Chapter 231 Zheng Zhilong is extremely frustrated

Author: tx Cheng Zhi

Chapter 231 Zheng Zhilong is extremely frustrated

Chapter 230

On the sea of ​​Subic Bay, hundreds of warships of Zheng's fleet are scattered on the sea. The entire fleet is like a floating city, which is spectacular.

This is Zheng Zhilong's core strength and the basis for Zheng Zhilong's dominance of the sea. Although when facing the Zheng fleet and the Ning navy, they won less and lost more, but without damaging the fundamental strength of the Zheng fleet, they are still the most powerful in the Ming Dynasty.

The fleet also has its place in the world.

In the past, the sailors of Zheng's fleet would drink, eat meat or gamble to pass the boring time, but at this time, the Zheng's fleet is a little strange. Even after losing the battle of Wusongkou, the morale of Zheng's fleet is still the same

Gao Gao, at that time, they still had the confidence to defeat Ning Haijun.

However, with the surrender of the entire vanguard of Zheng's fleet, all the sailors and leaders of Zheng's fleet felt extremely heavy.

"Those gang of black-skinned naval guns are really so powerful that they killed Luo Jiu with one shot from a distance of six or seven miles?"

When he received the news, Zheng Zhilong was very sad.

Luo Jiu can be regarded as one of the key members of Zheng Zhilong's direct lineage, with the rank of naval officer. Luo Jiu was originally the right-hand man of Chen Zhongji, a key member of Zheng Zhilong's official party. In the first year of Chongzhen, Chen Zhongji was killed by Li Kuiqi, and then Luo Jiu became Zheng Zhilong's subordinate.

Qu is one of the more powerful leaders under Zheng Zhilong. He originally had nineteen main battleships and more than one hundred large and small battleships.

However, in the Battle of Wusongkou, three of his main warships were sunk, one was damaged, and only fifteen ships were left. As one of Zheng Zhilong's fierce generals, the First Squadron defeated the Zheng fleet with one shot.

The most fundamental reason for the fourteen main battleships was that Luo Jiu, the leader of the Zheng Group, was on them. Luo Jiu's death directly caused his subordinates to collapse and surrender to Ning Haijun.

Zheng Zhilong looked at Shi Daxuan and said: "Daxuan, have you heard that there is a cannon that can sink a ship with one shot six or seven miles away?"

Shi Daxuan shook his head: "I have never heard that even in Liaodong and Wusongkou, the Ning Navy's coastal defense artillery has a range of three or four miles, usually within three miles."

"That's the problem!"

Zheng Zhilong sighed and said: "I originally thought that Ning Haijun was a soft persimmon, but I never thought that they would be so difficult to deal with!"

Shi Daxuan also thought to himself that Ning Haijun was not only difficult to deal with, but very difficult to deal with.

But the problem is, there is no turning back after firing the bow. No matter how difficult it is, he must keep shooting. If he goes back in such a dejected manner, will Zheng Zhilong still have the nerve to fool around?

No, I have to bite Ning Haijun hard no matter what, otherwise I will never retreat!

But, how to bite Ning Haijun back?

He never found an opportunity, although Shi Daxuan gave him a plan to bypass Wusongkou, land at an undefended place by Ning Haijun, and outflank him from behind.

The fortress fire at Wusongkou is very fierce, but no matter how fierce it is, it can't withstand the attack from the back, right? Zheng Zhilong believes that the probability of success is very high, and the most important thing is that even if it fails, the battleship will not be lost, so why bother?

Not for?

However, just when Juan Zheng Zhilong was about to take action, a big boss from the imperial court warned Zheng Zhilong not to make a fool of himself, let alone escalate the situation.

Zheng Zhilong didn't quite understand it at first, but until Shi Daxuan reminded Zheng Zhilong that if they bypassed Wusongkou and attacked Wusongkou from other places, Cheng Shijie could also attack their Zheng family's strategic locations from other places, such as the Taichung area of ​​​​Dazhan.

, as well as Fujian and Quanzhou, will not be able to end by then.

The intervention of the big shots in the DPRK was actually due to Cheng Shijie's role in providing the silver. Gao Qiqian confiscated more than one million taels of silver from the Yangtze River estuary, 40% of which belonged to Emperor Chongzhen, and more than 600,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to

One-tenth of the national treasury revenue.

This is a huge sum of money, which is different from a house raid. A house raid is just a one-time sale, and most of it is fixed assets. If a house is raided on a large scale, the land cannot be sold. And this is a steady stream of long-term capital income. Emperor Chongzhen not only

By default, Wu Sheng was stationed at Wusongkou and served as the commander-in-chief of Wusongkou. He also secretly warned Wen Tiren that Zheng Zhilong could fight Cheng Shijie, but not excessively.

As the weaker party, Cheng Shijie was naturally protected by the DPRK.

This actually made Cheng Shijie laugh bitterly. Cheng Shijie was well prepared for Wusongkou and was waiting to give Zheng Zhilong a heavy blow. However, he did not expect that Zheng Zhilong gave up due to the hint from the big boss in the DPRK.

Just when Zheng Zhilong was filled with anger and wondering whether he should kill one or two chickens to scare the monkeys, a small boat rushed over in a hurry and brought a scary news.

Luzon was captured by the Ning Navy.

Zheng Zhilong was in disbelief when he received the news, but after repeated investigations, he confirmed the authenticity of the news.

Zheng Zhilong knew that his opportunity had come. Ning Haijun had a fort at Wusongkou, and Manila also had a fort. The situation at Wusongkou was different. It was obvious that he could bypass Wusongkou and attack Wusongkou with a sea and land attack, but he could be forced from above.

Under pressure, he couldn't do this.

But Luzon can. Luzon does not belong to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and the big bosses in the DPRK have nothing to do with it. At the same time, once Luzon is captured, Zheng Zhilong can sell Luzon at a good price. You must know that the Dutch covet Luzon for more than a day or two.

At the same time, the Portuguese, British, and Spanish all wanted Luzon.

As long as Luzon is in hand, he can trade Luzon to Xiyi for dozens of heavy warships, or hundreds or thousands of artillery pieces.

So, Zheng Zhilong came to the Subic Sea, because he could attack the Subic Port from the Subic Strait. In later generations, this was the Subic Shipyard, but of course it is only a small port now.

Just when Zheng Zhilong's collective surrender by Luo Jiu's troops caused a major earthquake in the Zheng fleet, almost all the leaders and leaders were shaken.

"What the hell, six or seven miles away, it was sunk by a cannon. This is because Luo Jiu, a bastard, betrayed the trust of this admiral in him. We are also old rivals with Ning Haijun, and this is not the first time we have fought against each other, whether in Liaodong or

In Wusongkou, does Ning Haijun have such powerful cannons?"

Zheng Zhilong looked at the generals and said, "Which of you has seen this before?"

The generals were speechless.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said: "This is just a tactic by those gangsters. If you are afraid, then you have fallen into their trick. Now they are playing a tactic with us. What does this mean?"

Hong Xu reacted: "It means they can't beat us and are scared!"

"Yes, we must not be fooled!"

Just as he was talking, a bird ship came quickly.

"What? Navy Denglai is here!?"

Zheng Zhilong was ecstatic: "They actually came out of the turtle shell?"

"Here they come! There are sixty warships in total, almost all of them are brand new, very fast, and have very strong firepower. A patrol fleet led by Commander Huang Ba has been annihilated by them!"

"Great! Finally got a chance to give them a good beating!"

Zheng Zhilong's eyes were bright, he looked around at everyone with his fists, and said with great pride: "Everyone, don't worry about Luo Jiu's defeat. This forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. It is reasonable to suffer a small loss. But this naval battle

But it is our strength. We have traversed the sea for more than ten years without encountering an enemy! And what about the Ning Navy Navy? They are just a group of rabble who have been in the army for three years. This time we must kill them and leave no one behind. Call them

Pianfan is not allowed to return!"

When I heard that the Ning Navy had only about sixty warships, Hong Xu and Shi Daxuan, the generals of the Ostrich faction who strongly advocated an immediate retreat, suddenly felt as if they had taken chicken blood and swallowed ten packs of Viagra. They were all in high spirits and wailing.

He shouted: "Yes, we can't defeat them in a land battle, but they are no match for us in a naval battle. They are here to die!"

Hong Xu shouted enthusiastically: "Once this fleet is annihilated, we will follow the admiral's suggestion and use the fleet to block the Yangtze River waterway and trap Cheng Shijie to death in Wusongkou!"

Facing the "weak" Ning Navy, the generals of the Zheng fleet immediately unified their opinions. Zheng Zhilong immediately ordered to display the dragon-tiger battle flag for the main battle, and the flagship took the lead and rushed south.

The originally listless fleet was so excited that one ship followed the other to form a combat formation and sailed to the south. If you look down from a high altitude, you will see that more than 600 warships are forming two arrows, one large and one small.

The sea rushed towards the opponent's edge.

The difference is that Ning Haijun's navy is in order, with all warships using walkie-talkies to communicate and convey orders, while Zheng's fleet appears to be more chaotic. The small boats responsible for delivering orders shuttle back and forth among the huge fleet, shouting loudly.

Roar, the fleet has sailed several kilometers, and there are still some warships that don't know where the enemy is, how many there are, and which direction they are coming from, so they just follow the large force mechanically.

In terms of command, Zheng's fleet lost first.

Zheng Zhilong's flagship sailed more than ten kilometers away, and he could finally see the Ning Haijun fleet through the telescope. However, the Ning Haijun warship coming with the wind, more than ten kilometers away from them, actually started to turn around, and it seemed to be coming in a menacing manner.

Seeing the huge scale of Zheng's fleet, they were frightened and retreated in confusion.

Now the morale of Zheng's fleet was even higher, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the sounds of killing and fighting were heard.

Zheng Zhilong sighed and said: "What a pity, it's going to be dark!"

"That's right, maybe Ning Haijun calculated the time correctly and knew that we couldn't win today, so he deliberately showed his side to boost morale!"

Shi Daxuan analyzed: "It is also possible that they are luring the enemy deeper..."

"What Daxuan said makes sense!"

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said: "Order, please pass on this admiral's order. All ministries must not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly!"

On board the Guangning, the flagship of the Ning Navy's first detachment, Zou Jing asked with some confusion: "Why don't we fight?"

"Fight, fight, fight, just know how to fight!"

Li Yuan said angrily: "When the commander gave you a lecture, did you forget everything he said?"

Zou Jing was a little confused: "The commander-in-chief said a lot of things at that time, how could I know which sentence you were talking about!"

"When two armies meet, who wins?"

"Whoever makes fewer mistakes wins!"

Li Yuan nodded and said: "Since you still remember this, I have to ask you, how can we fight now that it is getting dark? Besides, the line of sight is not wide at night, and there are many reefs near this sea area.

If you are careful, you will hit the rocks. Our warships are large and have deep drafts, so they are easier to be attacked. The warships of Zheng’s fleet are small and have shallow drafts, so they have an advantage over us!"

The Ning Navy's sixty main battleships, including forty-eight Sea Shark-class battleships, spread their wings like eagles, guarding the twelve new large ships of the Chinese fleet, and began to sail towards the China Sea. The reason for this is to avoid

Zheng's fleet used small speedboats to outflank them left and right.
To be continued...