Gulangyu, Sunlight Rock.

Gulang Island is located in the southwest of Xiamen Island, only a thousand meters away from Xiamen Island. The opposite side of Gulanggu is Xiamen Port, which is also the mooring place for Zheng Jun Navy. This is a deep-water port, and heavy sea boats are not worried about being stranded due to the rise and fall of the tides.

Zheng Chenggong's Yanping County Prince's Mansion is on Xiamen Island. He usually handles official duties, but when he is practicing naval forces, he always comes to Gulangyu Island and climbs the drill platform of Sunlight Rock. Sunlight is a mountain on the small island of Gulangyu Island. The mountain is almost a huge rock with no trees. Sunlight sprinkles from the sky, illuminating the entire mountain. Located at the top of Sunlight Rock, you can see the waters around Gulangyu Island, including Xiamen Port. Usually Zheng Chenggong will train the navy on Sunlight Rock to train troops, and this will be his command center before the war.

Compared with Deng Ming's previous life, Gan Hui, Yu Xin and others were accompanied by Zheng Chenggong this time.

"Lu Chou drove out of Quanzhou Port in a big way and was heading towards Kinmen. It seemed that he would attack me tomorrow morning," Zheng Chenggong's expression seemed to be completely different from the imminent war, and he seemed very relaxed. He said to his left and right: "The troops of the Guangdong-Guangzhou Navy and Gengzi have also arrived, and the commander is Wu Liuqi."

Wu Liuqi was appointed by Yongli to take charge of the Guangdong Navy. When the Qing soldiers attacked Guangdong, Wu Liuqi led his troops to rebel and was commended by the Qing court. Later, he always took the responsibility of suppressing the Guangdong-Guangdong Yi Division and had a prosperous official career. Now he is the general of the governor of the Guangdong-Guangdong Navy. When Zheng Chenggong attacked Nanjing, Wu Liuqi took the opportunity to command troops to attack the Ming army of Nan'ao. This time, he responded to the call of Dasu and Shi Lang to command the Guangdong-Guangdong Navy to join the war.

"The Wu thief is vulnerable," Gan Hui was eager to try and asked Zheng Chenggong for battle: "The last general is willing to lead twenty warships and expel the thief for the king."

"No, Wu Thief is not your opponent, but he is very cunning. He will definitely withdraw his troops after a setback. Most of them will not fight you to the end." Zheng Chenggong shook his head and rejected Gan Hui's request. He pointed to the sea area in the east of Kinmen: "In addition to the Lu Chou of Guangdong and Guangxi, there are also the naval troops of Commander Dasu. Although their naval battle is not our opponent, there are many people and powerful people. If they hurt them and let them retreat back to Quanzhou and cannot stand, it will be a troublesome thing after all."

This time, the Qing court gathered the five provinces of navy in Fujian. Zheng Chenggong was also a little afraid of the great power, far less calm than he seemed on the surface.

"If thousands of enemy ships are hidden in Quanzhou and not coming out, we will not be able to do anything. Don't forget that Admiral Deng not only let us harass the Southeast, but also wants our vassal to recover Taiwan." Zheng Chenggong is now increasingly feeling that he needs Taiwan, a safe rear base. He originally chose Xiamen as a base and gave up the coastal areas of Fujian in order to concentrate troops to attack the weak links of the Qing army's coastal defense, without the need to disperse its forces to defend a large area of ​​land territory. However, the Qing army had used Zheng Chenggong's naval army to go out to sneak attack Xiamen once, causing serious losses to Zheng Chenggong. After the Qing army concentrated its troops in Fujian, Zheng's army was immediately firmly nailed to Xiamen Island. Not only did the main force of the navy dare not go out at all, but the normal settlement on Xiamen Island was greatly affected.

"When we take Taiwan, we won't want to be so restrained now." Zheng Chenggong said softly. Xiamen is still too close to the mainland. After all, the Qing army arrived day and night. Zheng Chenggong's family and Zheng's family were on it. Once threatened, Zheng Chenggong would be firmly restrained. If the family and the people were transferred to Taiwan, then Xiamen would have changed from a logistics base to an outpost. Even if the Qing army gathered on a large scale in Quanzhou, it would not have formed a situation of being rescued in attacking Zheng Chenggong in this way. Moreover, the Zheng army left behind should just stick to the fortress and wait for support. There is no need to set up defenses everywhere on the island, and the pressure on defense will be much smaller.

But the problem now is that as long as the main force of the Qing army is still in Quanzhou, Zheng Chenggong will not be able to start an attack on Taiwan and can only passively confront the Qing army - or take the initiative to attack Quanzhou, fight against the Qing army navy under the protection of the fort and the water camp, and try to annihilate it in Quanzhou.

"Our army is fighting against the world with an island. A small victory means a big defeat. If we can only defeat Lu Chou, sink more than a dozen, twenty boats, and eliminate hundreds or thousands of Tartars, then when will the great cause of revival be completed?" Zheng Chenggong asked the generals around him, and his question left all his subordinates speechless.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong could not be satisfied with the small victory. The goal he set was to eliminate the five provinces of the Qing Dynasty in Xiamen and severely damage the elites of the north and south green camps brought by Dasu.

"This vassal has made up its mind and will let the Tartars ashore this time." After the defeat in Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong's elite troops were reduced from more than 30,000 to less than 20,000. The Qing court must be very clear about this: "The Tartars brought more than 40,000 armored soldiers this time. They will definitely think that as long as they can land, they will definitely conclude that this vassal will block them at sea with all their might."

Zheng Chenggong ordered Gan Hui and Yu Xin to lead their troops to guard the east and south banks of Xiamen. Most of the remaining more than 10,000 land elite soldiers were deployed in these two directions: "You two guard the dangerous situation and prevent the landing Tartars from attacking smoothly. Our vassal personally commanded the navy. After destroying the navy's navy, these landing Tartars were not worth worrying."

There are two purposes for letting the Qing army land. First, it is to delay the Qing army's naval division. Zheng Chenggong was worried that if the other party saw that the naval battle was unfavorable, he would take the initiative to retreat, and that would return to the original situation - a large number of Qing troops stayed in Quanzhou, causing Zheng Chenggong to have to sit in Xiamen to confront him. If the Qing army had already landed in large numbers, it would be difficult for Dasu to make a quick decision to order the withdrawal of troops when the situation was unfavorable, but had to bite the bullet and fight Zheng Chenggong to the end. At the same time, this was also to make the Qing army be lucky, thinking that as long as they could drag on the sea for a while, the Qing army that had already landed in could take Xiamen.

Gan Hui and Yu Xin both received the order loudly.

Then Zheng Chenggong ordered Zheng Tai: "Take your troops and go to Kinmen to guard."

"As for your order." Zheng Tai replied loudly.

"If you see Dasu's army pass from the north, don't go forward and invite attack." Zheng Chenggong reminded Zheng Tai. He told Zheng Tai that the task of the Ming army of the Kinmen generation is just surveillance: "Similarly, if Wu Liuqi commands the Guangdong-Guangzhou Naval Division, you should not interfere with him. Wait patiently at Kinmen, wait until you see my signal before rushing out, and attack the Lu Chou's navy with me."

Zheng Tai received the order and took his troops from Gulangyu and drove towards Kinmen.

After watching Zheng Tai's troops leave, Zheng Chenggong called the rest of the generals around him. These generals and generals fought among the main force of the Ming Navy in Xiamen with Zheng Chenggong.

"Shi Lang is not a brave but unscheming person, nor is he arrogant. He doesn't know how powerful this vassal is. If he is willing to fight with this vassal, it would be strange. However, as our vassal just said, Shi Lang would probably think that once Lu Chou landed, the general situation would be decided. He would definitely think that this vassal will dispatch its entire army to intercept him in the Kinmen waters. If this vassal is not bad, Shi Lang would probably use his vassal to intercept him, relying on the many soldiers and ships to take the vassal to land separately, and want to force this vassal to divide its troops to intercept. Humph, when this vassal naval division dispersed, he would use the Quanzhou naval naval division of the Tartars and the Guangdong-Guangzhou naval division to attack this vassal." Zheng Chenggong analyzed the possible enemy strategies, and after hearing this, the generals looked solemn, thinking that if Shi Langzhen used such a strategy, it would be quite difficult to deal with.

"That's why this vassal was determined to let the Tartars land." This is the second purpose of Zheng Chenggong's strategy. Although there were surrendered generals like Shi Lang and Huang Wu in the Qing army, the Qing navy was not very familiar with the hydrological geography around Xiamen. Once landing, some chaos would inevitably occur. Some ships may also be deviated due to tides and water currents and stranded: "The main force of our navy stayed at Xiamen Port. When the Tartars landed on all sides, they would disperse their warships in order to protect the soldiers from being attacked by us. If they were not able to see the main force of our army for a long time, the Tartars would be uneasy and continued to drive towards the port to explore our reality."

Xiamen Port, located southwest of Xiamen Island, is hidden between Gulang Island and the main island. The Qing army needs to bypass the south bank of Xiamen Island to approach the port. When the Qing army was moving, Zheng Chenggong could clearly see the opponent's formation and deployment on the Sunlight Rock, while the Qing army would have no idea about the formation of the Ming army.

"Take out the transport troops and cover the ships, and look here-" Zheng Chenggong pointed at his feet and continued to say to the generals: "The Tartars that attacked have been weakened a lot, and when they bypassed, they will be a long snake formation. When we are hit head-on by us, Shi Lang's flagship sight will be blocked by Xiamen Island, and they cannot see the battle situation ahead."

Zheng Chenggong's strategy was to use tricks. He concluded that Shi Lang would want to use landing as a threat to force the Ming army to intercept the troops, and then defeat the main force of the navy commanded by Zheng Chenggong by himself by attacking both sides; and Zheng Chenggong's response was to ignore Shi Lang's threat, so that his landing behavior could not only fail to disperse the Ming army's navy's forces, but instead led to the dispersion of the Qing army's navy's forces, and did not give the other party the opportunity to attack him.

"When Lu Chou walks around the south bank of Xiamen and is hit by us head-on, I will send a signal to Kinmen. At this time, Zheng Tai rushed out from Lu Chou's back and made Lu Chou have no way to escape!"

After talking about all the strategic plans, Zheng Chenggong paused for a moment and looked at Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, the two generals, Zheng Chenggong's naval commander, were brave in fighting, and Zheng Chenggong often handed over the difficult tasks to them.

Seeing that the Prince of Yanping came over, both of them thrust their chests and waited for Zheng Chenggong to give the order. But this time, Zheng Chenggong hesitated for a while before slowly saying: "If we can launch an attack at the ebb, it will certainly be the most beneficial to our army..."

When the tide is low, a large amount of sea water flows from around the Xiamen Sea to the deep sea, and the currents of Gulangyu and Xiamen between the straits will become very fast. In Zheng Chenggong's plan, the Ming army will stay near Xiamen Port and wait until the Qing army bypasses the south bank of Xiamen and attacks the port and the Ming Navy to the north. If there is a rapid current from north to south at this time, of course, it will be very beneficial to the Ming army. Moreover, according to Zheng Chenggong's experience, there will generally be a relatively strong north wind at that time, which is even more powerful for the Ming Navy.

"But Shi Lang is very familiar with the hydrology around Xiamen. He will never wait until the tide is low to attack Xiamen Port." The advantage of the Ming army is the misfortune of the Qing army. If the Qing army was suddenly attacked by the Ming army when it was bypassing the south bank of Xiamen, and the side still had to struggle to adjust its formation in the ocean currents, the situation would definitely become very bad. If Shi Lang had not been on the edge of Dasu, Zheng Chenggong would have hoped that the Qing army would make such a mistake automatically, but it is obviously impossible now, and Shi Lang would have tried his best to avoid it.

"Shi Lang will definitely launch an attack on Xiamen Port at high tide. At this time, the sea water flows from south to north. The water speed in Gulangyu is much faster than other places. The countercurrent is not conducive to our army's formation and is even more unfavorable to our army's pursuit." On the first day of the lunar calendar, Wu is the beginning of the tide in Xiamen, and Mao and You are the beginning of the tide. After that, it will be postponed for more than half an hour every day. Today is July 9th, and the tide begins to rise at Mao. Gulangyu, Xiamen Port's currents are getting faster and faster from south to north, and stop at noon. As the tide falls, it will become from north to south. Tomorrow, the rise and fall time will be delayed by another half an hour.

Zheng Chenggong estimated that Shi Lang would launch an attack at dawn, and the sun was in the east at that time. If the Ming army faced the Qing army, the sun would be behind the Qing army and in front of the Ming army, which would obviously be detrimental to the Ming army.

Since Zheng Chenggong decided not to intercept the Qing navy, Shi Lang could obviously drive straight in and approach Gulang Island over the south bank of Xiamen Island early. Unfortunately, from Chenshi to Weishi, the ocean currents around Gulang Island were all unfavorable to the Ming army and beneficial to the Qing army from south to north.

"Our army's attack will be launched after Wei Shi, and the sun has turned to the West. Behind our army, from Wei Shi to Sunset, it will be a good time for our army to kill thieves." Zheng Chenggong calmly narrated this obvious fact.

Although the Prince of Yanping did not say it, everyone understood that before the time, both hydrology and sunlight would be beneficial to Shi Lang.

"Don't worry, the last general will fight to kill the thief and never let the thief get close to Gulangyu." Zhou Rui straightened his chest and promised Zheng Chenggong passionately.

Although Chen Yaoce did not speak, he also pursed his lips and nodded heavily to Zheng Chenggong.

"Before the time, this vassal will not send any reinforcements to you two." Zheng Chenggong sighed softly. In order to win, sometimes he had to pay some sacrifices. This time Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce were the price he had to pay.

"Don't worry, my lord." Zhou Rui patted his chest again and promised loudly: "Even if the thief has three heads and six arms, he can't even rush past the last general."

"This vassal..." Zheng Chenggong thought about it for a while and gave the two the final judgment: "You can only give you twenty warships."

"Ten entries are enough," Zhou Rui laughed and said, "Isn't it too good to see the end of the Qing Dynasty?"

"It's better to have twenty." Chen Yaoce, who had been silent, suddenly said. Like Zhou Rui, he had already had the awareness of sacrificing for the entire army. From Chen to the end of the year, for three full hours, they had to fight against the Quanzhou Navy alone. Not only were there a huge gap, but the sunlight was also very unfavorable to Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, but they had to persist for six hours to ensure that the main force of the Ming army would not rush to fight when the time was ripe. Chen Yaoce knew that the longer he persisted, the more he could give the Ming army a chance to win a great victory, making the Ming army easier and the casualties less - as long as the sacrifice was not without a price, Chen Yaoce was willing to pay. He also knew that Zhou Rui wanted his brothers to lose less, but if he failed to successfully delay the Qing army, it would be meaningless to sacrifice no matter how little it was.

Zhou Rui was stunned for a while when he heard this, finally nodded and said to Zheng Chenggong: "It's better to have twenty."

"Okay, you can choose some ships and report them to our vassal."

Less than an hour later, Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce came to report to Zheng Chenggong that they had selected elite soldiers and generals from their headquarters to form tomorrow's blocking force.

"Bring all the soldiers to meet our vassal."

Four hundred sailors and a thousand carefully selected auxiliary soldiers of the crew lined up in front of Riguang Rock and followed their generals to pay tribute to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong saw Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce's relatives and family members standing beside them - Zheng Junzhong has always been a father and son, and his brothers fought on the same boat.

"Leave all your youngest sons." Zheng Chenggong ordered without hesitation.

"Thank you, the king." Zhou Rui kept his son around him the most conspicuous thing, which was for this purpose.

"The same goes for you." Zheng Chenggong shouted to the soldiers of more than a thousand Ming soldiers: "The father will keep the son and not keep the brothers."

After picking out the youngest son from the team, Zheng Chenggong ordered the remaining officers and soldiers to give fine wine and meat. The soldiers who blocked the troops were not polite, and they all opened their hearts and drank with their fellow comrades. The two generals Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, who had always been strict, also left all the majesty of the officers, sat with their soldiers to eat and drink. After they were in high spirits, they shouted and shouted the orders of the rock-scissors. Some generals from other troops also walked forward and toasted Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce. They both refused and wiped out all of them.

At midnight, the tide began to fall in Xiamen Sea again. Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, who had eaten and drunk enough, took twenty boats to set sail and headed to the south bank of Xiamen Island. Zheng Chenggong sent the two to the dock. Zhou Rui, who was still drunk, bid farewell to the Prince of Yanping: "The king doesn't have to send it anymore. Wait for the good news from the last general. We will definitely kill the thief without leaving any armor!"

Tonight, Chen Yaoce was still the same as before, and didn't say much. He just ate meat in a silence and drank the wine he handed over to him. After Zhou Rui got on the boat, Chen Yaoce faced Zheng Chenggong several times and stopped, as if he had something to say in his throat.

After all the subordinates got on the boat, Chen Yaoce finally couldn't help but spit out his mouth after saluting Zheng Chenggong for the last time: "King, after you revive the Ming Dynasty and expel the Tartars, don't forget the last general."—

The author's note: I saw that there were also readers in Fujian who had questions about my identity. Well, I was undoubtedly a native of Tianjin, but my father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and even Fujianese who had been replaced by several generations before. Yesterday, the section mentioned Jimei Middle School was also because Jiayan had studied at Jimei Middle School. My grandmother's Xu family and great-grandmother's Deng family were also from Kinmen. So I still have some understanding of Jin and Xia. Of course, I can't guarantee the accuracy based on my memory. If there is any mistake, I hope to be forgiven. When I was a child, I stood in front of Riguang Rock and listened to my grandfather's story about the deeds of the Guo surnamed. The scene is still vivid in my mind.
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