Win the Ding 1617

In this pursuit, from Tai'ao Bay, Jiangjun Bay, and Qianhu Bay all the way to Houcai Bay, Zheng's Navy warships came from Xiamen to meet them.Only then did Li Huamei and Li Huayu slowly slow down their pursuit, and just continued to join the Nanyue Army navy who came after them, just like a prisoner's release, looking at the Zheng family from a distance on the sea. In the support of more than [-] warships, the fleet headed for Jinxia sea.

Seeing that the forward of Zheng's fleet had passed Erdan Island, Zheng Zhilong let out a long sigh of relief.

"Is Zhihu back?"

Regardless of the loss of manpower to check the ship's artillery, Zheng Zhilong asked for news about his younger brother Zheng Zhihu, who was a capable general under his command.

"Brother," Zheng Zhifeng (later Zheng Hongkui), who led several warships out to meet Zheng Zhilong, "Brother Hu's boat was hit by a shell, but fortunately, the passing boats took them all over. On the way to Xiamen!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't care too much about the loss this time.Most of the lost ships belonged to those small ship owners. Most of the ships directly under him, as well as the ship owners who were close to him, retreated unscathed.There are still as many as seven or eight hundred ships to check.

As for the small boat owners who said they surrendered, although Zheng Zhilong was a little bit pained, it wasn't a muscle injury.

"The domestic chickens are beaten in circles, and the pheasants are beaten so hard that they can't lay eggs. It's not necessarily a good thing to walk together if they are not in the same group! If they are willing to surrender, let them go!"

I don't know whether to comfort myself or tell others to show my generosity.Zheng Zhilong said such words.

"The handsome is generous!"

"Master Rende!"

A group of people who are closely related to Zheng Zhilong survived the retreat and returned to the sea of ​​Jinsha from the guns of the Li family. They were worried that Zheng Zhilong would find a scapegoat for this defeat. He heard Zheng Zhilong After saying these words, I immediately hit the snake with the stick and praised Zheng Zhilong's benevolence and generosity without a word. There is only one purpose, to set Zheng Zhilong high. In this way, you will have the nerve to deal with our crime of fleeing before fighting ?

"Okay. It's not Chinese New Year yet! I'll talk about the New Year's greetings later! After returning to Xiamen, I'm worried that Li Shouhan won't let it go. All armies and battalions will strictly guard the defense area and make no mistakes!"

The fleet passed Erdan Island.The fort on Gulangyu Island and the Zheng character flag can already be seen in front of my eyes.Everyone saw that there were no gunboats from the Southern Guangdong Army chasing after them.Only then did a stone fall from his chest.

"Zhibao. After returning to Xiamen, take 20 silver dollars from the warehouse and distribute them to the brothers. Think of it as a reward. In addition, I will buy some pigs, sheep, cattle and wine and send them to the camps. Let the brothers eat a few meals raw. I will raise my body and think that I will fight in the future!"

I just explained how I and Zheng Zhibao quickly won people's hearts and boosted morale. On the sea not far away, dozens of ships of all sizes flashed behind Gulangyu Island, and they came straight to Zheng Zhilong's fleet in arrogance.

On the head of a big green head, a big flag with the word Shi is flying high on the mast.On the bow deck, Shi Daxuan and his son were each wearing full armor and swords, and soldiers and sailors stood on both sides of the deck railing, each with weapons and firecrackers in their hands.

"Shi Daxuan! Shi Xian! What do you father and son want to do?!" Zheng Hongkui didn't expect that just as he left Xiamen, Shi Daxuan led the nearly forty boats and killed them. beware.

"Marshal! Several generals! Daxuan is polite here!"

At the bow of his own warship, Shi Daxuan handed the sword to his son Shi Xian beside him, and saluted with fists in both hands.

"Hearing that the commander-in-chief led the army back, Daxuan was overjoyed. But, commander-in-chief, Daxuan dared to ask, where is my son Shi Lang now?"

Shi Daxuan's words were clearly conveyed to Zheng Zhilong's ears by the wind, not only Zheng Zhilong heard them clearly, but also the six or seven ship owners beside him heard them clearly.

"This?" Shi Daxuan's question just hit Zheng Zhilong's sore foot.He can't say, for the convenience of my own escape, I used your son as a shield to let him fight to the death with the Nanyue Army Navy on Nan'ao Island to cover our retreat?Once he said this, his prestige in the army would be lost!

"Daxuan! Your son took the initiative to ask Ying to fight with the navy of the Nanyue Army in Nan'ao Island in order to cover the retreat of the whole army. The commander was worried that he had something to do. Before he left, he gave him all the food and ammunition in the general. With your son's ability , It is foolproof if you think about it!"

The one who said this was Zeng De, a small boat owner standing beside Zheng Zhilong.This person has no other skills other than being able to deal with women and make money, but he is able to please Zheng Zhilong. Saying these words at this time just relieved Zheng Zhilong's embarrassment.

In the history we are familiar with, this Zeng De is also a figure who played an important role at critical moments!It can be said that without him, Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong would still fight against the Qing army in Fujian. With him, Zheng Chenggong forced Shi Lang to the Qing army.

Zeng De was originally one of Zheng Zhilong's generals, and Zheng Zhilong liked him quite a lot.He was once dismissed because the inspector censor exposed him as "many promiscuous".After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Zeng De and Shi Lang defected to Zheng Chenggong, and were restrained by Shi Lang in Zheng Chenggong's army.Zeng De took advantage of his past relationship in the Zheng family's army to be arrogant and did not obey Shi Lang's orders at all.Once, Zeng De broke the law and fled to Zheng Chenggong's barracks, asking to serve as Zheng Chenggong's entourage in order to obtain asylum.When Shi Lang heard the news, he was very angry, and sent someone to arrest Zeng De, affirmed the military law, and beheaded him according to law.Those people with ulterior motives provoked Shi Zheng's relationship, saying that Shi Lang didn't take Zheng Chenggong seriously.

Zheng Chenggong was furious after hearing the slander, and he believed that it was a signal of Shi Lang's betrayal.He ordered the arrest of Shi Lang and his father Shi Daxuan, uncle Shi Fu, and younger brother Shi Xian.Because Shi Lang held the military power and was superb in martial arts, he used tricks to lure Shi Lang to Zheng Chenggong's barracks, and imprisoned him in the cabin of the ship.

Soon, Shi Lang escaped with tricks and hid in the lieutenant's home.Zheng Chenggong ordered a search, but nothing was found.After Shi Lang fled, he asked someone to mediate.But instead of accepting the mediation, Zheng Chenggong sent someone to assassinate Shi Lang.Shi Lang had obtained the information in advance.He ran away, and the assassination failed.

After the assassination failed and Shi Lang escaped, Zheng Chenggong killed his father, uncle and younger brother in a rage.From then on, the relationship between Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang completely broke down, Shi Lang had to surrender, and Zheng Chenggong made a strong enemy for himself.In the end, Shi Lang became the commander of the Qing army who defeated the Zheng army in the future, and the fate of the Zheng family was rewritten.

However, after Shi Lang conquered Taiwan, he did not wave his butcher knife against the Zheng family because of the killing of his father and brother. From this, it can be seen that Shi Lang is stronger than Zheng Chenggong in terms of being a man.

Gossip less.Closer to home.

Shi Lang's uncle Shi Fu.He clasped his fists and saluted Zheng Zhilong.

"Commander! Since the commander trusts Shi Lang so much, it is his blessing and good fortune! Since we are his parents, we have to help him! On the day of success, we will go to the commander to ask for credit and reward. If Defeated. The father and son brothers of my Shi family just died together!"

"My father and son are willing to live together and die together!" Shi Daxuan and Shi Xian shouted loudly on their own boat.

On several boats of the Shi family, sailors and soldiers waved their weapons and shouted: "May we live together and die together!"

Faced with such an atmosphere, it seemed that Zheng Zhilong was very embarrassed.

Deliberately hinder.But I can't find a reasonable reason. They want to reinforce their son and fight against the Southern Guangdong Army. You say your son is an abandoned son I deliberately arranged?You can't go!I'm afraid that Shi Daxuan and others will mutiny on the spot once these words are spoken.

Even if you want to stop it with a long-term reason, it seems very pale and powerless.

"Brother, let them go! Even if they can't reinforce Shi Lang, if these people know about Shi Lang, they may have different intentions in Xiamen! It will be bad for us!"

Hearing Zheng Zhibao's words, Zheng Zhilong nodded slightly, "That's fine! Shi Daxuan, since you are willing to go to Nan'ao Island, this commander will fulfill your father and son's wishes! However, not far behind our army is the eldest lady of the Li family leading The fleet is intercepting raids at sea, if you go to Nan'ao Island, be careful!"

"Thank you, Marshal! Li Huamei is just a womanizer! It's okay!"

Under the leadership of Shi Daxuan's Daqingtou, nearly forty boats, large and small, filed out in front of Zheng Zhilong's fleet, and passed by the fleet that had just retreated.

"wrong!"

When the last boat passed in front of Zheng Zhilong's flagship, Zheng Hongkui suddenly realized something.

"Master! There is fraud in it!"

He pointed to the Shi Daxuan fleet that had just sailed not far away, "Look, Commander! Shi Daxuan kept saying that he was going to Nan'ao Island to live and die with Shi Lang. How could these ships have such a deep draft? Obviously they were full of valuables! I'm afraid that the story of going to Nan'ao Island is false, but surrendering to Li Shouhan is true!"

"Master! The bidder also thinks it's fraudulent!" Zeng De pointed angrily at the fleet going away, "Just now the bidder could vaguely smell the smell of rouge pollen in the fleet, and the voice of a woman, if it wasn't for Bringing family members, how to bring women on board when going out?"

Among the people present, only Zeng De has the most experience with women. He has been hanging around Fireworks and Willow Lane all year round, and his sensitivity to women is no less than Zheng Zhilong's ability to fight at sea.Since he said that there were women in Shi Daxuan's fleet, there must be women.

Bringing one's own property and baggage, bringing one's own female family members, this is obviously a escape, even if it is not surrendering to the enemy, it is also a crime worthy of beheading!

Everyone turned their attention to Zheng Zhilong.I hope he, the head of the family, can make a decision.

"never mind!"

After a long time, these two words came out from Zheng Zhilong's teeth.

"Speaking of which, there is something about Shi Lang's matter that I am sorry for his Shi family! Today, I evened this matter! If the Shi family meets us at sea in the future, everyone will not have any grudges in their hearts." ! Just do it!"

On the 12th of the twelfth lunar month in the 28th year of Chongzhen, Shi Daxuan led his younger brother Shi Fu, his son Shi Xian, and four or five small boat owners, a total of forty large and small boats, to face the two sisters Li Huamei and Li Huayu in the sea near Jiangjun Bay. Announced the uprising and surrendered to the ranks of the navy of the Southern Guangdong Army.

This time, Shou Han gained nearly 3000 sailors, and the population of more than 2000 family members was not counted.

The father-son-brothers turned their backs on the incident, but they completely surrendered. They put together what they knew and mastered about the fortifications of the Zheng family in Jinmen, Xiamen, Gulangyu, etc., from artillery to fortifications.From the tide to the waterway, everything was handed over to Li Shouhan like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

"Xiankun Zhongqiaozi has such a deep understanding of righteousness, and she has turned to the light from the dark, which really makes me gratified."

At the Guang'ao Bay Camp in Shantou, the Shou Han met with the group of rebellious ship owners in a cordial and friendly manner, comforted them with kind words, and paid three months' salary according to the number of ships, soldiers, and sailors they brought. And a large amount of grain, rice, meat, vegetables, drinks, etc., for the New Year.

They were also former members of the Zheng Family Navy, those who surrendered on the battlefield and captured ships were not treated so well.

According to the policy clause formulated by Shou Han, before the war, he sent people to contact him who changed the flag.Or the act of surrendering to the Southern Guangdong Army camp without a battle called an uprising.According to the standards of the Southern Guangdong Army, the troops were paid three months of military pay as a settling allowance and reward, and those who made contributions to the uprising were even more rewarded.

Those who defected or laid down their arms due to the situation on the battlefield were called surrenders.The troops gave two months of military pay as a reward.In the army, officers and soldiers are separated.Screening and editing.If the person himself does not want to serve in the army, but only wants to go home, he will be sent back home with documents and travel expenses.Those who are willing to work, farm and do business in the areas controlled by the Southern Guangdong Army are welcome to do so.

Seeing that the momentum is not good in the battle, those who put down their weapons and ask to surrender are called surrenders, and they belong to the lowest level of treatment.Not only did the officers have to go through some screening before they could decide to keep the problem, even the soldiers could only receive one month's salary as a reward.

Although there are such disparities, there are still laughter and laughter in the Guang'ao Bay camp.

Although the ship owners who chose to drop the sails and drop anchor in the pursuit battle did not enjoy the uprising treatment like Shi Daxuan's father and son brothers, Shouhan was still very kind to these more than 200 large and small ships and nearly [-] sailors and soldiers. (Finally, I no longer have to worry about the lack of sailors! After screening and reforming these people, they are all the ones that our Nanyue Army sailors urgently need!)

However, Shou Han still couldn't make up his mind about how this battle would end.Although the development of the entire campaign is basically in line with his original idea, the main force of the Zheng family has completely shrunk to the waters of Kinmen and Xiamen, hiding in several harbors and unwilling to come out. This is tantamount to completely losing the mobility of the navy. The command of the sea in this area was handed over.

Shou Han can command the navy and shipping fleet of the Southern Guangdong Army to complete economic infiltration activities on the ground in Southern Zhili.

However, how to deal with the Zheng Group, which is huddled in the sea of ​​Jinsha, makes Shouhan quite troubled and scratching his head.

If there is a forceful attack, both sides will suffer heavy losses. This is what the guard does not want to see. In his heart, he has long regarded the tens of thousands of sailors entrenched in Jinmen, Xiamen and other places as the reserve team and source of troops for his navy. Willing to kill a lot?

Moreover, there is another big nail in front of him, that is, Shi Lang who is entrenched on Nan'ao Island. Although he is sitting on an isolated island, this kid is unabated in his fighting spirit. He makes small actions from time to time, using the tactics of fast in and fast out , Make a little trouble for the Navy of the Southern Guangdong Army, grab some military supplies and go back to enjoy them.How to deal with this guy who doesn't get into oil and salt has become a problem that plagues the generals of the Southern Guangdong Army.

This Shi Lang managed dozens of battlefields and more than 2000 soldiers and horses under his command like his fingers, and he was a character!

The New Year's Eve dinner was very popular in Shantou. From Guang'ao Bay to Shantou, tens of thousands of lights were lit on the military barracks docks dozens of miles along the coast, illuminating the entire sea bright red.

Needless to say, people enjoyed rich banquets on their respective camp ships.

Shouhan deliberately summoned Shi Daxuan and other officers and generals of all levels of the former Zheng Group, whether they were uprising or surrendered, to the Tianhou Palace in Shantou to enjoy the New Year's Eve dinner together to show their trust and appeasement.

"Everyone, this is Quanzi Huayu. Many people must have met him and his little girl face to face at sea. It doesn't matter! The so-called do not know each other without fighting! After the new year, you will go to Taiwan with Quanzi, and you will rest when you come. Raise horses and repair ships to lay the foundation for the future. Second, you and your subordinates should also have a good training and learn about the rules and regulations of our Southern Guangdong Army."

Holding his jasper cup, Shou Han introduced Li Huayu one by one to many ship owners who had just surrendered. To be honest, the impact that this young master of the Li family brought to everyone was far less than that of the third person sitting next to Shou Han. Li Huamei on the seat is big.Although everyone suffered a lot from Li Huamei at sea, many of them saw her face for the first time.

Originally thought that the woman who could roam the sea amidst the wind and waves, play with whales, sharks and turtles, and put her life and death between gunfire, must be an ugly character like the dominatrix in Water Margin or Zhuge Liang's wife, but I didn't expect that, The young lady in front of me who is a little bit delicate is the Scarlet Winged Tiger in everyone's mouth?

If it weren't for the equally heroic female soldiers beside her, no one would have believed that this little girl was the forward commander of the Southern Guangdong Army Navy.

"Father, I've heard a lot of stories about this young lady of the Li family." After returning to the place where his family's fleet was berthed, Shi Xian couldn't wait to present treasures to his father and uncle.

"Oh? But any strange woman must have a strange story, let's hear it."

"It's nothing else. When she caught Zhou Zhou, she caught boats and cannons. She was destined to be the person on the sea. Just one thing. It is said that not long ago, the commander-in-chief thought of ending up with the Zheng family. The young miss betrothed to Zheng Sen the idea." Shi Xian had already listed himself as a member of the Southern Guangdong Army.

"Huh? This is a way to get the best of both worlds. Our Nanyue Army and the Zheng family are married. Who else in the sea is our opponent?"

"However, after the eldest lady heard about it, she refused to do anything, and found the commander-in-chief to make a fuss, and refused to marry Zheng Sen no matter what."

"This!?"

Youdao is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. It is the standard model of marriage between men and women in this era, and marriages for family and political interests abound.But it is indeed a strange thing that this eldest lady of the Li family is unwilling to marry Zheng Sen for the sake of the family business.

"This woman is so ignorant! Then, how will the commander-in-chief deal with it?"

"It is said that after the eldest lady was born, the handsome man's career went smoothly step by step. Love is really like a pearl in the palm of his hand. It has to be up to the eldest lady's temperament, and she will choose her own husband's family in the future. The eldest lady also promised the handsome man, as long as it is right If the Zheng family fights, she will definitely capture Zheng Sen alive and come to see him."

After listening to Shi Xian's frothy talk about Li Huamei's anecdotes, the Shi Daxuan brothers couldn't help being a little dumbfounded: "I used to hear stories that the princesses of the Liu family in the Han Dynasty were more lewd and coquettish than the other, and the princesses of the Li family in the Tang Dynasty were more lewd and coquettish. Princesses, starting from Princess Pingyang, all of them are able to go to battle to kill the enemy, and to intrigue in the court. Why is this daughter of the Li family so belligerent?"

Having said that, Shi Daxuan took advantage of the Chinese New Year to complete a task assigned to him by Li Shouhan, and wrote to Shi Lang in Nan'ao Island to persuade him to surrender.

In the letter, apart from telling Shi Lang that his family is well, they vaguely told Shi Lang about Li Huamei. "My son is also a man of blood and vitality. Don't you hear that good birds choose trees to live in? If you are willing to join the Southern Guangdong Army, the whole family will be reunited. My son also has a bright future. How can you know that he is not the talent of Chai Shao and Wei Qing? "

After Shi Lang read it, he threw the letter into the brazier and ordered someone to bring a message to Shi Daxuan.

"I am under the command of the Fujian Navy. If the Fujian Navy is here, Shi Lang will be there. If the Fujian Navy is not, Shi Lang will not be here. Don't try to persuade me to surrender!" (To be continued...)