The Dutch fleet marched into South Australia and occupied Xiamen, and the fleet commander Putmans divided the fleet into two groups and went to the right side of Xiamen Bay and the north side of Xiamen Bay to attack Zheng Zhilong's ships that were being repaired in Xiamen Bay.

Zheng Zhilong did not expect the Dutch to attack, because not long ago Zheng Zhilong promised to issue a free trade license to Taiwan, believing that this should satisfy the Dutch. Therefore, after the battle with the pirate Liu Xiang near Guangdong, he did not guard against the attack of the Dutch, but took advantage of the situation to lead troops to clear the Kou in Guangdong, and only sailed the ships damaged in the naval battle back to Xiamen for repair.

The Dutch Navy and Liu Xiang's pirate combined fleet attacked Xiamen, and the Ming army was defeated without defense, counting ten ships under Zheng Zhilong's subordinates were burned, and five ships under Zhang Yongchan's subordinates were also burned, and each of these destroyed ships was equipped with sixteen, twenty or even thirty-six cannons, which shows how strong Zheng Zhilong's Ming army was at that time.

Zheng Zhilong's fleet in Xiamen was completely destroyed, after which the Dutch army was mighty, and the ships blocked Xiamen Bay, rampaging between Gulangyu, Kinmen, and Xiamen. Because of the loss of combat power, the Ming court was unable to fight again, so they sent people to negotiate with the Dutch, and the Dutch negotiated with the Ming court on the one hand, and on the other hand, they continued to harass the coastal areas of China, and the Dutch did not feel ashamed of such behavior in this era of officials and thieves.

In addition to looting food everywhere, the Dutch also forced Xiamen, Kinmen, Lieyu, Gulangyu and nearby villages to provide 25 pigs, 100 chickens, and 25 cattle every week, otherwise they would attack again. The Dutch switched from attacking the upper reaches of the river to blockading the sea and plundering ships. They plundered a Cambodian ship, a Cantonese ship, two junk ships carrying salt and watermelons respectively, and two junk ships from Manila, but one of them escaped with great skill.

The Ming court accused the Dutch of burning the ships of the Ming Emperor, and demanded that the Dutch compensate for the losses of the war and return to Taiwan, and the trade side must negotiate and sign a contract. The Dutch, relying on their superiority in force, were just around the corner of the pie for monopolizing the Chinese market, and of course they were impatient with the negotiations of the Ming court.

The Batavian side assumed the posture of a victor, believing that the Chinese government must be forced to stop trading with the Spaniards and Portuguese. If China does not agree, it will have to fight against China again until it achieves its goal.

Zheng Zhilong hated the Dutch's sneak attack on Xiamen, gave full play to the true colors of the Jianghu people, mobilized his own private maritime forces, used brand-new British cannons, and equipped with veteran cadres with many years of rich maritime experience, actively prepared warships and set fire to ships, and issued a reward order, each of whom was given two taels of silver, and if the war was prolonged, an additional five taels would be given.

Each arsonist boat had sixteen men, each of whom had to carry wood and grass, and if the red-haired boat was burned, two hundred taels were given, which were divided equally among the sixteen, and fifty taels for the head of one red-haired man.

The money used in the reward order was all borne by Zheng Zhilong and distributed directly, without the need for layers of exploitation and delay by government officials. In terms of the preparation of ships, a total of 35 large war ships, 100 arson ships, and 400 other large and small ships were gathered in Haicheng, Liu Wudian, Shixun, and Anhai, and prepared to fight the Dutch army with all their might.

When Putmans, the governor of Taiwan and commander of the fleet, found out of Zheng Zhilong's intervention, he immediately felt that his troops were insufficient, and sought the assistance of pirates Liu Xiang, Li Guozhu and others, asking them to unite with the Dutch to wage war against China, and the Dutch provided Taiwan, Batavia and other fortresses for free berthing and trading.

Only twenty-two days after the Dutch army attacked Xiamen, they had already felt the terrifying power of Zheng's military pressure and bounty order. In a letter to Liu Xiang, Putmans wrote: "The first official repeatedly tried to overwhelm us in the Zhangzhou River with his arson boats and military boats, and from time to time we were compelled to flee due to damage and disgrace. ”

The Dutch then transferred the necessary goods to Fort Middle, which had a deep draft and was not vulnerable to arsonist attacks, and then to Penghu, where Putmans' maritime superiority was suddenly wiped out by the presence of Zheng Zhilong. The red-haired people tried to land, but Zhang Yongchan and Xiong Rulin of Tong'anzhi County defended the coast properly, and the red-haired people failed to succeed.

When there was a typhoon in August, Putmans sailed his fleet to Copper Mountain to take shelter from the storm while receiving reinforcements from another hundred soldiers. After taking refuge in Copper Mountain, Putmans did not forget his true character as a robber, attacked the area around Copper Mountain, and robbed some cattle, pigs, and chickens. Zheng Zhilong had a fierce battle with Liu Xiang, and Liu Xiang lost the battle and fled to Penghu.

Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Empire was very dissatisfied with the Dutch killing people and setting fire to plunder wealth in China, and ordered Lu Zhenfei to be sent as a patrol to investigate, and Zou Weilian, the governor of Fujian, received a holy decree to severely punish the Dutch. The Dutch decided to sail the fleet to Kinmen again, but there was another typhoon, and it was not until early October that Putmans and the pirates robbed an island whose name was unknown but which had farmers, rice, and animals.

The Dutch ship was attacked by the Chinese, and the pirates immediately came to the aid of the Dutch and asked for credit from Putmans. Fujian Governor Zou Weilian swore in Haicheng and made Zheng Zhilong the striker. Zheng Zhilong reported: "The lowly governor led the ships to Wushatou, and it is reported that there were nine plywood boats and more than 50 Liu Xiang thief ships, which traveled from north to south and moved to the ocean. ”

The Dutch, seeing that there were forty or fifty Chinese ships at the north corner of Kinmen, placed their fleet in the southwest corner of Kinmen, and when the Dutch received the war report, the pirate Liu Xiang gave the Dutch twenty oxen they had plundered. Zheng Zhilong led the army to sail from the head in spite of the bad weather, and arrived at Liuluo Bay in Kinmen at dawn, where there were nine Dutch warships and more than 50 pirate ships.

At the sound of an order, about 140 ships of Zheng's army were divided into two teams, and the two attacked together. Ignoring the ferocity of the Dutch guns and the intensive fire of the Mauser's guns, the brothers of the arson ship climbed aboard the Dutch ship one by one and immediately set it on fire, sinking with fire in many places. The two Dutch ships met Zheng Zhilong's large junk ship, and Zheng Jun sank under the fierce attack of British artillery.

Dutch coach Puttmans saw Zheng Zhilong's naval force with his own eyes, and he was able to sink the proud Dutch large warship one-on-one, and he sighed in his heart, knowing that his strength was not comparable to Zheng Zhilong. Remorseful for waging war against the Ming Kingdom, regardless of the life or death of the fifty Allied pirate ships still in the same Liuluo Bay, he ordered a retreat from the battlefield.

The Dutch army was defeated in an unprecedented way, except for the four large rowing boats that sank, the remaining five were also heavily damaged, and all the junk ships were set on fire and sunk. The Dutch army suffered heavy losses, with 83 people killed, in what became known as the Battle of Liaoluo Bay in Kinmen.

After the war, China's clear demand was that the Dutch should go to Taiwan, which was not a Chinese territory, not to the coast of China, the Dutch should compensate for war losses, the Chinese would carry goods to Taiwan for trade, and the Dutch would not have the right to trade directly with China.

After the naval battle, Putmans, the Dutch governor of Taiwan and the commander of the fleet, could not explain to his superiors, and he had no shame to face Jiangdong's father. simply resigned as commander of the fleet, and since then the Dutch have not dared to confront the Ming army at sea for 30 years, and no longer dare to talk about monopolizing the Chinese market, and Zheng Zhilong's position is incomparable.

After the Battle of Liaoluo Bay in Kinmen, the Dutch army was defeated, and Putmans questioned Liu Xiang why his ships did not come to help at the critical moment? Liu Xiang replied that he could not go due to the typhoon, and at the same time, Li Guozhu, another pirate friend of Putmans, also said that he could not make the trip due to the strong northerly winds.

Liu Xiang and Li Guozhu unanimously said that they would jointly fight Zheng Zhilong, they and Zheng Zhilong were originally on the same path, but Zheng Zhilong is now standing in an official position to suppress and encircle them, which is difficult to dissipate. Moreover, it has been proved that before the Battle of Liuluo Bay, Liu Xiang had been attacked by Zheng Zhilong several times, and Zheng Zhilong also sank Li Guozhu's two junk ships.

Although Putmans suspected that Liu Xiang and Li Guozhu had turned the rudder in the wind, there was a lack of evidence, and during the Battle of Luowan, he did not want to destroy the relationship despite the fact that he did not care about the fifty pirate ships of the alliance and escaped alone, and he thought that there was still room for cooperation with Liu Xiang and others in the future.

After the Battle of Liaoluo Bay in Kinmen, the Ming court paid close attention to the actions of the pirates. Zheng Zhilong actively prepared to attack Liu Xiang, and repeatedly recruited merchant ships to change into warships, so as to give priority to exterminating pirates. Liu Xiang felt pressured to flee in all directions, and when he fled, he also played the essence of piracy, and when he fled, he grabbed the goods there, and also grabbed the trading ships, and then sold the stolen goods to the Dutch in Taiwan at a low price.

Liu Xiang snatched 30 big junk boats near Baishi Island and Haifeng, invaded Huilai County in Chaozhou at night, kidnapped people to board the boats, and ransomed the invoices. Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong's men fought fiercely in the Zhangzhou River and plundered twelve fully loaded junk boats.

Liu Xiang suggested to Putmans that he should jointly send troops to China and Macao, but Putmans knew that the Netherlands had just been defeated and could not afford to provoke a war, so he said that he was currently negotiating with China and could not send troops jointly. Moreover, after Putmans was severely repaired by Zheng Zhilong, he realized that since he could not defeat China, he should adjust his direction and show goodwill to China, so as not to lose the original spirit of the Dutch who were both merchants and thieves.

Rebuilding relations with China became a top priority, and if Liu Xiang interfered with trade with China, Putmans would regard Liu Xiang as an enemy of the Dutch. Liu Xiang felt that Putmans was fickle, so he crossed Putmans and sent people directly to Batavia to explain to the Dutch East India Company the interests of jointly sending troops to China and Macao, of course, Batavia ignored Liu Xiang's suggestion, and at the same time knew that the warships were not as good as the Ming army.

Before the naval battle last year, Putmans promised Liu Xiang to provide Taiwan, Batavia and other fortresses for him to berth and trade freely, but now in less than half a year, the Dutch repented, causing Liu Xiang to attack the Dutch, at this time, there was a translator sent by Putmans to Penghu as an envoy, the sixth brother, who told Liu Xiang that the Dutch had a lot of treasures in the city of Geranza, which caused Liu Xiang to covet it.

The pirate Liu Xiang led 600 pirate troops to land in Taiwan and set up a ladder to climb the city of Geranza, and the Dutch immediately resisted, triggering a siege land battle. The Dutch side struggled to resist, and the two sides suffered mutual damage in a fierce battle, and after a long time, it was beneficial to the Dutch side defending the city, because the Dutch side took the opportunity to mobilize more than 1,000 aborigines to join the battlefield, and Liu Xiang saw a large number of enemy reinforcements arrive, so he had to withdraw from the battlefield.

However, Liu Xiang was unwilling to gather 50 ships at sea to blockade Taiwan Port and Yao Port, and the Dutch side also knew that it was unable to drive them away by force at sea, so there was nothing to do. Seventeen people were killed in this attack, and Putmans realized that his own arbitrariness was wrong, and that it was extremely dangerous and foolish to try to obtain a trade license from China by cooperating with pirates. In addition, the city of Geranza was also fortified, and four new cannons were erected above the roof in the sea direction.

In the following year, in the Battle of Tianwei in Guangdong, Zheng Zhilong attacked Liu Xiang's ship and attacked the pirate Liu Xiang. His younger brother Zheng Zhihu accompanied the expedition, Zheng Zhihu had a steel knife in his mouth, held a rattan shield, jumped on Liu Xiang's ship with a stern rope and fought, and killed all the pirates under Liu Xiang. But he was careless, and was caught in a fishing net and thrown into the sea, so he drowned.

Liu Xiang, a legendary pirate, had no way to escape, and was killed by explosives, killing six or seven hundred people, including several Portuguese and Japanese.

Zheng Zhilong was appointed governor of Fuzhou and took control of more power, and the pirates gradually disappeared. With a military strength of 200,000 men and a fleet of more than 3,000 large and small ships, Zheng Zhilong became the only power in the maritime world of East and South China, and was the greatest pirate in history.

From this time on, Zheng Zhilong's order was only obeyed in the southeast sea frontier, and the ships on the sea could not travel to and from the Taiwan Strait without Zheng's command flag, and the Dutch fleet was afraid of Zheng Zhilong's momentum and did not dare to act rashly. At this time, Zheng Zhilong was known as the King of the Min Sea, and the Dutch, after seeing Zheng Zhilong's power, changed their hostile attitude towards him and cooperated with him in order to gain some benefits in the trade that was almost completely monopolized by Zheng Zhilong.