The stranger who followed Chen Shangren in was someone from the Zheng family, as well as a survivor they had rescued; The survivor was a young man who had been in the sea for two days, a sailor on the Second Fleet's Bronze Sparrow, which escorted the merchant ship bound for Nagasaki to carry the last batch of tobacco of the year.

“…… Two days after sailing, we rounded the headland of the five islands, and did not go far before we met the Dutch, "After two days of soaking in the icy waters, the young man became seriously ill, and now he is still coughing repeatedly, looking languishing, and intermittently describing the battle of the Li Jing, "The three big galens are larger than our Jinfeng...... As soon as the Dutch were discovered, our captain informed the merchant ships to run downwind first, and at the same time busied themselves to seize the upper hand...... The Dutch had a large Galen gun, estimated at around 40 guns each, with 18 on one side...... Their tactics were also tricky, with two ships crossing our downwind and one going around to the side...... When our captain saw that the merchant ship had run away, and the other side was in a posture of encirclement, he turned the bow of the ship and planned to go around the two ships downwind...... As soon as we turned around, the Dutchman's cannon went off, and that was the first round of attacks we received......"

When he said this, Yang Dijiao interjected and asked, "How far was the distance between the two sides at that time?" ”

The young man replied respectfully, "Commander Hui, the visual inspection is about 3 to 4 miles. ”

Yang Dijiao's brows furrowed, and he muttered softly, "So far? Then he motioned for the young man to continue.

"It's also our bad luck that the other side only fired two salleys at such a distance and injured us," said the young man, shaking his head with a look of regret, "Our wings were just opened, and they were grazed by a cannonball. It just broke the lower cross of the left wing...... However, our captain still interspersed according to the original plan, passed in front of the Great Galen, and returned the opponent's two ballistas, but the effect was not great...... After that, they ran with the wind blowing full sails, but the red hairs on the three big galen were really powerful, and they turned very fast. One left and one right followed up...... Although our left wing sail was injured, we did not suffer in terms of speed, and we had to escape the ...... that was not a big problem."

Speaking of this, the young man coughed violently, gasped for a while to ease up, and gritted his teeth and said, "But we didn't expect that Chen Xinji and the ship of the Shimazu family had been ambushed dozens of miles away!" …… The merchant ships that ran with the wind before still failed to run away, when we saw it. It's been captured by the Shimazu family's Galen ship! ”

Hearing that it was Chen Xinji and the Shimazu family again, Chu Fan looked at Ge Bi and Yang Dijiao, and the murderous aura in the eyes of the three of them was entangled as if it were substance.

"Our captain was angry at the time, and he didn't care that the other side had seven or eight ships, and rushed over to our merchant ships," the young man said, and his eyes were already glistening with tears, "those are all our brothers, how can they be left alone!" …… Everyone was firing ballistas desperately as crazy as they could. After a few rounds, all the sails of the Shimazu family's Galen ship were blown off...... But this also put our Tongque in a heavy siege, and Chen Xinji stopped four or five of his ships in our course. It's jammed! ”

Yang Dijiao gritted his teeth and burst out, "Fishing net tactics!" ”

"There's Chen Zhenji in front, the Dutch behind him also sticking up, and the Galen ship of the Shimazu family is also firing non-stop," the young man couldn't stop crying at the moment, "Our Bronze Sparrow is circling in that slap-sized place." Cannonballs rained down...... The rudder was the first to be broken, then the stern mast was completely broken by the chain bullet, and the bow was also shot, and the nose was lost...... I was swept overboard when the sail broke on my right wing, when a rope slammed into the back of my head. As soon as my eyes were black, I fainted and fell headlong into the sea...... By the time I woke up, I had drifted far away, but the sound of the cannon was still ringing, and when I looked back, our Bronze Sparrow was already sinking with its bow cocked high! ”

He couldn't cry for a long time, and suddenly knelt down in front of Chu Fan and howled, "Uncle! You want to avenge your brothers! The two shipboard Hundred brothers, that's it! ”

The corners of Chu Fan's mouth twitched, and he stretched out his hand to help him up, and said, "Don't worry! Blood debt and blood repayment! Chen Zhenji, the Shimazu family, the Dutch, one day I will come with their heads to pay homage to these dead brothers! ”

The matter has been clearly understood, except for Chen Shangren, Ge Bi, Yang Dijiao and the leader of the Zheng family, the others retired first, and the flower hall was quiet.

The leader of the Zheng family is also a young man, named Zhuang Zeshi, who is the younger brother of Zheng Zhilong's side room; He first recounted how the Zheng family's fleet found and rescued the survivor, and then immediately changed course and sailed to Jeju Island; After saying that, the conversation changed and described in detail the Dutch's attempt to blockade Nagasaki and Hirado.

“…… After the son of Peter, the governor of Taiwan in the Netherlands, was captured by Hamada Yabei in Japan, he became hysterical," Zhuang Zeshi briefly described the source of the conflict between Japan and the Netherlands, the so-called "Hamada Yabei" incident, and said, "He successively sent three large Galen warships to Nagasaki and Heiwai Sea, and colluded with the Shimazu family and Chen Jinji in an attempt to force the shogunate to bow down through the blockade, release his son, and reopen the Dutch merchant house...... At first, he was still afraid of the shogunate sailors, but in October, when he clashed with the shogunate sailors off the coast of Nagasaki and forced them back, he became more and more emboldened...... All the merchant ships of Korea, Dayuan, and even your army will attack them indiscriminately, and it will be a disaster! …… This time, your army lost two ships, then you are not talented, and you are willing to join hands with your army to fight the red hair! ”

Of course, Chu Fan knew the source of the conflict between Japan and the Netherlands, but the biggest victim of the Dutch blockade was Zheng Zhilong, so even if two small boats of the six families were captured by the Dutch before, he did not retaliate immediately, just because he did not want to be a gunman for the Zheng family; Now that the alliance with Zheng Zhilong is already in the eyebrow, and secondly, the Dutch have really touched Chu Fan's bottom line this time - the revenge of Chen Xinji and the Shimazu family chasing and killing Yan Ruxue last time has not been avenged, and this time they are doing it again, and the new hatred and old hatred are added together, and it is time to settle the account!

The fight is definitely going to be fought, but it can't be cheap Zheng Zhilong, Chu Fan thought for a while and asked Zhuang Zeshi, "Brother Zhuang, the Dutch have blocked Changping this time, and you are only afraid of heavy losses, right?" ”

Zhuang Zeshi was young after all, so he didn't think about the meaning of Chu Fan's words, and replied without thinking, "It's really a heavy loss, we lost seventeen boats in five months!" ”

Chu Fan frowned and said, "The Dutch ships are strong and the guns are strong, and Brother Zhuang has three ships in his hands, even if you count all the warships of our Fuliao Army, I am afraid they are not opponents...... The matter of joining hands still needs to be discussed with General Feihuang and asked him to send more warships to be successful! ”

After speaking, he ignored Zhuang Zeshi's stunned expression, served tea and sent off the guests, but when he left, he gave Chen Shangren a look, who smiled knowingly and led Zhuang Zeshi out.

Chu Fan believes that with the help of Chen Shangren, this hairy guy from the Zheng family will understand. (To be continued.) )