Chapter Seventy-Two: The Ghost Lingers
Zheng Yiguan received accurate information that Deng Haonan had just left the dock on Kinmen Island and headed for Manila.
Since the last time Deng Haonan humiliated Zheng Yiguan by pointing at Sang and scolding Huai in front of everyone, Zheng Yiguan hated Deng Haonan and vowed to repair Deng Haonan fiercely.
These days, Deng Haonan hid in the camp and did not come out, and Zheng Yiguan's idea of assassinating Deng Haonan also failed.
Therefore, Zheng Yiguan deliberately ordered people to publicize Deng Haonan's heroic deeds outside, and Deng Haonan's popularity was too high, wanting to force Yan Siqi, Zhang Shicheng, Ma Cheng and others to be jealous of Deng Haonan, and then squeeze out Deng Haonan.
Sure enough, Zheng Yiguan's subordinate Tong Guò had secret contact with Zhang Shicheng, and the two sides hit it off, attacking inside and out, squeezing Deng Haonan out of Kinmen Island.
Coincidentally, Ma Cheng also helped Zhang Shicheng to squeeze out Deng Haonan, which Zheng Yiguan did not expect.
Knowing that Deng Haonan sailed to Manila today, Zheng Yiguan led the main naval army to wait on Deng Haonan's inevitable road early. His purpose is very clear, that is, to intercept and kill Deng Haonan in order to calm the resentment in his heart.
Zheng Yiguan knew the relationship between Huang Dahai and Deng Haonan, and he also wanted to cut through the mess quickly, and if he killed Deng Haonan, he would be gone, and Deng Haonan of the province would affect Huang Dahai in the future. After all, Huang Dahai is Zheng Yiguan's right-hand man, and Zheng Yiguan neither wants to lose Huang Dahai, nor does he want others to influence Huang Dahai.
Huang Dahai wanted to report to Deng Haonan, but unfortunately Zheng Yiguan stared at him very tightly and took him to sea together, Huang Dahai had no chance to help Deng Haonan.
Zheng Yiguan knew that Huang Dahai couldn't report to Deng Haonan, so he reprimanded Shi Daxuan.
Shi Daxuan also understood that Huang Dahai couldn't inform Deng Haonan, but he just liked to squeeze Huang Dahai. Shi Daxuan is good at water warfare and arranging troops, and Huang Dahai is exactly the same as each other, so it is inevitable that he will be hostile to the other party.
Zheng Yiguan also knew their situation, and as their leader, Zheng Yiguan was even more happy to see their discord, so that it was easy to control.
After reprimanding Shi Daxuan, Zheng Yiguan said again that Huang Dahai was not, and he should not draw his sword at every turn. Both of them were reprimanded by Zheng Yiguan, and each withdrew his sword and remained silent.
"It's really evil!" Zheng Yiguan is getting more and more anxious in his heart, look at the sky, the sun is about to set in the sea, this Deng Haonan's boat is crawling like a turtle, and it should come over at this time.
But looking at the sea, how can there be the shadow of Deng Haonan's fleet?
As soon as Zheng Yiguan remembered that Deng Haonan had ruined his good deeds, he was not happy in his heart, and he was bent on killing Deng Haonan to vent his anger. It's a pity that Deng Haonan has never appeared, and Zheng Yiguan's heart is called a tangle.
At this time, a small boat approached quickly, and Zheng Yiguan's younger brother Zheng Zhihu sent someone to deliver the letter.
After Zheng Yiguan saw it, it roughly meant that someone found two warships walking away from the east of Dongfan Island, and the people on them were all dressed in white. Zheng Yiguan expected that it was Deng Haonan's sailors, and his lungs were about to explode.
Huang Dahai and Shi Daxuan stepped forward to ask, and Zheng Yiguan said fiercely: "Damn Deng Haonan, he actually left from the other side of Dongfan Island?" ”
Shi Daxuan was stunned: "Walked from the other side?" How could he go so far? Got a big circle? ”
As he spoke, Shi Daxuan looked at Zheng Yiguan and then at Huang Dahai. He suspected in his heart that it was Huang Da who believed it, but unfortunately he thought that it was impossible, what a hell!
Huang Dahai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, happy that Deng Haonan had escaped, this guy was really lucky. Immediately said to Zheng Yiguan: "Big leader, why don't we hurry up and chase after it!" Maybe we'll be able to catch up! ”
Zheng Yiguan glanced at the yellow sea and sighed: "We have one southwest and one southeast, hundreds of miles apart, and we can't catch up!" ”
Shi Daxuan said suddenly: "Isn't the commander of the Dutch fleet looking for Deng Haonan to take revenge?" They're fast, if you let them know, maybe they'll catch up? ”
Huang Dahai didn't say anything, Zheng Yiguan nodded, and said, "Okay!" Go ahead and do it! ”
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Here, Deng Haonan didn't know that he had just walked through the door of the Ghost Gate.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of deep-sea sailing, Deng Haonan conducted mixed training for 300 British pirates and 300 disciples of the Martial Arts Hall to learn from each other's navigation and combat experience. At the same time, Deng Haonan taught both sides common naval terminology in English and Chinese, as well as a set of modern naval flags, so that they could communicate with each other.
John's group of pirates knew that their master Deng Haonan was not an ordinary little pirate, they had seen it at the Xiaonanshan Naval Base these days, and knew that Deng Haonan was ambitious. This gave them great spiritual support, which made them work very hard to learn Chinese and get along with Deng Haonan's other subordinates.
On the other hand, the disciples of the Martial Arts Hall on Deng Haonan's side are very interested in foreign pirates. Shocked by their advanced seafaring skills and experience, they had always aimed to defeat the Dutch, and it was a good time to learn to improve their abilities, so they stumbled to learn English.
Within a few days, the two sides were in harmony.
In the blue sea and blue sky, a Western soft sail warship and an oriental traditional hard-sail warship chased each other one after the other.
Today's weather is really good, and the wind is blowing in the direction of the Philippines. The waves gently lapped against the side of the ship, splashing from time to time.
Deng Haonan stood on the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, and his long cloak was blown by the sea breeze, turning up and down. The sun and moon flag representing the Ming Dynasty and the naval dragon flag representing Deng Haonan alongside it sounded in the wind together.
The Ming Dynasty did not have a national flag at first, but after the opening of Longqing, due to the rapid development of foreign trade, the ships of the Ming Dynasty hoisted a flag in accordance with international standards to distinguish it from the national flag of the ships of Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries, and became the de facto Chinese flag at that time. The sun and moon flag represents the "Ming" character of the Ming Dynasty.
The Sun and Moon Banner consists of an overlapping pattern of a red and yellow moon and a blue background. The blue background represents the blue sky, symbolizing the bright, noble and great personality and ambition of our Han nation. The overlap of the sun and the moon is the word "Ming", which represents the Ming Dynasty, which is located in the middle of the banner and is impartial, which means that China is located in the Quartet. The yellow color in the center of the flag also represents the skin color of the Han people, symbolizing that the Ming Dynasty is a country established and ruled by the Han people, and the yellow color is located in the center, which means that the Ming Dynasty regards the interests of the Han people as its core interests.
The red light is the light of the sun, and it symbolizes that the Ming Dynasty belongs to the fire virtue, and also refers to the royal family surnamed Zhu who ruled the Ming Dynasty. The twelve rays of light refer to the twelve hours of the day, the twelve months of the year, and the light is located above the blue sky, indicating that the glorious moment of the Ming Dynasty is shining in all directions. The four sharp corners in the red light refer to the four directions of the upper and lower sides, that is, the meaning of "the polar earth, no concubines", which also means that courtesy, righteousness and shame, the four dimensions of the country, are the moral norms that the Ming Dynasty abides by.
At the beginning of the use of the Sun and Moon Flag, the background color was Xuan, and the pattern was square, because Xuanse has been a symbol of the Han nationality since ancient times. However, because the dark color was too dark to be seen, it was changed to blue. Later, according to international practice, the shape of the flag was changed to the rectangle that is common in most countries, which became what Deng Haonan saw in front of his eyes.
Looking at the Great Bright Sun and Moon Flag, Deng Haonan seemed to see the five-star red flag, and a sense of pride rose in his heart. The Ming people do not have the concept of a country, they only know that the head of the court is the emperor, and they want to maintain the emperor's country.
But Deng Haonan is different, he has received a patriotic education, and in his heart the safeguarding of national interests is supreme. Although his martial arts disciples are also being brainwashed by Deng Haonan's thoughts, they are far from reaching the height of Deng Haonan's sentiments, they are just a common interest group gathered around Deng Haonan.
Just as he was reveling in the situation, a rhythmic but somewhat hurried footstep interrupted his train of thought.
Lin Feng stepped forward quickly, stood up and saluted, and said, "Headmaster, that damn Dutch warship is here again!" ”