Zheng Yiguan's pirate group not only dispatched dozens of warships to shell the Turks, but also sent Zheng Zhibao to lead 3,000 smoothbore gunners to land and participate in the attack on Basra.

The Ottoman Turkish Empire, which had fought for centuries against the Safavid dynasty established by the Persians, now occupied all of what would become Iraq, was caught off guard by a sudden attack from the sea.

The Persians won a great victory, their morale was greatly boosted, they marched with great vigour, and the Turks broke down their defenses, leaving behind 10,000 or 20,000 corpses and fled to Baghdad.

Zheng Yiguan's pirate mercenaries had completed their work to assist in the capture of Basra, and of course they would not go deep into the interior to fight, and he did not care whether the Persians could take Baghdad.

However, Zheng Yiguan can be sure that the Persians, who took out gold and bought a large number of "Nanming" smoothbore guns and smoothbore cannons, will definitely be able to gain the upper hand in the short term.

Facts have proved that this is indeed the case, and dozens of "Nanming" 12-pounder smoothbore guns that can be flexibly transported fired a salvo, and the flowering shells accurately fell into the head of the city of Baghdad.

The battle for the city of Baghdad has taught the countries of the Middle East and even the world with hard facts that equipment is very important, and if the weapons are backward, they may be defeated in a vague way.

The world in the Middle Ages was not peaceful at all in the dark ages, many countries were at war, and the "Nanming" made a name for itself in the world arms market, although the price was scary, but with the "Nanming" to be able to embrace victory, it has become the consensus of warlords or emperors from all walks of life.

The "Southern Ming" carried out expansive expansion, conquering a large territory of the Indochina Peninsula and opening dozens of colonies in Europe, Africa and the Americas.

The "Huaxia Development" bought raw materials at low prices, and the products sold were all high value-added, but even then it was not very profitable, and now it is focusing on the promotion of "Nanming" to make arms, so insatiable is a bit like Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries, and it is almost like buying opium.

Rich and easy to do, "Nanming" has developed rapidly driven by huge profits, and its economic level has been a few streets behind the Ming Dynasty, and it has long been Han orthodoxy in the eyes of overseas Han people.

Zheng Yiguan watched "Nanming" step by step towards glory, and he sincerely admired Huang Sheng and was amazed.

In fact, he is no longer willing to be a pirate, and wants to accept the "God of War" Zhao'an to clear his name, and strive to become a "Nanming" general, so that he can return to his hometown and worship his ancestors as an official of the imperial court.

Zheng Yiguan sent Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Sen to "New Hangzhou" many times to probe, but Nanwang just ignored this stubble.

In the spring of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Yiguan was unwilling to slack off when he learned of the news that the Southern King was about to go on a northern expedition, and took the initiative to send troops and ships to bring his own support and ask to participate in the operation.

Zheng Yiguan sent his brother Zheng Zhibao and three sons of Fang Gang to lead an expeditionary fleet with nine battleships as the main warship and more than 50 warships of various types to serve, and also brought more than 100 armed merchant ships, and there were 3,000 pirate smoothbore gunners who could land and fight.

Zheng Yiguan's three sons were Zheng Sen, Tagawa Nanazaemon, and Zheng Du. Zheng Sen is actually the famous Zheng Chenggong in later generations, but history has changed, and he will never get the title of the national surname and the name Zheng Chenggong.

Because in history, it was the Tang King of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Zhu Yujian, the Longwu Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, who gave Zheng Senguo the surname Zhu and successfully changed his name.

In the current history, Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, was deposed by Emperor Chongzhen six years ago as a concubine to escort Fengyang to guard, and was intercepted and killed by the thief department on the way.

Zhu Yujian, under the pseudonym Zhu Chenggong, participated in the "Nanming" civil servant recruitment examination, and in the era of great development, not only many business opportunities have emerged, but also many opportunities for promotion, because the land area of "Nanming" has expanded rapidly, and the supporting land-guarding officials must certainly keep up.

After three or four years of conscientious work, Zhu Chenggong, who has the ability and knowledge, has been promoted to Qipinzhi County.

Originally, if the abolished Tang King did not climb up step by step, it would be impossible to expose his identity, and when he arrived at the link of Qipinzhi County, the political trial of "Nanming" was not casual, and he could pass the test in confusion.

The agents of the Military Intelligence Department checked Zhu Yujian to the bottom of it, and although he hid his identity. However, during the period when "Nanming" was an official, he not only worked diligently and loved the people, but also took the initiative to cooperate with the construction of major national projects.

Huang Sheng, who is tolerant of all rivers, is so open-minded, he gave instructions after understanding the situation, the Ming Dynasty abolished the Tang King Zhu Yujian is dead, and there is a good official Zhu Chenggong in the "Southern Ming", whether he is promoted or not is in accordance with the government's employment procedures, and cannot be discriminated against.

Soon Zhu Chenggong was promoted to the new leader of the underground Liaozhou governor, who managed three counties and one scattered prefecture, and the military and civilians under his rule reached more than 200,000 people.

The historical Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty became the "Southern Ming" Zhengliupin Zhizhou Lord Zhu Chenggong, of course, it is impossible to appear the pirate son Zhu Chenggong or Zheng Chenggong.

Huang Sheng saw that Zheng Yiguan had a good attitude, took the initiative to serve "Nanming" and brought his own food, knowing that if he refused, the big pirate would have trouble sleeping, so he agreed to bring the Zheng brothers and their warships and soldiers.

Zheng Sen has always been worried that the "God of War" will not look down on his family's pirate team, this time they are all selected good soldiers, seeing that the king of the south gave him the opportunity to participate in the operation to fight for military exploits, Le Zizi took his two brothers and uncle Zheng Zhibao and other leaders to kowtow and thank you.

Since Huang Sheng decided to accept Zheng Yiguan's surrender, of course, he had good words to appease Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhibao and other generals of the Zheng group, but it seemed that attacking the Manchus did not need so many warships and navies at all.

Huang Mingdao escorted himself to Liaodong and would not leave such a powerful sea force in Liaodong Bay, because there was no need for ironclad ships with such firepower here, and a hundred sail warships were already invincible.

Huang Sheng arranged for Huang Mingdao to lead the navy to continue to conquer the four seas after completing the escort mission, planning to go to England again for artillery communication, and choose a few coastal cities to go ashore for friendship.

Huang Mingdao instructed Huang Mingdao to treat the British Isles differently, beat the English to win over the Irish, sold a large number of arms to the Scots, recognized the independence of the Irish, and supported the Irish in the Great Rebellion to completely seize the island of Ireland.

The Chinese fleet sailed north through the wind and waves, and when it came to the port of Zhoushan for supply, the Ming Dynasty and the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty and the nobles led by Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, had been waiting here for a long time.

Seeing that it was already the middle of the lunar month, Wei Guogong strongly invited the king of the south to Nanjing for the New Year.

The battle situation in Liaodong is no longer a problem, there is only one lamb to be slaughtered.

Huang Sheng had long learned that Jiannu had begun to shrink into defense, and the siege of Jinzhou had been withdrawn in September, and now that everyone in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in danger, the children of the Eight Banners were nervous and waiting for the end to come.