Zhang Chu has been plagued by lack of money all these years, and now the most profitable business in the world is overseas trade. Zhang Chu, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", had previously put together a fleet with all his might to carry out trade with the Wa Kingdom and Korea. wanted to transport the goods to Nanyang and other places, but had to pay Zheng Zhilong the passage money, which made Zhang Chu very unhappy. So he is always preparing for a decisive battle with Zheng Zhilong, he wants to eliminate Zheng Zhilong and become the overlord of the sea, and the construction of security warships has never stopped in the past few years.

The shipyards of the Security Forces are working at full capacity, and after several years of experience in production, they have been able to retrofit the old ships to make them more suitable for installing new guns and sailing faster. In the first half of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Chu's security army has always been in a state of peace and stability, if you don't come to fight me, I won't fight you, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty and the righteous army will not be idle to provoke the security army, and the thunderous momentum of the security army after the elimination of the gold has already made them famous. However, some small groups of rebels and officers chose to join the security army, but this time Zhang Chu changed his policy and did not refuse those who came to vote. Most of the old and weak were assigned to work in farms and factories, and some of the young and strong were trained to join the security army, which was rapidly expanding its territory in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

It has been a quiet and busy half year for the people within the security forces, and it has been a year full of hope for most of the people, with the rice rations distributed by the security forces on time so that everyone will not starve to death, and the growing cattle and sheep and the crops growing in the fields make people feel that the day of eating a full meal is not far away. The ripening of some crops with short growing periods has improved people's lives and made them more motivated. In the autumn, looking at the fruit-bearing crops growing all over the ground, the people in the territory of the security army knew that the most difficult time had passed, and no one would die of hunger in the future.

After solving the problem of eating for the people under his rule, Zhang Chu finally had the ability to accumulate enough supplies to start the battle against Zheng Zhilong. By the time Zhang Chu left Liaodong and rushed to the base on Liuheng Island, 36 sail warships and more than 200 other auxiliary vessels had been assembled in the port. Although the number of ships was much smaller than Zheng Zhilong, Zhang Chu believed that it would not be a problem to defeat Zheng Zhilong with the quality of his fleet's ships and the new artillery equipped with it.

Zhang Chu boarded the "Caiyun" to take over the command of the fleet, and with an order, the fleet sailed towards the southern sea, and their target was all Zheng Zhilong's ships at sea. The first to suffer were the ships sent by Zheng Zhilong to the sea to collect tolls from the incoming and outgoing ships. They were happy to collect money there, but when they saw a large fleet of ships coming, they thought to themselves that this time they were developed, how much money could be collected by so many ships at once, and these ships took the initiative to drive towards them without interception, which was really a good thing to send to the door.

However, instead of giving them silver, the ship gave them cannonballs, which not only hit accurately but also exploded, which the Zheng family's small boat could not bear. The quick-witted and nimble surrendered immediately to save their lives, and some Zheng pirates who wanted to resist were soon sent to the bottom of the sea.

The security forces continued to clean up Zheng Zhilong's ships at sea, and finally a pirate who slipped through the net passed the news to Zheng Zhilong, who was enjoying happiness on the shore of Fujian.

After receiving the report, Zheng Zhilong made an order that surprised his subordinates after finding out that it was the fleet of the security army that was attacking, and instead of ordering his subordinates to counterattack, he let all the ships gather in the port of Fujian and defend them with all their might.

Zheng Zhilong's subordinates were puzzled by the fact that although the security forces that came to invade were strong, the number of ships was not large, and Zheng Zhilong's fleet should be able to defeat the opponent if it attacked with all its might.

Zheng Zhilong also has a hard time, through the last battle with the security fleet, he fully understands the advantages of the security army's Western warships in speed and firepower, if the fleet is sent to sea to fight a decisive battle with the security army, it will definitely be used by the security army to use the advantages of speed and artillery range to hang, Zheng Zhilong has not come up with a way to crack this until now.

However, Zheng Zhilong understood that the security army must have come prepared to come to the door this time, and he would not be satisfied with just sinking a few small boats of the Zheng family patrolling the open sea, looking at their menacing posture, he would definitely find the main force of the Zheng family's fleet for a decisive battle, Zheng Zhilong gathered all the ships together in order to use the advantage in the number of his ships to defeat the security army.

Zheng Zhilong's strategy was very effective, and the fleet of the security army did not find Zheng Zhilong's fleet appearing again after several days in the open sea, and there were no more patrol boats. Zhang Chu sent people to investigate carefully, only to find that the Zheng family's fleets were concentrated in the coastal areas of Fujian, and there were more than 1,000 ships, large and small, all gathered there.

The staff officers of the security forces also had different opinions on how to deal with Zheng Zhilong's tactics of shrinking his head, and some advocated an immediate attack on Zheng Zhilong's fleet, all of which were gathered together to give the security forces a chance to annihilate.

Some staff officers also calculated that there was a huge risk if the security army attacked at this time, after all, the security army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of the number of ships, and Zheng Zhilong's fleet was the best at launching fire attacks with small boats, and if they approached, it would cause huge losses.

Zhang Chu listened to everyone's opinions and thought for a long time, and finally he made up his mind to attack now, because time was too precious for Zhang Chu, and only by cleaning up Zheng Zhilong could Zhang Chu's next plan be launched.

For a possible fire attack with the Zheng fleet, Zhang Chu ordered the ships to prepare in advance, and ordered the soldiers to carry a large number of grenades and explosives packs, and if the enemy ships approached, they would blow them up first.

Under the leadership of Zhang Chu, the fleet of the security army went straight to the place where Zheng Zhilong's team assembled, and the small boat of the Zheng family's fleet in charge of patrolling found the huge ship that had arrived, and immediately raised the alarm, and immediately the alarm spread throughout the sea. Zheng Zhilong received the report and immediately boarded the ship and went to sea to observe the situation.

Looking at the oncoming security fleet, Zheng Zhilong felt that he was not far from victory, but in the end he didn't hold back and led the team to attack.

Zheng Zhilong immediately ordered all the ships of the Zheng family to go to sea and surround the place where the security fleet was located from all directions.

Zheng Zhilong's tactics are very simple, for this he has also prepared for a long time, requiring the Zheng family's fleet to prepare a large number of soldiers on the big ship, if there is a chance, he will rely on the ship of the security army and then jump into the gang to fight, using hand-to-hand combat to seize the ship of the security army, Zheng Zhilong has an absolute advantage in terms of strength.

The Zheng family's small boats were loaded with firewood, grass and fuel oil, and as soon as they approached the ships of the security forces, they set fire to them.

With the issuance of Zheng Zhilong's order, nearly a thousand ships of all sizes appeared on the sea, and they rushed towards Zhang Chu's fleet without hesitation, and a big battle was about to break out. (To be continued.) )