Chapter 174: Battle of Wits and Strategy
The second North Harbor was destroyed, and the Dutch were really committed to their colony: their colony had not yet had time to move. Now the reconstruction of Beigang is hundreds of times larger. Far from scaring the Dutch away, it aroused even greater guilt on the part of the Dutch East India Company.
learned that Na Haonan went south to conquer Zheng Zhilong. Arnhem, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, immediately ordered Rear Admiral Rejouz to lead the East India fleet to Geranza.
The reply to Zheng Zhilong was to help Zheng Zhilong deal with Na Haonan, and Zheng Zhilong was wholeheartedly prepared to deal with Deng Haonan, so it was inconvenient to offend the Dutch. However, Zheng Zhilong left behind a thousand pirate elites, forcibly recruited 10,000 men to replenish them, and built twelve joint camps along the west of the fortress of Geranza as a defense against the Dutch. The Dutch army in Geranja was no more than four or five hundred men. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong is not afraid of the Dutch playing tricks. According to Zheng Zhilong's concept, more than 10,000 people can't beat a few hundred red hairs?
However, the Dutch thought the opposite, and against 10,000 minions, 500 was enough. Therefore, as soon as Zheng Zhilong's navy came out, the Dutch in Geranja began to mobilize for war.
However, the governor of Geranza, DeWitt, had not yet made a move. He was waiting for the arrival of the Dutch East India Company fleet. Because he knew that it was easy to defeat 10,000 minions, but it was difficult to control nearly 2 million Han Chinese. Moreover, Zheng Zhilong has a strong shore defense fortress. It takes a sea 6 pinch attack.
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For five days in a row, Di Haonan did not stop Li Jingfang from sending letters. From the sixth day, the fleet stopped moving eastward and turned to the old Ryukyu battalion to replenish ammunition.
After two days, Li Jingfang began to be suspicious when he did not receive the news that the place had been shelled. After two more days, no news of an attack on Edo was received, so Li Jingfang decided that Deng Haonan's fleet had other plans. However, at this time he sent messengers again. All were intercepted halfway.
During this period, the Liaodong Governor's Office also completed the deployment of the 6th Army Expeditionary Force. The 6th Military Department mobilized 2,000 black armor elite cavalry of Long Wuwei, led by Zhan Zengyong himself. The cavalry artillery mobilized the Second Division of the First Army and 300 field guns of the Apocalypse Five-Year Style. Since the Dutch had not yet deployed troops at the fortresses of Santa Saerbador and Santo Domingo, the expeditionary force of the 6th Army was transported directly by troop carriers to the chicken coop and Tamsui, and to the east of the Tamsui River, to the south of the Tamsui Ocean, the first generation of the Xiaoliuqiu Pioneer directly landed 6.
According to the plan drawn up by the 6th Army Department, "General Zhan Zengyong led the cavalry to quickly capture the two fortresses of San Salbado and San Domingo, and then the cavalry artillery was stationed to rest, and the logistics engineers quickly built fortifications to restore the defensive capability of the fortress." When the 6th Naval Brigade captured the North Harbor and the North Harbor shore defense system was lifted, the cavalry artillery would sail south to the North Harbor to prepare for the capture of the Dutch fortress.
The other way is the Navy 6 team led by Xie Yi. Now the old battalion was resupplied and then boarded 6 from Cape Doro. Climb over Jade Mountain and attack Beigang from behind.
After personally leading the Pacific Fleet through supplies, he roamed around the Ryukyu Islands and waited for Zheng Zhilong's navy to arrive.
However. To Deng Haonan's surprise, Zheng Zhilong actually rebelled against Di Haonan's army.
On 28 July, Zheng Zhilong's naval army did not go to the coast of Fujian, but bypassed Dongfan Island and walked to the Pacific Ocean.
At the beginning, Deng Haonan was still guessing Zheng Zhilong's intentions, not taking a short road but taking a long detour. thought that Zheng Zhilong was worried about going to the coast of Fujian and being easily discovered by Na Haonan's sentinel boat, so he went to the Pacific Ocean.
However, three days later, Zheng Zhilong suddenly ordered the navy to turn around and turn to the northwest.
"Zheng Shuai's He suddenly ordered a reversal?"
A thousand of his subordinates gathered again on Zheng Zhilong's Tianzi No. 1 ship and questioned Zheng Zhilong.
Zheng Zhilong glanced at everyone, but stayed in front of Huang Dahai for an extra second, and then smiled mysteriously.
At this time, the staff brought over a chart. Everyone gathered around to take a look, and it was exactly the same as the nautical chart used before, except that there were a few more islands on the east side of Dongfan Island, and they were marked with a red pen and were very eye-catching.
Huang Dahai's heart shook tremblingly, and he had already sensed Zheng Zhilong's intentions, because the islands above were impressively marked with the words "Twin Islands, Xiaonanshan, etc."
It was Deng Haonan's old camp. When did Zheng Zhilong know?
Huang Dahai was thinking about it in his heart, and then Liu Xiang suddenly asked, "What is this place?" Why haven't you seen it before? ”
Looking at everyone's expressions, Huang Dahai secretly said in his heart: It doesn't seem that he is the only one who doesn't know. No one else knows, including the military Shi Daxuan.
This is Zheng Zhilong's killer steel!
Huang Dahai suddenly realized that something was wrong, Zheng Zhilong had obviously figured out where Deng Haonan's old camp was, but he had been lying that he hadn't found it. There must have been an ulterior plan for this.
"This is Deng Haonan's old camp!"
A sentence suddenly exploded among the generals.
"His old camp is here?"
"I can't believe it! How come we didn't have such a big island in the vast ocean before! ”
The generals were all surprised.
Zheng Zhilong saw that Huang Dahai's expression was no different from that of others, and his heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He had tested Huang Dahai many times, but Huang Dahai did not show any movements and expressions that made Zheng Zhilong murderous.
However, the expression of the military advisor Shi Daxuan was a little strange. This made Zheng Zhilong shift his target to Shi Daxuan.
"Da Xuan seems to have known about this for a long time?"
Shi Daxuan nodded, and suddenly shook his head violently. said: "Zheng Shuai is not strange! The subordinate dogs are still in Deng Haonan's hands, so the subordinates have secretly sent people to investigate! ”
Li Kuiqi said angrily: "Since you already knew. Why don't you sue Zheng Shuai and us? What is your heart? ”
Shi Daxuan saw Zheng Zhilong with suspicion. Hurriedly said: "Deng Haonan imprisoned the dog on the island. The subordinates thought that if Zheng Shuai was informed, Zheng Shuai would definitely lead the army to the expedition, then I was afraid that Na Haonan would tear up the ticket, so "
"That's it!" Zheng Zhilong waved his hand, he understood what Shi Daxuan meant. If that is really the case, Zheng Zhilong attacked Deng Haonan for the sake of An Shi Daxuan's heart, and Jiuyi Di Haonan killed Shi Daxuan's sons Shi Lang. Sucking a hole will kill Shi Daxuan's last thought, and he completely hates Di Haozhu.
Although it was despicable to do so, Zheng Zhilong did plan it this way.
It's just that he hasn't come to the rush yet. So it hasn't been put into action yet.
"Understandable!"
"Thank you Zheng!"
"Let's get down to business!" Zheng Zhilong said: "I just got this picture!" ”
Liu Xiang suddenly said excitedly: "I heard that Deng Haonan's family has not moved to Jinzhou yet, so it means that Deng Haonan's woman is still in the old camp!" Chen Zhongji said: "Not only that, the families of Hao Nan's subordinates and generals are basically in the old camp. If we take the old camp, then we can take revenge! ”
Zheng Zhilong nodded, and the generals suddenly became excited.
Shi Daxuan said with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid it's not so easy, Deng Haonan's old camp is very strong and well-defended!" ”
Li Kuiqi said: "You are afraid that your son will die by then, right?" ”
Shi Daxuan glared at him fiercely and said, "It's not just my son who is in the hands of Deng Haonan!" ”
As soon as these words came out, they suddenly became cold, and everyone immediately looked at Zheng Zhilong, and they didn't dare to speak.
"The military advisor is right!" Zheng Zhilong suddenly smiled and said, "The newspaper said that Twin Islands and Xiaonanzhi. They are all fortified and heavily guarded, and if you want to take them, you will have to pay a big price! ”
"No matter how big the price is, the brothers will not frown, as long as they can take Deng Haonan's old camp, then no matter how much the price is paid, it will be worth it!"
Liu Xiang's words quietly expressed many people's thoughts, and Zheng Zhilong was very satisfied.
However, Zheng Zhilong had another idea in his heart, that is, to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Now Deng Haonan takes the initiative everywhere, and he is in a passive state is very disadvantageous. Especially when he is in the light and Deng Haonan is in the dark, this is a taboo for soldiers.
Zheng Zhilong had studied Deng Haonan's old camp for a long time in advance, and the twin islands were pentagonal castles, and the city walls were full of artillery. Especially the 5,000-pound Longwei cannon, which can pierce a warship through the bottom with one cannon, is very dangerous. This is also the reason why Zheng Zhilong has never made a move on the twin islands.
Now Zheng Zhilong is going to lead the naval army to the kingdom of Wei. With Zheng Zhilong's shrewdness, how could he not guess that Deng Haonan might set him up. However, Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to be 100% sure in his heart, so he was just ready to test it with Twin Islands.
Originally, Deng Haonan used to threaten Zheng Zhilong's family in Hirado to lure Zheng Zhilong's sailor into the net. This is an unfavorable situation for Zheng Zhilong. And Zheng Zhilong's countermeasure is to besiege the twin islands and treat them in the same way. In this way, he changed from light to dark, and changed positions in attack and defense. If Di Haonan rushed to the rescue, then Zheng Zhilong put his pocket and waited for him to drill in. If that Haonan didn't come, then it means that Deng Haonan didn't have a plan to ambush him halfway, and the information about the attack on Xinguo Edo was true, and he could move forward with confidence.
A day later, Zheng Zhilong's naval forces arrived at the base of Twin Islands, ten miles southeast of Twin Islands, and were patrolled by gunboats
Appear.
Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Liang and Lieutenant Colonel Cui Xinhui, the guards of the Twin Islands base, urgently withdrew all personnel outside the city, and the patrol ships returned to the military port to block the shipping lane, and at the same time mobilized the city defense army to defend the city.
Because the Twin Islands base served as a logistics base to support the Navy's 6th Sentai to attack the North Port, it has long been upgraded to combat readiness. At this point, the alarm sounds. The officers and men of the defenders calmly ascended the city to defend.
"Why did Zheng Zhilong come here?"
Faced with Zhang Liang's question, Cui Xinhui shook his head, this question is really difficult to answer. However, he still thought of a reason, and that was that the Twin Islands base was exposed.
"As Zheng Zhilong's number one enemy, it stands to reason that Zheng Zhilong has no reason not to know where our old camp is!"
As he spoke, Zheng Zhilong's sailor army had already entered the sight of Qianli. Huge water army. Within a five-mile radius of the sea were their warships, which were truly spectacularly tight.
Zhang Liang said: "What a big battle! Is this Zheng Zhilong's family background? ”
Cui Xinhui nodded and said, "The scene is very shocking, but I don't know how the combat power is!" ”
"Be careful to make the Ten Thousand Year Ship!" Zhang Liang waved his hand, called a lieutenant, and instructed him to send a letter to Deng Haonan to report the situation here. Then he turned his head and said, "Zheng Zhilong didn't go to the kingdom, but came to us, could there be any other purpose?" ”
"It's easy!" Cui Xinhui said with a smile: "We tied up Zheng Zhilong's family and threatened him in turn to force him to comply." Then people are not stupid, and it is reasonable to come and arrest the principal's wife! ”
Zhang Liang nodded, and then called another school official. He was ordered to quickly lead a battalion of men and horses to Nafu to protect his wife.
Cui Xinhui said: "You don't need to be so nervous! Zheng Zhilong's warship could not get close to the shore at all, and there were even fortress walls to block it. Unless he has wings, he can't hurt Madame at all. ”
There are many shallow talks around the twin islands, and there are a lot of hidden piles arranged, and the warships cannot get close to the shore within two miles if they do not know the location of the channel. Rows of long and stout anti-boarding 6 piles were erected on the shore, and a pentagonal city wall was built behind it, which looked like a hedgehog smashing thorns. If you want to board 6, you must first clean up the hidden clothes in the sea. Then clear the shore of the anti-boarding 6 obstacles. In the end, the walls had to be destroyed. And there are many fortresses and cannons on the walls of Twin Islands, how difficult it is to climb 6!
"I'm not worried about the outside!" Zhang Liang said: "Even if they attack the city wall, we are not afraid. Because our main fleet is not far from us, and it will come to our rescue at any time! ”
"So what are you worried about? The cannonballs can't hit Madame at all! ”
"You forget that there are tens of thousands of workers in our old camp, and many of them are from Beigang. It's hard to guarantee that they won't change their minds when they know that Zheng Zhilong is calling outside! ”
"You're right!" Cui Xinhui hurriedly said: "It is difficult to break through the outside of our fortress, but if there are people in the city who rebel."
"Zheng Zhilong should know
"The consequences are very severe!"
The two looked at each other. All of them were heavy-faced.
"What to do? I have to guard against it! ”
"What else can I do? Extraordinary times have to use extraordinary means! ”
After the two studied it, they immediately ordered all factories in the city to stop working, and the military personnel who were not part of the Liaodong Governor's Office immediately returned to their respective homes and did not go out, let alone near the city wall, and the streets were under martial law, and those who violated the order were killed.
With the issuance of martial law, Zhang Liang assigned 500 men to strictly guard the various urban districts and streets, focusing on the vicinity of the Deng Mansion and the city walls. The streets and alleys were filled with military police whistling and shouting, driving away crowds, clearing the streets, and warning people not to take half a step out of their homes.
Near the central square, a few workers dressed in short clothes and towels touched their heads.
Several of them looked at the shattered mansion on the north side of the square. I saw that the army near the Deng Mansion had increased several times. Immediately showed a look of disappointment.
"I didn't expect them to be so careful!"
"All the districts are under martial law, and the brethren are forcibly driven home before they can come to the meeting!"
"It's the same in all districts. No one is allowed to leave the house, otherwise they will be killed! ”
"What should I do?"
A few people were talking to each other, when suddenly several military policemen blew a few whistles towards them and shouted from afar: "Didn't you hear me?" "I saw a few military policemen who meant to come over. One of the leader-like people hurriedly said, "It depends on the situation!" Let's go back first! ”
At this time, the roar of cannons sounded on the south side of the city, and several people left unwillingly.
Zheng Zhilong sent naval warships to surround the twin islands. The striker made a tentative attack on the Twin Islands.
Five miles away, the 5,000-pound Longwei cannon on the head of the city roared, and the cannonballs fell on the sea and suddenly stirred up a huge column of water several meters high, which was really terrifying. At this time, Zheng Zhilong's warship had not yet entered the firing range, and the forward naval artillery returned fire, but the elevation angle of the artillery was not enough, and it could not reach the city wall at all, and it was all hit in the sea.
Liu Xiang was very active as a striker, but soon he had problems. When the two warships sank, he immediately gave up the idea of charging. The order was given to the withdrawal of the naval army.
"Damn Deng Haonan actually got a secret disguise!"
Liu Xiang returned in a hurry, but Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Deng Hao has always liked to sneak attack others. Then he will definitely prevent others from sneaking up on him! This defense system really gives us a lot of inspiration! Then he said, "Gather around first, and send a boatman to try it at night!" ”
The boatmen are all flat-bottomed small warships, so they don't have to worry about hitting the rocks and hitting the dark pile.
Liu Xiang looked at the majestic and majestic Pentagon City, took a sip fiercely, and sat down unwillingly and silently.
Huang Dahai looked at Zheng Zhilong's expression, as if he had grasped something, but for a while, he couldn't guess Zheng Zhilong's thoughts.
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It has been three days since Na Haonan received the news. The Twin Islands base was besieged by Zheng Zhilong's naval army. It really surprised Deng Haonan.
"Did Zheng Zhilong see through our plan?"
Shen Yangwei said: "I think there is a possibility! Zheng Zhilong did not go to the nearest Black Water Ocean, but made a detour to the Pacific Ocean. It seems that we don't want to be revealed, but in fact, we should take the opportunity to seize the twin islands as a bargaining chip with us! ”
Shi Jianfei nodded and said, "They were supposed to drive to the country quickly, but they brought the slow boat division, obviously preparing to capture the base of the Twin Islands. But I think he's going for the principal's wife! ”
Na Haonan frowned when he heard this, and he also thought of this. How Zheng Zhilong wants to get his family back, then the only way is to arrest Di Haonan's family. It's hard to do it otherwise.
Shen Yangwei said: "With the defensive capability of the Twin Island bases, if Zheng Zhilong attacks with all his strength, he will be able to hold on for half a month at most!" However, once Zheng Zhilong can't take the twin islands, he will be attacked by us back and forth. At that time, his navy ammunition was consumed on the twin islands. has become a tired army, how can Zheng Zhilong not consider the danger of annihilation! ”
Na Haonan nodded, thinking in his heart that this Zheng Zhilong could not have just appeared on the Twin Islands, it should have been premeditated. This shows that he should understand the defense capabilities of the twin islands, which cannot be captured in a short period of time. So he did. The tactics of encircling Wei to save Zhao should be encircled.
"Siege Wei to save Zhao!"
Several people looked at each other, and almost at the same time, they thought of each other.
Shi Jianfei said: "Then we will kill it now." Directly wipe out Zheng Zhilong's naval army in the waters of the Twin Islands. ”
Shen Yangwei added: "Fighting near the Twin Islands, we can resupply while fighting. Drag him to death! ”
Na Haonan nodded, secretly admiring Zheng Zhilong in his heart. It seems that the IQ of the ancients is not low, and they should not underestimate the world's heroes in the future.
However, just when Deng Haonan was about to give the order to rush to the aid of the old camp, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed and said: "Our plan seems that Zheng Zhilong has already guessed it, so there is no reason for him not to use our strategy to deal with us!" ”
Returning the favor to the other is the longest tactic used by soldiers.
Shi Jianfei said in astonishment: "Are you saying that Zheng Zhilong's capture of Twin Islands is false, and it is true to lure us to expose the target and enter his pocket!" ”
Na Haonan nodded his head, is it okay not to be a concubine.
Shen Yangwei said with a smile: "The battle hasn't been fought yet, let's play a few rounds mentally first!" ”
Shi Jian asked again: "What does the principal mean!" ”
Na Haonan smiled: "Zheng Zhilong is comparing patience with us, so let's see whose patience is deeper!" "The paste of the Gu Inspector Pigeon! I regret the generous reward of friends waiting for a long rainy night! ,H