At dusk, the wind and clouds change, and the rainbow in the evening is fleeting, followed by black clouds pressing down on the city, the demon wind is raging, and the rain is pouring down.

Fortunately, the wind direction deviated and did not pose a fatal threat to the Luermen route of Zheng Jun's sailors. However, it is still very difficult to get through Luermen, not only to deal with the harsh night environment, but also to seize the high tide period, the slightest delay will be lost, and it is easy to expose the route target, I am afraid it will not be easy to choose this route in the future.

Under the ground of the rapid pioneer ship "Qinglong", the sailors of the Zheng army took advantage of the dark wind, heavy rain and blurred vision and sound to pull anchor and set sail, heading towards Luermen overnight.

In addition to leaving a guard battalion on Penghu Island to guard and respond in case of accidents, almost all of the 30,000 sailors of the Zheng army were dispatched. Coupled with the thousands of brocade guards sent by the imperial court to reinforce, more than 30,000 people of the Ming court army rushed to cross Luermen.

With such a desperate bet, they can only succeed, otherwise the whole army will be annihilated, and it may destroy the elite of the Ming Dynasty's naval army, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

In addition to the "Qinglong," a speeding ship that opened the way, Zhu Qing also ordered two small rapid ships to sail in the direction of Penghu, first, to keep an eye on the movements of the "Hector" at any time, and second, to guard against the enemy from the north; once the situation was found to be not good, even if they collided desperately, they would also prevent the "Hector" from returning to Luermen, so as to gain time for Zheng's naval division to cross Luermen.

The weather is not as calm as Zheng Chenggong said, and no one has noticed the so-called providence at this moment! Because they've had a hard time turning back. Fortunately, although the wind and rain caused a lot of obstacles to the fleet's journey, it was just right to confuse the Dutch army and the "Hector".

Under the storm, the "Hector" did not realize that Zheng Jun's sailors were quietly crossing the sea. They still anchored to withstand the rough seas, and even the guards outside withdrew into the cabin. This storm provided a good cover for the actions of Zheng's naval division.

It was close to midnight, the wind and rain did not stop, and the Zheng Junshui division did not slack off at all, they chopped the waves and finally came to Luermen.

Luermen, this canyon in front of Zheng Jun's sailors, because the water area has become wide and narrow, coupled with the storm, the water surface has fluctuated very much, and the waves are stirring on both sides, and there is a possibility of swallowing up any ships entering at any time. At this time, the tide has not yet risen, but the waves have raised the sea level, but it is very dangerous to cross the sea in such an environment, and the ship may be capsized at any time.

The tide did not rise, and it was difficult for large warships to pass, Zheng Chenggong ordered small warships to test the water first, but after several attempts, they were all beaten back by the waves, and two battleships were almost overturned.

"General, the waves in this area are too fierce, if we don't go in to take shelter from the wind, I'm afraid our small warships will be planted in this port!" Zheng Xuan braved the rain and wanted to report, but he was the one who took the lead in forcibly crossing, but he was beaten back. The main reason is that the waves at the entrance are too undulating, and before the ships enter the inner harbor, they are all beaten back by the waves, once they enter the inner harbor, the situation is much better, after all, Luermen is also a good haven.

"Is it possible to connect small warships front and rear so that they can pass through the long and narrow harbor and prevent being overturned by the waves?" Zheng Chenggong quickly came up with a solution.

This method sounds like it is feasible, when Cao Cao waved Chibi, it was to connect the ships together to resist the wind and waves. Since the enemy has not discovered the actions of the Zheng Junshui Division now, and this is a stormy situation, there is naturally no need to worry about the fire attack.

However, when Zheng Xuan was ordered to go to do it, he found that this still did not work, the two ships were connected at the end, which seemed to be more stable, but the impact of the waves on both sides was also larger, which increased the strength of the hull impact, and as long as one ship was accidentally tilted, a chain reaction would be formed, dragging other ships, and under the impact of the waves, all of them might be overturned.

"General, no! It was almost overturned together. Fortunately, I told the soldiers to cut down the guardrails of the chains. Zheng Xuan returned to report.

Zheng Chenggong became more and more anxious, if he didn't let the boat enter Luermen as soon as possible, after the high tide, the small boat would delay the passage of the big boat, and if the big boat missed the high tide time, then the problem would be serious.

Zheng Chenggong walked back and forth on the deck in a hurry, and he almost scolded God for not being long-sighted.

At this moment, Zhu Qing walked out. He was originally operated by a smart helmsman in the cabin, because the waves in the harbor were too big, and someone had to observe the movement of the water surface at any time to direct the course. Otherwise the entire fleet can easily be swept away by wind and waves.

"Brother Zheng, what's the situation?" Zhu Qing saw in the cabin that the small warship in front of him had not entered Luermen Port for a long time, and Zheng Chenggong was so irritable, so he hurriedly greeted him and asked.

Seeing Zhu Qing come out, Zheng Chenggong seemed to see hope, and hurriedly pulled Zhu Qing forward, brought him to the bow of the ship, pointed to the small battleship blocked in front and said anxiously and helplessly, "Brother Zhu, you came just in time!" You see, the waves at the entrance are too big, our small warships can't get in at all, and it's about to reach the high tide time, if you let the small warships block the battleships, once the tide passes, there will be no way to pass! ”

Zhu Qing listened and observed the situation in front of him, and his face also showed a difficult color, this problem is indeed more tricky. Their plan was to let the small ships cross the Luermen Gate first, and wait for the tide to rise, and then the large main ships would pass through, so that the small warships could not only explore the way first, beware of the ambush of the Dutch army, but also escort the main ships, forming a strategic layout of a large belt of small and small to protect the large.

But now, the situation is far more complicated than they expected.

"Zhu Gongzi, you are wearing your cloak upside down!" At this time, Chen Yuanyuan rushed out of the cabin, it turned out that Zhu Qing hurriedly left the cabin, and the cloak was casually put on, and on the black and oppressive sea, he never noticed that the cloak was reversed.

In normal times, Zhu Qing would definitely be grateful to Chen Yuanyuan for his careful care, but at this moment, in such a critical situation in the military situation, Chen Yuanyuan ran to toss before he wore clothes, Zhu Qing was in a hurry, so he scolded, "Go back!" Who let you out?! Actually, this scolding is also Zhu Qing's worry that Chen Yuanyuan will be exposed to the wind and rain. However, Chen Yuanyuan suddenly felt aggrieved, although she knew that she shouldn't have come out to make trouble at this time, but when she was suddenly scolded by Zhu Qing, she was still stunned in place.

When Zheng Chenggong saw it, he couldn't help but sigh lightly, somewhat strange Chen Yuanyuan was not serious. But after all, they were friends, and they took care of Zhu Qing, so they waved their hands and asked someone to help Chen Yuanyuan back into the cabin!

"Brother Zhu doesn't have to mind, Miss Chen is also kind. You are indeed wearing this cloak backwards, so you can change it when you are free......" Zheng Chenggong turned to Zhu Qingdao.

"For what? Wear clothes backwards and don't die! Zhu Qing was so anxious that he even yelled at Zheng Chenggong, but as soon as he roared, he was suddenly stunned, looked at the situation in front of him, and muttered thoughtfully, "Wear it backwards?" Anti? If we reversed the layout and let the main ship block the wind and waves, wouldn't the waves at this entrance be much smaller? The waves are small, won't this small battleship be able to pass?! ”

The more Zhu Qing said, the more his eyes were connected, and the more Zheng Chenggong listened, the more excited he became, "We used to be small warships to protect the main ship, this time let the main ship protect the small warship, and when the small warship passes, this is just the high tide, and the main ship can turn around and enter the port!" ”

"Exactly! Quick, give the order, fill the rudder on the left, move the main ship out to block the waves, and let the small ships enter the harbor! The two hit it off, and Zheng Chenggong excitedly called Zheng Xuan and ordered him to go down.

Sure enough, after dispatching the main ship to stop the wind and waves, the waves at the entrance of Luermen were much smaller.

"Pass my general, all small ships quickly pass through the Luer Gate!" Zheng Chenggong shouted, and the small fleet lined up to enter Luermen Port one after another, and after passing through the entrance, the wind and waves in the port were much lighter.

After all the small warships had passed through the Luermen, Zhu Qing looked at the tide and said to Zheng Chenggong, "Brother Zheng, you have to hurry up and transfer the hull back, the tide is about to rise!" ”

Zheng Chenggong was familiar with the tide, glanced at it, nodded again and again, waved the flag and shouted, "Quick!" The right rudder is full, the hull is adjusted, and the ship is ready to cross the Luermen! ”

After the helmsmen turned the rudder with a bang, the hull of the main ship slowly turned, and the bow faced the entrance port, ready to rush into the harbor at any time.

"General! It's high tide! Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the deck. I only felt that the hull of the ship was slowly being raised, and some of the rock walls I saw just now were submerged by the tide at this time.

Zheng Chenggong and Zhu Qing stood on both sides of the bow of the ship, and carefully observed that the sea level was rising little by little, and the hull of the ship was lifted up little by little, after being lifted to the water level that was wide enough on both sides and deep enough at the bottom. I could only hear Zhu Qing and Zheng Chenggong shouting in unison, "Set sail!" ”

Under the ferrying of the helmsmen and under the command of two generals, Zhu Qing and Zheng Chenggong, the huge main ship slowly sailed into Luermen Port in a deep enough and wide enough sea area.

"Quick! Faster! Zheng Chenggong kept urging, he has a lot of experience in the rise and fall of the tide, he can judge that the tide will not be too long, just like he can't understand why it has been stormy tonight, he feels that everything has to be changed by people, and he can't be resigned to fate as usual.

Under the urging of Zheng Chenggong's sense of distress, the main ship crossed Luermen smoothly and quickly, rushed out of the port, and once again entered the wide sea area.

Sure enough, as soon as the stern of the ship left the harbor of Luermen, the tide gradually receded, and the rock walls that had just been submerged were once again revealed.

Zheng Chenggong looked back at the rock wall and couldn't help but take a big breath, "It's so dangerous!" ”

Zhu Qing walked over, patted it on the shoulder and smiled slightly, "Look, the heavens still helped us, so that the tide sent us through Luermen just right, and now even if the 'Hector' finds out about our actions, there is no way to chase it the same way, so we can only make a detour." This will buy us a lot of time to land at Woliao Port. ”

"Thanks to Brother Zhu's help this time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!" Zheng Chenggong excitedly shook Zhu Qing's hand and responded.

Zhu Qing smiled and shook his head, "Actually, thanks to this cloak that is worn backwards...... Zhu Qing said, took off the cloak and put it on his body again, and then he walked back to the cabin and walked towards Chen Yuanyuan's room......