Zhao Lie rode his new flagship Di Qing and nearly 200 warships of the Broken Army to the south, because it was a headwind, so the speed was not fast, it can be described as a bit turtle speed, only a speed of more than three knots. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Such a speed is really fatal, because you know that the huge coalition of Zheng family, Dutch, Spanish, English, and Portuguese in the south is attacking the city of Anping in Xiaoliuqiu, where Li Lu's 3,000-foot army and more than 20 sea ships are definitely holding on to the enemy's large-scale siege.

According to the solidity of Anping City, there should be no big deal, but in this world, I am afraid that in case, defending the city is passive after all, as long as there is a problem in one link, the price is the death of the city.

Therefore, being able to arrive as soon as possible to prevent that is the most important thing for the Breaking Army Brigade to solve, this speed is of course upsetting.

Approaching the mouth of the Yangtze River, they encountered a sea ship heading north from Anping City, and Lan Xiang boarded the Di Qing to report the news that Zheng Zhilong, the Spaniards, the Dutch, the English, and the Portuguese had attacked Anping together.

Now that the coalition forces are attacking Anping, it is not speculation but reality, and Zhao Lie can't help but smile bitterly that the butterfly effect he caused is not small.

This coalition army, which has never appeared in history, has appeared by the end of the ghost, and it is so large that it is enough to wrestle with the Broken Army.

This is a result he never expected, of course, it also made Zhao Lie deeply vigilant, the enemy in the south has changed so much, so what about the enemy in the north, whether the Jiannu who has suffered many big losses from him has made more changes, and whether his original estimate of 20,000 or 30,000 elite soldiers to defeat the Jiannu army that entered the Kou can still be established, all of this is a mystery.

Lan Xiang's fleet replenished the other warships with rice, grain, and fresh water, and began to move south together according to Zhao Lie's orders.

Zhao Lie was deeply wary of Zheng Zhilong, and Zhao Lie was not afraid of the mixed fleet of Dutch, Spanish, English, and Portuguese, because he was sure that the huge fleet composed of 200 warships of the Broken Army and Navy Division under his command was the overlord of the Far East, and no one could shake it.

Of course, there is a premise that artillery battles are conducted according to the model of naval warfare in Europe today.

But the addition of Zheng Zhilong changed the pattern of this naval battle.

It can be said that Zhao Lie and Li Hu, who have experienced a lot of naval battles, are most worried about when the main force of the Broken Army is fighting with the main force of the coalition warships, Zheng Zhilong's sailors use a large number of fireships to attack the Breaker Army's Naval Division, causing great damage to the Breaker Army's Naval Division.

Yes, it is that these enemies are all gathered together, Zhao Lie has not thought about the problem of Shenma's defeat, victory is necessary and doomed, and the Broken Army Sailor who has been tempered by a hundred battles has this capital and combat power.

But if it is a crushing victory, Zhao Lie can't allow it, after all, the sailor is still the pillar of the Broken Army, and it is now, and will still be, and its status will always be above the infantry team.

Zhao Lie would never allow such a mistake of the Ming Dynasty, abolished his martial arts, disbanded the invincible fleet, and finally more than a dozen warships of the Xiyi people could wreak havoc on the southeast coast for a few years, and even occupied Xiaoliuqiu, which was a great shame for the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, it is necessary to try to maintain the sailors, whether it is the warship or the sailors, he Zhao Lie cannot afford to destroy it.

More than 20 days later, they entered the coast of Fujian, where they encountered the Zheng family's sentinel ships one after another, although many of these sentinel ships were killed by fast patrol ships and flying clippers, but Zhao Lie knew that the enemy had already known that the naval division of the Broken Army was coming.

For this reason, Zhao Lie ordered the ship to lower the sails at sea and drift for two days, that is, to overhaul the warship, after more than a month of sailing, it is inevitable that there will be some minor problems with the warship.

Maybe a naval battle in peacetime is not a big deal, but in a crucial battle with such a huge enemy to determine the domination of the East, he will not allow any deviations, he must win the battle, and his sailors must fight a decisive battle in the best possible condition, after all, it is the army of the Breakers who are now on an expedition.

Zhao Lie's guess was right, the main generals of the coalition army who had besieged Anping City for nearly a month knew the news that the Ming sailors in the north had been dispatched.

The news that the Ming people of the north had dispatched more than a hundred or even maybe more than two hundred warships shocked many people, and yes, some of them trembled, and their fighting spirit even wavered.

Without him, needless to say two hundred, even more than a hundred Galen battleships and the power of the Ming people's giant cannon also made them frightened.

Of course, they didn't think that they would fail, with the help of hundreds of Zheng ships, they felt that their chances of victory were still very large, but they felt that even if they were victorious, they were afraid that it would be a tragic victory.

If they lose a lot, who will be able to gain when the time comes, it seems that they have gained the most in private, Zheng Zhilong, isn't this the front to refuse the wolf and enter the tiger at the back door.

After receiving the news, the Europeans discussed it carefully and suggested to Zheng Zhilong that they must first negotiate peace with the Ming people, and then go to war as a last resort.

Zheng Zhilong also agreed to this proposal when he heard this, without him, he was also a little surprised by the strength of this enemy in the north, and he was worthy of the huge sailors who conquered the Wa Kingdom, so it was of course the best to negotiate a solution.

Three days later, a huge sailing fleet came to the sea off Anping, and confronted the fleets of Zheng Zhilong, the Dutch, the Spaniards, and the English on the sea more than 30 miles away from Anping Bay.

The sea within a radius of dozens of miles is covered with warships, and the mainmast is removed from the sails, which is the most spectacular fleet in the history of the Daming Sea.

The warships of the East and the West are on guard in their own realms, and there is no such thing as a sneak attack on such a large fleet of the two sides, only a face-to-face duel.

After Zhao Lie received the news that the other party wanted to talk, he immediately agreed, if the current problem can be resolved through negotiation, then it is not unacceptable to maintain the status quo.

Even if the agreement reached can only last a few years, when the army solves the problem in the north, the affairs in the south will be solved, but I am afraid that Zheng Zhilong will take the initiative to cater to it, and the experience of later generations shows that Zheng Zhilong is afraid of the strong on the mainland, otherwise he will not surrender to the Manchu Qing in spite of the opposition of many of his soldiers.

In addition, Zhao Lie also really wants to see Zheng Zhilong, a hero, from a merchant ship to a man in charge of more than 1,000 warships of all sizes and nearly 100,000 people in the past few decades, Zheng Zhilong is really the top figure in the late Ming Dynasty, he has no government support, and even has to fight fiercely with the government, compete with dozens of pirates, wander between the Ming Court and the Xiyi people, and finally achieve a feat, which can be regarded as a reckless hero.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong was prosperous at sea and defeated on land, which was the reason why his infantry was really ineffective, but it could not detract from his achievements, and all the achievements of Zheng Chenggong in later generations were based on his old department.

For such an outstanding character, Zhao Lie really wanted to see it with his own eyes and talk about it together, which can be regarded as a thought.

It was not so easy to reach a meeting on the vast sea, and in the end it was agreed that each side would send a boat to meet in the middle of the two armies.

Zhao Lie took the Di Qing to move closer to the middle, and the other party was also a huge Spanish warship with a tall bow and tail tower heading west.

The San Jose was a nine-hundred-ton battleship, yes, not an armed merchant ship, but the flagship of the Manila fleet, loaded with more than eighty guns, and was the most powerful warship of the Spaniards in the Far East.

Of course, as a battleship built by the Spaniards, it bears traces of Spanish construction, that is, the tall cabins at the bow and stern, which make it look extremely tall and mighty, but the speed of the ship is also relatively slow, and the balance and stability are poor.

But if it weren't for the fierce fighting, it was incomparably stronger, as it was now approaching tall and mighty.

The San Jose is much more majestic than the 800-ton Di Qing, the Di Qing has canceled the bow cabin in order to speed up the voyage, and the aft cabin behind is relatively short, and even Zhao Lie's residence has reached the lower deck level, so it is conceivable that the ship is relatively low.

The two ships approached each other, and finally came to the aid, and the sailors of the two ships hooked each other's sides with iron hooks, and the two ships leaned together.

These are all necessary means to rely on help to fight, and it is very common.

It was agreed that neither the musketeers nor the crossbowmen would remain on deck, and the leader of the negotiations approached the ship's side with ten escorts.

And so this very strange meeting began.

"This is Zheng Zhilong, General Zheng." Zhao Lie looked at the three iron shield hands guarding in front of him and asked as he looked at a man dressed in a bright costume behind the opposite iron shield.

Behind the iron shield, there is a Ming man and two Europeans with high noses and deep eyes, Zhao Lie estimates that this Ming man is the Zheng family, but I don't know if it is Zheng Zhilong.

"No, it's Zheng Zhilong," Zheng Zhilong arched his hand and smiled. "I don't know what this one is called."

"This general is Zhao Lie, the chief soldier of Denglai." Zhao Lie also smiled and arched his hand.

"Ahem, cough, cough," Zheng Zhilong changed color for a while, Nima, isn't it, it turned out to be Zhao Lie, the general of Daming Denglai, and this Zhao Lie's reputation is now widely spread in Daming.

Of course, the main reason is that this master's achievements are too great, when the Ming army was defeated again and again, this master was able to defeat Jiannu again and again and exterminate the rebels, Zheng Zhilong, as a current Ming general, is also very admired.

But when such a name becomes an opponent opposite him, this is definitely uncomfortable.

He is just unscientific, how can he be Zhao Lie of Jeju Mingren, if it is Zhao Lie, then it means that Zhao Lie is the general army of the Ming Dynasty, he occupies Jeju and Ezo, this is the situation of Shenma, this is a feudal town, I am afraid it is even bigger than any feudal town in history.

"Don't laugh at this general, uh, who the hell are you?"

Zheng Zhilong's voice trembled a little.

"This will be Zhao Lie," Zhao Lie pointed to the big Zhao flag fluttering high on the boat.

Zheng Zhilong was forced for a while, yes, he saw the banner of Zhao Zi, but who would have thought that this person was Zhao Lie.

The interpreter also passed the news to Sanders and Van Penny at this time, Van Penny has never heard of Zhao Lie in Jakarta, but Sanders is different, Manila and Macau have always been close, and I heard that the Ming general opposite is the current Denglai Zhao Lie, and my head is a little dizzy.

"Lord Zhao laughed, Lord Zhao is the pillar of the Denglai Army, how to occupy Jeju Ezo."

Zheng Zhilong felt that his cognition was too subversive, and he still couldn't believe it.

"Lord Zheng is also joking, how can Lord Zheng, as the general of Quanzhou Town, have so many warships and subordinates, I am afraid that there are more soldiers under the command of the general army of a place."

Zhao Lie said with a smile, in his opinion, he and Zheng Zhilong are very similar, both of them attach great importance to the water master, and they see the importance of the water master, and they both have the intention of using the water master to divide one side, the difference is that he has the golden finger that he has seen and heard in later generations, of course, most of them are invalid now.

Zheng Zhilong heard the dry laughter twice, peat, Fujian officialdom is rumored everywhere that he Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate, raised private soldiers, disrespected officials, despised the imperial court, and was afraid of being disobedient, the successive governors of Fujian were all on guard and vigilant, and they made trouble for a long time, Denglai Zhao Lie You are the biggest anti-bone boy, at least Zheng Zhilong has not established a territory overseas, isn't it. (To be continued.) )