The two sides fought hotly.

After all, the Portuguese have been the users of firearms for decades, and they have obtained the law of warfare and tactics, and they have so many homeless people who have come here to beg for a living through merchant ships from various countries in the past, as well as the support of the Southern Ming merchants in Guangdong who have something to do with them.

In terms of troops, if you don't fight, you don't know, and there will be problems in this fight.

Although the Southern Ming Kingdom had more than 20,000 troops, it still experienced the war, and by reorganizing a new army similar to the Huaxia Army model, they lacked intelligence support, or their intelligence support was slightly weaker.

The Ming people have no interest in this, they will not be anxious about how a country is, they will be anxious for their own livelihood, they will be anxious for their wealth, and they will take risks in order to survive, for example, they joined the camp of the Portuguese and worked for the Portuguese.

Because they have to live on the Portuguese and do business with the Portuguese.

It is good for the country and good for the nation to defeat the Portuguese, but it is not good for them.

As a result, the local nobles and merchant clans wandered around the various officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty, hoping not to carry on the war.

Because it is a loss for them to fight for a day, and it is a huge loss for them to fight for a long time, and who do they do business with if they destroy the Portuguese?

But now the court of the Southern Ming Kingdom is united in the upper and lower levels, there is no party strife, there is no compromise, it is to recover Xiangshan and the Trench Gate, Xiangshan they have no ability, on the side of the Huaxia Army, Zhang Qiang was also flowing Xiangshan to do business with the Portuguese, just like later generations, leave a window to the outside, you can't just rely on Zheng Chenggong to do business, and your eggs can't be put in one basket.

Now Zhang Qiang's Huaxia army has more foreign trade caravans, has opened up the Southern Ming Kingdom, Guangdong, and Li Dingguo's department, Yunnan, from Yunnan can go to Burma, Vietnam, land caravans can bring the same commercial interests, there are direct caravans to Japan by sea, as well as trade with the Spaniards through Zheng Chenggong's department, here can also go through Jiangxi, go to Sichuan, or do business with the Yongli court in nearby Huguang.

The trade sources of the Huaxia army are diversified and developed, the Portuguese are determined to support the Qing army, Zhang Qiang of course wants to weaken the strength of the Qing army, he can't keep the chicken ribs, so that Zhang Qiang always has a thorn in his heart, that is, his Chinese land has always been occupied by foreigners, and then how humiliating it can be recovered, a small Portugal, thousands of miles away, can actually have a deadly land in the dignified Chinese land, which is very uncomfortable for the traverser, there is always a sense of mission to take back, We must not allow our children and grandchildren to suffer this humiliation again, as that would deepen their inferiority complex.

In the face of Nanmingguo's note, Zhang Qiang replied, "We support you, fight, take back our territory, drive the Portuguese out, and annihilate it." ”

And Zhang Qiang generously supported a batch of muskets from the Nanming officials who came to request support, some of the remaining muskets of the captured Qing army, and the arquebuses in front of the Jingai 1 that the Huaxia Army had produced and stored in the warehouse, this time these inferior arquebuses were out of stock at one time, and the Huaxia Army would never produce such arquebuses again.

Even the captured arquebuses, firearms, bird guns, three-eyed guns of the Qing army and the Ming army, in the repeated support of Zheng Chenggong, Lu ** team, Longwu Nanming army, this time Li Dingguo's department, as well as the support of the anti-Qing rebel army of various departments, also went out together, and the Huaxia army no longer had these backward firearms, even cold weapons, swords, guns, swords, halberds, and also exhausted.

These things were captured in a slight battle, how many times they were sold, how many times they were supported, and they were finally all sold out this time, and these things do not need to consume resources, do not need to spend money, in addition to transportation and storage costs, they have earned a lot of money for the Huaxia Army, a lot of favors, and how many times have the various forces of the Nanming Dynasty been pitted, and they have done things that are conducive to the development of the Huaxia Army.

Where do these things exist, it costs the management of the treasury personnel, it also costs money, and it needs to be maintained, and this time out, the Huaxia Army has the advantage of not having to save these things at a loss.

Zhang Qiang's mood also became better.

And the system also jumped out at the right time to tell Zhang Qiang, "Your relationship with Nan Mingguo has changed from hostile and vigilant to becoming a friendly country, and the other party is very grateful for your support." ”

"Haha, ha," Zhang Qiang laughed when he heard this, feeling as if he was still playing the game of horseback riding and slashing.

It's just that I don't know if it's the sunset version or some other version.

Yes, it is better to have a few friendly countries than a few enemy countries, and Zhang Qiang is also very comfortable.

Since the Portuguese want to recover the places occupied by the Portuguese, the Xiangshan that remained there cannot be left, and it is the right way to completely drive the Portuguese into the sea.

Zhang Qiang called Fang Yizhi and asked his subordinates to give an order, so that He Jin was fully responsible for the strategy of Xiangshan and cooperated with the Southern Ming Kingdom to exterminate the Portuguese.

Exterminate the Portuguese, Zhang Qiang felt that he had to let Chen Hanhui move, he had been guarding the coast of Taizhou Mansion for some years, and he had not moved, this time let Zhou Congee send a cabinet order, transfer him to Zhangzhou Mansion, Ren Governor, and cooperate with He Jin to send troops to exterminate the Portuguese in Xiangshan.

Chen Hanhui is a veteran of the anti-Qing Dynasty, he played a positive role in his own development, not as many Ming troops and rebels as he led Taizhou to join, maybe he may suffer heavy losses in the face of Fan Shaozu, the Qing army general's attack, in recent years, he has also worked hard along the coast, Zhang Qiang feels that after this battle, he should be promoted to the center and enter the cabinet to enjoy happiness.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty all have a sense of mission to enter the center, and this time Zhang Qiang felt that this kind of veteran should be rewarded to make his family prominent, and the identities of officials who have entered the center are obviously different.

It is the dream of many ancient officials to enter the cabinet, and when they enter the cabinet and go to the local pension, people will also say, "Pavilion Lao," this is an honor, compared to the military medals set up by Zhang Qiang that only later generations understand, the medal is better, and everyone recognizes this.

Greetings with Chen Hanhui, who came to Jinhua Mansion to report on his work, recalling the past, the monarch and the ministers talked and laughed, Zhang Qiang assassinated a few words, Chen Hanhui was grateful, Zhang Qiang smiled and asked him to do a good job, this time after that, he will go to the Ministry of Rites as a deputy minister, and then be promoted to other vacant ministers after it is settled.

After that, Zhang Qiang sent him to contact the officials of Nan Mingguo, and he was responsible for the negotiations with Nan Mingguo.

However, without waiting for Zhang Qiang to relax for a few days, Chen Hanhui ran over, "Governor, Weichen can't deal with it." ”

"Why?"

"You can't handle it, and what about Prime Minister Zhou Congee?"

Zhang Qiang asked very puzzled.

Chen Hanhui smiled bitterly: "The one who came is too big, and it's too difficult to serve, Weichen used to be just a garrison general in the city, he is the first assistant of the Southern Ming Kingdom, and Prime Minister Zhou Congee can't deal with it." ”

Zhang Qiang patted his head, too, he was sure that Zhou Congee couldn't cope with it, he used to be a family member, and the first assistant of the Southern Ming Kingdom was Su Guansheng, the first assistant of the very strong Southern Ming Longwu Dynasty, whether in terms of knowledge or life experience, official position, in this era, everyone is a big name, or a celebrity, and Zhou Congee has no confidence.

Zhang Qiang could only ask people to invite Su Guansheng and deal with it himself.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Su Guansheng said: "The Metropolitan Governor, this time I was sent by the emperor, please ask the Metropolitan Governor to strengthen some support for the Southern Ming Kingdom, where are the Portuguese too powerful." Our army could not break through their defense line even if they were killed or killed, and I thought that the Portuguese did not have many troops, but who knew that they had more than 30,000 troops. ”

"What?"

"More than 30,000 troops?"

"Where did you get so many soldiers?"

Zhang Qiang was also taken aback, isn't history written like this, that time, didn't the book say that the Portuguese soldiers were not more than a thousand, at most two thousand people were enough, even if it was crossing, Zhang Qiang had read countless books, but he didn't have so many troops, could it be that after he came, he entered a nightmare-level copy? Portuguese this copy adds to the difficulty?

"Tell me carefully!" Zhang Qiang put away his contempt and sat up straight, facing Su Guansheng.

Su Guansheng bowed down, rolled up his horseshoe sleeves, and cleared his throat, "Our ** team has fought fifteen battles with the Portuguese, and the previous few times ended with our army's victory,"

"Later, the Portuguese organized the township soldiers of the whole city, Youyong, probably only a few thousand, so that our army can still deal with it, send a capable general, lead the township Yong, the regimental brave, the garrison service, catch quickly, plus the general's own army can deal with it, it's nothing."

Zhang Qiang nodded, indeed, in the battle of cold weapons, there are many people, and if you dare to fight, you can win, it is nothing.

Su Guansheng continued: "But later the Portuguese brought all the sailors ashore, many of them were some of the original pirates of the Ming Dynasty, those Taixi sailors plus the remnants of the pirates who were originally exterminated by the Metropolitan Governor, all had muskets and artillery, which had to be led by Huang Binqing to our army, the two sides fought to the death, and after several battles, our army had the advantage of strength after all, and won more and lost less. ”

This is nothing, Zhang Qiang thought, but there is still a doubt, the Portuguese regular soldiers, those mercenaries who specialize in fighting have not been dispatched, what makes them so calm, or their regular army is small in number, they dare not fight, and they have to guard the castle.

Zhang Qiang knew that in history, a few hundred of these people could rely on the Portuguese castle to guard for a few years, waiting for reinforcements or the people of the Ming Dynasty did not want to fight and sue for peace, and finally won a victory that was not a victory.

"Later, we found out that the enemy's army was fighting more and more, and the enemy's army became stronger and stronger for several months of siege. Wechen sent someone to investigate. Su Guansheng also thought that he was playing against Longwu in the court of Longwu Nanming, and unconsciously used Weichen on Zhang Qiang, perhaps he thought that he was facing a monarch.

"Some people in Guangdong, Guangxi to recruit Xiangyong, those people for money, for the main business, even for the Portuguese to work hard, this is nothing, we always have a way to deal with it, once we find such a Ming people, we are all raided and exterminated, but the Portuguese from the sea and transported a lot of people, there are Malay aborigines, there are Brunei monkeys, there are Spaniards, there are Malacca Han people, and those aborigines, and even some black Kunlun slaves."

Zhang Qiang is not calm, what is this going to do, the rhythm of the national war.

It seems that the Portuguese and their company are doing their best to protect this bridgehead in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Qiang slapped the table and stood up, "Fight, fight the Portuguese, our army fully supports you, ask for guns for guns, ask for money for money, I will send people to train your army, you must destroy the Portuguese, and return my rivers and mountains!" ”