In recent years, the court has fought more and more battles, and the civil and military officials in the court have gradually become numb, but this naval battle still attracted everyone's attention.

Because whether Zheng Zhilong can be defeated is related to the interests of countless people in Jiangnan, the bay in the east of Penghu is a bay with gold every day.

Whoever controls Penghu and Dongfan Island is equivalent to mastering a treasure pot. Now the one who occupies the revival is Zheng Zhilong.

After Zheng Zhilong took over the entire Dongfan Island, the Han people on the island were ecstatic. Most of these people were from Fujian. At that time, Fujian was famine every day. Every time the pirate Zheng Zhilong plundered the coast, he would recruit people from the local area to go to Dongfan Island to cultivate.

People on the island regarded Zheng Zhilong as their life-saving benefactor, but later, in order to seek greater benefits, Zheng Zhilong went to Fuzhou to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and soon became the King of Fujian, and even once held the emperor to command the princes.

After Zheng Zhilong left, Dongfan Island became the world of the Dutch. The red-haired Fan people occupied Dongfan Island and implemented a cruel colonial policy of ethnic enslavement. All the Han people on the island were looking forward to Zheng Zhilong's return, and today they finally got what they expected.

A year has passed, and Zheng Zhilong is much older than before. Sitting in front of the port of Penghu, someone used a curtain to block the wind from the sea for him.

The No. 1 sea owl, who has been dominating the sea for decades, is no longer able to get rid of the storm on the sea. There is no hope of regaining Fuzhou in recent years. Seeing that the situation in the mainland is becoming more and more stable, Zheng Zhilong's heart is getting colder and colder.

"When Hou Xuanyan made three rules, he cut off the six governments including Quanzhou for me. Now the Northern Expedition Army is at its peak, and I am afraid that these county governments will be taken back soon.

Several brothers of the Zheng family and Zheng Zhilong’s two adult sons nodded one after another. Zheng Du said: “We still have a chance to fight in the sea, but on land, no one in the world can fight Hou Xuan.”

The Zheng family generals agreed and kept nodding. Zheng Zhilong sighed: "The people who occupy the land of China have too strong foundation, and they are not something we can compete with. It's a pity that Shi Lang, the rebel Shi Lang, dares to challenge us by the several ships and cannons of the Fujian Navy in his hand. It's better to destroy the Fujian Navy first and then loot them all. The Fujian Navy is rich and the warships are very good. How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed? If you don't strangle this neighbor as soon as possible, we will be uneasy day and night on Dongfan Island."

In the fourth year of the Tianqi revelation, during the negotiations between the Ming people and the Dutch, Zheng Zhilong was recommended by Li Dan as a Dutch for his knowledge of many languages ​​and assisted in the negotiations. In the autumn of the same year, he withdrew to Taiwan with the Dutch and resigned soon after, and transferred to cooperate with Li Dan and Yan Siqi to organize the expansion of the fleet.

A year later, Zheng Zhilong annexed a batch of Li Dan's property, causing heavy losses. A few months later, Li Dan died of illness in Japan. In the same year, Yan Siqi died of wind and cold in Taiwan. Zheng Zhilong seized the opportunity and combined the two forces together, took advantage of the situation to rise, and became a maritime armed force that cannot be ignored along the southeastern coast of China.

Most of Zheng Zhilong's ships were large "foreign ships" engaged in ocean trade. "Foreign ships" refer to sailboats engaged in ocean trade. This kind of ship is well-made and huge in size. Most of his warships are black-tailed ships and bird ships. Among them, the black-tailed ships are the largest, and can carry three or four hundred people. It is a large galley and a type of wide sailboat. It is 10 zhang long, more than 3 zhang wide, and the board is 7 inches thick. The shipbuilding materials are made of iron and chestnuts, which are produced in wide and have heavy value.

Zheng Zhilong's warship cost three or four times that of the Fujian Navy, and he was no match for him in the collision.

With such a strong navy, Zheng Zhilong was confident that he could win a great victory in the naval battle with Shi Lang. Since the Chongzhen period, he has been doing whatever he wants on the coast of Fujian.

Penghu is his stronghold, where you can raid Xiamen, while the Zheng family forces in the inland Fujian are evacuating to Dongfan Island.

In mid-September of the second year of Jingyou, the weather in Fujian was still a little hot. Shi Lang did not wait for the two navy troops to come to help and set off for Penghu first.

The Fujian Navy who was sworn in Xiamen, Shi Lang was ambitious on the main ship. Looking at his admiral, the Fujian Navy, thinking of Hou Xuanyan's trust, a burst of passion surged in his heart.

"Empress the warships to accelerate and take down Penghu before dark tonight." Shi Lang said loudly.

The navy general next to him looked worried. Penghu was so easy to take, it would be a fierce battle.

After going to sea, when they arrived at Qingshuiyang, the Fujian Navy suddenly encountered a typhoon, and the wind and clouds were rolling and the waves were surging. No matter how rich Shi Lang sailed, with his warships at this time, he could not resist such strong winds and waves.

Shi Lang beat the mast and had to order his return, and ordered his flag to wave the flag to the Fujian Navy's first trip to attack Zheng ended in vain.

After returning to Fuzhou, Hou Xuanyan, in the court, discussed with Jiang Jianxun, the Minister of War, and agreed that it would be a good idea to bypass Penghu and take Dongfan Island.

When the order was passed to Fuzhou, Shi Lang wrote a memorial with great effort and wrote a thousand words of words. It stated that Dongfanben Island was narrow in area and lacked strategic depth, and Penghu was the only barrier for its outer defense. Once Penghu was captured, Dongfan Island would be destroyed without attack.

Hou Xuanyan summoned several officials who had served as officials in Fujian late at night. After some discussion, everyone had their own opinions.

In the end, Hou Xuanyan decided to avoid the orders of the outside king. Shi Lang insisted on taking Penghu first, so he would not be fucked. The example of the Soviet-German battlefield during World War II told Hou Xuanyan that the supreme commander who was involved in the command of the war would inevitably suffer huge losses. Later, Chiang Kai-shek proved this again.

Hou Xuanyan knew nothing about sea battles. The only time he went out to sea in Denglai was still a little dizzy. That was the deepest fear of the endless blue, because no matter how powerful you are, you will be powerless in front of the power of the sea and become the smallest existence.

Shi Lang, who was given Hou Xuanyan's delegation, became more determined to serve the court. In late September, reinforcements from Japan arrived in time. Songjiang, Denglai and Fujian three major navy teams joined forces to go out to sea again.

Shi Lang led more than 300 large warships, more than 40,000 sailors, and more than 500 small and medium-sized warships to set sail from Dongshan Island, Fujian, and headed for Penghu.

Two days later, Shi Lang captured the Hujing and the two islands of Tongpan outside Penghu Port, and cleared the periphery.

Four days later, Shi Lang personally led the main attack troops composed of 60 large warships to attack the Niangma Palace, the main position of Zheng's army; Wang Xing, the admiral of the Denglai Naval Division, led the eastern attack troops composed of 50 warships, and broke into Jilong Island from the east side of Penghu Port, as a surprise soldier, and cooperated with the main attack troops to attack Niangma Palace; Yao Yiyao of Songjiang led the western attack troops composed of 70 warships to enter Niuxin Bay from the west side of the port, conduct a feint attack landing, and restrain the Zheng army to the west. In addition, the remaining warships acted as reserves and followed the main attack troops.

Both the Zheng family and Shi Lang knew that this was a battle that determined their destiny, so they fought and fought for seven days and nights.

The South China Sea is surging with waves, and the sound of cannons is constantly blowing, and the blood flow dyes the sea red.

Shi Lang cleverly used favorable southwest wind conditions and adopted the "Five-point Plum Blossom Formation" tactic, that is, he used multiple warships to besiege one Zheng army and concentrate his troops to fight. Suddenly, "Plum Blossoms" flew on the vast sea. The Ming Navy became more and more braver in the battle, conquering the Penghu Islands in one fell swoop, destroying nearly 200 large and large warships of the Zheng army, and annihilated their elites.

Zheng Zhilong luckily relied on a few subordinates in the familiar terrain belt to escape back to Dongfan Island.

When the news reached Jinling, Hou Xuanyan was ecstatic and set up a banquet for the ministers in the royal palace.
Chapter completed!