Zhao Ming's original plan was to join forces with the sailors in Fuzhou, and then advance by land and water to sweep the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong.Who knows, he overestimated the combat effectiveness of Zheng Jun, in fact, after Zheng Chenggong took away the main force, Fujian was even more empty than Zhao Ming imagined.This may be because Zheng Chenggong believes in Zhao Ming more in his heart, and thinks that Zhao Ming will not stab him, so Fujian did not leave many infantry troops.After all, when there was infighting in the imperial court, Zhao Ming raised troops to rescue Zhu Yihai, Zheng Chenggong did not raise a large army and attack Zhejiang, but just made an appearance and sent a partial division, which was regarded as letting Zhao Ming go.Otherwise, when Zhao Ming attacked Zhenjiang and forced Nanjing, it would not have been so smooth.However, no matter what Zheng Chenggong did at that time, Zhao Ming would not show mercy at this time, stabbed Zheng Chenggong firmly, and held the handle of the knife and stirred it vigorously to make Zheng Chenggong lose his combat power.At this time, in the territory of Quanzhou Prefecture, the Han army camp in Tong'an County spread.On the other side, on the two islands of Jinxia, warships gathered, gathering Zheng army warships and merchant ships.After Zheng Hongkui was defeated in Nanping, he deeply felt that the Han army was strong and did not dare to compete for power on land, so he led the Zheng army to retreat to the two islands of Kinmen and Xiamen.Zheng Jun has been crisscrossing the sea for many years, and after Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, it once declined, but in recent years, it has been revived.The fleet sailed to Japan, the South Seas, and even followed the example of the Han state, occupying northern Borneo and establishing a colony.Facing the Zheng army assembled on the sea, the Han army had no choice for a while.Zhao Mingtun troops in Zhangquan, dispatched a large army to collect all parts of Fujian, and sent people to garrison the pass in northern Fujian to prevent Zheng Chenggong from returning to help.At this time, Zhao Ming was discussing the military in the Tong'an camp, and on the sea, suddenly the sound of artillery rumbled."
What's going on?"
Zhao Ming was lying in front of the sand table, discussing the military situation, and couldn't help but raise his head and ask.Zhang Jiayu said: "Your Highness, could it be that the sailor has arrived?"
”Zhao Ming straightened up and picked up his helmet, "Let's go, take a look!"
”Then the crowd went out of the camp and rode to a hill by the sea.At this time, the army took out the clairvoyant mirror and presented it to Zhao Ming, Zhao Ming took it, took out the clairvoyant mirror, and observed, in the circular horizon, the two fleets were lined up in two columns on the sea, and the side guns fired at each other, the shells were intertwined, and the broken wood was splashed, and the scene was grand.The sea was filled with gunsmoke and the roar of artillery, and the ships and the sea were trembling."
It's the sailor who has arrived!"
Zhang Jiayu saw the scene of the naval battle and said excitedly.Zhao Ming immediately said in a deep voice: "Pass the order, the army will prepare immediately, once the sailor wins, the army will immediately take the opportunity to seize Xiamen!"
”"Yes!"
Wang Yi immediately clenched his fists and took his life, then turned around and left.In the camp of the Han army, the soldiers gathered on the beach, and found many sea boats, ready to take the opportunity to rush to the crossing.On the hill, Zhao Ming and the others continued to observe the naval battle and watched the changes in the battle situation.Since the formation of the Han army, the Han army has won many victories and defeated few at sea, and has been invincible, defeating the Netherlands and Spain.However, the Dutch and the Spaniards, after all, there are few people and few ships, and a salvo of two fleets like this is still rare.At this time, Zhao Ming and his entourage stood on the hill and watched, looking at the sea, the artillery battle was extremely fierce, and everyone in the Han army did not expect that the Han army did not completely gain the upper hand.Zheng Jun's cannonball hit a Han warship, and the cannonball exploded, and the ship suddenly splattered with broken wood."
Zheng Jun is actually equipped with a flowering bomb!"
Zhang Jiayu frowned.A few years ago, Zhao Ming first used flowering bombs in naval battles with the Dutch, and then, in the battle to capture Zhenjiang, he used flowering shells again, which immediately shocked the Longwu court and forced Longwu to release Zhu Yihai.At that time, the flowering bomb entered the field of vision of all parties.Flowering bombs, the Ming Dynasty has long had this thing, in the battlefield of western Liao, it has been used many times, but the technology is not mature, it is easy to cause explosions, so the army is unwilling to use it.After the Han army used flowering shells, all forces paid attention to this kind of shells.The Qing army, as well as all the forces of the Ming Dynasty, sent fine works to the Han State to steal secrets, and invested silver money and craftsmen to improve the original flowering bullets.Zhao Ming looked at the battlefield, but he didn't expect Zheng Jun to actually master the flowering bullet, and the spread of military technology was really the fastest.The naval battle lasted for an hour, and the opportunity that the Han army was waiting for never appeared, and the naval battle ended in a hurry.The damage to the wooden warships was too huge, and in an hour of fighting, more than 10 warships of the Han army were sunk, and more than 20 warships of the Zheng army were also sunk.This loss was too heavy, and in the artillery battle, Zheng Jun sacrificed his best fireboat tactics, and thousands of fireships rushed up, so that the Han army could only temporarily withdraw from the battlefield.On the hill, Zhao Ming looked at the floating devastation on the sea, the floating devastation, and the sailing Zheng Jun boat, exhaled a breath, and said in a deep voice: "Go back to the camp!"
”The Han army sailors wanted to go to join Zhao Ming, but they were stopped by the Zheng army's sailors, and after the battle in the waters near Aotou, they had to temporarily retreat to Quanzhou Jinjiang to anchor the ship.In the camp of the Tongan Han army, Zhao Ming convened everyone to discuss the battle situation.Guo Zhong, the governor of the naval division who came from Jinjiang, reported: "Your Highness, this time the naval division started the war in a hurry and was not well prepared, so it failed to defeat the Zheng army.His Royal Highness is ready to defeat Zheng Jun!
”The Han army's sailors won successive battles, giving birth to a pampered heart, and when they went south, they did not make sufficient preparations, thinking that the Zheng army was vulnerable, and they didn't want the Zheng army's sailors, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and it was so difficult to deal with.Although the Han army sank more than 20 Zheng warships, but they also lost more than 10 ships, the Han army has never suffered such a big loss, Guo Zhong was afraid of too many casualties, did not dare to fight again, so he retreated first.Zhao Ming also saw that Zheng Jun's naval division, as the former overlord of the East Asian sea, was still very strong.Although Zhao Ming has the strength to defeat the Zheng Junshui Division, he will inevitably pay a certain price, and it will take a while.Zhao Ming waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "The matter of attacking Jinxia, stop for the time being!"
”In that year, the Qing army invaded Fujian, Zheng Chenggong retreated to Jinxia, and used the two islands as the base for resisting the Qing Dynasty and operated for a long time.It was not an easy task for the Han army to capture Jinxia.Zhang Jiayu, who joined the army, said: "Your Highness's intention is to ignore Jinxia first and take Guangzhou first." ”Zhao Ming bowed slightly, "Gu led the army into Fujian, presumably Guangzhou has already gotten the news, the longer Gu stays in Fujian, the more complete Guangzhou's defense will be."
Moreover, Tang Fan's side should have received the news and will definitely react. ”Zhang Jiayu bowed his head and said: "Your Highness's words are reasonable, if you spend too much time to capture Jinxia, it will indeed be bad for us."
However, if the enemy of Jinxia is left behind to take Guangzhou, Zheng Hongkui will inevitably attack the coast and threaten our rear. ”Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Except for Zheng Chenggong, the Zheng family is a businessman and knows how to weigh the pros and cons.Send one person to the island, negotiate peace with Zheng Hongkui, keep the sailors watching, and the army marches along the coast to capture Guangzhou. ”()