, the Zheng family invested much more money than this for the image project. If there's anything bad about doing this, it's probably the only thing that makes Zheng Sen seem irrational. However, a son can still behave very sensibly when his father is about to carry the coffin to the battlefield, which may not be a good image.

So he ran out for only seven or eight miles, and Zheng Fu's horse first weakened his legs, fell to the ground, and could not get up again. Fortunately, Zheng Fu was in good shape, and rolled in the direction where the horse fell, but he was not injured.

And then it didn't take long for Hai Dafu's horse to be gone. Zheng Sen still ignored them and continued to gallop forward, his weight was much lighter, so his horse could still run for the time being. However, Zheng Sen also understood that the horse would not be able to support it for long, so he gently took his foot out of the stirrup a little, ready to jump down at any time.

Running and running, Zheng Sen only felt that the horse's head pounced suddenly, he immediately pushed his hands on the saddle, jumped to the side, fell to the ground, and then rolled forward - this trick Zheng Sen practiced several times when he was learning to ride a horse, this time he did not do it perfectly, he still fell hard, and his arms and legs were bruised several times. But there are no big problems.

Zheng Sen turned his head and saw the horse lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth and unable to get up. Looking further back, Hai Dafu and Zheng Fu couldn't keep up. Zheng Sen walked towards Luncang Wharf by himself, he knew that Hai Dafu and Zheng Fu would definitely be able to catch up with him before he arrived at Luncang.