Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 235 This is the same root, why is it too urgent to fry each other

Gong Yonggu acted according to the emperor's strategy, and cast bait in Xiamen to lure Zheng Cai to take the bait. Sure enough, he beheaded more than 2000 soldiers of Zheng Cai in one fell swoop, which greatly damaged Zheng Cai's strength.

After that, Gong Yonggu did not go to Haojing'ao, and concentrated on running Xiamen.The emperor sent [-] soldiers to cooperate with Gong Yong to defend the city, and ordered Yao Qisheng to send food and wages.

Xiamen became an impregnable fortress, directly threatening Kinmen Island.Zheng Cai's situation became more and more difficult. She was in panic all day long, but could not think of any countermeasures.

Several singing girls in the cabin opened their red lips and sang a little song.Zheng Cai was upset and waved her hands: "Stop singing, it's like howling in mourning, it's so unpleasant, get out!"

The singers were very aggrieved and hurried out of the cabin.

"General Zheng, why are you angry? If you think these singers are bad, I'll find you some better ones," Zeng De said.

"Stop fucking talking big, where are you going to find a woman? You can't even go to the shore!" Zheng Cai widened her eyes and said angrily, "Zeng De, I drove away Shi Lang who was in your way, and you are satisfied But damn don’t eat dry food and not work all day, you can help me find a way out of the predicament!”

Zeng De said with embarrassment on his face: "General Zheng, where did you say this? Shi Lang committed a crime because of his incompetence in command when he attacked Xiamen. I suggest you punish him. It is entirely out of public interest. How can there be any personal grudges? To think that he would jump over the wall and commit a crime openly..."

"Come on, don't talk about Shi Lang anymore. I'm asking you to think of countermeasures now, not bringing up nonsense." Zheng Cai said impatiently.

Zeng De tentatively said: "Can a living person be suffocated by urine? The Ming army is fully engaged in Xiamen, and it will be difficult for us to do anything in Jinmen Island. Why don't we go to Dongfan Island and meet Brother Sen?"

This sentence touched Zheng Cai's back, he jumped up, pointed at Zeng De's nose and cursed:

"You bastard, are you asking me to take refuge with my cousin? I, Zheng Cai, have always looked down on him, Zheng Sen. I think he is much better than him. He Zheng Sen just knows how to reincarnate. Otherwise, how can He De be so high?" Me! I hear you say such a thing again, I will kill you and throw you into the sea to feed the fish!"

Zeng De broke out in a cold sweat and said timidly: "Then what else can we do? We are short of food and money, and sooner or later we will be left with nothing. I really have no choice."

"Hmph, I would rather go to Japan than join Zheng Sen!" Zheng Cai overturned the short girl, angrily dropped a word and left.

Zeng De waited until he couldn't see Zheng Cai, and muttered, "Go to Japan, will the brothers agree?"

At the moment of confusion, many people ran into the cabin, crying loudly.

Zeng De asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"General Zeng, a lot of bottles came floating from the direction of Xiamen. When the brothers salvaged them, they saw that there was a notice issued by Yao Qisheng in the bottle. The notice said that the governments of various places in Fujian arrested many relatives of the brothers who stayed on land and persuaded them to Everyone, surrender, or your relatives and family members will be implicated."

"What a sinister move!" Zeng De was so anxious that he couldn't laugh or cry, "When people are poor, disasters abound, and when the walls are broken and birds make their nests, we are really at the end of our rope!"

After saying that, he became curious again and asked: "What bottle can float in the sea? Let me have a look."

A subordinate handed over a bottle, but it was a crystal clear glass bottle. Zeng De said even more bitterly: "The government of the Ming Dynasty became richer and richer, and they were able to produce such exquisite glass bottles. , what is even more annoying is throwing the glass bottle into the sea, can you not be so extravagant?"

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Dongfan Island, Jilong Island.

As early as the first year of Chongzhen, southern Fujian suffered from severe drought and many people were hungry.With the support of Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan, Zheng Zhilong once again recruited tens of thousands of disaster victims from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. "One person will be given three taels of silver, and the three will be given a cow." They were transported by sea boat to Dongfan Island for reclamation and settlement.

This was also the first large-scale migration of mainland people to Dongfan Island. Most of them settled in the northern part of the island.The Zheng family has a life-saving grace for these people and is deeply loved.

After Zheng Sen led the fleet to the northern part of Dongfan Island, he quickly gained a foothold. His situation was much better than Zheng Cai's, at least he didn't have to confront the Ming Dynasty army head-on.

But Zheng Sen knew in his heart that his situation was not optimistic.The Zheng family's fleet was divided into three, and the fifth uncle Zheng Zhibao's entire army was wiped out. I am afraid that Zheng Cai will not be able to defend Kinmen Island sooner or later. If the Ming army occupies Kinmen Island, Dongfan Island will be open.

To make things even more tricky, the Dutch occupied most of the southern part of Dongfan Island.These hateful and greedy Westerners have long regarded Dongfan Island as their own, and they will never sit back and watch Zheng Sen manage the northern region. There will be a big battle between them.

It's a pity that Zheng Sen and Zheng Cai have the same virtue, they are both stubborn donkeys, neither of them is willing to bow their heads to each other, and they both want to be the leaders of the Zheng family.

On this day, Zheng Sen stood by the sea and looked west.The turbid waves were monstrous, the sea was covered with white foam, and the fishy smell was pungent.

Liu Rushi walked over slowly. She was not quite accustomed to the environment on the island, and her face was pale.And because he was poisoned by the black peony's snake poison, he showed a sickly appearance.

"Brother Sen, what are you looking at?" Liu Rushi asked.

Zheng Sen turned his head, saluted hurriedly, and said with a smile, "Master, I'll come to the beach to blow some air. You're weak, you'd better go back and recuperate, don't catch a cold."

"Not to mention the land where the belly of a fish dies, how about a dragon's saliva flooding the sea? This is a poem written by your teacher Qian before his death. It is very suitable to describe your current situation."

Zheng Sen recited this poem several times and sighed: "Yes, I want to die now, and my life seems to be at the end. I have no way to serve the country. There really is no place to die. Do I really want to spend my whole life wandering on the sea with no roots?" ?"

After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly became overwhelmed with pride, and said with a smile: "Master, when I was in Nanjing City last year, a living fairy showed me my bones, and he said that I'm like a dragon but not a real dragon, and I am also a hero of the moment. Where To make meritorious deeds is not done on land but in the sea'. Maybe it was really what the living god said, I should belong to the vast ocean in this life, and make contributions in the waves!"

Liu Rushi stared into Zheng Sen's eyes, and asked: "You said it yourself, you have no roots in drifting on the sea, so let me ask you, even if you have established an unworldly merit, for whom did you establish it?"

This question stumped Zheng Sen, for the sake of the common people, but after he left the Ming Dynasty, who were the common people in the world?For the sake of the Zheng family, the Zheng family has been torn apart; for the sake of oneself, how should the achievements established be placed?Who will admit it?

"Master, what do you want to say?" Zheng Sen asked.

"Brother Sen, when your teacher Qian was still alive, you told me that you and Qu Shixu were his two most proud disciples. You are smart and courageous, but you are also stubborn and rebellious. It’s a bad thing. If you really want to make a contribution, the first thing is to go the right way!”

"Let me tell you the truth, I am not afraid of storms and dangers, and I am here to persuade you to surrender to the Ming Dynasty! Brother Sen, do you have this intention?"

Zheng Sen said: "Master's wife, Chongzhen killed Teacher Qian, don't you hate him?"

"Hate, I hate so much. But I also want to understand that Emperor Chongzhen has always occupied a word of reason, and there is nothing greater than reason in the world. Brother Sen, Chongzhen is indeed too violent towards us scholars and gentry , but he treats the people very leniently, and his determination to fight against the Tartars is obvious to all. I think, to preserve Chinese civilization and drive out the Tartars, you really have to follow Chongzhen, there is no other way .”

Zheng Sen remained silent, he wanted to tell Liu Rushi that he was actually willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty, but Chongzhen had to agree to his conditions.For some reason, he couldn't get the words out of his mouth.

Suddenly, a warship sailed far away from the sea.When they got closer, they could still see the flag of the Zheng family flying on the boat.

"Whose ship is that?" Zheng Sen became vigilant, and hurriedly called his subordinates, "Quick, warn!"

The men were about to board the ship and go out to sea to intercept the warship, but they saw a man walking on the deck and shouting: "Brother Sen, I am Shi Lang, and I have come to join you!"

"Shi Lang, why is he here?" Zheng Sen was puzzled.

When the warship docked, Shi Lang took a dozen people off the ship. They were covered in blood and exhausted.

Zheng Sen felt a little relieved and asked: "Shi Lang, if you are not following your new master Zheng Cai on Kinmen Island, why are you here?"

"Brother Sen, it's really embarrassing for you to say that!" Shi Lang knelt down, told the ins and outs of the matter, drew a knife across his neck, and shouted, "That's all, that's all, since Brother Sen doesn't want to believe me , I will die!"

The news that Shi Lang came to Dongfan Island was reported to Shi Fu long ago.Shi Fu happily rushed to the seashore, just happened to see the scene where Shi Lang was about to commit suicide, he understood a little bit, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Sen, I guarantee with my life, Shi Lang has no other intentions!"

Only then did Zheng Sen say: "I have always admired Shi Lang, and I have always admired it. It's just that my father fell into the trap of the Tartars and was deeply trapped in the capital. When the Zheng family was in trouble, why didn't Shi Lang wait for me to return to Jinjiang, so he went with him?" Zheng Cai led the fleet out to sea without authorization?"

Shi Lang said guiltily: "The general failed to see clearly Zheng Cai's wild ambitions. I am ashamed of my young master. Please punish me!"

"Forget it, drag it down and hit the [-]th army stick!" Zheng Sen said coldly.

Shi Lang was beaten with [-] army sticks, his buttocks were bloody, and he was recuperating on the bed.

Zheng Sen ignored him for several days and finally came to visit him. He said in a deep voice, "Tell me about Zheng Cai's situation on Kinmen Island."

Shi Lang said everything, Zheng Sen said: "I guess Zheng Cai won't be able to defend Jinmen Island, and there will be changes sooner or later. Shi Lang, what do you think should be done?"

"Young master, based on what I know about Zheng Cai, if he can't defend Jinmen Island, he will definitely not come to meet you, but will most likely flee to Japan with the fleet. Young master, you should take advantage of this It's an opportunity to take back the warship in Zheng Cai's hands and revive the Zheng family's glory!" Shi Lang said.

Zheng Sen smiled: "Shi Lang, Shi Lang, you are really a good general! But what should I do?"

Shi Lang said: "We just need to wait for Zheng Cai to fight the Ming army. After he is defeated, when he flees with the fleet, we can kill him by surprise. This is called mantis catching cicadas and orioles behind."

Zheng Sen was very satisfied with Shi Lang's plan, and got up to make arrangements.Shi Lang said, "I heard that Zheng Cai's elder brother, Zheng Lian, is in Dongfan Island. This person needs to be on guard to prevent him from colluding with Zheng Cai."

Zheng Sen didn't express his opinion, but after two days, he finally found a reason, saying that Zheng Lian was domineering and arrogant, so he was killed and all Zheng Lian's subordinates were transferred from important positions.

After killing Zheng Lian, Zheng Sen came to visit Shi Lang again.Standing at the window and seeing Shi Lang lying on the bed, Zheng Sen narrowed his eyes with a gloomy expression.

The Zheng family went from being torn apart to cannibalism.

(End of this chapter)