Chapter 92 Zheng Yiguan like a mouse crossing the street
Moreover, the sea wolf also trained a group of gunners for Yan Siqi, so that they mastered the preliminary skills of using these artillery, and sent 20 artillery instructors to Bengang to train gunners for Yan Siqi, so that Yan Siqi's force value increased a lot in a short time.
In February, Yan Siqi led a team to personally conquer the Penghu Islands and looked for Zheng Yiguan to retaliate against him. The two sides had an exchange of fire on the sea around the Penghu Islands.
Zheng Yiguan also knew that Yan Siqi had the support of Yu Xiaotian and did not dare to underestimate the enemy. He gathered a group of men and ships to prepare for war. There were frequent exchanges of fire between the two sides in the sea area around Penghu, which was impossible to fight.
Originally, with the strength of Zheng Yiguan, he could easily defeat Yan Siqi, but after getting the support of Yu Xiaotian, Yan Siqi was no longer as weak as before. The two sides fought many times in the Penghu area in February and actually tied.
Judging from the loss, Zheng Yiguan did not have an advantage in terms of firepower, but had a certain advantage in terms of military strength. In the end, he did not take advantage of it, and the loss was more than Yan Siqi.
However, both sides have suffered losses. Yan Siqi lost more than a dozen ships, and Zheng Yiguan also lost more than 20 ships. No one can do anything about it. Moreover, after a month, the two sides were a little exhausted and lost their interest in continuing to fight. They withdrew their respective nests and continued to accumulate strength. Prepare to continue next time.
However, although Yan Siqi did not take much advantage, he gained a certain initiative in strategy, completely stabilized his subordinates, restored their confidence, and no longer feared Zheng Yiguan as some time ago.
Moreover, Yan Siqi survived the survival crisis through the support of Yu Xiaotian. He was not blocked by Zheng Yiguan and could not move in Bengang. He gained the strength to compete with Zheng Yiguan at sea and could continue to do his affairs.
Yan Siqi, who ate the sweetness, so he vigorously expanded his strength. While trying to find ways to make boats everywhere, he tried his best to expand his troops, recruited his subordinates everywhere, and through the relationship, he had a relationship with Xu Xinsu, a giant merchant in Quanzhou.
This information was sent back to Nanri Island from the sea wolf's artillery instructors and fine works in Bengang, so that the sea wolf has a very clear understanding of Yan Siqi's situation. They dare not say what Yan Siqi eats, which woman he sleeps, or at least what he wants to do. Generally, the sea wolf can find out. .
And after Yu Xiaotian helped Yan Siqi so much this time, Yan Siqi's men' attitude towards the sea wolf has also changed a lot. First, they are grateful to Yu Xiaotian for helping them in their crisis. Second, they also feel the power of the sea wolf. With their strength, they can't be the sea wolf at all. Otherwise, the sea wolf can pinch them to death at any time like ants.
Since you can't be the enemy, you can only be friends with it. Most of these Yan Siqi's men have shown great enthusiasm for the sea wolf, so they almost don't need much effort to ask about something. If you ask casually, someone will tell the sea wolf in detail. Departments.
And the life of the sea wolf's cannon instructor over there is also very favored. Yan Siqi arranged people to take care of their lives and provide them with delicious food to meet all their normal needs.
Yan Siqi also saw that these sea wolf men really taught him a lot of useful things. He was even more grateful to Xiaotian and determined to hold Xiaotian's brother's thigh in the future.
During the next period, Yan Siqi ordered another batch of six-pound guns from the sea wolf. It happened that the sea wolf was now replacing the six-pound guns with twelve-pound short guns, so he sold 20 more, which made Yan Siqi happy.
When fighting with Zheng Yiguan, he had found that this sea wolf's six-pound gun was quite powerful, far and accurate, and powerful. It was very fierce, like a super big cone, poking a hole in the enemy ship and staring at Zheng Yiguan's men.
So he made up his mind to spend a lot of money and buy more such cannons and equipment for his ships. After he has saved enough strength, he will have to settle accounts with Zheng Yiguan. He really can't swallow this breath.
A boss was betrayed by his men and almost overturned him, making him embarrassed. No one can stand this kind of thing. He has to find a way to find what he says.
So Yan Siqi and Zheng Yiguan fought to death. With Yan Siqi's constant trouble with Zheng Yiguan, Zheng Yiguan did not dare to easily find trouble with the sea wolf. He could only constantly compete with Chu Cai Lao and Yan Siqi on the sea around Zhangquan.
At the beginning of March, Zheng Yiguan gathered thousands of his men and more than 100 ships, which attacked along the coast of Quanzhou, tied up a lot of meat tickets, destroyed dozens of coastal villages, and also ran to Zhangzhou Prefecture, harassed outside the Moon Harbor, and robbed a batch of merchant ships entering and leaving Yuegang.
Zheng Yiguan's move angered Chu Cailao. Although Chu Cailao was defeated by Yu Xiaotian and was forced to withdraw from the coast of Quanzhou, he always refused to give up the territory outside Zhangzhou Prefecture.
Haicheng's moon port is the only officially approved sea port in this era. Because of this, merchants from all over the mainland have gathered in the moon port since Longqing opened the sea to do various trade, making the geographical environment not very good. In recent decades, it has been the busiest port on the coast of China. Mouth.
This also makes Yuegang a big piece of fat in the eyes of all pirates, often come here to harass, and pass by merchant ships outside Zhangzhou Prefecture.
In recent years, this territory has become Chu Cailao's territory. Chu Cailao has always regarded it as a forbidden place, using Haicheng's entry into the sea as his ATM and not allowing others to come here*.
This time, Zheng Yiguan ran here, made a lot of *, and even almost went to the land to Haicheng, which made Chu Cai look down.
Chu Cailao had found that Zheng Yiguan's group of people began to mess around on his territory last year. There have been many small conflicts between the two sides, and Chu Cailao also heard that Zheng Yiguan took over Li Dan's plate through various channels, and his strength suddenly grew a lot, and there was a faint idea of expelling him from Fujian.
This time, Zheng Yiguan took so many people and ships to Zhangzhou to do such a ticket. This time, Chu Cailao quit and immediately gathered his men and ran to the Zhangzhou sea to meet Zheng Yiguan, so that Zheng Yiguan also knew that Chu Cailao was not enough to provoke anyone.