After receiving the news from people sent by Zheng Qiu that the front army was defeated, Zheng Zhilong was not surprised or hesitated, and immediately led hundreds of people to evacuate.
Since he had provoked the evil star Zhao Lie, he had to bear all the consequences of the defeat by himself.
Forget about humiliation and anger.
Of course, he couldn't take away the silver in the cellar.
More than one million taels of silver was too huge to be carried by hundreds of carts.
Just now, the Zheng family only loaded more than 200,000 taels of silver and some gold.
Silver jewelry and other fine items are just a step ahead, and other things can't be taken care of.
Without these silver coins, Zheng Zhilong's so-called hegemony will be in vain.
He has seen this naval battle.
Without Galen battleships to hold the battle, even thousands of warships will not be able to fight, but the Galen battleships The construction cost a lot of money, but the more than one million taels of silver could not be taken away and were given away.
Zheng Zhilong knew that he would never regain his former strength.
Zhao Lie would not let him achieve all this.
He would do the same when living in a different place.
It was necessary to eradicate the root cause.
But Zheng Zhilong will not give up here.
Complete recovery is impossible.
It is still possible to gather hundreds of warships to control Fujian again.
Of course, this is not easy, but he, Zheng Zhilong, will never give up easily.
The days ahead are long, let's wait and see.
It's just that Zheng Zhilong didn't expect that Zhao Lie valued him and the Polu Army Navy hated him.
The Polu Army Navy's pursuit along the coast of Fujian made it impossible for the Zheng family to restore the navy.
Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao glanced at the Zheng Mansion with black smoke everywhere, and left with hundreds of people on horseback.
Li Lu led the soldiers of the Polu Army to rush into the Zheng Mansion.
Under the guidance of the leading party, they found the bank vault and took for themselves the 1,130,000 taels of silver collected by the Zheng family over the years.
When the trees fall and the hozens disperse, we really don’t need too many leading parties.
The Zheng family has fallen, and too many thoughtful people have defected and taken refuge.
Just the shipment of these coins took the fleet several days.
The Polu army collected all the valuable items in the Zheng family's mansion, and before leaving, set off a fire, completely turning the Zheng family's mansion into ruins.
Li Lu's move was a warning to all the forces in the south that those who dared to offend the Polu army would end up in ruins like the Zheng family.
This ruin was a warning to those who came after.
Zhang Gusheng sent ten patrol ships to escort the fleet back to Xiaoliuqiu, while he took dozens of other warships to sail directly to Xiamen Island.
Xiamen Island is now also a base camp of the Zheng family.
There are nearly 200 warships of the Zheng family navy stationed there.
They are commanded by Zheng Qiuyan, forming a rivalry with Anping's old nest.
Zheng Qiuyan received the order from General Zheng Zhilong and learned about the disastrous defeat of the coalition forces in Xiaoliuqiu.
Zheng Qiuyan was also shocked.
This was a huge fleet of nearly a hundred Galen warships and hundreds of Zheng family warships.
It was destroyed by Zhao Lie's command.
The powerful strength of the Japanese navy made Zheng Qiuyan extremely frightened.
Zheng Qiuyan was extremely hesitant at this time.
After all, Xiamen Island is a naval stronghold, and how to protect it is a big problem.
Finally, he decided that if the enemy fleet came, he would just not go to war.
There was no other way.
Xiamen could not be given up, and if he went to war, he would be defeated, so he could only stay behind closed doors.
Seven days later, the alert sentry ship came to report that a large number of Mingren warships were heading directly to Xiamen Island, including many Galenic giant ships, a total of fifty or sixty ships.
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When Zheng Qiuyan heard this, she was even more determined to stay behind closed doors, but there was a premise here.
She could not allow the enemy to approach and bombard them with huge cannons, otherwise all the warships would be sunk in the stronghold.
In order to prevent the Polu army from approaching, Zheng Qiuyan also tried his best.
He ordered more than ten large ships to be sunk on the waterway and blocked the shallow water near the coast.
The purpose was that a Polu army could not attack the navy within three miles.
The village was bombarded.
Then Zheng Qiuyan hid in the naval base and concentrated on being his little turtle.
After avoiding this crisis, he could open the channel again.
Zheng Qiuyan had no other choice but to do this.
Zheng Zhiyan's idea was correct.
The estimated range of the cannon was as wide as possible.
The range of the 12-pounder and 9-pounder was about two miles.
Three miles, taking into account the 18-pounder and the 24-pounder.
This Cannons at that time were generally aimed at direct bombardment, and the range of indirect fire was really not very far.
But he didn't know that the Polu army had monster cannons like the 36-pounder and 48-pounder cannons.
If he knew, he would know that staying behind closed doors is absolutely impossible, because it is impossible to use the deeper bay outside.
If the shipwreck blocks it, then the only way out is for the fleet to leave Xiamen Island to avoid the war.
Zhang Gusheng led the Polu Army Navy to the outside of Xiamen Zhengjia Navy Dazhai and found that the shallow water channels were blocked.
The Polu Army warships could no longer enter after approaching for more than three miles.
At this time, the strategy of Xiamen's Zheng family defender was clear, which was to avoid the battle behind closed doors and allow the Polu navy to return without success.
However, the distance of more than three miles is still too short to stop the cannon bombardment of the Polu army.
After Zhang Gusheng found out the plan of this family's navy, he couldn't help laughing wildly.
It really took no effort.
Since the chief of the Zheng family's navy gave such a great gift, Zhang Gusheng accepted it with a smile.
Zhang Gusheng immediately ordered the patrol ship Clipper to guard the outside.
There was no use inside.
The Zheng family navy blocked the channel, not only preventing the Polu army from approaching, but also preventing their own naval warships from coming out. .
More than twenty Tang-class and Song-class battleships formed a semi-circle on the outer flank, facing the enemy on the sides.
The loud bangs of cannons resounded throughout Xiamen Bay, and smoke filled the air for miles.
When the Polu army warships began to prepare for bombardment, Zheng Zhiyan was quite disdainful.
It was really funny that the Zheng family's warships could hit the Zheng family's warships inside the water village more than three miles away.
But after the opponent's cannon fired and the water column continued to rise near the warship, Zheng Qiuyan was immediately stunned.
It's simply unimaginable how big a caliber a huge cannon could be to hit the Zheng family's warship from such a distance.
The Polu army used red-hot projectiles to continuously bombard the Zheng family warship parked there like a goose in the water village.
Whenever it was hit, thick smoke and flames would rise.
Many Zheng family sailors were forced to jump from the burning warship to escape.
Of course, they would not be scratched by projectiles in the sea, but the chances of escaping from the burning warship were better than that of the burning warship.
After six or seven rounds of bombardment, more than twenty Zheng family warships were caught in flames, and some warships were damaged and set on fire.
At this time, the Polu army's warships began to turn around, allowing the artillery on this side to dissipate heat, and began to bombard with the artillery on the other side.
The Tang-class battleships and Song-class battleships of the Polu Army did not have too many thirty-six-pound and forty-eight-pound long-barreled guns, and there were many warships in the water village, so this was destined to be a long attack process.
However, the navy of the Polu Army was not in a hurry at all.
There was still time.
Anyway, the Zheng family's navy had no way out and there was no possibility of fighting.
So why were they anxious?
The navy of the Polu Army slowly turned around and started again.
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Zheng Zhiyan ordered the sailors to withdraw to the shore without tears, and abandoned the warships.
There was no point in staying on the warships.
The warships were not allowed to go out, so they could only wait here to be called one by one.
Zheng Zhiyan was He regretted his decision.
Even if he rushed out to fight the enemy, he could damage some enemy warships.
It was much better than waiting for death on the dock like this coward.
The navy of the Polu Army bombarded them all day long, and at night they rested under the light of the large torches lit at the Xiamen Pier.
The next day, artillery fire was still roaring in Xiamen Bay.
It was not until almost all the Zheng family warships were burned or sunk in the bay that Zhang Gusheng led the fleet to leave Xiamen Island unscathed and return to Xiaoliuqiu.
At this time, the damaged warships of the Polu Army in Xiaoliuqiu have basically been repaired.
Since Xiaoliuqiu does not have a shipyard yet, repairs now involve repairs.
At the very least, the warships can sail back to Shidao for further repairs.
The triumphant return of Zhang Gusheng's fleet brought news of the destruction of Zheng Zhilong's lair and Xiamen Island, and brought back more than 1.1 million taels of silver.
This news made Zhao Lie relieved.
In any case, Zheng Zhilong had basically no chance of turning around.
The main warships were basically wiped out, and the treasury was also destroyed.
Even though Zheng Zhilong was a tycoon, this incident also greatly damaged his vitality.
It would be extremely difficult to regain its previous status along the coast of Fujian.
But Zhao Lie really didn't dare to underestimate the people of Ming Dynasty at this time.
After all, only those who have experienced it personally can know how difficult it is to deal with slaves.
And Zheng Zhilong, the son of a petty official, eventually became the overlord of a party.
This person can be described as a man of great talent and strategy.
If he is given a chance, he will turn over.
What Zhao Lie has to do now is to make it as difficult as possible for him to rise again.
Zhao Lie must solve the problem in the north before he can solve the problem in the south.
The piracy and maritime trade must be solved on land.
Just like this, Zheng Zhilong was defeated and retreated into Fujian.
There was nothing that could be done against him, because it was the territory of the governor of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty.
It was okay for the Polu army to be on the coast, but if the army broke into the interior of Fujian to pursue them, this matter would be a big deal. , there is a danger of completely falling out with Daming.
For this reason, Zhao Lie told Zhang Gusheng who stayed behind to expand the patrol area of Xiaoliuqiu Navy.
When he saw the Zheng family's fleet on the coast of Fujian, he must sink them all without any hesitation to reduce the Zheng family's living space and prevent the Zheng family from becoming bigger again. .
Of course, the Zheng family's one million taels of silver this time also gave Zhao Lie a financial reprieve.
At least all the losses from the southward expedition were recouped.
However, this was also the most aggrieved time for Zhao Lie.
In the past, apart from fighting against Jiannu, he had gained a lot from other expeditions against the Polu army.
Only this time, he could barely save his capital.
What makes him most heartbroken is the loss of thousands of soldiers to the navy he spent ten years building.
This means that thousands of families will fall into grief.
The losses in this war are greater than ever before, and the Zheng family is shattered.
The losses caused by the captive army exceeded those of the slaves.
Zhao Lie recorded this account in his heart, and Zheng Zhilong must get rid of him in the future.
Zhao Lie's campaign was finally over.
This sea battle defeated the biggest threat of the Polu Navy in the south.
From then on, it can be said that the Polu Navy was the overlord of the Far East Sea and controlled this vast ocean. .
Before Zhao Lie set off back to Shidao, he solemnly paid homage to the soldiers of the Polu army and navy who died in Xiaoliuqiu.
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Those who sacrificed the flag were a group of captured Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese people.
Their leaders Sanders and Vanpenny were all beheaded.
Among the many captured Westerners, one out of ten was also beheaded for sacrifice in the battle. of soldiers.
Their heads were taken to the place where the battle took place and thrown into the sea, so this battlefield was also called the Zhanyi Sea
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