Chapter 420 Forced Crossing of the Strait

Sure enough, Lin Xiao's intuition was right, the Dutch people in Hongmao City were almost crushed at the touch of a button.

Perhaps the Dutch people didn't take it very seriously, not only was the castle not strong, but most of the soldiers stationed there were old, weak, sick and disabled, and their combat effectiveness was very poor.

As soon as the naval guns of the "Qinzhou" rang out, in Lin Xiao's footage, the city was panicked, and chickens flew and dogs jumped.

Although the fort on the roof of the main fort quickly counterattacked, only a few cannons fell into the river, and the range was not enough, and the gun positions were few, just a sound.

By the time the two rounds of mortar shells of the machine gun company were accurately named and the billowing smoke was shrouded, the roar of artillery never sounded on this fort again.

As a result, the young battalion had just broken through the city, and were carefully preparing to fire at the Dutch arquebus, when they raised their white flags......

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In the end, Lin Xiao still landed on the main fort.

He held up his binoculars and took a good look at the banks of the Tamsui River.

As far as the eye can see, the summer scenery is really good.

However, the lush green hills and mountains are all covered by dense forests, and there is very little cultivated farmland, and even fewer small villages can be seen.

Obviously, until now, the level of development here is still very low, and the total number of inhabitants is much smaller than that of the wild beasts in the mountains.

Lin Xiao knew that in later generations, this was the territory of New Taipei City, and it was only necessary to trace more than 20 miles along the Tamsui River, which was the Taipei Basin, where the land was fertile, the terrain was flat, and the reclamation potential was great.

It seems that Li Hanzhi should be called and asked to mobilize a group of hungry people from Liangguang and Fujian to immigrate over as soon as possible to reclaim the land.

At present, the mainland is extremely short of food, as long as the incentives are in place, it should not be a big problem to get the first batch of 10,000 people to come, right?

"In a few years, this place will be thriving......"

Lin Xiao thought silently, "As long as mainland immigrants occupy the absolute majority, I am not afraid that this place will not have a sense of belonging." ”

Looking down at the riverside docks and throughout the city, warriors were busy carrying supplies, some of them repairing the collapsed walls......

This is a home for the children of the youth camp.

Unlike the chicken coop, the castle was largely intact after a fight, and there were plenty of rooms for the lads in the next few large houses.

It seems that the boys are in a good mood, although they are too busy to touch the ground, they are happy one by one......

"It's better to be young,"

Looking at these lively half-grown children, Lin Xiao sighed, "Young people have nothing to worry about, they carry their bunks and go to the end of the world, and they are all ...... wherever they go."

In time, under the leadership of Wang Dong and Wen Biaorui, they will soon be able to connect the two places along the Tamsui River and the Jilong River.

When a large number of immigrants arrive and work hard, this place will soon become a good agricultural base......

"Boys, the stage is set up for you, and now it's up to you."

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao's mood suddenly became much more relaxed.

Still, there are troubles.

What made Lin Xiao feel a little tricky was that the soldiers captured more than sixty Dutch soldiers, as well as a few missionaries.

Lin Xiao really couldn't think of a way to deal with them, even if he killed the prisoners, they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, so he should take them to the big staff and hand them over to Zheng Chenggong to deal with.

As soon as he thought of Zheng Chenggong, Lin Xiao looked up to the south.

In the distant Tainan Plain, hundreds of thousands of people are looking forward to waiting for their relatives from the motherland to help them drive away the vicious red-haired thieves and become the masters of this hot land again.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong's army should have arrived, and it is fighting with the red hairs, right?

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao's heart became urgent again.

He fervently hoped to go to the battlefield as soon as possible, divide the colonists by two, and kill them all, so that he could get out of the north as soon as possible and return to his hometown, which he had been thinking about day and night.

There, there are more fathers and villagers, who are looking forward to being rescued from the dire situation day and night, and saying goodbye to the humiliating days like waiting to be cut off......

It's still early, so it's better to get there in the morning before it gets dark.

Lin Xiao raised his hand and beckoned Situ Zheng and ordered: "Order, let them hurry up, escort the prisoners to the boat, let's set off tonight and rush to the big man." ”

There are still nearly 200 nautical miles away from Dayuan, and according to the normal speed of the "Qinzhou", it will take almost two days and two nights.

Lin Xiao was concerned about the war there and Zheng Chenggong, and he didn't want to delay for a moment.

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Lin Xiao was right, Zheng Chenggong lived up to his expectations.

At this moment, his fleet has reached the Grand Officer......

In fact, Zheng Chenggong's eagerness to recover the treasure island was no weaker than Lin Xiao's, and as early as the 27th, he ordered the forward Shi Lang to lead the army to test the crossing.

Penghu is not far from Dayuan, only less than fifty nautical miles, if the wind is smooth, it will be half a day to cross the strait.

However, they had just sailed more than 10 nautical miles and arrived at the sea surface of Citrus Island (now Dongjiyu), when a storm suddenly blew, and for a time the white waves were raging, and the danger was numerous.

Shi Lang had no choice but to lead the team back to Penghu again for temporary refuge.

The wind continued, and seeing that at the end of the month, Zheng Jun was carrying little food left, and Zheng Chenggong was very anxious.

If it is stationed in Penghu indefinitely, it will not only affect the morale of the military, but more importantly, it is very likely that it will not be able to enter Luermen Port on the scheduled date......

Zheng Chenggong was a thoughtful general, and before the war, he had already understood the local hydrology and topography.

According to Guo Bin's report by Guo Huaiyi's confidant, in order to enter Luermen smoothly, it is necessary to take advantage of the tide on the first day of the first day of each month, or the sixteenth.

Only at this time, the water level is five or six feet higher than usual, and ships of all sizes can enter, and if you miss the opportunity, you will have to delay it for half a month.

Under these circumstances, Zheng Chenggong made a quick decision and decided to take the risk of forcibly crossing the strait.

In view of the high winds and waves, some generals strongly advised Zheng Chenggong not to engage rashly and asked for a postponement of the voyage.

"The ice is crossable, and the providence is in ......"

Zheng Chenggong said decisively, "Otherwise, how can so many officers and soldiers sit on this island and starve?" ”

When the generals saw that he was resolute, they said no more.

So, Zheng Chenggong ordered: "Order, the whole army will have dinner early and set sail tonight." ”

On the evening of 30 June, Zheng Chenggong personally led a fleet of ships to brave a storm and force their way across the strait overnight.

After battling the wind and waves for most of the night, at dawn on April 1, they finally arrived outside Luermen Harbor on the north side of Oshima Island on the northern line.

As soon as the fleet anchored, Zheng Chenggong changed to a small boat, boarded the tail coast of the northern line from Luermen, personally inspected the terrain, and sent excellent divers to dive into the inland sea of the Taijiang River to reconnoiter the situation of the red hair in the red city......

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Speaking of which, the reason why Zheng Chenggong chose to break through at Luermen Port was because the coast here was tortuous and the channel was narrow and complicated, but he wanted to attack the Red Embedded City (that is, the Puluo Minsha City) first.

The city of Geranza, where the Dutch red-haired army was entrenched, had an inner harbor between it and the city of Chichi, called Taijiang.

In the southwest of the Taijiang River, there are seven mountain islands in the sea that are connected, called Qiyu Island, each mountain island is more than a mile apart, and they are adjacent to each other.

The city of Relansha built by red hair is on a fish island on the west side of the Taijiang River, north of a fish island, and there is a small island called the end of the north line across the sea, and the sea surface in the middle is Dayuan Port.

On the north side of the end of the northern line, there is Luermen Port, and the two harbors are just separated by this small island, and the artillery at the head of Hongmao City cannot reach Luermen.

The Chichicheng is located inland, on the east bank of the Taijiang River, and the two cities are more than ten miles apart, and they are horns of each other.

Due to the strong defense of the red hairs in the city of Geranza, Zheng Chenggong decided to break through each and attack the relatively weak Red Embedded City first.

(End of chapter)