Lord of Ming Dynasty

Even though we have issued a warning and concentrated our troops as soon as possible to wipe them out on the beach, the coastline is too long, and many pirates still escaped. It is estimated that the troops will have to attack for a while before they can be completely wiped out. "

"It's good to wipe out most of them. A small part will not cause much harm to the coast of Taizhou. After all, our Jinhua Rebel Army has ruled this area for more than a year. Many relatives and friends of these pirates, and some hidden pirates have been wiped out. , They can't make big waves." Chen Hanhui said indifferently.

"That's right, by the way, Admiral Zhang, how is your battle at sea going?"

"I heard your happy shouts just now. It should be a good result." Du Ge took off the sword from his body, put it on the table next to him, sat on the chair, and asked tiredly, leaning on the back of the chair.

"Not bad. We sank a total of 32 pirate ships, captured 50 pirate ships, and 33 fishing boats. At the same time, we sank 50 Portuguese ships, more than 70 armed ships, and [-] warships. The Dutch There were [-] ships, more than [-] armed merchant ships, and more than [-] warships, and about seven or more of their warships ran away."

Zhang Ying said that he was a little guilty here, and his voice was a little deeper.

"What made them run away?" Du Ge jumped up.

"Yeah, there is no way. The Dutch and Portuguese who fled have big ships, and their sailors are more experienced than us, and they are more skilled in handling ships than us. Moreover, they saw the heavy losses of the pirate ships and attacked us angrily. In a wave, we originally wanted to annihilate us or find us desperately, but in the end, they actually escaped to cover their governor, and I only discovered it later."

Zhang Ying lowered her head and lowered her voice.

"These bastards, why don't you keep chasing them?" Du Ge asked angrily.

"Yes, we can't let these bastards go for nothing," Xuanyuan Longfei said to Zhang Ying as he ran in.

"They are too cunning. We chased them for a long time, only to find out that they actually played the golden cicada to escape their shells again, and escaped by dividing their troops in the night. All that was left behind were ships driven by some loyalists and their pirates."

This time, without waiting for Xuanyuan Longfei and Du Ge to get angry again, Zhang Ying continued: "Besides, when we chased up again, we found that there were about a thousand ships coming from the opposite side. Injured, so I dare not chase after it, so I can only come back."

"They still have reinforcements." Several people jumped up.

Zhang Ying shook her head helplessly, "I'm not reconciled, let the brigade return first, and avoid it for a while. After all, we have few ships, and the three clippers and I chased after them to find out who was killed halfway. In the end, I found that It turned out to be Zheng Hongkui's fleet. They fought inextricably with the Dutch and the Portuguese. When we wanted to go up, someone in Zheng Hongkui's fleet came out to intercept us. Besides, we are not strong enough, we can't fight them without a large group of people, without gathering the strength of the three fleets."

"This is taking advantage of the fire, this damn Zheng Hongkui, since they have gathered so many ships and intercepted the Dutch and Portuguese halfway, then they must know about the actions of the Dutch and Portuguese this time, a person from the court, they did not inform us , if we hadn’t had experience and prepared well, we would have been farther than the cordon of [-] nautical miles, I’m afraid, the Dutch and the Grapes would have taken the opportunity to succeed.”

Chen Hanhui nodded slightly, "Yeah, these damned guys are so immoral. They actually got so many pirates to attack us, trying to destroy our stability, unity, and peaceful and stable life."

"By the way, have you reported it to your lord?" Xuanyuan Longfei asked.

"When the enemy attacked, we sent an urgent transmission of [-] miles to the Jinhua Mansion, but after the victory, we haven't reported yet, we just came back." Chen Hanhui said to Xuanyuan Longfei.

"I have to report it to the lord quickly, so that the lord can know." Xuanyuan Longfei said.

"Okay, I'll let someone write an excerpt and report it to your lord in detail," Chen Hanhui said.

"By the way, Admiral Zhang, are there any captured ships? I need to add some to my place. I am the weakest this time. In order to resist the enemy, I lost a lot. Almost half of the ships were lost."

Zhang Yingdao: "There are no warships. They were either sunk or seriously injured. The battle was too fierce. I mean, for the enemy, I don't have much pressure here. If I can catch up with them again and surround them, I'm afraid it's true." Maybe we can capture some more, but Zheng Hongkui's men suddenly rushed out halfway, thousands of ships, even if there are no big warships, we can't touch them without instructions from adults."

Xuanyuan Longfei sighed, "Prefect Chen, we have to ask the shipyard to replenish some for us, otherwise there will be another enemy on such a large scale, and we will have no way to prevent them."

Zhang Ying refused to let it go, "Master Xuanyuan, I am in command of the navy division. Although you are also an admiral, you have too much meddling."

Xuanyuan Longfei said anxiously, "Master, can you take charge of three places by yourself? Am I speaking for you? Wenzhou Prefecture is also your leader. Don't you want to add some warships there?"

"Okay, okay, I will definitely report this matter to the adults, and build a few more shipyards, so that it will be replenished faster."

Zhang Ying thought for a while and said: "What Master Xuanyuan said is also reasonable. The loss on Dragon Ball Island is not too great. They have good terrain conditions and a lot of shore artillery. They can transfer some to Wenzhou Prefecture, and then transfer some. Adding to the Second Fleet, although the First Fleet will be weakened this time, how can we say that our place is more important, many places are more prosperous, and without ships, it is impossible to defend such a large sea."

"Master Zhu said—" One after another, everyone looked at each other. Everyone knew that Zhu Dayou was the guard next to Zhang Qiang. If he came here at this time, there must have been news or a reply from Zhang Qiang.

Everyone quickly adjusted their appearance and went out to meet Zhu Dayou.

Before everyone went out of the courtyard, they saw Zhu Dayou leading cavalry and musketeer troops, and some infantry entered the courtyard.

Chapter 1

Needless to say, Zhu Dayou brought reinforcements, and Chen Hanhui stepped up his search for foreign devils and pirates along the coast. At this time, the regular army, militia and garrison troops were no longer needed, and even the county and coastal government officials were used. One move.

But I believe that all the senior generals and senior officials of the Jinhua Rebel Army believe that after this raid and this large-scale naval battle, the territory of the Jinhua Rebel Army can be said to be as pure as a piece of white paper. The officials of the Tartars, as well as the former righteous men of the Ming Dynasty who were pessimistic and disappointed with the Nanming and wanted to contribute to the Qing army's Tartars' southward movement, no longer existed.

Because Gu Yuesheng, the prefect of Taizhou prefecture, also came, and the prefect of Chen Hanhui can be said to be an acting prefect, the prefect of Wenzhou prefecture. In order to deal with coastal affairs, he only works in Taizhou county, but after this time, he has to follow Xuanyuan Longfei returned to Wenzhou Mansion to officially take office.

After getting acquainted with the work for a period of time, Gu Yuesheng officially took over all the affairs of the Taizhou government. Although he is still working in the city, his vision and scope of work will definitely be transferred to the coast of Taizhou to carry out the civil affairs work since he took office.

Let’s talk about the combined fleet of the Portuguese and the Dutch defeated by Zhang Ying, and the pirate fleet that escaped by chance. They ran into Zheng Hongkui’s fleet head-on. The ship besieged only [-] or [-] ships, or the combined fleet with various wounds. It was mental calculation and unintentional, which stunned the Portuguese and the Dutch at once.

But the Portuguese and the Dutch eat sailors' food after all. After a panic, they stabilized their positions. At this time, facing Zheng Hongkui, they fought with ease. With dozens of ships, they still beat Zheng Hongkui into a panic. More than 50 ships were lost, and only [-] ships fled the battlefield with gunpowder smoke and everyone, full of bullet holes.

The remaining pirates were captured by Zheng Hongkui.

However, when Zheng Hongkui finally returned to the battlefield, he realized that he had lost a lot this time. He lost three to four hundred small boats, more than 100 warships, sailors and pirates suffered heavy losses, and some large merchant ships suffered heavy casualties. Almost half of them can only be ordered to be destroyed, but cannot be taken away, because it is too close to the coast of Taizhou, only fifty or sixty nautical miles away. When the pirates wiped out.

Zheng Hongkui believed that Zhang Qiang must have some kind of courage, because the Jinhua Rebels never loved the pirates and never let them go.

Thinking of Zheng Cai's fate, Zheng Hongkui felt anxious.

With the remnants of the defeated generals, about 20 still moving ships, more than [-] captured Dutch warships, and ten captured pirate warships and ships, they hurriedly fled back to their old nest, Quanzhou Prefecture.

Yes, Quanzhou Mansion. Although Quanzhou Mansion is the residence of the Longwu court, it is also Zheng Hongkui's lair. The naval warships of the Longwu court are actually controlled by him.

Because the Longwu court had no money, only the name of righteousness and no large shipyards, so there was no way to make up for his losses, and he didn't give him a new ship. Zheng Hongkui lost his wife and lost his army this time, so he could only curse those who escaped. Dutch and Portuguese.

But he forgot that he was the first to ambush others and intercept the Jinhua Rebel Army's results that could have been won.

If Zhang Ying hadn't taken into account that he was the navy of the imperial court and represented the Longwu imperial court, you had just fought against the Dutch, Portuguese, and pirates. He might have joined him in the fight for fear of losing his troops.

Although Zhang Ying suffered some losses in the battle with the Dutch and the Portuguese, it may not be too traumatic, but about 200 ships were lost. For the Second Fleet of more than [-] warships, this loss is not large. force.

Their artillery is even farther than that of the Portuguese and the Dutch, although it is not much farther. Although limited by the artillery hit rate of this era, this increase in range does not actually improve the effectiveness of naval warfare. The key lies in the ship. There are many, many artillery, many sailors on board, many soldiers, many people can fight, and new tactics can be used, "T"-shaped tactics, lined up in columns, and one after another, the ships will pass.

Hundreds of artillery faced a frontal bombardment in turn, and the density of firepower increased a lot. This is their magic weapon for victory. A pirate like Zheng Hongkui who only knows how to fight in gangs, harass artillery, and set fire to the enemy is not theirs at all. As long as the opponent makes another surprise attack, he can defeat Zheng Hongkui's seemingly powerful fleet just like defeating the Portuguese and the Dutch.

But the gains outweigh the losses, and some warships will still be lost. Facing the numerical advantage and Zheng Hongkui's fleet, which is already in full swing, Zhang Ying does not want to do that. It may defeat Zheng Hongkui, but it will also save the fleeing enemy. Since Zheng Hongkui wants to Fight, let Zhang Ying let him fight.

What Zhang Ying didn't expect at all was that Zheng Hongkui's careful calculation still failed to keep the Dutch and Portuguese.

The commander of the Portuguese fleet fled back to Xiangshan with three warships, and then sent someone to report the situation to the governor. The Dutch fled back to Treasure Island, but they found that they could not even get close to Treasure Island, because there was still a yellow bird Waiting for them, there are Zheng Chenggong's patrol ships along the coast, and there are even some patrol fleets. Zheng Chenggong has more brains than Zheng Hongkui.

Governor Kuiyi had no choice but to return to Batavia with his remnants of the defeated army. When he returned to Batavia, there were only eight warships left in the entire Dutch fleet, and the rest either sank halfway or were attacked by other pirates. To the captives gone.

There were so many pirates along the coast of Daming during this period, even though they had offered rewards and recruited troops, they still couldn't get all the pirates to work for them.

As for the native samurai in the territory they brought out, it is even said that the aboriginal samurai were hired from Japan, or the full fleet of Dutch, Spaniards, Portuguese, Daming wandering in the Western Ocean, pirate sailors, soldiers, or British mercenaries You, you can only pray, either you will be buried in the sea area of ​​​​Taizhou, or you will be captured by the Jinhua Rebel Army in Taizhou Prefecture.

It can be said that only the Jinhua Rebels and their family won the victory this time. Zheng Hongkui suffered heavy losses. The entire Portuguese army was wiped out, and the Dutch were almost wiped out. It didn't go well, the Dutch fleet that stayed behind was destroyed, and there were not many prisoners and seizures, but there was nothing the pirates and Dutch defenders could do in the castle.

Dutch castles are too strong.

The sturdy Zheng Chenggong had a toothache and a headache. Tens of thousands of people besieged the castle with less than [-] defenders. They fought for a whole night and did not take down for a week. Zheng Chenggong almost wanted to rush up and destroy the city wall with one punch. , the impulse to personally kill all the people inside with a knife.

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