Zhifu Island, after a winter, it seems that it is still the same as before, and there is no obvious change.

However, on the blue sea outside the island, the sea ships moored in the bay of the island make everyone aware of the difference between this place and the past.

Shi Fudai led the fleet to Zhifu Island again, and this time he didn't transport too many troops - what happened on Dayuan Island largely involved the energy of the Zheng Group.

The New Army, as a land combat force, also played an important role during this period.

Besides, this is also what Zheng Zhilong has ordered a long time ago, and he is not willing to expose too much strength early. Based on the current performance, the Zheng Group's army strength is strong enough.

As an important part of Zheng Jun's future layout of Qilu, Zheng Zhilong's plan is to establish a series of granaries and armories on the island.

In the previous war, he had already experienced the lack of armor once, and he didn't want to experience it a second time.

Twelve-pound cotton armor is not worth mentioning the cost, if even this can't be matched for all the troops, why does he Zheng Zhilong still call himself the richest man in the Ming Dynasty?

"Big brother, this time I brought twenty centipede boats, ten old lock boats, and fifty large, medium and small sand boats......"

Shi Fu pointed to a large number of ships moored at sea and introduced to Zheng Zhilong.

In the waters of the Liaohai Sea and the Liaohe River outside the Guan, the larger pointed bottom bird boats and black-tailed boats are not the most suitable ship types, and the flat-bottomed centipede boats, old lock boats, and flat-bottomed sand boats are more suitable.

The experience that has been gained in the past year must be learned.

"Enough." Zheng Zhilong thought about the Zheng army on Juehua Island, there were only four or five thousand people in total, leaving a part to guard the island, and three thousand people were assigned to go to the territory of the Tartars to carry out sabotage raids, twenty centipede boats, ten old lock boats, and fifty large, medium and small sand boats, which was definitely enough.

"When the capital (Zheng Zhipeng) returns with the army, you can lead the ship straight into Juehua Island. Originally, I was also going to Kanwai, but there was an incident in Nanyang, so I had to go back. ”

I haven't seen Zheng Zhilong's family for a year, but Zheng Zhilong doesn't want to do it at all. Even though there are young girls hiding in the back house of Anping Zheng's Manor, Zheng Zhilong doesn't want to panic.

Isn't he out there without a woman?

During the period of recuperation in Ziyang City, several women sent by King Lu were all handed over by him to Hong Xu, Gan Hui, Li Shiyuan and Zhou Lianggong, but this did not mean that there was no one in his room.

As a city held by the Ming army, Ziyang has an unknown number of refugees pouring into the city, and too many people have to face painful choices in order to survive.

Zheng Zhilong has no shortage of women at all.

As for whether it is a pure body?

God, as a traverser, will there still be a psychological barrier to this? Do you still want to get off the list in the 21st century?

What Shi Fu wanted to 'see' Zheng Zhilong was not only the fleet in front of him, but also the specific information of the senior officers.

"The Dutch don't dare to use force, how many of them are in the big army? However, after the Potbelly Kingdom was conquered by our army, many of the aborigines who fled were taken in by them, and Paul (the chief officer) deliberately strengthened the ties between the Dutch authorities and the aboriginal tribes in the mountains. ”

Uniting the aborigines and facing the threat of the Zheng group together, this is the choice of the Dutch on the island.

"Outside the island, they mainly strengthened their ties with North Zheng and Angkor in Annam, especially North Zheng, and I heard that the Dutch sent a batch of guns directly to Zheng Jie (Zheng Zhu) in order to strengthen the military strength of the Northern Zheng army."

Just as the Ming Dynasty began to have direct contact with Europeans in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the two northern and southern powers of Annam also came into contact with European civilization at the same time.

The first to take the lead was Portugal.

They had a close relationship with Nam Nguyen, sold a lot of guns to Nam Nguyen, and also provided all kinds of help to Nguyen Phuc Yuan, the Ruan lord at that time.

In the last years of Nguyen Phuc Yuan's life, the Trung clan, who had an absolute advantage in strength, launched an amphibious assault to the south in an attempt to detour Nguyen's city fortifications; However, Nguyen's sailors defeated Truan's fleet at the Battle of Rili.

Trung followed Nguyen's lead and turned to European advanced military technology. As a result, Zheng Jie's and the Dutch hit it off.

Last year, just when Zheng Zhilong was braving the bitter cold, Zheng Jie's army went south again, and with the help of Dutch artillery, it went smoothly for a while. However, at sea, although the naval division of the Northern Zheng army was assisted by the Dutch ships Chiwi and Naschel Gallewikent Booker, the Northern Zheng army was still defeated by Nguyen's fleet and the ruthless Portuguese ships.

Because there is a gain and a loss, the Dutch and the Portuguese were actively vying for dominance of the spice trade in the South Seas, and now the situation is that the Dutch are gradually overpowering the Portuguese.

When Portugal took Malacca City first, and the Dutch had just beaten the Portuguese with the help of Johor, the competition between the two was just when their eyes were red.

The Portuguese, who suffered a great loss, were very hostile to the Dutch and Johor.

At this time, the Zheng Zhilong group seized the city of Champong, as if it was going to destroy this country that had close ties with the Johor royal family, but this could not make the Portuguese happy. Because there was no war between the two at all, Ganlaro, the king of Champong, surrendered on his own initiative, and everyone had to happily pack up their luggage and goods and go to Quanzhou to enjoy happiness.

The Nguyen clan was even more unhappy, Champa was their back garden.

Ganlaro caught Nam Nguyen off guard. Although the country is gone, at least his life, the lives and wealth of his descendants are guaranteed.

Even if he is the sister-in-law of Nguyen Phuc Lan (the son of Nguyen Phuc Nguyen and the current Lord of Nguyen).

But one day when the critical moment of maintaining national interests comes, what is the value of family affection?

To be clear, the marriage between Ganlaro and Nam Nguyen was a helpless move. The strength of Zhancheng is not successful, and Nanruan has the threat of Northern Zheng, so he can only slow down the pace of devouring Zhancheng, such as the two families marry.

How strong can such a 'good of Qin and Jin' be? Anyone can tell.

If nothing else, let's talk about Portugal. Portugal is the largest military assistant to Nam Nguyen, and the relationship between the two is inseparable, but Portugal has a sharp and irreconcilable contradiction with the Johor Sudan Kingdom in Malacca, but the royal family of this Sudan Kingdom is still a branch of the Champa royal family.

At the beginning, the city was broken by the Later Li Dynasty, and the king Panluo Chaquan and his subjects were captured by more than 30,000 people, and more than 40,000 people were killed. Some members of the royal family fled to Malacca and established the state of Johor.

After the restoration, Champa has always maintained a good relationship with Johor, and between Johor and Portugal, Ganlaro is naturally on Johor's side.

This is an irreconcilable contradiction between him and Nan Ruan, not to mention that Champa is also a big fat meat for Nan Ruan to supplement his strength, and the latter is also an entanglement that makes him wake up repeatedly at night.

He was worried that one day when Nguyen Zheng had a truce, Lord Nguyen's sword would fall on his neck or that of his descendants.

In his opinion, such a contradiction of interests cannot be eliminated at all, but the occupation of the city is so weak compared to Nam Ruan. If the battle of Nguyen Zheng was put on hold for the time being, Nguyen Phuc Lan would only need to stretch out one hand to easily hang and beat the city.

Ganlaluo really couldn't see the hope of victory, and in the face of the persecution and temptation of the Zheng group, he simply gave up the throne and felt that it was a good choice to go to Quanzhou to be a rich man!

Between Nam Nguyen and China, Ganlaro clearly believes more in China. At the beginning, the army of Zhancheng and the army sent by Ming Chengzu attacked Annam from the north and south, and they shared a lot of benefits, so the feelings were not too good.

By the way, you can also take revenge on Nam Nguyen.

In this way, the Zheng group naturally attracted serious dissatisfaction from Nan Ruan, but Nan Ruan's strength was really weaker than that of the Zheng family, and the Portuguese who were their helpers had no heart to have a naval battle with the Zheng group.

Nan Ruan never said anything about this.

However, whether the Dutch had any private contact with Nam Nguyen, it is difficult for the Zheng Zhilong Group to be sure.

He Bin and Guo Huaiyi, the two old men of Eighteen Zhili, as the leaders of the Han peasant and merchant class under Dutch rule, assured Zheng Hongkui in private more than once that they really didn't find out!

At present, this Nanyang is really mixed with forces from all sides, and there is a feeling that it will affect the whole body.