When Zhang Zhao and Xiong Wencan put this matter aside, Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch had already started a war and fought in full swing.

As early as February of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the Dutch general was replaced by the militant Putmans. Putmans firmly supported the use of force to eliminate Zheng Zhilong, and then forced the Ming Empire to accept the Dutch conditions, and formulated a combat plan, which was approved by the Dutch East India Company.

In order to confuse Zheng Zhilong, Putmans not only signed a zi temptation trade agreement with Zheng Zhilong, but also sent envoys to Anping to participate in Zheng Zhilong's banquet. Taking advantage of Zheng Zhilong's opportunity to relax his guard, Putmans joined forces with Liu Xiang to launch a sudden attack on the Nan'ao Island Fort, but was repelled by the defenders.

The smoke screen shots released by the Dutch were indeed effective. Zheng Zhilong still did not believe that the Dutch would launch a full-scale attack until after Nan'ao Island was attacked. The entire Zheng group's sphere of influence was still insufficient to prevent.

Immediately afterwards, the Dutch fleet and Liu Xiang attacked Xiamen together. Zheng Zhilong, who was not prepared at all, was sunk fifteen warships. Only then did Zheng Zhilong abandon any fantasy, took out all his belongings, and actively prepared for the war. In order to boost morale, he even issued a reward order, that is, each soldier who participated in the war had a reward of two taels of silver, cut off a Dutch man, rewarded fifty taels of silver, burned a Dutch warship, and rewarded five hundred taels of silver.

The maritime battle between the Ming Empire and the Dutch officially kicked off!

However, after the reward order was issued, the joint fleet of the Dutch and Liu Xiang lost its trace and played guerrilla warfare with Zheng Zhilong. He often took advantage of Zheng Zhilong's inattention and rushed to bite the meat, and then left, making Zheng Zhilong unable to defend himself. The Dutch were skilled in naval battles and knew that his ships had strong firepower and had extremely strong ocean-going capabilities. Zheng Zhi had many soldiers and many ships, and had an absolute advantage in the nearshore area.

The so-called war, all kinds of conspiracies and persuasions, have only one purpose, which is to give full play to one's strengths.

The Dutch tried to use their strengths and put their firepower advantages to the limit. Zheng Zhilong would never sit still and wait for death, and was also trying his best to use his strengths.

Zheng Zhilong refuted his teeth to set up heavy troops in the Taiwan Strait, sunk all Dutch ships passing through the strait, cut off the Dutch route to Japan, and forced the Dutch to come to the near their nest to fight.

The Dutch established a country through business and blocked the Taiwan Strait, which was equivalent to cutting off the possibility of Dutch trade with Japan, which made the Dutch East India Company absolutely unbearable.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong was seeking an opportunity for a decisive battle, and Putmans was also seeking an opportunity for a decisive battle. The two sides reached a tacit understanding, that is, the protracted war was not in the interests of both sides.

During the tactical stalemate, Liu Xiang fully proved his value in front of the Dutch. Because Zheng Zhilong blocked the Taiwan Strait, the Dutch were unable to supply the senior members of the Relanzha City and Chikan Tower, and the food source of the fleet of more than 2,000 people became a big problem. Liu Xiang relied on his familiarity with Guangdong and Fujian coasts, and took the Dutch to plunder, turning villages and towns into ruins, slaughtering thousands of Daming people, with their hands covered with the blood of the Chinese people!

The Ming Empire was strong in character and became more and more courageous as it sets down. From Zhu Youjian, the court officials unanimously agreed to resolutely punish the Dutch and Liu Xiang, and strictly ordered Fujian Governor Zou Weilian not to talk about mutual transactions again, "swearing to be the barbarians with all their might"!

The Ming Empire was terminally ill and still maintained the most fundamental interests of the Chinese people. Even though this court had its flaws, even if Zhu Youjian was average in ability and the court officials were mediocre, when it comes to backbone, every Chinese people had to be respected! We have lost this backbone for too long!

"Swear to fight to the death with one's own strength", "measure the material resources of China and make the country's favor", this... this...

Alas, there is nothing to say!

Zheng Zhilong was under great pressure. The Dutch and Liu Xiang plundered ships everywhere, and he suffered the greatest losses. Zhu Youjian's sages became more and more severe day by day, and most of the pressure was passed on to him. Zheng Zhilong had a firm personality. Even though the sound of urging war was endless, he withstood all the pressure and patiently waited for the opportunity to fight.

He now is very eager for someone to hold Liu Xiang's warship. Just the more than ten three-masted giant gunships of the Dutch, Zheng Zhilong believes that he can handle it easily, but after adding Liu Xiang, who is familiar with Zheng Zhilong's combat methods, the situation becomes extremely subtle. Liu Xiang knows Zheng Zhilong so well that he not only knows where his fleet might be, but also knows his weaknesses as much as possible. Such an enemy is the most difficult to deal with!

After Zheng Zhilong heard that Liu Xiang had been fooled by Zhao Hehai and lost six elite gunships, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered Zheng Cai to contact Zhao Hehai, hoping that Zhao Hehai could do his best to delay Liu Xiang's pace of heading north.

Zheng Cai was about to send someone to Guangzhou, but Lu Shiyuan brought someone and said that he would meet Zheng Cai at the order of Lin Chunhong.

This person sounds quite scary. Zheng Fan, the Nai Bangtai Group Governor's Office. Zheng Cai couldn't help but sneer when he heard this title. He only had a few broken fishing boats, and he dared to call him the navy. Lin Chunhong's tone was quite loud. Don't you know that children wearing adult clothes are not only ridiculous, but also fall when walking?

Although Zheng Cai laughed at Lin Chunhong in his heart, under Zheng Zhilong's strict order, he did not dare to slack off at all and urgently ordered his servants to bring this person in. When Zheng Cai saw the visitor, his eyes widened and pointed at the visitor with his right index finger and said in surprise: "You...you...are you...n't Li Siming?"

Zheng Fan frowned slightly, his mouth sagged slightly, and his eyebrows were full of bleakness. He sighed: "Li Siming has long been dead. Zheng Fan, the manager of the Bangtai Naval Military Office, paid a visit to Boss Zheng."

Zheng Cai stepped forward quickly, held Zheng Fan's hand tightly, and looked excited: "After the Manila Mon, I sent someone to check it out, brother, I was covered in rubble at that time. I thought you had died unjustly by the red-haired ghost. How did you escape? Where have you been there in the past few years? Why did you join Lin Chunhong again?"

Zheng Fan smiled bitterly and said, "This matter is a long story. At that time, I escaped from Manila to Batavia..."

It turned out that Li Siming's father was a wealthy overseas Chinese. Although he lived in Manila, he was concerned about China and was very dissatisfied with the Spanish colonial authorities and secretly organized an anti-Spain movement. After being noticed by Xi's tooth, Li Siming's family was wiped out overnight. Li Siming was not in Li's mansion at that time, so he escaped and wandered to Batavia through hardships. When he was in Batavia, he did not even dare to use his real name and changed his name to Zheng Fan. Zheng Fan accidentally met Zhao Hehai and was pulled into the gang by Zhao Hehai. When he rescued Lin Chunhong, he also participated.

Later, Zheng Fan, under the order of Zhao Hehai, went to Jingzhou to work in business. He was deeply attracted by the rich material and extensive culture of China, so he stayed in Jingzhou, hoping to find a feasible way to avenge the family.

Later, at the invitation of Zhu Zhiyu, Zheng Fan became a professor in the museum department of Xingzhishu Hall. Until a few months ago, Zhang Zhao found him and threw out the long-term goal of the navy to expel Westerners and completely control the sea power of the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Without saying a word, Zheng Fan arrived in Suixi with Zhang Zhao and became the manager of the Military Office.

After Zheng Fan briefly described his experience, Zheng Cai was very proud. Back then, Zheng Cai and Zheng Fan had close business dealings and appreciated each other. Unexpectedly, Zheng Fan was recruited by Lin Chunhong. Zheng Cai was so sad that he said, "Brothers should have come to me at the beginning, otherwise why would he have been wandering for many years and had no place to live?"

Zheng Fan smiled slightly and said, "It's already a thing of the past. In recent years, I have figured it out. Revenge for the Li family is just a small righteousness. More importantly, let all the Chinese bloodlines that are wandering overseas seek protection. This is the righteousness! No one can tolerate bullying anyone no matter where the Chinese people are! Except for General Lin, no one has mentioned this to me..."

Zheng Cai felt sour. He held a teacup in his hand, but forgot to send it to his mouth. He had to admit a fact: Although Zheng Zhilong was strong, compared to Lin Chunhong, he seemed to lack such a little spiritual energy! This spiritual energy can be said to be an atmosphere of the group, a cultural habit, and even more so, ideals, pursuits, etc., that are invisible and intangible.

Zheng Cai was unwilling to mention these things again, so he immediately asked, "I wonder what's the point of doing when I come to Anping this time?"

Zheng Fan smiled and said, "It's the same as the purpose of sending someone to Suixi with Brother Zun."

Zheng Cai was not used to Zheng Fan's hidden way of speaking, and was very displeased. He said bluntly: "Although you and I are brothers, we are each one of them today. I will open the skylight to speak first. Zheng Juezing is currently being entangled by the villain and cannot let go of his hands and feet. He is impatient for a moment and hopes that Lin Chunhong will help. How much weight is Lin Chunhong? You are more familiar with me than me. Don't overestimate your own strength, as this will bring a catastrophe to Lin Chunhong!"

After Zheng Cai finished speaking, he was waiting for Zheng Fan's anger. The reason why he scolded Lin Chunhong was to anger Zheng Fan and strive for a favorable start for the upcoming negotiations.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Fan was as if he was fine, his face was still not moving, and he said calmly: "General Lin once told me that China's land area is vast, and no maritime power can fight against the zhongyang court for at least a hundred years! The only feasible strategy at present is to focus on land and make up for the sea. Without the ocean, we can make a comeback, but if we lose land, we have to wander around and do the business without capital, and our ultimate fate will be wiped out by zhongyangzhengfu!"

Zheng Cai understood what Zheng Fan meant, that is, Lin Chunhong could withstand failure in this battle against the Dutch and Liu Xiang. Even if the entire army was wiped out, it would not have much impact on Lin Chunhong. However, for Zheng Zhilong, if this failure, he would probably not even be able to find a place to settle down.

Zheng Cai felt that this was very harsh, but reason told him that Zheng Fan was rightly speaking!

Zheng Cai was silent for a while and asked, "What are the conditions for Lin Chunhong for this cooperation?"

Zheng Fan blurted out: "General Lin hopes to get the right of zi lure in the East China Sea!"
Chapter completed!