Updated: 2013-08-18

The incident of Dou Shiwen ended within the Southeast Camp. Both Lin Chunhong, Zhou Wang and Lu Shiming breathed a sigh of relief. Only Tian Chuyun was unable to command the army and was promoted to the level of the military and judicial department, and his rank was demoted from General Zhongwu to General Xuanwei, and he continued to serve as the commander of the Southeast Camp.

Only Tian Xuan, who does not belong to Jingzhou Group, has a lot of choices. He can either go through judicial channels or deal with it by Lin Chunhong himself.

Jingzhou Group is relatively weak and small. Tian Xuan is enough to shake the foundation of Jingzhou, so of course he can't tolerate any carelessness. Today, Jingzhou Group is enough to compete with the court, and Tian Xuan's influence on Jingzhou is simply negligible.

Based on this consideration, Lin Chunhong immediately ordered Tian Xuan to be let go.

Tian Xuan tried his best but did not touch Lin Chunhong's hair. He was very ashamed and felt that he had no place to stand in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so he secretly boarded a ship voyage abroad and disappeared.

The matter of Tian Xuan causing trouble was successfully resolved, but the Southeast Camp was affected by it and his morale was still not high. Lin Chunhong ordered Tian Chuyun to immediately lead the three armies to Dalong Mountain outside Jixian Pass and carry out large-scale military exercises in Dalong Mountain. One to boost morale and the other to put pressure on Anqing City to reverse the strategic disadvantages of the past few days.

At the same time, Lin Chunhong ordered Li Mengshen to assemble the navy and exercise near Emaozhou Island outside Anqing City, threatening Anqing City from the water.

For a time, one south and one north, the fire was rumbling and the shouts of killing were shocked, scaring the people nearby. Some wealthy people who cherished their lives sorted out their luggage, either going to Wuchang or Nanjing, with only one purpose, that is, the farther away from Anqing, the better.

Some poor people are not only not afraid, but also look forward to the arrival of the Jingzhou army. Over the years, thanks to newspapers, the people generally know that the people of Jingzhou are living better than them. They run to the Yangtze River in groups to watch the fireworks event that is difficult to see in their lifetime.

Some bold people even shaking fishing boats to watch the Yangtze River Navy fight up close. This time, they will never forget it for the rest of their lives. Until several years later, they still use it as their own capital to brag and brag everywhere:

"Grandma, there are more than forty centipedes... What are centipedes? Do you know? When that thing moves, no ship can catch up with it, and it runs faster than a carriage..."

"It's been two quarters of an hour, and hundreds of cannons, like firecrackers, one shot after another, and there was no stop! Where can I see the Emaozhou clearly? It was covered by thick smoke. After a month, I went to the island and saw that my grandma, the sand and soil were all burnt, and the entire island was almost flattened..."

"What? The cannons in Anqing City? Compared with the cannons on the centipede ship, they are simply scum. Not only are they small in quantity, but they are also surprisingly slow. It is estimated that before the cannon was fired, they were bombarded into the sky by the centipede ship!"

"The sailor, wow, holding a fire stick with a bayonet tied to it..."

"What? Fire sticks are useless? Your fire sticks are useless. The sticks will make fire and can also make marbles. Try hitting you, and make sure to have a hole as big as a bowl..."

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The surrounding area of ​​Anqing is very lively, and hundreds of warships of all sizes are facing each other on the ocean near Zhoushan Island. The situation is tense and it is about to break out.

Seven days ago, Shanghai Wusong Fortress publicly claimed that ships that did not fly the Bang Tailing Banner were prohibited from entering the Yangtze River. Zheng Zhilong's merchant ship did not believe in this evil and insisted on entering the Yangtze River. It was bombarded by Wusong Fortress. Three were seriously damaged and one sank.

After learning the news, the entire Zheng Group was excited and strongly demanded revenge on the Jingzhou Group. Especially Zheng Cai, who was in line with his usual attitude of being close to the Jingzhou Group, jumped up and down, and even wanted to destroy the Wusong Fort at the death to ensure that the merchant ships entered the Yangtze River freely.

Over the years, Jingzhou Group has successively opened up bulk goods such as Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou and other ports, and raw silk and cotton cloth in Jiangnan. They have abandoned their usual way to go up the river, enter the Ganjiang River, and then transported the goods along the Ganjiang River to the old road along the coast of Fujian. Instead, they are accustomed to trading nearby and then transporting the goods overseas by sea ships.

Even the Zheng Group bowed its head to reality, purchasing a large amount of goods from ports in Jiangnan every month, and then transporting them to Japan and Nanyang to make huge profits.

Now Lin Chunhong bans the Zheng family group from entering the Yangtze River, and their source of goods has suddenly decreased by more than two-thirds, which is something that the entire Zheng family group cannot tolerate.

Zheng Zhilong was also in a panic and immediately led hundreds of warships to the estuary of the Yangtze River. When he reached the ocean near Shuangyu, he met the Oriental Fleet led by Song Shutao and fell into a confrontation.

Song Shutao's Oriental Fleet was just formed two months ago. The main battleships were all second-class warships on two decks. Eight first-class warships were all left in the Western fleet.

Song Shutao was not dissatisfied with this. After all, just from the names of the East and the West, the Western fleet's goal would never be to patrol the South Ocean, but to focus on the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is currently controlled by the Western Barbarians, and every step forward will be taken, it will face fierce struggles.

In contrast, there is no one else in the East except Zheng Zhilong.

Moreover, Song Shutao did not think that his strength was weaker than Zheng Zhilong. With more than fifty second-class warships, and some third-class warships and auxiliary ships, the number of heavy artillery guns was as high as more than two thousand, which was comparable to the hundreds of Zheng Zhilong's warships. More importantly, the Oriental Fleet was backed by the Yangtze River and could obtain a huge amount of heavy artillery and gunpowder from the Jinghu area at any time. Even if it was consumed, Zheng Zhilong had to be consumed to death.

In fact, the Oriental Fleet has made all the achievements, and even the home port has not been dredged yet, let alone construction. According to Lin Chunhong's arrangement, the Oriental Fleet set up the home port in Shuangyu. In the 27th year of Jiajing, after Zhu Wan ordered the filling of Shuangyu, Shuangyu Port, which was once a smuggling paradise, declined.

However, the east and west mountains of Shuangyu Port are opposite each other, and there are waterways connected from north to south. There are also small hills blocked by gates, with a space of about twenty miles in the middle, which is a rare good harbor.

Moreover, Shuangyu Port is close to Hangzhou Bay and the estuary of the Yangtze River, and is a natural maritime barrier for the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River. With Shuangyu, a maritime base that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it can easily cut the coastal areas of Japan and Fujian controlled by Zheng Zhilong into two sections, and will always be at a strategic disadvantage.

The geographical advantages of Shuangyu Port finally made Lin Chunhong determined to dredge Shuangyu Port even if he invested heavily in investment.
Chapter completed!