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Listening to Zhou Guoxin's return, Xia Nan waved his hand: "It's okay, Zheng Hongkui wants to leave a way out for himself, so he will temporarily agree to him." As long as he restricts the Zheng clan in the mansion, let's catch turtles in an urn, the result is the same, it doesn't matter if he points out or not, but saves his hands and feet. ”

Zhou Guoxin was taken aback and asked: "General, but Zheng Hongkui's condition is to save the lives of the Zheng family, if we promise him in advance, and then slaughter the Zheng clan, wouldn't it be ...... backtracking."

Xia Nan glared at him: "Becoming a big thing is not informal, you are still a Jinyi guard, how can you achieve great things with such a woman's kindness?" What we promised was not to force him to identify his own people, and we didn't say that we would promise him not to kill the Zheng family! ”

Zhou Guoxin thought to himself, isn't this a sneak change of concept, Zheng Hongkui will be so depressed that he vomits blood afterwards, right? But the unlucky one is Zheng Hongkui, not himself. He replied resignedly: "What the general taught is that his subordinates understand." ”

"But you Jinyi Wei are really dirty, and you have brought such a thing of chasing wind and shadows to the table." Xia Nan put on a smiling face and pointed at him with a smile, "I knew it was fake as soon as I heard it." Zheng Hongkui, as the fourth child of the Zheng family, is responsible for buying and selling in Japan, rich and powerful, what kind of woman can't be found, so he has to go all the way to Japan to cuckold his eldest brother? The woman who touched Zheng Zhilong was not only insulting the family, but also involved the problem of Zheng Jianuo's big estate heir, and Zheng Hongkui didn't have such scheming and guts. ”

Zhou Guoxin smiled and said: "My subordinates also know that it is unreliable, but Zheng Hongkui has no other braids to catch, so he has to make this decision." Don't say it, this kind of thing, the bystanders are clear, the authorities are confused, Zheng Zhilong knows, it is impossible not to be suspicious. ”

Xia Nan smiled silently, the two things that Chinese men can't bear the most, one is that his wife cuckolds him, and the other is that he finds out that it is not his own after the child is raised. No matter how rational a man is, when he encounters these two things, he can't calmly and objectively analyze the facts.

However, although Zheng Hongkui was framed by design and forced to be the leading party of the Qiongzhou battalion, he still had to take necessary precautions, Xia Nan asked: "Is there anyone left over there to monitor Zheng Hongkui?" ”

"The subordinates have made arrangements, Wang Qinian is in the Ming, Jinyiwei's secret agents are in the dark, and Zheng Hongkui's every move is under our control."

Xia Nan nodded: "Anping has it done over there, everything is ready and only Dongfeng is owed, is there any news from Liang Dong's side?" ”

"There are no new changes, Liang Dong said that the Zheng family's fleet has gathered in the Zhongzuo Institute and is scheduled to depart on the second day of the next month."

"Today is the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, that is, the day after tomorrow?" Xia Nan stood up, "Then on the second day of the next month, I will meet Zheng Zhilong for a real chapter!" ”

On the second day of February in the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), the dragon raised its head, and the day when the people worshiped the dragon and prayed for rain, it was also called the "Green Dragon Festival". Zheng Zhilong begged for a living at sea, revered the dragon king, and deliberately chose this good day to go on the expedition. On this day, the sky was also beautiful, the sky was clear, the sea was windless, and the Zheng family's fleet sailed out of the port of Zhongzuo.

After witnessing the good combat effectiveness of the Qiongzhou battalion, Zheng Zhilong did not dare to underestimate this potential opponent, and this time he went to Qiongzhou Mansion to "seek justice", and the scale of the people and ships used was only much more than the battle of Liuluo Bay to deal with Hongmao. At the moment when he learned that Xia Nan intended to swallow up the payment for 300,000 taels of guns, Zheng Zhilong immediately made up his mind to plan today's operation, taking this opportunity to completely step on the momentum and arrogance of the Qiongzhou battalion, and let this so-called "ally" know who has the final say in the Ming Dynasty's maritime frontier.

If Zheng Zhihu is here, with his character, he will definitely encourage the eldest brother to simply step on the high ground, instead of talking about the pound and the conditions. However, Zheng Zhilong also has concerns, the guerrillas in Fujian and the generals in Guangdong will not be able to snatch the fire, if they attack Lingao County, it will be a rebellion, Zheng Zhilong does not want to ruin his future for a while. His legal official status was his greatest reliance when he fought with other pirates, and he relied on the support of the imperial court and the government to eliminate his opponents at sea one by one, and he came to this point.

When Zheng Zhilong's largest three-masted warship of the Zheng family sailed out of the port of Zhongzuosuo, he didn't know what kind of nightmare he would face next - even if he speculated on the opponent with the greatest malice, he didn't know that the Qiongzhou battalion came to fight him with the idea of becoming a benevolent if he didn't succeed, instead of waiting for him to come to the door to negotiate, the will to fight between the two sides was in an unequal position at the beginning, and with the open-hanging Yongle class joining the array, the result of this vicious battle was doomed before the battle began.

Because of Liang Dong's existence, the Qiongzhou battalion knew the movements of the Zheng family's fleet in advance, and they had long been waiting in the sea near Kinmen. As soon as the Zheng family's fleet went to sea, they were surprised to find dozens of plywood boats, large and small, appearing in the field of vision, as if they were hunters waiting for their prey to collide headlong.

Zheng Zhilong, who was at the back of the fleet, also saw this scene through the clairvoyant mirror, and he recognized the Wuxiang-class patrol ship at a glance, which was the main warship of the Qiongzhou battalion when it participated in the naval battle of Liaoluo Bay. But what about the rest of the thousands of big ships, which have never been seen before, could it be that they came out of nowhere?

However, Zheng Zhilong quickly denied this ridiculous speculation, no one in the world can scatter beans into soldiers, and he knows better than anyone how long it will take to build a thousand-material warship, so there is only one answer: this kind of big ship has been launched a long time ago, and the reason why he has never seen it is because the Qiongzhou battalion deliberately concealed it. Combined with today's Qiongzhou battalion's ill-intentioned move to block the mouth of the sea, the other party's malice is about to come out.

Zheng Zhilong continued to observe the opposite fleet with a clairvoyant mirror, and cursed hatefully: "Lao Tzu hasn't come to trouble you yet, you actually came to my door?" ”

When the towering figure of the Yongle-class battleship appeared in the clairvoyant, Zheng Zhilong's hand shook and almost dropped the clairvoyant mirror into the sea. I'm afraid there are more than 2,000 materials for this ship, such a huge ship doesn't even have red hair, how did the Qiongzhou battalion build it?

Under the command of William, the two Yongle-class ships "Guangdong" and "Shandong" were in the center, and the 12 Wuyi-class ships were arranged at both ends, forming a maritime battle line, and the 16 Wuxiang-class ships were cruising around the periphery and preparing for war.

The Zheng family's fleet did not receive a clear order, and continued to meet it in hesitation, and the troop carrier at the forefront was only more than a mile away from this battle line.

William's order was given: "All cannon crews fire, target the flotilla in front, fire two rounds in a salvo!" ”

"Boom, boom", the thunderous and continuous cannon sound broke the calm of the sea, and the 12-pounder and 24-pounder long-barreled cannons all opened fire, the cannon windows sprayed orange-red flames, and the hot solid bullets whistled and flew towards the opponent.

The First World War, which decided the hegemony of the East Asian seas, officially began.