Gulangyu Island, Sunshine Rock.

Gulangyu Island is located in the southwest of Xiamen Island, only a kilometer away from Xiamen Island, and directly opposite Gulanggu is Xiamen Port, which is also the anchorage of Zheng Jun's sailors - this is a deep-water harbor, where heavy seagoing ships do not worry about running aground due to the ebb and flow of the tide.

Zheng Chenggong's Yanping County Mansion is on Xiamen Island, and he usually handles official business in it, but when he trains as a sailor, he always comes to Gulangyu Island and climbs the training platform of Sunshine Rock. Sunshine Rock is a mountain peak on the small island of Gulangyu Island, the mountain is almost a huge rock, there are no trees, and the sunlight spills from the sky, illuminating the whole mountain shining. Located at the summit of Sunshine Rock, you can see the sea around Gulangyu Island, including Xiamen Port. In normal times, Zheng Chenggong would train his troops on the Sailor Drill Platform on the Sunshine Rock, and this would also be his headquarters before the war.

Compared with Deng Ming's previous life, this time Zheng Chenggong was accompanied by Gan Hui, Yu Xin and others.

"Juchou is sailing out of Quanzhou Port in a big way, and is heading towards Jinmen, and it looks like he will attack me early tomorrow morning," Zheng Chenggong's expression looked as if it was not at all like a big war was imminent, and he looked very relaxed, and said to the left and right: "The soldiers and horses of the Liangguang Water Division and Geng Thief have also arrived, and the commander is Wu Liuqi." ”

Wu Liuqi was appointed by Yongli to take charge of the Guangdong Naval Division, when the Qing troops attacked Guangdong, Wu Liuqi turned his handsome soldiers, and was rewarded by the Qing court. When Zheng Chenggong attacked Nanjing, Wu Liuqi took the opportunity to command the soldiers and horses to attack the Ming army of the Nanao generation, and this time he responded to the call of Dasu and Shi Lang and commanded the two Guangzhou water divisions to rush to Xiamen to participate in the war.

"The Wu thief is vulnerable," Gan Hui was eager to try, and asked Zheng Chenggong to fight: "The last general is willing to take twenty warships to drive out this thief for the king." ”

"No, Wu Thief is not your opponent, but he is very cunning, he will definitely retreat after being defeated, and most of them will not fight you to the death." Zheng Chenggong shook his head and vetoed Gan Hui's request to fight, he pointed to the sea area in the direction of Kinmen in the east: "In addition to the two Guangluchou, there are also the sailors under the command of Dasu, although they are not our opponents in naval battles, but there are many people, if they are beaten painfully, let them retract back to Quanzhou and hold out, it will still be a troublesome matter after all." ”

This time, the Qing court gathered the sailors of the five provinces in Fujian, and Zheng Chenggong was also a little jealous of the momentum, far from being as calm as he seemed on the surface.

"If thousands of enemy ships are hidden in Quanzhou and do not come out, we will not be able to do anything, don't forget, Admiral Deng not only let us harass the southeast, but also want our own domain to recover Taiwan." Zheng Chenggong now feels more and more that he needs Taiwan as a safe rear base, and he originally chose Xiamen as a base and abandoned the coastal areas of Fujian in order to be able to concentrate his forces on the weak links of the Qing army's coastal defense, and he did not need to disperse his forces in order to defend a large land territory. However, the Qing army had used Zheng Chenggong's sailors to go out to attack Xiamen once, causing Zheng Chenggong's losses to Yan zhòng; After the Qing army concentrated its forces in Fujian this time, Zheng's army was immediately firmly nailed to Xiamen Island, and not only did the main force of the naval division dare not go out at all, but even the normal reclamation on Xiamen Island was greatly affected.

"When we take Taiwan, we won't want to be tied up like this." Zheng Chenggong said softly, after all, Xiamen is still too close to the mainland, the Qing army is coming, Zheng Chenggong's entire family and Zheng Jun's family are on it, once threatened, Zheng Jun will be firmly contained. If the family members and civilians are transferred to Taiwan, then Xiamen will become an outpost from a logistics base, and even if the Qing army is massed on a large scale in Quanzhou, it will not form a situation where the success of the attack on Zheng will be saved, as it is today; Moreover, the Zheng army left behind only needs to hold the fortress and wait for support, and there is no need to fortify everywhere on the island, and the pressure on defense will be much less.

But the problem now is that as long as the main force of the Qing army remains in Quanzhou, Zheng Chenggong will not be able to start an attack on Taiwan, and can only passively start a confrontation with the Qing army -- or take the initiative to attack Quanzhou, engage the Qing army's naval division under the protection of the fort and water camp, and try to annihilate it in Quanzhou.

"Our army is the enemy of the world on one island, and a small victory is a big defeat, if we can only repel the captives, sink a dozen or twenty of their ships, and destroy hundreds or thousands of Tartars, then when will the great cause of Zhongxing be completed?" Zheng Chenggong asked the generals around him, and his question left all his subordinates speechless.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong could not be satisfied with a small victory, and his goal was to eliminate the five provincial sailors of the Qing court here in Xiamen, and severely damage the elite of the northern and southern green battalions brought by Dasu.

"This clan has made up its mind, and this time I want to release the Tartars ashore." After the defeat in Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong's elite army was reduced from more than 30,000 to less than 20,000, which the Qing court must have been very clear: "The Tartars brought more than 40,000 armor soldiers this time, and they will definitely think that they can win as long as they can land, and they will definitely conclude that this domain will do their best to block them at sea." ”

Zheng Chenggong ordered Gan Hui and Yu Xin to lead troops to guard the east and south banks of Xiamen, and most of his remaining more than 10,000 elite land soldiers were deployed in these two directions: "You two hold the danger, so that the landed Tartars can attack along the way, and the current domain personally commands the sailors, and after the destruction of the captive sailors, these landed Tartars are not to worry." ”

Zheng Chenggong was worried that if the other side saw that the naval battle was unfavorable, he would take the initiative to retreat, and then he would return to the original situation - a large number of Qing troops stayed in Quanzhou, and Zheng Chenggong had to sit in Xiamen to confront them. And if the Qing army has already landed in large numbers, it will be difficult for Dasu to immediately order the withdrawal of the army when the shape is unfavorable, but will have to fight Zheng Chenggong to the end, and at the same time, this is also to let the Qing army feel lucky, thinking that as long as they can delay at sea for a while, the Qing army that has already landed will be able to take Xiamen.

Gan Hui and Yu Xin received their orders loudly.

Then Zheng Chenggong ordered Zheng Tai: "You take your headquarters and go to Kinmen to garrison." ”

"Yes." Jung Tae replied loudly.

"If you see the army of Dasu coming from the north, don't come forward to invite you." Zheng Chenggong told Zheng Tai that the task of the Ming army of the Kinmen generation was to monitor: "Similarly, if Wu Liuqi is the commander of the Liangguang Shui Division from the west of Kinmen, you should not interfere with him. Wait patiently at the Golden Gate, wait for my signal and then rush out, and fight the ugly sailors with me. ”

Zheng Tai received the order and left Gulangyu with his troops and horses and drove towards Kinmen.

After seeing Zheng Tai's troops leave, Zheng Chenggong called the rest of the generals to his side, and these generals would fight with Zheng Chenggong in the main force of the Ming army's naval division in Xiamen.

"Shi Lang is not a brave and unscrupulous person, and he is definitely not an arrogant person, he is not unaware of the power of this domain, if he is willing to fight with this domain, it will be a strange thing. However, as the clan just said, Shi Lang would probably think that once the land was made, the general situation was decided, and he would definitely think that the clan would send out its entire army to intercept him in the waters of Kinmen. If the Domain's expectations were not bad, Shi Lang would probably use the Domain's eagerness to intercept him, relying on the Commandery's troops and ships to land separately, and want to force the Domain's troops to intercept him. Zheng Chenggong analyzed the enemy's possible strategies, and the generals all looked solemn after listening to them, feeling that if Shi Lang really used such a strategy, it would indeed be quite difficult to deal with.

"That's why the clan is determined to land the Tartars." This is the second purpose of Zheng Chenggong's strategy, although the Qing army has such generals as Shi Lang and Huang Wu, but generally speaking, the Qing army's naval divisions are not too familiar with the hydrogeography around Xiamen, and once the landing is carried out, some chaos will inevitably occur, and some ships may also be displaced and stranded due to the problems of tides and currents: "The main force of our army's naval division will stay here in Xiamen Port, and when the Tatars land on all sides, in order to protect the soldiers from our surprise attack, they will disperse their warships." And when we can't see the main force of our army for a long time, the Tartars will also be uneasy, and continue to drive towards the port, wanting to probe our reality. ”

Located in the southwest of Xiamen Island, Xiamen Port is hidden between Gulangyu Island and the main island, and the Qing army needs to bypass the south coast of Xiamen Island to approach the port.

"Remove the transport troops, cover the ships, go here-" Zheng Chenggong pointed to his feet, and continued to say to the generals: "The Tartars that have been attacked have been weakened a lot, and when they come around, they will be a long snake formation, and when we attack head-on, Shi Lang's flagship will still be obstructed by Xiamen Island, and he will not be able to see the battle situation in front of him." ”

Zheng Chenggong's strategy was to plan what was planned, and he concluded that Shi Lang would want to use the landing as a threat to force the Ming army to divide troops to intercept everywhere, and then use guò to attack from both sides to defeat the main force of the naval division under the command of Zheng Chenggong himself; Zheng Chenggong's countermeasure was to ignore Shi Lang's threat, so that his landing behavior not only could not disperse the forces of the Ming army's naval division, but instead led to the dispersion of the forces of the Qing army's naval division, and did not give the other party a chance to flank him.

"When the captives bypass the south bank of Xiamen and are attacked by us, I will send a signal to Kinmen, and at this time, Zheng Tai will rush out from behind the captives, and he will definitely make the captives have no way to escape!"

After talking about all the strategic plans, Zheng Chenggong paused slightly, and then looked at Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, the second will be Zheng Chenggong's naval generals, brave in battle, Zheng Chenggong will often give them difficult tasks.

Seeing that the king of Yanping County came over, both of them puffed up their chests and waited for Zheng Chenggong to give an order. But this time, Zheng Chenggong hesitated for a while, and then said slowly: "If you can launch an attack at low tide, of course, it will be the most beneficial to our army......

At low tide, a large amount of seawater rushes from around the Xiamen Sea to the deep sea, and the current of the strait between Gulangyu and Xiamen becomes very rapid. In Zheng Chenggong's plan, the Ming army will stay near the port of Xiamen, and wait for the Qing army to bypass the south bank of Xiamen and attack the port and the Ming army sailors to the north before launching a counterattack.

"However, Shi Lang is very familiar with the hydrology around Xiamen, and he will definitely not wait until the low tide to attack Xiamen Port." The advantage of the Ming army is the misfortune of the Qing army, if the Qing army is suddenly attacked by the smooth Ming army when bypassing the south bank of Xiamen, and the side has to struggle to adjust the formation in the ocean current, the situation will definitely become very bad. If Shi Lang was not on Dasu's side, Zheng Chenggong could still hope that the Qing army would automatically make such a mistake, but now it is obviously impossible, and Shi Lang will definitely try his best to avoid it.

"Shi Lang will definitely launch an attack on Xiamen Port at high tide, at this time the sea water flows from south to north, and the water speed here in Gulangyu is much faster than in other places, and the countercurrent is not conducive to our army's formation, and it is not conducive to our army's pursuit." On the first day of the lunar calendar, the noon hour is the beginning of the low tide in Xiamen, the beginning of the high tide in the hour and the unitary time, and then it is postponed for more than half an hour every day, today is the ninth day of July, and the tide begins to rise when it becomes the time of the month, and the ocean current of Gulangyu Island and Xiamen Port is becoming more and more urgent from south to north, and it stops at noon, and with the low tide becoming from north to south, the rise and fall time will be postponed for half an hour tomorrow.

Zheng Chenggong estimated that Shi Lang would attack at dawn, when the sun was in the east, and if the Ming army met the Qing army, the sun would be behind the Qing army, and the front of the Ming army would obviously be more unfavorable to the Ming army.

Since Zheng Chenggong decided not to go to intercept the Qing army's naval division, Shi Lang could obviously drive straight in, and cross the south coast of Xiamen Island early to approach Gulangyu, unfortunately, from Chenshi to Weishi, the ocean currents around Gulangyu were unfavorable to the Ming army and beneficial to the Qing army from south to north.

"Our army's attack will be launched after a while, and the sun has already turned to the west, and behind our army, from time to time until sunset, it will be a good time for our army to kill thieves." Zheng Chenggong calmly recounted the obvious fact.

Although the king of Yanping did not say it, everyone understood very well that before the time, whether it was water or sunlight, it would be beneficial to Shi Lang.

"The king can rest assured, the last general will definitely kill the thief bravely, and never let the thief get close to Gulangyu." Zhou Rui straightened his chest and impassionedly assured Zheng Chenggong.

Although Chen Yaoce didn't speak, he pursed his lips and nodded heavily to Zheng Chenggong.

"Until then, this clan will not send any reinforcements to the two of you." Zheng Chenggong sighed lightly, in order to win, sometimes he had to make some sacrifices, and this time Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce were the price he had to pay.

"The king is at ease." Zhou Rui patted his chest again and assured loudly: "Even if the thief has three heads and six arms, he doesn't want to rush before the last general." ”

"The ...... of this domain" Zheng Chenggong pondered for a while, and gave the final verdict to the two: "I can only give you twenty warships." ”

"Ten is enough," Zhou Rui laughed loudly: "The king is inevitably too clear about the last general, right?" ”

"It's still twenty." Chen Yaoce, who had been silent, suddenly said that he, like Zhou Rui, had already had the consciousness of sacrificing for the whole army, and from the time of the hour to the end of the hour, for three full hours, they had to fight against the Quanzhou Navy Division alone. Not only was there a huge disparity in numbers, but daylight was also very unfavorable to Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, but they had to hold out for six hours to ensure that the main force of the Ming army would not rush into battle before the time was ripe. Chen Yaoce knew that the longer he held out, the more he would be able to give the Ming army a chance to win a big victory, making the victory of the Ming army easier and the casualties smaller - as long as the sacrifice was not without a price, Chen Yaoce was willing to pay, and he also knew that Zhou Rui wanted to make his brothers lose less, but if he failed to delay the Qing army, it would be meaningless to sacrifice less.

Zhou Rui was stunned for a while when he heard this, and finally nodded and said to Zheng Chenggong: "It's still twenty." ”

"Okay, pick some ships and report them to the domain."

Less than an hour later, Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce rushed to report to Zheng Chenggong that they had selected the elite soldiers and strong generals of the headquarters to form tomorrow's blocking force.

"Bring all the soldiers to see the domain."

Four hundred sailors, as well as a hand-picked crew of 1,000 auxiliaries, lined up in front of the Sunshine Rock and followed their generals to salute Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong saw that Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce's relatives and family members were also standing by their side - Zheng Junzhong had always been fathers, sons, and brothers fighting on the same boat.

"Keep your little sons behind." Zheng Chenggong ordered without hesitation.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhou Rui kept his son in the most conspicuous place by his side, which was for this purpose.

"And you too." Zheng Chenggong shouted to more than 1,000 soldiers of the Ming army: "The father does not leave the son, and the brother does not leave the brother." ”

After picking out the youngest sons from the ranks, Zheng Chenggong ordered the remaining officers and soldiers to be served wine and meat, and the soldiers of the blocking troops were not polite, and they opened their hearts and drank bitterly with their comrades. The two generals Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, who have always been strict, also threw away the majesty of an officer at this time, sat with his soldiers to eat and drink, and after the interest came up, they also shouted to guess the boxing order. Some generals of other troops also stepped forward to toast Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, and the two of them did not refuse to come, and they were all wiped out.

At that time, the tide of Xiamen Sea began to ebb again, and Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, who were well fed and drunk, set sail with twenty boats and set sail to the south coast of Xiamen Island. Zheng Chenggong sent the two to the dock, and Zhou Rui, who was still a little drunk, said goodbye to the king of Yanping County: "The king doesn't have to send it anymore, wait for the good news of the last general, and kill the thief to death!" ”

Tonight, Chen Yaoce was still the same as before, he didn't have too many words, just ate meat with his head bored, and drank up the wine handed over by his colleagues one by one. After Zhou Rui got on the boat, Chen Yaoce faced Zheng Chenggong several times and stopped, as if he had something in his throat.

After his subordinates all got on the boat, Chen Yaoce saluted Zheng Chenggong for the last time, and finally couldn't help but spit it out: "King, after you revive the Ming Dynasty and expel the Tartars, don't forget the last general." ”――

Author's note: I also saw that some Fujian readers have questions about the author's identity, well, I am undoubtedly a native of Tianjin, but my father, grandfather, great-grandfather and even previous generations are all fake Fujianese, and yesterday's section mentioned Jimei Middle School is also because Jia Yan once went to Jimei Middle School, and my grandmother's Xu family and great-grandmother's Deng family are also from Kinmen. Therefore, the author still has a little understanding of Jin and Xia, of course, I write from memory, I dare not guarantee accuracy, and I hope to bear with me if there is a mistake. When I was a three-foot child, I once stood in front of the Sunshine Rock and listened to my grandfather tell the story of the country's surname, and that scene is still vivid in my mind.