After taking the Red Embedded City, Zhang Qiang thought about it carefully, if he wants to plan the treasure island in the future, the Red Embedded City is an indispensable key location, as long as he occupies here, he can plot Keelung Port in the northeast, Gulangyu Island in the southwest, and Gelansha City in the southwest, and he can cross the mountains to plot the east coast in the east. [Full text reading. 】

Zheng Chenggong maybe, ten years later, his son Zheng Jing was angry with him because of his affair with his wet nurse, and Zheng Chenggong's great cause on the treasure island was lost in less than a few years, giving Shi Lang the opportunity to recover the treasure island for the Qing court.

It can be said that Zheng Jun is not as tightly united as his own Jinhua Righteous Army, although everyone has their own selfishness and their own ideas, but they are still loyal to themselves and are still loyal to this group, so the Jinhua Righteous Army is powerful, and Zheng Jun has been poisoned too deeply by the old royal habits, once Zheng Chenggong dies, his power will fall apart.

At that time, he will be able to take the treasure island in an instant and make the treasure island his second territory through the more and more glorious influence of the strategically important city he occupies.

Why not take the treasure island now?

Because it is really unwise to turn his face with Zheng Chenggong now.

With Zheng Zhilong's foundation and contacts and influence, Zheng Chenggong's ability and ambition on the southeast coast, the southeast coast can be stabilized and developed, laying a solid foundation for the Ming counteroffensive against the Qing army.

The Ming Dynasty is too big, occupying a corner, and the Ming monarchs and ministers who are constantly fighting are unable to fight with the endless green battalions of the Qing army and the Han army flag without food and clothing, and soldiers cannot be recruited.

Yes, the current battle between the Ming and the Qing army is mainly manifested in their battle with their original army and people, and neither their influence nor strength can be compared with the Qing army, which has occupied most of the country.

Zhang Qiang, who was hiding behind the Southern Ming Dynasty, would not think that he could replicate the heroic miracles of the Qing army, when the white mountains and bad waters, the people's customs were fierce, and the Ming Dynasty could shake millions of troops with only 60,000 or 70,000 elites.

He had to let Nan Ming block the Great Qing for him and attract the attention of the Great Qing, after all, he was still a small lord and did not have the widespread support of the system.

Thinking about it this way, it is very important to occupy the strategic location of Red Embedded City.

No matter how much he pays, Zhang Qiang will occupy this strategic place.

Because of this, Zhang Qiang attached great importance to this place, he asked Tang Dianfeng to lead the army, and took Xuanyuan Longfei, Xiao Fei, and Zhao Siyang to help Zheng Jun attack Relan Sha City, and he took Cha Er and stayed in Chiji City to clean up here.

Liu Guoxuan and Zheng Tai left Yu Xing, a young general, to help him deal with the affairs with the Zheng army, and their army was divided into two, one part of Zheng Tai led the army towards Keelung Harbor and other places, sweeping away the natives there and the remnants of the Yan family and Li Danjia, the two predecessors of the Ming pirates, and part of the army led by Liu Guoxuan to accompany Tang Dianfeng to attack the city of Gelanza.

At this moment, the Zheng army of Gelanza launched several attacks, but they were undoubtedly defeated by the Dutch's artillery fire and platoon of guns.

Seven or eight thousand people were killed and wounded, and there was no step forward for more than two days, and it was still the state when Zhang Qiang left.

They broke through the moat and broke through the enemy's two breastwork, but one step further would require even greater losses, the enemy's walls were too tall and strong, and the artillery fire was too ferocious.

Liu Guoxuan left, Zheng Tai left, but Zheng Chenggong came.

"Your Excellency the Governor," Zheng Chenggong bowed his hand when he came in, "Your Excellency." ”

"Hehe, Lord Zheng, I can't stand you like this, how can I say that you are also the king of the county, and you are much more noble than me as a courtier, come, sit," Zhang Qiang said that Zheng Chenggong was more noble than him, but he didn't get up to greet him at all, respecting Zheng Chenggong's meaning.

Now he is strong, attacking the hard Chiji City, with less than 1,000 regular army casualties, artillery fire and 1,700 casualties, prisoners and soldiers to take Zheng Chenggong for two months, the loss of tens of thousands of troops, the use of 30,000 people to besiege the city, all night S disturbance, three times several attacks, all failed to take the city, such a brilliant and dazzling results.

Even if he was proud, with Zheng Chenggong's cultivation and ambition, it was impossible for him to have any thoughts about Zhang Qiang.

The two of them talked about Silas, greeted each other for a long time, and they hadn't entered the topic yet, and the Oriental people were so civilized when they spoke, going around and around, and going around and around, but they didn't get into the topic for a long time.

It would be nice if the Japanese could wear C in such a roundabout way in later generations, and the Japanese would probably die of a headache.

In the end, Zheng Chenggong was impatient, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "Your Excellency the Governor, I verbally promised you that you could garrison the castle of the Dutch, we are all a family, and it is said that there is nothing, but this local government is set up, I want my people to do it?" ”

Zhang Qiang was very surprised by Zheng Chenggong's quick thinking, this guy, is a disguised want not to admit it, you set up an official mansion, there are my soldiers to protect the place, together with the security guards who want no money, I have no right to speak here, you can take me away at any time, the Chinese are not good, there is no spirit of contract, speak well to their own interests, speak trade rights, say good you and I share the interests of the treasure island?

However, Zhang Qiang would not be too demanding, and said with a smile: "In this way, take a step back, I want to embed the city in the red, as for the city of Reranza, do it as you said?" Within thirty miles of Chichicheng City, it belongs to my territory, and your people are not allowed to enter without being reported by transmission, and the two of us are like two countries to set up a place of contact with each other, and send personnel to be stationed there, so that we can discuss our own affairs. ”

Zheng Chenggong thought for a while and shook his head, "My lord, I can let your caravan and merchant ships sail freely in the sea under my control, without collecting any taxes, and providing protection, I can also give you one million taels of silver and three million taels of various goods, but Chichicheng and Geranza City, I have to take it back, I drove away the Dutch, Portuguese, I can't let others get involved in the treasure island, I can't explain it to my subordinates." ”

"10 ships of the Dutch, 30 ships of the Portuguese, 100 fishing boats of pirates that I have captured, 100 warships, 100 merchant ships, 300,000 taels of silver, and in Zhejiang, I will prepare 3 million taels for you, you can extract them at any time, raw silk, tea, Qingtian jade medal, 100 arquebuses, 50 two-pounder cannons, 20 3-pounder cannons, 10 6-pounder cannons, 5 9-pounder cannons, and 3 12-pounder cannons, on the condition that the city of Chichichi belongs to me, and I have the right to develop freely within fifty miles, and your people are not allowed to cross it, The sea is under the control of my sailors within fifty nautical miles from the front of Chichicheng to the coast of Fujian, and your fleet will pass through and report to the ......"

Zhang Qiang gave his own conditions, he had given up the city of Gelansha, but in exchange for various materials and silver, because Zheng Chenggong secretly changed the concept, he first used money and materials to ask Zhang Qiang to withdraw from the treasure island, and then in the name of the righteous court, he wanted him to back down, after all, you occupy a piece of land on the territory of a county king, which is unreasonable.

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