The war in Fujian continued. Lan Li and Nian Gengyao's tactics of firmly recuperating the clearing of the world caused a lot of trouble to the Ming army's advance to the south. Lan Yanzhen's fleet took the initiative to attack, which made Wang Dong suffer a lot of losses when he was careless, especially the latter, who was elusive at the sea and even threatened the Ming army's transport fleet to the front line.

When Zhu Yicheng's instructions were issued, Wu Sidao increased the protection of the transport fleet and also paid more attention to the allocation of materials on the front line. In order to ensure the supply of materials, he obtained Zhu Yicheng's consent and handed over some of the materials directly to Zhejiang merchants to supplement the shortcomings of the people's strength. At the same time, due to the addition of Zhejiang merchants, some Fujian merchants also joined in with profits. The cooperation of merchants from both provinces has alleviated the shortage of materials on the front line.

However, the most important thing is Lan Yanzhen's joint fleet. This fleet seriously threatens the overall plan of the Ming army to move south. If you want to break the deadlock, you must solve this problem, but how to solve it is not that easy.

When Zhu Yicheng attacked Hangzhou and occupied Nanjing, Penghu Navy used this move. Lan Yanzhen had no choice but to go around the coast of Fujian with the Penghu Navy, thus losing the opportunity to cover Lan Li's attack on Wenzhou. Now, Lan Yanzhen replayed the opponent's tactics. If the Ming army dealt with the same way, although it could have a certain effect, the overall strategy of the joint attack on Fujian between the water and the land forces could not be implemented.

After careful calculations and then the General Staff of Zhuang Yan performed the deduction, the Ming army finally decided to adopt the new tactic of you and I attacking me. The main force of the navy going south and the Penghu navy reorganized. In addition to ensuring the safety of Penghu and the transport fleet, the main force of the navy launched an attack on the port cities of the Qing army south of Fuzhou.

Doing so will not only break the dilemma of being led by Lan Yanzhen, but also force Lan Yanzhen to give up the maritime guerrilla warfare and find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Qing navy. There are more than a dozen cities in Fujian, and if Lan Yanzhen's Nanao nest and other cities in Guangdong are added, there will be more targets to attack.

For this reason, the Ming army chose to target the attacking lines of Quanzhou, Xiamen, Dongshan and Nanao. The main force of the navy was not willing to fight. They adopted tactics of fighting more and fighting less, and attacking slowly with the fast and slow, and also destroyed the attacking targets. For a time, the coastal cities of Fujian suffered serious losses. Even the Qing army was besieged on Kinmen Island in Xiamen for a whole day. The Fujian Navy headquarters hiding in the port of Xiamen did not dare to fight. The Ming army shelled Kinmen for a few hours before evacuating. The Kinmen fortifications suffered a considerable loss. Although there were only more than a hundred people who died or injured, the morale attack on the Qing army was extremely huge.

After shelling Xiamen, the Ming Navy went directly to Nan'ao. Nan'ao was Lan Yanzhen's old nest. Nan'ao did not expect that the Ming Navy would swagger south without solving Lan Yanzhen's joint naval division. For a moment, he was rushed to fight and almost broke through the defense by the Ming Navy. Compared with the strong Kinmen, Nan'ao suffered greater losses. Before the Ming army withdrew, the Ming army directly burned the Nan'ao wharf. As the Nan'ao Navy's garrison, the destroyed Nan'ao wharf could not be restored for at least a month. After that, the Ming army left swaggeringly. As for where the frightened Qing army went, they didn't know.

The changes in the tactics of the Ming army suddenly made it extremely difficult for Fujian to adapt, and the coastal cities were even more panicked. When news came, countless people were moving inland with their own mouths, which brought great difficulties to the Qing army's defense against Fujian.

Lan Yanzhen only learned the news after seven or eight days. When he learned about this situation, his fleet was in Ryukyu. At this time, Ryukyu was a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. The upper fleet was stationed in the vassal ports of the vassal state. Of course, local officials would not say anything, and they also tried their best to provide supplies to Lan Yanzhen.

According to Lan Yanzhen's original plan, he planned to use maritime guerrilla tactics to turn the enemy on the ground and firmly grasp the initiative in his hands. But who would have thought that the Ming army quickly adjusted the tactics after being disagreeable at the beginning, and thus adopted the current tactics to deal with it.

Faced with this situation, Lan Yanzhen was worried for a moment. If the previous guerrilla warfare continued, perhaps his joint fleet could cause some trouble to the logistics of the Ming army, but the safety of the cities along the coast of Fujian could not be guaranteed. Especially the experience of his old nest in South Australia made Lan Yanzhen even more worried. After all, the Ming army's navy was larger than his joint navy in terms of scale and elite level. This tactic actually forced his joint navy to change from guerrilla warfare to regular warfare to completely solve the maritime problems.

Lan Yanzhen didn't have many choices. Maybe some people can say that Lan Yanzhen could continue to carry out maritime guerrilla warfare regardless of the situation in Fujian. Doing so will not only cause trouble to the opponent, but more importantly, it can protect his own strength. But don't forget that the Ming army went south to fight with two armies. In addition to the navy, there is also an army. The entire strategic point of view is that the army is the decisive factor. The main task of the navy is to provide maritime support and escort materials to the army to move south. If the Ming army's navy can be completely delayed, it will naturally give Lan Li and Nian Gengyao some chance. But now it has become a bubble to hold the Ming army's navy. In this way, the Ming army's army can still continue to advance south. Fujian is in a state of war with the fires everywhere and the coastal cities are unable to protect themselves. Lan Yanzhen is very clear about it.

Furthermore, although Lan Yanzhen was the general of Nan'ao, his power was not as great as expected. He not only had to be controlled by Nian Gengyao, but also ordered by the court. The orders sent with the war report were Nian Gengyao's orders. In the orders, Lan Yanzhen must ensure the stability of the coastal areas of Fujian and buy time for defending Fujian.

This order made Lan Yanzhen feel embarrassed, but Lan Yanzhen would not be so stupid that she directly sent a fleet to fight with the Ming Navy at sea, because he was not sure of winning the final battle. For this reason, Lan Yanzhen thought for a long time and finally decided to turn around and go north to fight Ningbo directly.

This is a dangerous game, and Lan Yanzhen made this decision to surround Wei and save Zhao, and directly attack the opponent's key parts to achieve the purpose of mobilizing the Ming Navy. Lan Yanzhen is not unfamiliar with Ningbo, and he also knew very well that Ningbo was not that easy to fight. Shi Shipiao committed suicide after a big defeat at Ningbo City. Lan Yanzhen wanted to occupy Ningbo with the fleet alone, which was simply a daydream.

But there is an advantage in doing so. Ningbo is an important base of the Ming army, and the Zhoushan Islands outside Ningbo are also the gathering place for Ming army's maritime trade and merchant ships. Once he leads a fleet to attack Ningbo, Ningbo will definitely not be able to sit idly by, and the Ming army's navy will definitely come to rescue him, and even hope to fight a decisive battle with his fleet at the sea in Ningbo.
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