"I don't know what the Empire's policy will be going to be going to be."

Regarding Zhang Zong's question, Wen Ji pondered for a while, and finally said honestly:

"However, I personally feel that the empire will be different from all the previous dynasties."

"It will not be the kind of martial arts that the Great Zhou did, nor will it be the pure martial arts rule that has existed before."

"Is it to find a way to create a new era?" Zhang Zong concluded.

"yes, that's what it means." Wen Ji agrees: "I don't know if this approach will be successful, but I am willing to help the Huaxia Imperial Court try it." ”

"Brother Zhang, what do you think?"

"Maybe, I can really give them a try." Zhang Zong recalled what he had seen and heard after coming to the north, and whispered: "Because the people here are completely different from what I have seen before. ”

"Oh? What's the difference? Wen Ji asked curiously.

"I always feel that the people here are more confident, more like citizens of a strong country. Even the poor can have their own goals. Zhang Zong replied: "This is the biggest feeling I have had in the north for so long." ”

Wen Ji didn't feel much in this regard, after all, he rarely walked out of Schönbrunn Palace after coming to the north, and he didn't go deep into the people at all.

What Zhang Zong, who has always been dealing with the lowest level of people in the north, sees something different.

However, the conclusions reached by the two are very similar: no matter how you look at it, the Great Zhou is far inferior to the newly rising Huaxia, and now it depends on when the north intends to solve the Great Zhou, and how to treat the Zhao family and those loyal to the Zhao family after solving the Great Zhou.

"By the way, there is another thing that Brother Zhang may not know." Wen Ji took out a stack of paper and handed it to Zhang Zong: "The imperial navy has recently recovered Taiwan Island, but there is no Lubu Feijie, it is said that it is to avoid stimulating the Great Zhou." ”

"Imperial Navy?" Zhang Zong pondered for a while before realizing who Wen Ji was referring to by the imperial court.

He took the stack of documents and looked at it, and the general course of the Battle of Taiwan Island was as follows:

The Huaxia Navy's southward movement was almost at the same time as Xu Shiyang's northward march to eliminate Yan Zonggan.

On 18 May, the four attack detachments of the Huaxia Navy, consisting of 22 new-type gunboats (cruisers), 59 old-style gunboats (medium-sized Fufune and Guangchuane), 30 large transport ships (large-sized Fuchuan and Guangchuan), 60 medium-sized transport ships (medium-sized Fuchuan and Guangchuan), and 220 other small and special ships, formed a southward fleet.

The pirate army split from the Li family had about 150 large and small ships and more than 10,000 pirates, and more than 30,000 people and pirate families were stationed near Penghu.

The pirate army fought a naval battle with the Chinese army in Penghu, and the result is self-evident, 22 ships of the pirate army were sunk by blazing artillery fire, more than 50 ships fled to Taiwan Island, and the rest were all captured.

On 28 May, the Chinese army occupied Penghu at the cost of 7 casualties and no ship losses.

After a two-day rest, the Chinese army continued the offensive.

The pirate army sank more than 50 ships off the coast of Keelung, one of the main bases, and created artificial obstacles in an attempt to stop the Chinese army.

On the first day of June, the Chinese landing fleet took advantage of the high tide to force its way through the underwater blockade line, and several new heavy gunboats sailed directly above the underwater sunken ships, pressing open a passage through which the old ships immediately poured into the port.

The pirate army then launched a large-scale counterattack, with at least 50 gunboats equipped with various types of iron, copper, and wooden cannons covering about 200 small fire attack ships to storm the Chinese fleet crowded within the blockade line.

The new gunboat units of the Chinese army faced the enemy on the side, formed a battle line, and poured maximum firepower on the enemy.

The sailors also used rifles to increase their firepower at the edge of the ship, and finally the Chinese army used some sampans to stay in front of the gunboat to block the approaching of the attacking ship.

After two hours of fierce fighting, all the attacking ships were lost, 11 of the fifty pirate gunboats were sunk, 17 were captured, and the rest retreated into port.

The Chinese lost 60 sampans, another gunboat was burned, 35 killed and 33 wounded.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Chinese army launched a landing operation on Keelung, and after the Chinese army landed, the pirates organized two counteroffensives on land, but did not achieve anything.

On the third day of June, the Chinese army had completed the encirclement of Keelung.

In the early morning of the fourth day of June, heavy fog fell from the sky, and the pirate army launched the last large-scale naval counterattack: about 20 gunboats covered more than 30 small boats, took advantage of the fog to disguise themselves as Chinese warships, approached the Chinese gunboat force, and then launched a gang jumping operation.

At one point, the pirates jumped aboard several Chinese gunboats, but they were quickly shot by the Migne gunners and the light deck guns that fired shotguns.

Even so, the battle was the best battle for the pirate army: the pirate army lost 200 men, and the Chinese army lost 70.

However, after the surprise attack, the enraged Chinese navy continued to hunt down the nearby pirate ships, sinking at least 30 large and small ships, and the rest were scattered - this time the Chinese army did not keep prisoners.

On the sixth day of June, the Chinese army launched a general attack on Keelung and conquered Keelung on the same day.

After conquering Keelung, the Chinese army entered a local recuperation while avoiding the typhoon season.

It lasted until the beginning of October, when the Chinese army launched another attack, this time by land and sea, occupying Tamsui on the fifth day of October, Nanji two days later, Nanshu on October 12, Xingang on the 15th, and Bangshan on the 22nd.

On October 23, the pirate army gathered more than 20,000 people from the last main force, plus 800 headhunters from the local Babu Society and the Maowu Horror Society, to carry out the last counterattack on land in the area of Dajia Creek.

The counterattack was quickly routed by the Chinese artillery, and the dense array of shotguns and new explosive shells exerted great power, killing more than 900 pirates and headhunters and taking more than 2,000 prisoners.

Subsequently, in accordance with the tradition of the Chinese army, Luo Haitao implemented the order of selecting five killings and one among the local headhunters, and in about ten days, the Chinese army killed more than 5,000 locals, and more than 7,000 people were sold into slavery.

Next, as the Chinese army continued to attack, the headhunters of the Anya Society and the Siraya Society were shocked and refused to fight for the pirates, so that the Chinese army quickly passed through the densely distributed area of the headhunter community in the south of Taiwan Island, and arrived at Dongning, the last base camp of the pirate army, on the first day of November.

At this time, there were still more than 20,000 pirate soldiers in the area from Dongning to Dagou, but most of them were recruited by peasants from Tuntian, and they only went to Taiwan Island to make a living, and no one was willing to fight for the pirates to the end.

What's more, the pirates' own will to fight is already very problematic.

On the third day of November, shortly after the Chinese army completed the encirclement of Dongning, the last main force of the pirate army raised the white flag and surrendered to the Chinese army.

At this point, Taiwan Island has been incorporated into the rule of Huaxia.