In the seventh year of Tianqi, Tongshan, Fujian. "Stop firing! Damn, why are there so many thieves?" Fujian Dushi Hong Xianchun wiped the blood-stained sword on his military uniform twice, inserted it back into the scabbard, and sat on the head of Tongshan City.

A personal soldier next to him handed the kettle, and Hong Xianchun drank the clear water in one go, "Hey! Why don't you think this mere clean water is so sweet and better than his fucking daughter Hong? I've been fighting with dog days on the shore these days, and I've drunk enough sea water, it's really salty and astringent."

"Old Hong, Lao Hong, is he dead?" A rough voice came, and it turned out to be the guerrilla Lu Yuying of the Kinmen Water Army. A six-petal helmet was crooked, the red tassels on the helmet were scattered, and the armor leaves were also scattered. The man with a feather arrow in his left hand and upper arm walked over with a long sword to kill the horse. There was still vaguely blood on the armor leaves.

"Oh, Lao Lu, you are so fucking lucky. Didn't all the thieves attack your side just now? I thought you were going to die for the country?" Hong Xianchun joked.

"Get out, the dog can't spit out ivory. I, Lu Yuying, is a guerrilla man. I am one level higher than you. If I don't have any real skills in my hands, can I take on this porcelain job?"

"Just brag, you can die if you don't brag." Hong Xianchun said disdainfully. As the two were talking, they rushed over and said, "Report! Two generals. Several foreign ships came over the east sea of ​​the city. The foreign ships that had been shelled before retreated, and they must have used up the shells and returned to replenish their supplies."

As soon as he finished speaking, boom boom boom, the battlements bricks and stones on the east wall of the city splashed, and solid shells hit the battlements hard, and one of them shouted loudly: "Ludi, lying on the ground, lying on the ground, damn it!" The Ming army on the wall lay down one after another, fearing that they would be beaten to death as soon as they showed up.

From the sixth to seventh year of the Tianqi revelation, severe drought occurred in southern Fujian, and the wild soil was everywhere. Many villages even had grassroots and barks. In the second month of the lunar calendar, Zheng Zhilong recruited tens of thousands of hungry people from Quanzhou to Taiwan to expand their cultivation. Zhilong was very kind to the people. He not only did not kill people, but even helped the poor, and his prestige was higher than that of the officials.

"Where he went there, he ordered the water (that is, the official's traces were reported), but he never killed anyone. Some people were poor, and he had money and rice to him." By the seventh year of Tianqi, he had 700 ships. Because the Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban, he regarded it as illegal and even slandered him as a pirate. Xu Xinsu suggested that the Dutch East India Company join forces to attack Zheng Zhilong, but the East India Company did not allow it. The Ming court immediately ordered the Fujian General Yu Zigao to lead troops to suppress the troops. However, Zheng Zhilong's troops were strong and powerful. Not only did the official army fail to attack, but he was killed by Zheng Zhilong's water and land armies transferred from Taiwan and sea. In Tongshan City, Fujian, Yu Zigao's guerrillas Lu Yuying and Dusi Hong Wanchun led 3,000 troops to be surrounded by the Zheng family army in Tongshan City. Several foreign ships from Zheng Zhilong's fleet were lined up on the sea, and the cannons on the ship shot at Tongshan City with all their might.

According to the navy minutes, Zheng Zhilong's ships were mostly large foreign ships engaged in ocean trade. Here, foreign ships refer to sailing ships engaged in ocean trade. They are also called Junke ships in foreign literature, generally referring to Chinese sailing ships. This kind of ship is well-made and has a huge body. According to the diary of Batavia City, on January 24, the fifth year of the fifth year of the Tianqi, a Chinese sailing ship sailing to Batavia passed through Taiwan. Its load capacity reached 600 tons, its crew reached 480 people, and its displacement was several times that of the average Ming army's small warship.

Some officials of the Ming government also boarded Zheng Zhilong's warship and recorded his military preparations: "Reading his warships, they are as strong as iron city, and each ship can accommodate twenty-four large guns." According to the above historical records, the double decks of Zheng Zhilong's warships are equipped with artillery with ring bolts that can be dragged. One of the warships was equipped with twenty-four red cannons. At that time, there were only six to eight warships on the Ming army. The number of large artillery on Zheng Zhilong's warships was more than three times that of the Ming army, which made it difficult for the Ming army's navy to have the ability to resist when facing Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

At this time, a young man with a tall figure stood on the watchtower of a foreign ship in the middle. He was wearing uncolored Ming army cotton armor and did not wear a helmet. Behind him were a few big men of similar age, wearing white cotton armor like him, but wearing a bowl helmet. This person was Zheng Zhilong, 23 years old this year. Zheng Zhilong's nickname is Yiguan, and his father Zheng Shibiao. In the 32nd year of Wanli, he was born in a small official family in Shijing, Nan'an, Fujian. When Zheng Yiguan was seventeen years old, because his family was having a difficult life, he went to Xiangshan Aoyi's uncle Huang Cheng with his brother. He learned Portugal in Manila.

In the early years of the Apocalypse, Zheng Zhilong came to the Hirado clan of Japan in the early years of the Apocalypse, and relied on the disciple of Li Dan, a wealthy Chinese businessman in the Hirado clan at that time. He worked as a translator and gradually became Li Dan's right-hand assistant and was deeply trusted by Li Dan. In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Li Dan, a leader of Hirado, asked Chief Song Ke for a sailing permit. He set off from the senior official in July and returned to Hirado in more than a month later. After Li Dan, who had no wife and children, his property and career in Taiwan were given to Zheng Zhilong. This opened the door to dominate the East China Sea.

Although Zheng Zhilong was young, he recruited hungry people, robbed the rich to help the poor, and never killed poor people. When he met rich people, he only robbed property and did not harm human lives. Soon he used several temporary settlements in western and northern Taiwan as bases to recruit soldiers from the hungry people. By the beginning of the seventh year of the Tianqi period, there were more than 20,000 soldiers. These people hated the injustice of the government, and Zheng Zhilong gave them silver to them. They were grateful and called Zheng Zhilong the King of Zheng. They followed Zheng Zhilong to plunder the coast and their morale was invincible. The official army in Fujian was unable to fight back.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was holding a pair of Thousand Mileage Miles made by Folang Crew, peeping at the movements of Tongshan. This time, he attacked Tongshan to surround the point and attack the aid of the Fujian General Yu Zigao. He brought ten ocean ships, each of which could set off twenty-four red and barbarian cannons and more than four hundred soldiers. There were more than thirty bird ships, twelve cannons each, and 120 soldiers. He also brought several black-tailed ships used to grab the beach to land and transport troops. The black-tailed ships were expensive, and the hulls were all made of iron chestnut wood, iron chestnut wood.

It is extremely strong, with the hull extremely thick wood, the bow is inlaid with iron and covered with raw cowhide, so it can directly withstand the bombardment of artillery. Although the black-tailed ship is bulky and not conducive to long-range combat, it is a first-class ship for close combat. Zheng Zhilong often uses it for platoon battles. Soldiers bring bows and arrows and Japanese iron cannons to attack enemy ships at close range, shoot people on the deck, and if necessary, they can directly hit the opponent with the bow. It is indeed a powerful weapon. There are also several wooden ships carrying soldiers, and a total of 15,000 troops were sent this time.

Zheng Zhilong put away the Qianli Miles Miles, turned around and said to the men behind him, "Second brother, third brother, and fourth brother, how should I fight this battle?"

The few people behind him were his second brother Zheng Zhihu, his third brother Zheng Zhibao and his fourth brother Zheng Hongkui.

"Brother, you have always been resourceful. We have never been defeated by the officers and soldiers after you so far. I, Zheng Zhihu, have no great skills, but if I wait for the general attack, I, brother, will let me rush to the front and kill you happily." He was so heroic that he could not speak in his words, and the second brother Zheng Zhihu was talking.

The two people behind responded: "Let me tell you the big brother to make the decision!"

"Well, I asked my dear general Yang San to test it for a while. There were not many officers and soldiers in Tongshan City, only two or three thousand. Later, I would use the old method to line up the warships and hit the East City Wall with all my strength to cover you. The second brother led two thousand people to join Yang San to attack the East City, and the third brother led two thousand people to form two teams to attack the north and south city walls. The fourth brother brought the main force to set up an ambush to the west gate. We surrounded three and one. If the people in the city broke through and were annihilated on the spot, calculate that the soldiers of Yu Zigao and Xu Xinsu, the bastard, should be coming soon. Xiamen is here

It's so close that it's only half a day to get here. If the people in the city don't break through before the sun sets, then I will personally lead the reserve team to shore and attack the city. The fourth brother's troops intercept the reinforcements and retreat. With the cover of the night, our warships will advance to the closest distance. When the fourth brother lures Yu Zigao into the range, hundreds of large and small cannons will be enough for him to drink a pot. When I solve the problem, the people in the city will go out of the city to meet with the fourth brother, we will join forces to wipe out Yu Zigao in one place." Zheng Zhilong arranged tactics with his younger brothers in front of the Tongshan City Defense Map on the table.
Chapter completed!