Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 178
"My little Tangning, my little Tangning..."

Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth. He really regretted that he didn't get rid of Tangning immediately after catching Tangning. He even hated Shi Fu's bastards for allowing this scourge to go back safely.

Now the revenge is coming, plotting one after another in a short period of time, breaking through the two lines of defense that Zheng Zhilong had set up in a row, and then detoured to the rear of Zhangpu by deceiving the sky, and approached Yuegang.

This suddenly disrupted Zheng Zhilong's original plan, forcing him to start a decisive battle with the new army navy ahead of schedule.

Unexpectedly, this was another trap. He was eager to eliminate the Nan'ao Navy of the new army to change the unfavorable situation, but he was fooled again and was lured away from Jinmen Island.

The next conspiracy of the new army began to be implemented immediately.

Zheng Zhilong had already figured it out just now, he could be sure that the new army that attacked Kinmen must have been dispatched by Tangning's subordinates.

Because only the new army led by Tangning could appear in Jinmen in such a short period of time.

And the new army that is still approaching Yuegang must be bluffing, the purpose is to cover for the new army that is attacking Kinmen.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong didn't know that Tang Ning's troops were not advancing on Yuegang, but were confronting Zheng Hongkui in Fotan.

However, he guessed correctly what Tangning's purpose was, it was indeed to provide cover for the new army attacking Kinmen.

Until now, Zheng Hongkui didn't know that Kinmen Island had been occupied by the new army, nor did he know that Tang Ning's troops had secretly dispatched nearly [-] troops to attack Kinmen Island.

Because this plan had already started when Tang Ning and his troops boarded Lu'ao, and the troops who actually went ashore were Tang Ning and the first group of about 3000 people who boarded the ship.

The second batch of nearly 3000 people who boarded the ship did not land in Lu'ao at all, but left Dunzhao Port directly with Ye Dacheng's fleet.

The Nan'ao navy led by Ye Dacheng then went straight to Jinmen Island to lure Zheng's navy away, leaving four warships and more than a dozen troop carriers to go north on their own.

It can be said that this move is a bit risky, because these troop carriers have limited protection capabilities and carry so many soldiers on board. Once they are attacked by artillery fire, it is easy to cause a large number of casualties.

But obviously, this situation did not happen, because the scattered Zheng Jun navy in the nearby waters had been almost wiped out by the new army, and the main force of the remaining Zheng Jun navy had all been gathered in Kinmen by Zheng Zhilong.

Therefore, this troop transport fleet entered the mouth of the Jiulong River without any danger, and then took advantage of the night, under the cover of dozens of merchant ships, passed the waterway east of Zhongzuo, and detoured back to the north of Lieyu.

Then to Kinmen Port, with the cooperation of intelligence personnel on Kinmen Island, the landing was successful without anyone noticing.

Yes, the huge Fujian seems to have been managed by Zheng Zhilong for more than ten years, but now it has been infiltrated by the new army and is riddled with holes.

Some well-known businessmen who were doing business in Yuegang had already secretly acted as spies for the new army. This time they were able to hide from the sky and the sea was inseparable from their cooperation.

Because Zheng Zhilong wanted merchant ships to go to Fuzhou to avoid disaster in order to reduce the loss of Yuegang, so the passage of merchant ships was relaxed a lot.

The reason why these businessmen were so instigated by the intelligence officers of the New Army's Intelligence Department was largely due to Zheng Zhilong himself, whose rule was too unpopular.

Among the merchants who have been doing business in Yuegang for many years, which one has not been exploited by the Zheng family?

Compared with the three major chambers of commerce under Tang Ning's rule, the treatment received by merchants is completely different.

That's why Yuegang was overtaken, and that's why so many merchants wanted to join the three major chambers of commerce.

But obviously, this is very difficult, but the intelligence department of the new army has given a way out, which is to serve the new army secretly, and the new army will naturally credit them for their contribution.

For businessmen, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents.

On the contrary, if someone can provide a way to make money, they dare to take all kinds of risks.

Isn't it just to provide information to the new army?Isn't it just a cover for the new army?

As long as you can successfully join the three major chambers of commerce in the future, the risk is worth taking, so some wealthy businessmen with relatively large influence have been instigated to rebel.

Finally, these pawns that had been laid in secret provided great help to the new army.

It can be said that the significance of occupying Kinmen Island is much greater than all the previous achievements.

Occupying Jinmen directly choked off the lifeline of the entire southern part of Fujian, and also cut off Zheng Zhilong's most important source of income.

As for the successful introduction of the main force of Zheng Jun's navy, and then blockade at Jinmen Port, that is another move, and it is also the most difficult move with the largest layout.

Because in order to play this move well, not only must all the previous conditions be met, but the navy led by Huang Hairu must be able to deploy in time.

The staff of the new army knew early on that if they wanted to truly defeat the Zheng Group, they had to severely damage the navy they depended on for survival.

The Nan'ao navy led by Ye Dacheng was not enough to do this, so before the actual dispatch of troops, the Ministry of Intelligence sent several groups of personnel to the Daming Sea (now the East China Sea) route to guard Huang Hairu's escort fleet.

Because calculating the normal time, it should have returned.

Sure enough, the intelligence personnel of the new army intercepted in front met Huang Hairu's returning fleet first, and told him the news that the new army and the Zheng army had started a war, and at the same time told him that the Zheng army's navy had set up an ambush in the waters of Fujian.

Therefore, Huang Hairu immediately slowed down and kept an eye on the movements of Zheng Jun's navy.

The staff of the new army, which was informed of Huang Hairu's news, immediately formulated a strategic deployment. In view of the fact that Zheng Jun's navy had been divided into two parts, two sets of strategic deployments were formulated.

If Zheng Zhilong still insists on ambushing Huang Hairu's returning fleet, then Ye Dacheng's Nan'ao Navy will immediately go north, and join forces with Huang Hairu to eat up Zheng Jun's navy first.

As for Tang Ning's troops, they were ready to retreat to Lu Ao at any time in case they were attacked by the enemy's land and sea.

If Zheng Zhilong is concerned about the safety of Yuegang, it is very likely that the ambush navy will be transferred back, and the main force of the Zheng army navy will be gathered to wipe out Ye Dacheng's Nan'ao navy first. This possibility is very high.

The fact is exactly that, Zheng Zhilong chose this path.

The main forces of Zheng Jun's navy are gathered together, that is another set of deployments, how to plan a better way to severely damage Zheng Jun's navy.

Zheng Jun's navy is huge in scale, and even if Ye Dacheng and Huang Hairu are united with the two new navy navy, it is not half the number.

It will be very, very difficult to wipe out such a huge fleet on the vast sea. After all, Zheng Zhilong is not a fool. If he loses, he will definitely flee and try to fight again.

With such a huge fleet, it is almost impossible to block its retreat.

Therefore, after the calculations of the staff of the staff department, they finally fixed their eyes on the mouth of the Jiulong River, the waterway east of Zhongzuo, and Jinshan Port.

This piece of sea area is S-shaped, and it is between Kinmen Island and Zhongzuo. As long as the northern and southwestern waters of Kinmen Island are blocked, it will be closed.

With Zheng Jun's huge navy, it will not be so easy to escape.

After Ye Dacheng lured Zheng Zhilong away from Kinmen Island and Tang Ning sent a force to successfully occupy Kinmen Island, the rest of the matter almost went smoothly.

Knowing that Ye Dacheng blocked his way southeast of Liuluo Bay and Kinmen Island was lost again, Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to enter the Jiulong River.

If Ye Dacheng continued to chase after him, Zheng Zhilong would not dare to stop at Zhongzuo, Nan'an and other places. He could only pass through Jinshan Port, then leave the waters of Weitou Bay and go north to Quanzhou, away from Jinmen Island.

However, if the Yellow Sea appeared in the waters of Weitou Bay at the right time and blocked the road, Zheng Jun's navy would naturally become the turtle in the urn.

This move, which seemed to be the most difficult move, was actually played like this, without any deviation in the middle.

In order to take on the challenge easily, Huang Hairu had already let the caravan he was escorting return on his own, because there were no enemies in the remaining sea area that could threaten the caravan.

In this way, a generation of King of Minhai has been trapped in the sea area of ​​Fujian he managed, and was trapped at the gate of his hometown Nan'an, unable to advance or retreat.

Longyou Shoal, nothing more than this.

(End of this chapter)