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Inland outside the Anping Fort, a memorial service began that did not alarm others. The plain face showed the screen, and at this time there was no arrogant temper, and he knelt in front of Yan Siqi's grave and kowtowed without any expression.

Not far from Yan Xianping's side, Yan Sihai accompanied several Huamei military and political officials to lay flowers. Two sailors held a wreath and placed it in front of the tomb, and Yan Xiaosong, Sun Yang and Zhang Chunrui bowed three times to the historical pioneer.

The silent memorial was finally broken by Yan Xianping's uncontrollable crying after spilling a pot of wine, which made people feel quite uncomfortable, and several Chinese military and political officials invariably turned their eyes to Yan Xiaosong, the "initiator".

"It's just that he has lived two years longer than in history and led the chapter of Taiwan's development, whether it is history to create a hero, or a hero to create history, sometimes it's really hard to tell......"

Without paying attention to the eyes of others, looking at Yan Siqi's tombstone, Yan Xiaosong was only muttering to himself.

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"Uncles, after my father went, this Dayuan Island was supported by everyone, and now it is not easy to have internal and external troubles, and I thank you here."

After the family sacrifice was completed, Yan Xianping changed back into a traditional Ming costume, sat in the main hall of Yan Sihai's mansion, and looked around at the Yan family relatives and henchmen present at a young age with a style of not being angry and self-assured.

"Daddy he...... Do you have any last words for me before you leave? After a pause, Yan Xianping turned his head to his fourth uncle, and tears appeared in his eye sockets.

"Hey...... Ping'er, why did you come back? Yan Sihai looked at the niece who had grown up after not seeing her for several years, and couldn't help but sigh slightly, "Big brother explained when he left, Daming East China Sea is a land of right and wrong after all, as long as you live with peace of mind and take care of the children of Lumei." Don't be hung up...... Back then, the eldest brother suddenly decided to send you to the United States, I am afraid that it would be a day to come. ”

"Daddy's grave is here, why can't I go back." Now that I understand that what my father did was to prevent today's situation, Yan Xianping couldn't help but start sobbing, and the maid Xiaoyu hurriedly protected her, handing over a handkerchief and comforting softly.

"Now that the problem of food shortage has been solved, and the next batch of supplies will be delivered soon, you should reorganize the people's livelihood and military affairs." Yan Xiaosong coughed lightly and stood up, smiling and looking at the henchmen of the Yan family who were sad again. "Our country's expeditionary fleet will be stationed in your water village in the near future to arrest the pirates who smuggle Chinese people in the East China Sea of the Ming Dynasty, and I am afraid that we will have to rely on your strength a lot at that time."

Catch pirates who are smugglers?! As soon as Yan Xiaosong said this, the Yan family's henchmen in the hall were shocked. Which play is this singing? Speaking of trafficking displaced people, didn't the Yan family do it according to the meaning of Huamei before? Isn't the Huamei warship here to relieve the siege? Instead, they came to take advantage of the fire?

Several younger generals stood up, all of them clenching their fists, as if the gorgeous nobleman in front of them had instantly turned into enemies.

"General Yan Siqi is an old friend of China and the United States, and our government deeply regrets his passing and is willing to maintain friendship with the senior government as always. However, we do not intend to directly intervene in the conflict between you and the Ming government...... "as if we did not see the other party's feelings change." Yan Xiaosong was still talking about diplomatic rhetoric.

The atmosphere in the hall was tense, Yan Sihai frowned and pondered, and Yan Xianping slowly stood up: "Zheng Zhilong has coveted the big man for a long time, and you uncles must not relax. I heard that the fourth uncle has captured the secret agent of the Zheng family. Detailed interrogation is required before a decision can be made. By the way, this time I came from Huamei in a hurry, and I only brought some convenient small things, and I will send them to my aunts and aunts in a small rain. It is a sign of filial piety for the sisters and brothers who are still beautiful. ”

After speaking, Yan Xianping retreated towards the small door on the side. The henchmen of the Yan family, young and old, all looked at each other, and then invariably turned their eyes to the current leader, Yan Sihai.

Seeing that the once innocent niece had faintly cultivated a trace of scolding Fang You in the past few years, Yan Sihai suddenly sprouted an inexplicable nervousness and worry.

Alpaca-blended gorgeous Han skirt palace outfit inlaid with gold and silver, graceful and luxurious beaver fur coat, sandalwood jewelry box that is rare in Daming, limited edition exquisite glassware, stainless steel kitchenware, Bermuda's top perfume and high-end alabaster, floor-to-ceiling vanity mirror almost one person high, and fragrant snow soap...... There are all kinds of gifts, and the homecoming gifts brought back by Yan Xianping have set off waves among relatives and friends in Anpingbao.

Once upon a time, who didn't know that the Yan family was the largest exporter of gorgeous seafood, but these high-end and gorgeous goods in front of him were far from being comparable to those gorgeous seafood that they had obtained at the beginning.

"Hey, why don't I have such a filial daughter......"

"Yes, yes, I haven't seen you for a few years, my family is already a big girl, I don't know which family will be blessed in the future!"

The trivial words of the seven aunts and eight aunts were everywhere, which made Xiaoyu, the maid in charge of distributing the gifts, laugh badly. Got together with a few little maids who had been sold into the Yan family to serve their daughters, and Xiaoyu was even more proud to show off all kinds of gorgeous gadgets she brought.

"Hehe, I'll sue you, but don't talk nonsense!" Xiaoyu mysteriously pointed at the Yan family maids, pointing in a certain direction outside the fort, and the little heads around him nodded desperately.

"The seventh master and the seventh aunt both nodded, the future uncle of our family, but ......"

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Only during the day could the soldiers of the Yan family stationed in Shuizhai really see the Chinese and American warships outside the port. Light cruisers, painted in black and white camouflage, spitting smoke, slowly cruised out of the harbor, their guns all facing the sea to the west.

In addition to the warships that routinely went out to patrol the sea, the Yan family's sailors, who were instructed to "not act rashly", all stayed in the water village honestly at this time, and watched the gorgeous ** ships that came to help like a wall sealing the entrance and exit of their own harbor.

Several transport ships unloaded their cargo for another whole day, and in the early morning of the third day when the Huamei Expeditionary Fleet landed at Anping Fort, a hard-sailed fast ship with the mark of the Yan family sailed out of the water village and headed for Penghu.

"What, still angry? During the interrogation just now, the few Zheng family spies caught on the island were about to be hung up by you. ”

On the flagship Republic, Sun Yang put down the pencil in his hand, looked sideways at the second lieutenant Yan Xianping, who had returned to his adjutant post, and found that the other party was still biting his lip. I couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The interrogation of the Zheng family's secret agents was divided into two stages, among which Yan Xiaosong's secret interrogation almost isolated most of the people present, and Yan Xianping was very puzzled as to why Yan Xiaosong would let go of these Zheng family secret agents who had been confessed by Sun Erxi and others with great difficulty.

"Zheng Zhilong is scheming and insidious everywhere, the Yan family has been made miasma by these meticulous works in the past few years!" Yan Xianping clasped his arms across his chest, turned around, and snorted coldly in his nose. "Came here with great fanfare, and now let the Zheng family's secret agents go back, if Zheng Zhilong sends a military ship to come, does General Zhang still want to say that he caught a thief on Dayuan Island?"

"Oh? How smart, how do you know we're going to use this excuse?! Sun Yang was stunned. Immediately smiled, "Of course, it is in the Daming East China Sea to capture the fugitive lawbreakers who sell Ming refugees and loot gorgeous goods, for which the Congress authorizes the expeditionary fleet to 'blockade' Dayuan Island!" Since Dayuan Island is now under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty government, then of course we can act independently. The Yan family carries a 'black pot' on their backs one day, and they can't turn over for a day, and they always have to find a few people to replace them before they can find a way out, um. These are all things that Vice Minister Yan said! ”

"You don't have the courage to fight against Zheng Zhilong, and try to think of some crooked ways! I also want to round the field in front of the fourth uncle! Are you going to keep the fleet all blocked outside Fort Anping? Yan Xian held his breath and stomped his feet, eager to kick this predetermined "fiancé" off the boat. Looking left and right, everyone else is looking in the other direction. Yan Xianping couldn't help but pick up his powder fist and gave the fleet commander a back.

"Hey, sister, I'm going to block the knife for your relatives!" After receiving a light punch from the other party, Sun Yang was still giggling. The staff officers all around looked at him curiously.

"The order is as follows, tomorrow at 15 p.m. The whole fleet set sail, aiming for Floating Head Bay. Anyone who tries to obstruct the voyage of the fleet in order to assist the lawbreakers will be destroyed! ”

The smile quickly disappeared, Sun Yang returned to the table, compared the chart route again, and pointed the pen to a small bay less than 100 kilometers northeast of Chaozhou.

"Ah...... Floating Head Bay? ”

The staff officer on the side hurriedly recorded the order, but Yan Xianping, who had the name of an adjutant but no staff officer, let out a very light surprise.

"It is information obtained from many sources, and the fleet of Yang Liu and Guo Huaiyi, who defected from Zheng Zhilong, is stationed in the area of Futou Bay." Sun Yang squeezed his eyes at Yan Xianping, and glanced at the cabin where the general headquarters was located next door, "They are not Zheng Zhilong's descendants, and they have not been incorporated into the Ming Army's naval waterproof division, but as the Zheng family's peripheral underworld thugs, Zheng Cai controls them, and uses them as a base to control the coast, and it is most appropriate for Vice Minister Yan to use them as a black pot to open the knife first." The current seasonal wind direction is unfavorable for Zheng Zhilong's fleet in Kinmen and Penghu, and it will be too late by the time they get the news. ”

"These white-eyed wolves...... Daddy didn't treat them badly back then! My sixth uncle was ...... by these two dog thieves" Yan Xianping was also full of righteous indignation, eager to fly to the destination now and kill the other party directly.

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In later generations, it was only a newly developed tourist destination, and the Caiyu Islands in Futou Bay were a typical example of barren people in the 17th century.

Beginning in the 16th century, the Japanese Japanese invaders harassed the Ming coast for nearly a hundred years, and in addition to the main port cities along the coast of Fujian, officials from all over the country were strong and clear, and the coastal islands such as the Caiyu Islands were even more sparsely populated.

Futou Bay and Caiyu Islands are the coastal defense important places of Fujian Province since ancient times, with Zhangzhou Xiamen in the north and Chaozhou in the south, as early as the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court built a guard in this vicinity. The peninsula twenty miles to the north of the Caiyu Islands is the Lu Ao Institute, and the opposite shore of the twenty miles to the southwest is the Tongshan Institute, no matter how you look at it, it is a solid lineup. (Note: Lu Che Institute is the six Che Institute in the second volume, "six" is the name changed during the Republic of China, and is hereby corrected.) ）

But in essence, with the deepening of the abandonment of Fujian's coastal guards, since the famous anti-Japanese generals Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, the coastal defense layout here has gradually become a decoration since Wanli year. On the front line of the anti-Japanese war, military households and civilians were displaced, and eventually became a breeding ground for pirates.

The mountain rotates the banner of the king, and the East China Sea of the Ming Dynasty is surging, including the Yan family, Futou Bay and Caiyu Islands have been taken by the pirates of the Ming Dynasty for countless times in the past few decades. Relying on the excellent harbor environment here, the pirates frequently attacked, intercepting and controlling the trade routes along the Zhangzhou and Chaozhou coasts, and those who knew each other only charged a lot of "money to buy the road", and those who did not like it were empty of people and money. Over time, whoever can call for wind and rain in this area has become the identity label of the ruler of the Ming East China Sea.

Now, Guo Huaiyi and Yang Liu, one of the "Eighteen Zhizhi of the East China Sea" in history, occupy this place. Like Liu Xiang, Guo Huaiyi and Yang Liu are not the kind of lords who are willing to be subordinate. On the surface, they are just rebels of the Yan family's infighting, but behind the scenes, the ambitious Guo and Yang duo have an attitude of being subordinate to Zheng Zhilong, subject to Zheng Cai's moderation, and while mastering the hegemony of the coastal underworld for Zheng Zhilong in this area, they are also secretly recuperating.

On the evening of 26 April, after a full 24-hour roundabout voyage, the Hua-American Expeditionary Fleet sailed to the ocean near the Caiyu Islands south of Futou Bay.

"Report, a large number of sailboats have been found in the north, with a speed of 2 knots, and they are approaching!" The news from the lookout post made the eyes of everyone in the command cabin light up.

"They are still full of vigilance, and it is estimated that they have already received a reminder from Zheng Zhilong and are patrolling around the neighborhood day and night."

The telescope confirmed the situation between friend and foe, and Zhang Chunrui sat back in his seat. After looking around at the naval and army officers present, he issued the final combat order: "It is inconvenient to maneuver along the coast, so we should fight quickly and resolve the situation." Once the naval battle is won, it quickly arranges for the army to land on the island and destroy the pirates' dens in the local area. ”

"Based on the speed of the two sides, it will be about an hour before they make contact. At present, preliminary observations show that the opponent has about 40 warships, the formation is relatively dense, the largest is only about 300 tons of displacement, and most of them are small ships of more than 100 tons. Sun Yang, as the commander of the fleet, quickly worked out a battle plan.

"It's a northeasterly wind, and it is ostensibly in their favor, but we don't rely on sails, we are faster, and we will detour back to their rear from the east in a longitudinal formation, gaining the upper wind and ending the battle before nightfall."

Although it seems that there is a huge disparity between the enemy and our forces, after many years of anti-piracy operations in the Atlantic, basically all naval captains do not pay much attention to the backward 17th-century close-range naval combat tactics of their opponents.

(To be continued)