The cheering crowd on the docks immediately fell silent, and no one dared to laugh at the sneak attackers anymore. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Seeing this, Zheng Hongkui covered his forehead in pain, who provoked someone with my Zheng Laosi, such an unlucky thing is always encountered by me, and if I lose these ships and cannons, even the eldest brother can't protect himself now, and I won't be able to raise my head at all in the Zheng family in the future.

After these big Qingtou warships were broken up and crippled, the entire port had no strength to resist, and the center left became a stripped girl, let the other party rub and abuse. As if to avenge the bombardment just now, these large plywood ships hit the fire, one by one, and there was a great momentum of not giving up until the target was sunk, and the armed merchant ships of the Zheng family sank into the water one after another, including Daqingtou, which was equipped with short and heavy guns.

An hour later, the fleet slowly withdrew from the port according to the original plan, leaving the scene full of desolation and thick smoke, and "accidentally" left several Dutch flags on the sea, which were also embroidered with the mark of the Dayuan Merchant House, and the "Tiger Fighting Operation" came to a successful conclusion.

The results of this operation are not brilliant, but they are also quite fruitful. Although it was impossible to count them all during the retreat, according to William's observations, about 20 Daqingtou -- Wuxiang-class patrol ships with a displacement equivalent to 280 tons, and also the Zheng family's professional warships -- were sunk and burned, and the rest of the 20 or so armed merchant ships of similar tonnage, and there were countless small boats. The damage to these ships, although it did not hurt Zheng Zhilong's vitality, it could be regarded as a broken bone, especially the newly purchased Caron cannon was damaged by more than half, which was a heavy blow to the Zheng family.

After the successful sneak attack, the fleet quickly moved south, and after simply replenishing fresh water and food on Nanao Island, it sailed non-stop to Lingao, stopping at the port on the way, in order to avoid leaving traces in the ports along the way.

Zheng Zhilong was furious after returning from Funing to suppress bandits, and he almost roared and asked: "Who did it?" Who has such guts? ”

Zheng Hongkui suffered one blow after another, and within a few days he seemed to be ten years old, and his hair was a lot grayer, and he handed over the flag left by the "thief" in a dejected manner, and whispered: "This is left in the panic of the enemy ship, it seems to be a red-haired ......."

Zheng Zhilong took the flag and looked at it a few times, held back his anger and handed it to his cousin Zheng Cai: "Ah Cai, you have been to Japan and the big people, identify it, is this a red-haired thing?" ”

Because of his flexible mind and long sleeves, Zheng Cai often travels to and from various places as a negotiator of the Zheng family's business, and has a good understanding of the customs and customs of various places. He took it and examined it carefully, and then replied carefully: "Big brother, this flag is no different from the one hanging on the castle over there, I heard that it is a red-haired national flag, and it is embroidered with the mark of the Dayuan Merchant House, and others can't imitate it......"

How did he know that the Chinese in the seventeenth century did not disdain to imitate and could not imitate the flags of these "overseas barbarians", which did not mean that William, an Englishman also from Europe, could not imitate. When William served in the British Royal Navy, he had dealt with these "sea coachmen" a lot, and he had also seen the ships of the East India Company carrying goods and silver back to Europe, so he naturally knew the subtleties, and for the Chinese, it was already possible to confuse the real with the fake. 、

Zheng Zhihu couldn't help but say loudly: "I also identified a fart, and it made it clear that these red hairs took advantage of the absence of our main fleet to stab them in the back." This kind of thing is a sneak attack, and only the red hair can do it. Big brother, our original idea of only beating Liu Xiang and letting go of the red hair is wrong, in the words of a scholar, it is to tolerate and nurture adultery, just don't do it twice, and even do it together! ”

Zheng Zhilong was also angry in his heart, but Zheng Zhihu's words made him calm down a little, could this matter be a poisonous plan by some people to blame Jiangdong and let the Zheng family and the Dutch and Liu Xiang go to war in an all-out way, but he hid behind the praying mantis to catch cicadas? A name vaguely flashed in his heart, and he almost blurted it out, but this family had only shown friendship with him, and sold him heavy artillery, and had no motive or reason to stand on the side of Hongmao and Liu Xiang, and after thinking about it, he still didn't say it.

He continued to ask Zheng Hongkui: "When the enemy ship is coming, what clues can you see?" ”

Zheng Hongkui shook his head: "The enemy ship ran away when it hit, and it didn't go ashore." However, when I looked closely with the clairvoyant mirror, the commander of the head ship was indeed a Yiren. ”

Zheng Zhihu shouted: "What are you hesitating about, fuck the red hair, isn't it just a dozen plywood boats?" ”

"Second brother, I was bullied to the doorstep, and I was angry in my heart." Zheng Zhilong said, "But the more this time, the more calm you must be." The Zheng family has always had revenge, but we must find out the truth, so as not to be used by villains, we must fight clearly when we fight, and we can't roll up our sleeves in confusion. ”

Zheng Zhibao analyzed: "Big brother, according to the news of the spies, Liu Xiang has recently been anchored in Relan Shacheng on Dongfan Island, and he is not clear with the red hairy eyebrows, and no one knows what collusion they have in private. Liu Xiang robbed us of our silver and goods, and the red hair came to attack our port again, which sounds like the bad luck of the two families joining forces to find us, which makes sense. ”

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, and instructed Zheng Cai: "Ah Cai, you take these flags to Dayuan, find the red hair and ask clearly: Is this their thing, is it their thing to sneak attack on the left and what is the purpose?" ”

"Yes, big brother."

A few days later, Zheng Cai came to the city of Relanza in Taiwan. After seeing that most of the ships entrenched in the port were flying the flag of "Liu", Zheng Cai had already decided in his heart that since the Dutch and Liu Xiangxin were in collusion, the Dutch could do the sneak attack.

Putmans received Zheng Yiguan's envoy in his parlor, and the young man was very upset when he opened his mouth.

"Your Excellency Putmans, you keep saying that you want to cooperate with the Zheng family in the sea business, but in private you secretly communicate with the Zheng family's nemesis Liu Xiang, which shows that you are not sincere about our cooperation."

Putmans replied unhappily: "Listen, young man, we are only a potential business partnership, not an alliance. What kind of hatred Liu Xiang has with you, it is a matter between you, and it has nothing to do with the East India Company, and it is our freedom to allow whoever we allow to dock at the port of Geranza. In addition, since you mentioned the matter of cooperation, I would like to ask, Zheng Yiguan promised to give us the right to free trade along the coast as long as he assisted him in defeating Li Kuiqi, but three years have passed, has he fulfilled his promise? Until now, the value of raw silk obtained by the Daguan in a year is less than 30,000 lili - you have blocked the trade channel from the mainland to the Dayuan, leaving our merchant hall empty-handed and without any money to make! ”