Duoduo is strong, and Zheng Hongkui is not optimistic about the Zhejiang Army. He feels that with the current state of Zheng Army, he may not be able to win, so he wants to leave some family background for the Zheng family.

Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai supported the dispatch of troops, which made the opinions within the Zheng family disagree. Zheng Hongkui looked cold and looked like a torch. After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Xia Jianjun, I need to discuss this matter with the generals!"

When Xia Wanchun heard the words, he knew that the Zheng family wanted to unify internal opinions and understood what Zheng Hongkui meant, so he bowed and said he would leave first.

After Xia Wanchun left the tent, Zheng Hongkui asked Zheng Cai with a calm face, Zheng Lian and the other two, "You are not unaware of the situation in the army now. Duoduo's troops are strong, and even when our Zheng family is united, they cannot fight Duoduo. What's more, now they are divided and there are only 30,000 homeless remnants!"

Zheng Cai said: "Uncle, Xia Jianjun said some truth. Now that he is in the midst of survival and demise, if he does not work hard, if Zhejiang is defeated, we cannot last long and will be unable to support it independently. If Zhejiang army wins, it will inevitably hold a grudge against us, and we will also find it difficult to survive!"

Zheng Lian said: "The King of Lu is now the crown prince. In the future, if we surrender to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, we will definitely gain the favor of the crown prince. Moreover, if we go on a boat, we will go ashore to recover Fuzhou, and if we lose, we will go to the sea, and we will not cause too much loss."

Zheng Hongkui was silent for a while. Zheng Sen was surrounded and Emperor Longwu was in danger. He did not want to save him. In fact, he really wanted to start a military force to defend the king. But he knew in his heart that although Longwu and King Zhu Yihai, who had come together because of the Qing Dynasty, it was not impossible for him to have no conflicts in the future.

Now the eldest son of the emperor is still young, and if he is older, there will inevitably be no trouble.

Zheng Hongkui did not want to get too close to Zhu Yihai, but what Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai made sense. Now it is a life-and-death period. If he does not help the Zhejiang clan, he will not be able to save Zheng Sen and Emperor Longwu.

Zheng Hongkui pondered for a moment and exhaled a breath of turbid air, "Since both of you agree, let's fight!"

When Xia Wanchun learned that Zheng Hongkui agreed to send troops, he immediately sent someone to notify Zhu Yihai and Zhao Ming, while he stayed in Jin Xia to be responsible for the communication.

Since he decided to send troops, Zheng Hongkui immediately summoned the generals to discuss and sent people to various prefectures and counties in Fujian to contact the old subordinates of the Zheng family and prepare to cooperate with their actions.

Zhu Yihai and Zhao Ming did not have enough prestige in Fujian, and only the Zheng family could call on Fujian. This is also one of the reasons why Zhao Ming wanted to join forces with Jin Xia.

When sending detailed works to the mainland, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Lian, Zheng Cai and Xia Wanchun and others urgently negotiated the issue of sending troops.

In the end, Zheng Hongkui decided to leave 10,000 people to guard Jin Xia and lead 20,000 troops to join the war. The first combat goal proposed by Xia Wanchun was the Zheng army that surrendered to the Qing army.

This made the Zheng family feel very uncomfortable. Xia Wanchun persuaded: "The fundamental reason for the Zheng family is the sea. The navy is owned by the Qing army. How can you settle down?"

After hearing this, Zheng Hongkui and others were silent for a while, they could only nod heavily and did not say much.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival.

On that day, the Zheng soldiers on the Jinxia Islands hurriedly used a meal, and boarded the boat together, preparing to raise the anchor and sail to Fuzhou.

The Zheng family is worthy of being the maritime overlord in East Asia. The remaining soldiers of the Zheng army retreated to the Jinxia Islands, with less than 30,000 people, and there were actually thousands of sea ships.

Of course, these sea ships are not all warships, and not every one can go out to sea. In fact, many of them are unmanned and parked in the harbor.

During this expedition, Zheng Hongkui selected 300 sea ships, including two imitated Western artillery ships, and 20,000 sailors and soldiers accompanied him to fight to the death with the sea power of the Qing army.

At this time, in the harbor, Zheng Hongkui boarded the flagship watch sea and waved his hand to order, "Rise the anchor and raise the sail!"

A flag was hung on the tall mast of Guanhai. The sound of trumpets sounded in the harbor. The sailors on various sea boats raised their anchors and raised sails. The ships drove out of the harbor in a mighty manner. More than 300 warships rode the wind and waves, and the sails were like clouds. Facing the new sun, the sunlight brought a layer of golden color to the fleet, and the stern was shining with golden light, which was very spectacular.

On the 18th of the first lunar month, in the mouth of the Minjiang River, in the north of Guantangshan Island, Mazu Island.

The commander of the Zhejiang Navy, Guo Zhong, stood on the helm, looking out at the southern sea, waiting for news from the Zheng army to come.

Duoduo knew that Zhao Ming's navy was powerful, so when he sent troops to connect the river, he considered that the Ming army would raid Fuzhou and cut off his retreat, so he left behind 10,000 Qing troops and more than 400 Zheng's naval ships to defend Fuzhou and the Minjiang River estuary.

Unlike the Zheng army's infantry, Duoduo actually treated the surrendered Zheng army very favorably, ensuring their food and material supply, and also encouraging everyone to surrender the surrendered generals.

Now Duoduo is in Lianjiang. What Guo Zhong has to do now is to wait until Duoduo is trapped in Lianjiang, lead a fleet to raid the Minjiang River estuary, wipe out the Qing navy, and then cut off Duoduo's food route.

At this time, the Ming Navy was mooring ships on the Mazu Island for more than ten days, and the Zheng army on Jinxia Island had not arrived yet, which made Guo Zhong a little worried.

If the Qing Navy discovers the traces of the Ming Navy and is ready, or if the Jin Xia’s Zheng Hongkui does not come, then this battle will be a fierce battle.

"Commander!" Suddenly, Gu Sanmazi took a small boat along the stairs to board the flagship of Zhenhai.

The Ming army navy was part of the Navy, and the Spaniards who were still besieging the Chicken Cang. The navy originally had only two gunboats this time, but Zhao Ming felt that he was not strong enough and transferred Gu Sanmazi to him.

Four gunboats, more than twenty large blessed ships, a total of about three thousand navy troops, were hidden in the Mazu Islands.

Guo Zhong turned around and saw Gu Sanmazi. He saw that he was in a hurry and looked solemn. His heart immediately moved, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Old Gu, is it Zheng Hongkui who sent troops?"

"Out!" Gu Sanmazi rushed to the helm, panting, and said loudly: "Xia Jianjun sent a message. The Marquis of Dinglu had already led 20,000 naval troops on the fifteenth day."

With 20,000 Zheng Navy's Navy assisting the war, the Ming Navy's Navy's troops and warships surpassed the Qing Navy's Navy, and the opportunity came.

This battle is related to the victory or defeat of the Lianjiang Battle, and also to the direction of the situation in the world. Whether the Ming army can turn the tide, stabilize the situation and prevent the situation from deteriorating after losing Fujian depends on this battle.

Guo Zhong punched the rudder, with excitement and excitement on his face, and he said loudly: "Lao Gu, this battle will definitely be won!"

Gu Sanmazi Zheng pointed his head and said, "Yes, the Ming Dynasty will not perish, we will win!"

At this moment, the flagship flag was hung up, and the Ming army's warships that had been silent for many days were boiling. The sailors rushed out of the cabin and came to the deck. The huge anchor was pulled up, and the iron chains rubbed against the deck, and the clattered and the sails were raised to cover the sun. The three thousand navy troops were ready in less than a quarter of an hour.

Guo Zhong then ordered, "Tell all ships to send troops to the Minjiang River estuary to lure the Qing navy to fight!"

The fleet raised its sails and left the harbor in a mighty manner, rushing directly to the northwest.
Chapter completed!