The first ray of sunshine in the early morning shone into Wenyuan Pavilion, and Hou Xuanyan and the three Grand Secretary had been discussing for a long time.

Last night, the war report came. Zheng Zhilong completely defeated the Dutch on Dongfan Island. Several remaining warships sailed along the coast of Fuzhou for asylum. Shi Lang took them all and confronted the Zheng family navy at Hutou Port. Hou Xuanyan sent people to knock on the doors of the three great scholars in the middle of the night and gathered together to discuss whether to send troops.

Hou Xuanyan, who had completely pacified the southwest, once again turned his attention to Dongfan Island, an island later called Taiwan, with a unique location. In the era of great navigation, it was equivalent to the largest warship that would never sink. With Penghu and Dongfan, you can block the Nanyang route and make a fortune by sitting on the ground, and it can also facilitate the merchants of your country.

The four people in Wenyuan Pavilion were all very clear in their attitudes, and they had to fight, but there were differences on who was leading the army.

Hou Xuanyan suggested that Shi Lang be in charge, but the other three people thought that Shi Lang was a retainer of the Zheng family. He had no choice but to surrender, so that he would fight against the old master, for fear of turning against him in front of the battlefield.

The Fujian Navy started late, but its development was so rapid that it was approaching Songjiang Navy because this place was born as the cradle of the Navy.

Few people in Fujian don’t like going to sea, especially because they have been suppressed by Zhu Ming for so many years. The desire for the sea is better than that of all other places. Because Fujian’s land is too barren, it is also the only area that is not so passionate about good weather. It is just because Fujian cannot harvest much crops even if it is good weather. If someone hadn’t brought sweet potatoes from Southeast Asia, every famine would have cost Fujian half its life.

Sweet potatoes are sweet potatoes, which can save lives and fight hunger, but no one likes to eat this every day for a living. The sweet potatoes created by the Qing Dynasty in the later years were praised by people, but they did not know that this was really a manifestation of their incompetence. In the early days of most dynasties, there were a lot of people who were in trouble. The number of people killed and injured during the war allowed a large amount of land to be idle. The new court only needed to make a simple redistribution in time, and the people would slowly create a prosperous era. Only in the Qing Dynasty, they poured into the pass and occupied the idle land, causing the people to live in poverty. They could only rely on a sweet potato to embellish the peace.

The barren land makes Fujian people more dependent and trust in the sea. The sea contains endless wealth, and every child grows up in this expectation.

Hou Xuanyan finally made arbitrary decision and decided not to use anyone, but to use someone without doubt, so he asked Shi Lang to lead his troops to completely wipe out Zheng Zhilong.

This pirate leader who has been in trouble has had countless grudges with Hou Xuanyan. Not only did he destroy the Northern Expedition several times, he also held Emperor Longwu hostage and fought with Hou Xuanyan in Fuzhou; ignored the Jiading Massacre and took Li Chengdong; locked the sea and Songjiang Prefecture, almost strangled the navy seedlings carefully cultivated by Hou Xuanyan. What's even more annoying is that he took advantage of Emperor Longwu's death and colluded with the southwest chieftains to take over the Guangzhou Prefecture in the chaos. At the most critical moment of the Northern Expedition, he delayed 130,000 Hunan soldiers and could not move forward.

Even now, he blocked the route of Nanyang, which made countless maritime merchants in the Ming Dynasty sigh and could only choose Japan as a transit.

New and old hatreds surge in my heart, and it's time to break it.

Once it was decided to let Shi Lang take charge, Jinling, the largest war-starting machine in the world, would once again run at high speed.

A ship of combat preparation supplies were transported from all over the country to Fujian, and in Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japan, organized people to recruit Japanese soldiers, with a total of 8,000 people. These people were farmers born from the sea and had a low status in Japan. Samurai could kill them at will without being punished. Hearing that the Ming Dynasty recruited people, all Japanese soldiers who were recruiting could enjoy the same treatment as those navy troops, the Japanese went crazy.

At this time, the Japanese farmers were very miserable. First of all, the land was barren and there was no crop that could be harvested. Moreover, the Tokugawa Shogunate's lockdown order made them lose their narrow coastline. Although the arrival of the Ming merchants allowed them to enjoy some benefits, most of the money was earned by the merchants.

There were more than 100 warships from Japan to Fujian, which were half the power of the two major navy leaders of Denglai and Songjiang.

The Japanese barracks were equipped with seven warships alone, led by Sakai Nobumitsu, the general sent by Tokugawa Shogunate, and everyone's face was filled with excitement.

"This time I will fight with the Ming Navy, I must beat Zheng Zhilong to the point of falling."

"Such a good boat and such good food, I really want to fight like this forever."

Two Japanese soldiers were whispering there. Nobumitsu Sakai who was patrolling on the boat just heard it and scolded, "Bastard," Nobumitsu Sakai wanted to speak but stopped, and was silent for a while and finally said, "Stay well and don't talk nonsense."

He was mixed in his heart. He had participated in two battles in Nagasaki. The huge sense of humiliation was buried in his heart by these people. Looking at the warships that blocked the sea, he hoped that one day Japan would have such a fleet.

At that time, it was no longer a war for others, but the pleasure was the thing.

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Caoyu Port, Fujian.

Shi Lang held the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile and looked at the sea. Behind him, the Fujian Navy generals looked excited.

The military was built for a thousand days and a few days. On the day when the Fujian Navy was formed, Zheng Zhilong was their imaginary enemy. The original purpose of this navy was to defeat Zheng Zhilong, which was their mission. Now that the war is coming, the hatred between them cannot be reconciled, unless one side is willing to give up the territory of Fuzhou.

Shi Lang put down the Qianli Miles and said, "This battle cannot be delayed for a long time. Zheng Zhilong has a deep foundation on Dongfan Island. Once he regained his control over Dongfan, he will soon be able to recover his vitality. The Dutch caused them a lot of casualties. This is the perfect time to take advantage of his illness to kill him."

"Fortunately, the prince made a quick decision and let us start a war. Otherwise, if Zheng Zhilong was raised and recovered again, it would be really difficult to cure him."

Shi Lang turned around and said with a smile: "You don't have to be too nervous. Zheng Zhilong lost Fuzhou and is no longer the former King of Fujian. Now he is a toothless tiger. Let's go and meet the Red Haired Man, and then decide when to send troops."

"Governor, do we really want to help those red-haired men? They are not good things either."

Fujianese have a bad impression of the Red-haired Dutch people. When these people first arrived in the East, they were very arrogant and ruthless, cruel and vicious.

Shi Lang smiled and said, "They fought with Zheng Zhilong for so long, and they occupied Dongfan Island for a long time. There must be the information we need. When the war is over, it will not be too late to settle the score with them. Now, dealing with Zheng Zhilong, these people are also considered allies. Although they have two ships left in Dongfan, they still have strong forces in Nanyang."
Chapter completed!