"What's the matter?" I heard that there was a way to destroy Zheng Zhilong's navy in one battle and made me jump out of the chair. "Is there really a way to defeat Zheng Zhilong's navy?"

Seeing Emperor Hongguang's demeanor, Wang Jun immediately reported that although he had thought about the feasibility of that method, if he could not do it, wouldn't he be suspected of deceiving the emperor? At this point, Wang Jun had to bite the bullet and continue, "Emperor, Zheng Zhilong's navy is now anchored in Mawei, Luozhou and Yixu next to Fuzhou. Among them, Mawei is the port where Zheng Zhilong's navy is concentrated. There is also a section of waterways where these three places have to leave the Minjiang Estuary. As long as the iron cable is secretly descended from the Mawei to the Minjiang Estuary, sinking into the river. When Zheng Zhilong's navy wants to go to sea, his navy will be trapped in the Minjiang River. Cannon bombardment is set up on both sides, and Zheng Zhilong's navy can only sink into the Minjiang River."

Wang Jun's method made me moved. It would be great if Zheng Zhilong's navy could be eliminated in this way! But after my mind calmed down, I felt that this method was not very effective, and my troops were insufficient. How could only 20,000 troops be trapped in Zheng Zhilong? "Wang Jun, do you think the iron chain in the river could be done? Even if the iron chain could be sunk in the river, wouldn't Zheng Zhilong easily cut the iron chain after discovering it!"

It seems that the emperor had not thought about it carefully, Wang Jun coughed, "Your Majesty, you must not let Zheng Zhilong's people discover the iron chains when they are set up. Besides, the iron chains are not exposed to the water, which is equivalent to a reef in the river, and cannot be easily discovered. Wang Jun can guarantee that the iron chains in the river can be set up in just half a month, and that will be the time when Zheng Zhilong's naval army is destroyed." Wang Jun has thought about this method for more than a day or two, and he believes that there is a hope of success of 90%.

"Okay, I will leave this matter to you. You can just talk about whatever else you need." I saw that Wang Jun was very sure about the matter of Shenjiang iron chain and hoped that he could succeed.

"The emperor is serious. The place where Wang Jun wanted to set up the iron chains was managed by a member of the Tiandihui. With his help, I believe it would be easy to hide from Zheng Zhilong. Even if Zheng Zhilong wanted to check, it would take some effort. Moreover, he could not find all the iron chains in different places."

I felt a little relieved when Wang Jun said that he had these relationships. I guess he had just said that there were Zheng Zhilong's subordinates in the Heaven and Earth Association, but the position was definitely not as low as Wang Jun described. As soon as Wang Jun left, I received information from Guo Huaiyi.

The news that Emperor Hongguang captured the Mazu Islands and landed on Huang Qi did not cause an uproar when it came to Zheng Zhilong's camp. This had a lot to do with Guo Huaiyi's intentional description of the combat effectiveness of the Ming army to a lower level. The reason why Zheng Zhilong retreated back to Fuzhou after the war in Shanghai was also deep-seated. He and his allies had a crack of interest. Seeing that Zheng Zhilong was not going well and the Dutch were defeated, the Portuguese threatened Zheng Zhilong to obtain greater benefits. If Zheng Zhilong did not agree to the Portuguese, he would withdraw from the alliance. Fortunately, Guo Huaiyi's arrival gave Zheng Zhilong a room for maneuver, otherwise the Portuguese would have left Quanzhou and returned to Macau long ago.

Zheng Zhilong knew that it was a bit unsafe to rely on outsiders, so the meeting held late at night was not attended by the Dutch and Portuguese, but only his confidant generals, including Guo Huaiyi.

Zheng Zhilong looked at most of the brothers who followed him through life and death, "Everyone, the toad emperor was able to seize Relanzhe and pacify Taiwan, which was beyond Zheng's expectations. It seems that the Dutch may not be very powerful. Now Zhu Yousong has approached Fujian. I wonder what good strategies do you have to win?"

Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhihu slapped the table, "What should I retreat or not? According to my opinion, we shouldn't withdraw from Shanghai that day. Take Shanghai and then advance to Nanjing. Isn't this our country? My brother thought too much and this is how it would be." Zheng Zhihu's words were approved by some people. It was not impossible for the Zheng army to seize the port in the battle of Shanghai. Many people expressed dissatisfaction with Zheng Zhilong's withdrawal.

Zheng Zhilong glared at his younger brother, "What do you know? How can victory be determined by the gains and losses of a battle? You can't say that it's wrong to retreat to Shanghai. If you can't take Shanghai at this time, wouldn't you be attacked from both sides? It would be a bit too late to retreat again. Didn't you read the kid's letter?"

Seeing that the Zheng brothers were so quick to smooth things over, "The second master also said so. Since he had withdrawn from Shanghai, he still said what the use is. Now the focus is on how to eat Emperor Hongguang's men. Although Emperor Hongguang's men are vulnerable, he still needs to plan carefully how to fight."

Zheng Zhibao also felt that the eldest brother and the second brother were a little confused, and why were they still quarrels in the past! "Brother, as the saying goes, how can you allow others to snore beside the bed? Zhu Yousong has already captured Huangqi Town. It is not far from Fuzhou, and it is not close. Zhu Yousong must not gain a foothold there. I think that he should attack as soon as possible, even if he cannot kill Zhu Yousong, he will be driven to the sea."

Chen Bao had this idea long ago, "The Third Master is right, the Grand Marshal, the last general is willing to lead troops to Huangqi Town to send Zhu Yousong back to heaven to avenge the Fourth Master and the others."

The deaths of Zheng Hongkui and others had a great influence in the Zheng army. The reason why Zheng Zhilong was able to oppose Emperor Hongguang today was related to the deaths of Zheng Hongkui and others. Of course, he was afraid that his power would be stripped of his power would be taken up to the vast majority. Because Zheng Zhilong knew that once he obeyed Emperor Hongguang's orders and entered Nanjing, Emperor Hongguang would definitely not give him good fruit. Taking advantage of this time, he had money and some people and territory to eliminate Emperor Hongguang, the situation of the Zheng family would only become more and more difficult in the future. After all, the power of a single province could not compete with the Southern Ming court, and the time was better now. Once Emperor Hongguang drew troops from Huguang and Henan, it would be the time when Zheng Zhilong was defeated. Therefore, the most anxious thing was Zheng Zhilong instead of others.

"Okay, let's lead 20,000 troops to Huangqi Town, I hope you two pairs of leopards can win the flag. Which one of them will be rewarded with one of the 1,000 taels of gold by beheading Zhu Yousong's head?" Zheng Zhilong immediately appointed Zheng Zhibao as the main general Chen Bao as the deputy to raise an army of 20,000 to Huangqi Town.

After hearing this, Guo Huai frowned and immediately stood up and volunteered, "Master, General Mo is willing to go with the two generals. General Mo wants to persuade Koni and the others to go with the two generals. These red-haired ghosts stay here with delicious food and drink, which makes people feel so breathless. It's time for them to exert some effort." Guo Huaiyi's words attracted unanimous agreement from the generals of the Zheng army. They had no good impression of these barbarians. If it weren't for Zheng Zhilong's face, they would have dealt with the arrogant red-haired ghosts.

Zheng Zhilong felt that Guo Huaiyi was right. It was time for these red-haired ghosts to work hard for him, otherwise he would be a big shot! "Okay, let's leave the matter of persuading Koni to Kunshan, and they must join the army to join the war."

I read the letter sent by Guo Huaiyi and quickly ordered Liang Fu to find Gao Kuicong and Jin Shenghuan to let the letter read, "Two beloved ministers, Zheng Zhibao and Chen Bao raise an army of 20,000 to seize Huang Qi, who are not good. What do you think of the two beloved ministers?"

"From Zheng Zhibao's marching direction, he wanted to advance to Huang Qi in two directions with Chen Bao's troops at the same time. The intention should be to prevent our army from escaping from Huang Qi or forcing our army to the sea. It seems that Zheng Zhilong wanted to eliminate our army in Huang Qi." Gao Kuicong had read Guo Huaiyi's letter and handed it to Emperor Hongguang.

Jin Shenghuan felt that Gao Kuicong was right in his analysis, "Your Majesty, it seems that this is a tough battle! Zheng Zhibao must not be allowed to enter the Huangqi territory, otherwise our army will only go to sea. Although Guo Huai's letter did not say that Zheng Zhilong's deployment at sea, he had to be guarded! So taking the initiative is the best strategy."

Gao Kuicong disagreed with Jin Shenghuan's strategy, "Except for the navy, the gap between our troops stationed in Huang Qi and Zheng Zhilong is very different. If we take the initiative to fight, our army has no support, but the Zheng army has more and more. By then, there will be no hope of victory. The emperor, Weichen believes that Huang Qi and Zheng Zhibao's troops should be abandoned, so that there will be opportunities to find."

After hearing what Gao and Jin said, I felt that what they said made sense. After weighing the pros and cons, I decided to adopt Jin Shenghuan's strategy, "Immediately order the entire army to prepare for combat, and raise an army to face Zheng Zhibao's troops after nightfall..."

"Emperor..." Gao Kuicong couldn't help but be anxious when Emperor Hongguang made such a decision. He would really ignore the overall situation when he went to fight like this, and even if he suffered a little failure, it would be fatal.

I interrupted Gao Kuicong, "I know what I want to say, but I think it is good for my own army to take the initiative to attack. Not to mention that there is Kunshan in Zheng Zhibao's army. In terms of combat alone, Zheng Zhibao's urgent marching has a large number of people, but his combat effectiveness will definitely decline. Land War is not the director of the Zheng army. With the spirit of our army's hard fighting and defeating the enemy, the chance of winning is 80% taken while Zheng Zhibao is not stable. If he deviates with Zheng Zhibao, it will be even more difficult for him to defeat him. At that time, our army's morale is fluctuating and the situation will be even worse for me...!" I patiently explained the current situation to dispel Gao Kuicong's concerns.

"Gao Aiqing, the task of guarding Huang Qi, the navy commander of the navy to strictly prevent Zheng Zhilong from the sea was handed over to her. I hope she won't let me lose my fundamental ground." Since Gao Kuicong did not agree with the Lord's use of the fight, I had to hand over the responsibility of defending Huang Qi to him, which made me realize once again that Gao Kuicong is not an enterprising general. It seems that he lacks Gao Di's spirit of indomitable progress and everything is based on stability. Although this can ensure the reduction of losses, how can I just be safe if I want to establish great merits!

Jin Shenghuan had already had a plan to break the enemy after hearing the information of the horse detective and reconnaissance. He believed that even without Guo Huaiyi's support, Zheng Zhibao's 20,000 troops could be killed. Jin Shenghuan thought carefully and then went to the tent of Emperor Hongguang. "Emperor, the hills and swamps near the mouth of Daijiang River are undulating and swamped, and there are reeds to hide the army. The last general believes that he can set up a pocket formation here to lure the enemy into deep and eliminate Zheng Zhibao in one fell swoop."

I just checked the terrain near the Daijiangkou in the morning. Jin Shenghuan's plan was exactly what I wanted. "Jin's Aiqing's plan was to set up an ambush at the Daijiangkou. Launch a sudden attack with cannons to annihilate Zheng Zhibao here. You can go and arrange it." Although I also thought of using the ambush strategy, I gradually understood how to control the generals under my command. I said this only to make Jin Shenghuan feel more respected and loyal to me. Sure enough, Jin Shenghuan's face was very excited, and he asked for an order to arrange the ambush.
Chapter completed!