Chapter 179 Minghe Naval Battle 10 (War Part Completed)
The more he received the good news from Yan Siqi from Penghu, the more urgent Zheng Haizhu asked Yu Zigao to send a ship to Penghu immediately.
"Master, the two red-haired warships that broke out and escaped did not fire any shells on their starboard side. If Yan Xuanfu only had a tragic victory at Penghu Island and happened to encounter the two warships that fled back to the Penghu base..."
Yu Zigao waved his hand: "I will understand what Miss Zheng is worried about."
Although he, a veteran naval officer, won the Battle of Liaoluo Bay, he had witnessed with his own eyes the power of the cannons on the large five-masted Dutch sailing ship during the whole night of commanding the battle, and he did not dare to overestimate it.
Yu Zigao then ordered people to transport the Frankie cannons on the ships participating in the war to the four Fu ships preparing for the war in the harbor. Staff General Zheng Yi led two hundred flood troops who had been stationed on Penghu Island to take advantage of the northwest wind to turn.
The drum sails eastbound.
At this time, it was the beginning of Maomochen. Chaotun had already leapt far above the sea level. Thousands of golden threads broke through the clouds and spread to the vast expanse of blue waves in the east, creating a brilliant and dazzling world.
Zheng Haizhu stood on the side of the ship and looked back to the west. The smoke still lingered on the sea surface of Liaoluo Bay, showing the devastation of the wrecked ship and floating corpses.
But in the light of the morning sun, the Kinmen Island Guardhouse looks quite majestic.
Zheng Yi came over and said politely: "Girl, don't worry, we will definitely work with Yan Xuanfu to drive them away, forcing them to go back to their old nest in the Manlajia area without being able to take a breath."
Zheng Haizhu was not in front of the generals of the Fujian Army and Navy, avoiding his sworn acquaintance with Yan Siqi, and hurriedly smiled at Zheng Yi and agreed.
Little did she know that the General Zheng standing in front of her would be the cousin of Miss Zheng, but she felt that among Yu Zigao's generals, Zheng Yi was the only one who was more decisive than the generals in killing.
He also has a somewhat calm and humble demeanor, unlike the ordinary rough and tumble guy who started out in the military.
Zheng Haizhu then took the initiative to start a conversation and said: "General Zheng, I am from Longxi, Zhangzhou. I wonder where your hometown is?"
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Zheng Yi smiled: "My family is in Ningde County, Funing Prefecture. Although I can be considered a Fujianese, I joined Zhejiang Camp back then."
"Oh," Zheng Haizhu said in surprise, "there is a senior I respect very much in Songjiang, whose surname is Miao. She is a daughter of a distinguished family in the city, and she is also from Ningde."
Zheng Yi nodded slightly and said kindly: "When outsiders look at our famous prefectures and counties in Fujian, they are either Zhangzhou and Quanzhou where merchants are bustling, or Jinxia, Haitan, and Penghu are the four islands that military strategists must compete for. But they don't know that Ningde is the place.
The place where the Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger are located. Has Miss Zheng been to Ningde?"
Zheng Haizhu looked regretful: "Although I was born in Fujian, I only passed through Fuzhou when I went north to the south of the Yangtze River to look for rice. I never went to the seaside to visit Ningde."
Zheng Haizhu's regret was not out of politeness.
As a modern person who specializes in the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, she certainly knows that there is a relatively mainstream view in the history circle that believes that during the Jingnan Campaign in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di captured Nanjing, and his nephew Emperor Jianwen fled disguised as a monk and met with Zheng Qia and others.
The ministers and their relatives were hidden in the mountainous area where Zhejiang and Fujian meet. Archeology shows that in front of an ancient tomb of the Ming Dynasty in Jinbei, Ningde, which is significantly larger than the shape of ordinary eminent monks, the inscription on the stupa strangely does not have the dynasty name engraved on it. The nearby ancient temple
In the middle, a tapestry gold cassock specially used by the royal family was found.
Historians consulted the official history and found no eminent monks in the Ming Dynasty who were given imperial cassocks and passed away in Funing Prefecture. When Emperor Jianwen fled Nanjing, he took away a golden cassock passed down to him by his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang. Let’s look at it again The blank relic stele with the era name inevitably reminds people that if the tomb owner engraved the era name "Jianwen", it would be tantamount to revealing his identity. If the tomb owner engraved the era name "Yongle", it would be tantamount to a great humiliation, so he simply did not write anything.
Zheng Haizhu was very interested in this inference of the historian and kept it in mind. However, after traveling through time and space, he opened his eyes and saw that he was in Zhangzhou, so he did not associate his "Zheng" surname with the descendants of Zheng Qia. .
At this moment, upon hearing that Zheng Yi was actually from Ningde, Zheng Haizhu became curious.
The Wanli Emperor of the current dynasty had rehabilitated Fang Xiaoru and other officials, and restored the title of Emperor Jianwen. Scholars in the Jiangnan area, especially the Donglin School, were able to discuss this old incident of the previous dynasty.
Zheng Haizhu then said to Zheng Yi in a very evasive manner: "If the general is from Ningde, and he joined the Zheying Navy at that time, have you ever heard of Zheng Qia Zheng Gong, a wise minister of the Jianwen Dynasty? Zheng Gong was originally from Zhejiang. I heard that When Emperor Jianwen arrived at the border between Fujian and Zhejiang, he disappeared without a trace."
Zheng Yi was stunned. He didn't expect that the niece in front of him, whom he didn't recognize, would suddenly mention his ancestor Zheng Qia.
Could it be that the uncle who had sworn a poisonous oath before being allowed to move out of the Zheng family had actually revealed his life experience to his children and nephews?
Zheng Yi wanted to test, but he was startled for a moment, and then he showed a cold expression and whispered: "Miss Zheng, I am a soldier, I am proficient in writing, and I know very little about literature and history. I have never heard what Zheng said in your mouth." But I still know the Jianwen era name. My ancestor was definitely not an official accompanying Emperor Jianwen. Hey, Miss Zheng, your surname is also Zheng. Could it be that your family is..."
Zheng Haizhu asked the question as a matter of curiosity about historical secrets. Seeing Zheng Yi's displeasure, he guessed that military generals should be more conservative and avoid talking about such secrets, so he waved his hands again and again and said honestly: "No, no, My family is not the same. To be honest, General, it’s just that the Holy Heart of Long Live is magnanimous. After building the Zhongzhong Shrine in Nanjing, I heard scholars from Jiangnan talking about Zheng Gong’s loyalty, bravery and scheming. Well, we business people are just such lovers. The general is not to blame for his inquiring temper."
Zheng Yi sneered secretly.
What kind of loyalty to the temple, what kind of magnanimity of the sacred heart!
It’s not what Mr. Zheng Ge and Princess Miao said, but because Wanli, the good-for-nothing on the dragon throne, was first manipulated by Zhang Juzheng, and later by the ministers and other parties. Nothing went smoothly in matters such as establishing a prince. , he brought out Fang Xiaoru and told the civil servants, look at how loyal he was to the king back then. He was an example of a pure minister for all generations.
Fortunately, there are so many fools in the world who will regard this as an act of kindness by the descendants of Zhu Di, the traitor, and think that the Jianwen bloodline and Jingnan's orphan should put aside their grudges and be grateful from now on.
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But Zheng Yi, after seeing what Zheng Haizhu did, he no longer believed that this woman was just a fool. He couldn't tell whether her words were true or false, so he softened his expression and said, "Girl, where are you?" By the way, Zheng himself came from a war background, and he will not look down on businessmen and craftsmen. Without you, where would the swords, guns, hooks, and firearms that our navy have come from?"
Zheng Haizhu thought that if he could build a heavy matchlock gun and supply it to the Fujian Navy, he would often come to Xiamen for research and ask generals like Zheng Yi about their operating experience. If they could get along with each other, he turned the topic to his own firearms.
At the factory, keep chatting and getting close.
After traveling by sea for most of the day, when he could see the outline of the islands to the north of Penghu Island in the distance, Zheng Yi raised his telescope and blurted out: "There is no smoke, there is no fighting."
After holding his breath and taking a closer look, he added: "There are two white-sailed foreign ships on the shore, and the masts are gone. The others are all open ships. Yan Xuanfu is quite powerful, and he has brought so many ships. From what we know, Luowan
The two big red boats that escaped are not in Penghu."
Zheng Haizhu understood.
The current situation in Penghu shows that Lu Fen's flagship and another large Galen ship either lost to the Ming army after another exchange of fire with Yan Siqi and were defeated, or they discovered that Penghu was also controlled by the Ming army and simply fled back to Badawi.
Awesome.
When Zheng Yi's fleet approached Baisha Island, it sent out a flag message, and sure enough, it received an immediate response from the flag carrier of the Ming fleet.
When the fleet entered the port, Zheng Haizhu and the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy landed in a Chai Shui boat. As soon as they landed, Yan Siqi came to greet them.
"Brother, where is Mabel?" Zheng Haizhu asked hurriedly.
Yan Siqi's face was stained with black stains from fireworks and sweat, and the front and back of his iron back were stained with blood, but his eyes were filled with the excitement of a winner.
"Don't worry, Mabel is not injured. She is very clever. She came out of the woods when we tied up the prisoners. She is probably exhausted from fear and is now asleep in the tent."
Zheng Haizhu finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked around again, looking for Yang Tiansheng and other Ming soldiers pretending to be Chinese slave workers.
Before Yan Siqi could speak again, Yang Tiansheng was already chewing dry food and striding up to Zheng Haizhu.
As soon as Zheng Haizhu saw the extremely thin hemp rope around his waist, he smiled and said, "Looking at your appearance, I know that your tricks have also become."
Yang Tiansheng also happily pointed to the mountainside and said: "Yes, Miss Zheng taught a good trick. The place where many of our Yan family troops were supposed to be killed turned out to be a graveyard dug by the Dutch themselves. Let's take you."
Take a look."
When everyone came to the bunker that was half built by the Dutch, they saw broken bamboo fragments, crimson blood, and charred explosion marks all over the ground outside a few large bamboo baskets that were still intact.
Zheng Yi stared at the scene in front of him, then turned back to look at the sea where the battleship was moored, and wondered: "The artillery on Yan Xuanfu's ship can't hit this far, can it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Haizhu covered her mouth and hurried away.
Yan Siqi knew that she would still vomit at the sight of blood, so he quickly ordered his soldiers: "Take Miss Zheng to Mabel's tent to rest."
Yang Tiansheng explained to Zheng Yi enthusiastically: "General Zheng, it was Miss Zheng who came up with the idea. She saw us loading soil in bamboo baskets and building fortifications in Taiwan, so she came up with a plan. After we landed on the island, we deceived the Dutch
People asked us to do this kind of fortification. Since we cut down bamboo, we could bury hollow bamboo knots between the mud balls in the bamboo baskets and stuff them with gravel. Black gunpowder is afraid of moisture, and we don’t have blunderbuss tubes in our hands. The Dutch
We were allowed to carry the barrel of gunpowder from the ship to the island with confidence. When Mabel was crying to distract the sailors, we hid a barrel of gunpowder. A small part of the gunpowder was ground and soaked in water, and the hemp rope we used to tie our clothes was soaked and dried.
After it dries, it is used as a fuse, and the remaining gunpowder is poured into the bamboo tube and compacted with soil. Originally, the bamboo balls were also braided with hemp rope and threaded into handles for easy movement, so the Dutch would not be suspicious of the fuse."
Zheng Yi heard his gestures and already understood.
After Yan Siqi's gunboats defeated the two remaining Dutch warships by bullying the smaller ones, they inevitably encountered resistance from more than a hundred musketeers behind the fortifications when they landed.
However, when the musketeers fired ammunition from behind the parapet of the bamboo ball pile, dense sparks would definitely be produced, igniting the fuse made by Yang Tiansheng and others.
"Miss Zheng, at that moment, it was like a huge firecracker was lit in front of the bunker. Those Dutch bad guys who beat Akito for half a month were screamed by the explosion."
In the tent, Mabel described it to Zheng Haizhu vividly.
Zheng Haizhu, who had regained his composure, quickly noticed how there was a monk sitting with his eyes closed and chanting sutras outside the tent adjacent to Mabel.