After the victory, Zheng Jinhong was not satisfied, after learning that most of the families of many generals under Zheng Zhilong's command were in Nan'an County, he immediately took action, ordering Wang Xiaoer to lead 5,000 soldiers to firmly control Anhai Town, and he himself led 10,000 Zheng soldiers to Nan'an County.

This time the battle went even more smoothly, and in less than half a day, Zheng Jiajun took Nan'an County.

At this point, Zheng Jinhong's combat mission was basically completed, and as for the battle situation of the attack on Fuzhou led by Liu Zeqing, he did not need to pay special attention, and according to the combat effectiveness of Zheng Jiajun, the army of the Fujian Guard was not an opponent at all.

Zheng Zhilong made a ship and arrived at the Dajin Exchange in Funing Prefecture.

Zheng Zhilong rarely went to Funing Prefecture, his activity trajectory was basically limited to Fuzhou and Quanzhou, followed by the sea, this time to Funing Prefecture, but for the purpose of inspection, Chongzhen thirteen years after serving as the general army of Fujian, Zheng Zhilong rarely went to sea, he commanded a strong sailor, as well as many outstanding sailor officers, has long been able to undertake the task of commanding the operation.

On this trip, Zheng Zhilong took his fourth brother Zheng Zhibao, his plan was to see the Dajin Institute in Funing Prefecture, and if he had enough time, he would go to the state city of Funing Prefecture to have a look.

The status of military attachés is not as good as that of civilian officials, this is the rule of the Ming court, although Zheng Zhilong, as the governor of Tongzhi and the general soldier of Fujian, can have such an identity, and he cannot command the state government in Funing Prefecture.

Zheng Zhilong knows very well that he is a pirate, which is clear throughout Fujian, so in the process of contacting civilian officials, Zheng Zhilong is very attentive, and he also knows that some civilian officials don't care about military generals at all, since this is the case, Zheng Zhilong has no need to be bored.

The role of the military attaché. It can only be reflected in wartime, and military attachés in peacetime, even if you are the governor of the left and right, people don't necessarily care.

After arriving at the Dajin Institute, Zheng Zhilong did not plan to go to the state government for a long time, but after the state government learned that Zheng Zhilong had arrived. The dispatcher made a special trip to the Dajin Institute to report the appearance of the imperial army in Fujian.

This news aroused Zheng Zhilong's attention, no matter what, Zheng Zhilong is a soldier, and he still needs to pay attention to such news, but the news sent by Funing Prefecture did not say how many imperial army troops entered Fujian, let alone a detailed description of these troops, and Funing Prefecture was actually from the people to get the information.

This made Zheng Zhilong a little annoyed, and he also concluded that the number of troops entering Fujian could not be very large. Otherwise, the warning would have been issued in various places, after learning the news, Zheng Zhilong made a decisive decision, not to go to the state office, the warship formation immediately left Dajinsuo, and returned to Jinjiang, who knows if the imperial army is preparing to attack Jinjiang.

Zheng Zhilong is extremely sensitive to the situation at sea, and now is the peak time for maritime trade. His fleet controlled the maritime trade in the waters of Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang, and he had already cooperated with the Dutch-Indian Company. The control monopolized the maritime trade with Japan, of course, Zheng Zhilong would not participate in the specific transaction, and the task of the sailors under his command was to collect commissions, that is, each cargo ship in the transaction had to pay a lot of money before it could come to trade.

The water master is Zheng Zhilong's capital. It is also Zheng Zhilong's cash cow.

As the fleet of fifty warships had just left Dajin and sailed out to sea, Zheng Zhilong suddenly sensed danger, an instinct formed by fighting at sea, even though the sea seemed endless. Nothing.

The order to be on guard was given quickly, and at the same time the order was given to the ships to sail as fast as they could.

The Zheng family's army and sailors led by Ding Baokun set off only after making sufficient preparations.

According to Zheng Jinhong's order, the sailors should not touch Zheng Zhilong's sailors for the time being, and sail on the sea in a concealed posture, after all, the sailors were mainly to cooperate with the operations on land in the early stage of the operation.

However, there are too many uncertain factors in sea operations, although Ding Baokun asked the warship formation to carry enough supplies, and basically sailed in the open sea, but there are merchant ships in the open sea, and the news cannot be completely confidential, unless the warship formation does not make any moves, so it can be kept secret.

Therefore, Ding Baokun also issued an order to be on alert and combat at any time, that is, to be in a state of combat at any time when the fleet was sailing.

A Dafu ship is the command ship, Ding Baokun is riding, the Dafu ship is equipped with four Hongyi cannons, twelve Fulong machines, in addition to many rockets, five Fuku, for Ding Baokun's deputy ship, the above is equipped with the same, the Daifuku ship and the sergeants on the Fukun ship are more than 100 people, the main battleship is a three-masted gunboat, a total of thirty, each three-masted gunboat, there are 300 sergeants, equipped with eight Hongyi cannons, 20 Fulong machines, respectively placed on both sides of the hull and the front.

In addition, there are the Haicang ships and Cangshan ships, etc., these warships are mainly used to meet the Daifuku ships, Fukufu ships and three-masted gunboats, once docked, the large warships must rely on other ships to respond.

The entire transshipment formation consisted of 48 large and small vessels.

Zheng Xunrui's investment in the sailor, to everyone's surprise, Huai'an Firearms Bureau specially for the sailors to develop and build Hongyi cannon and Furlong machine, Firearms Bureau of Tang Ruowang, Long Huamin and Deng Yuhan and others have suggested that more rockets and artillery on the warship are placed, etc., these suggestions were rejected by Zheng Xunrui, he asked the warship to be equipped with only Hongyi cannon and Furlong machine, the rest is Mauser guns, the rest of the things should not be considered too much, as for the small warship, you can consider equipping a certain number of rockets, Therefore, the Hongyi cannon and the Furlong machine on the warship were specially developed to facilitate combat at sea.

No one will know that Zheng Xunrui's investment and creation of the sailor has made the Zheng Jiajun sailor a giant on the sea.

It's just that because they didn't participate in many naval battles, the officers and soldiers of the naval division lacked confidence.

The firing range of the Hongyi cannon at sea can reach nearly three nautical miles, that is, the distance of ten miles, and the range of the Furlong aircraft can also reach about two nautical miles, which is equivalent to six to eight miles, of course, such a long distance, the lethality and accuracy are not so high.

However, this distance is terrifying, and opponents who simply cannot get close to your ship are likely to suffer a devastating blow.

Naval combat is different from land warfare, the distance is very deadly, and the fighting between sergeants is the final game, and naval warfare also pays attention to tactical arrangement and deployment, but strength plays a decisive role at this time.

After the sailor entered the waters of Fujian, Ding Baokun was more careful.

As sentinel ships, the five sea ships have to reconnoiter the situation at sea at all times.

Ding Baokun was always on the deck in front of him, holding special binoculars to observe everything on the sea.

A sea ship raised a yellow flag, which was an alarm to find the situation.

Immediately after that, several other reconnaissance ships also raised yellow warning flags.

The situation was discovered at the front, and it is more accurate to say that there should be a fleet of ships ahead, and as for whether it is a warship formation or a merchant ship formation, further reconnaissance is needed.

The sergeant on the Dafu boat quickly climbed towards the mast, he needed to observe from the highest place, and after collecting accurate information, he immediately reported to Ding Baokun.

Ding Baokun's face changed slightly, but he was not particularly worried, now is the time when maritime trade is thriving, maybe what was found in front of him is a merchant ship formation, after starting from Penglai, the journey is very smooth, it is difficult to enter the waters of Fujian, and find out what is the situation, this is too coincidental.

Soon, Ding Baokun's face changed.

The red flag was hung on the Haicang ship, which proved that there was a formation of warships in front of it.

The sergeant who was observing from the mast also raised the red flag in his hand and began to change.

The herald came to Ding Baokun.

"Report to the marshal, a warship formation was found three nautical miles ahead, it is estimated that there are fifty warships, and the leading warship should be a fortune ship......

It was really such a coincidence, as soon as he entered the waters of Fujian, he encountered a warship formation, and according to the information obtained by the Investigation Bureau, there were very few large warships in Zheng Zhilong's sailor division, and most of them were small warships that were mobile and flexible.

Did you meet Zheng Zhilong's warship formation?

Ding Baokun thought quickly, whether to quickly avoid it, or to go to war.

Forty-eight warship formations, thirty-six are large warships, it is not so simple to change the course, and at such a close distance, the other party must be alert, and the evacuation at this time must have aroused the suspicion of the other party.

After thinking about it for a while, Ding Baokun made a decision.

"Order all the ships and prepare for battle......"

The sergeants on the Daifuku ship, the Fuku, the three-masted warship, the Haicang ship and the Cangshan ship all took action, and the entire warship formation began to adjust in an orderly manner, with thirty three-masted warships to the front, followed by five Fuku, surrounding the command ship Daifuku in the middle, followed by eight Cangshan ships.

The five Haicang ships that were in the front of the reconnaissance had quickly retreated to the rear, and these Haicang ships would not participate in the battle, they would meet with the Cangshan ships at the rear, and they would be on standby at any time, waiting for the battle to start and accept the order to attack.

It was less than three nautical miles from the warship formation ahead.

The formation of warships in front was already within the range of the Hongyi cannons.

Ding Baokun held a telescope and clearly saw the cannons on the opponent's warship, as well as the flag embroidered with Zheng characters flying high.

This is a warship under the command of Zheng Zhilong, there is no need to doubt it.

The herald crossed his hands and waved out two yellow flags, which was the order to prepare to open fire.

The atmosphere at sea suddenly became tense. (To be continued.) )