Chapter 57: A Difficult Trip to Taiwan

The island of Taiwan is huge, but it's not anywhere where so many ships can be berthed.

Only some natural harbors have the ability to do so. Therefore, Ruan Jin first led the fleet from Xiamen to Penghu, paused a little in Penghu, and then sailed southeast. Originally, it was planned to find a place to land in the north of the Red Castle, but after a careful investigation, it was found that there was no port to stay in the north of the Red Castle.

Although there are some ports, there is no problem with allowing fishing boats to take shelter from the wind, but it is not enough to keep the army staying.

Come to think of it, the only way to do it is to hit the dog.

Dagou Mountain is the modern Kaohsiung Port. It is a natural harbor. After Ruan came here, the first thing he did was to set up camp, gather food for his troops, and send men to scout the road to the north.

To be honest, there are no natural obstacles from Dagou Mountain to Chiji City. It's just that this primitive landform is a natural danger. Because it is located in the southern part of Taiwan, and it is in the rainy season, there are hardly a few days of sunshine, and many places have turned into swamps.

It is also now that Daxia is rich.

Although it is very difficult to put it on the central finances. However, this embarrassment may not be felt below. Ruan Jin stayed in Dagou Port for two days, so he used the pretext of transferring materials and threw the stall to Zhang Jiazhen.

Zhang Jiazhen has a lot of Cantonese people, which has helped him a lot.

The climate here is still similar to the climate of Guangdong, at least the climate here, Guangdong people adapt relatively quickly. If a large number of northerners had come here, I am afraid that within a few days, a large number of people would have fallen ill. However, even so, all kinds of plagues are rampant in the army.

After Zhang Xuan found out, he even summoned the world's famous doctors and asked Licorice to lead the team and go to Dagou Port in the name of Tai Hospital. In this way, the spread of the plague was contained.

Because all the supplies had to be transported from Fujian, in order to reduce the burden, Zhang Jiazhen had to build a strong barracks in Tuntian, Dagougang, while opening the road to the north, in case of heavy rains and typhoons. And Tuntian has just begun to grow only melons, fruits and vegetables, but the climate here is warm, can be three crops a year, so it has also begun to grow in Tuntian.

Emissaries were also sent to recruit indigenous tribes.

These indigenous tribes did not oppose the Han Chinese as they imagined.

After all, the Han people haunt the island of Taiwan, dating back as far as the Three Kingdoms period, and many tribes are accustomed to trading with the Han Chinese. And in the eyes of these people, the Han people eat much better than these Hongmaoyi. Han people generally follow the local customs. But the red hairy is much more cruel.

So much so that the indigenous people of Taiwan have to rely on Hongmaoyi on the one hand, after all, many living materials can only be supplied by the Dutch, but on the other hand, they are quite unconvinced by the Dutch, and even some headhunters are against the Dutch

Skulls are valued more than other people's heads.

Whoever could bring back the head of a Dutchman was considered a warrior.

Of course, the revenge of the Dutch was even more tragic. It's just that the strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, and the Dutch generally don't operate outside of the Red Embedded City. The people who worked in this place were the indigenous tribes that were subordinate to the Dutch, and even the Han Chinese.

Now that the Great Summer is coming, these people will inevitably wait and see.

After all, thousands of years of Zhengshuo's influence, coupled with Zheng Zhilong's influence. Not something that the Dutch have been able to offset in these decades.

Therefore, after Zhang Jiazhen extended an olive branch, many people responded, of course, it cannot be ruled out that these people swayed left and right between the Dutch and Zhang Jiazhen, and even the Dutch in Chiji City heard the news. However, they don't have time to care about it at this time.

I also know that Zhang Jiazhen wants to come by land, and the biggest problem is that there are hundreds of miles of wilderness swamps, and it is impossible to open the road every few months.

In fact, the Dutch saw it right, Zhang Jiazhen did not fight with the Dutch from the beginning to the end of the war, the only thing was to fight, or to fight with the Dutch servant tribe, naturally it was a big victory, killing hundreds of people. But this little victory is really unsatisfactory compared to the scale of several battalions and more than 10,000 people.

Of course, what Zhang Jiazhen did was not without effect.

After conquering Taiwan, a county was set up under the Dagou Mountain where Zhang Jiazhen was located, and the roads, tuntian, and military camps opened up by Zhang Jiazhen were handed over to Fujian immigrants. So much so that a county with a population of more than 10,000 suddenly appeared here. In a county with a population of more than 10,000 on the mainland, it is really a small county, but in Taiwan it is an out-and-out large county. Even this port has an alias called Zhangjiagang.

The Dutch had no time to pay attention to this place at the moment, because they were facing Shi Lang's onslaught.

Shi Lang and his father Shi Daxuan led the people of the headquarters to rush to the South Taiwan Road waterway. It's just that if it was so easy to attack here, Zheng Chenggong would have taken it a long time ago.

The waterways here are also wide, but there is the city of Geranza on the west side and the city of Progeranza on the east. The two cities are not big, and they cannot be compared with the cities of the Central Plains, but these two cities are more like bunker forts, blocking this waterway from both sides.

And there was also the Dutch fleet.

There were not many Dutch ships, only three or five. But most of the Dutch ships were Western-style and were able to cross the oceans. Both the artillery and the hull are much stronger than ordinary Chinese ships. Whether it is the fleet led by Shi Lang or the fleet led by Shi Daxuan, it is not an opponent.

After all, the Yangtze River is the Yangtze River, not the sea. Although Zhang Xuan imitated the style of Western-style ships when he built the ships of the Yangtze River Navy, they were also modified according to the Yangtze River hydrology, and these ships can be called large in the Yangtze River

Boats, but at sea there is not enough at all.

And most of the ships led by Shi Daxuan are lucky ships. has an advantage in numbers, if he meets the Dutch at sea and suffers heavy casualties, he may not be able to take the Dutch ships, after all, Zheng Zhilong was not without the Dutch fighting back then.

The Battle of Liuluo Bay, Shi Daxuan also participated.

It's just that the Dutch are shrinking here, covered by batteries on both sides, and Shi Lang even personally led the team to attack, which can be said to be heavy casualties.

"Dad, you can't fight like this." Shi Lang said: "Otherwise, after I go back, I won't be able to explain to Zhou Shumi at all." Zheng Sen clearly wanted us to die. Otherwise, why not send a fleet of plywood boats? ”

The Western-style ship is called a plywood ship. The Zheng family is not without such ships. It was built after Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Xia Dynasty and after he had abundant financial resources. Because this ship is made of whole logs, cut and sharpened, it is much stronger than ordinary boats. It's also a lot more expensive to build.

Now there are only a dozen big ships like the Zheng family.

Although the situation is difficult to fight today, with Shi Lang's idea, more than a dozen plywood boats rushed over. The Dutch may not be able to stop it.

However, this team of ships was pressed by Zheng Chenggong in Penghu, as one of the main forces against the Dutch, how could it be sent to Shi Lang.

"The handsome man has an order." Shi Daxuan said: "What can you do, so be it, send someone to rush every day." Let's make a show. ”

Shi Lang's heart for fame and fortune is extremely heavy, how can he be willing to do so. Shi Lang said to Shi Daxuan: "Dad, let's go to Luermen." ”

Shi Daxuan said: "Are you crazy? Don't you know what happens to Luermen? ”

"I know." Shi Lang said: "How can I not know, it's just that Zhou Shumi has already ordered when he came, this battle will determine the pattern of the naval army for the next ten years, unless I am willing to be transferred to the Lu Division, otherwise the Zheng family has this great achievement, and I will have to look at his face for the rest of my life." ”

"My son didn't want to fight and wanted to fight. Look at who God has perfected. Shi Lang said with a bit of gritted teeth: "Doesn't he Zheng Chenggong just have a good father?" ”

Shi Daxuan was silent for a while, thinking of Zheng Zhilong. He said secretly: "If the eldest brother is here, my Shi family will not be like this." "But it's already like this, Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong don't deal with each other, everyone knows, Shi Daxuan can retire, according to his past merits, Zheng Chenggong can't treat him lightly. But Shi Lang's temperament, what should I do.

"In this battle, you are the main general, do whatever you say." Shi Daxuan said with a sigh.

"Thank you, Daddy." Shi Lang said.

"However, you have to be careful with the deer ear gate." Shi Daxuan said.

"My son understands." Shi Lang said: "It's hard to stop the children. ”