After hearing Emperor Hongguang's combat plan, Wang Deren was a little dissatisfied, "Emperor, there are more than 20,000 Zheng Zhilong's men in Fuzhou City. Once we concentrate our troops against Zheng Zhilong's navy in Mawei, Zheng Zhilong will definitely go out of the city to work with his navy. In that case, not only will he not be sure of dealing with his navy, I am afraid Gushan will not be able to save it!"

"Wang Aiqing's worries are not unreasonable, but now I can only do this. I only have one day to deal with the Zheng Zhilong Shui Master of Ponytail. I believe that with Jin Shenghuan's ability, it should be able to delay Zheng Zhilong's time to leave the city. Just give me one day, that's enough..." As I said that, I told Wang Jun's method to Wang Deren and other generals.

After hearing this, Wang Deren still felt that this was a dangerous move. If the time was not right, what was waiting for them would be surrounded. At that time, Zheng Zhilong's troops outside rushed back, and the consequences were unimaginable. "Your Majesty, are you staying here or going back to Gushan?" Wang Deren was not sure about this battle. He hoped that Emperor Hongguang could stay here to replace his command. It was not that he did not want to participate in this battle as a commander, but that this battle was of great importance and he could not bear this responsibility.

"I plan to stay here and wait for Wang Jun's news. How many cannons are there in Wang Aiqing's camp?" I think Wang Deren's concerns are likely to become a reality. "Just leave me ten cannons, and the rest of the love are sent to Jin Shenghuan. With the support of the cannons, I believe that it is not so easy for Zheng Zhilong to leave the city."

Wang Deren thought that he could only do this. In this way, even if he could not defeat Zheng Zhilong's navy, he would not be attacked from both sides. "Your Majesty, then I will immediately send twenty artillery to General Jin." Wang Deren was very happy to think that he could fight side by side with his former old partner again. He and Jin Shenghuan have always cooperated tacitly, and believe that the navy who blocked Zheng Zhilong from the city to help him this time must be very beautiful.

Wang Deren led a thousand people to escort twenty artillery pieces to Gushan to support Jin Shenghuan. I won’t mention it for now. After Wang Deren left, I immediately asked Wang Jun to discuss strategies against the Mawei Water Division.

"Zheng Zhilong sent his younger brother Zheng Zhihu as the admiral of the Navy. Zheng Zhihu has always been reckless in his actions. The emperor has a great chance of winning in this battle." Wang Jun just heard that Zheng Zhihu had mastered the power of the Navy. He knew a lot about Zheng Erye and thought that it was definitely a mistake for Zheng Zhilong to send his younger brother to the admiral of the Navy.

I nodded, "Don't be careless about everything. How do you understand the ponytail? I only have one day so I want to use fire attack. What do you think?"

"This plan is very good. Wang Jun also wants to suggest to the emperor to use fire attack. First, the warship was trapped by iron ropes and unable to move. As long as one ship was burned, it would inevitably burn all the other warships. Second, the fire attack worked the fastest and easiest to panic the Zheng army. Wang Jun also specially brought a good thing to the emperor today for the emperor to take a look." Wang Jun said as he instructed the people from the Tiandihui who came with him to go down, and a few thin and long things would be brought in in less than a long time.

"Your Majesty, this is Wang Jun's magic weapon to prepare to burn the warship - a rocket. The rocket is five feet long and as thick as the mouth of a bowl. After being launched, it can reach 300 steps. Moreover, five of the ten rockets must be successfully launched. As long as the rocket falls on Zheng Zhilong's warship, it will be a great achievement." Wang Jun had experimented several times before, and the rockets' effects were very ideal, otherwise he would not dare to offer this strategy to Emperor Hongguang.

I was very interested in looking at the rockets that seemed to be exploding. Although there were strict restrictions on fireworks in the city in later generations, my preference for fireworks as a boy has not faded at all. The things Wang Jun brought should be fireworks such as the drilling arrows, but the workmanship was very rough and there was a gunpowder bag hanging on the rocket. It was really twice the result with half the effort when setting fire with this thing.

"Wang Jun, how many rockets do you have?" I estimated a little. Zheng Zhilong's naval warships totaled more than 170, and the number of rockets was small, so it did not effectively attack Zheng Zhilong's warships.

Wang Jun smiled slightly, "I'm not hiding it to you, Wang Jun only has more than ten rockets in his hand, but Wang Jun can find dozens of skilled workers. Now there are still five days left. It's more than enough to make two thousand rockets in these five days." It's not that Wang Jun doesn't want to store some rockets, but that this thing is not easy to store, and the target is too big and easy to be discovered, so he thought of a compromise method and found dozens of workers who can skillfully make rockets.

I thought about it and thought that only about one thousand rockets can be guaranteed to work, which is a little less. "So that! You can find those workers and let those skilled people in the army learn to do it. You have to make ten thousand rockets, anyway, there are still a lot of bamboo and gunpowder."

The army's production was carried out under my order. In later generations, there were countless news about the explosion in the fireworks and fireworks production workshop. Therefore, I put safety first. The place where the rockets were made was far away from the place where the gunpowder was stored. The rockets were immediately moved out of the military camp for proper storage. In this way, even if an explosion occurred, the lives of the soldiers would not endanger the lives of the soldiers.

As the emperor, I did not hide in the tent of the Central Army, but worked with the soldiers of the army to make rockets. This injected a lot of power into the entire army, which doubled the number of rockets' production and greatly guaranteed the quality. On the last day, I had a sudden idea and transformed the rockets. It was a delusion to make rocket-boosted grenades in this era, but the general prototype could be figured out. Moreover, at this time, the Ming army had decades of application experience on landmines. When the mines were tied to rockets, they made rocket-boosted grenades of this era. Although the mines were fired out with the thrust of the rocket and then collided and exploded, it still made me very happy, just like a child who made a fun toy by himself.

"Liang Fu, go to Gushan to pass on my order to order Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren to attack Fuzhou after seeing a fire in the river tonight. They will not withdraw their troops before dawn." I originally wanted Jin Shenghuan and the others to feign attack Fuzhou City, but later I thought that if they ordered them to feint attack Jin Shenghuan, they would definitely retain some of their strength and weaken their combat power. Once Zheng Zhilong discovered the ponytail war, wouldn't it be possible to leave the city?

"Wang Jun, I give you two thousand troops, and I will give you the important task of casting rockets. Don't let me down. If I can annihilate Zheng Zhilong's navy this time, I will give you a merit." This time, Wang Jun has a great effect on Zheng Zhilong's navy's navy. If Wang Jun had not been the one who would not have had this plan.

The weather was extremely stuffy at the end of June and it was so hot that it was even more difficult to fall asleep at night. I waited for the warships in the Minjiang River to see that there were very few lights on before Wang Jun was asked to transport rockets and other arson tools to the riverside. "See those big ships! First concentrate the rocket's firepower on the big ship, Zheng Zhihu might be on that ship."

Wang Jun saw it sincerely, "Don't worry, the first burned warship must be the largest." Wang Jun promised Emperor Hongguang again with his eyes and led two thousand people to the pre-selected position. "Have the iron chain been pulled up?" Wang Jun asked a person from the Tiandihui behind him. After receiving a positive reply, he signaled the army to prepare. When he personally lit a rocket and shot it into the warship in the harbor, hundreds of rockets flew towards the warship in the harbor like a fire dragon.

Zheng Zhihu drank a few glasses of wine tonight and felt a little dizzy. After asking him to be careful, he fell asleep. When he was sleeping soundly, he heard a vague shouting in his ears. When he sat up in shock, he heard a clamor from outside. He looked at the panic-looking deputy general running, "What's going on? What's the noise outside?"

The deputy general's face was covered with sweat, "Second Master... something is wrong... The imperial court's troops are coming, the ship has caught fire, Second Master, come with me quickly."

After hearing this, Zheng Zhihu saw the flames soaring into the sky outside, "Take the boat away first, you go and take people to fight, and get the cannon..." Zheng Zhihu was helped up by the deputy general before he finished speaking.

"Second Master, the ship cannot move at all. When the fire broke out, I ordered people to anchor the ship, but I couldn't move after going out for a few hundred meters. The iron chain must have been removed from the river. It seems that the court had planned it for a long time!"

Zheng Zhihu walked out of the cabin and found that the matter was so serious. He saw countless fire dragons casting on the banks of the Minjiang River as if it was raining fire. The warships were mixed with explosions and the crying and screams of soldiers, turning the harbor into a hell.

Zheng Zhihu, who was about to say something, was shocked when he heard the explosion from Fuzhou. He thought to himself that the reinforcements from the court had arrived. It was impossible! The reinforcements from the court would not arrive at the earliest for a month, but what explanation would be given before this? Does the court dare to attack Fuzhou with 20,000 troops?

The deputy general on the side did not allow Zheng Zhihu to think too much. He put Zheng Zhihu on a small boat, "Second Master, it seems that the navy is going to be finished. The last general thinks that there must be spies in our army, otherwise how could the court sink the iron chain into the river and trap the warship without knowing it? I hope the Second Master will come to the general to report this matter." As he said that, he looked at Zheng Zhihu's personal soldiers, "You must protect the Second Master's safety."

Zheng Zhihu also thought what the deputy general said made sense, "What about you?" Zheng Zhihu heard the words of the deputy general. Hearing the words of the deputy general, there was a resolute taste of death.

"The general treats me well. How can I, Song Zhiyong, retreat at the last minute? Let's go!" Song Zhiyong said as he asked someone to escort Zheng Zhihu away from the big ship. Zheng Zhihu who left was obviously impossible to see the contemptuous look on Song Zhiyong's face.

I heard the sound of cannons coming from Fuzhou, and I knew that Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren must have launched an attack on Fuzhou when they saw the fire in the river. When the cannons that seemed to be fried beans, I imagine that the battle in Fuzhou would be very tragic.

"Your Majesty, it seems that three ships have come, with white flags hanging on it." Liang Rong shouted as he looked at the ship slowly leaning towards the shore.

Emperor Hongguang was wondering how the warship would be out of the siege of the iron chain, Wang Jun ran to Emperor Hongguang, "Emperor, that's his own person. Wang Jun can successfully release the iron chain without being noticed, all depends on this person's help."

I was overjoyed when I heard Wang Jun's words. A few days ago, I judged that the position of Wang Jun's internal response must be not low among the Zheng army. The rushing warship confirmed my guess.

"The last general Song Zhiyong meets the emperor, long live the emperor." After Song Zhiyong got ashore, he saw Wang Jun nodding at him and knew that the people around Wang Jun must be Emperor Hongguang.

"General Song is in peace. I can achieve such a victory in this battle is nothing more than Mr. Wang Jun's help and General Song's help." When I saw Wang Jun's eyes, I knew that Song Zhiyong did not know the relationship between the Heaven and Earth Association and the court, which made me greatly appreciate Wang Jun's prudence.

Song Zhiyong did not dare to say anything, "The emperor praised it, this is the matter of the last general. Zheng Zhilong's plan to rebel was a defiance of heaven, and everyone in the world was punished."

"Song Zhiyong, where is Zheng Zhihu? Didn't you catch him?" Wang Jun couldn't help but wonder when he saw that Song Zhiyong did not mention this. He had discussed with Song Zhiyong, and it would be a great achievement to hold Zheng Zhihu in front of Emperor Hongguang.

"Master Wang Xiang doesn't know that Zheng Zhihu has always been protected by his personal guards, and Zhiyong has never had the opportunity to capture Zheng Zhihu...!" Song Zhiyong told Emperor Hongguang about how to let Zheng Zhihu go.

After hearing this, I laughed, "General Song is a good method. If Zheng Zhihu returns, he will definitely entrust the responsibility next to Zheng Zhilong. Then let them bite the dog! Mr. Wang Jun, this General Song is also a member of your Tiandihui. I wonder if you can lend it to me?" Although Zheng Zhilong also has a spy I released, Guo Huaiyi is still outside Fuzhou at this time, so there is no need to worry that Zheng Zhilong will suspect him.

Wang Jun was naturally willing to do so. Song Zhiyong was originally a pirate. Song Zhiyong's former leader was defeated by Zheng Zhilong and only then did Song Zhiyong surrender to Zheng Zhilong's army. However, those who defected halfway were always excluded by Zheng Zhilong's direct descendants, otherwise Wang Jun would not have the chance to absorb Song Zhiyong into the Tiandihui.

Song Zhiyong was overjoyed when he heard Emperor Hongguang's words. The reason he defected to the Heaven and Earth Society was to have a place to settle down in the future. In the past few days, when Wang Jun ordered him to arrange the iron chain of the river, he learned from Wang Jun that the Heaven and Earth Society would help the court deal with Zheng Zhilong this time. This made Song Zhiyong feel that it was a good opportunity to make achievements. He was not satisfied with Zheng Zhilong's hands. If he could take the line through Wang Jun, it would be a chance to enter. At this moment, after hearing Emperor Hongguang's words, he knew that this treasure was right.

While speaking, the Ponytail War was basically a foregone conclusion. Most of the warships anchored here were burned down by Zheng Zhilong. The rest were also burned to fight due to serious damage. Nearly 10,000 Zheng soldiers were burned or drowned, and the rest surrendered. This victory seemed a bit abrupt for the Southern Ming army. No one expected that victory would come so easily. It was a fact that burned Zheng Zhilong's navy almost without fighting.
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