Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Zongmin, under the leadership of the local people, Lewen Mobile, Jin Shengheng and others relaxed their guards, and were escaped by Liu Zongmin.

However, this is not all the fault of Jin Shengheng and others, for Da Liang, the remnants of Da Shun can go south, but it is strictly forbidden to go north. Therefore, Huang Desheng and Zhou He deployed a tight defensive line in the north, and the south was handed over to Jin Shengheng and others, so Liu Zongmin escaped with most of the men and horses, and Jin Shengheng was only demoted by the official and retained for post-effect.

However, Jin Shengheng and the others also knew that this was Emperor Liang's understanding that their troops were still being reorganized, so they would punish them a little. If it is done again next time, it will definitely not be so frivolous to let go. So they all immediately reorganized their teams and hurriedly caught up with Liu Zongmin's team.

Previously, it was because of Huang Desheng's troops that Li Zicheng and they could not cross the river with all their strength. Now they got rid of the Zuojia army, which was weaker in combat, and they only had to go south with all their might, so this time they rushed to kill from a shallow water point upstream. Zheng Zhilong's subordinates, who were in charge of Jiang Defense, were mostly local militia organizations, and they were unable to stop Liu Zongmin's onslaught, so they all broke up and fled.

And Jin Shengheng and others, who followed up, also followed across the Min River after eliminating and capturing a small number of enemies. However, they were soon stopped from pursuing by Huang Desheng's orders, and instead focused on defending the river crossing. Although they thought it was a little strange, there was no better option for the newly surrendered generals than to do what they were told.

In fact, Huang Desheng is also just implementing Li Yan's strategic thinking. There are some things that always have to be done by someone, and it is better for the enemy to do them than for them to do it themselves. The destroyer will be hated, and the remodeler of order will be praised by all.

The Great Liang's attack on Fujian did not expand further, which relieved Zheng Zhilong a little, which allowed him to have enough time to negotiate with Liu Zongmin. To be honest, the twenty or thirty thousand horses that fed Liu Zongmin were no pressure on him as a rich country, but what he was worried about was that if he couldn't control these bandits, he would ruin his fundamental place. Therefore, he had to be cautious, and he had to see the sincerity of Liu Zongmin and others before he dared to make a decision.

And the attack on Daliang from the sea basically stopped, because the small troops he sent out suffered heavy losses, and more than half of them were annihilated on the beach. So he realized that relying on the attack of a small army had no effect, but allowed him to constantly lose blood. In the future, if we want to form a substantial deterrent to the big beams, we will have to use a large force to land and fight. Although this was something he tried to avoid, but in the current situation, it seemed that he could only give it a go.

However, it is typhoon season, and the ships have to return to port to take shelter from the wind, and the ships also need to be repaired so that the sailors can rest for a while and reunite with their families. When this typhoon is over, while the wind direction is still suitable, we must hurry up to prepare the troops heading north and the landing site. Of course, he can only choose a certain location in Zhejiang and Nanzhili, and in the places to the north, they are not familiar with the hydrology, ports, etc., so naturally they can't take risks.

At this time, Zhang Han's fleet of southbound sailors also entered the port in Taizhou to avoid the upcoming strong wind and waves. The ships under his command were originally old ships that could not withstand strong winds and waves, and now they are equipped with wheel pulp, and it is estimated that their ability to resist wind and waves will be even worse. Therefore, although there are only signs of a typhoon, they can only take shelter in Hong Kong. He didn't want to attack Zheng Zhilong's fleet now, but hoped that the newly built warship would be stronger, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sail if there was a slightly stronger wind and waves, and what kind of sailor was he called.

In the growing sea breeze, Zhang Han received an order from Kaifeng to immediately lead the fleet north to resist a possible attack by the Dutch near Shanghai.

It turned out that due to the march of Daliang to the south and the confrontation with Nan Ming and Zheng Zhilong, the trade in goods between the north and the south was greatly affected. In particular, the fine porcelain of the Jiangxi region, and the fine silk fabrics of the Nanzhi region of Zhejiang Province were so limited that the Dutch could not make effective use of their cargo ships.

Another reason is that Zheng Zhilong controls various ports in Fujian, and his power is huge, which also seriously affects the Dutch's freedom of trade in eastern waters. Taking advantage of the current change of dynasty in China, the Dutch wanted to get in touch directly with the emerging government and ask the new Chinese regime to allow them to engage in maritime trade in the port of Shanghai, and that it be an exclusive maritime trade. Of course, the Dutch knew that the note of civilization would not necessarily achieve its goal, so they also issued a threat of aggression.

This kind of thing was done in Xiamen more than ten years ago, but it was disturbed by Zheng Zhilong, a pirate. And today, the new Chinese regime they are dealing with is in a state of war with Zheng Zhilong, and the sailors in northern China are too weak, so they are full of confidence this time, and they must get the exclusive maritime trade rights from the new Chinese regime in order to monopolize China's maritime trade.

The Dutch learned from the Chinese interpreter that the Liang court had only a small navy of a dozen old ships, so they were extremely contemptuous. Although they knew that the Great Liang was strong on land, at sea, they were full of confidence to defeat the Great Liang's navy. Therefore, the tone of the note was very strong, threatening not only to attack the coastal ports of Daliang, but also to attack all maritime trading vessels of Daliang.

Li Yan is a person who will not accept any threats, Li Zicheng, who was in the sky back then, was not afraid of him, and he would be afraid of the Dutch who only had a few ships? So he immediately ordered Zhang Han to temporarily stop the attack on Zheng Zhilong, and first deal with these Dutch who had no one in their sights.

However, he was not an ignorant person who knew nothing about naval warfare, and did not let Zhang Han immediately go to fight the Dutch, but asked Zhang Han to go to the nearby waters first to make all preparations, reconnoiter the enemy's strength, and formulate a battle plan. And he also knew that the strength of his sailors was indeed not strong, so he immediately issued a warning order to various places along the coast. With the previous punishment for dereliction of duty, it is believed that all parts of the coast should be able to effectively guard against the attacks and invasions of the Dutch.

Originally, Li Yan also found John Tang to learn more about the Netherlands, but John Tang has always emphasized from beginning to end that the Netherlands is a heretical country and an outcast of God, and he has been involved in the grievances between Catholicism and Protestantism for a long time. The only useful information is that the Netherlands, although a country that had just gained independence from Spain, had excellent shipbuilding skills and accounted for most of the maritime trade. Of course, the Dutch navy was also very strong, thus laying the foundation for maritime supremacy.

"Zheng Zhilong hasn't solved it yet, and now there is another Dutch country, and things at sea are really not easy to handle." Li Zhong sighed after John Tang left.

Li Yan said resolutely: "No matter how difficult it is, you have to smooth them all out!" Haimao's profits are so rich, it must not be monopolized by Yiren, let alone his family. We have settled this battle with him, and we will fight them for ten or twenty years, and we will fight them to the end! ”