At the mouth of the Jiulong River, the Ming fleet was like entering and leaving its own door, constantly going back and forth between Xiamen Island and Haicheng, and the Qing army, which had lost its naval division, was powerless to stop it, and could only watch the Ming army transport fleet send food and various supplies to the war fleet. On the other hand, the Qing army, their grain transport team on the shore was not safe at all, whether it was transporting grain from Zhangzhou to Haicheng, or from Tong'an to Haicheng, they could be attacked by the Zheng army that suddenly landed, and every time they transported grain, they needed to use a large number of soldiers to protect it.

However, Haicheng is like a piece of chicken ribs, and the Qing army will consume a lot of troops to defend it; If it is lost, Zheng Jun will be able to go up the river and threaten Zhangzhou.

Da Su was dragged by Zheng Chenggong in Zhangzhou and couldn't move, but Zheng Chenggong was able to come and go freely, if he wanted to go to the front line of the Jiulong River Estuary to check it, he would go back to Gulangyu to rest. From the mouth of the Jiulong River to the waters near Xiamen, it was the world of the Ming army.

After getting dark, Zheng Chenggong returned to the council hall on Gulangyu.

The camp of Gulangyu Island is brilliantly lit, illuminating the camp like daylight. In the meeting hall of the Chinese army, Zheng Chenggong sat at his desk and read at night. Zheng Jing stood aside, listening to Zheng Chenggong's teachings from time to time.

"Look!" Zheng Chenggong pointed to the report written by Chen Jinnan, "Ping Xibo is young and has a lot of vision!" He has already seen that after the defeat of the Tartars, they will definitely carry out the sea relocation order! Seeing this, he set out on an expedition this time, taking the captured Minzhuang to develop overseas wastelands! This move can solve the food problem for our army! What a vision he has! ”

"It's Pinxiber again!" When Zheng Jing said this, his heart was itching with hatred.

"What's wrong with Pinxiber?" It is obvious that Zheng Chenggong is very unhappy with his son's attitude, "His fame is earned by himself!" If it weren't for his decisive attack on Yunzhao and Yunzhao, conquering Yunxiao Jiancheng in one fell swoop, and creating a passive situation for the Tartars, our food problem would have become so easy? And the Tartars of Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Jiangxi provinces have all been restrained and fallen into passivity! He also exterminated so many Tartars and captured so many prisoners! Not only did we solve the problem of food, but also the problem of population! If you can have half of his talents, you will be satisfied with being a father! ”

Zheng Jing gritted his teeth and thought in his heart: If it weren't for his father protecting the second thief, his son would definitely kill him!

While listening to Zheng Chenggong's chatter, Zheng Jing suddenly heard a cormorant cry outside.

It's Feng Xifan's code for himself! Zheng Jing hurriedly excused himself and said: "Father, people have three urgencies, and the child will go back when he goes." ”

"Go ahead! Go and come back quickly! Don't give me a lazy donkey to grind and pee too much! Zheng Chenggong was very unhappy, but he still let Zheng Jing go and relieve him.

The person who came was indeed Feng Xifan.

This Feng Xifan was originally standing with Wang Xinyu. But when he saw Zheng Chenggong asking Wang Xinyu for credit again and again, Chen Jinnan also said good things about Wang Xinyu in front of Zheng Chenggong again and again, and Wang Xinyu secretly told Chen Jinnan about the way to conquer Jiancheng, and Chen Jinnan told Zheng Chenggong, and at the same time, this person came out with new weapons again and again, which made Zheng Chenggong very happy. It is said that Zheng Chenggong will soon ask the imperial court to give this person credit and let him be promoted to the Marquis of Dingxi.

Thinking of these things, Feng Xifan was jealous in his heart, so he mixed up with Zheng Jing, who had always had opinions about Wang Xinyu.

Feng Xifan really wanted to get rid of Wang Xinyu and make his achievements in establishing the artillery factory and arsenal his own.

Seeing Zheng Jing, Feng Xifan whispered in the ear of this prince: "Little prince, it is very beneficial for us to learn about a situation in my humble position!" ”

"What's the situation?" Zheng Jing couldn't wait to ask.

"That Ding Xibo went to Zhejiang, not only brought a group of Zhejiang army children over, but also heard that he and Zhang Shangshu are very close! From his various signs, it can be seen that this person has wolf ambitions, and is likely to betray the prince and try to stand on his own! Feng Xifan said sinisterly.

"Xifan, your news is very important! Ben Xiao Wang went to report to his father. Go back quickly! If it takes a long time, my father will doubt it! ”

"No!"

Returning to his father's Chinese army tent, Zheng Jing had already thought about how to tell his father that he was going to add fuel and vinegar and make the problem more serious.

"Father!" Zheng Jing knelt on the ground.

"Why did Jing'er make this big gift?" Zheng Chenggong kept a straight face and didn't tell his son to get up.

"Father! The child has a big report! That Dingxibo, with a human face and a beast's heart, has a bad heart! There is an attempt to stand on your own! The child is afraid that the second thief will not be good for the father! Zheng Jing bowed his hand and said.

Zheng Chenggong's face turned pale: "It's nonsense!" This person is loyal, and the threats and temptations of the Tartars can't make him betray this king, why is the vertical son talking nonsense! ”

Zheng Jing turned his heart sideways: "The child has eyeliner next to the second thief!" The second thief went to Zhejiang and got very close to Zhang Shangshu! And this time I brought back a group of Zhejiang army children, I'm afraid it is to cultivate cronies! In addition, the second thief went to sea this time, I am afraid that he wanted to lay down a piece of land by himself! ”

Zheng Chenggong suddenly became angry, the green tendons burst out one by one, and he yelled hoarsely: "Get out!" Get the hell out of here! I don't want to hear your nonsense anymore! ”

Zheng Jing saw his father thundering, and he was so frightened that he fled from the big tent.

Watching the disappearance of the back of his uncompetitive son, Zheng Chenggong sighed and said to himself: "The erector can't be taught!" That Zhoushan Zhang Shangshu was originally owed to him by this king! Chen joined the army a long time ago, and Dingxi Bo brought back a group of Zhejiang army disciples to Xiamen for training! This is to compensate Zhang Shangshu for this king! Dingxibo went to sea to lay down a piece of territory, completely for the sake of Zhongxing and my Daming! He had already mentioned it to this king, and this king also agreed to him to expand his territory! You kid, why don't you understand? How many times have I told you that if you want to be close to a gentleman and far from a villain, you just won't listen! ”

In fact, Zheng Chenggong has always been very lenient about the fact that his subordinates can expand their territory and have their own territory, as long as their subordinates have the ability to give them a little more autonomy, what is this. Zheng Chenggong did not set up a special agency in the army to supervise the generals, so Chen Peng would betray the enemy, and Zheng Chenggong didn't know it. For his subordinates, Zheng Chenggong has always let them go to fight the turf, and what he has beaten is not his own? As long as he does not take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong will not be severely punished. As for Zhang Huangyan, Zheng Chenggong also felt that he owed him. As long as Wang Xinyu does not come into contact with King Lu, he will not touch Zheng Chenggong's scales, and he can let go of his hands and feet and let him develop on his own.

Besides, Chen Jinnan, who he trusts the most, also praises Wang Xinyu endlessly. If it weren't for Wang Xinyu's proposal, Zheng Chenggong wouldn't have thought about setting up his own intelligence agency. Moreover, Wang Xinyu also proposed to Chen Jinnan that the intelligence agencies should not only carry out the responsibility of supervising the Qing army, but also the internal personnel, and strictly prevent the Qing court from mixing into the interior, so as to avoid such a thing as Chen Peng's rebellion.

If Wang Yu was not a loyal person, would he suggest that he set up a supervisory body to supervise his subordinates? You must know that a supervisory body has been established, not to mention other generals, even Wang Yu himself has to be monitored by this supervisory body. Who would want to put a rope on their head? Only those who have a clear conscience and are loyal will not be afraid of supervision. What's more, he married all his nieces to him, and this person will be his confidant in the future!

As for his son, Zheng Chenggong has always been very strict, and every time he has the feeling of hating iron but not steel.

In fact, Zheng Chenggong is iron-faced and ruthless to Zheng Jing, otherwise, Zheng Chenggong would not have let his son commit suicide because of his son's fornication with his nursing mother. Of course, the final consequence was that Zheng Chenggong was angry with his son, and it is also said that he was killed by his son, and Zheng Jing eradicated all his father's cronies during his lifetime!

Zheng Jing walked out of his father's tent angrily, gritting his teeth with hatred in his heart: his father always turned his elbow out! To outsiders, it's better than to me! Wang Yu thief! Sooner or later, Ben Xiaowang will cut you with a thousand knives!

Wang Xinyu didn't know at this time that he had already attracted Zheng Jing's hatred like this, and even Feng Xifan was already secretly preparing to deal with him.

After dawn, Wang Xinyu Cai found that this Dongsha Island, in addition to being a paradise for seabirds, there are traces of human activities! On some of the stones on the island, there are traces of people lighting fires, and it seems that fishermen from the Ming Dynasty should have been here.

"Set up a monument here, write: Daming Dongsha Island, and write on the back: Daming Ding Xibo Wang Yuli!" Wang Xinyu said.

After erecting a stone monument on Dongsha Island, Wang Xinyu took everyone to board the boat and leave Dongshan Island.

Although the fresh water from the island has a salty taste, it is not a problem to drink it, and drinking some salted water can better replenish the body's water. As for cooking, there is still fresh water on board that has not been used up.

The fleet sailed on the sea for another three days and three nights, and approached the vicinity of Huangyan Island marked by Wang Xinyu on the chart.

"My lord! Look, there are canoes on the sea! "A soldier came to report.

Wang Xinyu picked up the monocular given to him by Albert and observed the canoes on the sea in the distance, and found that those were the canoes of the local indigenous people. He put down his binoculars: "It seems that it is already very close to land!" Scarborough Shoal should be nearby! ”

On the sea, the Sulus who had gone out fishing looked in horror at the ships passing by, knowing that if the other side was an enemy, they would have no way to fight back.

A Sulu man who appeared to be a small boss shouted, "Go to the island and report the news!" ”

Several canoes paddled quickly in the direction of Scarborough Shoal.

These Sulu people who went out to sea to fish stumbled upon Scarborough Shoal, and later they went out to fish and could not go back for a while, so they spent the night on Scarborough Shoal. But the Sulu people also discovered that there were traces of human presence on Scarborough Shoal before their arrival. But these natives thought it was nothing, this island was on their doorstep, and they found it, it was their territory. But today the fleet of the Ming Kingdom came, and these natives were scared, because there were people on the island who had left Chinese characters, and they destroyed them. The natives feared that the Ming people would come to take revenge on them.

The ancestors of the Filipinos, the Sulu, shamelessly destroyed the traces left by the Chinese on Scarborough Shoal and nearby islands, and the Philippines later claimed that those islands were their territory.

Seeing the canoe that was fleeing quickly from the telescope, Wang Xinyu suddenly gave an order: "Keep up with those aboriginal canoes!" You might just be able to find Scarborough Shoal! ”

To tell the truth, Wang Xinyu has no affection for these Sulu people, whose descendants are competing with China in the South China Sea for resources, islands and reefs, and sea areas, and even machine-gun Taiwanese fishing boats. Since he is now so much ahead of them, he can't give these Sulu people a chance to turn the tables in the future!

The big ship hoisted its sails, followed closely by the canoe, and galloped away in the direction of Scarborough Shoal.

A soldier shouted excitedly: "I see the land!" ”

Wang Xinyu picked up the monocular and saw an island appear in front of him. But on the island, there are apparently people lighting bonfires, as if they are grilling fish or seabirds.

"My lord, are we going to rob these raw islands?" Li Rui asked.

"What is the island of Ikuban? This is the territory of our Ming Empire! Wang Xinyu put down the binoculars and roared.

When the fleet arrived in the shallow waters, Wang Xinyu ordered the officers and soldiers of the Marine Battalion to take small boats and prepare to land on Scarborough Shoal, so that if those Sulu people knew each other and left, there was no need to embarrass them. If you don't know each other, then you can't kill them!

Perhaps seeing that the comers were not good, the Sulu people on the island were ready for battle. They took up bows and arrows of stone axes, stone spears, and stone arrows, and prepared to meet these Ming troops who were about to land.