Chapter 55: Preparations for the Attack on Taiwan

"Knock knock." The sound of drums, the sound of the wilderness. On Xiamen Island, Zheng Chenggong wore his armor and sat on the middle hall, surrounded by a line of armor soldiers. All of them are plate armor, the chest is smooth as a mirror, and there are some beast patterns in some corners of the body, such as the relief of the beast swallowing the mouth on the piece of armor on the back of the hand.

Although Zheng Chenggong fought in Nanjing, I don't know how much armor he threw under the city of Nanjing. But Zheng's wealth and generosity also showed. It's only been a little over a year now, and many of the Zheng family's armaments have recovered, such as this plate armor.

It's just that now the Zheng family doesn't dare to gather Lu Shi openly, but there are only a few thousand guards.

Of course, many sailors who went ashore could also be used in the army.

Now this is the first time that Zheng Chenggong has been beaten and gathered for the first time since he was appointed.

All the sailors of Daxia gathered between Quanzhou and Xiamen, and it can be said that the port of Quanzhou and Xiamen was filled with an unknown number of ships. Guangdong, Zhejiang, but more are local to Fujian, and the conflict between the Dutch and the Zheng is the most direct.

Therefore, in this battle, the Zheng clan also used all its strength. There are thousands of merchant ships of all kinds, and it seems that with these ships, a road can be paved to Taiwan.

The drums stopped suddenly, Zheng Chenggong sat down, and the rest of the generals also sat down.

Under Zheng Chenggong is Zhang Jiayu. Behind Zhang Jiayu is the clan brother Zhang Jiazhen, standing behind Zhang Jiayu with a helmet and armor. Now in the imperial court, it is the old ministers of Cao Ying headed by Zhang Zhen, Zhang Xuanqian Di Yuan has gained power, but below is a group of Cantonese people who have gained power.

After all, Zhang Xuan is in charge of Guangdong, and he still knows something about the Cantonese people.

In the officialdom at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 60 percent of the people from Jiangnan, the southern provinces directly under the Jiangnan Prefecture, and the officials from Zhejiang. Zhang Xuan suppressed these people, and the ones who filled the most were Cantonese people. In some people's words, it is the Cantonese Party.

Zhang Jiayu is one of the leaders of the Cantonese Party. Although he has the official titles of Zuodu Yushi, Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and Governor of Nanyang, his influence is still above his official rank. Even Zheng Chenggong didn't dare to slack off too much.

The people below Zhang Jiayu are Lin Cha, the chief soldier of the Guangdong Naval Division, and Ruan Jin, the chief soldier of the Zhejiang Naval Division, who is the general of the Yangtze River Naval Division, and Shi Lang, an old acquaintance of Zheng Chenggong.

Zhou Fuchen still couldn't help but send a Yangtze River sailor to participate in the war. Not for anything else, just for the sake of the future. Why can generals crave war, because war represents a shortcut to promotion. It also represents seniority. Zhou Fuchen is in the Privy Council, and he can see it clearly. Although there is nothing to do with the Eastern Captives now, the imperial court will definitely go on a northern expedition in the future.

But during the Northern Expedition, the sailors in the south could not be sent to any use. I think it's just escorting grain and grass

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Although Zhang Xuan had the intention of using troops to the South Seas, it was unlikely that he would do it before the Eastern Captives were eliminated, which means that the First World War in Taiwan was a rare battle with the naval division as the main force in the next ten years. In other words, the exploits in this battle are likely to affect many generals for more than ten years. Even let some generals eat for a lifetime.

If the meritorious servants in this battle are all Zheng generals, and there are not many figures in Zhou Fuchen's Yangtze River Sailor line, where will he put the face of Zhou Fuchen, the privy deputy envoy in charge of the sailor, in the future. There has never been a boss who has no one below and can sit firmly above.

Therefore, he thought about it and decided to send Shi Lang, who he was optimistic about, even if there was no credit, but it was not bad to have a hard work.

And sitting opposite Zhang Jiayu is Zheng Hongkui. Zheng Hongkui is in charge of the Zheng family's water division, and below Zheng Hongkui are several generals surnamed Zheng, all of whom are the team of the Zheng family. Speaking of which, among the generals that Zheng Chenggong really trusts, there are not too many surnamed Zheng. Now this situation also shows Zheng Chenggong's embarrassing situation at home.

Zheng Chenggong's eyes swept over and said, "Everyone has arrived, please come over." ”

However, in a moment, a man in his forties walked into the handsome tent, saluted Zheng Chenggong and said, "Grass people Guo Huaiyi pays a visit to the handsome." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Uncle Guo is an old general of the family and an elder, but today is a business matter, regardless of dignity, I also invite Mr. Guo to sit down and talk." ”

"Xie Dashuai." Guo Huaiyi said. But he didn't sit down, but still stood with his hands bowed.

Zheng Chenggong said: "Please also ask Mr. Guo to talk about the situation in Taiwan. ”

"Yes." Guo Huaiyi said: "The grass people were tired of following the ancestors to fight on the sea. Hearing that the Dutch recruited people, they moved their families to Taiwan. Guo Huaiyi glanced at Zheng Chenggong, and then continued: "At the beginning, I can live a stable life. ”

Zheng Chenggong knew that what Guo Huaiyi said was full of untruths. But he didn't have the heart to dig deeper, the reason is very simple, this involves Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong has a lot of past events, but he is not a white lotus. Even between Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch, there is a long honeymoon period. It is a bit too much to say that Zheng Zhilong was cultivated by the Dutch, but it is not unreasonable, at least Zheng Zhilong is proficient in Dutch and Portuguese. It can explain something.

As soon as Guo Huaiyi was placed in Taiwan, Zheng Zhilong could be contained, and even Guo Huaiyi may not be Zheng Zhilong's shadow son in Taiwan.

"In recent years, the Dutch have a lot of demand for sugarcane, and they have strictly ordered all the following to grow sugarcane, but people can't eat sugarcane to live, and some people have petitioned Hongmaoyi. were all crucified, and the Han people were bitter and red-haired for a long time, and they were small

People are willing to lead the army into Taiwan. ”

I know a thing or two about the actions of the Dutch. It was in this era that sugar, as a bulk commodity, became the center of gravity of trade between the East and the West. The rule of the Dutch over Taiwan, also based on economic interests, cultivated sugar cane, which could be used to extract sugar. As for whether the locals are well fed, for them, it is not in the scope of consideration.

Anyway, they are not short of food.

Zheng Chenggong said: "Tell me a little about the geography of Taiwan. ”

Zheng Chenggong is also very familiar with the geography of Taiwan, and even many people in the Zheng family know Taiwan very well, and when the relationship between the Zheng family and the Netherlands is good, I don't know how many people travel with Taiwan. Many people have been there, and they don't need to be introduced, and the people who really don't know about Taiwan are all newly transferred sailors from all sides.

"Yes." Guo Huaiyi said. Immediately, he gave a 1510 introduction to Taiwan's situation.

We must not confuse Taiwan in this era with Taiwan in later generations. Taiwan's development was relatively late, and most of today's Taiwan has not developed its original landforms, and even Taiwan's key foreign trade goods, one of which is deerskin.

In the Central Plains, only in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were large-scale deer herds, and deer also became the food of that era, and then quickly launched into the mainstream meat, and personal speculation was that the deer was too delicious and was eaten up. The only Taiwan with a large deer herd. It can be inferred what Taiwan was like at that time.

The places that have really been developed are only a few coastal areas, and even in Taiwan, there are no roads to pass, that is to say, the fastest way to get from somewhere in Taiwan to a certain place is not to go straight to the sea, but to go out to sea first, go around one circle from the sea, and then land in another place, and then go up the river upstream.

There are a large number of natives in Taiwan, and there is even a native-man tribe known as the Potbelly Kingdom, with more than 100,000 people, and it is also the largest and most powerful native-man tribe.

It is said that the Dutch occupied Taiwan, but in fact, the Dutch's management of Taiwan was limited to the area of Tainan, and Taiwan in this era did not refer to the whole island, but the Red Embedded City outside the city, the Taijiang River and the inland sea operated by the Dutch, and now it has been filled into flat land.

There are seven sandbars here, separated between the sea and Taiwan Island, these seven sandbars are a kun body, to seven kun body, because there are these seven sandbanks, the storm in the open sea will be weakened, so this Taiwan is a good port.

This is why the Dutch occupied the area. Think of it as a transit point between Batavia and Japan and South China. Later, it gradually became a business.

To attack the Dutch, you are to attack this area. And not the entire island of Taiwan, however, this is not easy to fight, the Dutch have long arranged.