Chapter 251 Zheng Zhilong surrenders to Luzon for reorganization

Author: tx Cheng Zhi

Chapter 251 Zheng Zhilong surrenders to Luzon for reorganization

Chapter 250

An unknown island in the Java Sea, this is the temporary residence of Zheng Zhilong.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was on the verge of tears. In the Battle of Batavia, the elites he had saved up so hard were almost wiped out by the Ning Navy. When he went south, he led more than 1,600 large and small warships.

It stretches for dozens of miles.

However, after the First World War, there were only about thirty warships left that had the chance to escape with him. What made him vomit blood even more was that God seemed to want to help Cheng Shijie. When he fled south, a strong wind blew, and there were constant battles.

The ship was blown to the giant reef of the island by the sea wind and smashed into pieces!

Originally, with the ability of Zheng's sailors, such an accident would not have happened. The problem was that in the battle with Ning Navy's Batavia, their losses were too heavy. Many sailors on the warships suffered heavy casualties.

Masts, sails, rudders, anchors and other equipment were also damaged to varying degrees, leaving them in a hurry when facing strong winds. In the end, they could only look at the out-of-control warship in despair like a crazed bull.

Hit the cliff...

Everything was like a replay of the Spanish fleet's misfortune in the Anglo-Spanish Battle. The difference was that the Spanish Armada's losses in the naval battle were not huge. It only sunk a dozen warships. It was only when it withdrew to Spain.

Encountering a storm, many warships were capsized by the rough waves or ran aground on rocks and sank, causing the Spanish losses to skyrocket.

Zheng Zhilong was even worse than the Spaniards. He lost his main force in the naval battle, and now he encountered storms one after another. It was like cutting him with knife after knife on the wound that was still bleeding. You can imagine his depression.

What frightened him even more was that Cheng Shijie had no intention of giving up at the slightest sign of success. After the great victory, he only ordered the navy's main warships to be repaired in Batavia, but the Zheng fleet that surrendered to him was replenished with ammunition and personnel.

, and then launched a pursuit.

The main fleet of the Ning Navy did not move in Batavia, not because the Ning Navy suffered heavy losses, but because the main fleet of the Ning Navy needed to threaten the Dutch in Batavia.

At this time, the Zheng fleet was divided into four squadrons by Cheng Shijie, led by Hong Xu, Song Fuguo, Shi Daxuan and Zheng Cai. Of course, the strongest of these four was Shi Daxuan, followed by Hong Xu, Zheng Cai and Song Fuguo.

has the weakest strength.

Although the main force chasing Zheng Zhilong was actually the Zheng fleet, however, as the emperor and his courtiers, these Zheng fleets were not polite to Zheng Zhilong, and they were still waiting to take credit for Zheng Zhilong's head.

There were also too many islands in East India that survived. Zheng Zhilong used the islands to escape the pursuit of the pursuit fleet. Now he is in the South China Sea.

After a long pursuit, it was impossible to say that Hong Xu and others were not exhausted. Finally, the leaders of the four fleets met.

Hong Xu said straight to the point: "Have you received the order from the Duke?"

"received!"

Shi Daxuan smiled bitterly and said: "Let us gather at Subic Port and wait for reorganization! What does Hai Guogong mean?"

"Let me tell you, we don't really need to think too much!"

Song Fuguo took a bag of wine and drank a big gulp. There were still red wine stains in his mouth. He wiped his mouth and said: "When the Duke reorganized the Denglai Navy, most of the generals of the Denglai Navy were retained.

Except for those who drank the blood of soldiers, later, he annexed the Dongjiang Army Navy, and almost all the generals were retained. We..."

Zheng Cai smiled bitterly: "I heard that some people were beheaded by Duke Hai for drinking soldiers' blood. When it comes to drinking soldiers' blood, none of us can escape!"

Shi Daxuan looked at Zheng Cai and said, "What do you mean?

"Of course the prince doesn't care about us little fishes and shrimps. The most important thing is that we have to take credit!"

"But we have been chasing him for so long, but there is no trace of Zheng Zhilong!"

"We can go to Fujian and arrest Zheng Zhilong's son and his wife!"

If this sentence was said by others, I'm afraid it wouldn't surprise anyone, but it was Zheng Cai who said this sentence. You must know that the relationship between Zheng Cai and Zheng Zhilong is very close to outsiders.

Of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon. Zheng Zhilong actually does not like his fourth brother Zheng Zhifeng, also known as Zheng Hongkui. On the contrary, Zheng Cai and Zheng Hongkui have a good relationship.

Shi Daxuan and the others had no objections. The four of them hit it off and decided to go to Fujian.

More than 160 warships were sailing toward the north, making a lot of noise. Zheng Zhilong soon received the news. Zheng Zhibao looked at Zheng Zhilong and said, "Brother, what should we do now?"

"If you want to sell me, there's no way!"

"Brother, let's return to Fujian. Our Zheng family has been running Fujian for so many years and has a deep foundation. As long as our warships appear in Xiamen port, the people of Fujian will definitely respond..."

“What a beautiful thought!”

Zheng Zhilong was not as confident as Zheng Zhibao. He looked at Zheng Zhibao and said, "If I surrender to Cheng Shijie, will he kill me?"

"How is that possible? As long as Cheng Shijie is not stupid, he will definitely not touch big brother. But big brother, if you surrender to Cheng Shijie, it will be all over. Don't even think about power and wealth!"

"I still miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong!"

Zheng Zhilong said with a wry smile: "I finally understand now that Xiang Yu escaped from the siege of Gaixia and clearly had the opportunity to return to Jiangdong, but he didn't!"

"Why?"

"Because Chu is no longer Xiang Yu's Chu!"

Zheng Zhilong said calmly: "The world says that Fujian belongs to our Zheng family, but in fact? How much land does our Zheng family occupy in Fujian, and how many people have we offended? Usually they are afraid of our Zheng family's strength, and they don't dare to do it even if they suffer.

Sue, now that we have lost, even if we return to Fujian, we will not be able to make a comeback!"

Historically, when he was besieged on all sides, Xiang Yu realized that he had betrayed his relatives and left. Xiang Yu had always been very naive in politics and enfeoffed eighteen princes, hoping to become the emperor of Zhou. But the problem was that the people were frightened by the hundreds of years of melee in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

They desperately need a peaceful environment to unify the world.

Until the Chu army continued to flee, Xiang Yu came to Wujiang with dozens of defeated soldiers. Jiangdong was his hometown. However, at this time, Xiang Yu realized that even if Liu Bang let him cross the river, the Chu country was no longer his own.

This was Xiang Yu's inner sense of crisis that he later felt, and it was also Xiang Yu's discovery of Liu Bang's biggest secret. In Xiang Yu's view, it was better to die as an apology than to do this.

Xiang Yu first killed his beloved concubine, and then directly drew his sword and killed himself.

Zheng Zhilong is not Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu. He does not have the courage to commit suicide. He decides to surrender in exchange for a chance to survive. Even as a prisoner, it is better than death.

How does Cheng Shijie treat him? If he wins the hearts of the people, he will only die. Now Zheng Zhilong is also betrayed by everyone, but he can have a chance to survive.

This is just like in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the unpopular Wang Shichong posed no threat to the Tang Dynasty. He could live and be treated well, but Dou Jiande could only kill one to avoid future troubles because people in the thirty-nine states of Hebei had surrendered.

On the 19th day of the twelfth month of the seventh month of the Chongzhen reign, Cheng Shijie was on board the battleship Beizhili. The warship was sailing under full sail, stirring up white waves on the sea. Cheng Shijie's Python Festival flag and Ning Haijun's battle flag were on the sea.

Hunting and fluttering in the sea breeze.

After leaving Batavia, Cheng Shijie was eager to return. After all, he had been away from Liaodong for a long time. Being at sea was different from land. On land, he could go back at any time. However, the problem was not possible at sea. He had to stop the ship, otherwise he would go back again.

If it appears, it will fall into the sea.

In the South China Sea, when Ning Haijun's warships appeared in sight, the thirty warships under Zheng Zhilong's command were also arranged in a straight line.

Now, at this moment, Ning Haijun's main warships had already rushed over in a flying geese formation. The increasingly tacit cooperation and vigorous style made Zheng Zhilong lament that he was not unjustly defeated.

Zheng Zhilong shouted: "No one can act rashly, and no cannon can be loaded without my order!"

After discovering Zheng Zhilong, the Ning Navy fleet immediately ordered the battleship Beizhili to move back, and the other battleships quickly moved forward with full sail. There were still five or six kilometers away, but Zheng Zhilong's thirty battleships hoisted white flags.

"Commander, Zheng Zhilong's remaining fleet has hoisted the white flag!"

Li Zhixiang said a little worriedly: "Is there a scam?"

"If they get tired of living, just trick me."

Cheng Shijie didn't care.

Soon, all thirty of Zheng Zhilong's warships anchored and lowered their sails. All Zheng's soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, there was no need to fight. The terrifying range and accuracy of the guns of Ning Navy's warships had long ago shaken their hearts.

If they were allowed to fight against the Ning Navy warships, it would be almost like asking them to stretch their necks to be slaughtered.

Looking at the relieved soldiers beside him, Zheng Zhilong also knew that now he was just like Xiang Yu at Gaixia Siege. His military morale had been weakened and he was still in trouble.

Surrender is a matter of extending one's head with a sword or shrinking one's head with a sword. However, Zheng Zhilong is a bachelor, and he has learned that he must admit his mistakes and stand upright when he is beaten. He boarded the ship and sailed to the battleship Beizhili.

At this time, Cheng Shijie was sitting on the deck. Zheng Zhilong boarded the battleship and came to a position ten steps away from Cheng Shijie. Of course, Ning Navy soldiers had already searched Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao to ensure that they had no weapons on them.

Zheng Zhilong knelt down and said seriously: "I am ignorant, arrogant, and do not know my own abilities. I have offended the Duke of the country. Please forgive me!"

Now Zheng Zhilong is no longer the fierce dragon who fought hard in the stormy seas when he was young and dared to fight against the Xiyi, the Ming navy and the pirates on three sides. More than ten years of comfortable life has worn away his fighting spirit, and wine and beautiful women have buried his lofty ambitions.

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Zheng Zhilong was not willing to admit defeat, but the problem was that Ning Haijun's warships were fast and their guns had a long range. He tried every means, but there was nothing he could do against Ning Haijun's warships.

The reason why the Dutch East India Company did not dare to go to war with the Ning Navy was because the Ning Navy had strong production capabilities. Even if they assembled all the warships of the Dutch East India Company to fight against the Ning Navy, the problem was that their chances of winning were not high.

, and there are also huge problems in the country.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong also saw Ning Haijun's warships. Originally they only had more than sixty warships. In less than a year, Ning Haijun's warships expanded by nearly half. Moreover, the warships were built more and more powerful, and the guns became more powerful.

The more accurate the hit.

If the fight continued, he had no chance of winning. In despair, he was a little disheartened. Zheng Zhilong didn't want to bother anymore. He just wanted to keep this comfortable and comfortable life and find a way out for his son.

If a person has lost the fighting spirit to get stronger when faced with a strong situation and only plans for his son's future, it can only prove that he is old.

It's just that his invincible power for more than ten years is still there, no force dares to challenge him, and the Zheng Group has maintained its upward trend under his leadership.

In fact, if Zheng Zhilong had not surrendered to the Manchus in history, the Zheng fleet under his command, relying on more than 200,000 army troops and 3,000 to 4,000 warships, might not have been able to blockade the Yellow River, but there was no problem in blocking the Yangtze River.

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Unfortunately, Zheng Zhilong lost his fighting spirit and became timid before fighting.
To be continued...