In the afternoon of the next day, someone from outside came to deliver a letter saying that the king of Yanping had a banquet for Wang Junmen in the evening.

Hearing that it was the king of Yanping who wanted to see him, Wang Xinyu didn't dare to slack off, so he got on his horse and went to the palace of Yanping County.

When Zheng Chenggong saw Wang Xinyu, he first praised him, annihilated the Qing army's Guangdong naval division, killed the governor of the puppet dynasty and Liangguang, and was seriously injured.

"Uncle has won the prize!" Wang Xinyu bowed respectfully.

Zheng Chenggong asked again: "Did Zhang Shangshu go to his nephew yesterday?" ”

"Uncle Hui, exactly!" Wang Xinyu didn't dare to hide it, so he said it truthfully, "Zhang Shangshu asked the junior to borrow a boat and wanted to re-enter the Yangtze River estuary." ”

"You said yes?" Zheng Chenggong seemed to be a little unhappy, "That Zhang Shangshu also came to persuade this king to let this king give up attacking Dongfan Island and go north again!" ”

"Back to my uncle, Zhang Shangshu also asked the junior to be a lobbyist to persuade you, but the junior didn't agree."

"Humph!" Zheng Chenggong said angrily, "This king wants to take Dongfan Island, but Zhang Shangshu and those Jiangnan scholars are blocking it!" How do they understand the king's painstaking efforts! The Tartar Sea is forbidden, and they want to trap us to death, if we don't seize Dongfan Island, how can we raise 100,000 soldiers? Although the virtuous nephew has now captured Qiongzhou, Qiongzhou is too close to the land, so he must leave enough troops to protect himself, and it is too far away from the Yangtze River, so it is inconvenient to send troops to attack Jiangnan. What's more, the location of Dongfan is extremely important, and if they control Dongfan Island, they will control the sea trade routes, can they know these truths? ”

"Uncle is so powerful and strategic, how can they understand it! Uncle is determined to take a path of ocean restoration, which they will never understand! ”

Zheng Chenggong finally showed a smile: "At this point, the virtuous nephew's thoughts are the same as this king!" It can be said that the hero sees the same thing! ”

Wang Xinyu spoke again: "Uncle." That Zhang Shangshu's idea was that if he entered the Yangtze River, cut off the Yangtze River transportation, and burned the grain ships of the Tartars, the Tartars would not be able to bear it and would automatically withdraw from the Guanwai. ”

Zheng Chenggong sneered: "This Zhang Cangshui is a scholar. It's just talk on paper! He has done such a thing three times to cut off the Tartar transportation and burn the grain, which time has he succeeded? He entered the Yangtze River three times, did the Tartars lose? Cutting off the luck will only cause a stronger counterattack from the Tartars! ”

Wang Xinyu only explained at this time: "Back to my uncle, the younger generation thinks that Zhang Shangshu led the troops into the Yangtze River estuary, but it is beneficial and harmless to us!" The Tartars issued a ban on the sea. It is necessary to block the supply of goods for our maritime trade. If we can take Chongming Island, install a nail at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and use Chongming Island as a base to enter the Yangtze River, so that we can obtain the goods needed for maritime trade. The Tartars can ban the sea to prevent us from getting the goods, but they can't do it, right? Unless they don't want a north-south connection anymore! ”

"Hahaha!" Hearing the word Jiang Ban, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help laughing, "Do Jiang Ban? Grain can't be transported. Those banner men in Beijing who eat hardcore crops still have to make a fuss? As soon as the north-south traffic is cut off, they can't control it in the south! If you can enter the Yangtze River. We ship out the goods, and they can only stare dryly! There is only one thing: if we enter the Yangtze River and threaten the safety of their transportation, they will inevitably fight back frantically, and they will not give up if they do not drive us out of the Yangtze River. ”

Wang Xinyu hurriedly took out the drawings of the Yangtze River Clipper he designed and submitted them: "Uncle, please take a look." This is a kind of clipper designed by the younger generation himself, which is seven feet long, one foot wide, five feet in draft, and has a twelve-pounder cannon in the bow. There are eight light Franc machine guns on each side of the upper deck, and there are 40 pairs of oars on the lower deck, which can walk on the river surface like flying, and can go up the current to Wuchang and Chongqing. This kind of boat, Zhang Shangshu can build hundreds of them by himself. With this kind of boat, Zhang Shangshu will be able to control the route of the Yangtze River, and we will also be able to obtain the silk, tea and ceramics we want from both sides of the Yangtze River. ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled and nodded, he was obviously very satisfied with the design of this kind of ship, but asked another question: "Zhang Shangshu's side is not strong enough, we want to capture Dongfan Island, and we don't have enough troops to help him, he only has a water division but no land division, even if he controls the Yangtze River, how can he attack the city and seize the land?" ”

"There is no need to storm the city! As long as you can sail on the Yangtze River! We are in the river, and the Tartars can't help us! If they insist on going into the water to fight, let them lose their troops! They could only watch us come and go on the river! Wang Xinyu replied.

"What if the Tartar dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, at all costs, and unites with the Xiyi people to join us?" Zheng Chenggong asked another question.

"As long as we don't move their Cao Yun line, only defeat their sailors, and then send people to talk to the local officials on both sides of the Yangtze River, so that those local officials are afraid of taking responsibility and don't dare to make a big deal about it, and will only hide it."

Zheng Chenggong raised another question: "The virtuous nephew can't help but think things too simply!" Although some of the Tartar magistrates are unwilling to take responsibility, there are also many people who are determined to do things for the Tartars! They will definitely report to the Tartar puppet court and let the puppet court do everything they can to deal with us! If nothing else, let's just say that Hong Chengchou, who has just been promoted to the Seven Provinces Strategy, is such a person! If you want to compare strategies with Hong Chengchou, you are not his opponent! ”

"Back to my uncle, although the younger generation lent Zhang Shangshu a boat, he didn't plan to enter the Yangtze River immediately. For a hardcore traitor like Hong Chengchou, it is still necessary to get rid of it first. We have to occupy Chongming Island first, and then find a way to eliminate all the traitors and retainers who are desperate to work for the Tartars, so that we can handle the rest of the matter. ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded: "This king understands the thoughts of the virtuous nephew, and the virtuous nephew means to slow down first." After everything is done, we only need to be able to enter the Yangtze River and open up the Yangtze River shipping line! We don't need to help them take over the city! We will also not cut off the Cao transportation line, so that we can continue to get what we want from both sides of the Yangtze River! The Yangtze River is so long, the Tartars can't block it, and they can't ban the Yangtze River. ”

"Uncle is clever! That's exactly what the younger generation thinks! What we need is the commodities of the sea trade. Now that our strength is not enough, we can't defeat them on land, so we use the Yangtze River, a gift from heaven, to deal with them. ”

Zheng Chenggong touched his beard approvingly, nodded slightly, but changed the topic again: "Although the Yangtze River route is important, we only have two places, Jinxia, and the foundation is too shallow; Although Qiongzhou is big, it is too far away from the south of the Yangtze River, and we still have to seize Dongfan Island, so that we can have a large enough territory as our foundation. Therefore, this king is iron-hearted, and he must take Dongfan Island. However, if the virtuous nephew sent some sailors to the Yangtze River, could he assist the king in attacking Dongfan Island? ”

"Please rest assured, uncle! The giant ship of the red-haired ghost, the younger generation has already thought of a way to deal with it! Wang Xinyu arched his hand.

"Your solution is to sneak up on the Red-Haired Devil's ship by the Navy Special Operations Team, right?" Zheng Chenggong asked.

"Exactly!" Wang Xinyu replied.

Zheng Chenggong stood up: "Virtuous nephew, please come with me." ”

The two went to the dock surrounded by Zheng Chenggong's personal guards, crossed the sea by boat, and went to the council hall on Gulangyu Island.

"This is He Bin, this is General Soldier Wang, the godson-in-law of this king, you know each other!" Zheng Chenggong pointed to a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman and introduced it to Wang Xinyu.

"He Bin has seen Wang Junmen!" He Bin bowed.

Wang Xinyu also returned the salute: "Wang Yu has seen Master He!" ”

"You two, come and sit down here! He Bin, you take out the red-haired ghost defense map you drew, and let's study it today. This junior has a way to surprise the red-haired man's fleet. Zheng Chenggong beckoned the two to sit down.

He Bin took out the map, Wang Xinyu looked at the map, when he saw the Luermen waterway, and listened to He Bin's suggestion, to pass through the Luermen waterway and land on Dongfan Island, Wang Xinyu couldn't help but ask a question: "Dongfan Island is very large, hundreds of miles long from north to south, why do we have to land from the south, can't we land from the north without the red-haired ghost fortification?" ”

"The north side of Dongfan Island is all barren land, all of which are uninhabited primeval forests, and there are no roads, how to get through? If we land from the north, how will the army pass through the primeval forest? I'm afraid I'll have more than half of my casualties before I even cross the forest! He Bin pointed to the map and explained to Wang Xinyu.

At that time, the ability of human beings to resist nature was not strong, and it was difficult for any army to bear the losses brought by nature to the army when there were no roads.

Wang Xinyu asked, "Where is the anchorage of the red-haired ghost's ship?" ”

He Bin pointed to the south port on the map, south of Resharan City: "The ships of the red-haired ghost are all docked here, the largest is the Hector, and there was originally a Graflan, second only to the Hector, but it is gone." ”

Wang Xinyu smiled: "Graflan? I sank it! Knocked and sunk in the South China Sea! ”

"Such a big ship, you actually sank it? Did I hear me right? He Bin was so shocked that his eyes were about to fall out.

Zheng Chenggong also smiled and stroked his beard and smiled: "This nephew of this king is a talent!" He went to Manila, united with the Han people over there, and set up a Nanyang company together, which could compete with the East India Company of the red-haired ghost! The one who sank the Graflan was the fleet of his nephew, the Nanyang Company, which was all Tessy soft sailing ships. ”

"Sure enough, it's a hero out of a boy!" He Bin sighed, and his heart could be said to admire this young general so much.

At this time, Wang Xinyu picked up the Dutch defense map drawn by He Bin and was studying the Dutch military port in Nanbokou.

"How many ships do red-haired ghosts have now?" Wang Xinyu asked.

He Bin replied: "At present, the red-haired ghost still has four large ships, the Hector, the Emmen, the Hunter and the Voss, as well as twelve small sampans. ”

"That's it?" Wang Xinyu felt a little disappointed, originally he wanted to let the sailor special combat team dispatch and seize a large number of ships. Who knew that the Dutch had only four large ships and twelve sampans.

"When I left, the red-haired ghosts only had these boats, and I wonder if they will send a few more ships from the East India Company." He Bin said. (To be continued......)