Chapter 47: Unable to break the siege

Seeing this, buddy and I followed the Ming soldiers to the top of the castle, and then fought with the Dutch defending the city.

By this time, Quiy was already an ant on a hot pot, desperately shouting for the Dutch soldiers to let him go down with a rope.

There were so many Dutch soldiers on the castle tower that I couldn't get close to Quay, and finally Quay's old bastard jumped off with a rope on his leash.

So I shouted, "Grab Guy, can't let him go!" ”

However, all the Ming troops outside the city entered the city, and Kui was not resisted at all, and ran straight to the beach, ready to flee by boat.

And letting Quiy go, not only will I lose the "Xuanhua Sutra", but I will not be able to help the coastal people take revenge.

Thinking of this, the buddy rushed out of the castle gate, ready to intercept Quiy.

By this time, Quiy had already boarded the boat by the beach, and was about to shake away.

At this moment, Lao Tzu took the musket he had just grabbed and pulled the trigger, only to hear a bang, Quay was shot in the right leg and fell into the water.

I stepped forward, grabbed him by the hair, drew my dagger and stabbed him twice, but instead of killing him, I incapacitated him.

Just as I was subduing him, the leader of the Alpine tribe, Saidek, rushed over with a scimitar and screamed that he was about to kill Quay.

I hurriedly stopped: "Don't kill him yet!" ”

"Your Majesty, why?"

Saidek said in frustration, eager to chop Kui into meat sauce right away.

And the reason why I stopped Saidek was not to pity Quiey, but to ask him about the secret of the "Dazzling Hua Sutra".

Eventually, Sedek tied up Quay, and I searched through his clothes for the Dazzling Blossom.

After the incident, I continued to enter the city to assist Zheng Chenggong in clearing out the Dutch ghosts.

In the end, it took almost an hour for the Dutch devils in the city to be slaughtered by us, and the whole city of Geranza was covered with rivers of blood and corpses.

In this way, the Ming soldiers coordinated with their compatriots of the Gaoshan tribe and took the most important military stronghold of the Dutch in Taiwan, the castle of Geranza.

In the secret room in the castle, the silver taels hidden are piled up, and the food is inexhaustible.

All this was scavenged from the people of our coast, and the greed of the Dutch colonists was clearly revealed.

……

Although I took the castle of Geranza and killed all the Dutch on the island, it does not mean that Taiwan is stable, because the Dutch who came to support the Indonesian headquarters are still on the way, so I must be prepared for battle.

The only person who knew the whereabouts of the Indonesian reinforcements was Quay, so I began to interrogate Quay.

It wasn't until this moment that Kui found out that we were not Zheng Zhilong's pirate group, but the Ming official army.

Under heavy pressure, Quiy told me that it should take two months for Indonesian reinforcements to arrive in Taiwan, and told me to release him, otherwise the reinforcements would definitely settle accounts with me.

I slapped him in the face and said, "Let you go?" Do you think Lao Tzu is Zheng Zhilong! ”

After speaking, I took out the "Xuanhua Sutra" and asked, "Where did you get this scripture from?" Tell me the truth, I won't kill you for the time being, and if you lie, I'll hand you over to Saidek right away! ”

Hearing this, Quiy was frightened and trembled and said, "This scripture was given to me by a friend in Riyadh, and I really didn't lie to you!" ”

I don't look at him like he's lying.

It's just that I really don't understand, Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia is an Islamic country, it stands to reason that no one will believe in Buddhism, even if someone believes in Buddhism, there will be no collection of the Ming royal family.

So I asked, "Since he sent you, didn't he tell you anything?" ”

"Uh...... He asked me to pass on the Buddhist scriptures to you, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, when I came to Taiwan. I ......"

No way! Hearing this, the buddy was shocked.

Since this Riyadh man asked him to hand over the scriptures to me, he must have known the importance of the scriptures, but I can't understand who could be a man who traveled thousands of miles from Daming to Saudi Arabia.

So I asked, "How can anyone go over the 10,000-mile journey from Daming to Riyadh?" Are you lying! ”

"I'm talking about the real emperor! The Riyadh man said that his ancestors were Han Chinese of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Then did he tell you that this scripture contains the secret of my Ming Dynasty?"

"He just asked me to bring the book to the emperor, and he didn't say what secrets there were in the book. Your Majesty, what I said is true, and there is absolutely no half a lie! ”

I was even more shocked when I heard this.

The ancestors of this Riyadh are Han people of the Ming Dynasty, but the history books have never recorded that the Ming Dynasty nobleman went to Saudi Arabia.

Moreover, the Riyadh man probably knew about the turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, so he asked Kui to bring the book over, and it was obvious that he must also know the specific secrets of the scriptures.

But since he knows the secrets of the scriptures and has a great heart, why didn't he come to the Central Plains in person?

In an instant, the buddy fell into a state of sorrow, and then asked Kui who this person was.

As a result, Quay said that he did not know the man's origins, only that he was in the porcelain business in Riyadh, and that he was now an Arab.

Hearing him say this, I became even more interested in the descendant of the Han people in Riyadh.

So I asked Kui to write down the address of the man in Riyadh, and then asked Gan Hui, Zheng Chenggong's lieutenant, to lead a hundred people to Riyadh and ask them to bring back the descendants of the Han people to meet me.

After chatting about the scriptures, I handed Kui to the leader of the Alpine tribe, Saidek, who cut off his head with a single sword.

After dealing with Kui, I asked Chen Jinnan and the large army to stay in the city of Geranza, and then personally escorted the silver and grain in the castle, and returned to Fuzhou with Saidek and a few Gaoshan clan leaders.

……

Although the war in Yunnan was urgent, I did not immediately leave Fuzhou to bring troops to support.

Instead, they convened the ministers to discuss how to manage and consolidate the newly recovered Taiwan.

In fact, there are two reasons why we first want to consolidate Taiwan.

First, the Indonesian reinforcements from the Netherlands are coming, and they will inevitably make a big move in Taiwan, so I have to prepare for it.

Second, although Taiwan has been recovered, if it wants to be in the hands of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, it cannot be ignored. You must know that since the Three Kingdoms, Taiwan has belonged to our Chinese territory, but the Central Plains Dynasty has not actually exercised effective jurisdiction over Taiwan, so it led to the Dutch taking advantage of the situation later.

In view of these two points, the ministers of the court have made suggestions and suggestions.

In the end, it was decided to relocate 100,000 Han Chinese to Taiwan. Let them settle in their leisure time and go out on expeditions in time of war, as a way to defend themselves against the invasion of foreign powers.

And a large number of Han immigrants in the past will inevitably have conflicts with the local Gaoshan people.

So in accordance with the policy formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, I made several Gaoshan clan leaders as toasts and let them manage their own people. And to ensure that the Han people do not seize their territory. As for them, if they want to learn the culture of the Central Plains, the imperial court can open a free private school to educate them.

In addition to these two policies, I also adopted the method of "mastering the art of mastery to control the country", allowing the Han Chinese who had immigrated to the past to build castles like the one in Geranza along the island of Taiwan as a fortification.

After formulating these national policies, I asked the officials of the household department to recruit immigrants. Then let Zheng Chenggong take these immigrants across the strait and start reclaiming the treasure island.

Just after Zheng Chenggong left Fuzhou with immigrants, Mu Tianbo came to me again and asked me for help in Yunnan.

After I calmed him down, I asked about the current situation in Yunnan.

He said that Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, Li Dingguo, has taken the Zhaotong Military and Civil Mansion, and is about to fight with Sun Kewang's army on the Jinsha River, preparing to attack Kunming with the momentum of double ghosts, if I don't send troops again, Kunming will definitely fall.

Hearing Mu Tianbo's words, buddy, I broke out in a cold sweat, I didn't expect the situation in Yunnan to be so tense at all.

Immediately, I opened the battle map and looked at it, so I asked Mu Tianbo and said, "Tianbo, how many people are there in Zhang Xianzhong's army attacking Yunnan now?" How can you fight so well? ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, there are only 40,000 Sun Kewang on the south bank of the Jinsha River. However, Li Dingguo's team headquarters along Zhaotong to the south has as many as 150,000 people, and Li Dingguo is like a god in his army, and the Yunnan army can't stop it at all! ”

As soon as Mu Tianbo said this, I felt that something was wrong, because now the five provinces in Jiangnan can only draw 50,000 soldiers and horses at most.

With 50,000 soldiers and horses galloping to aid Yunnan and confronting Zhang Xianzhong's 190,000 army, there was obviously no advantage at all.

At the same time, there are no strong generals in the Ming Dynasty who can lead troops to fight.

Although I have not tasted defeat in the last few battles, buddy, in terms of experience and strength, I am far inferior to Zhang Xianzhong's Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang.

Thinking of this, buddy, my heart was cold, and I felt that there was no way to crack it at all, because the disparity in strength between the two sides was really too great.

Once Yunnan is breached, Zhang Xianzhong is bound to march east to Liangguang, and then unite with Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui to besiege Fujian from the north and south.

In this way, I don't want to say that the Northern Expedition Li has become a self-contained, even if he wants to hold Fuzhou, it will be extremely difficult.