In the early morning of the third day of summer in June, Shi Lang rode out of the city according to the old habit and climbed high to look at the sea. But I saw a blood-red morning sun gushing out of the gray clouds on the vast sea horizon, gilding the sea surface in the south with a layer of purple and red. The empty waves were foaming at the water, wrapped in seaweed, tumulting and rushing, crashing more forcefully against the reef and pushing towards the sand.

"The south wind is coming!" Shi Lang's mood suddenly became excited, and after a little contemplation, he turned his horse's head and galloped back to the city. At this moment, Yao Qisheng and Li Guangdi were playing chess, and Shi Lang didn't look at them, so he hurriedly changed into court clothes, took off the sword between the walls and tied it around his waist. The two couldn't help but be shocked, Li Guangdi got up and asked, "General Shi, what's wrong?" Shi Lang had already been dressed neatly, and said expressionlessly on his face: "Lord Li, Brother Qisheng, how many years and how many days I have been waiting, the emperor has finally opened his eyes, and the south wind will rise." Don't miss the opportunity, time is running out, cross the sea and fight now! ”

The thing came too suddenly, Li Yao and Yao were stunned for a while, Yao Qisheng's burning eyes glanced at Shi Lang, his lips moved, but he didn't say anything. Li Guangdi's face turned pale all of a sudden, he took a step forward and asked urgently, "What is this......?" It's true? ”

Shi Lang's weather-beaten face was wrinkled and motionless, as if a stone sculpture was flat, and he said categorically: "Can this be fake!?" Today's south wind must be strong, it is a good time to attack Penghu! ”

Don't look at it, when Li Guangdi first came to Fuzhou, he urged the troops vigorously, but today suddenly the matter came to an end, and he became uneasy: "Well-this, this, General Shi, I have already bowed and explained the situation here, it is estimated that there will be a holy decree in the next two days, can you wait a little before sending troops?" ”

Shi Lang didn't look at this little white-faced scholar at all, gritted his teeth and said, "The general is outside, and the king's order is not affected." The arrow had to be fired. At this moment, the emperor has changed his hexagram, and I will also enter the army immediately! ”

Yao Qisheng's brows tightened, and suddenly he stood up and said excitedly: "Okay, for a long time, don't delay, pass the order, raise the account!" ”

The cannon in front of the Chinese army's tent sounded three times like thunder. The paging of the "marshal's promotion of the tent" was sent directly from the Chinese army to all battalions, sheds, and outposts. The sergeants immediately got busy, dressed in armor, armed with bows and knives, and gathered in groups to the school grounds.

Shi Lang was in the center, and Li Guangdi and Yao Qisheng stood on the platform on the right and left. All three were hot and sweaty, but they were as motionless as nails. Borrowing the large school field, it immediately became silent, only the "whooshing" sound of the waves came, which added to the solemn atmosphere. Shi Lang wore a new nine-python five-clawed robe, covered with a yellow coat, his eyes were gloomy and cold, and he only heard him order aloud: "Please sword of the Son of Heaven!" ”

There were three more earth-shattering cannon shots, and the eight lieutenants carried the sword stand in the middle of the platform, lighting the incense candles on the desk. The three of them bowed in turn and stepped aside.

Shi Lang stepped forward and shouted like a bell: "All soldiers! ”

"In!"

"The governor of Pontus respectfully obeys the holy order, rebels on behalf of the heavens, worships the god of the sea today, and goes to sea!" As he spoke, he took out a yellow cloth bag from a box on the desk, offered it on the table, stood up and knelt down on one knee in front of the desk, bowed forward and took out the contents again. Everyone looked at each other and saw Shi Lang touching a handful of copper coins in his hand. Shi Lang looked solemn, put the copper coin in his hand and said loudly: "Brothers! This is the god object that Admiral Ben worshiped at Tanah Lot Temple last night and invited for divination. These 100 Kangxi copper coins are thrown on the map of Taiwan's sea area, if our army goes smoothly, there should be more than 95 literal face-up! ”

As soon as the words are spoken, everyone on the stage will be disgraced: good guy, a hundred copper coins, thrown indiscriminately, who can guarantee that there are more than ninety-five literal face-ups? Li Guangdi's face turned pale. I thought, what kind of trick is this Shi Lang doing? Looking back at Yao Qisheng, his face was also bloodless. Li Guangdi couldn't help but hurriedly take a step forward, "Lord Shi, there is a certain number of victories or defeats, please don't do this useless move!" ”

"If there is really something unfavorable, life and death, Shi Lang is willing to deserve it - please enlighten from heaven!" After speaking, I glanced at it, and two sergeants had already taken out a thick piece of green felt and spread it in the center of Jiangtai, and then spread a map of Taiwan's sea area on it. Shi Lang held the copper coin in his hand, prayed to the sky for a while, and with a wave of his hands, the hundred coppers were already scattered all over the ground. Some rolled around, some spinned like tops, and after a while they all lay down peacefully.

The hearts of the soldiers were all high, and they approached to watch it in trepidation, but they saw a hundred copper coins scattered all over the place, scattered on the carpet, yellow and shining. Everyone counted in their hearts, one, two, three, four, five...... Ah, ninety-nine are literally upward! The chief soldier Guan Chen Python finished clicking his head one by one, trembling his lips for a long time, looking at the sky with his eyes, jumping to his feet and shouting: "It's all words, it's all words!" ”

For a moment, there was a sensation on the stage. Li Guangdi took out a handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, his face flushed with excitement. Yao Qisheng rubbed his hands together and sighed again and again: "Heaven help me, God help me!" "Lan Ming, Lan Li and other generals are surging with blood all over their bodies, and they really want to draw their swords and dance wildly to the sky!

Shi Lang pushed Li Guangdi away and said coldly: "Master Li Hugh wants to stop it." Since there is a certain number in the sky, we must bless our army to open the flag and win. Someone come, nail this copper coin and carry it out, accompanied by drums, to show the three armies! ”

Several lieutenants hugged the piece of green felt and carried it down. After a while, the tsunami-like "long live" sound of the soldiers of each battalion was heard. Li Guangdi's mind was clever, and he suddenly thought: Well, could it be that there are ninety-five copper coins that are specially minted two-sided characters? He didn't dare to say this, but he also followed the soldiers and shouted, "Hurrah!" ”

Lee Kwang-di guessed right, and that was exactly what happened. However, this was not Shi Lang's idea, but a clever plan from Kangxi. A few years ago, when Shi Lang resigned, Kangxi Ping retired from the minister of the study and the eunuchs beside him, and quietly gave Shi Lang the hundred copper coins with words on both sides, and asked him to operate like this to boost morale. After Shi Lang brought it back, he thought about it carefully, afraid that if a shrewd person was suspicious, he exchanged it for five pieces, so that everyone could trust it more solidly. At this moment, Shi Lang saw the success of Kangxi's clever plan, his morale was greatly boosted, and he was also energetic, poured a bowl of wine from the prepared wine jar, walked to the center of the general's platform and sprinkled it around, and shouted: "Soldiers, listen to the military order announced by the commander!" ”

"Piercing!"

"There is no advance or retreat!"

"Piercing!"

"The one who cowers from the enemy. Those who delay military aircraft. Those who do not obey orders, those who do not save when they are in danger - behead! ”

"Piercing!"

Shi Lang glanced at Yao Qisheng and motioned for him to speak. Yao Qisheng stepped forward with a "brush" step forward, and said in a loud voice: "The battle of Taiwan, the Lord has been working hard all night, and everyone is looking forward to it. Now the soldiers are well fed, the ships are strong and the guns are sharp, and God bless the victory! The husband is standing in the world, and he is willing to encourage you all at this time! Speaking of which, Yao Qisheng turned around, walked in front of Shi Lang and said loudly: "Yao Qisheng was originally ordered to supervise the food and salary, and now Lord Li Guangdi is sitting in the rear as a messenger, Qisheng respectfully invites him to go out with the army, but Lord Shi Lang's order is to obey, if there is a mistake, be willing to be a military order!" As soon as these words came out, the audience was shaken, and the dignified governor personally saluted Shi Lang to ask Ying to go to the army, and made a military order, which is an unprecedented event! Everyone was so excited that their hearts were pounding. Before Shi Lang could answer, Li Guangdi stepped forward: "Brother Qi is sincere, General Shi, you can agree." The students are not talented, and they are willing to sit in Fuzhou to ensure the supply of food, fresh water and gunpowder for the army, and wait for the triumphant return of the two! ”

Shi Lang looked up at the sky, it was already Chen Pai time, nodded, waved his hand and gave an order, "Pass my order, immediately raise the flag and board the ship!" ”

The banner of the Chinese army rose into the air in the majestic military music. At this time, the south wind suddenly rose, blowing the royal blue satin flag hunting. It is embroidered with a line of goose yellow characters "Minister of Qincha, Prince Taibao, Commander of the Water Division, Right Governor Shi". The flags fluttered in the south wind, and behind the flagship, a column of warships full of sailors sailed out of the harbor in order. On the rolling sea, a murderous aura arose, and the naval battle to recover Taiwan began.

In Shi Lang's army, there are two brothers, Lan Ming and Lan Li. They are both from Shandong, when they repaired the Taihe Palace, they made a lot of contributions, and were accidentally seen by Emperor Kangxi, and saw that his brothers were strong and strong, and they were good materials for being soldiers, so they sent them to Shi Langjun, and now they are generals who stand alone. The brothers felt that the emperor's favor was vast and could not be repaid, so they made an agreement to fight in a competition, and specially asked for an order to take a gunboat next to the Chinese army's ship, and these two boats walked at the forefront of the whole army. It was a hot day, and everyone on the boat was stripped down to a pair of shorts. All of them are murderous and eye-catching. In addition to the Chinese army, 70 warships on each of the other two routes, led by Chen Bang and Wei Ming, attacked Jilongyu and Niuxin Bay respectively - another 80 warships were located in the rear of the Chinese army, and if there was an incident, they would rescue all parties and use nothing as a backup. The red and blue flags echoed each other on the town platform. The fleet was constantly changing formations according to the orders of Shi Lang's flagship. The horns and cannons on the sea surface are endless, and the seagulls are frightened to rise and fall in a hurry.

On the fourth day of the division, the south wind became more and more violent. The wind drove the battleship like an arrow, like a huge whale breaking through the waves on the sea, splashing the old high water. Penghu Island is gradually approaching. The protruding reef on the shore looms like a monster in the waves, but there is no movement on the island. After all, Yao Qisheng was born as a literati and was about to meet the enemy, his heart jumped suddenly, holding the railing of the ship's side with both hands, wet and sticky, full of cold sweat. He gasped silently, turned back to Shi Lang and smiled, "Isn't the guard here Liu Guoxuan?" After bringing soldiers for decades, why is it so bad, he should have shelled our ship a long time ago and attacked in chaos! ”

The telescope in Shi Lang's hand has not been put down, and the sea water that pounced on the side of the ship hit him wet, and after listening to Yao Qisheng's words, he replied without moving: "There is already movement on the island......" Before the words were finished, the cannon on the island had sounded sky-high, and the concentrated fire hit Shi Lang's Chinese flagship, and a column of water immediately stirred up around it, pouring down on the ship. At the same time, about a hundred enemy ships rushed out of the harbor. Shi Lang calmly waved the red flag in his hand, and the front team of twenty-eight cannons and three hundred bird guns roared at the same time. These cannons have a long range. The gunpowder was changed quickly, but the recoil was high, and the hull shook violently every time the gun was fired.

Shells streaked across the sea and landed on the island and on enemy warships. Suddenly smoke rose everywhere, and the flags and broken masts on the enemy ships were thrown into the sea. The soldiers of the island ran in a panic, but they could not hear the screams, and soon they became calm again. Shi Lang must have been Liu Guoxuan killing people and rectifying military discipline. Sure enough, after a while, the platoon artillery on the island pressed down again. Shi Lang's flagship was surrounded by mist, and he couldn't see anything clearly a few feet away, and the sea and sky were all in a mess. Shi Lang hurriedly ordered: "Beat the flag, don't worry about me on the left and right wings, quickly attack Jilongyu and Niuxin Bay, and occupy the beachhead!" He shouted a few times, but the standard-bearer beside him did not move. Shi Lang couldn't help but be furious, drew his sword from his waist in his hand, and stepped forward to kill the frightened sailor. When he walked to the front, he was stunned, it turned out that the Chinese flag bearer had been killed next to the side of the ship, but he was still standing with the flag in his hand, and the blood and sea water were gurgling down.

Shi Lang was moved and anxious again, snatched the order flag with his hand, and said sharply: "Yao Qisheng, you come to command the flagship!" After speaking, he stepped onto the inclined flag platform and personally exercised the flag to give orders to Chen Python and Wei Ming. In an instant, the artillery on the left and right wings shook the sky, and Niuxin Bay and Jilongyu were on fire at the same time.

At this moment, the forward battleships had rushed to one place with the enemy, the cannons were useless, and among the arrows like locusts and guns like popping beans, the rockets showed their might, and the sails of several warships on both sides were burned. The crackling of masts, the sound of drums, shouts, howls, the clashing of battleships, the sound of white-knuckle fighting, and the noise of the waves mingled in the blazing firelight.

Shi Lang's warships on the left and right flanks had already occupied the beachhead, and the enemy ships were obviously panicking, crossed the hull to meet the enemy, and sent another 20 ships to the left and right flanks to save the rear road. But this time, the situation in the middle lane was immediately clear, Liu Guoxuan was weak and outnumbered, so he had to use rockets to protect while Wu Jin collected his troops and slowly retreated.

Seeing that the enemy's retreat was broken, Shi Lang couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, and asked the second standard-bearer to play the flag and order the whole army to attack the enemy's beachhead, and personally beat the drum to lead the Chinese army to chase and fight. In the middle of the battle, a cold arrow flew "whoosh", which went straight through Shi Lang's left eye! Yao Qisheng's face turned pale, and he screamed and pounced, but he couldn't do anything. The soldiers guarding on both sides were stunned when they saw that the commander was seriously injured and bleeding profusely! Shi Lang staggered and shouted viciously: "What are you stunned about? Order the Lan brothers to attack, the sky is about to change! After saying that, he smirked and pulled out the arrow, but his eyes were also brought out!

Yao Qisheng was thrilled to see, he took a step forward and shouted: "Brother Shi Lang!" ”

Shi Lang held the iron fence with one hand, the green tendons on his forehead rose high, endured the severe pain, smiled bitterly and said: "Qisheng, you are still famous Yao Daring, why do you want to be such a child!" How can the parents who have received the hair and skin of the body be discarded? Ancient famous generals have eye-to-eye battles, am I not as good as them? With a trembling hand, he shoved his eyeball into his mouth, stretched out his neck and swallowed, then with a "click" he snapped the shaft of the arrow in two and threw it into the sea. Gritting his teeth, he ordered the soldiers around him: "Fight, bastard, understand?" Call me! After saying that, he beat the war drums again.