Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 492
De Bauer shook his head with a smile: "This is an idiom from Daming, which means that the fish bone is stuck in the throat and cannot be swallowed or spit out."

"Your Excellency Governor, you mean Zheng Zhilong's fleet?" the captain asked.

De Bauer nodded slightly.

The captain thought for a while and said, "Now that Zheng Zhilong has betrayed his own country, he can no longer trade with us, and it is likely to destroy our trade with Daming. This person must be eliminated."

De Bourgh sighed: "With our strength in the Far East, I'm afraid we won't be able to get rid of Zheng Zhilong."

The captain smiled: "This subordinate thinks that the Ming court should want to get rid of Zheng Zhilong more than we do, so we might as well cooperate with Daming to get rid of Zheng Zhilong's thorn."

De Bourgh shook his head: "Why don't I want to cooperate with Daming to get rid of Zheng Zhilong, but Daming's navy is too weak to be Zheng Zhilong's opponent at all. In the end, we have to rely on our Far East Fleet to deal with Zheng Zhilong."

The captain smiled and said: "Compared with Zheng Zhilong's fleet, whether it is the size of the ship, the power of the artillery, or the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, we are much higher than Zheng Zhilong's fleet. The reason why we can't beat Zheng Zhilong is mainly because of Zheng Zhilong's small boat. There are far more soldiers than us. The battle of Luowan a few years ago was due to Zheng Zhilong's wolf pack tactics. He used a small boat to approach our big ship and set fire to it, which led to the defeat of General Putmans.

However, my subordinates heard that two of Zheng Zhilong’s subordinates brought more than 40 ships to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Not as good as Zheng Zhilong, but it can still contain Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

Now that Zheng Zhilong is putting all his energy on the navy of the imperial court, we can definitely seize the opportunity and launch a sneak attack while Zheng Zhilong is fighting with the Daming navy.

Zheng Zhilong seems to have a lot of ships now, but without the backing of the Ming court, he cannot replenish due to losses, and can only become weaker and weaker.With the cooperation of Daming Navy, we can eat Zheng Zhilong bit by bit. "

De Bauer nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "If Zheng Zhilong can be eliminated as you said, the Far East Sea will be our Dutch's world, and the trade between Ming Dynasty and other countries will be under our control."

The captain said: "As Your Excellency Governor said, for our long-term interests, we must take some risks."

"Since this is the case, let's cooperate with the Daming Navy to eliminate Zheng Zhilong's scourge, and I will write to the Governor of Fujian in Daming immediately." De Boer said.

"Your Excellency Governor is wise!" said the captain.

……

Governor's Yamen of Fuzhou.

Sun Meng, Sun Chuanting, Liu Erleng and a group of senior generals gathered in the council hall of the Governor's Mansion to discuss matters. Among them, Li Guozhu and Zhong Bin were able to attend the meeting exceptionally because they reported the news and made great contributions in the Battle of Jinmen.

Seeing that the lowest rank in the meeting was also the general, Li Guozhu and Zhong Bin knew that they had made the right bet this time.Especially Li Guozhu, he simply put his wealth and life on it.

A few days ago during the Battle of Kinmen, Li Guozhu suddenly turned against him. It can be said that he took a great risk to launch an attack on Zheng Zhibao's fleet, because Li Guozhu didn't know that Zhong Bin had also surrendered to the court.

But Li Guozhu knew the importance of Kinmen. If Kinmen was captured by Zheng Zhibao, then the navy of the imperial court would have to fight Zheng Zhilong immediately. In the decisive battle now, the navy of the court would definitely not be Zheng Zhilong's opponent.

If the court's navy loses, Li Guozhu knows that his ships will lose any value.

Therefore, Li Guozhu took the risk and launched an attack on Zheng Zhibao's fleet at a critical moment. After sinking several of Zheng Zhibao's ships, he successfully attracted Zheng Zhibao's attention from Jinmen.

However, Zheng Zhibao reacted quickly and quickly adjusted the fleet, intending to surround Li Guozhu's fleet. Li Guozhu did not dare to fight, and hurriedly left the battle, hoping to escape from the battlefield.

But Zheng Zhibao had a lot of ships, and Li Guozhu couldn't get rid of Zheng Zhibao's pursuit at all. If it wasn't for Zhong Bin's help, even if Li Guozhu could escape Zheng Zhibao's pursuit, there would be very little fleet left.

Fortunately, when Li Guozhu was in a critical situation, Zhong Bin also began to turn against him, disrupting Zheng Zhibao's pursuit formation and allowing Li Guozhu to get rid of Zheng Zhibao's pursuit.

It should be said that Li Guozhu played a greater role in the Battle of Jinmen, but Sun Chuanting knew that he should not treat the two men favorably, otherwise one of them would be dissatisfied.Therefore, after Sun Chuanting led the fleet to find the two men, he rewarded them generously and promised to report their military exploits to Li Jing.

Although the two have not yet received a letter of promotion from the imperial court, but Sun Chuanting brought them to this meeting, which means that the promotion of the two is a certainty.

"Everyone has read the letter from the Governor-General of the Netherlands in Taiwan de Bauer, what do you think of this matter?" Sun Meng said as he kept the letter from De Bauer on the coffee table beside him.

Listening to Sun Meng's words, Li Guozhu and Zhong Bin hurriedly calmed down and listened intently.

"Master Sun, what kind of plan the Dutch are planning, the commander-in-chief already anticipated it when he was in Beijing, and gave us instructions. I don't think there is any need to discuss this matter anymore?" Sun Chuanting said.

Sun Meng shook his head: "The commander-in-chief is in Beijing, and he doesn't know much about Fujian's military situation, so he deliberately told the governor to act on the fly. Now it seems that Zheng Zhilong's power is far stronger than we originally estimated. If there is no red hair to help us, we will It is too difficult to defeat Zheng Zhilong."

Sun Chuanting hurriedly said: "Although this is the case, the commander-in-chief is very clear about Hongmaofan's attitude. On this point, we must not disobey the commander-in-chief's order."

Sun Meng laughed and said, "No wonder the commander-in-chief values ​​brother Boya. At this time, brother Boya can still obey the orders of the commander-in-chief. It's really commendable for his loyalty."

"Oh? Just now Governor Sun was testing Sun?" Sun Chuanting said displeased.

Sun Meng hurriedly said: "Don't dare, dare not, the commander-in-chief entrusts the full power of the navy to Brother Boya, and the naval battle will naturally be dominated by Brother Boya, and the governor should fully cooperate."

When Sun Chuanting heard the words, his face turned pale.

Hearing the two talking like a charade, all the generals were confused, obviously they didn't understand what Sun Meng and Sun Chuanting were talking about just now.

Seeing the bewildered expressions on the generals' faces, Sun Meng smiled and said, "Brother Boya, I'm afraid the generals might not understand what we are talking about, so please ask Brother Boya to explain to everyone."

Sun Chuanting nodded, looked at the generals and said: "When Sun was about to leave Beijing, the commander-in-chief had specifically told us that if Hongmaofan wanted to join us in dealing with Zheng Zhilong, we would never agree. Declare war with Hong Mao. If Franji and other countries unite to deal with Zheng Zhilong, then order us to help Zheng Zhilong."

"Ah? What's going on here?" The generals were shocked when they heard this.

Sun Chuanting sighed and said: "I know that everyone may not understand, even I didn't understand why the commander-in-chief did this at the time. But after listening to the commander-in-chief's explanation, Sun finally understood the commander-in-chief's painstaking efforts.

The commander-in-chief said, even if Zheng Zhilong is against the heavens, he is also from our Daming, and this is also our Daming's housework, and foreigners will never be allowed to intervene. "

All the generals were silent after hearing everything.

Seeing that Li Guozhu squirmed his lips and hesitated to speak, Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "General Li, if you have anything to say, you can just say it."

Upon hearing this, Li Guozhu hurriedly got up and cupped his fists and said: "To be honest, after Zheng Zhilong rebelled, even though he was defeated, it was because he attacked all our fortresses, and we have heavily guarded every fortress. If he attacks other places , I am afraid it will not be the result now.

From the humble point of view, we are not yet Zheng Zhilong's opponent at sea, and we may not even be able to win if we join forces with Hongmao. If we don't join forces with Hongmao, it will be extremely difficult to defeat Zheng Zhilong. "

Sun Chuanting nodded and smiled, "What you said is indeed reasonable, that's what Sun said at the time.

But the marshal said that Zheng Zhilong rebelled, and the court's dealing with Zheng Zhilong is like two brothers fighting a war. The younger brother made a mistake, and the older brother should find a way to dissuade the younger brother.

Even if the younger brother refuses to obey, if the elder brother can't beat the younger brother, then he can't ask outsiders to help him deal with his younger brother, that would not be a family matter.

If outsiders don't listen to the elder brother's dissuasion and insist on helping the elder brother deal with the younger brother, then the elder brother should help his brother, and the brother should share the same hatred with the elder brother.

In addition, Hongmao wants to deal with Zheng Zhilong, but they don't really want to help us. They want to take the opportunity to get rid of Zheng Zhilong, because after getting rid of Zheng Zhilong, Hongmao will be the biggest overlord in the sea. At that time, our foreign trade will depend on Hongmao. His face turned pale. "

Li Guozhu pondered for a while when he heard the words, then he cupped his fists and said, "The commander is wise."

Sun Chuanting smiled and said: "Since we know Hongmao's purpose, we should know that the commander's real purpose is not to destroy Zheng Zhilong, let alone destroy Zheng Zhilong's fleet, that would be tantamount to helping Hongmao gain supremacy at sea.

What the commander wants is Zheng Zhilong to be obedient, or what he wants is Zheng Zhilong's fleet.With Zheng Zhilong's fleet, our Ming Dynasty can frighten the Xiaoxiao in all directions, maintain the stability of the sea, and ensure the unimpeded flow of overseas trade of Ming Dynasty. "

Li Guozhu cupped his fists and said, "I understand the humble job."

Sun Chuanting glanced at the generals: "Everyone understands, right?"

The generals hurriedly said: "I understand the humble position."

Sun Chuanting nodded, then looked at Li Guozhu and said, "Zheng Zhilong definitely doesn't understand what the commander-in-chief is thinking, so I hope you can find Zheng Zhilong and tell him what the commander-in-chief said."

"This..." Li Guozhu couldn't help hesitating when he heard this.

Seeing this, Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "It's the governor who didn't think carefully. If you go to Zheng Zhilong in person, Zheng Zhilong might do something stupid. In this way, the governor writes a letter to Zheng Zhilong, and you send someone to deliver the letter to him." Zheng Zhilong."

Li Guozhu blushed, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your understanding."

Sun Chuanting waved his hand, ordered someone to grind the paper, and then wrote a letter to Zheng Zhilong with a pen.

After writing the envelope, Sun Chuanting thought for a while, then turned to Liu Er beside him and said in a daze, "General Liu, please ask someone to inform Zheng Sen, and let Zheng Sen write a letter to his father, telling Zheng Zhilong that everything is well at home."

(End of this chapter)