Chapter 43 Zheng Sen - Young Zheng Chenggong
When Zhang Biwu quickly pursued Liu Xiang, when he arrived in front of the young man and the others, his shouts constantly attracted Liu Xiang's attention, and even attracted the attention of this group.
Especially the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy paid more attention to Zhang Biwu, he looked at Zhang Biwu, saw Zhang Biwu's resolute face, and that blazing gaze, and for some reason spontaneously felt a sense of respect. Thinking of Zhang Biwu's clever plan to break the enemy, he was young and vigorous and didn't want to lose to him, of course, he was also driven by Zhang Biwu's pride!
For this reason, it is not surprising that the young man said this: "Uncle Hong, why is he in a hurry to kill Liu Xiang?" Does he have any deep hatred with Liu Xiang? "The name of Uncle Hong in the young man's mouth is Hong Xu, he is Zheng Zhilong's general, and this young man is Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, Zheng Sen!
Zheng Sen was born in Japan, and his mother was a Japanese, Tagawa Shi, who became his stepdaughter, also known as Weng, because Tagawa's mother remarried Weng Yihuang, a blacksmith who immigrated to Hirado in Japan, from Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
In fact, Zheng Sen appeared here on the orders of his father to investigate Liu Xiang's whereabouts, and he was not needed to come, but Hong Xu was just sent here, but Zheng Sen insisted on coming.
Zheng Zhilong knew that Zheng Sen was a stubborn cow, as long as he decided on something, no matter how he couldn't persuade him, this was very similar to Zheng Zhilong, so he had to send Zheng Sen here. The reason why Zheng Zhilong sent his henchman Hong Xu was because he received the news that Liu Xiang was not dead!
Although it is said that four years ago, in the sixth year of Chongzhen, he chased and killed Liu Xiang and forced Liu Xiang to a dead end, thus causing Liu Xiang to drown. Of course, there is no corpse to be seen, and Liu Xiang is drowning from a distance, but is it actually him? This is a question!
You must know that Liu Xiang is extremely cunning, he is good at using stand-ins, originally Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang are both good friends, Zheng Zhilong knows this better than anyone else. Is it Liu Xiang's stand-in who drowned this time? Zheng Zhilong has always had such a question in his heart, so if Liu Xiang does not die, Zheng Zhilong will not be at ease.
Zheng Zhilong knew that Liu Xiang would take revenge, if he didn't die, he would definitely try all means to take revenge, and everything that Zheng Zhilong had built up with great difficulty could be ruined. So Zheng Zhilong will not allow such a situation to happen, he must kill Liu Xiang! Liu Xiang is not dead, Zheng Zhilong will definitely not be at peace!
It was this secret report that Zheng Zhilong sent Hong Xu, because Zheng Zhilong instigated the governor of Fujian to play Chongzhen for his own interests, and opened the sea to ban compensation. Of course, he also colluded with the engineering department to ask for the opening of the sea ban together with Fu Yuanchu.
Because Chongzhen has always had a headache for military salaries, now that he sees the opening of the sea ban, he can raise a lot of military salaries, although it has not yet been officially approved, but it is inevitable to see Chongzhen's approval in advance. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong was able to send Hong Xu to Guangdong on the pretext of patrolling the coastal defense and investigating the possibility of opening the sea ban, so that the Guangdong side would also contact and cooperate.
This incident just made Zheng Sen know, and he also thought that he was thirteen or fourteen years old but had achieved nothing! But Zheng Zhilong let him just study and then study all the time, and then study to gain fame in the future. Zheng Sen is a good reader, but he wants to be a general, just like the famous generals in ancient times.
As the old saying goes, a young man is a hero, he wants to achieve the name of a hero when he is a teenager, and he wants to avenge his uncle Zheng Zhihu, so he asked to go with Hong Xu, and his attitude is extremely resolute and cannot be opposed. Regardless of whether his father agrees or not, what Zheng Sen decides, he must do.
Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Zheng Zhilong couldn't resist Zheng Sen, so he had to agree that Zheng Sen and Hong Xu would set off for Guangdong together.
It just so happened that Hong Xu and Zheng Sen heard that the British had bombarded the fort, and then they were defeated in the inland river of Guangzhou, among which there were pirates and news of Liu Xiang! Zheng Sen and Hong Xu felt that Britain and the Netherlands had to keep an eye on it, so that they could find Liu Xiang.
Zheng Sen even judged whether Britain and pirates would still appear in the Humen Fort?
Because the British had already attacked the Humen Fort last time, the Ming army would think that they would not attack again, and the Humen Fort would be lax because of this, and the enemy would attack again, and it would definitely be able to receive a surprise effect. Zheng Sen insisted on waiting for the rabbit in Humen Fort, and Hong Xu had no choice but to go together, and Hong Xu was full of suspicion.
That's why Hong Xu and Zheng Sen are here. It happened to see that the defenders of the Humen Fort were defeated without a fight, so they were on alert around to see the situation, and they also found that the Ming army was moving in secret, as if to recapture the fort, and this Ming army was obviously tired, and it could be seen that it was a long journey, and they quickly arranged it without having time to breathe.
It is precisely because of this that Hong Xu and the others were not discovered by the Ming army, and the Ming army did not have the time to investigate in detail what people were around. After Hong Xu and the others confirmed that the leader of the pirates who attacked the fort with Britain and the Netherlands was Liu Xiang, they were like a treasure.
Hong Xu looked at Zheng Sen, no longer had the previous contempt, and thought: "The eldest prince is really like a god!" He has the demeanor of a lord! Hong Xu has changed his opinion of Zheng Sen, and he previously thought that Zheng Sen was a noble son, a stinky boy.
Zheng Sen was secretly observing the arrangement of the Ming army, and he sighed: "Wow! That's amazing! I don't know who the commander of the Ming army is in Lu Dao? Since secretly arranged so quickly! And it can be hidden! He has the material of a general! I'd love to see it! But wait a minute, and you'll have a chance! ”
Zheng Sen will meet Zhang Biwu later, and take this opportunity to establish a friendship with Zhang Biwu, and the two will be close anti-Qing comrades in the future, of course, this is a later story.
In a very short period of time, the Ming army arranged everything, and Zhang Biwu began the attack, Zhang Biwu was pretending to be Yuan Yupei, all of which was done carefully and steadily.
The Ming army succeeded in scaring the British away, so that the Dutch army had no intention of resisting, and in the end, the pirates were alone and had to retreat.
When Zheng Sen saw that the change in the battle situation was beneficial to the Ming army, he had to admire Zhang Biwu's arrangement, and it was really admirable to be able to think of how to break the enemy in such a short time! What he didn't expect was that Zhang Biwu chased after him! He was alone, leaving his subordinates behind, and he chased Liu Xiang alone!
Doesn't this prove that Zhang Biwu is brave and strategic? Zheng Sen was excited about this, and he decided to pursue Liu Xiang and kill Liu Xiang, so that Zheng Zhilong could sleep peacefully and no longer have to worry about Liu Xiang's revenge.
Compared with Zhang Biwu, who was in danger alone, Hong Xu took the meaning of stability and persuaded: "Son, let's go back!" Liu Xiang is extremely cunning! He asked us to chase after us, just to destroy us! We can't be fooled! After all, there are only a dozen of us, and although these dozen or so people are carefully selected tigers and wolves, we have to be careful of each other's ambushes! Or is it some kind of conspiracy! ”
Zheng Sen glared at Hong Xu and said, "Uncle Hong, look at him, he is not afraid!" What should we be afraid of? And if Liu Xiang doesn't die, his father will be unable to sleep and eat! As a son, you must solve problems for your father! If you don't chase after you, I'll chase you! ”
Hong Xu's mouth opened, he wanted to persuade Zheng Sen not to let Zheng Sen pursue......