Zheng Hongkui waited for Zhao Bingqian to come to negotiate, even if the extortion of the silver failed, there was still an agreement to send troops before! As a result, what was waiting for was Zhao Bingqian's extremely proud and tough attitude, and he directly sent someone to inform him that not only would the million stone grain promised before no longer be counted, but even the tens of thousands of taels of silver that had been given to him before would be returned, otherwise his fleet would be inseparable from the Qiantang River estuary.

This contrasting attitude angered Zheng Hongkui, and he immediately ordered the soldiers to go ashore to give Zhao Bingqian some color. However, he was persuaded by several subordinates, all of whom were Zheng Zhilong's cronies by his side. Zheng Hongkui had to carefully consider their suggestion, but after calming down, an inexplicable fear followed.

This fear comes from the fact that if the mission fails, he will be punished by his eldest brother, and the blackmailed money will not be able to get his hands on the second, after all, these things are just things that go into his private pocket, and a little more or less will not affect him Zheng Hongkui's roots. But if he can't get a million stones of grain, delaying the eldest brother's plan, the day when he will be completely expelled from the core of the Zheng family's power is just around the corner.

Once this thought rose in his heart, Zheng Hongkui was frightened and angry, he didn't know what to do, and his worries were naturally in a precarious position, but it was Zhao Bingqian who was angry. But on second thought, why is this person so contrasting? Could it be that the siege in the direction of Xiaoshan County has been lifted? No, although the Japanese are a rabble, no matter how bad their combat power is, they are far beyond the Ming army in Zhejiang, not to mention that there are secret agents who are carefully arranged in various cities.

After thinking of this, Zheng Hongkui's mind calmed down again, and he felt that Zhao Bingqian was bluffing, so he decided to make a posture of withdrawing troops to scare and scare the guy, and at that time he still had to cry and beg himself not to go?

"Withdraw! The sailor sails to the open sea! ”

It's just that the sailor raised his sail and walked east for half an hour, and no one chased him out of the wharf at the mouth of the Qiantang River, Zheng Hongkui gradually lost his confidence in his heart, and he was in a dilemma.

Boom Boom!

Suddenly, there was a sound of dense artillery salvos outside, Zheng Hongkui was a veteran of naval warfare, and he immediately heard that this was a Dutch gunboat, and only the Dutch gunboats would have such dense firepower in the southeast sea today.

"What's the situation?" Zheng Hongkui bounced up, and hurried from the cabin to the deck to find out, and just walked to the cabin door and collided with a lieutenant general who came in from the outside.

"If you're in a hurry, don't you have long eyes when you walk?"

In order to hide his inner uneasiness, Zheng Hongkui reprimanded angrily in a deep voice. And the deputy general didn't care about being scolded by the main general, and said anxiously: "Oh no, there are hundreds of warships blocking the entrance to the sea in front, and a vicious battle is inevitable......"

What the? How is it possible that the Dutch can take the opportunity to block the sea off Hangzhou? What's in it for them?

"Damn the Dutch!"

Angry, Zheng Zhilong involuntarily scolded.

After hearing this, the lieutenant general emphatically explained: "Junmen, it's not the Dutch, it's the people who look at the banner and are the marquis!" ”

"Marquis of the Town?"

Zheng Hongkui's eyes widened, and he only felt that he had heard an incredible story, how could this be possible? The name of Li Xin, the marquis of Zhenju, has naturally been heard by him for a long time, but all he has heard is that Li Xin and the three guards under him are brave and good at fighting, and these northern soldiers are brave and victorious in a hundred battles, if they are also good at naval warfare, is this not nonsense?

"Can you be sure?"

Zheng Hongkui asked, and the deputy general was not sure: "The other party's flag is indeed the Marquis of Zhenyu!" ”

"Let's go and see what's going on!" Zheng Hongkui hurriedly roared and led several lieutenants to the deck to investigate the situation, just as another volley was smashed down, a warship was unfortunately shot, and suddenly sawdust flew sideways, and there were bursts of wailing, obviously this cannon hit caused a certain degree of casualties to the ship.

Zheng Hongkui frowned, in terms of naval warfare, he had not been afraid of anyone in the southeast sea, including the Dutch, who were also beaten by the eldest brother's concentrated forces last year. Li Xinyu is just a child who has just stepped into naval warfare, so what is there to fear? But judging from these two salvos alone, this is by no means a sign of the first foray into naval warfare, and the heart that was originally quite relaxed gradually sank.

"Fight! Fight with all your might! ”

At first, Zheng Hongkui also planned to negotiate with the other party to see if there was a misunderstanding, but judging from the current two rounds of artillery salvos, the other party would fight to the death as soon as he made a move, and the negotiation had to stop after thinking about it.

The naval divisions of the Zheng army have been in naval battles for a long time, and the big battles over the years are as ordinary as drinking water and eating, so they are not panicked, and they all adjust the formation of the sails in an orderly manner, load the artillery, and light the torches to be ready for launch. At the same time, the sailors on board were also neatly equipped and ready to engage in the battle to seize the ship.

"Shoot me, shoot me!"

Wallace shouted on the flagship, after all, he was scared by Zheng Zhilong last year, although he took the lead, he was still a little weak-hearted.

To deal with those pirates Wallace can not raise an eyelid, but against the sailors of the Zheng family, the slaughter scenes of last year are like lifelike paintings, floating through his mind, making people shudder.

After all, Wallace is more or less afraid of Zheng in his heart!

Wallace used the most conservative one-line formation in this battle, with battleships and large and small gunboats marching in a row, taking turns to fire volleys, and firing 10,000 guns at once, and the momentum was not spectacular.

"The military gate seems to be a little lacking in confidence?"

A voice that made Wallace extremely annoying came from behind, and he didn't need to look back to know that this was the former general He Bin, and now it was his deputy He Bin.

"Zheng Zhilong's name is so powerful in the Eastern Sea, didn't you also be forced by him to be cornered and defected to the Dutch?"

These words are equivalent to directly poking He Bin's heart and revealing his old bottom. He Bin turned out to be one of the thirteen Zhi, Zheng Zhilong's old brother, just because after Zheng Zhilong accepted Zhao'an, he turned his face and exterminated the old brothers of the previous Thirteen Zhi, on the one hand, to curry favor with Mingting, on the other hand, to take this opportunity to eradicate dissidents, He Bin escaped to death, and had to take refuge in the Dutch to make a living.

However, He Bin has long seen through his past experience, and now he has voted for the imperial court by mistake and has been promoted to the deputy general of the water division, even if he followed Zheng Zhilong in the past, he may not have today's status.

He didn't want to entangle with Wallace on this issue, so he simply and directly exhorted: "Hua Junmen don't have to be afraid, now the other party's master will be Zheng Zhilong's straw bale brother Zheng Hongkui, I believe that it will not be a problem to defeat this person with the ability of the military gate." ”

Sure enough, Wallace's eyes lit up after hearing this, he turned his head again, picked up the monoculars, and looked at the Zheng family sailor who had not yet set up the formation for a long time, and finally confirmed what He Bin said, the main general of the other party was indeed Zheng Hongkui, not Zheng Zhilong. He pretended to hold his hat and took the opportunity to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

The Pingbo fleet lined up and ran westward, and the artillery of the big ships rose one after another, bombarding the Zheng family's sailors, who had been preparing in a hurry.

And the Zheng family's naval division, which had lost the opportunity, seemed to have lost its previous combat power, and let the Pingbo fleet bombard indiscriminately and respond slowly. This made Wallace wonder, "Why does the Zheng family fleet seem to have changed?" If the Zheng family's fleet was like this a year ago, Governor Putmans would not have been so badly defeated! ”

He was just talking to himself, but who knew that He Bin's annoying voice sounded from behind him again.

"The courage of the soldiers! With a cowardly general like Zheng Hongkui, even if the Zheng family's sailors are all tigers, leopards and jackals, they are now just a group of rabble! ”

Immediately afterwards, He Bin said with a solemn face: "Congratulations to the military gate, congratulations to the military gate!" Make meritorious contributions and become famous in the East China Sea! ”

In the past, He Bin often ridiculed Wallace, and it is no wonder that Wallace often made things difficult for the two when they played for the Dutch, and now he actually said congratulations and congratulations. Wallace turned his senses and looked at He Bin in puzzlement.

He Bin said: "What are you doing in a daze? What is there to doubt when He Mou is so sincere and frank? Speaking of this, He Bin, who had always kept a straight face, couldn't hold back his sneer, "Let's put it bluntly, this battle of the military gate won the meritorious service, and He Mou also contributed a lot, if the military gate is defeated, how can the conspiracy get out of the way?" Now you and I are really grasshoppers on a rope. Now the marquis of the town does not send a supervising army, and the second does not personally sit in the town, which is exactly what gives you and me great trust, if you don't return it with a beautiful victory, wouldn't you be sorry for this trust? ”

Wallace still had difficulty adapting to the serious He Bin, but this person's reasoning also dispelled his doubts a lot, and the two of them were indeed two insects on a rope now. "It's a fitting analogy, but even if it's a bug, you're the little bug."

Wallace unconsciously talked about his old name for He Bin, and He Bin laughed and seemed to be unimpressed, which made him a little embarrassed.

Zheng Hongkui's ship was hit by a cannonball, the hatch shattered, wood chips flew sideways, and the entire hull swayed with violent tremors. Zheng Hongkui himself almost fell because he couldn't stand steadily, but fortunately, the deputy general next to him reached out and held on to save him from embarrassment.

Zheng Hongkui struggled to break free from the support of the deputy general, looked at the sea and scolded: "Zhao Bingqian, my ancestors, you collude, collude...... You don't have to die well! ”

He scolded half of it, and even he was a little lacking in confidence, it stands to reason that he took advantage of the fire to rob, Zhao Bingqian didn't collude with others, did he still be slaughtered by the neck? What he hated was that he was actually tricked by Zhao Bingqian, who was like a stupid pig.

"Junmen, are we fighting or withdrawing? Get your idea right away! ”

Zheng Hongkui was stunned when he heard this, he had to fight firmly at the beginning, but he could see that the opponent's morale was extremely strong, and he took the lead, so he ordered to wait for the opportunity to leave the battlefield, and he was not allowed to fight to the death to prevent excessive casualties.

Yes, is it war or retreat?