In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Kentang in Fuzhou received the report document from Zheng Zhilong.

The Zheng army defeated 10,000 people of the Heyi Navy and Army, captured 720 people, killed more than 1,000 of them, burned five splint giant ships, captured two splint giant ships, and captured armor, swords, compasses, sea charts and other things. The corpses of the dead guns before and after were dragged away by Yi and fell into the sea, and those who failed to cut the level were hard to count, and they did not dare to tell.

This is a battle that is better than the Battle of Liuluo Bay in scale and results, Zhang Kentang is very clear about Zheng Zhilong's series of actions, don't look at the grandiose written on Zheng Zhilong's report, in fact? It's just a turf battle that Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to provoke.

To put it mildly, it's a dog-eat-dog!

The Dutch were bitten by Zheng Zhilong, and although it was impossible for their naval soldiers to reach as many as 10,000 people, their defeat was real.

Not only did they lose at sea, but they also surrendered on land.

If Zheng Zhilong had been more shameless, turned his face to Heyi and didn't recognize people, and counted the people in the city of Relansha as prisoners, then the number of people who were captured would not be seven hundred and twenty-two, but three thousand, or even more.

The Dutch who surrendered not only allowed Zheng Zhilong to get the city of Geranza and enjoy the exclusive ranks, but also presented Zheng Jun with nearly 100 large and small artillery, more than 4,000 muskets of various types, a large number of military material reserves, and nearly 700,000 guilders.

Does 50 guilders contain an ounce of gold? The small 700,000 guilders, under today's gold and silver price, is the top 1340,000 taels of silver.

In the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), when the exchange system between gold and silver banknotes was formulated, it was stipulated that 1 banknote was converted into 1,000 copper coins, 1 tael of silver and 1/4 tael of gold, that is, the ratio of gold and silver was 1:4. By the 11th year of Yongle (1413), the gold-silver ratio had become 1:7.5, and so it was until the Longwan period. At that time, the price of gold and silver coins in Europe was already 1:15! In Chongzhen, it became one when ten, and in some places south of the Yangtze River, there was still a situation of one for thirteen.

This is because the southeast was the first landing site for foreign silver.

Zheng Zhilong's report was sent to Fuzhou, and many people in the Yamen of the Fujian Provincial Governor stared straight at the 700,000 guilders.

But Zhang Kentang's eyes looked straight at the artillery!

This is Zheng Zhilong's meritorious service document, whether it is according to the rules of the court or according to the unspoken rules, a series of numbers listed on the document must be shared by the governor's yamen.

One hundred and ten large and small artillery, even if half of them are sent to Fuzhou, and half of them are in tatters, and the total number of large and small artillery pieces can still be about 20 large and small guns. More than 4,000 muskets may only be arquebuses - Zhang Kentang is not a mediocre talent, and he has a certain understanding of muskets. But even if it is an arquebus, more than 4,000 are cut in half, and then cut in half, and there can be thousands of good ones.

With thousands of muskets and more than 20 large and small cannons, as long as they are well organized, they may not be able to train a strong army capable of fighting.

With the defeat of the Central Plains War, as the People's Army conquered the city in Guanzhong, such as chopping melons and vegetables, and the rapid progress, a sense of urgency rose in the hearts of all the Ming court loyalists.

At this moment, they really felt a deadly crisis!

I smelled a smell of Daming pills.

Therefore, work hard, not to mention saving Daming, at least continue to do your part for the survival of Daming, this is the thoughts of characters like Zhang Kentang.

Just like Zeng Ying began to train Ding Yong in Dengzhou, Zhang Kentang's first thought was to train an army that was directly controlled by him and could fight and fight.

He doesn't want to be able to train a strong soldier like Lu Xiangsheng's "Tianxiong Army", because he and Lu Xiangsheng are completely two types of people, and Lu Jiutai is a warrior who can dance a hundred catties of broadswords, and he takes the lead in every battle, takes the lead, and shares weal and woe with the soldiers. In one battle, the army was short of food, and the soldiers had no food for three days, and Lu Xiangsheng also did not eat for three days, and he didn't even drink water: "The army tasted no three-day salary, and Xiangsheng did not eat the water slurry, so he won the hearts of the soldiers and made meritorious contributions to the war." ”

Zhang Kentang really can't learn this broken Damingzhu Stone.

But he can learn the organizational model of Lu Xiang's ascension to the heavenly army, which is actually not difficult, that is, to pull fellow villagers, friends, brothers, family members, etc. into the army, as long as there is no shortage of food and salary (at that time, Lu Xiang was promoted to the prefect of the daimyo prefect, which is the biggest difference between him and Xu Du), that army will become.

Such a team often kills one person, which can arouse the anger of most people, so the fighting spirit is extremely strong, and once it encounters the enemy, it will bite and fight to the end. You can't run without shedding your skin. However, if someone flees first in the battle, it will also cause many people to flee with him, leading to the rout of the battle, such as the troops of Zeng Guofan in the later period.

In fact, the Tianxiong Army is really a regimental training army.

It's just that Lu Xiangsheng is a daimyo prefect, which gave this army a kind of legitimacy at the beginning.

After all, the Ming Dynasty did not allow characters like Jiang Zhongyuan to appear.

And now that Zhang Kentang and Zeng Ying, who have embarked on the road of military training, will they become Zeng Hu Zuoli of the Ming Dynasty? No one can say for sure.

What can only be determined is that the two of them are heading towards that "glorious" avenue!

In Anping City, Zheng Zhilong, of course, did not know Zhang Kentang's plans, and suddenly heard that he was facing the cold wind, riding a fast horse, and only bringing five or seven servants, and rushed to Anping to see him.

After entering the hall and sitting down with each other, Zhang Kentang said a few polite words, and Zhang Kentang directly stated his intentions.

Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this, he thought that Zhang Kentang's trip must be an important matter, but he didn't expect it to be such a thing. Learn from Lu Xiangsheng, fellow countrymen, friends, brothers, family members, etc., is this the "Zeng Hu Zuo Li" of the Ming Dynasty?

That's a mouthful.

"Zhongcheng rest assured, there will be no difference in handing over money and utensils this time."

Zhang Kentang wants to pull the team here, which is a good thing, just like Zeng Ying in Denglai. If this army of Minzhong (Denglai) is formed, it will not only increase Zhang Kentang's weight in the Southern Ming Dynasty in the future, but also increase his Zheng Zhilong's influence in the court, right? Why not?

As for whether it also increased the power of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong didn't care at all. Because the combat effectiveness of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty in history was too weak. It's also good to make up for it!

In the blink of an eye, he decided to give Zhang Kentang some good goods.

It's just that Zhang Kentang came to Anping this time, not only to say this, but also to show Zheng Zhilong his attitude, the soldiers of this new army are definitely not aimed at the Zheng family, and he also wants to borrow some instructors from Zheng Zhilong, so as to train people fiercely.

"The Fujian army is in ruins, and the sound of swords and soldiers has not been heard for a long time. Characters like Yu Gong (Yu Dayou) are hard to find. The official also wanted to ask General Rong for three or five credible and loyal people to train Ding Yong on his behalf. ”

Otherwise, if the new army is taught to those rotten people in Fuzhou, then what you get will only be a rotten army.

"This is easy to say, this is easy to say. Lord Zhongcheng can rest assured that Zheng will pick the elite in case of need. Zheng Zhilong was about to laugh out loud, Zhang Kentang was using a mouse as a warehouse manager, isn't this an opportunity to hit nails inside.

"Zhongcheng is too ...... to do this" is undignified. After some discussion, Zhang Kentang and his party settled down, and someone next to him said.

Today, Zhang Kentang's figure is low enough.

Zhang Kentang sighed, a deep exhaustion flashed on his face, he lowered his body like this in front of a person like Zheng Zhilong, he really thought he was willing? The situation is not up to anyone.