In the evening, Wang Xinyu went home to check the progress of the new house.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the compound, Wang Xinyu was stunned: there was a little beauty standing at the door, who gave herself a blessing, and called herself timidly: "The maid has seen the young master." ”

This little Lori, who looks at most ten years old, has bright eyes and bright teeth, skin like beautiful porcelain, lips like cherry blossoms, although she is young, she is very pitiful, and she is definitely a little beauty embryo. When he grows up, even if he doesn't captivate the country and the city, he is still beautiful and lovely.

Wang Xinyu looked at it for a long time before he recognized this little Lori, who he brought home and named Zhang Yan. Unexpectedly, the little girl who was once covered in dirt and unkempt hair, and couldn't recognize whether it was a man or a woman, was actually a little beauty!

"My brother is back!" When my sister heard the movement outside, she knew that it was her brother coming home, and she shouted excitedly.

Walking into the courtyard and seeing his sister, Wang Xinyu was also stunned: I haven't seen her for a few days, and my sister has become beautiful again. Compared to when I first crossed into this world, my sister now is completely two people compared to that time.

Put the pork, vegetables and rice noodles he bought into the room, and Wang Xinyu chatted with the two little girls.

Zhang Yan asked timidly: "Young master, how is the servant's brother in the barracks?" ”

Wang Xinyu gently stroked Zhang Yan's little head lovingly: "Your brother is doing well in the barracks, you don't have to worry about him." In addition, don't call me young master in the future, you are just like my sister, and you are also my sister. ”

"Thank you, young master!"

"Look, here we go again! It's also called the young master! ”

"Thank you, Brother Wang Yu!" Zhang Yan's little face was as red as an apple.

"That's pretty much it!" Wang Yu laughed.

When it was time to finish eating, Zhang Yan still didn't dare to sit down and eat together, but she stood at the edge of the dining table and watched the family of three eat dinner.

"Sit down and eat together! It is said that it will be a family in the future! Wang Xinyu beckoned Zhang Yan to sit down.

"Brother Xie Wangyu!" Zhang Yan said in her mouth, but looked at the Wang family on the side.

Wang is also a kind woman, and when she saw that her son recognized this little girl as her sister, she also beckoned: "Yan'er, sit down and eat together, Yu'er will be his sister in the future." ”

Only then did the little girl dare to sit down at the dinner table and eat with Wang Xinyu and them.

After dinner, Wang Xinyu said goodbye to his family, and he was going back to the barracks in the evening.

In the dead of night, in the middle of the camp of the Ming army, Wang Xinyu sat in the candlelight and wrote a letter to the king of Yanping County.

In his letter, he wrote: The Tartars were defeated in this battle, and a more severe ban on the sea would inevitably be adopted. The commodities of our army's maritime trade, silk, ceramics, and tea shipped to the South Seas were all obtained from the interior, and once the Tartars were completely forbidden to the sea, our army would not be able to obtain these goods. It's better to start stocking now, and when the Tartars are forbidden to the sea, we will have the goods in our hands, and we will be able to sit on the ground and raise the price. Because of the ban on the sea of the Tartars, the Xiyi people could not get the goods, so they could only buy them at a price several times higher than usual. My subordinates implore me to go to Zhoushan in the next few days, so that Zhang Shangshu can have more inventory from now on, so that we can purchase it. After his subordinates returned from Zhoushan, they immediately went to Nanyang to buy goods.

In the afternoon of the next day, a messenger sent by the king of Yanping replied to Wang Xinyu.

King Yanping told Wang Xinyu: It is almost the summer harvest season, and our army will attack everywhere to harvest a batch of early indica rice. Wang Gongzi should wait a few days, wait for the army to come back from victory, and then go to Zhoushan, and also send some grain and grass to Zhang Shangshu.

The battle of harvest was a way for Zheng Jiajun to obtain food. Almost every year during the harvest season, Zheng Chenggong would lead his army to land, attack the weakly defended county towns of the Qing army, kill the local Qing court county orders, harvest the ripe grain in the farmland, and sometimes bring back a group of young men who were willing to join the Zheng army. In fact, this is also a kind of action to grab grain, to grab the grain of the Qing court. However, compared with the looting of the former Jin Dynasty, Zheng Jiajun's approach is obviously much more civilized: Zheng Jiajun will not rob the people and plunder the population. Zheng Jiajun's approach was to attack the city and seize land, and after killing the Qing court officials, collect taxes locally, and grab local grain before the arrival of the Qing army. As for bringing back the population, it is entirely up to the people to come voluntarily, and those who are willing to come will come, and those who are unwilling will not forcibly take the population captive.

From 1651 to 1660, Zheng Chenggong launched hundreds of landing battles, large and small, of which nine were victorious!

Because the Qing army was not an opponent, the Qing army could only stare dryly at the battle of the Zheng family's army. Every time the Ming army attacked the weak link of the Qing army, it could always succeed. The Qing army received the battle report, tired of running for its life, but the action was far less fast than the sailor division, every time the battle report arrived, the Ming army had already withdrawn. Sometimes, the Qing army would be ambushed and attacked by the Ming army, which was waiting for work, and suffered heavy losses.

The county order was killed, the grain was robbed, and the county warehouse was also looted. After the Qing army returned, the next county commander appointed by the Qing court came to the local area, and he could only play to the imperial court, saying that the local area had been looted by the pirates, and the tax revenue of the year could not be completed, and asked the imperial court to exempt taxes. In order to win people's hearts, the Qing court often exempted the "robbed" county from taxes.

Because of the repeated defeats of the naval division, the Qing court had no choice but to adopt an increasingly severe sea ban in the end.

Since the army is going to go out and launch a battle to grab the harvest, Wang Xinyu will definitely participate in this battle, and he also needs to take some food for his army to come back.

The small-scale battle launched by Zheng Chenggong was generally a separate action of various people, and they were connected with each other by beacon fire. If the Qing army was stationed separately, it was possible to be broken by the suddenly assembled Ming army; If the Qing army concentrated its forces to attack a Ming army, the Ming army would immediately evacuate by boat, and the Qing army stared at the sea. If the Qing army went back and forth, it was even possible that Zheng Chenggong would seize an opportunity, and the Ming army would ambush the Qing army halfway and achieve a great victory.

The Ming army was mobile by boat, and they could rest and sleep on the ship; The Qing army walked, and there was no rest on the way. No matter how you say it, the Qing army is very passive.

In fact, it is very simple to say, Zheng Chenggong adopted the method of combining war and sea trade, so that after his father took the main force away, he could still develop with the power of Jinxia and Xiamen Island, and he could also launch a large-scale northern expedition.

It was not until the early years of the Kangxi reign that the Qing court adopted the order of moving back 30 to 50 miles, which made it difficult for the Ming army to land and harvest grain.

That night, Wang Xinyu went to Chen Python to discuss the landing operation plan.

After all, Wang Xinyu is a sailor, and the marines in his hands have not yet been trained and formed, and the landing operation must be assisted by Chen Python's Right Tiger Guard Town in order to achieve the purpose of the battle.

"Brother Chen, we can ask the King of Yanping for battle, just say that we are going to attack the Yunxiao area. We attacked Yunxiao, where the Qing army was weak, and the thief chief Li led Tai to a new defeat, almost all the green battalions in Zhangzhou were defeated, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria also suffered heavy losses. Now it is very difficult for the Tartars to hold Haicheng and Zhangzhou Mansion, not to mention guarding the clouds. Moreover, the Tongshan Guard on the other side of our clouds is still in our hands, and we can get supplies from the Tongshan Guard. Wang Xinyu put forward his own views.

Tongshan Guard, located in the current Dongshan Island, the Ming army on the island built the guard into a huge fortress, and there is the sea to block, Tongshan Guard is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Chen Python was taken aback: "The prince of Yanping has attacked Yunxiao many times, and each time he has defeated the enemy army. The Tartar trembled. Although the thief chief Li Shutai has been unable to draw more troops, he has concentrated the manpower of the nine counties and built the Yunxiao County very strong, I am afraid that we will not be able to take the Yunxiao County at all. ”

Wang Xinyu laughed: "As long as our army reaches the bottom of Yunxiao City, junior brother, I will have a way to break the city!" No matter how strong Yunxiao County is, is Nanjing City as strong? ”

"It's far inferior to a fortified city like Nanjing, and it's not as good as a city like Fuzhou and Hangzhou."

"That's it! As long as it is not as strong as Nanjing and Beijing, I have a way to break it! ”

"What can you do? Blasted away with a red-clad cannon? Chen Python was puzzled.

Wang Xinyu pretended to be mysterious: "Keep it secret for the time being, and you will know when the time comes, Brother Chen." ”

At the end of May, the army was about to set out.

Zheng Chenggong summoned all the generals who were about to go on the expedition and arranged the arrangement.

In the direction of Kinmen, Zheng Tai sent troops, because the Qing army in Quanzhou was heavily assembled, and Zheng Tai was not required to launch an attack in Quanzhou, but along the coastline all the way north, attracting the attention of the Qing army, and when the Qing army was exhausted and exposed flaws, the Ming army immediately looked for an opportunity to land, waited for an opportunity to capture one or two county seats, and returned to Kinmen after seizing grain.

In the northeast of Xiamen, Zhou Quanbin led his headquarters to launch a feint attack on Tong'an to contain the Qing army in Quanzhou and Tong'an.

In the southwest of Xiamen, Zheng Chenggong personally led the main force to attack Yuegang, Haicheng and other places, and waited for an opportunity to occupy the county seat. If Li Shuotai led the main force of the Qing army to meet the battle, the Zheng army would continue to attack south after being transferred from the Qing army, looking for opportunities to land, capture one or two county towns, seize grain, and then lead his troops back to Xiamen.

Zheng Jing and Chen Bao stayed in Xiamen, Qiu Hui and Yang Fu were stationed in Kinmen, and Zheng Xingying and others led the naval divisions of the headquarters to cruise around Jinxia to prevent the Qing army from crossing the sea.

Chen Python stood up and arched his hand: "Lord Wang, the last general is willing to lead the men and horses of the headquarters, and with the cooperation of General Wang of the Second Town of the Water Division, attack Yunxiao County!" ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Yunxiao County is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it can't be captured, our army will waste grain and grass in vain." General Chen might as well follow the main force of this king and contain the enemy army in the Zhangzhou area. If you take the grain and grass, you will all have a share in the attack with the main force. ”

Chen Python replied very resolutely: "Lord Wang, your main force will launch an attack in the area of Yuegang, and the thief chief Li Shutai will definitely lead the main force to aid Haicheng, and the sky area is empty, and our army can take the opportunity to seize it!" And destroy the fortified city built by the thief chief Li Shutai with the power of nine counties! In this way, the pressure on the Tongshan Guard Station can be reduced, and a nail will be pulled out for our army to attack the two counties of Zhao'an at any time in the future! ”

"Since the two of you want to fight the clouds, this king will not stop you. It is naturally the best to be able to pull out the nail of the clouds! If not, you two can't fight! If you can't attack it for a long time, you will immediately withdraw to the copper mountain! If time drags on, Li Shutai leads the main Tartar force to reinforce, and the two of you will be encircled! Zheng Chenggong reminded Chen Python.

The army set off in full gear, Wang Xinyu led a large warship of the naval division of the headquarters, 14 450 Dafu ships, 20 200 centipede clippers, 20 200 Haicang ships, and more than 100 small warships, with more than 1,400 soldiers and 2,000 auxiliary soldiers from Chen Python's right tiger guard town.

Wang Xinyu's 500 recruits, because they had not yet been trained, also stayed in Xiamen, cooperating with the more than 1,200 auxiliaries left by Chen Bang to guard Gaoqi. These recruits and auxiliaries can't go on the march, but they are still competent enough to rely on fortifications to guard their homes.

On the calm sea, warships with full sails rode the wind and waves, ploughed the snow-white waves, and sailed southwest.

Wang Xinyu's fleet followed Zheng Chenggong's main fleet, and soon after the fleet sailed out of Xiamen Port, Zheng Chenggong's main fleet sailed in the direction of the mouth of the Jiulong River. Soon after, puffs of white smoke rose from the huge fleet, and the cannon rumbled on the sea, and Zheng Chenggong's fleet launched a fierce artillery bombardment of the Qing troops stationed in Yuegang.

In the Moon Harbor, there was no ship of the Qing Army's naval division at this time, and there was originally a Zhangzhou naval division here, but they had all been defeated by Li Shutai.

Rows of artillery shells smashed into the Qing army's naval division Dazhai, and the wooden fences were reduced to pieces, and the small number of cannons on the Qing army batteries on both sides only carried out a few rounds of weak counterattacks, and were smashed by the fierce artillery fire of the main fleet of the Zheng army.

The fleet was equipped with flowering shells produced by Wang Xinyu and launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the land division battalion of the Qing army on the shore. The shells continued to fall in the camp tents, and the explosions in the Qing army camp were full of flames, and the solid shells that were burned red also fell ruthlessly in the Qing army camp, igniting the tent fodder and causing a sky-high fire.

After heavy shelling, a part of the Ming army, under the cover of fleet artillery fire, landed at Moon Harbor.

The Qing army was attacked, and immediately dispersed, and the Ming army landed on land almost effortlessly and launched an attack on the town of Yuegang.

Because the Ming and Qing armies fought here all the year round, the city walls of this town have long been dilapidated, and no one has repaired them. The Qing army, which had no danger to defend, was defeated and retreated.

The Ming army invaded the town, and the Qing army stationed here had already run out, and all the grain and grass that could not be taken away were burned, and the Ming army almost did not get any booty in Yuegang, and only killed some Qing troops. In the vicinity of Yuegang, there was no farmland, and the people were relocated to the interior fifteen miles away.

Zheng Chenggong led the main fleet and went up the Jiulong River to attack Haicheng.

Wang Xinyu's fleet continued to sail southwest, and the sound of the cannon gradually faded away until it was completely inaudible.

On the helm tower of the flagship, there was a table with a few small dishes on it, and Wang Xinyu and Chen Python sat in front of the wine table and replaced the wine with tea.

Wang Xinyu said: "We are already far from the main fleet!" It is estimated that the Qing army in Zhangzhou will soon rush in the direction of Haicheng. When we arrived at Tongshan, Yunxiao and Zhao'an were estimated to be two empty cities. We first obtained fresh water and other supplies at Copper Mountain, and then landed. As soon as we launch a landing battle, the Qing army on the shore will be crushed with one blow. ”