The commander of the Annan Navy was Li Zhu, the minister of the Zheng family. He was ordered to serve as an envoy in the 10th year of Chongzhen. He was very familiar with the domestic situation of the Ming Dynasty. He was a famous "Zhiming faction" of the Zheng family regime. √ However, it was Zhiming that Li Zhu rebelled against the Ming Dynasty. As early as the beginning of the establishment of the Hongguang regime, Li Zhu informed Zheng Za's father Zheng Za that the Ming Dynasty had been lost and that China would be occupied by the Qing Dynasty in the north. As a result, Annan should have a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty to avoid being hated by the Qing Dynasty in the future. In addition, Li Zhu gathered a group of Confucian scholars to promote the demise of the Ming Dynasty in China. Now China is in Annan, so that the scholars of Annan often claim to be "little China". It seems that from now on, Annan is the orthodox Chinese, and the original sect leader country in the north were the barbarians.

However, although the Qing Dynasty had entered the Central Plains at that time, the Ming Dynasty still occupied half of the southern country, so Zheng Jian was undecided. He wanted to make good friends with the Qing Dynasty, but was afraid that this would offend the Ming Dynasty, which still had half of the country. After all, compared with the Qing Dynasty in the north, the Ming Dynasty's troops were close at hand, and there was also the Ruan regime in the south. If the Ming Dynasty soldiers came to fight, the Ruan family in the south would take the lead. In addition, the Mo family with Gaoping had always been in contact with the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Jian was afraid that it would be difficult to resist. The Qing Dynasty was far away and could not save the near fire. Therefore, after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, he did not accept Li Zhu's opinion. He still sent a delegation to the Ming Dynasty with the commander-in-chief Ruan Renzheng and Deputy Envoy Fan Yongjin, and sailed to Fujian with the Ming Dynasty's governor Lin Chan to seek enfeoffment from the Longwu regime.

At that time, the Qing army captured Fujian, but the Annan delegation that arrived in Fujian failed to see Emperor Longwu. Deputy envoy Fan Yongjin and others were captured by the Qing army to Beijing. Ruan Renzheng was forced to return to Annan. After the establishment of the Yongli regime, Ruan Renzheng went to Guangxi again to pay homage to the newly ascended Emperor Yongli. In the eighth year of Yongli, Yongli enthroned Zheng Jian as the deputy king of Annan.

In the seventh year of Yongli, Zheng Jian died of illness and his son Zheng Zha succeeded to the throne. After repelling the Ruan army in the south, Zheng Zha accepted the title of the Ming Dynasty on the one hand, but on the other hand, with the help of Li Zhu and Fan Yongjin who returned from Beijing, he began to establish a vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty. As the Qing Dynasty continued to win the battles in the Ming Dynasty, in order to gain recognition from the Qing Dynasty, some radical Qing factions in Annan, such as the northern garrison commander Ding Wenzuo and others, were even prepared to assist the Qing army in encirclement and suppression of the Ming army on the border. The Ming Dynasty princess and court officials hit Ding Wenzuo from Yunnan, and the incident was naturally inevitable.

The Ming army naval army suddenly appeared on the sea, and the two battles severely damaged the Annan Naval Army, which made Li Zhu very puzzled and did not understand where the Ming army naval army came from. As far as he knew, Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty had long been occupied by the Qing army, and now it is ruled by two Han vassal kings enthroned by the Qing court. The Ming army only operated a small number of troops in Guangdong, so it was difficult to protect itself under the pressure of the Qing army. How could it cross the sea to invade Annan?

What is even more confused about Li Zhu is that this Ming army naval division is not only extremely large in scale, but also far from the Annan Navy under his command, and so far the other party has not sent anyone to make any requests to Annan, even if there is no accusation, and just crossed the sea and fought as soon as possible. It was quite like a city wanderer who was disagreeing, which was completely incompatible with the rules of war between the two countries. I vaguely felt that the Ming army naval division was likely to be related to the Ming princess and envoys detained in Jianghe Mansion, so Li Zhu did not dare to be careless. On the one hand, he ordered the navigators to retreat all the navigators back to the Anyang Water Village and not go out to sea to fight with the Ming army navigators, so as not to suffer any further losses; on the other hand, he sent people to Shenglong Mansion to report the news.

Zheng Zha, deputy king of Annan in Shenglong, heard that there were police at the sea, immediately ordered the coastal administrations to strengthen coastal defense and prevent the Ming army from attacking ashore. He also sent Fan Yongjin to negotiate with the Ming army's navy to see what they wanted to do. At the same time, Zheng Zha ordered the generals Zheng Gen, Huang Yijiao, Pan Jianquan and others who confronted the Nguyen army in Lanjiang, also strengthened the defense, in case Nguyen Phuc in the south would take advantage of the Ming army's invasion in the north.

Not long after, news came from Liangshan's guards that the Ming army had not seen the Ming army attack on the national border. This news made Zheng Za feel relieved. He was not afraid of the navy alone. Even if the Ming Dynasty really wanted to subvert his Zheng regime, how could it be achieved by the navy alone? The navy could not defeat him, so he would not fight him. He asked the coastal prefectures to set up more coastal defenses. Could it be that the navy of the Ming army could still climb 6 to invade Shenglong Mansion?

When Fan Yongjin was still on the road, he didn't know that his negotiating partner had set his sights on Anyang Water Village and made up his mind to annihilate the main force of the Annan Navy in one fell swoop.

Anyang Water Village is the largest port base of the Annan Navy. It is located in Nanning Prefecture, less than 200 miles from Qinghua. This place is only 400 miles from Shenglong Prefecture. Anyang Water Village is anchored by the main force of the Annan Navy. There are about 80 warships of all sizes and sizes, and nearly 10,000 naval officers and soldiers and the officers and soldiers of the turrets on both sides of the Water Village.

Li Zhu had already rushed from Qinghua to Anyang Water Village to take charge. After taking office, he issued a strict order prohibiting any ships other than the sentry ships from going out to sea, and even fishing boats. This made some young and strong generals of the Annan Navy dissatisfied, believing that avoiding war would damage the national character. However, Li Zhu was an old minister of the three dynasties and was deeply trusted by Zheng Zhu. The generals of the main war were dissatisfied with his move to avoid war and did not dare to go out lightly against the order.

"Whether the war can avoid it, the ship can travel slowly, and the victory will be easier to chase, and the defeat will be easier to avoid it. If the delay is too different, the judgment will be made, so the battle at sea may not be a chance of victory."

Li Zhu proposed to Zheng Zha the strategy of "protecting ships and defeating enemies". He believed that the Annan Navy's warships were not as numerous as the Ming Dynasty and were not as powerful as the Ming Dynasty. If he went to sea to fight the Ming army, it would be difficult to win. However, if he avoided the battle, there would be Anyang Water Village, which would be restraining the Ming army's naval forces, such as a tiger in the mountains, with insufficient attacks and insufficient defenses. The Ming army attacked across the sea and carried few supplies, and the momentum could not last long. If he could not completely wipe out the Annan Navy, he would have to retreat if he did not retreat for a long time.

Zheng Za sent an envoy to Anyang Water Village and agreed to the "protecting ships and controlling enemies" law proposed by Li Zhu, and ordered Fan Yongjin to contact the Ming army to find out what the other party wanted. If it was for the purpose of being detained by the princess and court officials, the matter would be resolved by dragging it out. If it came for money and food, some could be given to him to retreat.

Zheng Za's views coincided with Li Zhu. They all believed that the Ming army's invasion was just a simple navy, and there was no 6 army, so the Zheng family's foundation would not be damaged. Moreover, the navy could not last long, and the battle could not be achieved, and the Ming army would eventually retreat.

It is not that no one among the Zheng officials mentioned that the Ming Dynasty princess and court officials were returned to the Ming army to seek understanding from the Ming Dynasty. However, Ding Wenzuo, the spy sent to Yunnan, was clearly explored. Emperor Yongli of the Ming Dynasty had abandoned his country and fled to Myanmar. The Ming Dynasty was already dead, so there was no need to pay attention to the remaining forces of the Ming Dynasty. Gaoping's Mo family remained silent about the Ming army's invasion. This attitude gave Zheng Za a misjudgment and firmly believed that the Ming Dynasty was really dead, otherwise why would Mo family, who had always had close relationships with the Ming Dynasty, remain indifferent. (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!