Chapter 1154 The Battle of Seven Star Island (5)
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The Zheng family navy was completely stunned in less than half an hour!
All the generals on the warship were so frustrated that they were dying.
What kind of battle is this?
From the beginning of the war, it was a cowardly battle.
Except for the fact that they were chasing Wang Yilin, they fought a little more easily, but until now, many warships have not even fired a single shot.
There was the Ming Dynasty before and the Qing Dynasty later. No matter how the Tartars fought on land, they were indeed unable to do anything to this navy at sea. This was untolerable for the arrogant Zheng family navy.
Zheng Zhiguan is definitely not a brave person. He had been lying on Wang Yilin before because he knew that he had a sure win.
But once he is in danger, he will quickly transform into a cowardly person, extremely cowardly and shameless.
Human nature is elusive.
Some gentlemen who speak morals and have a reputation for being righteous will not be as good as a dog slaughter in their lives once danger comes. There are too many such examples, everywhere.
For example, Qian Qianyi, under Liu Rushi's "urgency", came to the pond. The fireworks woman was about to dive to death. As soon as he was a serious and professional, one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, he turned his head and left because the water was too cold. It turned out that he had to boil a pot and boil water to scald him without his old face.
Zheng Zhiguan is a pirate after all, so he has become cowardly, so it should not be ugly.
But the old team of the Zheng family is not a good person.
This is a powerful soldier who swept the South China Sea and is called the second one. Who dares to be the eldest one?
Thinking about it, the boss Zheng Zhilong had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and his navy would rather follow Zheng Chenggong than surrender.
This is backbone and temper.
It’s not because of their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, but because of their interests. It’s better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.
I am used to being free and free, and it’s so good to rob, and I have no money to buy or sell. I cannons fire, and I can’t help but change them even if I change them to the emperor.
This time, it was a mess.
The dense shells were still coming towards us, and the Zheng family's navy's flagship and the surrounding main ships lost contact.
Zheng Zhiguan surrendered and ordered the flagship, and the flagship was in an uproar.
Among them, Zheng Cai's reaction was particularly intense.
Although his clan of Zheng Zhilong is younger than Zheng Zhiguan, he has followed Zheng Zhilong for many years and has a large number of subordinates with a solid foundation.
After Zheng Zhilong was recruited by the Ming Dynasty, he was also appointed as the general officer. Although it was not a real flaw, he was a serious official.
After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Cai and his younger brother had been entrenched on the coast of Xiamen, and at least 30% of the Zheng family navy was actually the ones that their brothers really mastered.
With an army and territory, he was like a local emperor, so he naturally didn't want to follow Zheng Zhilong to live under a rooftop and be madly angry.
But the Zheng Cai brothers never expected Zheng Chenggong to attack them.
Originally, Zheng Chenggong raised the flag to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and the Zheng Cai brothers were nominally effective, but this investment was basically nominal, and he did not listen to the promotion. Even the tax on the territory, even the local specialties, was not as good as Zheng Chenggong.
Zheng Chenggong was naturally unhappy.
So, Zheng Chenggong was defeated outside Fuzhou City and retreated to southern Fujian. He found an excuse to say that Zheng Lian was expending heavy taxes in Xiamen, causing the people to live in poverty.
This excuse is very clumsy. It is said that rabbits do not eat grass by their nests. Brother Zheng Cai is indeed not a good bird, but he has not yet been able to charge a large amount of taxes on his own acre of three points, causing the people to live in poverty.
Moreover, it was not a matter of one or two years that the Zheng Cai brothers occupied Xiamen, but had occupied Xiamen before Zheng Chenggong's father surrendered, which was equivalent to the Zheng family's vassal.
But Zheng Chenggong's intention to seize Xiamen was decided. No matter whether he was right or not, he just did it.
Zheng Chenggong took advantage of Zheng Cai's own time to leave Xiamen and personally took his personal guard to visit Zheng Lian. Zheng Lian thought that his clan brother was here and he was nominal boss again, so he naturally treated him with all his heart.
Therefore, he was careless and did not set any defense and was brutally killed by Zheng Chenggong during the banquet.
Zheng Cai learned about his brother's death and knew that the situation was hopeless, so he did not dare to go against Zheng Chenggong. He returned to Xiamen and took the initiative to hand over all the military power. Zheng Chenggong has since accepted most of Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian's army and navy, and actually obtained Xiamen and Kinmen as the base.
Therefore, Zheng Cai is sleeping on firewood and tasting gall.
Is there any truth that will not be rewarded? The time has not come.
But now, Zheng Cai feels that the time has come.
In Zheng Cai's opinion, his navy's strength is far better than that of the enemy. The reason why he fights so passively is actually because he is inappropriate in command, one mistake can make mistakes and every step is wrong.
Long before Zheng Zhiguan issued a surrender order, Zheng Cai had already had a comparison in his mind.
Zheng Zhiguan issued a surrender order without knowing his life and death, which aroused the indignation of all the generals on the flagship except his own confidant.
So many people died and so many ships sunk.
The number of warships on our side is still greater than that on the enemy. In this case, surrender?
How can you not be angry?
Seeing that the army was ready, Zheng Cai turned around, faced Zheng Zhiguan, pulled out the sword of Tujian, stabbed forward, and stabbed it "puchi".
This move was just in front of everyone, and in a moment, it was like flowing water. It turned out that Zheng Cai had practiced it countless times in his heart, and was so proficient.
The sudden change occurred, and Zheng Zhiguan died on the spot, but Zheng Zhiguan’s confidant did not even have time to react.
Zheng Cai held a blood-dropping steel knife and pointed at Zheng Zhiguan's confidant, shouting: "Zheng Zhiguan's command was in a dire way, causing our navy to be defeated. It is a serious crime. Now he is even more rude to surrender to the enemy. Even if King Yanping is here, he will be killed without mercy!"
Speaking of this, Zheng Cai's old subordinate standing behind him also began to draw his sword and force forward.
Zheng Zhiguan's confidant was speechless. Seeing that Zheng Zhiguan had died on the floor, he knew that the situation was over, so he tied up.
In just a blink of an eye, a coup came to an end.
In the past few minutes, several warships of the Zheng family navy were sunk.
But there are still more than 60 ships, most of which are the main ships of the 64-gun gun.
After Zheng Cai obtained command, he quickly ordered to attack Wang Yilin's warship.
Zheng Cai is also an old sailor.
I know that in such a battlefield situation, it is impossible to escape without any hesitation.
The only way is to quickly go in one direction before the Wusong Navy catches up and forcibly break through at any cost.
When choosing between the Wusong Navy and the remnants of Wang Yilin, we naturally chose the direction of Wang Yilin. We have weak strength, only ten ordinary warships, and relatively few cannons on the side.
The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly after Zheng Cai's coup.
Under the leadership of Zheng Cai flagship, the Zheng family navy moved straight to Wang Yilin's troops at all costs.
The original long snake formation also quickly dispersed and assaulted northeastward with a long ship line formation.
It is conceivable that Wang Yilin's only eleven remaining warships must not be able to withstand, and they can't stop them even if they want to.
Chapter completed!