readx(); All kinds of secret evidence clearly point to Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet. First of all, there are secret activities of the White Lotus Sect in Zhejiang and Fujian, and Jinyiwei has successfully sent people to break into the interior of some rudders. Now a piece of news is spreading wildly in the White Lotus Sect: their "Hongguang Ye" and "Protector ** Master" have successfully escaped from danger, crossed east to Taiwan, and "set the capital" of Xiaogang. He also named Zheng Zhilong as the "Governor of the Five Armies of the Water and Land", with 100,000 elite soldiers under his command, and he is about to launch a large-scale counterattack in the near future.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong's public identity is the general soldier of Fuzhou, although he is a thief and never lands, but his second brother Zheng Zhihu has been in Fuzhou and served as the deputy commander of the Fujian Metropolitan Division. Despite this, Zheng Zhihu was actually handling land affairs in Fujian for his brother, such as organizing smuggling sources to recruit sailors. Local officials benefited from Zheng Zhihu and turned a deaf ear to Zheng's smuggling and piracy.

However, Fuzhou Jinyiwei recently reported that Zheng Zhihu suddenly disappeared, and his luxurious mansion in Fuzhou was also empty, all the valuable things were packed and taken away, and his family members did not know where to go. But Jin Yiwei still managed to find a few subordinates who had worked in the Zheng Mansion, and they all said that Zheng Zhihu might be moving his family overseas, and they didn't dare to ask more about it.

Third, there is a fishing boat in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, which once encountered this fleet at sea. At that time, the fleet ship sank it without saying a word, probably in order to extinguish it. But what they didn't expect was that there was a fisherman on the fishing boat who was so good at water that he swam back from the sea dozens of miles away from the coastline.

He thought he had met a widow, so he hurried to the government to report to the official. After two or three days, the government saw that there was no movement, thought he was talking nonsense, and beat him up. But Jin Yiwei heard the news and found this person, and learned from his mouth that the largest ship in this fleet had the Yellow Dragon Flag, the White Lotus Flag, and the Black Rising Sun Flag.

Revenge is not uncool, and the enemy is lonely

It is not unpleasant to make enemies, and the third is Huang Degong and Weng Yu, who have made great contributions in the battle to counterinsurgency, and they are quite familiar with the situation of the White Lotus Sect Naval Army, and they will also be of some help.

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This Yellow Dragon Banner and White Lotus Banner are the banners of the rebels; The black Rising Sun Flag is Zheng Zhilong's unique mark. Because he made his career in Japan and has a soft spot for Japan, even the flag imitates the Japanese Rising Sun Flag, but deliberately makes it black to show slaughter. The people on the fleet may want to shake their majesty in the sea, and they are not afraid of leaking secrets, but they do not want to be spied on.

Based on the above information, it can be determined that it was Zheng Zhilong who broke into the Yangtze River to pick up Zhu Yousong and others to escape. As for the purpose of doing this, it is not difficult to analyze, Zheng Zhilong is a pirate, extremely speculative, and accepting the court's recruitment is just an expedient measure, and the court does not trust him. After the crushing defeat of Zhu Yousong's rebels, Zheng Zhilong took him to Taiwan, believing that with his strong maritime strength, he could settle on the island. And Zhu Yousong can only rely on Zheng Zhilong, so that Zheng Zhilong has become a "founding hero".

In this way, a huge problem is placed in front of Zhu Youzhen: what to do?

In fact, Zhu Youzhen had long wanted to clean up Zheng Zhilong. Yu Gong, Zheng Zhilong entrenched in the southeast sea to smuggle pirates, not only had a great impact on maritime trade, but also seriously threatened the security of the Ming Dynasty. If Zheng Zhilong is not eliminated, Taiwan will not be able to recover, the trade line will not be opened, and the pattern of opening up to the outside world conceived by Zhu Youzhen will be impossible to talk about.

In private, Zheng Zhilong, as the head of the Zheng family, one of the six major families of martial arts, tried to annex the Qi family army through marriage, and let his brother Zheng Zhibao marry Qi Meifeng, but was disturbed by Zhu Youzhen, Zheng Zhibao was angry and kicked off Zhu Youzhen's leg, and kidnapped Zhu Youzhen Qi Meifeng Li Zhenyan to go to sea, which caused a series of events later. This revenge of taking his wife and breaking his leg, Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth with hatred when he thought about it, how could he not report it? So this battle must be fought!

However, it is not easy to eliminate Zheng Zhilong. This guy has been at sea for decades, with no less than 100 large and small warships, and 8,000 flagships, all equipped with advanced artillery purchased from the Dutch and Spaniards. His subordinates not only had Zheng disciples who were proficient in martial arts, but also Western sailors recruited from Ronin Southeast Asia recruited from Japan, and his combat effectiveness was far superior to that of ordinary sailors along the coast of the Ming army, and even the North Sea Fleet was at a disadvantage, and even the Dutch and Spaniards did not want to clash with it head-on.

Now, if you attack Zheng Zhilong immediately, what are the chances of winning? Naval warfare is different from land warfare in that the role of man and resourcefulness is not great, and the main thing is the comparison of strength. Moreover, naval battles are basically a decisive victory, and the loser has no chance of turning the tables in a short period of time. Since Zheng Zhilong has not openly declared his rebellion, and the old man said that "we will not fight a battle for which we are unprepared", Zhu Youzhen decided to be cautious and make full preparations before acting.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Zhu Youzhen immediately used a flying pigeon to send a secret edict to several people to enter Beijing:

First, Qi Xianzong Zheng Yunhao of the North Sea Fleet, and Zhu Youzhen asked them to wait at Shanhaiguan by sea.

The second is the two vassal kings of Zhu Yujian and Zhu Youlang, who fought against the rebels in Hunan, and Zeng Mengxue, who commanded the Hunan soldiers. Zhu Youzhen wants to see the two famous figures in history with his own eyes, and he also wants to get some news about Hong Chengchou, this old thing is still missing, and it is also a piece of Zhu Youzhen's heart.

The third is Huang Degong and Weng Yu, who have made great contributions in the battle of counterinsurgency, they are quite familiar with the situation of the White Lotus Sect and the water army, and they will also be of some help.

The reason why the secret edict is used is to keep it secret and avoid Zheng Zhilong from being aware of it; the second is to save time; The third is that it also involves two vassal kings, and if you use the Ming edict, it will cause a lot of trouble.

Qi Xianzong and Zheng Yunhao were the fastest, they left the main force of the North Sea Fleet to be on guard at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and arrived at Shanhaiguan in only two days on a small warship. The others rode fast horses into Beijing after receiving the edict, and the two farthest vassal kings set off from Hengzhou, Hunan, and arrived in only eight days, which made Zhu Youzhen a little impressed/br> Zhu Youzhen was the first to meet the two vassal kings. He deliberately chose the main hall of Changchun Garden, the Nine Classics and Three Things Hall, to show his solemnity.

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Taking advantage of the time of the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, Zhu Youzhen carefully observed the two. These two vassal kings are still very young, Tang King Zhu Yujian is only twenty-five years old, and Anren King Zhu Youlang is only thirteen years old this year, and his face is still childish; Although the two are respectful, they still show a kind of vitality unique to young people. Zhu Youzhen has seen Zhu Yi, the king of Qin, Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, and Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu. In contrast, Zhu Youzhen still prefers the two young people in front of him.

The second is Zhu Yujian, Zhu Youlang, the two vassal kings who fought against the rebels in Hunan, and Zeng Mengxue, who commanded the Hunan soldiers. Zhu Youzhen wants to see the two famous figures in history with his own eyes, and he also wants to get some news about Hong Chengchou, this old thing is still missing, and it is also a piece of Zhu Youzhen's heart.

However, Zhu Youzhen had just said "Give a seat to King Anren of Tang", but the two knelt down at the same time and said: "The ministers have committed serious crimes, how dare they accept the seat!" ”

The enemy is far away, and the only ship learns to be alone

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