In fact, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen has always had opinions on Zheng Zhilong's lack of confidence in beating Xu Xinsu, even if he divides another 200 boats, 500 boats is a great advantage over Xu Xinsu's 200 boats, right? He always felt that Zheng Zhilong was unwilling to fight with the lives of his subordinates, thinking about retaining his strength!

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is such a person, he has his own strong aspects, but also his own weak aspects, everyone can not understand everything, but he is not afraid of unknown things, but a kind of ignorant self-confidence, what he thinks, probably what it should be!

Before leaving, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen asked people to recruit Zou Weilian and Yu Zhigao, of course, in the Tianjin Port Yamen, Yu Zhigao's current identity is an ordinary teaching, very low-key, and Zheng Zhilong is not a narrow-minded person, although he has been fighting against Yu Zhigao for many years, but when he heard that Yu Zhigao was dismissed by the imperial court, he did not inquire about Yu Zhigao's movements, where would he know that the emperor was raising him and secretly preparing to build the Ming Navy.

"Lord Zou, the emperor's secret order is for you to take the newly trained more than 300 sailors with me, Lord Yu Zhigao will continue to stay and train the new sailors, if you are lucky enough, this time we come back, Beizhili should have its own warship, no need to wait for the warship built in Tianjin Port to come out in a year or two." Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen happily sent an order to Zou Weilian and Yu Zhigao.

The two of them naturally had no opinions, and Yu Zhigao was a little uneasy, "Lord Zhen, did the emperor really let Zheng Zhilong's whole army go south?" They were born as pirates, and if they were in the north, it might be easier for the imperial court to control them. Really to the south. Will the dragon return to the sea from now on? ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen waved his hand. "This is the emperor's business, it's not our turn to talk about it, Lord Yu Zhigao, you just hurry up and train the sailors, the emperor's request is to select a thousand strong men from the construction personnel of Tianjin Port."

Yu Zhigao nodded, "Don't worry, the veteran will live up to the emperor's trust." ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was afraid of Yu Zhigao's psychological imbalance, and said with a smile. "Lord Yu Zhigao, you are a military general, although Lord Zou Weilian also understands naval warfare, he is a civil official, and he takes into account Zheng Zhilong's affection, so this time with Lord Zou Weilian by his side, you don't have any ideas, the emperor will definitely reuse you in the future."

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen considered that he had the identity of Wang Chengen's nephew, and saying this would make Yu Zhigao's heart feel better. So, I gave a little more explanation.

Yu Zhigao smiled slightly. "Lord Zhen, the old man is in his fifties, you don't need to reiterate these truths to the old man, the old man only looks forward to the Ming court, as much as possible to have his own sailor, invincible sailor!"

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen nodded, "There will definitely be, aren't there so many patriotic generals?" ”

The sea in winter, the sea breeze to the north, to the south, erratic, not as easy to control as in summer, this is also the reason why naval battles are rarely carried out in winter since ancient times, plus the warships at this time are supplemented by manpower, and are not completely mechanical power, so in the winter, it is really Zheng Zhilong who was given an army by the emperor! The previous Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen knew that Zheng Zhilong had defeated Xu Xinsu, but it was in the summer! This time I was moved forward by myself!

On the endless sea, more than 700 Zheng family warships set sail!

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen took Zou Weilian, Gao Dewei and Yang Qicong, and eighty armed eunuchs from Xichang and three hundred water masters trained by Yu Zhigao, these water masters are not trained by Yu Zhigao, they were originally the backbone of the Fujian water division, but the official position is not high, and they were recruited by the emperor to the Beijing division, and now they are all on Zheng Zhilong's flagship.

"Inspector! I hate other people's interference the most when I fight, and when I get to the place, I listen to the old man's arrangement. Although Zheng Zhilong likes the personality of Jian Xun Lou very much, and is also very grateful to Jian Xun Lou and Wang Chengen, as well as the emperor's care for the Zheng family, he still has words first.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen nodded, "Of course, Yiqiē obeys Lord Zheng's arrangement, these people I brought were arranged by the emperor, mainly to accept the captured ships, didn't you say that the warships of Xu Xinsu obtained this time will be dedicated to the imperial court?" ”

Zheng Zhilong laughed, "Of course, the old man has always been a good talker, not to mention the emperor, the old man has great courage, and he doesn't dare to tell lies to the emperor, it's just that the inspector remembers the old man's words, and must not interfere with the old man's use of soldiers." ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen didn't know why Zheng Zhilong was so nervous about this, and he never thought of interfering with Zheng Zhilong's use of troops! He has never fought a naval battle, of course, he listens to Zheng Zhilong, and he definitely understands this truth when he doesn't understand things, so he repeatedly promised Zheng Zhilong that he would never interfere with Zheng Zhilong's use of troops.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong is so cautious naturally has his reasons, many defeats in the Ming Dynasty are not because the generals are stupid, nor are they because the soldiers are greedy for life and afraid of death, but many times because of the indiscriminate intervention of high-ranking officials in the imperial court, and even the emperor.

Naval battles are more dangerous than land battles, and the chances of escaping in land battles are much greater than those in naval battles! In land warfare, when it is really impossible to beat, it is not much difficult for a few fast horses to flee, but in naval battles, the unobstructed sea can basically only fight to the death, don't force people to be cornered! Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen, had not personally experienced naval warfare, he had always been interested in military knowledge, and in modern times, he also read a lot of knowledge in this area.

The arrival of more than 700 warships of Zheng Zhilong this time also greatly increased the influence of the Ming army, which was directly controlled by the emperor, and the deterrent effect on Nanjing and other Jiangnan forces was very great! And everyone already knew the combat effectiveness of Zheng Zhilong's army!

Shi Kefa took Zheng Zhihu and Gao Demeng to Yangzhou Port to greet each other in person, Zheng Zhihu and Gao Demeng, Shi Kefa were overjoyed, Zheng Zhihu was happy to be able to see Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhifeng, Zheng Zhibao, the four brothers reunited, and to be able to see the prosecutor again.

And Shi Kefa and Gao Demeng were happy to be able to see the prosecutor and Gao Dewei. (To be continued......)