After taking over Zheng Zhilong's mission, Zheng Sen set off early the next morning to rush back to Taiwan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info Zheng Sen stayed in Taiwan for a few more days, during these days, Zheng Sen on the one hand arranged things for the next period of time, and on the other hand, he was also making the best preparations for the warship.

A few days later, Zheng Sen took the newly commissioned "Breaking Waves" cruiser to Dengzhou, and two days earlier, Liu De had already rushed to the north on the Feiyan. The Breaking Wave was a new type of cruiser that entered service after the last war with the Spaniards. Compared with the previous cruisers captured from the Netherlands or Spain, this newly designed cruiser fully demonstrates the tradition of wasted tonnage of the Zheng family's ships, this cruiser weighs 1,500 tons, and in Europe, this is enough for the standard of first-class warships. But for such a large warship, the Zheng family navy actually only equipped it with a gun deck and sixteen guns, considering that there is one gun in the bow and one in the stern, there are only seven guns that can fire at the same side, which is not even much more than ordinary armed merchant ships.

Of course, at the cost of this, the warship also gained more cargo space, higher speed, and a more solid defense. In later generations, this warship even had the reputation of "the best pirate ship in history". It didn't have enough guns, but the 18-pounder guns it was armed with today were enough to penetrate most warships and all merchant ships at a long enough distance (and later made them more powerful with the use of steel guns) and its strong defenses were strong enough to withstand most of the guns of the time, at least the guns of other cruisers of the era could barely penetrate its ribs. The larger space means that it can carry more soldiers, which is conducive to gaining the upper hand in the boarding battle after paralyzing the opponent. The larger space also means that the ship can cruise at sea for a long time to search for targets, which means that it can carry a lot of looted cargo.

Half a month later, the Breaking Waves arrived in Dengzhou. Zheng Sen got off the boat, and a team of personal soldiers greeted him. The two people who took the lead were Zheng Sen's follower Liu De, and the other was Zheng Zhihu's personal captain Zheng Yong.

"Uncle Yong, where is my second uncle?" Zheng Sen said to the captain of the pro-soldier who came to greet him.

"The villain doesn't dare to be called a major general." Zheng Yong hurriedly said, "The second general was going to come too, but there were guests coming just now, so ......"

Zheng Sen listened, nodded and said, "I don't know which guest it is." ”

"But it's someone sent by Lord Wu Xiangwu." Zheng Yong hurriedly replied.

Zheng Sen nodded and didn't ask any more. Zheng Sen knew that Wu Xiang and the Zheng family were also acquaintances. He is Zu Dashou's brother-in-law, the father of the later traitor Wu Sangui, relying on the ancestral family, he soon became a general soldier because of his merits, and in the battle of Daling River, Wu Xiang, who was the chief soldier of Jinzhou, escaped from the battle, was dismissed from his official position, and was imprisoned for a period of time. Then when it came to the Denglai Rebellion, he followed Zu Dabi again, made meritorious service for his crimes (in fact, he did not make any contributions), and the official was reinstated. However, after that, this person did not take the troops seriously, but as an important spokesperson for the Liaodong Jiangmen, he was responsible for various business transactions. Because of business, I have dealt with the Zheng family a lot.

Zheng Yong led Zheng Sen into Zheng Zhihu's mansion in Dengzhou and settled down first. After a while, Zheng Sen heard someone shouting, "Is Ah Sen already here?" Has Assen already come? ”

Zheng Sen hurriedly went out, and saw Zheng Zhihu striding over, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Second uncle!" ”

"Alas, family, what's the politeness!" Zheng Zhihu grabbed Zheng Sen's arm, "Ah Sen, it's good that you're here, I'm much easier when you come." To say that this north is really not a place for people to stay, it is cold, and those Tartars are not honest, and they are messing around every day. ”

"Second uncle, did you have a guest just now?" Zheng Sen asked.

"Well, it's a master of the chief soldier Wu Xiang." Zheng Zhihu replied, "Wu Xiang, this old boy, wants to borrow some 'Red Yi Soldiers' from us. Also, he wants to buy us a batch of Hongyi Iron Armor. ”

The last time the Manchu Qing Dynasty broke through the customs and after the Battle of Jinghai, the Zheng family sold some of the heads of the Qing army. And among the military leaders of all walks of life, the richest Guan Ning Army also bought the most heads. Therefore, the Zheng family has a very capable Hongyi soldier in his hand, and Wu Xiang actually knows it in his heart.

"They want to borrow troops, what's the matter, they really want to relieve the siege of Jinzhou?" Zheng Sen said.

"Of course, Zu Dashou, who is surrounded in Jinzhou, is his relative. The price they offered is not low, Asen, what do you think of this? Zheng Zhihu said.

Zheng Sen thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid this thing won't work." Their Guanning army has a bad atmosphere of fighting. To be honest, if Guan Ningjun is willing to fight seriously, it is not that he cannot fight. It's just that the second uncle, you should have also heard that Guan Ningjun is best at escaping from the battle or something. Just that Wu Xiang, I have played this hand more than once. The last time he was in Daling River, it was also to save his ancestors' birthday, and he played a game of escape! The child is not worried about Jianxuan, but is worried about those Guan Ning troops, whether they will take our people in front of them desperately, once the situation is not good, they will run first and leave our people there on the top tank. It's not about money. However, the iron armor can be sold to them. Second uncle, is there any movement between Inspector Hong and the court now? ”

"Inspector Hong and the imperial court?" Zheng Zhihu smiled and said, "Ah Sen, let's go inside the room to talk." ”

The two entered the house together, sat down on the chair, and Liu De hurriedly came up and poured tea.

Zheng Zhihu took a sip of the teacup, and then said, "I was about to tell you, a few days ago, the Inspector suddenly found me and gave me a task to attack the back road of the Tartars, and asked me to start working at the end of this month. ”

"Hasn't the second uncle been harassing the Tartars all these days? I don't know what the inspector plans to let the second uncle take care of this time? Zheng Sen asked again.

"This time was different. Ah Sen, you also know that in the past, your second uncle's attack was just to go over there to bully the fishermen who bullied the Tartars, but this time, Inspector Hong meant that it was best for your second uncle and me to bring a team to take down the city of the Tartars in southern or eastern Liaoning, and at the very least, it was also to send troops to go around under Jinzhou City, which could be regarded as encircling Wei to save Zhao. Speaking of which, it's also your second uncle and I who caused the trouble myself. Zheng Zhihu sighed and said, "Two months ago, your second uncle and I took the fleet to the coast of North Korea and went to grab some North Korean women back. I didn't want to, but I ran into an envoy sent to Korea by the Tartars. Of course, your second uncle and I can't let them go, so I brought back the heads of these Tartars. As a result, the inspector knew, and suddenly remembered what happened when Mao Shuai was still there. At that time, if the Tartars used troops in western Liaoning like this, then there would definitely be chaos in southern Liaodong and Liaodong. So I came up with this solution. ”

Hong Chengchou's idea greatly surprised Zheng Sen's expectations, and now on the sea, the power of the Manchu Qing has long ceased to exist, and the main forces of the Manchu Qing have also been concentrated in Jinzhou, and it is not completely impossible to launch a landing on the territory of Dongjiang Town in southern or eastern Liaoning. It's just that it is not possible to rely on Zheng Zhihu's little water camp like this, his sailors have gone ashore, the combat effectiveness is not guaranteed, the number is small, and the local situation is black-eyed, and it is not impossible to make a joke like the Battle of Liuhe, where thousands of people were defeated by a Niu Lu of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Second uncle, this thing is not easy to do." Zheng Sen said, "We don't know much about the situation on the shore over there. It's been so long since it fell over there, and we don't know if the roads on the map of the imperial court, the villages, or anything are still there. It's not going to work if you just run headlong into it. In addition, Second Uncle, did you ask Inspector Hong to transfer a team of general soldiers over? If we are only responsible for sending people ashore, the things after going ashore will be done by others. This risk can still be taken a bit. ”

"These Hong Inspectors have also thought about it, and Hong Inspectors plan to let Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, follow us to attack the rear of Jianxuan. But Mr. Wang refused. Zheng Zhihu said.

"Datong General Soldier Wang Pu?" Zheng Sen couldn't help but sneer, this Wang Pu, Zheng Sen also knew, in the original history, in the Battle of Songshan, this Wang Pu was the first to run away with oil on the soles of his feet, and he actually ran to the front of the Guan Ning army. This is definitely a cunning guy who is afraid of enemies. If you want him to do Mao Wenlong's work back then, it's strange that he is willing.

"If you want me to say, unless Inspector Hong puts Cao Bianjiao all the way to our side. I can't believe the rest. Zheng Sen said.

"How is that possible? If there is no Cao Bianjiao by Inspector Hong's side, who will he rely on to fight? Zheng Zhihu shook his head and said, "But I have an idea, and I just want to discuss it with you." ”