Zheng Lian wandered around the sea like a headless fly for seven or eight days, but still did not find a single warship of the Pingfan fleet, and then he set his sights on the northern part of Zhejiang and the southern waters off the coast of Zhili. In the previous agreement, this area was under the patrol of the Dutch fleet. Zheng Lian believed that the Dutch might not have contributed to the search for the Pingbo fleet as revenge for the Zheng family. After all, last year, the Zheng family sailor beat these red-haired pans to the bottom of the urine.

As a result, the Zheng family was skeptical about cooperation with the Dutch. If it weren't for Zheng Zhilong's strict order to work together, they would never have given such an important piece of sea to the Dutch.

Now, seven or eight days had passed, and they had searched almost every corner of the sea, but they had not been able to find any trace of the Pingbo fleet, so their suspicions about the Dutch had become more and more aggravated.

As a result, Zheng Lian arbitrarily ordered the sailors to leave the waters of southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian and march north.

Soon, Zheng Lian discovered that there were still many fishing boats and merchant ships intertwined in this water. In this regard, Zheng Lian was furious, and even allowed idle ships to and from the battlefield during the war, but did he know that there were no spies of the Pingbo fleet in these ships?

"Sink all these boats!"

If it is usually the practice in the past to expel or capture these small boats, but both methods are time-consuming and laborious, and the first two methods are the way to treat the local fishermen and merchant ships in Fujian, and now Zheng Lian is in the foreign sea area is too lazy to abide by the rules set by Zheng Zhilong, he has no good impression of outsiders, and he cares whether they live or die.

Immediately after the order was given, there was a salvo of artillery rockets from the warships, and in an instant, the large and small ships encountered along the way either disintegrated and shattered, or ignited a raging fire.

About an hour later, all the large and small ships around the Zheng family's sailors had disappeared into the sea, and there were still chaotic wrecks floating on the water.

Zheng Lian felt relieved, and finally exhaled a small half of the stuffy breath that had been suffocating in his chest for several days. He was sure that among the ships that were sunk or burned must have been spies of the Pingbo fleet. As long as these spies are eliminated, it will be equivalent to eliminating the eyes and ears of the Pingbo fleet, and at that time, it will be difficult for these rabble to avoid the search and pursuit of the Zheng family's sailors.

Just when Zheng Lian was proud, the horn of the alarm suddenly resounded dullly from each other. The smile on Zheng Lian's face disappeared, replaced by a series of serious colors, and there was a faint hint of excitement.

The battle was what Zheng Lian had been looking forward to for a long time, and now that the war was coming, how could he not be excited? It's just that after all, there are countless variables in the big war, so every time there is a big war, he can't underestimate the enemy's conceit, even the Pingbo fleet that he despises does not dare to be careless.

However, when Zheng Lian pointed the monocular at the gradually increasing shadow of the sail on the sea, his face changed, revealing a look of disappointment and extreme annoyance. Because on the mast of the three-masted galleon of the opposing side, the Dutch flag fluttered in the wind.

Zheng Lian is very familiar with this flag, the Zheng family sailors and the Dutch have fought water battles at sea for several years, so when they saw the Dutch flag, not only Zheng Lian himself, but even the officers and soldiers of the dry sailors under Zheng Lian were full of hostility towards the Dutch fleet.

However, Zheng Lian is the chief general of the navy after all, and when he was about to go to sea, Zheng Zhilong personally explained that he tried not to clash with the Dutch at sea, and now the two sides are allies, and their unanimous enemies are Li Xin and the Three Guards under his command.

Therefore, as a last resort, Zheng Lian did not dare to easily disobey Zheng Zhilong's military orders, after all, he had seen a lot of how his eldest uncle dealt with those who dared not obey orders.

"Send a ship over and inquire about the intentions of the Dutch." At the same time, Zheng Lian strictly ordered all ships of the sailors, "Order all ships, it is strictly forbidden to fire cannons without military orders!" ”

It was the fleet sent by the Dutch that encountered Zheng Lian's sailors, and the fleet commander Pete also discovered the Zheng family's sailors at the first time, and he was also extremely jealous and full of doubts about these repeatedly cunning Orientals.

"Your Excellency Colonel, Master Zheng Jiashui sent someone to negotiate!"

Pete didn't want to see the people sent by Zheng Lian, he also participated in the big battle last year, and almost lost his life in the tragedy of that massacre, if it wasn't for luck, I am afraid that he would have become rotting fish dung in the sea by now.

However, even if Pete is unhappy in a thousand ways, he still needs to meet the person sent by the other party to negotiate, otherwise it will not be a good thing to fight again in case of misunderstanding. Rather than fighting the Zheng family's sailors, Pete would rather meet those cunning and obscene Orientals.

"Go back and tell your commander that our fleet is searching for the whereabouts of the Pingbo fleet with all its might, and I hope that your commander will not cross the border that was negotiated with Governor Zheng at the beginning, otherwise, although we are peace-loving, we will not hesitate to fight with your army."

Pete was slapping the fat man in the face, with a thick threat and hostility in his words. However, the Dutch always looked up to Zheng Zhilong and always called him the governor.

Zheng Lian sent a general, who was also used to being domineering, and he had never looked at these red-haired fans, but when he saw that the red-haired fans were so arrogant, he immediately turned his face.

"Are you declaring war on my Zheng family? In that case, we don't have to talk about it, let's wait for the war! ”

After the general finished speaking, he turned around and left, without looking back.

Pete didn't expect the other party's reaction to be so fierce, and he couldn't help but panic for a while, so he had to put down his self-esteem and lower his posture.

"General, don't go, we have absolutely no intention of being an enemy of your army!"

After walking a few steps, the general stopped and turned his head with a disdainful face, "Then what did you mean by what you just said?" Did I hear it wrong? ”

Pete's face was red and white, and he had to apologize: "Oh God, I take back what I just said!" ”

The general's face was a little disappointed, and his attitude became more and more aggressive.

"Zheng Junmen orders you to get out of the way and let our naval fleet go north to search for the whereabouts of the enemy ships."

Bang!

I don't know where the musket went off, and then I saw that the general wiped a handful of Yin Hong's blood from his face inexplicably, and then fell to the deck with a thud, and he was already dead of anger in an instant.

"Who is it? Who is it? ”

The quasi-head of the musket shooter knew that he could kill the Oriental man with one shot, and how unlucky he had to be to hit with one shot. At this moment, Pete is still a little like in a dream, and he can't believe that the other party has died.

At this time, the entourage of the generals who were also on the ship exclaimed in amazement and jumped off the big ship with all their might, and jumped into the sea for the rest of their lives.

At the same time, the small boat received a warning and immediately fired fireworks into the sky to warn the fleet of sailors.

Zheng Lian didn't expect that the other party would dare to take the lead in provoking disputes, of course, he would not be afraid of the arrival of this battle at all, but he was a little happy. Even if the whereabouts of the Pingbo fleet could not be found, the destruction of the Dutch fleet would be a great achievement. After all, the Zheng family will have a battle with the Dutch sooner or later.

The island of Taiwan has always been a potential development place for the Zheng family. Therefore, in order to have the island safely, it is the fundamental premise to drive out all the Westerners on the island.

Zheng Lian sneered and ordered: "Order all warships to immediately enter the battle formation and destroy the Dutch!" ”

The Zheng Jiashui Division was worthy of being a battle-hardened division in a long time of water warfare, and immediately launched a charge against the Dutch fleet with an aggressive attitude.

Pete still hasn't figured out what happened, who fired the shot just now, and how he could have hit it so accurately. But at this moment, he was no longer in the mood to pursue this matter, and at this time, the Zheng family's warship had already taken the lead in firing. He ordered the body of the general to be disposed of, and ordered the destruction of the Zheng family's boat, which had no time to escape.

Since the battle is inevitable, there is only one way to meet it.

Although the firepower of a single ship is relatively weak, hundreds of small boats can attack together, and the advantage of maneuverability and flexibility is immediately revealed.

The fleet led by Pete is mostly dozens or hundreds of tons of large ships, although the firepower of a single ship is strong, but in front of the swarming Zheng family boats, there is a bit of a feeling of cannon hitting mosquitoes. Once these small boats were on board with the big ships, the sailors of the Zheng family's sailors would climb onto the decks of the big ships, so the naval battle became a broadside battle. The firepower advantage of the big ships is gone.

Therefore, what Pete has to think about now is to try his best to avoid the wolf pack tactics of the Zheng family sailors, and then divide and sink the Zheng family sailors' boats. However, Pete's ideas and intentions are good, but the reality is often the opposite.

Pete's fleet quickly drew a beautiful arc to the east in a long snake formation, hoping to strike the first fire blow on the Zheng family's sailors with fast-advancing broadside firepower, hoping to defeat the opponent's fighting spirit first.

However, the Zheng family's sailors seemed to have discovered Pete's intentions early on, and they also circled the sea, swooping like locusts towards the head ship of the Long Snake Formation. This countermeasure was just right to avoid the heavy broadside fire, and at the same time, it could also divide the Dutchman's long snake formation, making its battle formation completely chaotic.

Although Pete was frightened and frightened, his instinctive experience told him not to give up, and once the intention of the Zheng family sailor was successful, perhaps his fleet would repeat the mistakes of last year.

So Pete decisively ordered, "the fleet is separated from the end of the ......"

The original long-tongued battle was quickly cut in two from the middle, and the warships that were originally located at the tail were re-formed into a long-tongued battle, and the sails accelerated, quickly breaking away from the original ship formation, and continuing to draw a larger arc to the east.

Zheng Lian was quite surprised by the Dutchman's tactical change, but he didn't expect those stupid Westerners to know how to use their brains. However, Zheng Lian, who has always been confident, did not care about this, and the Zheng family's sailors were mobile and flexible, far from being comparable to those Westerners' big ships.