Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 221 Thief, Where Can You Escape?

On the Zhoushan Islands, Zheng Zhibao's fleet was in a dilemma.Hangzhou Bay was completely controlled by the Ming army, and it was so airtight that it became a luxury to land and fight.

When news of the incident between Mr. Zheng and the head of the Cha family came from Jiaxing, Zheng Zhibao originally wanted to take advantage of Ren Qi's evacuation from Pinghu to make a big fuss. Unexpectedly, the Emperor Chongzhen came here and shattered his dream.

Although Chongzhen has only stayed on land so far and has not caused any substantial blow to Zheng Zhibao's fleet, Zheng Zhibao clearly felt that the threat was imminent and he was already at a disadvantage.

On this day, Zheng Zhibao called a few of his confidant generals and said, "Where to go? What do you think? Just say it. No matter it is right or wrong, I will not blame you."

Someone said: "There are only two ways now. One is to go north and completely surrender to the Manchus; the other is to go south and meet Brother Sen. I advocate going south, after all, our base camp is in the south."

Another person said: "No, Brother Sen burned the Jinjiang mansion and took the fleet to the north of Dongfan Island. Don't forget that there is a powerful Dutch fleet in the south of Dongfan Island. Brother Sen's situation is no better than ours Where to go, it is still unclear whether he can hold the northern territory of Dongfan Island. What's more, Brother Sen has made it clear that he will never surrender to the Qing Dynasty, will he accept us?"

Dongfan Island was later Taiwan Island.

"How about meeting Zheng Cai?" someone asked.

"Zheng Cai is an impulsive and reckless man. He has great ambitions. Although he is the fifth master's nephew, in this situation, will he obey the fifth master's orders?"

People fought back and forth, unable to decide what to do, and finally they all looked at Zheng Zhibao and said, "Fifth Master, you should make the decision, we will do whatever you say!"

Zheng Zhibao frowned, turned his intestines several times, and smashed the wine glass in his hand, making up his mind: "Go north, go to Tianjin to join the Manchu court! We attacked Jiaxing Mansion, which caused great trouble for the Ming Dynasty. , but a great achievement. Once you have made a contribution, you should go and receive the reward!"

"Yes, the Manchu and Qing court will definitely welcome us!" Most people agreed.

Zheng Zhibao immediately ordered: "Tell the brothers, start today! If you don't want to go north, throw it into the sea to feed the fish, let's go all out!"

That afternoon, dozens of warships left the Zhoushan Islands and sailed toward the north.

When Zheng Zhibao's boat started, he still turned to the west and taunted Chongzhen: "I'm the emperor, I'm gone, I've gone to the enemy, you can only look at the ocean and sigh, you can't help me, I'm mad at you!"

The fleet sailed on the sea all night, and at dawn, it happened to come to the sea east of the mouth of the Yangtze River.Suddenly someone shouted: "There is a fleet ahead, it seems to be coming towards us!"

Zheng Zhibao rushed to the deck in a hurry, stood at the bow of the ship and looked around, and sure enough, he saw hundreds of warships approaching amidst the sparkling light, lying across the sea, blocking their way.

"Where did the fleet come from?" Zheng Zhibao was taken aback.

"Look at the flag on the ship, it seems to be the navy of the Ming Dynasty!" Many people shouted in panic.

"Impossible, impossible... When did the Ming Dynasty have such a huge navy?" Zheng Zhibao didn't want to believe anything. He was still limited by his past experience, thinking that only his Zheng family would have such a powerful navy in the Ming Dynasty. division.

But the fact is right in front of our eyes, the fleet on the opposite side is mighty, at least there are hundreds of warships.The army on board is majestic and well-equipped, not inferior to the Zheng family's fleet.

This is the navy brought by Huang Degong from Jiujiang. Because the navy is also responsible for defending the Yangtze River, Huang Degong only brought 120 warships, and the rest stayed in Jiujiang.

Even so, the number of warships in Huang Degong's fleet is also more than that of Zheng Zhibao, and it seems that the fighting power is not weak, which immediately frightened Zheng Zhibao.

It turned out that Huang Degong had already arrived at Songjiang Mansion with his fleet down the river.It's just that the emperor said in advance that he was allowed to sit here and wait for work, waiting for Zheng Zhibao to throw himself into the trap.

Unexpectedly, the emperor really hit the mark, blocking Zheng Zhibao's fleet today.Huang Degong sighed sincerely: "Your Majesty the Emperor is really a god!"

Huang Degong stood majestically on an ordinary warship, and when the distance between the two sides was very close, he shouted: "Thief, where can you escape, grandpa has been waiting for you for many days!"

Zheng Zhibao finally came to his senses, and while ordering the fleet to form formations to meet the enemy, he shouted, "Who is coming?"

"The new naval commander of the Ming Dynasty, Duke of Yasukuni Huang Degong!"

"You are Huang Degong?" Zheng Zhibao was surprised, but quickly smiled, "Huang Degong, I have heard of your name, how do you know how to fight in water as a general on land? Oh, I understand, this is because the Ming Dynasty There is a lack of naval generals, so the ducks are put on the shelves, and the generals are selected from the short ones."

"Huang Degong, when it comes to water warfare, you are definitely not my opponent. You lost one eye in the fierce battle with Zuo Liangyu's fleet on the Yangtze River. If you want to keep the other eye, you should retreat quickly. So as not to be buried in the belly of the fish!"

Huang Degong laughed contemptuously and said, "The toad yawned loudly! Zheng Zhibao, thanks to your recognition of grandpa's name, you dare to be so rampant. Do you know what is good about being blind in one eye?"

"what?"

"Your grandpa Huang used to be more arrogant and arrogant than you. He thought that there were few opponents in the world. Now that he is blind in one eye, he can see that he has half the opponents. Grandpa, I will be invincible!" Huang Degong laughed loudly. .

Zheng Zhibao was furious, and said: "Huang Degong, you laughed too early! Although your warships are more than mine, they are not as strong as mine. I have five warships bought from the Dutch. What do you take?" Compare with me?"

Zheng Zhibao was confident and arrogant. His so-called Dutch warship was a three-masted warship.

This kind of warship was developed by the Dutch in the seventeenth century. It has a shallow draft and a large cargo capacity. Only a small number of crew members can control the entire ship.The three-masted warship weighs about 300 tons and has a length of about 32 meters. It is an out-and-out giant.

The seventeenth century is also known as the Dutch Golden Century.At this time, the Netherlands had the largest fleet in the world, so it was able to roam the seas. Spain and Portugal, the two earliest maritime overlords, could no longer compete with the Netherlands. Only the British Empire could barely compete with the Netherlands.

"What are you talking about, you won't know who is stronger until you fight!" Huang Degong became impatient, waving the iron whip in his hand and said, "Soldiers, kill the thieves!"

With an order, the guns on the ship sounded.Huge shells hit enemy ships, scattering sawdust, or hitting the sea, sending waves flying.

Determined to give Huang Degong a blow, Zheng Zhibao decided to rush forward and fight fiercely, shouting: "Don't bother with them, just rush over to them, knock over Huang Degong's boat first, and then fight on the side!"

As soon as the words fell, five huge three-masted warships broke through the waves and rushed over in a menacing manner.

Huang Degong hurriedly ordered the ship to avoid, a little embarrassed.

Zheng Zhibao laughed loudly: "Why, are you afraid? Huh, on land, you Huang Degong may be a character, but in the sea... ah, the big blessing boat, the Ming army actually has a big blessing boat! My God, what kind of warship is that? "

The smile on Zheng Zhibao's face froze. After he saw the Ming army's small warships getting out of the way, two huge warships suddenly came out from behind, and he panicked.

I was careless, I underestimated the strength of the navy of the Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)