Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 260
Proventia City, early Haishi.

It was late at night, and the whole city fell asleep.Only the Qiao Tower is more drumming, against the faint sound of the waves, it becomes more and more lonely.

The temple where Liu Rushi's coffin was placed was guarded by hundreds of soldiers.There was a pot of fire burning in the temple, burning a lot of paper money. The light of the fire cast the shadow of the hanging coffin on the wall, which was eerie and desolate.

Zheng Sen dropped paper money into the brazier while staring at the shadow of the hanging coffin.Whenever he saw this coffin suspended by several ropes, he felt filled with panic.

"Master, I got the news at noon today that the Ming army has occupied the city of Zeelandia. Emperor Chongzhen is probably sleeping in the governor's mansion in Kuiyi at this time, looking proud!"

"Master, I promised you that if Chongzhen takes Zeelandia City within a month, I will lead the people to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. The man keeps his word and keeps his word."

"I think my Zheng family had no choice but to become a pirate back then. I worked hard and braved the wind and rain to have the family business I have today. I always feel unwilling to give it away like this."

"So I posed another problem for Chongzhen. If he can break through our army's blockade on the sea, I have nothing to say, just surrender."

Suddenly there was a gust of wind, and the paper ash in the brazier swirled and flew up and scattered in all directions.

Paper ashes flew into Zheng Sen's eyes unexpectedly. He closed his eyes and rubbed them with his hands, and heard the coffin creaking faintly, and panicked: "Could it be that my wife saw through my thoughts and got angry?"

He didn't dare to stay, so he groped for the door with squinted eyes, and said to the guards, "Go back home."

Just as Li Cunming guessed, Zheng Sen was indeed playing tricks. He ordered the fleet to blockade the sea. If the Ming army did not go to war, they would not be able to break through the blockade anyway.

But when the Ming army used force, he was able to shirk the crime of instigating the war on Chongzhen, and then broke the bet with peace of mind.

According to Zheng Sen's wishful thinking, this time the Ming Dynasty Navy came with 150 warships, and there were more than 400 warships moored in the port of Proventia City. There can be as many as six hundred ships.

With more versus less, you can't stick to it, procrastinate for time, let's see what Chongzhen can do to me?
"Our army is short of food, isn't it true that the Ming army is not short? At least their military rations need to be transported from land, and the turnover is inconvenient. The longer the time is delayed, the better it will be for our army!" Zheng Sen made up his mind, determined to grit his teeth and get through this. winter.

After five consecutive days, there was no movement from the Ming army, and Qu Shisi also left without returning.Zheng Sen secretly rejoiced, thinking that Chongzhen must not be able to come up with a good solution, and there was nothing he could do.

In the afternoon of this day, the general Zhang Zhi who was sent to Kaohsiung to farm suddenly returned to the city of Proventia, and he was in a hurry, with only a thousand wounded and disabled soldiers by his side.

Zheng Sen was taken aback, and scolded: "Zhang Zhi, I ordered you to farm in Kaohsiung, why did you leave without authorization? Violating the military order will result in beheading!"

Zhang Zhi knelt down and said sadly: "Young Master, it's not that I left Kaohsiung without authorization, but Kaohsiung has fallen."

"What, did the Ming army attack Kaohsiung?"

"No, it's the Gaoshan tribe, and many small tribes united together to expel us. The last general commanded the soldiers to fight bloody battles for a day and a night, but in the end they were outnumbered. Only 1000 of the [-] soldiers remained. Young master, I'm sorry you..."

Zheng Sen asked: "Well, why did these natives suddenly riot? Since the Dadu riot, didn't I warn you to get along with the local natives? Say, are you oppressing the natives, are you bullying men and women?"

"Young Master, I have always strictly restrained the soldiers and upheld the principle of friendship and peace to get along with the indigenous people. But after the Ming army captured the city of Relanja, Chongzhen announced the implementation of the New Deal, which won the support of the indigenous people. The indigenous people said that our military policy was too... …It was too harsh, so it turned to the Ming Dynasty.”

Zheng Sen was speechless for a long time, cursing secretly in his heart, Chongzhen is too good at buying people's hearts!
The Chongzhen family has a great business and has no worries about food and salary, so it is natural to implement a loose policy for the aborigines.

But Zheng Jun was all counting on farming and collecting taxes from the indigenous people to solve the food and salary problem. It was inevitable that the policies would be a little harsher and the taxes would be a little heavier. There was nothing he could do about it.

Losing the support of the indigenous tribes is equivalent to being attacked on the back. How can they stay in Dongfan Island for a long time?

Just when he was having a headache, another general came, who was Zheng Hongkui's confidant.This person also had a sad face, and as soon as he entered the mansion, he burst into tears: "Young master, the Penghu Islands have fallen, and fourth master has also fallen into the hands of the Ming army!"

"Ah..." Zheng Sen screamed wildly, his eyes darkened, and he fell down.

The guards beside him hurriedly supported him and pinched Renzhong hard.Zheng Sen slowly opened his eyes, feeling dizzy as if he was walking on a boat in a stormy sea.

He sat down on the chair and said weakly, "How did the Penghu Islands fall?"

"Strange illnesses are raging on Penghu Island, and I haven't recovered from it. Just over ten days ago, Zhu Tiangui from Kinmen Island and Huang Degong from Haojingao suddenly led troops to attack the Penghu Islands. The soldiers were sick. If you have the strength to fight, you will be defeated in half a day."

"After the Ming army occupied the Penghu Islands, they blocked the news. We have been unable to notify the young master. Three days ago, Huang Degong found the fourth master and said that we would send someone to notify the young master. I volunteered to come to the city of Proventia. .”

More than ten days ago, Zheng Sen hadn't made a bet yet. Chongzhen had already captured the Penghu Islands and blocked the news. Could it be that today is what he was waiting for?

Zheng Sen couldn't help but shuddered, Chongzhen was too scary!

Then thinking of his own situation, already besieged on all sides, he couldn't help but feel worried and sighed.

At this point, is there still a need to struggle?

Before he could catch his breath from the series of blows, Chen Ze stumbled into the mansion and shouted: "Young master, the navy of the Ming army has been dispatched and is sailing towards the port of Proventia City!"

"Meet the enemy!" Zheng Sen jumped up, drew out his knife and said, "Chongzhen wants to fight, I will accompany him to the end!"

After finishing speaking, he summoned all the generals and rushed to the port together, boarded the warship and waited in full force, determined to die with the Ming army.

Half an hour later, the Ming army fleet appeared on the sea.Zheng Sen held up his binoculars and took a closer look. After a rough calculation, there were no less than 150 enemy ships. It seemed that the entire army had been dispatched.

Strangely, when the Ming army fleet was still seven or eight miles away from the port, they all stopped and remained motionless.

"What the hell is Chongzhen going to do?" Zheng Sen frowned, pondered for a moment and said, "I understand, Chongzhen is not willing to take the lead in launching an attack, he is teasing and luring our army to attack, so that I will be charged with breach of trust .”

"The three armed forces obey orders and are not allowed to act without authorization. Wait for the enemy to launch an attack, and then we will fight back!"

Chongzhen, let's see who is the first to lose our temper!
Zheng Sen raised his eyebrows, he wanted to see how Chongzhen broke through the blockade.If Chongzhen is unwilling to go to war, then ignore it and respond to all changes with the same.

Suddenly, three warships sailed out of the formation of the Ming army fleet, sailed two or three miles forward, and stopped again.

"Did the cat play tricks on the mouse?" Zheng Sen was a little angry, but he still tried his best to keep calm, but he didn't want the three warships to lift up more than a dozen strange things and float into the air.

Those things were like huge Kongming lanterns. After rising into the air, they flew straight to the port of Proventia City with the momentum of the northwest wind.

As they got closer, Zheng Sen suddenly discovered that there was a man wearing a dragon robe standing in one of the "Kongming Lanterns", who was clearly Emperor Chongzhen!
(End of this chapter)