Chen Peng had already secretly hooked up with Shi Lang and Huang Wu, preparing to surrender to "Wang Shi". Chen Peng said in his letter to Shi Lang that although he was only a garrison, he was a garrison that did not eat empty salaries, anyway, the Zheng family started as a haikou, and it was not bad for that money. And more importantly, Chen Peng is not only the garrison of the right tiger guard, but also the commander of the second town of the naval division, with more than 1,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 sailors under his command, and eight large warships, including a large warship of 800 materials, seven warships of 400 materials, and more than 30 other small boats. If you defect to the "Wang Shi", do you consider giving a garrison, a capital division or something like that?

The letter was clearly about the conditions, and Chen Peng hoped to be promoted after surrendering.

However, when it comes to promotion, neither Shi Lang nor Huang Wu can call the shots, and if they want to recruit new minions, they can handle it, but the new minions want to be promoted, and this has to be nodded by the Manchurian master.

After Shi Lang told Dasu about Chen Peng's conditions, Dasu not only agreed, but was also willing to "buy bones with a thousand dollars" and wanted to give Chen Peng a guerrilla official position. As for the other Ming officers and soldiers who surrendered, they were all promoted to one or two levels and incorporated into the Qing Army's naval division.

After receiving Shi Lang's reply, Chen Peng couldn't wait to hope that "Wang Shi" would cross the sea as soon as possible, and he would become a slave as soon as possible.

But if you want to surrender, you have to come up with something.

This time, Chen Peng sent a messenger of his cronies to the Qing army camp, which was to present the defense line map of the Gaoqi Ming army camp.

The Qing army's pro-soldiers walked into Shi Lang's tent with Chen Peng's cronies, and the pro-soldiers bowed and said, "My lord, the people have been brought!" ”

The envoy stepped forward and saluted: "Chief Shi, I have come here on the order of Chen Garrison to present our army's defense map." ”

After speaking, the envoy took out the drawing scroll from his arms, raised his hands above his head, and presented Shi Lang with a map of Chen Peng's defense line of the Ming army stationed in Gaoqi.

Shi Lang took the drawing, opened it and only looked at it briefly, and was immediately shocked: "Zheng Rui is so vicious!" Laying down such a formation, do you want to drive out our army? ”

The envoy replied: "Rest assured, Chief Qing Shi, our Lord Qianzong said that as long as we can ensure the glory and wealth of each of us, we will welcome Wang Shi to the island!" ”

Shi Lang put down the drawings and turned his head to look at the envoy: "Go back and tell you Chen Qianzong, our Wang Shi's words count, as long as you take the battleship to surrender to Cheng and let go of the Gaoqi defense line, I guarantee that each of you will enjoy endless glory and wealth!" ”

After sending the messenger away, Shi Lang didn't dare to slack off, and went to find Huang Wu overnight.

The two of them thought about it together and felt that the matter was very important, so they took the map and rushed to the camp of the Dasu Naval Division in Quanzhou overnight.

Before dawn, the ship entered the port of Quanzhou.

The boat docked, and Shi Lang asked people to bring their business cards to report.

Da Su got up very early, originally Shi Lang and Huang Wu thought that they would have to wait for the Manchurian Lord for a long time, but they didn't wait long on the boat, and they saw Da Su's clothed servant come to the dock in person: "The two adults have been waiting for a long time!" Our master asked the two adults to go over immediately! ”

Shi Lang and Huang Wu each rewarded the clothed slave with ten taels of silver, and then followed the slave to Dasu's mansion.

Da Su was already waiting in the hall, Shi Lang and Huang Wu entered the hall, stepped forward to salute, and then presented the map: "My lord, the situation has changed, and the villain came to offer a picture overnight!" ”

The map was placed on the table, and after opening the map, Shi Lang pointed to the map and said: "This is the map that Chen Peng's people presented overnight, in addition to the layout map of Chen Peng's defense area in Gaoqi, there are also some location signs where Zheng Peng's water division is stationed. However, Chen Peng's position is not too high, and this is all he provides us. ”

Da Su saw the defense map and sneered: "This Ming army's defense line is too weak, right?" The first line of defense is a female wall that is not high; The second line of defense is a thin wooden fence. With these, can you block the attack of the king division? The rabble of Zheng rebels can't even defeat a few thousand soldiers after Jiangning goes ashore, once our elite troops land, what will they do to resist? As long as the elite Eight Banners cavalry comes ashore, it will be the death of Zheng Zhinangou! ”

Shi Lang was startled when he saw that Da Su was so light on the enemy, and hurriedly knelt down: "My lord! Do you know that in this landing battle, the dock is in the hands of Zheng Rebellion, and our big boat cannot get on the beach, so we can only land in small boats. Although our army is brave and invincible, and the enemy's fortifications are rudimentary, small boats cannot transport cannons, nor can they transport siege weapons ashore, not to mention, our warriors wade through the water to land, and there is no guarantee that bowstrings and gunpowder will not get wet, that is, our long-range weapons are useless, but the enemy can use bows and crossbows to continuously attack our army! Even if he broke through the first line of defense, Zheng Wei used rockets to intercept our army in the woods in front of the trench, and our army would not only be unable to use the woods to make siege weapons, but would also be burned to death and burned in large numbers! ”

"So serious? However, our soldiers are numerous, and they can break through Zheng Yi's fortifications with a pile of people! Dasu sneered.

In the minds of the Manchurians, the lives of the Green Battalion soldiers are extremely low, and they are a group of cheapest cannon fodder. When fighting, no matter how many casualties the Green Battalion soldiers are, as long as there are no casualties, it is cost-effective.

But Shi Lang didn't think so, after all, their sailors and infantry were all green battalion soldiers, if they suffered a defeat and suffered heavy losses, the above asked the guilt, a Manchurian like Dasu would definitely be fine, and it must be them who were going to be pulled out and beheaded.

"My lord, although we are outnumbered, the transportation volume of the landing battle is limited, and we cannot send all 150,000 people ashore at one time, so we can only send them in batches one at a time. If the dock cannot be captured, the cannons, birdmen, and archers will not be able to go ashore. If we attack hard, we are afraid that we can only let groups of warriors die on the beach in vain, and no matter how great the losses are, we will not be able to let the main force ashore. However, the villain already has a strategy to break the enemy! Shi Lang, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and hugged his fists.

"Hurry up!" Da Su hurriedly beckoned Shi Lang to get up, "General Shi has a good plan to break the enemy?" ”

Shi Lang stood up, pointed to the map and said, "My lord, you know that Chen Peng, who is in charge of the defense in the direction of Gaoqi, has long intended to defect to Wang Shi!" This map was given by the men he sent. As long as we put the landing site in Takasaki, he will open a way for us. In addition, Chen Peng's sailor will also surrender to us. ”

"Chen Peng's willingness to return to the king is naturally a good thing. But if we attack Takasaki, will Nangou increase his troops to defend? Although there are not many Zheng rebels, how can it be said that mobilizing 810,000 is not a problem, and Chen Peng's more than 1,000 people may not be able to resist it at all. Dasu asks the question.

"This is what the villain just said is a good way to break the enemy!" Shi Lang pointed to the map, "The villain decided to withdraw all the ships in the direction of Gaoqi, so that Zheng Wei thought that we would not land in the direction of Gaoqi. In this way, Zheng Wei will relax his vigilance and will not send troops to reinforce Chen Peng. In order to cover the landing in the direction of Takasaki, we will use other tactics to lure the enemy. ”

Da Su looked at Shi Lang and nodded: "General Shi continues!" ”

"My lord, all our main naval divisions are concentrated in the Quanzhou area, and Zheng Cheng's spy boat will find that we are assembled in Quanzhou, and they will judge that we will launch a landing battle east of Xiamen, and Zheng Cheng will inevitably deploy the heavy troops on the island to the east. At that time, our naval division warships set out from Quanzhou and launched an attack from the east of Zheng Cheng's heavy defense, taking advantage of the favorable conditions of the tide and wind direction to engage in a decisive battle with Zheng Cheng's main naval division, and wiped out Zheng Cheng's naval division in the sea east of Xiamen in one fell swoop! Once Zheng Cheng found out that the sailors were under attack, they would send sailor warships from Kinmen to reinforce them. The Zhangzhou Naval Division, which cooperated with us in the battle, was able to drive straight from the south and launch a landing battle south of Xiamen Island. Zheng Wei got the news that he would transfer the mobile sailors to intercept the Liangguang Sailors and the Zhangzhou Sailors. ”

Listening to Shi Lang's battle plan, Da Su understood what he meant, and a smile appeared on his face: "In this way, Zheng Cheng will not send more warships in Gaoqi, and he will not send more infantry." We only need a surprise army, and with the cooperation of Chen Peng, we can easily land in Gaoqi! ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Shi Lang hurriedly flattered, "We don't need many strange soldiers, and we don't need warships to escort us, we only need five thousand elite soldiers, and the boat is ambushed in the mangrove forest by the sea." When the two-way attack is launched, and the landing force in the north unexpectedly launches a sea-crossing operation, Chen Peng's warships will naturally escort us. In this way, we will be able to take Takasaki without bloodshed. By the time Zheng Wei found out that Gao Qi had lost his defense, he tried to dispatch troops to intercept it, but it was too late, and we had already controlled Gao Qi. And if Zheng Cheng wants to transfer troops, there will be emptiness in the east and south of Nangou, and our main forces in the east and south will be able to take the opportunity to land! Zheng Wei found himself being attacked on three sides at the same time, and his henchmen would inevitably be in chaos, unable to resist the landing of our royal division! As long as the main force of our army comes ashore, Zheng Wei will definitely be defeated! ”

Da Su still felt a little uneasy: "Will Chen Peng go back on his word?" ”

"My lord, I have a way to make him not be able to head the rat at both ends!" Shi Lang arched his hand and said, "Doesn't he want to be prosperous and rich?" I will ask him to hand over the Marine's warship to us before we attack! As soon as he surrenders the ship, he will be loyal to us! If he wants to repent, Zheng Wei will not let him go, and will kill him with a knife! In this way, he can only follow us with all his heart! Moreover, Chen Peng's warship fell into our hands, and Zheng Cheng had no ships in the north that could threaten our sea-crossing boats. By the time Zheng Cheng found out, he had no sailors who could be mobilized! ”

"High! Mr. Shi is really smart! Huang Wu admired Shi Lang so much.

is also a rebel general who defected from Zheng Chenggong's men, Huang Wu thought that the level of commanding the sailors to fight was unbeatable, but after listening to Shi Lang's plan, he sighed to himself.

Dasu said to the two generals who were familiar with the naval division: "The two of them are familiar with naval warfare, especially the shipping routes and hydrology near Xiamen, and the naval warfare depends on the two of them!" As long as we can ensure that our elite Eight Banners warriors go ashore, they will definitely be able to set foot in Xiamen and take the head of Zheng Shun's neck! ”

"Thank you for your love! The subordinates must live up to the expectations of adults! Shi Lang and Huang Wu bowed in unison and thanked each other.

"Alright, you go down first! Tonight, I will gather all my generals and draw up a concrete battle plan. Also, we have to send a letter to Wu Liuqi in Guangdong. After all, he did not agree to hand over the naval division to our unified command. Da Su asked Shi Lang and Huang Wu to go down first.

Speaking of the Liangguang Water Division, Dasu is also angry. You see that other sailors, whether they are Shandong sailors or Jiangsu and Zhejiang sailors, are willing to hand over their sailors to the Fujian sailors for unified command. But that Wu Liuqi was unwilling to obey the unified command, so he had to lead the army to act alone. Since this is the case, then let Wu Liuqi himself lead his troops to launch a landing battle from the southeast of Xiamen. However, the battle plan and schedule still have to be known to this guy, so that he can send troops to cooperate when the time comes.

Later, under the pressure of Li Shutai, Wu Liuqi reluctantly sent some tattered miscellaneous sailors to the hands of the Zhangzhou Sailors, so that Li Shutai could command them in a unified manner, but he hid behind with his elite. Of course, that's a later story, now Wu Liuqi is still in Guangdong, and even a piece of the ship board has not been delivered to Li Shutai.

On Xiamen Island, after Wang Yu and Chen Python practiced martial arts this morning, the two did not return to the barracks, and Wang Yu did not go home, but the two went to the market together to find Chen Shuijie.

Some time ago, Chen Python first took out his own silver to help Wang Yu repay the silver owed to Chen Blacksmith, and then gave more money to help Wang Yu build twenty iron arrows. But Wang Yu, who doesn't know what to do, has to make inches, and he has to ask Chen Python to spend more money to build a fine bird gun. At first, Chen Python refused, but later he couldn't help Wang Yu's stubbornness, took out his own salary, and asked Chen Shuijie to build two excellent bird guns.

Seeing Chen Python and Wang Yu coming to the door, Chen Shuijie, who was striking iron, hurriedly put down the work in his hand: "Lord Chen, Master Wang, you are here!" ”

"Less nonsense, what do we want?" Chen Python doesn't talk much nonsense with this guy.

"Go back to the adults, go get the little people." Chen Shuijie hurriedly turned around and went back to the house to fetch the bird.

Only a moment later, Chen Shuijie walked out with two bird guns.

Wang Yu was overjoyed when he saw the brand-new bird gun, and he couldn't wait to grab a bird gun, put it in his hand and weighed it, and found that the weight of this gun was very sufficient. Looking at the barrel again, it is also uniform in thickness, and it is made of fine iron.

Chen Shuijie saw Wang Yu repeatedly looking at the bird gun in his hand, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Master Jun, these two bird guns are small and several apprentices have repeatedly built them with a sufficient amount of pig iron!" We used 60 catties of pig iron, hammered it repeatedly, and finally beat it out 6 catties of fine iron before it was used to make a bird gun. Two bird guns, using our 120 catties of pig iron! ”

"Listen to what you mean, do you still want to increase the price?" Chen Python stared at Chen Shuijie coldly.

"Lord Chen, where do the little people dare to pit Lord Chen's silver? No price increase, six taels of silver for a piece. Chen Shuijie said with a smile.

"That's pretty much it!" Chen Python took out twelve taels of silver from his arms and handed them to Chen Shuijie.

With the new gun in hand, Wang Yu couldn't wait to try the power of the gun.

But there was no lead bullet and gunpowder, and the two finally decided to go back to the barracks to test the gun, and Chen Python went to someone to ask for some gunpowder and lead bullet.

When they returned to the barracks, they saw the two of them coming back with two bird guns, and the soldiers were curious to see the new guns.

"I can lend you the new bird's gun, but you'll have to give us a little buckshot and gunpowder, not much." Chen Python said to several bird guns.

Several of the bird-gunners picked up their new guns with great interest and examined them carefully, and the more they looked at them, the more they felt that they were much better than the ones they used. Just when they couldn't put it down and were reluctant to put it down, Chen Python shouted: "Everyone give some gunpowder and bullets!" We're going to test the gun! ”

Everyone went to take out their gunpowder bags and bullets and handed them to Chen Python.

After receiving the lead bullets handed over by Chen Python, Wang Yu was very disappointed to find that these lead bullets were of different sizes and had no uniform specifications at all.

Seeing that Wang Yu was not satisfied, Chen Python smiled apologetically: "Brother Wang, because the barrel of each bird gun is different, after the bird gun soldiers receive the lead bullet, they usually have to polish the lead bullet by themselves, so the size of the lead bullet of each bird gun soldier is also different." I've got it from several people, and it's all big and small. ”

Wang Yu picked out some of the larger lead bullets and polished them himself, and those that were too small were all returned by Chen Python.

Sharpen your lead bullet and get ready to test your gun. Wang Yu opened the gunpowder bag and couldn't help frowning. With his sensitivity to chemicals, he was not satisfied with these black medicines.

Gunpowder is not granular gunpowder in later generations, but gunpowder powder of low quality. Wang Yu dipped his finger in a little gunpowder, put it on his nose and smelled it, he felt that there was something wrong with the gunpowder formula, the power of this gunpowder would not be very large, plus the inferior bird guns in the hands of those bird guns, those firearms were estimated to be about the same as toys, the amount of gunpowder was reduced, and even whether the cotton armor could penetrate was a problem; If the amount of gunpowder is too much, it is strange that the inferior bird gun and inferior gunpowder will not explode.

"What's wrong? Can't use these gunpowders? Chen Python asked.

"No, it's too powerful!" Wang Yu nodded.

"What's there, if only I could shoot the bullets." Chen Python said disapprerovingly.

Wang Yu said: "I'd better prepare gunpowder by myself, and Lord Chen will help me get some raw materials." These inferior gunpowder were returned to them. ”

Chen Python replied: "Okay, then I'll go find Mr. Qian." ”

After a while, Chen Python got the raw materials for the gunpowder: sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal.

Hearing that "Wang Dasha" was going to prepare gunpowder by himself, the soldiers in the barracks surrounded him one after another.

"Master Chen, get me some starch, you don't need a good one, just the worst one." Wang Yu made another request.

Although I don't know what the use of this guy wants starch, Chen Python still got starch. When he brought the starch, Wang Yu had already prepared the black huo medicine.

When the starch arrived, Wang Yu first poured the starch into a large bowl, then boiled a pot of water, poured the hot water into the bowl and stirred well. When the starch meets hot water, it becomes a viscous gelatinous substance.

Seeing that Wang Yu was about to pour the starch soup in the bowl into the crockpot where the gunpowder was stored, Gong Xiaoda was puzzled and asked, "Is it still useful if this gunpowder is wet and then dried?" ”

Wang Yu said: "Please rest assured, I guarantee that this gunpowder will not only work, but also be more powerful!" ”