The person sent by Zheng Zhibao told Zheng Zhilong the news that Nanao and Tongshan had been suddenly attacked by Liu Xiang and other pirates.

However, because the news that Zheng Zhibao himself got was incomplete, after Zheng Zhilong heard the news, although he was anxious, he still couldn't figure out the current situation in Jinxia, Zhangquan and other places, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Although Zheng Zhilong was only twenty-seven years old at this time, he had been fighting bloody on the sea southeast of Daming for ten years.

From the age of seventeen when he took his two younger brothers to the sea and went to Hao Jingao to join his uncle, Zheng Zhilong seemed to be blessed by the gods and Buddhas, and within a few years, he rose above the ocean of the Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, from Japan, Ryukyu to Dongfan, and even to Luzon, this huge ocean has become the territory under his feet.

Even the Dutch and Portuguese, who were all over the world in this era, had to honestly pay taxes to Zheng's market in Penghu when their merchant ships passed through the Minhai Strait.

As for the merchant ships from Japan, Ryukyu, Siam and other places to and from the Fujian Sea, not to mention, they would not dare to pass through this sea area without the Lingqi sold to them by the Zheng clan.

Such a character who survived the treacherous sea life and covered the sky with one hand in the clouds and rain naturally has a vision and insight that ordinary people do not have.

That night, after receiving the report from He Bin and Shi Fu and listening to their suggestions for the withdrawal of the troops, Zheng Zhilong tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and pondered Liu Xiang's intentions repeatedly.

Liu Xiang, like Zheng Zhilong, was once the younger brother of the big man Yan Siqi.

After Yan Siqi died of a violent illness in Dongfan Beigang that year, Zheng Zhilong was elected as Yan Siqi's heir by a group of pirate leaders who were born in southern Fujian.

Liu Xiang or Liu Xianglao is much older than Zheng Yiguan at that time, and he also has plans to be the boss.

But Yan Siqi is a native of southern Fujian, while Liu Xiang and his subordinates are mostly Cantonese.

In Yan Siqi's pirate gang, which is mainly composed of Hokkien people, although Liu Xianglao has a lot of qualifications, he can't stand the love of Hokkien people after all.

After Zheng Zhilong was elected as the leader of Yan Siqi's career, Liu Xiang was forced by the situation to worship the target with Zheng Zhilong and a bunch of leaders who were born in pirates in Fujian, and formed the Eighteen Zhi.

But not long after, Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and others took a group of pirates from Guangdong on the way to attack the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang led by Zheng Zhilong.

Liu Xiang and others, who were independent from Zheng Zhilong's team and returned to the coastal areas of Guangdong, were originally entrenched in Lamma Island (later Lamma Island, Hong Kong) off the coast of Liu Xiang's hometown around the Pearl River Estuary, where they robbed merchant ships traveling to and from Ho Jing O and Penghu in the north.

However, because of the piracy of Liu Xiang and others in the area of Lamma Island, which seriously threatened the interests of the Portuguese who traveled to and from Ho Jing O, as well as the Dutch who went north to Penghu and traded with Da Yuan, the Portuguese and Dutch warships continued to send troops to pursue Liu Xiang's pirate team.

In the end, under the blows of the Portuguese and the Dutch, Liu Xiang and others had to move to the northeast coast of Guangdong with their pirate team.

Liu Xiang led his group of thieves to move to the coastal islands around Haifeng, Guangdong, and Li Kuiqi also set up his own door and moved to the sea area around Nongchaoshan in Guangdong with his subordinates.

In this way, they are adjacent to the Zheng defense area after being attached to the imperial court, and the original sea brothers, one has now become an official, and the other is still a thief.

Liu Xiang and others not only faced the hostility of the Dutch and the Portuguese, but also faced the encirclement and suppression of the Guangdong official army and the naval division, but also faced the encirclement and suppression of the Fujian Zheng's naval division.

Under such circumstances, Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and other pirate gangs, apart from defecting to the Spaniards who went north, could they have any other choice?

If they had taken refuge in the Spaniards, then everything would have been explained!

Zheng Zhilong thought about it for a night in the camp of the self-army outside the city of Santo Domingo, and finally had a gradually clear judgment.

On the morning of the second day when he basically figured out the purpose of Liu Xiang's army to attack the territory of the Zheng family in Nanao and Tongshan, the urgent military report from the Fujian and Zhejiang Governor's Mansion was also urgently sent to Zheng Zhilong's camp by the 100,000 left-behind men and horses of the Beigang Thousand Households.

After leading the bandits of Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, the leaders of the Cantonese bandits, to attack Nanao and Tongshan, they led the bandits to loot Yuegang and slaughter Kinmen two days and nights!

The Fujian and Zhejiang Governor's Office ordered Zheng Zhilong to lead the army back to Quanzhou and Fuzhou as soon as possible!

Zheng Zhilong looked at it, although he was more angry in his heart, but he was also more determined, and said to Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian, He Bin, Shi Fu and others who came to listen to Zheng Zhilong's orders after hearing the news:

"The situation is already clear! Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi dare to be enemies of my Zheng family, they must be Spaniards who have taken refuge in Manila, Luzon!

"These two or five boys took advantage of the opportunity for our army to go north to attack the Spanish army this time, and attacked the territory of my Zheng family, I am afraid that it is also a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain!

"If we withdraw our troops and cross the sea to the west, don't say that we will bury the situation of leveling the west in one fell swoop, I am afraid that after we withdraw our troops, Tamsui, Beigang and other places will also be attacked by the Spaniards!"

After Zheng Zhilong finished saying this, he stood up and paced slowly in his big tent, each step looking extremely heavy.

At this time, He Bin said: "Lord Zongzhen! Although Dongfan is important to us, but Jinxia, Yuegang and other places in southern Fujian are the fundamental places for us and others!

"And with the order of the Governor's Ministry, I can't wait to return to the division to rescue, and I'm afraid I won't be able to say it in the future!"

As soon as He Bin's voice fell, Zheng Cai also said: "Big brother, the court official is right!" Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and others had a grudge against my Zheng family back then, and this time they took advantage of the situation to attack Yuegang and slaughter Kinmen, and the news spread out, who can rest assured brothers?!

"If the eldest brother doesn't hurry back to the division to rescue, if the brothers under his command hear about it, I'm afraid there will be chaos! When the time comes—"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong waved his hand to interrupt Zheng Cai, who was talking, and said categorically: "Zhangquan Minnan is certainly our fundamental place, but today, Dongfan is also our fundamental place, and there is no room for loss!"

"Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and others attacked and looted Zhangquan and other places, their purpose is to transfer me back to the division, and these people will not stay in Zhangquan for a long time!

"However, the island is very different from them! At this time, once we evacuate, the thousands of households in Tamsui and even the north of Beigang will fall into the hands of Xiyi! Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and others will leave, but Xiyi will not leave when they come! ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Zhilong waved his hand to stop several other generals who wanted to speak, and shouted at everyone:

"Today, if there is anyone who dares to withdraw the army, Lao Tzu will kill him! Go and pass on my orders again! Go and throw the heads of those Xiyi to the Red Hair City! ”

September 9 is the Chung Yeung Festival, as the so-called every festive season, Zheng Zhilong is not worried about Zheng Zhibiao, who stayed in South Australia, and his old father Zheng Shibiao, who served as the city's director in Yuegang?

But he is worried that if he withdraws his troops at this point, he is afraid that Dongfan Island will be in a three-legged situation in the future, which is not the result he wants to see.

Dongfan Island is no longer the deserted island of the past, this island has nearly a million people he worked hard to get, and there are countless fertile fields that these immigrants have worked hard to cultivate.

And all of this is the foundation of the Zheng family that he Zheng Zhilong built step by step from scratch!

How is this Dongfan Island not the fundamental place of the Zheng family, and how can others be allowed to get involved?!

Although He Bin, Zheng Lian, Shi Fu and others have different opinions, Zheng Zhilong has accumulated prestige among these people for a long time, and he has always said the same.

Before Shi Fu left the big tent, he was stopped by Zheng Zhilong, who asked him to return south immediately, to tell his third brother Zheng Zhibao, and quickly urge the Dutch who were blocking the city to send troops north.

Shi Fu is not famous in history, but his nephew Shi Lang is very famous.

It's just that Shi Lang is still a ten-year-old doll at the moment, and he is still wearing open crotch pants and playing with mud in his hometown in southern Fujian.

It was not until seven or eight years later, when Shi Lang grew up and could no longer survive in his hometown, that he would cross the sea to join his uncle, so that he was appreciated by Zheng Zhilong and stepped onto the stage of history.

It was said that Shi Fu received Zheng Zhilong's military order, and he hurried south to deliver a letter to Dayuan City on the same day.

However, before Shi Fu could arrive at Dayuan City, and without waiting for Zheng Zhibao to send people across the sea to the city of Rebasha on Yikun Island, the Dutch messenger came to Zheng Zhilong's Tamsui camp from San Lorenzo on the east coast of Dongfan Island.