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Chapter 704 Rescue Zheng Chenggong (1)

More than 20 miles southeast of Xiamen Island is Kinmen Island, which is divided into Dajinmen and Xiaojinmen, and the two islands are separated by four or five miles.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this was the sphere of influence of Zheng Jiajun. In the administrative division at that time, Kinmen and Xiamen Island belonged to Siming Prefecture.

Now the chief general of Siming Prefecture, Zheng Zhiwan, with dozens of remnants of warships and defeated generals, abandoned Xiamen Island and retreated to Dajinmen.

The main generals guarding the islands of Kinmen and Jinmen are Zheng Ming and Zheng Xing. They, like the main general Zheng Zhiwan, are members of Zheng Zhilong’s clan. They were ordered by Zheng Zhilong to guard the island here. Chief of Staff.

Together, the two chief and deputy chief soldiers have a force of 3000 people, more than 60 large and small warships, and defensive positions such as forts on the island.This kind of military power is not only for defending the Ming army, but more importantly, they are for dealing with the Portuguese and Dutch invaders and those pirates and Japanese pirates.

In short, everything does not follow the rules of the Zheng family's army, and what is even more grandiose is that they do not follow the will of Emperor Longwu. No matter whether it is a merchant ship, a thief ship, a fishing boat or a warship of any country, these two brothers will unceremoniously kill them. sunk.

Relatively speaking, their defense against the Ming army is secondary.

Because in their minds, it was impossible for Daming's navy to reach here, even though it was only a few tens of miles away from the coast.

They were already familiar with Daming's mess.The Zheng family's army is as rich as an enemy's country. They want guns, guns, cannons, and people. They also have the out-and-out royal banner of Emperor Longwu. They have been here to rule the roost for decades.The overlords here in the past, such as Li Dan, Liu Xiang, Deng Zhong, Yan Siqi, etc., can only become the halo of the past.Has now been replaced by Zheng Zhilong.

The Deng family army headed by Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu and other "Eighteen Zhis" are both merchants and robbers, officials and bandits. After more than ten years of struggle, they have conquered Zheng's army's thousands of miles of beautiful land.Not only did the Ming army have to stay away from here, but even the fleets and merchant ships of those western powers, such as Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands, had to be obedient when they arrived here, let alone pirates and pirates. Asking for instructions, after being inspected and inspected, the transportation fee must be paid by the navigation escort, otherwise it is talking with guns.

Zheng Ming and Zheng Xing are one of the famous Eighteen Zhi. As such prestigious generals of the Zheng family army, how could they put the precarious Ming army navy in their eyes?The soldiers of the Ming army pressed the border, and they simply dismissed it, especially Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's uncle and nephew who were beaten and arrested, and Li Zicheng's men were also defeated here.They didn't pay much attention to the Ming army's fleet.

However, now the three views of the two brothers have been subverted, and the news of successive defeats reached them. First, Zhangzhou was lost, and even the powerful Zeng De was killed. Then Zheng Zhiwan was defeated, and Gulangyu was personally commanded by Liu Guoxuan. After losing the naval battle, Liu Guoxuan fled back to Little Kinmen with only a few hundred remnants of the defeated army.

Liu Guoxuan reported the details of the defeat to them. The two brothers didn't suspect that Liu Guoxuan was cheating at all. They just couldn't believe it. When did the Ming army's navy become so powerful?Can they defeat their powerful fleet, but their fleet has made the fleets of the western powers Portugal and the Dutch frightened?

What made them even more unbelievable was, of course, that Emperor Hongguang had such great ability and courage to personally charge into the battle, personally go into the water to destroy their sea-blocking protective net, and make their fishing net + harpoon formation lose their power.

After the three generals took Zheng Zhiwan's remnant soldiers back to Kinmen Island, they were worried.What if Zhu Yousong came to attack again with a large fleet?It is only about 20 miles from Xiamen to Kinmen Island, which is not very far away.

The big and small golden gates can be like horns, and there are tens of thousands of troops on the two islands, hundreds of large and small warships, and artillery fortifications.But compared to the fortifications of Xiamen Island, Kinmen Island is not much stronger.Since the fleet of the Ming army can break through Xiamen Island, it can also break through Kinmen Island.This is a more serious problem before them.

Therefore, as soon as Zheng Zhiwan returned to Jinmen, he felt the precarious situation again, and ordered his generals to quickly deploy defenses, and immediately summoned Liu Guoxuan, Zheng Ming, and Zheng Xing to discuss countermeasures.

Zheng Zhiwan, Zheng Ming, and Zheng Xing couldn't come up with any good ideas. After thinking about it, Liu Guoxuan suggested that on the one hand, strengthen the construction of fortifications, so that the two islands will form horns.On the other hand, quickly report to Emperor Longwu and ask their majesty to send troops to reinforce them.

Reporting to Emperor Longwu is actually tantamount to reporting to Zheng Zhilong, asking for soldiers and generals from Zheng Zhilong, the boss of the Zheng family army.Because now Zheng Zhilong holds great power in the entire Longwu regime group and plays a pivotal role. Emperor Longwu Zhu Youjian is just a brand.

As for Huang Zongxi, the outstanding soldier of the Donglin Party and the second assistant of the cabinet before Emperor Longwu, the crown prince Shaobao, Huang Zongxi, who appears to be a high-ranking and powerful person with power in the government and the public, is actually just a scholar.

Born in this troubled world, without a gun in his hand, his great ability is useless.After all, it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice, and power can only emerge from the barrel of a gun.

The reason why Liu Guoxuan proposed such a strategy was to buy time for his activities. The Ming army's fleet did not come to attack in the next few days. Of course Liu Guoxuan knew the reason. His Majesty Zhu Yousong was waiting for his results, and now he has to complete it. Two important missions, in order to repay His Majesty's two uncut graces.

In the past two days, he did not act in a hurry. He settled the 500 soldiers he had brought with him first, and let them familiarize himself with the environment here and the defense situation on the island, so that he knew what to expect.

Li Quan was originally a member of the Zheng family's army, and the couple only needed to put on a little makeup and be careful in their words and actions so that they would not be recognized by others.

Of course, Liu Guoxuan will complete the rest of the specific operational strategy.

In the past two days, Liu Guoxuan also got a clear picture of the defense situation such as the deployment of troops on the big and small Kinmen Islands, as well as the detention of Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong.

If it weren't for saving people, it would not be difficult for these three generals to lead 500 soldiers to cooperate inside and outside to defeat Wenjinmen Island.

Now Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's uncle and nephew must be rescued safely, and then cooperate with the Ming army fleet to take Jinmen Island. These are the two missions Zhu Yousong gave him, and he can't explain to his Majesty without one of them.

But because these two people are so important, not only important to his Majesty Zhu Yousong, but also important to Zheng Zhilong's military group.Mainly because of their status, one is Zheng Zhilong's brother and the other is Zheng Zhilong's son.

Therefore, these people were detained very strictly. Zheng Ming and Zheng Xing were personally responsible, Zheng Hongkui was detained in Dajinmen, and Zheng Chenggong was detained in Xiaojinmen. This brought difficulties for Liu Guoxuan to rescue his uncle and nephew.

(End of this chapter)