Fang Yuan returned to the Chinese military camp, and ordered Chigutai and Malin to place the wounded sergeants in the Chinese military camp, recuperating from the wounded, and recuperating from the wounded. There are still 50,000 or 60,000 fresh troops, and they will maintain the necessary vigilance. The whole army temporarily gave up attacking Xianxia Ridge and waited for the fire in the mountain range to be extinguished.

Five days later, the good news of the Battle of Shi Lang came.

On 25 September, before Fang Yuan sent his troops, Shi Lang had already led an artillery formation of 50 warships and 100 warships of various types to set off from the Zhoushan Islands to the south.

On October 5, he attacked Funingwei on the coast of Funing Prefecture, broke the city in one day, and entered Funingwei to plunder supplies. Within five days, they broke through two thousand houses in Dajin and Dinghai along the coast, killed 2,000 Zheng soldiers, and plundered countless materials.

On 15 October, Shi Lang's artillery carrier formation arrived at the Haijiang of Fuzhou Prefecture, and finally encountered 300 ships of the Zheng Army and 50 ships of the Dutch Speedboats led by General Lin Xishan.

Because the wind direction was southeasterly, which was favorable to the combined forces of Zheng and the Netherlands, Shi Lang gave up the idea of a decisive battle in Fuzhou Prefecture, and also followed the wind direction all the way north and retreated to Funingwei in Funing Prefecture. The Zheng family and the Dutch coalition pursued at the end of the ranks, and there was a slight skirmish between the two sides, but there was no head-on battle.

Five days later, the wind direction changed from southeast to due north, and the fighters finally appeared, and Shi Lang began to turn from defense to attack. The combined forces of Zheng and the Netherlands also switched from offensive to defensive and began to gradually retreat south.

Ten days later, Shi Lang pursued the allied fleet to Fuzhou Province, and the Dutch fleet went south to avoid the battle, and sailed to Quanzhou Port in Quanzhou Province to wait for the fighters.

However, if Lin Xishan's Zhengjia sailors retreated further south, the coastal guards of Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian's governing office, would be the target of Shi Lang's wanton abuse. Under Zheng Zhifeng's strict orders, Lin Xishan had no way to retreat, so he could only choose to face Shi Lang's fleet in Fuzhou Mansion.

The first naval battle between the two sides broke out in the sea frontier of Fuzhou Prefecture.

Lin Xishan, the commander of the Zheng family's fleet, is not as brave and good at fighting as Shi Lang, the tonnage of the fleet is inferior, the artillery firepower of the fleet is inferior, and even the wind direction is unfavorable, and there is no suspense about the outcome of this battle.

The two sides fought fiercely for a day and a night, Lin Xishan's sailor fleet completely collapsed after losing 200 warships, and the remaining 100 warships fled to Xiamen Island further south, facing each other north and south with Zhenhaiwei in Zhangzhou, the old nest of the Zheng family's sailors.

Shi Lang won a great victory in the first naval battle, captured 30 Zheng warships and 2,000 sailors, and reorganized these captured warships and sailors to continue to attack Fuzhou Prefecture.

On 3 November, Shi Lang spent 10 days breaking through the military port of Fuzhou Left, Zhongwei, and Right Guard on the coast of Fuzhou Prefecture, and looted the supplies of the military port. Because of the 20,000 troops garrisoned by the Zheng army of various guards, the strong attack was bound to suffer heavy losses, Shi Lang did not choose to land, but continued south to Xinghua Mansion south of Fuzhou Mansion.

On November 19, Shi Lang broke through Xinghuawei, killed 2,000 Zheng troops in the guard, and looted all the materials of Xinghuawei. Because the main force of the Zheng army was either in Xianxialing, the twenty-eight military towns resisted Fang Yuan; or sniper the Xuanjia Army landing in Fuzhou Prefecture and Funing Prefecture; Either stationed in Fuzhou City, the small southern province Xinghua Mansion was very weak in defense.

Shi Lang ordered the artillery mothership formation to be stationed in Xinghua Mansion for half a month to recuperate, and exchanged all kinds of looted materials for meat and vegetables to the local people. After replenishing sufficient fresh water, meat, and vegetables, Shi Lang once again led his army south to Quanzhou Port, the first commercial port in Fujian.

Quanzhou Port has been the hub of maritime trade since ancient times, and merchants from the Zheng family, the West and the South Seas have gathered in Quanzhou Port to do business, and hundreds of merchant ships are moored in the port all year round. The richness of Quanzhou Port is second to none in the whole of Fujian, if the Quanzhou Port is lost, it will inevitably shake the maritime trade of the entire southeast sea frontier, and the Dutch people have 20 chambers of commerce in Quanzhou Port, 300 merchant ships, and the goods are worth at least 3 million taels of silver.

Whether it is the Zheng family or the Dutch people, Quanzhou Port is a must-protect port.

On December 10, Shi Lang's fleet arrived at the sea frontier of Quanzhou Port, and Zheng Zhifeng, the naval commander of the Zheng family, gathered 300 warships again, as well as 50 warships of the Dutch Governor Puttersman, and prepared to fight the Xuanjia Army Navy in Quanzhou Port!

The second naval battle between the two sides broke out in the waters of Quanzhou Port.

This time, thanks to the Dutch clippers, which were extremely fast and powerful with their guns, they caused a lot of trouble for Shi Lang's sailors.

Shi Lang had no choice but to use an expendable method of play, which was to fire a salvo of forty guns at a time, and use the number of artillery to suppress the speed of the Dutch clipper. No matter how fast the ship is, it can dodge a single shot, but it can't dodge a salvo of forty guns.

With a salvo, the Dutch clippers were hit by at least six or seven shots, and they were directly sunk. And the Dutch artillery returned fire, smashing on the titanium alloy steel of the artillery mothership, barely able to smash a nest, but it was like an itch, and even the hull of the ship did not tremble.

Under the absolute crushing of high technology and high firepower, no matter how flexibly the Dutch people used naval tactics and artillery marksmanship, it was in vain.

The Dutch had no choice but to abandon the idea of shelling the artillery carriers and instead attack the battleships on the periphery that did not have an ironclad escort. Shi Lang would not give the Dutch a chance again, and only bit the Dutch warship to bombard.

Zheng Zhifeng also changed his strategy, and also gave up the idea of attacking artillery motherships, and instead attacked those small and medium-sized warships.

The two sides fought for a day and a night in the sea frontier.

Shi Lang's fleet was sunk by the Dutch, thirty-five medium-sized ships were sunk, and a huge ship was also hit by dozens of cannons, crumbling, and almost sunk.

And the losses of the Dutch were not small, and of the fifty warships that went into battle, thirty-eight were sunk. The Dutch admiral Puttersmann immediately chose to flee the battlefield, and did not dare to stay even along the coast of Fujian, and fled directly to the island of Taiwan.

As soon as the Dutch fled, the Zheng family's sailors were unable to support themselves, and after sinking 180 warships, Zheng Zhifeng also chose to retreat, dragging more than 100 participating warships and escaping back to Zhenhaiwei.

In the naval battle of Quanzhou Port, Shi Lang won another great victory, completely defeating the Zheng family and the Dutch coalition army. But the sailors also suffered heavy losses, and the gunpowder and lead bullets they carried were almost exhausted.

In order to replenish gunpowder and lead bullets, Shi Lang gave Zhenhaiwei's Zheng Junshui division the final blow, and immediately sent sergeants to seize 400 merchant ships in Quanzhou Port, as well as 2,000 people from 100 chambers of commerce in Wulin and Nanyang in the military port, as well as mountains of goods.

The chambers of commerce panicked and immediately sent people to negotiate with Shi Lang, saying that they were willing to do business with Fang Yuan and the Xuanjia Army, and asked for the release of the seized merchant ships, goods, and merchants.

Shi Lang did not want to rob these chambers of commerce, he made it clear to the presidents of the chambers of commerce that the purpose of seizing people, goods, and ships was to ask these chambers of commerce to hand over the stored gunpowder and lead bullets in exchange.

These chambers of commerce came to Daming to do business, and there were already armed escorts at sea, and there may not be many gunpowder and lead bullets in a single chamber of commerce, but more than a hundred chambers of commerce got together, and the gunpowder and lead bullets handed over were piled up.

Shi Lang selected lead bullets and gunpowder that could adapt to the caliber of artillery, and filled the arsenals of the artillery carrier ships, as well as the gunpowder warehouses of various warships and transport ships, and put back all the seized people, goods, and ships, and indicated to the chambers of commerce that they would repay the guns and lead bullets borrowed this time one by one after the war.

On January 8, the twentieth year of Chongzhen, after Shi Lang's fleet was replenished and rested, he set off from Quanzhou Port again, and the target was the last stronghold of the Zheng family's naval division, Zhenhaiwei in Zhangzhou Prefecture, and Xiamen Island.

Zheng Zhifeng and Lin Xishan have no way to retreat, so they can only choose to fight hard. They organized a hundred warships from Zhenhaiwei, Xiamen Island, and even Liu Guoxuan on Kinmen Island, a total of 450 ships, and 700 civilian ships along the coast, to prepare for a decisive battle with Shi Lang's sailors.

On 12 January, the third and final naval battle between the two sides took place in the waters where Zhenhaiwei and Xiamen Island meet.

Zheng Zhifeng, Lin Xishan, and Liu Guoxuan sat on the shore of Zhenhai Weijun Port, looking at the huge ship in Shi Lang's fleet in the distance, which seemed to never be sunk.

Lin Xishan was born in utter despair, and said with tears in his eyes, "Is it really going to kill my Zheng family?!" ”

Zheng Zhifeng poured a bowl of wine for Lin Xishan and Liu Guoxuan, and said with a wry smile, "Come on!" This may be our last bowl of wine. ”

Liu Guoxuan took the wine glass, put it down again, and said loudly, "Boss, commander, I think the disparity between the enemy and me is too great, rather than sending him to death here, it is better to immediately abandon Zhenhaiwei and evacuate the sailors to Kinmen Island." Then, while the Dutch people had not yet recovered, they attacked the island of Taiwan to defend it. ”

"No matter how strong Fang Yuan's warships are, they can only exert their power along the coast, and if we defend Taiwan Island, we may not have no way out."

Zheng Zhifeng and Lin Xishan glanced at each other, and had to admit that Liu Guoxuan's method was the most beneficial plan for the Zheng family today. But Zheng Zhifeng still shook his head and said, "My homeland is in Fujian, what are you doing on the island of Taiwan that hangs overseas?!" I'd rather die in battle than in Fujian rather than Taiwan. ”

Lin Xishan also said, "Guoxuan, Zhenhaiwei is the root of the Zheng family's sailors!" Zhenhaiwei is gone, the Zheng family sailor is gone, and escaping to Taiwan is just a lingering breath, it is better to fight to the death, and die to die! ”

Liu Guoxuan saw that the two of them had already made up their minds, and would rather die in battle than live, knelt on the ground, and cried and said, "General Zheng is still in Xianxia Pass and the 28th Military Town to lead the army to resist Fang Yuan desperately, how can we easily say death!" If we all die in battle, and the sailors are exhausted, and Zheng Zongbing wants to withdraw to Taiwan to continue to resist, where will the sailors respond, and where will the sailors deploy defenses! ”

Zheng Zhifeng stood up and shouted, "Liu Guoxuan, you lead the Kinmen sailors to withdraw from Kinmen, save your useful body, and try to make a comeback!" ”

Liu Guoxuan saw that he couldn't persuade the two, so he could only give up his orders and go to arrange for the Kinmen sailors to evacuate.

Zheng Zhifeng raised his head and drank a glass of wine, and said loudly, "Lin Xishan, the final battle of the Zheng family's sailor will be handed over to you!" Drink and hit the road! ”

The two glanced at each other, Lin Xishan also raised his head and drank a glass of wine, threw the wine glass heavily on the ground, turned around and boarded the ship, ready to meet the last sea battle!

In the early morning of the next day, Shi Lang took the lead in launching a general attack on Zhenhaiwei, and the sea battle began!

Lin Xishan led the remnants of the Zheng family's sailors to desperately entangle the battleships on the periphery of the artillery mothership formation and bite them. The 700 civilian ships continued to launch suicidal charges against the two huge ships guarding the artillery mothership.

This sea battle lasted for three days and three nights, and the final curtain call performance of the Zheng family's sailors finally died down. Under the absolute suppression of firepower, any madness is always in vain. Just as hundreds of years later, no matter how desperate the Manchu sailors and fishing boats were suicidal, it was impossible to defeat the British's steel warships.

Of the Zheng family's 450 warships, Liu Guoxuan took 90 warships to Kinmen Island, sinking 260 and capturing 100. The 700 civilian ships were even more lost, and at least 8,000 sailors were killed in the battle.

Lin Xishan, the commander of the Zheng Army's naval division, committed suicide before the main ship sank, and the commander Zheng Zhifeng died in battle while guarding Zhenhaiwei.

The losses of Shi Lang's naval division were also heavy, one giant ship was sunk, and ninety other types of warships were sunk, except for the indestructible artillery mothership, almost all other warships have undergone a cruel baptism of war.

The twentieth year of Chongzhen, January 16

Shi Lang stepped on the base camp of the Zheng family's sailors - Zhenhaiwei, staring at the sea at sunset, full of floating planks, blood, and the corpses of sailors, silently telling the cruelty of this most spectacular and fierce sea battle at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

He looked back at the sunset, Zhenhaiwei, which had been bombed into ruins, and the fall of Zhenhaiwei, the largest military port in Fujian, showed that the Zheng family naval division, which was once known as the Invincible Armada of the East and had been crisscrossing the Ming Sea for decades, was finally completely destroyed and drew a historical end.