Chapter Seventy-Two: Eighteen Zhi

The imperial court built a new British giant warship, this is an important news, the next morning, Fang En according to the direction that the dog said, rushed to Huanghuawa to the place, no need to ask, it is easy to see a large camp, the camp covers an area of dozens of miles, there is a wide river on the side, can go straight into the sea, it is really a good place for shipbuilding

At the gate of the camp, there were officers and soldiers guarding, and they looked in along the open gate, but when they saw that the timber inside was piled up like a hill, it seemed that it was indeed a shipbuilding, otherwise what would they do with so much wood

The situation was confirmed, Fang En no longer stayed, hurried to the beach, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, came to the beach, went to sea by boat, and returned to Maweiyu to see Zheng Zhilong, Fang En told Zheng Zhilong everything that happened on this trip, and Zheng Zhilong told him about it as it was, and when he arrived at the governor's line, he was ridiculed by the other party, and he didn't agree with a word, and finally was swept out of the house and his unexpected gain, of course, was the focus of his meritorious service, and he talked about what he heard from the dog and what he witnessed with his own eyes

"The imperial court is building giant warships...... Zheng Zhilong listened to Fang En's story, and soon had a feeling of sudden realization, "I said that those bastards why they want to delay the time of the decisive battle to eight months later, it turns out that when they have other plans, eight months is enough to build several giant ships, I heard that the English warships, the ships are strong and powerful, and at that time, we want to deal with them, but it is not so easy to this sea area, we can only say it, how can we let them ride on their heads"

"Scoop boss, what do you think we should do now? Do you want to send troops immediately, and pick their sailor battalion first," Fang En suggested

"This ......" Zheng Zhilong hesitated, and directly picked the naval battalion, he thought about it, but the naval battalion of the imperial court is not a paper paste, let you say that you can pick the imperial court's warship, placed on the sea, it is indeed not an opponent, but don't forget, there is also a fort on the shore of the naval battalion, and the artillery on the fort are all large-caliber long-range heavy artillery, and the defense capability is very strong

After thinking about it for a long time, Zheng Zhilong said: "This matter is not so easy, although the Fujian Navy Division is wasted, but the defense is still relatively strong, even if we can break it, it will hurt the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred, and the imperial court is rushing to build a giant warship, even if we destroy the Navy Division, it will not be long before the new Navy Division will be established, and it will be even more powerful."

"Then, then let's take their shipyard by surprise and burn down their shipyard first, so that they can build new warships," Fang En proposed again

"It's not appropriate, the shipyard is burned, they will find a more secret place, set up a shipyard, there is a year of hard work, and more warships will still be built, which is still a big threat to us" Zheng Zhilong said heavily

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, this ...... How is this good...... Are we just going to do nothing......" Fang En said helplessly

"Of course we can't do nothing, the thing of waiting to be killed, is definitely not what I Zheng Zhilong did for you, have you ever thought about it, during this time, the sailors who originally did nothing dared to grab a deal with us, and Fujian set up a shipyard, why did all this start?" Zheng Zhilong asked

"This ......" Fang En didn't think about this question for a while, so he didn't know how to answer

Soon, Zheng Zhilong answered this question on his behalf, "All these changes are because of a person from Fujian - the arrival of Yue Su Yue Su made the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division have courage, and the arrival of Yue Su made them have money and can build a shipyard It can be said that no matter what method we take, as long as that Yue Su does not die, the combat effectiveness of the Fujian Navy Division will definitely become stronger and stronger, and it will definitely become more and more threatening to us, and one day, we will all be wiped out."

"Yes......" Hearing this, Fang En suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "What the chief scoop said is good, then what should we do, we won't directly destroy that Yue Su......

To kill the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, this is a thing that Fang En can't even think about, the governor of the imperial court, how many guards are around, how can it be easy to get rid of it What's more, this governor is still the famous 'Yue shaved head'

"That's what I mean" Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhilong nodded in an affirmative tone

"Kill the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang...... With our strength, can we do it? Fang En said with some unconfidence

"Relying on our family, of course I'm not sure, but if we join forces, there will be absolutely no problem," Zheng Zhilong said again in an affirmative tone

As mentioned earlier, Eighteen Zhi is not one, but a pirate alliance group, although Zheng Zhilong is the chief scoop leader, that is, the so-called chairman, but after all, there are seventeen sensible Zheng Zhilong This time, he plans to unite all the forces of Eighteen Zhi and kill Yue Su

"Eighteen Zhi teamed up, there should be no problem with this, but I don't know, will the other seventeen agree?" Fang En said uncertainly, the leaders of the Eighteen Zhi, can unite, it is nothing more than for the word 'profit', when there is money to earn, they will naturally rush to gather together, and when they encounter things related to life and death, they will also be like this, but if they encounter things that have nothing to do with themselves, there will definitely be people who will retreat

"This time the stakes are very high, I think they should be in the same boat with me to get my great order, and transfer the other seventeen leaders to Maweiyu to discuss matters!"

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The leaders of the Eighteen Zhi are Zheng Zhilong, Yang Tiansheng, Shi Daxuan, Yang Liu, Yang Qi, Zhong Bin, Li Guozhu, Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi, Hong Xu, Gan Hui, He Bin, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhiguan, Zheng Zhifeng, Guo Huaiyi, and Chen Xinji

Among the eighteen people, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, and Zheng Zhifeng are Zheng Zhilong's younger brothers, Zheng Zhiguan is cousins, they and Zheng Zhilong are all on Maweiyu, with a total of nearly 7,000 Haikou, which is the main force of the Eighteen Zhi, among the other thirteen people, Li Kuiqi's strength is the strongest, there are about 2,000 people, some are only a few hundred, but here, I want to explain a little to an old brother named Shi Daxuan, because this old man also has a famous son, and his son's name is Shi Lang

Well, the leader of the Eighteen Zhis, after a day, gathered together Zheng Zhilong to be polite to the big guy, then got to the point, said his plan, and recently sent troops, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the officers and soldiers, to kill Quanzhou and eliminate Yue Su

As soon as his topic was spoken, the rest of the leaders immediately discussed it for a while, Zheng Zhihu was the first to express his opinion in favor After all, the father and son soldiers went into battle, and the tiger brothers were the brothers, and the elder brother's proposal, how could the younger brother not support Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhifeng, and Zheng Zhiguan also expressed their approval, are they all a family

But then, some people raised objections, this person is Li Kuiqi, "Brother Zheng, brother thinks this matter is inappropriate, we are pirates, pay attention to fighting at sea, if you say that you are fighting hard with the sailors of the imperial court on the sea, brothers have nothing to say, but, if you say that we abandon the boat and go ashore and fight a decisive battle with the infantry of the imperial court, it will be difficult for our brothers to agree that once we go ashore, it belongs to our own shortcomings, and the strength of attacking the enemy. Brothers have nothing to say, but this time they are going to attack the governor Xingyuan, I heard that 'Yue shaved his head' is very powerful, but whether it is a waste of fame, we don't know very well, but after all, he is the biggest official in Fujian, as soon as he goes out to the police, the garrison of Quanzhou City will definitely be reinforced immediately, and the officers and soldiers of Quanzhou will not be lazy, and they will also kill non-stop to add the sailors who are not far away, we must not be made dumplings by others, the risk is too great, so, Brother Zheng, your idea, the younger brother will never approve"

Li Kuiqi's analysis is also reasonable, attacking the governor Xingyuan, local officials, who dares to sit idly by and not save can be said, don't look at the queen mother is not very kind to see Lord Yue, but if Lord Yue really has an accident in the place, what Quanzhou prefect, garrison, and sub-guard generals, all have to follow the local officers and soldiers who accompany the burial of Quanzhou, plus the sailors, as well as Yue Su's people and horses, there are also 134,7788, don't look at the more than 20,000 pirates, but this is not on the sea, it is on land, the imperial court occupies the right time and place, and if you want to win, how can it be so easy

After Li Kuiqi finished speaking, Guo Huaiyi immediately got up to express his support, "Boss Zheng, what Brother Li said is not unreasonable, after all, we are doing business at sea, and going ashore to fight with the officers and soldiers is really not what we should do Besides, this battle is not good for us whether we win or lose, let's talk about losing first, in case of defeat, it is very likely that it will be difficult to return even if it is won, it will suffer heavy losses, and the court has died a governor, and it will inevitably give the right to send troops to exterminate us. Even if there is nothing to do, it really makes a big deal out of it, and the imperial court will definitely send heavy troops, at that time, in this sea area, I am afraid that there will be no place for us to stand."

After the two of them raised objections, Yang Tiansheng and Chen Xinji raised objections, they felt that what Li and Guo said was very reasonable, going ashore to fight and the court to fight, the benefits are not visible, there must be a lot of losses, whether you Zheng Zhilong took the wrong medicine, we don't know, but once you really go ashore and do it, it will definitely not be your people who rush to the front as cannon fodder, it must be our group of people who are desperate for a thing that is not beneficial to win, our brothers are helpless, at most they support you spiritually

Of course, it's not that except for the surname Zheng, everyone doesn't support Zheng Zhilong, like Shi Daxuan, Hong Xu, Gan Hui, it's just that these three are still willing to support Zheng Zhilong, it's really not good, Shi Daxuan still has a thousand people in his hands, and in the hands of Hong Xu and Gan Hui, there are only a few hundred people who belong to the weakest of the eighteen Zhi