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The sun is slanting in the west, and the afterglow is sprinkled on the endless sea, with golden light and jumping uncertainly, and flocks of seagulls in the sky are flying and chirping.

On the sea, a huge fleet of nearly 200 warships, large and small, was sailing northward, plowing white waves and splashing with water.

The soldiers on the ship were Han, Japanese, Korean, Austronesian, African black, white European, etc., black, white, yellow, brown, tall, short, fat and thin, everything.

Seeing this, you don't have to doubt that this is the fleet of the Zheng family in Fujian, such as today, the most complicated personnel composition must be the Zheng family army in Fujian.

On a five-masted ship, a big flag with the word "Zheng" rolled in the wind. Zheng Zhilong stood on the deck with his hands in his hands, looking at the seagulls flying in the sky, he was hesitant about going north this time, he firmly believed that he would win the naval battle, but he was not sure whether this victory would be a blessing or a curse for the Zheng family.

Great Qin's domination of the world has been achieved, and he sees this very clearly.

But on the other hand, he felt that Qin Mu was more untrustworthy than the Manchu Qing, and this feeling came from nowhere, perhaps because of Qin Mu's various measures, showing his enthusiasm for the sea made him suspicious;

He always felt that once he attached himself to Qin Mu, Qin Mu would settle accounts like Zhu Yuanzhang in the future.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, I have never heard of anyone building a large Jingguan, but such a thing has reappeared in Qin Mu's hands, which is enough to show that Qin Mu is a completely ruthless person.

This time going north, if he wins, he can completely annihilate Qin Mu's water division, and in the next few years, it will be difficult for the Qin army's water division to threaten the Zheng family's water division. At present, most of Taiwan is still barren land, and if it can be operated for a few more years, the situation will be very different.

But on the other hand, even if Qin Mu's naval division was wiped out, it would not have a fatal impact on his domination of the world. At that time, the Zheng family was completely torn with the Qin State, and there was no room for turning around. When Qin Mu unifies the whole country, will he let the Zheng family live in Taiwan?

Zheng Zhilong was very conflicted in his heart. He even had the idea of abandoning the military operation. The setting sun shone on half of his face, making his face bright and dark at the same time, just like his conflicted mood.

The sentinel boat on the periphery captured another fishing boat, Zheng Zhilong raised the binoculars, and could clearly see that Zheng Jiajun jumped onto the fishing boat, opened his mouth and shouted, several fishermen seemed to be a little disobedient, Zheng Jun soldiers immediately shot arrows to kill, and then seized the fishing boat.

This is an order that Zheng Zhilong has passed down a long time ago, and all the fishing boats and merchant ships encountered along the way. They were all detained and escorted away, and now they don't listen to the order, and immediately kill people and seize the boat, so as not to expose the whereabouts of Zheng Cai behind them.

He sighed for no reason, asked the cook to prepare some wine and food, and then asked the herald to play the flag and recruit several brothers under him, including Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, and Chen Hui, to the flagship to drink and discuss.

In the past, he had eighteen pioneers under him, and he was known as "Eighteen Zhi", and he used to be called Yiguan. It was after the marriage of "Eighteen Zhi" that he changed his name to "Zhilong".

Up to now, most of the once dominating "Eighteen Zhi" have died. What a hero!

The rest of these old brothers are his right-hand men. Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, and Chen Hui have been doing business and robbing at sea for many years, the first three are all rough and arrogant personalities, and only Chen Hui is more introverted. Or rather gloomy.

After the five of them sat down and drank a few glasses, Chen Hui first noticed that Zheng Zhilong's expression was different, so he asked, "Guogong." What went wrong? ”

"It's fine." Zheng Zhilong didn't want to express his concerns.

Yang Geng nibbled on the oily chicken leg and said, "Guogong, why do you want to do so much?" Did Qin Mu set a trap, and what difference did it make? We have been at sea for half our lives, and we have never seen any wind and waves. In the face of our strength, any trap is a joke. ”

"That's it, Guogong, if Qin Mu doesn't set a trap, he will send us food, if he sets a trap, he will still send us food, it will make no difference. Let's clean up his merchant group first, and then let's talk about it, if he dares to come out, he will serve it again. ”

Zheng Zhilong drank a few glasses, wiped the wine stains on his beard and said, "I'm afraid it's not as simple as you think." ”

Chen Hui, who has always been gloomy, said: "You can't take the enemy too lightly, it is said that there are a lot of forts on the islands on both sides of Shuangyu Port, if we can't lure Qin Mu's sailors out, it is really not easy for us to attack it, even if we can attack it, we will definitely suffer heavy damage." ”

"Old Seven, you have always had a lot of ghost ideas, what do you say?"

Chen Hui is ranked seventh, and the old brothers in the past used to call him the seventh. He muttered: "Let's say according to the trap set by Qin Mu, if this is the case, the Qin army sailors have only two methods, the first is to ambush us and catch us off guard." The second is to let us go first, and then attack from both sides. I think the latter is more likely. ”

"Caught on both sides? If that's the case, then there's no need to be afraid, and then I don't know who will hit whom? ”

"Haha"

Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, and Yang Geng are like hearing the funniest jokes, over the years, rampant in the East China Sea and the South Seas, Zheng Jiajun can be described as invincible opponents all over the world, Zheng Xing, who is used to seeing strong winds and waves, really didn't take Qin Mu's two so-called navies seriously.

What's more, there are 40,000 troops led by Zheng Cai and hundreds of warships, if the Qin army's naval division really intends to attack from both sides, Zheng Cai's follow-up army will turn around and form a flank attack on the Qin army's East China Sea Fleet, this is the so-called praying mantis catching cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind.

Zheng Zhilong said in a deep voice: "If the caravan and mission this time are really a trap set by Qin Mu, then he will definitely closely monitor our movements, and when we arrive near Zhoushan, there are many islands and the sea conditions are complicated, we must not be able to avoid the surveillance of the Qin army." If the Qin army finds out that we still have a large army behind, they will definitely retreat to the port and hold on with the help of shore artillery to consume us. ”

Chen Hui couldn't help nodding and said: "What Guogong said is, so it's best for us to let the successors pull away a little, and let's lure Gu Sanmazi away from the nest first." ”

"Then what if Gu San Mazi chooses to ambush us halfway?"

"We can pretend to be caught off guard and retreat, and lead Gu Sanmazi to pursue, as long as we can lure him away from the lair, the two teams in front of us will swallow him again."

"Yes, depending on the situation, if the naval battle goes well, we don't have to fight into Ningbo City, maybe there is a chance to capture Qin Mu alive."

Zheng Zhilong grinned, just listen to Zheng Ming's later words, he won't take it seriously, if everything goes well, it's not impossible to attack Ningbo by taking advantage of the situation;

But if you want to capture Qin Mu alive, I'm afraid this is a fantasy, in the case of the water division being completely annihilated, will Qin Mu still stupidly wait for you to be captured alive in Ningbo? Anyway, Zheng Zhilong didn't have much hope of capturing Qin Mu alive.

A few people drank wine and ate meat, while talking, you say a word, I say a word, to put it simply, or strength is better than everything, Zheng Jiajun has absolute strength, plus it was predicted in advance that the Qin army may have a conspiracy, once the so-called conspiracy is discovered, what else is there to fear?

Speaking of the worst, even the upset Zheng Zhilong was a lot more relaxed. He thought it through, he didn't turn back when he opened his bow, and the tens of thousands of troops had already reached the halfway point, so he had to give everyone an explanation;

How can it be justified if you order to turn around and go back for no reason? Not to mention the tens of thousands of soldiers, Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, and Yang Geng are definitely unwilling.

By the time the drink was finished, it was already dark and the fleet had slowed down.

However, a round of the moon hangs in the sky, and the sight on the sea is not bad, this channel has long been familiar to Zheng Jiajun, and it is not a problem to walk slowly at night.

Zheng Xing and the others took a small boat back to their respective ships, leaving Zheng Zhilong alone, he took another jar of wine, and asked Xian Laosan to move a chair to the deck, blowing the cool sea breeze to drink alone.

There is no turning back from the bow, that's right! Zheng Zhilong lay on his back on his chair, looking at the bright moonlight, thinking about what to do after defeating the Qin army's sailors

"Xian Laosan, come here, have a few drinks with me."

"Thank you, thank you." Xian Laosan was flattered and ran over with a fart.

Zheng Zhilong, who was a little drunk, asked casually: "Do you think we will definitely win this time when we go north?" ”

"Of course, there is a Guogong personally out of the horse, above this sea, what is the Qin army's little sailor?"

Zheng Zhilong laughed a few times, and then looked at the sky due north, thoughtful

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